Time for Pep to shine without his biggest star
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The Times
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🗓️ 16 August 2018
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Natalie Sawyer and James Gheerbrant take a look at the issues dominating the headlines in football ahead of another big Premier League weekend.
Paul Joyce joins us to discuss how Manchester City can adapt to losing player of the year Kevin De Bruyne, side-lined for 3 months through injury. Could Phil Foden fill in?
Should Emery lean on Leno for Arsenal in search of a better distributor than Petr Cech? They face Chelsea and superstitious Sarri at Stamford Bridge.
Son of an architect Henry Winter discusses the delay in Tottenham’s move to their new stadium. How well set are Spurs for this season as a whole?
Plus we'll find out who knows more about Barnsley – Natalie Sawyer or Gab Marcotti?
Charlie Scott and Paddy von Behr provide their advice ahead of the fantasy football weekend. For free Fantasy Premier League tips from The Sweeper, visit thetimes.co.uk/fantasyfootball
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine you in a nice comfy seat with your hands behind your head taking in the views instead of taking on the road maybe even taking a nap. That's the bliss of getting where you need to go |
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| 0:24.0 | Avantee west coast, feel good travel. Hello and welcome to the game podcast from The Times. I'm Natalie Sawyer and |
| 0:45.9 | thank you for joining us. Now there's no Gab Marcotti this week as he's decided to |
| 0:50.0 | take a well-earned rest so he's trusted me to take this on solo. We are going to be with you twice a week this season, |
| 0:56.6 | our usual edition on a Monday and starting today, Thursdays as well. |
| 1:02.1 | Looking ahead to the weekend's action in the studio with me. |
| 1:05.0 | Today is Mr. James Gerebrandt and down the line the chief football writer at The Times |
| 1:09.0 | Henry Winter. |
| 1:10.0 | Later on, we'll be joined by the Times Northern Football Correspondent Paul Joyce to discuss |
| 1:15.1 | a major injury to Kevin DeBroiner. |
| 1:18.2 | And Gab may be sonning himself as we speak, but he and I are set to go head to head predicting featured games later not just |
| 1:25.1 | in the Premier League. But first we start with arguably the game of the weekend. |
| 1:30.1 | Maritzio Sari's Chelsea against Unai Emory's Arsenal on Saturday evening. |
| 1:35.2 | Two men brand new to the Premier League. |
| 1:37.2 | Chelsea began life under Sari with a three-nell win at Huddersfield, |
| 1:40.4 | but the Gunners misfired against Manchester City losers at the Emirates on Sunday. |
| 1:47.0 | Henry, how much of a disappointment was that first Arsenal performance of the Emory era? |
| 1:51.0 | Well, it was slightly expected, partly because of the quality of Manchester City, partly because everyone |
| 1:58.0 | knows it's going to take maybe two or three transfer windows for Unai Emory, who's a very sensible coach and has immediately gone in and realized the issues |
| 2:06.0 | in goal at the back, getting a balance right going forward, and it's going to take a bit of time. |
| 2:11.6 | So interesting talking to some of the |
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