"Come what February", Pep vs Pat and Lukaku's bangers
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The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker convene the Adjudication Panel once more. On the agenda this week: A potential world record for “fans counting out how long a goalkeeper is holding the ball”, the enduring ding-dong battle that is Pep Guardiola vs Sky's Patrick Davison, Romelu Lukaku’s implausible plant-based protein promo patter, how a team "takes the sting out of a game" and excruciating football-crossover scenes from the Australian Open tennis. Meanwhile, the panel enjoy Paul Merson artfully mangling an old cliché and guess how much Phil Dowd's referee shirt from the 2010 Carling Cup final is going for on eBay
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