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18 or over. Hello and welcome to the Game Podcast from The Times.

I'm Gabriel Marcotti.

I thank you for joining us in this week two of our season.

And I am especially excited today,

not because Stuart Robson's here because you may have noticed he was here last week too in fact

he looks pretty much the same as last week just looks a little older a whole week older in fact, but because making her seasonal debut, it's the

Outstandingly Excellent Allison Rudd. Later on we'll be talking about the

story that the times broke.

There's a plan of foot by Premier League clubs

to end the transfer window just before the first match of the season.

We're going to start with the first ever Premier League game at Wembley.

And joining us as a special extra guest in the studio

in captivity, now huge game for Chelsea given what happened the week before

that harm defeat to Burnley that we talked about the sendings off the

tensions the injuries the suspensions I mean she minds about this because

with this discussion last night and I'm a yes pin show with Steve Nickel as well where he said like oh but you know

Spurs deserve more from the game it's interesting because it strikes me Allison that if you break this down to

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