{"podcast":{"title":"The Game","slug":"the-game-1066443","podcast_index_feed_id":1066443,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/0fc6a233-bbae-4ba5-b882-c075544353a8","website_url":"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/the-game","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0e501a8cbe71d83cf13e/1781622185758-e35264ad-4a4c-4124-b920-75949a523cf7.jpeg","author":"The Times","episode_count":1380,"summary":"The thinking fan's football podcast, providing previews and reviews of all the action - every Monday and Thursday. Listen to the best of The Times and The Sunday Times journalists as they cover the biggest sport on the planet; from winners to losers, who's in and out on the transfer roundabout, tactical developments, data analysis and the dreaded VAR. Hosted by Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson alongside special guest appearances, the team bring you the latest on the Premier League and the EFL, as well as a front-row seat to international tournaments including the Champions League, European Championships and World Cups. We know football isn't life and death. It's much more serious than that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T06:20:51.825312+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443"},"episode":{"title":"Is it panic stations for Arsenal and Spurs?","slug":"is-it-panic-stations-for-arsenal-and-spurs","published_at":"2026-04-13T14:16:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443/is-it-panic-stations-for-arsenal-and-spurs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesthegame/episodes/is-it-panic-stations-for-arsenal-and-spurs","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesthegame/e/69dcee010f4c4bd4d1112a44/media.mp3","summary":"Arsenal are out of form and low on confidence, but they are still six points clear and very likely to be in the Champions League semi finals. Man City are in form and full of confidence - so, who are title favourites now? With the two meeting next week what does Mikel Arteta have to do to lift his team and do Man city have a higher ceiling in terms of performance? Across North London Roberto De Zerbi couldn't stop Spurs falling into the relegation zone, he thinks his team need a father figure not a coach...will that be enough? Plus, the best title race in years north of the border and Bruno Fernandes is a really nice guy off the pitch. Jonathan northcroft and Gregor Robertson join Tom Clarke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Arsenal are out of form and low on confidence, but they are still six points clear and very likely to be in the Champions League semi finals. Man City are…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3651,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-game-1066443/episodes/is-it-panic-stations-for-arsenal-and-spurs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443/is-it-panic-stations-for-arsenal-and-spurs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}