WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.080 And welcome back to the P .D. Football Podcast. 00:00:02.299 --> 00:00:04.599 My name is Presh. What's up, everybody? My name 00:00:04.599 --> 00:00:06.960 is Darren. And how are you doing today? I'm good, 00:00:07.019 --> 00:00:09.080 I'm good. Tired from work, as usual. What about 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:12.439 you? I'm just chilled out, bro. Chilled out and 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:15.439 ready to try to board Arsenal vs. Chelsea. Arsenal, 00:00:15.539 --> 00:00:18.339 the Carabao Cup. Yes. That's where we're starting. 00:00:18.660 --> 00:00:21.960 Well, we only have two topics today. Well, excuse 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:27.539 me. One topic has two matches. I guess... It's 00:00:27.539 --> 00:00:29.660 the Carabao Cup and the January transfer window. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.859 Okay, yeah. Right, so Carabao Cup is split into 00:00:32.859 --> 00:00:35.280 two games, right? So the first game I want to 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:38.079 speak about in the Carabao Cup is Arsenal versus 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:41.679 Chelsea. And Chelsea set up in a 3 -5 -2, presumably 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:44.079 to go man -for -man with Arsenal's front three 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:46.679 and to overload the midfield area so that they 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:50.079 can gain control. Yeah, that would be the assumption. 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:52.960 Right. Arsenal set up pretty much like they usually 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:56.899 do, except Kepa in for Raya, Eze in for Odegaard, 00:00:56.939 --> 00:01:00.039 Meduike in for the injured Saka, and Martinelli 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:02.560 in for Trossard, being the main changes. And 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:04.819 I guess, like you would say, Jokeres shouldn't 00:01:04.819 --> 00:01:08.280 be starting. It should be either Havertz or Jesus. 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:11.780 Yeah, I mean, that would be my preferred choice 00:01:11.780 --> 00:01:14.060 of starter. But I think I understand starting 00:01:14.060 --> 00:01:17.620 Jokeres yesterday, given... I don't think Havertz 00:01:17.620 --> 00:01:21.500 or Jesus will probably fully fit. So this is 00:01:21.500 --> 00:01:24.280 one of, if not the most boring game I've watched 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:28.260 this season. The person to blame is Liam Roseno. 00:01:28.540 --> 00:01:31.560 I often call Arteta a coward for not taking the 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:34.000 game to the opposition. So in this case, I have 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.939 to say, Liam Roseno, you are a coward. And your 00:01:36.939 --> 00:01:39.640 team is playing cowardly football. His game plan 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:43.060 was to sit deep and defend. while losing, I might 00:01:43.060 --> 00:01:46.180 add, and then bring on Estavao, who was on compassionate 00:01:46.180 --> 00:01:50.079 leave, and Palmer, whose minutes have been managed, 00:01:50.299 --> 00:01:52.879 on to try and get a late goal to take it to extra 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:54.840 time, right? Yeah, that was pretty much their 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:56.879 game plan. If it had worked, people would be 00:01:56.879 --> 00:01:59.420 calling him a genius, but right now he just looks 00:01:59.420 --> 00:02:02.200 like a tit, because he wasted 60 minutes of time, 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:04.239 which, you know, could have been you spent attacking. 00:02:04.810 --> 00:02:07.489 yeah i mean i think they didn't really pressure 00:02:07.489 --> 00:02:10.110 us i think also from our perspective we didn't 00:02:10.110 --> 00:02:12.830 have to trace the game so it made sense to kind 00:02:12.830 --> 00:02:15.930 of conserve energy i mean we don't want to like 00:02:15.930 --> 00:02:17.969 our players to overexert themselves if there's 00:02:17.969 --> 00:02:20.789 no need so i think chelsea made the game very 00:02:20.789 --> 00:02:23.210 easy for us so i don't think arsenal would have 00:02:23.210 --> 00:02:26.439 wanted to play this game You know, like you always 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:31.580 talk about, you prefer a single leg instead of 00:02:31.580 --> 00:02:35.639 double or two legs. So I assume Arteta feels 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:37.680 the same way. Especially, I guess, as the season 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:40.080 goes on because a player getting injured now 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:42.020 is going to be more impactful than them getting 00:02:42.020 --> 00:02:44.219 injured. Yeah, for the FA Cup, Champions League, 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:49.159 etc. Yeah. So, Liam Roseno's game plan was flawed 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:51.460 from the beginning. But I also disagree with 00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:53.659 the choice to play Liam DeLapp on the right -hand 00:02:53.659 --> 00:02:56.219 side wing. He did absolutely nothing and actually 00:02:56.219 --> 00:02:58.439 wasted several good opportunities that he had 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:01.560 in space. Garnaccio should have started because, 00:03:01.740 --> 00:03:05.699 like I mentioned, Esteval was on compassionate 00:03:05.699 --> 00:03:07.939 leave. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but 00:03:07.939 --> 00:03:09.960 he flew back to Brazil to be with his family 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:13.539 for a while. Oh, okay. I didn't know that. Again, 00:03:13.740 --> 00:03:17.680 I don't want to know about some... That has nothing 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:23.259 to do with me. irrelevant yes that uh and palmer 00:03:23.259 --> 00:03:25.860 uh because he's been played a lot he played 90 00:03:25.860 --> 00:03:28.539 minutes against uh west ham on the other day 00:03:28.539 --> 00:03:31.280 uh so you know he he wasn't going to start this 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:33.599 game so the only other option i could say is 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:35.580 garnacho and i understand garnacho is a left 00:03:35.580 --> 00:03:37.919 wing play jao pedro on the right play garnacho 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:40.360 on the left right uh that that's what i thought 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:42.659 he should have done uh because the lap didn't 00:03:42.659 --> 00:03:44.960 contribute anything there's a second game in 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:46.919 a row that i'm mentioning the lap just being 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:50.199 useless yeah i mean i don't i think even watching 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:52.379 the game i didn't really feel like threatened 00:03:52.379 --> 00:03:56.219 even with with all the position chelsea had in 00:03:56.219 --> 00:03:58.139 the first even i mean even when they when they 00:03:58.139 --> 00:04:00.280 began i guess you could say taking the initiative 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:03.500 yeah in the last 30 minutes It didn't really 00:04:03.500 --> 00:04:07.340 feel like, I mean, outside of Enzo Fernandes, 00:04:07.379 --> 00:04:09.099 I think that was the most threatening player 00:04:09.099 --> 00:04:10.719 for me. But even that, those were speculative 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:13.280 shots from outside of the box. It wasn't well 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:16.139 worked. Yeah, yeah. I'm saying more from a perspective 00:04:16.139 --> 00:04:18.680 of, I think he was the one who was keeping Kelsey 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:20.620 ticking. If there was any player in Kelsey that 00:04:20.620 --> 00:04:22.019 was playing well. Yeah, sure, sure, sure. Yes. 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:25.160 The playmaker. Yeah. Whatever you want to call 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:29.100 him. The dictator. The orchestrator. He also 00:04:29.100 --> 00:04:31.680 looked a bit frustrated by the way, I guess, 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:34.959 rossini set up you know i think he he he made 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:36.579 a lot of good passes and i think the momentum 00:04:36.579 --> 00:04:39.620 broke down because the second the receiver didn't 00:04:39.620 --> 00:04:41.720 have many options after that it's not like he 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:44.680 has the athleticism necessarily to always follow 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:48.060 his pass like i was saying with the uh the lap 00:04:48.060 --> 00:04:51.259 it was actually enzo was the one who was finding 00:04:51.259 --> 00:04:54.100 him in space and giving him the opportunity to 00:04:54.100 --> 00:04:57.560 run at arsenal's back line but then the lap couldn't 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:01.220 make use of Enzo's passes yeah I mean I think 00:05:01.220 --> 00:05:04.939 even I think Cucurella was struggling a bit with 00:05:04.939 --> 00:05:08.160 interpreting when to press and when to I guess 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.959 hang back within the context of I guess coming 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:13.459 from Maresca where it was like generally you 00:05:13.459 --> 00:05:16.199 would know I guess more clearly which moments 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:18.680 to press and which not to press whereas it seemed 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:21.000 like maybe the back five was something that they 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:23.639 probably just practiced in the days leading up 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:26.800 to the game I felt like Kukuru gave Timbo a lot 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:28.860 of space and Timbo was able to escape pressure. 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:31.139 When Chelsea did create pressure a lot, he kind 00:05:31.139 --> 00:05:33.660 of dragged the ball out just to like a simple 00:05:33.660 --> 00:05:36.899 dribble. It really was honestly not a difficult 00:05:36.899 --> 00:05:40.019 game for Arsenal. I didn't really feel threatened 00:05:40.019 --> 00:05:43.319 at any point. So, yeah. As for Arsenal, they 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:45.519 did nothing because they didn't need to do anything. 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:49.399 In the first half, I was thinking, oh wow, Chelsea's 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:51.839 press was working quite well because they kept 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:54.339 winning the ball in midfield. But it was actually 00:05:54.339 --> 00:05:57.439 Arsenal giving the ball away to Chelsea quite 00:05:57.439 --> 00:06:00.000 a few times. A lot of sloppy passes. I guess 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:04.879 with Zubimendi, a bit of his first touch was 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:07.100 let him down. He over -controlled the ball a 00:06:07.100 --> 00:06:12.100 bit. I would also say Rice. And it's not a once 00:06:12.100 --> 00:06:14.100 -off thing. I've seen this in a few games. Rice 00:06:14.100 --> 00:06:16.019 struggles to break the lines with his passes. 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:19.160 Especially from deep. I don't think he's necessarily 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:21.339 been a line -breaker. It's still something he's 00:06:21.339 --> 00:06:24.420 developed. Not everyone has to do it. Because 00:06:24.420 --> 00:06:26.920 he plays at 8 now, he doesn't need to do that. 00:06:27.019 --> 00:06:29.930 But when he plays deeper... it makes more sense 00:06:29.930 --> 00:06:32.529 it struggles for him he struggles then to break 00:06:32.529 --> 00:06:34.689 the lines when he's deeper but if he's a little 00:06:34.689 --> 00:06:37.089 bit higher up he doesn't need to I mean Zubimendi 00:06:37.089 --> 00:06:38.990 I guess is the one who usually comes with the 00:06:38.990 --> 00:06:42.329 line breakers so I mean he's probably it depends 00:06:42.329 --> 00:06:45.269 what you're looking for out of like in that specific 00:06:45.269 --> 00:06:49.110 position I guess like Chelsea didn't offer much 00:06:49.110 --> 00:06:51.009 so you couldn't really say that the midfield 00:06:51.009 --> 00:06:52.970 was stretched or the mistakes that were there 00:06:52.970 --> 00:06:56.850 were taken advantage of so it's much more so 00:06:56.850 --> 00:06:59.310 that there were outnumbered in midfield because 00:06:59.310 --> 00:07:02.670 they played Caicedo, Andre Santos and Enzo who 00:07:02.670 --> 00:07:06.870 were all in the midfield versus Rice and Zubamendi 00:07:06.870 --> 00:07:09.230 because Eze was pushing a bit forward. Yeah and 00:07:09.230 --> 00:07:12.329 I mean Eze was also rotating a lot with the wingers. 