WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.339 And welcome back to the PD Football Podcast. 00:00:02.560 --> 00:00:05.879 My name is Presh. My name is Darren. And how 00:00:05.879 --> 00:00:07.879 are you doing? I'm good, I'm good. Tired after 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:10.720 work as usual, but we keep going. How's everything 00:00:10.720 --> 00:00:14.160 on your end? Look, I'm not going to pretend. 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:16.440 We've tried to record this intro like twice now. 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:20.920 This is fake banter for if you're listening at 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:24.550 home. But yes, what we spoke about was... This 00:00:24.550 --> 00:00:27.550 weekend I've been going through the TV shows 00:00:27.550 --> 00:00:30.390 that I couldn't get through during December because 00:00:30.390 --> 00:00:33.909 I was going through Prestige movies in December. 00:00:34.809 --> 00:00:37.689 it's oscar season yes and you asked hey what 00:00:37.689 --> 00:00:41.509 is a prestige movie and i was saying um the oscars 00:00:41.509 --> 00:00:45.149 are nominated in january so november and december 00:00:45.149 --> 00:00:47.390 is the sweet spot for releasing your big movie 00:00:47.390 --> 00:00:51.229 or not big i mean your oscar play movie so that 00:00:51.229 --> 00:00:54.689 people will i'm not saying movies in like july 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:58.399 uh aren't gonna be nominated like i believe sinners 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:01.060 came out in july and it still got nominated right 00:01:01.060 --> 00:01:04.000 uh i'm just saying the majority of nominations 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:07.299 uh come for movies in november and december so 00:01:07.299 --> 00:01:09.620 they're fresh in the mind yes it's fresh in the 00:01:09.620 --> 00:01:14.939 mind of the voters so yeah uh anyway uh yeah 00:01:14.939 --> 00:01:18.280 so just watch my tv shows and watch the football 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:22.939 and uh yeah happy yeah that sounds like a good 00:01:22.939 --> 00:01:27.219 weekend i mean The only things I didn't catch 00:01:27.219 --> 00:01:30.560 up on is Pluribus. Are you familiar with Pluribus? 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:32.540 No, I've never heard of it. Do you know who Vince 00:01:32.540 --> 00:01:35.819 Gilligan is? No. Vince Gilligan is the creator, 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:39.540 writer, and showrunner for Breaking Bad and Better 00:01:39.540 --> 00:01:44.700 Call Saul. And Apple TV gave him lots and lots 00:01:44.700 --> 00:01:47.379 of money to make a new TV show called Pluribus 00:01:47.379 --> 00:01:52.739 on Apple TV. Oh, okay. Pluribus... I don't think 00:01:52.739 --> 00:01:54.980 it's as good as Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul, 00:01:55.180 --> 00:02:00.159 but I watch it and I wonder how much of money 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:03.159 was spent on this. Every episode is just like, 00:02:03.299 --> 00:02:06.579 holy shit. They blew the budget. This is like 00:02:06.579 --> 00:02:09.680 you could feed hundreds of thousands of people 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:12.879 on the budget of Pluribus. It's crazy. I googled 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:18.199 the budget. It's 15 million per episode. There's 00:02:18.199 --> 00:02:23.610 nine episodes. just uh what 135 million is it 00:02:23.610 --> 00:02:25.969 worth it does is the end product worth it in 00:02:25.969 --> 00:02:28.909 your in in your eyes i haven't watched uh the 00:02:28.909 --> 00:02:30.949 point of me bringing it up is that i haven't 00:02:30.949 --> 00:02:32.610 watched it to the end i've only watched up till 00:02:32.610 --> 00:02:37.650 episode six but uh it's really great and i prefer 00:02:37.650 --> 00:02:40.650 that the money not be in the hands of billionaires 00:02:40.650 --> 00:02:42.569 that be in the hands of creators who are actually 00:02:42.569 --> 00:02:46.050 gonna you know do interesting things with that 00:02:46.050 --> 00:02:50.580 money so vince gilligan uh He absolutely should 00:02:50.580 --> 00:02:53.900 be given 15 million an episode to do Vince Gilligan 00:02:53.900 --> 00:02:58.240 things, in my opinion. Long live Vince Gilligan, 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:01.180 then, I guess. Yes. You know, if you haven't 00:03:01.180 --> 00:03:03.400 watched his TV shows, obviously this means nothing 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:07.939 to you, but if you do have a chance, check out 00:03:07.939 --> 00:03:11.000 Pluribus. Strong recommendation from me, even 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:14.379 after just six episodes. I mean, yeah, a lot 00:03:14.379 --> 00:03:16.719 of my friends are Breaking Bad and Better Call 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:19.590 Saul. Or amongst their favorite shows. Better 00:03:19.590 --> 00:03:22.090 Call Saul is a top three TV show for me. It's 00:03:22.090 --> 00:03:27.009 a comedy, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It walks the 00:03:27.009 --> 00:03:29.750 line between drama and comedy very... Very well. 00:03:30.050 --> 00:03:32.590 Yeah, very well. So I would call it more of a 00:03:32.590 --> 00:03:35.469 drama, but yes, there's a lot of very comedic 00:03:35.469 --> 00:03:38.810 moments in Better Call Saul. But this is a football 00:03:38.810 --> 00:03:42.889 podcast. We need to get back on topic. First 00:03:42.889 --> 00:03:47.599 of all, starting with Lead Zero Arsenal 4. So 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:49.319 unfortunately, I was out of the house and missed 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:51.580 this game. But based on the scoreline, I'm going 00:03:51.580 --> 00:03:53.180 to assume that it was a fairly straightforward 00:03:53.180 --> 00:03:57.659 exercise. Before the game, I did see, again, 00:03:57.719 --> 00:03:59.280 I was out of the house and I couldn't watch, 00:03:59.379 --> 00:04:02.340 but I was getting, what's the word, notifications 00:04:02.340 --> 00:04:06.300 on my phone. The first thing I noticed, I was 00:04:06.300 --> 00:04:09.180 told, was that Saka is injured. Yeah, he got 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:10.900 injured in the warm -up. In the warm -up, yes. 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:16.279 Replaced by Medueke. And Havertz replaced Odegaard 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:19.329 in the... starting 11. In the starting 11, yeah, 00:04:19.350 --> 00:04:22.730 have it played the 10. So, I'm going to just 00:04:22.730 --> 00:04:26.089 let you go ahead and talk about it. When we get 00:04:26.089 --> 00:04:29.589 to the goals, I'll just chime in. What is your 00:04:29.589 --> 00:04:34.209 analysis of this game? I think it was very... 00:04:34.569 --> 00:04:36.269 It was a dominant performance, like you said, 00:04:36.290 --> 00:04:39.230 pretty straightforward. I think Leeds have been 00:04:39.230 --> 00:04:41.689 in really good form recently, so I never really 00:04:41.689 --> 00:04:44.170 knew what to expect going into it. I thought 00:04:44.170 --> 00:04:47.230 we'd win. I didn't expect us to be as in control 00:04:47.230 --> 00:04:50.410 of the game as we were. I think the first half 00:04:50.410 --> 00:04:53.990 was a bit slow. I think they kind of had some 00:04:53.990 --> 00:04:58.420 moments of momentum in the first half. We switched 00:04:58.420 --> 00:05:00.579 our pressing structure in the second half, I 00:05:00.579 --> 00:05:03.420 think, went to like a 4 -4 -2 press and we kind 00:05:03.420 --> 00:05:05.579 of just controlled the game in and out of possession. 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:08.920 I was really happy to have Havertz back. Honestly, 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:12.220 I think whether his long -term position is in 00:05:12.220 --> 00:05:15.160 the 10 or 9, I think the dynamics he brings to 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:17.740 the team, the interplay, the link -up play and 00:05:17.740 --> 00:05:21.050 the fact that he occupies defenders. frees up 00:05:21.050 --> 00:05:23.769 wingers i think it made a huge difference madueke 00:05:23.769 --> 00:05:26.569 i was surprised he did he did he did better than 00:05:26.569 --> 00:05:29.370 i expected probably his best game in an arsenal 00:05:29.370 --> 00:05:32.089 shirt all round i'd say so yeah a lot of positives 00:05:32.089 --> 00:05:36.689 for arsenal we increased the gap so i can't really 00:05:36.689 --> 00:05:39.310 complain i'd say this if i was complaining it 00:05:39.310 --> 00:05:42.279 would be like nitpicky things like we still one 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:45.079 or two bad passing errors where like against 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:47.399 a better team could have got punished especially 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:49.639 playing out from the back but again a change 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:51.560 in the structure and all of that was controlled 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:55.860 i think yeah i mean set plays we're still good 00:05:55.860 --> 00:05:59.189 at them i feel like Every set play feels like 00:05:59.189 --> 00:06:01.129 an opportunity. We also have four set plays, 00:06:01.209 --> 00:06:03.949 which is nice. It's like teams want to avoid 00:06:03.949 --> 00:06:06.470 giving us them, but they struggle to. As far 00:06:06.470 --> 00:06:08.670 as the game was concerned, I think a standout 00:06:08.670 --> 00:06:11.209 performer would be, strangely enough, I don't 00:06:11.209 --> 00:06:12.949 give him the credit all the time, but Jokeres 00:06:12.949 --> 00:06:16.490 was probably the standout performer in the game. 00:06:16.689 --> 00:06:19.930 I was waiting. Is today the day you give an apology 00:06:19.930 --> 00:06:22.730 to Jokeres for bad -mouthing him before you even 00:06:22.730 --> 00:06:24.829 watched him play? No, I didn't badmouth him. 00:06:25.029 --> 00:06:28.269 Yes, you did. You said he's not good enough for 00:06:28.269 --> 00:06:31.269 Arsenal. I would say I said I think Havertz would 00:06:31.269 --> 00:06:33.910 be the better option, but I think both of them 00:06:33.910 --> 00:06:38.149 can play together, maybe not against the top 00:06:38.149 --> 00:06:40.629 opposition, because I don't think the games will 00:06:40.629 --> 00:06:42.810 play out the same way, but in and out of possession 00:06:42.810 --> 00:06:44.769 against the Leeds, particularly out of possession, 00:06:44.850 --> 00:06:48.500 I was really impressed with them. He did a lot 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:51.060 of work. I mean, he tracked back a lot. He maintained 00:06:51.060 --> 00:06:52.819 the structure in the press. He filled in for 00:06:52.819 --> 00:06:54.839 the midfielders when they went forward a lot. 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:57.459 And then he got a goal himself and an assist, 00:06:57.579 --> 00:07:01.519 I think. Alright, so diving into the goals. For 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:03.720 the first one, Madueke reloads from a corner 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:07.240 and Zubamendi adds home. Any commentary on that? 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:10.139 Not really. I mean, good header by Zubamendi, 00:07:10.259 --> 00:07:15.259 good cross by Maduake. I mean, I guess the pressure 00:07:15.259 --> 00:07:17.220 on the ball could have been better from a Leeds 00:07:17.220 --> 00:07:19.319 perspective. But at the same time, I think they 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:22.100 were trying to hold their shape. So it's a hard 00:07:22.100 --> 00:07:25.639 one. Just bad man marking Zubamendi, I guess, 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:27.939 with an easy header for a player of his quality. 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:31.980 The second goal is an own goal from the keeper 00:07:31.980 --> 00:07:34.540 after a fizzing delivery from Madaweke. Yeah, 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:36.819 that was very much like a Rice or Saka delivery. 00:07:37.220 --> 00:07:40.339 So hopefully, I mean, our corners, long may they 00:07:40.339 --> 00:07:43.699 continue. Long may the trend continue from our 00:07:43.699 --> 00:07:46.939 perspective. So you are an Arsenal fan, right? 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:50.540 Yeah. Are you ready to have an uncomfortable 00:07:50.540 --> 00:07:53.899 conversation? About? Is Madaweke better than 00:07:53.899 --> 00:07:59.129 Saka? No. Why do you say that? Because I wouldn't 00:07:59.129 --> 00:08:01.889 think what would make him be better than Saka. 00:08:02.290 --> 00:08:04.610 He's had better output and looked more dangerous 00:08:04.610 --> 00:08:08.589 in the time that he's played this season. I don't 00:08:08.589 --> 00:08:11.509 think he's had better output, necessarily. So, 00:08:11.649 --> 00:08:14.129 like, say he plays five games and gets five goals, 00:08:14.290 --> 00:08:16.709 where Saka plays ten games and gets eight goals. 00:08:16.910 --> 00:08:19.110 You would say, okay, Saka has more goals, but 00:08:19.110 --> 00:08:22.589 I'm saying the rate at which he's returning. 