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A Gooner Gone... Too Far!? · Football is Life

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Hey folks, welcome to our latest episode of Football
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is Life. We're back and we've got a cocky gooner
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on this one. Oh baby. It's getting worse guys,
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they're getting cockier. They don't over -celebrate
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though, they're very humble. They're very humble.
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Look it, I don't give a shit what you said. Like,
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sorry, we just demonetized ourselves for the
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no money we get on YouTube 15 seconds in. But
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look it, it's been 20 years since we've been
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to a European final and we're back and I don't
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care. I'm going to celebrate. I think they've
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got the, I think they, did they do the bus parade
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after? I think they just got this. I think they're
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doing the bus parade, Waza, right? You're jealous.
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You're jealous. I'm not, mate. We've had, mate,
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we've won it recently, mate. The team is horrible
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this year. And so, you know, you're jealous that
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we're there and whatever. Do you know, here comes
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the saltiness. And Waza, Waza, why does nobody
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like Arsenal fans? I don't understand it. God
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forbid we should celebrate. It's weird. Imagine
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being happy, Mike. Yeah, I know. I know. The
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thing is, it's yeah, you just you're only happy
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when we're miserable. No, no, no, no, no. Well,
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I mean, it's nice to have never spoken to the
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city fan. Yeah, they're also terrible losers.
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Yes. But yeah, anyway, just just just yeah, it's
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yeah, it's just something about it at the moment.
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There's just something. I have to see. I asked
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this to a friend of mine the other day, which
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was, I think that I've understood why people
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don't really enjoy what Arsenal fans are doing.
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Because like, I don't know, Mike, how do you
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feel about contributing to the death of football?
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Oh, stop it. Oh, I love that. Oh, it's getting
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all salty. That 1 -0. Honest to God. I was just
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looking at it and I was like, yes, that is. That
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is. Oh, boy. Okay. All right. Did what we needed
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to do to advance. Did what we needed to do to
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advance. And by the way, 3 -0 on the weekend.
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That was a very different looking team. Against
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a Fulham side that had a virus running through
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them. Weird, isn't it? Whatever, whatever. And
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so we took advantage of it and we played well
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and we won 3 -0. That's it. What did City do?
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What did he do? What was it? Yeah, it was this.
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Yeah, only the third player in Arsenal history
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to score 20 or more goals in his debut season.
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So I'm not saying he's Erling Haaland, but has
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he gotten better? Oh, God. Oh, no. why is it
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they've gone over the edge they've gone over
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the edge you know what i didn't say he's the
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second coming i didn't say he's the second coming
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i kind of need them to i kind of need them to
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win it this year just because like You just know,
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because given the past 20 years, there's only
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been two teams that have won a league back to
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back. This Arsenal side are not winning it next
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year. So you know what? Just win it. Get it over
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with. Get out of your system and then be in the
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relegation spot next year. This is fine. That's
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also a reality that I can live with. Listen,
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listen, I've said this all season. All season
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might have been consistent, Mike, right? I've
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been very fair. I feel I'm very fair, right?
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Well, I'm glad that you think you've been very
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fair. Well, hear me out. A Ross opinion. Super.
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Yeah, yeah. I've been very fair. I think Arsenal
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are the best. I've said I've been critical of
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City all season. All season. I've not trusted.
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I trust Arsenal more than City. Even when Arsenal
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faltered, I've always backed Arsenal. I think
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I've trusted them. They are the best team. They
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will win the league now. I think that's done.
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I think that's over now. And I don't think City
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will get maximum points between now and the end
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of the season. They are soft and erratic, Arsenal
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or not. I also don't... I think Arsenal, I said
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this, could win the Champions League. Again,
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I think they can go toe -to -toe with any team
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in Europe. Again, you might not love the way
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that they do it, but they can defensively...
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They are the best defensive team. It is going
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to be a hell of a match between the best offense
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and the best defense. Well, you say that, Mike.
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I mean, look, PSG are scared, and they will be
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the protagonist in that game, which is why people
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prefer them to Arsenal, right? Just because of
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that, which is fair. But, however, Arsenal, I
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mean, when they played City, they didn't just
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sit back. I don't think they're going to sit
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and just take a bow. No, I don't think they will
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either. I think Arsenal can, and I think match
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-up -wise, they match up quite well because I
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think... Arsenal's physicality will cause them
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a real problem from set pieces. That will be
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a problem for PSG. They're not a big team. As
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long as they start Lewis Skelly and not Zubamendi
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because PSG press like a mofo and he will get
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just lit up. They need Lewis Skelly in that spot.
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But yes. So look, I've been pretty bad, but what
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I would say is like all this, like, come on now.
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He's not like that. I didn't say he's a second
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coming. Has he found some form in the last few
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games? Can you argue with that? Two goals and
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an assist? I think what we're seeing is a red
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herring, like the most red herring of red -headed
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players. Let's see how the last three games play
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out, Joey. Let me just, let me just, let me just,
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again, trying to be fair here. You'd be a flat
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-track bully? Sure. No, no, no, no. Listen, let
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me hear me out here, okay? So, I had to remind
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my other Arsenal friend of this in this WhatsApp
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group with a lot of Man United fans who I think
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are being fair. Again, he's a bit like Mike here.
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He's gone over the cliff as Arsenal fans tend
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to do. Over the cliff? A little bit over the
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cliff, mate. I've been level -headed all season.
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Am I going to enjoy this last week? Yes, I am.
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Now you're just kind of, maybe I'm holding you
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by like your jumper. Sure, sure. Yeah, yeah,
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yeah. I'm holding you back, but listen. Appreciate
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you so much. Just hear me out on this, right?
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Okay, so look. Have I been consistently over,
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sorry, have I consistently criticized Arsenal's
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over -celebrating of things? Yes, I have. It's
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not something new for me and they do it and I
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don't like it and I'm not going to like it. And
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I think, and it's not that I don't like joy.
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I just think it's, it's not the right mindset.
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So that's one. Two, my other mate in this group
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was like, see, I had to remind him this season,
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the Man United fans, guess what they're saying,
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Mike? They're saying, oh, worst Premier League
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champions ever, right? All this nonsense, right?
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Which I think is nonsense. Guess who was peddling
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that last year? My Arsenal mate, who's now saying
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that's not fair or reasonable. When I was saying
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last year, guys, you can only beat what's in
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front of you. This worst champions nonsense is
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just bullshit. But guess what? When it's Liverpool
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winning it, it's like he was the worst. He was
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the worst champions ever. They're the worst.
