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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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Chapter 2: How do football and investing relate?
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Hello, welcome back to The Calling Show. I'm just Googling Barnsley Major Honours. Oh my God, you beat Albion? I didn't know that. I actually didn't know that. Do you know what? You are massive. Right, welcome back to The Calling Show, everybody. And as promised, he's finally shown up. Callum Fowler is here. Yeah. Yeah.
Obviously, we're going to get into the World Cup stuff, but we've just been talking off camera. Callum thinks I'm like rage baiting him, but I'm not. I want you to let me know in the comments, who do you think is a bigger club? Can we do a realistic one? Swindon or Barnsley?
Why?
You've both been in the Premier League at a similar time. You've both won nothing.
You've both got about... You've just said we bet you in an FA Cup final. Swindon must have won something. I think they have. And you also said, before we started, you were saying everything post-war is the only thing that matters. Basically, yeah. And you've won what?
I think if you've only got one, what's Albion got to do with it? You're not seriously comparing yourself to Albion.
Obviously not.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of hydration breaks in football?
I'll tell you what, if we beat the Yanks... Oh, mate, I'd love it if you beat the Yanks. I'd love it if they beat them, love it! I'd fucking love it.
So are you going to be working for the next game?
No, no, no, no. So there's a place called Fed Square in Melbourne where all the lunatic supporters will go, like flares and all that sort of stuff at Fed Square. And I'll be there.
Don't you worry.
5 a.m. in the morning.
I was just about to say, is it 5 a.m. for you? Yeah. I'll be there.
I'll be fucking, mate.
Straight through crew or are you going to wake up through? What are you thinking?
I'll wake up early, mate. I'll watch Everton in the mornings, mate.
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Chapter 4: What are the opinions on Neymar's role in the World Cup?
Come on, you're faltering here, son. Your back's against the wall.
Dan Burnham's a better player than Nico O'Reilly.
Yeah, whatever, mate. What's your real name?
It's Connor, mate.
Connor. What region are you from? from Bristol right anyone from Bristol who knows the number to the local mental hospital there's a Connor roaming the streets that actually believes this shit and he needs help alright so to give me your starting eleven Pickford ooh well done go on Pickford then
Are we going to laugh back?
Hang on. Be honest as well. I know you've come in here like we all have a laugh and a joke and like you're on the pitch side and it's your big day out and that. I get it. But just let's be real. I'll ring you up right now and say, look, mate, Tommy Tuchel's fell ill. You're the gaffer. You're on the next private plane to the World Cup. Give me a Stein 11.
Pickford.
Yes.
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Chapter 5: What are the key players discussed for the World Cup opener?
Right. Then Bellingham. Rashford off the left.
Rashford gets injured though sometimes, mate. Are you sure you want to risk him in the World Cup opener?
Chapter 6: How do injuries impact team selection for the World Cup?
Little game against Croatia.
Nah.
Go on, carry on. Watkins up top.
Nah, we'll have Kane up top.
And then who's off the right? God, I'm knackered. Come on, just say someone. Gascoigne? Foden?
We're going to have to go Madoweka, aren't we? Because, hold on, hold on. It's already been said that Saka can't play our whole night, eh?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, that's fine.
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Chapter 7: What are the expectations for Sweden's performance in the tournament?
I think we're going to leave it there. And I think if I could give you some words of advice, mate, seek help. All right, Colin. Thanks for calling in, mate. You are absolutely barking mad. All the best. It's been a pleasure, lad. I don't really know where to go, have I? Just go next. That was mental, wasn't it?
Chapter 8: What are the predictions for the Golden Boot in the World Cup?
Honestly. I must admit, though, I've been waiting for that. He's got to be... No, he's got to be phenomenal. I'm here for the mentalists. More of them. They've got to be believable, though. That's crazy. I think he kind of believed it. I think he... You've got to think, though. The Rhys James one, there's no way.
If you're going to come on and rage bait us, right, you've at least got to think of your arguments before, because when you get wrapped up like a fucking Christmas doll, you can't just be stuttering and bluttering and going... It could have gone away with Dan Byrne, but as soon as you said Chaliba for Rhys James... Yeah.
yeah I'll start Stones but I'm not going to start James yeah we're not doing that one do you not think there's a world where like you look at teams at the moment in the World Cup who are look really poor from set pieces and you think that we could just absolutely spoon it to Dan Byrne every time right so I'll just say something John Stones he's good from set pieces Contz is good from set pieces O'Reilly's good from set pieces if we're not taking Maguire is that he is he the the replacement for that
But then I don't agree that it should swap out. I think he'd be an eighth decent sub if we're chasing a game, as daft as it sounds. As well as your last ones.
Wait, hang on. Dan Byrne? Yeah, what is this myth, right? I just remember him scoring. In the last season for Newcastle, he scored twice. The season four, he scored twice.
Gunman.
Well, what's this myth about Dan Byrne being elite? Well, he's just massive. So? Was he six foot seven? I reckon, I reckon Cons has scored more goals this season. This is going to be a long season. Right, Cons has scored as many goals as him this season.
How many has our John got?
He won't have that many.
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