Hello international break, farewell Mesut Ozil

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

Soccer, Unknown, Soccer,, Sports, Football

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

With Jimbo away for the international break, Kelly Somers is in the Totally hot seat, with Duncan Alexander, Carl Anka and Charlie Eccleshare for company. This week sees the retirement of two sometimes great and sometimes terrible former Arsenal and Real Madrid players, Emmanuel Adebayor and Mesut Ozil, with the German in particular leaving a hugely divisive legacy. A genius turned live blogger. The Euro 2024 qualifying campaign begins with some stellar fixtures including Italy v England, Spain v a Haaland-less Norway, Zlatan’s Sweden v Belgium and captain Mbappe’s France v Koeman’s Netherlands. Paul Tenorio joins us to discuss a turbulent few months for the US national team since the World Cup, the courting of Folarin Balogun and why Patrick Vieira should be the next USA manager. Plus Hodgson, Conte and handsome Herve Renard. Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Ozil and Adebayor, we hardly knew ye (02.00) • PART 2a: Roy Hodgson returns to Crystal Palace (13.00) • PART 2b: Conte somehow still at Spurs (19.00) • PART 3a: Italy v England preview (27.00) • PART 3b: Hughton’s Ghana get ready for action (33.00) • PART 3c: France v Netherlands preview (36.00) • PART 3d: Sweden v Belgium preview (46.00) • PART 4a: Paul Tenorio on an eventful few months for the USA (50.00) • PART 4b: New eras for Wales and Spain (57.00) • PART 4c: Sampaoli out, Renard in (62.00) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS • theathletic.com/totally Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic
0:09.0	Totally football show today the Eagles are point to former Palace Manager and why the USA should do the same
0:15.0	Plus international break so hello to Desco, Ola to Delafuente and welcome back to Cuman and Chris Houton
0:22.0	We are asking Kane break room's record and can our panel remember who even manages Portugal is the totally football show
0:30.0	We are asking for a big round of applause for the fans
0:35.0	We are asking for a big round of applause for the fans
0:40.0	We are asking for a big round of applause for the fans
0:43.0	Well Jimbo is following suit with several players and giving this international break a miss
0:47.0	But don't worry Kelly Summers here with you and the awesome familiar totally voices in the shape of Duncan Alexander, Karl Anker and Charlie Eccleschen are Charlie
0:56.0	You came back from six months of paternity leave this week straight back onto none other than the Tottenham beat for the Athletic
1:04.0	At least you picked a really quiet week to come back
1:06.0	Very much so yeah I really thought I was going to miss the sacking on Saturday night and I've been like cling I mean I really don't want to miss it
1:13.0	But annoying and just about didn't but yes here we are on Thursday morning instead it drags on but yeah it was yeah came back on Tuesday and got a mail stream to return to
1:23.0	But you had a little joke didn't you about Conte's future when you went on paternity leave?
1:27.0	Yeah well my colleague James Moore who is also a rager on the view from the Lane Spurs podcast
1:34.0	He said to me he thought Conte would be gone by the time I got back and this was in September
1:39.0	And I said no don't be silly like he'll still be there it might be a difficult season but he'll still be there
1:44.0	And I was proved right just but I mean it was a moral victory for James because really
1:50.0	By the time I got back he was all but sat and yeah he called it but yeah the nearest emergence I held on
1:57.0	Speaking of Northland it was a big midweek for any gmatting Arsenal players of the past
2:02.0	I was so happy when I knew you had Duncan on this podcast because I feel like this is really going to play to your strengths Duncan
2:07.0	Now I'm manual adabuy or retired from football on Tuesday, Meza Erzel did the same on Wednesday
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