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They're nothing without Salah and all this nonsense.
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You're just frustrated because your team's shit.
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That's really all that it is. And I'll also remind
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Arsenal fans that they, all of you, criticize
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Darwin Nunes and Giocares is no different. He's
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the same. If you play Darwin Nunes every game
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like Giocares, he's not that far off Darwin Nunes'
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production in the Premier League. So it's like,
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see all this nonsense? It's like, he's kind of
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average and crap, right? He's playing in a team
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that, again, he should score. If he was anywhere
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remotely good, he would have scored barrel loads
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of goals this season. But he's not. So again,
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it's all this, it's like everything. It's just
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tempered a little bit, a little bit of humility.
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I want joy, but with humility to say, do you
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know what? Let's not get, let's remember what
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we dish out. Right. Okay. And let's remember
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that in these moments and this over celebration
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dancing, like guys, you're that. I genuinely
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think that's why you're not going to win this
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thing because it's this, it's like that. You've
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not done anything. This is not even an achievement,
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right? If the ultimate, can you win the, if you,
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if you lose the final. It doesn't matter. It's
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all for nothing, right? I don't see other teams
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doing that to that level, right? I don't go and
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cheer the fans and clap. But it's as if they're
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celebrating that they've won a title. You've
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not won anything. Just don't do that. Just rein
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it back a little bit, just a little bit for me.
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And then I'm on board. And I would like Arsenal
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to win the final. I'll go on record saying that.
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I would prefer that they win the Premier League.
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because it's different and it throws another
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thing. I've been like that all season, but it
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gets hard. You make it hard for us, Mike. You
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make it hard. You're one of my favorite Arsenal
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fans, right? Come on now. Am I wrong here? So
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I completely agree with you. I completely agree
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with you, Ross, in the sense that it's... I never
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agree with Ross, but I do agree with Ross that
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the amount of crap that Liverpool got last year
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from me and Pat, because we were like, oh, you
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know, every team is exploding. So obviously Liverpool
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are going to win. But also Liverpool sewed up
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the title much sooner than Arsenal did. For sure.
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So anyway, but the two things that I want to
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highlight here, right? Firstly, setting off fireworks,
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like, sorry, not setting off fireworks, like...
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Yeah, setting off fireworks in the semi -final.
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Come on, it's a semi -final. It doesn't deserve
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fireworks. Let's stop now. Secondly, the thing
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that worries me, and Mike, all of the things
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that I ever say are out of love. They come from
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a place of love for you. I want to just make
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sure that you are protected and you are ready.
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And I just don't want to see you hurt, but I
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feel like Arsenal are going to hurt you because
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that whole number about having the best defence
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in the Champions League comes from the... The
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huge fixtures that are Club Bruges, Leverkusen,
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Atletico Madrid, Sporting Lisbon. They've not
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been tested. The second they go up against Cavazcalia
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and Ousmane Dembele, they're going to get smacked.
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There's no way. They are going to get smacked.
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I'm sorry, but Kevatskelia is going to absolutely
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murder Ben White. He's going to take the tan
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off him. I don't think Ben White's going to be
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playing. Timber will be back, right? Surely Timber's
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back. I don't know whether Timber's going to
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play another match this season. Okay, well, look,
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that's a problem. But what I would say is this,
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mate. Look, I have to say. Calafiori's back.
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Calafiori's back. Zubimendi, like Miles Osgood,
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like the fact that he dropped him. I think drop
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to the end, he shows courage. So I massively
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respect that decision. And what a difference,
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but he was the best player. Out of his skin.
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He's been fantastic. And he's a counter presser.
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He'll go and get the ball. Yes. Yeah. And you're
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going to need that against PSG. And I think the
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other thing over the last few weeks is what else
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has changed? You've got a healthy Bukaya Saka.
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And do you know what the funny thing is about
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Saka? And I will criticize that. I think his
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output is not. at an elite level, and I think
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it should be. That's why I criticise him. Clearly,
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he was carrying something because he's a different
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guy in these last few games. It's not that. It's
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more, I think when he plays, in terms of like,
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it's not obvious, but there is like, and I think
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it's because teams need to maybe double up. He
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makes space for other players. But his numbers
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need to be better, I think, for him to be truly
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world -class and elite. But he makes a huge difference.
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I would agree with that 100%. And I think, Mike,
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there's a little bit of like, when you lost at
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City, I kind of feel like the handbrake had to
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kind of, to some degree, it kind of was forced
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in terms of like, we've got to go and just like,
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what I loved is two things, Declan Rice. saying
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it's not over. And then you heard Declan Rice
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talking about Myles Lewis -Skelly saying he's
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so talented, but he said the manager was tough
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on him. So clearly he's maybe needed a little
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bit of a check because I remember last season,
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towards the end of last season, he had some shocking
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games. He was almost like he got too confident.
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He did, and he was getting a little bit too big
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for his britches. The Holland celebration was
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a little over the top, like, you know, rain at
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bay. Maybe he needed the, you know, the rains
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to pull him back off the edge of the cliff. And
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fair play to Arteta for dealing with and then
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bringing and showing that he's like, because
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I don't think Arteta, I think, for example, if
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you're Aubameyang or any of these guys, when
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you're done, you're done with him. But I think
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he's already shown there that he's open to a
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return. And again, to me, that's a sign of a
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good coach. I just wish they'd temper this fucking
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nonsense if they're over -celebrating. It's just
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like, I love joy in life. I love all the positive
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things. It's just not elite mindset. It's not
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what you do. And it comes from him. It's him.
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It's Arteta. It's a bit of nonsense. But you
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know what? It creates a bit of a pantomime around
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it. And here we are. But no, they're not going
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to get smacked by PSG. They will go toe -to -toe.
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They will... Look, that game is... I mean, PSG
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will win as favourites. Only because, in my opinion,
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not because they're a significantly better team,
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because they won it last year, they've been there,
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they've done it. That's the only reason I'd put
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them as favourites. But Declan Rice, to me, I
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expect him to have the game of his life. I completely
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agree with that. He is ready to roll. He can
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dominate that midfield. He's got to have a huge
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game. And I think it's going to be, Marquinhos
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is playing as well as any centre -half in the
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world right now, but the way he's... unbelievable.
