Squad strength and who is the most adaptable player in the Premier League..?
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Has Pep ruined football? Arsenal’s proper squad, the leagues most adaptable players and ‘treadmill to oblivion’.
Martin Samuel, Gregor Robertson and Henry Winter join Tom Clarke to reflect on a show of squad strength from Arsenal and City. Are the Gunners now at the same level as Man City and Liverpool in terms of squad depth? Who took their chance to shine and who didn’t? As Ben White stars, are traditional full backs now a thing of the past and who are the most adaptable players in the premier league…? Answers on a postcard…
Referee Andy Madley decided to ignore VAR at the Brentford v Brighton game last night; could this finally be a turning of the tide?
Finally, Brighton post record profits, thumbs up. Daniel Levy is the best plaid club chief ever, thumbs down. Martin over to you…
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| 0:41.4 | discussing all the latest midweek action as Arsenal and |
| 0:44.0 | Manchester City get key victories in the title race. We'll also look at Andy Madley's |
| 0:48.1 | Man of the Match performance as referee in the board draw at Brentford and |
| 0:51.4 | the big paydays for Brighton and Daniel Levy and what it means for football. |
| 0:55.2 | And joining me Tom Clark for all of that we have the chief correspondent for The Times and Sunday Times |
| 0:59.5 | Martin Samuel, chief football writer for the Times Winter, and a former footballer who knows a thing |
| 1:05.0 | or two about Bored Draws having played his part in 21 nil-nills during his 14-year career. |
| 1:11.1 | And yes, I did go through and count them. Gregor Robertson will be keeping us in sight yes I did go through and count them |
| 1:12.5 | Gregor Robertson will be keeping as it in sight I did 21 21 which I actually |
| 1:18.4 | I actually defend you you got to be quite proud of that |
| 1:20.4 | I'm pretty good but actually in a little clean cheats, yeah. |
| 1:23.0 | But actually in the football league, I was expecting a few more. |
| 1:25.2 | There were a couple of seasons where there were no nil-nills. |
| 1:28.2 | You had one for Chesterfield, I think, and one for Grimsby, maybe. |
| 1:30.8 | Where it was more threes and stuff. |
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