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Hello my name's Jack and

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called this week on Premier

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This week we've got lots of

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interesting words and phrases to help

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This. Will really help you remember

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the new words and phrases from

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the stories from the premier league.

1:02

This. Week I'm talking about

1:04

Arsenals loss to Villa at

1:06

home. Newcastle's. Emphatic

1:09

defeat of Spurs at St

1:11

James's Park. And

1:13

live polls slip up. It's

1:15

a palace at Anfield. The.

1:18

Words and phrases I'm going

1:20

to talk about today are.

1:23

To. Have the edge. To.

1:26

Have the upper hand. To.

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Not Cope. Characteristic.

1:33

To. Run some one ragged. And.

1:36

Crucial. Listen.

1:39

Out for this vocabulary in

1:41

this week's story. But.

1:43

Before I get to the story,

1:45

I want to look at last

1:47

week's football phrase. If.

1:49

You didn't hear it last week. He

1:52

is one more chance to guess now.

1:55

Last. Week The football phrase

1:57

was a. This.

2:02

Is a slightly weird but interesting

2:04

and creative bit of football English

2:06

that I heard in the commentary

2:09

this weekend. It. Means

2:11

a shot in the top right

2:13

corner of the goes. Into.

2:15

The place where you would stick a.

2:19

The goal was an envelope.

2:23

Congratulations. Firstly, to data

2:25

from Korea and the Land from

2:27

Chile. Welcome both of you to

2:30

Premiere Skills English. Congratulations.

2:32

Also to Alex from Ukraine, Rio

2:35

hey from Japan, Andre Tory one

2:37

or two from Brazil has some

2:40

from Turkey, Lucas from Chechnya, yet

2:42

we go from Vietnam boy check

2:44

em from Poland and Jacob Burns

2:47

from Poland. You. All

2:49

works out that the word I

2:51

was looking for was. Postage.

2:54

Stamp. Keep

2:57

listening till the end of the podcast

2:59

for a new football phrase. Now.

3:02

It's time for the first story.

3:09

Ah, snow lose it to Villa.

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What can I say? Hey

3:15

we off again This time

3:18

last year Arsenal was leading

3:20

the league and then lost

3:22

it and last weekend they

3:24

did it again. The gonna

3:26

have had a great season

3:28

but so have Villa and

3:30

on Sunday both teams were

3:32

evenly matched and even as

3:34

an Arsenal fan I have

3:36

to admit Villa had to

3:38

be edge and deserve to

3:40

the when. Are

3:43

still looks like they had the upper

3:45

hand in the first half, but it

3:47

wasn't clear cut and was saved twice

3:50

by the woodwork. With.

3:52

Only six minutes of regular time

3:54

to play. Lucas thin crust the

3:56

ball as Power Torres run in

3:58

with three shirts crowding and. Around

4:00

him all four players and the keep

4:02

up missed the ball which ran onto

4:04

the far post where Leon Bailey was

4:07

waiting on. Marked with the defense and

4:09

keep a committed. At the other end

4:11

of the goal Bailey was able to

4:13

roll the ball into the back of

4:15

the net. Arsenal

4:18

were behind and didn't have

4:20

much time to make amends.

4:22

They threw everything forwards, leaving

4:24

their own keeper alone in

4:26

that half. So

4:28

when they slips up, Holly Watkins was

4:30

clear to run all the way from

4:32

the all still half with the ball

4:35

at his feet. And

4:37

Will Smith wrote caught up with

4:39

Watkins before he got the shot

4:41

off but that was all Watkins

4:43

cool. He lifted the ball over

4:45

Devin right when Uno Emery celebrated

4:48

on the sidelines by was no

4:50

doubt with see did not feel

4:52

conflicted about beating his old club.

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Final: Score: Arsenal Mill,

4:57

Aston Villa. The

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phrases from the story that I want to

5:03

talk about our. To

5:05

have the edge. And. To

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have the upper hand. To.

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Have the edge. If.

5:13

In a competition, one team

5:15

or competitor has the edge.

5:18

This. Means they have a slight

5:20

advantage or are playing slightly

5:23

better. We. Use this

5:25

expression when two teams a quite evenly

5:27

matched and once he missed a little

5:29

bit better. I said:

5:31

I thought that Villa had to

5:33

the edge over Arsenal because I

5:35

thought they looked slightly better. I.