00:07:12.449 --> 00:07:15.850 So in that sense you could see why the midfield 00:07:15.850 --> 00:07:18.730 battle was quote unquote won by Chelsea because 00:07:18.730 --> 00:07:21.480 they just outnumbered them. Yeah, I think it 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:23.259 was just a matter of numbers, but Chelsea didn't 00:07:23.259 --> 00:07:25.300 really create numbers in a way where I guess 00:07:25.300 --> 00:07:27.279 the players were familiar with which patterns 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:30.920 to use. Outside of Enzo Fernandes, again, it 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:32.959 didn't seem like anyone knew how to progress 00:07:32.959 --> 00:07:35.060 the ball beyond a certain point. They just seemed 00:07:35.060 --> 00:07:37.779 dead for ideas. It could have been down to Arsenal's 00:07:37.779 --> 00:07:39.399 structure, but again, I don't think we were that 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:41.279 good. Like you said, I don't think we were flawless. 00:07:41.420 --> 00:07:43.339 It wasn't one of our best defensive displays. 00:07:43.779 --> 00:07:46.399 Well, to the edge, when they did attack, I did 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:49.740 think Arsenal were very resolute in their defense. 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:53.079 that again like that last 20 -30 minutes yeah 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:55.620 when the pressure came on but then we also threw 00:07:55.620 --> 00:07:58.819 on our like more disciplined players tactically 00:07:58.819 --> 00:08:02.660 so that helped us but like again it's hard to 00:08:02.660 --> 00:08:05.779 say because I felt like they gave us more in 00:08:05.779 --> 00:08:08.439 the first leg where we dominated the first half 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:11.360 they came back and I expected them to kind of 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:13.300 play how they did in the second half again and 00:08:13.300 --> 00:08:16.009 they just didn't didn't put the same i guess 00:08:16.009 --> 00:08:18.290 numbers up or whatever the phrase is that i'm 00:08:18.290 --> 00:08:21.389 looking for yeah palmer couldn't find the space 00:08:21.389 --> 00:08:23.810 he needed when he came on he looked very frustrated 00:08:23.810 --> 00:08:26.750 not only did he look frustrated he who was it 00:08:26.750 --> 00:08:29.670 i think it's garnacho he refused to pass to garnacho 00:08:29.670 --> 00:08:33.409 uh he just there was a garage was totally open 00:08:33.409 --> 00:08:35.389 like three or four times and palmer looked up 00:08:35.820 --> 00:08:38.620 They looked away. I mean, from an Arsenal perspective, 00:08:38.820 --> 00:08:42.299 I'd say that that was probably Hincapie's best 00:08:42.299 --> 00:08:45.240 game that I've seen him play. I mean, Estabal's 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:47.679 a tricky player. He's obviously still developing, 00:08:47.860 --> 00:08:50.500 but I think he did well against Estabal when 00:08:50.500 --> 00:08:53.100 Estabal came on, and I guess someone saw that 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:55.120 they had to swap Estabal's side, but Timber also 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:59.600 did well. I don't necessarily think that Estevao 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:01.500 should be the player taking on the responsibility 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:05.000 of single -handedly breaking down the best defence 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:08.720 in Europe. Alright. Then, I have two points I 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:12.080 want to make about the corners for Arsenal. One, 00:09:12.620 --> 00:09:16.899 Roseno tried out a new tactic to stop Arsenal's... 00:09:16.899 --> 00:09:19.740 Which was Maresca's tactic of pushing the players 00:09:19.740 --> 00:09:22.799 up. Well... I don't want to say, I've seen Pep 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:25.799 do it. I think Mariska was the first one to do 00:09:25.799 --> 00:09:29.080 it, though. Alright, but just having a bunch 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:31.340 of players stay up instead of being in the box, 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:34.200 it makes the box less congested. Yeah, you can't 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:37.429 crowd the keeper out as much. Yes. speaking of 00:09:37.429 --> 00:09:40.169 which the second thing is i really saw because 00:09:40.169 --> 00:09:42.889 it's so uncrowded now you can really see arsenal's 00:09:42.889 --> 00:09:45.149 tactic is to just fuck with the keeper yeah to 00:09:45.149 --> 00:09:47.289 prevent the keeper's movement but i still think 00:09:47.289 --> 00:09:50.129 uh create like like my thing is if the players 00:09:50.129 --> 00:09:52.809 push up it creates the option for a short corner 00:09:52.809 --> 00:09:54.889 i think arsenal should use that more if i if 00:09:54.889 --> 00:09:56.870 i would say going forward all right but you're 00:09:56.870 --> 00:09:59.190 just kind of glossing over the fact that that's 00:09:59.190 --> 00:10:01.769 cheating right to bump into the keeper i don't 00:10:01.769 --> 00:10:03.629 i don't see it as cheating because the keeper 00:10:03.629 --> 00:10:06.440 with the players are standing still they're is 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:09.860 on the keeper to move I'm much more of a wow 00:10:09.860 --> 00:10:13.080 keepers are too protected but watching what Saliba 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:16.299 was doing to the keeper not last night two nights 00:10:16.299 --> 00:10:19.299 ago I was like a bit of shock I was like wow 00:10:19.299 --> 00:10:22.360 I still really take it to the I mean every team 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:26.759 pulls and pushes but I think the thing is in 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:29.879 the moments of blocking the keeper the The person 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:32.740 taking the corner, Madueke, waited until Saliba 00:10:32.740 --> 00:10:34.940 got a run in on the keeper before he took the 00:10:34.940 --> 00:10:38.059 corner. Because João Pedro was holding him back, 00:10:38.139 --> 00:10:40.759 holding him back, holding him back. And Madueke 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:42.620 refused to take it until he got the run in. But 00:10:42.620 --> 00:10:44.840 it's not necessarily cheating if he runs and 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:48.620 stops. Because the onus is on the keeper. It's 00:10:48.620 --> 00:10:51.320 like, as a defender, you jockey a player. It's 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:53.379 their duty to dribble you, dribble past you or 00:10:53.379 --> 00:10:56.139 past the ball. So if Saliba was barging into 00:10:56.139 --> 00:10:57.860 the keeper and pushing him over, that would be 00:10:57.860 --> 00:11:00.309 a different story. but our players run and hold 00:11:00.309 --> 00:11:03.409 it like a pre they're given a position to run 00:11:03.409 --> 00:11:06.149 to to block the keeper's path and I guess other 00:11:06.149 --> 00:11:07.970 teams are supposed to figure that out how to 00:11:07.970 --> 00:11:09.909 stop it because it's within the laws alright 00:11:09.909 --> 00:11:13.769 fair enough so I hope more teams take on this 00:11:13.769 --> 00:11:17.049 tactic to try and stop Arsenal to corner dominance 00:11:17.049 --> 00:11:22.389 but yeah Moving on with the last kick of the 00:11:22.389 --> 00:11:26.450 game, Havertz scores on a breakaway. I couldn't 00:11:26.450 --> 00:11:28.470 have been happier. Yeah, happy for him because 00:11:28.470 --> 00:11:33.590 he clearly hates Chelsea. They must have treated 00:11:33.590 --> 00:11:36.450 him very poorly or he must have had a bad time 00:11:36.450 --> 00:11:38.230 there because every time he scores against Chelsea, 00:11:38.389 --> 00:11:43.529 he looks so happy. He's kissing the badge. It's 00:11:43.529 --> 00:11:46.299 also a thing of, I guess... From the social media 00:11:46.299 --> 00:11:51.019 angle, at that stage in Chelsea's history, when 00:11:51.019 --> 00:11:53.200 we bought him, him and Werner were really getting 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:56.059 a lot of abuse online from a lot of Chelsea fans, 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:58.480 so I guess he took that personal. I see. Well, 00:11:58.620 --> 00:12:00.379 he should take it personally. You know, like, 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:04.059 they're being dicks to him, so why not return 00:12:04.059 --> 00:12:06.080 the favour? I don't see an issue with that. Yeah, 00:12:06.179 --> 00:12:07.940 I mean, you have a point to prove, so you've 00:12:07.940 --> 00:12:10.250 proved it, you know. Do you have any other points 00:12:10.250 --> 00:12:12.129 you want to make about the Arsenal -Chelsea match? 00:12:12.450 --> 00:12:15.950 How do you feel going into the final? I feel 00:12:15.950 --> 00:12:19.029 confident enough going into the final. We'll 00:12:19.029 --> 00:12:21.909 see. I mean, I still think the priority should 00:12:21.909 --> 00:12:25.669 be the league, obviously. But beating Pep in 00:12:25.669 --> 00:12:29.289 the final is no easy task. So that man is probably 00:12:29.289 --> 00:12:32.250 the... How many finals? He's lost like two finals 00:12:32.250 --> 00:12:34.710 in his career. I can only think of one, which 00:12:34.710 --> 00:12:38.429 is Tuchel in the Chelsea vs... And I think he 00:12:38.429 --> 00:12:40.990 lost the Copa del Rey final to Jose Mourinho 00:12:40.990 --> 00:12:44.710 once. Don't quote me on that. I have no idea. 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:47.539 No, I think those were his only two final defeats. 00:12:47.539 --> 00:12:49.759 So Pepe is a different animal in the final. So 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:55.000 let's see. A ruthless winner. It promises to 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:57.820 be an interesting game, but I do have confidence 00:12:57.820 --> 00:13:00.039 that we can get the better of them. So we're 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:02.600 done with that. Let's move on to Man City versus 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:09.700 Newcastle. So City... Sorry. We didn't even mention 00:13:09.700 --> 00:13:12.940 the... The scoreline for the other one, we just 00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:15.580 said that. No, yeah, Arsenal 1 -0. Yes, Arsenal 00:13:15.580 --> 00:13:19.860 1 -1 -0 and 4 -2 overall in this game. Man City 00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:24.919 1 -3 -1 and 5 -1 overall. Yeah. Right? So, I 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:26.919 watched the first half of this game last night. 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:29.299 That was all you needed to watch, really? Yeah, 00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:31.559 and then I went to bed because... Not because 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:33.639 the match was boring, because I was just tired. 00:13:34.350 --> 00:13:37.110 and yeah City are 5 -0 up so I was like alright 00:13:37.110 --> 00:13:40.269 I mean strangely enough that looked like that 00:13:40.269 --> 00:13:43.029 first half performance to me looked like a Jurgen 00:13:43.029 --> 00:13:45.210 Klopp blow them away type of performance particularly 00:13:45.210 --> 00:13:48.110 the goals that were scored the way that I guess 00:13:48.110 --> 00:13:50.490 it's like they don't attack with as many it's 00:13:50.490 --> 00:13:53.250 like rapid transitions the front three like get 00:13:53.250 --> 00:13:55.090 the ball to the front three and create as much 00:13:55.090 --> 00:13:57.570 space for them as possible or let them exploit 00:13:57.570 --> 00:14:00.289 the space that's there it's I don't know if that 00:14:00.289 --> 00:14:03.309 has a lot to do with Pep Lyon I don't know how 00:14:03.629 --> 00:14:07.110 it has to be yeah I mean in terms of I don't 00:14:07.110 --> 00:14:09.769 know how how much they want to play that way 00:14:09.769 --> 00:14:13.129 if that's Pep Guardiola's way of wanting to play 00:14:13.129 --> 00:14:16.909 but it really it really did look like a Liverpool 00:14:16.909 --> 00:14:21.110 performance of old and they were dominant it's 00:14:21.110 --> 00:14:23.570 what you expected though I probably did expect 00:14:23.570 --> 00:14:25.809 this game to be a thrashing honestly I would 00:14:25.809 --> 00:14:29.370 not take the opposite point of view but I would 00:14:29.370 --> 00:14:32.289 just say more so that Newcastle were bad yeah 00:14:32.289 --> 00:14:35.360 we I said the same thing for the previous game 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:38.220 where Liverpool played Newcastle. We just walked 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:40.200 all over them. Same thing happened with City. 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:43.159 They kind of walked all over them. I don't want 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:48.080 to give credit to City. That City were incredible. 00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:51.159 City were over -the -top impressive. Not really. 00:14:51.259 --> 00:14:53.240 It was more that Newcastle gave the ball away 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:55.720 and allowed themselves to be taken advantage 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:58.990 of on transition, I think. Yeah, no, I agree. 