Player Controversy

Welcome back to It Was What It Was. In today's episode, co-hosts Rob Draper and Jonathan Wilson continue Graham Taylor’s England story as the 1994 World Cup qualifying begins to wobble, with Paul Gascoigne’s talent and volatility dominating the narrative. They examine how Taylor’s pragmatic, direct style—shaped by lower-league realities and later linked (often unfairly) to FA long-ball doctrine—collided with more technical European approaches, and how internal battles involving Charles Hughes and data pioneer Charles Reap poisoned the backdrop. England’s campaign lurches through a Norway draw at Wembley after a late stunner, a Gascoigne-inspired win over Turkey, and a damaging 2–2 draw with the Netherlands featuring an undetected elbow and a late penalty. With Gascoigne returning in a mask, England then stumble in a hostile Poland away match and escape with a late equaliser, before Taylor’s brutal “headless chickens” verdict leaves his team heading to Oslo under growing pressure. 00:24 Setting the Scene 03:08 Taylor’s Pragmatic Roots 06:50 Pressing vs Possession 10:04 Charles Hughes and the Winning Formula 13:55 Reap vs Hughes Fallout 19:31 Norway’s Long Ball Irony 21:59 Back to Qualifying Hopes 24:10 Gazza’s Norway Controversy 26:50 Taylor’s Gaza Dilemma 28:22 Norway Opener Heartbreak 30:53 Turkey Win and Dependence 32:53 Too Honest With Press 40:12 Dutch Clash at Wembley 44:13 Mask Return and Mania 45:52 Poland Chaos and Critique 49:03 Headless Chickens Finale Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who are the most hated players in Manchester United's history? Join Jay and Adam McKola to find out their list! Become a member! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7w8GnTF2Sp3wldDMtCCtVw/join Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:57 - We Need More Hatred 4:32 - Jadon Sancho 6:31 - John Terry 13:56 - Paul Ince 15:22 - Peter Schmeichel 16:58 - Hated, But Now Liked Stretford Paddock has content out EVERY DAY, make sure you’re subscribed for your Man United fix! - https://bit.ly/DEVILSsub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The lads respond to huge criticism around Gordons red card for Newcastle, Man Utd's exit from the cup, and they rank every PL team based on only ability... New episodes available to watch & listen EVERY DAY. Click HERE: https://linktr.ee/pitchsidepodcast If you'd like to work with us, email the studio on [email protected] Produced by The Fellas Studios: https://fellasstudios.com/podcasts Theo: https://youtube.com/c/HiMalfoy https://youtube.com/c/TheoBakerVlogs Reev: https://youtube.com/c/reev https://youtube.com/c/OllieFletcher Tom Garratt: https://www.youtube.com/@TomGarratt10

Gary Robinson joins James for a detailed discussion on all things Manchester United and to reflect on what has been a difficult opening start to the season for the club both on and off the pitch. Sheikh Jassim has reportedly withdrawn his bid to buy the club and a minority investment from Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS now appears to be close to competition, leaving many United fans unhappy as there was hope the Glazers would leave. There's been off field issues with Mason Greenwood, Antony and Jadon Sancho and pressure has been mounting on manager Erik Ten Hag with results not meeting expectations. So how do the issues get resolved? And the Podcast begins with discussion on the sad passing of the great Sir Bobby charlton. TICKETS FOR THE PLANET FPL LIVE SHOW OUR NOW ON SALE! Buy your tickets for the event on November 5th here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/planet-fpl-live-4-tickets-737062452637?aff=ebdsshslack Tomorrow on Planet FPL: Planet SkyFF s5 ep16 Today on Patreon: UCL Fantasy MD3 Preview For the full Planet FPL Schedule this week, including our offering on Patreon view this post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/content-schedule-91477334 Want to become a member of our FPL and SkyFF community and support the Podcast? Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/planetfpl Follow James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlanetFPLPod Follow Suj on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sujanshah Follow Clayton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/claytsAFC Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PlanetFPL Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/planetfpl Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetfpl #MUFC #ManUtd #ManchesterUnited Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stewart Downing is back for part two talking Suarez bites, Rio clipping Dirk Kuyt, racial slurs, feeling loved by Big Sam, fallouts with Kranka, and it all coming to a disappointing end at Boro. Get involved in our Who Knows Wins league each week ➡ http://wkw.page.link/EZEG _________________________________________ 🎧 Full episode available to listen & download now: 🟢 Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2AuMHUJ​​​​​​​​​​ 🍏 Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3d3TDFy​​​​​​​​​​ ____________________________________________________________________ 🐦 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/undrTheCosh​​​​​​... 📸 INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/undrthecosh​... 𝗳 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/undrthecosh​​​... Get two extra episodes a month with the Undr The Cosh Patreon club⬇️ www.patreon.com/undrthecosh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Adam Mckola, Abdul, Andy Tate and Jay Motty in our snug studio as the boys talk all things football. There is of course Manchester United chat (Yes we still can't get over PSG!). Hot topics of the week - Including the Grealish debacle! And we find out why Adbul was being "rammed from behind" Oo-er! With much, much more! DON'T MISS IT! COMMENT YOUR THOUGHTS BELOW ON WHAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT ONE! MORE FROM ADAM HERE: https://www.youtube.com/user/AdamMcKola FOLLOW ABDUL: https://twitter.com/https://twitter.c... FOLLOW JAY: https://twitter.com/RFFH FIND ANDY TATE ON THE BEST UNITED FAN CHANNEL IN THE WORLD. Subscribe, FREE, for more MUFC: http://bit.ly/DEVILSsub JOIN OUR NEW WHATSAPP CHANNEL: http://bit.ly/FTDWhatsApp About FullTimeDEVILS: We are YouTube's largest football fan channel for Manchester United fans! Bringing you match previews, post-match reaction and reviews, HUGE debates and much more! If you're a red, we want you to get involved; whatever you want to say about United you can say it in the comments below. If you want to get on the channel and have your say either record a Fancam at a match or if you're watching from home send us a 30 second match review video to [email protected] after the weekend games. For more info get in touch with us here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/FullTimeDEVILS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FullTimeDEVILS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/FullTimeDEVILS Soundcloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/FullTimeDEVILS #MUFC #ManchesterUnited Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris and Paul discuss the big LFC topics this week, with the main story being Jamie Carragher's well-publicised spitting incident after Liverpool's defeat to Manchester United. We also discuss the travelling Liverpool fans' brilliant reaction to the defeat in the stadium and look ahead to the Watford game and the rest of the season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.