Hello and welcome to the game, a football podcast from The Times and Sunday time.

So what was your moment of 2025?

On today's show, we'll be dishing out some end-of-year awards and looking back at our favourite goals, matches and players.

We'll also discuss the latest news and action too as Chelsea, Newcastle and Manchester City reached the League Cup semi-finals and players. We'll also discuss the latest news and action too as Chelsea, Newcastle and Manchester City

reached the League Cup semi-finals and FIFA try and fail to appease fans ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

I'm Tom Clark and joining me today. We have the Sunday Times, the football correspondent and

football journalist of the year, Johnny Northcroft, the former Millwall Marseille, an island striker, Tony Cascarino,

and the former football attorney. Gregor Robertson is here as usual. Here we are last show before Christmas for you, Gregor, isn't it? Is it? Yeah. You've got a week off, haven't you? Okay. Oh, are you coming back in? You're going to come back in for one more tune? Yeah, I think so.

Oh, he loves the bloody podcast, doesn't he listeners?

He loves it.

He actually just loves hanging out with him. back in. You're going to come back in for one more tune? Yeah, I think so. Oh, he loves the bloody podcast, doesn't he listeners?

He loves it.

He actually just loves hanging out with me. That's what it really is. Just like you, Tony Cascarino, you weren't even due to be on this show. No. Then I saw you yesterday and you're like, please, Tom, I need to come in and talk about football one more time before Christmas. and we've got Johnny Northcroft all the way down

on a train, expensive train.

You're under Suffrens, unlike the other two.

Yeah, yeah.

And, Before Christmas and we've got Johnny Northcroft all the way down on a train, expensive train.

You're under Suffrens, unlike the Lord too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I make you come here. I only do contractually obliged appearances. Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. Well, quite right, that's too. As I said, you are the football journalist of the year. Anyway, we'll get in some more awards in the second half of the show. But let's do a little bit of a wrap-up.

And I mentioned this on Monday show, Greg,

I said we've come back to talk about Chelsea, so let's do that first. A win against Cardiff in the League Cup. But I wanted to talk more about Enzo Moreska and his position as Chelsea manager. Because it's a fascinating one I'm finding this. Speaking to Pete Rutzler, who covers Chelsea for us And neither of us can work this out. Work out what on us going on? Makes the comments after a good win at the weekend against Everton. Makes it all about him and his situation without any clarity. Someone's not supporting me. Tell us who, Enzo. No, no, I can't say any more than that. Doubles down on them in the press conference

before the Cardiff game. Then has Chelsea fans singing his name. Oh, Enzo Morse. What on earth he's going. It's so bizarre, isn't it? Chelsea are a weird old club, aren't they? They've been this way for years, aren't they? I mean, the position of manager at Chelsea's not the same as a position of manager

at any other club and that predates

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