1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,800 You're listening to the Footglitch Podcast. 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,600 Love football, learn English. 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:13,200 How much does Wes Hamm's 5-0 defeat to Liverpool hurt for fans? 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,400 Is Lucas Paqueta's betting scandal affecting his performance? 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,600 Will Vladimir Tsofal extend his contract at Wes Hamm? 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:30,600 And what are modal verbs for speculation and how are they used in English? 7 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:51,600 Hello everyone, welcome back to the Footglitch Podcast. 8 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:57,600 If this is your first time listening, then I should probably explain what this podcast is about. 9 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:02,600 This is a podcast where we combine football and learning English. 10 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:07,600 My name is Denik Lucas, I'm an English teacher and I love football. 11 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,600 Teachers teach English, so I hope it explains it. 12 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:22,600 Today I'm talking to a Wes Hamm fan, Tony, who has his own YouTube channel about Wes Hamm and other football related stuff. 13 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,600 Is this correct, Tony? 14 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:26,600 It is indeed, yes. 15 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,600 Your channel is called Early Doors Football TV. 16 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,600 That's correct. 17 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:40,600 Early Doors is what we tend to use in Sunday football, amateur football. 18 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,600 Try to get in early doors, get the result, get the win, get a goal. 19 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,600 That's what it's all about. 20 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:57,600 Wes Hamm United is a team, as my listeners know, that I have a soft spot for. 21 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,600 I quite like the team. 22 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,600 I'm wearing your shirt today. 23 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:07,600 There is a YouTube channel as well where the listeners of this podcast can watch this too. 24 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,600 It's called Teachers Denik. 25 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:14,600 My reason for liking Wes Hamm is the Czech players. 26 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:20,600 There's a connection, but it's not just the current Czech players Tomáš Soček and Vladimir Sofal. 27 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,600 It's also the former Wes Hamm. 28 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:28,600 There have been a lot of players at Wes Hamm from the Czech Republic in the past. 29 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,600 Do you remember any of them? 30 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:36,600 The main one that stands out for me, and we saw him yesterday, and that's Ludwig McClosko. 31 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,600 I remember when he first signed for us. 32 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,600 He couldn't speak any English at that stage. 33 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:47,600 The fans were chanting his name and asking him what the score was. 34 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,600 I don't think he knew first of all. 35 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,600 I think it was only the second or third game in that he realised what the chant meant. 36 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:59,600 So he had put his hand up and said what the score was, and then it went on from there. 37 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:06,600 But of course we heard the sad news that, obviously, with the cancer, he's battling cancer. 38 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,600 Obviously, he's not going to have any more treatment. 39 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:14,600 It seems to be more detrimental to his life if he had the treatment. 40 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:19,600 So he stopped it altogether just to live life as best as he can. 41 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:25,600 And it's quite sad because, as we know, most people have been affected by someone with cancer. 42 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:30,600 It's a very sad, sickening disease. 43 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,600 And you wouldn't wish it upon anyone, really? 44 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:39,600 No, especially those of us who really do have some experience with it in the family. 45 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,600 And I think there are more of us than you can imagine. 46 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,600 That's true. 47 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,600 So this is really sad news because he's a West Ham legend, we could say. 48 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,600 I think there's even a song about him, right? 49 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,600 Yes, there is, yes. 50 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,600 We can't say too much on the air, but yes. 51 00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:00,600 I mean, the other one, I'll mention it, I'll just make sure he was. 52 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:07,600 Another one I felt very close to, and he was Thomas Repke. 53 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,600 Oh, no. 54 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,600 This is the most sort of bizarre thing here. 55 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:21,600 The West Ham fans love him, but in the Czech Republic, he divides everyone, right? 56 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,600 Because he's such a controversial figure. 57 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,600 Yeah. 58 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:32,600 I think that's... I do get that side of things. 59 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:39,600 I think the good thing is, from a West Ham fan's point of view, is he understood the club. 60 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,600 He understood what it meant wearing that badge and wearing the shirt. 61 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:52,600 And when he had to leave, we were at a soft spot because, I mean, you could see the tears in his eyes, the emotion, 62 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:58,600 he didn't want to leave, but he had no choice. 63 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,600 And players like that, it really hits the heartstrings. 64 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:07,600 And it makes a West Ham person say he's one of our own. 65 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:08,600 And I think... 