00:08:23.660 --> 00:08:25.459 I mean, I don't think it's uncomfortable. I still 00:08:25.459 --> 00:08:29.040 think Madaweke is a good backup to Saka. I think 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:33.080 if he was the starting option, I wouldn't be 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:37.220 as confident with him. Do you think perhaps start 00:08:37.220 --> 00:08:40.590 Madaweke and shift Saka off to the left? I do 00:08:40.590 --> 00:08:43.269 think that could work because I think Maduike 00:08:43.269 --> 00:08:47.210 is not good at all from the left. I think Saka 00:08:47.210 --> 00:08:50.029 maintains a lot of his dynamics on the left and 00:08:50.029 --> 00:08:52.730 he poses a bigger goal threat running from the 00:08:52.730 --> 00:08:56.309 left because I guess the duty of creativity is 00:08:56.309 --> 00:08:59.649 taking off him a bit. I see. Then we get on to 00:08:59.649 --> 00:09:02.649 the third goal. Extremely good work from Martinelli 00:09:02.649 --> 00:09:05.129 on the wing. And he delivers to Jokers who power 00:09:05.129 --> 00:09:08.789 zone. Well, not power zone. Yeah, I mean, Martinelli 00:09:08.789 --> 00:09:10.870 did really well. Great cross and a good finish 00:09:10.870 --> 00:09:13.970 as well. Not just the cross. He beat his man. 00:09:14.429 --> 00:09:17.529 The guy tried to two -foot him and he just jumped 00:09:17.529 --> 00:09:19.769 out of the way. Yeah, I did see. I mean, Martinelli 00:09:19.769 --> 00:09:23.610 for me is like one of my favorite players. Just 00:09:23.610 --> 00:09:26.370 that we'll have to see if he can hit the consistency 00:09:26.370 --> 00:09:30.450 that some of his performances, like if, I guess, 00:09:30.590 --> 00:09:33.870 for example, if he can replicate his performances 00:09:33.870 --> 00:09:36.450 in the last two or three weeks over a whole season, 00:09:36.509 --> 00:09:39.509 I think he solves a lot of problems for us. For 00:09:39.509 --> 00:09:41.789 the fourth goal, you know, some good center forward 00:09:41.789 --> 00:09:44.690 play from Jesus and an excellent finish to cap 00:09:44.690 --> 00:09:48.250 it off. Yeah, I mean, that was very much like 00:09:48.250 --> 00:09:52.320 a... One of the goals he scored when he first 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.440 signed for us, or in his early days at Man City, 00:09:54.620 --> 00:09:58.159 a bit of a throwback Jesus goal. It was nice 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:00.399 to see. I hope everything's clicking at the right 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:07.120 time for us. I guess if there's anything I'm 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:10.159 still critical about, it's that we don't attack 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:13.299 centrally enough. But I think in time, if that 00:10:13.299 --> 00:10:15.159 comes at the right time, as long as we don't 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:17.059 lose games, I'm fine with it. If we create more 00:10:17.059 --> 00:10:19.019 chances than our opponents, there's nothing you 00:10:19.019 --> 00:10:24.820 can really say. So are we done here? Yeah. Straightforward. 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:28.559 Yes. So Leeds versus Arsenal was the early game, 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:32.940 or like one of a number of early games, right? 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:35.659 I believe. Yeah, there was three games on, I 00:10:35.659 --> 00:10:39.679 think. Then the next time slot. was Chelsea versus 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:42.159 West Ham, which I did watch. Chelsea 3, West 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:44.519 Ham 2. Oh, I did actually watch a bit of this 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:46.940 game. So, yes, this is the way I have my most 00:10:46.940 --> 00:10:50.519 notes, because... I watched the second half, 00:10:50.659 --> 00:10:53.980 I think. Jean -Pedro, sensational once again. 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:57.419 Well, we'll get to the second. Let's talk about 00:10:57.419 --> 00:11:00.360 the first half. Okay, I didn't watch the first 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:03.539 half, but... Well, before the game... Liam Roseno 00:11:03.539 --> 00:11:05.899 made seven changes to the team that came back 00:11:05.899 --> 00:11:07.919 against Napoli in the Champions League, including 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:10.220 Cucurella and João Pedro giving them a rest, 00:11:10.340 --> 00:11:13.460 right? So none of this was tactical. Roseno said, 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:16.779 I'm going to rotate, quote, I'm going to rotate 00:11:16.779 --> 00:11:19.659 because I don't just have 11 good players. I 00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:22.960 have 22 outstanding players. So let's put a pin 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:26.179 in that. We'll get back to that. The first... 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:29.360 Also want to say West Ham play the same team 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:31.960 as last week against Sunderland, except for Skals, 00:11:32.019 --> 00:11:34.320 who was replaced by Duf, who just returned from 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:36.980 AFCON. Have you seen Duf play? Yeah, I've seen. 00:11:37.059 --> 00:11:39.899 I've watched a bit of Duf, maybe like two or 00:11:39.899 --> 00:11:42.519 three games. He seems to have a good delivery 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:44.860 on him. I was going to say, he has a wicked cross. 00:11:45.340 --> 00:11:48.399 So that's what I was looking for. You know, like 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:50.159 a lot of these things, I'm just looking for in 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:53.279 terms of fantasy. Oh, yeah. I was like, he has 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:55.419 a wicked cross. West Ham are going to get some 00:11:55.419 --> 00:11:58.019 goals. I should, you know. Monitor him for a 00:11:58.019 --> 00:12:00.899 bit. And he hasn't gotten the output that I would 00:12:00.899 --> 00:12:05.379 like, but he's really dangerous when I see him 00:12:05.379 --> 00:12:10.220 play. And you know I hate cliches, but this was 00:12:10.220 --> 00:12:13.779 really a game of two halves. Yeah. In the first 00:12:13.779 --> 00:12:16.000 half, it was all West Ham, especially on their 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:18.600 right -hand side. This was because Chelsea's 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:21.360 left -back, Hutto, was inverting into midfield. 00:12:21.539 --> 00:12:24.120 Are you familiar with this? Yeah. Do you know 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:26.480 what inverting into midfield means? Yeah, he 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:29.340 was joining the midfield play, leaving the fullback 00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:34.039 position. Yes, so this is a relatively new tactic 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:37.059 that we've seen in the last, I guess, three or 00:12:37.059 --> 00:12:39.990 four years. Yeah, I mean, there's people who 00:12:39.990 --> 00:12:42.149 say it goes back older, but I guess it's been 00:12:42.149 --> 00:12:44.029 used readily. I guess in the Premier League, 00:12:44.090 --> 00:12:45.950 I should say. It's used in the Premier League 00:12:45.950 --> 00:12:48.509 the last three or four years. I think it was 00:12:48.509 --> 00:12:50.750 Emery who started doing it and then others caught 00:12:50.750 --> 00:12:53.169 on, but whoever started it, it doesn't matter. 00:12:53.429 --> 00:12:56.509 What's important is it's when a full -back shifts 00:12:56.509 --> 00:12:59.929 into midfield, then the two centre -backs shift 00:12:59.929 --> 00:13:03.190 over and the other full -back, it becomes a back 00:13:03.190 --> 00:13:06.509 three. And that other fullback helps him out 00:13:06.509 --> 00:13:10.149 in midfield. You have an extra man when attacking. 00:13:10.429 --> 00:13:12.830 But when defending, you're supposed to drop back 00:13:12.830 --> 00:13:16.710 into the fullback position. But Hato just refused 00:13:16.710 --> 00:13:19.269 to drop back. And there was a huge gap at all 00:13:19.269 --> 00:13:23.110 times on Chelsea's left -hand side, West Ham's 00:13:23.110 --> 00:13:26.149 right -hand side. Yeah, I mean, I think generally 00:13:26.149 --> 00:13:29.129 Chelsea have had problems even under Maresca 00:13:29.129 --> 00:13:31.409 with the inversions a bit. I think it's always 00:13:31.409 --> 00:13:33.830 like... the covering of the space was always 00:13:33.830 --> 00:13:37.789 a problem they had. There's a difference between, 00:13:37.830 --> 00:13:41.090 oh, I'm struggling to get back into position. 00:13:41.370 --> 00:13:44.289 This guy wasn't attempting to get back into position. 00:13:44.490 --> 00:13:47.090 Like, there's trouble coming down the wing. He's 00:13:47.090 --> 00:13:48.929 still staying in midfield. That's what I was 00:13:48.929 --> 00:13:51.730 so... Yeah, I mean, I think he hasn't had much 00:13:51.730 --> 00:13:54.950 game time. He's still young. Not making any excuses, 00:13:55.110 --> 00:13:58.029 but I think at Ajax, he didn't invert much. I 00:13:58.029 --> 00:14:00.230 watched a lot of him at Ajax, so it's hard to 00:14:00.230 --> 00:14:03.330 do something for the first time. in a real game 00:14:03.330 --> 00:14:07.009 scenario. That's true. The commentator was blaming 00:14:07.009 --> 00:14:09.970 Garnaccio for not tracking back, but I would 00:14:09.970 --> 00:14:12.389 blame Rosenio for not instructing Hato better, 00:14:12.570 --> 00:14:15.090 you know, in terms of inverting. Yeah, I mean, 00:14:15.090 --> 00:14:17.429 it would come back to the manager because I guess 00:14:17.429 --> 00:14:20.470 he hasn't played as an inverted fullback much, 00:14:20.529 --> 00:14:22.830 so he would have to have some cover from other 00:14:22.830 --> 00:14:24.970 players to do that for the first time, especially 00:14:24.970 --> 00:14:28.450 coming up against, like, Jared Bowen, who obviously 00:14:28.450 --> 00:14:30.730 is one of the best wingers in the Premier League. 00:14:31.549 --> 00:14:35.590 I don't think he's world -class. I don't think 00:14:35.590 --> 00:14:37.370 he's world -class. We got a Jock Reyes apology 00:14:37.370 --> 00:14:40.090 and Jared Bowen propaganda in one episode. No, 00:14:40.129 --> 00:14:43.169 no, no. Let's see what else we can get into it, 00:14:43.169 --> 00:14:45.909 mate. Like, being one of the best wingers in 00:14:45.909 --> 00:14:48.190 the Premier League means he's in the top five. 00:14:48.389 --> 00:14:51.509 In my opinion, he's in the top five right wingers. 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:54.799 Doesn't necessarily mean he's world -class, but 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:57.860 I think it's one of the toughest opponents you 00:14:57.860 --> 00:15:00.279 can face. So for Jor -El Hato to come up against 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:02.299 him in the first game and then have to invert, 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:05.399 it's not necessarily his fault. I still like 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:07.759 him as a fullback, as a profile. I think he's 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:10.500 one of the best young fullbacks. So roughly 30 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:15.600 minutes in, Rosenio gets what the error has made 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:18.899 and Hato drops back into the back line and the 00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:21.639 other fullback, Gusto, inverts instead, right? 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:24.539 But the damage was already done. A cross come 00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:27.820 shot from Bowen goes in. It like fizzes in. Yeah, 00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:30.559 yeah, I saw that goal. Yeah, a really great goal 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:33.500 from Bowen. But it comes from the space left 00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:36.460 wing because Hato was inverting, I should say, 00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:39.980 and not defending properly. Also, despite this 00:15:39.980 --> 00:15:41.820 change, West Ham were still getting joy from 00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:44.399 attacking Chelsea's side, or left -hand side. 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:47.879 For West Ham's second goal, Bowen is running 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:51.269 at Hato and finds Wan -Bissaka in space. In this 00:15:51.269 --> 00:15:53.470 instance, Garnaccio was to blame for not tracking 00:15:53.470 --> 00:15:57.850 Wan -Bissaka, but he puts in a cross and Somerville 00:15:57.850 --> 00:16:00.450 finishes off excellently. Every Chelsea defender 00:16:00.450 --> 00:16:04.269 except Gusteau was ball -watching and not making 00:16:04.269 --> 00:16:07.470 a move towards the ball. Badia -Chile was particularly 00:16:07.470 --> 00:16:11.850 shocking. I was just really not impressed with 00:16:11.850 --> 00:16:14.710 Badia -Chile. Also, a side note, the ref cam 00:16:14.710 --> 00:16:17.230 gave us an incredible view of that goal. It was 00:16:17.230 --> 00:16:19.460 really... It felt like you were right there. 00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:22.799 It was really incredible stuff. The ref cam, 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:26.720 I like it a lot. I do like it. It's a good addition. 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:29.639 Yeah, I just have a general note here. It says, 00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:34.100 Liam DeLapp is a thug. Is that just your opinion? 