Was Southgate's Experiment Worth It?
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The Times
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🗓️ 14 October 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Jonathan Northcroft.
England ended the International break in lacklustre fashion at Wembley. Was it a mistake for Gareth Southgate to experiment with Mount and Foden playing? What did we learn from the two games? (00:00)
FIFA are looking into the crowd trouble which lead to one arrest for an alleged racially aggravated public order offence. Should fans of a team with outstanding punishments for racism have been allowed to buy tickets? (17:04)
Newcastle are preparing to play the first game of their new chapter as they host Spurs on Sunday. The Times’ Martin Hardy joins us to discuss what we can expect to happen at St James’ Park on Sunday (30:32)
Claudio Ranieri takes charge of his first Watford game on Saturday as Liverpool make a trip south. Will the Italian be able to create the same magic he did at Leicester City? (40:28)
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| 1:00.1 | Hello and welcome to the game football podcast from The Times. Today, how big a problem does |
| 1:05.9 | Garry Southgate have over Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane? Lyndon Dykes Aussie spirit rubs off |
| 1:11.6 | on Scotland, what to expect at St James's part this weekend, and can Claudio Renieri work his |
| 1:17.4 | magic at Watford. This is the game. |
| 1:26.4 | Hello and welcome back to the game. Lots to get through today. I am Hugh Wussenkroft. |
| 1:30.9 | Alongside me today, Gregor Robertson, Jonathan Northcroft and Tom Clark and we begin by |
| 1:36.3 | discussing England and what was a pretty turgid performance on Tuesday night their lead |
| 1:41.2 | at the top of the UEFA World Cup qualifying group I cut to three points after a one-all draw |
| 1:47.1 | with Hungary at Wembley. It means it will go down to the final day of qualifying for England. |
| 1:52.0 | They've got games to come next month against Albania at home and San Marino away. |
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