Friday Football Social: FA Cup replays debate
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Darren Fletcher hosts the Friday Football Social with Glenn Murray, Kevin Nolan and Clinton Morrison. They debate the Football Association's decision to scrap FA Cup replays, hearing from Coventry City boss Mark Robins ahead of playing Manchester United in Sunday's semi-final.
The podcast also discusses whether there is a worthwhile alternative to take over from Erik Ten Hag at the Old Trafford club at the end of the season, should he be replaced, amid the news that Southampton say they have "reluctantly agreed" to let director of football Jason Wilcox join Manchester United.
The panel then continues looks to ahead to this weekend's football, looking at the Premier League title race, as well as Manchester City's most immediate task of their FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea. There is also talk around how important this weekend could be in the battle to avoid relegation to the Championship.
TIMECODES:
02:40 - FA Cup replays 19:59 - Coventry City 22:18 - Manchester United 29:30 - Relegation battle 36:15 - Manchester City 38:30 - Liverpool 44:40 - Arsenal
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| 0:41.2 | The Football Daily Podcast Podcast with Darren Fletcher. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome along to the Friday Football Social. |
| 0:48.0 | Thank you for making as part of your football weekend. |
| 0:50.0 | I'm in the company of the former Crystal Palace striker Clinton Morrison |
| 0:55.1 | Clinton how are you? I'm alright mate good evening. Paul Robinson asked me to ask |
| 0:59.8 | whether at any stage you'll be working on the World Championship snooker in the next two weeks. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm not working on it but I am actually going. |
| 1:06.4 | I've been invited by someone from there so you need to know the right people in high places, |
| 1:11.3 | mate. |
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| 1:14.4 | Rony or Sullivan gets to the final I'll be there I will be at the final I will |
| 1:17.9 | probably be there yes it's up to me to pick in trees when I want |
| 1:21.8 | and it's it's right close to us anyway it's only up the road isn't it me it is you can you can have a lift and tell a roboo I tell the jokes not him all right the X Brighton striker Glen Murray is with us. |
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