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72+ EFL Pod: Manning in at Huddersfield & Struggling West Brom

Football Daily

BBC

Soccer, Sports

4.34.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Former Huddersfield captain Tommy Smith joins Aaron and Jobi to chat the EFL's biggest headlines. Tommy talks about his former club after the sacking of Lee Grant and subsequent appointment of former Norwich boss Liam Manning. They also discuss Eric Ramsay's start at West Brom - are they in trouble and is he the man to turn their fortunes around? What's the latest with Josh Sargent at Norwich - will he be allowed to leave the club this month? And at the top of League 2, they discuss whether Swindon Town or Salford City can catch Bromley.

TIME CODES:

02:20 - Huddersfield 14:35 - West Brom 26:50 - Josh Sargent at Norwich 29:40 - League 2 37:45 - EFL Hard Men Squad 44:55 - 72Plus/72Minus

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts.

0:05.7

Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I'm Ed Gamble, host of another BBC podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked.

0:12.7

But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes,

0:18.2

The Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylan, and comedy specials

0:22.2

from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffle and Rommashranganathan.

0:26.0

However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncoaked.

0:30.3

So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds.

0:35.7

72 Plus, the EFL podcast with Aaron Paul and Joby McEnough.

0:42.2

Hello, welcome to 72 plus the EFL podcast from Five Lives Football Daily after a busy week across the EFL.

0:52.0

It's also a good morning, good day. Hello, how are you? To Joe B. Mackenough,

0:57.4

how are you, Jabias? I'm very, very well and very grateful I was in the studio last night for the

1:04.1

rex of game. Obviously, we're having a little bit of a bad spell weather-wise out there. So there

1:08.4

are some occasions where you're like, yeah, it's a

1:11.6

definite good one to be nice and warm. Actually, I was probably a little bit too warm. We had a little

1:16.1

blow heater in the studio. It's either like absolutely roasting sometimes or freezing cold. We

1:20.8

can't quite get the temp right. So we actually went with a portable heater yesterday. And yeah,

1:25.8

I mean, I'm texting Tommy Smith along the way and just complaining about how warm I was. But I know it is a complete opposite for those of you who were out and about at games, Aaron, wasn't it? What can I say? Flying the flag for proper football jobs. No heated G-Lays and none of that rubbish. I'm a flask and a dream kind of man. That's me.

1:44.4

Big coat, thermos full of something warm. My old age has. I'm getting on, mate. I'm in my 40s now, do you know what I mean? I saw a colleague at football the other day had these hand warmers. She had charged up. What's that all about? Levels. What is that about? I get the little sachets, you know, the ones you put in the gloves, obviously.

2:03.1

They're quite good just to keep your hands warm. What's that all about? Levels. What is that about? I get the little sachets, you know, the ones you put in the gloves, obviously.

2:03.1

They're quite good just to keep your hands warm. I was never this bad when I was a player. I think it's all he is running around in the cold, and now it's coming back to bite me. Tommy Smith, your thoughts on these contractions. I'll be honest with you. I just thought I'd let Jobby. I was an introduction there.

2:15.3

I've been dying to jump in because, you know,

2:17.6

I think he's definitely been tipped off by our producer as on last night, right? I was going to jump in and say, this is how the other half live as. He was in the studio, full selection of snacks. He's even saying he was that hot. And me and you were out at games in the freezing cold. I was at Wrexham's game last night in the wind, the rain with a bovril

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