"Look Out Gabby Logan!" - Graham's Football 'Punditry' ⚽️
episode
Wanging On with Graham Norton and Maria McErlane
38 min
2 speakers
8 chapters
transcribed 3 months ago
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What are the key points about football punditry discussed?
Marianne the librarian says... Oh, she'll know. Yeah, yeah. The person sounds like a d***. I don't know why you're not a sports commentator.
Look out, Gabby Logan. I'm coming for you.
You spend your money how you like. I'm going to a hooker tonight.
And don't...
How do Graham and Maria feel about their friend’s book?
Goodness, it's that time of the week again. It's another episode of Wanging On with me, Graham Norton, and that person there, Maria McCurlin.
I am indeed Maria McCurlin.
There'll be some dodgy advice coming up. Feel free to ignore it.
How are you? Good, thank you. Summer. I mean, you know.
I know. Sweating in my T-shirt.
What challenges arise when one partner earns more than the other?
And this happened, I don't know why it's always a surprise, but suddenly it is just wall-to-wall sport.
Yeah. I don't mind that, actually. You know, I've read the whole of Netflix now. In fact, the whole of the internet, I know.
Yeah, you've finished Instagram.
I have finished it all. Yes, no, I quite like the sport. We've got the World Cup, of course. I know. I mean, I do quite like it, not obsessively, but it's the hope that kills, Graham. And I find that as I get older, increasingly hard to swallow. Really?
How can one navigate the discomfort of spending money in a relationship?
But do you genuinely care? Well, yes. And, you know, when we get through this game and we get through this game and then we're in the semifinal and everyone goes mad and then there's, you know, nationalist flags flying out of every car. I didn't like that so much. A bit dangerous. And then, no, not again. So the song, 30 years of her, is now... 60 years of hurt.
What humorous dilemma is posed about checking a lamb chop?
Wow. We haven't won. The last time I remember feeling real kind of pride was when we hosted the Olympic Games in 2012 and the opening ceremony was a sensation. Danny Boyle pulled it out of the hat and everybody went home.
What advice do Graham and Maria give about dealing with friends' writing?
I watched, you know, with friends. Everyone went home feeling really good.
But that wasn't a sporting event. That was a cultural event.
Well, the Olympics is a sporting event.
I know, but nurses dancing around beds. That was a cultural event.
Well, it was the opening of a sporting event, so it was a cultural event, yes. Let's not get into a row about this.
But no, I'm with you. I thought the opening of the Olympics was great.
Oh, fantastic.
But when it comes to how the teams are doing, I love not caring.
Because people get so, so excited about it. That's the best way to be, not to care. But the minute you start watching it and you think, oh, France played really well, you get sucked in. You get sucked in by the whole... I mean, I love a penalty shootout.
I feel like why do they do... Oh, how can you bear that? Why do they do the rest of the game when they've got this great format point now where just people come up and kick a ball? It's nice and quick. The stakes are so high.
Are so high.
You know, you'd have saved yourself 90 minutes, you know, all those calories.
Yeah. I mean, I still feel bad for Gareth Southgate because he missed a penalty back in a million years ago. That means a lot to him. Yeah, I know, right? I send him a card every year. The anniversary of your failed penalty.
I don't blame you, Gareth.
It was the shoe. No, the penalties are too stressy.
Oh, no, I love that. That bit I genuinely enjoy. Okay. Because it's quick. High stakes, quick. It just seems like now that you've thought of this format, why are you still doing this boring bit where you run around?
Because it wouldn't mean as much if it just went straight to penalties because you've watched them play 45 minutes in horrific heat each way, as I like to say, each half. And then they probably played extra time and nothing's happened and it's still boring and nil-nil, but they're all knackered. Then they have to kind of go, OK, my whole country is watching this. You've got to get it in the goal.
But that is the point. But I feel like that's the easy bit, kicking. You know, running is hard. Running and passing it to people is very hard because the other team members, they get in the way and then they've got the ball. And now look.
I don't know why you're not a sports commentator.
Look out, Gabby Logan. I'm coming for you.
It's so true. And then after the football, we've got the tennis.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the key points about football punditry discussed?
0:00–0:20
2
How do Graham and Maria feel about their friend’s book?
0:20–0:37
3
What challenges arise when one partner earns more than the other?
0:37–1:10
4
How can one navigate the discomfort of spending money in a relationship?
1:10–1:33
5
What humorous dilemma is posed about checking a lamb chop?
1:33–1:48
6
What advice do Graham and Maria give about dealing with friends' writing?
1:48–5:49
7
How do Graham and Maria suggest handling financial inequalities in relationships?
5:49–7:16
8
What insights do Graham and Maria share about honesty in relationships?
7:16–38:25