Jun 9, 2026 · 30 min · 11 segments
Whistleblowers is going to America! And in the final bonus ball before the off, Ian Ladyman and Gordon Smart find out all the ins and outs of the new footballing regulations to be put in place for the…
Mark ClattenburgHost
Gordon SmartHost
Ian LadymanHost
So y- the first thing before we get into it with you, Mark, do you think Southgate will have a particular conversation with the players about all of this? Do you think that'll be part of the plan to set them up for how they play with it, and can they use any of it to their advantage?
Um, we've said for a while that the amount of kind of argy-bargy that goes on at corners and long throws and set pieces won't be allowed at the World Cup.
... which is a bit perverse because it's, happens in the Premier League, but I think we've got enough threat from set pieces and a, and a couple of people in Declan Rice and Reece James-
... to take them to be effective at set pieces without having to be holding on all the time.
I think if our, um, set piece experts get a free run at the ball, knowing that they're gonna be, have a level of protection from referees, that'll, that'll suit us.
So y- the first thing before we get into it with you, Mark, do you think Southgate will have a particular conversation with the players about all of this? Do you think that'll be part of the plan to set them up for how they play with it, and can they use any of it to their advantage?
Um, we've said for a while that the amount of kind of argy-bargy that goes on at corners and long throws and set pieces won't be allowed at the World Cup.
... which is a bit perverse because it's, happens in the Premier League, but I think we've got enough threat from set pieces and a, and a couple of people in Declan Rice and Reece James-
... to take them to be effective at set pieces without having to be holding on all the time.
I think if our, um, set piece experts get a free run at the ball, knowing that they're gonna be, have a level of protection from referees, that'll, that'll suit us.
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