WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.200 You're listening to the Footballish Podcast. 00:00:02.859 --> 00:00:09.580 Love football, learn English. Was Soboslai's 00:00:09.580 --> 00:00:12.980 free -kick a moment of brilliance or bad goalkeeping 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:17.399 in the Liverpool -Arsenal game? Is Peter Schmeichel 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:21.519 right in calling Arsenal ugly? Is Florian Wirth 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:25.260 living up to his price tag yet? And what does 00:00:25.260 --> 00:00:28.079 it mean when a player hasn't set the world on 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:52.140 fire? Hello and welcome back to the FootGlish 00:00:52.140 --> 00:00:55.159 podcast, a podcast where football meets English 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:58.479 and where the beautiful game gives us plenty 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:02.960 to talk about, argue about and maybe even learn 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:06.480 from. I'm your host Zdenek, a long -suffering 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:09.340 Arsenal fan who is still recovering from the 00:01:09.340 --> 00:01:14.920 weekend's result at Anfield. Yes. I have to say 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:17.159 this. This is what I have to start with. Liverpool 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:21.719 1, Arsenal 0. Thanks to a Sobolslai screamer. 00:01:22.019 --> 00:01:25.840 And I would rather not watch that and talk about 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:29.819 that ever again. But you know what? To make matters 00:01:29.819 --> 00:01:32.900 worse, I'm not suffering alone. In fact, this 00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:35.420 person is definitely not suffering. Joining me 00:01:35.420 --> 00:01:40.980 today is Paul, a proud Liverpool fan, who is 00:01:40.980 --> 00:01:45.939 here to rub salt into... my wounds and gloat 00:01:45.939 --> 00:01:50.760 about that clean sheet of theirs that they produced 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:53.420 in this game and probably remind me that Liverpool 00:01:53.420 --> 00:01:57.640 are still the team to beat this season. Welcome, 00:01:57.719 --> 00:01:59.819 Paul. Welcome back to the Footgrish podcast. 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:03.359 Hi, Zenek. Thank you for having me. Yes, I feel 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:07.760 you are a bit of a sadist inviting me on to talk 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:12.129 about this match. I hope you enjoy it. I wouldn't 00:02:12.129 --> 00:02:16.729 call myself a sadist, but obviously in terms 00:02:16.729 --> 00:02:20.050 of football, I am, yes. In my private life, I 00:02:20.050 --> 00:02:22.789 don't think I am. I think I'm just a normal dude, 00:02:22.949 --> 00:02:27.750 not a psychopath, not a sadist. But when it comes 00:02:27.750 --> 00:02:29.849 to football, yes, I'm a glutton for punishment. 00:02:29.930 --> 00:02:35.110 That's for sure. Yeah, but I also like challenges 00:02:35.110 --> 00:02:38.889 and I don't mind inviting someone when they beat 00:02:38.889 --> 00:02:41.969 my team because I feel like, why not? Why not? 00:02:42.069 --> 00:02:48.129 Make things interesting. So let me start with 00:02:48.129 --> 00:02:51.870 this question. Was Soboslai's free kick pure 00:02:51.870 --> 00:02:57.669 class brilliant or should our goalkeeper have 00:02:57.669 --> 00:03:00.430 done better? What do you think, Paul? Oh, I think... 00:03:01.289 --> 00:03:06.189 I think Raya admitted that to the match. A little 00:03:06.189 --> 00:03:09.150 excuse he gave was that he needs to get used 00:03:09.150 --> 00:03:16.610 to the new Puma balls. It's been Nike for such 00:03:16.610 --> 00:03:18.810 a long time. I saw an interview. He said they 00:03:18.810 --> 00:03:22.069 have been using Nike footballs for a long time 00:03:22.069 --> 00:03:25.169 and now the Puma balls move differently and he 00:03:25.169 --> 00:03:28.909 needs to get used to it. But I think when it 00:03:28.909 --> 00:03:33.159 was a match, bereft of chances there wasn't many 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:36.900 chances so when the free kick was given there 00:03:36.900 --> 00:03:39.319 was a sense of anticipation because it was going 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:42.479 to be a shot at goal and there wasn't many shots 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:45.280 at goal in the match but let's be honest what 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:49.580 was the distance that was like how far was it 00:03:49.580 --> 00:03:53.120 like two meters over 32 yards 82 meters come 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:56.039 on what's the xg of that even yeah it's very 00:03:56.039 --> 00:04:00.520 low it was very central wasn't it But I noticed 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:03.840 Arsenal had three people in the wall, all tall, 00:04:04.020 --> 00:04:07.780 like Calafiori, I think Jokeres possibly. And 00:04:07.780 --> 00:04:11.819 it went over Calafiori's head and he jumped. 