66 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,600 He doesn't make his Czech, he's one of our own. 67 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,600 And didn't he also stay through a relegation season as well? 68 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:15,600 I think he did. 69 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:21,600 I think that's a big thing when a player who is on a good contract does that, especially a foreign player. 70 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,600 I think that means something for the fans. 71 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:24,600 And they remember. 72 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,600 I agree on that. 73 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:33,600 Tomáš Repká is a guy that now has his own YouTube channel as well in the Czech Republic. 74 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:39,600 And it has got some popularity, definitely more popular than my YouTube channel, that's for sure. 75 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,600 And it's called Red Card. 76 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,600 How appropriate. 77 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:46,600 Yes, exactly. 78 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:53,600 And I don't know if you heard, but he had also been to prison for about one year or two years. 79 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:54,600 Oh, really? 80 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:56,600 I didn't hear that. 81 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,600 I don't know exactly what it was. 82 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,600 Some fraud or something? 83 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:02,600 I don't know. 84 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,600 And again, it didn't surprise anyone in the Czech Republic. 85 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,600 It happened to him. 86 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:13,600 He once hit a cameraman as well, as he was walking off the pitch after receiving a red card. 87 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,600 He hit the cameraman. 88 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:20,600 Controversial, but in a good way. 89 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,600 I think Sparta Prague fans also cherish him. 90 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,600 I think so, yeah. 91 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:33,600 OK, but of course, we are not here to talk about only Tomáš Repká. 92 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,600 I don't think I would approve of that. 93 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,600 But I need to ask you. 94 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:44,600 I'm sorry, Tony, but I have to talk to you about the recent game that you had against Liverpool, which was a home game. 95 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:54,600 Actually, you are quite brave to come on after this thrashing home 0-5 defeat. 96 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,600 Well, I did actually did a watch along for the game. 97 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,600 Yes, yes. 98 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,600 Not only did I watch it, but I had to speak to it as well. 99 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:11,600 Yes, I enjoyed the whole 93 minutes of seeing us. 100 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:18,600 Well, I think for me, the first 20 minutes, we kind of held our own. 101 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,600 We looked OK in certain parts. 102 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:29,600 But I mean, when they got the first goal, Kudas sort of equalized, but hit the post. 103 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,600 He hit the post, yeah. 104 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,600 So, you know, one all who knows. 105 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,600 I don't think it would have changed the result. 106 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:43,600 That's for sure, but to actually get one pass Liverpool, that would have been a feat in itself. 107 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,600 So it would have been nice to have done that. 108 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:56,600 But at the moment, yeah, we're not even though we've won four, we've, you know, we've kept four, got four wins. 109 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,600 I say four wins, but with consecutive kind of results. 110 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,600 Right. I think I think you were unbeaten in four games in a row. 111 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:15,600 Yeah, in that, you know, so but it's the fact that when you know you've got Liverpool coming up, you know, full well, it's going to end at some point. 112 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,600 And Liverpool top of the league for a reason. 113 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,600 And it was clearly shown yesterday. 114 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,600 Why? 115 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:36,600 Even though they didn't they they they could have gone as hardcore, as I say. But really, once they got there was four nil up. 116 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,600 They ease back. They treat it as a training session. 117 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:43,600 And unfortunately, West End couldn't even deal with that. 118 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,600 So did you go to the stadium? Do you have a season ticket or? 119 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:54,600 No, no, I used to have a season ticket and then you had Manuel Pendergrini managing the team. 120 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:59,600 And that was enough for me to give my season ticket up. 121 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:05,600 Plus the fact you could see the way the club was going. 122 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:13,600 So I wasn't going to really do my money with them because, yeah, we can see what's happening now. 123 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:19,600 If you did have a season ticket, would you have walked away from the game like some fans do? 124 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,600 No, I wouldn't have walked away. 125 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:27,600 I think regardless of the result, you still stick out. 126 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:35,600 You stick it out. You know, I mean, when you look at last season with the six nil against Arsenal, then I think it was five nil with Fulham. 127 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:40,600 You don't walk away at the end of the day. If you're a fan, you stay there till the end. 128 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:47,600 I was there when we got beat by Nottingham Forest at Aston Villa's ground. 129 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:55,600 When we got beat by them and the difference being was even though we was four nil down, 130 00:09:55,600 --> 00:10:01,600 we're singing at Billy Bonds, Claret Blue Army and droned out the Forest fans. 131 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,600 That's how passionate we were, even though we was losing. 