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Nov 2024
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Mailbag: What's the point in supporting ...

Stak
About this episode

It can be tough supporting a mid-table club. Supporters of Fulham, West Ham, Crystal Palace and Manchester United will know that feeling all too well. But what joys can mediocrity bring if not trophies?


Marcus, Jim & Vish discuss that, plus one listener asks why English managers (with the obvious exceptions of Steve McClaren and Alan Pardew, two of our very best) never seem to want to work on the continent.


It's all in this week's Mailbag!


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