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This is a podcast from The Times, Sports Newspaper of the Year. Hello and welcome to the game podcast I'm Gabriel Marcotti with all the latest

from a stunning weekend in the Barclays Premier League.

And this week joining me, it's Allison Rudd, it's Tony Cascarino,

and from a pace we like to call George's Gaff, it's George Kalkin.

And just when I thought we were going to be all about the football in the Barclays Premier League,

the FAA went and dropped a Roy Hodgson-sized bombing proceedings, but we'll be analyzing that later.

In fact, first, let's start with some football.

Let's start with Wigan and Newcastle United even though George I believe you were actually at the Sunderland game,

I think you're competent enough to tell us how it's possible that just when Newcastle wins six

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