Sancho Hits Out At Ten Hag; Chelsea's Forward Problems & Sensational Spurs!
The Game
The Times
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🗓️ 4 September 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Gregor Robertson is joined by Tony Cascarino, Tom Roddy and Alyson Rudd to look back at the weekend's Premier League action.
They start by reviewing Arsenal's 3-1 win over Manchester United at the Emirates and ask just how significant it was for the Gunners. They also reflect on Jadon Sancho's statement released on social media and how damaging it could be for his career. (00:00)
Chelsea's woes continued with a 1-0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest, what can Mauricio Pochettino do to solve their problems in attack? They also debate how important that win was for Nottingham Forest, and discuss their hopes for the season. (17:35)
Spurs continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 5-2 victory at Burnley. Just how important is James Maddison if they are to achieve any success season? How influential has Ange Postecoglou been in their start to the campaign? (28:45)
Brighton rounded off Saturday afternoon with a 3-1 win at home to Newcastle, with Evan Ferguson starring with a hat-trick. How far can he go in his career, and how exciting is Brighton's season with Europa League football to come? They also debate if Newcastle fans should start to worry after 3 defeats in their first 4 games? (41:46)
Mohamed Salah stars for Liverpool as they thrash Aston Villa 3-0 at Anfield - but will he still be at the club by the end of the Saudi Pro League transfer window? They also hail the performance of Dominik Szoboszlai. (55:54)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the game podcast from the Times. I'm Gregor Robertson and alongside |
| 0:07.0 | me today are Tom Roddy, Tony Cascarino and Alison Rodd. Let's get straight into the big |
| 0:12.6 | one at the Emirates, another frenzied emotional wild game at the Emirates on Sunday against |
| 0:19.8 | Manchester United. Alison, you were there, Declan Rice was the hero, Rice Rice baby, |
| 0:25.3 | built a note at the end. What did you make of that? And the game? Well, I'm still a little |
| 0:31.2 | shell shocked from it all. It's my first game at the Emirates this season and they now |
| 0:37.5 | sing an anthem before kickoff. It's so artificial. Can you sing it for us? It's tuneless, so I can't. |
| 0:45.6 | It's not even catchy. And it's a sort of mournful song that speaks of, I don't know, |
| 0:51.2 | fishermen lost at sea or something. That's how it feels. And it's a sort of song that |
| 0:56.0 | you should only sing if you know that you're great grandfather sang it as well when he |
| 0:59.7 | supported the arsenal. And so it's just come from nowhere. And yet, but I have to admit |
| 1:05.2 | everybody sang it. And it set the scene for a quite remarkable V-Brile atmosphere might |
| 1:13.4 | ears didn't literally bleed, but I did check to see if they were because the cacophony |
| 1:18.5 | I haven't come across that at the Emirates ever. You'd be quite skied in other Emirates |
| 1:23.0 | like in recent years. Yeah, so they've had to change, doesn't it? And this is why they've |
| 1:26.8 | done it because you're not going to win the title unless you've got fans that back you |
| 1:31.7 | when things go wrong, you need to know that they're there come what may. And it worked |
| 1:36.8 | because Arsenal didn't play particularly well, but part of the reason they got over |
| 1:42.2 | the line was this incredible raucous atmosphere cheering a month, which must have made them |
| 1:47.6 | feel like they were playing well, even when they weren't. So, you know, and the rice |
| 1:52.8 | rice baby at the end, you'd think, wow, you know, Declan Rice must have had one of those |
| 1:58.4 | 10 out of 10 games. Well, he didn't. I mean, he scored a lucky goal and probably was influential |
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