Triumphant Tottenham, Disastrous Debuts and Victorious Villa
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The Times
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🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Tom Clarke is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tom Roddy in The Times office in London, with Molly Hudson in Australia.
The Lionesses came up just short in the World Cup final on Sunday - Molly Hudson joins us from Sydney to look back on a close game against Spain and look ahead to a future with or without Sarina Wiegman in charge. (00:00)
In the Premier League, it was a disastrous weekend for Everton who won’t forget their visit to Villa Park in a hurry and Chelsea won’t be overly keen on the London Stadium after a 3-1 defeat to West Ham. How long will it take Mauricio Pochettino’s side to fully gel and what can realistically be expected of them this season? (11:40)
Tom Roddy gives us an insight into his exclusive conversation with former Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who left the club for AC Milan in the summer. You can read the full conversation on The Times website (25:24)
Tottenham began life after Harry Kane with a 2-0 win over Manchester United. Have the club finally found the right manager to give them a clear identity and vision? As for United, are they still quite a way off where they need to be or was it just one of those days? (29:44)
Manchester City overcame Newcastle without Kevin De Bruyne, who is out for several months through injury. Phil Foden stepped up to fill in, but did he impress? (46:00)
We round up the rest of the weekend results as Fulham and Brentford share a similar problem in attack, while Brighton end the weekend top of the table despite their summer outgoings (52:05)
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| 0:54.4 | Hello and welcome to the Game Football Podcasts from the Times. Today we're talking |
| 0:59.9 | triumphant Tottenham, disastrous debuts and victorious villa. And we've got plenty more to come as well. |
| 1:06.4 | We'll be talking about Brighton and Brentford and how they cope without their missing stars. |
| 1:10.7 | Joining me for all of that is Tom Roddy, Alison Rudd and Gregor Robinson. But even before all of |
| 1:17.0 | that, we've got another special guest joining us all the way from Australia. Her passports ready, |
| 1:21.6 | her bags are packed. And she's probably feeling a little bit gloom. Molly Hudson, |
| 1:26.6 | we're here with you now to talk about the women's world cup. England losing that final one |
| 1:30.8 | nil to Spain. Been 24 hours now nearly for you to reflect on it. How are you feeling now, Mo? |
| 1:36.4 | I think it's a strange feeling always when a major tournament comes to an end when you're so far |
| 1:42.1 | away from home. And obviously that's been magnified this time because England got all the way to |
| 1:46.9 | the final. I think in a strange kind of way the team had rode their locks throughout this tournament. |
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