Are Chelsea a Superclub?
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The Times
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🗓️ 25 November 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Jonathan Northcroft and Ian Hawkey.
Mauricio Pochettino had a night to forget in Manchester as PSG were shown up at the Etihad. Has he got one hand tied behind his back with his ‘undroppable’ front three? (00:00)
Chelsea made short work of Juventus, beating them 4-0 at Stamford Bridge. Can Thomas Tuchel’s side defend their Champions League crown? (13:45)
Michael Carrick has a 100% win record in interim charge of Manchester United. Could he stick around until the end of the season and who is most likely to be the long-term solution? (26:29)
The government has ‘endorsed in principal’ the creation of an independent regulator for English football - but what will actually end up happening? (41:00)
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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 back to the Game Football Podcast from the Times. Today we ask a |
| 1:04.3 | Chelsea the best team in Europe. A Manchester City back to their best should |
| 1:09.2 | Piotr Tino walk out of Paris, and if not, what would Valverde bring to Manchester United? |
| 1:14.9 | And can the fan-led review change football all of that and more on this episode of the game? |
| 1:22.8 | Hello, welcome back to the game. I'm Hugh. Wasn't craft alongside Gregor Robinson, Jonathan |
| 1:35.2 | Northcroft and Ian Hawkey this Thursday morning. Loads for us to reflect on in terms of this |
| 1:41.3 | week's Champions League football. We're not together in person, unfortunately. I am in |
| 1:46.4 | andcoats a hipster no less in Manchester having watched the game at the Etti had last night, |
| 1:51.7 | but it will come to that a little bit later on. Just briefly, I want to start by mentioning Liverpool, |
| 1:57.6 | simply because we saw a fantastic goal from one of their squad players Tiago last night. |
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