1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,600 You're listening to the Footglish Podcast. Love football, learn English. 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:16,400 Arsenal nil, West Ham one. What strategy did the West Ham manager Graham Potter cook for this game? 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:30,400 Is that the title gone for Arsenal? And what does the idiom to flash someone's knickers at someone mean? 4 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:58,400 Arsenal nil, West Ham one. Who would have thought? My name is Denek Lukas and I'm the person behind this podcast called the Footglish Podcast, which is a podcast for English learners who wants to improve their English by football. 5 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:10,400 And my guest today is none other than a recurring friend of the podcast. I could say his name is Clive, a West Ham fan. Hello Clive, welcome back. 6 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:22,400 Hi. Yeah, thank you very much. It's great to be back. It's been a little while since I came on. So it's nice to have a little return, especially after such a good weekend for us. 7 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:34,400 You are not an ordinary West Ham fan though. You have your own YouTube channel and you appear on other YouTube channels dedicated to West Ham. Yeah. What are their names? Tell us their names. 8 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:53,400 Okay, so my own channel is Green Street Elites. I do upload content there, you know, occasionally at the moment. I also appear on the Tuesday on Bowling Lounge on a Wednesday night regularly on West Ham Network, which is quite a big West Ham channel. 9 00:01:53,400 --> 00:02:09,400 That's right. And on Thursday nights, I appear on Early Doors Football TV and that's got a multitude of football fans that watch that. It's not just West Ham. And there are quite a few Arsenal fans involved in that actually. 10 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:22,400 Well, that's interesting because basically the next question has to be which channel, which West Ham channel aren't you involved in? You seem to be everywhere, Clive. 11 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:43,400 I think I'm popular because I'm an old school supporter from back in the 60s when I first started supporting. I was a young boy, but I was, you know, and so, you know, I've seen many iterations, I'm going to use that word deliberately, of West Ham. 12 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:57,400 Because, you know, so many different teams have had long lists of managers. West Ham's list is relatively short. We tend to keep managers for a long period. 13 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,400 It's like Arsenal. It's very similar to Arsenal, you could say. 14 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,400 Yes, yes. 15 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:19,400 So you must have been, sorry. So obviously, you know, I'm an Arsenal fan, but I'm also a West Ham fan. So you could say I'm a torn fan. But I will be honest with you in this game, in this weekend game, Arsenal-West Ham, I thought it might have been better for Arsenal to win. 16 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:36,400 I was secretly supporting Arsenal because, you know, my main reason being they have something to play for, whereas West Ham are safe, they're safe, they're not really in the relegation battle, but they're mid-table, a little bit worse than that. 17 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:44,400 And the season is written off, pretty much, right? So basically, I was a bit disappointed. 18 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:50,400 But I'm pretty sure you, on the other hand, were quite jubilant after that result. 19 00:03:50,400 --> 00:04:08,400 Indeed, indeed I was. And to be fair, you know, on the opposite side of the scale to your disappointment in the result, I have that added jubilation because, A, you are a London rival, and that means a heck of a lot in football. 20 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:18,400 Arsenal are a London rival, you know, they undoubtedly have taken the best midfielder this country has seen in a very long time. 21 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,400 Do you mean Declan Rice? 22 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:37,400 I do mean that man indeed, yes I do. And I can say his name now. And I actually applaud him because he holds his head high, especially when West Ham fans are tearing strips off of him, you know, live in the studio, in the stadium. 23 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:54,400 But, you know, and also, you know, we had to save face a little bit, if you like, because we've had a real bad run of results, especially at home to Arsenal. 24 00:04:54,400 --> 00:05:03,400 You know, we've been crushed fives and sixes, you know, and that is really hard to swallow from a local rival. 25 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,400 Of course, yeah. 26 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:10,400 You know, well, but still, still this came a little bit out of nowhere. 27 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:20,400 Okay, I'll give you that you have changed the manager. The manager is now Graham Potter, he replaced Julen Lopetegui. 28 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:21,400 Yes. 29 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:34,400 But, to be honest, I didn't see this one coming, even though your performances have improved under this new manager, Potter, you have been positive, but still a little bit inconsistent with the results. 