00:04:11.939 --> 00:04:14.740 And he jumps high, Calafiori, and it went over 00:04:14.740 --> 00:04:18.199 his head. So the ability to get it up and over 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:22.939 with power and curl from Sobber's lay. People 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:25.420 have seen it before for Hungary. We haven't seen 00:04:25.420 --> 00:04:29.579 it for Liverpool. It was an incredible free kick, 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:33.779 I think, yeah. No, I definitely agree with you. 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:36.459 I cannot blame the goalkeeper. The game was boring, 00:04:36.660 --> 00:04:41.040 in a sense, so that was like a bright moment 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:45.560 in that game, moment of brilliance, and at least 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:48.860 something happened. I know Arsenal are on the 00:04:48.860 --> 00:04:52.600 receiving end of it, but at least if you're a 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:56.790 neutral fan, at least you saw something. It was 00:04:56.790 --> 00:05:00.589 an amazing free kick. Top bins, right? In the 00:05:00.589 --> 00:05:03.850 83rd minute, was it, as well? So near the end 00:05:03.850 --> 00:05:07.209 of the match. Late winner, yeah. No, an incredible 00:05:07.209 --> 00:05:11.910 moment. And he's been so good this season. So 00:05:11.910 --> 00:05:15.490 I was like, started in the field, then he's played 00:05:15.490 --> 00:05:18.389 right back for the last two matches and been 00:05:18.389 --> 00:05:21.509 man of the match in both matches. Great stuff 00:05:21.509 --> 00:05:24.750 from the Hungarian international, for sure. Yeah. 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:28.459 Liverpool kept their first clean sheet in eight 00:05:28.459 --> 00:05:31.879 league games or something like that? Possibly. 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:36.819 Something like that. So did Arne Slot fix the 00:05:36.819 --> 00:05:40.100 defence in one week or did Arsenal just make 00:05:40.100 --> 00:05:43.860 you look good? Well, it was interesting because 00:05:43.860 --> 00:05:46.939 Arsenal had a lot of corners where they are most 00:05:46.939 --> 00:05:50.100 dangerous. I think you actually play for corners. 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:55.089 That's true. But we didn't really have... any 00:05:55.089 --> 00:05:57.449 corners and long throws though i can't remember 00:05:57.449 --> 00:06:02.069 any problems from them really um so liverpool 00:06:02.069 --> 00:06:05.670 defended them well van dyke was really good cornate 00:06:05.670 --> 00:06:09.850 probably had his best game for liverpool this 00:06:09.850 --> 00:06:13.569 season i think yeah i think liverpool defended 00:06:13.569 --> 00:06:18.829 well and yeah but arsenal didn't take many chances 00:06:18.829 --> 00:06:22.009 i feel as well yeah yeah they didn't take many 00:06:22.660 --> 00:06:25.620 chances to push forward or chances to put Liverpool 00:06:25.620 --> 00:06:27.740 under pressure so much. The thing is, we didn't 00:06:27.740 --> 00:06:31.399 create much because even Jamie Carragher reckons 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:34.339 that Arsenal's problem is creativity and not 00:06:34.339 --> 00:06:38.500 finishing. Do you agree? Or is this just another... 00:06:38.500 --> 00:06:40.500 Yeah, you didn't miss any chances. I suppose 00:06:40.500 --> 00:06:44.819 Eze had got away from defenders. It was a lucky 00:06:44.819 --> 00:06:49.000 ricochet, I think, and he got in. And he never 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:53.680 got a shot at goal when he should have. Yeah, 00:06:53.819 --> 00:06:56.660 I think there wasn't many chances that you created. 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:01.639 So if I ask you to be honest, you were not really 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:05.639 worried at all during that game because defensively, 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:11.800 Arsenal didn't give Liverpool a sniff? I don't 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:14.000 know. I think the game was tense. I think both 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:17.819 teams played it really cautiously because they 00:07:17.819 --> 00:07:21.480 knew one slip -up and the other team could be 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:24.240 in. So Arsenal were quite cautious, but also 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:26.180 were Liverpool. I think Liverpool were cautious. 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:29.620 And when Liverpool did try a couple of times 00:07:29.620 --> 00:07:33.019 in the first half, they broke both teams. It 00:07:33.019 --> 00:07:35.439 wasn't just Arsenal that were cautious. I think 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:40.420 Liverpool were cautious too. Peter Schmeichel 00:07:40.420 --> 00:07:42.779 apparently called Arsenal's football ugly and 00:07:42.779 --> 00:07:46.100 annoying to watch. Did you find us that bad? 