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"It's NOT Done!" · Football is Life

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Hey folks, welcome to our latest episode of Football
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is Life. Here we come. It's not done, Mike. It's
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not done. It is not done. I believe in my real
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captain and he said it's not done. Yes, so he
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says it's not done. He must be right. We're not
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going to start there, though. We've had a...
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Again, who saw this coming? Everybody. Everybody
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saw this coming. Yes. Well, look, we don't love
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seeing somebody losing their job, but they do
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get paid handsomely for losing their job. So
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it doesn't suck as maybe a regular person losing
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their job. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, look, the
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results were atrocious and there was no question
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that he was going to go. I'm all in for bringing
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in and just for the, the, the comedy value, but
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I don't think that's going to happen. Listen,
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I'm always all in for bringing in and like, I
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feel like I just become this like staff and like
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all the, like any managerial, like, yeah. And
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any managerial change, like let's bring in and
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right. I love it. I love it. It's spicy. What
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do you think they'll get though? Do you think
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they'll chase Seth Fabregas? He said he was happy
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where he was, but like, I don't know. Who do
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you think they get? I don't know. There's rumors
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of like, what did I hear? I heard a rumor. Who
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did I hear a rumor about? Wasn't Tuchel coming
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back. That would be. I think it was Nagelsmann.
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Nagelsmann was the rumor I heard. Okay. I don't
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know anything about it. Yeah. I have no opinion
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on that at all. Yeah, I don't know. Apparently
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he qualified himself out. I don't know. That's
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kind of what I heard. But yeah, we'll see. What
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I do want to say, though, about Liam Rossini
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is... But David, I just, that's, yeah, he's a...
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I feel the guy they put in charge is like the...
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Yeah, you know, it's like the assistant to the
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regional manager in the office. He's basically
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Dwight for the American viewers, right? They've
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had Michael Scott. They've got rid of him. They're
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David Brent, obviously, for the UK listeners,
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right? The American and UK office. And they've
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put the assistant to the regional manager in
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charge to the end of the season. I'm just like,
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morons. I text my brother. He's like, it's a
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shit show. It would be, when you look at their
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payroll, Like the amount of money that club spends
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that they can't get. It's just, it's shocking.
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Like, and again, I, nobody didn't see Racine
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going. Like he, it was inevitable, but it's just,
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it's astonishing that, that they can't get the
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manager thing, right. Or they get it right for
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a season. And then it just, it goes pear -shaped
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again. I, you know, bring in Jose again, who
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knows. God knows me. I think the owners have
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said they're going to have a reflection and look
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at themselves and all that. Maybe they should
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fire themselves too. Look, it's good news for
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Liverpool. I'll take it. We're happy. Fifth place
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feels like one horse is out of the race. Yeah,
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we need to beat Palace at the weekend. So we'll
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see. Chelsea fans, we'd love to hear what people
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think about it. The performance against Brighton
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was... absolutely pathetic. Yes. Rossini did
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not mention his words after and then was obviously,
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you know, marched out the door. But yes, there
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we are. But let's turn focus, Mike, to there's
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a big game tomorrow night at the Emirates, right?
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Bukayo Saka is back and available. califiori
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also back and available no timber unfortunately
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but yes um a couple of uh major upgrades which
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now leaves the the headache of who's your front
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five and what does that look like and all of
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those things um but yes good that uh that that
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i think califiori back is also a major help uh
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in in the back line um but uh yeah ed uh must
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win must win i i think they will win i think
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it's two nil When you look at the injuries and
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the stuff going on on the Newcastle side as well,
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no Gordon, no Joe Linton. There's a bunch of
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stuff that I think also helps the cause. So I
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think Arsenal win 2 -0. And every goal that they
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score and every goal that they prevent is huge
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because it's down to three goals between these
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two teams, between Arsenal and City. Everything
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is level. except for goals scored. Yes. Will
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Havertz start again? Probably? Probably. Probably.
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The experts, when I was looking at a bunch of
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different stuff for my free hit team, were like
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Jokeres was like a 20 % chance to start. So I
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think Havertz starts, yes. Okay. Yeah, and do
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you think, I mean, you're confident going in.
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How is the nerves? What's the atmosphere going
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to be like? Do you think the Emirates gets really
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up for it, gets really behind? It has to. It
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has to. This is where I think home matches are
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supposed to be a fortress. The Emirates hasn't
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quite been a fortress. But this is about the
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team rallying, the fans rallying around the team.