00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:38.559 Yeah. This guy sickens me, bro. He's not getting 00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:40.639 good service. And he's going around bullying 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:43.220 people, pushing them around. You know, like, 00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:46.059 just a dirty shin kicker. That's all he is, man. 00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:50.169 Yeah, I mean... I didn't think much of him when 00:16:50.169 --> 00:16:52.970 Chelsea signed him. I didn't think much of him 00:16:52.970 --> 00:16:56.490 at Southampton either. That's interesting because 00:16:56.490 --> 00:16:58.710 he was at Ipswich. Was it Ipswich? Who was at 00:16:58.710 --> 00:17:02.350 Southampton? Is there another Dulep? No. His 00:17:02.350 --> 00:17:05.430 dad played for Stoke. No. Okay, I'm getting him 00:17:05.430 --> 00:17:09.599 confused with someone. Yeah. Wait, he had a good 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:11.859 game against Arsenal last season, right? I don't 00:17:11.859 --> 00:17:13.460 know why I thought it was Sunderland instead 00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:17.059 of Ipswich. I have no idea. I don't remember 00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:20.700 watching him a lot at Ipswich. When Ipswich played 00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:23.720 a big team, I would see him, but I didn't think 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:27.720 it was worth it to buy him. Maybe he's just not 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:30.660 being used correctly. There's a lot of reasons, 00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:32.640 but I just thought if you're getting frustrated 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:34.819 and kicking people, that's like, you're a loser, 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:37.150 dog. I hate you. Yeah, I mean... You're just 00:17:37.150 --> 00:17:40.430 a Joe Linton. You're Ryan Yates. I thought it 00:17:40.430 --> 00:17:43.769 was Southampton because I think we drew against 00:17:43.769 --> 00:17:46.589 them last season. But I remember maybe we drew 00:17:46.589 --> 00:17:48.970 against Ipswich as well. I'm not too sure. But 00:17:48.970 --> 00:17:51.650 I do remember that he had a really good game 00:17:51.650 --> 00:17:53.789 against us. And Chelsea signed him soon after 00:17:53.789 --> 00:17:57.349 that. But I haven't watched much of him. So Chelsea 00:17:57.349 --> 00:18:00.309 booed off at halftime. We spoke about this a 00:18:00.309 --> 00:18:03.849 few weeks ago. It doesn't happen often in English 00:18:03.849 --> 00:18:07.119 football that people are booed. Yeah, Chelsea 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:11.619 do it quite a lot, I'm led to believe. I think 00:18:11.619 --> 00:18:14.920 Chelsea fans think they're the real Madrid of 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:17.079 the Premier League. Well, I guess aside from 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:20.039 City, they're the most decorated club of the 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:25.000 21st century. Actually, if you take out league 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:26.920 titles, if you're just focusing on Champions 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:30.420 League titles, Chelsea are the most successful 00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:33.329 English club in the 21st century. Yeah. I mean, 00:18:33.329 --> 00:18:36.109 it depends what you look at as success. I think 00:18:36.109 --> 00:18:38.130 Man City were going to the semi -finals almost 00:18:38.130 --> 00:18:41.089 every season. Anyway, so in the second half, 00:18:41.170 --> 00:18:43.410 Rezegno replaces the entire left -hand side. 00:18:43.910 --> 00:18:47.529 Cucurello for Hato, Fofana for Badiashile, and 00:18:47.529 --> 00:18:50.549 Jao Pedro for Ganacho. So, like the three big 00:18:50.549 --> 00:18:55.650 culprits. All off. All off. So, Rezegno's in 00:18:55.650 --> 00:18:59.799 -game management, I really like it. So far. This 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:01.839 is the first match I've seen of the full match, 00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:04.000 you know. We've been speaking about Chelsea, 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:05.859 but I haven't seen their full matches. This is 00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:08.920 the first one. So, so far, I'm like, okay, this 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:11.960 is really good. And like I said, this was a game 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:14.180 of two halves. So in the second, these changes 00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:18.579 wrestled back control for Chelsea. And, you know, 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:21.200 further on into the game, it lets Wesley Fofana 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:23.460 go forward and put in an excellent cross for 00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:25.880 João Pedro to add a home. Two of the substitutes 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:28.339 combining for the first goal. Yeah, I mean, João 00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:32.619 Pedro is, on his day, he's a sensational player. 00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:35.029 Probably one of the... One of the best strikers 00:19:35.029 --> 00:19:37.349 in the league, I'd say. A lot of people are saying 00:19:37.349 --> 00:19:42.089 it's between him and Eketike, which I think it's 00:19:42.089 --> 00:19:46.049 rude to discount both Haaland and Igor Thiago 00:19:46.049 --> 00:19:48.349 who have... Had an incredible season. I mean, 00:19:48.349 --> 00:19:50.950 I think... I think if we're just looking at talent... 00:19:51.069 --> 00:19:54.009 alone, then... Eketike is comfortably ahead of 00:19:54.009 --> 00:19:56.329 everyone, in my opinion. I was going to say João 00:19:56.329 --> 00:19:58.829 Pedro is up there, but... I would say he's second, 00:19:59.049 --> 00:20:01.549 technically, but I don't... Whatever the case 00:20:01.549 --> 00:20:03.750 is, he powered home ahead. It was very nice. 00:20:03.970 --> 00:20:05.430 Any other things you want to say about that? 00:20:05.670 --> 00:20:09.849 I mean, I like... I haven't seen much of Chelsea 00:20:09.849 --> 00:20:13.210 under Rossinha, but I like the aspect of his 00:20:13.210 --> 00:20:16.349 man management where he doesn't blame the players. 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:19.039 So I think that's a bit different to Maresca. 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:20.619 Maybe that was the one thing I didn't particularly 00:20:20.619 --> 00:20:22.799 like about Maresca, that he threw players under 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:25.359 the bus a lot, but that's just generally an Italian 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:31.039 thing. It's how they coach out there. I remember 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:34.960 I've watched some interviews of Saki, I've never 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:38.500 watched his teams, but it seems like he had a 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:41.599 thing of throwing even Maldini under the bus. 00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:44.980 That's how you get the most out of them, I guess. 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:49.140 So at 2 -1, Nuno puts on another defender and 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:51.339 goes at 5 at the back, which is something I don't 00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:54.180 like. To me, it invites pressure if you go defensive. 00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:56.420 Especially when you have a certain amount of 00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:59.140 control in the game. It makes more sense to me 00:20:59.140 --> 00:21:01.279 to bring on an attacker to kill off the game 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:04.140 or a midfielder to get control. Bringing on a 00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:06.940 defender, especially so early on, is very cowardly 00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:10.039 in my opinion. If it's the last maybe 5 -10 minutes 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:12.279 to bring on a defender, fair enough. There was 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:14.339 like half an hour left and he brings on another 00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:17.490 defender. I'm like, this just doesn't make any 00:21:17.490 --> 00:21:20.329 sense for me. That's always kind of been the 00:21:20.329 --> 00:21:22.410 new Norway, you know. Pretty much two minutes 00:21:22.410 --> 00:21:24.950 later, they concede a header from Kukurela, another 00:21:24.950 --> 00:21:27.950 one of the substitutes. It was a good finish. 00:21:28.329 --> 00:21:31.009 Yes, a very good finish. Bounced off the crossbar 00:21:31.009 --> 00:21:35.029 and then he met it well. Yeah, nothing really 00:21:35.029 --> 00:21:38.589 to say about it. So Chelsea continue to pepper 00:21:38.589 --> 00:21:41.289 the West Ham goal until the 91st minute where 00:21:41.289 --> 00:21:44.410 Enzo gets the winner. Enzo Fernandes. Yes. Another 00:21:44.410 --> 00:21:46.769 Argentine player coming in form in time for the 00:21:46.769 --> 00:21:49.309 World Cup. At this point, I'm taking off my shirt. 00:21:49.369 --> 00:21:52.069 I'm throwing it around. I'm jumping up and down 00:21:52.069 --> 00:21:56.569 because Enzo Fernandes is my fantasy team. I 00:21:56.569 --> 00:22:01.789 was so pissed off that I wasn't getting any... 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:04.940 thing from him and he scored the not the last 00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:07.400 kick of the game but very late on and i was so 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:10.579 happy i was just fist pumping just uh what made 00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:13.500 you keep him in i brought him in because chelsea 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:16.640 have a very good a good run they playing wolves 00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:18.920 burnley and leeds i think in the next couple 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:21.779 of games so nice pretty easy run plus this game 00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:25.450 here against Who do they play? Who are we even 00:22:25.450 --> 00:22:28.650 talking about? West Ham. West Ham. Yes, so I 00:22:28.650 --> 00:22:31.990 thought, okay, West Ham, Burnley, Leeds, Wolves, 00:22:31.990 --> 00:22:34.269 that's an easy run, let's get in a Chelsea player. 00:22:34.509 --> 00:22:36.910 But who to get in? Usually you would get Palmer, 00:22:37.109 --> 00:22:39.829 but Palmer's injured at the moment. He's half 00:22:39.829 --> 00:22:41.829 in, half out, so I don't want to... A bit inconsistent 00:22:41.829 --> 00:22:46.089 in terms of his availability. Yes, so... I'd 00:22:46.089 --> 00:22:49.589 prefer to get Enzo and he repaid my faith. So 00:22:49.589 --> 00:22:52.089 yeah, the game ends in a fight when Cucurella 00:22:52.089 --> 00:22:55.269 charges at Adama Traore and Traore throws him 00:22:55.269 --> 00:22:57.670 to the side. This causes a commotion which ends 00:22:57.670 --> 00:23:00.329 with Todibo grabbing Jaupedro by the neck, getting 00:23:00.329 --> 00:23:02.910 him a red card. Did you see this? Yeah, I saw 00:23:02.910 --> 00:23:07.150 the fight at the end. It was just like, I'm not 00:23:07.150 --> 00:23:09.750 sure, who should have been like, I don't know. 00:23:10.109 --> 00:23:12.470 It's like, refereeing is weird, because I think 00:23:12.470 --> 00:23:15.430 João Pedro also threw a slap in the fight, or... 00:23:15.430 --> 00:23:17.789 I don't know. I've seen people being sent off 00:23:17.789 --> 00:23:19.890 for that, and then I've seen people being talked 00:23:19.890 --> 00:23:22.549 to for what Tadebo did, so... I think... No. 00:23:23.130 --> 00:23:26.650 He put his hands around his neck. Yeah, I mean, 00:23:26.670 --> 00:23:29.029 but like, at the same time, João Pedro also slapped 00:23:29.029 --> 00:23:31.650 someone and didn't get sent off. Okay, if they 00:23:31.650 --> 00:23:34.549 didn't see that, I think that might be... But 00:23:34.549 --> 00:23:38.529 with VAR? I don't... I don't think VAR even checked 00:23:38.529 --> 00:23:41.950 that incident. Adama and Jao Pedro, I think, 00:23:41.970 --> 00:23:44.809 got yellows. And then... Oh, so they couldn't 00:23:44.809 --> 00:23:48.250 overturn it. I think so. But don't quote me on 00:23:48.250 --> 00:23:50.089 that. If it is a red, I think they can overturn 00:23:50.089 --> 00:23:52.809 it. If it's straight red. Yeah, so then I guess 00:23:52.809 --> 00:23:55.109 one player should have been sent off of each 00:23:55.109 --> 00:23:57.630 team. Could be. But it doesn't matter. It was 00:23:57.630 --> 00:24:00.529 the end of the game anyway. So back to the pin 00:24:00.529 --> 00:24:04.390 on Roseno's comments. What about him having 22 00:24:04.390 --> 00:24:07.509 excellent players, right? Was it his genius substitutions 00:24:07.509 --> 00:24:10.069 that saved the game? Or did he get it wrong and 00:24:10.069 --> 00:24:12.470 the backups are just shit and the better players 00:24:12.470 --> 00:24:14.690 came on and salvaged the match? I mean, also, 00:24:14.789 --> 00:24:17.670 like you said, was it that I guess West Ham allowed 00:24:17.670 --> 00:24:20.410 them back into the game tactically a little bit 00:24:20.410 --> 00:24:23.190 in terms of maybe Nuno dropping off made the 00:24:23.190 --> 00:24:26.089 changes look more impactful than they were? I'm 00:24:26.089 --> 00:24:29.349 asking your opinion because... No, I really think 00:24:29.349 --> 00:24:31.970 Chelsea were the ones who... Do you think they 00:24:31.970 --> 00:24:33.390 would have swung it even with the back four? 00:24:33.609 --> 00:24:35.750 I feel like they wrestled control. It wasn't 00:24:35.750 --> 00:24:39.109 given to them, if I put it like that. On to our 00:24:39.109 --> 00:24:41.809 next game, Liverpool versus Newcastle. Did you 00:24:41.809 --> 00:24:44.049 watch this game? No, no, I was out by this time, 00:24:44.089 --> 00:24:45.910 but I did watch the highlights. This was a late 00:24:45.910 --> 00:24:49.529 game on Saturday night. Yeah. Tucked in in my 00:24:49.529 --> 00:24:53.730 pyjamas. What did you make of... I guess the 00:24:53.730 --> 00:24:56.950 inconsistency continues in terms of... You can 00:24:56.950 --> 00:24:59.650 lose to anyone and thrash anyone or play bad 00:24:59.650 --> 00:25:01.799 and then play exceptional. Or I don't know how 00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:03.799 the performance was. Did the performance not 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:05.660 reflect the scoreline? Because when I watched 00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:07.619 the highlights, it seemed like it was just one 00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:11.079 -way traffic. Well, we'll go deep dive into like 00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:13.740 patterns and et cetera, you know, topics. But 00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:16.799 I think Newcastle were just bad. They were just 00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:20.240 poor. So we walked over them. If I had to summarize 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:23.420 in one sentence, that's about it. They look tired. 