5:38

Think that Arsenal looks a bit

5:40

tired Or. At least didn't

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look as determined as Villa and

5:44

that's what gave Villa the edge.

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To have the upper hand. This

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expression is quite similar. It.

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Means to be in control or in

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a dominant position. It's.

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A very old x. Russian the some

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website suggests comes from a game

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in which players would take turns

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taking hold of a stick. Each

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player placing their hand further and

6:09

further up the stick. Until

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there was no more stick to hold. The.

6:14

Player with their hand, the top of the

6:16

stick would have the upper hand and would

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be the winner. So. Now

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when a team or competitor looks like

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they're winning, you can say that they

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have the upper hand. Time

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to move on to the next story. Newcastle,

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Overwhelms spas, Tottenham

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Hotspur traveled up to St

6:38

James's Park on Saturday to

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play Newcastle United. Spurs

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manager and pasta code blue

6:45

has had a good season

6:47

and has imposed his preferred

6:49

style of play which involves

6:51

keeping possession by spreading his

6:53

team and passing quickly. Eddie

6:56

Howe normally plays a similar

6:58

style with Newcastle, but on

7:00

Saturday the Magpies sat back

7:03

and let Spurs pass the

7:05

ball around. Spurs.

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Had seventy one percent possession,

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but when Newcastle finally won

7:12

the ball, they countered with

7:14

such speed Spurs couldn't cope.

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Twice. In the first half, within

7:20

the space of two minutes he

7:22

suck and Gordon got behind Spurs

7:24

back line and flew at the

7:26

goal he's exploring and his six

7:28

home game in a row and

7:30

Gordon showing characteristic determination to hold

7:32

the ball and school. In.

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The second half is scored again. The

7:37

ball was played out from the edge

7:39

of Spurs area and fired down feel

7:41

for a sec who ran onto the

7:43

ball way past Spurs back line and

7:46

calmly slips the ball past the car

7:48

rio in goal. And

7:50

then to top it off, Fabienne

7:52

Share made it for in the

7:54

eighty seventh minute with a header

7:57

from Anthony Gordon's corner kick. Final

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Score: Newcastle! United for Tottenham

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Hotspur. Bill. The.

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Phrases from the story that I want

8:07

to talk about. Ah, To.

8:09

Not Cope. And

8:12

characteristic. The

8:15

Not Cope. The. Verb.

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To. Cope. Means. To

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deal successfully. With. A

8:22

difficult situation. The

8:25

verb is most commonly used

8:27

in negative sentences when someone

8:29

is in a difficult situation and

8:31

they can't deal successfully. A.

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Not having a good time because

8:35

of their situation. So. If

8:37

you're really busy at work and

8:40

you have difficulties at home. You.

8:42

Might say. I have too much

8:44

work and like can't cope. I

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can't deal with all the work I have

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to do. In. The

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story: I said that

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Spurs couldn't cope with

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Newcastle's speedy counterattacks. They.

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Couldn't stop. Newcastle on the

9:00

counter. They. Couldn't cope and

9:03

Newcastle scored. Characteristic.

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I. Used the word characteristic last week as

9:09

well as this week. A

9:12

characteristic is a typical quality

9:14

of someone or something. So.

9:17

If you describe a person, you

9:20

do it by listing the characteristics,

9:22

the things that are typical of

9:24

them. You. Can talk

9:27

about physical characteristics perhaps being

9:29

very tall or having red

9:31

hair. Or you can

9:34

talk about psychological characteristics like

9:36

confidence, all kinds, know. If.

9:39

Someone does something that is

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typical for them or perhaps

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special like a a move.

9:46

You. Could refer to it as

9:48

a characteristic move. So.

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I said that Gordon

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showed characteristic determination to

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keep the ball. This.

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Is because Gordon is a. And

10:00

passionate player who doesn't go down

10:03

easily and generally fights for the

10:05

ball. This. Determination

10:07

is typical of Gordon.

10:09

It's. What he's normally like. So.

10:12

I described it as

10:15

characteristic determination. Now.

10:17

It's time for the final story.

10:21

Not Liverpool day. On.

