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The Game

Liverpool lacking stability as Klopp loses the brain

The Game

The Times

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3.21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Gab Marcotti is joined by Jonathan Northcroft and James Scowcroft who run the rule over the relegation run-in in the Premier League. Plus Paul Joyce helps dissect the disharmony at Liverpool that led to assistant Zeljko Buvac stepping away just days before the second leg of their Champions League semi-final. And are pundits like Shearer and Souness harsher on players than ever before?

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0:00.0

Hello and I thank you for joining us.

0:09.0

Hello and welcome to the Game Podcast from The Times.

0:12.0

I'm Gabriel Matkotti and I thank you for joining us in the studio with me today

0:16.6

It's says your former Crystal Palace striker. What would you want on your tombstone James Kolkoff would you want Crystal Palace?

0:23.6

Would you want, you'd want Ipswich, wouldn't you?

0:25.3

If there's only room for one.

0:28.4

It's a question I've never been asked before, probably would never be asked again,

0:31.0

and I've never thought about.

0:32.0

There must be one club you identify with Moore, it's probably not Palace.

0:36.0

It's a difference, no?

0:37.0

Maybe.

0:39.0

Always so decisive.

0:40.0

And down the line, what's better than a Skokroft why of course a Northcroft it's Jonathan Northroft from the Sunday Times I don't need to ask you what club you identify with most because I think everybody knows right?

0:53.6

Well this is it on my thin stone I did a week's work experience for the Aberdeen

0:58.4

Evening Express once so former Aberdeen Evening Express work experience.

1:03.2

That's what I'm having.

1:04.3

There you go.

1:05.3

Now later on we're going to be discussing the shock resignation of Mr.

1:09.7

Buevak and looking ahead at the relegation run-in.

1:13.0

But first, let's start with Arson Bangor's final visit to Old Trafford as Arsenal Manager,

1:20.0

barring any twists in the tail of course.

1:29.0

John, I'm going to start with you. Somebody pointed out to me that Venger was going to get a better send-off at Old Trafford than he was at the Emirates, which seemed a little bit over the top, but he certainly got a good one with his old pals Sir Alex and Jose Marino being gracious

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