00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:25.759 Yeah, I mean, the squad is being stretched. And 00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:29.180 Eddie Howe's intensity doesn't help either. So 00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:31.859 we reverted back to... our regular 4 -2 -3 -1 00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:35.000 after the 4 -2 -2 -2 experiment from the past 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:38.259 few weeks. Kirkees and Konate in for Robertson 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:41.119 and Frimpong. Frimpong injured. Robertson is 00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:46.599 not tactical. What's the word? Kirkees was given 00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:48.599 a rest midweek. That's why Robertson played. 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:50.859 So Kirkees is just coming back into the team, 00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:54.400 right? And so it was support side right back. 00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:58.559 Konate, Van Dijk, Kirkees. Pivot of Gravenberg 00:25:58.559 --> 00:26:04.160 and McAllister. And then Wurz, Salah, Gatpo and 00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:07.940 striker Ekotike. Newcastle played in a 3 -4 -3 00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:11.339 against PSG. But changed back to a 4 -3 -3 against 00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:14.000 us with several changes. But most importantly, 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:16.619 they didn't play with a striker. They played 00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:20.240 with three wings up top. Barnes, Ilanga and Gordon. 00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:23.200 I assume to break quickly and catch us on the 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:25.650 counter. That's one thing. And the second thing 00:26:25.650 --> 00:26:28.089 is to press us as high and aggressively as possible. 00:26:28.390 --> 00:26:30.910 Where a striker wouldn't be able to. Try to force 00:26:30.910 --> 00:26:34.089 an error. Yes, try to force an error. To press 00:26:34.089 --> 00:26:38.730 and counter -press us. I just have some... There's 00:26:38.730 --> 00:26:40.910 not really patterns of play to talk about here. 00:26:41.410 --> 00:26:45.089 Because I want to bring this up. Slot doesn't 00:26:45.089 --> 00:26:49.369 have a system. And that's very frustrating. You 00:26:49.369 --> 00:26:52.369 know, usually your system will generate goals. 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:56.140 Yeah. If that makes sense. Like, you know, push, 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:59.119 like giving it to a fullback and crossing in, 00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:02.380 that's a pattern. You know what I'm saying? Your 00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:06.220 midfield is breaking the lines so that a striker 00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:09.019 can run in behind. That's a pattern. Once you 00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:12.079 see that pattern develop over time, that's a 00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:15.779 tactic, right? I don't think slot has any tactics. 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:18.660 I think he just puts, you know, a very creative 00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:21.119 play in the 10, a good striker in the striker. 00:27:21.549 --> 00:27:24.750 And he says, go do what you do best. You know 00:27:24.750 --> 00:27:27.210 what I'm saying? Is that what you think? Somewhat. 00:27:27.250 --> 00:27:30.089 Because last season, he was a lot more tactical. 00:27:30.250 --> 00:27:32.789 This season, I'm just like, what are you doing? 00:27:33.950 --> 00:27:35.630 There's a lot of times where I'm just like, the 00:27:35.630 --> 00:27:38.450 team looks out of ideas. Unless there's individual 00:27:38.450 --> 00:27:43.910 brilliance, they don't get a goal or... You know 00:27:43.910 --> 00:27:45.990 what I'm saying? So I do wonder if this is... 00:27:45.990 --> 00:27:48.990 Slot's coaching is... Just putting the right 00:27:48.990 --> 00:27:50.869 people in the right places and saying, get it 00:27:50.869 --> 00:27:53.769 done? I mean, I guess it's hard to say because 00:27:53.769 --> 00:27:56.549 I think a lot of... And is that a bad thing? 00:27:56.630 --> 00:27:59.109 Is that a bad thing, putting a creative player 00:27:59.109 --> 00:28:01.970 in the 10 and putting a finisher in the striker 00:28:01.970 --> 00:28:04.650 role and saying, do what you do best? I would 00:28:04.650 --> 00:28:08.329 say it all depends on the rest defense then. 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:10.660 Because if you're going to give a team freedom, 00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:13.000 how good those players are, how well they can 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:15.500 read situations. For example, I guess Ancelotti 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:17.819 with Real Madrid versus Ancelotti with Everton 00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:20.440 was like night and day. And I guess the one thing 00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:22.200 he had with Real Madrid was that the players 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:24.500 could be trusted to interpret the moments within 00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:26.500 the game. They could manage the game themselves. 00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:28.680 You had some of the best players in the history 00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:32.079 of the game. It could be that slot has changed 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:35.059 over the two years. In the first year, he wasn't 00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:39.039 so... you didn't want to give them freedom. In 00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:41.140 the second year, he trusts them a little bit 00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:43.940 more, so he does give them freedom. Do you think 00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:46.519 the profiles justify that? Or do you think the 00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:50.319 profiles justify... Because, like you were saying, 00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:55.430 the one thing I like... personally about Arteta 00:28:55.430 --> 00:28:57.789 at Arsenal is that I think the system carries 00:28:57.789 --> 00:29:00.309 the players like more than the players carry 00:29:00.309 --> 00:29:01.950 the system I don't think the players that's my 00:29:01.950 --> 00:29:04.609 personal opinion I don't necessarily think Arsenal's 00:29:04.609 --> 00:29:06.730 players I don't think Arsenal's players would 00:29:06.730 --> 00:29:09.890 be better with more freedom because I've seen 00:29:09.890 --> 00:29:12.690 a lot of them with more freedom not this particular 00:29:12.690 --> 00:29:15.710 squad but I've seen the types of profiles we've 00:29:15.710 --> 00:29:18.109 signed given the freedom and given structure, 00:29:18.509 --> 00:29:20.470 they've generally been better with structure. 00:29:20.609 --> 00:29:23.910 I think that's my opinion. So, like, do the profiles 00:29:23.910 --> 00:29:28.750 justify Liverpool having or slot? Because honestly, 00:29:28.930 --> 00:29:31.930 this Ekotike and Virth pick and roll has been... 00:29:31.930 --> 00:29:36.109 It's changing my life because watching them play 00:29:36.109 --> 00:29:39.029 every week is such a sweet experience. Yeah, 00:29:39.049 --> 00:29:41.750 Ekotike is insane. Well, we'll get to the goals 00:29:41.750 --> 00:29:46.299 just now, but what a player. What a player. So 00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:49.460 before that, in the first half, Newcastle did 00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:51.480 a layoff free kick, which we were speaking about 00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:53.740 these past couple of weeks, and they nearly scored. 00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:57.720 They hit the post from that, which I thought, 00:29:57.779 --> 00:30:00.619 you know, once again, it's working. I just don't 00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:02.980 see why more people don't use the layoff free 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:06.880 kick. But yeah, Newcastle's goal comes from Kirke's 00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:09.299 not being tight enough to Gordon. Another example 00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:12.200 of his poor defending, but it was also a great 00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:14.900 finish by Anthony Gordon. So, you know, tough 00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:18.180 to blame. It's 50 -50. It's like you're nitpicking 00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:21.039 at that point. No, but I mean, if he was tighter, 00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:23.299 Gordon wouldn't have the space to take that shot. 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:25.500 You get what I'm saying? I mean, I guess it's 00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:27.799 also like, what is the player's interpretation 00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:29.880 of the moment? Because it's hard to read the 00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:31.819 player's mind. Like, I think a lot of times, 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:33.640 particularly with the bigger teams, the players 00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:35.920 are thinking about the attacking move, even if 00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:38.680 they are defending. So, Liverpool's first goal 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:41.359 is just ingenuity from Wurz and a fine finish 00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:45.559 from Ekotike. Yeah. Wurz drifts into the area, 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:48.099 puts, not across, but like, what is it called? 00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:50.539 Like, just a pass in the area and Ekotike finishes 00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:52.559 off really accidentally with the outside of the 00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:55.849 boot. Yeah, I saw that one. I saw both the goals. 00:30:56.009 --> 00:30:58.529 I mean, both Ekotike's goals. Right, for the 00:30:58.529 --> 00:31:01.009 second goal, we caught them in transition. Kirkes 00:31:01.009 --> 00:31:03.630 plays a fastball into space, Ekotike picks it 00:31:03.630 --> 00:31:07.369 up, and then he just does an unreal finish. Yeah, 00:31:07.450 --> 00:31:11.950 that was the whole movement from, like, swithcing 00:31:11.950 --> 00:31:15.630 his butt. Again, I think I watched an interview 00:31:15.630 --> 00:31:19.119 with him when he was at Frankfurt. And he said 00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:21.940 his idol was Thierry Henry and that's becoming 00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:24.339 more and more evident every day. I don't think 00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:26.440 that's true. Why would you say that? Because 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:29.039 he's 22. Yeah, I mean, you can still have idols 00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:31.480 who are... Yeah, but that would be me being like, 00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:34.759 oh, my idol is somebody who played in the 90s. 00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:38.980 You could still grow up idolizing as a player. 