10:25

Sunday Liverpool welcomed Crystal Palace. Liverpool

10:27

are in a three way battle

10:29

for the title of the top

10:31

of the table. Welp Palace of

10:33

fighting the threat of relegation at

10:35

the other end. Liverpool

10:38

should have been able to contain

10:40

palace but it just wasn't. pay

10:42

day. You do

10:44

have to give credit to Palace

10:47

as they were super been every

10:49

department particularly up front as a

10:51

Olesen matei to links up well

10:53

and Liverpool back for will run

10:56

ragged. After a

10:58

fantastic spell police were moving the

11:00

ball quickly and fluid stretching Liverpool

11:02

this way and that. The something

11:04

like twenty two passes before as

11:06

a found space and the made

11:08

it looks simple with a a

11:11

clinical finish. Liverpool responded

11:13

with a series of Cs attacks,

11:15

but in defence, Palace put in

11:17

a solid team performance with incredible

11:20

blocks from defenders and saves from

11:22

their keep. a Dean Henderson. After

11:25

the match, when Henderson was asked

11:27

about the second half, he told

11:30

reporters I felt like I was

11:32

out there for about a year

11:34

and I didn't think it was

11:36

ever going to end. Liverpool had

11:39

twenty two shots during the match

11:41

compared to just eight from premise,

11:43

and it would be tempting to

11:45

say that Liverpool were just unlucky

11:48

that on balance, you'd have to

11:50

admit Palace played their part well,

11:52

and those three points may be

11:54

crucial. For their survival in the

11:56

Premier League, Final

11:59

Score: The Pool: Nil Crystal

12:01

Palace one. The.

12:05

Phrases from the story that I want

12:07

to talk about. Ah, To.

12:09

Run someone ragged. And

12:12

crucial. To

12:14

run some ragged. This.

12:17

Is an informal idiom. That.

12:20

Means to make someone feel tired.

12:22

Really tired. Because. You make

12:24

them work really hard, usually through

12:27

physical work that involves a lot

12:29

of movement. It's. An

12:31

odd sounding idiom. So I looked up

12:33

the history of the phrase, but. I

12:35

couldn't find much. The.

12:38

Word Rak. Refers. To

12:40

clothes that have been torn and damaged

12:42

because they are old and has been

12:44

used to much. It's.

12:47

An interesting looking adjective. He looks

12:49

like a verb, so you have

12:51

to be careful with the pronunciation.

12:54

Past. Simple verbs that end in

12:56

a d following a good sound

12:59

are normally pronounced dead. But

13:01

this. Adjective is ragged.

13:04

I. Chose this phrase because I heard

13:06

in the commentary. I. Think

13:09

he was used because the Crystal

13:11

Palace attack actually made the Liverpool

13:13

back for run back and forth.

13:15

So there was a literal meaning.

13:17

When the commentator said that they

13:19

were run ragged, they were literally

13:21

run until they looked tired and

13:24

unable to defend as well. Crucial.

13:28

The. Adjective crucial means

13:31

extremely important. If.

13:34

Something is crucial. If you

13:36

take it away. Whatever. You took

13:38

it from won't work. So.

13:41

It's crucial to put enough fuel in

13:43

your car or you won't be able

13:46

to make the journey. You.

13:48

Should also make sure you have

13:50

enough water. Water is crucial. Having

13:53

enough snacks is a a good

13:56

idea, but not crucial. For.

13:58

Palace if they. Survive with a

14:00

margin of three points or fewer. Than.

14:03

The three points they earned at

14:05

Anfield will turn out to be

14:07

crucial. Today

14:09

I've spoken about six words

14:11

and phrases. The. Words

14:14

and phrases were. The.

14:16

Have the edge. To. Have

14:18

the upper hand. For. Not

14:20

Cope. Characteristic.

14:24

To. Run someone ragged. And

14:27

crucial. Listen

14:29

to the stories one more time to

14:31

hear this language in. Ah,

14:38

snow lose it to Villa. What

14:43

can I say? Hey We

14:45

off again. This. Time

14:47

Last year Arsenal was leading

14:49

the league and then lost

14:51

it and last weekend they

14:53

did it again. The gonna

14:55

have had a great season

14:57

but so have Villa and

14:59

on Sunday both teams were

15:01

evenly matched and even as

15:03

an Arsenal fan I have

15:05

to admit Villa had to

15:07

be edge and deserve to

15:10

the when. Hostile.