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:53.209 No, I was scared. Sorry, yeah, I think I read 00:07:53.209 --> 00:07:55.449 that and I think that's a bit of an overstatement. 00:07:55.509 --> 00:07:59.129 I think Arsenal played well. I think Arsenal 00:07:59.129 --> 00:08:02.610 came to Anfield. They were missing Saka and Odegaard, 00:08:02.689 --> 00:08:06.410 two of their most creative players. Odegaard 00:08:06.410 --> 00:08:09.209 was on the bench, yeah. Yeah, so they added Madaweke 00:08:09.209 --> 00:08:12.610 for Saka, which is a bit of a step down. And 00:08:12.610 --> 00:08:15.810 then they added Mourinho for Odegaard. I'm playing 00:08:15.810 --> 00:08:19.569 Mourinho as a... attacking midfield. He's not 00:08:19.569 --> 00:08:22.009 the most creative player. He's not a bad player, 00:08:22.189 --> 00:08:25.589 but he shouldn't be a starter. He's not creative, 00:08:25.670 --> 00:08:29.189 is he? It was out of necessity. I think Arteta 00:08:29.189 --> 00:08:31.089 was trying to be cautious with Odegaard because 00:08:31.089 --> 00:08:34.649 he got injured in the previous game. So eventually 00:08:34.649 --> 00:08:38.840 Odegaard came on as a substitute. but i think 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:41.419 arteta was just trying to play play it safe because 00:08:41.419 --> 00:08:43.580 yeah but i think you have players you haven't 00:08:43.580 --> 00:08:46.940 one year one really should play he's a really 00:08:46.940 --> 00:08:49.620 good player i think one year you also have trust 00:08:49.620 --> 00:08:52.759 possibly or yeah and they could have started 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:58.480 but that is true um maybe there's some kind of 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:01.399 hierarchy there or i don't know Maybe because 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:03.840 he's Spanish, right? Arteta is Spanish, Mourinho 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:06.820 is Spanish. So I think Arsenal played well and 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:09.860 it was a free kick. Liverpool didn't look like 00:09:09.860 --> 00:09:12.299 scoring, I thought. They had a couple of half 00:09:12.299 --> 00:09:16.419 chances, but there were always Arsenal bodies 00:09:16.419 --> 00:09:20.860 in the way. Maybe it was a plan to get a draw 00:09:20.860 --> 00:09:24.259 from Anfield. If he had got a draw, it would 00:09:24.259 --> 00:09:27.240 have been a great result. So I don't know what 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:30.080 to think about this. Yeah, so I don't think... 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:32.000 I thought Arsenal played well and they look strong. 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:37.240 They've got an amazing squad. And they could 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:42.500 have won. True, true. So what about the new signings? 00:09:42.500 --> 00:09:44.919 Are you impressed with anyone or how are you 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:47.320 finding them? So far for Liverpool, I'm impressed 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:50.580 with Aki Tike. And I watched the video... Yeah, 00:09:50.620 --> 00:09:53.559 I think Aki Tike has been... Even yesterday, 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:56.480 I thought he did well. He was against two defenders 00:09:56.480 --> 00:10:00.529 and he looked... He has a real enthusiasm. He 00:10:00.529 --> 00:10:03.809 looks quite hungry to score goals. He looks disappointed 00:10:03.809 --> 00:10:06.490 when he's taken off, which is natural when the 00:10:06.490 --> 00:10:10.029 match is nil -nil for a striker to be taken off. 00:10:11.409 --> 00:10:15.950 And also Wurz of Wurz has come in, which I was 00:10:15.950 --> 00:10:18.330 really excited about. And I just think he's struggling 00:10:18.330 --> 00:10:21.409 to find space in the midfield. He's playing within 00:10:21.409 --> 00:10:25.029 a midfield three. So he's doing a lot of running. 00:10:25.230 --> 00:10:27.889 I think he's not stopping running. He's running 00:10:27.889 --> 00:10:30.490 around a lot. He's trying to find space. But 00:10:30.490 --> 00:10:33.850 it's so tight in there, especially on Sunday. 00:10:33.990 --> 00:10:37.409 I feel he's doing well. I think he's being asked 00:10:37.409 --> 00:10:39.909 to do a lot of running because he is the most 00:10:39.909 --> 00:10:42.549 forward player of the three. So he's doing a 00:10:42.549 --> 00:10:46.929 lot of pressing. He's trying to find space. And 00:10:46.929 --> 00:10:50.529 maybe this is affecting him when he does eventually 00:10:50.529 --> 00:10:53.179 get the ball. But I think... He's doing well 00:10:53.179 --> 00:10:58.039 without actually setting the world on fire. Hopefully 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:01.720 in a few more games when he adapts to the league 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:04.519 and adapts to the team a bit more. But I don't 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:06.639 know. I think the role that he's being asked 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:11.120 to do, he's required to run a lot. That is true. 