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And the guys at Paccio beside him, I don't know
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where they got him. He looked brilliant. By the
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way, Bayern Munich, Arsenal would have spanked
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Bayern Munich in the final, I believe. Yeah,
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it was kind of a bummer that we didn't get to
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ruin something for Harry Kane. I don't know,
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Harry Kane with a hat -trick, that would have
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been poetic. It would have been, but... Also,
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on the title race, it's not actually changed,
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because Arsenal still have to win every single
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game to win the league. Like, that's fundamentally
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it, right? The goal difference now. Yeah, no,
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no, you're right. The goal doesn't matter because,
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yeah, so basically they've got to go to West
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Ham and win. Yeah. Saturday night, isn't it?
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Tomorrow night, right? Yes. Yeah, Palace are
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in a European Cup final. They're going to have
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one eye on that. They're going to beat Burnley
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at home. So it comes down to... Sorry, it's Sunday.
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It's Sunday. Is it Sunday? Oh, no, you're right.
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It's a Sunday 4 .30 game. Yes, it is. I'm going
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to watch it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. City play the
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last game tomorrow. Yes, that's right. City play
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the last game tomorrow. Yeah. I expect City to
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win that at home. I agree. I'd expect City to
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win that. The thing is, like I said, it could
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come down to goal difference, but I think that
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West Ham's going to be an interesting one. It
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was a banana skin for them last year. And the
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thing is that if Arsenal lose that game, then
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the title race, again, is completely flipped
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on its head. I just can't. It's hard for me.
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West Ham's last game, they were pretty poor.
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Yeah, but this is at home against Arsenal and
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for survival. Listen, mate, it's a huge game.
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It's going to be a massive game. I would love
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to be Pat Polzer at least sitting in his house
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for that one. What do you do? Every Spurs fan's
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head is in a blender right now. Spurs are staying
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up. I'll say that now. It's West Ham or Dunn.
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I think they're cooked. I think they blew their
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chance. Losing that match really really hurt.
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The drawing with Palace when they should have
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beaten Palace. I said that. That was a game I
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saw points. I think Spurs stay up. Again, unless...
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West Ham have to keep it light. If it's 0 -0
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at halftime, then the nerves kick in. This Arsenal
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team, again, it does seem like there is a bit
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of a difference in their mentality, which I think
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is why I'm bullish that they'll win. And I think
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really they know it comes down to that game.
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It really, I think so too. Because, I mean, you
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know, you've got... Just the fixtures after that,
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I mean Burnley. City go to Bournemouth, Mike,
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who might get sixth for Champions League if,
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I think, Villa finish fifth and they win that
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tournament, which they will, I think. It means
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that sixth place will get Champions League. So
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Bournemouth are motivated. And by the way, Waz,
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I said we'll flip now, Mike. You're off the hook
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now, so hopefully you can just relax. Come on,
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you're going to. Man City have been consistent.
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Don't trust them. Mark Gahee. Serves you right,
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you wee dick, for not joining Liverpool. You're
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a bomb scare. You're a bomb scare. You cost your
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team the league. Well done. Money well spent.
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And by the way, I'm going to talk about this.
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Criticise Zubamendi, Giocares. Antoine Semenyo
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has been crap, right? For a long time now. Crap.
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He was terrible. against Everton. He can't beat
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a man. He literally can't go past a guy anymore.
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Like, Mikalenko had to. He's not even the best
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fullback in the league. It's embarrassing. What's
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really interesting was the menu over the last
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few games. Like, when he first came over... He
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had three or four games. He was brilliant. And
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he was scoring for fun and doing a lot of stuff
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that was, you know, much more attacking when
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you think about from a fantasy perspective. And
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then what happened in that Everton game when
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they needed to score? He came off. No, because
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he's crap. He's the last few games. He's off
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it a bit, and Chirky's just ridiculous, and Doku's
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playing very well right now. He's in that last
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game. Holy cow. See, Doku, in terms of one thing,
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and look, Doku sometimes, he's so hit and miss.
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I mean, two unbelievable goals. Unbelievable.
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Not repeatable, but unbelievable. I do think,
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I just love the fact he just goes at people.
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He's just so positive with the ball. But see,
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Semenyo, do you know what I think's happened?
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This is my analysis of it. I think with Gahey
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a little bit as well, but I think when they first
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came, City were quite frantic, right? And teams,
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they were very open, right? And I think when
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you go, if you think about Bournemouth, right?
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He was so good at Bournemouth, right? In games
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in Bournemouth, he gets a lot of space one -on
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-one. because of the way that Bournemouth play,
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right? See City now, because City are kind of,
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they've ascended back to play, you know, being
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the team that people fear. What do teams do?
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Like everyone, like, okay, we're going to make
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it a bit tougher for you. And he's one, I always
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say that this is the, the people that jump from
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like being like these good ones to being like
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elite wingers are the ones that you go like,
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okay, they're going to double team you. Like
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Salah, how many times have you been double team?
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Mane, like people would try and stop these guys.
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you just can't stop them for 90 minutes because
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they're so good. And he looks like his confidence
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is gone. He's not, because he looked like a goal
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machine to start with. Hallam wasn't scoring.
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He was filling the void. The reason I'm saying
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this, I've held him in fantasy. I know. And he's
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been crap, Mike. Me too. I know. I'm ready for
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a jumping defense. I'm ready for a sideways move
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to Cherokee for sure. Yeah, I've got Cherokee,
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so I'm going to go Doku because it's like, at
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least he's like, you know. He's very differential.
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I'm going to put this out there. The January
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signings, not good enough. Mark Gahee, has been
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erratic. I don't think he's been that good at
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City, by the way. And also, his defence isn't
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great. He's erratic. And by the way, that mistake
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is, you know, they talk about Steven Gerrard
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when he slipped. He slipped. That's so unfortunate.
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That is a shocker. Like, he's not even under
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pressure. Like, how do you make that mistake?
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Like, do you know what it is? Because you're
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a little, you're a betrayed Liverpool. That's
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karma, Mark Gahee. That's karma. Betrayed Liverpool.
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Betrayed Liverpool. Oh. Yes. Yes. Oh, my goodness.
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Betrayed Liverpool. Erling Haaland, shite as
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well. Oh, of course. Yeah, absolutely. He's been
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terrible. He's also been terrible. Like Cherokee
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and Gronk are carrying the team at the moment.
