Is Mainoo the answer to England's midfield issues?
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The Times
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🗓️ 21 March 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Are points deductions fair, what's the point of a football regulator, and should Kobbie Mainoo start for England?
Martin Samuel, Gregor Robertson and Tony Cascarino join Tom Clarke to ask if you’d rather have a good centre forward or a good lawyer? As Nottingham Forest fall foul of the regulator are points deductions the best way to tackle the problem? Should more money go to the wider football pyramid and what happens if it doesn’t?
Back on the pitch have England found their midfield answer, will Kobbie Mainoo be the late edition that balances the team? If he makes the squad, then who misses out – Maddison, Henderson, Bowen…?
Finally, best Brazilians to ever play in the Premier League…?
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Van Vinerana from The Story, a daily news podcast from The Times. |
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| 0:25.0 | Listen every weekday on the Times Radio up or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to the Game Football Podcast from The Times. Today we're covering nearly |
| 0:41.0 | every aspect of the beautiful game as we debate points penalties and the plans for an independent regulator |
| 0:46.2 | There'll be plenty of actual football too as we look at the young talent in Gareth Southgate England squad and reflect on the Brazilian takeover of the Premier League from Janino to Jesus. |
| 0:55.9 | And joining me Tom Clark to discuss all of that we have the chief correspondent for The Times and |
| 0:59.6 | Sunday Times Martin Samuel, a former footballer who played at three international tournaments for Ireland |
| 1:04.3 | including the 1994 World Cup which was won by Brazil and another former footballer who has absolutely no connection |
| 1:11.1 | with Brazil at all. But he did play in two thrillers |
| 1:13.4 | against Belarus for Scotland under 21s sadly losing both matches three two |
| 1:17.6 | Gregor Robertson will be bringing the Samba skills to the podcast today you did |
| 1:21.6 | score in one of them but I think I've done the fact that he scored two in two in session. I'm just trying to broaden it out. Now Tony I was looking at your career and I got very excited when I realized that island had beaten Brazil in 1987 at the peak of your powers but you it turns out you weren't quite |
| 1:36.5 | back in Jack Charton's good books at that point now I played three games under |
| 1:41.2 | Owen hand when I first got called up in about 85 and then I got a knee injury |
| 1:46.4 | and Jack didn't select me and then I'm playing one day for Millwall Allen Road in the championship |
| 1:52.4 | and we won two one played well scored playing one day for Millwall, Ellum Road in the championship. |
| 1:53.2 | And we won two one, played well, scored. |
| 1:55.6 | And as I was going towards the dressing rooms, |
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