Episode 70: Previewing the 2012 Torneo Inicial, and a live video Q&A!

08/03/12 • 88 min

The seventieth episode of Hand Of Pod brings a preview of the new season, which for the first time sees the Torneos Apertura and Clausura renamed Inicial and Final, and will see only one champion at the end of the season. Well, that was how it was going to be when we recorded. AFA have since decided there will be a champion at the end of each. Hmm. We discuss the main transfer ins and outs of the winter break, as well as new boys Quilmes' and River Plate's chances of surviving in the Primera, among other things. And this week's Q&A section was conducted live on Twitcam! It's a bumper episode for the season, so enjoy.

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Episode 69: Returning from our holidays to tie up some loose ends

Episode 69 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Australian Dan and Joel joined by Christian, a Brazilian who exudes a quiet academic authority over the podcast. He's writing a thesis on us. Sort of. We discuss our various holidays briefly, before diving into what we can remember (and mis-remember) of the last couple of weeks, including Juan Román Riquelme's decision to leave Boca Juniors, River Plate's excellent transfer market moves so far, Maxi Rodríguez's return to Newell's Old Boys and a rather inexpert guide to Córdoba's football culture (you can tell we live in Buenos Aires). All this and much more! Hand Of Pod now also has its own standalone Twitter account, so get following: @HandOfPod.

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Episode 71: River and Boca both lose, are Vélez back? and Joel Richards is free again!

In the seventy-first episode of Hand Of Pod, we celebrate Joel Richards' liberation from his building after he was locked in during last week's episode. We also look back at an eventful first weekend of action in the Torneo Inicial, which included opening weekend losses for both Boca Juniors and River Plate, as well as a very impressive win - against very poor opposition - for Vélez Sarsfield. We recap Boca's and All Boys' hilarious journey back to Argentina from Venezuela, and preview the Copa Argentina final which - because producer/uploader Sam got the kick off time mixed up for - is being played as I type these words.