The wayward Woodward and the absent Aubameyang
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🗓️ 20 August 2018
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Gab Marcotti is joined by Gary Jacob and Paul Hirst after a Premier League weekend that asks a lot of questions. Manchester United’s defeat at Brighton raises issues over United’s defence. The panel discuss how Ed Woodward and Jose Mourinho can’t agree on certain players in the squad and the effect that has on their relationship.
We saw 25 minutes of Sarri-ball during a bonkers victory for Chelsea over Arsenal. Will Sarri stick with a system that forces N’Golo Kante to neglect his defensive responsibilities? And on the Arsenal side of things, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a big-name player but is he a big-game player? Plus what does Unai Emery do with the turgid Mesut Ozil?
Martyn Ziegler speaks to us about how far we are from VAR in the Premier League and reveals why the 39th game might not be as far away as we think.
And even though Natalie Sawyer is on holiday, there are still bragging rights up for grabs. Who was victorious in the first week of match predictions? Gab or Natalie?
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| 0:34.5 | I'm Gabriel Marcotti and I thank you for joining us. |
| 0:37.6 | Yes, I am back from my holiday since you ask. |
| 0:40.2 | And as I tag in, Natalie Sawyer tags out. It's her turn to vacation. |
| 0:44.5 | Don't worry if you enjoyed hearing both of us at the same time. You will have the opportunity to do so again shortly. |
| 0:51.0 | It's just that it's August, it sunny I know football's back but hey we're |
| 0:55.6 | all entitled to a day off now joining me in the studio today is times transfer |
| 1:01.5 | guru and many other things but of a mathematician too I believe Mr Gary |
| 1:05.5 | Jacob good morning gaps how are you very well I was right about the maths right you |
| 1:09.6 | right is a very long time ago I was going to say Lord Treisman also has a mathematics degree, former head of the |
| 1:14.8 | FA. I didn't realize that. There you go. This gives you something to talk about next time you |
| 1:18.6 | guys hang out. And down the line we've got the Times man on the Manchester beat |
| 1:23.4 | Paul Hurst morning my mathematics is terrible I just don't do math so good because you |
| 1:28.8 | can turn to Ed Woodward for advice whenever you need to later on we'll be joined by Martin Ziegler to |
| 1:34.5 | discuss some governance and VAR issues. Us nerds love those. But we have to start |
| 1:40.0 | with a latest installment in the Manchester United soap opera. |
| 1:44.0 | Gary, let's start with you. |
| 1:46.0 | United Go Down 3 1. |
| 1:48.0 | There's lots of talk about, especially thinking the fallout of this, |
| 1:51.0 | but the first obvious thing is Eric Bye and Lindeloff, and really the defense as a whole, |
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