A traffic-jam football check-in that keeps one eye on River, Boca, and the table.
Episode 562 keeps a loose, road-bound feel from the first minutes, with horns and traffic framing a four-person exchange among Sam, Santi S, English Dan, and Andres.
Argentine football, argued through the chaos.
Hand Of Pod follows Argentine football through results, standings, tactical gripes, off-pitch absurdity, and the weekly strain of too many matches. It is brisk and lived-in, with Sam and the table correcting each other, admitting gaps, and finding jokes in the fixture pile-up.
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Hand Of Pod is a long-running Argentine football panel show built around weekly conversation rather than studio polish. It follows the domestic league, the national-team picture, Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana context, and the endless administrative oddities orbiting the game. Sam usually opens by setting the scene, naming whoever is around the table, and trying to impose a little order on a schedule that rarely helps. That order does not always last. The panel reads results, checks standings, revisits what it missed, and decides which games are worth lingering over. That means River and Boca before a superclásico, Independiente winning a clásico, Lanús lifting the Recopa Sudamericana, or Gimnasia finally drawing can all sit inside the same run of conversation. The show is comfortable saying a match was not watched. It is just as comfortable spending several minutes on a goal, a tactical mismatch, a table permutation, or a club’s latest self-inflicted problem. The language is casual, but the football knowledge is real. References to defensive shape, attacking roles, Copa group draws, points totals, and fixture sequencing arrive without much hand-holding. So do jokes, corrections, and sudden side routes. A traffic jam can leak into the recording. A late arrival can shape the opening mood. A mistaken episode number or a badly heard word can become a quick comic detour before the discussion snaps back to the league. The tone is dry, sometimes warm, often resigned. It knows Argentine football is absurd, and it does not pretend otherwise. What makes the show work is the combination of specificity and looseness: the panel has enough command of the subject to wander without becoming vague. For listeners outside Argentina, it offers orientation without sanding off the local texture. For people already following the league, it feels like being at a table where everyone has notes, opinions, and at least one correction waiting.
Made for: For listeners who follow Argentine football, South American club competitions, or the national-team orbit and want detail without broadcast gloss. It also suits football fans who enjoy league-table math, club dysfunction, and dry panel chemistry.
What sets it apart: Hand Of Pod keeps the weekly mess visible: missed matches, late recordings, corrections, fixture overload, and background noise all become part of the texture. The result feels more like a sharp football table than a cleaned-up media product.
Hand Of Pod covers the world of Argentine football, from the domestic league to the national team. Sam Kelly and a rotating cast of friends give weekly updates during the season on what's happening on and off the pitch.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed match talk, club knowledge and argumentative humor make Hand Of Pod a sharp guide to Argentine football's weekly churn.
Hand Of Pod follows Argentine football through a lively table conversation led by Sam and a changing group of contributors. Match results provide the frame, then the discussion moves into performances, selection decisions and the state of clubs including River, Boca Juniors,…
Traffic horns can join the Boca-River debate; you might as well pull up a chair.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A traffic-jam football check-in that keeps one eye on River, Boca, and the table.
Episode 562 keeps a loose, road-bound feel from the first minutes, with horns and traffic framing a four-person exchange among Sam, Santi S, English Dan, and Andres.
A lively Argentine football round-up where scorelines, rivalry corrections, strike uncertainty, and a Franco Vasquez finish all share the frame.
Episode 557 approaches Argentine football like a committee session that keeps being pulled back toward the pitch. The panel moves through Liga Profesional de Futbol scores, follows a four-game unbeaten run built from three straight wins after a draw with San Lorenzo, and lets…
A loose, football-literate roundup that turns results into fan psychology and club identity.
Hand of Pod runs as a loose weekly roundup, anchored by special guest Joey Durso and the panel's own admission that it mostly missed the midweek round.
A relaxed Argentine football round-up where Di Maria's touch, Ascacibar's role and scheduling chaos all get their turn.
Hand Of Pod's 555th episode starts with Rogerio Sini's surprise appearance on screen while Bahia is on in Copa Libertadores qualification, giving the panel a neat bit of accidental comedy before the results round-up takes hold.
A loose, funny Argentine football check-in where River's crisis meets Tigre's wildly premature coronation.
Episode 554 catches Hand Of Pod near the start of the Argentine season, with Sam and English Dan weighing what the first three rounds can and cannot tell anyone yet.
A brisk, football-literate tour through Argentine results, Sudamericana openers, and the response to a Clasico defeat.
Hand Of Pod turns a busy round of Argentine football into a brisk, conversational review of results, Sudamericana openers, and the mood after a Clasico defeat.
Hand Of Pod turns Liga Profesional score confusion, club loyalty, and Boca injury worries into a loose but pointed review.
Hand Of Pod starts with the messy business of sorting through three rounds of Liga Profesional de Futbol results, then settles into a sharper discussion of loyalty, leverage, and selective memory around a move from Estudiantes to Boca.





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Sam Kelly hosts episode 561 of Hand Of Pod with guests English Dan, Andres, Santi B, and Santi S.
Sam Kelly, Andres, and Santi review the first three match weeks of Argentina's Apertura championship.
It opens in a traffic jam.
This episode of Hand of Pod discusses the recent clásico win by Independiente and the start of continental group stages, along with a review of round 13 match results in Argentinian football.
The hosts discuss Lionel Scaloni's progress in finalizing Argentina's World Cup squad in this episode of Hand of Pod.
The hosts of HandaPod record an episode to discuss the upcoming group stage draws for the Copa Sudamericana and Copa Libertadores football tournaments.
This episode of Hand of Pod discusses recent Argentine football matches, including a dramatic 4-4 draw involving Independiente, and previews upcoming fixtures in the Liga Profesional.
Hand of Pod episode 557 moves from Rosario Central's derby win over Newell's Old Boys and River's draw in Mendoza to Claudio Chiqui Tapia's legal and political trouble.
The panel opens with its usual catch-up on the week, both in daily life and around other clubs.
["Hand of Pod episode 555 covers River Plate, Racing Club, Boca Juniors, Gimnasia, and Copa Argentina in a four-voice roundup with Sam, Andres, Chris, and English Dan.", "River's 1-0 win over Ciudad de Bol\u00edvar, sealed by an 85th-minute Juan Fernando Quintero penalty, turns into a long argument about 35 crosses, empty boxes, and Marcelo Gallardo's future.", "The panel also breaks down Racing's 2-0 away win at Banfield, Independiente's 2-0 over Lan\u00fas, Boca's 0-0 with Platense, and Gimnasia de La Plata's first draw in 22 matches.", "Later segments touch \u00c1ngel Di Mar\u00eda's goal for Rosario Central, Atl\u00e9tico Tucum\u00e1n's 4-0 win over Estudiantes de R\u00edo Cuarto, the new LFP Play paywall, and Atlanta's season-opening visit from Quilmes."]
Episode 554 opens with Sam realising he has sent English Dan the wrong episode number, before English Dan returns after a lengthy absence.
This episode reviews the start of the Apertura in the Liga Profesional de Fútbol, discussing recent scores and recording challenges in a flat with background noise.
This episode previews the 2026 Torneo Apertura with hosts and guests discussing the upcoming football season in Argentina.
This episode previews the 2025 Torneo Clausura of the Argentine Liga Profesional de Fútbol, discussing recent results and upcoming matches.
This episode previews the Torneo Apertura final between Huracán and Platense, featuring a special guest and casual banter among hosts.
This episode discusses Central Córdoba's Copa Argentina win, previews the Liga Profesional finale, and briefly touches on the Copa Libertadores final held in Argentina.