Hand Of Pod
503 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsThe English-language Argentine football podcast, fuelled by fernet since 2010
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Episode 98: Lanús cling on at top, San Lorenzo goalie arrested for part in murder conspiracy & more
April 05, 2013 00:47 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBIn the ninety-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and English Dan are introduced by World Cup final referee Horacio Elizondo, and joined by guest star Archie Whitworth for a bumper edition - there's a lot to get through. We discuss the thrillers and fine goals scored during a weekend which left Lanús' lead atop the Torneo Final cut to just one point over Newell's Old Boys, question just how bad Independiente striker Juan Caicedo can get, and spend a good length of time talking about San Lorenz...
Episode 97: Argentina edge closer to a World Cup place, and back to domestic matters
March 28, 2013 23:03 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBIn the ninety-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel are joined (eventually) by Daniel Schweimler, another Englishman in Buenos Aires, who runs the Hand Of Dan blog looking at Argentine society through the prism of life on the terraces of Argentinos Juniors. We discuss Argentina's impressive World Cup qualifying results (a 3-0 win over Venezuela followed by a 1-1 draw away to Bolivia) in reverse order, before briefly previewing a weekend packed full of clásicos - not least ...
Episode 96: Huracan FC London, dodgy refereeing, and a World Cup qualifying preview
March 21, 2013 02:32 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBIn the ninety-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel are joined by Henry May, founding president and former centre back of Huracan FC London, possibly the world's most famous London Sunday league side. We discuss All Boys' 100th anniversary (and their lovely, lovely commemorative shirts), Lanús' three point lead in the league, Independiente's ongoing woes and the chances of Unión actually surviving - surely not...? We also discuss some bizarre refereeing decisions, and previe...
Episode 95: The Pope is a San Lorenzo fan, Lanús still lead the way & more
March 15, 2013 00:52 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBIn the ninety-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel toast the world's first Latin American pontiff with a fernet (mate in Joel's case) even though none of us are Catholic, and discuss what his installment in the Vatican hot seat could mean for the immediate future of his favourite football team, San Lorenzo de Almagro (yes, really). Then we get a bit more serious and discuss Boca Juniors' continuing travails, Lanús' and Godoy Cruz's good start to 2013, River Plate's recovery...
Episode 94: Unión ruin Riquelme's comeback, San Lorenzo beat River & Lanús still lead
March 07, 2013 02:11 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBThe ninety-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Joel reunited after a few weeks, to discuss a goal-filled weekend which saw San Lorenzo beat River Plate in the clásico, Lanús claim a point away to Dan's Racing which took them top of the table, and Boca Juniors hilariously crash and burn at home to Unión on the day of Juan Román Riquelme's comeback. There were two 3-3 draws, a policeman hitting a player in the face with a baton (and then reporting the player for assault!), a...
Episode 93: Racing collapse in the clásico, River & Lanús still lead, and more
February 28, 2013 01:04 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBEpisode 93 sees English Dan appearing briefly by Skype, due to food poisoning - or maybe he was just too ashamed to show up in person after his side failed to turn up against Independiente in last weekend's clásico de Avellaneda, losing 2-0. Sam is joined by real-life Arsenal de Sarandí fan Santiago, who fortunately caught most of the weekend's action, and we discuss his team's away win over Argentinos Juniors, what Gabriel Schurrer's exit as manager could mean for Argentinos, and River Plate...
Episode 92: Lanús & River lead & Independiente shock Vélez ahead of the Avellaneda clásico
February 21, 2013 01:11 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBIn the ninety-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and English Dan are joined by Mariano the San Lorenzo fan to discuss a Torneo Final second round with one outstanding result; ten-man Independiente's shock victory over champions Vélez Sarsfield. Away from Liniers, there were wins for both Lanús and River Plate, who go joint top of the nascent Final table, a win against Racing, inspired by Luciano Vietto, which sends both clubs into the clásico de Avellaneda this coming weekend in good spirits,...
