WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.220 And welcome back to the PD Football Podcast. 00:00:02.379 --> 00:00:05.360 My name is Presh. I'm Darren. And, well, how 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:07.519 are you doing? I'm good. How are you? I mean, 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:11.560 well, I'm good, like, on my own personal terms. 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:15.359 Not good on footballing terms, but how about 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:19.320 you? I see. I'm stressed from work stuff, but, 00:00:19.379 --> 00:00:24.879 you know, football brings me calm. Calm. Yeah. 00:00:25.500 --> 00:00:27.000 Not Liverpool, though. Not Liverpool, though. 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:31.120 Other matches, yes. That being said, we are starting 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:34.479 with Bournemouth versus Liverpool. And this is 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:36.759 the first episode where we did some predictions 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:39.399 last week that I put out. Yeah, I think I probably 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:43.700 got everyone wrong. Yes, nearly. You said Liverpool 00:00:43.700 --> 00:00:46.840 would win 3 -1. And I said it would be a 3 -3 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:49.520 draw. So both of us had it quite high scoring. 00:00:49.820 --> 00:00:53.679 So in that sense, we were right, right? Bournemouth 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:57.359 set up in a 4 -2 -3 -1. But instead of talking 00:00:57.359 --> 00:00:59.380 about the players that are playing, I want to 00:00:59.380 --> 00:01:01.859 talk about who's missing. So Bournemouth sold 00:01:01.859 --> 00:01:04.680 their goalkeeper, left back, two centre -backs, 00:01:04.819 --> 00:01:07.200 and now their left wing, who are all top players. 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:10.159 They also have eight players injured, including 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:12.340 their best remaining attackers, Kluivert and 00:01:12.340 --> 00:01:15.500 Tavernier, and their captain, Tyler Adams, who's 00:01:15.500 --> 00:01:19.439 a CDM. So we set up in the same way as we did 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:22.760 against Marseille with a 4 -2 -2 -2. And the 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:26.159 fullbacks pushed all the way up. Extremely unfortunately, 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:30.920 Konate's father passed away. So Gomez played 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:34.060 instead of him. Oh damn, I didn't know about 00:01:34.060 --> 00:01:35.939 that. Yes, he also missed the Marseille game. 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:42.180 Condolences to him. Yes. Up front, Slot dropped 00:01:42.180 --> 00:01:46.239 Ekotike for Gakpo. Slot said that this was due 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:48.930 to managing Ekotike's minutes, but... On its 00:01:48.930 --> 00:01:51.489 face, this looked like a mistake because Ekotike 00:01:51.489 --> 00:01:54.069 is playing so well and Gakpo is playing like 00:01:54.069 --> 00:01:56.810 dogshit. And the match proved that it was a mistake. 00:01:56.989 --> 00:02:02.969 But obviously, we speak in hindsight. At the 00:02:02.969 --> 00:02:06.590 time, I can understand the thinking. We knew 00:02:06.590 --> 00:02:08.590 that this game would be played mostly in transition. 00:02:09.150 --> 00:02:12.229 So it would benefit us to have two wingers because 00:02:12.229 --> 00:02:17.469 usually wingers are faster than strikers. I could 00:02:17.469 --> 00:02:20.370 understand that from that point of view. But 00:02:20.370 --> 00:02:23.330 just thinking about it in terms of form, definitely 00:02:23.330 --> 00:02:25.370 a critique would have been better. Yeah, I mean, 00:02:25.409 --> 00:02:28.729 I think even as a winger, if he had to function 00:02:28.729 --> 00:02:32.930 there, I think a lot of his traits are better 00:02:32.930 --> 00:02:37.469 than Gakpo's. He can go either side, I think. 00:02:38.270 --> 00:02:41.469 Maybe he's still working on some of his passing, 00:02:41.569 --> 00:02:44.590 but I think... In any system, he would have made 00:02:44.590 --> 00:02:47.050 more sense than Gakpo right now, to me at least. 00:02:47.229 --> 00:02:52.729 Yes, to everyone at least. But also, our next 00:02:52.729 --> 00:02:56.629 game is Karabag, right? Karabag are fucking awful. 00:02:59.750 --> 00:03:02.009 Gakpo can play against Karabag. It doesn't matter, 00:03:02.110 --> 00:03:03.870 right? He's probably going to bang a hat -trick. 00:03:03.870 --> 00:03:06.560 It's not even a must -win game. Like, we could 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:08.699 draw and make it through to the next round of 00:03:08.699 --> 00:03:11.460 the Champions League. But whatever. So he's managing 00:03:11.460 --> 00:03:15.539 Ekotiki's minutes for that. Yeah, so in terms 00:03:15.539 --> 00:03:17.639 of general play, it did play out exactly like 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:20.259 we thought. It was mainly in transition, very 00:03:20.259 --> 00:03:22.900 much like a basketball game. It was just a case 00:03:22.900 --> 00:03:25.439 of who took their chances. Yeah, I mean, I thought 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:30.099 Trist, you guys would end up winning it. That 00:03:30.099 --> 00:03:33.870 was just what my prediction was based on. I thought 00:03:33.870 --> 00:03:37.750 you guys were picking up some momentum and Bournemouth 00:03:37.750 --> 00:03:40.569 were conceding a lot of goals. Well, I did say 00:03:40.569 --> 00:03:42.669 after the Marseille game, we can't draw any big 00:03:42.669 --> 00:03:45.569 conclusions out of it because Marseille were 00:03:45.569 --> 00:03:50.389 awful. So, you know, you draw conclusions when 00:03:50.389 --> 00:03:53.330 the other team were good. That's what I think. 00:03:53.789 --> 00:03:57.870 But, yeah, in terms of Bournemouth's attacking 00:03:57.870 --> 00:04:00.490 play, if you recall, I said Liverpool's full 00:04:00.490 --> 00:04:03.159 -backs were pushed all the way up. So Bournemouth 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:05.139 got their best chances from attacking the space 00:04:05.139 --> 00:04:09.659 that was vacated by the full -backs. But if you're 00:04:09.659 --> 00:04:11.500 new to football, this is what I'm going to refer 00:04:11.500 --> 00:04:15.539 to as the channel, right? So most especially 00:04:15.539 --> 00:04:17.980 on Liverpool's left -hand side. Van Dijk struggled 00:04:17.980 --> 00:04:20.899 on his own, and I also blame McAllister or Gravenberg 00:04:20.899 --> 00:04:23.100 for not tracking back and covering that space. 00:04:24.019 --> 00:04:28.480 Yeah, I mean, I agree. I think maybe some of 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:31.670 it was them following instructions, though. Like, 00:04:31.670 --> 00:04:34.269 I think a lot of the times when players don't 00:04:34.269 --> 00:04:37.069 drop off, because it's not like Gravenberg's 00:04:37.069 --> 00:04:39.129 had a problem with that liticism or dropping 00:04:39.129 --> 00:04:42.589 off before, so I think generally it might have 00:04:42.589 --> 00:04:45.569 been a specific way they were trying to set up, 00:04:45.670 --> 00:04:47.930 maybe related for that. Maybe not Gravenberg, 00:04:48.029 --> 00:04:53.670 but McAllister is extremely lazy. He may have 00:04:53.670 --> 00:04:55.389 been told to drop off, but he just wasn't doing 00:04:55.389 --> 00:04:59.009 it because, you know, he was tired. Yeah, no, 00:04:59.110 --> 00:05:02.189 I mean, but he's always kind of... had that problem 00:05:02.189 --> 00:05:08.329 out of position. Okay, but yes. And this is in 00:05:08.329 --> 00:05:10.170 fact how Bournemouth's first goal came about. 00:05:10.769 --> 00:05:13.230 Senesi hit it into the channel and Van Dijk made 00:05:13.230 --> 00:05:16.209 a mistake. This unfortunate event also injured 00:05:16.209 --> 00:05:19.730 Gomez, which leaves us with only one fit centre 00:05:19.730 --> 00:05:24.589 -back in Van Dijk. Not looking good. But before 00:05:24.589 --> 00:05:26.629 the season started, people were saying, look, 00:05:26.750 --> 00:05:28.829 we're light in centre -back. We need a new centre 00:05:28.829 --> 00:05:32.750 -back. Gomez is not good enough. Canarte has 00:05:32.750 --> 00:05:36.290 a mistake in him. And Van Dijk is getting older. 00:05:36.370 --> 00:05:39.170 We need to do succession planning, right? So, 00:05:39.209 --> 00:05:41.490 Leone was a good signing, but Leone got injured 00:05:41.490 --> 00:05:45.149 for the season. Now, we definitely need to make 00:05:45.149 --> 00:05:47.110 a move right now. Otherwise, we're in big shit. 00:05:47.430 --> 00:05:49.550 And, I mean, you guys pushed a bit for Mark Gray, 00:05:49.569 --> 00:05:53.680 but... I guess no. It was overruled by Glassman 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:56.579 at the last moment, who himself is leaving the 00:05:56.579 --> 00:06:00.639 club. So it doesn't, I mean, it benefited Man 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:03.540 City. Yes, it benefited Man City and no one else. 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:07.860 Anyway, in the time that Gomez was injured, it 00:06:07.860 --> 00:06:10.560 took us over five minutes to get Endo on to replace 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.180 him. And in that time, Bournemouth scored again. 00:06:14.509 --> 00:06:17.730 Some people are choosing to focus on us not having 00:06:17.730 --> 00:06:20.670 11 men on the field, but I absolutely blame the 00:06:20.670 --> 00:06:23.269 players for it. Scott was shouting for them to 00:06:23.269 --> 00:06:26.129 kick it out, and he shouted multiple times for 00:06:26.129 --> 00:06:29.990 them to kick it out. So they just didn't do it. 00:06:30.029 --> 00:06:34.670 They just ignored him. And yeah, the goal itself, 00:06:35.069 --> 00:06:38.290 Bournemouth used the exact same tactic of hitting 00:06:38.290 --> 00:06:40.769 it in the channel. But this time, Kirkez is to 00:06:40.769 --> 00:06:42.810 blame because he allowed the man far too much 00:06:42.810 --> 00:06:46.220 space. Van Dijk is also to blame because he didn't 00:06:46.220 --> 00:06:48.199 maintain the line and that's why Bournemouth 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:49.899 attacker was onside. There was a lot of space 00:06:49.899 --> 00:06:55.139 for him to attack. Yes, so again, two player 00:06:55.139 --> 00:06:59.959 mistakes. Yeah, I mean, individual errors are 00:06:59.959 --> 00:07:02.180 kind of the most frustrating way to lose a game, 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:07.959 right? Exactly. Liverpool then scored two goals 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:10.019 from set -pieces. There's nothing we can analyse 00:07:10.019 --> 00:07:13.879 or speak deeper about it, I don't think. Except 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:17.199 that we fired our set -piece coach a few weeks 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:20.740 ago and got somebody new in. So, good decision. 