WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.459 And welcome back to the PD Football Podcast. 00:00:02.700 --> 00:00:05.620 My name is Presh. My name is Darren. And how 00:00:05.620 --> 00:00:08.619 are you doing today? Okay, I'm tired. I mean, 00:00:08.660 --> 00:00:10.300 I guess we say that every time, but I'm good. 00:00:10.419 --> 00:00:12.279 I'm feeling good today. We should mention when 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:14.759 we're not tired. Yeah, I mean, you said you've 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:18.039 been feeling a bit sick. How are you now? Recovering. 00:00:18.839 --> 00:00:20.500 That's good, that's good. My voice isn't the 00:00:20.500 --> 00:00:23.140 best, so I do apologize to the listeners for... 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:27.899 some raspy noises, but it is what it is. What's 00:00:27.899 --> 00:00:30.879 been up? I mean, you're the movie guy. What have 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:33.780 you been watching recently? Interestingly, absolutely 00:00:33.780 --> 00:00:37.939 nothing. Just been busy with work, like I mentioned, 00:00:38.100 --> 00:00:41.060 but yeah, just going on walks. Oh, nice, nice. 00:00:41.780 --> 00:00:44.939 Getting active. Well, not really, because I was 00:00:44.939 --> 00:00:47.649 sick, so I didn't want to like... overexert myself 00:00:47.649 --> 00:00:50.070 so just a nice little walk down the road that's 00:00:50.070 --> 00:00:53.869 for some sunlight yeah that was it uh and yourself 00:00:53.869 --> 00:00:57.090 uh how are you doing yeah i'm okay i'm uh i'm 00:00:57.090 --> 00:01:00.649 feeling good uh in terms of outside of work fatigue 00:01:00.649 --> 00:01:03.509 but yeah other than that i'm good i had uh just 00:01:03.509 --> 00:01:05.390 had a busy week at work i've been out a couple 00:01:05.390 --> 00:01:08.049 times this week had some friends come visit so 00:01:08.049 --> 00:01:12.450 pretty good very interesting all right so let's 00:01:12.450 --> 00:01:15.230 start with west ham one man united one And the 00:01:15.230 --> 00:01:17.109 game may have ended in a draw, but you know who 00:01:17.109 --> 00:01:20.329 won? The hair guy. His little scam is going to 00:01:20.329 --> 00:01:22.290 go on for another couple of months at least. 00:01:22.849 --> 00:01:24.969 People keep telling me that it's for charity, 00:01:25.150 --> 00:01:27.969 but I actually looked into it. He has a link 00:01:27.969 --> 00:01:30.709 for other people to donate. He hasn't donated 00:01:30.709 --> 00:01:34.510 any money himself, but he plans to donate the 00:01:34.510 --> 00:01:38.530 hair to charity, right? all the money he's making 00:01:38.530 --> 00:01:41.170 from selling t -shirts doing cameos and accepting 00:01:41.170 --> 00:01:43.450 gambling sponsorships is going straight to his 00:01:43.450 --> 00:01:46.209 pocket he is fundraising off man united's misery 00:01:46.209 --> 00:01:48.750 that's why i keep saying he's not a proper fan 00:01:48.750 --> 00:01:51.709 he's just an attention seeker yeah once it gets 00:01:51.709 --> 00:01:55.870 better he's gone or i guess he's hoping for the 00:01:55.870 --> 00:01:58.549 downfall of the club for his own personal benefit 00:01:58.549 --> 00:02:01.310 well he just wants him to win four in a row stop 00:02:01.310 --> 00:02:05.150 four in a row stop uh you know I mean, that's 00:02:05.150 --> 00:02:06.769 how he's going to keep his little scam going. 00:02:06.909 --> 00:02:10.050 And then, you know, Paddy Power doesn't advert 00:02:10.050 --> 00:02:12.009 with him, you know, 10 years down the road from 00:02:12.009 --> 00:02:15.969 now. That's how I also feel about AFTV. I feel 00:02:15.969 --> 00:02:19.530 like they really just... Since the start, they 00:02:19.530 --> 00:02:22.210 were always like hoping like... Are they like 00:02:22.210 --> 00:02:24.310 a leech on the Arsenal fan base, would you say? 00:02:24.509 --> 00:02:27.469 Yeah, I would say that they kind of hope for 00:02:27.469 --> 00:02:29.490 the worst. A lot of social media people though, 00:02:29.530 --> 00:02:31.800 not to... Criticized because we're in the same 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:34.539 space now, but I'm saying like a lot of personalities 00:02:34.539 --> 00:02:39.699 were specifically rage baiting I guess That's 00:02:39.699 --> 00:02:43.740 the angle. Well, we need to I don't know if certain 00:02:43.740 --> 00:02:45.500 people are age bashing I really think certain 00:02:45.500 --> 00:02:48.560 people have like really just awful opinions and 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:50.819 it's not them trying to rage bait. It's just 00:02:50.819 --> 00:02:54.039 they're just that dumb Yeah, I mean either way 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:57.240 I think what I mean by rage baiting is they're 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:00.379 hoping for moments that they can clip. Hmm to 00:03:00.379 --> 00:03:03.580 social media, which is kind of, a lot of times 00:03:03.580 --> 00:03:05.860 you're hoping your team doesn't do well, which 00:03:05.860 --> 00:03:07.500 doesn't make sense. It doesn't sit right with 00:03:07.500 --> 00:03:10.159 me either. At current moment, it's happening 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:12.919 in the Liverpool fan base because some people 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:15.360 want slot out. And for slot to be out, he needs 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:18.460 to lose games. So they, you know, want us to 00:03:18.460 --> 00:03:22.159 lose games to get him out. Yeah, I mean, that's 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:24.580 what, I can't understand the feeling. I can't 00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:26.379 say I understand the feeling, but I understand 00:03:26.379 --> 00:03:28.620 the feeling of like, oh, if you've lost hope 00:03:28.620 --> 00:03:34.870 in a manager. Anyway, so United were unchanged 00:03:34.870 --> 00:03:37.969 from their win against Spurs, right? I don't 00:03:37.969 --> 00:03:40.629 have anything to mention in terms of that. As 00:03:40.629 --> 00:03:43.129 for West Ham, they had Potts, who was a CDM, 00:03:43.189 --> 00:03:45.250 come in for Callum Wilson, who was a striker. 00:03:45.530 --> 00:03:48.530 Well, he was playing as a second striker, and 00:03:48.530 --> 00:03:52.469 this pushed Mateus Fernandes from the 8 to the 00:03:52.469 --> 00:03:57.620 10, right? Yeah. In terms of structure... West 00:03:57.620 --> 00:03:59.879 Ham defended in a low block to frustrate United, 00:04:00.139 --> 00:04:02.379 and we've been predicting for weeks that the 00:04:02.379 --> 00:04:04.879 real challenge for Carrick won't be an Arsenal 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:07.159 or a Man City. It would be a team like this who 00:04:07.159 --> 00:04:11.139 sit deep. And given that, what do you think? 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:15.259 If you would give him a rating, A, B, C, D, E? 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:18.459 I'd still put him in the it's hard to say bracket. 00:04:18.819 --> 00:04:22.180 You don't really know. I can't say that I watched 00:04:22.180 --> 00:04:25.319 enough of him at Middlesbrough to say that. I've 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:27.240 seen his coaching on a week -to -week basis. 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:29.699 It's really hard to say. Anyone who wins four, 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:34.019 he's undefeated in five games. You could say 00:04:34.019 --> 00:04:36.180 he failed the first test that was outside of 00:04:36.180 --> 00:04:38.040 a team that attacked him and gave him space. 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:41.980 There's many angles to look at it. I think we're 00:04:41.980 --> 00:04:45.529 in the dark about Carrick. would you want to 00:04:45.529 --> 00:04:47.829 give the job to someone like that what's the 00:04:47.829 --> 00:04:50.629 chance of a benefit you know last week not last 00:04:50.629 --> 00:04:52.790 week earlier this week my cousin guest hosted 00:04:52.790 --> 00:04:54.970 on the pod you weren't sure he said he would 00:04:54.970 --> 00:04:58.269 he said he would give character the job which 00:04:58.269 --> 00:05:01.670 uh again i told him in that episode that he was 00:05:01.670 --> 00:05:04.269 being way too hasty but uh yeah i mean i guess 00:05:04.269 --> 00:05:08.899 a lot of people are hoping that You know, they 00:05:08.899 --> 00:05:12.160 could have a similar effect to Arteta in that 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:14.220 their teams become competitive with the rookie 00:05:14.220 --> 00:05:17.959 manager. But I don't know. It depends which way 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:20.680 you want to look. Like, I think... Okay, I don't 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:22.920 think anyone was thinking about Arteta. I think 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:25.139 they just saw four wins and they thought, oh... 00:05:25.139 --> 00:05:28.639 No, but I mean, I think a lot of the rookie managers 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:31.180 per se being given jobs... So you wouldn't think 00:05:31.180 --> 00:05:34.350 about Guardiola? I don't but I think Guardiola 00:05:34.350 --> 00:05:37.290 is like definitively recognized as the best like 00:05:37.290 --> 00:05:39.550 I don't think anyone talks of like oh but he 00:05:39.550 --> 00:05:42.670 came in without any CV yeah I mean at Barcelona 00:05:42.670 --> 00:05:45.290 but I don't I don't like think that straight 00:05:45.290 --> 00:05:47.430 after that people were employing rookie coaches 00:05:47.430 --> 00:05:50.269 because I don't think like I think at that time 00:05:50.269 --> 00:05:52.670 the people still the ceiling of that team was 00:05:52.670 --> 00:05:54.670 so high people assumed it couldn't it couldn't 00:05:54.670 --> 00:05:58.490 be reached I guess I guess uh given this I was 00:05:58.490 --> 00:06:01.649 not impressed by United's pressing again I mentioned 00:06:01.649 --> 00:06:03.509 this in the game versus Arsenal, but they looked 00:06:03.509 --> 00:06:05.709 like a bunch of headless chickens just running 00:06:05.709 --> 00:06:08.029 around. But I think pressing is... The one thing 00:06:08.029 --> 00:06:10.069 I can empathize with Carrick on, I think, is 00:06:10.069 --> 00:06:12.949 that pressing takes a while to coach. I don't 00:06:12.949 --> 00:06:16.250 think you can coach an entire team to press in 00:06:16.250 --> 00:06:19.529 a system in, like, one month or two months. All 00:06:19.529 --> 00:06:22.389 right, but just the basics, right? You're supposed 00:06:22.389 --> 00:06:25.129 to press as a team so that when the opposition 00:06:25.129 --> 00:06:26.870 player makes a mistake, there are a couple of 00:06:26.870 --> 00:06:29.899 players... who can take advantage of that situation. 