30 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:38,400 So where did this one come from? I have no clue. 31 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:53,400 Well, I kind of skirted around it by saying about how I felt. The club feel the same way, you know, we've been crushed five and six goals against us in our own home, in our own backyard. 32 00:05:53,400 --> 00:06:01,400 That's really hard to take. So let's go there and show them that we can take points from them in their back garden, you know, 33 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:09,400 and that's an added incentive for the whole club, for the whole team and for the management, etc. as well. 34 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:19,400 So, you know, Graham Potter has a point to prove, you know, he hasn't come here just to make up the numbers and he hasn't come here to be a short term prospect. 35 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:29,400 He's come here to be a long term. I don't want to use the word project because it gets used far too much and it means nothing these days in football. 36 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:39,400 He's come here for the long term. He wants to win. I'm not saying what he wants to win because I don't know the answers to that, but he wants to win. 37 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:51,400 Every manager out there wants to win. And the fact that he has come from, you know, the background that he has as a player for Brighton, 38 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:59,400 went off and brought a fourth, literally a fourth division team in Sweden, I believe. 39 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:00,400 Sweden, yeah. 40 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:09,400 Yeah. And had them playing in European competitions by being in basically in Champions League places. 41 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:16,400 That's right. Yeah, Brighton were amazing at the time under Graham Potter. He was nicknamed Harry Potter, honestly. 42 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:28,400 But then something went wrong and his next job was at Chelsea and that was absolutely awful, right? He did a terrible job there. 43 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:39,400 Really and truly what you did was, right now, Graham Potter is what I call a steady manager that likes to work with what he has, OK? 44 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:46,400 He's not a greedy manager where you go, oh, I like him and I like him. I want them. He's not like that. 45 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:54,400 They identify talent that can come and be nurtured under his tutelage. Yeah. 46 00:07:54,400 --> 00:08:12,400 So and what I really like about him is, OK, yes, he is English and, you know, all the fans in the stadium and that are kind of appreciative of that because it's been a while since we've had an English manager. 47 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:13,400 That is true. 48 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:24,400 You know, we had we had Scottish managers, we've had Italian, we've had, you know, Argentinian or whatever, you know, Peruvian money. 49 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:34,400 So, you know, we've had many managers that, well, I say many, we haven't had that long a list of managers, but, you know, we've had managers that haven't been English. 50 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:47,400 And for West Ham, the fact that we are in the heart of the capital city, we now have that London on our badge, which I actually don't like. 51 00:08:47,400 --> 00:09:00,400 But it means so much to us to have an English manager at the helm or coach at the helm to kind of punch us forward with a little. 52 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:11,400 Yes, we love all our foreign players. We love them, you know, and, you know, let's not be, you know, bias here. 53 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:17,400 I loved Slavin Bilic, probably the most un-English manager we've had. 54 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,400 Sounds like someone from the Balkans to me. 55 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:33,400 It is, yeah. You know, he was a great guy, loved him to bits. But now we've got someone that I feel that as a English club, 56 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:43,400 and I'm not dismissing all of our foreign supporters either, you know, I'm saying that as an English club in the heart of the English capital, 57 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:53,400 we can now be that beating heart in London, you know what I mean? For the British game, as it were. 58 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:59,400 And it kind of means a lot to. Yeah, I think I get it. 59 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:07,400 I think I get it. Even if when I look at the fans and what sort of fans are West Ham fans, you seem to be like the Brit. 60 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:16,400 There is like a huge British core, whereas if we look at the other teams, they have different sort of supporters, including Arsenal, Chelsea. 61 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:25,400 I mean, like I said, that's not to say that we have only English fans, because as you know, we have fans all around the world. 62 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:32,400 We have people that tune into our shows. For example, I am your fan. 63 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:38,400 There you go. And you're actually in Vietnam right now. 64 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:46,400 And we have people in the USA, Canada and all over the world, you know, Thailand. 65 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:55,400 OK, OK, yeah, Clive. So let's talk about this game a little bit. So, of course, 1-0 to West Ham, a sucker punch for Arsenal. 