00:07:21.100 --> 00:07:24.019 Yes, because we've been conceding a lot and we 00:07:24.019 --> 00:07:28.480 haven't conceded a lot from set -pieces and we 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:30.519 haven't scored any set -pieces. When we have 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:34.819 two giant centre -backs who scored lots in the 00:07:34.819 --> 00:07:37.860 past. Yes, I mean, it was good to see Van Dijk 00:07:37.860 --> 00:07:39.800 on the score sheet. Yeah, how is it possible 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:42.220 that, like, they just stop scoring? It has to 00:07:42.220 --> 00:07:45.420 be a, like, system thing, you know? It can't 00:07:45.420 --> 00:07:49.759 just be Van Dijk and Konate forgot how to stop, 00:07:49.779 --> 00:07:52.980 how to score, you know? Yeah, I mean, well, I 00:07:52.980 --> 00:07:55.240 guess, suppose, like, what, three free kicks 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:57.680 this season? Well, would you count this as a 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:00.910 free kick? I mean, not really, but... Because 00:08:00.910 --> 00:08:03.470 Salah passed it first. Yeah, yeah, I mean, I 00:08:03.470 --> 00:08:05.569 remember the roll -on, but it still technically 00:08:05.569 --> 00:08:07.350 counts as a free kick, right? No, it doesn't. 00:08:08.550 --> 00:08:10.290 It's only a free kick if you hit it directly 00:08:10.290 --> 00:08:13.610 from the... Well, either way, it was... Two free 00:08:13.610 --> 00:08:17.230 kicks. It was a good set play. Two free kicks 00:08:17.230 --> 00:08:19.509 this season, one against you guys and one against 00:08:19.509 --> 00:08:22.629 Marseille. That's as good as a free kick, though. 00:08:23.350 --> 00:08:26.689 Look, what I don't understand is why people don't 00:08:26.689 --> 00:08:29.939 do it more often. You know, the roll -on to change 00:08:29.939 --> 00:08:33.120 the angle. Yeah, it should be done more. Because 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:36.820 this happened years ago, like under Klopp, where 00:08:36.820 --> 00:08:39.799 Liverpool did a routine. They changed the angle 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:42.899 and you just see how much space opened up. And 00:08:42.899 --> 00:08:44.960 I thought, why doesn't more teams do this? I 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:47.799 mean, generally, it used to be a feature in maybe 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:50.519 the early 2000s. I remember us and Wenger's teams 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:54.340 initially doing them a lot as well. Very strange 00:08:54.340 --> 00:08:58.480 that it hasn't... Sometimes I guess teams don't 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:01.659 go direct as much, or if they do go direct, it's 00:09:01.659 --> 00:09:05.779 usually on the player. One player ball striking, 00:09:06.019 --> 00:09:09.879 I guess. Also, it can go wrong if the person 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:14.940 backhills it too far. Yeah, it could be minimizing 00:09:14.940 --> 00:09:17.679 risk. Yeah, the backheel needs to be spot on 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:20.940 and at the right pace for the guy to run onto 00:09:20.940 --> 00:09:25.440 it and hit it. So yeah, there's positives and 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:30.399 negatives you can say about it. But yeah, then 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:32.340 Bournemouth score the winner from a long throw. 00:09:32.899 --> 00:09:35.379 Again, another individual error from Van Dijk. 00:09:36.460 --> 00:09:40.759 He misses the header and they score. Not much 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:42.879 to say. Yeah, not much to say. I don't know. 00:09:43.620 --> 00:09:46.559 Yeah. After the match, Slot blames tiredness 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:48.600 for the performance because we played in Europe 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:52.419 just a few days ago. But in my opinion, that's 00:09:52.419 --> 00:09:55.320 bullshit. I mean, I guess when managers are on 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:59.240 a bad run, they generally clutch at straws. Well, 00:09:59.299 --> 00:10:01.320 he's correct that nobody else played Champions 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:03.759 League on the day we played and then... Again 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:05.600 on Saturday. And then again on Saturday. We played 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:07.620 on Wednesday and then Saturday. Saturday, yeah. 00:10:07.820 --> 00:10:11.019 Whereas, like, Arsenal played on Tuesday and 00:10:11.019 --> 00:10:14.809 Sunday. Yeah. But... In terms of that, he has 00:10:14.809 --> 00:10:17.509 a point, but I still think that's bullshit because 00:10:17.509 --> 00:10:23.029 he doesn't ever rotate. You know, Endo, Chiesa, 00:10:23.049 --> 00:10:26.830 Rio, a lot of guys, Trey Nioni, a lot of people 00:10:26.830 --> 00:10:28.990 aren't getting a lot of chances because he refuses 00:10:28.990 --> 00:10:32.389 to rotate. He plays everyone into the ground 00:10:32.389 --> 00:10:37.090 and then complains about it. So, yeah. What do 00:10:37.090 --> 00:10:41.320 you think his thinking is behind it? Maybe he's 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:43.519 just searching for some consistency because... 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:48.299 Did he rotate a lot last season? No. I mean, 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:51.580 but in general, it could be like... Bruh, in 00:10:51.580 --> 00:10:53.820 the cups, he doesn't rotate. He'll play a full 00:10:53.820 --> 00:10:57.220 strength team in the cups. Yeah, I mean... There's 00:10:57.220 --> 00:11:00.259 something wrong with him. It's... I don't know. 00:11:00.340 --> 00:11:03.700 Maybe it's a Dutch thing. I remember Louis van 00:11:03.700 --> 00:11:06.200 Gaal used to also play a full strength team in 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:10.100 all competitions. Yeah. Whatever the case, Bournemouth 00:11:10.100 --> 00:11:14.799 outscored us on XG 2 .3 to 0 .83, meaning they 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:16.820 created quality chances and finished them off, 00:11:16.940 --> 00:11:19.240 and we were clinical but didn't create enough 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:23.440 chances. So, taking all that into consideration, 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:27.899 I blame Slot for this match. Again? What do you 00:11:27.899 --> 00:11:30.799 mean again? The other day I didn't. The last 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:33.220 defeat, though, you said you've joined the Slot 00:11:33.220 --> 00:11:36.350 Out Brigade. Not because of performance. because 00:11:36.350 --> 00:11:39.669 of the comments he made about us. But in this 00:11:39.669 --> 00:11:42.190 game, even though there were three individual 00:11:42.190 --> 00:11:46.929 errors, it was Slott's tactics which left the 00:11:46.929 --> 00:11:51.509 fullbacks up, which left the space exposed. So 00:11:51.509 --> 00:11:57.250 Van Dijk getting caught is a runoff of that tactic. 00:11:57.529 --> 00:11:59.950 So it's a combination of Van Dijk's fault and 00:11:59.950 --> 00:12:03.480 Slott's fault, I feel. for the first goal. Kirkees' 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:06.179 fault and Slot's fault for the second goal. Van 00:12:06.179 --> 00:12:08.639 Dijk's fault, I guess Van Dijk's fault is 100 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:13.340 % for the third goal. But in terms of going forward, 00:12:13.539 --> 00:12:19.519 we didn't have like patterns. We just looked 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:22.360 out of ideas. It was down to Wurz and Frimpong 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:26.059 to make something happen. And the system should 00:12:26.059 --> 00:12:28.950 be the one creating the chances, not... down 00:12:28.950 --> 00:12:32.110 to individual quality. That's a bad sign. But 00:12:32.110 --> 00:12:34.370 I mean, a lot of people have been saying that 00:12:34.370 --> 00:12:37.950 individual quality is like fading out of the 00:12:37.950 --> 00:12:41.169 game. What do you think about that? That's a 00:12:41.169 --> 00:12:44.250 totally different conversation. No, but I'm saying, 00:12:44.370 --> 00:12:51.529 do you think it's okay? I remember when Pep Guardiola 00:12:51.529 --> 00:12:53.870 was at Barcelona and he first came to Manchester 00:12:53.870 --> 00:12:57.029 City, he was very big on giving players freedom. 00:12:57.559 --> 00:13:01.500 beyond a certain point and not really I mean 00:13:01.500 --> 00:13:04.179 in the he had to train to win the treble they 00:13:04.179 --> 00:13:07.899 became a lot more structured but it's a give 00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:10.919 and take maybe slot is a bit more let the players 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:15.220 figure it out type of coach Darren I think that's 00:13:15.220 --> 00:13:17.960 a very noob take that you said because you watch 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:23.120 football right yeah you know that two guys if 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:25.440 Guardiola trusts you he'll let you do whatever 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:29.860 the fuck you want Two guys. KDB and Messi. At 00:13:29.860 --> 00:13:32.960 no point had he ever put any restriction on either 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:35.399 of them. Yeah, so Dani Alves didn't have much 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:38.340 restriction. Neither did Busquets, Iniesta or 00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:42.100 Xavi. If he has, like, he can trust you, he lets 00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:44.639 you do whatever you want. I don't know. Guys 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:48.500 like Grealish should be, you know, have discipline 00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:51.899 beaten into them. Yeah, but I don't think, I 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:55.240 think, generally, I think that's probably... 