• The Game Football Podcast

  • By: The Times
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The Game Football Podcast

By: The Times
  • Summary

  • The Game Football Podcast is the thinking fan's podcast for the debate, the tactics, the personalities, injuries, goals and analysis. From The Times and Sunday Times, it's the place for nuanced discussion around all the action throughout the 2024/25 season.


    Presented by Tom Clarke with contributors including Martin Samuel, Jonathan Northcroft, Charlotte Duncker, Hamzah Khalique-Loonat, Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd, Tom Allnutt and others.


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Episodes
  • How do City rebuild? And the problem with Havertz
    Jan 23 2025

    Manchester City threw away a two goal lead again. As they sign three players in a week, will Pep Guardiola be around for the re build?

    The result proved one thing, this new Champions League format is great, isn’t it?

    Is the criticism levelled at Kai Havertz unfair? His stats suggest he is an effective forward so what’s is the problem?

    After the break, clever footballers, the hipster derby and a new definition of ‘the big six.’


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    57 mins
  • EFL Extra: Clash of the cash and managers old and new
    Jan 22 2025


    All the latest from the Football League with Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson.

    Tony Mowbray is back, and he is back at West Brom. After recovering from cancer one of the most well-liked managers in football has returned to the Hawthorns. What could he achieve there?

    Burnley and Sunderland made headlines with a nil nil draw. Who will be happier and which is better placed for a promotion push?

    The bottom of the championship is a managerial merry-go-round will the changes pay off?

    In League One it’s the clash of the cash as Wrexham play Birmingham at the Racecourse.


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    51 mins
  • Who are the ‘Big Six’? And how long will Ange last?
    Jan 20 2025


    What is the future of Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou? With his Spurs team sitting in their worst league position at this stage since 2009, injuries galore and the pressure mounting, what happens next? For Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest life couldn’t be better. Andoni Iraola is drawing rave reviews for his style of football as his team are one point of the Champions League places. Forest are in the title race, let alone the race for Europe.

    After the break, a tribute to Denis Law, is it time we drop the term ‘Big Six’ and did Villa play well or did Arsenal mess up?


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    59 mins

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