66 00:10:55,400 --> 00:11:07,400 Not many chances, only two shots on goal from from each teams. Arsenal had, I think, eight shots off target and more more position than you. 67 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:15,400 But you seem to have that game under control nevertheless. So how did you see the game and the plan? 68 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:24,400 What do you think was the plan? I think I think the approach to the game from Graham Potter, the plan for the game, I think, was perfectly excellent. 69 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:29,400 Perfectly executed by the players on the day. 70 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:40,400 It was a little concerning when we saw the midfield three for us, because there was very little pace in the midfield three. 71 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:45,400 Alvarez, Soucek, Alvarez, Soucek and Soler, was it? James Ward-Prowse. 72 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:57,400 Oh, Prowse, yeah. Prowse came back from Southampton. He was there on loan. He was there. Correct. No, he no, James Ward-Prowse was not in Forest on loan. 73 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:05,400 He came from Southampton to West Ham. Correct. Then he was at West Ham and you sent him on loan. We loaned him out. 74 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:18,400 Well, I say we did. It was Julian Lopez. Not you and I, yeah. Yeah, yeah. But so, you know, I was a little concerned that there was a very little pace. 75 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:30,400 Although, as you know, I'm a big fan of Thomas Soucek. I'm a big fan of Edson Alvarez. He is sort of fast becoming the club's new Terminator. 76 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:44,400 This is a nickname that we give to a player that has very little regard for any outcome from tackles that they go into, you know. 77 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:54,400 They're very strong. Thomas Soucek is a very strong tackler when he goes in for one, but he's more tactical than that. 78 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,400 Yeah, he's tactically doesn't get red cards and Alvarez does. 79 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:05,400 No, Alvarez does and yellow cards as well. But we do like that sort of blood and guts player at West Ham. We love that. 80 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:15,400 And he's fast becoming the new Terminator if you kind of get me. Yeah. And, you know, James Ward-Prowse, we know the quality that he's got. 81 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:26,400 He's a set piece specialist, basically. He's like the best free kick taker in England or something like that. 82 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:31,400 He even scored one goal from corner last season, didn't he? He did indeed. Yeah. 83 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:42,400 And he is one goal away from equaling David Beckham's record of set piece goals. Yes. One goal away. 84 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:51,400 And then we go and send him to Nottingham Forest when we really could use that. We've had plenty of free kicks that have not gone well. 85 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:58,400 No. If James Ward-Prowse on it, maybe we could have been in a better position than we are now, perhaps. 86 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:07,400 I think that was a poor decision from Lopetegui and his team. I think that was a poor decision to let him go. 87 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:16,400 Well, he's back now. He came back and, you know, I mean, I think I wasn't disappointed with the performance of any of the West Ham players. 88 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:28,400 I thought every one of them turned up. Little concerned about Caduce because he hasn't been as effective lately as he has been in the past. 89 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,400 He played really well in this game. He did indeed. 90 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:39,400 But as we in the UK say, we think that he may have been, you know, flashing his knickers at Arsenal. 91 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:47,400 What does that mean? Oh, wait a minute. Flashing his knickers, as in the underwear? 92 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:51,400 Yeah, yeah. Come and get me. Come and get me. 93 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,400 Like a cheap woman, basically. 94 00:14:55,400 --> 00:15:00,400 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm available. Come and get me. That's what that means. 95 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:11,400 So we feel that he did that at Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal this year. They're the only three games that we feel that he really turned up for. 96 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,400 Right, right. The big ones, the big games. 97 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:21,400 Yeah, at the moment we don't mind because he's turning up in the big games and we're getting decent performance. 98 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,400 Maybe you should just play, you should only play him against these big boys. 99 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:30,400 Then he will flash his knickers when it's... Yeah, a little more, yeah, you know. 100 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:36,400 When he feels like he should do it. And when you play weaker opponents, just put him on the bench. 101 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,400 Again, not you and I, but your manager. 