132 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:05,600 And that was the difference. 133 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:15,600 And even that song, Forever Blowing Bubbles, the bubble song, I think that's such a great song that you can sing when you're winning and when you're losing because it's kind of melancholic. 134 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:16,600 It is, yes. 135 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:21,600 And it has the lyrics which go like this. 136 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:26,600 Fortune's always hiding and it's kind of it has this melancholy in it. 137 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,600 I like to listen to it. 138 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:34,600 And when you're losing, I think your fans can it can be like a solace for them, right, to sing that song. 139 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,600 Yeah, yeah, very much so. 140 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:37,600 Very much so. 141 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,600 You know, you said fortune's always hiding. 142 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:40,600 I go everywhere. 143 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:41,600 I'm forever blowing bubbles. 144 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:46,600 So regardless, win or lose, you'll go to those games. 145 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:47,600 Exactly. 146 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:51,600 Yeah, I think this defeat, I think it's about the manner of the defeat more than anything. 147 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:58,600 I think if you had lost, I don't know, by one, two, even three goals, it's nothing unusual these days. 148 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:03,600 Liverpool can get several goals past anyone. 149 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:09,600 You know, so let alone a struggling, struggling West Ham United team, which unfortunately you are. 150 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:14,600 But is there a consolation in the fact that you're not the only ones? 151 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:20,600 Because if you look at the table, Manchester United are below you, one point below you. 152 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:30,600 And I don't know if you know this, but they are currently losing at home to Newcastle United 2-0 in the 50th minute. 153 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:35,600 Wow. We think we've got it bad as well. 154 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:41,600 I mean, yeah, you've got to look at, you know, Newcastle, sorry, Manchester United. 155 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,600 You've even got to look at in certain respects Tottenham Hotspur. 156 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:46,600 Yes, they're in the same position. 157 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:53,600 But when you look at the funny, the interesting part is we had we talked to Ameren. 158 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,600 It wasn't long. It was only about 20 minutes meeting the manager. 159 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,600 You had some interest in him. 160 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:06,600 Yeah, before, apparently we were going to get Lopetegui, but nothing. 161 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:12,600 And he's got a, I mean, we think Lopetegui's got a hard time at West Ham. 162 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,600 Ameren is not just climbing a mountain. 163 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:26,600 He's also going over the Alps, the Grand Canyon, the whole works to get this club back to how it used to play. 164 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:35,600 And yeah, I mean, we're bad enough. We're in a mess. Man United are atrocious. 165 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:40,600 You are not Man United. That's basically if you are Man United, you can't be where you are. 166 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,600 If you are West Ham, it can happen to you. 167 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,600 I think you can have a year like that. 168 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,600 Just stay in the league and there will be better days. That's for sure. 169 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:51,600 Like you have some great players. 170 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,600 Maybe it's not exactly clicking right now under the manager. 171 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,600 Personally, I think David Moyes was great for you. 172 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:04,600 I know it didn't end well. The fans kind of got him out. 173 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:15,600 Yeah, I mean, to interrupt you there, I think the way I see it like this, if he knew he wasn't going to, 174 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:22,600 and I still say this to this day, I think it's the case of if he knew his contract wasn't going to be renewed. 175 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:27,600 For me, I think David Moyes thought, you know what? OK, I'll do the job. 176 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,600 I'll see my contract out, but I'll just do my job. 177 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:37,600 I won't go above. OK, I won't go below. I'll just ride it out. 178 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,600 Do what I can. This is what happened, you think? 179 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:46,600 Then that's what I think, because you've got Sullivan saying that he had a contract in front of him. 180 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,600 I ripped it up, didn't give him a new one. 181 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,600 He said no, and we parted ways. 182 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:57,600 But I think the decision was already made that they were going to change the manager. 183 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:05,600 But Tony, even if you have a manager who has this sort of mindset, which is kind of what do you call it? 184 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:09,600 Kind of sulking, right? Or what's the expression? Something like that. 185 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,600 He's bitter about it. 186 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:15,600 Even if you have a manager like that, then they're the players, right? 187 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:22,600 And if the players are good, they should still be able to perform better than they were and than they are currently. 188 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,600 They should do. 189 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:36,600 Again, when you look at what Lopetegui is doing, the biggest problem, I think, with Lopetegui is we've not had a consistent team week in, week out. 190 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:38,600 He's always been changing it. 191 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:49,600 We refer to the Liverpool game, he put Kudos in his preferred position out on the right and we saw a better game from Kudos. 