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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 good. I'm good. I'm

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just super fatigued. Like I've been doing a lot

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of socializing this week. So super tired, but

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I'm okay. I'm good. I'm ready for the episode.

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How's everything on your end? So last night was

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Oscar night and I have opinions. But this is

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not the correct avenue to address my gripes.

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All I'll say is that, with the exception of Jesse

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Buckley, the acting awards were a disgrace. Michael

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B., Sean Penn, and Amy Madigan are the worst

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group of winners in years. So, did you see the

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Oscars? I don't care about the Oscars. Alright.

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I'm curious to hear your viewpoint on the Oscars.

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No, it's just a very milquetoast opinion, so

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let's not go through it. This is a football podcast,

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so... We should stick to football. But just know

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I'm not happy. That's all I wanted to... Who

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did you want to win the Best Actor award? Oh,

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Chalamet. He was phenomenal in March Supreme.

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I heard they did... He said something or something.

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He said something like, I don't want cinema to

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go the way of ballet and dancing or something

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like that. And then the implication is that those

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are dying genres. And then he said, oh no i've

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just lost 46 uh 43 cents worth of viewing uh

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numbers now after he said that so what what okay

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what does that mean though he was just being

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rude to ballet dancers and uh you know why did

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the what the academy or whatever they called

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why did they take it so personal so that's not

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the case uh voting was already done uh after

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oh when he made those comments so I can see how

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in the future people will look back and say those

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comments are what cost him. He was snubbed because

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of those comments, but that's just not the case

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at all. People just connected with Michael Bieb

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more so in Sinners than Marty Supreme. But to

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each their own. I disagree, but I've disagreed

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with a lot of awards over the years. Like I said,

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it's a disgrace, but the Oscars in general are

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a disgrace. Amarim could have got one. I mean,

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if he had finished the season. Yes, that's how

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easy it is to get one. Ruben Amarim, very big

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crook. A great actor. He got the biggest job

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in England. Incredible stuff. So let's start

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with West Ham 1, Man City 1. City made three

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changes to the team that lost 3 -0 to Real Madrid,

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with Ait Nouri in for Doku and a positional change

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for Nico O 'Reilly. Mateus Nunes in for Ruben

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Diaz, with Kushanov moving to centre -back, and

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Mamouch in for Savio. Pep also changed formation

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from a 4 -2 -3 -1 to a 4 -1 -3 -2. So I didn't

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watch the Real Madrid match, so I can't say what

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changed exactly, but I can only speak about this

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match. Yeah, I mean, I guess the threat from

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West Ham was never going to be the same against

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Real Madrid. So West Ham made four changes to

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the team that beat Brentford in the FA Cup. Nuno

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also changed shape from a 4 -2 -3 -1 to a 3 -4

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-1 -2. So West Ham were perfectly set up to sit

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deep and counter. And the sit deep portion of

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this plan worked extremely well because it was

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early dominance from City. Which, for context,

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West Ham only had 5 completed passes by the 12th

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minute, and City had over 100. But, uh... I mean,

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the game hardly fell out of that pattern, I mean...

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Yes, well, I'll get to it now, but City just

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had no threat. Not even half chances. Now, like

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I said, this was partly because of West Ham sitting

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deep and covering the space as well, but City

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were just poor at creating. Semenya was playing

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in the 10, which is not his strong suit, and

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Mahmoud did very little as well. Yeah, I guess

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Pip was just hoping. It seemed like they were

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hoping to create a chaotic game and then profit

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in the margins. But I guess West Ham kept their

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discipline a bit. Well, to me, it's quite obvious.

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And obviously, we're talking hindsight. So take

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that with a grain of salt. But I thought this

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is the perfect game for Doku and Cherki. Because

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you're playing against a deep block. So they're

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the two most creative players that you have.

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I understand Doku is not the best at the final

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ball, but he can actually beat a man. Yeah, and

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he can create something. So Doku and Chucky are

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the obvious players to be playing in a match

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like this. More so than a Madrid game, which

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I assume he didn't start them because of the...

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I think he probably assumed they'd have enough

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to win. Yeah, that's true as well. I mean, you

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can understand his viewpoint. you don't like

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i don't think it's an excuse because every game

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in the premier league is should be taken seriously

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any any game as long as you're competing for

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something i guess but i think i would understand

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his viewpoint in the sense that they they did

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do enough to win the game as well it was like

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uh hermanson also had a blinder which was uh

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i don't think i think in like you said it's a

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hindsight thing it could have worked the other

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way and then everyone says okay if they have

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a full team for real madrid it worked in our

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favor you know but i do think in the end it was

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a hefty price to pay because i think this is

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probably the weekend where psychologically it's

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it's right in in our group now you know bernardo

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chips the keeper from the left wing it actually

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looks to be a cross that went wrong or right

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if you were city fan interpretation yeah i miss

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it cross but uh it looked like a world -class

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goal on first viewing so it was neither the system

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nor individual brilliance that led to the goal

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it was a mistake that got that you know they

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got lucky with so very frustrating from city

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and if you're supporting city which i was i mean

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i guess as a city fan they would probably be

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thinking like especially after Arsenal had won

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that there's a lot resting on this game so I

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think it's hard like hindsight is always easier

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to go with you know it's easy to say you could

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have done this you could have done that but I

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think at the same time it could have worked they

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did enough to win the game so it's hard to criticize

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Pep's approach in terms of I think they could

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have and should have won the game. It's not like

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from a coaching perspective. I wouldn't say he

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gave them the best chance of winning the game,

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but I'd say he gave them a better chance than

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West Ham. And thinking of Real Madrid, I guess,

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was probably his main priority in the team selection.

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So West Ham immediately responded with a headed

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goal from Mavropanos. Donnarumma misses the ball

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completely. Very poor from him. And I actually

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haven't been impressed with him in recent weeks.

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I mean, there's just an ex -Osno player probably

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gifting us the title. Donnarumma... So his whole

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thing is that he's not good with his feet. So

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he needs to make up for it with exceptional saving

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and collecting of crosses. And the fact is he's

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not making up for his lack of ball playing with...

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you know other portions of his game right now

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in fact it's making it worse yeah i mean it's

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like kind of the i guess the same problem man

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united had a few seasons ago when the hair started

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to fall out of form and then his distribution

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didn't really leave them much you know but i

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just think okay not i have no idea right but

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i'm led to believe that trafford is really good

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with his feet The times I've watched him is,

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but I think with any goalkeeper that has to develop

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the understanding of how to use their passing

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range, I guess they're going to make a lot of

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mistakes. Maybe Man City are just in the moment

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where they need someone who guarantees you something.

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Maybe that's what they thought. I don't think

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it worked out, but I guess basing it off of last

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season, you could see that perhaps they thought

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Donnarumma was going to have a type of season

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where he could win them the Champions League.