00:14:59.129 --> 00:15:01.250 But I think there were certain things you could 00:15:01.250 --> 00:15:04.090 see in City that maybe the last two games or 00:15:04.090 --> 00:15:06.450 so haven't been there. I think Rodri is not at 00:15:06.450 --> 00:15:09.190 his best. So I think having Nico Gonzalez there, 00:15:09.269 --> 00:15:11.730 he looked a bit better. The dynamics in midfield 00:15:11.730 --> 00:15:13.870 looked a bit better right now. Obviously, he 00:15:13.870 --> 00:15:16.009 still has a long way to go to be Rodri at his 00:15:16.009 --> 00:15:18.610 peak. And obviously, Rodri could still conceivably 00:15:18.610 --> 00:15:21.070 get back to that same level. But I think right 00:15:21.070 --> 00:15:24.009 now, the fluidity, the rotations look better 00:15:24.009 --> 00:15:26.929 with Nico Gonzalez. I think Rodri hasn't got 00:15:26.929 --> 00:15:29.330 back to his athletic peak as yet so he can't 00:15:29.330 --> 00:15:32.149 really rotate as much within within the structure 00:15:32.149 --> 00:15:34.490 as nico gonzalez so he kind of has to hold his 00:15:34.490 --> 00:15:36.889 position which i think affects the midfield dynamics 00:15:36.889 --> 00:15:39.250 especially if they're as reliant on the press 00:15:39.250 --> 00:15:42.549 as they currently are all right so uh do you 00:15:42.549 --> 00:15:44.090 have anything else you want to say about the 00:15:44.090 --> 00:15:47.169 dynamics of the game because uh like i said i 00:15:47.169 --> 00:15:50.090 not just that i went to sleep at halftime it's 00:15:50.090 --> 00:15:52.779 that i was falling asleep in the first half So 00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:55.700 if you could give us more of a... I mean, yeah, 00:15:55.779 --> 00:16:00.019 it was kind of like, in a weird way, it was like 00:16:00.019 --> 00:16:03.340 an old -school Eddie Howe versus Jurgen Klopp 00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:06.440 game. Newcastle started well, but I think the 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:08.740 problem with Newcastle is always that their play 00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:11.360 is very, very heavily dependent on their pressing. 00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:14.840 The minute, like... opposition settles down and 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:17.000 can beat their press regularly they kind of offer 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:19.059 nothing and they just get opened up time and 00:16:19.059 --> 00:16:21.559 time again and that was the dynamic in the first 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:24.059 half City could have had five six maybe like 00:16:24.059 --> 00:16:26.860 it was just every time Nico Gonzalez got the 00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:29.200 ball and pushed it forward something looked like 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:31.259 it was going to happen anytime the front three 00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:34.000 got the ball in particular Semenya I guess you 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:36.500 could see some deficiencies in his game now that 00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:38.320 perhaps you couldn't see in Bournemouth like 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:41.679 I guess in a way I would say he has he has like 00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:44.259 As you've described Salah, Salah's deficiencies, 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:46.039 which I still rate Salah as one of the greatest 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:48.539 players in the history of the league, but I think 00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:51.340 he has those similar deficiencies where he needs 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:54.120 the rest of the front three. He needs a Firmino 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:56.720 type player. I don't think... I just think he 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.000 can't take a man on. Yeah, I mean... Not can't, 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:02.379 it's just he's bad at it. Yeah, he's very bad 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:05.160 at it, but I guess... If he's running into space, 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:07.880 if the space is created for him, he can use the 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:10.119 space. And that's why he was perfect at Bournemouth, 00:17:10.180 --> 00:17:11.940 because Bournemouth themselves would generate 00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:15.759 the space and then... But it makes sense if they're 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:17.460 going to play like how you guys played in the 00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:19.380 past, because you guys generated the space for 00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:21.200 Salah the whole time, who wasn't necessarily 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:24.720 the best in tight spaces either. Could be. Could 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:27.880 be. No, I'm saying it could work out. That's 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:30.099 what I mean when I say it could be that it'll 00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:34.049 work out, but... We'll have to see. So let's 00:17:34.049 --> 00:17:37.130 talk about individual moments. Man City's first 00:17:37.130 --> 00:17:40.970 goal, they do a quick one -two to break Newcastle's 00:17:40.970 --> 00:17:43.369 press, and then they get a lucky bounce off Mahmoud 00:17:43.369 --> 00:17:46.210 for the goal. What do you think about that? I 00:17:46.210 --> 00:17:49.930 mean, it was, I guess, like a fortunate goal 00:17:49.930 --> 00:17:52.750 in a sense, but it was coming. City had the momentum 00:17:52.750 --> 00:17:55.630 they were creating consistently, so it was a 00:17:55.630 --> 00:17:59.569 deserved goal, if slightly fortunate. The second 00:17:59.569 --> 00:18:02.369 goal... Reinders carries the ball, at least like 00:18:02.369 --> 00:18:06.190 from his half, into the final third, passes to 00:18:06.190 --> 00:18:08.930 Semenyo, Semenyo crosses, and Mahmoud heads in. 00:18:09.230 --> 00:18:12.170 Oh, yes. I mean, I think Reinders was probably 00:18:12.170 --> 00:18:15.029 my man of the match overall. Yeah, we'll see 00:18:15.029 --> 00:18:18.390 a pattern. Oh, sorry, excuse me. You carry on. 00:18:18.529 --> 00:18:20.450 Yeah, no, I think, no, I was just saying, I think 00:18:20.450 --> 00:18:22.910 Reinders, like, when the space is there, he's 00:18:22.910 --> 00:18:25.930 one of the best ball carriers, I think, in Europe. 00:18:26.029 --> 00:18:29.109 And that came through a lot yesterday. He was 00:18:29.109 --> 00:18:32.269 consistently able to go on, like you said, 30 00:18:32.269 --> 00:18:34.349 -odd runs, 20 runs, but at least five or six 00:18:34.349 --> 00:18:36.569 times, I think. Which brings us to the third 00:18:36.569 --> 00:18:40.150 goal, which was a counterattack. which Newcastle 00:18:40.150 --> 00:18:43.670 lose the ball in the final third. Then Reinders 00:18:43.670 --> 00:18:46.589 runs from midfield once again to the final third, 00:18:46.670 --> 00:18:50.329 passes to Semenyo. Semenyo not passes back, but 00:18:50.329 --> 00:18:52.329 he gets a lucky bounce and then Reinders finishes 00:18:52.329 --> 00:18:56.049 it off himself. Good finish. Good finish. But 00:18:56.049 --> 00:18:58.269 what we're seeing is a pattern here of players 00:18:58.269 --> 00:19:00.470 running through midfield without being challenged. 00:19:00.650 --> 00:19:02.690 And I saw it these past few weeks with Liverpool 00:19:02.690 --> 00:19:05.150 because, not to make everything about Liverpool, 00:19:05.349 --> 00:19:08.720 but just it's a pattern I've seen. because when 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:10.740 Konate is not playing, Konate is the guy who 00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:13.039 will go out and charge at the player, whereas 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:15.450 Van Dijk is the one who will lay off. So you 00:19:15.450 --> 00:19:17.470 need one guy that's going to run up and one guy 00:19:17.470 --> 00:19:19.890 that's going to lay off. Both centre -backs can't 00:19:19.890 --> 00:19:22.950 lay off because it's allowing the guy just to 00:19:22.950 --> 00:19:26.349 run up on you. Or, alternatively, a midfielder 00:19:26.349 --> 00:19:28.789 should be tracking back and tracking the man 00:19:28.789 --> 00:19:31.109 and, you know, maybe chopping him down, maybe. 00:19:31.349 --> 00:19:34.509 I mean, like, Newcastle, they look like a completely 00:19:34.509 --> 00:19:39.380 different team with Bruno G in the team. So I 00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:42.240 think not having him there was... Maybe it shows 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:45.460 how much of a good player he could be in the 00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:47.960 right team. I still think, I don't know how long 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:50.980 he'll stay loyal to Newcastle, but the fact that 00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:54.059 they're almost always a Champions League or Europa 00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:56.859 League level team with him in the team, and there's 00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:59.039 a couple of weeks or months... the month or so 00:19:59.039 --> 00:20:01.339 that he's been injured they've looked like one 00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:03.519 of the worst teams in the league honestly yeah 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:07.839 small note I'm thinking about keeping Ego Thiago 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:10.579 in my fantasy team because they're playing Newcastle 00:20:10.579 --> 00:20:14.319 this week instead of Jao Pedro Jao Pedro's playing 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:17.440 Wolves and I'm thinking Ego Thiago might fuck 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:21.900 up Newcastle so badly that makes more sense to 00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:24.900 go for him yeah but that's how bad Newcastle 00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:28.539 are right now anyway for their goal a moment 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:30.839 of brilliance from Anthony Alanga to score the 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:33.900 goal to make it 3 -1. What did you make of that? 00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:37.240 I mean, yeah, it was an incredible goal. A bit 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:40.720 reminiscent of, I guess you could say, like Gareth 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:43.140 Bale or something when he used to play off the 00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:46.759 right wing at Madrid. So, yeah, it was a good 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:48.660 goal. I don't know if Newcastle fans will be 00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:51.299 happy with the price tag. I know Newcastle fans 00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:53.339 have pretty much been all over his case since 00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:58.940 he signed. I've seen the quote, worst Newcastle 00:20:58.940 --> 00:21:01.900 signing in years. yeah i've seen that multi i've 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:04.359 seen i saw someone saying it was the worst signing 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:07.240 of all time so yeah I mean, it's the price point, 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:09.740 I guess. But like I said, I've never really agreed 00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:11.940 with taking it out on the player themselves because 00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:14.140 the player is still like a human being. The player 00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:16.799 didn't pay the, you know, set the price tag. 00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:19.500 It's the club that paid it. Yeah, I mean, just 00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:21.420 like talking, like we were talking about mental 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:23.500 health last week. So as someone who like struggles 00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:25.700 with mental health disorders, it was like, like 00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:28.099 I understand banter, but it's like when you see 00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:30.519 like things of like calling people useless or 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:33.559 like personally attacking them and their families 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:36.950 could be online and friends. it's not something 00:21:36.950 --> 00:21:40.910 I like to see personally well I disagree in terms 00:21:40.910 --> 00:21:43.490 of like I think giving them fair criticism yeah 00:21:43.490 --> 00:21:46.490 fair criticism is fine if I say like you did 00:21:46.490 --> 00:21:49.630 this very poorly I don't think that's off yeah 00:21:49.630 --> 00:21:51.829 that's expect that's like holding someone to 00:21:51.829 --> 00:21:54.230 a standard but some of the things you've seen 00:21:54.230 --> 00:21:58.859 is like useless waste of space things like i 00:21:58.859 --> 00:22:00.900 don't think those would be used as descriptions 00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:03.799 to describe any human being it's like if someone 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:06.759 doesn't do a job properly working alongside you 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:08.740 you don't motivate them by calling them a waste 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:12.500 of space you know so true true it's absolutely 00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:15.339 correct uh but yeah any other thoughts you have 00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:17.880 about this game i know just completely what i 00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:20.000 expected both games kind of went as you expected 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:23.099 i think the the better sides control the games. 