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Trent Houseboat · 14-06-2018 11:32AM

World Cup build up has been disappointing. Even moreso I'd imagine if you didn't care about Gaelic games or rugby. With Ireland failing to qualify and the PL being over since February, the CL was all that would keep a soccer fan interested(soccer is popular).

Aside from thinking there could be a bit more about the WC, I've continued to enjoy the podcast.

I'm a regular TFS listener, but I didn't bother with their preview shows as I thought it would be a rather boring rundown of the groups, ones to look out for and how well organised certain teams will be.

jaykay74 · 14-06-2018 03:45PM

The Spanish sacking podcast yesterday was good fun I thought.

Say Your Number · 14-06-2018 04:02PM

Ken has already witnessed a street fight and got locked in a toilet, looking forward to more Larry David type tales.

Just hearing that fella translate for Putin,
they should have got Ken to do it.

Ivefoundgod · 14-06-2018 09:01PM

Thought the last two pods were great. Exactly what I want from SC, as others have said I don't want tactical analysis or in depth previews of games. I listened to Totally Football Show previews and they were only OK, didn't really get much out of them. In this day and age if you follow football in anyway at all you'll be more than familiar with most of the teams and i'd have zero interest in SC covering each team in each group. What is there of interest to say about Panama or Saudi Arabia? If a team goes on a run like Iceland at the Euros i'm sure they'll get a local journalist on which is great but certainly not something i'd care to listen to prior to the tournament.

dastardly00 · 14-06-2018 10:54PM

Listened to today's show...

COACH!!

Raoul · 15-06-2018 09:53AM

He was a great guest. Great to have someone on with genuine enthusiasm

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Cienciano · 15-06-2018 11:28AM

Never mind previews of Russia V Saudi Arabia. Ken getting locked in a jacks was great.

Trent Houseboat · 15-06-2018 03:37PM

Cienciano wrote: »

Never mind previews of Russia V Saudi Arabia. Ken getting locked in a jacks was great.

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It's jingle waiting to happen.

OldMrBrennan83 · 15-06-2018 05:13PM

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lawred2 · 15-06-2018 05:20PM

I think I've already heard the WC jingle too many times already

Good as it is

Brock Turnpike · 16-06-2018 12:36AM

lawred2 wrote: »

I think I've already heard the WC jingle too many times already

Good as it is

They shouldn't even use it. They should use the Littlest Hobo jingle

Beersmith · 16-06-2018 08:43AM

Its a real pity they aren't planning on releasing any pods this weekend. So many games to talk about. If they ever did weekend pods then this is when they should. Id rather they take a week off in july or whatever.

tomwaits48 · 16-06-2018 09:46AM

Beersmith wrote: »

Its a real pity they aren't planning on releasing any pods this weekend. So many games to talk about. If they ever did weekend pods then this is when they should. Id rather they take a week off in july or whatever.

Yes was thinking the same. Love the show but not sure how much Pre-planning they’ve done for the WC beyond simply sending Ken over.

Ol' Donie · 16-06-2018 10:36AM

Ah what? I thought they were daily during the World Cup? That's a shame.

Beersmith · 16-06-2018 10:45AM

tomwaits48 wrote: »

Yes was thinking the same. Love the show but not sure how much Pre-planning they’ve done for the WC beyond simply sending Ken over.

I don't think they did send him over. Most likely the irish times did

Arghus · 16-06-2018 12:08PM

That's a bit of a let down to be honest. The World Cup moves so fast that if you don't have any content out over a weekend it feels like you may as well be talking about last year by the time Monday rolls around. Especially when a lot of the competition have pods daily, directly after matches. Second Captains are already at a disadvantage in that they're talking about stuff that happened the day before. They won't talk Ronaldo until Monday? They dropped the ball with that one.

Dots1982 · 16-06-2018 12:41PM

They’ll probably do a bonus one if something major major happens. Let’s be honest; the lads are a lot of things but ferociously driven hard workers, probably not.

Cienciano · 16-06-2018 06:24PM

Beersmith wrote: »

Its a real pity they aren't planning on releasing any pods this weekend. So many games to talk about. If they ever did weekend pods then this is when they should. Id rather they take a week off in july or whatever.

Judging by this thread, people would complain. In fact, no matter what they do, people would complain

Dont be at yourself · 16-06-2018 06:30PM

It seems like a lot of people would be happier if Second Captains were just another Football Weekly/Totally Football. Second Captains is the only sports podcast I listen to precisely because it's not like those.

OldMrBrennan83 · 16-06-2018 06:31PM

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dulux99 · 16-06-2018 06:40PM

Cienciano wrote: »

Judging by this thread, people would complain. In fact, no matter what they do, people would complain

Not really. I think this thread is usually quite fair. They put no effort into their preview of the biggest football tournament on earth and got called out on it. Last night produced one of the great world cup games of the last decade and they won't be covering it until Monday, and there'll have been 7 matches since.

It wasn't long ago people kept getting called out for being "fanboys" when they were on a roll with producing brilliant content. It kind of tapered off a bit and people noticed. In general the podcast is great but it could be better.

Gbear · 16-06-2018 08:15PM

Football Ramble, Totally football aren't doing extra shows either, I don't think.

This is the podcast format. They'll recap what's happened along the same schedule as before and I wouldn't expect anymore. I don't have time to be listening to podcasts every day. I'm busy watching the games.

Beersmith · 16-06-2018 08:23PM

They aren't getting substantial patreon earnings though.

dulux99 · 16-06-2018 08:23PM

Gbear wrote: »

Football Ramble, Totally football aren't doing extra shows either, I don't think.

This is the podcast format. They'll recap what's happened along the same schedule as before and I wouldn't expect anymore. I don't have time to be listening to podcasts every day. I'm busy watching the games.

Incorrect. Totally football released a podcast at about 11.30pm last night.

AfterLife · 16-06-2018 08:32PM

It is poor that by the time they cover the game of the tournament so far everyone will be talking about Messi and whatever Brazil and Germany get up to.

Beersmith · 16-06-2018 08:55PM

I thought the patreon model would free them up and at the start they said it would be what the members want and there would be no restrictions etc. I think the first week they did an extra pod due to some story and promised 1 pod a day but could be more. I don't remember ever getting any extra pods a day. Always sticking to around the 1hr mark no matter how much could be talked about. I listen regularly to one pod that is usually 5hr long for example.

The world cup and euros should be events with extra content end of.

Ol' Donie · 16-06-2018 10:00PM

AfterLife wrote: »

It is poor that by the time they cover the game of the tournament so far everyone will be talking about Messi and whatever Brazil and Germany get up to.

By the time they record & release it, Monday's games will be in full swing.

So by the time I listen to it, there will have been 13 games since the previous pod.

Plus, it's only really for the group stages that there are games every day, so two weekends extra work.

AfterLife · 16-06-2018 10:55PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

By the time they record & release it, Monday's games will be in full swing.

So by the time I listen to it, there will have been 13 games since the previous pod.

Plus, it's only really for the group stages that there are games every day, so two weekends extra work.

Yeah, very poor showing. I only subscribed for the tournament but they won't get a second month off me anyway.

Ol' Donie · 16-06-2018 11:05PM

I love the lads, and think it's worth every penny.

It just strikes me as weird that they spent a chunk of time on Friday listing off the tons of sport that's on this weekend, but then doing as much coverage as they'd do on an average week in November.

riemann · 17-06-2018 11:41AM

How do you say "butthurt fanboy" in Russian?

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