Rory Smith

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1,580 appearances 12 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

Rory Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Football Daily · MNC: Ollie Watkins’ future & why aren’t Premier League teams ready · 24 Aug 2026 podcast
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It's not like there is a defined break. matched
There there were players playing until what July the nineteenth for the four countries that made the semifinals of the World Cup. matched
They then get a couple of weeks break in which they are doing their own fitness work. matched
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in in the best knit they can, at which point at least half of them have to get on a plane and fly to Malaysia or the United States or wherever. matched
We think I mean I think it's first class and they have all the they have all the matched
As I'm I mean, th their their their wardrobe choices are no business of mine, Chris. matched
People can dress how they like, it's 2026. matched
The but the is there a point at which you're not actually really getting to do matched
that like baseline thing where you say, right, we set our standards now, as was the case for for years and years and years. matched
What you're doing is trying to to manage a decline in their fitness, or not decline in their fitness, but like sustain a level in their fitness against these overwhelming obstacles that the endless pattern of the calendar are throwing in your way, which means that what we're seeing to an extent is football is richer than ever. matched
And in lots of ways it's kind of more matched
know sort of more kind of global and more it's advancing tactically and technically in terms of nutrition in you know, at light speed. matched
But it's o everyone's always knackered. matched
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You you hear it a lot, managers coming and saying the players aren't fit enough. matched
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