Season Preview Part 2
The Game Football Podcast
The Times
3.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Natalie Sawyer and her new co-host Gregor Robertson are back with The Game brought to you by the Times. On this episode, they are joined by The Times very own, Alyson Rudd, and James Gheerbrant.
In episode two of our season preview, they focus on the ins and outs of the transfer window, and what VAR will mean for the Premier League. They also discuss whether English clubs will be Kings of Europe again.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and |
| 0:05.0 | Gregor Robertson. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Natalie Sawyer. And I'm Greg Robertson. |
| 0:09.0 | As the 2019 2020 Premier League season kicks off, |
| 0:12.0 | we'll be here with you twice a week for all the |
| 0:14.7 | best reaction and analysis for what promises to be another exhilarating campaign. |
| 0:19.4 | Joining us in the studio today is Allison Rod and James Gerebrandt. Later on we'll be looking ahead to |
| 0:25.3 | this season's Champions League, but first we have to talk about the AR. Will it enhance the game or will it slow it down? |
| 0:35.0 | It's been proven statistically to increase the percentage of correct decisions, |
| 0:40.0 | but is it worth it if it is at the detriment to the flow of the game and the fan experience? |
| 0:47.0 | It is now going to be used in the Premier League this season. |
| 0:51.0 | They've done all their testing, they're all very happy, so we've got to get used to it. |
| 0:54.0 | Anacently looking forward to it? |
| 0:56.0 | Well I went down to Stockley Park, which is the hub for all of our big room, big hall-shaped room, loads of monitors, every match with people |
| 1:06.7 | glued to their various screens and a green button and a red button in front of them. |
| 1:11.9 | And I arrived there very cynical about VAR I don't think it should exist I don't like |
| 1:16.8 | it in principle but I can't just say that so over the past two years I've written |
| 1:21.5 | pieces explaining all my little bug bears and the |
| 1:24.4 | potential pitfalls and so on and when I got to Starkly Park it turns out they've had |
| 1:29.5 | they're at least trying to address them all and I have to give them credit for that. So for example I think the |
| 1:36.3 | referee review area that little black box is a nasty little thing and has no place in |
| 1:42.2 | the game really slows the game down if the |
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