Do Footballers Actually Enjoy Christmas?

The Game Football Podcast

The Times

Sports, Soccer

3.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Jonathan Northcroft. Leicester upset Jose on Sunday and everything is starting to click - but how long can their good form last? While people over-indulge - do footballers actually enjoy Christmas? Our resident former pro gives his take on what it’s like to be a player during the festival period. A year on from Carlo Ancelotti’s arrival at Goodison Park - have Everton got what it takes to be a top four side? Leeds lost 6-2 to Manchester United yet both teams were praised - is it acceptable to love something in sport unconditionally, especially in the case of Marcelo Bielsa’s side? Nuno Espirito Santo came out and made some strong claims about the quality of refereeing in their loss to Burnley - was he just deflecting his disappointment at the result? The last episode before Christmas ends on a positive note with our reasons to be cheerful - including how close the top half of the Premier League table is this year and how having sport while we’re all in this situation can’t be taken for granted.

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1:00.9	Hello. Hello welcome to this special Christmas edition of the game
1:08.8	podcast what a year it's been there's a lot to be thankful for and if you're home alone or you can't be back with your loved ones then don't worry we've got the perfect Christmas tonic with some of our archetype good cheer to get you through to Boxing Day and all the
1:25.3	great fixtures as a come as well and to help me through it all over the next hour or
1:29.1	so well what should I say the three wise wise men, Jonathan Northcroft, Gregor
1:33.6	Robertson and Tom Clark. How you doing guys?
1:36.2	Can tell you're in a cheerful Christmas spirit if you're calling us a lot of
1:39.2	wise men. Goodness me. Of course you are very wise, each of you very distinct as well, you know, Muh,
1:46.5	frankincense gold, I'll give you nicknames I'm sure by the end of it.
1:50.0	What are the Christmas plans, everyone happy? I mean there was some let's be honest and bad news around what we can do for Christmas.
1:56.2	Are we all comfortable this year? I mean depends what you mean by comfortable. Obviously you have to remember the big picture
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