WEBVTT 00:00:00.330 --> 00:00:03.609 Alright, hello listeners. I just wanted to put 00:00:03.609 --> 00:00:06.669 this in front of the episode to say that the 00:00:06.669 --> 00:00:10.449 audio quality in this episode is very poor. I've 00:00:10.449 --> 00:00:14.029 tried my best to save it in the edit, but unfortunately 00:00:14.029 --> 00:00:19.410 I couldn't do much about it. If you don't want 00:00:19.410 --> 00:00:21.629 to listen to this episode, that's perfectly fine. 00:00:22.210 --> 00:00:25.149 Thank you for your support in other areas. And 00:00:25.149 --> 00:00:28.850 yeah, if you do want to listen, enjoy the show. 00:00:32.219 --> 00:00:35.100 And welcome back to the PD Football Podcast. 00:00:35.219 --> 00:00:38.179 My name is Presh, and this week we have a guest 00:00:38.179 --> 00:00:40.799 host. Can you tell the listeners your name and 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:45.299 who you support so everything's up front? Hi, 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:47.799 I'm Isaylin, and I support Manchester United. 00:00:48.460 --> 00:00:51.320 Alright, I don't know. Listeners, you've never 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:53.079 heard this guy before, but he's putting on an 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:56.460 accent. It's very bizarre. But, okay, I'm the 00:00:56.460 --> 00:00:59.219 only one who knows that here. Anyway, how are 00:00:59.219 --> 00:01:01.450 you doing? Yeah. I'm doing okay, and yourself? 00:01:01.789 --> 00:01:03.929 I'm alright. I've been listening to audiobooks 00:01:03.929 --> 00:01:07.769 recently. I listened to the Dune audiobook, the 00:01:07.769 --> 00:01:11.670 Moby Dick audiobook, and the Godfather audiobook. 00:01:12.129 --> 00:01:14.909 Very good movies. Yes, but the Godfather audiobook, 00:01:15.189 --> 00:01:17.469 it's like very... All of them, they give a lot 00:01:17.469 --> 00:01:20.810 more detail. Yeah. But the Godfather one is especially, 00:01:20.810 --> 00:01:24.549 like, trashy. Oh, okay. It's like Sonny had sex 00:01:24.549 --> 00:01:27.349 with her and the cum was dripping down her. Oh, 00:01:27.349 --> 00:01:32.560 okay. Okay. it's so graphic yeah it's very graphic 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:36.040 and then uh but the movie makes it a little bit 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:39.019 classier they just have sex and then you see 00:01:39.019 --> 00:01:40.659 it dropping down you don't they don't tell you 00:01:40.659 --> 00:01:45.659 all right anyway i'm looking for a new audiobook 00:01:45.659 --> 00:01:48.260 to start i'm watching them on youtube and uh 00:01:48.260 --> 00:01:51.219 the recommendations are like fiodor dostoevsky 00:01:51.219 --> 00:01:54.939 books and like you know really heavy literature 00:01:54.939 --> 00:01:58.159 stuff i'm not really keen to get into right now 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:01.180 yeah i've never heard of that before dostoevsky 00:02:01.180 --> 00:02:05.560 wow but then uncultured uncultured reader yeah 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:09.099 but yeah i'm not a big reader but uh i'm cultured 00:02:09.099 --> 00:02:11.520 i'm aware i'm aware of the world around me right 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:15.719 all right i'm just uh so let's start with wolves 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:19.379 won liverpool three and wolves made seven changes 00:02:19.379 --> 00:02:21.379 to the team that beat liverpool in the league 00:02:21.379 --> 00:02:25.460 game on tuesday uh so tylen and i covered that 00:02:25.460 --> 00:02:28.500 game last week but Didn't realize in that game. 00:02:28.659 --> 00:02:30.960 They also made seven changes to the prior game. 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:33.900 So in back -to -back games making seven changes 00:02:33.900 --> 00:02:39.580 so the end in that game they beat Aston Villa 00:02:39.580 --> 00:02:43.650 to know they beat us to one and now Okay, they 00:02:43.650 --> 00:02:46.750 lost, so mixed results, but mainly positive. 00:02:47.050 --> 00:02:50.509 It's a sign of a good coach, I think, that you 00:02:50.509 --> 00:02:54.389 can chop and chain certain players, but the ethos 00:02:54.389 --> 00:02:57.650 and the style of play remains the same. It used 00:02:57.650 --> 00:03:00.830 to be like that under Jurgen Klopp, where a backup 00:03:00.830 --> 00:03:02.770 right -back would do the same thing, maybe not 00:03:02.770 --> 00:03:05.530 at the same level as the starting player in that 00:03:05.530 --> 00:03:10.659 position, but it's been drilled into them. It 00:03:10.659 --> 00:03:13.120 definitely comes down to the coaching because 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:16.659 I feel like different teams, although the quality 00:03:16.659 --> 00:03:20.199 of players are different, if that same system 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:22.939 can run through the whole squad, it's definitely 00:03:22.939 --> 00:03:26.860 a sign of a team that has their, I was going 00:03:26.860 --> 00:03:28.840 to say stuff together, but you know what I mean? 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:30.979 Yes, have their stuff together. That's exactly 00:03:30.979 --> 00:03:35.599 right. Liverpool, quote unquote, only made four 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:39.060 changes for this game. Another example of Arneslott's 00:03:39.060 --> 00:03:42.520 absolute refusal to rotate properly. So he started 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:45.080 Alisson instead of Mamedashvili in a cup game. 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:49.060 Chiesa cannot get a game to save his life. No 00:03:49.060 --> 00:03:51.780 changes to an already tired -looking midfield. 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:54.979 Gravenberg especially looks like he needs a break. 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:57.819 And then we have a youth player named Traignoni, 00:03:57.979 --> 00:04:00.120 who only got 10 minutes, who's supposed to be 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:03.439 Gravenberg's backup. Then the first person to 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:05.819 complain about fixture congestion and player 00:04:05.819 --> 00:04:08.860 fatigue will be on a slot. He is a massive hypocrite. 00:04:09.020 --> 00:04:12.319 Every time, every interview after the next pisses 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:15.319 me off even more. But yeah, any thoughts about 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:19.579 the team sheets for both teams? I will say I 00:04:19.579 --> 00:04:23.220 like that he started in Gomoa. I don't like that 00:04:23.220 --> 00:04:26.759 he's still starting Gakpo. Yes. I feel like your 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:31.610 attack could be so inventive. So I said this 00:04:31.610 --> 00:04:33.949 in the last episode. Our starting wing should 00:04:33.949 --> 00:04:36.870 be Riongamo on the left and Jeremy Frimpong on 00:04:36.870 --> 00:04:39.329 the right. Those are two of our currently most 00:04:39.329 --> 00:04:43.329 creative players. So, yeah. And especially, I 00:04:43.329 --> 00:04:45.870 think Ekatsika is one of the best signings or 00:04:45.870 --> 00:04:51.389 players this season. Positions. Yeah. And, okay, 00:04:51.449 --> 00:04:54.649 it's a cup game. So I get why you wouldn't start 00:04:54.649 --> 00:04:59.000 him. But I don't know. what Gakpo is shown to 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:01.759 be consistently starting. I suspect that him 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:05.639 and Slott are lovers. That's my only explanation 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:08.860 I can find as to why Cody Gakpo can never, ever 00:05:08.860 --> 00:05:13.399 be dropped. Never. Yeah. It's a damn shame. But 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:16.870 this is the thing. Rian Ngamoa is good. But there 00:05:16.870 --> 00:05:18.889 were people calling it man of the match worthy. 00:05:19.069 --> 00:05:22.089 And I disagree with that. The only reason is 00:05:22.089 --> 00:05:24.230 because Gakpo is awful in the left wing position. 00:05:24.589 --> 00:05:27.029 The Liverpool fan base seeing someone with actual 00:05:27.029 --> 00:05:30.410 ability to take on a man and be creative is like 00:05:30.410 --> 00:05:33.290 when a caveman first saw fire. We are simply 00:05:33.290 --> 00:05:36.129 awestruck and don't know how to act because of 00:05:36.129 --> 00:05:38.870 that. So hopefully this will be the end of the 00:05:38.870 --> 00:05:42.529 Gakpo era and the beginning of the Rio era. Hopefully. 00:05:44.329 --> 00:05:46.350 I said this last week about the league game, 00:05:46.470 --> 00:05:48.750 but this type of fixture is the most boring, 00:05:48.870 --> 00:05:51.470 both to watch and to analyze. Did you watch the 00:05:51.470 --> 00:05:54.350 game? I watched the first half. So Wolves are 00:05:54.350 --> 00:05:56.649 going to sit deep and counter, and it's a question 00:05:56.649 --> 00:05:58.790 of whether Liverpool can break them down or not. 00:05:58.949 --> 00:06:01.189 A question that was answered, but I'd say it's 00:06:01.189 --> 00:06:04.170 like a 6 out of 10 answer. We just barely passed 00:06:04.170 --> 00:06:06.089 the test against the bottom team in the Premier 00:06:06.089 --> 00:06:10.029 League, who, I have to stress, they beat us last 00:06:10.029 --> 00:06:15.180 week. So losing one and winning one, And winning 00:06:15.180 --> 00:06:19.399 unconvincingly is just very poor in my estimation. 