Tributes to Jimmy Greaves. Plus Chelsea, Spurs and penalties – Football Weekly

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We start the podcast by paying tribute to Jimmy Greaves, who died on Sunday at the age of 81. We discuss how he wasn’t just a goalscorer, but a scorer of great goals, and how his broadcasting on Saint & Greavsie showed that football doesn’t always need to be taken too seriously.

On the pitch, we begin with two of Greaves’s former clubs, as Thomas Tuchel’s half-time tactical switch proved incredibly effective for Chelsea against Tottenham. Will the Blues be stopped? And could holding on to Harry Kane be to Spurs’ detriment in the long term?

Afterwards, we round up the rest of the weekend’s Premier League results. A large portion of the discussion is centred around whether you should bring on a player just to take a penalty, with Barry firmly entrenching himself in the ‘yes’ camp despite fierce opposition.

We also discuss why Harvey Barnes kept getting in the way, whether Martin Ødegaard should bring out a shoe spray and there’s a pod debut for Barney’s cat, coincidentally named Max.

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