Episode 91: An enjoyable first round, Riquelme finally signs and more
February 14, 2013 21:40 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBIn the ninety-first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel look back on an opening weekend of Torneo Final action that Sam and Joel thoroughly enjoyed, and which English Dan missed almost all of. We discuss an unconvincing win for Vélez Sarsfield as they seek to defend their title, and rather more emphatic victories for Tigre and Lanús, among others. Joel attended a thriller in La Bombonera, as Juan Román Riquelme returned to the stands and Carlos Bianchi to the managerial bench an...
Episode 90: previewing the 2013 Torneo Final & wondering where Riquelme will go
February 07, 2013 06:04 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBIn the ninetieth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Joel preview the 2013 Torneo Final, which kicks off with Unión hosting Arsenal de Sarandí on Friday evening. We discuss Fernando Gago's move to Vélez Sarsfield - easily the most spectacular signing of the summer - and what Vélez's chances are of retaining their title, as well as talking about Racing's transfer window departures, River Plate's relative success and most of the other ins and outs, before moving on - we couldn't very well avoi...
Episode 89: Grondona out, various players in & Riquelme still going nowhere
January 30, 2013 23:14 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBHand Of Pod is back, and Sam, Joel and English Dan welcome 2013 with a nice laid-back chat about nothing in particular. There's just the news that one of the most powerful men in world football will leave his charge of the AFA in 2015, a bunch of (admittedly often tiresome) transfer gossip from the summer and various other issues to mop up, including the ongoing saga of where (or whether) Juan Román Riquelme will be playing his football this year; could it be Tigre, now that they're in the gr...
Episode 88: Vélez are crowned champions, Díaz is unveiled at River Plate & more
December 05, 2012 23:43 - 1 hour - 50 MBThe eighty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod is the last one of 2012, and sees Sam, Dan and Joel analysing Vélez Sarsfield's 2012 Torneo Inicial title win, which was confirmed on Sunday with a 2-0 win over Unión de Santa Fe whilst nearest challengers Lanús lost 1-0 away to River Plate. The roles of manager Ricardo Gareca and forward Facundo Ferreyra are discussed, as well as some of Vélez's other crucial players during the campaign. We also talk about Ramón Díaz's welcome back to River, whether a...
Episode 87: Ramón Díaz returns to River, Vélez move to the verge of the title & more
December 01, 2012 05:57 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBOne subject looms large over this week's (belated) episode of Hand Of Pod, the eighty-seventh since we started. Sam, English Dan and Joel discuss Ramón Díaz's emotional return to the club he loves and which loves him, River Plate, after Matías Almeyda was fired in the extremely early hours of Wednesday morning/late hours of Tuesday night. What Díaz's return means for River, whether Almeyda really deserved the sack and more. We also discuss Vélez Sarsfield, who could win the title on Sunday af...
Episode 86: Rising stars, crowd policing issues and an emotional return for San Lorenzo
November 22, 2012 20:29 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBThis week's Hand Of Pod is the eighty-sixth episode, and as Seba rightly points out early on, eighty-six is an important number for Argentine football, not least for being the year which saw the event from which we take our name. Sam, Joel and Seba discuss an ever-tightening title race, a thrilling showing from Racing's young forward trio, more crowd trouble at Independiente and at the Santa Fe derby over the weekend, before explaining why San Lorenzo's move back to their historic home of Boe...
Episode 85: HOP turns 2 years old, some international talk, and crowd trouble at Independiente
November 16, 2012 01:34 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBThe eighty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees us turn two years old, and to celebrate the fact that we're still here we recorded in Seba's very plush office. We discuss the likelihood of Juan Román Riquelme returning to action for Boca Juniors in the new year, and some of the local league action - but not much, since we were recording part way through the midweek round of matches - and the Argentine national team's drab performance away to Saudi Arabia hours before we recorded. During our list...
