WTI | Episode 20: Geopolitics (ft. Junho Toussaint)

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The winter break is here and so is our first episode of the period. We're joined by a very special guest, now our official Turkish, African and European football representative, Patrick/Junho Toussaint. In our longest episode yet, we discussed everything from Tedesco's departure from Spartak, to the best Samosa filling, to how nationalism and sectarianism are scourges on society that are ruining the world and that everyone should live peacefully with each other without discrimination on arbitrary, man made lines. Yeah.

As always, thanks a lot for your support, and let us know if you'd like to come on the podcast, or if you have any good ideas that you'd like us to implement!

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Introduction

04:46 Winter break is here.

05:30 RPL recap

05:48 Check out RFN's interview with Noboa

- Check out Ilya's piece on Russian football journalists

07:25 Loko are terrible, Khimki are amazing

11:30 Miranchuk at Atalanta

13:00 Is Anton the better Miranchuk?

15:14 Zenit vs Spartak: LOVREN OWN GOAL

21:11 Should Safonov be Russia's no. 1?

23:15 Tedesco is leaving Russia :-(

28:50 What is Turkish football like?

32:20 When will Russian players start to go abroad (FIGHT)

- Would you rather stay in Russia if you were an average RPL footballer, or try your luck abroad?

47:32 What Russian player is most likely to go abroad?

50:25 Eldor Shomurodov appreciation

54:00 Is Urunov 19?

57:58 Quincy Promes has been arrested

1:01:00 Krasnodar's Europa League draw

1:02:00 Akhmat sanctioned by the US Treasury

1:04:40 What's the most hipster club in Russia?

1:07:00 Has football fallen off?

1:16:30 Mailbag!

- Should Goncharenko be sacked?

- Should Semak be sacked?

- Kazakhstan's new coach

- A Soviet League in the modern day

- Too many Moscow clubs?

- Should the league be expanded?

- Best samosa filling?

1:24:50 Stop fighting over politics and countries

Twitter handles:

Hanu: @H4nuu

Artem: @AMakarevitch

Patrick: @Junho_Patricio