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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 34 days 13 hours 28 minutes
Kane carries the can for average Alli
Gab Marcotti is joined by Julien Laurens and James Gheerbrant to discuss the pulsating Premier League action that saw West Brom somehow survive another weekend and the race for the top 4 restart.Plus are Neil Warnock’s Cardiff a welcome addition to ...
Liverpool lacking stability as Klopp loses the brain
Gab Marcotti is joined by Jonathan Northcroft and James Scowcroft who run the rule over the relegation run-in in the Premier League. Plus Paul Joyce helps dissect the disharmony at Liverpool that led to assistant Zeljko Buvac stepping away just days be...
Wenger pushed towards messy departure from Arsenal
Gab Marcotti is joined by Henry Winter, Stewart Robson (who’s forced to say some nice things about Arsene Wenger) and Bill Edgar (who relives his pitch-invading days). The longest serving manager in English football will be leaving at the end of the ...
Could Sterling have a Salah season?
Alyson Rudd, Matt Dickinson and Julien Laurens salute the magnificent Manchester City, the new champions of England as Pep overcomes the power of the Premier League. The panel also ask whether people are jealous of Wolves, how are Southampton’s squad o...
Perfectionist Pep unprepared for failure and Friday night fights with Neil and Nuno
Gab Marcotti is joined by Alyson Rudd and Julien Laurens to discuss a jaw-dropping weekend, not just in the Premier League but at the top of the Championship.There’s in-depth analysis of the Manchester derby, first-hand experience of a dramatic win ...
Rooney mauled by Man City's midfield plus the Pardew post-mortem
It’s Easter weekend and Gab Marcotti is joined by James Scowcroft and Julien Laurens to feast on all the big footballing issues. Will Chelsea hire a new director of football before appointing a new manager? Should Big Sam be sacked by Everton? And will...
Maguire is a must for England - but does Dele deserve to play?
This week, it's The Game Podcast Book Club! Grant Wahl from Sports Illustrated joins us to discuss his new book Football 2.0: How The World's Best Play The Modern Game. And Brazil-based journalist Andrew Downie tells us abou...
Mourinho can't work with the players anymore
Since our last podcast, Jose Mourinho has been talking. A lot. Gab Marcotti, Oli Kay and Stewart Robson attempt to dissect Mourinho’s words, including his summer strategy, his Sevilla summary and whether or not Luke Shaw is being bullied. Away from O...
Worn down West Ham and the curious case of Carragher
Gab Marcotti is in the company of Matt Dickinson and Julien Laurens to discuss Manchester United’s victory over Liverpool and the shocking aftermath of former player turned pundit Jamie Carragher spitting at a fan.James Jones, founder of West Ham Wo...
Conte is talking himself out of the Chelsea job
England World Cup goalscorer Matthew Upson makes his debut on The Game podcast alongside Gab Marcotti and Matt Hughes to discuss the Premier League weekend as the champions submit to the champions elect.It’s time for another Arsenal enquiry and the ...