00:13:55.909 --> 00:13:58.429 You're speaking as someone who probably has just 00:13:58.429 --> 00:14:02.009 watched Pep Guardiola recently, maybe. But his 00:14:02.009 --> 00:14:04.210 boss and Bayern teams, I think, when he first 00:14:04.210 --> 00:14:06.389 got to Man City, he allowed players a lot more 00:14:06.389 --> 00:14:08.470 freedom. Yeah, but that's my point. There's so 00:14:08.470 --> 00:14:10.629 much... I think he's trying to channel the play 00:14:10.629 --> 00:14:13.210 more to an ideology he can control. There's only 00:14:13.210 --> 00:14:15.590 two managers in this league that do that, who 00:14:15.590 --> 00:14:21.129 strangle the individuality out of players. And 00:14:21.129 --> 00:14:24.419 that's Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta. most other 00:14:24.419 --> 00:14:28.600 players managers allow their players to you know 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:31.740 give that creativity and you know shine yeah 00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:34.399 so I'm saying what do you think in general I 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:38.179 think they should you should be reliant on the 00:14:38.179 --> 00:14:42.700 system like isn't slot kind of maybe I mean he 00:14:42.700 --> 00:14:45.080 won the league last season not that it makes 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:48.799 an excuse but What did, like, Pep Guardiola's 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:50.779 gone through seasons where he was off form as 00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:53.340 well. So what would you say is the difference 00:14:53.340 --> 00:14:56.820 from, let's say, this to when you guys finished 00:14:56.820 --> 00:15:00.379 fourth or fifth on the club? A change of tactics. 00:15:03.299 --> 00:15:05.720 We've gotten much more position -based this year. 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:11.379 And it's clear that we're either still in transition 00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:16.730 to becoming a fully -based position side. or 00:15:16.730 --> 00:15:19.549 slot dozen out to manage a possession -based 00:15:19.549 --> 00:15:23.850 side. That's what's clear to me. But, I mean, 00:15:23.950 --> 00:15:28.129 the Dutch league is pretty easy. I don't know 00:15:28.129 --> 00:15:32.450 much about it, but I know the general consensus 00:15:32.450 --> 00:15:35.370 is that what he did there was very difficult 00:15:35.370 --> 00:15:42.129 to overthrow the Ajax and PSV duopoly on the 00:15:42.129 --> 00:15:47.159 league with Feyenoord. I think in the long term, 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:49.820 he could have a vision that does focus on dominating, 00:15:50.019 --> 00:15:52.440 but I do think it could be transitionary. So 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:56.000 it's like, how much time do you give him? Does 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:58.399 he have all the players he wants as well? All 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:00.740 I can judge is based on what I'm watching in 00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:05.460 front of me. Right? Do you disagree? Yeah, but 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:07.620 I'm saying he's won the league last season, and 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:10.460 then he's had a bad season this season. Does 00:16:10.460 --> 00:16:12.759 it make sense to sack him now? Would Manchester 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:16.399 City have sacked Pep Guardiola last season? And 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.100 if they don't win anything this season, it would 00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:21.379 be two bad seasons in a row for him. So should 00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:26.279 they sack him? It depends. What do we put down 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:30.580 last season to? Is it down to Salah? Is it down 00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:34.559 to Klopp's tactics that the team was like, what's 00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:40.340 it called? You know, like when your body just 00:16:40.340 --> 00:16:44.299 reacts. Muscle memory. Oh, muscle memory, yeah. 00:16:44.659 --> 00:16:48.860 Muscle memory from Klopp. The league being weak. 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:53.720 You know, there's many things we can say that 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:56.799 aren't the case this year. And I think the squad 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.259 composition is worse this year without Luis Diaz. 00:17:00.669 --> 00:17:03.049 Not Luis Diaz the player, Luis Diaz the profile. 00:17:03.370 --> 00:17:05.769 We could have sold Luis Diaz and bought somebody 00:17:05.769 --> 00:17:08.910 who fits his profile, but we didn't do that. 00:17:08.970 --> 00:17:11.349 We chose to go with Gakbo as the starting left 00:17:11.349 --> 00:17:15.670 wing. We chose to not reinforce our midfield. 00:17:15.730 --> 00:17:17.789 I really think we need a defensive midfielder, 00:17:17.809 --> 00:17:20.410 especially for the big games. Gravenberg is good 00:17:20.410 --> 00:17:22.589 turning out of small spaces, but he can do that 00:17:22.589 --> 00:17:25.049 at eight. He doesn't necessarily need to be the 00:17:25.049 --> 00:17:31.529 six. Yeah, I get what you're saying. But again, 00:17:31.670 --> 00:17:35.170 the point I was trying to make before this was 00:17:35.170 --> 00:17:38.650 Wurz and Frimpong, all the creative duties are 00:17:38.650 --> 00:17:41.329 on them. And if they can't get something going, 00:17:41.509 --> 00:17:44.569 then the whole team falls apart. And that should 00:17:44.569 --> 00:17:48.069 not be the case. The system, there should be 00:17:48.069 --> 00:17:51.390 patterns of play. They should be attacking, you 00:17:51.390 --> 00:17:56.890 know, what we call it. Slots should be generating 00:17:56.890 --> 00:18:01.200 the chances, right? And individual moments of 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:03.660 brilliance should take us to the next level in 00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:05.859 big games. That's how it should work for me. 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:08.940 Individual moments should not be coming in smaller 00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:13.220 games. That's what I feel. Okay, I get you. Sorry, 00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:16.599 a bit of a rant I went off on. Any other points 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:18.240 you want to make about Bournemouth -Liverpool? 00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:21.759 I mean, no, I did expect it to be a chaotic game 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:27.839 in terms of... I thought both defences were... 00:18:29.870 --> 00:18:33.069 unreliable I guess so yes inconsistent as well 00:18:33.069 --> 00:18:36.970 it is a problem I guess I didn't you don't first 00:18:36.970 --> 00:18:43.490 realize when when what Andoni Areola first came 00:18:43.490 --> 00:18:46.190 like I guess everyone was blown away with the 00:18:46.190 --> 00:18:48.309 football he was playing like similar to the Zerbi 00:18:48.309 --> 00:18:52.009 you know it was it was very entertaining it was 00:18:52.009 --> 00:18:57.200 like a new A new, I guess what's the word, swashbuckling 00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:59.400 brand of football that came to the Premier League. 00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:02.460 But I guess he has the same problems that De 00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:07.420 Zerbi has with regards to defensive discipline. 00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:11.099 Too open. Yeah. We'll have to see if his philosophy 00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:14.500 can translate to an elite club. But I would hope 00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:17.539 he gets a chance, maybe at a Tottenham or something. 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:22.960 I feel like Spurs could hire so many people. 00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:25.740 They could either choose somebody really sick 00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:29.480 like Xabi Alonso or like somebody really awful 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:34.099 like, I don't know, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Like, 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:37.740 that's how Spurs' appointments go. They're like 00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:41.099 either like somebody really slick that they don't 00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:47.599 give time or somebody awful. But anyway, do you 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:50.119 want anything to round off the Bournemouth -Liverpool 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:54.839 segment? No, that's all. I mean, as long as you've 00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:57.339 said your piece. Alright, so let's move on to 00:19:57.339 --> 00:20:02.119 the Arsenal vs Man Utd game. So you said Arsenal 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:04.900 would win 3 -1. Now I said Man Utd would win 00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:08.660 2 -0. Damn, I guess you got the result right. 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:14.380 So another game that played out just as I suspected, 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:17.680 Carrick set up this exact same way as last weekend, 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:20.500 got the same result. I mean, yeah, not the same 00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:23.920 scoreline, but same result. They started with 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:26.920 a 4 -4 -2 mid -block and absorbed a lot of pressure 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:30.559 and then tried to counter. Yeah, I mean, I think 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:34.660 also from Arsenal's perspective, it wasn't a 00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:37.539 bad start. I think we controlled them well as 00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:42.890 well. The main problem where we lost control 00:20:42.890 --> 00:20:45.309 of the game for me was the Zubamendi mistake. 