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Couldn't be a better... moment in terms of it's
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a home match like you've got all the tailwinds
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you could possibly ask for for a response from
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a frustrating match away at the Etihad so yes
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I think that everyone's got a lineup behind this
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and just the fans carry the team the team gets
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ignited by that and carries the fans that's what
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has to happen Okay, what happens if they don't
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score in the first 15 or 20 minutes? You trust
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the process. You're home. You're home. You pressed.
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You pressed, and you do what you did with City
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against a weaker club, and you win 2 -0. But
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do you think they'll do that? Yeah, they have
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to. Yes, I believe they will. Okay. You believe
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they will because they have to. Yeah. Not because
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they want to. Okay. Well, they should. They should
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have been doing it all season, Ross. They should
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have been doing it all season. They should, yeah.
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So, look, I mean, this is it now. This is crunch
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time, right? So they're now not top of the league,
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you know, in virtue of goals scored for Manchester
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City. So, yes, you could argue they're now chasing.
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Like, again, do you think, like... Do you see
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any jeopardy? You mentioned Newcastle got a couple
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of key players out, not been in great form. Questions
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over Eddie Howe's future. Do you see any real
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jeopardy in this fixture? Or if any jeopardy,
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where would it come from? So I believe they win.
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I think the key is whether or not they can keep
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it. Literally, it's goal differential. So keeping
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a clean sheet. And so if anything, the fear of
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making a mistake and conceding and like to, to
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counter that you've got to play with pace and
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you've got to play forward and not take the risky
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play in your defensive third. Like it there's
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as long as they do those things, they'll be fine.
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Okay. Okay. So you don't think Newcastle have
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a. Big performance in them at the Emirates, you
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know, maybe counterattacking. They've got some
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players, do they not? I think they're Harvey
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Barnes. They do have some players, but they also
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have some key missing players that I think make
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a difference. Anthony Gordon makes a difference.
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Gibbon Rice is back though, right? What's that?
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Gibbon Rice is back. Maybe, yeah. I haven't been
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following Newcastle all that closely lately,
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but I can do a little quick searching on that.
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I'm pretty sure he... Yeah, he's not flagged
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in the game. So, yeah, he must be back. Yeah,
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okay. Interesting. Okay, well, I don't know.
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Let me say it a little bit differently. Of course
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you do. I do. Well, I think you're being very
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balanced. I think there could be a nervous Emirates
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tomorrow night. I do think the first 10 minutes
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is going to be key. Sure. Yeah, I think Newcastle
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are quite well equipped to deal with the physicality
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and the set pieces more as well as probably them
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in Brentford. Sort of teams you go, they've got
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a lot of height and physicality in that team.
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But yes, I mean, look, I don't know. I think
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the team selection is going to be fascinating
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with Saka available, Califuri available. Yeah,
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I don't think either of them start. You don't
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like Saka. I don't know. If he starts, he's not
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playing 90. If he starts, he's not playing 90.
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He's been out forever. He's not match fit. Hmm.
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Surely he starts him over Madawiki, no? That
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would be my preference, but if he does, he probably
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plays 60. Yeah, which I think, yeah, probably
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feels right. I mean, Odegaard will play. I think
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it'll be the same. You'd imagine would Eze keep
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his space in the left wing? It'll be very disappointing
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if Eze is not on the left. Do you think he won't
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be? No, he's done nothing to lose his spot. This
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just comes down to the fact that we're getting
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all the players in the middle of the pitch healthy
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again. But I think it should be Saka on the right.
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Odegaard in the middle, Eze on the left. Okay.
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With Havertz up top. You think that's what, okay.
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Yeah. I'd be surprised if he doesn't go with
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that. I think he'll go pretty strong to start.
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I think he would, yeah, if Saka is fit. Again,
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he's available for selection. Like you say, it's
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hard to know the context of that, right? Like
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how right he is. If he feels, yeah. properly
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back he's got no niggle at all i imagine he would
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start but and it sounds like he was it was the
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team that said no to him against city that yeah
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he felt ready and the team said no or yeah i've
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had to said no so from a it's just match fitness
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right like you can run on the grass all you want
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until you've played a bunch of matches it's you
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and i both know it's no there's a very different
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thing from match fitness and that There is, there
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is. Okay, we'll see. Well, look, Man City will
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be watching on, you know, obviously looking at
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what's happening at the Emirates. I mean, it
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feels like I said, the next two games feel like
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the Arsenal have to win these. You've got to
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win your home games, right? Yep. So it does feel
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like... You've got to win them all. You've got
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to win them all. That's it. They've got to go
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and do it. And it starts tomorrow again. I mean,
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they're definitely big favorites. Again, it's
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not the Newcastle team that have had results
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against Arsenal. So they've got no Livramento.
