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And welcome back to the PD Football Podcast.

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My name is Presh. And this week we have a special

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guest because Darren is unavailable. It's my

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cousin. I'll allow him to introduce himself.

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Hello. My name is Arnav. I'm very grateful to

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be on. And we had a very eventful Game Week 25.

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Yeah. Do you want to mention who you support?

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I support Man United. All right. So how are you

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doing just in general? I'm feeling very positive.

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Carrick Ball has changed my life. Weren't you

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pro -Emerim? No, no. Me, I wanted him gone after

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the Grimsby game. But four games back -to -back

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now. Four games on the bounce. We've delivered

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three points, gotten all 12. I'm really happy

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with that. All right, we'll get to United. But

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the first game of the game week was Leeds versus

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Nottingham Forest. It was the Friday night game.

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uh did you watch this i did not okay so i would

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say that uh in terms of patterns okay no no before

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that in terms of like changes to the the teams

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i didn't uh watch previous leads and forest games

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so i can't say oh this guy's playing instead

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of this guy but you know the teams just looked

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how i expect them to look and yeah getting into

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the game itself leads kind of abandoned the midfield

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All their play was down the wings and, you know,

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attacking down the wings. They just kind of,

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there were three Nottingham Forest players in

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the middle mocking nobody. They were just in

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space doing nothing. And I thought, all right,

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guys, can't we, isn't, something should be clicking

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that there's something wrong here, right? So

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a little bit later in the second half, Forest

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finally get the ball. They get a little bit of

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control on the ball. They get some possession,

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but they can't make use of it. Who I was really

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impressed with is the Leeds left back. His name

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is Goodmanson. He was getting in behind a couple

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of times, really attacking them and getting very

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directly in behind. And I like that. The guy

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who didn't impress me is Morgan Gibbs -White

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for Nottingham Forest. What do you think of him?

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Sorry, I'm just going to interrupt. What was

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the score? The score, it was 3 -1. Leeds are

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in a relegation fight, eh? No, they're not. Forest

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are in a relegation fight. Leeds are fine. Okay.

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Let me do a check really quickly. But anyway,

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I think, did you say who is Calvert -Lewin? No,

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Morgan Gibbs -White. Gibbs -White. How do you

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feel about Morgan Gibbs -White? He's a great

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footballer. I added him to my FPL. He's very

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consistent in this Nottingham Forest side because

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I think it's suited to him. He has a great finish

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on him, but I think he should move up to a bigger

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club soon. Maybe this summer. All right. I would

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point out that he was going to move to Spurs

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last summer, but he signed a new extension. Yeah,

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I said it was 3 -1. It was 3 -1. Yeah. And like,

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you didn't check the table, but Leeds are six

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points clear. Forrest are three points clear

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of West Ham. So Forrest signed a relegation battle.

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Leeds have a little bit of leeway for them. And

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so, yeah, I just feel like Morgan Gibbs... has

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mastered the art of looking busy while not doing

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anything. He looks really silky on the ball.

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He dribbles well. He, like, drives forward well.

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And, like, you know, when he gets that first

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touch, when somebody passes him that first touch,

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sometimes he'll pirouette, sometimes he'll Cruyff

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turn. He looks really good. But what about...

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you know incisive passing what about breaking

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the lines what about putting in an excellent

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cross he doesn't have that i know you were just

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saying he's consistent in terms of returns for

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uh fantasy but i just don't think in the big

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games he like does anything really he just looks

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busy like i said uh yeah and not just him it

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just was forest just overall look too casual

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they don't have enough urgency in the game and

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that's why leeds won Leeds were, I mean, Forest

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were just coming off quite a nice run where they

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were delivering points. They just beat West Ham,

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they drew to Arsenal, they beat Brentford, and

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then they drew to Palace, and then this is their

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first loss in five against Leeds. Not bad, then.

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Not bad at all. Not bad. I hear what you're saying.

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So, in terms of the goals, individual moments,

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there was, for the Leeds goal, it was just literally

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one ball over the top and Leeds scored. That

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was their first goal. It was very... I don't

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want to say silly, but it just was silly. Just

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really poor. I don't know. I think the center

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back should have gone forward and headed the

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ball out. But yeah, one ball over the top lead

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score. For the second goal, just awful marking.

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I can't remember who, but somebody just drifts

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into the area and puts in a cross. And it was

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very shambolic defending. And that's not what

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we would associate with the Sean Dyche team,

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is it? Sean Dyche is like, you know, his... Entire

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game is built on defensive solidity. And to see

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a Sean Dice team be so naive, so poorly defensive.

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Lackadaisical. Lackadaisical. It was, you know,

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shocking to see, actually. Then it was a really

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clever finish from Calvert -Lewin for the third

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goal. Somebody else was taking a shot and he

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kind of just, what's the word, like aimed it

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towards the goal. There was already enough power

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on the ball. He just kind of directed it. Placed

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it. Placed it in the proper place and really

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good. He's having a very great season, Calvert

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-Lewin. He is. Equal goals to Ekotike. And you

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could say, oh, Ekotike just joined a new club.

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Calvert -Lewin joined a new club this summer.

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And he's playing for a much worse team. So, yeah,

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big ups to Calvert -Lewin. Especially because

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a lot of people said he was finished. Actually,

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a lot of people don't like him because, you know,

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I don't remember the brand, but he did an ad

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for somebody and he wore like, I don't want to

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say girls clothes, but very feminine stuff. So

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a lot of people kind of hate on that and they

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have that image of him in their head. So they

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they upset with him because of that. But yeah,

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I big fan of Calvert -Lewin, especially this

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coming back from the dead. I think he's had a

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great season so far. I'm not sure about all that,

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but as a footballer, he's had quite a nice season

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so far. So let's hope he can add to his tally.

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Because he's in your fantasy team. Yeah. So it

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was 3 -1. The last consolation goal just came

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from across and a nice finish by the Forest Substitutes.

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Again, cannot remember their names. It was like,

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oh, the coach did something here when like two

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substitutes combined for a goal. So thought I'd

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mention that. 3 -1 and yeah, that's the end of

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our Leeds versus Nottingham Forest segment. Our

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next segment is Man United versus Spurs. And

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I'm going to need you to kind of carry this conversation.

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I've seen the highlights so I can, you know,

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opine about certain things, but I was sick. Lots

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to talk about in this game. I would say it was

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a lot more entertaining than the City -Liverpool

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game, just in terms of quality of goals, as well

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as just patterns of play. There was a lot of

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talk before the game that Spurs were going to

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wipe the floor or show up. Wait, who said that?

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Just a lot of online fans. All right. Just because

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they... I think the overwhelming feeling, okay,

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just from my point of view, the overwhelming

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feeling was that United were going to win. Oh

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yeah, definitely. I think the form United were

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in going into this game was a lot more... deadly

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yeah and a lot more lethal and we have a lot

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more firepower up front that has a lot more yeah

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because so Darren and I both do predictions before

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game week starts and we both predict a united

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win so I just don't see how people online were

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like oh Spurs are gonna do this do that or well

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I don't know what corners of the internet you

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are on well they were calling us they were calling

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us their dogs because they beat us in that Europa

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League final So they deserve it, is what you're

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saying? Definitely. All right. Okay, so do you

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want to start with any changes that Carrick made

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to the team? Or is it the same team? Carrick

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went to the same lineup. He had Mainu and Casemiro

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in that midfield, which completely revolutionized

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how we're playing. He started Konya over Dogu

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because Dogu's injured. So we were a lot more

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pacier on the wings. We had a lot more control.

