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Episode 3 - VAR, opinions & Shocking impacts
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A preview episode of the Global Sports Podcast Network Daily English Premier League show. Host Tom Jolly joined by Presenter Mikey Thompson to look at the upcoming Premier League season and discuss: VAR, Wild opinions about which teams will surprise and finally key players that will have a significant effect on their teams!
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Introductions & Episode Focus
00:00:09
Tom Jolley
Welcome to the English Daily Premier League podcast brought to you by GSPN. And today I am joined by Mike Thompson. How are we fella?
00:00:16
officialgspn
Very good, pal How are you?
00:00:18
Tom Jolley
I am very, very good. Forgot to say my name there. My name is Tom Angeli, coming at you live from GSPN's headquarters on Zencaster, I guess we could say. On today's episode, we're going to be talking all things VR, our wild opinions for the season and key players for the season. Let's kick today off in Stalin, shall we? With football's most controversial topic. And no, I'm not talking about the European Super League. It's, of course, VR. Brought in in 2020, VR has caught the headlines constantly with controversial decisions having made or broken certain team seasons.
Opinions on VAR & Major Controversies
00:00:48
Tom Jolley
up to a point that in June of this year, the Premier League put a vote to all 20 Premier League clubs at the time for their decision on whether VAR should be scrapped or kept. So to kick things off, Marky, let the world know your opinion on the use of virtual assistant referee.
00:01:02
officialgspn
So I am all for there, if I'm brutally honest. and And not to bore anyone, but I think there's a lot of lot to be done with it yet. It needs to be fine-tuned. There's a lot of work that could make it more succinct to the game that we love. But I do think there's a lot of value to it as well.
00:01:20
officialgspn
And one of my examples, which I'm pretty gutted isn't coming into the Premier League, is the semi-automated offsides that they try out. I was a big fan. It winds me up when everyone knows I'm letting offside and they let it play on until until the decision or whatever, the end result of was what is going on there. But VAR for me,
00:01:41
officialgspn
and could potentially be something very, very credible in the Premier League and across football. However, at the minute, I don't think it's been utilised to its best ability.
00:01:52
Tom Jolley
For me, there's two clear consensus decisions that have had a domino effect on the opinion of VAR across the Premier League. And it was in 2020, one of them, and I think it was the first game VAR was ever introduced in in the Premier League, being when we got we came back from lockdown, it was Sheffield United versus Aston Villa.
00:02:07
Tom Jolley
There was a clear goal that wasn't given that was over the line for Aston Villa. They ended up winning the game and then they ended up staying up for that season because that goal went in for them to win when the game and stay up in the Premier League. And then the other one is, of course, Spurs versus Liverpool in the 23-24 season. It was Lewis Diaz that went through and it wasn't given. And that's the big one for me that raises some questions on VR. But it's the domino effects of how decisions like that have such financial impacts and sort of big impacts across the country on teams that weren't even involved in that game. And a funny fact about that game actually, between Sheffield and Manchester Villa, is that only ever Premier League game that's been put on pay-per-view by Sky Sports, which I think was a wild time. But VAR in total for me, do you think it should be all on the referee of how he should use VAR, rather than VAR taking full control rather than the man on the pitch?
Decision-Making: Referees vs. VAR
00:02:59
officialgspn
Can I just say I've missed our Stadtman official here on the daily English Premier League. Tom, Joly is back everybody. Yeah man, I think, I don't know, there's something I disagree with you there to be honest. Those decisions I agree are contentious and incorrect and they had a detrimental effect on those teams at that time.
00:03:19
officialgspn
However, if you go back through history of football, they're the reasons why we all love football. And that's one of the reasons I disengaged with VAR because I thought they were the talking points as football fans, the decisions that weren't given, the offsides that were offside, those kind of things kind of got missed. But my my, in answer to what you just said then about the the power of who makes those decisions,
00:03:43
officialgspn
When you send a referee to the side of the pitch in whatever capacity that is, they are making an influence decision at that point. it's not It's not a subjective position that they're putting themselves in. So I don't think they can make a fair decision because they're being shouted at by 40,000 people. They've got people speaking in their ear who are concerned about making mistakes.
00:04:07
officialgspn
i think I think there's glaring bluring mistakes that could be taken out of the referee's hand on pitch. He could officiate the stopping and starting of the game and somebody who has the opportunity to look at it three or four times can make a decision. But I think I could answer the A.R. in one sentence, really. If it takes more than five seconds for the people back at the headquarters to judge it, it's not a decision or it is a decision. that If it takes longer than five seconds, it's not a clear and obvious mistake.
