Nick Wright Summons The Dirty Demon of Debate | Hour 1
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What World Cup moment opens the conversation and sets the tone for the episode?
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So which was it, a rock fight or a knife fight? One of those is far worse than the others. Like, Mike keeps going rock fight and a knife fight. I like knife fight better. Well, but knife fight's got to be the way. A gun fight's terrible, but it's quick and it's less. Like, a knife fight is too intimate. So was it a knife fight or was it a rock fight? And which is the knife that we're using that we're not scared of? Because he keeps saying England was going to need a bigger knife, and I didn't understand what he was doing there.
You know they used to stone people in biblical times.
But that's from a long distance. That wasn't a fight, though. Look. That was not a rivalry. That was not a historic rivalry. That's just executions. That's not the same thing at all. Mike, which is it? Like rock fight, knife fight? Make a choice on what that was. Because I'm arguing that Argentina did neither of those things. I say they dragged them into quicksand.
That was a knife fight. That was a knife fight. There was this one brilliant slow-mo, and there have been so many plays from that match that have already been broken down. But there was a foul called, I think it drew a card, where Messi had such composure, he dribbled through like three dudes, all of which were fouling him. And that drew the first yellow of the match. It was a rock fight then, no doubt. And then escalated? Because there was precision towards the end. Nick, what do you think? Mike disagrees.
First half rock fight, second half knife fight. All right, we're on the same page. And I didn't hear the beginning of the show, but I assume you and I were around the same age, went to the same pop culture reference of a lightly watched movie 36 years ago. England needed a bigger knife, and I would have done that in Australian accent, a la Crocodile Dundee, if I could do accents. But that's what it was. it turned into a knife fight and listen I heard you guys you know Dan because Dan has become in his older age such a just a slave to stats and numbers even after paying full tribute to the fact that this Argentinian team can't be explained except for they can be very easily explained there are very religious people with a very religious team and they believe one of their teammates is actually god so they can reach down and touch something bigger um i don't know why anyone would pick against them against spain yeah sure can spain win sure but what is i'm just curious what's the game situation spain feels good about
Trailing, that's not good. Tide, well Messi's gonna do it. Leading late, they've got us right where they want us. Like at some point when you're playing the absolute undeniable GOAT at the peak of his powers, somehow at the peak of his powers, and all of his teammates would die for him, There's something to that, I believe.
How about this stat? The only two players in the last 60 years to have the most shots and create the most chances in a FIFA World Cup. Maradona in 1986, 29 shots, 30 chances created. Messi, 34 shots, 25 chances created. We're in the age of mastery. I've been saying it, Nick. People can't become numb to the fact that this guy's better in this decade than he was in the last one.
So this is and here is the thing that is so unique and I don't again It's great to be back by the way, but because of the world cup my the tv show's been early So I haven't seen you guys in like six weeks. So it's wonderful to see you guys again um the and so you guys maybe have covered this and I don't want to do like a soccer history lesson, but It was, you know, less than 10 years ago, the story of Leo Messi was one of the greatest players ever. Some people think he's the most talented player of all time. On the club level and on the individual level, no one's been more decorated. And even though he individually was brilliant, he had never won anything for his country.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What World Cup moment opens the conversation and sets the tone for the episode?
0:00–6:24
2
How do hosts debate whether Argentina vs England was a 'knife fight' or 'rock fight'?
6:24–7:19
3
Why do panelists call Messi 'the GOAT' and how do they compare him to other legends?
7:19–14:15
4
How does Nick Wright explain Argentina's team belief and 'being touched by God'?
14:15–22:50
5
What arguments are made in the cross-sport 'Mount Rushmore' and GOAT debate?
22:50–39:05
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