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Are we ready to be adults again? And Nico, one
18:34
of the worst midfielders I've ever seen in my
18:36
life as well. He is absolutely woeful. Anyone
18:39
else want to talk about Rodri? Phil Foden. What's
18:43
happened to Phil Foden? He signed a legendary
18:45
five -year extension. I'll sign five years to
18:47
sit on the bench. Well done, Phil. Shocker that
18:50
that happened. Yeah, so what we're saying is
18:54
City had a bad game. Cool. All right. Because
18:57
Semenya carried us pretty much through February.
18:59
He pretty much carried us. And Gehi has been
19:03
there to support while Diaz has been fully injured.
19:06
So he had a blip. And otherwise, we've been pretty
19:09
solid. Like, he had a blip. It happens. People
19:13
make mistakes, right? Like, it just happens.
19:15
But I will agree, that was one of the worst games
19:20
we've played all season. We were shocking all
19:22
over the park. The thing that I get frustrated
19:24
about isn't the January signings. It's Nico Gonzalez
19:27
still getting picked. I don't understand. He
19:29
is terrible. I don't understand what he does
19:31
for the team. What is wrong? I don't know what's
19:35
happened to Randers. I'm actually going to start
19:36
looking for articles on what's happened to Randers
19:39
because he was great and then he just stopped
19:41
playing. He's a great player. I know he's not
19:44
the Rodri. He's not that. It's like Ryan Gravenberg
19:47
at Liverpool. He is a more offensive... He's
19:50
not a true holding midfielder, right? Like you
19:52
have with somebody like Rodri, who thinks about,
19:55
OK, what if we lose the ball? But, like you say,
19:58
I'd rather have Gravenberg... You put Reinders
20:01
there and say, look, I just need you to be disciplined.
20:04
He's just one of those guys. He's athletic. He's
20:06
got all the... He's not a small guy. He's a powerful
20:09
runner. I just think, why would you not... I
20:15
don't know what happened because he was the guy
20:16
at the start of the season. He was scoring goals.
20:18
He was the guy. And then it's like exile. Phil
20:21
Foden, you think in these games, you go, what
20:22
an option to have Phil Foden on your bench to
20:25
change a game. And he comes on and he just runs
20:28
about like he's never played football before.
20:29
Just like I head with a new shite haircut every
20:32
time I see him. And you're like, Phil, what's
20:34
happened to you, Phil? Has he got a side hustle
20:36
or what's going on, mate? I mean, he can't go
20:39
to the World Cup. There's no way you can take
20:41
Foden to the World Cup, the form he's in. He
20:44
doesn't deserve to go. He doesn't deserve to
20:46
go. No, absolutely doesn't. But yes, I think,
20:48
mate, I say I smell it. They've been so weak.
20:52
And look, the fact that, look, one thing you
20:54
say about Arsenal, the fact that you're even
20:55
in contention for the title is a little bit embarrassing.
20:59
This should have been, Arsenal are by far the
21:01
best team in the league and they will win it
21:03
and deserve to win it. But this should have been
21:04
done already. Not by far. I wouldn't say they
21:08
are. They are. How many players in Man City have
21:12
to sign to be as good as Arsenal? I think it's
21:14
five or six. Honestly, there's a lot of players.
21:17
Look, Nico O 'Reilly has been the best thing
21:20
this season. He's been the player of the season
21:21
for us. He's got a start for England at left
21:23
-back. Oh, my God. He has been a sensation. He
21:27
is such a good technical footballer, but he's
21:30
got that size and athleticism and strength. He's
21:33
phenomenal. What a find he's been. Unbelievable
21:36
player. Fantastic. Cherokee, obviously, fantastic
21:40
signing. But you look at Marmoosh. Oh, yeah,
21:43
I don't know what's happened to Marmoosh. Another
21:45
one. All that's going to happen is that we're
21:49
going to have a huge clear -out this summer.
21:51
Like, the people that we're going to go, you're
21:52
going to see, like, Nico Gonzalez go, Bernardo's
21:55
going, Savinho's going to go. Foden, I'm surprised
21:58
he's still here, but sure, why not? Five years.
22:01
Maybe because Pep's leaving. Maybe that's the
22:03
signal Pep's leaving. He thinks he's going to
22:04
get a fair whack, but yeah, I don't know what's
22:05
happening. Then Ake will go as well. We're probably
22:07
going to, like, I don't know what's happened
22:10
with Ait Nuri. I think he still might be injured.
22:11
I'm not sure. But, like, a number of people are
22:14
going to leave. He's been okay. He's been okay,
22:16
but fundamentally, a number of people will be
22:18
leaving next season, like, in the summer. I imagine
22:22
that... The only thing that I can think about
22:24
with Reinders is the fact that Bernardo Silva
22:26
plays in the same role, and right now Bernardo
22:28
Silva is Bernardo Silva. Look, Bernardo Silva
22:32
is phenomenal. He's undroppable. He is the person
22:37
that you need at this time of the season to just
22:38
keep the team pulled up. You play him, you play
22:40
Chirky and Reinders. Chirky's the one that's
22:43
going to carry them to the end, it seems, just
22:44
the way he's been playing. Even Chirky, though,
22:47
against everyone. he's a bit no he was he's too
22:50
inconsistent the difference he's a bit happy
22:51
and he's it's like I don't know he's a bit like
22:53
I don't know I didn't love the performance from
22:56
him either he's too inconsistent I think the
22:58
big thing is with City is there is there's a
23:02
similar lack of cohesion that we have at Liverpool
23:05
in terms of like there's good individual players
23:08
right so when you know Isak is a great example
23:10
everyone's raving I think he's been okay this
23:13
year. I don't think he's been... He's very erratic.
23:14
I don't think he's... There's not that cohesion
23:16
in our attacking play where guys know the movement
23:19
and runs. Where Arsenal, I think, have got a
23:21
little bit more of that now. Especially when
23:24
Saka plays, there's a bit more balance and cohesion
23:25
there. I think City's... Like, Haaland's just...
23:28
His all -round play is really poor. Cherokee,
23:32
I feel they're all trying to do to him. Doku's
23:33
the one that I go, they always get in the ball
23:35
and things look like they're going to happen
23:37
when it goes... Also because Nico O 'Reilly plays
23:39
in that channel. You're making those runs. I
23:41
think that's where a lot, Semenyo's been rubbish.
23:43
They don't really, I think, what's the boy, Mateus
23:46
Nunez at right back has been dreadful for the
23:47
past six, seven weeks as well. He's been doing
23:52
all right, actually. He's not been doing terribly.