102 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:47,400 Yeah, they are the team. Yeah. I mean, the thing is, he is one of the exceptional players that we do have at West Ham. 103 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:52,400 Him and Lucas Piqueta are both exceptional players on their day. 104 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:58,400 Yeah. And I think also that Aaron Wan-Bissaka is fast becoming one. 105 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:08,400 Oh my God, what a bargain he has been, honestly. He came from Manchester United, right? From the struggling Manchester United team. 106 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:21,400 Imagine how good he could have been if Ten Haag or whoever let him go had identified his qualities because now at West Ham he is amazing. 107 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:33,400 And that's coming from someone, of course, who supports Vladimir Sofov because he is my countryman and I really enjoyed him playing at West Ham. 108 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:43,400 But when Bissaka came, I had to put my head down and I admit he absolutely nailed it. 109 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:54,400 But there are also times when we could use both of those players because there are times when Vladimir Sofov's delivery is impeccable at times. 110 00:16:54,400 --> 00:17:00,400 That's true. Yeah, he's good. A lot of people say, you know, he's crossing, it's not great, but you have a look at his assist. 111 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:02,400 He's pretty good. Yeah. 112 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:11,400 You have a look at his assist, Bray, at West Ham United. I guarantee you it's probably the best in the club since he's been there. 113 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:22,400 He's very consistent. You always know how he's going to put the ball in and he does it on a consistent basis and his long throws are good as well. 114 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:29,400 I think he's probably had at least half a dozen assists from the throw in directly. 115 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:37,400 I think he's now injured though. He is. He has had a slight injury, a muscle injury, I think. 116 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:46,400 Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK, that shouldn't take very long to heal. So Arsenal were disappointing in this game, including Declan Rice, to be honest. 117 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:54,400 At one point I thought to myself, is he really playing for us, for Arsenal? Is he playing for us, for West Ham? 118 00:17:54,400 --> 00:18:03,400 I don't know which one I should say, for you, for us. I'm confused. I'm a schizophrenic Arsenal slash West Ham fan. 119 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:15,400 That's why when Declan Rice was sold to Arsenal, I was the least disappointed West Ham fan because I support Arsenal, right? 120 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:26,400 Yeah. I think Declan had a poor day, poor game. Yes, he did. But it was quite satisfying as a West Ham fan. 121 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:36,400 Obviously, yeah. To see him watching on as Jared Bowen put that header in, it was quite satisfying. 122 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:44,400 But nonetheless, you know, he hasn't been great this season, Declan. 123 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:52,400 But there are obvious signs of his quality in every game. 124 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:58,400 Yeah, yeah, no, he was great. He was great when he came for a long time. It's just now he has a spell. But that's not just him. 125 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:11,400 Odegaard is also out of form currently. Yeah. And also, I think, I think, also, Michael Anteta, Michael Anteta, sorry, is not Antonio. 126 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:25,400 No, Michael Anteta is probably not playing Declan Rice with as much freedom as he would like because with a little more freedom, Declan is a lot more artistic. 127 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:31,400 Possibly. Yeah. Oh, he is. Trust me. I mean, you've watched enough of his games at West Ham. 128 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:45,400 I know, I remember. But I also sometimes didn't like the fact that he was like overshadowed, outshining, if that's the word, Tomas Socek, because Tomas Socek is also a box to box midfielder. 129 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:58,400 And he was, I think that's why, that's why he was not at his best. That's why he was so heavily criticized, partially because he was not played in his best position because of Declan Rice. 130 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:09,400 To appease Declan Rice, you know. And yet, and yet, funnily enough, Tomas Socek has received more criticism since Declan Rice went to El Artenal. 131 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:21,400 Yeah. Yeah. This season, we are now giving him the credit he is due for the games that he's playing and for the way that he's playing them. 132 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:31,400 I think a lot of West Ham fans would agree that he is invaluable. Not irreplaceable, but invaluable. 133 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:45,400 So, you know, we wouldn't be surprised if he was maybe purchased by Everton, now that David Moyes is there. 134 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:53,400 Yeah, we wouldn't be surprised, slightly disappointed, but we wouldn't be surprised. 