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:22.939 It's inconsistent. And it was 0 -0 at halftime, 00:06:22.939 --> 00:06:26.019 meaning they kept us at bay. Their plan, you 00:06:26.019 --> 00:06:28.759 know, until very late on worked very well. Yeah, 00:06:28.819 --> 00:06:32.720 from what I watched, I don't think they were 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:35.319 the better team, but they handled everything 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:37.990 thrown at them. Yeah, very well. You don't need 00:06:37.990 --> 00:06:39.750 to be the better team to win a game. You just 00:06:39.750 --> 00:06:43.050 need to have tactics and to implement it properly. 00:06:43.509 --> 00:06:46.550 And like to, you know, to be somewhat flexible 00:06:46.550 --> 00:06:49.610 in the face of what's happening. Exactly. Yes. 00:06:50.569 --> 00:06:53.430 In terms of individual moments, Robertson scored 00:06:53.430 --> 00:06:55.850 a screamer. Yeah. Possibly the sweetest he's 00:06:55.850 --> 00:06:59.069 ever hit a ball. I was really impressed by that. 00:06:59.170 --> 00:07:01.550 Because the thing about Robertson is, attacking 00:07:01.550 --> 00:07:04.069 -wise, he really fell off. There's been a lot 00:07:04.069 --> 00:07:06.250 of games where he just will put the ball totally 00:07:06.250 --> 00:07:08.470 into the stadium, the top tier of the stadium. 00:07:08.589 --> 00:07:10.730 So, you know, it's good to see him. Because not 00:07:10.730 --> 00:07:13.250 just that, the second goal was Robertson putting 00:07:13.250 --> 00:07:16.089 in a cross and Salah just had to tap in. Really 00:07:16.089 --> 00:07:19.610 good play from Robertson once again. So, he's 00:07:19.610 --> 00:07:21.819 who I would say is the man of the match. And 00:07:21.819 --> 00:07:23.660 then Curtis Jones rounded it off with a very 00:07:23.660 --> 00:07:28.660 neat finish. That's about it. Any notes or anything 00:07:28.660 --> 00:07:31.600 you want to say about the goals? The first goal, 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:36.019 I think that was just beautiful from Robertson. 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:39.439 And the only thing that I think I can critique 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:41.279 on Wolves is that maybe they should have closed 00:07:41.279 --> 00:07:44.439 him down quicker. But even then, it was just 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:48.319 a great strike. you know, twisted back a little. 00:07:49.060 --> 00:07:52.860 Salah was in space. So they all went over to 00:07:52.860 --> 00:07:54.800 the left -hand side to kind of stop Salah, and 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:57.540 that worked. Salah had to play it back inside, 00:07:57.759 --> 00:07:59.579 and no one expected Robinson to hit it first 00:07:59.579 --> 00:08:01.839 time. So they were kind of doing the right thing. 00:08:01.899 --> 00:08:04.319 They went to the man, the more quote -unquote 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:07.540 dangerous player in Salah, who actually hasn't 00:08:07.540 --> 00:08:10.180 been that dangerous, but that's another conversation. 00:08:11.180 --> 00:08:14.100 It's understandable that Robertson wasn't as 00:08:14.100 --> 00:08:17.399 tightly marked as the forward players. So, once 00:08:17.399 --> 00:08:21.279 again, Wolves are hard done by the situation. 00:08:21.860 --> 00:08:25.220 Alright, still with the second goal. You said 00:08:25.220 --> 00:08:27.699 they moved the ball quicker and then... Wolves 00:08:27.699 --> 00:08:31.500 weren't quick enough to react. And, yeah, goal. 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:35.179 Yeah, third goal. Curtis Jones... Put a curl 00:08:35.179 --> 00:08:37.779 in. Yeah, he just pretty much walked through 00:08:37.779 --> 00:08:40.659 the hole. midfield like defensive midfield kind 00:08:40.659 --> 00:08:44.419 of area and just he had too much space so now 00:08:44.419 --> 00:08:46.860 I'm not an expert on Wolves the squad but a guy 00:08:46.860 --> 00:08:50.019 I really like is Andre he was with some South 00:08:50.019 --> 00:08:52.159 American team and they won the Copa Libertadores 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:55.000 every time I see him I think wow what a neat 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:58.059 player and he wasn't playing so perhaps that's 00:08:58.059 --> 00:09:00.879 a maybe a reason yeah But once again, I have 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:03.340 to say that the team was relying on individual 00:09:03.340 --> 00:09:05.720 brilliance instead of tactics to break down Wolves' 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:09.019 defense. Robertson in the first two cases, Curtis 00:09:09.019 --> 00:09:11.659 Jones in the third case. At no point did we tear 00:09:11.659 --> 00:09:14.659 apart Wolves through, you know, like pressing 00:09:14.659 --> 00:09:17.399 them high and like turning the ball over or like, 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:20.200 you know, dominating the position and, you know, 00:09:20.220 --> 00:09:22.460 moving them from side to side and then getting 00:09:22.460 --> 00:09:25.659 the ball through. Or like, you know, it's very 00:09:25.659 --> 00:09:29.490 disheartening to see the team Or even draw them 00:09:29.490 --> 00:09:31.730 in and then hit them on the counter. There's 00:09:31.730 --> 00:09:34.909 plenty of ways to score a goal, but recently 00:09:34.909 --> 00:09:37.870 we've just been relying on set pieces. We beat 00:09:37.870 --> 00:09:42.269 Sunderland 1 -0, we beat... West Ham. No, we 00:09:42.269 --> 00:09:44.870 beat West Ham, but we scored lots of goals. Oh, 00:09:44.870 --> 00:09:47.480 but we... Three of them were set pieces, yes. 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:49.840 But I'm saying we beat somebody else 1 -0 and 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:53.100 it was a set piece. Doesn't matter. Wolves' consolation 00:09:53.100 --> 00:09:55.360 goal comes from one ball over the top from the 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:57.659 keeper and Sabotsalai doesn't deal with it and 00:09:57.659 --> 00:10:00.259 Hwang scores. So this is not a good sign. It's 00:10:00.259 --> 00:10:02.179 a sign of a poorly coached team that they are 00:10:02.179 --> 00:10:05.200 caught out by one ball over the top. That being 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.379 said, Sabotsalai is not a right back. He has 00:10:07.379 --> 00:10:09.580 some good defensive instincts, but we can't expect 00:10:09.580 --> 00:10:12.139 him to know what the right thing for a fullback 00:10:12.139 --> 00:10:14.919 to do in every situation because that's just 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:18.220 not... how he learned the game, you know. I think 00:10:18.220 --> 00:10:23.220 Robertson is also, he was a bit, as a fullback, 00:10:23.340 --> 00:10:25.460 if you know that your other defender, if it's 00:10:25.460 --> 00:10:28.559 a two -on -one pretty much, and you know that 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:31.779 your teammate has the person, right, they're 00:10:31.779 --> 00:10:34.460 following the person, you need to cut off either 00:10:34.460 --> 00:10:37.340 a side that you think they're going to go or... 00:10:37.529 --> 00:10:41.070 passing lane and he kind of just slows down and 00:10:41.070 --> 00:10:43.409 doesn't really close him down yeah all right 00:10:43.409 --> 00:10:47.549 I didn't notice that but good catch yeah so Robertson 00:10:47.549 --> 00:10:50.570 a mixed bag you're saying yeah but I think overall 00:10:50.570 --> 00:10:54.409 goal and assist versus one consolation goal exactly 00:10:54.409 --> 00:10:58.870 you know yeah pretty he's coming out on top yeah 00:10:58.870 --> 00:11:01.769 he's not completely at fault but I think that 00:11:01.769 --> 00:11:05.250 was just a bit of a blemish on a otherwise good 00:11:05.250 --> 00:11:08.110 performance I think any other thoughts about 00:11:08.110 --> 00:11:10.789 the low pool game because like that's really 00:11:10.789 --> 00:11:13.590 all i have to say type games like this it's there's 00:11:13.590 --> 00:11:16.830 nothing much to talk about yeah yeah i just i 00:11:16.830 --> 00:11:19.870 think i don't know what changed from the first 00:11:19.870 --> 00:11:23.429 half to the second half for wolves but from what 00:11:23.429 --> 00:11:26.539 i watched in that first half they were very compact 00:11:26.539 --> 00:11:30.019 the thing is also with these games is you can't 00:11:30.019 --> 00:11:33.139 defend for 90 minutes yeah so there's another 00:11:33.139 --> 00:11:35.519 thing that we underrate is that the concentration 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:38.460 of players we don't we obviously can't see the 00:11:38.460 --> 00:11:42.120 mental fatigue yeah so concentrating for 90 minutes 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:45.500 is very tough for any yeah anyone so that therefore 00:11:45.500 --> 00:11:48.960 usually in these games around the like 70th minute 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:51.779 or so that's when you know, mistakes start to 00:11:51.779 --> 00:11:54.299 creep in. That's when the bigger team usually 00:11:54.299 --> 00:11:58.100 makes their move. Yeah. So that just makes sense 00:11:58.100 --> 00:12:00.899 to me that, you know, it's not anything out of 00:12:00.899 --> 00:12:03.759 the ordinary that Wolves lost their concentration. 