The Game Big Premier League Preview
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Jonathan Northcroft, Tom Roddy and Paul Hirst.
The new Premier League season is almost upon us - but which teams will do well and which teams face another rocky road ahead? (00:00)
We’ve got several new managers in the league this season. Some are well known but some we know very little about. Which teams have made the smartest appointments? Will Rafa Benitez win over the Everton fans? (22:01)
Chelsea have already won one trophy after their UEFA Super Cup victory last night. Tom Roddy joins us from Belfast to reflect on a game which saw Kepa exorcise from demons from penalty shootouts gone by (37:48)
Paul Hirst gives us his thoughts on how both red and blue sides of Manchester will be feeling going in to the new season and whether the addition of Harry Kane would make City dead certs for the title (43:48)
We predict the big stories of the coming season, with some less-than-impressive headlines we expect to see before May (50:48)
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Alex Dibble from the Times World in Ten Podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Every day, we sit down and go through the stories being broken by our correspondence across the world, and we play you their interviews. |
| 0:12.0 | If he can be assassinated by India, what do they leave me as someone who's just as fun? |
| 0:16.0 | After she was reaped by Epstein, she ran. |
| 0:20.0 | If you struggle to keep up with the news, the world in ten is for you. |
| 0:24.0 | Listen, wherever you get your podcasts, it is ten minutes to stay on top of the world. |
| 0:30.0 | This episode of the game is sponsored by the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, which is inviting everyone in the UK to share their experience of the pandemic because every story matters. |
| 0:43.0 | Although the pandemic now feels like some time ago, it's left a long lasting impact on all of our lives. |
| 0:49.0 | It was something that we experienced together, however, despite that, it affected us in many individual ways. |
| 0:55.0 | Every story matters is your opportunity to share how the pandemic impacted your life with the UK COVID-19 Inquiry. |
| 1:02.0 | It doesn't have to be just about the virus either. This can be about how it impacted your day-to-day life, work, community, well-being or faith. |
| 1:10.0 | Each story will be analysed and submitted to the Inquiry's investigation as evidence. |
| 1:15.0 | Understanding the true human impact of the pandemic can help decision-makers learn lessons and protect future generations. |
| 1:22.0 | Our experiences deserve to be heard. Share your experience privately and securely on the Inquiry's website. |
| 1:29.0 | Search every story matters. |
| 1:32.0 | Hello and welcome to the game. The Premier League returns, we pick our teams and players of the season. |
| 1:39.0 | Who will astound and amaze, which clubs will be left in term or will also reflect on Chelsea's supercut win and ask if Manchester United have closed the gap to their local rivals Manchester City. |
| 1:51.0 | I'm Hugh Wasncroft and this is the game. |
| 1:59.0 | So it's time to wet the appetite for the new season ahead with our picks and predictions for the Premier League to help me through it all. |
| 2:07.0 | Gregor Robertson, Jonathan Northcroft and for the first part of the podcast, Tom Roddy, who joined us after the supercut in Belfast. How are you all? |
| 2:15.0 | Good, very good. |
| 2:17.0 | See, this is starting off good this season with the hellos and it will slowly descend to silence within the next few weeks. |
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