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And welcome back to the PD Football Podcast.

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My name is Presh. My name is Darren. And how

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are you doing today? I'm okay, I'm okay. Tired.

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What about you? Carrying on with the stuff that

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I've been watching. I caught up with Pluribus

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to the end now. Not as good as the first couple

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of episodes kind of set up. uh it's all right

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show i give it like a seven or eight out of ten

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but uh if it's a vince gilligan show you're expecting

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a 10 or higher yeah i mean i don't know much

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about it just from when you explained last time

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but yeah yes so i watched pluribus and i also

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watched the first four episodes of alien earth

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have you ever watched the alien movies no but

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i've obviously heard about them yeah uh what

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did you hear about them well i just hear like

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uh you and your cousin talking about the characters

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when we play our little game so and uh obviously

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they're like a cultural a cultural thing where

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you've seen uh you've seen them in like uh movies

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so yeah the alien vs predator stuff they're all

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over the place uh yeah i'm not exactly sure what

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the term is but they're they're A big cultural

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phenomenon. Ubiquitous. Yes. Thank you. So, yes.

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I watched the first couple of episodes. It's

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created by a guy named Noah Hawley. Have you

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heard his name before? Noah? Noah Hawley. No,

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I've never heard his name. Okay, so he made Fargo,

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the television show, which is pretty great. And

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he made Legion, also the television show. Legion

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is Professor X's son. Professor X is who? From

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the X -Men. Oh, the X -Men. Okay, sorry. I was

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on a completely different train of thought. No,

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no, no. So, Fox owned the rights to X -Men on

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TV. So, they attempted to make an X -Men show

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called Legion, which starred... I forget that

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guy's name, but... Was it an animation? No, no,

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no. It was a live action. It was very trippy

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because he has similar powers to Xavier in that

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a lot of his stuff happens in the mind. So there

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was a lot of mind... What's the word? Have you

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seen Inception? Yes. Inception and Doctor Strange,

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where buildings are moving and it's just super

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trippy and weird. That's what Legion was like.

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It's a movie for... It's a TV show. Oh, a TV

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show. Yeah. When did it come out? It was between

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like maybe 2017 and 2020. Oh, I've never heard

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about it. But I'll probably give it a try now.

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It sounds like it's something I'd enjoy. Yeah,

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but like I said, this guy Noah Hawley, he's moved

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on to Alien Earth. And after four episodes, I'm

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like, I'm intrigued, but I'm not excited. I didn't

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wake up this morning like, ooh, I need to watch

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episode 5 of Alien Earth. I was just, you know,

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I thought about other stuff. It was a good show.

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Nothing more. Yeah, maybe 6, maybe 7 out of 10.

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So that's how I'm feeling about it. But yeah,

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enough of that. Let's move on to the... Well,

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first I just want to say that this week there

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are far too many matches for us to even go through

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the highlights of. So we're just going to do

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the two all Premier League games and some miscellaneous

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things. Is that alright? Shaolin Soccer. No.

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That being said, do you know the guy who directed

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that Shaolin Soccer? No, I actually watched it

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on the weekend. That's why I randomly said it.

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He also made a movie called... I forget the name.

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But it's like Kung Fury or something like that.

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You ever seen that? No. I mean... Kung Fu Hustle

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and... Kung Fu Hustle, yes, not Kung Fury. Oh,

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it's Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer, the same

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person. Yes. His name is Steven something. Okay,

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no, I didn't know that. Really good, really funny

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director. It's the same guy who's the lead actor.

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He's also the director. Okay, that's cool. Yeah.

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There's also Shaolin Basketball. Oh, I didn't

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know about that. I don't know if it's by him,

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but I saw it on the streaming site once. All

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right. Maybe have a look into that. Probably

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not, but maybe. Anyway, the first game I want

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to speak about is Liverpool versus Brighton.

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Again, all Premier League game. Liverpool made

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four changes to the team that beat Sunderland

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in midweek. Slott changed both the fullbacks

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again, but this time Jones coming in for Endo

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and Kirk is in for Robertson. Sabotslai coming

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in for Gravenberg. uh keys are finally given

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an opportunity in place of echo tk um that was

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the starting lineup for brighton they made three

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changes from their loss to aston villa the goalkeeper

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jason steele came in for bart verbruggen and

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17 -year -old harry howell came in for matoma

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on the left wing an 18 -year -old summer signing

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costalus came in for danny wellback at striker

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I've never heard of Harry Howell and Costolas

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before. Neither have I. Yeah. So, I wasn't excited,

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but I was intrigued to see what these guys would

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bring to the team. I mean, Brighton is... In

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a modern context, they generally unearth some

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good talent, or at least platform them. So, maybe

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it's something similar. I would argue... Oh,

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sorry, we're getting into the game now. Howell

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had a poor game, really poor game, because he

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was asked to do a lot of defensive work. And

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every time he tracked back, he lost the man or

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didn't defend properly, which is unfair to put

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on a 17 -year -old, I feel. It was very... And

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he was on the left wing, so he had to mark Jones.

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So, like, Jones, Salah, and Sabotslai. That was

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his responsibility. And it's very unfortunate.

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Thrown into the deep end. Yeah, kind of. Very

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unfortunate for him. I will say that it was mainly

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just Liverpool attacking Brighton. That's how

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the game went. I don't think we would get anything

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else. you know uh it's not as if this brighton

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is the brighton of three four years ago that

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you know would come out and play through you

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and like really attack you and get at you this

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is fabian hertzler's brighton which i've never

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been a fan of fabian hertzler since he came in

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he's turned them into like a toothless version

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of what they used to be and I guess it's partly

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because they sold off a bunch of players like

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McAllister, Caicedo, Cucurella, etc. So that's

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part of the reason, but I'm still not a fan of

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Fabian Hertzler. You were going to say something?

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No, I mean, I rate him. But that's just me. The

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games I've watched, I like some of the way they

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set up, some of the way they play. It's similar

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to us. But you don't like Oteta either. I will

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say that they broke our press every time. Now,

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I'm not sure if that's because Slott has regressed

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us in terms of our pressing or they're just really

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good on the ball. But every single time we tried

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to pressure them, they very easily just played

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out of it and just worked it up the pitch. But

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even against us, I think... the last couple of

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games we've played them they've been one of the

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teams that i felt were the most difficult to

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play against even if we did beat them a couple

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times i think the same thing they're very good

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between the lines and i don't know i don't like

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i think obviously if you Comparing it to someone

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like De Zerbi where the fluidity is on the next

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level, it's difficult to gauge. But I still rate

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Herzler. I think his football could translate

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well into a bigger club as well. Alright. So,

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there's not really a lot of things I can say

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about game shifts. But there was a shift that

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happened in the second half where when they were

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3 -0 down, Herzler brings on Matoma, Mente and

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Ruta. So, Mente is the right wing, Matoma is

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the left wing, and Rucha is the striker. He actually

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played him behind Kostulas as like a second striker,

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but nevertheless, three attackers came on, and

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they immediately started getting half chances

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and putting more pressure on us. So, I think

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he got it entirely wrong playing Harry, Howell

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instead of Matoma, or even Mente playing on the

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other side. Mente looks phenomenal. But I guess

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that's just because he has pace. Yeah, I mean,

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he's always, like with him, I guess the problem

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has been staying fit. He's always kind of had

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really impressive games where you've thought,

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oh, someone should sign this guy or he might

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be the next one that Brighton make big money

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off of, you know. Apparently, he was really good

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at fire north with slot. So there were a few

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links with us, but I don't think he's good enough

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to be like a league winning wing. I mean, the

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one player who's dropped off a bit, who I'm surprised

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about, is Balaba. He had a decent game against

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us. But I mean, I think towards the end of last

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season, he was one of the best midfielders in

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the league. Yeah, I guess if you're comparing

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him to, like, Caicedo, then it's obviously you're

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going to come up short. No, I'm not saying he

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seemed... You're comparing him to himself. Is

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that what you're saying? To himself, but also

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I think last season he seemed like... He was

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the perfect replacement for Caicedo for a club

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like Brighton. And this season, it seems like

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a lot of the things he's good at. I would say,

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you know, to be fair, he's had a lot of injury,

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well, what's the word, concerns. And that's what's

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kept him out of the team a lot of the time this

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season. So I don't 100 % blame him because, you

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know, fitness is not... Yeah, I mean, that's

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not in anyone's control. I just also think maybe

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since they kind of rejected his move to Man United,

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I don't think he's put in the same level of performance.

