Is Jude Bellingham Overhyped?
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The Times
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🗓️ 31 March 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Tom Clarke and Alyson Rudd.
Gareth Southgate changed things around and gave us a chance to see more of players including Jack Grealish and Raheem Sterling against the Ivory Coast. Does that game affect who might make the World Cup starting XI? (00:30)
Jude Bellingham has been widely praised for his impact on the side. Is he in line for a starting place or has he been overhyped? (11:53)
Ollie Watkins says he can’t do much more to claim an England place - but does our panel agree? (21:23)
The Premier League is set to make a u-turn and agree to five substitutions per team from next season. Is this decision good for the future of the game? (35:10)
Ask Alyson - this time, Alyson gives us the behind the scenes story on her interview with aspiring Premier League manager Yaya Toure and players who’ve only touched the ball once in their top flight careers (44:18)
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| 1:00.1 | This is the Game Football Podcast from the Times. Today, |
| 1:04.0 | we're England fans' right to boo Harry McGuire after England's win over rivalry coast at |
| 1:09.3 | Wembley. We'll talk about Jude Bellingham, Olly Watkins and more. Also, five substitutes could |
| 1:15.2 | come into the Premier League for next season. Does that benefit the game? We'll also be asking |
| 1:20.5 | Alison this week we'll discuss Yaya Tore and One Touch Wonders. This is the Game. |
| 1:34.8 | Hello again, welcome back to the Game Podcast. I'm Hugh Wasn't Croft alongside |
| 1:38.6 | Alison Rudd and Tom Clark this week. Loads for us to discuss. Let's begin with the football. |
| 1:45.2 | Yes, the football that took place at Wembley, England 3, Ivory Coast 0, thanks to an all-too-predictable |
| 1:52.0 | red card for surgery. O'Rea wasn't that great a game to be honest, but it does mean England and |
| 1:56.6 | our 22 matches unbeaten inside 90 minutes for all of the sticklers out there. Yes, we know they |
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