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:33.279 If you're pressing with one man, they can easily 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:36.319 bypass that quote -unquote press by just passing 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:38.959 it around the man. You know what I'm saying? 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:41.279 I mean, I think it's also a squad that's been, 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:44.740 like, chopped and trained in terms of cultures 00:06:44.740 --> 00:06:47.500 and ideologies in the last couple of seasons. 00:06:47.579 --> 00:06:50.779 Like, from Ten Hag to MLM now, they're going 00:06:50.779 --> 00:06:53.480 to Carrick. And is Carrick going to be permanent? 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:56.040 Solskjaer before that? I think, like, everyone 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:58.569 is... All four of those coaches have a different 00:06:58.569 --> 00:07:01.629 approach to out -of -possession play. I don't 00:07:01.629 --> 00:07:03.490 think there's any consistency. Okay, I understand 00:07:03.490 --> 00:07:05.709 the point you're making, but these guys are professionals. 00:07:05.910 --> 00:07:07.629 I'm talking about the players. The players are 00:07:07.629 --> 00:07:10.110 professionals. You can't say, oh, I was brought 00:07:10.110 --> 00:07:12.470 in for this one system. You have to adapt. No, 00:07:12.490 --> 00:07:14.509 I'm talking more about Carrick. I think it's 00:07:14.509 --> 00:07:18.430 so hard to say, to judge him, based off of players 00:07:18.430 --> 00:07:20.529 that aren't his, the squad he hasn't assembled. 00:07:21.149 --> 00:07:27.019 I just think that's ridiculous. No manager can 00:07:27.019 --> 00:07:30.459 just pick, except for Arteta, pick the entirety 00:07:30.459 --> 00:07:33.779 of the squad. Nobody's given that much time. 00:07:33.980 --> 00:07:36.019 He hasn't been able to get rid of players that 00:07:36.019 --> 00:07:38.160 he doesn't like either. I don't think it's fair 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:40.139 to say from a coaching perspective, at least 00:07:40.139 --> 00:07:43.579 from how I understand coaching, that it wouldn't 00:07:43.579 --> 00:07:46.980 be... I think he's still done well. Like four 00:07:46.980 --> 00:07:49.079 out of five games, it's hard to criticize him 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:52.040 if he does get the job. I think Man United, what 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:55.060 do they have to lose? Is there a guarantee on 00:07:55.060 --> 00:07:57.620 someone coming in and making them better immediately? 00:07:58.420 --> 00:08:00.920 Or aren't they going to have to give anyone time? 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:04.399 Has Carrick done anything to get the job? No. 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:07.819 Has he done anything once he's had the job to 00:08:07.819 --> 00:08:11.779 say that he shouldn't be given a chance? I don't 00:08:11.779 --> 00:08:15.089 think so. Let me just say this stuff here and 00:08:15.089 --> 00:08:18.329 then we'll get back to that, right? Another thing 00:08:18.329 --> 00:08:20.430 I wasn't impressed with is United's build -up 00:08:20.430 --> 00:08:23.050 structure. Without space to run into, they looked 00:08:23.050 --> 00:08:25.449 like they were out of ideas. They created very 00:08:25.449 --> 00:08:27.550 little as a team and they were relying on Bruno 00:08:27.550 --> 00:08:30.709 Fernandes to do something amazing. But he himself 00:08:30.709 --> 00:08:34.350 didn't look on it. So, you know, the rest of 00:08:34.350 --> 00:08:37.250 the team had no ideas. Yeah, I mean, I guess 00:08:37.250 --> 00:08:39.350 it just depends on the angle you're looking at 00:08:39.350 --> 00:08:42.250 it. What do Man United want? I haven't watched... 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:45.379 all five games but i haven't seen them as being 00:08:45.379 --> 00:08:47.539 like they've definitely been better than they 00:08:47.539 --> 00:08:50.519 were so i wouldn't give him the job based on 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:53.659 like my personal preferences but we were saying 00:08:53.659 --> 00:08:56.700 you know the arsenal mansoni game uh all they 00:08:56.700 --> 00:08:59.019 have to do is sit deep attack on the counter 00:08:59.019 --> 00:09:02.940 which is precisely what they did they uh you 00:09:02.940 --> 00:09:05.100 know uh hit the ball to the channels the wingers 00:09:05.100 --> 00:09:08.289 picked it up caught got in and they scored Yeah, 00:09:08.350 --> 00:09:11.529 but I think even if they had hypothetically, 00:09:11.730 --> 00:09:14.590 like the only way he was going to be able to 00:09:14.590 --> 00:09:16.690 play the game and win any other way is if he 00:09:16.690 --> 00:09:18.889 had a squad that could compete with those teams. 00:09:19.169 --> 00:09:21.909 Yes, but I'm saying, I feel like you must see 00:09:21.909 --> 00:09:26.190 my point. I'm trying to say that he has no other 00:09:26.190 --> 00:09:29.509 plan if it's not pre -set out for him, right? 00:09:30.059 --> 00:09:32.580 There's a specific way you know how to play against 00:09:32.580 --> 00:09:34.679 Arsenal. You know how to play against Man City. 00:09:34.899 --> 00:09:37.139 But breaking down a team that sits deep against 00:09:37.139 --> 00:09:40.360 you, that requires ingenuity. That requires... 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:42.159 I get where you're coming from. I'm just saying 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:45.000 it's too early to judge whether he can do that. 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:46.840 I would point out that there's two games, both 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:49.899 Fulham and West Ham. And in both cases, they 00:09:49.899 --> 00:09:52.000 got very lucky with the last kick of the game. 00:09:52.419 --> 00:09:56.259 Cesco scored, which changed the look of the result. 00:09:56.870 --> 00:09:58.710 Yeah, no, I get where you're coming from. I'm 00:09:58.710 --> 00:10:01.029 just saying it's like hard to say. He's still 00:10:01.029 --> 00:10:04.730 in the dark for me. Like my opinions on Michael 00:10:04.730 --> 00:10:07.149 Carrick, I don't know. Like I wouldn't blame 00:10:07.149 --> 00:10:09.269 them for giving him the job. It would be in line 00:10:09.269 --> 00:10:11.169 with what's happening in football. But at the 00:10:11.169 --> 00:10:13.409 same time, it's like, which way do they want 00:10:13.409 --> 00:10:16.450 to go? How many managers are they going to have 00:10:16.450 --> 00:10:18.629 to pay out of big money contracts? That's the 00:10:18.629 --> 00:10:20.509 other thing. Maybe they're looking at like, okay, 00:10:20.809 --> 00:10:24.659 do we give Carrick a chance? The same expectations. 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:26.879 If he gets us back into the Champions League, 00:10:27.139 --> 00:10:29.320 can you not give him the job, is my question. 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:33.779 I think he would accept that. So would the fans, 00:10:33.980 --> 00:10:36.580 but it just depends. I think you absolutely can. 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:39.860 Look, you did a good job, but you don't have 00:10:39.860 --> 00:10:42.840 the qualities we need for the long run. So, sorry. 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:46.799 Bye. But by the general consensus, if he gets 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:48.460 in the top four, I think he's going to get the 00:10:48.460 --> 00:10:50.620 job. Why do you keep saying general consensus? 00:10:50.700 --> 00:10:52.440 You're the one who always says you don't care 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:54.600 about the general consensus. No, I don't care 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:57.019 about it. So if I'm the director of football 00:10:57.019 --> 00:10:59.279 at Man United, why should I take... I said I 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:01.580 don't want him to get the job as a Man United 00:11:01.580 --> 00:11:04.100 fan, if I was a Man United fan. I'm saying I 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:06.460 think he is going to get the job based off of 00:11:06.460 --> 00:11:10.379 how football, in recent history, how many general 00:11:10.379 --> 00:11:13.820 jobs. Because I think... Just results -based. 00:11:14.250 --> 00:11:16.090 It's going to be results -based and the fact 00:11:16.090 --> 00:11:19.730 of the fans peddling it on social media. That's 00:11:19.730 --> 00:11:22.389 kind of what's happened many times in the past. 00:11:22.629 --> 00:11:24.710 Whether it's right or not is a different question. 00:11:24.850 --> 00:11:27.269 I'm not saying it's right. I'm saying I think 00:11:27.269 --> 00:11:30.110 it's going to happen. I can only think of two 00:11:30.110 --> 00:11:32.649 times it's worked, and that's Guardiola and Zidane. 