Episode 84: Vélez, Newell's and Belgrano in a tightening title race, San Lorenzo's woes and more
November 09, 2012 03:08 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBIn the eighty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel are joined again by that doyen of football journalism, Jonathan Wilson to look back on an eventful weekend in the Torneo Inicial title race which saw Newell's Old Boys' lead at the top cut to just one point ahead of Vélez Sarsfield, and two ahead of major surprise package Belgrano de Córdoba. We look at impressive performances from youngsters Leandro Paredes (Boca Juniors) and Facundo 'Chucky' Ferreyra (Vélez), and answer ...
Episode 83: River Plate fans' Pink Floyd superclásico tribute and more, with Jonathan Wilson
November 01, 2012 21:12 - 1 hour - 59 MBIn the eighty-third episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel are joined by Jonathan Wilson, who helps us review Sunday's superclásico, which ended in a 2-2 draw between River Plate and Boca Juniors thanks to a late equaliser from Julio César Falcioni's teacher's pet Walter Erviti. We also look at Newell's Old Boys' win over champions Arsenal de Sarandí, and at Racing's away loss to Vélez Sarsfield, who are now second, three points behind Newell's. All this, and listeners' questions r...
Episode 82: reviewing Racing v Newell's, and previewing a monumental superclásico
October 26, 2012 03:58 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBIn the eighty-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan, Joel and Ed run their critical eyes over the biggest clash of last weekend, Racing v Newell's (2nd v 1st), and explain why we enjoyed it even though many who weren't there thought it wasn't such a great game on TV. We discuss the continued development of an interesting title race, before moving on to the biggest match of the year in Argentina: the return of the superclásico after River Plate's year in the second division. We previ...
Episode 81: World Cup qualifying review, and the main domestic headlines
October 19, 2012 04:23 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBThe eighty-first episode of Hand Of Pod is another bumper one, with a look back on Argentina's 3-0 dispatching of Uruguay last Friday and Tuesday's hard-fought 2-1 win away to Chile, as well as the main World Cup qualifying results in the rest of the CONMEBOL region, including an impressive Radamel Falcao García- and James Rodríguez-inspired win over Paraguay for Colombia. We then move on to the domestic scene, where the main story is Juan Antonio Pizzi's confirmation as San Lorenzo manager, ...
Episode 80: More love for Newell's, another River win & previewing Argentina v Uruguay
October 12, 2012 02:07 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBEpisode 80 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Joel welcome guest Ed Malyon to Buenos Aires, and in a bumper episode we go through last weekend's Torneo Inicial action - which included a woeful loss for Boca Juniors, a very impressive win for leaders Newell's Old Boys and a thumping 5-0 victory for River Plate against Godoy Cruz. We also answer listeners' questions on the sons of ex players coming through club youth ranks and more, and cast our eyes over Argentina's upcoming World Cup Qu...
Episode 79: golazos by the bucket full, and an Argentina Z v Brazil B preview
October 03, 2012 23:18 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBThe seventy-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan and Joel meet to discuss a goal-filled weekend. There were thirty-five goals in ten matches, and Joel drew the short straw and managed to pick what turned out to be the only goalless draw of the round to attend. We wonder how anyone could possibly have doubted Matías Almeyda's position at River Plate (ahem), consider yet more ridiculous pressure being heaped on Julio César Falcioni at Boca Juniors, and cast our expert eyes over Wednesday ...
Episode 78: River and Independiente's troubles, Newell's title chances and more
September 28, 2012 01:27 - 1 hour - 46 MBIn the seventy-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Joel return to discuss last weekend's Torneo Inicial action, and the fallout. Racing beat River Plate in the derby, and Matías Almeyda's job security - as well as the bit of a non-story about quotes from his autobiography finally reaching Europe - are up for discussion. We also look at Newell's Old Boys' excellent form as they top the table, ask when Independiente, Tigre and Unión will finally manage to win a match, and discuss a seco...
