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In a brand new show brought to you by The Athletic Mark Chapman is joined by David Ornstein, George Caulkin and Ed Malyon to discuss the current state of football, debate some of the biggest issues affecting our favourite sport, and hopefully work out how it could be improved upon its return.
We start with the Premier League, and in particular the so-called big six. Has the league created a powerbase that enables them to totally dominate? Nearly two thirds of the teams are now left to battle it out to avoid the drop and the subsequent financial oblivion, so what can be done to make the league more competitive and equal?
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The Athletic's Mark Chapman, David Ornstein & Matt Slater discuss the latest detail they have from inside the game in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic.Hear how players now broadly accept the idea of playing behind closed doors and understand the role they can play in the community. David also reveals that many players are open to wage deferrals whilst players lower down the pyramid are being supported by the PFA.Meanwhile, The Athletic's Jack Lang tells the tragic story of Ronaldinho, the Brazilian legend who spent his 40th birthday in jail.
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The Athletic's David Ornstein, Mark Chapman & Matt Slater discuss how the Coronavirus could effect football clubs at all levels, from Liverpool lifting the Premier League trophy in an empty stadium to the possibility of lower league clubs folding and the Italian league being cancelled all together. The Athletic's Tim Spiers adds to David's story on Wolves’ pursuit of a new sporting director and how they seem to have got things so right at Molineux. Meanwhile, Matt details how Birmingham City have got things badly wrong. Plus David has news on an international call up for Chelsea’s young starlet Billy Gilmour and the future of Ainsley Maitland-Niles at Arsenal.
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In an exclusive interview the former Liverpool & Tottenham Sporting Director Damien Comolli speaks to The Athletic's David Ornstein and they cover:
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In an exclusive interview, Mark Chapman and The Athletic's Football Correspondent David Ornstein speak to the CEO of the Professional Footballers' Association Gordon Taylor about a range of issues affecting the game, the professional players he represents and the organisation he leads.Topics discussed included; his salary, the winter break, the plight of clubs such as Bury & Bolton, dementia and head injuries, recent incidents of racism towards players and how long he intends to stay in his job. Subscribe to The Athletic for ad-free podcasts and get a 40% discount theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman
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