A Weekend Of Penalties
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The Times
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🗓️ 13 December 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Tom Clarke, Alyson Rudd and James Restall.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed Arsenal’s win over Southampton after a disciplinary break - should he continue as their captain? (00:00)
That loss keeps Southampton close to the bottom three - should Ralph Hasenhüttl be worried about his job? (10:12)
Manchester United weren’t exactly convincing against the bottom side - is Ralf Rangnick’s philosophy going to take a while to settle in? Would it be a mistake to change the manager again in the summer? (15:18)
Conor Gallagher is the latest Chelsea loan player to impress in the top flight - but does he or Billy Gilmour have a future at the parent club? (23:08)
There were ten penalty shouts in the Premier League over the weekend - which ones should have actually been given? (29:22)
The African Cup of Nations is due to take place in Cameroon, but with civil war and a huge problem with cholera in the country - should the tournament be moved? (42:28)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of the game is sponsored by the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, |
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| 1:00.1 | Hello and welcome to the Game Football Podcast from the Times. Today, |
| 1:04.0 | should Pierre-Emerika Bamiang stay as Arsenal's captain? Manchester United aren't quite at their |
| 1:10.0 | brilliant best. Should we expect more of it? Will Billy Gilmore or Conne Gallagher get a chance |
| 1:15.0 | for Chelsea? We'll look back at some of the penalties awarded in the Premier League this weekend |
| 1:20.1 | and play pen or no pen. We'll also discuss the Africa Cup of Nations. This is the game. |
| 1:31.1 | Hello and welcome back to the Game Podcast. I'm Q who was across alongside |
| 1:34.8 | Alison Rudd, James Restall and Tom Clark today. Loads for us to get through. A little |
| 1:39.8 | bit later on, we're going to be talking about the many, many penalties in the Premier League. We'll |
| 1:45.2 | talk a little bit about Chelsea's youngsters who are great this weekend, Afcon as well and |
| 1:50.8 | silly red cards. But I wanted to begin today's podcast by discussing Arsenal. In particular, |
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