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Jun 10
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Portugal WIN Nations League, Spurs SACK ...

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On this week’s episode of the Joy of Football Podcast, first is Martin's Letter from the Gantry in preparation for his commentary duties at the upcoming Club World Cup. Then Neil and Martin discuss the tournament and what it means for the game. Next it's more 'We Need to Talk About' in the form of Ange Postecoglou's sacking from Spurs, and also the unfortunate passing of Uriah Rennie. After that it's our usual Three of the Best (featuring players involved in The Nations League), and then we have The Way We Were which is all about the (mostly) forgotten Confederations Cup. Lastly it's Stoppage time... Ronaldo time. Portugal have won The Nations League!

Join Neil Barnett (former Chelsea touch-liner announce and football journalist) alongside the voice of the Premier League Martin Tyler in celebrating the greatest addiction in the World!

00:00 INTRO

01:55 Letter from the gantry

06:36 Neil’s American recommendations

09:27 We NEED to talk about the club world cup 

18:40 Was sacking Ange Postecoglu fair?  

24:04 “How many times have you heard a manager tell you…”

25:10 Who is responsible for so many injuries? 

28:38 Martin and Neil’s tribute to Uriah Rennie

32:00 Three Of The Best 

33:00 Martin Tyler's loving of the Nations League 

35:24 Olise’s brilliance 

36:30 Michael Olise taught Eze to play Chess!?

37:58 Malo Gusto is a great out and out RB

38:42 Joao Neves at RB? 

40:07 Everyone is still copying the Pep Guardiola inverted fullbacks

42:00 “Nuno Mendes should win the Balon d’Or 

42:40 Friend of Martin Tyler: Roberto Martinez 

43:30 Martin Tyler PLAYED WITH Roberto Martinez!?

46:01 Ivan Jurić gets the Atalanta job!

49:55 Loïc Badé’s persistence pays off

53:58 Ronaldo’s take on the Balon d’Or - Neil’s thoughts on it 

56:05 Scott Mctominay has been fantastic for Napoli 

56:44 The Way We Were - A look back on the Confederations cup 

1:00:38 STOPPAGE TIME- Celebrating Portugal 

1:03:22 Cristiano Ronaldo’s national pride

1:05:21 “What's the first thing you’re going to do in America?”

1:08:17 WHERE TO FIND US


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