The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller bring you another instalment of the Adjudication Panel. This week's big questions include: Can a game be so bad that it gets both managers sacked? How late is it acceptable to say “this has got 0-0 written all over it”? And what precisely does a football match need to have “had everything”?
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Nov 2019
Is Jose Mourinho actually a defensive manager?
The Athletic's Michael Cox, Ali Maxwell and Liam Twomey examine Jose Mourinho's career from Porto, through Chelsea, Inter, Real Madrid, right up to Man Utd, with a particular emphasis on how his style of play has evolved over the years and what that might tell us about how his Sp ... Show More
43m 26s
Jan 2021
Good vs Evil ends all square, Phil Foden lives every hour for football, and Skynet take over Burnley
José Mourinho had a few things to be angry about after Spurs drew with a spirited Fulham side, chief among which was Scott Parker’s team selection. That’s right, José is seemingly trying to pick the opposition's team as well as his own.
Kate, Andy and Luke are here to question th ... Show More
46m 46s
Dec 2023
The Preview Show: Incubating Pep’s head
What reason would Roy Hodgson have to incubate Pep Guardiola? I don’t know.
It’s cold outside, but Marcus, Luke, Andy and Jim are here to warm your footballing hearts with tales of Hodgson looking after his owl eggs, Ross County’s manager having a full-blown rant about the standa ... Show More
50m 38s
Aug 2020
Manchester United rue missed chances, Pep Guardiola does it again, and Barcelona crumble
Both European competitions served up some outrageous matches this weekend, which saw both Manchester sides eliminated and Barcelona reduced to rubble by a brutal Bayern Munich.
Marcus, Pete and Jim are here to get into all of that, as we wonder what happens now for the likes of ... Show More
49m 49s
Mar 2021
Man City’s striker-less swarm, Sergio Ramos leads Real through, and Steve Clarke’s square sausages
Marcus, Pete, and Andy reflect on last night’s Champions League happenings as Man City activate their FIFA ’99 bug and Pep Guardiola takes a decisive lead in a pointless statistical battle.
We get more numbers from Opta’s Pete Donaldson, discuss Sergio Ramos’ tribute to Robbie Wi ... Show More
44m 18s
Feb 2024
Mailbag: Do we overestimate the impact of managers?
As the dust still settles on Jürgen Klopp's surprise announcement last week, one listener had a big question for us today: just how important are managers? Today, Marcus, Luke and Jim debate whether the media overstate their importance in football.
Elsewhere, Jim wishes he could ... Show More
32m 42s