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Dec 2023
50m 38s

The Preview Show: Incubating Pep’s head

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About this episode

What reason would Roy Hodgson have to incubate Pep Guardiola? I don’t know.


It’s cold outside, but Marcus, Luke, Andy and Jim are here to warm your footballing hearts with tales of Hodgson looking after his owl eggs, Ross County’s manager having a full-blown rant about the standard of Scottish football, and Gary O’Neil almost certainly getting a contentious penalty decision against him and his team on Christmas Eve! Probably in the 92nd minute.


Plus, can Luke Darth Moore at last turn his fortunes around on Jack’s Encyclopaedia before the end of the year? Tune in to find out!


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