Episode 77: Matías Almeyda gets a vote of confidence, Riquelme gives a press conference & much more
September 21, 2012 01:34 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBIn the seventy-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Joel begin life without Australian Dan with another bumper episode, during which we look at the increasing impatience towards River Plate and Racing managers Matías Almeyda and Luís Zubeldía ahead of the clásico between the two clubs this weekend. We also recount last Friday's hilarious press conference at La Bombonera in which Juan Román Riquelme led everyone a merry dance, and look back at last weekend's results, as well as conside...
Episode 76: Australian Dan says good bye... and some stuff about the national side & league
September 14, 2012 21:59 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBThe seventy-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod is a sad affair, being as it is Australian Dan's final appearance as a full HOP-er. As well as discussing this momentous event, we also find time for less important things, such as Argentina's latest World Cup qualifying double-header and last weekend's league action, which saw none of the top NINE win their matches, and in particular a brilliant 3-3 draw between River Plate and Newell's Old Boys. We also, of course, have the last ever Mystic Dan. Enjoy.
Episode 75: Tactical confusion at River, and an Argentina v Paraguay preview
September 07, 2012 06:44 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBThe seventy-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod is a bumper one ahead of Friday evening's World Cup qualifier in Córdoba between Argentina and Paraguay. Gearing up for that match, we've got Asunción resident Ralph Hannah on to tell us what's been going on with the Paraguayan national team, and also take a look at the Argentine side and their chances. There's a full weekend of league games in Argentina as well, and we look back on the last round which included a draw for River Plate seemingly in spit...
Episode 74: Tax dodging and whining about the opposition - and that's just River Plate...
August 30, 2012 22:04 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBIn the seventy-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Joel and Dan are joined by Mariano, our tamed San Lorenzo fan, once again as we dissect an underwhelming weekend of Primera División action marked mainly by River Plate's somewhat tiresome reaction to their own incompetence in last weekend's 0-0 draw against San Lorenzo. We also look at a tax scandal involving player transfers (not only involving River, in case that headline confused you), consider Independiente's ongoing turmoil, and ru...
Episode 73: Racing's clásico win, San Lorenzo's pressing concerns and more
August 23, 2012 02:35 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBThe seventy-third episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan and Dan welcome tamed San Lorenzo fan Mariano back to the podcast for his third appearance. We take the opportunity to ask him to get us up to date on San Lorenzo's current very confused off-pitch situation, as well as getting his thoughts on how the team have started the season. We look at a thumping win for Racing in the Avellaneda derby against Independiente, consider wins for both River Plate and Boca Juniors, and discuss two stunning...
Episode 72: What we didn't learn from Argentina v Germany, and a low-scoring weekend in the league
August 16, 2012 23:31 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBIn the seventy-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Joel look back on Argentina's 3-1 friendly win over Germany hours before, and consider just how little we learned about Argentina from it. We have a Lionel Messi stat-off, before moving on to consider the lowest-scoring round of football in the Argentine Primera División in just over a decade. We wonder who owns Ignacio Piatti, exactly (he's signed for San Lorenzo since the episode was recorded), consider Lucas Ocampos' move to A...
Episode 71: River and Boca both lose, are Vélez back? and Joel Richards is free again!
August 09, 2012 00:09 - 1 hour - 58 MBIn the seventy-first episode of Hand Of Pod, we celebrate Joel Richards' liberation from his building after he was locked in during last week's episode. We also look back at an eventful first weekend of action in the Torneo Inicial, which included opening weekend losses for both Boca Juniors and River Plate, as well as a very impressive win - against very poor opposition - for Vélez Sarsfield. We recap Boca's and All Boys' hilarious journey back to Argentina from Venezuela, and preview the Co...
Episode 70: Previewing the 2012 Torneo Inicial, and a live video Q&A!
August 03, 2012 07:25 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBThe seventieth episode of Hand Of Pod brings a preview of the new season, which for the first time sees the Torneos Apertura and Clausura renamed Inicial and Final, and will see only one champion at the end of the season. Well, that was how it was going to be when we recorded. AFA have since decided there will be a champion at the end of each. Hmm. We discuss the main transfer ins and outs of the winter break, as well as new boys Quilmes' and River Plate's chances of surviving in the Primera,...