00:04:37
Tom Jolley
Yeah, I think that's the big talk point between VR is what is and isn't a clear and obvious mistake. Speaking of the 23-24 season, here's some stats on VR. Fulham and Nottingham Forest benefited the most the last campaign with a net score of plus five in regards to VR decisions, with Gary O'Neill's Wolves being the team that benefited the least from VR with a net score of minus seven. And I think that overall encapsulates the the series of events we saw throughout the Premier League season of managers being fined.
00:05:04
Tom Jolley
because you can look at a graph on several different places across the globe on how those VR decisions impact to those teams. And the teams that are towards the bottom are the managers they got fined the most, Gary O'Neill being one of them. In regards to the Premier League's decisions with VR, VR overturned 110 decisions in the Premier League last season, with only two decisions throughout the whole of the campaign being rejected by the on-field referee. And I think that shows the power that the referee thinks he doesn't have and how VR already has a pre-contented influence on his the decision he's going to make.
00:05:36
Tom Jolley
32 goals were ruled out for offside last season with 13 red cards given after a review from VAR and the final one for me is over 15 separate occasions VAR was involved in the decision of awarding penalties.
00:05:36
officialgspn
Hm.
00:05:50
Tom Jolley
It seems to have gone out of control with how much influence it has on on-field decisions and I think we need to create a clear definition on what is clear and obvious areas within the Premier League football refereeing system.
00:06:02
officialgspn
Yeah yeah i think I think you're probably right and I think with anything that you start the intention is always good and so I think that's really important to acknowledge because it's quite easy to be negative about the air but I think if you If you know that there's going to be a circumstance of trial and error and and they are trying to figure it out, for me, it's it's the blatantly obvious things that nobody comes out and owns up. There seems to be a lack of you know ownership for mistakes. And that, for me, is the most disappointing part. I'm OK with them making mistakes and having unfilled mistakes happen. And the glaringly obvious one, like you said about the Liverpool one, last season in particular, was it was awful. And then the audio goes into the public.
00:06:46
officialgspn
but nobody comes out of from a refereeing perspective and gives comment about that decision and why it was made.
00:06:51
Tom Jolley
think We saw that towards the end of the season, didn't we, with Howard Webb's appearances on Sky Sports here and there and the way he was trying to break down the decision. But even when he was breaking down the decisions that were being made by the referee on the pitch, they didn't really make sense.
00:07:02
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:07:03
Tom Jolley
It seems to be there was a breakup between communication between the two parties. And I think and needs to be sort of i think there needs to be a whole revamp of the way it works and just say, I think the way you said it is perfect.
00:07:15
Tom Jolley
If it it takes longer than five seconds, it's not clear and obvious and just let the game go on.
00:07:20
officialgspn
yeah Absolutely. And you have very little to to worry about in that regard then. you' You've made a decision and it is one way or the other, but you can argue for it wasn't clear and obvious. I think that's the best way to look at it.
00:07:32
Tom Jolley
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00:08:01
Tom Jolley
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Season Predictions: Teams & Key Players
00:08:40
Tom Jolley
I want everyone listening to this now to hear some of these opinions we've got, clip them up, and at the end of the season, come in either rinse us or praise us on them.
00:08:49
officialgspn
yeah
00:08:50
Tom Jolley
There's going to be one or two here that I say in particular that people around the globe are not going to like, but Mikey, start us off with a wild opinion.
00:08:57
officialgspn
Well, I threw it in in the first episode and I'm going to say it again because I truly believe it's going to happen. West Ham are going to get European football this year.
00:09:05
Tom Jolley
Yes. The signings they've made, we went through on yesterday's episode actually, it was unbelievable. The signings they've made, eight's i don't i I was speaking to Marcus about this yesterday, I think he didn't really understand the pull that West Ham have.
00:09:19
Tom Jolley
What's your opinion on that? Because I think West Ham as a club are massive, but I sort of made a comment as just in the job of interview for getting a player, does Jared Bowen just hold round the European trophy and say, you could have one of these if you join West Ham?
00:09:22
officialgspn
massive.
00:09:31
officialgspn
Yeah, absolutely. i think I think they've got a huge pull and I couldn't agree more. I think think the change has come at exactly at the right time. They've got a new manager in early enough to make these signings and I think these signings are quite pivotal to having a successful 12 months in the Premier League. I can't wait to see what West Ham do. And I think that they have got a huge pull. They've got a big stadium. They've they've won a European Championship recently.
00:09:57
officialgspn
They're on that level of football, in my opinion, and and there's absolutely no reason they can't be, you know, the Aston Villa of last year.
00:10:04
Tom Jolley
I think towards in the end of last season West Ham fans were calling for David Moyse's neck essentially because the style of play wasn't very good compared to what they've seen during his tenure at the London Stadium. But I think i think the the big thing for me is they finally replaced Michael Antonio.
