No Context Peter Drury, a spate of sackings & leaving everything out there
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The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by David Walker and Nick Miller for the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: the need for a collective noun for manager sackings, some deluxe-level Peter Drury commentary, the mid-weekend shorthand language of title races and the most ‘on in the background during a pub lunch’ fixture of all. Meanwhile, the panel ponder the footballing verb "to stun" in a modern context and begin the search for the most unthreateningly-named hooligan firm in the UK *** This episode is brought to you by Betterhelp, Visit betterhelp.com/fc today to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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