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:07.320 And I do wonder if it has to do with these seven 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:09.759 changes, you know, that's very drastic. Also, 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:13.539 I know it worked against Villa and you guys, 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:17.460 but I think it's extremely drastic. Yeah. Seven 00:12:17.460 --> 00:12:23.019 is a lot. Back to back. I don't know. I don't 00:12:23.019 --> 00:12:28.120 think it's sustainable. Newcastle won Man City 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:31.379 3. So Newcastle made four changes to the team 00:12:31.379 --> 00:12:33.960 that beat Man United, as well as a change of 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:37.240 formation into a 4 -2 -3 -1 instead of 4 -3 -3. 00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:40.620 So we spoke about this a few episodes ago, but 00:12:40.620 --> 00:12:43.419 Nick Valtamato was playing in the 10 again. A 00:12:43.419 --> 00:12:46.919 misuse of him, in my opinion. But we'll get into 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:49.940 that, right? City made 10 changes to the team 00:12:49.940 --> 00:12:52.279 that drew with Nottingham Forest, with only Mateus 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:55.019 Nunes retaining his place. The front three of 00:12:55.019 --> 00:12:58.820 Doku, Marmoosh and Savinho, in my opinion, is 00:12:58.820 --> 00:13:01.620 absolutely rancid. I think all three of them 00:13:01.620 --> 00:13:04.399 are Europa League level players, and if you mix 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:06.899 them with like a Cherki, Semenyo and Haaland, 00:13:07.059 --> 00:13:09.440 they seem decent. But playing the three of them 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:13.080 together is a mistake in my eyes. I saw two City 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:15.639 fans on Twitter ask if they were throwing away 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:17.740 this game to focus on the Champions League game 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:20.539 on Wednesday because of that front three. But, 00:13:20.659 --> 00:13:22.700 yeah, you were going to say something. I feel 00:13:22.700 --> 00:13:26.799 like they're good individual players. But when 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:31.559 it comes to cooperating for a goal, I don't know. 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:35.399 I know that Mamou scored two and Savinho scored 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:39.279 one. And Doku got two assists. Yeah, but those 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:42.980 were individual. moments. I know, can I go into 00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:45.379 the goals? Yeah. So. You can do whatever you 00:13:45.379 --> 00:13:48.519 want. The goals came from Doku running on the 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:50.820 wing and I think, correct me if I'm wrong, but 00:13:50.820 --> 00:13:54.340 Newcastle's defensive move when someone's running 00:13:54.340 --> 00:13:56.799 on the wing is to compact and their fullback 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:00.399 gets drawn in. So if it gets past their fullback, 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:03.259 there's a free attacker and it happened twice 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:09.860 for Savino's goal. And for one of Mahmood's. 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:13.700 Mahmood, yes. And it's a good exploit, but I 00:14:13.700 --> 00:14:16.059 don't know how to explain it. It's just, it's 00:14:16.059 --> 00:14:20.299 not them being good. It's that Newcastle makes 00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:23.120 mistakes that they exploited. Yes. You know what 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:27.019 I mean? Yeah. Yeah, so. Manceri not good, Newcastle 00:14:27.019 --> 00:14:30.870 worse. Yeah. pretty much yeah just going back 00:14:30.870 --> 00:14:33.990 to uh there's something a point I made I wanted 00:14:33.990 --> 00:14:36.870 to make to Darren right but he wasn't here in 00:14:36.870 --> 00:14:38.470 the last episode and he's not here in this episode 00:14:38.470 --> 00:14:42.360 so he He said that Eddie Howe lives and dies 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:44.500 by his high press. And I didn't say anything 00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:46.799 to him, right? Newcastle have been playing counter 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:49.059 -attacking football. They've been sitting deep, 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:51.960 you know, keeping compact. And then when there's 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:54.799 space available, hit them on the break. This 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:57.659 has had mixed results. You know, they lost to 00:14:57.659 --> 00:14:59.639 City in the league. They won against United and 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:03.539 they lost again here. So I'm not saying it's 00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:06.370 a winner. But I'm just saying, Eddie Howe has 00:15:06.370 --> 00:15:09.789 left the high press behind and he's, you know, 00:15:09.789 --> 00:15:13.149 being a little bit more practical. But, no, not 00:15:13.149 --> 00:15:16.929 but, because they are like 13th in the league 00:15:16.929 --> 00:15:18.950 or something like that, they're pretty low. So 00:15:18.950 --> 00:15:22.149 being more practical about things and not, you 00:15:22.149 --> 00:15:25.149 know, being so adherent to his ideology, a sign 00:15:25.149 --> 00:15:29.929 of a good coach in my estimation. Yeah, I agree. 00:15:29.990 --> 00:15:33.620 Not change of tactics, but... The way he approached 00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:37.779 the league game against United, I think was great. 00:15:37.899 --> 00:15:42.679 To go a man down, changing to a five at the back, 00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:47.139 to whatever, he brought on midfielders and attackers. 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:51.179 He stayed positive. Exactly. And I, as a United 00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:54.139 fan, I'm not angry at that. Although I feel when 00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:57.039 they went down to City, they... They didn't show 00:15:57.039 --> 00:16:02.320 the same fight back. Exactly. I don't know. Yeah. 00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:04.679 Perhaps, and I'm just spitballing here, maybe 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:07.139 Man City is a better team than United. I'm wondering 00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:10.600 if against one team it's difficult to score and 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:13.200 other team is pretty easy to score. I'm just 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:15.779 wondering out loud here, you know. So for the 00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:18.419 first 20 minutes it was all Newcastle. They had 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:20.879 a few really good chances and City hadn't settled. 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:24.909 Especially John Stones. John Bonestones, one 00:16:24.909 --> 00:16:30.029 of my favorite players. He was poor, but I think 00:16:30.029 --> 00:16:32.169 we can put that down to rust because he hasn't 00:16:32.169 --> 00:16:34.950 played much this season. He's had a few injury 00:16:34.950 --> 00:16:38.610 problems here and there. So I'm not going to 00:16:38.610 --> 00:16:40.950 totally blame it on him, especially because they 00:16:40.950 --> 00:16:46.169 won this match. So for Newcastle's goal, it wasn't 00:16:46.169 --> 00:16:49.769 anything spectacular. City just left a gaping 00:16:49.769 --> 00:16:51.889 hole in their defence and Tonali played a through 00:16:51.889 --> 00:16:55.029 ball into the space. Harvey Barnes then latches 00:16:55.029 --> 00:16:57.970 onto it and opens up his body to finish. So watching 00:16:57.970 --> 00:16:59.830 the highlights, it was actually Matthias Nunes 00:16:59.830 --> 00:17:02.330 moving forward while the rest of the back line 00:17:02.330 --> 00:17:04.630 maintained their line. So this caused the gap 00:17:04.630 --> 00:17:09.150 for Barnes to score. So just a mistake by Nunes. 