00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:26.819 Different ways, I think Man City naturally attacked 00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:29.279 Arsenal, controlled the game, but not really 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:31.319 exerting themselves, not really giving Chelsea 00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:34.420 anything. So, yeah, let's see. It's good to have 00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:38.460 a final with the current two best teams in the 00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:45.680 country. I would point out City's lack of shots 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:49.680 on target in second halves. The prior two games, 00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:51.799 They didn't have a shot on targeting the second 00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:54.880 half. So the game against Spurs and... And I 00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:57.180 mean, if you couple that with the fact that they 00:22:57.180 --> 00:23:01.519 concede a high amount of clear -cut chances in 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:05.970 a lot of games. Yeah, I wonder if... pep liners 00:23:05.970 --> 00:23:08.730 very high intensity type of football is tiring 00:23:08.730 --> 00:23:11.410 them out badly yeah i don't think the squad have 00:23:11.410 --> 00:23:14.049 played in that way before so it's uh i don't 00:23:14.049 --> 00:23:15.609 know you would know better what was it like what 00:23:15.609 --> 00:23:17.789 was what was the first season like was there 00:23:17.789 --> 00:23:20.289 a difference when pep liners came in as opposed 00:23:20.289 --> 00:23:22.750 to before him i don't think so because we already 00:23:22.750 --> 00:23:25.960 gagged pressing and like you know high intensity 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:28.220 football already for about three years before 00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:31.460 he came in. The former guy, I forget his name, 00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:34.019 his name was Buvak. Do you remember him? No, 00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:35.880 I don't remember much, but you can update me 00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:38.259 on. No, he was just a guy with like a very weird 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:40.000 hairstyle that he used to sit next to Klopp. 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:41.480 Oh, okay, yes, now I remember him. I didn't know 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:44.759 his name. He used to sit next to Klopp and apparently 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:47.920 he was the brain. But yeah, after he left, he 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:50.440 won the Champions League. So, you know. Can't 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:54.019 have been that smart. I guess, what is the brain? 00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:56.539 People always say that the people behind Ancelotti 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:58.900 were the brains, but I think the man -management 00:23:58.900 --> 00:24:01.299 aspect of football is the most important. Anyone 00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:04.440 can lay a message to someone, but to get that 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:06.859 message across to a group of players and motivate 00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:08.539 them to play well, that's the most difficult 00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:11.000 thing in coaching. Apparently Klopp was really 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:14.640 bad at tactics. And Bouvac was the tactical guy. 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:17.059 And same with Leidners. Leidners is the tactical 00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:19.819 guy. Klopp was just a bad manager. That's, I 00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:22.109 mean... That's what people used to... Obviously, 00:24:22.150 --> 00:24:24.650 now we're going back in time, so he ended up 00:24:24.650 --> 00:24:27.430 having a failed managerial career, but that's 00:24:27.430 --> 00:24:30.230 what people used to say about Alex Ferguson's 00:24:30.230 --> 00:24:32.309 assistant, Alex McLeish, I think, that he was 00:24:32.309 --> 00:24:34.349 the brains behind Opry, but he turned out to 00:24:34.349 --> 00:24:36.349 be a horrible coach when he went on his own. 00:24:36.490 --> 00:24:38.650 Well, same thing. Leiden has failed in, like, 00:24:38.750 --> 00:24:40.789 where did he fail? In Austria. Yeah, with the 00:24:40.789 --> 00:24:43.730 Salzburg. Yeah, Redwoods. So, just because you're 00:24:43.730 --> 00:24:45.769 tactical doesn't mean you have the bad management 00:24:45.769 --> 00:24:48.549 skills to dictate. Oh, yeah, one thing I did 00:24:48.549 --> 00:24:51.609 notice in the City game, though, was that I think 00:24:51.609 --> 00:24:55.170 at some point Pep structured them in a 4 -2 -2 00:24:55.170 --> 00:24:57.750 -2 so I don't know if this is the if De Zerbi's 00:24:57.750 --> 00:25:00.990 influence is as you want it maybe it's seeping 00:25:00.990 --> 00:25:04.670 into other coaches maybe it's seeping into people 00:25:04.670 --> 00:25:06.990 who can actually execute the football to the 00:25:06.990 --> 00:25:10.190 standard you wish yeah Okay. I don't appreciate 00:25:10.190 --> 00:25:13.430 that slight slander at the Zerby, but... No, 00:25:13.450 --> 00:25:15.349 no, I mean... Alright. No, no, I get your point. 00:25:15.410 --> 00:25:17.369 I have the same problem with Spalletti. I'm hoping 00:25:17.369 --> 00:25:19.210 Spalletti is one day going to prove himself. 00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:23.839 But so far, he's defensive. You already proved 00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:27.339 himself. He won Serie A with Napoli, didn't he? 00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:31.539 Yeah, he did. I mean, but in terms of the same 00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:34.160 way you're saying with Deserbi maybe going on 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:35.940 in the Champions League or going to produce a 00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:38.559 great side, I really do think Spalletti is the 00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:41.279 manager that excites me the most after Pep. So 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:43.799 are we done here? Do you have any other points 00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:46.029 you want to make about the City game? i mean 00:25:46.029 --> 00:25:49.609 not really i think uh i was just uh curious as 00:25:49.609 --> 00:25:53.029 to maybe see like what do you think the the future 00:25:53.029 --> 00:25:56.490 of of doku is in with simenio there well actually 00:25:56.490 --> 00:25:58.910 i will bring that up right now okay yeah not 00:25:58.910 --> 00:26:02.029 right now but soon we'll put up an in there okay 00:26:02.029 --> 00:26:04.049 no problem yeah then we can go on so let's move 00:26:04.049 --> 00:26:06.890 on to the transfer news uh well not transferred 00:26:06.890 --> 00:26:12.500 use the transfer window segment right I didn't 00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:15.019 keep up with much of the deal, so I'll go with 00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:18.539 what you've told me. So my initial thought was 00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:21.200 to go team by team and judge their transfer window. 00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:24.240 I got until Bournemouth when I realized that 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:26.940 this was a bad idea. I'm simply not qualified 00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:29.940 to judge if Alex Toth from Ferencváros is a good 00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:33.180 transfer or not. I don't watch the Hungarian 00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:36.420 league. So I thought we should go through a selection 00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:39.039 of transfers that I can express an opinion about. 00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:41.839 I assume similar because these are all intra 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:45.579 -league transfers. Intra -league transfers between 00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:49.240 other Premier League teams or players we know. 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:52.180 Big money signings. So all transfer fees are 00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:55.259 given in pounds. So if you maybe have the Euro 00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:57.880 number in your head, that's the reason there's 00:26:57.880 --> 00:27:00.880 a discrepancy here, right? So first transfer, 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:04.779 Tammy Abram going from Besiktas to Aston Villa 00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:07.859 for 18 .2 million. So first, I recognize that 00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:10.660 Villa need attacking reinforcements, but I just 00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:12.559 don't think he's good enough even as a backup. 00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:15.339 What is Tammy Abram's age right now? He's 28. 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:18.880 Okay, I mean... I don't think he's... It depends 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:20.920 who's the first choice if he's good as a backup 00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:22.740 or not. Because I'm sure they're going to move 00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:26.220 Watkins on. So it depends if it's a long -term 00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:28.539 signing. But yeah, I don't feel it much either. 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:31.500 Villa wants to be a Champions League level club. 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:34.079 And in my opinion, he's a Conference League level 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:37.039 player at best. I mean, he's done well in the 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.619 Europa League. I'd say he's a Europa player. 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:43.019 We can disagree. We can agree to disagree. Yeah, 00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:45.180 I just think this is a bad transfer. Especially 00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:47.799 since he was playing for Besiktas. I think Una 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:50.400 Emer tried to sign him at Arsenal. So I don't 00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:52.759 know if it's something... The one that got away. 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:55.480 The one that got away, maybe. Maybe he sees something 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:59.339 he can do with him. Next, Antoine Semenyo from 00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:02.359 Bournemouth to Man City for 64 million. This 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:04.240 is probably the most controversial one because 00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:07.059 he's played well so far. But I don't necessarily 00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:09.799 think it was what City needed right now. So I 00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:13.319 think Semenyo is better than both Doku and Semenyo 00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:15.880 in terms of output. And walk straight into their 00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:19.579 team. Yeah. Doku is a much better dribbler. And 00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:24.539 1v1 attacker. Do you think Semenyo elevates the 00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:27.880 team right now? In terms of... I think the problems 00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:31.440 that we're making them... Their most, I guess, 00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:34.019 glaring problems are still there. Which are? 00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:36.859 Defensive, blocking defensive transitions, especially, 00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:39.660 or keeping control of a game through, like, the 00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:42.519 holding midfield, I guess, since Rodri's injury. 