Episode 3300: The Football Man’s Search For Meaning
Scottie Scheffler stunned the golf world yesterday by admitting his career as a golf superstar feels… ultimately kind of meaningless. What’s it all about? Is this pervasive sense of purposelessness particular to golf, or are we all in our different ways wrestling with the same question? We discuss how Albert Camus, Livia Soprano, Patrice Evra and Neven Subotic have sought in their different ways to find an answer.
We also look at some of the week’s transfer stories. We are hearing that Liverpool have subjected Newcastle to a ‘power play’ – but how does this actually work? Was it really a galaxy brain move for Chelsea to have gone through last season with no shirt sponsor? And is Brentford’s signing of Jordan Henderson the latest example of far-sighted contingency planning?
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