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And in terms of the actual game, Romero had a

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red card, so he got sent off. Shock horror. A

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really nice moment in the post -match conference

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when Thomas Frank was speaking to the media and

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he said, you know, he got a red card and I think

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he's unfairly targeted because, you know, if

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you look at his record, it's not that bad. And

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the journalist says, actually, since he's been

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here, he's got the most red cards in the league.

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And Thomas Frank was like, oh, I didn't know

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that. Imagine you're just talking bullshit and

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you get called out like immediately. That's great.

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Yeah, sorry, you were saying? So he's now banned

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for four games, but even before the... Isn't

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it three? No, it's four games because this is

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his second red card now. Oh, okay. Straight red

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card. So in terms of the actual game, even before

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the red card, United were having more chances

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than Spurs, even though the game did look more

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equal. Spurs looked like they were in it, but

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United were having more of the better chances

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and the clear card chances. And when the sending

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off did happen, it just gave the ball to United

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and they controlled the game just from that red

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card all the way to the full -time whistle. And

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United were having so much fun on the ball. Spurs

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didn't even actually have a chance to run at

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United players because we were moving the ball

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too fast and we were using our passing or the

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Spurs players were just dropping back too deep.

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So they went from sitting back and playing negative

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to almost going even double. negative, which

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doesn't make really much sense, but they've got

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even further back and laid down. So that's how

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Spurs performed. But in terms of, I would think

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the result has given them, closed the door on

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any sort of Europe now. And they're actually

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in a relegation fight, I would say. Six points

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off bottom. You never know what Jared Bowen might

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do. As for United, we're definitely in a top

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four race. But for me, I'm saying number 21 is

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coming home because that's the whole point of

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belief. So, yeah, that was basically the United

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game. I like that mentality. Thank you. Not to

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diss Darren, especially because he's not here,

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but he's like competing. That's what's important.

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I'm like, no, winning is important. What the

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hell? But, yeah, again, that's not a diss. That's

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just repeating what he has said himself. So,

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yeah. On the goals, the first goal, Brian Mbomo,

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what a season he is having. It came off a corner.

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Set -piece FC, they call us now. But we have

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ethical set -pieces. Bruno to Menuhin, Menuhin

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outside the box. Mbomo, bottom corner, passes

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it in. Vicario, no chance. And then for the second

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goal, Deleuze puts in a cross. Comes off Cesco's

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forehead, might have just missed Cesco and Bruno

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just gets the tap in there. Vicario has no other

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chance either. Definitely didn't touch Cesco.

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Bruno wheels away in his celebration as we went

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2 -0. Any other thoughts about the United game?

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I think in terms of managers, Thomas Frank's

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CV has taken a massive blow now. This Spurs side

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was capable of beating United when it really

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mattered and to not be able to deliver when you

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need three points will be a very harsh thing.

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And as for Carrick, this is another tick in the

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box going in the right direction to possibly

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give him the job. For me personally, I would

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have already given him the job because I've seen

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enough as in terms of his previous stint before

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Ten Hag and now this stint here. We've just looked

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a lot more fluid, a lot more... We've just looked

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a lot more likely to score. And we've actually

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scored a lot more goals in these last four games

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than we did under Amarum. So that makes me a

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lot more happier. Okay, I think you're getting

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carried away. Carried away. First of all, I've

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heard that the actual mastermind of these four

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wins has been Steve Holland, Carrick's assistant,

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or one of the assistants. I don't know how true

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that is or, you know, but apparently he's the

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one who's organized the defense in such a way

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that they become impenetrable. I know. I don't

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know about all that, but I know the set piece

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came from Johnny Evans. That is a that's a fact.

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All right. But in terms of the defense, I think

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we've always been as we've had the potential

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to be strong, especially because we still have

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to let to come back. But I think the way we set

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up tactically was because of. Carrick because

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he's actually placed Casemiro in front of the

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back line and he's made Mainu transition from

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a defense to attack moving the ball and creating

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those patterns and those shapes so that we can

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break teams down because it's not just been like

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what we've played one way in these last four

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games we've played several different types of

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ways and we've gotten results okay but is four

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games a big enough sample size for you to judge

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somebody It's not just those four games. He also

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beat Arteta in an FA Cup as well. So I think...

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You're saying five games then? There was other

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games as well. What is your threshold for? I

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think there's a lot of questions around managers

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nowadays. I think you need to see for your own

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eyes, with your own eyes, what your team is actually

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accomplishing with the manager that is in charge.

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For example, like Enrique. We had no clue who

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was going to get it together and win the Champions

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League, but they ended up playing some of the

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best football. What do you mean we had no clue?

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They were mid -table or not even looking. Okay,

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okay, okay. They weren't in the top eight. Yeah,

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and then they got through and then they started.

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They peaked at the right time. Yeah, basically.

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You know Enrique won a treble before the said

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Barcelona, right? I'm just pointing out that

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he has a reputation. It's not as if this is some

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nobody that just turned up at PSG. I'm not saying

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it's a nobody. I'm saying there is a point where

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everything will just start to click and then

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the manager will end up taking credit for the

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good results because he himself has now picked

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a team. He's made the tactics. And when you look

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at how we've played... It's not just like a tactical

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masterclass. We've looked like a more gelled

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together team as opposed to before when we were

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just grinding up results. We didn't look... Everybody

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were playing as individuals. And this time we're

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playing as... I still think you're getting carried

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away because what you're doing is comparing Carrick

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to Amarum. What you should be doing is comparing

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Carrick to like Guardiola. Okay, maybe not Guardiola.

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Like Arteta to like Klopp. you know, the challenges

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to the, even a slot to the, you know, as challenges

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to the title. You shouldn't be comparing him

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to Amarim, who was an abject failure and a loser,

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right? But also, I would like to add, Casemiro

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has been revolutionary, like, to our midfield.

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He has made our midfield tick so beautifully

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because, I don't know if you watched the game,

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but he had a no -look pass to Kunja against Fulham.

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And Kunya banged it top corner, top end. So I

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know that's just one pass, but my point is Kunya,

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Casemiro has been quite the player. And even

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though he's leaving in 13 games, he's been really,

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really quality in these last few games. So I

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also don't think it's Carrick, all due to Carrick.

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I also think these players are more committed

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to the system that fits the players that Carrick's

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brought in. So do you think they down tools for

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MRM? Definitely. What makes you think they're

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not going to down tools again if Carrick does

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something they don't like? I think, again, after

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that Europa League final, for me, these players,

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these crop of players didn't, I wanted most of

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them gone. So for them to be pitching up and

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showing up for Carrick shows that they are light

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switch FC where they show up when they want to.

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But for me, if they down tools for Carrick, it

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would have to be because Carrick has tactically

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or done something with the formation. or made

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somebody in the squad unhappy like Bruno. Okay.

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But I'm saying, so if you're a top manager, you

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don't care if you upset somebody, right? Definitely.

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They get into line because you're the one in

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charge. 100%. If Carrick is tailoring his coaching

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to keep the players happy, do you think, I don't

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think that's the best way to move forward. I

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100 % agree, but it was also what we did under

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Solskjaer too. We just made the players happy

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and then they ended up getting results. Yes,

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but... I know obviously this is not how... How

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many trophies did you win using the Solskjaer

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method? That's irrelevant. I'm just pointing

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out, I feel like Carrick is Solskjaer 2 .0 and

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Solskjaer was Frank Lampard 2 .0 because... I

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feel like just hiring a former player because

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they used to be good at playing for your club

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to be the manager is just nepotism. Okay, maybe

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nepotism is not the right word, but there's just

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a favoritism towards a certain person because

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they linked to your club. Arteta, Frank Lampard.