00:11:32.909 --> 00:11:37.769 Yeah, but it's happening a lot. So I think it's 00:11:37.769 --> 00:11:40.970 not like necessarily former players. But I think 00:11:40.970 --> 00:11:43.950 people are giving young coaches a try on their 00:11:43.950 --> 00:11:47.049 first or second job, hoping that if they're inspired 00:11:47.049 --> 00:11:49.169 by Guardiola, they'll be able to achieve something 00:11:49.169 --> 00:11:52.929 similar. In terms of individual players, I was 00:11:52.929 --> 00:11:56.330 really not impressed with Ahmad. Because he couldn't 00:11:56.330 --> 00:11:59.269 take advantage of the 1v1 scenarios that he found 00:11:59.269 --> 00:12:03.470 himself in. I mean, I've always thought he's 00:12:03.470 --> 00:12:08.039 like a winger who thrives in space. He's never 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:10.039 really, like, if the spaces are closed, I don't 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:11.799 think he's the most effective. His passing range 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:15.879 is not the best either, in my opinion. So United's 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:18.480 best moments came from set pieces, although they 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:21.279 didn't take advantage of this. The only positive 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:24.200 thing I can say is that United take ethical set 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:26.539 pieces. They don't leave a player in front of 00:12:26.539 --> 00:12:29.419 the keeper to block him off, like the technique 00:12:29.419 --> 00:12:32.820 that Arsenal has pioneered, the unethical set 00:12:32.820 --> 00:12:36.830 piece. Ethics are relative to everyone's... On 00:12:36.830 --> 00:12:39.870 personal opinion. All right. In my opinion, it's 00:12:39.870 --> 00:12:42.470 an unethical set piece. And I'm glad it wasn't. 00:12:43.190 --> 00:12:46.070 I mean, excuse me. United are taking ethical 00:12:46.070 --> 00:12:49.730 set pieces. So I wish they did score, but unfortunately 00:12:49.730 --> 00:12:52.490 they didn't. I'm glad you find our set pieces 00:12:52.490 --> 00:12:55.250 unethical. And I hope we keep continuing to score 00:12:55.250 --> 00:12:58.509 from them. All right. For West Ham's goal, Duf 00:12:58.509 --> 00:13:01.649 clears the ball. Luke Shaw lets the ball bounce, 00:13:01.789 --> 00:13:04.289 which allows Jared Bowen in, who takes it wide. 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:08.639 No United player goes to meet him. I believe 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:11.159 it should have been Martinez who should have. 00:13:11.299 --> 00:13:13.240 You know, he was the closest person to the thing. 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:18.100 Bowen then squares it to Suchek who scores. So 00:13:18.100 --> 00:13:21.179 it was only one ball over the top to undo United's 00:13:21.179 --> 00:13:24.820 whole defence. Yeah, I mean, bad defending, sloppy 00:13:24.820 --> 00:13:28.279 defending. They switched off. West Ham took advantage 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:31.299 of it. Really, nothing more to say. I don't think 00:13:31.299 --> 00:13:34.870 it was anything spectacular. Anything that stood 00:13:34.870 --> 00:13:37.690 out particularly except the defending, which 00:13:37.690 --> 00:13:41.049 I think you've already mentioned. So then United's 00:13:41.049 --> 00:13:43.450 goal comes because you can't absorb pressure 00:13:43.450 --> 00:13:46.509 the whole game. West Ham just finally lost concentration 00:13:46.509 --> 00:13:51.149 after 90 minutes of defending. It was a good 00:13:51.149 --> 00:13:53.210 finish by Seska. I don't know if he meant it. 00:13:53.509 --> 00:13:56.929 It was a very unorthodox finish, but nevertheless, 00:13:57.309 --> 00:14:02.190 a goal is a goal and they gained a point. Whatever 00:14:02.190 --> 00:14:07.529 his name is gets to grow his hair. Okay, let's 00:14:07.529 --> 00:14:11.769 move on to Sunderland versus Liverpool. Sunderland 00:14:11.769 --> 00:14:15.309 0, Liverpool 1. So Sunderland made one change 00:14:15.309 --> 00:14:17.990 from their game against Arsenal. The left wing, 00:14:18.110 --> 00:14:21.710 N 'Golo, came in for Talby. It's unclear to me 00:14:21.710 --> 00:14:24.929 why this happened. I don't watch enough of Sunderland 00:14:24.929 --> 00:14:27.029 to know if this was tactical or he's just giving 00:14:27.029 --> 00:14:30.200 the new signing a run out. Nevertheless, they 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:32.419 defended in a mid -block and worked extremely 00:14:32.419 --> 00:14:34.600 hard to press us and not give us time on the 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:36.879 ball. But as the game went on, they couldn't 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:39.299 maintain the level of pressure because obviously 00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:42.559 after time you get tired. So Liverpool swapped 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:46.120 the full -backs. So Sabotsai went out due to 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:49.539 a red card and Kirk has to managing his minutes. 00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:55.580 In came Endo, who I must say is a defensive midfielder 00:14:55.580 --> 00:14:59.190 playing a right -back. after however many people 00:14:59.190 --> 00:15:03.090 got injured. Robertson had left back. One thing 00:15:03.090 --> 00:15:05.649 I want to point out is that Calvin Ramsey still 00:15:05.649 --> 00:15:08.029 can't get a game. Yeah, you were telling me about 00:15:08.029 --> 00:15:12.090 him the other day. So earlier, like the previous 00:15:12.090 --> 00:15:13.990 episode we did this week, I made a mistake. I 00:15:13.990 --> 00:15:16.809 said Ramsey left on loan. That's not the case 00:15:16.809 --> 00:15:18.970 because I just saw him on the bench and I was 00:15:18.970 --> 00:15:23.210 like, oh. He's still here. Yeah. So Slott said. 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:26.940 Quote, in general, if you don't win a game, the 00:15:26.940 --> 00:15:29.139 players who aren't playing become the best players 00:15:29.139 --> 00:15:31.759 in the squad. That's the same everywhere in the 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:34.480 world. This is an example of that as well. I 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:37.039 just want to protect all my players. I've chosen 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:39.600 other players until now. That's also what I'm 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:43.320 going to do tomorrow. And truly, it's a disgrace 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.320 how Calvin Ramsey's been treated. Because what's 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:47.980 the point of having him here if he's just going 00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:52.320 to be... Outcasted. Literally, he's an outcast, 00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:55.820 bruh. he's paya khan i'm not sure i'm not sure 00:15:55.820 --> 00:15:58.759 what's happened there but uh i mean hopefully 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:00.960 he finds a new club or something soon if that 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:03.700 he deserves it because it's like just the way 00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:06.779 stock has been treating him it's it's uh truly 00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:10.639 uh i'm not happy yeah i didn't even know this 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:12.940 guy was i didn't even know he really existed 00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:15.960 until you told me about it and i you know i said 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:18.299 you he signed about four or five years ago 2022 00:16:18.299 --> 00:16:21.440 i was right four years ago please that's crazy 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:24.169 okay Yeah, in the January window as well. So 00:16:24.169 --> 00:16:26.750 it's literally... So it goes back to the Klopp 00:16:26.750 --> 00:16:29.690 days. Yeah. And, yeah, Klopp didn't give him 00:16:29.690 --> 00:16:32.529 a chance either. Maybe he's just very bad in 00:16:32.529 --> 00:16:35.570 training. Yeah, but if he's bad, sell him. Loan 00:16:35.570 --> 00:16:38.049 him out. Do something. Just... How can you treat 00:16:38.049 --> 00:16:39.309 him like this? He's 22 years old. I wonder why 00:16:39.309 --> 00:16:41.809 they signed him then. Because we needed a backup 00:16:41.809 --> 00:16:44.450 to train. But did they sign him without watching 00:16:44.450 --> 00:16:49.070 him? Or did they... I... To my knowledge, he 00:16:49.070 --> 00:16:52.980 was good in the Scottish League. Oh, okay. Which, 00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:55.679 you know, you don't know how that translates 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:57.340 to the English. To the Premier League, yeah. 00:16:57.379 --> 00:17:01.480 Yeah, obviously. So, yeah. The person I was very 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:05.000 impressed by is Mukieli. Once again, a few weeks 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:06.680 ago, I said I really wanted him at Liverpool. 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:09.759 Again, he put in some excellent crosses and he 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:14.220 was defensively resolute this game. So, tip my 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:18.660 cap to him. Hopefully, for you guys, maybe you 00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:22.039 guys do end up signing him. He's a right back 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:25.400 that can also play center back so very useful 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:31.440 right Salah and Gakpo passengers as usual Get 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:34.799 the ball immediately lose the ball Don't do anything 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:36.960 with the ball when you're taking a shot You're 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:39.720 so slow at setting up the shot that two or three 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:41.619 defenders get in front of you to block the shot 00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:47.579 Can't take on a man so I'm not sure maybe slot 00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:50.519 is This is the season he finally gets rid of 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:52.960 them in the off -season, hopefully. Yeah, we 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:55.400 need to get rid of them. But Slot also has to 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:59.059 go. Just his comments, the way he's operating. 