The Quarter-Final Shift & The Stokes Legacy
Hawksbee and Jacobs Daily
talkSPORT
4.5 • 809 Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Can Arsenal realistically defy the odds to claim consecutive Premier League titles?
Following an embarrassing 5-1 defeat to Belgium, the USA have crashed out of the World Cup. As the tournament moves into the quarter-finals, we analyse where it all went wrong for the hosts and look ahead to the next stage of the competition.
We are joined by Arsenal fan and JLS singer Aston Merrygold to discuss the Gunners' form and whether they have the consistency to secure back-to-back Premier League titles. Plus, former England cricketer Liam Plunkett joins us to discuss the seismic impact of Ben Stokes' retirement from the international stage.
Former Scotland assistant manager Mark McGhee joins us to break down the key battles ahead of Argentina vs. Egypt.
Former Spurs and Switzerland defender Ramon Vega offers his insight on Switzerland’s clash with Colombia.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Paul Hawksbyn. |
| 0:00.9 | And Andy Jacobs. |
| 0:01.8 | And this is the H&J Daily, |
| 0:03.4 | some of the best bits of today's show. We were joined by JLS's Aston Merrigold. Yes. A big gooner popped in the studio. Could have been a contender football-wise, he was telling us, back in the day. What else did we do? We had a chat with Liam Plunkett, the former World Cup winner for England, the cricketer who's now playing baseball over in the States. |
| 0:24.5 | We also... What else did we do? We had a chat with Liam Plunkett, the former World Cup winner for England, the cricketer, |
| 0:22.2 | who's now playing baseball over in the States. |
| 0:24.4 | We also asked him about how well the tournament, the football tournament, |
| 0:28.2 | is going currently over there. |
| 0:29.7 | Creature of the Night was Inny, the Preston fan, |
| 0:32.2 | who looked back on the Belgium, USA. |
| 0:37.0 | Also, Mark McGee joined us, our co-comitator for the Argentina-Egypt game, been doing some |
| 0:42.2 | fine work and he was looking forward to his breakfast predominantly. |
| 0:45.9 | Very much so. |
| 0:46.7 | Can hear his stomach rumbling down the line. |
| 0:49.3 | We had a bit of a chat and we had a fairly bizarre short conversation with the former |
| 0:54.4 | Switzerland and Spurs defender Ramon Vega we still don't quite know what had gone on |
| 0:59.5 | but anyway here it all is morning everyone good morning mr. Jacobs good morning, Mr. Jacobs. Good morning, everybody. Good morning, Paul. And I am fascinated that, of course, we are very, very much wrapped up in football here at the talk sport and the world. Really? I haven't really been watching much of it myself. Well, you say that, but our makeup artist said to us this morning, what's going on in football? |
| 1:27.6 | Yeah. I'd like to point out we haven't got a makeup artist. It's someone who does makeup in the building. It's like me and Andy employ somebody. We do. I'm 15 guineas a day to try and make us look better. Doesn't want to admit it. Cost more than that, it'll take the bloat who did. John Hertz makeup for the elephant man |
| 1:46.8 | that saw us out, obviously. us look better. It costs more than that. It would take the bloat we did. |
| 1:48.1 | John Hertz's makeup for the elephant man that sought us out, obviously. |
| 1:53.5 | Honestly, last night's game, that was modern football, and it's absolute worse. |
| 1:54.8 | Oh, what a dog were fleas. |
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