00:17:09.269 --> 00:17:12.640 Again, I'm going to extend the same... Kind of 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:15.420 slack that I did to Sebastian Nunes, who's a 00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:20.259 midfielder by trade. So Pep just forcing him 00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:22.700 out to right back. Certain things I'm just not 00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:25.960 going to blame him for. 1 -0 to Newcastle. I 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:28.920 think that the big positive Newcastle can take 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:32.240 was that Tonali was outstanding. Yes, he really 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:36.039 was amazing. I've noticed that not just this 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:38.500 game, the past couple of games. He really should 00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:41.539 be at like, I don't know, a Barcelona. Yeah. 00:17:41.950 --> 00:17:44.990 He's really that top tier kind of player. He 00:17:44.990 --> 00:17:47.349 really is at the top of his game. Yeah, so for 00:17:47.349 --> 00:17:50.049 the rest of the first half, City started to dominate 00:17:50.049 --> 00:17:52.269 the ball and were just having it their own way. 00:17:52.329 --> 00:17:54.910 And then the chances started to come in. So for 00:17:54.910 --> 00:17:58.430 City's goal, Doku fizzes across it. Across, across 00:17:58.430 --> 00:18:01.809 the box. The Newcastle defender completely misses 00:18:01.809 --> 00:18:04.529 it and it bounces off Savinho to go in. That 00:18:04.529 --> 00:18:07.980 really, perhaps... Either it just bounced off 00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:10.779 him and he had no idea or that's the most nonchalant 00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:15.720 finish of all time. He totally just... He was 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:17.740 super chilled about it. The second half starts 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:20.200 with the first half left off with City exerting 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:22.940 pressure and Newcastle powerless to stop them. 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:25.480 So throughout the match, I was just stunned by 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:28.140 how Newcastle just could not get the ball off 00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:30.259 City. City are just too good on the ball to be 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:34.529 caught out by. now you could say well they don't 00:18:34.529 --> 00:18:36.690 press them high they don't like try to pressure 00:18:36.690 --> 00:18:40.009 them that much so city kind of had it easy in 00:18:40.009 --> 00:18:45.289 that sense yeah so i guess uh i think it's just 00:18:45.289 --> 00:18:48.089 they i don't think they they rose up to the occasion 00:18:48.089 --> 00:18:50.450 you know what i mean they kind of just looked 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:54.940 tired and yeah so City's second goal is almost 00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:57.619 a carbon copy of their first but this time the 00:18:57.619 --> 00:19:00.220 cross came in from the right hand side with Mateus 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:03.640 Nunes fizzing a ball in and Mamouch had so much 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:07.640 time to much time and space to finish off nicely 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:11.740 so 2 -1 to City yeah any thoughts about that 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:15.140 yeah like I said they but if you see repeated 00:19:15.140 --> 00:19:18.799 types of things that means it's a tactic that's 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:22.779 working not that They got lucky. Yeah, they got 00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:24.440 lucky or something like that. I know, that's 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:26.420 what I was saying. Yes, about them exploiting 00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:30.500 Newcastle's, not mistakes, but weaknesses. Yeah. 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:32.980 Yes, I totally agree with that. That's why I'm 00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:37.000 saying Pep is the GOAT. There's no news to anybody, 00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:39.759 but I'm just saying that's how a proper coach 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:43.279 is supposed to behave and set up his team. I 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:44.940 don't know if there's any other ball managers 00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:48.119 who want to take some notes in the league if 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:51.369 they... All right. So this apparently wakes up 00:19:51.369 --> 00:19:53.650 Newcastle, who start to gain some position and 00:19:53.650 --> 00:19:56.750 create some chances of their own. So I also wonder 00:19:56.750 --> 00:19:58.609 if it's perhaps City taking their foot off the 00:19:58.609 --> 00:20:01.930 gas a little bit. And this lasts for about five 00:20:01.930 --> 00:20:05.450 minutes until City regain their momentum and 00:20:05.450 --> 00:20:08.450 go back to creating so many chances. The main 00:20:08.450 --> 00:20:11.769 culprit, I think, is Reinders, who had so many 00:20:11.769 --> 00:20:14.630 chances of his own, and he just fluffed them 00:20:14.630 --> 00:20:17.700 all. Serie A's play of the year. He came in and 00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:19.740 now he's on the bench at City. You know, it's 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:22.500 not looking good. So they eventually take advantage 00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:25.099 of this dominance by a stunner from Mahmoud. 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:28.160 I still think he's overrated, but that was a 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:30.180 top, top finish. And he does have that in his 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:33.180 locker. Last season, he scored another like really, 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:36.339 really long range quality goal. Like the power 00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:38.859 he generates is good, but he just doesn't do 00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:43.049 that enough. you know a goal once in like maybe 00:20:43.049 --> 00:20:46.269 30 games is not uh like somebody you should be 00:20:46.269 --> 00:20:48.190 building your team around or like that should 00:20:48.190 --> 00:20:52.130 be a key part of your squad yeah um yeah i kind 00:20:52.130 --> 00:20:56.210 of feel bad for mamush because i do think he's 00:20:56.210 --> 00:21:00.869 good and he has scored a few stunners but when 00:21:00.869 --> 00:21:04.309 your competition in the team is holland i don't 00:21:04.309 --> 00:21:06.309 think but they're different types of players 00:21:06.309 --> 00:21:10.180 yeah but as a as a striker I would take Holland 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:13.220 over Marmush. Don't you think it's game -specific? 00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:16.420 That, like, in certain times, it would be better 00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:19.819 to have somebody who, like... Like a Marmush 00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:21.539 who can play, like, as a false nine, who will 00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:24.039 drop deep and, like, create space for the wingers. 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:26.599 Or, like, a Holland will lead the line and, you 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:28.779 know, try to bully the defender. Like, it's all 00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:31.839 dependent on whatever match. And sometimes they 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:34.359 play together as well. Yeah. You know, I don't 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:37.759 think it's either or. Yeah. Okay. I don't... 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:40.960 Just from my perspective, I think, I don't think. 