00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:41.420 I saw a video of him and they asked him, who 00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:45.589 is your idol? And he said, Karim Benzema. Which 00:31:45.589 --> 00:31:48.210 makes a lot more sense for his age range. But 00:31:48.210 --> 00:31:50.869 I don't think... He said two names. He said Karim 00:31:50.869 --> 00:31:53.809 Benzema and he said Neymar Jr. Maybe Neymar, 00:31:53.890 --> 00:31:57.630 yeah. But I do recall him in the Frankfurt Day 00:31:57.630 --> 00:31:59.849 thing. Maybe he did say that, but I also saw 00:31:59.849 --> 00:32:03.529 this video of him saying Neymar and Benzema are 00:32:03.529 --> 00:32:07.329 his idols. Whatever the case is, he could just 00:32:07.329 --> 00:32:10.349 be saying that now because he doesn't want to 00:32:10.349 --> 00:32:14.369 big up Arsenal. Could be. Could be, but I mean... 00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:17.880 I don't necessarily think it's something where 00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:20.380 you had to have watched a player play for them 00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:23.720 to, from a playing perspective, be your idol. 00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:26.619 I think a lot of players will be influenced by 00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:29.019 players that they never... Messi's clearly influenced 00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:32.579 by Maradona, but he never watched him play. Yeah, 00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:36.460 but I'm just thinking his age doesn't correlate 00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:41.460 with watching Henry week to week. He plays similar 00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:45.319 to him, I understand that, but... Yeah, anyway, 00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:47.799 you were saying? I think this in a coaching con 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:49.660 could have been made to watch clips of Henry 00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:52.500 a lot. Okay, that's true. That could be the case. 00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:57.619 The next goal, Florian Wurz. It's a very lazy 00:32:57.619 --> 00:33:00.839 pass out from the back line. Gakpo not intercepts 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:02.819 because they pass it right to him. Gratefully 00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:06.240 accepted it. He gratefully accepted a pass directly 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:09.660 to him. The stats were recorded as an interception, 00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:13.420 but it wasn't. He passed it to Wurtz. Wurtz passed 00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:16.140 it to Salah. Salah has no space. Passes it back 00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:18.700 to Wurtz in the middle of the goal. Wurtz scores. 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:22.559 Now, is this a pattern where if a winger can't 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:24.539 beat their man to pass it to the middle and then 00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:26.680 the person in the middle shoots? Is that a pattern 00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:29.319 or is it showing that our wingers are shit? A 00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:32.160 pattern would be if it's repetitive. It doesn't 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:35.680 necessarily have to look... I guess when you're 00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:39.180 watching a Guardiola team, patterns would be 00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:42.410 very much evident. Like, with the Ancelotti team, 00:33:42.490 --> 00:33:45.269 they'd be less evident. But, for example, I keep 00:33:45.269 --> 00:33:47.069 going back to Ancelotti because he's probably 00:33:47.069 --> 00:33:49.650 the main example of a manager who's succeeded 00:33:49.650 --> 00:33:53.170 while giving players freedom. Vibes football. 00:33:53.549 --> 00:33:55.509 Yeah, vibes football. Well, I mean, I guess Arsene 00:33:55.509 --> 00:33:59.490 Wenger, too. But, again, I... Ancelotti, yes. 00:33:59.710 --> 00:34:01.990 USA? Ancelotti's the peak for me. But, yeah, 00:34:02.069 --> 00:34:07.440 so... The way he got the dynamic between Vinicius 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:10.300 and Rodrigo consistently in big games, it wouldn't 00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:13.340 necessarily be something that looked the same 00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:17.519 from week to week. For example, Vinicius wasn't 00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:19.559 always attacking the space in the same manner 00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:22.159 against Man City as he would against Liverpool. 00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:25.780 The spaces would be different, but Vinicius was 00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:28.579 constantly getting runs one -on -one at goal, 00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:30.420 no matter who he was playing under Ancelotti, 00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:33.739 and he's not getting that now. That could still 00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:35.800 be seen as a pattern, perceptibly, if you're 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:37.960 giving players. Like if you're saying the pick 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:40.980 and roll is consistently coming off with Wurz 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:43.260 and Ekitike, then it's a pattern that's developing. 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:46.159 The players are developing. Or is that just individual 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:49.760 brilliance? You could say that, but if it happens 00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:53.389 every week, then the coach is a part of it. at 00:34:53.389 --> 00:34:55.909 the end of the day it's like I have my qualms 00:34:55.909 --> 00:34:58.030 with Arsene Wenger I think he could have done 00:34:58.030 --> 00:35:00.150 better and I think at a certain period of his 00:35:00.150 --> 00:35:03.769 career he overachieved so I think like the freedom 00:35:03.769 --> 00:35:07.469 he gave Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry made 00:35:07.469 --> 00:35:10.590 them reach levels that they didn't reach previously 00:35:10.590 --> 00:35:12.250 in their career because they were both regarded 00:35:12.250 --> 00:35:14.750 as two players who weren't performing when Arsenal 00:35:14.750 --> 00:35:18.300 signed them who were What is the word? Inconsistent. 00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:20.659 Hadn't fulfilled their potential, yeah. Sure. 00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:25.500 Back to the game. The final goal was scored by 00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:28.400 a header from Kanate, which, like we mentioned 00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:31.500 last week, he... Okay, well, there's a plane 00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:38.340 going over here. Let's just wait for this. I'll 00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:40.139 cut this out, don't worry. It's not just going 00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:45.119 to be us being quiet and then a plane... going 00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:52.019 overhead all right sorry we were saying um kanate 00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:55.300 scored and it was a very emotional moment we 00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:58.800 uh we spoke about it the other day but his father 00:35:58.800 --> 00:36:03.559 passed away and uh i'm sure obviously scoring 00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:06.460 a goal isn't gonna bring his father back but 00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:09.800 it was a very touching moment uh the whole team 00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:12.960 went over and hugged him And Allison ran from 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:16.739 the opposing goal all the way to that side and 00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:20.360 gave him a big hug. Yeah, big up to him to have 00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:22.739 the strength to play. I know if that happened 00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:25.659 to me, I would be out for a month, months maybe. 00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:28.679 And do you want to hear the disgraceful reason 00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:31.880 he was playing? Why? Because we are going through 00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:35.300 an injury crisis. And Konate said he saw that 00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:37.639 we were in such a bad place and came back early 00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:41.539 to help the team. Big ups to him. yes big ups 00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:44.699 to him in terms of Liverpool but in terms of 00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:47.280 like you should take care of yourself if you're 00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:50.179 feeling grief or you know that that doesn't just 00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:52.519 go for him that goes for everyone listening everyone 00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:55.780 uh you know take care of yourself health comes 00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:58.320 first you know yes you know it's a good thing 00:36:58.320 --> 00:37:01.519 that Konate did for us uh you know I appreciate 00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:04.019 that but you should take care of yourself if 00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:06.139 you're not feeling right you know speak to somebody 00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:09.559 right Are we done with this? I guess that includes 00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:11.980 mental health as well, at least on that angle. 00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:15.280 That's what I was speaking about. Yeah. But yes, 00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:17.420 you want to speak about it? No, no, no. I mean, 00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:19.159 we'll speak about that some other day. I'm just 00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:21.960 saying I think a lot of footballers, a lot of 00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:25.639 men in general, we're told to suppress what we're 00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:29.849 feeling. I do it a lot. That's why I said, Kanate, 00:37:30.010 --> 00:37:33.030 excuse me, not Kanate, anyone listening, please, 00:37:33.110 --> 00:37:36.110 if you need help, speak out. You know, there's 00:37:36.110 --> 00:37:39.829 people who love you. And if not, there's people 00:37:39.829 --> 00:37:43.949 who care out there somewhere. Yeah. I mean, the 00:37:43.949 --> 00:37:46.630 one thing I wanted to get from you in relation 00:37:46.630 --> 00:37:49.929 to Liverpool before we move on is now you're 00:37:49.929 --> 00:37:51.710 saying this whole pick and roll is developing. 00:37:51.869 --> 00:37:54.610 Because I guess the question about structure 00:37:54.610 --> 00:37:58.380 versus freedom, does... The first part of my 00:37:58.380 --> 00:38:01.420 question would be what benefits Wurz more? Because 00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:04.260 the last month or so he's been one of the best 00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:07.099 players, in my opinion, in Europe, not just in 00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:09.460 the Premier League. In terms of the chances he's 00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:12.519 created, I think only Lamine has created more 00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:16.940 in the last month. With Isak coming back in, 00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:19.119 what's the dynamic with the three of them? Do 00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:20.760 you think you can fit all three of them into 00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:24.530 the same team? Or, again, like, Wurz benefited 00:38:24.530 --> 00:38:27.090 at Leverkusen from a structure, but the entire 00:38:27.090 --> 00:38:29.829 team was centered around him. And he didn't really 00:38:29.829 --> 00:38:31.750 have to do much. The whole team worked for him. 00:38:31.809 --> 00:38:33.469 So I'm saying, what do you think is the way forward? 00:38:33.550 --> 00:38:36.110 Because you have three players that are undoubtedly 00:38:36.110 --> 00:38:39.590 amongst, that will be in the next 10 years amongst 00:38:39.590 --> 00:38:42.449 the three best players in the world. Assuming 00:38:42.449 --> 00:38:46.289 that Isak gets back to his nominal form. So what 00:38:46.289 --> 00:38:49.050 do you think is the approach Slot should go for? 00:38:49.090 --> 00:38:50.710 Should he give the three of them all freedom? 00:38:51.190 --> 00:38:53.110 We've spoken about this many times, actually, 00:38:53.250 --> 00:38:58.210 off -pod. So I just want to let the people know, 00:38:58.329 --> 00:39:01.329 right? I believe we should be playing a 4 -2. 00:39:01.710 --> 00:39:04.670 excuse me, 4 -4 -2 diamond, right? In midfield, 00:39:04.769 --> 00:39:08.670 we have Gravenberg, actually, new CDM. Just on 00:39:08.670 --> 00:39:10.789 that, I would say that that's something Arsenal 00:39:10.789 --> 00:39:13.409 did yesterday. We actually, in the second half, 00:39:13.570 --> 00:39:16.449 we went into a 4 -4 -2 with the diamond. Not 00:39:16.449 --> 00:39:19.250 the same profiles, but I think Arteta was trying 00:39:19.250 --> 00:39:21.469 to narrow the pitch and bring two strikers into 00:39:21.469 --> 00:39:25.320 play a bit. I do think, based on the personnel 00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:27.239 that we have, that's what makes the most sense. 00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:30.519 New defensive midfield at the base. We have several 00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:34.239 eights that can do a good job in the eights. 00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:38.099 McAllister, Gravenberg, Sabotskye, Jones. Four 00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:40.440 players for two slots. I think that's perfect. 