00:10:14
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:10:18
Tom Jolley
His injury struggles as a number nine. Don't get me wrong, he's West Ham's all-time top goalscorer but they've finally replaced him.
00:10:23
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:10:24
Tom Jolley
and To get a player of the quality of Nicholas Fulcrug up front as a number nine, for to to drag him away from Dortmund, who were in a Champions League final last year, it certainly shows the pull they had.
00:10:33
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:10:35
Tom Jolley
For me, my first one is any how to be sacked. Well Newcastle fans don't come from a neck, I've only said one take already.
00:10:41
officialgspn
yeah
00:10:42
Tom Jolley
i think I don't think it's because of the performances. I think he's just going to get lured into the England job. I think it's the job that he wants. But don't get me wrong, we've heard reports of Lee Carsey this week, the England under 21 manager. He's going to be taking the interim job for those nation league qualifiers come September. But it really wouldn't surprise me if we see Newcastle's head man taking the England dugout come next year.
00:11:04
officialgspn
Yeah, I heard this when Southgate was sapped, finally for a lot of people, but all of a sudden, in my opinion, I never ever phoned in and I was going to phoned in to speak about Southgate because the hate that that man got during that competition
00:11:19
Tom Jolley
It's yours.
00:11:20
officialgspn
I think it was disgusting if if I'm really honest. He's our most successful, anyway im I'm diverting there and I don't need to. He was a legend in my opinion and he will remain so but I think the idea of how thing could be could be where that goes. The only thing for me that that would challenge that is The excitement around Newcastle, and I know last year it was a blip, but be having the investment now and and wanting to strive to you know be a championship contender, could ediehow be the you know he could he could be the person who who creates that path for Newcastle.
00:12:00
Tom Jolley
I think he's already been the catalyst to bring in in some success. First time they've had Champions League football since the early 2000s. And I think and among to obsess up they've they've made sort a couple of good implementations into the first team squad.
00:12:06
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:12:11
Tom Jolley
Tenali, we've all forgot about him. I mean, he was probably sat at Wetherspoon's in Newcastle thinking, what am I doing coming in after getting that ban? from betting, but he's going to be a neck of brand new signing when he comes back in.
00:12:22
Tom Jolley
My second one is a pretty obvious one.
00:12:22
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:12:23
Tom Jolley
It's not really that wild, but for me as a Manchester knifer, I really want to see it happen because I don't want to see the blue side of Manchester lifting another trophy. And that is Arsenal to win at the Premier League. I think Manchester City, as Pep Guardiola has even said himself, I think they will start the season slowly.
00:12:37
Tom Jolley
And without any investment, they may struggle to compete, complete, complete, get my words out of there correctly. They may struggle to complete five Premier League titles in a row whilst competing on all fronts.
00:12:47
Tom Jolley
I think we saw that a little bit last season with their loss in the Carabao Cup. We saw them go out of the Champions League because they were really focused on getting that Premier League title for the fourth time, being the first team to do so. And I think Arsenal's recruitment this summer is really a statement of intent to go defensively with the best team in the league.
00:13:04
Tom Jolley
I think they just need that number nine to get them over the line.
00:13:07
officialgspn
Yeah, they've got the depth and, you know, we were talking the other day about Ivan Tony potentially being that number nine. And it seems that that boat has passed and Arteta has made his feelings quite clear and about Tony and the potential of that. But I think we're on similar pages to refer at the minute, Tom. I backed Arsenal the other day and I just wanted to say something controversial to make it interesting, but I I do think it will be Arsenal's year.
00:13:32
officialgspn
However, and that was my prediction, which is a wild one, but I think if City win the league or the Champions League, let's say, I was about to say that I think Guardiola will leave at the end of this year.
00:13:46
Tom Jolley
I think he's going to leave anyway. His contract's up, I think. unless there is The only thing I can see him stay in, which will never happen because the Premier League is scared to do it, is if they get relegated because of the 115 charges. I think that would excite Pep a little bit more to say, let me prove all of you wrong at how good I am.
00:14:04
Tom Jolley
and let me bring this team back up. They should do that anyway if they if they were to ever somehow in another parallel universe go down, they never will. But we'll move on from that. I've got a couple more here, but I'm just worried about time.
00:14:16
Tom Jolley
Aston Villa not to finish in the top six. <unk>ing it Competing in the Champions League for the first time in 40 years, the last time being in 1983, the year after they won it, I think competing in the new format of the Champions League with the depth of squad they have, don't get me wrong, they've made some summer signings, I think they'll struggle.
