The Wizards of Drivel - Stoke City Podcast

Dave C, Chris and Dave CG look back on a pretty miserable week for Stoke and reflect on one point from two winnable away games. We try and asses the damage, and see if there's any reason to keep our current manager.

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WELCOME TO QUESTION TIME!

Tackling some of the big questions of the day, such as; "International football, is it all that?", "Child hood footballing heroes", the "Morality of being owned by a betting company", and "Which fast food chain should set up shop near the Bet365".

With International football once again diverting our attentions away from club football, it's time to answer the questions you want asking. Chris takes on the role of David Dimbleby, with Ben Cartwright returning in the role of that journalist who is always on. It's also a big hello to Dave Cowlishaw, who returns from his brief holidays for a special guest appearance (he'll be back soon, don't you worry).

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It's all a bit familiar isn't it, a 2-2 draw against Leicester?

The Wizards are back, in an unfamiliar line up, as Dave takes some much deserved rest, and Chris takes the helm. Stoke YouTuber and blogger Dave Crowther Green takes up the title of being the show's "Dave", and talks about another "meh" match for the Potters, and in Part II, a returning Ben Cartwright features as the folks choose their Premier League Rivals XI from Stoke's past 10 years.

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We won at the football!

In Part One, Dave and Chris look back at a great 3 points at Vicarage Road, and try to contextualise the game (which doesn't mean we didn't enjoy it!)

In Part Two, Jon Leonard (author of 'Fair Game? Tackling Politics and Sport) joins the pod to discuss football's relationship with politics. From 1930's Berlin right through to the Mark Sampson affair with lots of discussion on the likes of FIFA and the FA. He was a fascinating guy to talk to, and we hope you agree. His book is available here: https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/fair-game

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Part 1: A dissection of the Bournemouth defeat, what went wrong and what we need to do...

Part 2: A discussion with football writers Nico Morales and Ben Wills about the future of the Premier League.

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Stoke concede 7 goals, and Chris and Dave are totally fine with it.

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What else could we do for our 72nd episode?

Stoke's only major trophy in the words of three men who helped achieve it. We met them across two tuesdays in Trentham to tell us (who were far from born back then) what it was like.

A busy cafe is a busy cafe, and a small audio budget is a small audio budget - so sorry if the background gets too distracting at times. We did our best, and hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we did making it. The three of them were exceedingly lovely blokes who still clearly have a love for Stoke City that was just inspiring. If you help Stoke win a trophy, you deserve all the fuss you get.

Goooarn Stoke.

The tall man does it again for Stoke, as Peter Crouch nets a potential goal of the season candidate as the Potters beat the Saints 2-1 at the Bet365. But, is it a deserved win for Stoke, and what do we do about Saido? Dave, Chris, and a returning Tom Thrower discuss all the talking points from the Saturday fixture, including a love-in for Zouma and Shaq, and a serious pondering over the likes of Berahino and Wimmer.

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We're back to a classic Wizards line-up and a classic Wizards format as Ben, Dave and Chris dissect a 4-0 defeat. We talk about a bad week for Stoke, our injury crisis, and a potential sitcom spin-off for the real star of the weekend, Mike Dean.

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Dave went to Newcastle and had a nice time, bar a pretty poor performance from the Potters at St. James' Park. Also high up in the gods on Tyneside was Alex Marrow, who makes his Wizards debut - discussing what went wrong, what went right and answering a few listener questions.

Also while in the North East, Dave shared a pint with friends of the pod Ash and Dan - and discussed a few other talking points from the game.

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