Episode 69: Returning from our holidays to tie up some loose ends
July 15, 2012 22:25 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBEpisode 69 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Australian Dan and Joel joined by Christian, a Brazilian who exudes a quiet academic authority over the podcast. He's writing a thesis on us. Sort of. We discuss our various holidays briefly, before diving into what we can remember (and mis-remember) of the last couple of weeks, including Juan Román Riquelme's decision to leave Boca Juniors, River Plate's excellent transfer market moves so far, Maxi Rodríguez's return to Newell's Old Boys and a rather inexp...
Episode 68: Arsenal campeón, Tigre survive, and River Plate return to the Primera
June 28, 2012 23:25 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBThe sound on the sixty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod is bad. We apologise for this, but there's not a lot we could do about it. Sam and English Dan meet via Skype to discuss the final weekend of the 2012 Torneo Clausura, which saw Tigre survive (and thus enter the Copa Sudamericana) and Arsenal de Sarandí claim the first top flight title in their history. San Lorenzo and San Martín are in the relegation playoffs (the first legs of which have been played whilst this pod was being uploaded), wh...
Episode 67: The title run-in and the relegation battle; and that's just Tigre!
June 20, 2012 01:08 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBThe sixty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and English Dan joined by Mariano again, to discuss an intriguing (or conspiratorial) run-in to the end of the Argentine season. This weekend's matches will see the title either go to a tie-breaking playoff or handed to one of Tigre, Arsenal de Sarandí or Boca Juniors, whilst relegation matters will be settled between San Lorenzo, Banfield, Rafaela, Tigre and San Martín - and yes, I did type Tigre's name in both lists just then. Boca Juniors' ...
Episode 66: Boca's slip-up, a big win for Tigre, Sabella's progress with Argentina & more
June 14, 2012 01:35 - 1 hour - 45 MBThe sixty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan meet to discuss Tigre's impressive win over San Lorenzo in Sunday's big relegation clash, and where it leaves both sides in the relegation table, as well as those around them. We also discuss Boca Juniors' slip-up in drawing 1-1 away to Banfield, Alejandro Sabella's charge of Argentina and Lionel Messi's brilliant hat trick against Brazil on Saturday, River Plate going top of Nacional B with two games to go before the end of the season,...
Episode 65: Messi leads Argentina to a win, Tigre v San Lorenzo preview and more
June 07, 2012 03:22 - 1 hour - 57 MBThe sixty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod is another long one, because we have plenty to discuss. Sam, Dan and Dan are joined by Mariano, a San Lorenzo fan whose Twitter you can find at @ArgenPreviews, to talk about Argentina's Lionel Messi-inspired 4-0 World Cup Qualifying win over Ecuador on Saturday, how Alejandro Sabella's doing so far with the national team, and look forward to this weekend's friendly in New Jersey against Brazil. Then we get onto the real, earth-shaking stuff: previewing M...
Episode 64: Two five-goal thrillers, Boca's Libertadores and Clausura chances & more
May 31, 2012 02:20 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBIn the sixty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod there's a lot to get through. Sam, Dan and Dan take you through two five-goal thrillers from last weekend, both of which affected the relegation battles, with Olimpo now down with three matches left of the season. We look at Boca Juniors' chances in the league (they're now three points clear at the top) and Copa Libertadores, and briefly look forward to this Saturday's World Cup qualifying match in the Estadio Monumental between Argentina and Ecuador...
Episode 63: Tigre's escape act, Boca leading the way and much more
May 24, 2012 07:28 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBThe sixty-third episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan and Dan joined by Joel Richards to discuss another action-packed week in Argentine football. Tigre, astonishingly, might finally manage to climb out of the relegation zone this coming weekend if they beat Atlético Rafaela; Boca Juniors' reserves dispatched Racing 2-0 on Sunday to go top of the league, whilst Tigre, Newell's Old Boys and Arsenal de Sarandí are all only a point behind, and All Boys are probably the most amusing of the potenti...