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:02.519 The way he's carrying himself. It's just, again, 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:04.460 a disgrace. There's nothing else to say about 00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:07.980 him. I mean, we'll see what the Liverpool board 00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:12.099 thinks, ultimately. It's them who decide. I just 00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:17.039 kept wondering, okay, the only positive that 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:20.630 I can find... about Gakpo is that he's tall. 00:18:20.809 --> 00:18:23.250 We spoke about this, right? He offers aerial 00:18:23.250 --> 00:18:27.069 threat. Yes. So if he's tall, Ekotike is tall, 00:18:27.269 --> 00:18:30.549 we should be crossing in from our right to make 00:18:30.549 --> 00:18:34.509 use of those two guys, right? Yeah. Endo at right 00:18:34.509 --> 00:18:37.910 back didn't cross. Salah cannot cross from unless 00:18:37.910 --> 00:18:40.950 he does a traveller. We're missing a lot without 00:18:40.950 --> 00:18:44.559 like Frimpong or maybe even Sabotslai. loading 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:47.720 across from uh yeah the delivery right yes we're 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:51.000 losing so much because that that's a great avenue 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:54.000 towards goals yeah i mean especially with the 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:57.680 with i guess the consistency of those those guys 00:18:57.680 --> 00:18:59.839 and winning headers especially akitika it makes 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:03.279 sense to just swing in as many crosses as maybe 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:06.630 not just like cross and hope but like I just 00:19:06.630 --> 00:19:08.990 see so many situations where it's like, put in 00:19:08.990 --> 00:19:10.529 the cross, you know, there's many in the area, 00:19:10.690 --> 00:19:13.470 let's... I've noticed he makes runs a lot, but 00:19:13.470 --> 00:19:16.450 then I guess you guys are a bit more like patient 00:19:16.450 --> 00:19:18.509 with the ball sometimes. Patient, that's a... 00:19:18.509 --> 00:19:21.869 Not in a... It depends how you perceive it, but 00:19:21.869 --> 00:19:24.569 not in a good way, but... Patient means too slow. 00:19:25.150 --> 00:19:31.730 Yeah. Basically. So, yeah. We ourselves... took 00:19:31.730 --> 00:19:34.269 some unethical corners and in fact we scored 00:19:34.269 --> 00:19:38.130 from an unethical corner so uh it's a nice shame 00:19:38.130 --> 00:19:41.210 don't say nice it's a damn shame we should stop 00:19:41.210 --> 00:19:44.630 that or never mind that like you said about arsenal 00:19:44.630 --> 00:19:47.289 it's not your fault that nobody's stopping it 00:19:47.289 --> 00:19:50.769 right yeah the the rule makers should step in 00:19:50.769 --> 00:19:52.589 and make a rule that you can't block off the 00:19:52.589 --> 00:19:55.630 keeper because that's uh you know this is very 00:19:55.630 --> 00:19:59.970 unethical right But, okay, you know, like, as 00:19:59.970 --> 00:20:02.829 I said, they pressed us early on, early doors, 00:20:02.950 --> 00:20:05.250 and then later on they couldn't maintain the 00:20:05.250 --> 00:20:10.589 press. About, I would say, around halftime, Wurtz 00:20:10.589 --> 00:20:13.690 becomes much more influential in the game because 00:20:13.690 --> 00:20:16.569 he's not, you know, so pressed. He has a little 00:20:16.569 --> 00:20:18.730 bit more space to operate. So it's dictating 00:20:18.730 --> 00:20:24.170 the tempo. Yes, he started dictating. Now, unfortunately, 00:20:24.450 --> 00:20:27.720 it's not good enough. To have a few touches where 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:31.500 you look good and, like, you know, play a few 00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:34.200 nice passes, that's cool. But we need line -breaking 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:37.240 passes. We need killer, you know, like... Killer 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:39.140 instinct. I mean, he missed a few chances he 00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:41.500 should have scored. Yes, he missed two. But the 00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:43.619 thing is, he generated those chances himself. 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:47.640 Yeah, exactly. So, you know, like, there's two 00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:51.240 sides to that, those ones there. But I'm just 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:53.099 talking about his playmaking. He was brought 00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:56.430 in as a playmaker. Right? He hasn't played make 00:20:56.430 --> 00:21:00.890 to the level that I would like. I think he probably 00:21:00.890 --> 00:21:03.589 is still developing in the sense of the physicality 00:21:03.589 --> 00:21:05.549 of the league. Not that that's an excuse, but 00:21:05.549 --> 00:21:08.930 I think with that type of player too, because 00:21:08.930 --> 00:21:11.890 he's coming from achieving such a high level 00:21:11.890 --> 00:21:15.190 of output, to do it in a consistent level in 00:21:15.190 --> 00:21:18.450 the league with more physicality, I think it's 00:21:18.450 --> 00:21:21.289 more case of him. He's still so young, so it's 00:21:21.289 --> 00:21:23.670 not like... He's a player who's in his prime 00:21:23.670 --> 00:21:25.650 or anywhere close to his prime. He still has 00:21:25.650 --> 00:21:28.250 two or three years to go before he gets to his 00:21:28.250 --> 00:21:31.430 prime. So it's like you can't blame a player 00:21:31.430 --> 00:21:33.650 for their price tag. Maybe blame the club. They 00:21:33.650 --> 00:21:37.150 got him at the wrong time, perhaps. But I don't 00:21:37.150 --> 00:21:38.829 think the team should be centered around him 00:21:38.829 --> 00:21:41.430 yet. He doesn't have necessarily the... He doesn't 00:21:41.430 --> 00:21:43.950 take the responsibility the way someone like 00:21:43.950 --> 00:21:46.490 maybe Eketike does. Even if he misses his chances, 00:21:46.509 --> 00:21:48.390 he still has the confidence to keep playing. 00:21:48.549 --> 00:21:50.980 So I think... It doesn't make sense to center 00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:53.920 the team around him, but I understand why Slot 00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:56.519 is kind of doing it and being patient with him, 00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:58.480 even if there's other reasons you're critical 00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:01.900 of Slot. I think specifically with Vert, I understand 00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:04.299 the patience because you probably have one of 00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:07.160 the best players in the world as soon as he hits 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:10.799 that physical level. But for now, I'm comparing 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:14.279 him, and this is a bad comparison. Not bad as 00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:17.269 in it's an unfair comparison. I'm saying... The 00:22:17.269 --> 00:22:19.950 comparison is good, but it's bad that you're 00:22:19.950 --> 00:22:23.869 being compared to Morgan Gibbs -White. He's another 00:22:23.869 --> 00:22:28.809 guy I feel like... I like Gibbs -White, but... 00:22:28.809 --> 00:22:30.309 I know you like Gibbs -White, but I'm saying 00:22:30.309 --> 00:22:32.829 I don't rate him at all. Yeah, you've told me. 00:22:33.269 --> 00:22:37.509 He looks busy without actually doing anything. 00:22:37.890 --> 00:22:40.609 I disagree, but yeah, that's a different debate. 00:22:41.069 --> 00:22:44.049 Wurtz is doing something similar. Wurtz is looking 00:22:44.049 --> 00:22:48.140 busy without actually... impacting the game in, 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:51.259 you know, tangible ways and that's very frustrating 00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:56.059 to me. I think as a neutral, I don't know, like 00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:59.180 I can observe it and be a bit more patient with 00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:02.099 Wurz. I didn't watch too many games of him at 00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:05.680 Leverkusen, but I did watch like enough to say 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:08.660 that the way he's able to dictate play, there's 00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:10.740 very few players in the world who can do it. 00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:13.140 So I don't think it makes sense to necessarily 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:17.119 try go out and say that okay you should reduce 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:19.880 his minutes because we've seen those sorts of 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:21.640 players you kind of need to let them develop 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:24.079 with their flaws I mean Jose Mourinho thought 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:28.660 KDB wasn't good enough shipped him out within 00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:30.819 two seasons of playing consistently he made a 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:32.960 lot of mistakes at Wolfsburg but his output was 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:35.259 always high I don't think he was ready yet but 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:36.940 then when he hit his prime years and came back 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:38.720 to Man City he was the best player in the league 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:42.140 I don't think It's hard to say if anyone's going 00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:45.299 to be on KDB's level, but I think Virts has that 00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:48.000 same ability to affect and control games, to 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:50.839 just making something out of nothing. It's more 00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:54.619 about how you platform him. Okay, I thought Endo 00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:57.859 was pretty good. I don't rate Endo as a player. 00:23:57.940 --> 00:24:00.420 I think he's a shin kicker. He just goes and, 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:03.900 you know, late tackles. He's there for the vibes. 