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Quiet quitting. Yeah, quiet quitting. I'm just

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wondering if it's that. I still think he profiles

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as potentially an elite midfielder. I wouldn't

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mind him at Liverpool. He would be perfect for

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you guys. If we can get him playing how he was

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last season, like I keep saying, we need a new

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defensive midfielder. If nothing else, to give

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Gravenberg a rest once in a while, because he

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gets played into the ground. And also, I think,

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maybe to push him up the field a bit, like in

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the 8th. Yeah, I wouldn't mind him playing at

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8th as well. Like, we play Sabotslai and Gravenberg

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in the 8th, sell McAllister maybe to Real Madrid.

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uh even though there's been like a lot of links

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uh linking support side to madrid recently uh

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i would be not shocked but like puzzled if madrid

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don't come calling for him in like a year or

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two even at the end of the season yeah i mean

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potentially i mean i think he's already one of

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the best midfielders in the world so it's like

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does he would he stay loyal That's, I guess,

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the question you're asking as a Liverpool fan.

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Can you build... He is the type of player you

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would want to build a team around. So you'd need

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a certain level of loyalty from that player,

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you know. But I just think... So last season,

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Sabotslai was our 10. By trade, he's a box -to

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-box 8, but he played in the 10 last season.

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We, or Slot, bought Wurz to replace Sabotslai.

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He thought Sabotslai was replaceable. That's

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why I'm... I think the club doesn't view him

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in the way that supporters and other people view

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Sabotslai, like his importance to the team. I

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think they thought we could just do without Sabotslai,

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and they didn't realize how much his pressing,

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how much his off -the -ball work is so crucial

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to this team. And it's also one of those things

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where I don't think you could have seen how much

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he'd improve on a week -to -week basis. Not that

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he wasn't good last season, but... I think last

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season you would have said he still maybe has

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two or three seasons to go to be one of the top

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midfielders in the world, and there's still a

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lot of things he has to polish up. But right

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now, this season, I'd say him and Declan Rice

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have comfortably been the best midfielders in

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the league. Well, I think partly because Trent

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was taking the set pieces last season. Now that

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he's had a chance to show how good he is at set

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pieces and... you know not just free kicks but

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uh he really sends in the ball at corners as

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well he's really good at that so you know i think

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that's given him a platform to show his qualities

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much more than previous seasons were because

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of trent uh speaking of which he very it pissed

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me off right but in the when was it like december

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he posted a picture of him and trent in the pool

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together and i'm like right you need to get your

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thinking cap on right you think the fans are

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gonna like this that you uh taking pics with

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this guy who just left us unceremoniously you

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know just he's gonna leave unceremoniously as

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well that's that picture is what made me nervous

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that that made me think okay was he a real madrid

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fan i think he is yeah then if they come yeah

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it's over i know it's over but what's what It's

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not that Trent left for Madrid that pisses me

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off. It's that we didn't get a fee. That's all

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that my, what's the word, anger comes from, is

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that we didn't get even one cent for him. But

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then, don't you think if, like you're saying,

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the club underrates him, they're going to end

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up getting a fee that you're not probably happy

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with? Because I think if he goes, it should be

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a Coutinho -like fee. Yeah, 100 million plus.

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It has to be. But I don't think, I think the

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club might settle for 70. I think Madrid will

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tap him up and he'll go for zero. When is his

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contract out? I think he has two years left,

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but we're currently renegotiating. So if he doesn't,

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if we don't come to... They'll say they're only

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going to offer 70 million this season or they'll

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get him next season for free. Yeah. And we bought

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him for roughly 70 because that was the buyout

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clause in his Leipzig contract. so if we're getting

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him at roughly 70 and selling him at 70 that's

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bad business because we've improved him as a

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player we should be getting at least 20 to 30

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million more in my opinion surely the club will

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have to value him at this point because i like

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i wouldn't see how much more he'd have to do

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to be like uh recognized like what are you gonna

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do i don't think it's a club i think it's slot

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yeah but i mean in that sense then the club would

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have to either you can't really force a coach

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to play a player because then it always tends

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to go mess up the dressing room dynamic so I

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think maybe they should if like if it comes down

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to Sabazlai versus Slott I think they should

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take Sabazlai's side but it's also like you don't

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want to give the player too much power because

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the thing is what if he leaves yeah exactly that's

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what I'm saying we choose him over Slott and

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then he leaves the next window or yeah but at

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the same time I think it's hard to replace someone

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who's actively one of the best players in the

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world it's just He runs the hard yards and he

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has technique, which is a very unique profile.

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People usually have one or the other. They're

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either like a Connor Gallagher or like a Pedri,

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right? I'm not saying Sabatsai's tech is as good

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as Pedri. I'm just saying he has a combination

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of the two, whereas most people don't have even

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one. I mean, Pedri works hard, though. He's probably

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one of the best pressers in Barcelona. Well,

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there's a difference between works hard and is

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very effective at running all the time. I don't

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think running is, but if he's asked to run, he

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does run. I think that's part of why he's been

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picking up a lot of injuries. All right, but

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yes, so we just did a small digression for that.

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Let's get back to what we were saying. The game

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changed entirely. I think I already made this

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point, but let me just reiterate. The game changed

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entirely when Matoma, Munte and Ruta came on.

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I mentioned that, right? The dynamic shifted.

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Even though we were 3 -0 up at the time, it felt

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like we were under a lot more pressure. You started

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getting nervous. The game ended 3 -0, but when

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those three players came on, there was a noticeable

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shift. And I think Herzl got it incredibly wrong.

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He should have played those three from the start.

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Or got the one earlier. What is the... I guess

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he's maybe considering the Premier League a lot

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of times. Because with Matoma especially, that's

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obviously the most creative outlet. That's the

00:16:58.450 --> 00:17:00.970
guy who makes everything happen in attack 80

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% of the time for them. So I can only think that

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he was rotating because he was prioritizing the

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Premier League. So he didn't play Matoma in the

00:17:08.990 --> 00:17:11.589
last game. in the last Premier League game. Now,

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it's unclear to me, so I haven't followed Brighton

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that closely, but I believe Matomas had some

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injury problems. But even when he didn't have

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those injury problems, Herzl has been dropping

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him. So, I don't think he's one of Herzl's favorites.

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I mean, it could be a physical thing. Also, a

00:17:29.130 --> 00:17:31.789
player keeps getting injured, you know. So, it's

00:17:31.789 --> 00:17:35.049
hard to keep selecting them. So, yeah. Do you

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want to get into individual moments? Yeah, this

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is cool. So the first goal for Liverpool is just

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a really great goal from Jones. I thought there

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was very little that Brighton could do because

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the ball just breaks favourably for Kyrkis, who

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puts in a great cross and even better finish

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from Jones. A lot of the talking points from

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both the commentators and in the post -match

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team that does the analysis, they were saying

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that... Because Jones is not a traditional right

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back, he made that run. Because he's a midfielder

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that drifts into the box. That's why he made

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that run and that's why the goal happened. So

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if, say, we had Savoslav playing right back or

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even one of our, like, Bradley or Frimpong, that

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goal would have never happened because it's only

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Jones that would make that run. The inversions.

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Not inversion. Just making a late run into the

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box. But I mean, I guess it could be true. Like,

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Sabozlai would also probably have the ability

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to do that. I guess he just has the intelligence

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to know how to play right back. Whereas, I guess,

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maybe Jones is more attracted to the middle of

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the park. But it can benefit you in certain game

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states. Like, I think when we had Miles playing

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left back for a long time. It worked, you know.