00:20:45.769 --> 00:20:49.710 After that we started making a lot of petulant 00:20:49.710 --> 00:20:54.410 mistakes. I guess Man United themselves, they 00:20:54.410 --> 00:20:58.410 left a lot of space vacated in midfield which 00:20:58.410 --> 00:21:02.049 I don't think Arsenal used. Which I guess that 00:21:02.049 --> 00:21:04.250 would come back to probably Arteta more than 00:21:04.250 --> 00:21:06.829 anyone because I think there was an over -reliance 00:21:06.829 --> 00:21:09.049 on pushing the ball wide and trying to get it 00:21:09.049 --> 00:21:12.250 in. But I think Manchester United kind of expected 00:21:12.250 --> 00:21:14.650 that. We had a lot of space we could have utilised 00:21:14.650 --> 00:21:18.910 in the middle. I think Eze maybe could have played 00:21:18.910 --> 00:21:21.150 on the left if you were going to go with the 00:21:21.150 --> 00:21:26.480 idea of getting creativity from wide. And maybe 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:28.440 Trossard could have gone central because he's 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:30.440 a better ball striker, a better finisher than 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:35.220 most of the people in Arsenal. But yeah, I guess 00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:39.740 everything's easy in hindsight. I think we haven't 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:42.720 had very many losses, so it's hard to say anything. 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:45.059 Generally, we didn't give away much. I thought 00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:48.220 they played well. We must give them credit as 00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:51.779 well. Their goals were sensational as well. I 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:54.759 mean, the second and third ones. But I think... 00:21:55.470 --> 00:21:58.730 We made a lot of errors, especially in defence, 00:21:58.990 --> 00:22:01.250 which was very uncharacteristic, and in pressing, 00:22:01.410 --> 00:22:05.750 which was also very uncharacteristic. I'm hoping 00:22:05.750 --> 00:22:09.990 it's just one of those performances, but I still 00:22:09.990 --> 00:22:15.029 feel good about the rest of the league season, 00:22:15.130 --> 00:22:19.799 at least. I disagree. I think this is the beginning 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:22.359 of the end. Yeah, you said that for a while. 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:26.000 No, I haven't. No, I haven't. That's a lie. That's 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:29.240 a straight -up lie. You always said we were going 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:32.299 to fall apart, so nothing's changed. Okay, but 00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:35.039 this is the weekend that it starts. We'll see. 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:39.180 I'm just saying, everyone sees now that Arsenal 00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:42.759 have a soft underbelly, so everyone realizes 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:45.420 that if they really get at Arsenal and attack, 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:48.210 attack, attack, They're open to it. But they 00:22:48.210 --> 00:22:51.069 didn't get much, though. They scored two wonder 00:22:51.069 --> 00:22:52.769 goals and one was a horrible mistake. I knew 00:22:52.769 --> 00:22:55.390 you were going to say that, right? Yeah, it's 00:22:55.390 --> 00:22:58.170 the truth, though. It's because Arsenal gave 00:22:58.170 --> 00:23:02.150 them the space to shoot from that place. I mean, 00:23:02.190 --> 00:23:04.029 it could be argued, but that's the only game 00:23:04.029 --> 00:23:06.890 we've really done that this season. Manchester 00:23:06.890 --> 00:23:09.369 City, Michael Carrick himself said, was a far 00:23:09.369 --> 00:23:11.670 easier game that they dominated from start to 00:23:11.670 --> 00:23:14.720 finish. So you're saying Arsenal were bad, not 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:16.779 that... Yeah, I think we were poor. I think that 00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:19.319 was our worst performance of the season. I think 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:21.460 that was the average Arsenal performance. It's 00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:23.619 just... Yeah, I think you're watching... You're 00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:26.400 not really understanding the way we play. That's 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:35.359 a newbie take. Oh. I see. Anyway, I have another 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:39.119 point about Carrick. And it's his pressing system. 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:43.380 I thought their pressing was abysmal. the Man 00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:46.319 United press. And that's why Carrick shouldn't 00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:49.279 get the job in the future because he had individual 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:55.279 players going after individual players. Pressing 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:58.140 is supposed to be done as a team. They're supposed 00:23:58.140 --> 00:24:01.079 to move in unison and then trap the player and 00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:04.839 then use the numbers to overwhelm them and get 00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:10.440 the ball back. Yeah. Arsenal opened the scoring 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:13.599 from a well -worked ball finished off by either 00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:17.359 Martinez or own goal by either Martinez own goal 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:21.059 or by timber so the replays were yeah the replays 00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:26.039 were unclear to me so yeah either or I believe 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:28.460 they gave it to Martinez in fantasy which is 00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:31.559 good for me because my brother has timber so 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:36.500 yeah then Zubamendi gifted a goal to Brian Mbwemo 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:40.150 against a run of play but you know like you mentioned 00:24:40.150 --> 00:24:43.250 that's uh arsenal becomes shaky after that and 00:24:43.250 --> 00:24:47.710 a lot of uh nervousness starts to creep in uh 00:24:47.710 --> 00:24:53.269 for man united's second goal uh there was a lot 00:24:53.269 --> 00:24:58.069 of like 1v1 okay so for united's second goal 00:24:58.069 --> 00:25:00.650 there was a bunch of interplay in midfield and 00:25:00.650 --> 00:25:04.190 then dogu with the wonder strike Yeah, I mean, 00:25:04.190 --> 00:25:07.309 so we have to mention Bruno Fernandes again. 00:25:07.349 --> 00:25:10.609 Best player on the pitch, I thought. Said the 00:25:10.609 --> 00:25:13.650 same thing last week and through again this week. 00:25:14.289 --> 00:25:18.569 Now that he's been unleashed from the crook Amarim. 00:25:18.730 --> 00:25:21.650 He's kind of a maverick player. Selects his best 00:25:21.650 --> 00:25:25.589 performances in the big games. But I guess whether 00:25:25.589 --> 00:25:28.490 his career path was the right choice or not, 00:25:28.690 --> 00:25:35.730 we'll see. What's this? I missed Arsenal's second 00:25:35.730 --> 00:25:40.309 goal. Marino, if you could explain what happened 00:25:40.309 --> 00:25:44.390 there. It was a set play, of course. But yeah, 00:25:44.529 --> 00:25:49.470 typical great delivery from Saka. United's keeper 00:25:49.470 --> 00:25:53.109 comes, his name is Lemmens, right? He misses 00:25:53.109 --> 00:25:59.750 it and just a bit of sloppy play from Manchester 00:25:59.750 --> 00:26:04.450 United. I think it deflects off, I don't know 00:26:04.450 --> 00:26:07.269 if it's an Arsenal defender or an Arsenal attacker 00:26:07.269 --> 00:26:10.269 or a Manchester United defender, falls at Mourinho's 00:26:10.269 --> 00:26:14.630 feet. It looks, from some angles, like I think 00:26:14.630 --> 00:26:17.950 one of the Manchester United defenders clears 00:26:17.950 --> 00:26:21.289 it off the line, but then the rest watch buzzes 00:26:21.289 --> 00:26:25.710 and the goal is given. I mean, we had a lot of 00:26:25.710 --> 00:26:29.519 momentum at that time. Coming into that goal, 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:31.440 we were coming back into the game. Or leading 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:33.099 up to that goal, we were coming back into the 00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:37.680 game. And then once they got the third, which 00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:39.519 was a sensational goal, they kind of shut us 00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:41.519 out. They played really well for the rest of 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:44.559 the game. They dominated the ball. We struggled 00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:47.160 to get it back after that. But again, I haven't 00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:49.000 seen that in many games this season. I'm not 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:53.180 too worried. I think we've done that in games 00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:55.240 to Manchester City and they've gone on to win 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:59.619 the league. Let's see what happens. I also thought 00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:02.700 the crowd was very... I hate our crowd. I hate 00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:08.059 our fans, literally. That's rude. But I noticed 00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:10.980 the same thing when Liverpool played at the Emirates. 