What's Up With The Cup?

The Game Football Podcast

The Times

Sports, Soccer

3.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Jonathan Northcroft and Tom Clarke. There have been some weird football matches in the FA Cup this week. Some beyond dull, some 9-goal thrillers (see Everton vs Tottenham) and some featuring youth players who may never play for the first team again. Today, we ask - what’s up with the Cup? Are the players tired and not up for the games and should the competition have just been rested for this extraordinary season? What’s up with Donny Van Der Beek? He’s not shown any signs of being the player he was touted as - does he just not fit at Manchester United or does he just need time? Mike Dean and Lee Mason won’t be involved in the Premier League this weekend, but the bigger issue is the abuse that lead to this decision. How do football authorities and social media companies tackle this problem and have referees lost control? The bottom three of the Premier League hasn’t changed for a long time - are those teams doomed? We end with our favourite impact substitutions in honour of Daniel Amokachi’s heroics in the FA Cup back in 1995. Get your digital subscription to The Times and get a month free: thetimes.co.uk/thegame

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0:33.8	Hello again, welcome to the Game Football Podcast from the Times.
0:37.3	I hope you're well on where I am.
0:39.7	A cold and frosty morning, but I'm sure it still is afternoon or evening,
0:43.7	wherever you are.
0:44.4	Pretty chilly.
0:45.4	I'm Hugh Wasncroft, lots for us to discuss today.
0:48.3	We'll talk about Spurs and Everton.
0:50.0	They turned up the heat a little bit.
0:51.2	Didn't know in the FA Cup at Goodison Park,
0:53.5	but it's the tournament a little bit hit and missed this season.
0:57.5	Mostly missed for Donnie Vanderbake at Manchester United.
1:00.2	We'll ask why, elsewhere, referee Mike Dean and his family
1:04.0	are on the receiving end of death threats.
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