How to stay in the Premier League and top five midfielders?
The Game Football Podcast
The Times
3.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
All the talk is Ange Postecoglou could be on his way out of Tottenham. Not so fast says Martin Samuel…he might have done better than you think. Could a Europa League win - especially if its over Man Utd - change the narrative?
Whoever is in charge next season Spurs are unlikely to be in 15th place again. But for the promoted clubs, what do they have to do to stay up? The gulf in wages, playing staff and finances is bigger than ever. Is it fair? What are the challenges on and off the pitch facing the teams coming up.
And the conclusion of our top five all time premier league midfielders debate. Gregor and Jonny have a list…
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| 0:32.2 | Best episode yet. |
| 0:33.3 | Music Hello and welcome to the game football podcast from The Times. |
| 0:45.4 | Can Ange Postercoglu guide Tottenham to a bottom half finish and still keep his job? |
| 0:50.2 | Can Leeds and Burnley survive in the Premier League next season and who will finish in the European qualification spots? |
| 0:56.5 | We're asking all the big questions on today's show and will also return to our debate about the greatest midfielders in the Premier League era. |
| 1:04.1 | I'm Tom Clark and joining me today. We have the Chief Correspondent for the Times and Sunday Times Martin Samuel, |
| 1:09.2 | the football correspondent for the Sunday Times |
| 1:10.9 | and football journalist of the year, |
| 1:12.8 | Jonathan Northcroft, |
| 1:13.8 | and the former football return journalist, Gregor Robertson, |
| 1:16.2 | is here as usual. |
| 1:18.2 | Loads to get at, loads of questions. |
| 1:19.9 | Greg, do you reckon we're going to answer all those questions |
| 1:21.5 | that I just lined out? |
| 1:22.9 | No chance. |
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