Weekend Preview: Ward-Prowse Better Than Becks, 'Tired' Tuchel & Big Dunc's Deja Vu
The Athletic FC Podcast
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🗓️ 21 January 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Hosts Dan Bardell and George Elek are joined by bet365's Steve Freeth to look ahead to another big weekend of Premier League action... Is James Ward-Prowse the best Free-Kick taker in PL history? Is Conor Gallagher better off at Selhurst Park than returning to Stamford Bridge, did Steven Gerrard's return to Goodison Park just get a whole lot harder and much more...
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:03.0 | Hello and welcome to the weekend preview on the Athletic Football podcast sponsored by Bet365. |
| 0:24.4 | I'm Dan Bardell and today myself and George Ellick will preview the best of the weekend's |
| 0:28.6 | Premier League action alongside Bet365 Steve Freeth. |
| 0:32.9 | Not even going to go in with the usual chit chat and ask either of you how you are |
| 0:36.1 | because there's a lot of good games on the TV this week and I want to preview them and get into them with you. But what I will do is say, remember, you can sign up to the Athletic and save 33% on access to the best newsroom in sport. So that's just £3.33 a month for an entire year. all you've got to do is head to theathletic.com slash football pod and you'll be able to take advantage of that offer. Game one, Watford v Norwich, Friday night football, another blow to George in his EFL career. Steve, I feel like you like a relegation six points. You seem like the kind of guy to me that would love a relegation six points. |
| 1:11.5 | And when it doesn't involve West Bromwich, Alba. |
| 1:13.0 | I was going to say, yeah. |
| 1:14.2 | I thought there'd be an Albi and dig there. |
| 1:15.9 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:16.5 | I'm looking forward to this game, Dan. I think, you know, the odds will see a change. Unless it's the draw. if there's a winner in this game, the odds will change, you know, quite dramatically. |
| 1:09.7 | Really, Norwich are currently the 14 to 1 on favourites to go down with Burnley at 1 to 2 |
| 1:15.6 | and Watford at 8 to 15. Should Watford win, I could see them lengthening to around 4 to 5, so a little bit closer to even money, or Norwich will be around the 25s to 1 on chance as well. But of course, you know, Norwich will be pushed out and Watford would be in the mix even more at two to five. |
| 1:45.2 | Should they lose this game as well? |
| 1:46.9 | You know, |
| 1:47.1 | Watford last week, I suppose they'll be buoyed by, by that result at Newcastle, won't they as well? Where they bought, you know, three new players into the side as well. And I thought they looked better defensively, I have to say. |
| 1:40.8 | And with Norwich winning as well |
| 1:42.8 | against the bank average |
| 1:44.3 | Everton side, |
| 1:45.4 | yeah, |
| 1:45.7 | I'm definitely looking forward to this one. |
| 1:47.5 | Yeah. defensively, I have to say. And with Norwich winning as well against the bank average |
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