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:44.660 He's worth it. Yeah. He costs like 65 million, 00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:48.259 something disgusting. Yeah. And. Just don't play 00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:52.240 him. Eddie Howe makes a triple change. This was 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:55.440 his gambit to get back in the game. This is roughly 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:58.059 around the 70th minute. He brings on Joe Linton, 00:21:58.220 --> 00:22:01.500 Dan Byrne and Anthony Gordon. And Pep responds 00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:04.779 by bringing on Semenyo Foden and Cherki. So, 00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:09.250 you know, six really good. changes but none of 00:22:09.250 --> 00:22:11.150 these changes make a tangible difference to the 00:22:11.150 --> 00:22:13.809 gameplay or the scoreline it's just they all 00:22:13.809 --> 00:22:17.109 came on and the game carried on as it was just 00:22:17.109 --> 00:22:20.009 city dominating the ball you know creating chances 00:22:20.009 --> 00:22:23.730 but not taking advantage of it yeah yeah i feel 00:22:23.730 --> 00:22:26.609 like although the quality is there i think being 00:22:26.609 --> 00:22:29.789 down two goals kind of the wind taken out of 00:22:29.789 --> 00:22:32.730 your sails it's just i don't think difficult 00:22:32.730 --> 00:22:36.710 to pick yourself back exactly yeah all right 00:22:37.230 --> 00:22:39.109 We're done with this. Do you have anything else 00:22:39.109 --> 00:22:42.609 you want to say? Not really, I think. Now we're 00:22:42.609 --> 00:22:46.089 in the miscellaneous section. This is just, you 00:22:46.089 --> 00:22:48.809 know, two to five minutes. We just want to quickly 00:22:48.809 --> 00:22:53.509 say something about, you know, a team, right? 00:22:54.150 --> 00:22:57.670 So, or a game, I should say. Mansfield Town won 00:22:57.670 --> 00:23:01.250 Arsenal 2. So, I didn't watch this game. It was 00:23:01.250 --> 00:23:03.329 in the early afternoon, but I was tired and I 00:23:03.329 --> 00:23:07.230 had a nap instead. However, I did hear that there 00:23:07.230 --> 00:23:10.589 was a magnificent performance from Max Daumann. 00:23:10.829 --> 00:23:14.130 Do you know who that is? 16 -year -old, yeah. 00:23:14.829 --> 00:23:17.990 I even saw an Arsenal fan on Twitter say, Max 00:23:17.990 --> 00:23:20.470 Daumann and Lamin Yamal are the new Neymar and 00:23:20.470 --> 00:23:23.490 Messi. So, based on highlights, it looked like 00:23:23.490 --> 00:23:26.329 an even first half, with both teams getting chances, 00:23:26.529 --> 00:23:29.569 but the second half was all Arsenal. Arsenal's 00:23:29.569 --> 00:23:32.619 first goal was a stunner from Madueke. Then against 00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:34.539 the run of play, an Arsenal youth player named 00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:37.720 Salmon gave the ball away at the back and Mosquera 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:40.400 couldn't recover in time to stop the goal. And 00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:43.180 then Eze scored a stunner as well, assisted by 00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:46.059 Max Dalman. Anything you want to comment on the 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:49.019 things I just said? Not really. I didn't watch 00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:53.599 the game. But I do know from what I saw about 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:58.190 Max Dalman. Then you name her. Actually... I'm 00:23:58.190 --> 00:24:00.650 actually unclear on if he's Neymar or if he's 00:24:00.650 --> 00:24:04.349 Messi. The guy wasn't very clear about it, but 00:24:04.349 --> 00:24:09.509 whoever Max Daumann is... I like Max Daumann. 00:24:09.630 --> 00:24:12.089 I just think Arsenal fans get ahead of themselves 00:24:12.089 --> 00:24:16.309 a little bit. Any other thoughts about the game? 00:24:16.450 --> 00:24:19.910 I didn't expect this game to be anything other 00:24:19.910 --> 00:24:22.390 than an Arsenal win, but based on highlights, 00:24:22.630 --> 00:24:26.390 it was very close. Not very close, but... tighter 00:24:26.390 --> 00:24:29.069 than you would assume. Yeah. Especially because 00:24:29.069 --> 00:24:32.569 they had, like, they have very capable backups 00:24:32.569 --> 00:24:37.970 in, like, Mosquera, Norgard, Madueke. Like, all 00:24:37.970 --> 00:24:40.309 of them are very decent players, so they shouldn't 00:24:40.309 --> 00:24:42.529 have struggled with, like, I'm not sure what 00:24:42.529 --> 00:24:45.869 league Mansfield are in, but I think they might 00:24:45.869 --> 00:24:50.589 be League 1. Next, Wrexham 2, Chelsea 4. So I 00:24:50.589 --> 00:24:53.230 watched the second half of this game, but missed 00:24:53.230 --> 00:24:55.430 extra time because I switched over to the City 00:24:55.430 --> 00:25:01.329 game. Now, if you notice, we did the deep dives 00:25:01.329 --> 00:25:03.109 into the all Premier League games. The other 00:25:03.109 --> 00:25:06.089 games, I just kind of assumed that the bigger 00:25:06.089 --> 00:25:07.930 team would win. And for the most part, that was 00:25:07.930 --> 00:25:12.910 true. So it's Fulham, I think? Fulham lost? Well, 00:25:12.950 --> 00:25:15.900 we'll get to that now. So yeah, I was supporting 00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:18.859 Chelsea because, first of all, I don't like Ryan 00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:21.339 Reynolds. I don't find him funny, especially 00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:24.559 his Deadpool schtick. Regardless of who it is, 00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:27.819 I dislike celebrity owners. The only reason for 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:30.680 a camera to pan to the owners... is if the team 00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:32.799 or if the crowd is chanting for them to leave 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:35.859 the club right football isn't about celebrities 00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:38.960 and their little tv show football is about losing 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:42.180 one nil to a relegation threatened side and then 00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:44.220 scoring two goals in added time to break their 00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:46.660 hearts you know it's about your star player getting 00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:49.099 a yellow for diving and then getting up and getting 00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:51.039 a second yellow for descent almost immediately 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:54.180 after right it's about having an awful season 00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:57.799 but it's saved by winning a cup right so i'm 00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:59.980 not gonna go through all the important moments 00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:03.980 but i will say it was 3 -2 to chelsea and wrexham 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:06.059 scored in the last couple of minutes of extra 00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:09.980 time to take it to penalties and var overturned 00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:13.180 the goal apparently the first ever game in wrexham 00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:17.960 to have var yeah and it overturned the last minute 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:19.960 equalizer that could have taken them to penalties 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:23.829 any thoughts so far on the wrexham a chelsea 00:26:23.829 --> 00:26:27.849 game i thought so i did watch it but snippets 00:26:27.849 --> 00:26:31.910 of it and i honestly thought that for the first 00:26:31.910 --> 00:26:36.210 half it looked very tight and all the the full 00:26:36.210 --> 00:26:39.529 game actually until extra time but it was very 00:26:39.529 --> 00:26:42.890 tight and wrexham actually played good expansive 00:26:42.890 --> 00:26:45.490 yes that's exactly what i was going to say it's 00:26:45.490 --> 00:26:47.529 you would expect them to have parked the bus 00:26:47.529 --> 00:26:51.210 and like try to uh you know be conserve their 00:26:51.210 --> 00:26:55.680 energy and be be, let's say, practical about 00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:59.000 it. But no, they went out, they played ball, 00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:02.680 they took the attack to Chelsea. It was very, 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:05.740 like I said, I watched only half of the match, 00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:09.619 or not even half of the match. I just watched 00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:12.319 the second half, but it was a very entertaining 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:17.460 game. you know i kind of in certain parts wanted 00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:20.539 wrexham to kind of win because chelsea are a 00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:25.000 horrible club i hate chelsea but you know um 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:29.640 so yeah i wasn't i don't know who to root for 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:32.900 so i don't know another thing i will say is this 00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:36.140 this was the slowest game i've ever seen in my 