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Who else did it? Xavi. Xavi. Andre Pirlo. Xavi

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Alonso. well I guess Xabi Alonso won the title

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in Germany so he's not as what's the word like

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green behind the ears as the rest of them the

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rest of them got that like it's Arteta's first

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ever job as a manager and he became Arsenal manager

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that's such a for whatever reason Arsenal fans

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are okay with it but that just doesn't sit right

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with me you need to have a CV I agree with you

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you need to have a background in in the game

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but on that Carrick even though it looks like

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Carrick's first interim he has just even before

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that he after he managed Middlesbrough yeah and

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he got sacked from Middlesbrough I think yeah

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so he at least he had some stuff on his CV before

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he got the United job unlike Arteta who just

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was given it yeah but I'm just I still think

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that's too shallow even Liam Rosin yeah And Enzo

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Maresca. The thing is, he didn't play for Chelsea,

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though. Yeah, but I'm saying you need to... Enzo

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Maresca won the championship with Leeds. Not

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Leeds, Leicester. He brought them up from the...

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That's why. So, that's more of a CV than just

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being Pep Guardiola's assistant. And when Maresca

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was at Chelsea, he won the Conference League

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and he won the Club World Cup. Yeah, yeah. Okay,

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well, we're just listing achievements now. All

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in all, do you want to wrap up this game? I think

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it's pretty much wrapped up in terms of what

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I've said. But I think it's... As a United fan,

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I'm very happy with the way we're progressing.

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And a week of rest means we get a fully fresh

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Casemiro for our next Premier League games. And

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as for Spurs, I don't know what's going to happen

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to them. If they continue this run of form, it's

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very likely they could go down. I would love

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it and I think I deserve it. But yeah, that's

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about it for the United game. All right. Let's

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move on to the Arsenal versus Sunderland game.

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This was the, what do you want to call it? The

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four o 'clock game? The late kickoff, yeah. Not

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the late kickoff. This was like, there were three

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time slots. The early kickoff, the mid kickoff,

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and the late kickoff. So this was the mid kickoff.

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The United game was the early one. Yeah, Newcastle

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-Brentford was the... Yes, so Arsenal and a bunch

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of other games were on at the same time. But

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this is the one I happened to watch. So, like

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I was saying, in terms of starting line -up,

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for Arsenal, the keepers swapped again. Raya

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came back in for Kepa from the... So, they played

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Chelsea in the League Cup last week. So, this

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is the changes from that. Calafiori came in for

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Hinkapie. Havertz in for Eze. Trossard in for

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Martinelli and Jesus for Jokeres. So the number

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one thing I realized was that Sunderland were

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running all over them in midfield. And they had

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no control, especially because, not especially,

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but due to there not being any Odegaard. Odegaard

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is the one that holds on to the ball, especially

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if things are too chaotic. He's the one who will

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hold on to the ball and frustrate opponents.

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not frustrate them just recycle possession yeah

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instead of like like somebody who lets it go

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silly uh lets it go away from them is very silly

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uh he holds on to the ball very well right i

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thought uh calafiori looked suspect in a lot

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of moments during the game but that's partly

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because uh he was injured uh he's only just come

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back so when you just come back from injury i'm

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not i'm a little bit like more lenient lenient

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towards you because i don't believe like you're

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fully up to speed yet so califuri that's fine

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um brian brobby gave saliba a lot of problems

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probably saliba got a yellow card and i thought

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oh saliba's in trouble here uh because it was

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quite early on it was in the first half and i

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thought okay probably has to leave on the on

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the strings and for the rest of the game saliba

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had him had him checked and i was like wow that's

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a a really good comeback from being in a bad

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situation. So in the first half, Sunderland looked

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good, but they didn't really convert that possession

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into attacking moments. They would just win the

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ball, then pass it to the wing, then the wing

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couldn't do anything, and they would recycle

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possession, and so forth. They couldn't really

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get down the line, they had to just move it.

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They moved it side to side, yes, that's the problem.

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So in the second half, Sunderland come out attacking

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and they don't... Could you just do me a favour?

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Could you just actually check what the score

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was? I didn't write it down again. I can't remember.

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I believe it was like 3 -0, right? I'm going

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to check now. It was 3 -0, yes. Yes, so the first

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goal comes from Zubamendi. A really excellent

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finish. Off the post -bottom corner. Because

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they show like... the back what's like the camera

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from behind him and he's not even aiming at the

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goal he just whacks it and it goes like around

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it does like a nice like whoop motion and gets

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into like an inch perfect off the post goal he

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hit it first time and I just again just had no

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idea what he was aiming at it was so just an

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incredible finish right his Also, his celebration

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was a Marino tribute because Marino... He's injured.

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Injured. Broke his foot or something like that.

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Something really hectic like that. So, hopefully

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Marino gets back soon. Fair play to Zubimendi.

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Yeah. Then, like I said, in the second half,

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Sunderland came out attacking and they had the

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most control. But there was a really silly mistake

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from Alderete and Jokre scored against the run

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of play. because Alderete, instead of clearing

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the ball, was like kind of playing around with

00:24:01.730 --> 00:24:04.549
it in his back, you know, like under pressure

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from Arsenal players. So when he does clear it,

00:24:06.869 --> 00:24:09.769
it goes to an Arsenal player and they've turned

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it up high. Joachim scores. Very, what's the

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word when you get avoidable goal. Then, for the

00:24:17.069 --> 00:24:19.450
last goal, Martinelli is on the counter. He just

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lays it off to Jock Reyes and scores again. Nothing

00:24:21.890 --> 00:24:26.049
to... He slips and falls as well. And he did

00:24:26.049 --> 00:24:29.750
the celebration on the floor. Nothing really

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too much to talk about with that. Yeah, your

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thoughts? In terms of Sunderland's away on the

00:24:38.789 --> 00:24:42.190
road... They're not really as good as they are

00:24:42.190 --> 00:24:45.549
at home. They aren't beaten at home. So for me

00:24:45.549 --> 00:24:48.049
to be beaten 3 -0 is kind of a statement. It's

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land in the sand for Arsenal where this is now.

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They're committed to winning the league now.

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Three points on the board. It's Sunderland. It's

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Sunderland, man. The way you're talking about

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it, it's like they beat us. They aren't beaten

00:25:00.569 --> 00:25:03.289
at home. Yeah, I know, but Sunderland are very

00:25:03.289 --> 00:25:05.849
bad on the road. When we were doing our predictions,

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both Darren and I said, Sunderland are going

00:25:08.009 --> 00:25:10.329
to lose because Sunderland on the road don't

00:25:10.329 --> 00:25:13.509
travel well. You know, they drew with us. I guess

00:25:13.509 --> 00:25:15.910
I just wasn't expecting three, no. Okay, fair

00:25:15.910 --> 00:25:18.829
enough. You can argue that, right? On to our

00:25:18.829 --> 00:25:21.309
next match, Newcastle versus Brentford. This

00:25:21.309 --> 00:25:24.569
was the late kickoff on Saturday and not really

00:25:24.569 --> 00:25:28.049
a lot of notes on this to speak about, but I

00:25:28.049 --> 00:25:30.690
just want to say this was a really high energy,

00:25:30.829 --> 00:25:35.359
high intensity, fun match. Both teams came out

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to play. They didn't come for like a nervy, nil

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:41.880
-nil draw, come out and, you know, play cowardly

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:44.980
football. This was an amazing game. They sent

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:47.920
it 3 -2 to Brentford at St. James Park. Yes.

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:51.759
Great game. So, yeah, that's the, again, I don't

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:54.339
know much about the teams, so I can't say, okay,

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:56.700
this player came in for that player, but that

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was the general consensus. No, no, no. Play pattern.