00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:45.360 Florian Wurz is the 10. The thing is... How much 00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:47.320 do you want the team to cover him? Do you want 00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:49.860 it to be like Leverkusen? Because I noticed that 00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:51.800 Leverkusen, I was watching back a couple of their 00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:55.340 clips, in the week just about Javier Alonso to 00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:57.840 get a touch. And it seemed like he didn't have 00:39:57.840 --> 00:40:01.920 much defensive work except off of goal kicks 00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:04.719 at Leverkusen. Other than that, the counter -pressing 00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:06.360 of goal kicks, he was pretty much covered by 00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:09.679 the team. He is deceptively good at grounds. 00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:12.300 Yeah, he is exceptional. It's hard to get the 00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:15.380 ball off him. If he's running to you and the 00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:17.079 ball is in the middle, he's probably going to 00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:20.260 get it. Not because he's faster. I think he's 00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:23.250 just cleverer. In the way he uses his strength 00:40:23.250 --> 00:40:26.610 and he has strong calves. When he plants his 00:40:26.610 --> 00:40:29.809 foot, it's really hard to shift him. So to answer 00:40:29.809 --> 00:40:32.750 you, I think he should be given utmost freedom. 00:40:33.070 --> 00:40:36.230 An old school 10, given the freedom to just roam. 00:40:36.230 --> 00:40:39.150 So he's the player that the team should be built 00:40:39.150 --> 00:40:40.750 around. You know we were speaking about Guardiola 00:40:40.750 --> 00:40:43.869 giving people freedom. It's only certain guys 00:40:43.869 --> 00:40:45.610 that are allowed that freedom. And I think Wurtz 00:40:45.610 --> 00:40:48.789 is one of those guys that, in fact, I believe 00:40:48.789 --> 00:40:53.590 Wurtz was going to be the successor to KDB until 00:40:53.590 --> 00:40:57.409 we bought him before City got in. So, you know, 00:40:57.409 --> 00:41:01.010 I think that makes sense. But yes, he deserves 00:41:01.010 --> 00:41:04.619 a lot of freedom. But Ekotike, the way he's playing, 00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:07.739 it's like, do you even need a creator? Yeah. 00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:11.900 He's making things out of nothing. Isaac, on 00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:14.260 the other hand... He's only 22. Yes. Please. 00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:17.219 Isaac, on the other hand, needs a creator. He 00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:21.239 struggles without service in the box. So, I think 00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:23.059 he's the one who would benefit the most from 00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:26.039 Wurtz being free. So, you're saying... Isaac 00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:29.239 stays on the last line and Wirtz and Iketike 00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:31.800 have the freedom and creativity. Or I guess the 00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:36.219 freedom of the attacking creativity. Well, this 00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:39.159 assumes that both Salah and Gakpo, you know, 00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:41.360 are moved on. Yeah, I mean, we're assuming Salah's 00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:43.119 going to move on. I don't think he's going to 00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:47.420 be here beyond the season. Yeah. So those are 00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:50.360 my thoughts. Any other things you want to bring 00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:55.280 up? no i mean just uh still like every week uh 00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:57.480 he's becoming my favorite player in the premier 00:41:57.480 --> 00:42:01.940 league so i love how jealousy makes everyone 00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:07.380 i'm not i'm not like i mean jealous as like i 00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:09.739 wish we had him in our team but uh in that that's 00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:12.659 the sense for football um i couldn't be happier 00:42:12.659 --> 00:42:14.840 to have another player like that you know like 00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:17.559 when we're saying those sorts of talents like 00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:20.219 like i really enjoy watching lamin and pedry 00:42:20.219 --> 00:42:23.500 because they a bit of like players who can turn 00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:26.860 the momentum of games on their own and in a lot 00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:29.179 of ways because football has become more structure 00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:31.559 based you don't have that anymore and i think 00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:33.659 he's like a throwback he can dictate games on 00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:36.460 his own especially from striker that's a very 00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:40.880 uh unique trait i see him becoming more of a 00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:44.239 like a an Henri type of player honestly like 00:42:44.239 --> 00:42:46.940 I see him playing between the 9 and the 10 more 00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:50.820 than being a pure 9 or like obviously he wasn't 00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:53.659 signed as a pure 10 but his creative output I 00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:56.139 think is very underrated that's something we 00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:58.500 didn't see at Frankfurt but his ability to dribble 00:42:58.500 --> 00:43:01.119 and pass with having better players around him 00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:04.940 is becoming more apparent now alright so our 00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:09.199 next topic is Man United 3 Fulham 2 now before 00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:11.769 we speak about that I just want to say Do you 00:43:11.769 --> 00:43:14.929 know who I hate? Who? That guy with the hair. 00:43:15.090 --> 00:43:17.070 Do you know the guy? He's not going to cut his 00:43:17.070 --> 00:43:19.809 hair until United win five in a row. That guy 00:43:19.809 --> 00:43:23.449 pisses me off. Who is that guy? Is he a YouTuber? 00:43:23.690 --> 00:43:26.730 It doesn't matter. He's just some guy. And he's, 00:43:26.730 --> 00:43:28.610 no, you know what? He's an attention seeker. 00:43:28.989 --> 00:43:30.809 That's what he is, right? He's not a proper Man 00:43:30.809 --> 00:43:34.230 United fan. He did this when United were at an 00:43:34.230 --> 00:43:37.050 all -time low when Ruben Amram was at the wheel. 00:43:37.289 --> 00:43:40.070 And this guy, he just, apparently he's getting 00:43:40.070 --> 00:43:42.829 sponsorships now for like hair care treatments 00:43:42.829 --> 00:43:45.550 and stuff. And I'm like, and some, my cousin 00:43:45.550 --> 00:43:47.469 said, oh, he's a marketing genius. I'm like, 00:43:47.510 --> 00:43:50.710 no, this guy needs to get a job, get a real job. 00:43:50.949 --> 00:43:55.849 I mean, he hit the lotto. This guy, I cannot 00:43:55.849 --> 00:44:00.500 believe it. Get a job, sir. Get a job. Anyway, 00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:04.519 my bad. I just wanted to say that before we get 00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:07.320 into the analysis. Before we get a job ourselves. 00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:13.500 I mean, this guy, I hope they win five in a row 00:44:13.500 --> 00:44:16.139 so he can just fuck off. I never want to see 00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:21.400 this guy again, bro. I hate him. If they win 00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:23.519 five in a row, he's going to stay bald until 00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:25.760 they win the next five in a row. He's going to 00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:27.940 come up with something. I know it. I know it. 00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:32.039 I hate that guy, bro. But, yeah. He's going to 00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:36.320 shave his balls every day on camera. Anyway. 00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:41.280 Yeah. So, it's not that I didn't see this game. 00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:45.480 I missed the first half. So, I watched the highlights. 00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:48.380 But, yes. Do you want to say anything? Nothing 00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:49.960 much. I didn't watch the game either. I just 00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:51.880 saw the highlights. Pretty much the same. All 00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:53.460 right, so let's just talk about the goals. First 00:44:53.460 --> 00:44:57.559 one, Bruno Fernandes puts a lofted ball in. Casemiro 00:44:57.559 --> 00:45:01.239 hit his home. The talk this week is that Casemiro 00:45:01.239 --> 00:45:03.639 is back. I hope they give him a new contract. 00:45:05.719 --> 00:45:09.860 Bruh, it's Fulham. It's Fulham. Can we just sit 00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:14.480 down, relax, and just understand that it's Fulham? 00:45:14.809 --> 00:45:17.829 You know, they understand that they give you 00:45:17.829 --> 00:45:21.250 a good game, but they're not great. This is not 00:45:21.250 --> 00:45:23.730 a Champions League level club. Can we agree to 00:45:23.730 --> 00:45:25.630 that? I'm not being rude or mean or anything 00:45:25.630 --> 00:45:27.929 by saying Fulham are not a Champions League level 00:45:27.929 --> 00:45:30.170 club. Yeah, I mean, I guess it was going off 00:45:30.170 --> 00:45:33.829 the high that they've... No, I've seen this in 00:45:33.829 --> 00:45:36.250 the media. I've seen people saying Casemiro's 00:45:36.250 --> 00:45:41.010 back. Jamie Carragher apologising to Casemiro. 00:45:42.429 --> 00:45:45.579 Yeah. I mean, he's a big name. I guess it's also 00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:48.440 like the media is trying to get their views up 00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:52.440 too, you know. I guess, but I totally disagree 00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:54.360 with that. And they're saying it because he scored 00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:57.739 a header. I mean, what would Casemiro being back 00:45:57.739 --> 00:46:03.539 mean anyway? Because I think the context of Casemiro, 00:46:03.699 --> 00:46:05.460 like are they expecting him to be a one -man 00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:07.480 midfield? I don't ever think he was. Let's not 00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:09.219 forget he played alongside two of the greatest 00:46:09.219 --> 00:46:12.840 midfielders of all time. That's true. I guess... 00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:18.519 In a big game, he needs to break some guys. Yeah, 00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:22.079 he's a destroyer profile. Did he do that in the 00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:24.940 Arsenal and Man City games? He was good against 00:46:24.940 --> 00:46:29.159 us. Like, in terms of... I think he broke up 00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:32.420 play a lot and he recycled the ball to Bruno 00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:35.679 Fernandes. As much as he could. But the question 00:46:35.679 --> 00:46:37.739 with Casemiro is what are you expecting out of 00:46:37.739 --> 00:46:41.320 him? Like Bruno Fernandes, he's one of the best 00:46:41.320 --> 00:46:43.920 midfielders in the world. But he's not Crusoe 00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:48.000 Modric. He's not a one -man midfield. So Casemiro, 00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:50.960 when he was regarded as one of the best midfielders 00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:53.840 of his generation, played alongside two guys 00:46:53.840 --> 00:46:55.880 who are capable of being a one -man midfield. 00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:59.719 It's not the same. I don't ever think Casemiro 00:46:59.719 --> 00:47:02.289 was like... this player was the greatest of his 00:47:02.289 --> 00:47:06.889 generation. All right. The second goal is just 00:47:06.889 --> 00:47:11.989 a fantastic finish from Kunya. Yeah. Second week 00:47:11.989 --> 00:47:14.349 running. Nothing really to say about it. Just 00:47:14.349 --> 00:47:16.349 when somebody hits one like that, you just got 00:47:16.349 --> 00:47:20.170 to stand up and applaud. I heard in the Brazilian 00:47:20.170 --> 00:47:22.230 squad, they call him the Englishman because of 00:47:22.230 --> 00:47:26.869 how he controls the ball and runs. Oh. That's 00:47:26.869 --> 00:47:31.539 weird. Kunya, huh? Who's only just... He came 00:47:31.539 --> 00:47:33.940 to Wolves like three years ago? Yeah, he's been... 00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:36.500 I think Ancelotti likes him or whoever was there. 00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:39.599 Denise was there before Ancelotti. They seem 00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:43.940 to like him. Alright. Fulham draw one back with 00:47:43.940 --> 00:47:50.280 Raul Jimenez penalty. I don't recall... The highlights 00:47:50.280 --> 00:47:53.980 don't show how they got the penalty. So I can't 00:47:53.980 --> 00:47:57.550 say whether it was deserved or... you know, a 00:47:57.550 --> 00:47:59.949 bullshit penalty or whatever, but Jimenez puts 00:47:59.949 --> 00:48:04.329 it away with a plumb, and it's 2 -1. Thoughts? 