00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:39.680 life both teams passed the ball so slowly i started 00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:41.759 to wonder if the grass was too long and it was 00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:44.150 like slowing down the ball I don't know what 00:27:44.150 --> 00:27:48.430 it was, but it was very bizarre to watch. I personally 00:27:48.430 --> 00:27:52.750 don't think Chelsea are a good team. Why do you 00:27:52.750 --> 00:27:57.190 say that? They get the results, but I don't find 00:27:57.190 --> 00:28:02.390 their football attractive to watch. I don't think 00:28:02.390 --> 00:28:05.490 I've been stunned by a Chelsea performance in 00:28:05.490 --> 00:28:08.910 a while. How much have you watched them? I'd 00:28:08.910 --> 00:28:12.500 say a decent amount. Because they've only lost 00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:15.099 to Arsenal. Yeah, but even the... I'm saying 00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:17.619 the games they win. You think the performances 00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:21.140 are bad? Yeah. Okay. I'm not sitting there like, 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:25.579 oh my days. Rosen, you're out, is it? The only 00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:28.460 black coach in the league, is it? I'm just wondering. 00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:30.799 I'm just wondering why you're so... I think he's 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:32.720 very funny. I'm wondering why you're a racist, 00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:35.500 that's all. Okay. Sorry, carry on. Anyway, I 00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:37.819 think he's funny. That's all I think about him. 00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:42.180 He's... Like, people online have taken to calling 00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:45.980 him LinkedIn Liam. Because he says stuff that 00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:49.640 people on LinkedIn say. Like, that's how he carries 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:53.579 himself. Both him and Arteta. Yeah. So, yeah. 00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:56.240 And they hugged each other and somebody put a 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:58.079 picture there and said, LinkedIn colleagues meeting 00:28:58.079 --> 00:29:04.140 up. Yeah, anything else you want to say about 00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:05.559 this? Or do you want to go through the goals? 00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:08.480 Because, like, with this miscellaneous section, 00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:10.759 we don't really go through the goals. But if 00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:12.539 you want to, it's fine. Yeah, carry on. Go for 00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:16.660 it. I thought Doyle's equalizer in the... He 00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:20.279 flicked it... What's the word? Like, behind him. 00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:22.200 Yeah. I don't know how to describe it, but that 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:24.019 was a very good goal. Backwards flick. I thought 00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:27.200 that was beautiful. I thought both of Chelsea's 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:31.319 goals were very... Lame. Yeah. Their own goal... 00:29:31.549 --> 00:29:33.569 it bounced off the keeper's back yeah from a 00:29:33.569 --> 00:29:36.670 goal line clearance very uh a champion's goal 00:29:36.670 --> 00:29:39.569 it was a good finish but there were at least 00:29:39.569 --> 00:29:42.970 three like the defender just got caught out because 00:29:42.970 --> 00:29:45.009 they went past him too quickly he didn't realize 00:29:45.009 --> 00:29:47.190 yeah and then he tried to bring action pong down 00:29:47.190 --> 00:29:50.680 but he wasn't strong enough yeah Yes. And even 00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:52.900 the lead up to that, there were like three times 00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:55.099 where Wrecking should have cleared. Yeah, one 00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:57.220 guy slipped. Yeah. And they blame the guy who 00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:59.980 slipped, but you have to look at the team. You 00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:02.440 can't say this one guy, you're only as good as 00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:07.680 your weakest link, etc. No, but the ball, he 00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:10.160 should have been closed down. The ball shouldn't 00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:12.519 have gone through. That defender should have 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:17.819 covered the ball. Again, it was a goal. But it 00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:21.150 was just... I don't want to say lucky because 00:30:21.150 --> 00:30:26.630 I don't think there's luck in things like in 00:30:26.630 --> 00:30:34.150 football. But it wasn't a great goal. Which one 00:30:34.150 --> 00:30:35.509 are you talking about now? The 10 -pounds goal. 00:30:35.710 --> 00:30:37.730 Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. They didn't break down. 00:30:38.349 --> 00:30:43.130 Yes, I agree with that. They got lucky from set 00:30:43.130 --> 00:30:46.569 pieces. The third goal was Garnaccio's goal. 00:30:47.449 --> 00:30:49.470 Like, he just wasn't marked at the back post. 00:30:49.670 --> 00:30:53.109 And, again, take advantage of Wrexham's poor 00:30:53.109 --> 00:30:56.410 defending, not their brilliance. Yeah, exactly. 00:30:56.430 --> 00:30:59.430 Yes, I agree with that. Yeah, that's pretty much 00:30:59.430 --> 00:31:02.190 what I said. Yeah, I didn't see a fourth goal, 00:31:02.289 --> 00:31:06.710 but it said... Oh, Jao Pedro pretty much just 00:31:06.710 --> 00:31:10.710 ran through the whole team. Wow. Yeah. And it 00:31:10.710 --> 00:31:12.430 wasn't even, like, brilliant. They just, like, 00:31:12.430 --> 00:31:15.089 left him. I have to put my hands up and say I 00:31:15.089 --> 00:31:17.490 was wrong. I thought Jao Pedro, when he signed 00:31:17.490 --> 00:31:19.829 from Brighton, I thought he would be poor. I 00:31:19.829 --> 00:31:22.930 thought, you know, Chelsea were putting their 00:31:22.930 --> 00:31:26.210 hopes on this guy to be their new centre -forward. 00:31:26.349 --> 00:31:31.309 But even Enzo Maresca said Jao Pedro cannot score 00:31:31.309 --> 00:31:33.410 20 goals in the league. He's not that type of 00:31:33.410 --> 00:31:37.089 player. And to give him credit, Liam Roseno has 00:31:37.089 --> 00:31:39.630 changed that around. He's the one who's kind 00:31:39.630 --> 00:31:43.220 of supercharged Jao Pedro's season. And so, yeah, 00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:46.319 I was wrong. Jao Pedro, good player. I think 00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:50.680 he's a baller. But I think, Rossinho, I don't 00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:52.759 know if it was after this game or before the 00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:56.380 game, but he said he's up there with Haaland 00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:59.920 and Mbappe and Kane. Why not? I don't think. 00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:02.940 That's good management, right? To, like, pump 00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:05.480 up your player, you know, like, in the media, 00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:10.019 gas him up. You know what slot does? People were 00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:12.400 asking for Rio Ngamoa to play more. And he said 00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:14.220 if he was so good, he wouldn't be playing for 00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:17.519 the England under -19s. Meaning... This guy is 00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:19.400 16, by the way. Yeah. And he's playing for the 00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:22.339 under -19s. And this guy is like, no, he would 00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:25.019 be playing for higher... Yeah. But whatever. 00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:27.720 Just ugly things on his slot comes out and says 00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:29.839 about his players. Yeah. Just for no reason. 00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:34.519 Absolutely no reason. Yeah, that's... I get gassing 00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:37.799 your players up. Yeah, you want to make them 00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:42.599 feel good and rated. But at the same time, I 00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:45.519 feel like that's just unrealistic. Who cares 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:47.779 what he actually believes or what the truth is? 00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:52.000 It's about how Jao Pedro in this case feels. 