15:12

Looks like they had the upper hand

15:14

in the first half, but it wasn't

15:17

clear cut from. was saved twice by

15:19

the woodwork. With. Only

15:21

six minutes of regular time to

15:23

play. Lucas Thin Crust, the ball

15:25

is power. Torres run in with

15:27

three shirts crowding around him. All

15:29

four players and the keep up

15:31

missed the ball which ran onto

15:34

the far post where Leon Bailey

15:36

was waiting on. With

15:38

the defense and keep a committed at the

15:40

other end of the goal, Bailey was able

15:42

to roll the ball into the back of

15:45

the net. Arsenal

15:47

were behind and didn't have

15:49

much time to make amends.

15:51

They threw everything forwards, leaving

15:53

their own keeper alone in

15:55

their half. So

15:57

when they slip up Hollywood Kim's was

15:59

clear to run all the way from

16:02

the also half with the ball at

16:04

his feet. And Will

16:06

Smith wrote caught up with Watkins before

16:08

he got the shot off. but that

16:10

was all Watkins cool. He lifted the

16:13

ball over Devin right. When.

16:15

Tonight Emery celebrated on the sidelines

16:17

play with no doubt, but he

16:20

did not feel conflicted about beating

16:22

his old club. Final:

16:24

Score: Arsenal nil Aston

16:27

Villa. Newcastle,

16:31

Overwhelms, Tottenham

16:34

Hotspur traveled up to St

16:36

James's Park on Saturday to

16:38

play Newcastle United. Spurs

16:41

manager and pasta code blue

16:43

has had a good season

16:45

and has imposed his preferred

16:47

style of play which involves

16:49

keeping possession by spreading his

16:51

team and passing quickly. Eddie

16:54

Howe normally plays a similar

16:56

style with Newcastle. But.

16:58

On Saturday, the Magpies sat

17:00

back and let Spurs pass

17:03

the ball around. Spurs.

17:05

Had seventy one percent possession,

17:07

but when Newcastle finally won

17:10

the ball, they countered with

17:12

such speed Spurs couldn't cope.

17:16

Twice. In the first half, within

17:18

the space of two minutes he

17:20

suck and Gordon got behind Spurs

17:22

back line and flew at the

17:24

goal. He sex scoring in his

17:26

sixth home game in a row,

17:28

and Gordon showing characteristic determination to

17:30

hold the ball and school. In.

17:33

The second half is scored again. The

17:35

ball was played out from the edge

17:37

of Spurs area and fi as down

17:39

feel for a sec who ran onto

17:41

the ball way past Spurs back line

17:44

and calmly slipped the ball past the

17:46

carrier in goal. And

17:48

then to top it off, Fabienne

17:50

Share made it for in the

17:53

eighty seventh minute with a header

17:55

from Anthony Gordon's corner kick. Final

17:57

score Newcastle United for Tottenham! Hot.

18:00

The Will. Not

18:03

live up all day. On.

18:06

Sunday Liverpool welcomes Crystal Palace. Liverpool

18:09

are in a three way battle

18:11

for the title of a top

18:13

of the table while Palace of

18:16

fighting the threat of relegation at

18:18

the other end. Liverpool should have

18:20

been able to contain Palace, but

18:23

it just wasn't a day. You

18:25

do have to give credit to

18:27

Palace as they were super of

18:30

in every department, particularly up front

18:32

as a Ali's and metre link

18:34

thought well and Liverpool back for.

18:36

Would run ragged. After

18:39

a fantastic spell Palace we're moving

18:41

the ball quickly and fluidly stretching

18:43

Liverpool this way and that. The

18:45

something like twenty two passes for

18:47

for as a sound space and

18:49

the made it looks simple with

18:52

us. a clinical finish. Liverpool

18:54

responded with a series of Cs

18:56

attacks, but then Defense Palace put

18:59

in a solid team performance with

19:01

incredible blocks from defenders and safe

19:03

from their keep. A Dean Henderson.

19:06

After the match, when Henderson was asked

19:09

about the second half, he told reporters

19:11

I felt like I was out there

19:13

for about a year and I didn't

19:15

think it was ever going to end.

