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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Totally World Cup - Groups G and H previewed

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

World Cup, Premier League, Champions League, Sports, Soccer,

4.54.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In our final podcast before the World Cup kicks off, Jimbo, Michael Cox, Jack Lang, Daniel Storey, Iain Macintosh and Belgium's own Kristof Terreur size up England and their opponents in Group G. Plus, we wonder whether Group H - with Japan, Colombia, Senegal and Poland - may just be the best group of them allRUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: Group G: Tunisia - the highest ranked team in Africa are not to be taken lightly (03m 00s)• PART 1b: Group G: Panama - “in Russia for a good time, not a long time” (05m 00s)  • PART 1c: Group G: England - reasons for optimism and some nostalgia from Paul Ince (08m 10s)• PART 1d: Group G: Belgium - Kristof Terreur on whether this will be a crowing moment for this golden generation? (15m 20s)• PART 2a: Group H overview - the most international of groups (22m 20s)• PART 2b: Group H: Japan - a return to Tokyo-taka (24m 00s)• PART 2c: Group H: Senegal - back on the radar (26m 20s)• PART 2d: Group H: Colombia - not such a sure thing (29m 30s)• PART 2e: Group H: Poland - they should be better than are (32m 30s)• PART 3: World Cup odds with Paddy Power’s Lee Price (35m 40s)• PART 5: Exeunt omnes (37m 30s)• we're sponsored by[**Paddy Power **- home of the Money Back Special](http://www.paddypower.com/)• sign up to [**The Telegraph's Fantasy Football **](http://www.fantasyfootball.telegraph.co.uk)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on [**Facebook** - home of the Totally Football Quiz which will be back at half time during every England group game](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a [**tweet: @TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)


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0:00.0

A great day, comrades.

0:02.0

We sail into history.

0:04.0

Totally Football Show at the World Cup.

0:07.0

Unbelievable.

0:10.0

Unbelievable this.

0:12.0

Oh, Lord!

0:15.0

Oh my God, it's dangerous! Yes, my God, it's the final one of our World Cup previews focusing on groups G&H with Jack Lang,

0:42.0

Daniel Story, Michael Cox and Ian McIntosh.

0:45.9

Now he cannot stop.

0:56.2

Hello everyone.

0:59.1

Yes, it's a warm welcome back to Jack Lang,

1:00.9

South American football expert.

1:01.6

Hi, James.

1:02.7

Hi, Jack.

1:08.2

Daniel's story is also returning after his stellar performances on groups D-E and F.

1:08.9

Thank you. And remember his audiobook, Gaza in Italy, is available. But joining us for Groups G&H, Michael Cox, author of the mixer on actual real paper. Hi, James. How are you doing? Yeah, very well, thank you. Good. And superstar columnist for the Straight Times in Singapore, Ian McIntosh. Hi. Hi. Straight Times.

1:28.0

Is that like a geographical demarcation or is it going to have a lifestyle choice?

1:32.4

What's the story there?

1:33.4

Straight Times is one of the granddaddies of Southeast Asian media markets.

1:37.7

It's been going for years and years and years.

1:39.2

All right.

1:40.0

Well, I can ask you one or two questions about groups, G&H, and we're going to begin with the big one.

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