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You know, Newcastle attacked, Brentford attacked.

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:07.180
Newcastle attacked, Brentford attacked. Kind

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:10.920
of like a basketball game. Both teams coming

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to attack. Both teams coming to score. So Newcastle

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:18.779
score from the corner technique that Arsenal

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:21.940
use, which is place a man directly on top of

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:25.380
the keeper. If the keeper can't run out and grab

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:28.220
the ball, it's much easier for the... the attacker

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:31.700
to score more likely yeah more likely right so

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:36.119
i think that's unethical and uh we should do

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:38.839
away with the that type of court uh keeper blocking

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:42.319
but uh you know what can you do about it it's

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:44.039
effective arsenal top of the league because of

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:49.000
it so yes can't uh uh kind of again i don't want

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:51.980
to say against the the run of play but uh because

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:54.259
like i said it was attack attack attack attack

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Dango, I don't know what to call him. I used

00:26:58.470 --> 00:27:01.089
to call him Odango because on his shirt it says

00:27:01.089 --> 00:27:03.750
Odango, but everyone calls him Utara, which is

00:27:03.750 --> 00:27:07.029
his first name. So I'm just going to call him

00:27:07.029 --> 00:27:10.670
Odango. Odango puts in a delicious cross and

00:27:10.670 --> 00:27:13.690
Janelt towers over the defender to score. That

00:27:13.690 --> 00:27:16.950
was a really good goal. You know, top marks for

00:27:16.950 --> 00:27:21.400
me. Jacob Murphy concedes a penalty. I didn't

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:24.740
think that this was a penalty. It does hit his

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:28.680
arm. I'm not disputing that. But it's kicked

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:31.900
directly. The ball is blasted at his hand. He

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:36.319
has no time to react, to move, whatever. But

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:40.299
it is what it is. Igor Thiago converts. It's

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:43.019
2 -1 to Brentford. He's having a great season

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:46.549
too. He has 17 goals. Very good. But a lot of

00:27:46.549 --> 00:27:49.450
them are penalties. Yeah. What's the word? I

00:27:49.450 --> 00:27:54.450
appreciate scoring goals, but you have to recognize

00:27:54.450 --> 00:27:59.750
when it's mainly penalties, right? Where are

00:27:59.750 --> 00:28:03.950
we now? Michael Coyote also concedes a penalty.

00:28:04.109 --> 00:28:08.309
And I think the referee was far too lenient,

00:28:08.369 --> 00:28:10.849
right? He concedes a penalty, but he doesn't

00:28:10.849 --> 00:28:13.369
even get a yellow card for it. What happens is

00:28:13.369 --> 00:28:17.529
Coyote is the last man. And he trips, not trips,

00:28:17.609 --> 00:28:21.430
takes out the Newcastle attacker. So for me,

00:28:21.490 --> 00:28:24.910
it's what we call dog so. Denial of a goal scoring

00:28:24.910 --> 00:28:29.930
opportunity, right? If you dog so, dog so is

00:28:29.930 --> 00:28:31.829
a straight red card. But he didn't even get a

00:28:31.829 --> 00:28:33.849
yellow card for it. He just concedes the penalty

00:28:33.849 --> 00:28:36.990
and the game just kind of went on. I was very

00:28:36.990 --> 00:28:40.960
shocked at that. The commentators didn't say

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:42.720
anything, so maybe I'm just missing something.

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:45.039
But to me, it looked like he was the last man.

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:48.839
Pulled him down and no retribution for it. That

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:52.480
was very shocking. But yeah, I think it was Bruno

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:57.019
G who scored the penalty. I wasn't watching the

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:58.599
game, so I didn't see what you meant. Yes, but

00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:00.700
I know for fantasy reasons, you know, he did

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:04.339
score. I took Bruno G out, I think. Oh, yes.

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:10.200
Then for the final goal. It was kind of like

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:12.880
Newcastle had the energy or the momentum with

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:15.740
them. So this was, again, kind of against the

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:19.420
run of play. But the keeper clears it. The Newcastle

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:21.819
defender heads out. Brentford win the second

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:24.440
ball and pass to Dango, who scores a fantastic

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:28.859
goal. And yeah, Brentford win 3 -2. The game

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:32.000
itself was really open, I think. from the highlights

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:34.380
that I've seen. So there was definitely going

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:36.039
to be a winner. And when that equaliser went

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:38.099
in from Bruno G, there was always going to be

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:40.000
a winner because both sides were playing for

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:42.779
the win. So I'm not surprised Brentford got the

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:44.440
winner because Brentford have been playing well.

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:47.019
But I'm more shocked about the fact that Eddie

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:50.779
Howe is not caught on and made progress with

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:53.759
his team. Because I would have thought Newcastle,

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:57.000
especially even after losing Isak and having

00:29:57.000 --> 00:30:00.210
Walter Mare. he would have made that work and

00:30:00.210 --> 00:30:03.589
it would have been a lot more progressive at

00:30:03.589 --> 00:30:05.809
least. But it shows character to get back into

00:30:05.809 --> 00:30:11.470
the game. I disagree. When Eddie Howe was at

00:30:11.470 --> 00:30:14.549
Bournemouth, never scratch that, when he just

00:30:14.549 --> 00:30:17.390
was at Newcastle and they made the Champions

00:30:17.390 --> 00:30:20.549
League, what I used to think was Newcastle were

00:30:20.549 --> 00:30:23.529
beating teams just by outworking them, not being

00:30:23.529 --> 00:30:27.990
superior in terms of ball stuff, you know, like...

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:32.299
Just being faster, stronger, you know, physical

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:36.339
traits. But when Newcastle went to the Champions

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:39.900
League, they got wiped on the floor by certain

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:43.599
teams because they couldn't compete technically,

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:46.799
right? And I've always known Eddie Howe to not

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:51.519
be a technical coach because of that. So to find

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:54.410
out that his team is in a... in a bad situation

00:30:54.410 --> 00:30:57.549
and he has no tactical answers to get out that

00:30:57.549 --> 00:30:59.430
makes perfect sense to me because he's never

00:30:59.430 --> 00:31:03.009
been you know a tactically astute manager so

00:31:03.009 --> 00:31:07.089
yeah uh on to our next story so the next game

00:31:07.089 --> 00:31:10.130
i should have watched was uh crystal palace versus

00:31:10.130 --> 00:31:12.190
brighton or the other way around brighton versus

00:31:12.190 --> 00:31:14.670
crystal palace but again uh that was the early

00:31:14.670 --> 00:31:16.569
kickoff on sunday and i missed it i was asleep

00:31:16.569 --> 00:31:20.750
i did wake up 25 minutes into the liverpool versus

00:31:20.750 --> 00:31:23.460
man city game And that's what is our next story.

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:27.039
I just thought Salah, Gakpo and Wurz were extremely

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:30.359
poor. You watched this game. I did, but you've

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:32.480
been saying Gakpo's been poor all season. Yeah,

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:34.339
and he had another poor game. Definitely, I agree

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:37.299
with you. But I think Salah had moments, but

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:39.740
he was out of the game. I think Wurz was just

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:42.099
locked up, so he couldn't have any more chances.

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:45.960
And we didn't do Chelsea versus Wolves, but...

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:47.440
Well, we'll get to them just now. Okay, right.

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:51.619
The point of Wurz... is that he's an excellent

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:55.119
dribbler so when people gang up on him he can

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:58.859
dribble out of the situation or also he's such

00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:01.440
a good passer that if there's pressure on him

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:03.880
he can pass it out there was a yet a few good

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:06.460
passes in the first half yeah but i haven't seen

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:11.319
either of those things to a high degree do you

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.859
know what i'm saying yeah i hear that he's been

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:16.079
doing it but at a low Like, at a 3 out of 10

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:18.220
level, when he should be at a 9 or 10 out of

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:20.240
10 level. Doing it consistently. Consistently.