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They've got no Schar. They've got no Gordon.
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They've got no Joel Linton. Yeah. So, yeah, a
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few players missed. I feel like they've got –
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so who will play at the back? It will be Thiao
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and Bottman. probably yeah yeah and then i mean
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you've got all you get burn you get trippier
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i mean there's they certainly have a fair few
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folks to play at the back but um yeah yeah what
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they'll play they got but they got tonali and
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gimorash at midfield with i don't know who they'll
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put in there with them um with them it's pretty
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good with field and then i'd imagine it would
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be probably i would i would imagine yeah i thought
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maybe murphy murphy and barnes playing the wings
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no yeah And they're both fit. Yeah. You've got
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this, uh, and Volta Mata. Like I'm not worried
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about their strikers. So. Yeah. Okay. Look, I'm
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looking forward to watching it. It'll be a fascinating
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watch. Let's see what happens. There'll be a,
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there'll be, there'll be a reaction from us obviously
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next week, either way. Uh, but yes, let's, let's
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turn our attention to the final topic day, which
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is the relegation fights. There's a game on right
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now. Yes. By the way. As we record? I can check
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that. I can check that. Don't say Gibbs White.
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I almost put him in, but I didn't. Don't say
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Gibbs White. No, Igor Jesus. Okay, that's good.
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Oh, actually, so it's your own goal. Igor Jesus
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with the assist and Hume was the own goal. That's
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fine. I was very close to Gibbs White as well.
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That final slot from midfield on the free hit
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was very tricky. Very tricky indeed. Forrest
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going good guns. I expect them to get something
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from that game tonight. I do expect that. They're
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in good form. It feels like they're four or five
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points away from safety now. If they win tonight,
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that would be huge. We then have West Ham playing
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Everton at home. Then we have Tottenham going
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to Wolves at the weekend to wrap up the crunch
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time of the relegation battle. Those two matches
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happen at the same time. How do you see those
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two? Let's focus on those two. It does feel more
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and more as Leeds creep to safety, Forest looking
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like they are. It's going to be one of the two
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London clubs that are going to be in the third
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relegation spot. Do you feel, I mean, look, Everton
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certainly a more formidable opponent, but West
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Ham are at home. Spurs, not great at home. They
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do go away. Maybe that helps them. A Wolves team
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that are now relegated, nothing to play for.
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Like, how do you see those two games panning
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out? Do you see both teams winning? Do we think
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this is going to be a case of... playing a part
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or do you think they're going to be cagey? I
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mean, I feel like the West Ham one could be a
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bit of a defensive affair, no? Yeah, I think
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that that could be the case. And then just, oh,
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2 -0 Forest as we record. Not Gibbs White, not
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Gibbs White. Yeah, I know. I'm going to be cheering
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against that all week. So I think for the...
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the west ham game i mean no breath weight for
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the rest of the season hurts uh defensively i
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mean that's that's a big loss so i i i think
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i think it's 2 -1 west ham and i just feel like
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it's a scene from it and wolves are in the sewer
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speaking to spurs saying we all float down here
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and they're gonna they're gonna drag them right
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on down and i i i'm here for it for like a just
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an a hideous one one draw that just destroys
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spurs fans wow wow um i think chris would score
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by the way yeah uh i'm checking so not not gives
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white Thank you. Yeah, look, I'm leaning towards
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West Ham now. As they're being called to get
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relegated? Yes, I am. For the first time, I think
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that the fact that they didn't beat Palace was
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huge. I think they should have beaten a Palace
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team they don't have a lot to play for. I think
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that's two points to drop their regret. And I
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just feel like I think Spurs will win at Wolves.
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I think West Ham could draw home against Everton.
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It'll be a close game. And I don't know. I just
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have this feeling now. I don't know what's changed.
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If West Ham have got, I think, that two points.
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Because what's the gap between West Ham and Tottenham
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at the moment? So West Ham is two points clear.
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Yeah, so that would have been four. I don't know.