00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:13.579 About the 70th minute mark, it gets like a bit 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:16.200 nervous. It's toxic. That's the most thing. It's 00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:18.819 not like an easy atmosphere to play in for the 00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:21.490 players because... I think like... Like, they're 00:27:21.490 --> 00:27:23.670 not singing the whole game. It's very much like 00:27:23.670 --> 00:27:26.109 an away atmosphere the minute something starts 00:27:26.109 --> 00:27:31.269 going against you. Like, the fans are very critical 00:27:31.269 --> 00:27:33.690 of the players to a point where it's like, okay, 00:27:33.710 --> 00:27:36.049 you can criticize a player after the game, but 00:27:36.049 --> 00:27:39.710 in the game you can't shout or do or criticize 00:27:39.710 --> 00:27:42.730 every touch. I mean, maybe it works for Real 00:27:42.730 --> 00:27:44.269 Madrid and Barcelona. Yeah, I was going to say 00:27:44.269 --> 00:27:45.970 Real Madrid do that all the time. But I think 00:27:45.970 --> 00:27:47.890 it's part of Spanish footballing culture. It 00:27:47.890 --> 00:27:50.359 happens at every team. players grow up like that 00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:53.700 in England it's different so a lot of the players 00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:55.980 I think they they struggle with it psychologically 00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:59.619 like I think you have players like Saka and Rice 00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:02.779 who carry the team in those moments I still think 00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:04.960 we're too over reliant on them too in particular 00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:08.539 so if they don't play well the rest of the team 00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:13.019 doesn't play well as well so but sounds like 00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:16.019 a poorly coached team That sounds like a poorly 00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:19.759 coached team. In your idea, yes. If only two 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:21.759 players don't show up then. But again, I said 00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:25.619 Arsenal are more defensively focused and we don't, 00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:28.660 in every single game this season, we've given 00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:31.579 away less than we've created. So even if I think 00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:34.440 we do have open play creativity issues, which 00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:37.019 could be a coaching problem, it could be a selection 00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:41.759 issue. I would say choosing Odegaard over Eze. 00:28:42.669 --> 00:28:44.990 But I don't think Eze is a 10. I don't think 00:28:44.990 --> 00:28:48.430 he's better as a 10. I see what you're saying. 00:28:48.589 --> 00:28:50.630 Eze should have played on the left. Yes, that's 00:28:50.630 --> 00:28:53.650 what I'm saying. Yes. I think we have an open 00:28:53.650 --> 00:28:55.829 play creativity issue. And if he's going to create 00:28:55.829 --> 00:29:00.390 from wide, like Guardiola used to, he has to 00:29:00.390 --> 00:29:03.490 get the player most like KDB, which would be 00:29:03.490 --> 00:29:07.450 Eze, into the half spaces. I think that you can 00:29:07.450 --> 00:29:10.849 be critical of. But again... It's hard to be 00:29:10.849 --> 00:29:13.970 critical of him if in every game you create conditions 00:29:13.970 --> 00:29:16.349 where your team creates more than the opposition 00:29:16.349 --> 00:29:19.650 so far. So I don't think coaching -wise, I think 00:29:19.650 --> 00:29:21.769 he has a few flaws. I really thought he was too 00:29:21.769 --> 00:29:26.369 cautious. Again, the same thing against Liverpool. 00:29:26.650 --> 00:29:29.369 He was just like, why don't they attack? Yeah, 00:29:29.410 --> 00:29:32.730 I think it's the way he coaches. It's very much 00:29:32.730 --> 00:29:36.890 like a Simeone team. Simeone is one of my favourite 00:29:36.890 --> 00:29:39.730 coaches. in the world. I really like Simeone. 00:29:39.849 --> 00:29:44.089 I think what he's done to take two titles off 00:29:44.089 --> 00:29:49.690 Messi and Ronaldo is incredible. It's really 00:29:49.690 --> 00:29:54.869 not the best watch for everyone, but I think 00:29:54.869 --> 00:29:57.730 you have to respect it for what it is. No, you 00:29:57.730 --> 00:30:00.759 don't. You don't have to, yes, but at the end 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.920 of the day... I don't want to watch defensive 00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:04.160 football. Yeah, that's fine. Fuck Simeone. That's 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:07.720 your idea, but Antonio Conte, Rafa Benitez won 00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:09.900 you guys the Champions League that way. Yes, 00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:13.000 I was a child. Did you expect me as a child to 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:15.619 be like, oh, this guy's not playing fluid football, 00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:17.799 get out of here. Some of the best players are 00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:19.200 also... I didn't understand at the time that... 00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:21.160 But some of the best players are also developed 00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:25.140 in defensive systems, like... I think the reason 00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:28.079 a player like Steven Gerrard for example was 00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:30.740 able to become complete was because of the responsibility 00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:33.279 he undertook in the defensive system. Same thing 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:35.960 with Frank Lampard. For example if you put Didier 00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:38.059 Drogba in a system where he gets the ball all 00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:41.109 the time. He's not going to look like a top -class 00:30:41.109 --> 00:30:43.569 player, honestly. Well, you know you always take 00:30:43.569 --> 00:30:47.170 these snide little remarks at Rugby. No, he's 00:30:47.170 --> 00:30:49.470 one of the best players. He's a maverick player. 00:30:49.609 --> 00:30:53.029 I'm just saying that his talent is also kept 00:30:53.029 --> 00:30:56.309 up by a defensive system. You saw it every coast 00:30:56.309 --> 00:31:00.009 when they tried to play attacking football. As 00:31:00.009 --> 00:31:03.950 soon as he left, they won. I see. I see. Are 00:31:03.950 --> 00:31:07.549 you happy? Yes. Oh, my God. This guy. And what 00:31:07.549 --> 00:31:12.900 about Henri? I'd say Henri is probably an elite 00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:15.880 talent, but I don't say he has the maverick qualities 00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:18.579 of Drogba. But I've always admitted that he's 00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:21.220 not as much of a maverick player as Drogba. In 00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:24.339 terms of expected goals, Arsenal had 1 .58 to 00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:27.779 United 0 .98, which indicates Arsenal were in 00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:30.680 line with XG, but United were extremely clinical 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:32.900 in their finishing. That's the thing. I don't 00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:37.180 think the two of the games we've lost this season 00:31:38.410 --> 00:31:40.710 have had two wonder goals in them. That doesn't 00:31:40.710 --> 00:31:43.430 happen every week. I understand what you're saying, 00:31:43.509 --> 00:31:47.490 but follow this logic, right? Elite finishers 00:31:47.490 --> 00:31:50.950 who are clinical are going to score against Arsenal. 00:31:51.970 --> 00:31:55.430 Yeah, I don't think that's... Even if you make 00:31:55.430 --> 00:31:57.529 that argument, we've lost less than any team. 00:31:57.710 --> 00:32:00.009 These clinical finishers, they come up in the 00:32:00.009 --> 00:32:03.410 big games, right? Yeah, and we've only lost one 00:32:03.410 --> 00:32:07.009 big game. You lost two. Okay, against you guys. 00:32:07.170 --> 00:32:09.549 But you guys are not a big game right now. United 00:32:09.549 --> 00:32:12.390 aren't a big game. And you lost to them. Well, 00:32:12.410 --> 00:32:14.730 they're on a good run. I'm kidding. Okay, we've 00:32:14.730 --> 00:32:17.849 lost two big games. It's normal. I'm just saying, 00:32:17.890 --> 00:32:20.450 I don't think this is sustainable for Champions 00:32:20.450 --> 00:32:26.519 League and, you know. I don't think we were expected 00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:28.940 to win the Champions League this season. Why? 00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:33.779 What is this false... Well, not from my perspective. 00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:36.319 I still see Barcelona as being better than us. 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:38.700 Every team should be going for every competition 00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:41.900 they can. That's how I feel. Yeah, I think we 00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:43.859 still have time to improve. If we win the Premier 00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:45.980 League, that's good enough this season. Go for 00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:48.480 the Champions League next season. Arteta has 00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:54.519 so low expectations of him. He has the best squad 00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:57.160 and you just want the Premier League when you 00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:59.759 should be going for a quad. No, you don't need 00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:01.619 to go for it. We don't have the best squad and 00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:03.900 this is not a squad that's comparable to Man 00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:07.779 City's treble winning squad. Why do you say that? 00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:11.019 Because I don't think we have the same type of 00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:12.099 options. It doesn't necessarily have to be the 00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:14.900 same quality because the seasons are different, 00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:18.019 right? The quality of teams around City a couple 00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:20.299 of years ago could have been higher and the quality... 