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:45.359 Yeah, I would argue that there's more problems. 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:47.940 And one of those problems is they're very reliant 00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:51.660 on Haaland for goals. And since his goals have 00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:53.420 dried up at the moment, he's not playing very 00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:57.079 well, they've had a goal drought. And I think 00:28:57.079 --> 00:29:00.059 a winger... who can contribute goals is very 00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:03.900 useful in alleviating that problem because all 00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:06.240 the other wingers, except Chucky, doesn't even 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:08.700 score goals. Chucky is more of a creator, right? 00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:10.839 But I mean, okay, now you can finish quickly. 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:13.819 No, you carry on. No, I'm saying, wouldn't, like, 00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:16.700 then, based on the argument you're making, wouldn't 00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:20.000 Semenyo, because we were talking, I guess, earlier 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:23.490 about... how he's like kind of a Salah type of 00:29:23.490 --> 00:29:25.210 player and I'd say Salah and Haaland are similar 00:29:25.210 --> 00:29:27.130 like they need their teammates to open the pitch 00:29:27.130 --> 00:29:29.490 for them so no but I'm saying Haaland is getting 00:29:29.490 --> 00:29:31.849 chances he's just not finishing them off yeah 00:29:31.849 --> 00:29:34.670 no but so if Semenyo gets chances he will finish 00:29:34.670 --> 00:29:37.369 them off but then it could be a point in the 00:29:37.369 --> 00:29:39.519 future where you've face the same problem where 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:42.339 like you say if the if the midfield is not dominating 00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:43.960 enough if they're not getting enough chances 00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:46.200 from the midfield or the fullbacks depending 00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:49.359 how you go about creating chances all right let's 00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:51.539 ignore the rest of Sati's problems let's just 00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:54.539 say in a vacuum he he's better than all the other 00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:57.900 wingers currently he's 26 which is the beginning 00:29:57.900 --> 00:30:00.599 of his prime he can play on either wing so he's 00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:02.819 very versatile and then they got him for a good 00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:05.339 fee so in if you look at that I think it's a 00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:07.640 pretty good transfer it is a good transfer I 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:10.720 think overall, I don't think, like you said, 00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.859 with Haaland in the team, are they going to drop 00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:15.420 him? Because I think both of them together might 00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:18.039 affect the dynamics a bit because, like you said, 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:19.640 the third winger is going to have to do a lot 00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:22.059 of off -the -ball work and a lot of... occupying 00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:24.900 space and creating chances because I feel like 00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:28.220 Schurke should have more responsibility on the 00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:31.000 ball and he can't really do that when the thing 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:33.400 is to try create as much space as you can for 00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:36.279 Semenya and Haaland and then that it's like like 00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:38.200 you said if Haaland is missing the chances but 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:40.819 they're only falling to him that becomes a problem 00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:43.140 if you have Haaland and Semenya who are both 00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:46.420 going to run in behind constantly. Our next transfer 00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:49.619 is Pascal Gross from Borussia Dortmund to Brighton 00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:52.470 for 1 .2 million. I mean, he's a Brighton legend 00:30:52.470 --> 00:30:55.769 at this point. So I'm usually very suspect of 00:30:55.769 --> 00:30:58.970 deals for somebody over the age of 30. We had 00:30:58.970 --> 00:31:00.910 this conversation before we started doing the 00:31:00.910 --> 00:31:02.869 podcast. When I say before we started doing the 00:31:02.869 --> 00:31:05.769 podcast, I don't mean like an hour ago. I mean 00:31:05.769 --> 00:31:09.089 like before the podcast. Since we've been friends. 00:31:09.789 --> 00:31:14.670 We've been talking about longevity in players, 00:31:14.930 --> 00:31:17.809 right? And I think Pascal Gross has all the signs 00:31:17.809 --> 00:31:19.769 of being a player that can play till he's like 00:31:19.769 --> 00:31:23.829 38, maybe even 40. Why is that? Because he's 00:31:23.829 --> 00:31:27.910 not particularly quick or physical. His game 00:31:27.910 --> 00:31:29.950 is mainly about technique. And intelligence, 00:31:30.210 --> 00:31:33.410 I think. And intelligence, yes. I'd say he's 00:31:33.410 --> 00:31:36.789 less talented, but in the same kind of profile 00:31:36.789 --> 00:31:41.049 as Luka Modric. Getting him in for a little over 00:31:41.049 --> 00:31:43.069 a million is good business in my eyes. And I 00:31:43.069 --> 00:31:47.630 think, yeah, he's a Brighton legend. I guess 00:31:47.630 --> 00:31:50.910 they're in a bit of a, I don't know what the 00:31:50.910 --> 00:31:54.250 term is, but a period, a transition period where 00:31:54.250 --> 00:31:56.789 they've come out of being a European -level club 00:31:56.789 --> 00:32:00.210 and now they're sitting in mid -table. Nostalgia 00:32:00.210 --> 00:32:03.150 can be good. I think when Arsenal signed back 00:32:03.150 --> 00:32:06.710 Thierry Henry for six months, the club was in 00:32:06.710 --> 00:32:08.559 doom and gloom at the time. And for a little 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:10.920 while, everyone felt better, you know. So it's 00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:13.019 a good signing for me for Brighton to get back 00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:16.819 a club legend. He wasn't playing much. Next, 00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:21.000 we have Jorgen Strand Larsson from Wolves to 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:24.380 Crystal Palace for 48 million. Last season, he 00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:28.220 had 40 goals and 4 assists. This season, he has 00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:31.420 1 goal and 1 assist. I mean, Wolves have been 00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:34.480 atrocious. Yeah, so I think they're more looking 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:39.029 at his previous record. you know for future outcomes 00:32:39.029 --> 00:32:42.289 instead of this season because uh they view it 00:32:42.289 --> 00:32:45.569 as an outlier i mean yeah it could be last season 00:32:45.569 --> 00:32:48.230 he was very good i think he has a very much a 00:32:48.230 --> 00:32:50.950 traditional striker profile maybe like he's a 00:32:50.950 --> 00:32:53.430 bit of a throwback old school number nine so 00:32:53.430 --> 00:32:57.220 i i liked him last season When we played Wolves 00:32:57.220 --> 00:33:00.160 this season, he was very good. He gave us a lot 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:02.700 of problems. So I think it's a good signing. 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:06.940 48 million, I don't think it's what Crystal Palace 00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:09.599 need right now. And given everything that's happening 00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:12.400 with that club off the pitch, I don't think they 00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:14.339 should have thrown that much at a signing without 00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:16.500 being sure of how they're going to go forward. 00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:20.269 Yeah, I would say... 14 goals last season, plus 00:33:20.269 --> 00:33:23.089 the fact that he's 25, makes 48 million look 00:33:23.089 --> 00:33:25.089 like a reasonable fee. He's obviously not the 00:33:25.089 --> 00:33:27.150 finished article, but Palace will be hoping that 00:33:27.150 --> 00:33:30.410 Glasner and whoever the future coaches will coach 00:33:30.410 --> 00:33:32.789 him into being a top striker. It's crazy that 00:33:32.789 --> 00:33:35.710 we've, just as a side note, got to the days where 00:33:35.710 --> 00:33:39.470 48 million is a reasonable fee for a team like 00:33:39.470 --> 00:33:43.980 Crystal Palace. What is it? 10 million more 20 00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:48.140 years ago, 25 years ago, got you Kaká and Zinedine 00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:51.440 Zidane. Yeah. I was going to say 50 million is 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:53.980 what we sold Torres to Chelsea for. And that 00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:56.880 was like one of the ripoffs of the century at 00:33:56.880 --> 00:34:00.819 the time. Yeah. So, yeah, I think it's a good 00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:03.299 transfer. Any other thoughts? I mean, yeah, I 00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:05.799 think it's a good transfer as well. I think it 00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:08.980 depends. Like, what's Crystal Palace's direction? 00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:10.880 Are they going to play the type of football that 00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:13.480 suits him? Because if they get in a coach that 00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:15.199 doesn't play to his strengths, it could also 00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:17.699 be a big knock for a club like that. So, time 00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:19.940 will tell. Okay, I didn't write this down, but 00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:22.599 I would say also the other side of this transfer 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:25.300 is that John Philippe Petetto was supposed to 00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:28.699 leave Crystal Palace. He tried everything he 00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:31.940 could. His transfer for... fell through. So, 00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:35.460 now both he and Stradlarsson are both strikers 00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:38.739 at Palace. And it's unclear how they're going 00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:42.300 to move forward. Well, I mean, it's like weird. 00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:46.179 They both, in a way, remind me of Giroud. They're 00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:49.519 very similar to a Giroud type of player. So, 00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:52.699 I don't think either of them are going to necessarily 00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:56.019 be world -class players, but I do think at a 00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:58.639 club like Crystal Palace they can. elevate a 00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:01.880 team like I would take Mateta as a backup I really 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:04.179 liked him last season I thought like when we 00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:06.099 played him in the games I watched him against 00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:08.619 Man City against you guys he seemed very threatening 00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:11.420 and at the start of the season when he did start 00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:15.420 29 years old yeah that's the thing Giroud went 00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:18.159 to Chelsea at 31 Help them win the Champions 00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:21.059 League. Fair enough. Fair enough. Did he? Yeah. 00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:23.559 Are you sure? Did he come? No, he came after 00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.760 they won the Champions League. You're right. 