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:23.480
For the amount of money he costs, what he should

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:26.119
be doing is much more than what he is doing.

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:28.980
Especially in the big games. It's no use scoring

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:31.680
against Burnley and, like, who else did he score

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:34.740
against? Karabag. Yeah. And all them, man. But,

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:38.240
like, in the Man City game... Yeah. That's just...

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:40.299
That's the definition of sack padding. Right?

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:42.420
But in the big games against, like, a Man City,

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:44.690
he's just... poor. That's not what I want to

00:32:44.690 --> 00:32:48.529
see. I like Wirtz, but honestly, he hasn't shown

00:32:48.529 --> 00:32:51.250
anything more than even Harvey Elliott at this

00:32:51.250 --> 00:32:55.690
point. So yeah, if we had to bring Harvey Elliott

00:32:55.690 --> 00:32:58.230
back and it was a choice between the two of them,

00:32:58.309 --> 00:33:01.269
I honestly don't know who I would pick. It's

00:33:01.269 --> 00:33:04.569
that, that's how, you know. Just from a Liverpool

00:33:04.569 --> 00:33:07.029
side, he brought on Curtis Jones much later than

00:33:07.029 --> 00:33:09.190
he should have. I think Soboslai was probably

00:33:09.190 --> 00:33:11.650
the best player on the pitch. Even though he

00:33:11.650 --> 00:33:15.529
got sent off. Yes. And I think defensively, you

00:33:15.529 --> 00:33:17.529
guys had City closed off. It was just towards

00:33:17.529 --> 00:33:19.529
the end where it just became a little bit sour.

00:33:20.130 --> 00:33:22.549
So I don't think you heard our last episode,

00:33:22.670 --> 00:33:24.890
but I was complaining about the fact that this

00:33:24.890 --> 00:33:28.150
window came and went and we didn't add any defensive

00:33:28.150 --> 00:33:31.849
reinforcements. Now we're forced to place a box

00:33:31.849 --> 00:33:34.549
that right back. We'll speak about, we'll just

00:33:34.549 --> 00:33:35.970
put a button in that. We'll speak about that

00:33:35.970 --> 00:33:39.140
just now, right? Still in terms of general play,

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:41.420
I would say McAllister was more willing to try

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:44.519
risky passes. We were getting quite a few really

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:47.480
good balls from the middle of the park, which

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:49.299
is not what we've been doing in recent weeks.

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:52.500
Recent weeks, we'll just pass side to side and

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:55.480
then put in a cross from the side. Now, we're

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:57.339
getting actual line -breaking balls through the

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:59.920
middle, and I thought that was very progressive.

00:34:00.919 --> 00:34:03.359
Not progressive. It's a good thing. It's a good

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:05.059
thing to... Because in comparison, you would

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:06.940
go side to side and then go to Gakpo who would

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:08.860
sky a shot. Or you go to Salah who would just

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:10.440
miss it. But you wouldn't be delivering those

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:13.760
crosses into your striker like Ekotike. So, especially

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:16.599
in the first half, you were a lot more cutthroat

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:18.579
in terms of going forward. Because Ekotike had

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:20.179
a lot more chances in that first half than he

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:22.380
did in the second half. Oh, I disagree with that.

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:26.599
Again, based on just what I saw, I thought we

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:28.780
were more attacking in the second half than the

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:32.789
first half. The first half was a lot more even.

00:34:33.190 --> 00:34:35.530
Again, I have to say, I missed 25 minutes of

00:34:35.530 --> 00:34:38.150
this. It was a lot more even for me. And then

00:34:38.150 --> 00:34:40.090
the second half, we were kind of all over them,

00:34:40.170 --> 00:34:44.469
despite the fact that they won. But yes, let's

00:34:44.469 --> 00:34:47.889
get into... Okay, not individual moments, but

00:34:47.889 --> 00:34:50.469
there was a goal for Liverpool. And after that

00:34:50.469 --> 00:34:53.190
goal, things just changed drastically. We kind

00:34:53.190 --> 00:34:57.070
of sit back and try to... You defend for the

00:34:57.070 --> 00:34:59.670
win, yeah. Defend for the win. And I disagree

00:34:59.670 --> 00:35:02.030
with that totally. Slott has been doing this

00:35:02.030 --> 00:35:05.030
since he came in and I just, it makes me so frustrated

00:35:05.030 --> 00:35:08.090
because a big team shouldn't be doing that. A

00:35:08.090 --> 00:35:10.170
big team should be going for the win to make

00:35:10.170 --> 00:35:13.610
it 3 -1, not to make it, to protect a 2 -1 lead.

00:35:13.869 --> 00:35:16.269
Especially in a big game, that's not, with like

00:35:16.269 --> 00:35:19.289
lethal finishes, that's just not on. You have

00:35:19.289 --> 00:35:22.289
to see the game out. Yeah, put it out of range.

00:35:22.710 --> 00:35:25.920
I prefer possession. If you're leading, bring

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:28.380
on another midfielder and recycle possession

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:32.960
between your midfield trio or however many they

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:35.039
are in the midfield, right? Maintain possession

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:37.880
and then you'll win the game. Bringing on a defender

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:42.039
invites more pressure and we'll get into individual

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:45.380
moments now, right? So the first goal for Liverpool

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:48.679
was just, or Liverpool's only goal, incredible,

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:53.340
incredible free kick from Swaziland. It had this

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:56.139
lovely swerving motion. It went like... Left

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:58.219
to right, top corner. It went through the hole

00:35:58.219 --> 00:36:04.840
in the wall and went off the corner. But he's

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:06.320
been doing this all season. He did it against

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:08.119
Arsenal too. I mean, yeah, he did it against

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:10.840
Arsenal. So I feel like... I didn't say corner.

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:17.440
I said corner. Okay, sorry. Yes, you were saying?

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:21.019
I think he's probably... he's probably the best

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:23.480
dead ball specialist in the league at the moment.

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:29.840
Not Bruno. But if we're going off actual, like

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:31.739
the way he's striking the ball and with the amount

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:33.239
of pace that's going on. And he's scoring for

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:35.579
Hungary as well. It's not just us. And the fact

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:37.179
that he's scoring in this Liverpool side where

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:39.139
they're not even creating that many chances,

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:41.559
it just shows his quality. Well, that's the point,

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:44.800
right? Slot is... Okay, we'll get to slot just

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:47.000
now. But yeah, carry on with what you're saying.

00:36:47.730 --> 00:36:50.070
And just in terms of the goal itself, it was

00:36:50.070 --> 00:36:53.050
a very, very beautiful free kick. It just swirled,

00:36:53.070 --> 00:36:57.190
came from left to right, top corner. Donnarumma

00:36:57.190 --> 00:36:59.449
stood there like a statue. He had no chance of

00:36:59.449 --> 00:37:02.170
saving that. And yeah, he runs off in celebration,

00:37:02.449 --> 00:37:07.030
doing a snap. For me, goal of the season contender.

00:37:07.130 --> 00:37:11.769
But it's currently my two favourites, this and

00:37:11.769 --> 00:37:15.909
last week. Solanke scored... Scorpion kick against

00:37:15.909 --> 00:37:20.969
City as well. So the City team are giving away

00:37:20.969 --> 00:37:26.010
Puskas winners every week. Okay, but yes, so

00:37:26.010 --> 00:37:30.250
that's the first goal. City's goal comes from

00:37:30.250 --> 00:37:33.670
just a ball back in the area. Haaland heads it

00:37:33.670 --> 00:37:36.289
forward and Bernardo finishes off. But what's

00:37:36.289 --> 00:37:39.650
important was the entire line steps forward except

00:37:39.650 --> 00:37:42.949
Sabotsla. Why? Sabotsla is not a right back.

