Weekend Preview: Will Kane find his scoring boots for England? Salah for golden boot? Brentford for top 6?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 8 October 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
The Athletic's George Elek is joined by Bet 365's Steve Freeth to look ahead to England's world cup qualifiers against Andorra and Hungary, games which are surely the perfect opportunity for Harry Kane to build up some form and score some much-needed goals.
There's also a look at how last weekend's Premier League action leaves the season poised as we head into the international break. Is Mo Salah heading for another golden boot and could he win Player of the Year for the second time? Might Brentford's excellent start have some of the top 6 hopefuls looking over their shoulder?
All this plus we're joined by From The Rookery End's David Cameron Walker for a look at what Claudio Ranieri's arrival at Watford could mean for the Hornets as they prepare to embark on a daunting run of fixtures against most of the top clubs.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Hello, I'm George Ehrlich, and welcome to the weekend preview on the Athletic Football |
| 0:19.5 | podcast, sponsored by Bet365. On Fridays, we usually preview the best of the weekend preview on the Athletic Football Podcast, sponsored by Bet365. |
| 0:22.4 | On Fridays, we usually preview the best of the weekend's Premier League action, but as it's |
| 0:26.7 | the international break, we'll mix it up a little bit. And I've got Bet365's Steve Freeth alongside |
| 0:31.0 | me to help. Steve, I'm coming to you off on holiday in Madeira. Last night, when I walk home, |
| 0:36.5 | I walked past a statue of the great Cristiana Ronaldo. |
| 0:38.8 | So I'm wondering, who is the best footballer born near to wherever you are at the moment? |
| 0:42.8 | Don't throw that at me. |
| 0:45.3 | I think Stan Collimore was born in stone where I'm close to. |
| 0:50.8 | Any Stan statues around the corner from where you live? |
| 0:53.5 | No, there isn't. No, no. But I seem to remember Stan Collimore being born in Stone, so maybe I'll go with that. And then, of course, about half hour later, I'll remember a famous one. So, I mean, I'm easy. Listen, Stan was a great player in his day. Yeah. Sadly, normal host, Dan Bardell is under the weather today. So get well soon to Dan from all of us. And we look forward to having him back hosting with us next week. He's suffering, George, only from Sunday at Spurs, isn't he? I know. A bit of, yeah, I think Son give the Villa boys a bit of treatments after they'd been talking about the top six. |
| 1:29.3 | But you know me. |
| 1:30.1 | It doesn't get lower. |
| 1:31.9 | Sticking a knife into somebody. |
| 1:33.4 | No right of reply. |
| 1:34.4 | He's lying in bed and you're having a go at him on the podcast. |
| 1:36.7 | Absolutely outrageous. |
| 1:38.3 | I couldn't resist, George. |
| 1:40.0 | Before we look ahead to the England action and international stuff, |
| 1:44.6 | we're going to look quickly back at what happened last weekend |
| 1:47.2 | and a couple of the outright markets as well and how they've been affected. |
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