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:13.899 But at the same time, I think there is a lot. 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:17.039 a lot here to unpack because obviously he's a 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:19.919 german wonder kid with an amazing reputation 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:23.600 from the bundesliga a german international like 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:26.860 the best player in years in from germany and 00:11:26.860 --> 00:11:28.700 now he's coming to the premier league i think 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:32.720 with a massive price tag i think there's a lot 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:37.379 of pressure on him as well and subconsciously 00:11:37.379 --> 00:11:40.000 subconsciously it has to get to him in some way 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:42.720 in my opinion so i'm not surprised he's not exactly 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:45.620 hit the ground running yet but at the same time 00:11:45.620 --> 00:11:49.080 i don't think he has been a massive uh disappointment 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:53.059 or anything like that yeah no and he's 22 i think 00:11:53.059 --> 00:11:55.779 as you said coming in from a different league 00:11:56.509 --> 00:11:59.149 to the Premier League, the physicality and speed 00:11:59.149 --> 00:12:02.710 of it. I think he's up to it. I think he will, 00:12:02.789 --> 00:12:07.070 but at the same time, he is still young. It may 00:12:07.070 --> 00:12:11.029 take six months. It may take more than that. 00:12:11.230 --> 00:12:13.230 It will take less, in my opinion. I think he 00:12:13.230 --> 00:12:16.990 will start showing his skills and what he's about 00:12:16.990 --> 00:12:20.929 very soon. Sometimes it just takes one goal to 00:12:20.929 --> 00:12:28.259 undo this. he will be as good as he was before. 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.159 And I'm sure it's about the entire Liverpool, 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:33.279 to be honest with you, because the three games 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:37.399 that I saw, I can't say that I watched the always 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:40.500 90 minutes, but I saw glimpses of that game. 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:43.379 And that game against Newcastle, I thought Newcastle 00:12:43.379 --> 00:12:45.279 were the better team, even though you were... 00:12:46.849 --> 00:12:49.309 obviously playing in XI against 10 Newcastle 00:12:49.309 --> 00:12:52.909 men. I thought Newcastle were the team to praise 00:12:52.909 --> 00:12:55.950 there, not you. And in that first game also, 00:12:56.009 --> 00:12:59.769 something weird happened. You were 2 -0 up, right, 00:12:59.809 --> 00:13:02.470 or something? And then Simeoneo scored two goals 00:13:02.470 --> 00:13:06.429 or something. Right, right, right. So also, yeah, 00:13:06.509 --> 00:13:10.360 but... Despite all this, this is a mark of a 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:12.879 great team, a mark of a champion. Despite all 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:15.399 these little teething problems or difficulties, 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:18.500 maybe a little bit of a hangover from the excellent 00:13:18.500 --> 00:13:21.320 previous season, despite all this, you collected 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:24.820 nine points, which is the most from all the Premier 00:13:24.820 --> 00:13:27.679 League teams. Yeah, it's unusual. Manchester 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:31.120 City who dropped points twice already. So what 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:33.820 can you say? Amazing start for Liverpool, in 00:13:33.820 --> 00:13:37.240 my opinion. Can I just add about... Wirtz as 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:40.159 well, I think. So Liverpool haven't changed their 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:43.019 formation, really. So they've changed the people. 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:46.259 Now Wirtz is in place of Sobbeslai. You've got 00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:50.580 Kirkaz and maybe Frimpong on the right. But Wirtz 00:13:50.580 --> 00:13:53.000 is in the same position as what Sobbeslai had 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:55.840 last year, really. And Sobbeslai didn't score 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:59.240 many goals, didn't get many assists. The people 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:01.759 who get the goals and assists for Liverpool are 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:05.350 Salah. And now the centre -forward or the left 00:14:05.350 --> 00:14:09.769 -weight or Gakpo on the left. So for Wirth to 00:14:09.769 --> 00:14:13.110 be considered successful, everybody judges these 00:14:13.110 --> 00:14:16.549 players on goals and assists. But I cannot see 00:14:16.549 --> 00:14:18.970 him getting many goals and assists in the current 00:14:18.970 --> 00:14:23.350 role that he's playing. So maybe we need to judge 00:14:23.350 --> 00:14:25.450 him in different criteria. And that's what I 00:14:25.450 --> 00:14:27.710 did today when I watched the video with him. 00:14:27.710 --> 00:14:30.190 I just watched on how much he is running, how 00:14:30.190 --> 00:14:33.049 much he is... trying to get in space, how much 00:14:33.049 --> 00:14:36.809 he is pressing, and he's doing well, I think. 