Move Over, Messi..

The Game Football Podcast

The Times

Sports, Soccer

3.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy and Jonathan Northcroft. The Champions League is back - Kylian Mbappé turned it on in Messi’s back yard and Erling Braut Haaland blew Sevilla away - is this the moment the next generation take over? Are Mbappé and Haaland the new Messi and Ronaldo? The Times’ European Football Correspondent, Ian Hawkey joins the conversation to give his insight into current situations at Barcelona and PSG. We play fantasy football to place world-beating players into curveball sides - Mbappé to Leicester City anyone? Referee Darren Drysdale has been charged with improper conduct by the FA after appearing to square up to Ipswich’s Alan Judge in their game against Northampton this week. Gregor gives us his unique insight as a former player and questions whether it’s any surprise an official has finally reacted to player pressure. The Merseyside derby comes around again this weekend with both sides in need of a win - could we see a classic at Anfield? Get your digital subscription to The Times and get a month free: thetimes.co.uk/thegame

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0:00.0	Hello again, welcome to the game football podcast from The Times, I'm Hugh Wasn't Croft.
0:06.2	Today, Starboy Killian and Bappé lays down his credentials as the best in the world.
0:12.0	Does his greatness underscore Barcelona's demise, though?
0:16.2	Elsewhere, referee is charged with improper conduct for locking heads with a player.
0:21.1	Is it right or wrong for officials to bite back?
0:24.9	And the red and blue halves of Merzyside collided the weekend with both
0:28.5	in desperate need of all three points, lots for us to discuss and a cast of Times'
0:33.8	journalistic firepower to help me through it all in the shape of Gregor Robertson,
0:38.0	Tom Clark and Jonathan Northcroft. How are you doing, guys?
0:40.9	Very well done, Hugh. Not bad, not bad.
0:43.3	Go on, Tom. Go on. You might as well get it off your chest.
0:46.5	No, last night, I'm going to get two ends of the spectrum because last night I was
0:51.4	with Mickey Gray, former Sutherland defender, absolutely ecstatic that they had
0:55.4	reached the Papa John's trophy final. Of course, at the expense of Lincoln on penalties.
1:00.2	Hey, feeling?
1:01.2	It's funny because we've had such a good season.
1:03.9	It was nice to be in a strange way. This is me trying to be reflective now,
1:07.7	but it was nice to be that angry about football for once.
1:10.4	We were awful, absolutely rubbish. We conceded an awful goal.
1:14.5	It was one of those terrible moments that I'm sure any football fan can empathize with
1:18.6	when you watched an opposition team do something over and over again and nearly score.
1:23.9	You think, surely, we're not going to keep letting that happen.
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