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Now, the same pattern continues till roughly

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the 60th minute when Doku and Chirky come on

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and they start to make a difference. So, I was

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being kind of facetious when I said it was in

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hindsight because during the match as well, I

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saw the difference that they made. City looked

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far more dangerous and started to get some half

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chances. Unfortunately for them, no one was clinical

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enough to turn one of those half chances into

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a goal. Yeah, I mean, I think once again, you

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can probably see a bit of... holland like the

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the problem we've said with holland when the

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team is not playing well you know does he have

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the or not just that it's when the spaces are

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tiny he doesn't uh he's not good enough or nimble

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enough to negotiate those uh situations but i

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still think he had like at least two chances

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where he would have taken at the start of the

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season so It's still like, I don't think Haaland

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has ever been the player who thrives in tight

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spaces, but I think he's always been the type

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of player that he will get two chances a game,

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and he usually takes them. I agree with that,

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yeah. I think with that dynamic going out, it's

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hard to see what he offers. Maybe place Semenyo

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up front, drop him for a bit. It makes more sense

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right now to, like you said, get... Or Mamouch

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up front and put Semenyo in the wing. I just

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don't understand this, put Semenyo here, put

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Semenyo there, when... He's just a winger. Let

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him play on the wing. Yeah, but I think he can

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play. He's played it under Ariel at false nine

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quite a few times. Just because you can doesn't

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mean... I think that was when he went through

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his brightest scoring spell, he was playing through

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the center. Well, that's kind of obvious that

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if you're in the center, you want to be the focal.

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I think he's the best finisher if Haaland is

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not finishing. So it makes sense for the chances

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to... I mean, you're going to get the creation

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from Doku, maybe, and definitely from Ferky.

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So I think... It makes sense to let the chances

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fall to him if Haaland's not taking them, you

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know. Okay, we're just going to have to disagree

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about Simeon Foltz 9. I just think him on the

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wing, him on the left wing, Chucky on the right

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wing, that would be the, you know, preferred

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or the strongest 11. I don't think he offers

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much in terms of dribbling or creativity, so

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I would rather have him where he has less of

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that to do. Okay. Is the title race done? In

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my opinion... Yes, but I've said for the longest

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time I thought we'd win it comfortably. In like

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November, you were already doing victory laps.

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I've always felt, I think, and it's not like

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I was just saying it as an Arsenal fan, I just

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felt we were the only team that was complete.

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in the premier league this season well i said

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okay well coming into the season i thought you

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guys would beat us for the first month or two

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but once the season settled in i was pretty sure

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you're gonna win it comfortably okay so this

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predates the podcast but i thought arsenal won

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quote unquote won the transfer window because

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they replaced every single not replaced not even

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replaced but they upgraded every position that

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they needed to and got backups for the positions

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that they already had so they and the most important

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thing was getting a striker which your career

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is you can argue about your career's quality

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but They needed a striker and they bought a striker.

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And I mean, he has got like some decisive goals.

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I think his consistency is an argument at this

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point, but you can't argue about the decisiveness

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of the goals he's got, you know. So yeah, I think

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it's hard to criticize. And we'll talk about

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Arsenal later, of course. But I think, yeah,

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maybe that's the thing. I'd say, obviously, there's

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no comparison between him and Haaland. But I

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think... In the margins this season, the decisiveness

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of Haaland's goals haven't been the same as last

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season or in the treble winning season. Well,

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Haaland is a stat padder. He's not known for

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scoring in the big games and being a decider

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of the big games, I don't think. In my mind,

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I should say. I would say, but I'd say he's still

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got like, he scored against us, a hat -trick

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or a brace. I think he scored against you guys,

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scored against Man United. So I think it's more

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the absolute biggest games, which you could level

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that. I guess critique at a lot of players that

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have even retired and would be still considered

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some of the game's best players so I think being

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part of a team that wins is more important and

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if he can be the I guess the the shining light

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in that team over the course of the season I

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think every game matters as much as as the next

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game it's why people could say oh okay you have

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a player who's an exceptional big game player

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but unless they have a player or players around

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him who are consistent in every game. They'll

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just be a big game player, you know. That's the

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perfect bridge to talk about. Liverpool won,

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Spurs won. And that player, his name is Sabotslai,

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who plays out of his skin every week only to

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be let down by his team. Time and time again.

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Very poor. Now, I didn't even make proper notes

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for this match. It's just a lot of capital letters

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and me screaming while I was typing this. Yeah,

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I mean, I don't know. For me, like I said, this

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season, he's been probably... I think him and

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Declan Rice have bridled a gap between themselves

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and the rest of the midfielders in the league

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this season. In my opinion, at least. I think

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they're comfortably the two best midfielders

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in the league right now. But he's definitely

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being let down by your system, you know. And

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the fact that he's being played at right back.

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Sure. Now, a few weeks ago, I said... Our starting

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winger should be Rio on the left, Frimpong on

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the right. Now, I said that with the understanding

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that Joe Gomez would be the right back. Sabotslai

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playing at right back, he's just not defensively

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aware enough. And that's not his fault. Sabotslai

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is a midfielder. How can you play a midfielder

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out of position and then blame him for not having

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the qualities needed for that? particular position

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I mean I guess it's like one of those things

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where I remember Wenger did the same thing where

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he played someone out of I don't remember who

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it was he played a player out of possession they

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played decently and then he he continued to play

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them there for almost the whole season and then

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they started letting us down I think it was Kokelein

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I think he played Kokelein at right back and

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Not that he was a good midfielder either, but

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at right back he was worse. Now, sometimes it

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can work, playing a player out of position, and

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they actually adapt and they prefer that position

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later. Philipp Lahm? That could be, but there's

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other players that they just look so bad because

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you've misprofiled them, and they have one or

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two qualities that could suit a position, but

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just because somebody can play a position doesn't

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mean they should, which is what I was trying

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to say about Semenyo as well. I think just put

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players in their best positions and let them,

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you know, cook, you know? Yeah, I mean, I just

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think Semenyo's best position is through the

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center. I just think that's a fact. All right,

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we're getting back to the Semenyo thing. Let's

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just leave it in the, you know, we can agree

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to disagree on that, right? I was just very frustrated

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with arresting Ekotika and Salah, but refusing

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to arrest a midfielder that is completely exhausted.

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I made the same point last week that he refuses

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to rotate. Trainy only got 10 minutes again.

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I mean, generally the balance was terrible, you

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know, from you guys. Because I think also you

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have to bear in mind that at this point you guys

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are playing probably the worst team maybe in

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the top three leagues in terms of form right

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now in Europe. I sent my brother a message saying,

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we're playing the worst team in the league tomorrow.

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But you know who actually played the worst team

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in the league? Spurs. Spurs drew with the worst

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team in the league, and Spurs should be embarrassed

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that they got that result. They got held to a

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draw at Anfield. Yes. That Wirtz, absolutely

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poor again. You could maybe say that it's because

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he's coming back from injury, but just cowardly.

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If I can say that. Because there's so many times

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when he could have just taken a shot or taken

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initiative, but instead he passed it off to somebody

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else. I mean, the sad thing, I think, if you're

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a Tottenham fan, like you said, is that you guys

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played a horrible game and still were the better

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team. So I really struggle to see Tottenham staying

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up right now, especially because they have the

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hardest fixture list of all three teams. I see

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Nottingham Forest playing better. Another gripe

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I have. Playing Joe Gomez at centre -back. Now,

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I know on paper he's a centre -back, but he's

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had his best games at right -back. And, in fact,

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in the League Cup, he had a stinker against Southampton

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at centre -back. So, you know, if we're basing

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it on past performance, he should not be starting

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at... center back for us not at all um why not

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give a youth player a shot and play gomez at

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right back to kind of the youth center back or

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the backup center half because i remember earlier

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in the when we first started you were saying

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that we have a center half crisis on one of the

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earlier episodes oh no it was a right back sorry

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where you said we've had several crises but i

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got it confused so it was no uh leone our backup

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center back got injured uh out for the season

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Gomez. He played really well in the game and

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got injured in the second half. One game. In

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that one game, I was like, wow, this guy looks

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good. And then... He gets injured in the same

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game. Yeah. Very disappointing time for us. Yeah.

