Matt Slater

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1,971 appearances 15 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 10 Sep

Matt Slater’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Champions League boom + Garry Cook on Manchesterism · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

They use this pots system, so four pots. voice-verified

And this goes to Rob's point that we do get in every match week, we get a couple from the from the first pot, don't we? voice-verified

And I don't think voice-verified

you know, there's much jeopardy there for the reasons that Rob and both Adam and but they both pointed out that they've got eight games and they've also got that kind of lucky lose around as well. voice-verified

That we've seen PSG and Real and others come through. voice-verified

Those it's almost like you try and avoid that to rest your squad. voice-verified

And I think that only really applies to the Premier League. voice-verified

I don't think other leagues see those extra two games as as such a voice-verified

as such a burden because they can already you know, this is the thing about PSG, isn't it? voice-verified

They have almost two squads, they have a a League Earn squad and they have a voice-verified

a Champions League squad. voice-verified

So look, I I I don't think it's ideal, but one of the reasons we got here is because we were having these dead rubbers in the group stage of the of the of the you know before. voice-verified

You know, you'd you you'd have a a good team would win the first four games, five games, and then you know, throw throw the B team in for for for match for match six. voice-verified

So it I think it is just a bit of a kind of a structural flaw. voice-verified

of these competitions. voice-verified

If we want Jeopardy from the off voice-verified

Let's go complete, you know, eighties, nineties. voice-verified

Let's let's let's go champions being drawn against champions in round one. voice-verified

Bad luck. voice-verified

And they didn't like that idea, I can assure you. voice-verified

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