192 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,600 He was great. He was the best player. 193 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:58,600 The start of the second half is then out on the left. 194 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:06,600 And it's a case of he was working perfectly fine on the right. 195 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,600 Why is he suddenly now there? 196 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:14,600 It's time to invent a wheel or something. 197 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,600 Basically, it's a lot of chaos. That's your point. 198 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,600 Yeah. And this is the problem. 199 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:30,600 So, unfortunately, even with the bad season we had with that last season with Moiris, we still in certain respects had an identity. 200 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:40,600 You could understand the style of play that we had. With this current team at the moment, there is no identity. 201 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,600 There is no structure. 202 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:50,600 Well, we saw that in the second half yesterday where literally the team's formation shape. 203 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,600 Do you think it's the manager's fault? 204 00:15:54,600 --> 00:16:02,600 Do you think he's just not clear enough with his instructions or he's sort of all over the place with what he wants from the players? 205 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:07,600 He's changing everything all the time so the players don't know what they're supposed to be doing? 206 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,600 Do you think that's the problem? 207 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:14,600 I think that's the main problem. 208 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:20,600 Obviously, unfortunately, being the manager, the buck stops with him, as they say. 209 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:27,600 He makes the decisions, he picks a team and also expects them to go out and win the game. 210 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:32,600 Unfortunately, we all know he was the wrong choice. 211 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,600 We know it was David Sullivan that actually brought him in. 212 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,600 Which is your owner. 213 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,600 The owner of the club. He was the one that favored him. He wanted him. 214 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:48,600 And apparently, when they had the interview, he interviewed well. 215 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,600 What does that mean? 216 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,600 So basically, David asked the questions. 217 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:59,600 He answered the way David was hoping to hear. 218 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:04,600 And it's the case of you must be the man then because you've answered how I wanted it to be said. 219 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:08,600 That's weird. He should be answering in a way that he's a good manager. 220 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:17,600 And you want to hire that guy because he shows something that you think will lift the club or that will make the club better, right? 221 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:21,600 Absolutely. And unfortunately, that's not the case. 222 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:26,600 When the preseason started, the signs were there. 223 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:29,600 This is not looking good. 224 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,600 I was on a show the other day and we mentioned it. 225 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,600 Lewis Gilherme, the kid from Brazil. 226 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,600 25 million pounds we paid for this player. 227 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,600 He's like 18 years old. 228 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,600 He's paying for the academy now, right? 229 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,600 For the youth team. 230 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,600 Not even doing that. 231 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:54,600 He just sits on the bench. 232 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:56,600 It's literally that. 233 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,600 He's not really featured with the academy. 234 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,600 He's mainly sat on the bench. 235 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:06,600 Yesterday was the first time we've actually seen him come on in a Premier League game. 236 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,600 Tony, I could do that. 237 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,600 Exactly. 238 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:17,600 It's a case of, as you said, he's 18. 239 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,600 So, yes, put him in the academy. 240 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:26,600 Let me kind of learn our way of football and so forth and blend in. 241 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:38,600 But the fact you've got the kids virtually every single game sitting on the bench and we're watching the 15 games in and this is the first time he's actually got some time. 242 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,600 It was only 15 minutes. 243 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,600 Yeah, not enough. 244 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:44,600 Not enough. 245 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,600 But there was potential. 246 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:47,600 He was unlucky. 247 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,600 His shot hit the post. 248 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:51,600 His first shot he had, it hit the post. 249 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,600 But why have we got someone we've spent all that money on? 250 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,600 OK, in the grand scheme of things, it's a small amount. 251 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:02,600 But we've got someone sitting on the bench that's not doing nothing. 252 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,600 Not being given the opportunity. 253 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:10,600 I think you could say the same about Somerville, which is a player. 254 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:14,600 I think that West Ham fans seem to like a lot. 255 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:15,600 Absolutely. 256 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:19,600 I can see that this player is really growing on you guys. 257 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:33,600 And I think from what I understood watching some of the West Ham United fan YouTube channels, it seems like you're really unhappy with the fact that Lopetegui seems to be putting him on the bench all the time. 258 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:34,600 Yeah. 259 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,600 And you can see the players getting frustrated as well. 260 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:43,600 You can also see the players getting frustrated as well. 261 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:50,600 And he was Leeds best player last season. 