23:54
No, no, I mean, attacking output -wise, he had
23:56
a period there where he's obviously not a fullback
23:58
by trade. He's technically good, but he just
24:01
goes backwards. He just doesn't. overlap and
24:04
do enough to me now, you know, where that's where
24:07
maybe it would help Semenya a little bit. Like
24:09
he, maybe he's been told to be disciplined because
24:11
they're so crap at the back, but I don't know.
24:13
But I also think Donnarumma's a bust. He's been,
24:15
I don't, I think he's, I know he's - Donnarumma
24:17
has not been doing brilliantly. No, I don't like
24:19
him. I don't feel confident. His feed is not
24:22
pretty. Oh, dude, like awful. His, his distribution
24:26
is shocking. Half of the ones are O 'Reilly for
24:30
the goal against Arsenal, but yes, he's generally...
24:33
He's just got a howler. He's one of those keepers
24:35
you just go, you know there's a mistake in him.
24:36
He just feels like there's that. But yes, so
24:40
look, it looks like... So, Wanzi, you're still
24:41
optimistic. It's not quite done yet. Maybe after
24:44
this weekend, you may accept defeat. If Arsenal
24:46
win, maybe you'll accept defeat then. Maybe not.
24:49
I still don't think that it's done. I still think
24:52
that City can win all of their games and just
24:54
keep the pressure up on Arsenal until the final
24:56
day. And then that's when, like, it is crunch
24:59
time like do arsenal have what it takes to win
25:01
on the final day i mean don't get me wrong it's
25:03
against the team that is completely checked out
25:05
but like can they do it like we're going to be
25:07
playing villa which will be completely checked
25:10
out as well Or he'll rest a lot. He won't care.
25:13
He'll rest a lot of players. Yep, now that they're
25:17
in the final. Now they're in the final, he might
25:19
very well do that. But the thing is, powers are
25:22
the same. So you're playing, it's two good fixtures,
25:25
to be honest. The only difference is the Gooners
25:27
are away. It's obviously away from home. It's
25:29
a little bit tougher. Their fans will demand
25:30
a level of effort. But whereas, you know, I think
25:33
at home, like Villa will just be, that should
25:35
be a skoosh for City. It's the Bournemouth away
25:37
game. That's why I think. I think you'll beat
25:40
Brentford. But I think, yeah, I think the West
25:42
Ham game, it becomes about that for Arsenal.
25:46
So let's see. Let's see. We did have some drama,
25:49
though. Obviously, we'll have to talk about Man
25:51
United, Liverpool. I mean, it's kind of, I feel
25:54
weird, though. When has that game even happened?
25:56
I know. It's usually such a... Well, that's what
25:59
I was about to say. I was literally about to
26:01
say that. It's almost like one of those games
26:02
that was like, that should have been the main
26:04
talking point, but it just isn't. That, in fact,
26:07
is irrelevant. It's basically two teams that
26:09
showed both of their weaknesses, I felt. Liverpool
26:12
dreadful to start slot to me, inept tactically.
26:15
I don't know what we were doing. Then Man United
26:17
just imploding. And I think just two teams, centre
26:21
midfields, are so easy to play through. And it
26:24
ended up being a good game in terms of goals.
26:27
We had quite a lot. I'm not saying they were
26:29
the highest quality goals. But yeah, I can't
26:32
tell you. United deserve to win. I don't think
26:33
we deserve to win. We'd taken a point quite happily
26:36
and got out of there. But obviously it secures
26:38
Champions League football for Manchester United.
26:42
Do we think Carrick's done enough to earn...
26:45
Man United fans seem a bit mixed opinion on this
26:47
now. Do you think he's done enough to earn another
26:49
year, maybe two years, three years? What do we
26:52
think? Absolutely. I think so. 100%. They won't,
26:57
but mathematically, they could still finish in
27:00
second. Yeah. He's done enough. Here's a question
27:04
then. This is a question I put to Man United
27:06
fans. I'm with you, mate. I think he absolutely
27:08
has earned it. So I think you have to. However,
27:11
if I said Unai Emery was available, what would
27:16
you do? I'd still sign Carrick. You would still
27:19
sign Carrick? Yes. I think the difference between...
27:22
I think it's very easy to fall into the trap
27:26
of thinking, oh, but what happened to Ole Gunnar
27:27
Solskjaer? And I think that they're two very
27:30
different... managers olo was very much vibes
27:33
let's hope for the best that ronaldo can save
27:35
me while carrick was very Carrick actually has
27:38
a game plan, which is basically disrupt the midfield
27:41
and take some chances. And yes, we might concede.
27:43
It's fine. You take him over. If Emery said,
27:46
I've done this with Villa. I want a bigger challenge.
27:48
You wouldn't take Unai Emery. You'd take Michael
27:50
Carrick. I think that's madness. I think it's
27:53
more so because I think that the, I don't think
27:55
that the United fans would take to him. And it's
27:57
right now about having harmony amongst the fans.
27:59
He's so good, man. I think the thing is, I would
28:02
say like Lewis and Ricky, I think it's just Pat.
28:05
You're not going to get like, I'm trying. I mean,
28:07
realistically, Unai Emery could make himself
28:09
available for that job, I believe. That's a realistic
28:11
person that says, his agent, look, he would be
28:15
interested in the job because now the foundation,
28:17
a lot of the deadwood's clear. I know that they're
28:19
getting Hoyland and Rashford and Sancho all come
28:21
back. People forget this. They all come back,
28:25
right? They've got to figure that out. But as
28:29
much as I think Carrick has earned that, to me,
28:33
if you can't get an elite manager of Emery or
28:34
better, that's my bar. you stick with Carrick.
28:38
But you don't go Eriola, you don't go Glasner,
28:41
because I think there's more jeopardy in that,
28:44
I think, than sticking with him for at least
28:47
one or two years. But I would definitely say
28:49
if an elite manager like Emery comes along, I
28:51
think you'd have to, that's just my opinion.
28:53
But you would think Carrick's the guy now, regardless.
28:56
I think he's done enough to earn the job, yeah.
28:58
Yeah, that's fair. Well, I mean, look at Arsenal.