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:46.619
Savasta is a box -to -box midfielder who has

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:49.119
some good defensive instincts. That's why he

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:52.659
can play at right -back, but he shouldn't play

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:54.860
at right -back. It's... You know what we were

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:58.199
saying about... Just now we were saying... Just

00:37:58.199 --> 00:38:00.119
also on that as a right -back, he loses that

00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:02.159
pressing... You lose that pressing capabilities

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:04.119
if he plays at right -back. Yes, he's our best

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:06.800
midfielder. 100%. Taking your best midfielder

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:08.539
out of midfield and putting them at right -back

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:12.719
is a huge problem, right? And that's why he...

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:15.500
He didn't step forward with the rest of the line.

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:17.519
Otherwise, Bernardo would have been offside.

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:20.579
And that would have been... But you also have

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:23.239
to take the game into consideration where you

00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:26.300
couldn't really play your youth right back, which

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:29.380
was Ramsey. Yes, I see. No, Ramsey's gone. Oh,

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:33.340
okay. My point is, Semenya would have tore whoever

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:36.139
was on that side apart. So, at least you would

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:41.679
have that senior player getting Shuhonda right

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:46.320
back. So here's the, not order of operations,

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:51.500
what am I, who's going to play there? First choice,

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:54.280
Connor Bradley. Connor Bradley would have gotten

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:56.219
torn apart regardless. He's not a good defender.

00:38:56.460 --> 00:39:01.320
Two, Jeremy Frimpong, who is very fast. I doubt

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:03.119
he would have gotten torn apart because he can

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:05.539
run back. Maybe he would still get dribble pass,

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:09.079
but his pace often bails him out. He's also injured.

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:12.019
Three, Joe Gomez. Joe Gomez, very good one -on

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:14.599
-one defender in wide spaces. Would have probably

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:18.219
done the best job. Also injured. Now, this is

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:20.980
what I was mentioning earlier on about we didn't

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:23.900
get any defensive reinforcements. Now we're forced

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:27.139
to play Sabastai there. But that's not the case

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:29.889
because early on in the season, Things were so

00:39:29.889 --> 00:39:32.710
bad. Sabotsai had to shift back into midfield.

00:39:32.809 --> 00:39:35.090
And you know who played right back? Curtis Jones.

00:39:35.449 --> 00:39:37.750
Why don't we play Curtis Jones at right back

00:39:37.750 --> 00:39:40.050
and Sabotsai in midfield? It doesn't make any

00:39:40.050 --> 00:39:43.769
sense to me to not be doing that. It's very frustrating

00:39:43.769 --> 00:39:47.489
to see this every week. Darren was celebrating.

00:39:47.710 --> 00:39:49.969
He was like, more Sabotsai right back shifts.

00:39:50.250 --> 00:39:54.440
And laughed. Because he knows. On the City first

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:56.460
goal, even though Soboslai is keeping Bernardo

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:59.139
on the side, that goal came out of nothing, where

00:39:59.139 --> 00:40:01.820
it was just a cross, a header, and Bernardo was

00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:04.320
going to finish that. He slid and finished it.

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:08.340
They had no real chance creations before that.

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:11.420
And that goal, if Alisson was just a little more

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:13.400
aware of what was happening, I reckon he could

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:16.519
have saved it. But it just went through his legs,

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:19.179
actually, I think. And that was the equaliser.

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:21.639
Well, Bernardo was one -on -one in very close

00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:24.260
quarters. It's difficult for Alisson. I don't

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:27.280
blame Alisson because if you're one -on -one

00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:29.219
versus the keeper, the keeper isn't to blame,

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:32.719
I feel. If the keeper can bail you out, cool.

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:37.320
If not, it wasn't their fault. Then for the second

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:42.800
goal, Alisson gives away a penalty. It's one

00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:44.980
of those where you wonder if the rules have to

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:49.320
change. It's reckless. Because... If Mateus Nunes

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:52.260
takes a shot, Alisson saves the ball and everything

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:54.900
is fine. Mateus Nunes kicks the ball out into

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:59.099
touch. Now Alisson clears him out and he doesn't

00:40:59.099 --> 00:41:02.440
get anywhere near the ball. So now it's a penalty.

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:04.960
To me, that should be an indirect free kick because

00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:07.579
the ball was already gone. He had no way to play

00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:10.099
the ball. Okay, the ball was still in field.

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:13.059
That's why it was given. But the ball was on

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:17.050
its way out. Nunes had no opportunity to... get

00:41:17.050 --> 00:41:20.670
the ball and do anything with it. So I know it

00:41:20.670 --> 00:41:22.670
sounds like I'm just saying that because it's

00:41:22.670 --> 00:41:26.369
a Liverpool, you know, it's a decision that went

00:41:26.369 --> 00:41:28.849
against Liverpool. So you think, oh, red tinted

00:41:28.849 --> 00:41:31.590
glasses. Yes, my red tinted glasses on. But I

00:41:31.590 --> 00:41:34.269
disagree. I think goals like that shouldn't be

00:41:34.269 --> 00:41:37.539
or penalties like that either. You need to either

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:40.639
change the rules or something because it's not

00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:42.239
the best. We've been saying this for a while

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:44.539
now where referees, not in just this game, have

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:46.679
been very poor over the season. So giving away

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:49.539
a penalty, even when you look back on it, you

00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:51.400
think, okay, it does look like a penalty. But

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:53.400
they've been giving penalties left, right and

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:56.280
centre for even worse challenges and they're

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:58.780
not giving penalties for even worse than those

00:41:58.780 --> 00:42:02.460
ones. Consistency. Yeah, consistency is horrible

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:05.739
with the referees. Alright. Then the last action

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:08.400
I want to talk about is sort of the second last

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:12.960
action of the game. Chirky shoots from far away

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:15.179
because Alisson is up the pitch trying to score.

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:18.860
For what reason? I don't understand that as well.

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:21.780
Slot moves Alisson all the way up to the attack

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:26.099
there to get an equalizer. Yeah. You're trying

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:29.360
to equalize the game here. Yeah. That's pretty

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:31.260
shame. Why would you rather have one point or

00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:34.219
zero points? I think in terms I think what's

00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:36.300
going on zero? Okay. Wait, I don't think it was

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:38.460
necessary to fallacen to go up there because

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:42.719
it was just you guys were Attacking cut like

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:44.780
just before you talk about this this last call

00:42:44.780 --> 00:42:47.260
Salah had a moment where you I went outside the

00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:48.900
boots and he went straight to a critique and

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:50.559
a critique a should have finished that that's

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:53.880
just one chances of how many and I think it was

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:56.119
completely unnecessary. One chance of how many?

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:58.219
I'm asking you. There was a few chances. No,

00:42:58.239 --> 00:42:59.940
there wasn't. There was a few Ekotike could have

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:02.719
done better on. We did not create enough chances,

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:06.679
right? As many as you should, yeah. Enough to

00:43:06.679 --> 00:43:10.800
win the game. True. So, I know you, I watched

00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:12.280
the highlights. You're talking about the one

00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:14.539
Salah passed to Ekotike. Ekotike, a horrible

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:18.039
miss. Yeah. That is one chance. That was one

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:20.699
clear -cut chance. The rest of the game, we didn't

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:23.159
have a single other clear -cut chance at that.