00:48:04.750 --> 00:48:09.269 I mean, Jimenez, I think he was one of my favorite 00:48:09.269 --> 00:48:12.429 players before his injury, and good to see him 00:48:12.429 --> 00:48:15.329 scoring. Nothing much else to add. And then Kevin. 00:48:15.530 --> 00:48:19.030 You know Kevin. We all know Kevin. It's like 00:48:19.030 --> 00:48:23.050 Madonna, Usher, Beyonce. Kevin. We all know Kevin. 00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:29.519 Kevin. Kevin scored a wonder goal. I don't know 00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:32.920 why I'm dissing him, why I'm making fun. But 00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:36.380 yeah, he scored such a wonderful goal. Curler, 00:48:36.619 --> 00:48:38.920 Lammons was beat. Actually, I should bring this 00:48:38.920 --> 00:48:42.380 up. When Raul Jimenez scored the penalty, Lammons 00:48:42.380 --> 00:48:45.280 gave him a tap on the back and smiled because 00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:47.659 it was like, that's how good the penalty was. 00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:51.760 I think this season we've seen a lot of wonder 00:48:51.760 --> 00:48:56.409 goals. At least, I mean, in the last month. Speak 00:48:56.409 --> 00:48:58.889 of, well, we'll get to one just now, but put 00:48:58.889 --> 00:49:03.309 a pin in that. Yeah. And Kevin thinks he's won, 00:49:03.409 --> 00:49:06.110 not won the game, he's drawn the game and Fulham 00:49:06.110 --> 00:49:08.329 have got a point away at Old Trafford. Oh yeah, 00:49:08.389 --> 00:49:11.730 both the last goals were scored in stoppage time, 00:49:11.769 --> 00:49:15.099 right? Yes. There was like 9 minutes of, or maybe 00:49:15.099 --> 00:49:17.960 10 minutes of stoppage time. This weekend I saw 00:49:17.960 --> 00:49:20.480 a lot of games with 9, 10, 11 minutes. We should 00:49:20.480 --> 00:49:24.199 be having that, because if there's time wasters 00:49:24.199 --> 00:49:26.579 in this league, bro, we need to combat them. 00:49:26.599 --> 00:49:27.480 Yeah, I get that, but I'm saying, why weren't 00:49:27.480 --> 00:49:29.300 they doing it in the first half of the season? 00:49:29.380 --> 00:49:32.440 Did they revert back to the rules they had last 00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:33.760 season? No, I think certain games just have a 00:49:33.760 --> 00:49:36.300 lot, certain games don't have a lot. It depends 00:49:36.300 --> 00:49:38.880 on the ref, it depends on the dynamics of the 00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:43.019 game, that kind of thing. Because the... Which 00:49:43.019 --> 00:49:44.980 game? Okay, no, we'll talk about that later. 00:49:45.079 --> 00:49:48.639 Yes, final goal. Bruno Fernandes really... He 00:49:48.639 --> 00:49:51.360 wriggles through a... I can't remember right 00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:54.039 now, but he gets free, puts in a really good 00:49:54.039 --> 00:49:57.619 cross, Sesko controls it, turns, hits it first 00:49:57.619 --> 00:50:00.239 time. Not first time, because he controls it. 00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:07.360 He hits it, goes in, crowd goes wild. Yeah. Yeah, 00:50:07.380 --> 00:50:10.210 I mean... Bruno Fernandes, what can you say? 00:50:10.289 --> 00:50:13.909 He's one of the best players in the world. Magician. 00:50:14.230 --> 00:50:18.190 Yeah. Very good player. But yeah, that's all 00:50:18.190 --> 00:50:21.829 we have to say about United Fulham. Not really 00:50:21.829 --> 00:50:24.730 any deep analysis. We both didn't watch the game. 00:50:24.949 --> 00:50:28.090 I mean, three wins in a row for United back in 00:50:28.090 --> 00:50:30.150 the Champions League spot. So if you're a United 00:50:30.150 --> 00:50:35.340 fan, I guess good for you. Yeah. Then... Finally, 00:50:35.340 --> 00:50:37.960 we get to the Spurs -Man City game. Do you want 00:50:37.960 --> 00:50:40.360 to speak about that? Yeah, I watched this game. 00:50:40.920 --> 00:50:45.579 I guess from a footballing standpoint and drama 00:50:45.579 --> 00:50:47.400 entertainment -wise, it was probably the game 00:50:47.400 --> 00:50:50.320 of the weekend. I wouldn't say in footballing 00:50:50.320 --> 00:50:54.099 terms it was the best game. Well, you know how 00:50:54.099 --> 00:50:56.679 I hate clichés. But this was a game of two halves. 00:50:57.019 --> 00:51:01.519 It was literally. Literally, I think... Tottenham 00:51:01.519 --> 00:51:03.760 were shockingly bad in the first half. And when 00:51:03.760 --> 00:51:08.460 Man City went 2 -0 up, I thought this was going 00:51:08.460 --> 00:51:12.480 to be 6 or 7. It could have been 6 or 7 in the 00:51:12.480 --> 00:51:17.300 first half. That's what the halftime presenters 00:51:17.300 --> 00:51:19.440 were saying. They were like, it just doesn't 00:51:19.440 --> 00:51:21.500 feel right the way Spurs are playing. They were 00:51:21.500 --> 00:51:25.610 trying to accuse them of not showing up. I mean, 00:51:25.630 --> 00:51:30.989 the Semenya goal was shocking. First, the clearance 00:51:30.989 --> 00:51:33.349 from Dragosin, straight to the feet of Rodri. 00:51:33.610 --> 00:51:36.550 Then there's absolutely no one near Rodri. Rodri 00:51:36.550 --> 00:51:38.889 makes a pass. I can't remember who it was. I 00:51:38.889 --> 00:51:41.829 think Bernardo. And Bernardo's also unmarked. 00:51:41.829 --> 00:51:43.929 He runs with the ball like three or four yards. 00:51:43.969 --> 00:51:46.849 Absolutely no pressure. And Semenya's also unmarked. 00:51:47.429 --> 00:51:50.650 So the accusation is that Arsenal are Spurs' 00:51:50.969 --> 00:51:55.539 ops. Right? Yeah. So Spurs need to take a dive 00:51:55.539 --> 00:51:58.320 against Man City to help City get at Arsenal. 00:51:58.539 --> 00:52:02.179 Right? But they made a mistake by coming back. 00:52:04.679 --> 00:52:07.260 There was too much momentum. They had too much 00:52:07.260 --> 00:52:10.320 on their side. And they just... Okay, so let's 00:52:10.320 --> 00:52:14.000 start from the beginning -ish. The first goal 00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:18.340 was Haaland plays like a 1 -2 with Chucky. And 00:52:18.340 --> 00:52:21.079 Chucky scores through the legs. Essentially the 00:52:21.079 --> 00:52:25.400 same goal. that Anthony Gordon scored against 00:52:25.400 --> 00:52:27.760 Liverpool. Yeah, a bit of a deflection as well. 00:52:28.059 --> 00:52:31.000 Very much, Cherki plays it through the legs of 00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:34.480 somebody, I think it was Dragosin? Yeah. And 00:52:34.480 --> 00:52:39.239 he goes through. And, yes. Thoughts? I mean, 00:52:39.300 --> 00:52:42.480 I think Cherki is a very exciting player, particularly 00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:46.199 in possession. I saw he had a bit of an argument 00:52:46.199 --> 00:52:48.619 with Pep. That he didn't want to get subbed off. 00:52:48.800 --> 00:52:51.119 Or he was injured. Pep wanted to sub him off. 00:52:51.139 --> 00:52:52.800 He wanted to continue. Then he ended up getting 00:52:52.800 --> 00:52:57.900 injured. So. Yes. Don't. I guess just listen 00:52:57.900 --> 00:53:02.099 to Pep. Then for the second goal. Semenyo scored. 00:53:02.300 --> 00:53:06.360 I cannot recall the dynamics around it. But Semenyo 00:53:06.360 --> 00:53:09.679 scored a very good goal. I mean. Yeah. It was 00:53:09.679 --> 00:53:13.059 a good finish. But just like I said. Dragosin 00:53:13.059 --> 00:53:15.739 clears the ball. Horrible clearance right at 00:53:15.739 --> 00:53:18.320 the feet of Rodri. Rodri has absolutely no pressure 00:53:18.320 --> 00:53:21.320 on him. Plays it to Bernardo. Bernardo runs with 00:53:21.320 --> 00:53:24.619 no pressure. Passes to Semenyo. Also has no pressure 00:53:24.619 --> 00:53:29.260 on him. It was like it would have been the same 00:53:29.260 --> 00:53:31.800 as playing against no one. That second goal. 00:53:33.349 --> 00:53:36.809 It was literally like a training drill where, 00:53:36.869 --> 00:53:39.090 I guess, the coach was telling the defenders 00:53:39.090 --> 00:53:41.690 to not attack the ball and not put pressure on 00:53:41.690 --> 00:53:45.369 the ball. Good finish from Semenya, though. So 00:53:45.369 --> 00:53:47.909 then in the second half, Thomas Frank brings 00:53:47.909 --> 00:53:50.789 on, not brings on, Palenya was already there, 00:53:50.869 --> 00:53:53.289 but he shifts him to centre -back. He shifts 00:53:53.289 --> 00:53:55.010 him to centre -back, right? Yes, he was in midfield. 00:53:55.010 --> 00:53:57.369 He shifts him back four, so yes. He was in midfield, 00:53:57.409 --> 00:54:00.210 he shifts him into centre -back. I think Romero 00:54:00.210 --> 00:54:03.530 comes off. Yeah, okay, yes, Romero. I think Romero 00:54:03.530 --> 00:54:06.150 did come off, yes. This is bad analysis from 00:54:06.150 --> 00:54:09.030 us, because I didn't write this shit down. Because 00:54:09.030 --> 00:54:11.809 you watched the game, so I'm like, Darren will 00:54:11.809 --> 00:54:15.210 know, it's fine. No, no, no, Romero is the one 00:54:15.210 --> 00:54:17.110 who came off. Yeah, so he took off for centre 00:54:17.110 --> 00:54:19.909 -back, and Paulinho at centre -back just had 00:54:19.909 --> 00:54:22.690 an unreal game. I thought he was so influential, 00:54:22.909 --> 00:54:25.429 even from centre -back, which is very difficult 00:54:25.429 --> 00:54:27.389 to influence the game from there, but I thought 00:54:27.389 --> 00:54:30.440 he was... Really good. I mean, he's like a... 00:54:30.440 --> 00:54:34.380 So let's talk about Spurs' first goal. Yeah, 00:54:34.420 --> 00:54:38.139 I mean, I guess that's the big controversy that 00:54:38.139 --> 00:54:40.760 came out of the game, I guess, post -match. At 00:54:40.760 --> 00:54:43.699 least in the interviews, whether it was a foul, 00:54:43.860 --> 00:54:48.360 not a foul, on Gueye. What did you make of it? 00:54:48.599 --> 00:54:50.519 No, I didn't think it was a foul. I think that's 00:54:50.519 --> 00:54:53.019 a fair goal. Yeah, me too. That's really it. 00:54:53.059 --> 00:54:55.679 I think City were just making a big deal out 00:54:55.679 --> 00:54:59.929 of nothing. Yeah, and just the arguments in the 00:54:59.929 --> 00:55:04.010 post -game threads and Reddit and stuff, they 00:55:04.010 --> 00:55:07.130 were bringing that up. But the thing that I didn't 00:55:07.130 --> 00:55:09.010 really see brought up, it was only brought up 00:55:09.010 --> 00:55:14.650 in response to people, but Rodri should have 00:55:14.650 --> 00:55:16.530 gotten a red card. He should have, yeah, for 00:55:16.530 --> 00:55:19.969 those two yellows. He has the same Casemiro thing 00:55:19.969 --> 00:55:23.170 that Casemiro had at Madrid where the referees 00:55:23.170 --> 00:55:25.329 are allergic to giving them red cards. They can 00:55:25.329 --> 00:55:27.730 get away with anything. Yeah, a bit like Joe 00:55:27.730 --> 00:55:30.909 Linton as well. Nah, Joe Linton is just a thug. 00:55:31.429 --> 00:55:33.570 Yeah, but how many times have you seen him sent 00:55:33.570 --> 00:55:37.250 off for his thuggery? It's true. But I have seen 00:55:37.250 --> 00:55:39.449 him sent off. The other two, it's very rare. 00:55:39.809 --> 00:55:44.289 But anyway, we're getting distracted. Spurs' 00:55:44.389 --> 00:55:48.570 second goal. Connor Gallagher does a strong run 00:55:48.570 --> 00:55:51.789 down the... Not the wing, but the half space. 00:55:52.250 --> 00:55:56.510 Puts in a cross and... Goal of the season contender 00:55:56.510 --> 00:55:59.630 from Dominic Solanke. Olivier Giroud -esque. 00:56:00.090 --> 00:56:03.010 Giroud -esque. Scores a scorpion kick in one 00:56:03.010 --> 00:56:05.389 of the biggest matches of the season. Incredible. 00:56:06.110 --> 00:56:09.369 Incredible stuff. I really... Yeah, and I mean 00:56:09.369 --> 00:56:11.650 to beat Donnarumma, one of the best, I guess, 00:56:11.750 --> 00:56:15.849 shot stoppers as well. Yeah, it will be hard 00:56:15.849 --> 00:56:19.510 to find a better goal this season, I think. Yeah, 00:56:19.550 --> 00:56:21.670 especially the context surrounding it. Yeah. 00:56:22.280 --> 00:56:26.639 How much... It could be a major title... Swinging 00:56:26.639 --> 00:56:30.199 goal, yeah. Swinging goal, yes. So, I mean, Dominic 00:56:30.199 --> 00:56:32.260 Solanke, ex -Liverpool boy, what do you make 00:56:32.260 --> 00:56:36.539 of him? I don't rate him. I think he's... I mean, 00:56:36.559 --> 00:56:39.019 it depends. Do you rate him for a smaller team 00:56:39.019 --> 00:56:42.280 or you don't rate him for Liverpool? Even at 00:56:42.280 --> 00:56:44.199 Bournemouth, I thought he was just like a flat 00:56:44.199 --> 00:56:46.380 -track bully. He would score against all the 00:56:46.380 --> 00:56:49.760 smaller teams and then... the big games he wouldn't 00:56:49.760 --> 00:56:51.960 he just wouldn't show up i guess he scored two 00:56:51.960 --> 00:56:54.559 goals against city so i can't level that at him 00:56:54.559 --> 00:56:58.059 right now but like i'm just not impressed with 00:56:58.059 --> 00:57:00.719 him uh but that being said spurs results have 00:57:00.719 --> 00:57:02.500 turned around since he's come back from injury 00:57:02.500 --> 00:57:06.099 so maybe i guess it gives him a target man the 00:57:06.099 --> 00:57:09.739 way the way frank plays it's a lot of long balls 00:57:09.739 --> 00:57:13.099 to escape the press so they would be more dynamic 00:57:13.099 --> 00:57:15.480 with a player like that in the team Tottenham, 00:57:15.539 --> 00:57:17.619 though, what do you make of Tottenham? The contradiction 00:57:17.619 --> 00:57:20.219 from their Champions League to league form? I 00:57:20.219 --> 00:57:26.139 think, is there a contradiction? Or has the league 00:57:26.139 --> 00:57:29.900 become so good that we're the Super League and 00:57:29.900 --> 00:57:33.860 the Champions League teams can't compare anymore? 