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I think it eventually, his tendency to go inside

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or crash the box late or join the midfield play,

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it got exposed enough that at times teams were

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just targeting our left -hand side. So it is

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a good tactic to have as an alternative if Jones

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can play and go into or become a box crasher,

00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:20.640
like an extra option if you guys are going to

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play with cutbacks especially. Well, it wasn't

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really a cutback. It was just a cross. No, no,

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I'm talking about generally in terms of him crashing

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the box or him dropping. the midfield it's not

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a bad option to have from a fullback so in an

00:19:32.269 --> 00:19:34.569
ideal world Jones wouldn't be playing right back

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obviously I hope we buy a new right back in the

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coming window I think that will definitely happen

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and we get rid of Connor Bradley because in my

00:19:47.210 --> 00:19:49.569
mind he's just not good enough he's had a few

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good performances mostly two games against real

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madrid is what's propping up his reputation but

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both those games i thought venusius and mbappe

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were bad they were actively bad and that's what

00:20:01.250 --> 00:20:04.809
made him look good not that he was good himself

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right uh so back to what i was saying about individual

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moments Liverpool's second goal comes from good

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play from Gakpo and Salah playing in Sabotsai

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who finishes extremely well yeah that was uh

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i mean just a thunderbolt the power on it was

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crazy but let's look at the build -up i keep

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saying nasty things about Gakpo because he refuses

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to change things up he's so predictable He only

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has one move, he cuts in and shoots. Or he'll

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cut in and pass. That's his one move, cut in

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and do something. This time, about the halfway

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line, he switches the ball to Salah, which provides

00:20:42.509 --> 00:20:44.990
Salah with acres of space. And then Salah plays

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the ball, which provides Sabotslai with space.

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These guys finally got their thinking caps on

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and said, okay, let's try something different.

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Let's try, you know, generate space from... I

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don't know how to say it, but do you get what

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:03.440
I'm saying? Yeah. Like, I mean, I guess they...

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He just tried something different and things

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:08.359
worked out. Yeah, they trusted themselves more.

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It was a good assist by Salah as well. Yes. Again,

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:15.380
like I said, thinking caps. That was a very well

00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:19.019
-thought -out ball to get Sabasai in and give

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:20.880
him the space to... The weight on it was crazy,

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:24.240
crazy good. So, yes. Liverpool's third goal.

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Salah makes it all on his own. He beats Cadioglu,

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their left back, and gets fouled in the area,

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just literally gets pushed over. And then he

00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:39.680
converts. If Brighton... I blame Brighton for

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being bad, not Salah for being excellent. Because

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it's not like he did an excellent dribble or

00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:48.259
anything. He just got into the box and they pushed

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:51.160
him. It was mostly like a strength thing. He

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:54.200
just was overpowering. Yeah, he overpowered Cadioglu,

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:57.549
fell over, and then... Somebody else came and

00:21:57.549 --> 00:22:00.650
fouled him. Yeah, I mean, I think obviously it

00:22:00.650 --> 00:22:03.250
looks like this is going to be Salah's last season.

00:22:03.730 --> 00:22:06.950
Hopefully. I guess right now the main thing is

00:22:06.950 --> 00:22:09.150
just like if you can get in the top four and

00:22:09.150 --> 00:22:12.130
bag a trophy, whatever that is, would be the

00:22:12.130 --> 00:22:14.410
best. I guess Liverpool fans would be happy with

00:22:14.410 --> 00:22:16.230
that as the end of the season. But the thing

00:22:16.230 --> 00:22:20.009
is, you can't plan how a play is going to go

00:22:20.009 --> 00:22:23.259
out. You know, Steven Gerrard lost 6 -1 to Stoke

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:25.519
in his last game. Yeah, not that I'm saying you

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:28.920
should plan. No, no, but I'm just saying even

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:33.180
if we win nothing... He should go. Yeah, he should

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:35.980
go. Yeah, I think he is leaving anyway. So I'm

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:39.039
saying it's maybe just like the team is settling

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:42.880
into the idea of like, oh, okay, maybe they're

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:44.779
starting to deal with the pressure better because

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:47.059
it's like a psychological thing. Like now they'll

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:49.420
be, okay, we're not going to win the league.

00:22:50.410 --> 00:22:53.349
the fans are not necessarily on our side now.

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So I think maybe this is the game where the pressure

00:22:57.809 --> 00:23:00.009
comes off finally. Because I don't think Brighton

00:23:00.009 --> 00:23:01.930
are easy opposition either. It's probably the

00:23:01.930 --> 00:23:05.609
outside of the Aston Villa -Newcastle game was

00:23:05.609 --> 00:23:09.789
the only really top fixture, I guess. So I think

00:23:09.789 --> 00:23:12.829
it could be. Maybe, like you're right, something's

00:23:12.829 --> 00:23:14.529
flicked. The switch has been flicked amongst

00:23:14.529 --> 00:23:16.849
the players, amongst the coach, with the coach,

00:23:16.950 --> 00:23:20.460
sorry. Who knows? But we've seen these false

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:23.400
dawns before where we went on a really good run.

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:26.240
Not really good. A lot of them were draws, but

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:31.220
we went on an unbeaten run. But there were still

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:35.680
flaws. That's why I hope this is a new dawn where

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:38.619
the players, they play with more confidence and

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:44.920
try new things. But yeah, I'm not going to slam

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:48.640
Salah for this game. He did a good job with the

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:51.859
third goal and the second goal. But aside from

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:54.980
that, him and Gakpo were also kind of poor. So

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:58.859
if you guys get the FA Cup in third or fourth

00:23:58.859 --> 00:24:01.799
place, do you still get rid of slot? Yes. But

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:04.380
obviously that won't happen if the season ends

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:08.259
like that. Look, say he finishes third, we win

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:12.259
the FA Cup. But he's got them playing well. I'll

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:15.660
say keep him. Okay. He is actively not playing

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:18.720
us well. He's making so many mistakes. And if

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:21.339
we can upgrade, why not upgrade? Let's say you

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:23.660
have a 7 out of 10 manager and you can get a

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:27.240
9 out of 10 manager. It's just common sense.

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:29.900
That's what... I hope you guys get Diego Samiani.

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:37.059
Fuck, I would be so angry, bro. Every week playing

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:39.700
awful football. And by the way, he's a fake hard

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:45.779
man. He's not a real fighter. The Liverpool crowd

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:48.839
were chanting at him. He got so upset one day.

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:51.359
He complained to the referee that they were chanting

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:55.279
at him. So, yeah, don't rate him at all. He's

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:59.000
emotional, but I think he can hold his own. Okay,

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:02.099
last moment I want to chat about with this game,

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:05.140
and then we can move on, is Rio Ngamoa comes

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:10.900
on and scores an excellent goal. Really, he gets

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:13.549
a lot of backlift off the ball. He goes into

00:25:13.549 --> 00:25:16.349
the top corner and I thought, wow, very good.

00:25:16.609 --> 00:25:19.490
But it was chalked off to be offside. Even though

00:25:19.490 --> 00:25:22.890
it was onside. Replay showed, well, I don't want

00:25:22.890 --> 00:25:24.930
to say it's onside, but it was very, very close.

00:25:25.150 --> 00:25:27.529
The fact that there was no VAR to draw the lines,

00:25:27.789 --> 00:25:34.430
you know, if the lines were there, we could see

00:25:34.430 --> 00:25:36.670
how close it was, but they didn't draw the lines,

00:25:36.710 --> 00:25:39.589
so we don't know. And it's weird that they, like,

00:25:39.609 --> 00:25:42.000
I would understand if they said, okay, There's

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:44.519
no VAR through the whole competition, but it

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:46.920
doesn't make sense to put it in at a certain

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:48.940
point and then it's not there the whole way.

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:52.380
Yeah, I really think it's dumb. They're saying

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:54.960
it's for the lower league teams who don't have

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:57.400
VAR at their stadium. Well, they're going to

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:59.599
have to make a plan or something. They can totally

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:02.420
fund it. I mean, how much does it cost to get

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:05.140
a TV and a couple cameras and mics? I have no

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:08.940
idea, but this is just not... I would rather

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:13.039
we... It's interesting because the commentator

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:15.279
in the Liverpool game was saying he was mentioning

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:18.220
other games and saying that he liked that there

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:22.460
was no VAR because it didn't stop the game. You

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:25.519
know what I'm saying? The game continued to flow

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:28.799
as it was going. I think also now we've reached

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:31.789
the point where... VAR has become a part of the

00:26:31.789 --> 00:26:34.529
game. Everyone associated to the game. So the

00:26:34.529 --> 00:26:37.289
refereeing is obviously going to be worse than

00:26:37.289 --> 00:26:40.769
it was before VAR was introduced. If you just

00:26:40.769 --> 00:26:43.450
pull VAR out, I think... It's like you've become

00:26:43.450 --> 00:26:45.569
used to using something and if you take it away,

00:26:45.690 --> 00:26:47.589
you become worse at what you were doing. It's

00:26:47.589 --> 00:26:49.529
like having a technology that helps you do your

00:26:49.529 --> 00:26:52.190
job. Yeah, like let's say a calculator. Yeah,

00:26:52.349 --> 00:26:55.329
and now you have to do every equation by long

00:26:55.329 --> 00:26:58.089
division or long multiplication or whatever it

00:26:58.089 --> 00:27:02.630
is. All right. Well, speaking about referee mistakes,

00:27:03.670 --> 00:27:07.950
I would. move on to the Aston Villa versus Newcastle

00:27:07.950 --> 00:27:10.630
game now, where it was all referee mistakes.

