Channel 4:51, hosted on The Majors Sports Network, is a supporter run channel for Detroit City FC and home of the longest running Detroit City FC podcast "Tunnel Talk" (formally known as the 4:51 podcast).
Tunnel Talk 218: Rhode Island Narcs, a 10-Man DCFC Win & Tampa Bay
Detroit City FC went down a man in the 23rd minute, beat Rhode Island anyway, and locked up a home playoff match. So naturally, some Rhode Island fans found time to complain about the smoke at Keyworth. ⚜️
The Tunnel Talk crew gathers in the tunnel and gets into Herrera’s red card, Saldaña stepping in, Darren Smith’s winner, and the late corner-kick confrontation. They debate Haruki Yamazaki’s Black Arrow MVP award, whether City’s defense is strong enough to carry a playoff run, and why the attack still leaves them wanting more.
Then comes the trip to first-place Tampa Bay, the race for playoff position, and the question of Danny Dichio’s future. And yes, the crew has plenty to say about some Rhode Island podcast’s complaints and its response to a Flint water joke.
10 Oct 2026
Tunnel Talk 217: Poppers, Penalties & the Black Arrow Debate | Detroit City FC
The crew got dragged into the tunnel on a Wednesday they were supposed to have off. Red opens with a story about nearly taking leftover Fourth of July poppers on a date, and Alan’s absence becomes a disciplinary matter of questionable legitimacy. Eventually, somebody remembers there are three matches left in Detroit City FC’s regular season.
The crew breaks down the win over Birmingham, debates whether Le Rouge has found its playoff lineup, and asks the uncomfortable question: Will City score enough to survive a postseason match where one conceded goal might end the night? Darren Smith’s pursuit of a club scoring mark enters the conversation, along with several arguments about what those numbers mean.
Then comes the Black Arrow vote. Haruki, Kobe Hernandez, Carlos Herrera, and others make their cases for player of the year before the crew turns to Rhode Island predictions. Shout-outs somehow lead to Chattanooga, territory rights, promotion and relegation, and a grocery-store argument. Standard Tunnel Talk, more or less. ⚜️🎙️
3 Oct 2026
Tunnel Talk 216: Kobe Scores From Another ZIP Code and the Refs Lose the Plot
The Crew gathered in the tunnel again this week... and somehow an unexpected jersey delivery, a shirtless encounter with a stranger and the proposed Channel 4:51 OnlyFans all occurred before anyone remembered this was supposed to be a Detroit City FC podcast.
Eventually, the crew gets down to business with a blind ranking of Detroit City’s English players. Dave Edwardson, Ben Morris, Omar Sinclair, Will Mellors-Blair and Danny Deakin enter the rankings—and almost everyone immediately regrets the decisions being made.
Then it’s time to recap seven points from three matches. Le Rouge defeated Pittsburgh, survived a certified snoozefest against Colorado Springs and escaped Brooklyn with a 3–1 victory. Darren Smith delivered, Callum Montgomery restored Detroit’s lead and Kobe Hernandez-Foster launched an approximately 80-yard wondergoal from another postal district.
The crew examines Danny Dichio’s successful midweek rotation, the substitutes who changed the Brooklyn match and a penalty decision so ridiculous that even a future “VAR-lite” system should be able to overturn it. With City firmly in third place, they also survey the playoff picture and debate whether Pittsburgh, Louisville or Rhode Island would be the least unpleasant first-round opponent.
There are also stories from Detroit City’s charity jersey auctions, the questionable aroma of match-worn kits and predictions for Birmingham Legion’s visit to Keyworth. Two members of the crew predict a sensible 2–0 City win. One predicts 4–0 because restraint has never been a Channel 4:51 value.
Finally, Red shares a powerful account of accompanying a recently released immigrant to an ICE check-in through Strangers No Longer—before the traditional Tunnel Talk shout-outs return the show to its regularly scheduled level of chaos.
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4.3 / 5
18 ratings
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4.2 / 5
23 ratings
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