The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by David Walker and Charlie Eccleshare on the first Adjudication Panel of the World Cup. On the agenda: England's eventful opener against Iran, the latest tedious tournament-predicting animal, a brave new world for on-screen possession statistics and David Beckham's crisps advert with Peyton Manning.

Meanwhile, the panel break down the latest, Christmas-themed version of Three Lions and revisit the multi-layered comedy of Richard Keys' 2014 World Cup YouTube diaries. 

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The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Michael Cox prepare for the small matter of Qatar 2022 by selecting a team of players who are most disproportionately known for their World Cup exploits, from Mexican goalkeepers, and centre-backs, to diminutive Paraguayans, an Italian full-back on the wing, breakout stars turned run of the mill Premier League midfielders, an Englishman who clocked up the pre-tournament air miles, to genuine World Cup icons.

They are also joined by Chris Evans, author of "How to win the World Cup - secrets and insights from international footballs top managers", to ensure that we pick the definitive manager to marshal our rag tag bunch to glory

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The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by David Walker and Charlie Eccleshare on the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: the most comprehensive post-defeat fronting-up in Premier League history, Peter Drury nails an unprecedented quadruple alliteration, confused baby-related goal celebrations, World Cup snubbings and squad-announcement-graphic layout woes.

Meanwhile, the panel undertake a definitive exploration of footballing "huffing and puffing" and consider some future Premier League interim managers.

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As a widely-criticised winter World Cup approaches, The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by James Maw and Jack Pitt-Brooke to dream up a Perfect World Cup, composed of the best individual elements from the tournament's history.

From the complex concept of the "dark horses" to optimum TV kick-off times, the greatest kits, the textbook controversies, the most rightful hosts and the ideal World Cup final winning goal....this is the Perfect World Cup.

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The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by David Walker and James Maw on the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: Which year each Champions League last-16 tie really belongs in, the mid-table vocabulary of Graham Potter, Peter Drury lending his voice to Aldi's Christmas advert and Ally McCoist's knowledge of the Ancient Greeks saves humanity once more.

Meanwhile, the panel decide what constitutes a traditional "clattering", a second-half "onslaught" and what makes a player "raw"

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The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by Joshua Robinson, co-author of new book Messi vs Ronaldo, to examine the way football has consumed the two greatest players of the modern era.

From the textbook elements of Ronaldo's backstory to Messi's curiously non-famous voice, the more quaint examples of Ronaldo's ego running riot, bafflingly bad TV adverts, the goalscoring numbers, the terrible opinions and the prospect of one final twist in the 2022 World Cup final.

Meanwhile, the pod imagine what Messi and Ronaldo's career paths would have been if they were simply half as good at football.

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The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and James Maw on the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: the "tunnel of doubt" tries to disrupt the stranglehold of the "corridor of uncertainty", football chants that just don't scan, some bawdy commentary from Martin Tyler, the superstar DJs who could derail England's World Cup dream and one of the best Halloween-themed Football League goals round-up voiceovers of all time.

Meanwhile, the panel establish the difference between a ground "rocking" and "bouncing" and the definitive parameters of "working the goalkeeper"

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The Football Clichés Quiz returns ahead of Qatar 2022 with a special World Cup edition. Reigning champion Michael Cox aims to become the first to retain the title as he takes on former champion Charlie Eccleshare across five rounds of niche World Cup knowledge, including Evers & Nevers, World Cup Kits, Name That Squad and, of course, World Cup Clichés.

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The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by David Walker and Nick Miller on the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: Did the Premier League bring badge-kissing to US sport? Can Tottenham's stadium be your "old stomping ground" if you only played for them at White Hart Lane? Is a "Panenka volley lob" physically possible?

Meanwhile, the panel assess the concept of the "new-manager bounce" for hastily-appointed caretakers.

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The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by Sky Sports' chief touchline reporter Geoff Shreeves for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks.

Among Geoff's selections for his footballing fascinations and irritations are pundits' pointless turns of phrase, microscopic modern shinpads, why Steve McClaren's infamous umbrella has also led to an anti-sunglasses stigma in football and the matchday heroics of the broadcaster's sound supervisors in capturing the noise of ball against woodwork.

Adam and Charlie also pick their favourite extracts from Shreeves' new book Cheers, Geoff! Tales from the Touchline.

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