00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:26.360
The thing Slott has chosen to focus on in his

00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:29.159
post -match interview that Salah was brought

00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:31.860
down and the guy didn't get a red card, which,

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:36.039
you know, how about look at your patterns of

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:38.340
play? How about look at your defensive structure?

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:40.519
How about, you know, all these other things,

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:44.099
but he'll focus on... the refereeing to avoid

00:43:44.099 --> 00:43:46.980
having that conversation about himself which

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:51.360
I wasn't slot out but day by day it's becoming

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:55.579
harder to be a slot in guy I'm not slot in I'm

00:43:55.579 --> 00:43:57.619
slot out based on his comments where he dissed

00:43:57.619 --> 00:44:02.280
us but just on a from a City point of view too

00:44:02.280 --> 00:44:05.000
City didn't play like the best football that

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:08.059
there was that day like Carland was invisible

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:10.440
most of the game when Chirky came on he did okay

00:44:11.210 --> 00:44:14.449
Like, he didn't use Foden. What else happened?

00:44:14.670 --> 00:44:17.210
Just in general. Samir Nodrin had a great game.

00:44:17.389 --> 00:44:20.590
Another stinker from Amoosh, too. It was just...

00:44:20.590 --> 00:44:23.170
City and Liverpool looked a lot... They just

00:44:23.170 --> 00:44:24.469
looked like they were butting heads more than

00:44:24.469 --> 00:44:28.349
anything. So, I think the result was not fair.

00:44:28.570 --> 00:44:31.909
I think a draw was probably fair. But the fact

00:44:31.909 --> 00:44:34.110
that City got the win means they get to chase

00:44:34.110 --> 00:44:38.619
down Arsenal. Yeah. I think the result... Oh,

00:44:38.699 --> 00:44:40.559
we still haven't talked about the last thing.

00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:46.860
But the result is very good for the race for

00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:50.420
the league. But not good for us in terms of top

00:44:50.420 --> 00:44:54.079
four race. So, yeah. The last kick of the game,

00:44:54.179 --> 00:44:59.159
Turkey kicks it. Sabotslai fouls Haaland. Haaland

00:44:59.159 --> 00:45:02.699
fouls Sabotslai. And the ball goes in. The referee

00:45:02.699 --> 00:45:07.409
goes... Now, the referee gets it spot on. 100%.

00:45:07.409 --> 00:45:10.550
Sabotslai fouls Haaland, meaning it's a red card

00:45:10.550 --> 00:45:13.389
for Sabotslai and a free kick because it happened

00:45:13.389 --> 00:45:18.829
outside the box. Haaland, he, what's the word?

00:45:18.969 --> 00:45:23.110
But a play advantage, right? Then Haaland brings

00:45:23.110 --> 00:45:25.550
down Sabotslai, which means you have to go back

00:45:25.550 --> 00:45:28.449
to the original thing. So referee got it spot

00:45:28.449 --> 00:45:31.590
on. But I just thought Sabotslai, there's absolutely

00:45:31.590 --> 00:45:34.980
no need to grab Haaland. We're 2 -1 down. Losing

00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:37.739
3 -1 versus losing 2 -1, there's no difference,

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:39.820
right? And you would have been better off losing

00:45:39.820 --> 00:45:41.619
3 -1 and keeping Sobol's life for the next few

00:45:41.619 --> 00:45:44.280
games? Yes. I think he's only banned for one

00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:48.599
game because it's a non -violent red card. Like,

00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:52.159
violent conduct is three games and non -violent

00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:54.739
is one game. But whatever the case is, he's going

00:45:54.739 --> 00:45:58.300
to be banned for one to three games, depending,

00:45:58.679 --> 00:46:02.539
right? The game is done. You just threw away

00:46:02.539 --> 00:46:05.619
next week. We're playing Sunderland, who... Away

00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:08.559
as well. Yes. Sunderland, who are unbeaten at

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:11.719
home. We desperately need three points. What

00:46:11.719 --> 00:46:16.000
are you doing, Subhash? Just such poor decision

00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:20.679
-making, such a frustrating game to watch. Again,

00:46:20.739 --> 00:46:23.440
I didn't watch the full game, but from what I

00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:26.510
did watch, very frustrating. Do you have anything

00:46:26.510 --> 00:46:28.210
else you want to say before we close this up?

00:46:29.230 --> 00:46:33.429
No, not really. But I do think City aren't going

00:46:33.429 --> 00:46:36.150
to chase down Arsenal simply because the way

00:46:36.150 --> 00:46:37.809
they played against you guys, even though they

00:46:37.809 --> 00:46:41.090
didn't deserve the result and they got it, won't...

00:46:41.090 --> 00:46:44.929
In terms of just the general, when you look back

00:46:44.929 --> 00:46:48.110
on it, I think City are just going to take those

00:46:48.110 --> 00:46:50.289
results and then move on. But I don't think they

00:46:50.289 --> 00:46:53.050
look anywhere near ready to win a title. Well,

00:46:53.070 --> 00:46:56.440
they have a few easy games coming up. perhaps

00:46:56.440 --> 00:47:00.739
winning those easy games will give them confidence

00:47:00.739 --> 00:47:04.880
and then that confidence is what will lead them

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:06.380
to the title. I don't know. I don't know. I'm

00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:10.079
just speculating. And for you, where do you go

00:47:10.079 --> 00:47:17.199
from here? Us? Okay. On this podcast, I've said

00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:20.239
what we should do is wait till the summer, sack

00:47:20.239 --> 00:47:23.360
slot, get in Luis Enrique. Enrique wants to come

00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:25.119
to the Premier League. He said so himself in

00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:27.659
interviews. But he's not going to leave PSG mid

00:47:27.659 --> 00:47:31.900
-season. So we should just wait it out. But we're

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:35.019
at the point where we may not make top four.

00:47:35.719 --> 00:47:39.619
It's actually because of certain things. It's

00:47:39.619 --> 00:47:42.960
a top five now that the top five go to Champions

00:47:42.960 --> 00:47:48.599
League. So we need something to change. And I

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:51.800
don't know what that's going to be. Hopefully,

00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:55.760
like United, Chelsea, Aston Villa all fumble

00:47:55.760 --> 00:47:58.639
horribly and we can get back into it. Because

00:47:58.639 --> 00:48:01.420
I don't see us getting back into it based on

00:48:01.420 --> 00:48:04.659
our own qualities, our own good qualities. We

00:48:04.659 --> 00:48:10.619
just, we're so fucking shit. Anyway, some miscellaneous

00:48:10.619 --> 00:48:13.780
games from the weekend that I was able to watch

00:48:13.780 --> 00:48:17.239
some highlights for. The first game is Fulham

00:48:17.239 --> 00:48:22.210
1, Everton 2. So, Fulham's goal was cartoonish.

00:48:22.690 --> 00:48:25.170
Everton had two chances to clear the ball, but

00:48:25.170 --> 00:48:27.929
just didn't, leading to the ball rebounding off

00:48:27.929 --> 00:48:30.570
Mikalenko from a Yemeni shot, and it was given

00:48:30.570 --> 00:48:35.789
as a Mikalenko own goal, right? All the chances

00:48:35.789 --> 00:48:38.150
were falling to Fulham, who failed to capitalize

00:48:38.150 --> 00:48:40.750
on their dominance. For Everton's first goal,

00:48:40.969 --> 00:48:43.769
Mikalenko did a nice turn, which took three Fulhams

00:48:43.769 --> 00:48:46.030
out of the game, three Fulham players out of

00:48:46.030 --> 00:48:48.389
the game. It was a really good turn. And passed

00:48:48.389 --> 00:48:50.670
to Keenan Dewsbury -Hall. Who's back from injury.