135 00:20:53,400 --> 00:21:00,400 But, you know, we would also be equally as happy to have him stay. 136 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,400 I don't think many people realize that Tomas Socek really loves West Ham. 137 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:22,400 And I'm sorry, but I really hated the way Tomas Socek was labeled as Moyes' favorite and the way some YouTube, YouTubers, West Ham fan YouTubers talked about Tomas Socek, it's favoritism. 138 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:28,400 He's only playing because Moyes loves him. And then he would go to Everton. No, he didn't. 139 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:37,400 He was made the captain or vice captain under Lopetegu. He played almost every single game and he's playing under this manager as well. 140 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:48,400 So I think now we have enough evidence to see that it wasn't like that. He just deserved to play. That's it. 141 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:59,400 Yeah, I agree. I think he's definitely an invaluable player. Yeah, I'll have one as well. 142 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:12,400 He's improved so much this season, though, you know, because he's taken on this role. I mean, I would say he's probably the club vice captain. 143 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:28,400 He is. Jared, Jared Bowen being the captain. Yeah. He you know, so I think that he's because he's been kind of elevated by Lopetegu or or or Graham Potter. 144 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:40,400 I think maybe now that he's got this position as vice captain, he's thinking, well, anything can happen like it did a few weeks ago and we lost Jared Bowen for a few weeks. 145 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:46,400 Yeah. Yeah. He had to step up and believe me, he put in a captain to performance every week. 146 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:54,400 Yeah, I know. Might not have got a goal, might not have assisted a goal, might not have defended a goal very well. 147 00:22:54,400 --> 00:23:03,400 But as the on field captain, you couldn't have asked about. Yeah, no, absolutely. As a vice captain, you know, and as the on field captain. 148 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:13,400 And I think on Saturday when Jared Bowen was replaced by Evan Ferguson and he gave Thomas the armband. 149 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:18,400 He's the he's the next in the pecking order for the captain. Of course. Yeah. 150 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:28,400 But there was no gift in attitude towards that role. 151 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:38,400 So what I mean is that, you know, that Thomas Socek basically just took the armband on and basically carried on with the plan. 152 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:43,400 You know, there was no there was no change in. I just I just hope. 153 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:51,400 Yeah, I hope he will keep keep proving the doubters wrong at West Ham and keeps putting in great performances. 154 00:23:51,400 --> 00:24:00,400 That's that's for me. That's the most important thing, because we love Thomas Socek in the Czech Republic. He's a great captain of the national team as well. 155 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:10,400 So hopefully there are still a few years ahead of him at West Ham and hopefully you you guys play better as well, because I don't know, 16th place is just not good enough. 156 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,400 I'm sure the fans are really disappointed with the season. 157 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:23,400 And well, for Arsenal, on the other hand, it seems like the season is almost written off as well. You know, we just need to secure the top four finish now. 158 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,400 Liverpool, I don't know, nine points ahead or how much is it? Eight, maybe eight points. 159 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:32,400 It seems too much in their current form and most allies just on fire. 160 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:39,400 And yeah, I mean, mathematically, Arsenal could still take the title mathematically. 161 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,400 They would have to throw it. Liverpool, honestly, like they would. 162 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:50,400 Theoretically and kind of looking at it logically, as you say, Liverpool would have to throw it. 163 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:56,400 Arsenal would have to get a maximum three points from every game they play. 164 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:04,400 And I have to be honest, I'm not sure that the current Arsenal are capable of that. 165 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,400 No, no, we have just we have just seen why. 166 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:12,400 Like you can't do it at home. I'm sorry. You just can't. Yeah. 167 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:18,400 And, you know, and in fairness, you know, there are one or two Arsenal channels that I view regularly. 168 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:30,400 And, you know, there are comments that you see on the screen and you hear from the presenters sometimes, you know, things like, you know, but we were the invincibles. 169 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:39,400 Well, yes, Arsenal were the invincibles and fantastic that they are the only team to have ever done that in the Premier League. 170 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:45,400 Massive, massive big up to them. You know, massive congratulations to them on it. 171 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:51,400 But that was when you and I were young lads. Well, I weren't so young. 