German decline and managers behaving nicely
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The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2018
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Gab Marcotti and Natalie Sawyer are joined by Martyn Ziegler and Alan Smith to discuss the biggest story in international football – the sudden regression of the German national team.
Germany have now gone three competitive games without scoring for the first time in their history. After group stage elimination from the World Cup, is it Joachim Low’s fault or is there a systemic failing in German football?
After Maurizio Sarri admitted to a friendly exchange on the touchline with Jurgen Klopp during a tight and tense top of the table clash between Chelsea and Liverpool, do managers have to be serious and stern all the time in order to achieve success? And if you smile while you’re losing, does that make you a loser?
Plus we discuss Eleven Sports’ decision to ignore the traditional Saturday 3pm kick-off blackout on live televised football in the UK and the possible ramifications for the game. And we bring you localised tales of where Roy Keane grew up.
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| 1:09.5 | League Week. |
| 1:11.1 | In the studio with us it's the excellent Alan Smith. |
| 1:14.4 | Well, we got Regales from old stories about your time with England and with Arsenal, right? |
| 1:20.0 | Crystal Palace, Nuts County, which, you know, depending on which Alan Smith you're referring. |
| 1:24.0 | Exactly, you've never heard that one before, right? |
| 1:28.0 | Every week. |
| 1:29.0 | And down the line, somebody who does not have a Bogg standard standard name it's Martin Ziegler. |
| 1:34.8 | Good morning. Not everybody knows this but not only is Ziegler's last name not |
| 1:39.2 | Bog standard neither is his first name because he spells it with a Y. |
| 1:43.1 | Now that's an homage to the former Leeds goalkeeper, right? |
| 1:45.6 | Exactly. |
| 1:47.6 | Well enough, who is a neighbor of mine? |
| 1:50.6 | Really? |
| 1:51.6 | That's awesome. That's awesome. That's awesome. |
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