00:27:11.569 --> 00:27:15.829
I mean, the whole game was just, I guess, defined

00:27:15.829 --> 00:27:19.230
by the referee. The referee, this is like one

00:27:19.230 --> 00:27:21.390
of those things where I guess I agree with a

00:27:21.390 --> 00:27:23.730
lot of people who say that Premier League refs

00:27:23.730 --> 00:27:25.930
are oftentimes trying to make it about themselves.

00:27:26.450 --> 00:27:29.230
That's the impression you get watching it. And

00:27:29.230 --> 00:27:31.890
I think that's what it seemed like. Obviously,

00:27:32.049 --> 00:27:35.470
I watched the highlights. From what I could see,

00:27:35.509 --> 00:27:37.329
it just seemed like a lot of the... Sometimes

00:27:37.329 --> 00:27:39.450
referees are on an ego trip, man, and they just

00:27:39.450 --> 00:27:43.190
feel the need to show their authority. So, despite

00:27:43.190 --> 00:27:46.650
the referee giving Aston Villa a red card, he

00:27:46.650 --> 00:27:50.609
was completely anti -Newcastle this game. So,

00:27:50.630 --> 00:27:54.130
let me bring up a few incidents. The goal that

00:27:54.130 --> 00:27:57.150
was offside... It wasn't really offside, but

00:27:57.150 --> 00:27:59.710
it was chalked off to be offside. A dubious penalty

00:27:59.710 --> 00:28:02.769
call not given on Lewis Hall, who was just bundled

00:28:02.769 --> 00:28:05.769
over in the area. A yellow for Malik Chow, who,

00:28:05.849 --> 00:28:09.650
it was a non -violent challenge. He just, like,

00:28:10.089 --> 00:28:12.170
he even touched the ball, but it was slightly

00:28:12.170 --> 00:28:14.609
a bit late. Yellow card. I thought that was very

00:28:14.609 --> 00:28:18.569
harsh. And then Harvey Barnes pushed over in

00:28:18.569 --> 00:28:23.710
the area. Just, again, should be a penalty. And

00:28:23.710 --> 00:28:26.789
the last one, there was a handball given outside

00:28:26.789 --> 00:28:29.430
of the box when replaced. It was clearly at least

00:28:29.430 --> 00:28:31.890
a yard inside or half a yard inside the box.

00:28:32.289 --> 00:28:35.769
Very, what's the word? Disheartening to see how

00:28:35.769 --> 00:28:38.009
bad they are at their job without technology.

00:28:38.470 --> 00:28:41.230
And these are the best paid referees in the world.

00:28:41.349 --> 00:28:44.970
Yes. Alright, so let's, okay, we spoke about

00:28:44.970 --> 00:28:48.990
the referee. Let's just get into, like, shape

00:28:48.990 --> 00:28:52.009
and that kind of thing, right? So the teams recently

00:28:52.009 --> 00:28:54.230
played in the Premier League with Villa easily

00:28:54.230 --> 00:28:57.150
winning 2 -0 at St James' Park. This game is

00:28:57.150 --> 00:28:59.730
at Aston Villa's home ground now. So they actually

00:28:59.730 --> 00:29:03.910
beat each other away and away. Aston Villa set

00:29:03.910 --> 00:29:07.549
up in their usual 4 -2 -3 -1 but made seven changes

00:29:07.549 --> 00:29:10.109
to the team that beat Brighton in Madrid with

00:29:10.109 --> 00:29:13.190
only Bogard at right back. the double pivot of

00:29:13.190 --> 00:29:16.109
douglas louise and andre onada and then morgan

00:29:16.109 --> 00:29:19.250
rogers in attack stake in the starting 11. newcastle

00:29:19.250 --> 00:29:22.529
set up in their usual 4 -3 -3 and made six changes

00:29:22.529 --> 00:29:26.069
to the team that beat spurs only bonds ramsey

00:29:26.069 --> 00:29:28.970
and the three and three of the back line in tripia

00:29:28.970 --> 00:29:32.589
bird and tior remained in the team so very heavily

00:29:32.589 --> 00:29:36.910
rotated teams and yet they still had the the

00:29:36.910 --> 00:29:40.890
usual game plan Which is what I like to see.

00:29:40.990 --> 00:29:43.990
I think that's the sign of a very well -coached

00:29:43.990 --> 00:29:46.730
team in that you can replace certain players

00:29:46.730 --> 00:29:49.410
and the team still plays the same way. Yeah,

00:29:49.490 --> 00:29:56.730
I agree. I think both Eddie Howe and Unai Emery

00:29:56.730 --> 00:30:00.390
have some of the most well -drilled players in

00:30:00.390 --> 00:30:03.720
the league. In a clear, distinctive style. how

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:05.960
they want to play and what they want to do it's

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:07.980
like yeah i think it they translate it to their

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:10.640
play as well so when the players step on the

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:12.980
pitch i guess they're not they don't feel as

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:16.200
antagonized or as i guess confused by having

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:18.740
to play in the system with the maybe they're

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:21.259
not used to it you don't get the the sense that

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:23.420
like oh the players who are coming in don't know

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:25.400
their job unless they're a new player of course

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:29.069
but so The game starts with a really nice tempo.

00:30:29.210 --> 00:30:31.670
I would say even the entire first half is played

00:30:31.670 --> 00:30:34.410
at a really nice tempo. Both teams are attacking.

00:30:34.730 --> 00:30:38.390
Both teams are... They're not defensive, but

00:30:38.390 --> 00:30:41.069
they defended well. I'll say that, right? I mean,

00:30:41.089 --> 00:30:43.809
they covered their distance as well. I would

00:30:43.809 --> 00:30:46.910
say Newcastle's high press was like 60 % effective.

00:30:47.670 --> 00:30:50.990
Because, mainly, Villa are struggling to get

00:30:50.990 --> 00:30:54.730
out of their half because of that press. But...

00:30:54.990 --> 00:30:57.089
sometimes Villa would break the press and do

00:30:57.089 --> 00:31:00.829
a really nice attack. So it was either Newcastle

00:31:00.829 --> 00:31:03.210
press them and get a chance, or Villa break the

00:31:03.210 --> 00:31:04.789
press and they get a chance. So it was up and

00:31:04.789 --> 00:31:07.130
down, up and down. Yeah, I think with Eddie Howe,

00:31:07.190 --> 00:31:09.410
it's like when he first came to the Premier League,

00:31:09.509 --> 00:31:12.430
especially with Bournemouth, the level of the

00:31:12.430 --> 00:31:14.710
pressing, like alongside you guys, it used to

00:31:14.710 --> 00:31:17.769
take a lot of teams by surprise. I remember Bournemouth

00:31:17.769 --> 00:31:20.569
used to be one of the teams that really impressed

00:31:20.569 --> 00:31:22.450
me under Eddie Howe. I think they just about

00:31:22.450 --> 00:31:26.039
survived relegation. Like, obviously, the resources

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:28.500
weren't the same, but I think when he first got

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:31.599
to Newcastle and he had better players at his

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:34.039
disposal, bigger athletes, the pressing really,

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:36.819
like, took everyone by surprise, how intense

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:38.700
they were with it, how good they were at winning

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:41.420
the ball. I think now that teams have figured

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:44.299
that out, I think he seems to be a bit lost for

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:46.859
ideas, but it's just one season. I still think

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:50.200
he can figure it out. Okay, so what changed is

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:53.079
the red card? That's what killed the tempo of

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:55.559
the game for me. Yeah. Did you think it was the

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:59.549
right card? I mean... Yes, I think because, like,

00:31:59.650 --> 00:32:02.650
not necessarily on the basis of, like, it's hard

00:32:02.650 --> 00:32:04.450
to say whether it was a goal -scoring chance,

00:32:04.589 --> 00:32:08.250
but I think the fact that it was a half a goal

00:32:08.250 --> 00:32:10.130
-scoring chance as well as the tackle itself

00:32:10.130 --> 00:32:13.289
being dangerous, I think both those things, it's

00:32:13.289 --> 00:32:16.430
a fair red card in my eyes. I disagree. I think

00:32:16.430 --> 00:32:20.809
it was a yellow. There were more Newcastle players

00:32:20.809 --> 00:32:22.809
forward, but there were Aston Villa defenders

00:32:22.809 --> 00:32:26.009
back as well. So it's not as if he was the only

00:32:26.009 --> 00:32:28.289
one there. I think the thing that makes it a

00:32:28.289 --> 00:32:33.710
red card for me is also that he didn't do anything

00:32:33.710 --> 00:32:35.769
to go for the ball. His intention was just to

00:32:35.769 --> 00:32:40.329
foul. Okay, sure. That's a fair point. But in

00:32:40.329 --> 00:32:42.829
my opinion, it was a yellow. I think that really

00:32:42.829 --> 00:32:46.210
killed the game for... From a footballing perspective.

