Super Sub or Super Starter?
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2022
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Jonathan Northcroft and Matt Lawton.
England did a lot better against Germany than they did previously in Hungary - but what questions have been left to be resolved? Will Jack Grealish ever be in the first XI or should he embrace being a super sub? (00:00)
Scotland bounced back from their World Cup disappointment against Armenia. What’s next for Steve Clarke’s side and has a new phase begun for the national team? (23:10)
Matt Lawton joins us fresh from Munich, where he’s been looking into policing on the continent and how it differs from our own in the UK (32:20)
We take a look at the latest transfer rumours with Liverpool’s attack potentially getting an overhaul and what Arsenal need to get done before the start of the season (51:40)
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| 0:00.0 | The proudest moment of Proud's life was hitting a hole in one on a par three, and then |
| 0:08.3 | again on a par four. |
| 0:10.5 | The only thing is nobody was around to see it, but Proud will be remembered for more than |
| 0:15.8 | allegedly hitting two hole in ones on the same day. |
| 0:19.4 | He'll also be remembered for leaving a gift in his will to his favourite charity. |
| 0:24.1 | Find out how you could make a difference at rememberacharity.org.uk |
| 0:30.9 | This is the game football podcast from the Times. |
| 0:36.4 | Today we'll react to England draw against Germany in Munich. |
| 0:39.8 | Should Jack really be a superstar or a super sub? |
| 0:43.2 | We'll also be talking about Harry Kane's impact in the team. |
| 0:45.8 | It's he really the Harry Kane that we see week in week out in the Premier League. |
| 0:49.6 | We'll also be talking about the nation's league and it's important to Scotland and |
| 0:53.4 | their manager Steve Clarke. |
| 0:55.0 | We'll talk about football policing on the continent at Lawton's been out to Munich |
| 0:59.4 | to observe how their police do it and we'll also react to some of the big transfer rumours |
| 1:03.8 | this summer. |
| 1:04.8 | This is the game. |
| 1:12.8 | Hello again, welcome to the game podcast from the Times. |
| 1:15.6 | I'm Hugh Wiesencroft alongside Jonathan Northcroft and Gregor Robertson. |
| 1:20.6 | I'm looking back at the week's nation league games involving my beloved England. |
| 1:25.2 | Their beloved Scotland will also look later on. |
| 1:28.3 | Some of the big transfers being mooted in the Premier League, but let's begin with England |
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