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Hand Of Pod

Sam Kelly

The English-language Argentine football podcast, fuelled by fernet since 2010

sports & recreation professional

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01:02:31

Episode 21: Maradona goes postal, poor refereeing...

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2011/05/24

We had difficulty shutting up this week. A full 45 minutes of actually quite good stuff (if we say so ourselves) was cut, and the podcast still comes in at over an hour. Diego Maradona is the focus of much of the early part, his ongoing wars of words with AFA president Julio Grondona and Argentina manager Sergio Batista the main reasons, and his unlikely alliance with River Plate president Daniel Passarella. The latter leads us on to more dodgy refereeing in the weekend just gone, before we consider

00:56:18

Episode 20: Superclásico review, Maradona's new job...

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2011/05/17

For the 20th episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba welcome special guest Asli Pelit to the show. Asli's a Turkish TV presenter who was at La Bombonera to see Boca Juniors beat River Plate 2-0 in Sunday's superclásico, and as well as giving us her impressions of that game, she also shares her thoughts on the most intelligent interviewees by position on the pitch, Julio Grondona's Argentina mafia connections, and the sandwiches at Colón (worth remembering if you're heading to a Copa América

01:10:00

Episode 19: the 2011 Clausura superclásico preview

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2011/05/11

In the nineteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan greet a couple of special guests to preview this Sunday's superclásico in La Bombonera. Samuel (no, not Sam) is our tamed River Plate fan, and the four of us try to keep him from attacking Boca Juniors fan Ariel. The team discuss the key players, our guests' memories of previous superclásicos, predictions and more, as well as looking over the action from the weekend just gone and contemplating Vélez Sarsfield's status as the only

00:55:18

Episode 18: Four clásicos in three days, Riquelme's...

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2011/05/04

In the eighteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan have to make do without Seba, but attempt nonetheless to sum up an action-packed weekend in the 2011 Torneo Clausura. As well as four clásicos and a seven-goal thriller in Banfield, we discuss Vélez Sarsfield's and Estudiantes' diverging form (and their Copa Libertadores chances for Thursday night), the news that Ángel Cappa and Gimnasia La Plata have parted company (as Sam guessed at a week or two ago), and Erik Lamela's possible move

01:01:07

Episode 17: Díaz quits San Lorenzo; the new old...

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2011/04/28

In the seventeenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Seba rejoins Sam, Dan and Dan. He's not happy with the way referees have been treating his club, and he's not afraid to make his anger heard, but a little surprisingly it's another HOP-er who drops an expletive, for which we of course apologise unreservedly. We also discuss Quilmes' recent upsurge in form, and English Dan tells us of an Argentine playing in Brazil who could be the next Messi (if it weren't for the fact he turned 27 the day after we

00:50:56

Episode 16: River's title challenge, Fabbiani's...

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2011/04/21

In the sixteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan discuss the weekend's footballing action in Argentina, which included a hat trick at La Bombonera from a visiting forward you may never have heard of, a double strike from - are you sitting down? - Cristian 'Fat Fab' Fabbiani, and of course the clásico de Avellaneda which we previewed last week, and which was won 2-0 by Racing. We also talk about whether River can sustain their title challenge (Vélez won the game in hand 2-0 to move top just

00:56:41

Episode 15: Racing full back's impressive showing &...

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2011/04/12

In the fifteenth episode of Hand Of Pod Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba discuss what we can only term a startling revelation from Racing full back Iván Pillud. We round up all the salient points from the Torneo Clausura in the weekend just gone, discuss Ariel Ortega's latest indiscipline (and wonder how much longer he's got left of his playing career), and look forward to the decisive matches for Argentine clubs in the Copa Libertadores. And of course, we couldn't possibly overlook the fact that this weekend

00:57:15

Episode 14: Boca's revival, River Plate's liquid...

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2011/04/07

In the fourteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan are once again back on the fernet (after an alcohol-free episode 13), whilst Seba is dry as ever. We discuss the two giants of Argentine football; Boca Juniors, who had another Riquelme-inspired win, and River Plate, who scored an absolutely fantastic goal which their latest wunderkid was at the heart of. We also take in the rest of Argentina's 'Big Five', and Seba gives us some historical context on why they're called that. We also look at

00:50:26

Episode 13: Di María's poor show against USA &...

Hand Of Pod ·

2011/03/31

The thirteenth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan discussing things in a remarkably sober manner. We look back on the USA vs Argentina friendly on Saturday, considering the performance. Seba has a few words he wishes he could say in Ángel Di María's ear, and they're not complimentary. Looking at the local league, we discuss the laughable idea that Boca Juniors might still win the title (they're 17th), and the brilliance of Juan Román Riquelme's goal for them at the weekend. And for

01:03:04

Episode 12: death at the match & Argentina's...

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2011/03/24

In the twelfth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Seba welcome back Australian Dan from his sojourn around Mendiza and Córdoba. There's a big discussion on the main issue of the weekend, the death of San Lorenzo fan Ramón Aramayo at the apparent hands of the police force, and we talk about some of the issues surrounding security in Argentine stadia. As well as this, there's talk of four disallowed goals last weekend in the league, Boca Juniors' ongoing crisis, and the Argentine

00:59:19

Episode 11: Argentine club ownership, racism, &...

