Episode 3265: What Is A Midfielder, Where Is Evan At, Infantino’s Cup
As the European club season winds down into a last international break, Ken returns to one of his obsessions: the failure of English football culture to grasp that midfielders do not need to score a lot of goals to be classed as TOP.
We also discuss the Premier League’s ‘failure’ – or you could also call it ‘decision not to’ – close the PSR loophole that has left the world’s top-spending club, Chelsea, in such a losses-tolerant position ahead of the Club World Cup that kicks off in a few days.
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Gavin Cooney joins us to talk about tomorrow’s Ireland v Senegal friendly. Is John (Joe) Patrick (Finn) likely to get a run out? Where is Evan Ferguson at? And nearly a year into Heimir Hallgrimsson’s tenure, what can we say about the developing identity and principles of the team?
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