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So, I mean, right now, I think, are you at the

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point where you would rather not make the Champions

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League so that slot gets sacked, but then that's

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a season in the Europa League, so... Do you think

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they'll still sack him even if he finishes fourth?

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I'm not one of those people who wishes bad on

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the club or who says, we need to lose so that

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this can happen. It's both true that... Oh, I've

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mentioned on this podcast that I want a slot

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sack now. Even though the quote -unquote... Right

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thing to do. The right thing would be to wait

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until the summer where more coaches will be available.

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The World Cup coaches will... For example, Thomas

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Tuchel, who I'm just such a big fan of, would

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be available. I've brought up this point before,

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but Lampard said that he didn't have a top -four

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quality Chelsea team. And then Tuchel took that

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same team and won the Champions League. So this

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idea that a replacement mid -season can't do

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a better job or that kind of thing is just ridiculous

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to me. I mean, I guess it's just a thing of maybe

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if... The manager they do want, like you said,

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is currently employed. Maybe they're waiting

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for the... Yeah. But even then, don't you think

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an interim could do better than slot? Because

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it's not just the football that's dire. It's

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the... The emotion. The feeling around the stadium

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is like... Steven Gerrard on a six -month...

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Why not? Because the fans actually booed at the

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end of the Spurs game, which we're not that quote

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-unquote type of club. we very rarely boo the

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players or the manager even in bad times because

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we're quote unquote classy and uh we're always

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behind the team and we're kind of in comparison

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to everton who constantly boo uh their manager

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and players uh everything think they're real

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madrid i guess well every team should think that

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they're all madrid you know and like i mean there's

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different culture culture in different clubs

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i think for example i think you guys the motivating

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factor works that's also more intimidating for

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other teams because it's when you go to Anfield

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on a Champions League night you could be dominating

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Liverpool but the crowd is not going away they're

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not stopping you know now it's interesting you

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bring that up because I read a stat this week

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not how not sure how true it is and my memory

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is failing me but apparently we haven't won a

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home fixture in the Champions League since Barcelona

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in 2019 I tried to think about it and I cannot

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remember The specifics, but that seems about

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right to me. Since 2019? Yeah. That's crazy.

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Did you guys beat Real Madrid this season at

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Anfield? Not a knockout game. Oh, a knockout

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game. Okay, yeah, that makes sense. If we're

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talking about group stage games, we've won at

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Anfield. Oh, a knockout game. In a knockout game,

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we've always drawn at Anfield and beaten them

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away or something like that. But we haven't won

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since Barcelona 2019. Oh, okay. I didn't know

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that. You know how ridiculous that is. That's

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crazy because of the folklore around Anfield.

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The Anfield factor has been non -existent for

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years now. I wouldn't say that, though. Like,

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it's happened in league games, but not like,

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you know, what it's built up to be versus what

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it has been. But I think maybe the continental

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teams deal with the pressure better. A team from

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La Liga or Germany, for example. wouldn't be

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as intimidated going to Anfield because it's

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the common sort of atmosphere there, especially

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if you go to the south of Spain or Germany. It's

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like throughout the whole country. France, the

00:20:53.789 --> 00:20:56.950
same thing. So I think in England there's only

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one atmosphere like that. So it's very intimidating

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for, let's just say, Arsenal. I think we've,

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even in the, let's say, three of the last four

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seasons, we've been better than you guys but

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still struggled at Anfield. I agree with that.

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But yeah, I'm just talking about knockout football.

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We've lost our mojo. A lot of people blame tourist

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fans who they just, from whatever country, come

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in to watch the game. It's not a xenophobic thing.

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It's more that... They didn't grow up. No, no,

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:31.880
no, no, no, no. It has nothing to do with them.

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They're saying the owners have priced out the

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local people. So the only people who can afford

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tickets are people coming from other countries,

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you know. Yeah, I agree with it in that sense.

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You should have a balance because I do think

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the international fans, they're also the ones

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who grew the game. Yeah, that's what makes you

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a super club, having these international fans.

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But making it so that locals can't... attend

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games because it's the locals who make that special

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:03.539
landfill factor. But I guess that would be the

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:06.640
same as at all the top clubs because I think

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:08.579
you guys have the cheapest ticket prices from

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the top six. Well, whatever the case is, we're

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still overcharging local fans because that's

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all we hear on Liverpool forums. We're even worse.

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:20.460
Arsenal are apparently the highest. In Europe,

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:22.640
yeah, I think. But to be fair, you have a much

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:26.339
better stadium than most places. So the... What's

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:29.660
the word? The infrastructure is better, so they

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are able to charge a premium. I wonder, Tottenham

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has the best stadium in the country, but they're

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going to go down? how would that how would that

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pan out yes and by the way no hard feelings to

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Spurs Spurs came and did what they were supposed

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to do we were exceptionally poor yeah I mean

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like one thing I think I've generally always

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given slot credit for throughout the season is

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that he's always tried to pick a balanced team

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even for better or worse even if his setup is

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:02.619
wrong I think he's always sought balance but

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like the game against Galatasaray which I watched

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and this game It just seemed like he's also lost

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:11.279
the balance, which then you're starting to think,

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what does he offer? What can he improve on next

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:15.240
season? Let's just say he gets the signings right,

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which technically he did get this season. You've

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:20.079
got the, who most people last season would have

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considered the best player in the Premier League

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for me and Isak. Maybe some people would have

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said Haaland, but I think at the end of last

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season, everyone was talking about Isak as the

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:30.559
most complete attacker in the Premier League.

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And he's had injuries or whatever, but I don't

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think Slot has found a way to bring him into

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:39.289
the team. I think Eketike developing faster than

00:23:39.289 --> 00:23:41.450
people have expected at the start of the season

00:23:41.450 --> 00:23:44.569
covered up a lot of problems for you guys. But

00:23:44.569 --> 00:23:48.049
once the balance is gone now, it seems like he's

00:23:48.049 --> 00:23:50.349
making erratic decisions even from a coaching

00:23:50.349 --> 00:23:53.589
perspective and just hoping they pay off. So

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speaking of which, we barely talked about play

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because this is not the game. There's not a game

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:03.599
for that. This is the game for me to just be

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:08.119
upset and vent. I just thought everybody's kind

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:11.420
of forcing the ball to Rio, which, be clear,

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:13.920
it's fine if he's a cog in the machine and you're

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:16.240
passing to him because he's in the best position

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:19.700
to make use of the ball. But if you're forcing

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:22.099
the ball to him every time, even if he's not

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:25.740
in the best position, that's wrong. But it also

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:28.039
shows a bit of immaturity from the team because

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it feels like... You're expecting the kid to

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:35.119
bail them out. Exactly. I know the fans have

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:38.079
been calling for Rio to play more, but the fans

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:40.839
haven't called for him to be the focal point.

