Take Us To The Game: Recent Episodes
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The Olympics are here, albeit a year date. Although Covid is still at the forefront of the organizers mind, Richard and Tom are optimistic that in two and half weeks time we'll be looking back happily on a fantastic festival of sport.
Richard and Oli reflect on England's first semi-final victory for 55 years and look ahead to Sunday's Euro 2020 final against Italy. What makes Southgate such a great leader and what's to be done about the irritating bandwagon jumpers that success at a national level inevitably brings.
Richard and Tom report on their own recent cricketing adventures, the world test championship final, Carl Nassib becoming the first active NFL player to come out and Baseball's (latest) cheating scandal. They wrap up with a quick look back on the group stage of Euro 2020 and what to look forward to in the knock-out stages.
Richard, Tom and Oli are joined by Antony to discuss the Euro 2020 tournament on the eve of the England v Scotland game at Wembley. In this episode, Antony explains why Scotland are only ever good when Celtic provide the core of the team and why Oli thinks Jordan Henderson ruined Harry Winks. Chat turns to who we think will still be there at the business end of the tournament, competing for the honour of losing to France in the final.
Richard, Tom and Oli are joined by Antony to discuss the upcoming Euro 2020 tournament. In the first of two parts, they discuss memories of previous editions, what it is like to watch live and how the format has evolved. Second part next week.
Richard, Tom and Oli are joined by Saira this week to opine on the French Open and the start of the Test summer in England. How will cricket evolve post-pandemic, what's it like to tour overseas from both a players and fans perspective and what happened when Saria shared an elevator ride with Sachin Tendulkar and Kevin Pietersen. Plus the world's first international sports fixture, first indigenous touring side as well as Tom's brief involvement in Breton nationalism.
Richard, Oli and Tom are joined by Adam to discuss Josh Taylor's amazing achievement of unifying all four junior welterweight belts. We talk military boxing, whether Fury vs. Joshua will ever happen and what happened when Adam met Mick Hucknall.
Richard, Oli and Tom ponder Harry Kane's future at Spurs, before looking back on Leicester City's FA Cup Final win last weekend. They even find time to talk Bundesliga club shops, the Aaron Rodgers situation in Green Bay and Tom's new found interest in Australian Rules Football.
Richard, Tom and Oli salute those who have signed professional sports contracts not by talent on the field, but through knowledge of html, 3-year comas, convincing Mexicans you own a real mobile phone or by telling Graeme Souness that George Weah is your cousin.
Rich, Oli, Tom and Kynks ponder whether the chinese characters on Mark Selby's waistcoat read 'Boring Safety Play', the irony of Old Trafford being invaded through the club shop, counties hosting the rest of the IPL and whatever happened to the Rising Pune Supergiant. The boys react to the omission of Alan Wyn Davies from the Lions squad on the unfair grounds that he doesn't exist.
Richard, Oli and Tom look back on the League Cup final and then look ahead to this week's NFL draft in Cleveland and ask why the draft works so well in American Football and can its success be replicated in other sports?
Richard and Oli discuss the farce that was the launch of the European Super League, what's next for José Mourinho and look ahead to the Carabao cup final.
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