00:24:04.509 --> 00:24:08.170 There too. This is the problem. He's become a 00:24:08.170 --> 00:24:10.809 meme within the Liverpool fan base. So anytime 00:24:10.809 --> 00:24:13.609 you speak negatively about him, they're not talking 00:24:13.609 --> 00:24:15.970 about on -pitch performance. They think about 00:24:15.970 --> 00:24:18.410 all the memes and stuff and how much fun they're 00:24:18.410 --> 00:24:21.089 having with the memes. Listen, he's not a good 00:24:21.089 --> 00:24:24.210 player, but he had a good game last night at 00:24:24.210 --> 00:24:26.529 right back. That's all I can say. Unfortunately, 00:24:26.630 --> 00:24:31.069 he got injured very badly. I don't know what 00:24:31.069 --> 00:24:33.619 happened. It's one of those that, like, I'm not 00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:36.079 an expert at injury, so I can't say, like, oh, 00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:38.380 this happened or whatever, but it looked really 00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:41.740 bad. He had to get stretched off, so. Hope he's 00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:46.259 okay. Yeah. Speedy recovery. Somebody posted 00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:48.819 this in the Lowepool subreddit this morning about 00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:54.519 squad shooting, meaning we have the most amount 00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:58.700 of shots on target, but our percentage of goals 00:24:58.700 --> 00:25:03.769 from that is very low. So one of the reasons, 00:25:03.890 --> 00:25:07.049 I assume, is we're taking a lot of long shots. 00:25:07.630 --> 00:25:10.809 Probably, yeah. I mean, a lot of the times that 00:25:10.809 --> 00:25:14.029 arises when people are facing consistent low 00:25:14.029 --> 00:25:17.630 blocks, a player's in desperation, the answer 00:25:17.630 --> 00:25:19.829 is to just hammer in long shots. I would say 00:25:19.829 --> 00:25:23.390 if you can't break down a low block, then you 00:25:23.390 --> 00:25:27.150 just shoot. But teams who can break down a low 00:25:27.150 --> 00:25:30.650 block, they don't just willy -nilly shoot. Yeah. 00:25:30.809 --> 00:25:32.490 All the time. Yeah, you guys have the capability. 00:25:32.509 --> 00:25:34.809 It's probably just a thing of immaturity. Like 00:25:34.809 --> 00:25:37.130 I said, desperation. Players are just, okay, 00:25:37.210 --> 00:25:39.829 let's take the shot. So there's that. The other 00:25:39.829 --> 00:25:41.950 thing I want to bring up is a lot of our shots 00:25:41.950 --> 00:25:45.630 get blocked. Yeah. And I have to look at Gakpo 00:25:45.630 --> 00:25:49.890 and Salah because Gakpo takes ages and ages to 00:25:49.890 --> 00:25:52.450 set up. So then they just become very predictable. 00:25:52.730 --> 00:25:55.549 Yes, he's predictable before that. But if you 00:25:55.549 --> 00:25:57.869 take a long to set up, obviously people are going 00:25:57.869 --> 00:26:00.440 to... see okay you're aiming there let me put 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:02.940 my foot in the way of that yeah that's just common 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:05.700 sense it's it's very frustrating watching Gakpo 00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:09.019 and Salah and to be fair Gakpo had a not a good 00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:12.500 game but like a five out of ten game which is 00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:16.859 like the best he's played in weeks so I don't 00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:18.579 know what to say about this team at the moment 00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:22.059 we won but from an unethical corner and we couldn't 00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:26.059 break down Sunderland but that is That is one 00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:27.960 of the most difficult grounds in the league, 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:30.859 though. Sure. But didn't Arsenal beat them 3 00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:35.980 -0? Not at the same level, but didn't they beat 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:39.059 them 3 -0 the other day? Yeah, I mean, I understand 00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:41.019 where you're coming from. I'm just saying that 00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:44.380 home ground is a little bit different. Not that 00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:47.059 I disagree with the things you said. I don't 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:49.880 think you guys were good enough. Alright. It 00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:51.920 is one of the hardest games in the Premier League 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:54.640 this season, Sunderland away, for me. So those 00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:56.940 are the only two we're going to go do like a 00:26:56.940 --> 00:27:00.380 deep dive into. The rest of the games, we're 00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:02.579 just going to kind of just talk through them 00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:07.680 quickly. You know, if that's all right. So Spurs 00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:10.799 won Newcastle 2. For Newcastle's first goal, 00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:13.319 Malik Chow headers the ball at the keeper who 00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:16.339 saves it. Chow then scores the rebound because 00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:18.980 there's like three Spurs players all surrounding 00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:23.039 him that were ball watching. It was very... If 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:26.200 you're a Spurs fan, you must be very frustrated 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:29.920 as well because I don't know what that was. That 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:33.160 was... They just watched it happen. Yeah, I mean... 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:37.019 Didn't do anything. It was like kind of... What 00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.859 is it? Amateurish defending. That's the word 00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:41.420 I was looking for. So for Spurs goal, a cross 00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:45.200 comes from the corner. Pape Matassar wins the 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:47.519 initial header and sends it back into the area 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:51.779 where Archie Gray converts. I mean, good for 00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:55.519 Autry Gray. I like Autry Gray. So I hope the 00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:58.779 best for him on a personal level. You know, you 00:27:58.779 --> 00:28:01.539 can say that Newcastle should have won the initial 00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:04.099 header, but I thought there was very little that 00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:07.380 they could have done to prevent that goal. Prevent 00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:09.099 that goal, yeah. I mean, the ball just didn't 00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:11.730 fall in the right place either, you know. So 00:28:11.730 --> 00:28:14.009 then Newcastle scored the winner because Spurs' 00:28:14.089 --> 00:28:16.950 defensive line wasn't straight. Gordon plays 00:28:16.950 --> 00:28:19.930 it into the space. Dragoson should have been 00:28:19.930 --> 00:28:22.829 occupying and Jacob Ramsey pokes the goal home. 00:28:23.690 --> 00:28:26.609 So yeah, based on the highlights, it seems like 00:28:26.609 --> 00:28:29.890 this was a fair result. Yeah, I mean... You also 00:28:29.890 --> 00:28:32.390 watched the highlights. Yeah, based on the highlights, 00:28:32.609 --> 00:28:35.029 it was a fair result. Based on Spurs fans' reaction, 00:28:35.250 --> 00:28:39.059 it was a fair result. So in the wake of that, 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:42.500 Thomas Frank has been sacked. Yeah. Your thoughts? 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:46.339 I mean, it was coming. I guess we've been discussing 00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:48.480 for like the past couple episodes when would 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:50.519 it happen. Well, off camera, we've been discussing 00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:53.579 it for a long time. When exactly would be the 00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:56.799 tipping point for the Tottenham board? I guess 00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:59.940 at least the new board, if anything, seems to 00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:02.519 be slightly more patient than Daniel Levy. But 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:06.609 whether it's... It can't be the wrong decision. 00:29:06.910 --> 00:29:08.650 I mean, they're in a relegation battle for real 00:29:08.650 --> 00:29:11.430 now. It's like West Ham's picked up form. What 00:29:11.430 --> 00:29:14.930 is it? Three points off West Ham. So it was coming. 00:29:15.069 --> 00:29:18.349 I think Thomas Frank, I'm disappointed from a 00:29:18.349 --> 00:29:20.970 personal perspective because I thought he was 00:29:20.970 --> 00:29:23.369 going to do well. Not disappointed, but surprised. 