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The linchpin, yeah. I think people are still

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:44.599
expecting that of Wurz. I know we were talking

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:48.079
off -camera, you were completely dismayed by

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:50.160
Wurz's performance, let's say. I was going to

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:52.640
use stronger language. No, I swear we just talked

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:55.619
about it now on the pod. Oh, yeah. No, I think

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:57.500
you just mentioned that he was atrocious, but

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I think when we were coming here, you were talking

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:03.019
about, oh, this is now the Wurz of the start

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:07.460
of the season. Well, he was very poor. It reminded

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:09.660
me of Morgan Gibbs -White, who's a player I don't

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:12.019
like. I know you rate him a lot. I rate him a

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:15.519
lot, yeah. For me, both Morgan Gibbs -White and

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:18.859
now Wurz, they're just kind of looking busy about

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:21.960
the pitch without doing much. They have a nice

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:26.859
flick here and there. will play one good ball

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:29.759
here and there, but for most of the time, they're

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:31.680
not doing much on the pitch, not pressing well,

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:37.579
not doing off -the -ball stuff. I think I rate

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:40.700
Morgan Gibbs -White based on the fact that I

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:42.700
think he's also been mismanaged his whole career.

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Where do you think he should be playing? Both

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position -wise and club -wise. Club -wise, I

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:54.200
think... any one of the top teams he could fit

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:57.779
into. I would say he suits us most because I

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:59.460
would like him as an older guard replacement.

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:01.700
I think he has all the fundamentals. He leads

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:03.960
the press well. I think he's just been playing

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:07.460
his whole career in a low block where he's been

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:09.779
the main player every time. I don't think he's

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:11.359
meant to be the main player. I think if he goes

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:14.400
to a team where he's not expected to do everything

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:17.140
and he can focus on what he's good at, I don't

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:19.460
see many better profiles as an eight for me.

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:22.119
All right. Especially as a deep -lying eight.

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:24.579
And if he can free Declan Rice going up, because

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:26.400
I've been very impressed with Declan Rice carrying

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:28.980
the ball, I'd like him to carry it closer to

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:31.619
the opposition half. I would think he would suit

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:35.119
Arsenal, perhaps Chelsea as well. All right,

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:37.220
we're just going to have to disagree. Same about

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:40.089
Semenya Gibbs -White. You and I will have to

00:26:40.089 --> 00:26:42.410
defer on that. The next point I wanted to say

00:26:42.410 --> 00:26:44.630
is that, getting back to the Liverpool game,

00:26:44.809 --> 00:26:48.049
is we're constantly conceding after the 90th

00:26:48.049 --> 00:26:50.529
minute. And this has become a pattern. If it

00:26:50.529 --> 00:26:53.130
happens once or twice, fair enough. But it could

00:26:53.130 --> 00:26:57.210
be concentration. That could be one thing. But

00:26:57.210 --> 00:26:59.250
the thing that everyone is talking about is conditioning.

00:27:00.430 --> 00:27:03.269
So Alex Oxlade -Chamberlain said Klopp's training

00:27:03.269 --> 00:27:05.690
was so hectic that when they actually got to

00:27:05.690 --> 00:27:08.180
games, the games were much easier then. their

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:12.279
training yeah so slots training sessions must

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:15.859
be far less intense and far less uh demanding

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:20.200
i think uh saka said the same thing about uh

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:22.700
arsenal's training sessions that the games are

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:24.559
a bit easier because they're less intense as

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:28.039
well so yeah that in my mind that's how it should

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:30.059
be that's what a top coach does to differentiate

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:34.220
from you know like a top four club from the pack

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:37.559
yeah a top four club to a champions uh challenging

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:41.339
team that's the one of many things you can do

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:45.299
to differentiate yourself i think and uh so with

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:47.460
all that being said do you think you guys have

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:51.559
like a squad that i mean obviously now i think

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:53.519
it's evident arsenal have the best squad in the

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:56.119
league but do you think you guys should be above

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:59.140
man city if everything is managed correctly or

00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:02.180
let's just say I think coming into the season

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:05.240
they added Semenyo and Kwehi you guys were going

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:08.740
to get Kwehi so like my thing is do you think

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:10.880
how much do you think you guys have underperformed

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:12.720
or where do you think you guys should be do you

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:15.720
want to go position by position or no not position

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:18.660
just you can do it you can speak okay so goalkeeper

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:21.079
I think we're totally fine in fact we're extending

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:24.720
Allison's contract or there was an option to

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:28.539
extend and we exercise that option now i i'm

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:30.440
totally in love with allison one of our best

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:33.400
players very rarely lets us down if ever the

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:35.759
best goalkeeper in in the league's history for

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:38.259
me the league's history wow that's a big one

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:41.420
but that's a big one i don't i don't uh i watch

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:44.720
peter trick at arsenal was uh but that's towards

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:47.240
the end of his career like yeah i assume people

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:49.420
are comparing prime to prime i didn't watch him

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:53.029
week to week at chelsea like uh I was still a

00:28:53.029 --> 00:28:54.910
kid at that time, so I wouldn't have even understood

00:28:54.910 --> 00:28:58.150
the fundamentals. But from everyone I've seen,

00:28:58.230 --> 00:29:00.690
I think Allison's comfortably the best. All right,

00:29:00.730 --> 00:29:03.829
right back, we're in big trouble. Connor Bradley's

00:29:03.829 --> 00:29:07.319
just not good enough. Frimpong. He's never played

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:09.839
at right back. Slott just refuses to play him

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:12.839
there. Gomez is all right there, but we shouldn't

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:15.380
be relying on him because going forward, he's

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:17.500
not the best. So what's like playing right back?

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:21.019
Again, I've made my thoughts clear. He has some

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:24.180
good defensive instincts, but overall, he's just

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:27.039
not a defender. So we can't blame him for defensive

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:30.980
lapses and like that kind of thing. Center backs,

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:33.759
we've bought Leone and we've bought Jeremy Jacquet

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:37.619
now. Apparently, Konate is off and Van Dijk is

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:40.119
one year older. Gomez is just not good enough

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:42.859
to play center back. So we need, we've bought

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:46.640
like four youth center backs. So I'm assuming

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:50.200
one of them is going to make the jump up to cover

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:52.859
for that. But I still think we need one more

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:54.640
center back. So a right back and a center back.

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:58.019
Left back, Kirk is, I think he's a good player.

00:29:58.099 --> 00:30:01.549
He just needs to... Imagine buying the most attacking

00:30:01.549 --> 00:30:03.950
left back in the league and then playing him

00:30:03.950 --> 00:30:08.869
defensively. It boggles the mind why you would

00:30:08.869 --> 00:30:10.970
do something like that, but that's the honest

00:30:10.970 --> 00:30:15.609
lot way. So far. Robertson has been poor, except

00:30:15.609 --> 00:30:19.690
the match against Wolves last week. He had a

00:30:19.690 --> 00:30:21.829
really poor game against Spurs this week, but

00:30:21.829 --> 00:30:24.569
he's not even in the top five of culprits, so

00:30:24.569 --> 00:30:26.920
that's why I'm not talking about him. Kostas

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:29.619
Simikas is a good enough replacement we can sell

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:32.420
Robertson. Left -back is fine. In midfield, we

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:35.079
need a Gravenberg replacement. Not replacement,

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:39.339
backup. And in fact, I would say Gravenberg can

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:41.839
be released to play eight and he would do not

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:44.779
much better, but he would still put up a very

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:48.640
good performance. So a specialised six or a backup

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:52.339
to Gravenberg, either or. Midfield, Sabotsai,

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:56.130
McAllister, Jones, that's a good mixture. like

00:30:56.130 --> 00:30:59.009
verts also plays there so we got four decent

00:30:59.009 --> 00:31:01.569
uh midfielders i don't think that's the issue

00:31:01.569 --> 00:31:04.230
gagpo is the biggest problem in the squad not

00:31:04.230 --> 00:31:06.170
because he's a bad player like i said he's a

00:31:06.170 --> 00:31:09.029
six out of ten player but uh you'd prefer to

00:31:09.029 --> 00:31:12.470
have him as a backup perhaps or no you don't

00:31:12.470 --> 00:31:15.250
think he offers much impact either he's he has

00:31:15.250 --> 00:31:18.369
one move and people have just found it out so

00:31:18.369 --> 00:31:21.640
what can we do now yeah I mean, I agree. I think

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:24.220
he's too one -dimensional. He has no dribbling

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:26.839
bag, nothing. He'll never take on a man, which

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:29.579
is very disheartening, especially because when

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:33.200
he's in space, if he took on a man, he would,

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:36.400
you know, lead to more goals, in my opinion.