29:03
I mean, I do like the fact that, like, stick
29:06
with a manager, pays dividends. I like that that's
29:10
the case because I believe in that, generally
29:11
speaking. Obviously, if you get it wrong, you've
29:13
got to make a decision if you know. But, you
29:16
know, like Arsenal, you think about it, I mean,
29:18
you know, I know it's been six years and people
29:21
say, well, all the money spent and stuff, but
29:22
you go, it's been pretty awesome to be an Arsenal
29:25
fan over the past, certainly, three or four years,
29:27
right? Yeah. Net -net. Yes, yes. We're past the
29:34
Arsene Wenger fourth place trophy. You can win
29:37
things now. You can win meaningful trophies.
29:39
You actually know you're good enough to win all
29:42
the meaningful trophies, which is always, that's
29:44
to me, all you can kind of, and now it's about,
29:46
can he just, you know. I'm worried that Wenger's
29:50
going to be in the stands in Budapest, though,
29:51
because, you know, they're. But yeah, so the
29:56
race for Europe. So look. If Aston Villa finish
29:59
fifth and win the Europa League, which we think
30:02
they will, they should, then sixth becomes Champions
30:06
League, which is obviously good for Liverpool
30:07
because it's a bit of a safety net. It should
30:09
be fine. I think Liverpool play Chelsea this
30:11
weekend, a draw or a win. I think a win secures
30:13
it pretty much, I think, for us. We've got to
30:15
beat a Chelsea team that are all over the place.
30:18
Villa on the same points as us, but again, Premier
30:20
League form hasn't been as good. I don't expect
30:24
to see Bournemouth or anyone catching Villa or
30:26
Liverpool now at six points with three games
30:28
to go. It feels like a stretch, right? Yeah.
30:31
I think so. Sorry, your Everton bet is not going
30:36
to pay off. It's not. I just saw some value.
30:38
I just felt the time. But yeah, it didn't pay
30:40
out. But yeah, it was speculative. But we have
30:43
to talk at the bottom of the table, not about
30:45
West Ham Spurs. We've done that today. But Burnley,
30:47
the part with their manager, Scott Parker, who...
30:51
I would have fired him for his choice of clothing
30:54
alone. On the touchline, it's unforgivably bad.
30:58
Almost as bad, I don't know if you saw Vincent
30:59
Company midweek. That's the first thing I was
31:01
like, he's clearly watched a Michael Jackson
31:03
movie. Dude, what the fuck are you wearing? You
31:07
look like an absolute... There is an element
31:10
where you get to an age where you've got to dress
31:11
age -appropriate, big man. Vincent... you've
31:15
misread the room there. I don't know what happened,
31:17
but that was just like, you deserve to go out
31:19
for that outfit. I'm sorry. It's, it's just very,
31:22
yeah, very offending to me, but Scott Parker,
31:25
this is interesting. I want to get your take
31:26
guys. Right. So obviously Burnley might, you
31:28
know, American owned by one of the Walt brothers
31:30
at NFL superstars. Right. Really intelligent
31:34
guys, by the way, speaks well, but an American
31:37
footballer. Yeah, I think they've got a Spanish
31:39
team now as well. There's an Espanol. Yeah, I
31:42
mean, him and Tom Brady, there's a bunch of them
31:44
out there. They're doing it, right? But here's
31:46
the interesting thing. So I've got a good friend,
31:49
Aiden, who at that, by the way, was team one,
31:52
the AWS Cup Shield. So Aiden Ratcliffe, top scorer,
31:56
MVP. Aiden's a big Burnley fan. So Aiden's giving
31:59
me some insight. Very toxic, he says, at the
32:02
club at the moment, not happy. What Aiden didn't
32:04
understand is why did they wait? Why did they?
32:06
Why did they not get rid of him in December or
32:08
January when they went on like a... He said it
32:10
was like, I don't know, it was a 10, 15... Didn't
32:12
win a game in like 10, 12 games or something,
32:14
right? I don't know the exact stat. They're waiting
32:17
now to get rid of him. Do you know which manager,
32:20
historically, has the best percentage of getting
32:23
teams promoted from the Championship to the Premier
32:25
League? Can you guess who it is? Championship
32:28
to the Premier League? Is that... It's a leading
32:31
question. It's obvious the answer. It's not Sean
32:36
Dyche. No, it's Scott Parker. It's Scott Parker.
32:40
So he is statistically the best manager at getting
32:43
you promoted from the championship to the Premier
32:45
League. So they wait until it's too late to do
32:48
anything. Don't sack him then. And sack him now
32:50
when they get relegated back to the championship.
32:53
Only to hire him back to get them to promote
32:55
a show. They almost should. The smart thing to
32:58
do is say he's so good at getting you back. And
33:01
then you can fire him when he gets you up, right?
33:04
Isn't that the most bonkers thing? What is going
33:06
on there? Yeah, I guess who's going to come in?
33:13
Which manager that is good enough to manage in
33:16
the Premier League wants to go to a fledgling
33:19
Burnley? I know, but I just think, do you know
33:22
what I just don't understand? Aidan said this
33:24
to me and he's right. It was so obvious by January.
33:28
If they don't change, it was critical. Wolves
33:31
left it too long. You had a chance to say, and
33:34
it's just like, sometimes a change, you've got
33:35
to look at Nottingham Forest, right? What a difference
33:37
that's made, that guy coming in, right? I think
33:40
it was so clear that the trajectory under Parker
33:42
just wasn't going to change. And I think if you've
33:44
got the confidence to stick with him through
33:46
the season to define your relegation, and you
33:48
know he's the best guy to get you back up, why
33:50
would you then fire him? Why do it now when you're
33:53
already down? It doesn't make a lot of sense,
33:55
does it? Weird. Yeah, very, very strange. But
34:00
they were saying that he was the cause of the
34:02
toxicity? Is that what Aidan was saying? No,
34:04
it's toxic because the fans, so basically what
34:06
Aidan was saying is that obviously performance
34:08
on the field, right? So that's number one. Number
34:11
two is that owners have now bought the Spanish
34:13
team. I think they've transferred one of their
34:15
best players is going to go to the Spanish team.
34:17
So they're like, they've got the shiny new toy.
34:19
We're now not that. Aidan did say a lot that
34:22
Burnley fans are not the sharpest tools in the
34:24
box, but they're just very much like, This is
34:29
terrible. There's a horrible atmosphere at the
34:32
ground. It's really not a good vibe at all. Maybe
34:36
hire Oli. Get Oli in for the vibes. There you
34:39
go. Problem solved. Not good from top to bottom,
34:46
he was saying at the moment. Obviously, this
34:47
is a bit of a bizarre decision to stick with
34:50
him the whole season. It's been clear for months
34:53
they're getting relegated. It was just a weird
34:56
timing when you know he's the guy probably best
34:58
equipped to get you straight back up. And then
35:00
you maybe know he's not the guy to push you on.