262 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,600 And we are putting this kid on the bench. 263 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,600 Same thing. 264 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:56,600 We know the potential. 265 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:57,600 Yeah. 266 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:04,600 And when he came on yesterday, within the first five minutes, he'd done more than what Paqueta and Salah did. 267 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:06,600 I need to ask you about Paqueta. 268 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:15,600 So obviously, I know in this game, there were some other issues that a few players were suspended, including my countryman Tomas Socek. 269 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:23,600 But I need to ask you about this player Paqueta, because obviously he's involved in a betting scandal, right? 270 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,600 It's match fixing. 271 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,600 Do you think this is the main reason he's playing so poorly this season? 272 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:30,600 Do you think so? 273 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:36,600 I think it could be playing on his mind, the betting scandal. 274 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:48,600 But at the same point, it could be another one where he's not liking what this man is doing and he is just doing enough. 275 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:55,600 I mean, yesterday's game, I think he fell on the floor four or five times. 276 00:20:55,600 --> 00:21:00,600 And it's a case of if it's a foul, then it's a clear and obvious. 277 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:08,600 But when you're just falling on the ground hoping you're going to get a free kick, to me, that just says that you're not interested. 278 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,600 He's not working hard enough. 279 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:11,600 Yeah. 280 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,600 He was better under Mois, you could say, right? 281 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,600 He was better under Mois. 282 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:19,600 I mean, I think if you look at this season so far, he's played him. 283 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:27,600 He did well against Newcastle and I think the other game, I think, was in the Leicester game when he played… 284 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,600 He scored a penalty as well. 285 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:30,600 Yes, he did. 286 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:35,600 But he played him deeper and we saw a better Piqueta. 287 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:47,600 He's a Brazilian international, so obviously him not playing well, I think it has a huge, huge impact, a negative impact on your team and your team's performances. 288 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:51,600 Because, OK, Tomáš Socek, I think you know what you're getting from him. 289 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,600 He's more like a workhorse, right? 290 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,600 You get occasional goals from him and stuff. 291 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,600 So he's consistent in what you get from him. 292 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:08,600 But Piqueta, when he's at his best, on his best game, then he can do miracles almost. 293 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,600 Yeah. If he wants to, that's the problem. Yeah. 294 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,600 I agree. 295 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:20,600 OK, well, I can also ask you about your captain, Jared Bowen. 296 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:24,600 Do you think he's living up to his role or how is he doing? 297 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,600 I think he's grown more into it. 298 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:35,600 When he was first given the captaincy, it seemed to be the right choice because obviously he's very pro-West Ham. 299 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:41,600 But what we saw was it became a hindrance to him. 300 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:42,600 Yeah. 301 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:50,600 And his style of football, his energy was way off what we normally see him play. 302 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:58,600 For me, I think what the turning point was is when he got his goal for England, when he played for England, he got the goal. 303 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:04,600 And then he came back and you could see the difference in his style. 304 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,600 We kind of got more out of him. 305 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:16,600 He's coming a bit more vocal as a captain, but to me, I still say he's not the obvious choice as captain. 306 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,600 If anything, it should have gone to Max Kilmann. 307 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:24,600 OK, well, he was a new player. That's unusual to give it to a new player. 308 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,600 OK, it's an interesting choice. 309 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:36,600 And so you also have this German international, Nicolas Volkruh, who remind me, please, where he came from. 310 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:40,600 I can't remember. Was it Dortmund, Borussia? 311 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:44,600 I think it was Dortmund, I do believe. Yeah, I think it was Dortmund. 312 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:49,600 Again, German international, he scored, I think we saw him score some goals at the Euros. 313 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:55,600 So obviously he got injured very early into the season. 314 00:23:55,600 --> 00:24:02,600 But even despite that, it does seem a bit underwhelming as a signing, doesn't he? 315 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:08,600 Yeah, for the age and what we paid for him, yes, it is very much underwhelming. 316 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,600 OK, he got the goal against Leicester. 317 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:18,600 But the fact he got injured early, as you mentioned, I think it was in August. 318 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:24,600 He then went to Germany to have treatment, appeared on a kids TV show. 319 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:29,600 And went to Oktoberfest, right? 