00:29:24.289 --> 00:29:26.450 So I did think he was going to do well coming 00:29:26.450 --> 00:29:29.769 into the job. But yeah, it's so you can blame 00:29:29.769 --> 00:29:33.369 Spurs. I want to put my hands up and say I got 00:29:33.369 --> 00:29:36.049 it massively wrong. I thought Thomas Frank would 00:29:36.049 --> 00:29:41.130 be amazing at Spurs. I thought at least a top 00:29:41.130 --> 00:29:44.890 four charge. And the way things have gone so 00:29:44.890 --> 00:29:50.390 poorly. They beat PSG and they beat, I think, 00:29:50.390 --> 00:29:54.490 Man City in the... What is it called? No, they 00:29:54.490 --> 00:29:56.849 drew to Man City in the league. Oh, okay, yes. 00:29:56.950 --> 00:29:59.329 But very on those two results, I thought, wow, 00:29:59.390 --> 00:30:02.470 okay. Frank has something cooking. It's only 00:30:02.470 --> 00:30:05.109 been a few weeks and he's got them. going you 00:30:05.109 --> 00:30:06.829 know what can he do over the rest of the season 00:30:06.829 --> 00:30:10.390 and uh turns out not much turns out he wasn't 00:30:10.390 --> 00:30:13.670 going to be given the time but uh who knows maybe 00:30:13.670 --> 00:30:17.829 he he's the type of coach that can turn a small 00:30:17.829 --> 00:30:21.089 club into a decent into like a a european level 00:30:21.089 --> 00:30:24.210 team but struggles to make the jump any further 00:30:24.210 --> 00:30:27.309 but we'll see we'll see good luck to thomas frank 00:30:27.309 --> 00:30:29.910 in his future endeavors though yeah definitely 00:30:29.910 --> 00:30:34.680 chelsea 2 leads 2. So I watched the first half 00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:37.099 of this match before I switched over to the United 00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:41.380 game. Me too. Palmer was being extremely selfish 00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:45.420 and Estavao had a horrible first half. Other 00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:47.759 than that, it was all Chelsea and they were unlucky 00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:50.400 to be only 1 -0 up. I only watched highlights 00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:53.220 of the second half and Leeds gave away a silly 00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:56.160 penalty. The defender literally just pushed Jau 00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:58.599 Pedro over, which is the exact same thing that 00:30:58.599 --> 00:31:01.339 happened last week. I don't think you weren't 00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:03.980 here for that episode. Same thing happened. They 00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:06.960 just pushed him. Fall over, penalty. Of course. 00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:10.039 Maybe you could say, okay, it was like a little 00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:15.799 bit soft, but yeah. That's the bottom line. Palmer 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:18.680 converts it, and I'm still seeing Chelsea shot 00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:23.380 after shot, you know, threatening their goal. 00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:26.559 Coming wave after wave of attack. Yes, and then 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:28.880 Caicedo gives away another silly penalty, or 00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:32.940 he gives a silly penalty away too. Right? Nemecha 00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:35.920 converts it. And then Leeds score what can only 00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:39.819 be described as a messy goal. Not Lionel. But, 00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:42.859 like, there was, like, things were just like 00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:45.559 at sixes and sevens. Yeah, it was just, like, 00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:48.680 one of the sloppiest goals you can imagine. Yeah, 00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:51.799 but the real controversy comes in because there 00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:53.799 was a handball in the build -up to the goal. 00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:56.920 And the VAR didn't overturn it. They said it 00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:59.019 was an accidental handball, which is something 00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:01.579 I've never heard of in an attacking context before. 00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:04.619 So in my opinion, Chelsea were robbed. Yeah, 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:06.539 I would agree with that. I saw the handball. 00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:08.779 I don't know why they didn't... I don't know 00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:11.380 what their classification is, but... Like, if 00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:14.359 it's... Yeah, I just... I have no idea either. 00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:16.779 It's a terrible decision, but I think the Premier 00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:20.039 League, they really need to sort out the refereeing 00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:23.690 problems for the best, like... funded league 00:32:23.690 --> 00:32:28.190 in the world. They have poor referees and I think 00:32:28.190 --> 00:32:31.009 controversies where when I've watched other leagues, 00:32:31.150 --> 00:32:34.390 even a couple games in the French League or Champions 00:32:34.390 --> 00:32:37.210 League, the VAR is a lot more efficient. It's 00:32:37.210 --> 00:32:40.089 like they trust the VAR more and I think the 00:32:40.089 --> 00:32:42.750 Premier League needs to adopt that, if anything. 00:32:43.150 --> 00:32:45.309 Alright, any other things you want to say about 00:32:45.309 --> 00:32:48.289 Chelsea? No, I mean just João Pedro looking good 00:32:48.289 --> 00:32:50.910 again. How long does he keep it going? One of 00:32:50.910 --> 00:32:52.569 my favorite players when he's playing like this. 00:32:52.670 --> 00:32:55.230 So from a football fan perspective, I hope he 00:32:55.230 --> 00:32:58.829 keeps it going. Everton won Bournemouth 2. So 00:32:58.829 --> 00:33:01.970 Ray -Anne, Bournemouth's new signing, tried to 00:33:01.970 --> 00:33:04.509 dribble out from the box. But the Everton player 00:33:04.509 --> 00:33:06.410 got in front of him and Ray -Anne gave away a 00:33:06.410 --> 00:33:12.190 penalty. So very silly, very naive. Yeah, Elliman 00:33:12.190 --> 00:33:14.849 Ndiaye converts the penalty. And then all the 00:33:14.849 --> 00:33:16.829 efforts were coming from Everton, but they just 00:33:16.829 --> 00:33:19.460 couldn't convert. They weren't... clinical at 00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:21.740 all they've been good for a little while now 00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:24.200 Everton yeah but they had quite a few chances 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:27.279 I was really not shocked but like you would think 00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:29.299 Bournemouth would have more chances than Everton 00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:33.019 yeah given how they're playing yeah and in the 00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:35.920 second half Ryan makes up for it by giving makes 00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:38.940 up for giving the penalty away by scoring a towering 00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:42.380 header from a true fair cross right then a well 00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:44.759 -worked set -piece routine sees Kruppi junior 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:49.170 score uh later on in the game everton go down 00:33:49.170 --> 00:33:51.809 to 10 men when jake o 'brien brings down adly 00:33:51.809 --> 00:33:54.930 and gets a red card a straight red card yeah 00:33:54.930 --> 00:33:58.250 i didn't watch this game so i'm just going off 00:33:58.250 --> 00:34:00.930 of what you're saying but i've watched everton 00:34:00.930 --> 00:34:04.569 recently everton have looked good so long may 00:34:04.569 --> 00:34:06.670 long may it continue if you're everton fan i 00:34:06.670 --> 00:34:08.570 guess for you you don't want everton they lost 00:34:08.570 --> 00:34:11.519 this game oh no i mean in footballing terms okay 00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:13.239 like i think they're playing really well like 00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:14.960 you said they're creating chances i don't think 00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:18.099 the loss should affect them too much i think 00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:21.000 they're in a good place or they'll be okay then 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:25.579 nottingham forest zero wolves zero so all the 00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:28.099 highlights were forest chances but none of them 00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:31.079 were clear cut it was just long shots and set 00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:35.420 piece situations and i mean this sounds like 00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:40.260 a one of those games That being said, Sean Dyche 00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:43.480 has been sacked. Sean Dyche has been sacked? 00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:46.639 Yes, 1 o 'clock this morning. Damn, okay, I didn't 00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:54.219 get that news yet. Thoughts? I mean... I guess 00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:57.619 it's... Like, what do you do? I don't know. The 00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:59.820 Nottingham Forest owner just seems to be a bit 00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:02.400 trigger -happy with the... I don't think so. 00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:04.800 No, I mean, I can understand it. The Forests 00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:09.210 are three points ahead. clear off the relegation 00:35:09.210 --> 00:35:11.630 zone. Only three points. That's very... Yeah, 00:35:11.650 --> 00:35:13.730 no, I mean, I get the decision. I'm just saying 00:35:13.730 --> 00:35:17.949 that it's hard to see what is the expectation 00:35:17.949 --> 00:35:20.230 of Nottingham Forest. It's like, why did Nuno 00:35:20.230 --> 00:35:22.670 get sacked in the first place? Apparently, Nuno 00:35:22.670 --> 00:35:27.510 had a personal altercation with him. Oh, and 00:35:27.510 --> 00:35:29.949 then it was unworkable after that. Yeah, so it 00:35:29.949 --> 00:35:32.210 doesn't have anything to do with Nuno's football 00:35:32.210 --> 00:35:36.320 or... There was just a personal problem between 00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:41.679 the two of them. We'll see what happens. As far 00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:44.320 as Sean Dyche is concerned, I like him as a personality. 