Mailbag: Are hard men overly romanticised?
Football Ramble
Stak Production
4.6 • 9.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
“Football was better in the good old days!” But was it really? Today, Marcus, Luke and Vish state the case for why football is actually better off with fewer Vinnie Jones type characters. I am sure Gazza agrees…
Marcus then plays the hits by reminiscing about the time a 35-year-old Gabriel Batistuta nearly signed for Fulham and shoehorning everyone's (no-one's) favourite British-Canadian tennis playing Greg into the show. And no, it’s not Greg Proops…
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