00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:23.099 of the teams that are on Arsenal now could be 00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:26.220 lower. They weren't, though. No, but I'm saying 00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:29.559 you don't have to be the same quality as that 00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:34.579 City team to win four trophies. You don't. I 00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:36.700 think you do, though. Well, I think the quality 00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:38.839 of football is just as high now. Hansi Flick's 00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:42.380 Barcelona, Luis Enrique's PSG. That's one trophy. 00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:44.700 What about the other three? Yeah, I think we 00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:47.240 can. We're probably going to get to the final 00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:50.069 of the Carabao Cup. Well, we'll see about that. 00:33:50.089 --> 00:33:51.670 We'll probably win the Premier League. We'll 00:33:51.670 --> 00:33:53.750 see about that. We'll see. Okay, all of this 00:33:53.750 --> 00:33:56.470 is hypothetical, but if at the end of the season 00:33:56.470 --> 00:33:59.109 we win one of the three trophies, that's fine 00:33:59.109 --> 00:34:05.670 for me. Caribou. I would say... Oh, shit. What 00:34:05.670 --> 00:34:08.489 did you mention just now? The four -point gap. 00:34:08.829 --> 00:34:11.809 It's a four -point gap. Aren't you, you know, 00:34:11.809 --> 00:34:15.309 feeling the hot breath down your neck? Man City 00:34:15.309 --> 00:34:18.929 played Tottenham this weekend. We all know how 00:34:18.929 --> 00:34:22.789 that ends. I don't know what conclusion I'm supposed 00:34:22.789 --> 00:34:25.429 to draw. This is not the Spurs of old. This is 00:34:25.429 --> 00:34:27.230 Thomas Frank Spurs. Didn't they beat them 4 -1 00:34:27.230 --> 00:34:29.630 last season? This is Thomas Frank Spurs. This 00:34:29.630 --> 00:34:33.630 is not... And Pastor Coghlu Spurs. And Pastor 00:34:33.630 --> 00:34:35.750 Coghlu won the Europa League. That's much more 00:34:35.750 --> 00:34:42.150 than Arteta. Okay. Okay. Any other points you 00:34:42.150 --> 00:34:45.929 want to make before we end the Arsenal vs Man 00:34:45.929 --> 00:34:48.820 United segment? Yeah, I think people just need 00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:51.880 to calm down. It's not as bad of a result as 00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:55.019 people think it is. We've still comfortably been 00:34:55.019 --> 00:35:00.539 the best team in the league, so I don't think 00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:03.699 we'll throw it away. And I think the exact opposite. 00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:06.460 I think this is as bad as you think it is. You 00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:10.840 should panic. Arsenal are throwing it away. The 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:14.639 only question is, will it be Villa or City that 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:17.909 capitalize on this? Both of them are only four 00:35:17.909 --> 00:35:20.869 points behind. Is that what you think? It's not 00:35:20.869 --> 00:35:23.429 what I think. They're four points behind. That's 00:35:23.429 --> 00:35:25.170 a fact. I'm saying if you think they're going 00:35:25.170 --> 00:35:27.610 to capitalize on it, I respect your opinion. 00:35:27.929 --> 00:35:30.869 All right. I'm just thinking, I look at Arsenal's 00:35:30.869 --> 00:35:33.369 fixtures, you know, it's getting, it's looking 00:35:33.369 --> 00:35:37.329 spooky. That's all I'm saying. We'll see. Now 00:35:37.329 --> 00:35:40.690 on to the miscellaneous section. Some hot quick 00:35:40.690 --> 00:35:44.369 hits. Ah, whoosh. Ah, so quick. Ah, hot. I didn't 00:35:44.369 --> 00:35:47.010 watch any other games. We just watched the highlights 00:35:47.010 --> 00:35:50.550 now. Yes. So we're just going to go through the 00:35:50.550 --> 00:35:53.789 other games quickly. Just a couple of quick points. 00:35:53.889 --> 00:35:57.409 A couple of just what did you think on his face? 00:35:57.550 --> 00:36:00.610 Boom. Right? So I did actually watch his game. 00:36:00.710 --> 00:36:04.130 West Ham 3, Sunderland 1. It was the early kickoff 00:36:04.130 --> 00:36:07.469 on Saturday. No, I didn't watch that. I was at 00:36:07.469 --> 00:36:10.750 work. So in the first half, Jared Bowen with 00:36:10.750 --> 00:36:15.079 the goal and assist. Listeners, Darren hates 00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:18.539 Jared Bowen. He thinks he's a bum. In my opinion, 00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:20.300 Jared Bowen is one of the greatest right -wings 00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:23.619 in the league. He should have replaced Salah 00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:27.500 about four years ago. But our owners are cowards 00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:30.480 and the fans wouldn't have liked it. But that's 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:32.340 the truth. That's the truth on what should have 00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:35.460 happened. Anyway, Jared Bowen with a goal and 00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:40.780 assist. He now is the all -time... goal contribution 00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:43.320 provider for West Ham in the Premier League. 00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:50.019 Highest ever. 104. So, you know. Wonderful. Yeah. 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:55.679 Anyway. Congratulations. For the assist, he put 00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:57.659 in an all -right cross, but Somerville's leap 00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:59.960 and header was what made the goal special. He 00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:05.650 really powered that header home. Then West Ham 00:37:05.650 --> 00:37:07.809 were awarded a bullshit penalty because their 00:37:07.809 --> 00:37:11.289 player's skulls clearly dived. It was a... You 00:37:11.289 --> 00:37:14.230 know like when the player jumps into the other 00:37:14.230 --> 00:37:15.670 person and gets a penalty? Oh, and then they 00:37:15.670 --> 00:37:19.610 get the contact. Yes. It was really... The referee 00:37:19.610 --> 00:37:23.789 had the wool pulled over their eyes. Right? Nevertheless, 00:37:24.050 --> 00:37:29.050 Bowen converted very powerfully. And... I don't 00:37:29.050 --> 00:37:32.610 know why you're laughing. He did. He did. No, 00:37:32.670 --> 00:37:36.699 just... You had to... The way you described it. 00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:42.840 Mateus Fernandes scored a wonder goal. He really 00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:47.699 powered that one home. So it was 3 -0 to West 00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:51.980 Ham. In the second half, Mukheili does a really 00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:54.280 good run and puts in an excellent cross which 00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:58.079 Brian Brobbey powered home with a header. Mukheili, 00:37:58.199 --> 00:38:01.440 I'm very impressed with him. He played for Leipzig, 00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:04.690 I believe. Either Leipzig or Salzburg. I think 00:38:04.690 --> 00:38:06.849 it was Leipzig. Whatever the case is, he was 00:38:06.849 --> 00:38:09.969 like a big name. I don't know how, but Sunderland 00:38:09.969 --> 00:38:14.050 signed like five Europa League players like under 00:38:14.050 --> 00:38:17.429 everyone's noses. I don't know what the backstory 00:38:17.429 --> 00:38:19.130 is. Does Sunderland have money or something? 00:38:19.489 --> 00:38:23.309 Or they're just like super smart at scouting 00:38:23.309 --> 00:38:27.539 and like... I mean, I saw Grindr Tracker go in 00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:33.579 a fight with a fan. Yes. It was so funny. It 00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:37.440 wasn't him. It was some other person came off, 00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:40.480 right? And the fan was abusing that guy. Not 00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:42.980 abusing as in like, you know, like they were 00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:47.900 just making fun of them. So Grata Jacka starts, 00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:50.219 you know, stepping up on behalf of that person 00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:52.599 and starts arguing with the person. Then they 00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:55.219 called the fourth official over. Then they called 00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:57.159 the referee and the referee stops the game so 00:38:57.159 --> 00:39:01.219 that they could deal with that. And then the 00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:04.280 stewards came and took the fan away. But yeah. 00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:11.340 I'm glad they sorted it out. Yeah, so I was saying, 00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:17.360 Mukheili, I wouldn't mind us signing him. He 00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:21.280 looks very good, attacking -wise and defensively. 00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:24.000 I really rate him. He plays right back, but I 00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:26.019 believe he played centre -back when he was in 00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:31.320 Germany. So, you know, what's the word? A person 00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:34.099 who can cover multiple... Or a utility player. 