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:38.839
I think... That's why people are crying out for

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:42.119
N 'Gomoa. Sorry, carry on. No, I think this Man

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:45.740
City in the future, I think they might have similar

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:49.059
problems with Semenya, who we were speaking about,

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:52.069
because I think... You really don't like Semenya.

00:31:52.250 --> 00:31:55.250
I rate him very highly, but I just think that...

00:31:55.250 --> 00:31:58.210
Because I remember when we did the transfer window

00:31:58.210 --> 00:32:01.170
episode, you were saying the unpopular opinion

00:32:01.170 --> 00:32:04.329
is that, or your unpopular opinion is that Semenya

00:32:04.329 --> 00:32:07.049
is not a good signing for... For Man City specifically.

00:32:07.470 --> 00:32:09.509
Yeah. Yeah, I think he could have been good at

00:32:09.509 --> 00:32:11.890
another club. I just... I don't see... Like,

00:32:11.910 --> 00:32:15.000
I think Manchester City... Like, Haaland is their

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:16.859
golden boy right now. I don't see them letting

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:19.259
him go. I don't see another, like, Barcelona

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:21.660
or Real Madrid really wanting him, which would

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:24.299
be the two clubs he could go to, or PSG. So I

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:26.599
think they would both need the system built around

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:28.359
them. So it's like, who would Manchester City

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:30.259
go with? The player who's already a club legend

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:32.759
or someone who still has to prove himself? I

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:35.759
still think Simeone has a very high ceiling as

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:37.440
a player, but I think he needs to go somewhere

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:39.420
where he's going to be the main player. All right.

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:42.119
At forward, we have both Ekatike and Isaac. I

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:47.269
think they are good. a decent striker line. At

00:32:47.269 --> 00:32:50.789
right wing, we have Frimpong. But then long term

00:32:50.789 --> 00:32:53.230
with that, I don't think either of them are going

00:32:53.230 --> 00:32:55.029
to accept sitting on the bench. So what's the

00:32:55.029 --> 00:32:57.490
solution there? My thought was a positional change

00:32:57.490 --> 00:33:00.210
to make use of both of them. And then we, instead

00:33:00.210 --> 00:33:02.210
of buying another winger, we buy another striker.

00:33:02.890 --> 00:33:04.890
Because at the moment, wingers are at a premium

00:33:04.890 --> 00:33:07.470
and there's some good strikers out there in my

00:33:07.470 --> 00:33:11.339
mind. So not, I guess 4 -4 -2. you know whatever

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:14.059
the new manager simeon is going back to a 442

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:16.839
seems to be working for him so far so whatever

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:19.980
the new manager wants to do we'll we'll see but

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:22.640
to me making the best use out of the squad is

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:26.779
playing with two strikers so right back center

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:30.420
back left wing those are problem positions and

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:33.079
a backup for cdm aside from that i think we're

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:36.019
good okay so you guys you think you guys should

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:38.559
be second no i think we should win the league

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:41.650
no i'm saying based on How everything has panned

00:33:41.650 --> 00:33:43.789
out this season on the squad debut. Oh, no, no.

00:33:43.869 --> 00:33:46.029
We should be like sixth or seventh. You think

00:33:46.029 --> 00:33:47.349
you have the sixth best squad in the league?

00:33:47.349 --> 00:33:49.710
No, not squad -wise. I'm saying the squad has

00:33:49.710 --> 00:33:51.829
been mismanaged to the point where we should

00:33:51.829 --> 00:33:55.650
be sixth or seventh. Fair enough. I think you

00:33:55.650 --> 00:34:00.130
guys have probably the best. in my opinion the

00:34:00.130 --> 00:34:02.329
best attacking options in the league i'd just

00:34:02.329 --> 00:34:04.990
say that yeah the squad is out of balance and

00:34:04.990 --> 00:34:07.170
before i thought the system might have been like

00:34:07.170 --> 00:34:09.289
covering up and at least slot was trying to achieve

00:34:09.289 --> 00:34:11.550
some balance even if he was playing defensively

00:34:11.550 --> 00:34:14.789
but i think the last three or four games i don't

00:34:14.789 --> 00:34:18.719
see any balance so So, do you have anything else

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:20.579
to say about Liverpool? Because we haven't touched

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:23.920
Spurs at all. No, I don't. We should speak about

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:26.599
Tottenham though. Kudos to them for getting a

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:29.219
point. Richarlison especially, I thought. Aside

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:32.539
from the goal, he was also decent. Had a few

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:35.760
good chances. Caused problems for the back line.

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:39.699
The goal, Gomez gave him too much space. And

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:41.599
that's, you know, I was saying Gomez is not good

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:43.980
enough for centre -back. He's the one who left

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:46.719
all that space open for... For Richarlison to

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:49.280
run into. Yeah. Well, he wasn't running into,

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.400
he was just standing there. He was just standing

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:52.320
there, practically unmarked. Yes, that's the

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:54.539
issue. And it was a horrible pass from Vicario

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:57.619
that I think was just... Robertson didn't deal

00:34:57.619 --> 00:35:01.099
with it. Yeah. Van Dijk is kind of left stranded

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:05.579
because Robertson's poor clearance and Gomez

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:09.210
leaving the space. So, yeah, very poor. What

00:35:09.210 --> 00:35:13.010
can you do about it? I mean, I just, at least

00:35:13.010 --> 00:35:15.309
from a neutral perspective, I hope Tottenham

00:35:15.309 --> 00:35:18.949
stay up. Well, like I said, I would never want

00:35:18.949 --> 00:35:21.849
Everton to get relegated. You need somebody to

00:35:21.849 --> 00:35:25.690
dunk on. Yeah, exactly. So, I mean, I hope this

00:35:25.690 --> 00:35:27.929
point, they pick up a few more points till the

00:35:27.929 --> 00:35:30.170
end of the season enough to stay up. But I still,

00:35:30.369 --> 00:35:32.309
they're looking like the most likely. Like, I

00:35:32.309 --> 00:35:35.150
think you guys played terribly. They unlocked

00:35:35.150 --> 00:35:37.610
you guys. But the fact that you guys played terribly

00:35:37.610 --> 00:35:40.059
and still, Should have won the game comfortably

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:42.119
is just a bad sign for Tottenham. Should we have

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:44.340
won the game comfortably? Like, what really big

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:46.260
chances did we have? I wouldn't say you had,

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:48.800
like, big chances, but you had the territory,

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:51.960
like, enough where... Possession doesn't win

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:54.019
you games, bro. No, I'm not saying, like, but

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:55.599
I don't think Tottenham really offered anything

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:59.099
either. It wasn't like I saw something in Tottenham

00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:01.179
that would say, oh, okay, you guys are going

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:03.019
to stay up. Like, you guys were horribly out

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:05.840
of form and they needed, like, a... a terrible

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:09.920
individual error to level up the game. Sabasa's

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:11.900
goal, we haven't even spoke about that either.