35:05
Anyway, very, very strange. While we're on Championship
35:08
for a moment, I was just looking at the table.
35:09
Can we all just reflect for a moment of what
35:12
it might be like if Millwall... Oh my God. Can
35:16
you... Imagine Millwall West Ham. I mean, like...
35:20
You know, dust off the brass knucks. Holy smokes.
35:25
Can you imagine what that would be like? That's
35:29
a little scary. That's scary. That is scary.
35:33
Okay, listen, let's move on to – I mean, we're
35:36
getting to – it's the business end of the season,
35:39
Mike. I think in a lot of leagues it's maybe
35:41
not – some leagues will be tight, but, you know,
35:43
a lot of leagues it's maybe – the gap's now too
35:45
big with chips all played or mostly played. Mostly
35:47
played. This is the last week. Like if you don't
35:49
have, if you haven't played your triple captain,
35:51
you play it. And I think Cherky's the guy you
35:54
play it on. Yeah. You go Cherky. Yeah. If, if
35:58
I had it to play right now and I was chasing
36:00
a hundred percent. No, no, no. And the reason
36:04
for that is that look, Doku's goals last week
36:07
were amazing, but those are not repeatable. every
36:11
week and Cherokee's play has been repeatable
36:13
and his XG and his XA is much stronger. And he's
36:18
just in that part of the park where he's more
36:21
likely to, to get you the returns. And so if
36:24
I were chasing and still had my triple captain,
36:26
I would a hundred percent put it on Cherokee.
36:29
Okay. Yeah, absolutely. I think that Cherokee
36:33
is going to... Cherokee had a bad game, but in
36:36
the past few months, it's not had that many.
36:39
No. I think that that was the wake -up call that
36:41
City needed. So I can see them winning the rest
36:45
of their games, and I think that Cherokee is
36:46
going to be a big part of that. Yeah. I'm not...
36:49
Yeah, I think Cherokee is definitely the sensible
36:55
option. And you know me, I don't like sensible
36:57
options. It's still a differential. I would say
37:00
that most people, if you're hedging, Holland's
37:05
suddenly found the back of the net. And so I
37:07
think a lot of people will triple captain him
37:09
just because of effective ownership. But if you're
37:11
chasing, then I think Cherokee's the guy. Okay.
37:15
Because you have to go differential. Yeah, I
37:18
think. I mean, we're just talking about a triple
37:24
captainship. I know. I'm starting to think so.
37:27
The only other two players I have in my mind
37:29
are O 'Reilly and Doku. I mean, obviously, Haaland
37:36
is not a differential, right? So that's why we're
37:38
not saying Haaland. But I think there's more.
37:42
I think Cherkis, like Bruno Fernandes, you're
37:44
going to get a solid return. I think the difference
37:47
with, like, O 'Reilly and Doku is you could have
37:50
the... the mega weak, right? I think that they
37:52
have more upside. I think he might have missed
37:56
it last week with Doku. Yes, maybe. But again,
38:00
he's in form. It's like they need to go and win
38:01
games. I do feel he's like Semenu's not in form.
38:04
I mean, the other one, take a flyer on Semenu.
38:07
Maybe he'll hear this podcast and just get spiteful
38:09
and show us what he's made of. So, Waz, do you
38:12
think that they start Foden over Semenu? Absolutely
38:15
not. Absolutely not. Not after signing the five
38:19
-year extension? Over a patched head body. That's
38:22
not happening. Because the thing is that, like,
38:24
Semenu, yes, 100 % is going through a rough patch,
38:27
but he can finish a lot better. We know it's
38:31
in his locker. Yeah, exactly. It's like, this
38:35
is a moment, and he will come good. I'm not worried.
38:38
But Foden is not consistent enough right now.
38:42
Um, I wouldn't put it on O 'Reilly either because
38:44
O 'Reilly also doesn't have that consistency.
38:46
I still think Chucky is the best shout here right
38:49
now. I think so. Yeah. Okay. Okay. There you
38:51
go. The wisdom it's, it's, it's gotta be Chucky.
38:53
Anyone else where any other, any other people
38:56
are looking at picking up or anyone we like the
38:57
next week? This is the thing. right like everyone
39:01
should be at this point you should be tripled
39:03
on arsenal you should be tripled on city for
39:04
the double my question that i'm still wrestling
39:07
with and thankfully the deadline is tomorrow
39:09
and i'll have more time to think about is is
39:13
a palace asset worth it at all for the double
39:17
and i don't i don't think it is for a bunch of
39:19
reasons but like between the fact that now they're
39:24
going to be mentally checked out because of european
39:27
play they're There's already been, you know,
39:31
like it's clear the manager's rotating all over
39:34
the place. And so Munoz has come off early the
39:38
last two or three matches. And so I think the
39:41
only two players that are even worth considering
39:45
are Lacroix and Henderson. And you're doing it
39:49
for one week. And so I just, I feel like. I think
39:54
Henderson would be able to single game weekers
39:57
that could outscore either of them pretty easily.
39:59
Like shit Hill or Senesi could outscore them.
40:03
Yeah. I think Henderson saves. I think, yeah,
40:07
I actually go the other way. I would, if I was
40:09
going to take a pun and is it, look, this is
40:11
a pun because I don't know what Glasgow will
40:13
do in terms of it. It's they've got two games
40:15
in the game week. So I don't know how many, I'd
40:18
imagine he's not going to completely arrest everyone.
40:20
Strand Larsson should get more minutes than Mateta
40:22
over those two games net -net. That is a crazy
40:25
punt with the other forwards. I mean, that is...
40:29
It's a crazy punt, but it's one of those ones
40:32
where you go, do you know what? The problem with
40:34
Palace is they don't really score that many goals.
40:36
I think you're right. That's why you lean defensively.
40:38
There's just safety in the minutes back there.