00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:55.759 So, Rosenio is doing the right thing. I guess. 00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:58.400 I think so. Any other things you want to say 00:32:58.400 --> 00:33:01.380 about Wrexham versus Chelsea? Your best mate 00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:04.259 Ryan Reynolds that you love. I don't... Deadpool 00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:06.420 is your favorite character. I think it was a 00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:10.140 good movie. Which one? Deadpool. The first one? 00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:13.180 Yeah. The first one was good. The third one... 00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:16.000 The third one is like a crime against humanity. 00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:18.700 That's like... Everyone who made it should be 00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:21.380 embarrassed of their affiliation with that movie. 00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:25.220 Just poor, poor... Anyway, sorry. You were saying? 00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:28.740 Yeah. I don't really have anything to say about 00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:32.329 this game. It was just... I think... the difference 00:33:32.329 --> 00:33:35.509 between the difference between a like championship 00:33:35.509 --> 00:33:38.690 side or lower division side and a premier league 00:33:38.690 --> 00:33:43.650 side really came to in extra time with the depth 00:33:43.650 --> 00:33:46.809 but again it's okay it could be conditioning 00:33:46.809 --> 00:33:48.990 which i think you're alluding to with the fitness 00:33:48.990 --> 00:33:51.569 of the players but it could also be mental fatigue 00:33:51.569 --> 00:33:53.849 which i just said yeah i think it's a combination 00:33:53.849 --> 00:33:56.970 of both okay yeah yeah yeah that's true could 00:33:56.970 --> 00:34:00.849 be that um Another person I'll mention is Rob 00:34:00.849 --> 00:34:04.670 McElhenney. Do you know who that is? No. He's 00:34:04.670 --> 00:34:07.029 one of the creators of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. 00:34:07.349 --> 00:34:10.230 He is Ryan Reynolds' partner in this Wrexham. 00:34:10.750 --> 00:34:13.050 I don't think you've watched the Wrexham TV show. 00:34:13.190 --> 00:34:16.210 Neither have I, but I'm aware of who he is. I 00:34:16.210 --> 00:34:18.030 really like his TV show, It's Always Sunny in 00:34:18.030 --> 00:34:21.869 Philadelphia. But one of the funniest comedies 00:34:21.869 --> 00:34:23.989 of all time. If you have time, check it out. 00:34:24.610 --> 00:34:26.929 It makes me burst out into laughter every time. 00:34:27.369 --> 00:34:30.889 Port Vale won Sunderland 0. Now this is the shock 00:34:30.889 --> 00:34:35.050 of the round. Port Vale from League 1 beat Sunderland 00:34:35.050 --> 00:34:40.070 of the Premier League. I've never heard of Port 00:34:40.070 --> 00:34:44.639 Vale in my life. Clearly haven't been playing 00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:47.699 FIFA and then taking a team from like the non 00:34:47.699 --> 00:34:49.980 -league to winning the Champions League. That's 00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:55.639 a classic like FIFA 11 through 14 move. That's 00:34:55.639 --> 00:35:00.150 okay, but whatever. um yeah so the goal wasn't 00:35:00.150 --> 00:35:02.610 anything spectacular it was actually kind of 00:35:02.610 --> 00:35:05.010 scrappy and the rest of the highlights were as 00:35:05.010 --> 00:35:07.590 you would expect it was Sunderland peppering 00:35:07.590 --> 00:35:09.789 the goal with shots and the keeper saving them 00:35:09.789 --> 00:35:13.230 or you know it going wide or whatever yeah uh 00:35:13.230 --> 00:35:17.550 yeah so it's just this is like I said with the 00:35:17.550 --> 00:35:20.010 Liverpool game not the type of game you want 00:35:20.010 --> 00:35:23.409 to watch or analyze. It's very frustrating when 00:35:23.409 --> 00:35:26.090 one team sits deep and the other team is forced 00:35:26.090 --> 00:35:29.989 to be creative and try to break you down. And 00:35:29.989 --> 00:35:32.710 that team that's trying to break you down is 00:35:32.710 --> 00:35:36.510 bad. Then it's a very frustrating watch. So I'm 00:35:36.510 --> 00:35:38.889 glad I didn't watch this. Any other thoughts 00:35:38.889 --> 00:35:42.869 you want to... Yeah, just the Port Vale one shot 00:35:42.869 --> 00:35:47.710 on target, one goal. Very clinical. Yeah, incredible. 00:35:48.110 --> 00:35:50.849 I didn't actually look at the stats for that. 00:35:50.909 --> 00:35:55.230 Okay, pretty good. And then, like, they took 00:35:55.230 --> 00:35:57.969 seven shots in total, one on target, compared 00:35:57.969 --> 00:36:01.269 to Sunderland's seven on target. Yes, okay, I 00:36:01.269 --> 00:36:03.550 did see that, yeah. Yeah, so, I don't know, it 00:36:03.550 --> 00:36:07.130 just, I think in games like this, I honestly, 00:36:07.349 --> 00:36:10.469 it's easy to just say, oh, just be more creative, 00:36:10.489 --> 00:36:14.480 and the more chances you make, the more likely 00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:17.559 you are to score. But when you're up against 00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:21.579 a low block or a team just sitting back, it's 00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:24.440 very hard to just come up with something, some 00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:27.440 brilliance. But I understand what you're saying, 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:30.059 but given the context of this game, it's a Premier 00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:33.260 League team versus a League One team. Usually, 00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:36.099 the best way to break down a low block if you 00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:38.539 don't have tactics to do it is just have better 00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:41.219 players. And you would assume Sunderland would 00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:44.659 have better players than Port Vale. But clearly 00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:49.340 not. Yeah. I also feel like it's very much how 00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:52.119 you turn up on the day. Okay. You know what I 00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:55.280 mean? Maybe somewhere in the back rooms they 00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:58.139 weren't very positive or they weren't, I don't 00:36:58.139 --> 00:37:00.559 know, mentally they weren't there. Could be. 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:04.059 Definitely could be. Fulham 0, Southampton 1. 00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:06.940 So this is another shock, but Southampton are 00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:08.840 at least in the championship and were recently 00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:10.840 in the Premier League. It's not as big a shock 00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:14.400 as Port Vale winning. Based on highlights, this 00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:16.639 was a very even match, with Southampton possibly 00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:19.860 even being better than the scoreline suggests. 00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:23.480 Despite the big chances for both teams, the game 00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:26.780 was decided by a very soft penalty. Because as 00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:28.280 I'm watching the highlights, I'm like, okay. 00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:31.500 This is such a big chance. Clearly, this is going 00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:34.739 to be the goal. They missed every single, like, 00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:37.940 huge opportunity, both teams. I was like, wow, 00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:40.699 this must be so frustrating to watch if you were 00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:44.719 either Fulham or Southampton fan. Yeah. Yeah, 00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:47.920 but, yeah, like I said, very soft penalty. I 00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:50.940 didn't watch the match, but I think these soft 00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:55.159 penalties are ruining football. Okay. Speak on 00:37:55.159 --> 00:38:02.039 it. Even in the United Palace game where Lacroix 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:05.880 got a red card and we got a penalty. First it 00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:10.280 