Desperate karmic reach
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Adam Crafton and Flo Lloyd-Hughes engage in a race against time to produce a football podcast that isn’t immediately completely out of date.
With Premier League clubs registering a record number of positive Covid cases and games postponed, is it time for a circuit breaker? And why is this the worst time for that when it comes to the TV rights holders?
There’s plenty of midweek action to feast upon as Man City destroy Leeds 7-0. Are we in Bielsa’s last season at Elland Road? And is he the best manager for a relegation battle?
Plus the ludicrously inconsistent Arsenal are 4th and is James Ward-Prowse one of the best free-kick takers in Premier League history?
The panel pay tribute to the retiring Sergio Aguero. And Flo gives us a half-term report on the WSL and the details on their lucrative new sponsorship deal.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1a: Time for another circuit breaker? (02m 00s)
• PART 1b: Man City 7-0 Leeds (08m 30s)
• PART 1c: Arsenal 2-0 West Ham (19m 30s)
• PART 2: Sergio Aguero retires (31m 00s)
• PART 3: The rest of the Premier League midweek (38m 30s)
• PART 4a: What may be happening this weekend (46m 00s)
• PART 4b: Half-term report in the WSL (51m 00s)
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| 0:34.1 | The Athletic. |
| 0:41.2 | Time. The Athletic. Totally football show. |
| 0:42.6 | Today, weekend Premier League fixtures in doubt. |
| 0:45.8 | Fans react with dismay to prospect of cancellations |
| 0:48.4 | and an early return for the intertotally cut. |
| 0:51.5 | Meantime, midweek action that did happen, |
| 0:54.1 | Man City introduced leads to a horror show called Seven, |
| 0:57.2 | which appropriately ended with a header in the box, |
| 0:59.9 | and Arsenal go forth and etc. |
| 1:02.2 | Plus, call off the Sergio, |
| 1:04.1 | we salute Coonaguerro on his farewell from football |
| 1:06.6 | and get a half-term report on the WSL. |
| 1:09.9 | It's the Totally Football Show in association with Paddy Power. |
| 1:24.7 | Well, listener, Thursday the 16th of December, as I'm joined here on totally by Flo Lloyd Hughes. |
| 1:32.3 | Hi, Flo. |
| 1:33.2 | Hello, hello. |
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