Roger Bennett (Men In Blazers) on the Return of the Premier League

ESPN Daily

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4.6 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The world's most popular sports league, the English Premier League, returns to action Wednesday, and who better to join ESPN Daily on this occasion than an original member of suboptimal radio, Men In Blazers' Roger Bennett? Roger and Mina discuss Liverpool's remarkable season thus far in their quest to win their first league championship in 30 years. The two also explore the slew of health and safety protocols that have been put in place for the Premier League to return to action, as well as the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that are expected across the matches in England. And in this mad dash to finish the season, who will qualify for Champions League and Europa League? Is Son Hueng-min the greatest Korean soccer player ever or just the greatest soccer player ever? Rog has all the answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Football is back.
0:07.0	It will be obviously for some reasons, completely different, but you can still make it really, really special.
0:18.0	We will win the stadium, you will be at home. I can promise you,
0:24.6	we will feel your support. Stay safe. We are still with you. And you'll never walk alone.
0:35.9	That was Liverpool FC manager Juergen Klop in a message released yesterday that will bring a tear not just the eyes of his supporters,
0:44.6	but dare I say anyone who cares about the most popular sports league in the world.
0:50.8	That's right, folks. After a three-month hiatus, the English Premier League is back. Today,
0:56.5	Roger Bennett from Men in Blazers fills us in on these frantic few remaining weeks.
1:02.3	So grab a pint and join us for a suboptimal tour of English soccer. I'm sorry, English football.
1:09.3	I'm Minakimes. It's Wednesday, June 17th.
1:12.3	This is ESPN Daily, presented by Marathon.
1:17.2	Hey, Roger.
1:18.7	Oh, hello, Mina Kimes.
1:21.0	Are you relieved you're on ESPN Daily and not my NFL pod
1:25.0	talking about your beloved Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky.
1:28.2	You know, God love Mitch Trubisky is an incredible pressure to be knowing that your whole life
1:34.8	is just destined to pan out to become the answer to a trivia question.
1:38.8	In about 10 years, who was taken ahead of DeShorn Watson and Patrick Mahomes?
1:44.6	Roger Bennett is a long-suffering Bears fan.
1:47.7	He's also the co-host of Men and Blazers on the NBC Sports Network and the Men in Blazers
1:51.8	podcast.
1:53.0	But I am just braced for him to end up with the Green Bay Packers leading them on a fourth
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