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- Ep 31: The 'Emptyhad'Pep Guardiola has issued a plea to fans: please, come to matches. In doing so, he ignited a row – and revived a myth.
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6 min - Ep 30: Lonely PiqueHow is Gerard Piqué dealing with the crisis at Barcelona without his famous former team-mates?
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7 min - Ep 29: Scoring Net ZeroThis week, Tottenham Hotspur play Chelsea in a match that will be a first of its kind. But is a 'net zero' football match purely a stunt or signs that things are changing for the better?
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6 min - Ep 28: Ronaldo v MessiCristiano Ronaldo’s return to the Premier League with Manchester United was bound to get the conversation going about who, really, can claim the GOAT (greatest of all time) title.
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7 min - Ep 27: On his jack
Why is Jack Wilshere – once one of England’s brightest talents – still without a club?
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8 min - Ep 26: A World Cup every two years - really?Arsene Wenger, the former Arsenal manager, is leading the charge to hold the World Cup every two years not four. Is this an innovation too far from one of football's change-makers?
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8 min - Ep 25: Francesco Flachi - too close to the fans?Francesco Flachi is a Sampdoria legend who was banned for 12 years for using cocaine. To the fans he's "one of us" - but sometimes that's a problem.
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7 min - Ep 24: Football's vaccine hesitancy problemA lot of professional footballers are wary of getting the Covid vaccine. What's their problem? And how much of a problem is it for football?
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7 min - Ep 23: Here we go: the transfer kingFabrizio Romano is the undisputed oracle of football transfer pundits. What's his secret?
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8 min - Ep 22: Karen Carney, warriorFormer player now TV pundit Karen Carney is a break-out star in women's football's breakthrough season. She's had to fight all the way for success.
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About Playmaker
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The Playmaker from Tortoise - one story every day to make sense of the beautiful game.
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