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Euro Sweet 16, Saka Stakes Claim, Lloris Punch, Lucian Freud, Jon Rahm & NFL Pride
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The Euro 2020 (in 2021) group stage are in the books. We look ahead to the choice games in the round of 16, including an English nationalist wet dream or nightmare waiting to happen, and the babyface-versus-babyface clash between plucky Wales and Team of Destiny Denmark.
Among the medium to mild takes from the group games, Andrew ventures the idea that Bukayo Saka may in fact be very good – an idea that Wogan has been trumpeting for as long as he can remember. Was Hugo Lloris punching Danilo in the head the new The Dress meme? Is VAR's relative absence a blessing? And what monster has Cristiano Ronaldo unleashed on the interns at Coca-Cola and Heineken?
Meanwhile on the domestic front, we wonder why nobody and their dog want to take the vacant managerial role at Spurs, and if Crystal Palace will be managed by a thick-paint realist painter or an actual football manager.
Not Football, our boy Jon 'Hamm' Rahm clinches his first major. Did Covid-19 give him super powers? And is he one of golf's big stars now? That's before we wonder whether villains like Saracens unite sports fans in disgust, if you need to have a take on transgender athletes before you know what you're talking about (hint: you don't), NFL star Carl Nassib coming out publicly, and whether these are the least sexy NBA Championship semi-finalists you can imagine.
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Among the medium to mild takes from the group games, Andrew ventures the idea that Bukayo Saka may in fact be very good – an idea that Wogan has been trumpeting for as long as he can remember. Was Hugo Lloris punching Danilo in the head the new The Dress meme? Is VAR's relative absence a blessing? And what monster has Cristiano Ronaldo unleashed on the interns at Coca-Cola and Heineken?
Meanwhile on the domestic front, we wonder why nobody and their dog want to take the vacant managerial role at Spurs, and if Crystal Palace will be managed by a thick-paint realist painter or an actual football manager.
Not Football, our boy Jon 'Hamm' Rahm clinches his first major. Did Covid-19 give him super powers? And is he one of golf's big stars now? That's before we wonder whether villains like Saracens unite sports fans in disgust, if you need to have a take on transgender athletes before you know what you're talking about (hint: you don't), NFL star Carl Nassib coming out publicly, and whether these are the least sexy NBA Championship semi-finalists you can imagine.
Enjoy the show.
Every week on Left Field, Wogan and Allen dissect the latest in Football and Not Football. Subscribe to make sure you don't miss out, because that would be a real shame, wouldn't it?
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