00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:26.800 Sorry. I was getting him confused with David 00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:30.420 Luiz. David Luiz, who was... Okay, whatever the 00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:34.420 case is, our next story or next transfer is Brendan 00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:37.400 Johnson from Spurs to Crystal Palace for 35 million. 00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:40.480 What do you think? I don't know. I don't fully 00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:43.199 understand the signing from Crystal Palace or 00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:46.420 Tottenham side because I think... He was one 00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:48.659 of Tottenham's only outlets for pace. I think 00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:51.139 when I watched them against Man City, they kind 00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:53.619 of did lack that electric pace. Even if he wasn't 00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:56.179 the best player, I think mid -season, especially 00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:58.639 as a club that's going to defend deep a lot, 00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:01.300 I don't think it would have made sense to get 00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:03.760 rid of him. And I don't think it makes sense 00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:05.860 for Crystal Palace to sign him. I just don't 00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:08.159 think he's a good player. Yeah, I mean, that's 00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:09.760 the thing. I don't think he's a good player. 00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:12.300 That's all that there is to it. Not even Palace 00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:14.539 -level worthy. I don't think he's a Premier League 00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:16.900 -level player. has the thing is he has scored 00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:19.460 in the Europa League final he has a lot of high 00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:21.800 profile goals next to his name so it looks like 00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:24.800 I'm talking shit when I you know say that but 00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:26.880 with all due respect I just don't think he's 00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:29.000 at the level for even Palace he should be like 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:31.699 at a Wolves maybe yeah well I mean I can understand 00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:33.940 Tottenham's point of view for taking the money 00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:36.079 like obviously it's a lot of money but at the 00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:39.119 same time I think what's the trade -off because 00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:41.840 like i feel like they're gonna struggle a lot 00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:44.360 till the end of the season because he might not 00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:46.139 have been the best player but again he was the 00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:48.519 outlet that helped him escape pressure when i 00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:50.380 think they're facing so much pressure how long 00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:52.440 can that continue for the rest of the season 00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:56.460 like but does he play over ismail assar or jeremy 00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:59.800 pino or jeremy pino no i don't think so but i 00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:02.219 i i think i don't think pino will be there much 00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:05.280 longer all right next we have evan gasson to 00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:08.639 from Aston Villa to Crystal Palace on loan. Yeah, 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:11.300 I mean, I didn't watch much of Cassandre, so 00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:13.420 I'll let you... I've only watched him a handful 00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:15.760 of times, but in those times, I thought, you 00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:18.239 know, he looks like he's one of those long -legged 00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:22.219 players, like a Pogba type. Don't take that as 00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:23.920 me comparing him to a Pogba. I'm just saying 00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:28.260 his body type looks the same. That's all I'm 00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:31.590 saying. Like I said, I've only watched him about 00:37:31.590 --> 00:37:35.869 three, four times. He has potential and Aston 00:37:35.869 --> 00:37:39.730 Villa don't want him. So Palace actually wanted 00:37:39.730 --> 00:37:42.829 to sign him before Aston Villa came in and gazumped 00:37:42.829 --> 00:37:47.429 them too. But then what would you make of Crystal 00:37:47.429 --> 00:37:50.289 Palace's approach? How are they building a squad? 00:37:50.530 --> 00:37:52.650 Maybe they have their next manager in mind that's 00:37:52.650 --> 00:37:55.610 been signed behind the scenes, but why would 00:37:55.610 --> 00:37:59.050 they keep Glasner there? It doesn't make sense, 00:37:59.050 --> 00:38:01.309 everything that's happening, and the transfer 00:38:01.309 --> 00:38:03.829 policy in relation to that. What do you think? 00:38:04.969 --> 00:38:07.409 A club shouldn't rely on a manager. I think the 00:38:07.409 --> 00:38:10.289 director of football should understand, okay, 00:38:10.349 --> 00:38:13.690 this is the way we play. We play an attacking 00:38:13.690 --> 00:38:17.489 brand of football. Once my manager goes, I'm 00:38:17.489 --> 00:38:18.969 going to bring in another attacking manager. 00:38:19.070 --> 00:38:21.210 I'm not going to go from an attacking manager 00:38:21.210 --> 00:38:26.989 to a defending manager. The director of football 00:38:26.989 --> 00:38:29.809 should be choosing the players. I understand 00:38:29.809 --> 00:38:33.170 that there should be some input from the manager, 00:38:33.329 --> 00:38:37.570 but... It should be like 60 % director of football, 00:38:37.650 --> 00:38:40.929 40 % manager, in my opinion. But I mean, like 00:38:40.929 --> 00:38:44.230 in this situation where the manager, like you've 00:38:44.230 --> 00:38:46.750 been outspoken about slot disrespecting Liverpool. 00:38:47.090 --> 00:38:49.369 So in a situation where the manager comes out 00:38:49.369 --> 00:38:51.269 and disrespects the club, shouldn't the director 00:38:51.269 --> 00:38:54.050 of football then be like, okay, even if we have 00:38:54.050 --> 00:38:57.679 to go with the academy coach, let's... let's 00:38:57.679 --> 00:39:00.719 move this guy out and get in someone else. Whether 00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:02.579 the signings are for the next coach or not, I 00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:04.760 understand that the transfer policy, perhaps 00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:07.539 they're signing players based on what they want, 00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:09.880 but I think they are based on the future. But 00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:12.619 it's hard to say because it seems like a lot 00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:15.179 of the players are still contextualizing within 00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:19.119 this current system. Okay, aside from that, Gasson 00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:22.800 is on loan. uh stran larson is 25 so he can still 00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:24.960 be sold on in like two years for a very good 00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:28.619 fee yeah uh the only one i think is brandon johnson 00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:34.019 uh i don't think can they can con somebody to 00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:36.639 get a good fee from but the others i believe 00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:40.139 are just good signings in that they can be uh 00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:42.460 what's the word moved on later on for a bigger 00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:45.380 fee yes not a bigger fee but uh a reasonable 00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:48.260 fee to recoup what they've spent yeah yeah that 00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:50.699 makes sense i'm just if they were spending like 00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:55.000 if they had bought mateta age 29 for 50 million 00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:58.969 i would be suspect because that's a you know 00:39:58.969 --> 00:40:01.369 if he doesn't work out then how do you move him 00:40:01.369 --> 00:40:04.010 on you're going to get a very low fee for him 00:40:04.010 --> 00:40:06.889 yeah i mean it depends what you're getting you 00:40:06.889 --> 00:40:08.969 know i think if you're getting like one of the 00:40:08.969 --> 00:40:12.090 absolute best players in the world it makes sense 00:40:12.090 --> 00:40:15.389 to go for 28 or 29 year old all right our next 00:40:15.389 --> 00:40:18.650 uh transfer mark wehi from palace to man city 00:40:18.650 --> 00:40:21.570 for 20 million yeah that would be the signing 00:40:21.570 --> 00:40:23.969 of the window for me the the price point i mean 00:40:23.969 --> 00:40:25.809 i don't know what his waitlists are i heard they're 00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:29.659 very high so maybe the the rumor i've heard is 00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:32.340 that they're close to 300 000 okay that's ridiculous 00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:35.739 like for for anyone like i mean he's in the top 00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:38.039 three earners at city yeah that doesn't make 00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:39.820 sense but at the same time i think they're getting 00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:42.039 one of the best defenders in the league for for 00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:45.579 20 million so it uh it kind of evens itself out 00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:47.619 well we've kind of spoken about this on the podcast 00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:50.159 before but just to reiterate what i've said in 00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:53.230 the past One, he played in a back three at Palace. 00:40:53.369 --> 00:40:56.170 I don't know how that's going to translate into 00:40:56.170 --> 00:40:58.210 a back four. I'm not saying he can't be very 00:40:58.210 --> 00:41:00.389 good in a back four. I'm just saying we haven't 00:41:00.389 --> 00:41:03.309 seen it. So, you know, once I see it, then I 00:41:03.309 --> 00:41:07.030 can believe it. Two, he's apparently homophobic 00:41:07.030 --> 00:41:10.210 because he wrote on the, you know, the, what's 00:41:10.210 --> 00:41:12.829 it called? The rainbow armband, Jesus loves you 00:41:12.829 --> 00:41:14.829 or something like that. Something along those 00:41:14.829 --> 00:41:18.090 lines. Implying that, you know, that there's 00:41:18.090 --> 00:41:20.389 something wrong and Jesus loves you because. 