WORLD CUP CALL IN SHOW! Ep. 2
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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.
I'm not daft. That would be fucking really funny.
No, I want to know what's comparable to you then. Albion? Considering you've won two things in your own sort of... We're the biggest club in the championship. But Blackburn have got like 10 things more than you. You think Blackburn have been closer to West Brom? No, I'm using your own stupid logic.
No, I'm not. No, no, no. You're trying to compare it. You're trying to whittle it down to one aspect. There's multiple aspects, isn't there? Our fan base is 10 times the size of Blackburn.
I wouldn't say 10 times. You get double the attendances, so not 10 times. No, it's not. But you'd be getting 100K a weekend, wouldn't you, if it were 10 times? You know what I mean?
The fan base isn't just how many fans you bring to your home ground. Oh, it's Twitter followers. By the way, we found out, I've got more followers than Barnsley. Tommy Garrett's bigger than Barnsley. Anyway, we're going to start off with beer battle. We listened to the comments last week or one comment in particular. I don't know your name. So I apologize. We're not, Sandy's not going to tell us what the beers are and they're going to be labeled one and two, right? And then at the end of the show, we're going to pick which one we prefer. And then we've got to place a bet on that team to win. And by the end of the six weeks, whatever, we'll see if we're in profit or not. All right. Bring them in. All right, bring in the beers.
Do we get this money if we win? Do I get this money? You've got to put it in yourself.
You fucking freeloader.
What the fuck?
That's me, baby.
That's beer number one.
Thank God, Ed. Okay.
It's a bit fucking, it's a bit full. Looks like gone off.
Are these same ones then? Yeah. Are these both? All right, yeah, class.
Ooh.
Smells a bit pissy. Cheers.
What's the go-to beer at Oakwell?
That smells like note.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–0:26
2
How do football and investing relate?
0:26–12:09
3
What are the implications of hydration breaks in football?
12:09–33:11
4
What are the opinions on Neymar's role in the World Cup?
33:11–35:52
5
What are the key players discussed for the World Cup opener?
35:52–36:05
6
How do injuries impact team selection for the World Cup?
36:05–36:34
7
What are the expectations for Sweden's performance in the tournament?
36:34–36:53
8
What are the predictions for the Golden Boot in the World Cup?
36:53–1:10:15
Speakers
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