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I just feel like... This weekend, it could –
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and then Spurs get a little bit of momentum.
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But then they go away to Villa next week. I know.
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I know they do. Yeah, I don't know. I just –
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yeah, I have a feeling that they might end up
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just staying up. And, yeah, I don't – I just
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feel like that West Ham result. Again, if West
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Ham beat Everton tomorrow and Spurs drop points
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at Wolves, I think then I feel differently again.
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But, yeah, just it feels that result. I do think
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Spurs – will win this weekend. I think West Ham
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have to win. Yeah, I really do. I think they've
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got to win or they'll be in big trouble. Yeah,
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I think they beat a slightly weakened Everton
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team tomorrow. You think so? I do. Yeah? Yeah.
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Yeah, I mean, they're at home, you know, and
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they need to go and win those games. But yeah,
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I'm not totally convinced. I mean, they do have
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a rough... They do have – I'll give it to you.
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West Ham has a tough run in because after that,
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they go away to Brentford. They're home to Arsenal.
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They're away to Newcastle, and then they end
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the season at Leeds – or home to Leeds, home
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against Leeds. Yeah, that's what I think. I think
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their run -in is slightly harder. It is harder.
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I was looking where they get the points. I felt
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they had to win that game. Probably need to beat
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Everton. Might need to – I don't know. Yeah,
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with the Spurs, I could see them getting maybe
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– six to eight points maybe from their final
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final games maybe something like that and i don't
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know west ham i'm looking maybe four or five
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points maybe i'm look you know i could see a
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couple of drawings it's three nil the forest
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gibbs white just scored did he no he didn't yes
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he did it's three i had him in there i did too
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i did too and in the last minute i chickened
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out because i thought i was chasing this i thought
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i thought suddenly but i was like oh yeah because
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they're they're destroying them they're 35 minutes
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in and it's three no yeah um yeah yeah well that's
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yeah it's a two horse race for relegation that's
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confirmed for sure for sure yeah um But yes.
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Okay. Well, interesting. Yeah. Fantasy free hit
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this week. Lots of people do the free hit like
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you and you. Yes. Good luck with that. It's too
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late now to give you any tips. Do anything about
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it. Yep. Are you, are you playing the last fan
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standing? No. Oh, see, I'm done. There's 8 ,400
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of us left and I picked United this week. So
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we'll see. Okay. Well, yeah. United are home
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to Brentford. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Should win that.
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Should win. It was between them and Liverpool
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that were my two that I was going between. And
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I think they both win, but I'm saving the Liverpool
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pick. Yeah. Okay. So was that on the app? He
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can do that. Yeah, so on the Premier League website,
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they kicked off a new game three game weeks ago,
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and you get one team. You can only pick them
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once, and you pick each week. And if you make
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it, you advance to the next. So I don't know
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how many started, but there's only 8 ,400 players
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left. Wow. Well, good luck with that, mate. I'm
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sure knowing you, you will do your research,
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and you'll probably end up winning it. Yeah,
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well, we'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll
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see what happens. Yes, okay, well, I think we
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can leave it at that. Listen, massive, massive
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game. I can't wait to see how nervous you are
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if things don't go to plan tomorrow. We were
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meant to have Billy on. He unfortunately had
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a clash because Billy does bring some very hot
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takes from an Arsenal perspective. I'm sure he'll
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be watching it from behind the couch tomorrow
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and be less... compo nor do you as composed as
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you are about it mike as an article fan i don't
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think well i have to lead by example he is my
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son so like that's true that is true that's very
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true so yeah billy's moving we take some a little
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bit of your positivity and um yeah let's see
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where we uh where we end up with that but uh
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but yes listen always igor jesus just scored
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it is four nil lord of good forest this is it's
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this is just a battery yeah Wow, that's mad.
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Well, there we go. Listen, no point in watching
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the second half now. No, I think this is done.
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Yeah, maybe it's over. But yes, anyway, look,
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always good to chat, mate. Enjoy the game tomorrow.
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And listen, we're going to have to say goodbye
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to Mr. David Brent. And it's not done. It's not
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done. It's not done, Mike. It's not done. It's
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not done. If you lose tomorrow, If you lose tomorrow,
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it's done. That's why we're not going to lose
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tomorrow, because it's not done. You heard it
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here first. Right. We'll catch you next time.
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Thanks, everyone. Cheers. Au revoir.