Episode 62: Streetfighting managers, Newell's lead the way & Libertadores hopes
May 17, 2012 09:26 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBThe sixty-second episode of Hand Of Pod was recorded by candlelight, after an epic climb up many, many flights of stairs from Sam and English Dan. In it, along with Australian Dan, we discuss San Lorenzo manager Ricardo Caruso Lombardi's streetfight with the assistant of his predecessor, Newell's Old Boys new position alone at the top of the Primera División, River Plate's position in the second division title race, and Boca Juniors' and Vélez Sarsfield's chances in the Copa Libertadores on T...
Episode 61: Battling the barra bravas, tragedy at Banfield, Boca's (lack of) controversy and more
May 11, 2012 01:05 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBIn the sixty-first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan are joined by the wonderful Joel Richards to discuss yet another weekend of controversy. There was controversy (though there shouldn't have been) in Rafaela at the end of an incredibly dramatic 2-2 draw between Rafaela and Boca Juniors, a youth player for Banfield shot dead by a policeman, and Independiente's president has declared war on the club's barra brava. We answer questions ranging from Fabián Monzón's chances at future call-...
Episode 60: A nicely laid-out league table, the Copa Argentina quarter-finals and more
May 05, 2012 06:46 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBThe sixtieth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan and Dan discuss Boca Juniors' narrow lead in the Clausura, thanks to a spectacular Santiago Silva effort last weekend, and Racing's pitiful performance away to Lanús last weekend. We also give the Copa Argentina a once-over, now that all four quarter-finals are known, and discuss Argentina's sides in the Copa Libertadores, before moving on to listeners' questions which range from books on Argentine football and culture to Argentina's WAG cultu...
Episode 59: Boca and Newell's lead, Facundo Sava goes into management and league restructuring
April 25, 2012 21:48 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBThe fifty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod features Sam, Dan, Dan and special guest, Turkish TV presenter Asli Pelit, cover an increasingly tight title race; Only two points separate the top six teams, with Boca Juniors and Newell's Old Boys the sides in the driving seat - for now. San Martín de San Juan have changed managers, and former Fulham striker Facundo Sava is the man now in the hot seat for his first job in management. Also as we were talking, the AFA were voting on a league restructure....
Episode 58: A gun-toting striker, fistfights with fans, racist t-shirts and much more besides
April 19, 2012 01:19 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBThe fifty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod is a bumper edition. Not only do we have both Seba and Joel Richards on the same pod for the first time since their short-lived Enganche podcast with Sam four years ago (which spawned the idea for Hand Of Pod when Sam moved to Buenos Aires), but Dan and Dan are both with us as well, and we've got plenty to discuss. Independiente thrashed Racing in the clásico on Saturday, after which Racing striker Teo Gutiérrez almost went postal, Boca Juniors players ...
Episode 57: The Avellaneda clásico, Clausura title race, and two cup competitions
April 14, 2012 08:07 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBEpisode 57 of Hand Of Pod is a long 'un, because Sam, English Dan and Seba have a derby to preivew. It doesn't help, then, that Seba has decided he's going to watch QPR instead of Racing on Saturday morning. We look at the roles of both managers going into Saturday's Avellaneda derby between Independiente and Racing, and also at Tigre's slump in form, the qualifications of Boca Juniors and Vélez Sarsfield in the Copa Libertadores and of Tigre and River Plate in the Copa Argentina, and answer ...
Episode 56: Racing's poor form, Independiente win again, Trezeguet's hero status at River and more
April 07, 2012 05:56 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBThe fifty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan and Dan discussing Independiente's win over Rafaela last weekend, Racing's defeat away to Newell's Old Boys, Boca Juniors once again topping the Clausura table and more, including the extraordinary start to David Trezeguet's spell at River Plate. San Lorenzo changed managers this week (we recorded just before Ricardo Caruso Lombardi was confirmed as the new man) and Aussie Dan has a bit of a rant about clubs' lack of imagination when appoin...
