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Episode 2904: Science vs Poetry, Our Terrifying Football Future

Episode 2904: Science vs Poetry, Our Terrifying Football Future

Science vs Poetry, Our Terrifying Football Future

The Second Captains Podcast · The Second Captains Podcast

April 1, 20241h 21m

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Show Notes

A great weekend of football at Tallaght Stadium, at Anfield, at St James' Park, at Stamford Bridge, at Croke Park - joy, fun, excitement everywhere except at the Etihad Stadium where Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta's two sets of brightly coloured robots offered a terrifying portent of the future.


Jonathan Wilson and Jon Mackenzie join us to talk about what it all means. Was this game bad? If so, whose fault was it? Did this game represent a decisive episode in the ongoing ideological war between positionism and relationism? Are we ready for a football future in which everything is under control except the egos of the coaches? Let's get stuck in...


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