172 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,400 You were you were also 20 years ago. 173 00:25:54,400 --> 00:26:01,400 I would imagine that not even many of the staff at the stadium are the same people. 174 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,400 20 years ago, Clive. 175 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:12,400 Yeah, there are no playing staff, no coaching staff and very little of the board left from that period. 176 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:19,400 It's just the fans. They are just nostalgic. And that's why sometimes like they are hard for them to take, you know. 177 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:29,400 That is also true of West Ham, you know, I mean, like one of the things that you'll hear a lot is that West Ham won the World Cup in 1966. 178 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:35,400 We hold on to that because three West Ham players played pivotal role in that game. 179 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:42,400 Right. So, you know, we kind of claim that as our World Cup, you know, it's a tongue in cheek, a joke. 180 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:55,400 But, you know, we do use it quite a lot. However, however, nothing of West Ham United in 1966 survives to this day. 181 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:59,400 Not even the badge on the shirt. It's completely different. 182 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:04,400 Yeah, I know. I know what you mean, man. The only thing that survives is the Claret and Blue. 183 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,400 Yeah, that is it. That is it. 184 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,400 That is a great note to end on this fantastic podcast with you, Clive. 185 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,400 Thank you very much for talking to me about West Ham and this Arsenal-West Ham game. 186 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,400 And all the best to you. I will be in touch. 187 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,400 Thanks. Lovely to see you. 188 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:23,400 Take care, buddy. 189 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:35,400 Welcome back to the Language Corner. As always, in this part of the show, there is no interview anymore. 190 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:43,400 I'm just by myself here and I will be clarifying or explaining something from the English language, 191 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,400 because that's what English teachers do and I'm an English teacher. 192 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:54,400 So today we're taking a look at the phrase to flash your knickers at someone. 193 00:27:54,400 --> 00:28:07,400 So this is an idiom. So the whole phrase has a meaning of basically trying to attract somebody's attention. 194 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:16,400 Yeah. And now we should explain it. Let's dive deeper into this British English slang idiom. 195 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,400 First of all, what's what's what are knickers? 196 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:28,400 Well, knickers spelled with K-N-I-C-K-E-R-S. 197 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:32,400 Knickers are women's underpants. Yeah. 198 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:36,400 So we're talking about women's underwear. 199 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:48,400 And basically, if you flash your knickers, you're basically sort of like showing your underwear in a provocative way to seek attention. 200 00:28:48,400 --> 00:29:02,400 Right. So however we use this to talk about football in a sense of when there is a football player who wants to maybe change their club, right? 201 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:09,400 Who wants to showcase his abilities to bigger clubs? 202 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:15,400 In this case, we were talking with Clive about Mohammed Koudous, the West Ham player. 203 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:21,400 And he was playing well in that game because he was flashing his knickers at Arsenal. 204 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:34,400 Right. He was playing well because he was hoping that some agents would notice him and potentially he could get a transfer to a better club. 205 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:39,400 That's that's the idea to flash your knickers at someone. 206 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:43,400 That's basically it. So I hope you like this one. 207 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,400 I don't know how useful it is outside football. 208 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:54,400 I suppose you could use it in some contexts, but here it's used in football mainly. 209 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,400 OK, guys, I guess that's it for today. 210 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:04,400 Don't forget you can support the Footgrish podcast by giving this video on the YouTube channel a like. 211 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:12,400 Or if you're listening to this as an audio, then just go to, I don't know, Spotify and give this show a five star rating. 212 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:19,400 You can do something similar at Apple podcasts, of course, and you can even write what you think about the podcast. 213 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:25,400 It will actually help out a lot. It will help me out a lot. 214 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:31,400 It will make a difference. 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