started outside the box. Two, I think it was 00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:13.119 a red card because there was no one covering 00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:15.760 and he would have gone to, Kunio would have gone 00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:19.139 to and scored. But they got a red card and we 00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:22.349 got a penalty. And from there, it was all United 00:38:22.349 --> 00:38:25.590 because they were just finished because of that. 00:38:25.730 --> 00:38:29.449 And it's very soft. And I don't know. Okay, well, 00:38:29.530 --> 00:38:31.070 I don't think that's because of the penalty, 00:38:31.210 --> 00:38:35.150 is it? Yeah. I think you're more angry about 00:38:35.150 --> 00:38:37.849 the red card. Because you're saying it ruined 00:38:37.849 --> 00:38:42.469 the game. Yeah. You're saying he got the red 00:38:42.469 --> 00:38:45.550 card because the penalty was so soft. Yeah. Okay. 00:38:45.869 --> 00:38:48.530 I understand that. But what do you think about 00:38:48.530 --> 00:38:52.360 an orange card? What would that be? Like in rugby, 00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:54.519 you have the cinnamon. Yeah. So 10 minutes out. 00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:57.699 Yeah. You get an orange card for like, maybe 00:38:57.699 --> 00:39:00.400 I don't think it replaces the yellow. It goes 00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:04.000 yellow. Second yellow is a 10 minutes out. Yeah. 00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:07.340 And then red card is off. Okay. So you're trying 00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:10.340 to keep the player on more so than. Yeah. But 00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:12.079 you would think that certain players would abuse 00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:14.659 this. Yeah. But you get what I'm saying where 00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:17.869 an in -between where it's like. Take 10 minutes 00:39:17.869 --> 00:39:19.989 off, you lose a player for a little while, but 00:39:19.989 --> 00:39:22.610 it's a little bit more fair than losing the player 00:39:22.610 --> 00:39:29.510 full stop. I do get that. Wasn't that trialled 00:39:29.510 --> 00:39:32.989 sometime? It was trialled somewhere. But I don't 00:39:32.989 --> 00:39:38.170 think... I don't know what came of that. Any 00:39:38.170 --> 00:39:40.809 other thoughts about Fulham 0, Southampton 1? 00:39:41.630 --> 00:39:45.949 Not really. I think they're just... Yeah, I would 00:39:45.949 --> 00:39:49.550 have expected Fulham to win, but I actually quite 00:39:49.550 --> 00:39:51.829 like the way Fulham play. They're very, okay, 00:39:52.489 --> 00:39:55.409 not a tactic, but they do pass the ball quick 00:39:55.409 --> 00:39:59.289 and they make a lot of runs and there's a lot 00:39:59.289 --> 00:40:01.969 of dummy runs that the defenders have to kind 00:40:01.969 --> 00:40:04.750 of watch out for and they pick their passes well. 00:40:05.809 --> 00:40:09.030 But yeah, I didn't watch the game, so I don't 00:40:09.030 --> 00:40:12.639 know if they did all of that. Well, like I said, 00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:15.000 based on highlights, it seems Southampton were 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:17.940 the superior team. Yeah. So, probably not in 00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:23.900 that case. Yeah. Leeds 3, Norwich 0. In the six 00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:26.280 -minute highlights package that I watched, Norwich 00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:28.820 didn't have a single chance. Leeds absolutely 00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:31.679 dominated them. In fact, Leeds had another goal 00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:33.659 dubiously ruled out. It could have been 4 -0. 00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:37.199 Damn. And they had a few really big chances as 00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:43.000 well. So, yeah. Another game, I guess it would 00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:45.940 be fun to watch. Just seeing one team getting 00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:49.699 dunked on. It's pretty funny. But another type 00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:52.800 of game that I'm not so keen on, where it's so 00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:56.059 open, it's one team just dunking on the other 00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:59.880 team. What you want is a good game where both 00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:02.119 teams are attacking each other and really going 00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:05.280 for it. That's my ideal game that I like to watch. 00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:08.360 you know, to each their own... A very back and 00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:11.000 forth. I'm sure a Leeds fan would be like, no, 00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:14.579 I want every game to end up Leeds 3, the other 00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:18.300 team, no. I'm sure. But, yeah, any thoughts about 00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:21.639 Leeds versus Norwich? I can't say that I've watched 00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:25.139 Leeds at all this season. Not at all? Not at 00:41:25.139 --> 00:41:29.139 all. Wow. That's... We've been chatting about 00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:33.099 them recently and we've been chatting about Daniel 00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:36.809 Farker. Sorry to repeat this to the listeners, 00:41:36.909 --> 00:41:40.010 but I'm happy to go over it again. Daniel Farker, 00:41:40.070 --> 00:41:43.889 when he was at Norwich, was extremely open at 00:41:43.889 --> 00:41:48.409 the back. And Norwich went down, I think, conceding 00:41:48.409 --> 00:41:51.769 a record number of goals. I'm not sure. Don't 00:41:51.769 --> 00:41:54.809 quote me on that. But I just honestly remember 00:41:54.809 --> 00:41:57.050 that Norwich team being so bad. They would lose 00:41:57.050 --> 00:41:59.050 every week. But the thing is, they were good 00:41:59.050 --> 00:42:02.570 at attack. So they would lose like 3 -1, 2 -1. 00:42:03.230 --> 00:42:05.550 4 -1 you know whatever they would always concede 00:42:05.550 --> 00:42:08.269 but they would always score so i know he's a 00:42:08.269 --> 00:42:11.670 good attacking coach now at leeds they've been 00:42:11.670 --> 00:42:15.150 conceding a lot less recently yeah and i wondered 00:42:15.150 --> 00:42:17.889 why that was and the conclusion we've kind of 00:42:17.889 --> 00:42:20.469 come to is that it's partly because he's playing 00:42:20.469 --> 00:42:25.260 a back three which makes them tighter at the 00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:27.940 back because there's an extra man. So if you 00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:30.099 get beaten, there's an extra man always covering 00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:33.719 the space. So it makes it much easier to defend. 00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:36.860 But that's only part of the tale because clearly 00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:40.079 he's improved his tactics because there's managers 00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:41.980 who play a three at the back who are hopeless, 00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:46.199 right? I don't know if you want to mention anyone. 00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:50.309 No, I'm okay. Okay. Anyway, so Daniel Falker 00:42:50.309 --> 00:42:53.309 has clearly improved. He's clearly seen the error 00:42:53.309 --> 00:42:58.929 of his ways and, you know, found ways to combat 00:42:58.929 --> 00:43:02.929 his previous weaknesses. And in that, Leeds looked 00:43:02.929 --> 00:43:05.050 like they're actually going to stay up. They're 00:43:05.050 --> 00:43:09.110 two points off, not relegation, but two points 00:43:09.110 --> 00:43:12.230 off their closest rivals. So they're not out 00:43:12.230 --> 00:43:15.170 of the woods, but based on how they're playing, 00:43:15.329 --> 00:43:18.929 it seems as if though... they would go further 00:43:18.929 --> 00:43:24.469 than Spurs, Nottingham Forest, West Ham. Those 00:43:24.469 --> 00:43:29.050 are the three they're in competition with. So 00:43:29.050 --> 00:43:31.869 yeah, anything else you want to say? Yeah, no, 00:43:31.929 --> 00:43:34.389 I'm good. I just want to wrap that up by saying 00:43:34.389 --> 00:43:37.789 Daniel Farker, take my hat off to you for being 00:43:37.789 --> 00:43:40.530 an open coach that can, what's the word, learn 00:43:40.530 --> 00:43:43.429 instead of being closed -minded like certain 00:43:43.429 --> 00:43:47.019 people. So thank you for listening. 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