320 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,600 No, I'm making this up, by the way. It's not. 321 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,600 No, it's probably true as well. 322 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,600 He put it past him. 323 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:44,600 But then, of course, we kept hearing, he's back for this game. 324 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:49,600 Oh, no, he's not. He's back for this game. Oh, no, he's not. He's back for this game. 325 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,600 No, he's not. 326 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,600 A lot of misinformation. 327 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:57,600 I think these days the internet is also such a crazy medium. 328 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,600 It is. 329 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,600 A lot of people are making stuff up. Now we have AI to contribute. 330 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,600 This is true. 331 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:12,600 You can literally have Fulcruk saying to you something in any language in the world you can imagine now, right? 332 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:18,600 Fulcruk can speak Czech or with perfect British accent and nobody will know. 333 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,600 It's crazy what's happening these days. 334 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:29,600 He's, yeah, unfortunately, you know, he's been getting some game time now, obviously, because of what happened to Antonio. 335 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:35,600 Yeah, Antonio, we need to remind our listeners had a very serious accident. 336 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,600 Actually, it's unbelievable that he survived it. 337 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:39,600 Yes. 338 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,600 After we saw his car. 339 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,600 And I think his season is done. 340 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:53,600 And we don't know if he returns to football because I think they need to sort of reassess the extent of his injuries. 341 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,600 I think he had an operation, right? 342 00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:00,600 And also one thing that is a contributing factor is his age. 343 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,600 I think he is like 34 or something. 344 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:07,600 34. So, yeah, so it'd be 35. 345 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,600 They reckon it'd be a year out. 346 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:17,600 And then, of course, West Ham's got the option to extend his contract for another year because apparently we're paying his wages still. 347 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:24,600 But the problem is he's then still got to kind of get back into training. 348 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,600 So by that stage, he'd be 36. 349 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,600 Yeah, it doesn't look good, does it? 350 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,600 No, I doubt very much he would return. 351 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:41,600 It's a sad ending really to his fantastic West Ham career where he became one of the top goalscorers for you of all time, right? 352 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:42,600 Exactly. 353 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:43,600 Yeah. 354 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:49,600 But I think the main thing is, you know, touch wood, he's alive. 355 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,600 The recovery is going pretty well. 356 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:52,600 So that's good. 357 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,600 The operation went very well. 358 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,600 But he's very, very lucky to still be here. 359 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,600 Yeah, lucky boy, lucky boy. 360 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:10,600 OK, I don't know if you still have time, but I also want to ask you about Vladimir Tsofal because obviously he stopped playing because Van Bissaka is so good. 361 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:16,600 I think everyone can see even Vlad would admit it himself that Van Bissaka is just another level. 362 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:17,600 Yeah. 363 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,600 But obviously, Vladimir Tsofal is not getting any game time. 364 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:28,600 So do you think that's it for him or is there any chance he could extend for one year or something? 365 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:34,600 I think there's a chance for him to still extend for one year because we do need cover. 366 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:42,600 I think the... I don't know if his head was turned because he was doing very well. 367 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,600 But then we start seeing some mistakes. 368 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:54,600 I think he got injured at one point and sometimes injuries you don't always fully recover or you don't come back the same player. 369 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:58,600 So I think this is the reason why we looked at getting in. 370 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:05,600 We looked at quite a few choices, but we managed to get... and even that took a while. 371 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,600 Van Bissaka over the line and... 372 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,600 From United, right? He was playing for Manchester United. 373 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:11,600 Yeah. 374 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:16,600 Why are they letting a player like this go? 375 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:20,600 They're still losing in the 73rd minute against Newcastle at home. 376 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,600 And it's a mad league. 377 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,600 I think they were looking for a replacement for some reason. 378 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,600 He wasn't favored by Ten Hag. 379 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,600 And of course, they went for Maserati, which we looked at. 380 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:38,600 And he turned us down and signed for Man United. 381 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,600 And yeah. 382 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,600 Can I tell you one more thing before we end this podcast? 383 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:44,600 Of course you can. 384 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:51,600 85th minute. Ipswich down to Chelsea nil. 385 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,600 Chelsea. 386 00:28:54,600 --> 00:29:00,600 Every team has their blip and it seems now this will be the second loss for Chelsea now. 387 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:02,600 Back to back. 388 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:07,600 Okay. And I'm done with fantasy football because I made Cole Palmer my captain. 