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:14.940
I thought it wasn't the best free kick, but Vicario

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:19.760
was poor at defending it. Or not defending it,

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:22.179
at saving it. I remember Tottenham fans were

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:24.440
very happy when they got Vicario instead of Raya,

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:28.519
so I'm glad it worked out that way for us. Vicario

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:32.300
is so poor, bro. I'm not a fan of him, even in

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:35.110
the slightest. uh we need to move on now because

00:36:35.110 --> 00:36:39.030
at least like 20 minutes i'm looking at the timer

00:36:39.030 --> 00:36:42.750
yeah but uh we should not uh be dedicating 20

00:36:42.750 --> 00:36:45.250
minutes to a game anyway uh do you have anything

00:36:45.250 --> 00:36:48.010
else to say before we wrap this up i think i've

00:36:48.010 --> 00:36:51.050
spoken everything i need to okay so in the miscellaneous

00:36:51.050 --> 00:36:54.699
section now burnley nil born with no And I'd

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:56.699
like to say that this is a shock because we know

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:59.820
Bournemouth to be this crazy attack -orientated

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:02.599
team. But in recent weeks, they've drawn 0 -0

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:06.019
with West Ham, Brentford and now Burnley. The

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:08.280
last time they scored three goals was against

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:10.400
the worst team in the league, Liverpool Football

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:13.539
Club. Kudos to Burnley for the draw, but once

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:15.880
again, it's too late for them. Perhaps these

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:18.719
good results will keep Scott Parker in a job

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:21.900
when they come back to the league. Yeah, I mean,

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:25.400
he's... If only he can get teams up from the

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:28.300
championship. I wouldn't be surprised to see

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:31.380
Burnley back season after next, you know, if

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:34.579
they keep him. But with Bournemouth, I guess

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:38.000
maybe... something they could be happy about

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:39.820
is that they're keeping clean feats now. There

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:43.019
was a big criticism of Areola before. But at

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:45.119
the expense of the attack. At the expense. I

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.980
mean, yeah, I think the attacking dynamics will

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:49.320
come back. They've had a lot of injuries as well

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:52.380
from what I understand. And losing Semenyo. Yeah,

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:55.219
losing their best player as well. So I think...

00:37:55.789 --> 00:37:57.510
Irelia is doing as much as he can. I don't think

00:37:57.510 --> 00:37:59.190
he'll stay at Bournemouth beyond this season.

00:37:59.269 --> 00:38:01.750
I expect someone to take him, so we'll see. I

00:38:01.750 --> 00:38:05.050
still don't think, ultimately, I think he reminds

00:38:05.050 --> 00:38:07.070
me a bit of Unai Emery. I think he can raise

00:38:07.070 --> 00:38:09.030
a team. I don't think he can get to the absolute

00:38:09.030 --> 00:38:12.510
elite level, but we'll see. Sunderland 0, Brighton

00:38:12.510 --> 00:38:15.949
1. So again, not a shock result. Sunderland have

00:38:15.949 --> 00:38:19.349
had some really poor results recently, and Brighton

00:38:19.349 --> 00:38:21.809
have been in good form. So that being said, watching

00:38:21.809 --> 00:38:24.030
the highlights, it seemed like a very close game.

00:38:24.170 --> 00:38:26.349
And the goal was just like Bernardo's. It was

00:38:26.349 --> 00:38:30.150
a freaking incident. It wasn't anything like

00:38:30.150 --> 00:38:33.889
exceptional play or whatever. So anything else

00:38:33.889 --> 00:38:35.710
you want to say about Sunderland 0 Brighton 1?

00:38:36.030 --> 00:38:38.269
No, I'm just surprised with Sunderland dropping

00:38:38.269 --> 00:38:40.519
off a bit. But I guess it's like... It's their

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:43.760
first season in the Prem, so it's a long season

00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:47.199
for them. I still think overall they would, for

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:49.820
me, outside of Arsenal, if Arsenal, whoever wins

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:51.639
the league would be the team of the season, and

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:53.940
then I would say Sunderland would still be my

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:56.599
second team of the season based on the whole.

00:38:57.300 --> 00:39:00.760
Chelsea 0, Newcastle 1. So two teams looking

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:03.099
to bounce back after disappointment in Europe.

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:06.539
The build -up to Newcastle's goal was an almost

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:08.780
carbon copy of the goal they scored against City.

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:15.940
What did you make of Chelsea's huddle? Surrounding

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:18.019
the referee. I love that picture of the referee

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:20.219
looking at the camera like Jim from The Office.

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:26.139
It made me chuckle. Sorry, back to the game.

00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:29.400
Chelsea's left centre -back went forward while

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:31.559
the rest of the back line dropped off, leaving

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:34.920
a huge gap which Newcastle exploited. So either

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:37.119
both City and Chelsea made the same mistake,

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:39.980
or Newcastle are finding ways to disrupt the

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:42.679
back line to cause these gaps. So if that's the

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:44.900
case, then kudos to Eddie Howe for this tactical

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:49.940
innovation. What you've said from this week to

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:51.599
last week, it seems like Eddie Howe's developing

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:54.599
his defensive attributes, maybe focusing more

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:57.079
on transitional moments as opposed to getting

00:39:57.079 --> 00:40:00.239
everything off the counter press. I really like

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:02.500
Eddie Howe. I like him as a person. I like him

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:05.059
as a coach. I wish the best for him. So it's

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:08.119
a good sign. Chelsea had a bunch of half chances

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:11.019
but nothing concrete. Even in highlight form,

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:15.090
they look toothless. Cole Palmer had one sitter

00:40:15.090 --> 00:40:16.949
that he missed. That was the only chance I can

00:40:16.949 --> 00:40:18.989
recall of Chelsea having a clear -cut chance.

00:40:19.329 --> 00:40:22.369
They had a few long -range shots, that trouble

00:40:22.369 --> 00:40:25.789
-keeper, but other than that, it was very tame

00:40:25.789 --> 00:40:28.570
in my eyes. Then we can... Oh, sorry, anything

00:40:28.570 --> 00:40:31.469
else? I think Chelsea is just, you know, having

00:40:31.469 --> 00:40:33.269
one of those seasons where I guess they're just

00:40:33.269 --> 00:40:34.989
hoping to get in the Champions League and then

00:40:34.989 --> 00:40:37.929
start again from the pre -season, you know. So,

00:40:37.949 --> 00:40:42.099
Arsenal 2, Everton 0. And I predicted a 0 -0

00:40:42.099 --> 00:40:44.300
because both teams are defensive, so I thought

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:46.179
it would be difficult for both teams to score.

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:49.440
And things were going to plan until the 89th

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:52.500
minute when young Max Daumann played an excellent

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:55.260
cross, which Hinkapie hit back across the area

00:40:55.260 --> 00:40:58.019
for Jokers to finish. Max Daumann then scores

00:40:58.019 --> 00:41:00.679
the goal, which seals the win. Last week I laughed

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:03.659
when I read an Arsenal fan tweet, quote, Lamin

00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:06.239
Yamal and Max Daumann are the new Messi and Neymar.