00:14:37.210 --> 00:14:41.090 Yeah, I'm sure he can only get better. But let 00:14:41.090 --> 00:14:43.629 me ask you one final question, and then we can 00:14:43.629 --> 00:14:46.830 call it a day for today, because honestly, I 00:14:46.830 --> 00:14:49.429 don't want to dwell too much on this game, which 00:14:49.429 --> 00:14:53.929 I think you'll understand. Okay, yeah. But I 00:14:53.929 --> 00:14:57.070 have to do my job here as the FootGrid podcast 00:14:57.070 --> 00:15:03.100 host. Arsenal fans are always told to be patient, 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:05.279 right? All the pundits say, oh, you have to be 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:07.759 patient, all that. It's difficult for Arsenal 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:10.299 because obviously the Invincibles, there is history 00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:13.600 under Arsene Wenger. We did some stuff and then 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:16.340 for a long time, we won nothing. All we got was 00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:19.919 like, if each time we got into top four and had 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:22.879 the Champions League football, that was maybe 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:26.580 a few FA Cups, but that's it. Liverpool fans 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:29.379 are told they are still top dogs. Do you actually 00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:32.039 think that Liverpool are favourites for the title 00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:35.679 after just three games? Or are you getting ahead 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:39.100 of yourselves? Mohamed Salah was interviewed 00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:41.700 this week and said that Arsenal are the favourites. 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:46.200 He's just being humble and he's just being respectful. 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:50.320 Yeah, they could be like reverse psychology a 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:53.639 little bit. Like bluffing. Like Alex Ferguson 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:58.529 used to do. Also, I think... I think his point 00:15:58.529 --> 00:16:00.269 was that they have been with the manager for 00:16:00.269 --> 00:16:03.909 five, six seasons. The squad have been together 00:16:03.909 --> 00:16:06.750 for that long. They've added to the squad well. 00:16:06.929 --> 00:16:11.250 He feels Liverpool is a new team and a new process. 00:16:11.529 --> 00:16:14.350 So that's why he feels Arsenal are the favourites. 00:16:14.570 --> 00:16:16.889 So I think Liverpool are the favourites. Everyone 00:16:16.889 --> 00:16:19.110 is saying Liverpool are the favourites this year, 00:16:19.149 --> 00:16:22.220 which is a little bit... Unusual, really. We 00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:23.899 haven't been the favourites. You said the same 00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:27.240 last year after Klopp had gone. So I think you 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:29.019 are the favourites and you should accept it. 00:16:29.460 --> 00:16:32.720 Everybody's saying that. It doesn't even bother 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:35.340 me that much, Paul, because I respect Liverpool 00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:37.639 and I'm OK with this. You are only three points 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:42.759 behind Arsenal. What really bothers me is how 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:46.899 much better you are at fantasy. Premier League, 00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:49.779 because to be fair, I have started off really 00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:53.919 awfully, just as I played the previous season. 