389 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,600 So I'm done with this. 390 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,600 I'm not playing this game anymore. 391 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:14,600 Wow. 392 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:21,600 But this I think it was Ipswich time to win. 393 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:27,600 But it's Chelsea's opportunity to cement theirself back in second place. 394 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:32,600 And they were at one point contenders of probably toppling Liverpool at the top. 395 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:33,600 Yeah. Yeah. 396 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:41,600 But now they are now if this happens, they're in the fourth place with Arsenal and Liverpool having one game in hand. 397 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,600 Nottingham, Nottingham for us in the second place. 398 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,600 Forrest doing very well. But yeah, Ipswich. Wow. 399 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:50,600 Unbelievable. Thank you, Tony. 400 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,600 Thank you very much for talking to me about West Ham. 401 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:54,600 You're welcome. 402 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:55,600 What wonderful stuff. 403 00:29:55,600 --> 00:30:00,600 And once again, your channel is called Early Doors Football TV. 404 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,600 That's correct. 405 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,600 Thanks a lot and take care and all the best to your team West Ham United. 406 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,600 Thank you. Thank you for the invite and your time as well. Thank you. 407 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,600 No worries. Take care, man. Take care. Bye bye. 408 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,600 Welcome back to the language corner. 409 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,600 As always in this part of the show, I'm going to do my job. 410 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,600 I'm an English teacher and it's grammar time. 411 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,600 We don't always talk about grammar here, do we? 412 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,600 On this podcast, usually it's vocabulary. 413 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:42,600 And that's because it is my firm belief as an English teacher that vocabulary is far more important than grammar for communication. 414 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:49,600 Yes, I think in a lot of countries in the world and I have lived and worked as a teacher in a lot of countries now, 415 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:55,600 I think grammar is overrated. It's given too much importance. 416 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,600 That's why I don't talk about it much. 417 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:04,600 But occasionally I have to say that it's useful, especially if you study grammar in context. 418 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:06,600 Here is the context. 419 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,600 I asked Tony the following question. 420 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,600 It was a question about the player Lucas Paqueta. 421 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:18,600 I asked, is the betting scandal the reason he's playing this poorly this season? 422 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:23,600 And here is what Tony responded with. 423 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:28,600 I think it could be playing on his mind, this betting scandal. 424 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:33,600 If something is playing on your mind, it means it's sort of affecting you. 425 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:39,600 It's affecting your confidence. It's affecting your mindset. 426 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,600 It's affecting your performance, right? 427 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:47,600 But I'm looking here at the phrase it could be, right? 428 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:51,600 Could is a verb. It's a modal verb. 429 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:58,600 A modal verb is a type of verb which we use in English for different things. 430 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:05,600 But here we use this specific modal verb could for speculating. 431 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:10,600 We have a certain number of modal verbs which are used for speculating, 432 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:14,600 especially when we are not sure about something. 433 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:19,600 And it shows the level of certainty that we have about something. 434 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,600 How sure are we about something? 435 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:26,600 How likely is something based on our opinion? 436 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:32,600 So if something is a fact, we just say, I don't know, Paqueta is a West Ham player. 437 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:36,600 But if we don't know which team Paqueta plays for, 438 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:42,600 maybe you are not a West Ham fan and you are a fan from another country 439 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:46,600 and you have never really heard about Paqueta, 440 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:53,600 but you think that it's possible that he plays for West Ham, 441 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,600 then you could say something like, he could be a West Ham player, right? 442 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,600 So this is about your certainty about something. 443 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:06,600 And like I said, we have several modal verbs which we can use in English 444 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:10,600 to talk about this or to speculate about something. 445 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:15,600 These modal verbs are must, could, might, may and can't. 446 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:20,600 And look at it as a scale, as a scale of certainty. 447 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,600 If you are pretty sure about something, then you would use must. 448 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:30,600 So for example, Tony, he could have said, it must be playing on his mind, this betting scandal. 449 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:34,600 But because he wasn't so sure, instead he went for could. 450 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:39,600 Could means you are much less sure about something. 451 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:43,600 Must could be like 99% certainty. 452 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:49,600 Could is maybe, I don't know, 30% certainty or 40% certainty. 453 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,600 Then we have might, which is very similar. 454 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:57,600 Some people say it's slightly less sure than could and may is similar to could. 