00:32:46.230 --> 00:32:48.309
Yeah, from a footballing perspective, yes. It

00:32:48.309 --> 00:32:50.609
really killed the tempo. After the second half,

00:32:50.829 --> 00:32:55.170
it was entirely Newcastle. Aston Villa barely

00:32:55.170 --> 00:32:58.690
got a chance because they were a man down. And

00:32:58.690 --> 00:33:01.769
being a man down doesn't necessarily mean the

00:33:01.769 --> 00:33:06.049
end for you because there are times where coaches

00:33:06.049 --> 00:33:07.890
can actually use that to their advantage. It

00:33:07.890 --> 00:33:11.250
might be even harder to beat a 10 -man team because

00:33:11.250 --> 00:33:14.369
those 10 men can get behind the ball and park

00:33:14.369 --> 00:33:18.609
the bus very well. Yeah, I think sometimes even

00:33:18.609 --> 00:33:21.660
someone like Eddie Howe, I think against you

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:24.380
guys, they went down to 10 men. Oh, we did it

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:27.519
to them. We went down to 10 men. Oh, yes, yes.

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:29.259
You guys went down to 10 men. And then we beat

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:32.039
them to one. But yeah, then you stepped on. But

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:34.119
I'm not saying winning the game. I'm just saying

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:37.380
Aston Villa were 1 -0 up at this point. So get

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:40.900
behind the ball. Defend deep. When you can, break.

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:43.279
And that, I think they could have won. But I

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:46.440
think even when he was at Arsenal, Unai Emery's

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:50.059
structure is so... like, fixed on everyone having,

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:52.539
like, the structure itself, like, moves together,

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:55.140
I think. So it's like, he's generally struggled.

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:57.420
He struggles when he goes down to 10 men because

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:59.559
I think it's like, they have, they generally

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:01.859
move as a complete unit, whether they're attacking

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:04.559
or defending. And I remember, like, for example,

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:06.960
when Arteta goes down to 10 men, we're generally

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:11.239
very good. He just goes low, blocks the distances

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:14.239
and makes Martinelli or Saka take the ball out.

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:17.179
I don't know what it is with Unaemi, but... From

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:20.800
his days at Sevilla, I've noticed that he hasn't

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:22.719
really been good when he's reduced to 10 men.

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:25.480
When he's reduced to 10 men, he's never really

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:29.659
been good. They kind of just collapse. Do you

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:31.679
think it's a mentality problem? It could be,

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:34.360
but other things would indicate that he's good

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:37.260
at coaching mentality. I guess, yeah, winning

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:39.800
the Europa League several times. Yeah, and especially

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:42.719
as an underdog, because it's not like the...

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:45.559
he turned Sevilla into Europa League favourites

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:47.840
they weren't necessarily a big team in Spain

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:51.699
you know so it's like I don't know if it's something

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:54.760
about his coaching but maybe it's more the fact

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:57.900
I think that they operate as a complete unit

00:34:57.900 --> 00:35:01.139
and at the minute one piece is out of that unit

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:03.380
even if a player gets injured like we saw when

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:06.960
Tielemans got injured and how much the play fell

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:09.829
off how much the results changed so It's because

00:35:09.829 --> 00:35:12.329
of how much of a unit they are. If everyone's

00:35:12.329 --> 00:35:14.269
good and everything's working, they can be one

00:35:14.269 --> 00:35:16.269
of the best teams in the league. But I think

00:35:16.269 --> 00:35:19.789
generally that's been a problem of his coaching.

00:35:19.929 --> 00:35:22.690
He doesn't coach as much fluidity, even if he

00:35:22.690 --> 00:35:25.110
was the first coach to get fullbacks to invert,

00:35:25.230 --> 00:35:28.449
I guess. Okay, so let's get into individual moments.

00:35:28.730 --> 00:35:32.369
So the first goal is from Tammy Abram, who scores

00:35:32.369 --> 00:35:37.360
from a... not from a free kick. the midfielder

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:40.400
uh who was it Buendia I think was it Buendia

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:43.380
he takes the free kick quickly no it was Douglas

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:46.900
Luiz Douglas Luiz he takes it quickly and Tammy

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:50.900
Abram is in and he scores and I was slating Tammy

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:53.739
Abram when they signed him but okay fair enough

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:56.550
he scored against the Newcastle in the FA Cup

00:35:56.550 --> 00:35:59.750
that's a feather in his cap I'm not gonna take

00:35:59.750 --> 00:36:02.070
that away from him take that away from him but

00:36:02.070 --> 00:36:05.489
I will say that it was about a full yard offside

00:36:05.489 --> 00:36:11.010
yeah speaking about we were talking about the

00:36:11.010 --> 00:36:14.889
ref being anti -Newcastle I would I know it looked

00:36:14.889 --> 00:36:17.130
like that but I would just say the ref is kind

00:36:17.130 --> 00:36:21.809
of an idiot overall because And the linesman,

00:36:21.829 --> 00:36:24.329
because this was quite blatantly. Clearly offside.

00:36:24.510 --> 00:36:27.429
But it also goes back to what we were talking

00:36:27.429 --> 00:36:30.349
about. They've become so reliant on the technology.

00:36:31.050 --> 00:36:33.989
It's like one out of five that were totally wrong,

00:36:34.150 --> 00:36:38.369
in my opinion. Which, again, shows why we can't

00:36:38.369 --> 00:36:41.170
take VAR out, because can you imagine if this

00:36:41.170 --> 00:36:46.190
happened every week? So, Tonali scores a long

00:36:46.190 --> 00:36:48.230
-range goal. Not really long -range, it's just

00:36:48.230 --> 00:36:52.340
at the edge of the area. deflection huge deflection

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:56.739
but goal nevertheless that gets them back in

00:36:56.739 --> 00:37:00.719
the game gets them believing Tenali again comes

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:05.900
lost a long range goal this time no just a clean

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:08.780
perfect ball strike of the ball reminded me a

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:11.980
little bit of Thiago Alcantara just the yeah

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:14.559
the technique on it right yes he didn't the ball

00:37:15.210 --> 00:37:17.250
I don't think the ball touched the ground. He

00:37:17.250 --> 00:37:19.710
hit it in such a way that... Like a grass cutter.

00:37:20.010 --> 00:37:22.929
Yeah, like a grass cutter. It was so clean, so

00:37:22.929 --> 00:37:25.710
well hit. It's one of those goals that's very

00:37:25.710 --> 00:37:29.469
satisfying to watch. Definitely, yes. So, Tenali,

00:37:29.570 --> 00:37:34.510
good job with that. Slight bend on it. Yes, slight

00:37:34.510 --> 00:37:38.329
bend on it. And then, lastly, Aston Villa, I

00:37:38.329 --> 00:37:39.829
don't know what they were doing, but they were

00:37:39.829 --> 00:37:42.150
trying to play out from the back. And they passed

00:37:42.150 --> 00:37:45.980
it to, I think, Osula. And then, Walter Mata

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:48.679
takes advantage of the situation and he scores

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:52.519
the third goal. The decider, I guess. Or the

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:57.000
one that put it out of range. Beyond the doubt.

00:37:57.340 --> 00:38:00.360
Yeah. Any other thoughts you have about the Aston

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:03.099
Villa -Newcastle game? No, I mean, I think we

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:06.539
covered everything. Alright. So, keeping with...