00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:57.120 Honestly, I don't know what's going on, but every 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:02.700 single game week, I was below average. It's starting 00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:07.920 to really traumatise me a bit. Any tips for me, 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:10.319 Paul, how I can turn it around? I haven't looked 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:12.299 at your team, I haven't scrolled down the league 00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:18.619 long enough yet. Tips? I don't know. I think 00:17:18.619 --> 00:17:21.640 pick players from teams that you think are good. 00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:26.279 I think sometimes people pick players who maybe 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:30.380 are not so good. Teams, possibly. I had Mohamed 00:17:30.380 --> 00:17:35.180 Salah, for example. Salah's good, yeah. Yeah, 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:38.720 he's good, but he's not really amazing. Oh, you 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:41.460 had him as captain this week. Not this week. 00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:44.920 This week I had Watkins, which is even worse. 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:49.460 Yeah, and form is important as well. I think 00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:52.500 just Villa dropped off a little bit at the end 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:56.240 of last season. They're bottom of the league 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:58.339 now, Villa. Even West Ham have more points than 00:17:58.339 --> 00:18:01.900 Villa now. Wow. So, anyway, if any of you want 00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:07.319 to honestly... Have a go at me. If any of you 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:09.740 wants to take the mickey out of me in fantasy 00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:12.119 football, you can still join the Footgrish podcast 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:15.299 mini league. The link is in the description of 00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:19.039 this video. So it's very easy to join and see 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:23.119 yourself right above me many places ahead. So 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:26.619 just enjoy that. It will probably last for the 00:18:26.619 --> 00:18:29.859 rest of the season. with the way I started. But 00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:32.019 anyway, Paul, thank you very much for talking 00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:35.940 to me today about this great result for Liverpool. 00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:38.579 Not such a great result for Arsenal, but it is 00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:40.980 what it is. It's football. It can be different 00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:44.059 next time. Thank you, Zene. It's a pleasure to 00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:52.380 talk to you. Welcome back to the Language Corner. 00:18:52.910 --> 00:18:55.430 Those of you that have been listening to this 00:18:55.430 --> 00:18:59.170 podcast for a while know exactly what this segment 00:18:59.170 --> 00:19:02.930 is all about. It's all about me being me. It's 00:19:02.930 --> 00:19:05.109 all about me being an English teacher because 00:19:05.109 --> 00:19:09.509 that is my job. And here I am for you, for the 00:19:09.509 --> 00:19:13.309 world to clarify, to explain some vocabulary 00:19:13.309 --> 00:19:17.430 that appeared in the interview with Paul. Let's 00:19:17.430 --> 00:19:20.769 go. Paul called me a sadist at the beginning 00:19:20.769 --> 00:19:23.869 of the episode. A sadist is someone who enjoys 00:19:23.869 --> 00:19:28.089 inflicting pain on others, sometimes in a sexual 00:19:28.089 --> 00:19:30.890 sense. But this was rather a joke, obviously, 00:19:30.910 --> 00:19:37.009 from Paul. And a sadist also, I guess, can inflict 00:19:37.009 --> 00:19:42.329 pain on themselves. And I used a similar phrase. 00:19:42.369 --> 00:19:45.769 I said, I'm a glutton for punishment, which means 00:19:45.769 --> 00:19:49.680 the same. You enjoy being punished. That's why 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:53.299 I invited a Liverpool fan after a defeat, as 00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:56.660 an Arsenal fan after a defeat against Liverpool, 00:19:56.940 --> 00:20:01.240 right? Liverpool beat us and I invited him to 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:03.680 talk to me about this game. So I'm a sadist, 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:07.599 I'm a glutton for punishment. Then we were describing 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:11.039 the goal Soboslai scored. It was an amazing free 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:14.960 kick and I said it was top bins. Top bins is 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:18.650 another way of saying... that the ball ended 00:20:18.650 --> 00:20:25.309 up in the top corner of the goal, right? So that's 00:20:25.309 --> 00:20:29.069 what you call top bins in British English. I 00:20:29.069 --> 00:20:32.170 think both teams were cautious, said Paul. Very 00:20:32.170 --> 00:20:35.390 good word, cautious. They played with caution. 