Episode 55: Crisis in Avellaneda, Dybala the wunderkid, and a live Q&A session
March 29, 2012 05:55 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBThe fifty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan meet again to discuss yet more crisis in the business of Avellaneda's two giant clubs, Racing and Independiente, as well as how Newell's Old Boys and Estudiantes were the big winners of last weekend. We run the rule over another great performance for second division starlet Paulo Dybala, talk about the 'Law of The Ex', one of the Argentine football media's favourite curses, and when all appears to be heading towards a most dis...
Episode 54: Refereeing controversy, an Avellaneda revival and Tigre's enduring hope
March 22, 2012 06:51 - 1 hour - 49 MBThe fifty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod takes in quite a lot. We begin with Colón's highly controversial equaliser against San Lorenzo at the weekend, a goal which will see referee Diego Abal miss at least a couple of rounds of the Torneo Clausura. After getting some of the weekend Primera scores mixed up, we then take in the revival in the fortunes of both Avellaneda sides in the last two weeks, Tigre's climb out of the automatic relegation places for the first time this season, and discuss ...
Episode 53: Boca finally lose (twice), Messi's genius and more, with Jonathan Wilson
March 15, 2012 21:10 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBThe fifty-third episode of Hand Of Pod sees Seba return along with Sam, Dan and Dan, and a special guest appearance from football journalist, author and editor of The Blizzard (www.theblizzard.co.uk), Jonathan Wilson. Topics up for discussion include Boca Juniors' two straight defeats (after an eleven-month unbeaten run), Racing suddenly clicking against All Boys, and how Lionel Messi's brilliance is so consistent we've almost stopped fully appreciating it. Jonathan has a bit of a rant about ...
Episode 52: An amazing own goal, Tigre's continued battle and more
March 09, 2012 07:20 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBThe fifty-second episode of Hand Of Pod begins with Sam, Dan and Dan in discussion of Diego Sosa's ridiculous own goal which gifted Estudiantes a win over San Martín last weekend, and continues to take in topics including a double managerial sending-off in the Santa Fe derby, River Plate's latest league result in the second division and Tigre's increasingly impressive battle against relegation, which just might start to look possible if results this coming weekend go the way Mystic Dan predic...
Episode 51: Messi's Argentina hat trick, Boca's regulation flouting and more
March 03, 2012 00:46 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBThe fifty-first episode of Hand Of Pod sees the end of a bit of a break in recording, so it's a bumper edition. Seba is once again, lamentably, unable to attend, but Sam, Dan and Dan are joined by the one and only Joel Richards to bring some sobriety to proceedings. Topics up for discussion include just how high up Argentina's pantheon Lionel Messi will continue to rise, why on earth Boca Juniors are being allowed to use Santiago Silva in league matches all of a sudden, the start of a golden ...
Episode 50: Boca's turbulent week, Lanús' impressive start and more
February 18, 2012 19:07 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBThe fiftieth episode of Hand Of Pod is a weekend release as we weren't able to record earlier in the week. In it, we look back over an interesting first round of matches in the 2012 Torneo Clausura, and also consider Godoy Cruz, Lanús and Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores in midweek. Lanús, Rafaela and Boca started well with wins, San Lorenzo were dire, and Racing (in the eyes of Sam and Australian Dan) were pretty poor. English Dan disagrees on that last point, of course. We also discuss...
Episode 49: A very uncontroversial league name, Argentine football clubs as film genres and more
February 08, 2012 19:22 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBThe forty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is the 2012 Torneo Clausura preview edition, and we begin with a brief discussion of the title name of this year's competition, which has attracted really far more controversy than it merits in the British press. We then move on through our predictions for the next five months, to end by likening each club in the Argentine Primera (including a little-known, easily forgotten side called Boca Something-or-other) to a film genre. In between we discuss the k...