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2011/03/18

In the eleventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Seba and English Dan discuss the last decade or so of Racing Club's history, and what it says about club ownership issues in Argentina. They also tackle the thorny issue of racism in the country's stadia, and talk about some of the possible reasons for Sergio Agüero being overlooked again by national team manager Sergio Batista. Aussie Dan, a.k.a. Mystic Dan, is off getting drunk in Mendoza this week, but managed to put down his wine glass for long enough

01:02:53

Episode 10: Pastore transfer talk, & River the 'South...

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2011/03/10

In Episode 10 of Hand Of Pod, Sam introduces you to his new home, where he's joined by the Dans and our special studio guests Katie and Jenny (Seba couldn't make it this week). We discuss rumours that Javier Pastore might be set to move to Manchester United or Barcelona, as well as Matías Almeyda's interesting statement that River Plate are set to soon become a South American version of the latter. Aussie Dan fills us in on the first clásico at the newly-opened Estadio Único de La Plata, and there

01:00:47

Episode 9: relegation-threatened title contenders, &...

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2011/03/02

In the ninth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba talk about River Plate and Olimpo, the league leaders who are also battling against relegation. The non-Argentines also field a question on how they came to support the teams they do (and Dan and Sam provide a quick potted history of Ferro Carril Oeste, Hand Of Pod’s local club). Mystic Dan now has his own theme tune, and we use his powers to look forward to two clásicos at the end of this week, one in the Zona Sur of Greater Buenos Aires

01:01:24

Hand Of Pod Episode 8: Tevez vs Batista

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2011/02/24

In the eighth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba examine the recent (and ongoing) feud between Carlos Tevez and Argentina's national manager Sergio Batista - and AFA President Julio Grondona. They also look back on an interesting clásico clash between Racing and Boca Juniors in Avellaneda, and look forward to the coming weekend's matches, including a big derby clash between River Plate and Independiente. And Sam's got confirmation of a controversial rumour from late last year that was

01:02:56

Hand Of Pod Episode 7

Hand Of Pod ·

2011/02/18

In the seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan welcome new team member Seba García, of Mundo Albiceleste, to the show for the first time. Zombie expressed his displeasure at Walter Perazzo's Under 20s, and we discuss the events of the opening weekend, including Boca getting thrashed and Racing's Giovanni Moreno getting severely injured, prior to this weekend's clásico between the two sides.

01:01:25

Hand Of Pod Episode 6

Hand Of Pod ·

2011/02/11

Sam, Dan and Dan return for the first Hand Of Pod of 2011. As well as discussing the summer transfer action in Argentina, they also take a look at Argentina's performances in the Sudamericano Sub 20, as the national Under 20s attempt to qualify for the Youth World Cup and the London 2012 Olympic Football Tournament (this episode was recorded an hour before the 1-0 loss to Uruguay which rendered qualification for the latter all but impossible). There's a preview of sorts of the Torneo Clausura, which

00:58:40

Hand Of Pod ep 5 - 17-12-2010

Hand Of Pod ·

2010/12/17

The fifth episode of Hand Of Pod is a bumper, one-hour(ish) end-of-year special. Uploading was delayed by a couple of days due to delays editing, but now Sam, Dan and Dan guide you through the climax of the Argentine league campaign and Independiente's dramatic Copa Sudamericana win with the help of tamed Independiente fan Fran. There's also an aside on players' goal celebrations in which Zombie (pictured) has a part to play. Sound quality isn't what it normally is this week, due to having to record

00:52:49

Hand Of Pod ep 4 - 07-12-2010

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2010/12/07

This week's podcast is the last live-recorded one of 2010, and sees Sam, Dan and Dan discuss the upcoming denouement of the Torneo Apertura, as well as the squad list for Argentina's Under 20 South American Championship campaign which will kick off in January in Colombia. We also look back on the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final last week. Oh, and there's a special guest dog.

00:47:41

Hand Of Pod ep 3 - 01-12-2010

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2010/12/02

In the third episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan shelter from the Buenos Aires rain whilst discussing the veterans of the Argentine league, why River Plate might be the season's most frustrating team to watch, All Boys supersub Cristian Fabbiani's waistline, and Independiente's chances of upsetting local neighbours Racing by winning the Copa Sudamericana (dented since we recorded by a 2-0 defeat in the first leg of the final). Farmyard noises also included.

00:46:28

Hand Of Pod ep 2 - 24-11-2010

Hand Of Pod ·

2010/11/24

In the second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan return to discuss last week's superclásico and Argentina's Lionel Messi-inspired win over Brazil. Last week's River Plate-supporting guest Gerardo is back to give us his take on both. We also look at the race for the league title, and the Copa Libertadores qualification spots, and there's praise for the brilliant season newly-promoted All Boys are having. The dogs, mercifully, were quieter this week, and the sound quality ought to be

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