00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:37.719 He's a utility player, so I would really not 00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:42.400 mind signing him. Then we get to Fulham 2, Brighton 00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:46.079 1. And based on the highlights, Brighton absolutely 00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:49.019 gave them a hiding. But Fulham were just more 00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:55.039 clinical. So every highlight was Brighton going 00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:58.739 in on goal and then missing or something. But 00:39:58.739 --> 00:40:02.179 they did have a goal ruled out. Danny Welbeck's 00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:06.840 shoulder was offside. And that looked like bullshit 00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:10.739 to me, honestly. It's right on his... Oh yeah, 00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:14.079 yeah, I saw that in the highlights we were watching. 00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:17.420 Yes, it was so like... It was so marginal. They 00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:22.500 told us that if it's on your arm, it's not offside 00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:25.360 anymore. It has to be like, you know, the joint 00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:28.539 between your arm and the body. That's where offside, 00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:30.519 because you can't score with your arm. What do 00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:32.940 you think about Arsene Wenger's offside proposal? 00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:38.340 uh to move it so that uh if any any part of you 00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:44.800 is behind the line i supposedly give the the 00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:49.079 a benefit to attackers and i like that idea do 00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:52.119 that attackers would you know benefit from it 00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:55.480 benefit from it but at the same time uh tactics 00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:57.900 would evolve to combat that we'd stop playing 00:40:57.900 --> 00:41:01.500 with a high line um i don't necessarily think 00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:04.539 that because i think uh Maybe the Lions could 00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:06.619 come higher. I think someone like Hansi Flick 00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:09.139 is not really going to drop his line low at all. 00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:12.219 And then you'll suffer for it. You've seen him, 00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:15.139 like, heedless believes he can outscore anyone. 00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:20.639 That's his principle, you know. So the answer 00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:24.559 is I don't know. If it benefits attackers, then 00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:27.860 I agree to it. If it changes the game and makes 00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:30.679 it less attacking, I disagree with it. It's hard 00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:32.969 to say. Yeah, it's hard to say from... the outside 00:41:32.969 --> 00:41:35.070 looking in, so that's why I don't want to really... 00:41:35.070 --> 00:41:37.429 I think it would just make it easier to, like, 00:41:37.449 --> 00:41:41.849 not have to talk about marginal decisions for, 00:41:41.909 --> 00:41:43.829 like, But I think there would still be marginal 00:41:43.829 --> 00:41:47.849 decisions based on that, just the point of contact 00:41:47.849 --> 00:41:51.030 would be the last part of the body, not the first 00:41:51.030 --> 00:41:53.889 part of the body. Yeah, I guess so, but, okay, 00:41:54.010 --> 00:41:55.769 yeah, I mean, I guess if they're ahead of the 00:41:55.769 --> 00:42:03.409 play, but, I mean, yeah. Yeah, but... Fulham, 00:42:03.409 --> 00:42:07.010 okay, so the Brighton goal was kind of a wonder 00:42:07.010 --> 00:42:10.369 strike from Ayari. You joked while we were watching 00:42:10.369 --> 00:42:14.510 that, sell him 400 million after that goal. It 00:42:14.510 --> 00:42:18.250 was really such a good goal. Fulham, one ball 00:42:18.250 --> 00:42:21.329 over the top to Kwasi's end and scores. Just 00:42:21.329 --> 00:42:24.369 really, not a tactical thing, just Brighton were 00:42:24.369 --> 00:42:28.690 just piss poor at defending. Then we spoke about 00:42:28.690 --> 00:42:30.329 the goal that should have stood for well back. 00:42:30.550 --> 00:42:34.840 And then... Fulham score an incredible free kick 00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:36.840 from Harry Wilson, who was having an unbelievable 00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:41.400 season. With the wonder goals. Yes. He's in my 00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:45.280 fantasy team, just holding everybody up. He's 00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:47.199 like Atlas at the bottom, holding up the world. 00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:53.420 He is doing incredible things. Yeah. Burnley 00:42:53.420 --> 00:43:01.400 2, Tottenham 2. Damn. I'm still like... like 00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:05.280 shocked that Not shocked, but I'm still like 00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:08.960 quite surprised that how badly it's turned out 00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:12.539 for Thomas Frank. I really thought he was gonna 00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:16.579 go in there and be like someone who brought them 00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:21.699 at least to like a competitive level again, you 00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:25.699 know, I I was really impressed when I used to 00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:27.360 watch him at Brentford. They were the team that 00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:29.940 used to give us, probably outside of you guys 00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:32.039 in Manchester City, the most difficult time, 00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:34.840 even once we became competitive. I think he beat 00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:37.219 us twice in one season, the season before he 00:43:37.219 --> 00:43:41.840 joined Tottenham or the season before that. Those 00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:47.559 games I watched, I was really... I don't know 00:43:47.559 --> 00:43:50.260 what's gone wrong. I haven't watched much of 00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:53.539 Tottenham. Well, I'm kind of coming to this conclusion 00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:56.300 that there's small club managers and big club 00:43:56.300 --> 00:43:59.860 managers. And there's nothing you can do to kind 00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:05.159 of change between one of them. Yeah. Like, you 00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:11.260 can just handle egos and, you know, make the 00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:13.340 big decisions or you can't. That's what I feel 00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:16.079 at this moment now. And I don't think Thomas 00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:19.780 Frank is that guy right now. And I think this 00:44:19.780 --> 00:44:23.400 also kind of fucks up Oliver Glasner's push to 00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:26.139 become a top coach because people are going to 00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:28.639 look at him and, I think, compare him to Thomas 00:44:28.639 --> 00:44:33.099 Frank. And it's unfair, and people shouldn't 00:44:33.099 --> 00:44:36.699 do that, but it's the same thing that happened 00:44:36.699 --> 00:44:39.440 with Nunes and Jokers, and that turned out to 00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:46.039 be right. So, yeah. Speaking about Burnley 2, 00:44:46.119 --> 00:44:49.230 Tottenham 2, There's really nothing to be said. 00:44:49.570 --> 00:44:53.150 Spurs scored two goals from set pieces. Burnley 00:44:53.150 --> 00:44:56.349 scored two goals on the counter. Nothing we can 00:44:56.349 --> 00:45:01.369 analyze or sink our teeth into this, so I'm just 00:45:01.369 --> 00:45:07.449 going to move on. Man City 2, Wolves 0. Thoughts? 00:45:07.550 --> 00:45:11.090 I think I was also working during this game, 00:45:11.150 --> 00:45:16.760 but I saw the highlights. Good first goal by 00:45:16.760 --> 00:45:20.780 Omar Mahmoud. A lot of the chatter online is 00:45:20.780 --> 00:45:24.920 that they were so happy that City have a striker 00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:27.559 who will run in front of the play instead of 00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:31.320 Haaland who backs off the play. When there's 00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:34.280 a ball in behind. It's good to have the option 00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:36.539 of both because I guess they could go for either. 00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:40.780 And then I guess you have Semenya who can kind 00:45:40.780 --> 00:45:45.880 of do everything in the front line. it's a it's 00:45:45.880 --> 00:45:48.639 a i mean yeah sorry before we speak about the 00:45:48.639 --> 00:45:50.559 game well we already started speaking about the 00:45:50.559 --> 00:45:54.920 game but holland and foden bench yeah i mean 00:45:54.920 --> 00:45:57.579 i think that was coming given recent performances 00:45:57.579 --> 00:46:02.780 so it it worked out in the end i mean i guess 00:46:02.780 --> 00:46:05.139 the controversy the main talking point was the 00:46:05.769 --> 00:46:07.929 The handball, whether it was or wasn't a handball. 00:46:07.929 --> 00:46:09.889 Yes, that's the next thing. That City were robbed 00:46:09.889 --> 00:46:11.849 of a penalty, in my opinion. They were robbed 00:46:11.849 --> 00:46:14.949 of a penalty. Yeah, definitely. So, this was 00:46:14.949 --> 00:46:18.809 the referee's first game, I'm led to believe. 00:46:20.789 --> 00:46:23.869 His first ever game? I think so. I had no idea. 00:46:24.150 --> 00:46:27.510 Either it's his first game or he's very, very 00:46:27.510 --> 00:46:30.590 new. Well, hopefully he doesn't get a second. 00:46:32.230 --> 00:46:36.380 I'm kidding. So, this guy... He gave it as a 00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:40.519 non -penalty. VAR said, hey, go have a second 00:46:40.519 --> 00:46:43.199 look. He went over and he kept it with his decision. 