00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:46.820 He's one of those coaches. I don't really like 00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:48.920 his football, but I enjoy having him in the league. 00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:52.880 I hate his football. I think he's a championship 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:55.280 manager. I don't think he's good enough for the 00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:58.599 Premier League. He's proven that multiple times. 00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:02.829 He's been relegated multiple times. uh so yeah 00:36:02.829 --> 00:36:06.690 yeah i just i like him as a person he's entertaining 00:36:06.690 --> 00:36:09.070 that's pretty much all i have to say on that 00:36:09.070 --> 00:36:14.369 okay aston villa one brighton zero back to winning 00:36:14.369 --> 00:36:18.610 ways it came from a hintlewood own goal which 00:36:18.610 --> 00:36:21.250 came from a corner late on but based on highlights 00:36:21.250 --> 00:36:24.130 it was an even game maybe even slightly leaning 00:36:24.130 --> 00:36:27.170 towards brighton so this isn't a fair result 00:36:27.170 --> 00:36:30.559 but villa are very clinical Yeah, I mean, Villa 00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:34.019 have probably been, in terms of the chances they've 00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:37.000 created in relation to the points they have, 00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:38.579 they've probably been the most efficient team 00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:43.219 in the league. Well, again, we had this discussion 00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:46.239 about XG, right? And a lot of people are saying 00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:51.440 Villa are overperforming their XG. So at some 00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:54.159 point, it's going to regress to the mean, which 00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:57.340 I keep having to explain that that's not how 00:36:57.340 --> 00:37:01.090 XG works, right? xg is an indicator of how clinical 00:37:01.090 --> 00:37:04.190 you are so if you're over performing xg by like 00:37:04.190 --> 00:37:07.590 five even more than that it means you're extremely 00:37:07.590 --> 00:37:10.929 clinical that doesn't mean that at some point 00:37:10.929 --> 00:37:12.710 you've got to stop being clinical but i guess 00:37:12.710 --> 00:37:15.550 the interpretation of that would be based off 00:37:15.550 --> 00:37:19.550 of they're taking a lot of like they aren't creating 00:37:19.550 --> 00:37:21.929 a lot of chances they've had a high percentage 00:37:21.929 --> 00:37:25.409 of like Low x3 goals. I don't think it's more 00:37:25.409 --> 00:37:27.530 like a critique of them being clinical. They 00:37:27.530 --> 00:37:30.829 are efficient I think it's more critique of how 00:37:30.829 --> 00:37:34.269 long can you rely on? Because it's like at a 00:37:34.269 --> 00:37:36.250 stage a lot of the goals that were scoring the 00:37:36.250 --> 00:37:38.829 winning ones were specifically high I mean low 00:37:38.829 --> 00:37:41.949 x3 goals. It's like is that a sustainable way 00:37:41.949 --> 00:37:44.070 of playing for a title charge? I don't think 00:37:44.070 --> 00:37:46.610 so. That's that's what I'm saying. What if you 00:37:46.610 --> 00:37:48.610 like supremely talented at long range goals? 00:37:49.429 --> 00:37:51.590 Yeah, I don't think it's sustainable though because 00:37:51.590 --> 00:37:54.510 then if Morgan Rodgers gets injured hypothetically, 00:37:54.630 --> 00:37:56.929 how do they fill that gap if the entire system 00:37:56.929 --> 00:37:59.409 is based off creating gaps for him to shoot long? 00:37:59.789 --> 00:38:01.769 Then they're going to drop off form because there's 00:38:01.769 --> 00:38:04.590 no other person that can shoot like Morgan Rodgers 00:38:04.590 --> 00:38:07.150 except Tielemans in that team. He was also injured. 00:38:07.530 --> 00:38:12.130 Yeah, sure. I'm just pointing out that I just 00:38:12.130 --> 00:38:16.769 don't think it's the criticism. aimed at Villa 00:38:16.769 --> 00:38:19.969 for being clinical is not fair. It's not fair, 00:38:20.130 --> 00:38:22.070 but at the same time, I mean, if you look at... 00:38:22.070 --> 00:38:25.929 And their results have proven that they're, you 00:38:25.929 --> 00:38:30.030 know, in the mix, you know, they're not falling 00:38:30.030 --> 00:38:33.489 away. Yeah, but I mean, if you look at Arsenal 00:38:33.489 --> 00:38:36.909 or Man City, I guess, like, it's more of that 00:38:36.909 --> 00:38:41.329 their X -League is more in line with the chances 00:38:41.329 --> 00:38:44.079 they've scored. So it would probably mean that, 00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:48.119 what is it? I can actually just check now. Yeah, 00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:50.059 you can double check that. But I'm pretty sure 00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:52.320 it would be closer to their actually being in 00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:54.460 line with the amount of chances they've created, 00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:58.199 right? So Arsenal, this is for the season now, 00:38:58.260 --> 00:39:03.880 25 games. Their XG is 50 .49. So they quote -unquote 00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:07.280 should have scored roughly 50 goals. they've 00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:09.780 scored 49. So they're slightly underperforming 00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:15.320 XG. City, their XG is 51 .15 and they've scored 00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:19.039 54. So they're slightly overperforming XG. Yeah, 00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:22.099 so then that's what I was saying. It's like those 00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:25.280 would include long range and a consistency of 00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:28.119 like high quality chances that those players 00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:30.119 would take anyway. Aston Villa are lacking the 00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:32.739 angle where they're creating high quality chances, 00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:36.619 which is the same. Which was the same with Unai 00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:39.920 Emery at Arsenal. So I think however those chances 00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:44.159 come, it's a thing I don't necessarily think 00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:47.159 he's worked on or he's necessarily improved on. 00:39:47.260 --> 00:39:50.059 Because even if you look at his severe teams, 00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:53.800 for example, they would rely a lot on exceptional 00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:56.139 goals. For example, that's why they could... 00:39:56.670 --> 00:39:59.369 in moments where it relied on individual brilliance 00:39:59.369 --> 00:40:01.409 or a player, they could win the Europa League. 00:40:01.570 --> 00:40:04.110 A crazy amount of goals were scored from outside 00:40:04.110 --> 00:40:07.610 the box, last -minute goals where players go 00:40:07.610 --> 00:40:10.889 on a dribble. And if you compare it to where 00:40:10.889 --> 00:40:13.010 he finished in the league, his consistency in 00:40:13.010 --> 00:40:14.690 the league, I don't think he creates enough. 00:40:14.909 --> 00:40:16.929 So I think you're right, it's an unfair critique. 00:40:17.250 --> 00:40:19.489 But if people were critiquing the angle that 00:40:19.489 --> 00:40:22.900 they're only creating... or scoring from a majority 00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:25.440 of the high X lead chances and they're not creating 00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:28.500 enough of like good goal scoring opportunities. 00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:31.380 I think that critique is also valid. Fair enough. 00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:35.380 But looking at the table, I think they've done 00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:39.659 a good job. So, you know, it's been 25 games. 00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:43.260 It's not like it's only like 5 to 10. Yeah, I'm 00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:46.079 just saying it's very dependent like on Tillemans 00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:49.179 and Rodgers. All right. Our next game is Crystal 00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:53.059 Palace 2, Burnley 3. So for Palace's first goal, 00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:56.260 Wharton lifts a gorgeous ball over the top, which 00:40:56.260 --> 00:41:00.039 Strand -Larsen runs onto and finishes. New signing, 00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:04.440 fitting in very well. Very well, yeah. I rate 00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:08.059 Strand -Larsen. For their second goal, Jefferson 00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:10.719 Lerma puts in a cross, and Strand -Larsen does 00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:13.800 a glancing header to score. So two goals, I think 00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:16.900 on debut. Yeah, good news. Good for Strand -Larsen. 