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Goldbridge Saves Football
Goldbridge Saves Football
4.8 • 671 Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Football, as we know it, could be slipping into a crisis. The culprit? The controversial VAR system. In our latest episode of Goldbridge Saves Football, we expose the shocking truth of how VAR decisions are ruining the game we all love. We peel back the layers of the latest VAR drama, dissect high-profile incidents, and expose the lack of accountability that is crippling the Premier League. One such glaring example is the Liverpool vs Tottenham game where the referee and VAR seemed to have dropped the ball, quite literally.
On the flipside, the episode isn't all doom and gloom. We deep dive into potential solutions that could rescue the beautiful game from this predicament. We also explore the fascinating dynamics of high-profile teams like Manchester United and Chelsea, throwing light on the intense pressure they are under to deliver results. Add to that a detailed analysis of the state of football viewership in the UK and the impact of the 3pm blackout, and you have a jam-packed episode that is as informative as it is entertaining.
Rounding off, we spark a lighthearted debate on which team - Aston Villa or Tottenham Hotspur - is more likely to finish higher in the league this season. The conversation takes an amusing turn as we ponder over who we'd rather watch wash their car - Marcus Rashford or Gareth Southgate. So, tune in for a riveting episode that promises to not just enrich your understanding of football but also offer a few laughs along the way.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody and welcome to Goldbridge saves football. I'm Mark Goldbridge and I tell you what, |
| 0:05.8 | we are here to save football straight away. We're going to get into Pratt Pundit of the week because |
| 0:10.2 | he's involved himself in this VAR drama. But before we get into all of that, Will, how are you doing? |
| 0:16.3 | Yeah, I'm on a sort of two-day hangover, getting to the age of 32, nearly pushing 33 now. |
| 0:21.7 | Guinness doesn't agree with me over a long period of time. |
| 0:24.8 | But I'm here. I'm fine. I've had a coffee. I'm about a muller light yoghurt and I'm ready to go, Mark. |
| 0:29.6 | Well, we're ready to go. We're revved up to go because it's almost like we know what we're |
| 0:34.0 | talking about here. We spent a lot of time last week talking about v a r and that was just because of silly decisions around handballs that wolves had had and we said |
| 0:43.1 | v a r has to go and then lo and behold it's almost like we know what we're talking about because |
| 0:48.5 | v a r completely destroys the game of the week there's prattie Pundit comments we need to get into, |
| 0:55.4 | all sorts. I almost feel like breaking into a Ronan Keating song. What was it? Sorry is all that I can say. |
| 1:05.7 | In the words of Howard Webb, well, sorry won't do. Sorry will not do. And I'm very, very empowered to be talking about |
| 1:13.0 | this, Will, because I feel like it's a case of I told you so, even before the podcast, I've |
| 1:18.3 | been talking about this, saying that it's ruining the game. It's not about Manchester United. |
| 1:22.7 | It's about this decision that happened in this game and that game and this game. Give us your thoughts. |
| 1:28.1 | I mean, you might have been too drunk to see it, but an appalling situation that the beautiful |
| 1:33.1 | game finds itself in. Well, I might have been drunk, but I'd probably done a bit of decision |
| 1:36.5 | than the referees on the day because it was absolutely stinking, wasn't it? We said it last week. |
| 1:40.9 | It's like when I found and discovered the coot's first album i thought no one |
| 1:44.5 | else had discovered it last week we were ahead of the curve we knew what we were doing we knew what we're |
| 1:48.7 | saying and people are this week saying get rid of vr well we were saying it last week because the people |
| 1:55.3 | who are in charge of it don't know what they're doing they haven't got the right capabilities |
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