The Game
The thinking fan's football podcast, providing previews and reviews of all the action - every Monday and Thursday. Listen to the best of The Times and The Sunday Times journalists as they cover the biggest sport on the planet; from winners to losers, who's in and out on the transfer roundabout, tactical developments, data analysis and the dreaded VAR.Hosted by Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson alongside special guest appearances, the team bring you the latest on the Premier League and the EFL, as...
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Episodes (1315)
"There is jeopardy everywhere you look!”
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Is this a great season or an awful season?
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Jose Mourinho – a great or a clown? And VAR … again
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Best ever full backs and Premier League predictions
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EFL prediction time: Who's going up and who's going down?
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How do Liverpool replace Trent Alexander Arnold?
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"Is international football crap?”
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Does Thomas Tuchel need to win the World Cup?
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Newcastle United win! A one off or the first of many?
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Champions League, VAR and Manchester United’s ‘circus’
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EFL Extra: “This is when it really matters!”
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Which teams offer the best entertainment value? (It’s not Man Utd or Arsenal)
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Can an English club win the Champions League? And Alisson heroics
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FA Cup reaction and are Man Utd fans turning on Sir Jim Ratcliffe?
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Best ever individual seasons: Salah, Henry, Terry? Plus, hats off to Arne Slot
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EFL Extra: Championship snakes and ladders and EFL fatigue
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Liverpool bossed it; have Arsenal blown it?
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Do you pity Manchester City? And is Darwin done?
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Spurs win the dysfunction derby & 'never go full press'
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Fitting finale at Goodison and the end for Pep?
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EFL Extra: Make changes, make 'em at the right time...
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Brilliant Plymouth but what is a cup shock?
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Newcastle bully Arsenal and Manchester United’s ‘Mission Impossible’?
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Arsenal humble City and did Liverpool get lucky?
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TRANSFER SPECIAL
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“Pep is losing it!” And is Ollie Watkins worth 60 million?
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Groundhog Day for Spurs and what makes Bournemouth so good?
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How do City rebuild? And the problem with Havertz
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EFL Extra: Clash of the cash and managers old and new
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Who are the ‘Big Six’? And how long will Ange last?
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How many teams are in the title race?
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Arsenal v Man Utd and why play extra time?
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Will Newcastle or Spurs win the cup? And is Potter the answer for West Ham?
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EFL Extra – Managers on the move, promotion places and the FA Cup
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Have Amorim's Manchester United turned a corner?
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Title race, Chelsea’s belief, Liverpool’s contracts and Amorim’s system
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Predictions for 2025 and are Manchester United in a relegation fight?
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What on earth is wrong at Man City and Man Utd? Plus, Newcastle, Fulham and Fore...
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A Happy Christmas for Liverpool; Bah Humbug for Spurs, United and City
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What next for Marcus Rashford? And a great League Cup line up
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City keep losing; Chelsea keep winning. Plus sackings and the greatest saves
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Saudi saga and more trouble in Manchester
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EFL EXTRA: Our Friends in the North
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Chelsea shine; Tottenham capitulate; INEOS embarrass
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Unstoppable corners and managers under pressure…
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Who is in the title race?
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How good is Arne Slot? What’s too old in football?
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EFL EXTRA: Form teams and where to sign great players at great prices.
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Liverpool in control, City in trouble and Arsenal back in gear?
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Pep’s new contract; Manchester United’s new start and Premier League previews
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