00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:21.340 Good for Crystal Palace. Then Hannibal scores 00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:23.860 from a nice long range shot. It's not really 00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:25.920 long range. It was just outside the box. But 00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:30.659 yeah. Outside of the box score. Yes. This is 00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:34.800 for Burnley. Now it's 2 -1 to Palace. But Burnley 00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:39.019 just scored. Yes. Then Jadon Anthony beats the 00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:44.619 keeper at the near side. Very cheeky shot. But 00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:51.400 it worked out. Kudos. Kudos, yes. The third goal 00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:54.000 was a Jefferson Lerma own goal from a corner, 00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:57.800 which... Unfortunate. Very unfortunate, nothing 00:41:57.800 --> 00:42:00.079 you can do about that. But all of these goals 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:02.639 happened in the first half. Second half, just 00:42:02.639 --> 00:42:06.719 very boring. There's a lot of games like that. 00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:13.829 Moving on to which, Man City 3, Fulham 0. I didn't 00:42:13.829 --> 00:42:15.710 watch this game, but I did see the highlights 00:42:15.710 --> 00:42:18.809 and my brother gave me the rundown. Man City 00:42:18.809 --> 00:42:22.010 looked good again, as expected. I did expect 00:42:22.010 --> 00:42:24.409 them to win this game comfortably though. So 00:42:24.409 --> 00:42:26.329 like the Chelsea game, I watched the first half 00:42:26.329 --> 00:42:28.710 of this before switching over to the Liverpool 00:42:28.710 --> 00:42:31.489 game. And all the goals came in the first half. 00:42:32.369 --> 00:42:36.929 Semenyo gets a lucky ricochet from across to 00:42:36.929 --> 00:42:40.829 score the opener. Did you see that? Yeah, I did. 00:42:40.929 --> 00:42:44.070 I saw the highlights. yes Semenyo doing fantastically 00:42:44.070 --> 00:42:48.289 well to settle in yes like i said uh top signing 00:42:48.289 --> 00:42:51.230 uh these chances that Harland is missing at the 00:42:51.230 --> 00:42:53.489 moment due to like whatever you want to say like 00:42:53.489 --> 00:42:56.610 low confidence or like uh whatever it may be 00:42:56.610 --> 00:42:59.309 whatever it is Semenyo will come in and slot 00:42:59.309 --> 00:43:02.559 those away and he has so far Yeah, I mean, it's 00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:05.360 a good signing. Obviously, it was evident at 00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:06.800 Bournemouth that he was that type of player. 00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:09.960 Like you said, if I have any question marks around 00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:13.179 him, it's still his ability to go past players 00:43:13.179 --> 00:43:15.320 and progress the ball without the team doing 00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:17.920 it for him. But he has one of the best teams 00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:20.820 at doing it for him if Schurke's in there. So 00:43:20.820 --> 00:43:23.659 right now, in attack, Mancet, you're looking 00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:26.019 very good. Everything's clicking. Then we have 00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:28.840 some great interplay on the counter, and O 'Reilly 00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:32.239 doubles the lead. promise a menu uh what's it 00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:35.380 through ball yeah i mean nicole riley also i 00:43:35.380 --> 00:43:37.579 like him a lot like one of probably the most 00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:39.480 adaptable players in the league in the sense 00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:42.699 of he can be a top level player in almost any 00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:45.659 position across the midfield or back line so 00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:47.559 i was going to say he played in midfield which 00:43:47.559 --> 00:43:51.639 is a little bit unorthodox but apparently he 00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:54.500 was a revelation. I heard he played quite a bit 00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:57.139 in midfield in the under -21s, so I think he's... 00:43:57.139 --> 00:43:59.159 Well, I believe he was a midfielder and then 00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:03.280 Pep just chucked him in at full -back. Like, 00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:05.500 sometimes that's how you develop players in terms 00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:08.760 of, like, OK, maybe his defensive dynamics weren't 00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:11.840 up to speed, so put him into a situation where 00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:14.880 he has to defend more and then the team can benefit 00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:17.239 off his in -possession play and he can develop 00:44:17.239 --> 00:44:21.079 with the team as he goes along, you know. Then, 00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:24.059 later on, after a high turnover, Haaland has 00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:26.159 an excellent finish through the legs of the Fulham 00:44:26.159 --> 00:44:31.199 defender to score. Yeah, I mean, good goal. Two 00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:34.699 goals in two games. He's back. He's back, as 00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:37.940 they say. I just took him on my fantasy team 00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:42.539 to bring in Palmer. Palmer, Jokeres, and Gabriel. 00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:46.079 Yeah, I mean... I know you don't rate Yokere's, 00:44:46.179 --> 00:44:48.760 but I really feel like Yokere's gonna go sicko 00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:51.480 mode. No, no, it's not that I don't rate him. 00:44:52.019 --> 00:44:56.119 I'm a bit skeptical with a bit of his technical 00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:59.920 qualities, but I'll be very happy to be proved 00:44:59.920 --> 00:45:03.579 wrong. Let's say that. And in the last couple 00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:06.280 of games, he's looked really good. So I hope 00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:08.179 the best for him. If he does go sick or more, 00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:10.019 then we're going to... I mean, I think we're 00:45:10.019 --> 00:45:12.360 going to win the league either way. But our chances 00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:14.619 in the Champions League definitely improve if 00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:17.179 he goes sick or more. Yes, I heard Havertz is 00:45:17.179 --> 00:45:19.760 injured again as well. Just, yeah, I heard just 00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:22.480 two games. Just two games. So I think it was 00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:26.099 just a knock on the muscle or something. Those 00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:28.780 ones happened. Just tenderness. Thankfully, it's 00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:32.159 not a recurrence of anything serious. So there 00:45:32.159 --> 00:45:34.260 were barely any highlights from the second half. 00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:37.380 So if this is, I want to know, you probably can't 00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:40.059 tell me, but if the listeners want to chime in 00:45:40.059 --> 00:45:43.599 at all, please write in. Is this another example 00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:46.159 of City fading late into the game or because 00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:48.239 they didn't need to do anything? That's why they 00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:52.119 kind of laid off. Yeah, I mean, I think generally 00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:55.940 from what I've read from the Man City analysts, 00:45:56.989 --> 00:46:00.530 or online has been that they've struggled in 00:46:00.530 --> 00:46:02.349 the second half to replicate their first half. 00:46:02.429 --> 00:46:05.409 Literally, they need to put the game to bed in 00:46:05.409 --> 00:46:07.289 the first half. They've lost a lot of games in 00:46:07.289 --> 00:46:09.250 the second half as well. I think there was a 00:46:09.250 --> 00:46:12.210 stat that said if the season was based on the 00:46:12.210 --> 00:46:14.329 first half alone, they'd be like 12 points clear, 00:46:14.449 --> 00:46:17.849 which is, yeah, they've got to find a way to 00:46:17.849 --> 00:46:21.369 defend for the whole game. Do you have anything 00:46:21.369 --> 00:46:25.360 else you want to bring up? Nothing per se. I 00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:27.340 mean, I guess the managerial merry -go -round 00:46:27.340 --> 00:46:31.599 continues even after the transfer season or off 00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:34.960 -season during the on -season. So, I mean, De 00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:37.320 Zerbi is available now. Your number one or your 00:46:37.320 --> 00:46:39.599 favorite. He didn't leave Marseille. He still 00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:41.659 at Marseille. No, no, no. He was sacked today. 00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:45.019 Oh. Oh, wow. He was sacked today. Wow, wow, wow. 00:46:45.019 --> 00:46:48.250 So, he's available. Slugs. It's over for you, 00:46:48.309 --> 00:46:52.730 buddy. I'm suspecting he gets the Tottenham job. 00:46:52.969 --> 00:46:54.969 Yeah. I'm suspecting. Which would be good to 00:46:54.969 --> 00:46:56.530 have him back in the Premier League. I would 00:46:56.530 --> 00:46:58.269 love it. I would love it. And his first game 00:46:58.269 --> 00:47:00.050 would be against Arsenal, so we'd thrash him, 00:47:00.090 --> 00:47:01.690 but I'm sure you would think differently. Deserbe 00:47:01.690 --> 00:47:03.590 coming in to save the league. I would love it. 00:47:03.670 --> 00:47:06.789 Yes. Yes. Arteta, that fucking terrorist playing 00:47:06.789 --> 00:47:09.869 defensive football. Deserbe, the hero that we 00:47:09.869 --> 00:47:12.849 need with a cape on his back. Flying in to save 00:47:12.849 --> 00:47:17.039 the league. Oh, the storyline. I love it. Let's 00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:19.280 see. Let's see. 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