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:08.119
Okay, we're going to get into the miscellaneous

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:10.860
section now because those are the only two games

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:13.880
I wanted to talk about. Mainly because... It

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:16.980
was Premier League opposition versus lower league

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:19.659
opposition. There's nothing to talk about with

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:23.000
Arsenal banging somebody 4 -0. Mostly all the

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:25.119
Premier League teams won except Burnley. Yes,

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:27.559
I was going to bring that up now. The only shock

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:30.440
of the round was Burnley losing to League 1 Mansfield

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:34.699
Town. Yeah, I mean, and it's not that much of

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:38.230
a surprise given, like... how burnley play and

00:38:38.230 --> 00:38:40.329
how they have been playing at it's like we've

00:38:40.329 --> 00:38:42.789
seen like many teams in the relegation scrap

00:38:42.789 --> 00:38:46.170
get turned over by lower league teams and it's

00:38:46.170 --> 00:38:48.170
a surprise because they're a premier league team

00:38:48.170 --> 00:38:50.869
versus a third division or second division team

00:38:50.869 --> 00:38:53.789
but i would also argue that confidence is low

00:38:53.789 --> 00:38:57.090
yeah so because confidence is low it permeates

00:38:57.090 --> 00:38:59.750
throughout the team and then even against the

00:38:59.750 --> 00:39:02.550
lower league opposition they you start like messing

00:39:02.550 --> 00:39:06.079
up the basics yeah So I think that's where Burnley

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:08.480
is. There's a lot of chatter right now about

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:10.840
Scott Parker losing his job. What do you think

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:15.320
about that? I mean, I think they should sack

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:19.699
him. Obviously, I think he's one of those managers

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:21.820
that's deceptive because I don't watch much of

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:24.300
the championship, but he seems to get a lot of

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:26.719
teams promoted. And you can't necessarily sack

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:29.139
someone after they've got you promoted. But then

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:33.440
he gets them relegated the next season. I guess

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:36.760
the best case scenario is you want to be Regine

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:40.079
Labrie, the Sunderland coach who has them flying

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:43.000
at the moment. Well, they were much higher earlier

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:45.579
in the season, but still they are nowhere near

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:48.619
relegation and they are looking very good. I

00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:51.539
guess they've become like they've taken, in my

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:54.699
opinion, they've kind of replaced Crystal Palace

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:57.900
as the team that can beat anyone this season.

00:39:58.300 --> 00:40:01.659
Who? Sunderland. They can beat anyone? At home.

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:05.199
They kind of have... I think they have the third

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:07.320
or second best home record in the league. They've

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:09.739
avoided defeat against us. I think they're very

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:11.219
difficult to play against. They lost their first

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:14.559
game this weekend or last week. So that's pretty

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:19.119
impressive if you ask me. Yeah. So I'd say the

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:22.739
same sort of... As a fan of another team, the

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:24.400
same sort of like, oh, you know you're going

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:27.369
in to get a difficult game. Crystal Palace or

00:40:27.369 --> 00:40:30.489
Nottingham Forest last season. I guess Sunderland

00:40:30.489 --> 00:40:32.929
would be the iteration of that this season, in

00:40:32.929 --> 00:40:36.989
my opinion. I've never been a fan of Scott Parker,

00:40:37.190 --> 00:40:40.130
but I have been impressed with certain results

00:40:40.130 --> 00:40:43.989
that they've got this season. They're on 15 points

00:40:43.989 --> 00:40:46.389
or something, so it's not like Wolves are on

00:40:46.389 --> 00:40:51.010
6. That's really poor. 15 points, that's not

00:40:51.010 --> 00:40:54.510
bad. Not bad at all, but still not good enough.

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:59.280
I'm comparing them to Southampton last year who

00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:05.360
were like dog shit. In that comparison, they

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:09.199
come out pretty well. But anyway, just a note

00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:12.900
here. Port Vale's FA Cup fourth round tie against

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:15.840
Bristol City on Saturday has been postponed because

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:18.300
of a waterlogged pitch. The fixture has been

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:21.260
rearranged for Tuesday, 3rd of March. So that's

00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:25.269
the only game that hasn't been played. I would

00:41:25.269 --> 00:41:27.769
also point out that Brentford is playing tonight.

00:41:28.250 --> 00:41:31.349
I don't know who they're playing. I think Macclesfield

00:41:31.349 --> 00:41:34.710
Town. Don't quote me on that. Not important.

00:41:35.610 --> 00:41:38.550
Sorry to the fans of those clubs, but we are

00:41:38.550 --> 00:41:43.869
not covering that. But you said last week that

00:41:43.869 --> 00:41:46.289
you wanted to cover the Arsenal -Brentford game.

00:41:46.650 --> 00:41:49.889
I did watch it, but I didn't do a write -up or

00:41:49.889 --> 00:41:52.690
any, you know, write out my thoughts about it

00:41:52.690 --> 00:41:56.210
because... You said you wanted to bring it up,

00:41:56.269 --> 00:41:59.190
so the floor is yours. Yeah, I mean, it was a

00:41:59.190 --> 00:42:02.989
good game from Brentford. I think they were the

00:42:02.989 --> 00:42:05.929
better team on the day, honestly. I think, again,

00:42:06.170 --> 00:42:11.690
our defense kind of platformed our ability to

00:42:11.690 --> 00:42:13.889
get a result, which is how it's been in the last

00:42:13.889 --> 00:42:17.110
few weeks. I think, again, a lot of the times

00:42:17.110 --> 00:42:19.010
where they put the pressure on, I was just thankful

00:42:19.010 --> 00:42:21.650
for Declan Rice's athleticism in being able to

00:42:21.650 --> 00:42:25.519
break it up, I think. a lot of last -stage interceptions.

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:28.760
I can recall two or three on his part where Brentford

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:32.719
were one pass away from a one -on -one. So, I

00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:36.840
mean, I'm happy with the result in terms of I

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:39.179
know that is one of the most difficult grounds

00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:43.000
to go to. and not necessarily. I thought we would

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:46.539
win the game, but before the game, the way it

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:48.239
panned out, I'm happy with the point. I mean,

00:42:48.260 --> 00:42:50.800
they've played last season. I think we lost that

00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:53.679
game and we played in a similar fashion. So it's

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:56.340
OK to get something. I think the one thing I

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:58.840
would like to see, though, I don't know why Oteta

00:42:58.840 --> 00:43:01.480
hasn't done it yet, is I would like to see Eze

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:04.500
on the left just for like a full game as a left

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:08.440
winger. I think it's obvious that in the central

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:11.300
areas he has the passing range that Odegaard

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:13.099
doesn't have, but I don't think he's interpreting

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:16.420
the out -of -possession play as well as the rest

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:19.440
of the team yet. I guess that comes with coaching,

00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:21.320
right? Yeah, I think it's going to take time.

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:26.179
I think he's coming from playing in Oliver Glasner's

00:43:26.179 --> 00:43:27.980
team where he kind of had the freedom. He was

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:30.179
the player who could do whatever he wants. And

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:33.340
I think in Arsenal's team, that's always going

00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:36.420
to be Saka unless we get like... one of the absolute

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:42.139
best players in the world. So I think I would

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:44.820
like to see him as a left winger to reduce some

00:43:44.820 --> 00:43:47.440
of his responsibility outside of possession.

00:43:47.699 --> 00:43:50.199
I just want to see his creative traits come into

00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:53.079
the game more. I think in the FA Cup game this

00:43:53.079 --> 00:43:55.320
week, apparently from what I read, I didn't watch

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:59.219
it because I was out with my friends, but apparently...

00:44:00.090 --> 00:44:02.750
He shifted Eze onto the left at some point and

00:44:02.750 --> 00:44:05.570
the creative dynamics improved with Saka through

00:44:05.570 --> 00:44:08.769
the middle. And I thought Saka centrally would

00:44:08.769 --> 00:44:11.489
make the most sense for us. So hopefully that's

00:44:11.489 --> 00:44:13.309
something Arsenal will do going forward. But

00:44:13.309 --> 00:44:15.389
also congratulations to Brentford. I mean, they

00:44:15.389 --> 00:44:18.750
played a good game. They caught us on a set piece,

00:44:18.789 --> 00:44:24.670
so karma, I guess, if you believe in that. But

00:44:24.670 --> 00:44:28.289
yeah, I was happy with the result in the end.