00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:22.860 there's something wrong uh but whatever the case 00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:25.619 is uh that's the reasons i didn't want him to 00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:27.800 come to low pool so going to city fair enough 00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:31.239 i hope they enjoy him uh i think it's like it's 00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:33.559 a good signing on paper but we'll see we'll have 00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:36.380 to see uh we'll have to see how it pans out yes 00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:38.780 i guess like he's a he's a ball player right 00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:42.139 yeah i mean a ball playing center back i should 00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:44.500 say so i think he would be the john stones replacement 00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:49.710 long term i do i mean yeah i guess uh in an ideological 00:41:49.710 --> 00:41:52.150 sense if if they were going to move stones on 00:41:52.150 --> 00:41:54.170 that well i mean he's going to retire soon he's 00:41:54.170 --> 00:41:55.969 like in his studies yeah but i mean i think he 00:41:55.969 --> 00:41:59.070 probably has another season or two in the man 00:41:59.070 --> 00:42:02.070 city team so my question is that i always thought 00:42:02.070 --> 00:42:05.050 that uh vario was gonna i didn't see him as a 00:42:05.050 --> 00:42:07.329 as a fullback forever because i think he's one 00:42:07.329 --> 00:42:09.409 of the best center back profiles in the world 00:42:09.409 --> 00:42:12.969 so signing two of the best profiles in that position 00:42:12.969 --> 00:42:16.159 at the same time i think That would be a critique 00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:18.219 if you're planning on turning Vardyol into a 00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:20.840 left back. I don't think that's... I think you 00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:22.679 lose a lot from him in that sense. And I think 00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:24.500 he has a higher ceiling than Gueye at centre 00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:26.320 back. So I don't know how they'll work around 00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:29.219 that. Our next transfer is Oscar Bob from Man 00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:32.170 City to Fulham for $27 million. I like Oscar 00:42:32.170 --> 00:42:36.829 Bob. I love Oscar Bob. When I found out he was 00:42:36.829 --> 00:42:38.389 for sale, I thought, obviously, they're not going 00:42:38.389 --> 00:42:42.030 to sell to us. But I would have wanted him. Top 00:42:42.030 --> 00:42:47.710 player. I saw his first couple of games, and 00:42:47.710 --> 00:42:49.829 I was just immediately taken by him. And then 00:42:49.829 --> 00:42:51.889 after about three, four games, he breaks his 00:42:51.889 --> 00:42:54.829 leg. And then he takes a long time to get back. 00:42:54.849 --> 00:42:56.670 And when he does, he's just not the same player. 00:42:57.039 --> 00:43:01.199 I mean, what is the, like, I guess, what is the 00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:03.280 patience level a coach has with the player? Obviously, 00:43:03.380 --> 00:43:05.079 at Man City, you can't really have that level 00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:07.179 of patience to allow him to develop. But we saw 00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:10.340 with Aaron Ramsey, he eventually became, he hit 00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:12.980 his potential after all these injuries. I'm a 00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:16.780 big fan of sale, but with a buyback. Yeah, me 00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:19.960 too, honestly. I like those conditions. Because 00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:24.260 you can go off and develop. If you develop good, 00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:26.530 we'll get you back. If not... you know, carry 00:43:26.530 --> 00:43:30.110 on. Yeah, I mean, he falls into, like, the same 00:43:30.110 --> 00:43:32.309 bracket as Smith Rowe, like, when he signed for 00:43:32.309 --> 00:43:34.610 Fulham, I think. It's, like, top player, but 00:43:34.610 --> 00:43:37.570 the injury record, the way the team is performing, 00:43:37.769 --> 00:43:40.070 it makes sense for him to go somewhere where 00:43:40.070 --> 00:43:44.630 he can develop better. Do you think Marco Silva's 00:43:44.630 --> 00:43:48.550 the right coach to develop him? No. Unfortunately, 00:43:48.670 --> 00:43:52.050 I don't remember a winger that he's improved 00:43:52.050 --> 00:43:57.079 at all. Can you think of somebody? No, I don't. 00:43:57.199 --> 00:44:00.780 He gets a lot out of workman -like wingers, not 00:44:00.780 --> 00:44:05.059 the exciting, really fast, tricky wingers. That's 00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:07.699 not who he prefers. I remember him having Willian 00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:10.219 and somebody else on the other wing that was 00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:13.820 very boring. That's just not him, I don't think. 00:44:15.400 --> 00:44:18.820 We'll see how it pans out, but I think Fulham 00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:21.019 is a good club to develop because he will get 00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:24.030 a lot of game time. Okay. Conor Gallagher from 00:44:24.030 --> 00:44:27.650 Atletico Madrid to Spurs for 34 million. I don't 00:44:27.650 --> 00:44:29.869 like Conor Gallagher, but at the same time, I 00:44:29.869 --> 00:44:31.869 kind of understand the signing from Tottenham's 00:44:31.869 --> 00:44:34.630 standpoint, given that they really don't have 00:44:34.630 --> 00:44:38.110 a ball winner. I hate players like this. No offence. 00:44:38.369 --> 00:44:42.809 But it's not expensive. I just think he's like 00:44:42.809 --> 00:44:45.489 Jordan Henderson. He's a guy who's going to work 00:44:45.489 --> 00:44:48.960 hard. Run, get the ball, and he just doesn't 00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:51.320 have technique. He doesn't have that, you know... 00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:54.659 But it makes sense for Tottenham right now. The 00:44:54.659 --> 00:44:58.159 stuff that attracts you to football, like, you 00:44:58.159 --> 00:45:01.219 know, beautiful football, that's not Conor Gallagher. 00:45:01.340 --> 00:45:03.380 Yeah, it's not. But he did well against Man City. 00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:06.280 He did do very well, but that's what I'm saying. 00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:09.559 He's very workmanlike, very doing the hard yards. 00:45:10.900 --> 00:45:13.440 And I don't know, a lot of people will be like, 00:45:13.519 --> 00:45:16.980 how are you saying that's a negative? But to 00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:19.920 me, I believe that you can both have a player 00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:22.800 that does the hard yards and has technique. For 00:45:22.800 --> 00:45:25.619 example, Sabotslai. For years and years and years, 00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:28.099 they told me we couldn't upgrade on Henderson. 00:45:28.300 --> 00:45:31.699 And I said, yes, we can. And finally, Sabotslai 00:45:31.699 --> 00:45:34.789 came along and I said, here we go. He runs, he 00:45:34.789 --> 00:45:36.909 socks off every game, but he still has technique. 00:45:37.170 --> 00:45:39.809 And that's possible for every team. I don't believe 00:45:39.809 --> 00:45:44.190 that teams should be forced into playing players 00:45:44.190 --> 00:45:46.429 that do the hard yards and don't have technique. 00:45:46.710 --> 00:45:49.489 I just don't believe that. Yeah, I mean, it just 00:45:49.489 --> 00:45:51.630 depends on how you look at it, because I think 00:45:51.630 --> 00:45:55.349 what's the most accessible for a club like Tottenham? 00:45:55.679 --> 00:45:57.900 Because I think a player who's that complete 00:45:57.900 --> 00:46:00.860 is usually going to cost a lot of money and are 00:46:00.860 --> 00:46:02.380 they going to want to go to Tottenham? That's 00:46:02.380 --> 00:46:05.559 true. That's true. You caught me there. Because 00:46:05.559 --> 00:46:07.880 that's the thing. If it was Tottenham, maybe 00:46:07.880 --> 00:46:10.340 in the Pochettino days, the signing wouldn't 00:46:10.340 --> 00:46:12.380 have made sense because you're trying to elevate 00:46:12.380 --> 00:46:15.360 a midfield that was already one of the best in 00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:18.960 Europe at that time. So it's like now you're 00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:22.159 coming into a midfield where arguably the best 00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:26.579 midfielder right now is... Well, I mean, I think 00:46:26.579 --> 00:46:30.219 Bergweil would probably be the best. For me, 00:46:30.360 --> 00:46:33.500 it's like the two guys with potential or the 00:46:33.500 --> 00:46:35.880 biggest ceiling in my mind is Archie Gray and 00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:38.300 Bergweil. But now Archie Gray is being played 00:46:38.300 --> 00:46:40.579 at right back. He's been played in holding midfield. 00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:41.900 Gray has been messed around. He's dropped into 00:46:41.900 --> 00:46:43.920 left back. It's very unfortunate. because he 00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:46.659 was like uh when he came up from the championship 00:46:46.659 --> 00:46:49.280 uh i mean he didn't come up as in got promoted 00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:52.019 he was bought from the championship when he came 00:46:52.019 --> 00:46:54.559 up he was like touted as this very good defensive 00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:57.519 midfielder that can play the ball from from deep 00:46:57.519 --> 00:47:02.099 uh like a an adam wharton type yeah so he came 00:47:02.099 --> 00:47:05.099 up with the same kind of reputation as like calvin 00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:08.739 phillips i guess yeah so imagine having that 00:47:08.739 --> 00:47:11.400 profile in your team and just misusing him totally 00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:13.909 misusing him it would just be a A damn shame, 00:47:14.010 --> 00:47:16.889 in my opinion, which is what's happening. So 00:47:16.889 --> 00:47:20.010 I think slotting into that midfield, maybe like 00:47:20.010 --> 00:47:22.570 where you have someone like Bergweil who you 00:47:22.570 --> 00:47:24.849 need to get more out of. Right now, I think it's 00:47:24.849 --> 00:47:26.730 a good signing for them. I'd still put it in 00:47:26.730 --> 00:47:28.650 the good signing thing because I think what he 00:47:28.650 --> 00:47:30.630 showed against Man City is that he can win the 00:47:30.630 --> 00:47:32.909 ball. And if he's tactically disciplined enough 00:47:32.909 --> 00:47:35.389 to just lay it off, like you said, your problem 00:47:35.389 --> 00:47:37.670 with Henderson was that he took on too much responsibility 00:47:37.670 --> 00:47:41.570 and you try absurd things or he overhit the ball 00:47:41.570 --> 00:47:45.090 one -on -one. I think with a player like that, 00:47:45.210 --> 00:47:48.329 perhaps the way you guys opened up the pitch 00:47:48.329 --> 00:47:50.750 to Henderson meant that the decisions he had 00:47:50.750 --> 00:47:53.230 to make were a lot more out of his skill range. 00:47:53.630 --> 00:47:57.289 I think for now, if you can limit Conor Gallagher's 00:47:57.289 --> 00:47:59.590 influence to just winning the ball back and moving 00:47:59.590 --> 00:48:03.030 it on, he can elevate Tottenham for me. And I'd 00:48:03.030 --> 00:48:05.530 say he's a good signing right now in the context. 00:48:06.170 --> 00:48:10.530 Lucas Paqueta from West Ham to Flamengo for $36 00:48:10.530 --> 00:48:13.519 .5 million. I've watched a lot of Flamengo this 00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:17.440 season, last season. I like Felipe Luiz. I like 00:48:17.440 --> 00:48:20.099 his approach to football. He has a very much 00:48:20.099 --> 00:48:23.679 a throwback approach. It's weird because he came 00:48:23.679 --> 00:48:26.519 out of playing from Simeone, but he seems to 00:48:26.519 --> 00:48:28.599 be playing in a very similar... When I watch 00:48:28.599 --> 00:48:30.360 his interviews, when I see him talk, he's really 00:48:30.360 --> 00:48:33.320 trying to... He's studied Saki a lot. I think 00:48:33.320 --> 00:48:36.480 that's the implement... He's trying to bring 00:48:36.480 --> 00:48:39.769 the same tactics back. bring like a more old 00:48:39.769 --> 00:48:42.750 -school version of high -pressing. So I can understand 00:48:42.750 --> 00:48:45.050 Paquetas, maybe he's thinking about the national 00:48:45.050 --> 00:48:47.030 team, maybe he's thinking about playing in those 00:48:47.030 --> 00:48:50.110 dynamics, maybe he's homesick, but I would have 00:48:50.110 --> 00:48:53.690 taken him at Arsenal. I just, I wonder if this 00:48:53.690 --> 00:48:56.409 ruins his World Cup chances or improves them. 00:48:56.570 --> 00:48:58.889 Do you think... I think it improves them because 00:48:58.889 --> 00:49:03.329 I think that, well, I don't know with Ancelotti 00:49:03.329 --> 00:49:05.150 because I don't know how he'll select his squad. 00:49:05.920 --> 00:49:08.059 But I follow the Brazilian team quite closely 00:49:08.059 --> 00:49:11.139 and generally... They prefer within their league? 00:49:11.739 --> 00:49:15.599 No, but Flamengo's players have had, so long 00:49:15.599 --> 00:49:17.880 as Felipe Luiz has been there, they've had seven 00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:20.340 or eight players in the national team. Oh, that's 00:49:20.340 --> 00:49:23.039 pretty good. So, yeah, I do think it could increase 00:49:23.039 --> 00:49:25.380 his chances because playing at West Ham, he's 00:49:25.380 --> 00:49:28.920 going to look shit right now. Well, he actually 00:49:28.920 --> 00:49:31.340 looked like the best out of a bad bunch. Yeah, 00:49:31.340 --> 00:49:35.500 but I mean in terms of how does he... How is 00:49:35.500 --> 00:49:37.699 he going to, I guess, force the issue of himself 00:49:37.699 --> 00:49:39.940 getting in above? He's actually already gotten 00:49:39.940 --> 00:49:44.480 a yellow card. I wonder who bet on him. Yeah, 00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:48.440 I wonder who benefited. Him. He bet on himself. 