00:46:43.500 --> 00:46:46.639 He backed his decision. Which is a very... Oh, 00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:48.539 I thought I'd never seen this riff before. I 00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:51.239 was like, who's this guy? It's a very kind of 00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:54.159 powerful thing to do because it's almost certainly 00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:56.059 that if VAR is telling you to go have a look, 00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:57.500 you've made a mistake. You've made a mistake. 00:46:57.579 --> 00:47:01.500 So, you know, backing yourself in that situation, 00:47:01.699 --> 00:47:07.099 I rate it. He was wrong. I admire the confidence, 00:47:07.260 --> 00:47:12.179 but you were wrong. Yeah. Are we done with that? 00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:14.679 Any other talking points you want to mention? 00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:16.940 Nothing I could think of from what I could see 00:47:16.940 --> 00:47:22.039 was just the dominant Man City performance. Alright. 00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:26.960 Crystal Palace won Chelsea 3. I did watch a bit 00:47:26.960 --> 00:47:29.980 of this game, I think. I don't remember where 00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:33.239 I was, but I did watch like... I was watching 00:47:33.239 --> 00:47:36.639 it in and out. I mean, I don't know. I don't 00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:38.219 know what to make of it. It's still early days 00:47:38.219 --> 00:47:42.980 for Liam Rossini. They look so far very similar 00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:45.920 to Mariska's Chelsea, so I don't know if he's 00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:50.139 working with what the squad is familiar with 00:47:50.139 --> 00:47:54.260 for now. I mean, from what I've read, ideologically, 00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:58.980 they're similar. I've very highly rated Mariska. 00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:03.280 If he can hit that level, then good for Chelsea, 00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:07.500 I guess. But some of the individual play as well 00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:10.579 was really good. I mean, Estovale scored a goal 00:48:10.579 --> 00:48:15.599 that almost looked like a traditional Willian 00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:18.780 goal for Chelsea. I mean, from the way he ran 00:48:18.780 --> 00:48:25.789 with the ball to the way he finished it. Some 00:48:25.789 --> 00:48:29.110 days he's unplayable, like in this game, and 00:48:29.110 --> 00:48:31.510 other days he disappears, so I still don't really 00:48:31.510 --> 00:48:33.789 know what to feel on him. I would still want 00:48:33.789 --> 00:48:37.489 him at Arsenal, though, if I could have him. 00:48:39.170 --> 00:48:41.670 Well, I would say that the Palace keeper had 00:48:41.670 --> 00:48:44.590 a nightmare. The first two goals were directly 00:48:44.590 --> 00:48:48.010 at him, and he just fluffed his lines in this 00:48:48.010 --> 00:48:51.030 corner. The third goal, Enzo scored a penalty 00:48:51.030 --> 00:48:56.480 that was, you know... Powerfully put away. No, 00:48:56.500 --> 00:49:02.019 it was alright. It was fine. Yes, the keeper 00:49:02.019 --> 00:49:03.900 didn't move. The keeper assumed that he would 00:49:03.900 --> 00:49:06.360 like Panenka or get it straight down the middle 00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:09.300 or something like that. And Enzo just slotted 00:49:09.300 --> 00:49:15.900 it to the right. Yeah, then Palace had a... What's 00:49:15.900 --> 00:49:20.739 it called? Concession goal? What? Consolation. 00:49:20.840 --> 00:49:25.219 Consolation, yes. Concession goal. Concessions 00:49:25.219 --> 00:49:27.619 are like... Every goal is a concession goal. 00:49:28.099 --> 00:49:32.159 What? Because you conceded. No, concessions are 00:49:32.159 --> 00:49:34.719 like popcorn and like... That's a stand, but 00:49:34.719 --> 00:49:39.400 I mean, concession is also conceding. I don't 00:49:39.400 --> 00:49:44.960 know. Anyway, yeah, the palace keeper went straight 00:49:44.960 --> 00:49:48.150 at me. Just made a mistake. I didn't see the 00:49:48.150 --> 00:49:51.849 lineups. So I don't know if that was Dean Henderson 00:49:51.849 --> 00:49:55.190 or not. But yeah, that was very poor. What I 00:49:55.190 --> 00:49:57.070 will say is in our last game that we covered, 00:49:57.110 --> 00:49:59.590 we also saw that Chelsea were very clinical. 00:50:00.130 --> 00:50:05.170 So clinical is the word I'm putting around the 00:50:05.170 --> 00:50:08.849 Liam Rosenior tenure so far. Because that's all 00:50:08.849 --> 00:50:11.070 we've seen. Clinical, extremely clinical goals. 00:50:11.449 --> 00:50:17.750 And yeah. Then... Well, we're done here. We move 00:50:17.750 --> 00:50:22.349 on to Aston Villa 2, Newcastle 0. I didn't watch 00:50:22.349 --> 00:50:26.329 this game. Well, I only watched the two highlight 00:50:26.329 --> 00:50:29.289 games. None of these I watched. I also watched 00:50:29.289 --> 00:50:31.750 the highlights. Yeah, I did see the highlights. 00:50:32.269 --> 00:50:34.630 It seemed like a dominant performance from Aston 00:50:34.630 --> 00:50:37.809 Villa. It did. Which is strange because Newcastle 00:50:37.809 --> 00:50:41.889 are not too bad at home. They usually are able 00:50:41.889 --> 00:50:43.849 to make games tricky. It seemed like it was a 00:50:43.849 --> 00:50:46.639 bit of a... So we spoke about this last week, 00:50:46.719 --> 00:50:51.400 but just to reiterate, Newcastle look tired. 00:50:52.280 --> 00:50:55.239 That's the number one talking point I saw online 00:50:55.239 --> 00:51:00.139 after this game, that Eddie Howe's style of play 00:51:00.139 --> 00:51:01.960 is not... It's relentless running. Yes, it's 00:51:01.960 --> 00:51:04.539 not sustainable, and they're trying to compete 00:51:04.539 --> 00:51:06.480 on four fronts, and it's just not working out. 00:51:06.679 --> 00:51:09.260 Therefore, either they need to change tactics 00:51:09.260 --> 00:51:11.460 or change managers. I mean, in a lot of ways, 00:51:11.519 --> 00:51:15.530 I think he's like... He tries to play in a similar 00:51:15.530 --> 00:51:18.349 way to how you guys played under Klopp, but I 00:51:18.349 --> 00:51:22.389 think he tries to cover up the gaps in technicality 00:51:22.389 --> 00:51:26.949 with intensity, which doesn't always work. So 00:51:26.949 --> 00:51:28.969 the players just have to be more and more and 00:51:28.969 --> 00:51:32.550 more intense, which I guess... So my thing with 00:51:32.550 --> 00:51:35.469 him when he was at Bournemouth was that... And 00:51:35.469 --> 00:51:37.449 at the early days of Newcastle, he would just 00:51:37.449 --> 00:51:41.710 kind of outwork teams. Eddie Howe's teams, right? 00:51:41.809 --> 00:51:44.489 He would just have them really fit, really, you 00:51:44.489 --> 00:51:48.369 know. But in the big, like, tactical games, he 00:51:48.369 --> 00:51:50.269 can't keep up with, like, elite managers. And 00:51:50.269 --> 00:51:53.849 he's very open as well, hey? Yes. So that's why, 00:51:53.929 --> 00:51:57.130 like, I also predicted Asin Valatuno in this 00:51:57.130 --> 00:52:01.440 game and it came right because... Yeah, I just 00:52:01.440 --> 00:52:05.599 think Newcastle in the really big games get just 00:52:05.599 --> 00:52:09.099 outfoxed. There's nothing to be said about it, 00:52:09.159 --> 00:52:12.619 you know. Eddie Howe just isn't that guy. Sorry 00:52:12.619 --> 00:52:16.780 to say if you're Eddie Howe backer. Yeah. Lastly, 00:52:16.940 --> 00:52:19.659 we have Brentford. Sorry, I didn't even ask you 00:52:19.659 --> 00:52:21.159 what your thoughts. No, I don't have anything 00:52:21.159 --> 00:52:25.699 to say. Just good goal by Buendia. Yes, very 00:52:25.699 --> 00:52:29.789 good goal. A knuckleball. It's good that all 00:52:29.789 --> 00:52:32.429 the Argentina players are coming in form in time 00:52:32.429 --> 00:52:36.489 for the World Cup. Hopefully Messi can get number 00:52:36.489 --> 00:52:41.250 two. Yes. 100 % backing him for number two. Well, 00:52:41.429 --> 00:52:43.710 South Africa versus Argentina final. In that 00:52:43.710 --> 00:52:46.809 case, I'll support South Africa. I'll still support 00:52:46.809 --> 00:52:50.650 Argentina. Yeah, I know. You're not a patriot. 00:52:53.250 --> 00:52:55.869 But yeah, what about the other Aston Villa goal? 00:52:57.940 --> 00:52:59.719 Reminded me of the second goal. Oli Watkins. 00:52:59.800 --> 00:53:04.260 I like Oli Watkins. I wish we'd completed the 00:53:04.260 --> 00:53:07.860 signing last January, but things didn't work 00:53:07.860 --> 00:53:10.780 out. I guess he was a bit slow to start the season. 00:53:11.139 --> 00:53:14.059 I'm glad he's back on track now. I like watching 00:53:14.059 --> 00:53:18.619 him. I like watching Tielemans. And then last 00:53:18.619 --> 00:53:20.940 of all, we have Brentford 0, Nottingham Forest 00:53:20.940 --> 00:53:29.300 2. What did I even predict this game as? I don't 00:53:29.300 --> 00:53:33.360 remember. I cannot recall either. But yes, I 00:53:33.360 --> 00:53:35.880 said Brentford won, Nottingham Forest, no. So 00:53:35.880 --> 00:53:38.000 I got this totally wrong. How many did you get 00:53:38.000 --> 00:53:41.639 right? I don't know, like four, five? I was probably 00:53:41.639 --> 00:53:45.739 like one. But yes, so I thought this game was 00:53:45.739 --> 00:53:48.440 the exact same as Fulham v Brighton. Brentford 00:53:48.440 --> 00:53:51.110 had all the chances. Like, in the highlights 00:53:51.110 --> 00:53:53.030 package, it was just Brentford chance, Brentford 00:53:53.030 --> 00:53:55.409 chance, Brentford chance. And Nottingham Forest 00:53:55.409 --> 00:53:58.590 had two chances and they scored both. And, yeah, 00:53:58.650 --> 00:54:03.530 just extremely clinical display from them. Nothing 00:54:03.530 --> 00:54:05.650 else to say. Yeah, nothing else to say. I mean, 00:54:05.690 --> 00:54:08.530 I guess Brentford could have been more clinical. 00:54:08.690 --> 00:54:12.250 That's it. Any other points you want to make 00:54:12.250 --> 00:54:14.150 about this weekend's football before we close 00:54:14.150 --> 00:54:18.320 it off? Because I think we're done here. Nothing 00:54:18.320 --> 00:54:22.920 really. It was a good weekend. I mean a good 00:54:22.920 --> 00:54:25.139 weekend from a footballing standpoint I guess. 00:54:28.079 --> 00:54:32.199 Everything is more open now so hopefully it's 00:54:32.199 --> 00:54:36.659 a good end. 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