455 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:01,600 So you could say, it could be playing on his mind, it might be playing on his mind, 456 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:06,600 it may be playing on his mind and it would mean pretty much the same thing. 457 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:12,600 But if you are sure something isn't true, then you would use this final modal verb can't 458 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,600 and then you would say something, it can't be playing on his mind. 459 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:20,600 For example, you could say that Paqueta is a professional footballer, he has played football all his life. 460 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:26,600 He can't have just forgotten how to play football even under these circumstances. 461 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:32,600 He can't, it can't be playing on his mind, if you believe so. 462 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:40,600 Right. So sometimes I wonder how many listeners of this podcast there truly are. 463 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:47,600 I do have some stats, I do have a number of downloads, but I don't know how reliable these numbers are 464 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:51,600 and how much I can really trust these numbers. 465 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:55,600 So sometimes I wonder how many listeners of the Footgrish podcast there are. 466 00:34:55,600 --> 00:35:05,600 And I could say something, there must be at least 100 listeners of the Footgrish podcast if we also add the YouTube channel. 467 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,600 There must be over 100. 468 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:12,600 I could say there could be around 150 listeners of the Footgrish podcast. 469 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:16,600 There might be 200 listeners of the Footgrish podcast. 470 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:21,600 There may be 127 listeners of the Footgrish podcast. 471 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,600 That is a very specific number. 472 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:27,600 And you could also say there can't be over 1000. 473 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,600 There can't be over 1000. 474 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:34,600 I'm sure there are not 1000 listeners or more. 475 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:35,600 I'm pretty sure about that. 476 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,600 So I say there can't be. 477 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,600 But I'm not 100% sure, right? 478 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:41,600 Because it's not a fact. 479 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,600 It's just my belief. 480 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:44,600 It's my speculation. 481 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:50,600 So these modal verbs are pretty useful to talk about something you're not sure about. 482 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:54,600 And it shows how sure you actually are. 483 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:55,600 Okay. 484 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,600 Two more things I want to mention. 485 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:02,600 We talked about Jared Bowen on this episode of the Footgrish podcast. 486 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,600 And by the time we recorded this episode, 487 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:11,600 we didn't know that Jared Bowen has actually sustained a fractured foot injury 488 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,600 in the Sunday's Premier League fixture against Liverpool. 489 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:20,600 Unfortunately, the club released the statement after the recording. 490 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:24,600 And also, unfortunately, this really happened because Jared Bowen is the captain. 491 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,600 He's really the main guy at West Ham. 492 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:30,600 So this is a disaster. 493 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,600 Losing Antonio, losing Jared Bowen, 494 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:43,600 it really leaves West Ham and Julen Lopetegui with only a few options up front. 495 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:49,600 So now he can play Fulcruk, who is the only striker as far as I know. 496 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:50,600 But he's not match fit. 497 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:52,600 He's out of form. 498 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:58,600 I think West Ham have no choice but to shell out money for an emergency signing. 499 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,600 They need some kind of emergency striker. 500 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,600 Oh, I forgot they also have... 501 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,600 What's his name? 502 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,600 Danny Inks, of course. 503 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,600 It took me some time, but I've remembered in the end. 504 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:14,600 They also have Danny Inks, so maybe it's his time to shine. 505 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,600 Okay, guys, and one more thing. 506 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,600 I've got something for you. 507 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:24,600 If you want, you can become a member of my group for high level English learners, 508 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,600 as long as you are at least B2 level, which is upper intermediate, 509 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:32,600 upper intermediate, advanced or proficient. 510 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:36,600 So if you're at these levels, then you could check out my website, 511 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:43,600 teachesdenek.com, and fill out the form there that you find in the Achievers' Chamber section. 512 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,600 Achievers' Chamber is the group that I'm offering to you, 513 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:53,600 because from this month on, every Sunday at 7 p.m. Central European Time, 514 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:57,600 I will be hosting an event in which you can talk to me about football. 515 00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,600 It's a private group. 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I'm giving you the option to try this service out. 525 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,600 I think it's a pretty good deal. 526 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:44,600 That's it for today. Thank you very much for listening to this episode of the FUTGLISH podcast, 527 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,600 and Happy New Year to you. 528 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:51,600 Take care, everyone, and see you next time. Bye-bye.