00:48:50.949 --> 00:48:52.610
Who's back from injury, yes. And he's slotted

00:48:52.610 --> 00:48:56.329
home. For Everton's second goal, they scored

00:48:56.329 --> 00:48:59.469
from a corner. Again, using Arsenal's technique

00:48:59.469 --> 00:49:03.429
of blocking the keeper. The keeper tried to punch

00:49:03.429 --> 00:49:05.610
the ball but couldn't because he was blocked

00:49:05.610 --> 00:49:08.090
off. And it came off the keeper's hand and went

00:49:08.090 --> 00:49:14.130
in. So, again, very... Unfortunate. Unfortunate.

00:49:14.289 --> 00:49:18.289
But yes, a tactic that works, but I just don't

00:49:18.289 --> 00:49:21.929
like it. It's very disgusting. Unethical. Unethical.

00:49:22.030 --> 00:49:26.829
That's the right word. Our next game, Burnley

00:49:26.829 --> 00:49:30.869
0, West Ham 2. Somerville scored with the first

00:49:30.869 --> 00:49:33.829
chance of the game. Mateus Fernandes won the

00:49:33.829 --> 00:49:35.849
ball in midfield and passed to Somerville, who

00:49:35.849 --> 00:49:38.860
poked it over the keeper. Really good goal. Somerville's

00:49:38.860 --> 00:49:40.480
having a good season too so far. He really picked

00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:42.119
it up over the last couple of weeks. Well, it's

00:49:42.119 --> 00:49:45.019
been six weeks. It's not been a season. Six weeks

00:49:45.019 --> 00:49:48.559
doesn't make a season. But he has the last couple

00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:51.760
of weeks been pretty good. So I'll give him that.

00:49:54.400 --> 00:49:56.420
For the second goal, we've been speaking about

00:49:56.420 --> 00:50:00.780
Duf. Darren and I, I don't mean you. Do you know

00:50:00.780 --> 00:50:03.360
who Duf is? I do not. He's the left back for

00:50:03.360 --> 00:50:07.639
West Ham. And he has a wicked cross on him. And

00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:10.500
he just fizzed in a brilliant cross to Tachi

00:50:10.500 --> 00:50:13.400
Castellanos. And he just had to direct it goalwards

00:50:13.400 --> 00:50:15.780
because there was so much power, so much whoop

00:50:15.780 --> 00:50:18.500
on that wall. He just, just a little touch and

00:50:18.500 --> 00:50:23.480
it just flew in the goal. Right. All the other

00:50:23.480 --> 00:50:26.199
chances went to West Ham. Based on the highlights,

00:50:26.320 --> 00:50:28.159
it was just like a walk in the park for them.

00:50:28.239 --> 00:50:33.000
So really nothing to... Right home. Right home

00:50:33.000 --> 00:50:36.239
about, yes. I really hope West Ham survive relegation.

00:50:37.179 --> 00:50:39.300
Nottingham Forest they can go down for. Fuck

00:50:39.300 --> 00:50:44.119
them. They beat us 3 -0. They did the double

00:50:44.119 --> 00:50:46.880
on you, didn't they? No. We haven't played them

00:50:46.880 --> 00:50:49.139
again. We only played them once. Last season

00:50:49.139 --> 00:50:54.820
they beat us at Anfield. Yeah. Wolves won Chelsea

00:50:54.820 --> 00:50:58.619
3. So Doherty makes a silly challenge on João

00:50:58.619 --> 00:51:01.159
Pedro, who was going away from goal to give them

00:51:01.159 --> 00:51:06.260
a penalty. And that, again, this... I understand

00:51:06.260 --> 00:51:08.019
down to the letter of the law it's a penalty.

00:51:08.280 --> 00:51:11.500
But once again, I just think he's going away

00:51:11.500 --> 00:51:14.280
from the goal. That should be an indirect free

00:51:14.280 --> 00:51:17.599
kick because it's like you're not stopping him

00:51:17.599 --> 00:51:20.880
from going, from taking a shot or, you know,

00:51:20.900 --> 00:51:24.480
he's different direction. But yeah, it is what

00:51:24.480 --> 00:51:28.079
it is. They get a penalty. Palmer coolly swats

00:51:28.079 --> 00:51:31.940
away. Then Mosquera just pushes João Pedro over

00:51:31.940 --> 00:51:35.260
in the air. Just literally just walks up to him

00:51:35.260 --> 00:51:38.280
and pushes him over. So another penalty, obviously.

00:51:38.500 --> 00:51:41.900
And Palmer converts with no problem. A little

00:51:41.900 --> 00:51:44.360
bit later on, Cucurella does a cutback and Palmer

00:51:44.360 --> 00:51:47.320
finishes excellently. That's a first -half hat

00:51:47.320 --> 00:51:49.900
-trick. First -half hat -trick for Palmer. Really

00:51:49.900 --> 00:51:53.289
good player. Two penalties, you would say, so

00:51:53.289 --> 00:51:59.349
some people may discredit his hat -trick because

00:51:59.349 --> 00:52:02.130
of that, but regardless, I think Palmer's a top

00:52:02.130 --> 00:52:04.349
player. I think coming back from injury and scoring

00:52:04.349 --> 00:52:06.690
two penalties as well is not a bad day in the

00:52:06.690 --> 00:52:09.909
office at all. Although, I had Enzo in my team

00:52:09.909 --> 00:52:13.429
for fantasy, and Enzo is the penalty taker when

00:52:13.429 --> 00:52:15.909
Palmer isn't there, and I thought, okay, Palmer's

00:52:15.909 --> 00:52:19.010
injured, so he's not going to be back soon. So

00:52:19.010 --> 00:52:21.250
I brought in Enzo instead of Palmer. And yeah,

00:52:21.329 --> 00:52:25.030
Palmer just absolutely finishing me, rinsing

00:52:25.030 --> 00:52:30.230
me. Stat padding though. I don't see Wolves as

00:52:30.230 --> 00:52:32.530
gold. Do you want to speak about that? I didn't

00:52:32.530 --> 00:52:35.489
see it either. But is there a conversation to

00:52:35.489 --> 00:52:40.110
be had about conceding against Wolves? What do

00:52:40.110 --> 00:52:42.849
you mean? Just defensively. You know, Wolves

00:52:42.849 --> 00:52:45.050
are going down with eight points, so is there

00:52:45.050 --> 00:52:47.429
a conversation? Anybody can concede a goal. Especially

00:52:47.429 --> 00:52:49.889
going away from home. I don't take that as a,

00:52:50.030 --> 00:52:55.929
you know, as something that's crazy. The last

00:52:55.929 --> 00:52:57.730
two games that we're not going to talk about

00:52:57.730 --> 00:53:00.849
is Bournemouth vs Aston Villa 1 -1 and Brighton

00:53:00.849 --> 00:53:04.929
0 -1 Palace 1. Like I said, we're not going to

00:53:04.929 --> 00:53:07.170
talk about it. I'm just mentioning that it's

00:53:07.170 --> 00:53:12.980
there. Villain dropping more points. And yeah,

00:53:13.059 --> 00:53:16.940
we're done. Do you have any topics that you want

00:53:16.940 --> 00:53:20.719
to talk about before we close up here? No, I'm

00:53:20.719 --> 00:53:23.780
pretty happy with everything that we said. One

00:53:23.780 --> 00:53:25.659
more thing, just mind the gap there, yeah? You

00:53:25.659 --> 00:53:30.079
can mind the gap. Alright, fine. Fine. Alright,

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