00:20:35.549 --> 00:20:38.450 They were careful. They didn't want to make a 00:20:38.450 --> 00:20:42.230 mistake, right? If you're cautious, perhaps you 00:20:42.230 --> 00:20:47.039 attack in fewer players. You know, your formation 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:50.960 is a bit more defensive. The way you play is 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:56.059 a bit more defensive. You don't want to throw 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:59.559 the kitchen sink at it, as we say. You just want 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:02.220 to wait maybe for the mistake that your opponent 00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:04.859 makes first. You are cautious. You have a cautious 00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:08.990 approach, careful approach. What do you think 00:21:08.990 --> 00:21:11.630 about the new Liverpool signings? I asked Paul 00:21:11.630 --> 00:21:14.750 and then I followed that up with this question. 00:21:14.890 --> 00:21:18.349 How are you finding them? So this is a good verb 00:21:18.349 --> 00:21:21.009 that we normally use to talk about something 00:21:21.009 --> 00:21:23.450 that we lose. We lose, I don't know, we lose 00:21:23.450 --> 00:21:25.670 our mobile phone and then we find it, right? 00:21:25.730 --> 00:21:28.750 Later on, hopefully. But also I can ask someone 00:21:28.750 --> 00:21:32.670 about someone's opinion. In this way, I can ask 00:21:32.670 --> 00:21:35.009 you, hey, how are you finding this new signing 00:21:35.009 --> 00:21:37.990 that Liverpool got? How are you finding Florian 00:21:37.990 --> 00:21:40.630 Wiertz? Which means basically, how do you feel 00:21:40.630 --> 00:21:44.670 about this signing? How does Florian Wiertz make 00:21:44.670 --> 00:21:49.710 you feel? What's your opinion? And he's doing 00:21:49.710 --> 00:21:52.710 well without setting the world on fire, was Paul's 00:21:52.710 --> 00:21:56.380 response. If you set the world on fire... it 00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:59.099 means you do well. But normally in English it's 00:21:59.099 --> 00:22:01.880 used in the negative sense. If somebody isn't 00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:04.279 setting the world on fire, there's a similar 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:08.240 phrase if a player isn't pulling out any trees. 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:11.200 If you don't pull out any trees, if you don't 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:14.859 set the world on fire, it means you're not exactly 00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:19.119 brilliant. You may not be underperforming, you 00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:22.920 may not be terrible, but you're not certainly 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:27.740 brilliant. Perhaps the expectations were a little 00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:32.279 bit higher than that. And I responded to that 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:35.059 by saying, I'm not surprised he hasn't hit the 00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:37.440 ground running. If you hit the ground running, 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:41.619 you start really well. You start off really well 00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:45.460 when it comes to your new job, new team you join 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:48.779 as a football player, any kind of really job, 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:51.359 usually. When we talk about the job, if you... 00:22:51.630 --> 00:22:54.549 Don't set the world on fire. Sorry, if you don't 00:22:54.549 --> 00:22:56.750 hit the ground running, it has a similar meaning, 00:22:56.869 --> 00:23:00.529 really. It means you don't start particularly 00:23:00.529 --> 00:23:05.650 well. And then Paul was defending Florian Wirz 00:23:05.650 --> 00:23:09.410 and he said, I think he's up to it. The physicality 00:23:09.410 --> 00:23:11.890 of the league, he was talking about that. And 00:23:11.890 --> 00:23:14.809 he thinks that Florian Wirtz is up to it. If 00:23:14.809 --> 00:23:17.069 you're up to it, it means you're ready. You're 00:23:17.069 --> 00:23:19.670 ready for that challenge. You have what it takes. 00:23:19.930 --> 00:23:23.150 You can do it. You have the potential to do it, 00:23:23.150 --> 00:23:27.029 to be successful. You are up to it. Yeah? Okay. 00:23:27.109 --> 00:23:29.269 And I think that will be it for today. Guys, 00:23:29.309 --> 00:23:31.609 if you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to 00:23:31.609 --> 00:23:35.579 hit the like button. It's really important that 00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:37.799 you do that. Thank you very much for your support. 00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:41.380 And if you have any comments, suggestions, ideas, 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:45.099 feedback, then please leave it in a comment. 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:49.420 Every comment helps. Every comment matters. Thanks 00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:51.779 a lot. And I will speak to you soon. Bye -bye.