40:41
A little bit more, but it's not... Even that,
40:44
it's just... He is clearly rotating for Europe
40:48
right now. Yeah. I think it's, I think it's,
40:51
it's a horrible situation. I'm just avoiding
40:53
it because I just don't like that point. I don't
40:55
know that I can trust the minutes enough. And
40:58
I look elsewhere and I know, I mean like Villa
41:00
go to Burnley. This is why when I look, I go
41:03
like, I want teams to have something to play
41:04
for us to see as much as you look at Villa, that's
41:06
a green fixture. Yeah. They become red headings
41:09
at this point of the season. I look at Bournemouth
41:11
away at Fulham. That's a game that I want a piece
41:14
of because. I think Bournemouth have a lot to
41:16
play for. Like, I would not sell their assets,
41:19
even though, yeah, even though they have City,
41:22
the stuff around that, they've got a lot to play
41:24
for. Yeah, Leeds as well. So they go away to
41:26
Taunton, home of Brighton, away to West Ham.
41:28
They've got three. fixtures where I expect that's
41:30
what I'm holding Calvert -Lewin I expect points
41:32
in those games and there are some other attacking
41:35
assets there that I think could be looked at
41:37
and then the other team is Brighton that's the
41:39
big one for me Rose at home big sort of dark
41:42
green fixture leads away Man United at home Man
41:44
United will have nothing to play for they'll
41:46
finish third and they're not going to finish
41:47
worse than that so I look at those are the ones
41:50
that I would take around your Arsenal and City
41:52
ones I'd be looking at those teams again I know
41:54
it's going to be like depending on what you've
41:56
got in terms of transfers. So you maybe need
41:58
to pick, like, who are the players you think
41:59
in those teams. If I think about Brighton, they
42:03
do rotate a bit, like, especially in the attacking
42:05
areas. I like Welbeck, if you know he's going
42:07
to start. He's a great differential. I'm already
42:10
tripled up on them from the wild card, and so,
42:12
like, it's two transfers to bring him in, but
42:14
he is a really good differential, I think. He
42:16
is. He is. I think Van Hecke at the back is a
42:18
really good pick up there as well. Bournemouth
42:20
Creepy Jr. is an obvious one. I think Sanessi's
42:23
the other one. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's like not
42:27
that he's, he's from a fantasy perspective, like
42:30
he's lost penalties. He's not really good. And
42:33
then the other one I would say is the only other
42:34
one, which was out there, the leads at home,
42:37
Chelsea away, everyone almost taught them because
42:39
they have got a lot to play for. And don't be
42:42
shaking your head. Was it right? Okay. They've
42:44
won. So, so, but you think about it again, that's
42:46
a team that I could look at and go. Pedro Poro
42:49
is appealing to me a little bit, right? He gets,
42:51
he's involved in a lot of their, their forward
42:53
play. I think he is appealing. But yeah, you
42:56
look at that Tottenham team and you go, it might
42:58
be worth the odd pickup there. If you're looking
43:00
for some differential, because a lot of people
43:02
don't trust them, but they have got as much to
43:04
play for as anyone. And they are going out to
43:07
win games of football, right? So, you know, again,
43:09
I don't know that I trust the clean sheets as
43:12
much. I would lean attacking options, but I do
43:14
think Pedro Poro, because he plays like a right
43:16
winger. would be the only defensive one I would
43:18
consider. And then you have to look around and
43:21
think, right, okay, well, who's fit for them
43:22
at the moment, right? They've got a lot of players
43:24
out injured. But, yeah, I mean, Richarlison becomes,
43:27
you know, I would never put him in, but, you
43:29
know, he is going to get the minutes, right?
43:31
And he is involved in the box. He's a penalty
43:34
box striker, and they need to win games of football.
43:37
So they're the other team that I'm looking at
43:38
as well. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Morally, I can't do
43:43
that. And to be honest, I probably need to be
43:48
less aggressive because I'm like, I am topping
43:50
a lot of leagues and some are tight though. So
43:52
I need to be like, maybe just be more channel
43:54
my one or two differentials, not 11. Yeah. You
43:58
know me, I like to be just so I can brag about
44:00
it and go, yeah, I called that, you know, I chuck
44:02
in Jared Bowen, to be honest, because I feel
44:04
like it's always towards the tail end of the
44:06
season with West Ham that he becomes superhuman.
44:08
Like every year. I really wish Arsenal would
44:11
sign him. I mean, Arsenal at home, when they
44:15
go away in Newcastle, it's just a tough place
44:18
to play. Yeah, but he just pulls it out. Look,
44:20
I don't mind it. I'm a big Bone fan. I'm with
44:24
you. I just think that next week I would do a
44:27
free transfer. I think Arsenal will just be...
44:30
Picking him up against the Arsenal defence is
44:34
a tough one. I don't know. Do it. Do it. I think
44:40
you should do it. This is your moment. This is
44:46
me calling out any of the listeners who don't
44:49
want to be cowards that I think that they should
44:52
take Bowen if they want a little bit of spice.
44:54
I love it. I love it. A little bit of a sizzle.
44:58
I love it from Waza to finish this off. Well,
45:00
listen, it's been a pleasure. Mike, hopefully
45:02
we've managed to, you know, preach some humility
45:06
into you and your fan base. Look, you're talking
45:09
to the wrong Arsenal fan. But you are our figurehead
45:15
for all Arsenal fans on this podcast. You know
45:17
that. So it's just how it is. It's the same.
45:20
I'll take the heat for the Liverpool fans and
45:21
without there being morons, I'll just have to
45:23
do it and front it up. You did it well and gracefully
45:25
as always. Well, gracefully to a point. But you
45:30
are a Boston sports fan, so I expect a little
45:32
bit of saltiness. But listen, what a weekend
45:36
we've got coming up. in Scotland is spicy so
45:40
Hearts could win the league Celtic play Rangers
45:43
Celtic have to beat Rangers in order to have
45:45
a hope of stopping Hearts a lot of neutral fans
45:48
up here want Hearts to win for obvious reasons
45:50
so that's Sunday at 12 you've got obviously City
45:52
play Saturday I think it's the late game and
45:54
then Arsenal go on the prime time Sunday afternoon
45:57
spot there and then you've got obviously the
45:59
relegation games around that and Liverpool Chelsea
46:01
which again should be a big game but really isn't
46:03
doesn't feel like it is Chelsea is just hot garbage
46:06
because of yeah because neither team are really
46:08
playing for an awful lot so but look we'll enjoy
46:10
the weekend of sport um and yeah let's see listen
46:13
i'm looking forward to next week because either
46:15
way it's going to be fun for me i'm like right
46:17
in the middle here it depends one way or the
46:18
other it'll be uh there'll be some uh yeah there'll
46:21
be some bullets um good okay well it's good to
46:25
chat to you boys have a great weekend thanks
46:27
everyone for listening and we'll see you next
46:29
time