19:19

Liverpool. Had twenty two shots during

19:21

the match compared to just eight

19:23

from Palace. And. It

19:25

would be tempting to say that

19:27

Liverpool were just unlucky that on

19:30

balance you'd have to admit Palace

19:32

played their part well. Those three

19:34

points may be crucial for their

19:37

survival in the Premier League. Final:

19:40

Score: Liverpool nil Crystal

19:43

Palace one. Right

19:51

now, it's time for you to

19:53

think about this language again. I

19:55

found examples of today's words and

19:57

phrases in stories online and a.

20:00

The them slightly. I.

20:02

Have removed the vocabulary from the stories,

20:04

so I want you to fill in

20:06

the gaps with the correct forms of

20:08

the language from the podcast. Some.

20:12

A. A. Strong password

20:14

is. To. Protect

20:16

your online accounts from

20:18

hackers, Number. Too.

20:21

Many. Students struggle to. With.

20:24

The stress of finals week,

20:26

feeling overwhelmed by the workload.

20:29

Number. Three. Coordinating.

20:32

The International Conference almost

20:34

single handedly. See. Was.

20:38

By. The end of the week. Some.

20:41

Before. The. Veteran

20:43

chess player. Throughout.

20:46

The game thanks to her

20:48

experience and deep understanding of

20:50

different strategies. Number.

20:53

Five. Both. Of the

20:55

operating systems performed well. But.

20:58

The user friendly interface gave

21:00

Apple. Over other

21:02

systems, making it more popular

21:04

among consumers. Number.

21:07

Six. During. The crisis

21:10

he showed the. Calmness.

21:13

And composure. That. Make

21:15

him such an excellent manager.

21:18

Leave. Your answers to this language challenge

21:20

in the comments section on the Premier

21:22

Skills English website. Now

21:28

it's time for this week's football

21:30

Slave! This. Week

21:33

the phrase is. It

21:36

phrase is used to talk about

21:38

the tactics and strategies that. A

21:40

manager likes and the way that they

21:42

want their team to play. This.

21:45

Phrase includes things like the vision

21:47

that the manager has, the instructions

21:49

on how they organize the team.

21:52

The. Formation and how the players move

21:54

on the pitch and how direct they

21:56

are whether they prefer to keep possession

21:58

and engineer break, or if they're more

22:01

aggressive and prefer to charge at their

22:03

opponents. All. Of these

22:05

ideas describe the. That.

22:08

A manager directs their players to

22:10

carry out on the pitch. If.

22:14

You know the answer. Be sure to

22:16

leave it in a comment on the

22:18

page for this podcast on Premier Skills

22:20

English. Before. I finish.

22:23

I'm going to go through the

22:25

answers to last week's language challenge.

22:28

Number. One. The. Ending of

22:30

the book was bittersweet, leaving

22:33

readers both satisfied and longing

22:35

for more. Number

22:38

to her humility was evident

22:41

in the way she tweeted

22:43

everyone with respect regardless of

22:45

their status or background. Number.

22:48

Three. With. A quick

22:50

step of the pen, he signed

22:52

the contract without hesitation. Number.

22:55

For. Jack. Nicholson

22:58

isn't retired yet. Since.

23:00

Director James L. Brooks. I

23:03

don't buy that he's done with act. Number.

23:07

Five. Pop. Singer

23:09

Mister States have faced I

23:11

saw last night with a

23:13

sensational performance that lit the

23:16

venue up. Number

23:19

Six. Shell. Town

23:21

boss Darryl Clock says his

23:24

team let down our supporters.

23:26

In. Defeat to relegated Carlisle

23:29

United. Number.

23:31

Seven. The. Famous whistle

23:33

Blower reflected on the troubles he'd

23:35

faced, saying. On. Balance. We

23:37

are better off for knowing what

23:40

our government is doing in secret.

23:43

Number Eight. The. New company

23:45

Ceo admitted that she came across

23:48

as a bit cold and standoffish

23:50

in her first interview. Number.

23:53

Nine. Gareth. Southgate has

23:55

dropped a strong hint that he

23:58

could walk away from the England

24:00

the job, saying he feels conflicted

24:02

about whether to stay on in

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light of the various lows of

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the past eighteen months. And.

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That's all I have time for to day.

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Before. I finished. I just wanted

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to say that I hope you

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found this podcast useful. And

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I hope everyone stays fit and

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healthy and safe. Bye. For

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now and enjoy your football.