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Chelsea managers who somehow never happened & the great Champions League pronunciation debate

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Episode notes

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and Jack Pitt-Brooke for the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda this week: dusting off the "Sacked Chelsea Manager discourse" phrasebook, David Beckham's latest Qatar tourism promo, Martin Keown's decade-long fixation with botanical co-commentary and details of the podcast's forthcoming UK & Ireland tour.

Meanwhile, the panel argue over the precise conditions for "cometh the hour, cometh the man" and ponder the predominant emphasis used in the words "Champions League"

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