00:49:48.719 --> 00:49:51.639 This last story, or the last transfer, I didn't 00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:55.420 write down, but it's in my head. Jeremy Jacquet 00:49:55.420 --> 00:49:58.719 from, I think, Lille for 55 million to Liverpool. 00:49:59.139 --> 00:50:01.820 Thoughts? I mean, I've read a lot about him. 00:50:01.860 --> 00:50:04.449 I've watched. I watched Lille maybe two or three 00:50:04.449 --> 00:50:06.630 seasons ago I don't think he was there yet but 00:50:06.630 --> 00:50:09.710 I've heard him a lot of people say he profiles 00:50:09.710 --> 00:50:13.869 similarly to Lenny Euro so I think I do rate 00:50:13.869 --> 00:50:16.869 Lenny Euro's profile I really like a lot of what 00:50:16.869 --> 00:50:19.309 he has he obviously has to develop whether Man 00:50:19.309 --> 00:50:22.190 United was the right decision who knows but his 00:50:22.190 --> 00:50:24.230 other option is Real Madrid which is just as 00:50:24.230 --> 00:50:26.469 toxic right now so I would have liked to see 00:50:26.469 --> 00:50:28.829 him and Hoyssen next to each other though I think 00:50:28.829 --> 00:50:31.380 that The idea of them together is a very good 00:50:31.380 --> 00:50:35.659 back four. So I think Xhaka could work out. If 00:50:35.659 --> 00:50:38.679 he profiles similarly to Euro, it just depends. 00:50:39.360 --> 00:50:41.960 Is he the Van Dijk replacement? Because I guess 00:50:41.960 --> 00:50:45.119 Van Dijk, he kind of exudes control composure. 00:50:45.320 --> 00:50:47.260 And what I've heard about Xhaka is that he's 00:50:47.260 --> 00:50:49.900 a bit rash. Just like Euro, he has to tame it 00:50:49.900 --> 00:50:52.360 down a bit. So what do you think of it? So the 00:50:52.360 --> 00:50:54.760 reason I brought this up was not to talk about 00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:57.280 Xhaka. No, to talk about Swat. To talk about 00:50:57.280 --> 00:51:01.500 Liverpool. Yes, to an extent, Slott, because 00:51:01.500 --> 00:51:04.380 I think they have left him shorthanded. We've 00:51:04.380 --> 00:51:06.099 been speaking on this podcast the past couple 00:51:06.099 --> 00:51:08.980 of weeks about Liverpool need a defensive signing. 00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:11.460 Liverpool need a defensive signing. Gomez is 00:51:11.460 --> 00:51:14.460 injured. Connor Bradley is injured. Frimpong 00:51:14.460 --> 00:51:18.820 is injured. Kanate was on compassionate leave. 00:51:19.880 --> 00:51:23.719 We're in a very bad place. We have three defenders 00:51:23.719 --> 00:51:26.969 and two of them are left -backs. Not the best 00:51:26.969 --> 00:51:30.650 spot to be in. We needed a defender in this window, 00:51:30.690 --> 00:51:33.409 if at all possible. Xhaka is only joining us 00:51:33.409 --> 00:51:35.829 in June, July, where, you know, the next transfer. 00:51:35.829 --> 00:51:39.150 It's a signing for the future. Yes. So it's good 00:51:39.150 --> 00:51:41.030 that we're planning for the future. We got a 00:51:41.030 --> 00:51:43.550 young up -and -coming player that's, you know, 00:51:43.550 --> 00:51:46.309 looking very good. But what about this season? 00:51:46.469 --> 00:51:48.889 We're just throwing this season in the bin. It's... 00:51:48.889 --> 00:51:51.269 They're writing it off. The league is already 00:51:51.269 --> 00:51:54.230 done. I can accept that now. But we still need 00:51:54.230 --> 00:51:56.610 to finish top four or top five to get into the 00:51:56.610 --> 00:51:58.610 Champions League. And the way things are looking, 00:51:58.769 --> 00:52:01.269 it's like we need all the help that we can to 00:52:01.269 --> 00:52:04.909 get there, right? I mean, what would you think? 00:52:05.130 --> 00:52:06.949 It's like maybe they've had a discussion with 00:52:06.949 --> 00:52:09.989 Slot and they've decided to see it out. Okay, 00:52:10.230 --> 00:52:12.809 I was getting angry at Slot because we have a 00:52:12.809 --> 00:52:14.829 player. His name is Calvin Ramsey, who's our 00:52:14.829 --> 00:52:18.449 quote -unquote backup right back. He was actually 00:52:18.449 --> 00:52:20.610 bought in as Trent's right back like four or 00:52:20.610 --> 00:52:23.389 five years ago. He's never seen the pitch, not 00:52:23.389 --> 00:52:26.949 once. I haven't even heard of him, to be honest. 00:52:27.369 --> 00:52:29.449 He's been on our bench the season, the entire 00:52:29.449 --> 00:52:31.889 season, and slots sold him this window, or he 00:52:31.889 --> 00:52:34.750 got loaned out this window. So we actually had 00:52:34.750 --> 00:52:38.630 a backup right back that left as well. How bad 00:52:38.630 --> 00:52:40.690 do you have to be to not be given a single minute? 00:52:40.869 --> 00:52:43.050 Not that he's bad in that sense, but I mean, 00:52:43.050 --> 00:52:46.289 maybe it's like... Or is slot so caught up in 00:52:46.289 --> 00:52:48.889 his ways? Because he refused to give Kayser minutes, 00:52:48.929 --> 00:52:51.230 and we know Kayser is good. He refused to give, 00:52:51.269 --> 00:52:54.130 okay, Endo's not good, but he refused to give 00:52:54.130 --> 00:52:56.349 Endo any minutes unless it's like emergency. 00:52:56.829 --> 00:52:59.429 When did you guys sign this guy? Calvin Ramsey. 00:52:59.510 --> 00:53:02.369 Like I said, four years ago. Yes, I mean, but 00:53:02.369 --> 00:53:05.050 that means he's gone over two coaches and hasn't 00:53:05.050 --> 00:53:08.010 got any game time. So, they must be seeing something 00:53:08.010 --> 00:53:09.889 in training. Maybe he looked good when they signed 00:53:09.889 --> 00:53:12.050 him, then they said in training. This guy doesn't 00:53:12.050 --> 00:53:13.929 have, he's going to create a lot of problems 00:53:13.929 --> 00:53:15.849 if we throw him on the pitch, you know. Whatever 00:53:15.849 --> 00:53:17.630 the case is, he's just been here for so long 00:53:17.630 --> 00:53:20.050 and he's just never gotten a chance. So, yeah, 00:53:20.150 --> 00:53:23.289 so. So, more Sabozlai right back shifts on the 00:53:23.289 --> 00:53:27.559 way. Yes, unfortunately. So, this is what. I'm 00:53:27.559 --> 00:53:29.840 using this opportunity to point out that Liverpool 00:53:29.840 --> 00:53:32.719 should have made signings. At least one defensive 00:53:32.719 --> 00:53:36.739 signing, if not more. And it's very disappointing 00:53:36.739 --> 00:53:39.260 to see how they've thrown the season away. But, 00:53:39.320 --> 00:53:41.420 yeah. I mean, maybe they're thinking they still 00:53:41.420 --> 00:53:44.039 have enough. Because, I mean, right now, you're 00:53:44.039 --> 00:53:46.159 also going to pay over market value. So maybe 00:53:46.159 --> 00:53:48.039 they're saying we have enough to get into top 00:53:48.039 --> 00:53:51.119 four. Go as deep as we can in the Champions League 00:53:51.119 --> 00:53:54.260 and then blow the budget in the off -season again 00:53:54.260 --> 00:53:57.280 like you did last season. Say we paid $20 million 00:53:57.280 --> 00:53:59.980 over the top for a player. A player costs $40 00:53:59.980 --> 00:54:02.039 million, but we're paying a premium that costs 00:54:02.039 --> 00:54:05.300 $60 million. We're going to get like $120 million 00:54:05.300 --> 00:54:07.980 to play in the Champions League. But what's the 00:54:07.980 --> 00:54:10.300 guarantee that that player would necessarily... 00:54:10.300 --> 00:54:13.260 Like you said, if you're missing so many players, 00:54:13.380 --> 00:54:15.860 it's practically an injury crisis. You're only 00:54:15.860 --> 00:54:18.039 going to sign one player, probably. Maybe two. 00:54:18.329 --> 00:54:21.570 You also would have to consider the future of 00:54:21.570 --> 00:54:23.670 those players. Like you said, you'd have to... 00:54:23.670 --> 00:54:26.289 Okay, get them in on loan. It doesn't matter. 00:54:27.090 --> 00:54:31.550 You know, do something. To do nothing is to accept 00:54:31.550 --> 00:54:34.630 your situation, which is bad. I think they're 00:54:34.630 --> 00:54:36.230 thinking they're still going to make top four. 00:54:36.409 --> 00:54:39.630 That's the boards. Like, let's save the money 00:54:39.630 --> 00:54:41.949 till the offseason. We're probably going to get 00:54:41.949 --> 00:54:43.929 in the top four anyway. Well, they're in for 00:54:43.929 --> 00:54:46.349 a rude awakening if things carry on going as 00:54:46.349 --> 00:54:48.710 they're going. I think you guys might have enough, 00:54:48.809 --> 00:54:51.309 in my opinion. Might. You see, it should not 00:54:51.309 --> 00:54:54.789 be down to might. The amount of resources at 00:54:54.789 --> 00:54:57.469 our disposal, it shouldn't be a question of we 00:54:57.469 --> 00:55:00.269 might make top four or not. I mean, obviously 00:55:00.269 --> 00:55:03.170 you can't be 100 % sure of anything. No, okay, 00:55:03.289 --> 00:55:06.150 sorry. I don't want to jump on you saying might, 00:55:06.250 --> 00:55:09.219 but I'm saying... It is a question of whether 00:55:09.219 --> 00:55:11.400 we make it or not. And it shouldn't be a question. 00:55:11.500 --> 00:55:14.199 We should be top four every year with the resources 00:55:14.199 --> 00:55:16.980 we've invested, with the players we have, with 00:55:16.980 --> 00:55:20.159 the talent at our disposal. It's just not right 00:55:20.159 --> 00:55:22.059 that we're not in the top four. I think they're 00:55:22.059 --> 00:55:24.659 looking at it like the squad is going to balance 00:55:24.659 --> 00:55:27.019 itself out. I think in the course of the season, 00:55:27.219 --> 00:55:31.940 I think you guys have maybe the best chance of, 00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:35.329 I think... being the team to get the third spot, 00:55:35.510 --> 00:55:38.070 in my opinion, because I think Aston Villa are 00:55:38.070 --> 00:55:41.630 going to fade away in terms of... I'm just saying, 00:55:41.670 --> 00:55:44.010 I think as the season gets stretched, the size 00:55:44.010 --> 00:55:45.949 of their squad is going to tell. It's not a personal 00:55:45.949 --> 00:55:47.929 thing, even though... What about Man United? 00:55:49.269 --> 00:55:51.900 Yeah, I think... You guys and Man United will 00:55:51.900 --> 00:55:54.760 take those spots. I don't see Chelsea being consistent 00:55:54.760 --> 00:55:58.800 enough defensively especially to compete. I think 00:55:58.800 --> 00:56:01.599 the expectation of you guys is so high that obviously 00:56:01.599 --> 00:56:03.699 last season you guys were one of the best teams 00:56:03.699 --> 00:56:05.940 in the world. So it's like the fall off is now. 00:56:06.489 --> 00:56:09.210 appearing more significant because it's like 00:56:09.210 --> 00:56:11.389 people are saying that oh last season we were 00:56:11.389 --> 00:56:13.730 the best team so you're saying you're saying 00:56:13.730 --> 00:56:16.090 the table was lying and we should have been second 00:56:16.090 --> 00:56:20.190 or third last year so can i just uh yeah let 00:56:20.190 --> 00:56:22.710 me just work this out see if you agree so we 00:56:22.710 --> 00:56:24.409 should have finished maybe second or third last 00:56:24.409 --> 00:56:27.730 year so us finishing fifth going from third to 00:56:27.730 --> 00:56:30.329 fifth isn't the shock that going from first to 00:56:30.329 --> 00:56:33.579 fifth is Yeah. No, no, that's not what I'm saying. 00:56:33.659 --> 00:56:36.539 I think it is a disappointing season. I think 00:56:36.539 --> 00:56:39.039 if they've had a board meeting internally, they've 00:56:39.039 --> 00:56:41.239 discussed that. But I think they've discussed 00:56:41.239 --> 00:56:43.980 it like, okay, let's plan around the summer. 00:56:44.079 --> 00:56:46.139 Maybe Slot's going to be here, maybe he's not. 00:56:46.199 --> 00:56:48.059 That's what they're thinking. So I think they're 00:56:48.059 --> 00:56:50.780 saying, whether he's here or not, let's keep 00:56:50.780 --> 00:56:53.079 the budget for the offseason because I think 00:56:53.079 --> 00:56:54.900 we're going to have enough to finish in the top 00:56:54.900 --> 00:56:56.639 three or four this season. And I think you guys 00:56:56.639 --> 00:56:59.820 will, honestly. Well... I think we're done here. 00:56:59.940 --> 00:57:01.880 Do you have any other transfers you want to bring 00:57:01.880 --> 00:57:04.940 up? No, I think those are the main ones if anything 00:57:04.940 --> 00:57:11.030 else did occur. I mean, I guess I'm out. As an 00:57:11.030 --> 00:57:13.289 Arsenal fan, I was happy to see Waneri go to 00:57:13.289 --> 00:57:16.010 Marseille, but then De Zerbi left. Did he leave, 00:57:16.150 --> 00:57:18.869 or did he threaten to leave? Yeah, I think there 00:57:18.869 --> 00:57:21.469 was a threat, or I saw something about he might 00:57:21.469 --> 00:57:23.530 be about to leave, or he's getting sacked soon. 00:57:23.550 --> 00:57:25.889 I don't know if it was confirmed, but I'm happy 00:57:25.889 --> 00:57:30.269 if De Zerbi stays for, I think, Waneri. De Zerbi's 00:57:30.269 --> 00:57:32.690 very good at developing teams, creativity especially, 00:57:32.869 --> 00:57:35.210 so hopefully by the time we get him back, he 00:57:35.210 --> 00:57:38.670 can save us a bit of money on maybe going out. 00:57:38.920 --> 00:57:41.519 buying an expensive player alright well thank 00:57:41.519 --> 00:57:43.539 you for listening please remember to rate review 00:57:43.539 --> 00:57:47.780 subscribe give a like etc comment tell your friends 00:57:47.780 --> 00:57:51.079 importantly it needs to be a 5 star review you 00:57:51.079 --> 00:57:54.239 can find all our links at pdfootball .com that's 00:57:54.239 --> 00:57:58.519 pdfootball .com please tell a friend tell that 00:57:58.519 --> 00:58:00.880 friend to tell a friend tell a family member 00:58:00.880 --> 00:58:07.789 yeah goodbye Oh, goodbye. Every week. Every week 00:58:07.789 --> 00:58:08.530 you hate the listeners.