00:57:34.239 --> 00:57:37.139 I mean, it just depends, though, because I think, 00:57:37.139 --> 00:57:39.760 like... Because people are pointing out, like, 00:57:39.760 --> 00:57:43.940 Jeremy Pino played for Villarreal, right? Valerial 00:57:43.940 --> 00:57:46.860 are a Champions League team and he is now playing 00:57:46.860 --> 00:57:51.579 for Palace who are like a lower mid -table team. 00:57:51.960 --> 00:57:54.159 Yeah, I mean it all depends on how you interpret 00:57:54.159 --> 00:57:57.960 it but I think it's not like they've had like 00:57:57.960 --> 00:58:00.400 I think the teams that they've beat some of them 00:58:00.400 --> 00:58:03.699 are still would be Champions League level teams 00:58:03.699 --> 00:58:05.420 even if they played in the Premier League. Inter 00:58:05.420 --> 00:58:08.280 Milan for example. I think Inter Milan are top 00:58:08.280 --> 00:58:11.599 four team in the Premier League. Didn't Arsenal 00:58:11.599 --> 00:58:15.420 beat Inter? Yeah. And we beat Inter. Yeah, that 00:58:15.420 --> 00:58:17.960 doesn't mean they're not a top -four team. If 00:58:17.960 --> 00:58:22.179 Arsenal, Spurs, and us beat Inter, you know... 00:58:22.179 --> 00:58:23.940 Yeah, I mean, they still finished in the... It's 00:58:23.940 --> 00:58:26.280 not looking good, bruv. Who else did they beat? 00:58:27.340 --> 00:58:30.039 I didn't watch their run, but surely they had 00:58:30.039 --> 00:58:31.980 to have beaten some big teams to finish in the 00:58:31.980 --> 00:58:34.019 top five. Sure, sure. I just don't rate Spurs 00:58:34.019 --> 00:58:36.460 at the moment. They're going through a bad patch, 00:58:36.559 --> 00:58:38.519 but it's not just a bad patch in terms of results. 00:58:38.679 --> 00:58:41.460 It's the gameplay. You know, if you're playing 00:58:41.460 --> 00:58:43.829 well... And we can see you're playing well, but 00:58:43.829 --> 00:58:46.369 the results aren't coming, right? That's fine. 00:58:47.590 --> 00:58:50.269 You know, the results will eventually come. But 00:58:50.269 --> 00:58:52.849 if you're playing poorly and still not getting 00:58:52.849 --> 00:58:54.510 any results, I think that's sacking territory. 00:58:55.690 --> 00:58:58.010 Yeah, I mean, I think Thomas Frank isn't going 00:58:58.010 --> 00:59:02.429 to survive much beyond the season. I think regardless 00:59:02.429 --> 00:59:05.190 of what happens, I don't think they're going 00:59:05.190 --> 00:59:07.269 to get back into the Champions League next season. 00:59:07.530 --> 00:59:09.869 Maybe they'll get relegated this season and win 00:59:09.869 --> 00:59:12.900 the Champions League. Highly unlikely. Although, 00:59:12.960 --> 00:59:14.880 I'm sure that's what you would want as an Arsenal 00:59:14.880 --> 00:59:16.760 fan. I mean, not winning the Champions League, 00:59:16.820 --> 00:59:18.719 but them getting relegated. That would be pretty 00:59:18.719 --> 00:59:22.739 funny. Oh, no. I've said my most hated team is 00:59:22.739 --> 00:59:28.119 Chelsea, not Tottenham. And also, for me, let's 00:59:28.119 --> 00:59:30.900 say I'm speaking about Everton. Everton getting 00:59:30.900 --> 00:59:35.739 relegated would be a disaster. Because we need 00:59:35.739 --> 00:59:38.300 them. We need them to have a rivalry. Otherwise, 00:59:38.380 --> 00:59:41.619 what are we doing? I mean, not what we're doing. 00:59:42.199 --> 00:59:45.420 It'll just be sad. When Sunderland was in the 00:59:45.420 --> 00:59:48.599 championship for so long, Newcastle didn't have 00:59:48.599 --> 00:59:52.639 a rival. It's sad to be a big team with no rival. 00:59:52.880 --> 00:59:56.159 It is. I mean, you need your rivals. Excuse me. 00:59:56.340 --> 00:59:57.960 Yeah, so I mean, I don't know. I don't think... 00:59:57.960 --> 01:00:00.019 It'll be interesting. I mean, I'm sure we'll 01:00:00.019 --> 01:00:03.420 discuss it at a later stage. But to see what 01:00:03.420 --> 01:00:06.710 happens with the managerial... merry -go -round 01:00:06.710 --> 01:00:09.610 in the offseason because C. Simeone is also leaving 01:00:09.610 --> 01:00:13.690 Atletico now. Is that confirmed? Or is that just 01:00:13.690 --> 01:00:17.090 a rumour? I think it's a rumour, but the sources 01:00:17.090 --> 01:00:19.130 that are coming out are usually trusted sources, 01:00:19.369 --> 01:00:25.190 so we'll have to see. I'm pretty sure if he leaves, 01:00:25.210 --> 01:00:27.929 he's coming to the Premier League as well. Okay, 01:00:27.949 --> 01:00:30.730 let's get into the miscellaneous section. This 01:00:30.730 --> 01:00:33.829 is the other games that we didn't have. time 01:00:33.829 --> 01:00:36.349 to cover the main focus yeah so we'll just some 01:00:36.349 --> 01:00:42.090 quick hits quick ah so quick ah right wolf zero 01:00:42.090 --> 01:00:45.610 bournemouth two so uh by the way i've watched 01:00:45.610 --> 01:00:47.210 the highlights for all of these i didn't have 01:00:47.210 --> 01:00:51.869 time to uh um watch every game because they were 01:00:51.869 --> 01:00:55.130 at the same times as the other so like these 01:00:55.130 --> 01:00:57.590 games happen i think wolves bournemouth and brighton 01:00:57.590 --> 01:01:00.929 everton were the same as same time as leeds arsenal 01:01:01.759 --> 01:01:04.219 And Aston Villa, Brentford, Nottingham Forest, 01:01:04.480 --> 01:01:06.699 Palace was at the same time as the United game. 01:01:06.940 --> 01:01:09.559 So all four of these games I couldn't watch. 01:01:12.320 --> 01:01:14.679 Wolves had all the chances but weren't clinical. 01:01:17.019 --> 01:01:20.579 Bournemouth, extremely clinical. Kruppi Jr. with 01:01:20.579 --> 01:01:23.039 an excellent finish and an Alex Scott tap -in. 01:01:23.119 --> 01:01:26.099 That was the story of the game. Kruppis looked 01:01:26.099 --> 01:01:29.079 decent. I haven't watched much of him before, 01:01:29.219 --> 01:01:31.699 but since I've seen him at Bournemouth, he looks 01:01:31.699 --> 01:01:34.860 quite good. Played well against us, came off 01:01:34.860 --> 01:01:39.960 the bench, scored a cracker as well. So, the 01:01:39.960 --> 01:01:45.079 exact same game state, but for the next game, 01:01:45.179 --> 01:01:48.599 Brighton won, Everton zero. So, Everton had a 01:01:48.599 --> 01:01:50.599 number of good chances, but weren't clinical 01:01:50.599 --> 01:01:52.980 enough. And Brighton were extremely clinical. 01:01:53.360 --> 01:01:57.039 Brighton scored against the run of play. Totally 01:01:57.039 --> 01:01:59.260 against the run of play. Based on the highlights 01:01:59.260 --> 01:02:02.920 I saw, it was just all Everton and then one Brighton 01:02:02.920 --> 01:02:07.199 attack they score. It happens. So, yeah. Then 01:02:07.199 --> 01:02:11.619 a 97th minute equalizer from Beto. And Moyes 01:02:11.619 --> 01:02:14.239 runs onto the pitch and gets a yellow. Oh, yes. 01:02:14.280 --> 01:02:17.679 Wait, I think I did see the Beto equalizer because 01:02:17.679 --> 01:02:20.789 it came on the match pack. at the end of the 01:02:20.789 --> 01:02:22.730 game. But I thought it was pretty disgraceful 01:02:22.730 --> 01:02:24.949 for Moyes to get a yellow card for riding onto 01:02:24.949 --> 01:02:28.130 the pitch, you know. You take the spontaneity, 01:02:28.150 --> 01:02:31.789 the joy out of football, you know. Yeah, I think, 01:02:31.869 --> 01:02:36.219 what is it, Deserby also got a yellow card. Klopp 01:02:36.219 --> 01:02:39.440 also did. Arteta has as well. Lots of people 01:02:39.440 --> 01:02:40.920 have done. But I just think it's a disgrace. 01:02:41.039 --> 01:02:45.320 Whoever it is, Moyes, you know, showing a little 01:02:45.320 --> 01:02:47.519 bit of personality, a little bit of, like, joy. 01:02:47.519 --> 01:02:48.599 There's nothing wrong with it. There's nothing 01:02:48.599 --> 01:02:52.239 wrong with it. And it's not like, you know, another 01:02:52.239 --> 01:02:54.420 silly thing, I think, is a player taking off 01:02:54.420 --> 01:02:57.960 their shirt to get a yellow card. Like, understand 01:02:57.960 --> 01:03:00.199 if you have, like, they're trying to discourage 01:03:00.199 --> 01:03:02.480 you from sharing a message underneath your shirt 01:03:02.480 --> 01:03:04.579 or, you know, like that something may not be. 01:03:05.340 --> 01:03:09.079 uh kosher like uh something political like you 01:03:09.079 --> 01:03:11.139 may put on your shirt so they want to discourage 01:03:11.139 --> 01:03:14.440 that similarly uh i don't think you should discourage 01:03:14.440 --> 01:03:18.840 managers you know celebrating and being joyous 01:03:18.840 --> 01:03:21.000 and like that's that's a part of the game that's 01:03:21.000 --> 01:03:23.420 the best part of the game yeah i think managers 01:03:23.420 --> 01:03:28.000 players i think it like people need to also think 01:03:28.000 --> 01:03:31.099 of football as like at least from the fans perspective 01:03:31.099 --> 01:03:34.489 you watch it like most people for an escape right 01:03:34.489 --> 01:03:39.469 or like to to I guess something to to like give 01:03:39.469 --> 01:03:42.429 your life some sense of purpose maybe but I don't 01:03:42.429 --> 01:03:44.170 think everyone wants to engage with football 01:03:44.170 --> 01:03:46.530 where it's too professional and it feels like 01:03:46.530 --> 01:03:51.610 oh okay you're you're losing the the humanity 01:03:51.610 --> 01:03:57.809 I guess from the game Aston Villa 0 Brentford 01:03:57.809 --> 01:04:03.579 1 Aston Villa lose 1 -0 to 10 men Brentford so 01:04:03.579 --> 01:04:07.119 Brentford Kevin Sharder gets an extremely silly 01:04:07.119 --> 01:04:11.400 red card you know like when two players like 01:04:11.400 --> 01:04:14.320 go down together and they're getting up he kind 01:04:14.320 --> 01:04:17.170 of kicks out He kicks out at Matty Cash. Oh, 01:04:17.170 --> 01:04:19.230 yes, yes, I saw that. And he got a red card for 01:04:19.230 --> 01:04:21.550 it. Can't blame him. I would have done the same 01:04:21.550 --> 01:04:24.710 to Matty Cash. What did Matty Cash do to you? 01:04:25.190 --> 01:04:27.570 Scores against us every single time he plays 01:04:27.570 --> 01:04:31.150 against us. Okay, whatever. Matty Cash... I'm 01:04:31.150 --> 01:04:33.929 kidding, though. I don't condone violence. It's 01:04:33.929 --> 01:04:36.030 just such a silly red card. Like, you're just 01:04:36.030 --> 01:04:39.789 being petulant. That's all it is. Very, very 01:04:39.789 --> 01:04:44.030 silly. Yeah, then... There's an extremely sleek 01:04:44.030 --> 01:04:48.090 finish from Utara to win the game. And Aston 01:04:48.090 --> 01:04:49.909 Villa, I didn't see anything from them in the 01:04:49.909 --> 01:04:54.849 highlights that showed any fight, any vigour. 01:04:55.170 --> 01:04:59.030 I mean, yeah, this is... You already know what 01:04:59.030 --> 01:05:02.230 I'm going to say. Emery is a bum. No, he's not 01:05:02.230 --> 01:05:04.750 a bum, but he's heading for fifth place again. 01:05:04.969 --> 01:05:09.079 That's how his seasons generally go. I mean, 01:05:09.099 --> 01:05:11.960 I don't know if it's a trustworthy rumor, that 01:05:11.960 --> 01:05:14.099 one, but I heard that Real Madrid might be considering 01:05:14.099 --> 01:05:17.000 him. I think there'd be a very stupid decision 01:05:17.000 --> 01:05:21.400 from them. Okay, so we got a Jokers apology. 01:05:22.900 --> 01:05:24.940 Something else we got, but we couldn't get a 01:05:24.940 --> 01:05:28.800 good word on Emery, could we? No, no, no. I'll 01:05:28.800 --> 01:05:31.380 give a good word on him. I think he's probably 01:05:31.380 --> 01:05:36.110 one of the best squad developers of... taking 01:05:36.110 --> 01:05:39.530 a team from a low level to the borderline of 01:05:39.530 --> 01:05:41.530 an elite level, but he's not good at converting 01:05:41.530 --> 01:05:45.889 it. Our final game... Well, this is not our final 01:05:45.889 --> 01:05:47.590 game. Our final game is actually being played 01:05:47.590 --> 01:05:52.349 two hours from the time of recording. It's tonight, 01:05:52.489 --> 01:05:55.110 but we're not covering that. What we are covering 01:05:55.110 --> 01:05:58.570 is Nottingham Forest 1, Crystal Palace 1. So, 01:05:58.590 --> 01:06:01.230 a ball comes in the area, Palace didn't clear 01:06:01.230 --> 01:06:04.070 properly, and Morgan Gibbs' wife finishes nicely. 01:06:05.579 --> 01:06:08.920 I love Gibbs White. He's one of my favorite players 01:06:08.920 --> 01:06:12.980 in the league, honestly. If I had to select, 01:06:13.119 --> 01:06:15.099 everyone always talks about if Arsenal should 01:06:15.099 --> 01:06:18.780 move on from Odegaard, I would select him as 01:06:18.780 --> 01:06:23.880 my number one choice. Wow. I just disagree entirely. 01:06:24.739 --> 01:06:27.800 We can agree to disagree on that one. He's one 01:06:27.800 --> 01:06:31.420 of my favorite players, though. um so for palace's 01:06:31.420 --> 01:06:33.699 goal nico williams handled the ball and got a 01:06:33.699 --> 01:06:36.300 red card and gave away a penalty so basically 01:06:36.300 --> 01:06:39.159 what suarez did at the 2010 world cup against 01:06:39.159 --> 01:06:43.599 ghana he just played goalkeeper out of desperation 01:06:43.599 --> 01:06:47.880 yeah and gave them a penalty um you would rather 01:06:47.880 --> 01:06:50.659 just concede the goal than get a red card and 01:06:50.659 --> 01:06:53.280 a penalty now you've given them both a goal and 01:06:53.280 --> 01:06:56.480 to play against 10 men just a goal on its own 01:06:56.480 --> 01:06:59.119 you can come back from But I guess it's like, 01:06:59.179 --> 01:07:03.219 you know, instinct. Instinct, yeah. You just 01:07:03.219 --> 01:07:05.019 put your hand out. You don't know what to do. 01:07:06.400 --> 01:07:09.159 But yeah, Ismail Assar converts the penalty very 01:07:09.159 --> 01:07:14.119 nicely. And yeah, that's all we have today. Yeah, 01:07:14.139 --> 01:07:17.800 I mean, it was a good weekend for me personally 01:07:17.800 --> 01:07:21.699 as an Arsenal fan. It was also probably a good 01:07:21.699 --> 01:07:24.659 weekend for you. So let's hope things get better. 01:07:25.019 --> 01:07:27.760 All right. Well, thank you for listening. Please 01:07:27.760 --> 01:07:31.000 remember to rate, review, subscribe, give a like, 01:07:31.119 --> 01:07:35.159 etc. Comment, tell your friends. Tell your friends 01:07:35.159 --> 01:07:37.679 to tell their friends. Importantly, it needs 01:07:37.679 --> 01:07:40.219 to be a five -star review. You can find all our 01:07:40.219 --> 01:07:44.940 links at pdfootball .com. That's pdfootball .com. 01:07:45.420 --> 01:07:47.639 Please tell a friend. 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