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:30.380
I still think we're going to win the league.

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:34.519
So let's see how it turns out. All right. I know

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:36.000
I said I wouldn't say anything, but let me just

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:39.119
say something. I thought Arsenal were very lucky.

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:44.000
Both teams rode their luck a bit because I think

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:45.900
Arsenal had like two clear -cut opportunities

00:44:45.900 --> 00:44:49.780
that were... Very, like, one from Martinelli

00:44:49.780 --> 00:44:52.139
that Keller saved later on. Keller did save.

00:44:52.360 --> 00:44:54.639
Bad finish, but still a good save. Well, how

00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:56.699
can you say it's a bad finish? He did everything

00:44:56.699 --> 00:44:59.940
right. It's just Keller was aware to it. Yeah,

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:03.019
no, I mean, I think he could have loved it a

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:05.679
bit more. I think he... Like, he usually loves

00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:07.940
it more. So I'm just going off of how he usually

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:10.519
finishes. All right, fair enough. There's that.

00:45:10.579 --> 00:45:13.320
There was a Jokeres shot that it was just taken

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:16.599
off him at the last second that he couldn't do

00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:19.940
it. Igor Thiago, on the other hand, I thought

00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:22.500
he had a few really good chances that he just

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:26.239
left on the floor. Perhaps if Wissow was still

00:45:26.239 --> 00:45:29.900
playing for Brentford, he would have... you know,

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:32.579
put them away. But I really thought Brentford

00:45:32.579 --> 00:45:35.139
were not clinical at all. The one thing though,

00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:39.300
I think Igor Thiago will definitely be, will

00:45:39.300 --> 00:45:41.900
bang at a bigger club. I'm not saying he's a

00:45:41.900 --> 00:45:44.280
bad player. I'm just saying in this particular

00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:47.900
game, he wasn't effective. He just strikes me

00:45:47.900 --> 00:45:51.000
a bit like, as a bit of like a Diego Costa, like

00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:55.619
his ball striking is just so like clean. I don't

00:45:55.619 --> 00:45:58.079
see an environment where he doesn't score a lot

00:45:58.079 --> 00:46:00.159
of goals when you match it with his physicality.

00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:04.360
He's a very traditional Premier League No. 9.

00:46:04.699 --> 00:46:07.619
Drogba kind of No. 9 would be nice to... I would

00:46:07.619 --> 00:46:10.820
take him at Arsenal. I just wanted to point out

00:46:10.820 --> 00:46:13.019
his ball striking. Every time I watch him, it's

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:15.760
like... He misses the target a lot, but you just

00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:18.420
think, damn, if it's on target, there's no way

00:46:18.420 --> 00:46:22.440
the keeper saves it. Last word on that is I'm

00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:24.599
glad Arteta got a taste of his own medicine.

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:27.440
Raya was complaining to the referee that there

00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:29.820
was a player standing in front of him and he

00:46:29.820 --> 00:46:32.440
couldn't get the ball. And I'm like, yes, finally.

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:35.340
It's still going to benefit us more than it hurts

00:46:35.340 --> 00:46:39.920
us. I hate the unethical set piece. Don't do

00:46:39.920 --> 00:46:42.039
unethical set pieces. I'm telling the managers.

00:46:44.380 --> 00:46:47.980
Or I'm telling the football association. Put

00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:49.960
a rule in that you can't do that or something

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:54.880
to protect the keeper. But yeah, you want to

00:46:54.880 --> 00:46:58.260
move on now? Last thing I want to bring up in

00:46:58.260 --> 00:47:01.940
this episode. Spurs sacked Thomas Frank last

00:47:01.940 --> 00:47:05.699
week, but they've introduced Igor Trudeau as

00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:09.639
their, what's called, interim manager. What do

00:47:09.639 --> 00:47:12.320
you think about that? I mean... I don't know.

00:47:12.420 --> 00:47:14.940
Like, obviously, Tudor, he kind of flopped at

00:47:14.940 --> 00:47:18.599
Juventus. So, but he did well at, where was he

00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:20.900
before that? I think it was Lazio. Yeah, he did

00:47:20.900 --> 00:47:23.019
really well with Lazio. So he got them back into

00:47:23.019 --> 00:47:25.059
the Champions League, got them pretty, I think,

00:47:25.059 --> 00:47:27.579
close to the title. They fell away in like the

00:47:27.579 --> 00:47:31.360
last month, finished third or fourth. But it

00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:33.599
depends. Maybe he's good for a club like Tottenham

00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:37.670
who need to build a squad. I mean... I think

00:47:37.670 --> 00:47:41.469
what I've read about Igor Trudeau is if there's

00:47:41.469 --> 00:47:47.570
any question marks about his, I guess, coaching,

00:47:47.690 --> 00:47:49.469
the biggest question mark is his recruitment,

00:47:49.550 --> 00:47:51.409
which I think wouldn't suit Tottenham because

00:47:51.409 --> 00:47:53.050
that's the thing they need more than anything

00:47:53.050 --> 00:47:55.429
right now. But if the director of football gets

00:47:55.429 --> 00:47:57.769
it right, maybe he can be a coach that elevates

00:47:57.769 --> 00:48:00.610
them. I personally wouldn't have gone with him

00:48:00.610 --> 00:48:02.769
because I think they have a lot of personalities

00:48:02.769 --> 00:48:06.190
right now that have to be managed. I think it

00:48:06.190 --> 00:48:08.610
would make sense to go for someone who can manage.

00:48:08.849 --> 00:48:11.269
They don't have to be the biggest personalities

00:48:11.269 --> 00:48:14.010
in the game, but the fact that you have Christian

00:48:14.010 --> 00:48:16.630
Romero, you have Richarlison, you have Bentancourt

00:48:16.630 --> 00:48:19.750
and the same squad, the players who are very

00:48:19.750 --> 00:48:22.969
egotistical in how they play the game. I don't

00:48:22.969 --> 00:48:24.110
know. I don't think it's the right decision.

00:48:24.489 --> 00:48:27.849
I totally agree with you. Knowing very little

00:48:27.849 --> 00:48:31.309
about this person, I knew about him at Juventus.

00:48:31.719 --> 00:48:33.619
And when he was at Juventus, I thought, OK, I've

00:48:33.619 --> 00:48:35.860
never heard this name before. Let me do a little

00:48:35.860 --> 00:48:39.179
bit of research. And he has been sacked from

00:48:39.179 --> 00:48:41.639
almost every job that he's ever had. It's only

00:48:41.639 --> 00:48:44.780
places like Lazio where he did an all right job

00:48:44.780 --> 00:48:47.559
and Juventus took a chance on him. He was only

00:48:47.559 --> 00:48:50.510
at Lazio for about three months. And then Juventus

00:48:50.510 --> 00:48:53.769
came and took him away. So, you know, I don't

00:48:53.769 --> 00:48:56.150
know. Maybe if they had given him more time at

00:48:56.150 --> 00:48:57.849
Lazio, he would have fallen apart. He could have

00:48:57.849 --> 00:49:00.550
also been building off of Sarri's work. So I

00:49:00.550 --> 00:49:03.190
think Sarri is probably a very good coach. Maybe

00:49:03.190 --> 00:49:05.230
Tottenham should have gone for him. Could be.

00:49:05.389 --> 00:49:09.610
Could be. I just think Igor Trudeau, what is

00:49:09.610 --> 00:49:13.159
he going to do in this time? How long is he there

00:49:13.159 --> 00:49:14.739
for? Did they give him a permanent contract?

00:49:14.820 --> 00:49:16.480
No, no, he's just in trouble until the end of

00:49:16.480 --> 00:49:18.300
the season. Maybe they're just hoping he has

00:49:18.300 --> 00:49:20.300
a similar effect to what he had at Lazio, just

00:49:20.300 --> 00:49:22.239
gets him off the table, then they let him go.

00:49:22.679 --> 00:49:26.099
I just, with his record, I wouldn't bat an eye

00:49:26.099 --> 00:49:28.659
if, like, Burnley signed him. Spurs are a top

00:49:28.659 --> 00:49:30.980
-six club. What the hell are they doing? You

00:49:30.980 --> 00:49:33.699
know, it's... The same thing, I would say, but,

00:49:33.800 --> 00:49:38.050
I mean... Is he an upgrade on Thomas Frank? And

00:49:38.050 --> 00:49:40.230
the fact that neither of us can answer that question

00:49:40.230 --> 00:49:42.750
speaks volumes. And also at the same time, I

00:49:42.750 --> 00:49:45.800
think right now... Tottenham are in a relegation

00:49:45.800 --> 00:49:48.840
battle. So they have to make... I think you can't

00:49:48.840 --> 00:49:51.159
keep saying that, oh, okay, they're a big club.

