No Hugging, Please!

The Game Football Podcast

The Times

Sports, Soccer

3.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2021

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Jonathan Northcroft. Tottenham have once again dropped points from a winning position - is Jose’s cautious style at fault? Would Spurs winning the League Cup buy Mourinho more time to win the fans over? Has Gareth Bale been worth the money they’re paying him when he’s just sitting on the bench every week? The Times’ North-east writer Martin Hardy joins us to talk about the problems at Newcastle after their loss to bottom side, Sheffield United. Is Steve Bruce the man to try and pick them up or has the job ground him down too much? The Premier League have written to clubs reminding them about Covid protocols after recent breaches - should players avoid celebrating goals? If players have tested negative, surely everything on the field should be left unchanged? Manchester United are top of the league, but can they go all the way? We preview their next game against a well-rested Liverpool and round things off by discussing who the best English manager is - following Pep Guardiola’s praise of Graham Potter. There’s a slight curveball brought to the table..

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1:01.0	Hello, this is the Game Football Podcast from The Times. Welcome, I'm Hugh Wiesencroft.
1:09.0	It's Thursday. We'll be looking back at the Midwink Premier League actioners, both Spurs and Newcastle,
1:14.6	incur the wrath of their fans.
1:16.7	We'll also look ahead to the top of the table clash between Liverpool and Manchester United
1:20.6	at the weekend.
1:21.7	We'll ask, should hugs be allowed on a football pitch at the
1:24.9	moment and who is the best English manager right now to help me discuss it all
1:29.9	Tom Clark Jonathan Northcroft and Greg Robertson morning guys how you doing morning Hugh morning you very well you yeah there you go the last three thank you full house of excitement
1:42.2	pumped ready that's all I ask for that's all I'm Full House of Excitement. You. Pomped ready for it.
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