00:41:07.509 --> 00:41:11.070
So perhaps I was wrong. I rate Max Thelman very

00:41:11.070 --> 00:41:14.590
highly from what I've seen, but I think Lamine's

00:41:14.590 --> 00:41:16.170
the best player in the world, so I don't think

00:41:16.170 --> 00:41:18.070
he's anywhere near that level yet. But we'll

00:41:18.070 --> 00:41:20.769
see. Time will tell. They said the same thing

00:41:20.769 --> 00:41:23.369
about Foden, so I don't want to get carried away

00:41:23.369 --> 00:41:25.610
on Premier League hype yet or British player

00:41:25.610 --> 00:41:29.329
hype. But I really like Max. Everything we've

00:41:29.329 --> 00:41:32.429
seen from him, he seems like he has the makings

00:41:32.429 --> 00:41:35.610
of a top -level player. hopefully like uh his

00:41:35.610 --> 00:41:37.730
development continues he gets more minutes in

00:41:37.730 --> 00:41:40.110
the team he's very exciting very direct you know

00:41:40.110 --> 00:41:43.030
the type of thing that gets like your blood pumping

00:41:43.030 --> 00:41:46.309
yeah as a fan or neutral i should say yeah and

00:41:46.309 --> 00:41:49.670
i think especially with how defensive our system

00:41:49.670 --> 00:41:52.909
is it also allows him like a lot more responsibility

00:41:52.909 --> 00:41:54.530
with it's like something you would have seen

00:41:54.530 --> 00:41:57.880
with hazard and the content is it's up to you

00:41:57.880 --> 00:42:00.480
to yeah he gives like I guess that's the the

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:02.880
one thing Oteta does like figure it out yourself

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:06.320
a bit you know so well it depends on your point

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:08.639
of view but you could be like he leaves them

00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:10.980
uncoached or you could say he gives them the

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:14.000
freedom to express themselves depending on your

00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:15.920
point I think it's like certain players like

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:18.619
I think Diamond would probably fall into like

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:20.960
the same bracket as like Saka or Odegaard where

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:23.619
he'd give them a lot of freedom so it depends

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:26.070
I think I think Saka could benefit from being

00:42:26.070 --> 00:42:28.449
more structurally managed, but I don't think

00:42:28.449 --> 00:42:30.489
Dalman's going to get those minutes yet. I think

00:42:30.489 --> 00:42:32.829
he'll play a lot till the end of the season.

00:42:32.889 --> 00:42:35.690
I expect from next season he'll probably be more

00:42:35.690 --> 00:42:38.610
a starter than this season. Who would you replace?

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:41.599
I would think Saka would move centrally like

00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:44.159
for me I would play him on the right or left

00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:46.519
wing but if Arteta is not going to play Eze on

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:48.360
the left wing I would be okay with putting Diamond

00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:50.539
on the left to start because it's still Madueke

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:53.619
Martinelli Trossard you know for either wing

00:42:53.619 --> 00:42:56.559
so I think yeah those are all good backup options

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:58.679
you know I think those should be the backups

00:42:58.679 --> 00:43:01.199
Madueke as a backup Martinelli as a backup those

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:03.360
are very good options Trossard I would still

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:06.219
think I want Havertz as the main nine so I would

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:08.679
think Havertz again Diamond's not going to be

00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:11.099
a first option next season either I don't think

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:14.159
that's another thing that would maybe for me

00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:18.420
like you know I don't see anyone being very close

00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:20.699
to Lamine right now except Pedri who's in his

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:24.239
team so I don't I wouldn't make that comparison

00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:27.559
yet because Lamine he I think he's the player

00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:31.159
in the world who has the biggest ability to make

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:33.099
something happen from nothing right now. And

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:35.719
Dalman's just done it for one game. So let's

00:43:35.719 --> 00:43:38.019
see if he does it more, you know. Okay. Crystal

00:43:38.019 --> 00:43:41.380
Palace 0, Leeds 0. So despite the scoreline,

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:45.019
it seems like a high drama match. Calvert -Lewin

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:47.800
missed a penalty. Goodmanson got a red card.

00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:50.719
And Palace had a goal ruled out. So pretty much

00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:53.719
everything you want in a game. Not everything

00:43:53.719 --> 00:43:57.340
you want in a game. But... A lot of high drama

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:59.920
moments, I should say. Yeah, entertaining. Yeah.

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:02.800
Palace don't have much to play for because they're

00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:04.760
safe in the league. So they're probably going

00:44:04.760 --> 00:44:07.920
to go all out in the Conference League to try

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:09.599
and win that. To try and get in the Europa League

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:12.179
as well, yeah. So Leeds are also probably safe,

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:14.320
but they're still within distance of relegation,

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:17.340
so they shouldn't relax, in my opinion. Yeah,

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:19.239
I mean, I think they're playing well enough,

00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:22.679
though. I think Leeds are probably the team I

00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:26.260
would be least worried about from... Leeds, Tottenham,

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:30.380
Nottingham Forest and West Ham. Are we done yet?

00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:34.559
Yeah. Man United 3, Aston Villa 1. So this is

00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:36.360
the only result of the weekend that I predicted

00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:39.019
correctly because the pattern of this game was

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:41.940
so obvious to me. United scored from a set piece,

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:45.079
a moment of Bruno magic and a late Sesco goal,

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:47.920
which that's what they've just been doing recently.

00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:53.340
I think Emery is now also a bit like slot. The

00:44:53.340 --> 00:44:55.780
balance is completely off. Aston Villa are getting

00:44:55.780 --> 00:44:58.599
played through consistently. But to be fair,

00:44:58.800 --> 00:45:01.940
the Villa board haven't backed him. Yeah, I mean,

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:03.980
you could say to an extent they haven't backed

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:07.699
him. But I guess we never really know what happens

00:45:07.699 --> 00:45:10.500
behind the scenes at clubs. Because I think he

00:45:10.500 --> 00:45:14.179
was backed to a similar degree as Arteta at Arsenal.

00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:17.159
But the recruitment wasn't anywhere near the

00:45:17.159 --> 00:45:20.900
same, you know. Aston Villa being, okay, so while

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:24.539
conceding a goal because of poor marking, I would

00:45:24.539 --> 00:45:27.260
argue that this is another poor performance masked

00:45:27.260 --> 00:45:30.239
by the scoreline. Aston Villa being even more

00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:32.519
poor and individual brilliance, especially from

00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:36.900
Bruno, has covered up this poor performance.