00:49:51.239 --> 00:49:52.960
They're not in a relegation. No one is above

00:49:52.960 --> 00:49:55.780
football. When we say top six, we mean in terms

00:49:55.780 --> 00:49:58.179
of income and revenue. Yeah, in terms of the

00:49:58.179 --> 00:50:01.719
brand. Yeah, not league position. So I get what

00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:03.300
you're saying, but they're still a big six club.

00:50:03.539 --> 00:50:07.599
Yeah, I'm saying in terms of... They're not too

00:50:07.599 --> 00:50:09.000
big to go down. Would you want to take this risk?

00:50:09.309 --> 00:50:13.269
Again, but what is a definite, a sure shot? That's

00:50:13.269 --> 00:50:15.190
the only thing I can maybe empathize with the

00:50:15.190 --> 00:50:17.429
Tottenham board on, that perhaps the situation

00:50:17.429 --> 00:50:20.389
with Thomas Frank was getting too tense. Thomas

00:50:20.389 --> 00:50:25.110
Frank wasn't helping himself much by saying a

00:50:25.110 --> 00:50:26.849
lot of things in his interviews where it was

00:50:26.849 --> 00:50:30.429
clear that he wasn't fully invested in the job

00:50:30.429 --> 00:50:34.289
as he was at Brentford. I don't know about that.

00:50:34.489 --> 00:50:37.320
What do you mean? I forgot what it was. the last

00:50:37.320 --> 00:50:39.340
episode we discussed something and he said something

00:50:39.340 --> 00:50:43.619
that was like very weird about like after a game

00:50:43.619 --> 00:50:46.619
i don't remember what it was okay neither do

00:50:46.619 --> 00:50:50.039
i but uh yeah carry on yeah i mean it was a comment

00:50:50.039 --> 00:50:52.900
similar to the ones you you criticize a slot

00:50:52.900 --> 00:50:55.280
for making where he was rude to the spurs fans

00:50:55.280 --> 00:50:58.199
the the fans and the club or talking about the

00:50:58.199 --> 00:51:00.619
history of the club and what the fans have done

00:51:00.619 --> 00:51:02.659
and won or something to the Champions League.

00:51:02.699 --> 00:51:04.639
I'm not sure exactly what it was, but I remember

00:51:04.639 --> 00:51:07.400
seeing a lot of fans criticise him about it.

00:51:07.880 --> 00:51:10.739
Sorry for not doing our research on that, but

00:51:10.739 --> 00:51:14.860
I do remember, like, and then he drank from the

00:51:14.860 --> 00:51:18.780
Arsenal Cup, which I think you should be kind

00:51:18.780 --> 00:51:21.420
of considerate of that as a Tottenham coach.

00:51:22.320 --> 00:51:25.340
Apparently, all he did was talk about Arsenal.

00:51:25.889 --> 00:51:28.110
during Spurs meetings and stuff. He would be

00:51:28.110 --> 00:51:30.469
like, we need to play like Arsenal. We need to

00:51:30.469 --> 00:51:33.590
be more like Arsenal. And apparently the Spurs

00:51:33.590 --> 00:51:35.969
players hated that. Yeah, I mean, those are their

00:51:35.969 --> 00:51:39.469
direct rivals. No, but I mean, we can be direct

00:51:39.469 --> 00:51:41.650
rivals, but I can take inspiration from you.

00:51:41.730 --> 00:51:44.570
The fact that the Spurs players were so negative

00:51:44.570 --> 00:51:47.929
towards that, I wonder what was the... But now

00:51:47.929 --> 00:51:50.800
it's like, okay, if you look at... the crop of

00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:53.880
players that they have. It's now three or four

00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:57.719
coaches that have struggled with players like

00:51:57.719 --> 00:52:01.880
Romero, players like Bentancourt. You can make

00:52:01.880 --> 00:52:05.619
a mistake three times. Yeah. No, I'm not disagreeing

00:52:05.619 --> 00:52:08.079
with you. I'm saying that I think the problem

00:52:08.079 --> 00:52:11.039
here might be the players. Yeah, and I'm saying

00:52:11.039 --> 00:52:13.780
you may have made... You may have appointed the

00:52:13.780 --> 00:52:16.179
wrong manager three times. But perhaps it's more

00:52:16.179 --> 00:52:18.300
like they're hoping that they can get... Because

00:52:18.300 --> 00:52:20.480
the one thing I know about Tudor is that he has

00:52:20.480 --> 00:52:24.079
a very aggressive disposition in his management.

00:52:24.079 --> 00:52:26.360
So maybe they're hoping they can get, like...

00:52:27.360 --> 00:52:30.800
just a bounce a new manager bounce till the end

00:52:30.800 --> 00:52:32.739
of the season and then they employ someone who

00:52:32.739 --> 00:52:34.820
they want to build long term with because I think

00:52:34.820 --> 00:52:36.860
their thing is that they really don't want to

00:52:36.860 --> 00:52:38.739
get dragged into a really they're not going anywhere

00:52:38.739 --> 00:52:40.340
in the Champions League we know that they're

00:52:40.340 --> 00:52:42.280
probably going to go out in the next round maybe

00:52:42.280 --> 00:52:46.480
not but it's very likely that they will so it's

00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:48.960
like I think from their perspective now the new

00:52:48.960 --> 00:52:50.920
manager bounce is what they're banking on to

00:52:50.920 --> 00:52:53.599
help them at least like shoot up the table you

00:52:53.599 --> 00:52:57.860
know Interestingly, they're talking about Pochettino

00:52:57.860 --> 00:53:01.760
coming back after the World Cup. He's currently

00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:06.099
the US men's national team coach, which I think

00:53:06.099 --> 00:53:08.300
is a horrible, horrible decision. You should

00:53:08.300 --> 00:53:10.980
go backwards, first of all. But second of all,

00:53:11.760 --> 00:53:15.380
I think the game's moved past Pochettino at this

00:53:15.380 --> 00:53:18.320
point. It's moved past him, and it's a bit of

00:53:18.320 --> 00:53:22.079
a sad thing, because I think... He was one of

00:53:22.079 --> 00:53:24.579
the new age coaches that kind of platformed a

00:53:24.579 --> 00:53:27.380
few new ideas that other coaches executed better

00:53:27.380 --> 00:53:31.840
than him. Especially with regards to pressing,

00:53:32.179 --> 00:53:38.059
I think a lot of teams were influenced by how

00:53:38.059 --> 00:53:41.079
his Southampton team pressed and it changed a

00:53:41.079 --> 00:53:42.659
lot of the Premier League pressing structures.

00:53:43.199 --> 00:53:46.800
But just like Jose Mourinho, is it past his time?

00:53:47.260 --> 00:53:49.340
Who knows? I wouldn't think Tottenham should

00:53:49.340 --> 00:53:51.000
give him the chance because I think it would

00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:53.300
be making an emotional decision more than anything.

00:53:53.659 --> 00:53:56.400
I'm basing this off his Chelsea time. His time

00:53:56.400 --> 00:53:59.079
at Chelsea was very poor, so that's why I'm saying

00:53:59.079 --> 00:54:02.519
I think it's past him. But I don't rule out a

00:54:02.519 --> 00:54:05.579
redemption arc where he comes and does well in

00:54:05.579 --> 00:54:07.960
the Premier League again. I just think, based

00:54:07.960 --> 00:54:09.760
on what I've seen, I don't think that's going

00:54:09.760 --> 00:54:11.840
to be the case. I mean, at Chelsea he was horrible,

00:54:12.019 --> 00:54:14.639
but... Is it the structure around him? Is it

00:54:14.639 --> 00:54:18.300
the club? The board? That's true. We have to

00:54:18.300 --> 00:54:21.420
consider that with Chelsea all the time. Is there

00:54:21.420 --> 00:54:23.380
anything else you want to bring up? Nothing per

00:54:23.380 --> 00:54:26.860
se. What about you? Go. So in that case, thank

00:54:26.860 --> 00:54:29.599
you for listening. Please remember to rate, review,

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