00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:39.840
Yeah, I mean, I think we were speaking about

00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:42.780
it, the Carrick situation over the last couple

00:45:42.780 --> 00:45:45.750
of weeks. I think... You know, is it Carrick

00:45:45.750 --> 00:45:48.050
or is it Bruno Fernandes? That's the real genius,

00:45:48.329 --> 00:45:50.789
you know, right now. Because speaking of which,

00:45:50.869 --> 00:45:52.929
he's on course to break the assist record for

00:45:52.929 --> 00:45:55.889
a single season. He has 16 assists and the record

00:45:55.889 --> 00:46:01.329
is 20. I hope he breaks it because, I mean, it's

00:46:01.329 --> 00:46:03.769
Henry's record. As an Arsenal fan, I wouldn't

00:46:03.769 --> 00:46:06.170
want him to break it. But as a human, I'd want

00:46:06.170 --> 00:46:08.630
him to get as many assists as possible. I like

00:46:08.630 --> 00:46:11.070
watching him play as well. But I also think that,

00:46:11.110 --> 00:46:15.869
you know, people have been in this position before

00:46:15.869 --> 00:46:19.030
and seem to always struggle to get the last four

00:46:19.030 --> 00:46:22.730
like uh i'm just gonna correct you a little bit

00:46:22.730 --> 00:46:25.889
it's a shared record And De Bruyne, yes. Yes,

00:46:25.909 --> 00:46:29.789
KDB and Henry, 20 assists in a season. And I

00:46:29.789 --> 00:46:32.449
really thought KDB would get like 25 that season,

00:46:32.550 --> 00:46:35.150
but that's just not how it works. And I think

00:46:35.150 --> 00:46:38.469
there was a time Ozil got to 16 in an even quicker

00:46:38.469 --> 00:46:40.690
time than De Bruyne. I mean, even quicker time

00:46:40.690 --> 00:46:43.230
than Fernandes, but also couldn't get the last

00:46:43.230 --> 00:46:45.889
four. I think he finished on 19. Even last season,

00:46:45.969 --> 00:46:48.130
Salah looked like he was on course to... To break

00:46:48.130 --> 00:46:51.469
it, yeah, to get the 20 -20. But he... I'm not

00:46:51.469 --> 00:46:53.619
sure what he... He was actually going to be a

00:46:53.619 --> 00:46:56.659
30 -20, but he just fell off. He finished on

00:46:56.659 --> 00:46:59.840
18, eh? I don't know how many he finished off

00:46:59.840 --> 00:47:03.300
on, but whatever the case is, are we done with

00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:05.099
United Villa, or do you have anything else to

00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:08.199
say? Yeah, I don't have much else to add. Nottingham

00:47:08.199 --> 00:47:10.860
Forest, no. Fulham, no. So based on highlights,

00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:13.380
Nottingham Forest absolutely battered Fulham,

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:16.519
but they just weren't clinical enough. I think

00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:19.860
Vitor Pereira is a good coach, and he'll keep

00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:23.559
them in the league. So, you're saying Tottenham's

00:47:23.559 --> 00:47:26.599
going down? West Ham are staying up. Forrest

00:47:26.599 --> 00:47:28.059
are staying up. Leeds are staying up. You've

00:47:28.059 --> 00:47:30.880
been very vehement on West Ham staying up. Love

00:47:30.880 --> 00:47:34.480
West Ham. I guess Tottenham's the one. Yeah.

00:47:34.820 --> 00:47:37.460
I mean, I would take Van der Veen on the trip

00:47:37.460 --> 00:47:39.599
if that happened, but that's the only good thing

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:41.780
that would come out of that, I think. Apparently,

00:47:41.780 --> 00:47:44.860
Van der Veen is the Liverpool fan. So, a lot

00:47:44.860 --> 00:47:46.719
of people have been speaking about him. I mean,

00:47:46.739 --> 00:47:48.860
we don't need him. I'm just saying, I think any

00:47:48.860 --> 00:47:51.800
club could take him on the trip. That's true.

00:47:52.280 --> 00:47:54.500
Anything you want to say about this game? I just,

00:47:54.599 --> 00:47:58.739
I have nothing to say about Fulham. Oh no, Forrest.

00:47:59.159 --> 00:48:02.400
Two clubs I have not followed very closely this

00:48:02.400 --> 00:48:05.199
season. Yeah, me neither. I mean, I've watched

00:48:05.199 --> 00:48:08.280
like a couple of Fulham games just to see how

00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:11.880
the old Arsenal boys are doing, but I wouldn't

00:48:11.880 --> 00:48:13.820
say like, I think they're in the same position

00:48:13.820 --> 00:48:15.780
they were last season, just a good mid -table

00:48:15.780 --> 00:48:18.000
team, you know. Do you have anything else you

00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:21.139
want to say about any of the matches? I just

00:48:21.139 --> 00:48:24.340
didn't highlight that I think probably the player

00:48:24.340 --> 00:48:27.219
I want to... I know Max Diamond got man of the

00:48:27.219 --> 00:48:29.260
match, but I think the best player on the field

00:48:29.260 --> 00:48:33.059
was Saliba for me by a distance. The last three

00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:35.619
games, he's been back to his best. I think especially

00:48:35.619 --> 00:48:38.480
with regards to being played through or playing

00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:40.400
through the opposition, his passing is crazy.

00:48:40.500 --> 00:48:42.099
I don't think I pointed that out. I'm just glad

00:48:42.099 --> 00:48:43.960
to have him. I think he's the best defender in

00:48:43.960 --> 00:48:46.389
the world when he plays like this. Yeah, I think

00:48:46.389 --> 00:48:50.090
I just wanted to give him some props for getting

00:48:50.090 --> 00:48:52.750
back to form and stabilising our defence because

00:48:52.750 --> 00:48:54.769
Gabriel has been making a lot of mistakes. I

00:48:54.769 --> 00:48:57.670
think they've been covered up by Saliba and Gabriel

00:48:57.670 --> 00:49:00.369
gets a goal. So people are like, oh, Gabriel's

00:49:00.369 --> 00:49:02.829
the better one. But I've always been... Saying

00:49:02.829 --> 00:49:05.369
that Saliba is the glue of the back four for

00:49:05.369 --> 00:49:08.190
me more than Gabriel. And I think now, especially

00:49:08.190 --> 00:49:10.210
in the most important games, the Champions League

00:49:10.210 --> 00:49:12.389
games, the bigger games, the high -pressure games,

00:49:12.630 --> 00:49:14.429
I think we're seeing that there's a different

00:49:14.429 --> 00:49:16.670
level to Saliba compared to any of Arsenal's

00:49:16.670 --> 00:49:19.610
defenders. Yeah, well, you should judge a defender

00:49:19.610 --> 00:49:22.369
on their defensive work, in my opinion. And I

00:49:22.369 --> 00:49:24.269
think his defensive work has also been the best

00:49:24.269 --> 00:49:26.230
in the last five seasons. No, but I'm saying

00:49:26.230 --> 00:49:29.800
comparing him with Gabriel. I think he's a better

00:49:29.800 --> 00:49:32.500
defender than Gabriel. No, but I'm saying Gabriel

00:49:32.500 --> 00:49:34.579
gets a lot of plaudits because of his attacking

00:49:34.579 --> 00:49:36.360
work. Yeah. That's what I'm saying. Oh, yeah,

00:49:36.400 --> 00:49:38.079
sorry, sorry. Okay, I thought you were saying

00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:40.559
charging them on their tackles or something.

00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:43.119
No, no, I'm saying you should judge defenders

00:49:43.119 --> 00:49:45.659
based on defending, not Gabriel's goals. That's

00:49:45.659 --> 00:49:47.860
what I was trying to get at. Sorry if that wasn't

00:49:47.860 --> 00:49:52.280
clear. I think Rice and Saliba have been carrying

00:49:52.280 --> 00:49:54.300
him a lot this season. But he's also carried

00:49:54.300 --> 00:49:57.000
us in the moment of getting the goals, getting

00:49:57.000 --> 00:50:00.179
some good definitive. passes, but I think the

00:50:00.179 --> 00:50:03.119
last five games especially have shown that Saliba

00:50:03.119 --> 00:50:05.599
and Declan Rice are by far our most important

00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:07.980
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