00:14:18
officialgspn
yeah
00:14:22
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:14:33
officialgspn
Yeah, I can't quite get my head around the new format of the pre Champions League just yet.
00:14:39
Tom Jolley
wishwash isn't it i think
00:14:40
officialgspn
It really is.
00:14:41
Tom Jolley
case if if it wasn't broke don't fix it and they
00:14:44
officialgspn
I just don't understand it. I don't understand it. The Super League may be the reason why we've had to make changes to the biggest competition in club football. and But I don't know how how wild that suggestion is because, you know, most teams that go into European football that are unexpectedly in there and perhaps do suffer following.
00:15:04
Tom Jolley
wish wash isn't it?
00:15:05
officialgspn
So I think it'd be a wilder thing to say that, you know, they maintain it and manage to get European football next year.
00:15:08
Tom Jolley
I think if it wasn't broke don't fix it.
00:15:11
officialgspn
But I do highly doubt that to be fair. and I think you're probably right. Although I think I don't know. i think I think they shocked us last year, but not only shocked to us, but shocked us consistently. So there's no reason that that can't happen again.
00:15:26
Tom Jolley
Yeah, I think so. I think my final sort of wild opinion, I think this is more for those on the London spectrum that are going to come from my head here. Brentford to be relegated. I think at the end of last season, we saw them really tail off three wins from the last 12 Premier League games last season.
00:15:37
officialgspn
Wow.
00:15:43
Tom Jolley
And this impending exit of Ivan Tony might be looking less likely because, to be honest, it's looking more like he's going to stay at the GTEC come next season. But should the Englishman leave, I feel that Brentford will struggle without him to fully implement a consistent attacking output, regardless of how poor they can be in defence at times.
00:16:03
officialgspn
Yeah, I said it towards the end of last season. I think he's he's fundamental to to their success. and If he stays, I can't imagine that he'll be happy about it either.
00:16:14
Tom Jolley
No, he's he's consistently come out in the public eye, whether it be whether he's videoed in Ibiza or whether he said it on Twitter that he wants to leave Brentford.
00:16:21
Tom Jolley
It's like Michael Elise at Palace. They know the whole world knows they want bigger things. And I think it's time that he's going to leave Brentford.
00:16:26
officialgspn
Yeah, absolutely.
00:16:30
officialgspn
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00:17:09
Tom Jolley
You said the words fantasy football, and my eyes just lit up. I've been waiting for weeks when we're recording this. There's only 10 days left until the start of the Premier League season, and and I can't wait to win my league again. I'll tell you what.
00:17:21
officialgspn
I mean it does surprise me that the Statman does well in fantasy football, to be honest.
00:17:21
Tom Jolley
and the
00:17:25
Tom Jolley
I'm going to humbly, I mean, I shouldn't admit this, but at the start of last season, I had a spreadsheet for the first week of players who were doing so well and so poor and who I should have in my team.
00:17:33
officialgspn
Oh.
00:17:35
Tom Jolley
And that was only because for the first time i ever playing FPL, and this is not Kondo, and I had money on the line on FPL. So that's the only time ever. But for the last section of this podcast, it's key players. Every team across the world, whether it be Grimsby or Manchester City, they've all got a key player in their squad that is their star man forever. I mean, Manchester City got a few of them, but we don't talk about that. There's a couple of key players I want to note.
00:18:00
Tom Jolley
on how these players could really excel or really drop off this season. And I want to start off with Arsenal. Not that I think he's going to fall off, but I think his injury record is worrying, and that's William Saliba. The Frenchman in defence, he's had injury problems, we know that, and although the incoming of Califiori at the back improves the depth of their back four tremendously, I think if the Frenchman does get injured, it'll cause a worrying spell for Arsenal.
00:18:25
officialgspn
Yeah, I do agree with you, but I think that is why that they've brought in the new players and they've got depth in in in the defence. And to be fair, I think that that was where Arsenal's downfall was last year.
00:18:39
officialgspn
and defensively I think was that was the situation and the depth of the squad to being able to handle the, you know, the the influx of fixtures, especially towards the latter stages after Christmas. So yeah, I think I think you could be right. But I think our test is on the right thing by spending money in in in a wise area of the pitch for Arsenal. I think that that's my opinion anyway.
00:19:04
Tom Jolley
Do you know for me what that investment signals? It's the turning point away from pet ball and going a little bit further back to 4-4, blooming too.
00:19:13
officialgspn
Yeah absolutely.
00:19:16
Tom Jolley
Big man up top. I think that's what the Premier League needs a team like that. Could it switch be that team under Kieran McKenna? I don't know. My key key
Transfer Moves & Player Impact
00:19:23
Tom Jolley
player, that's what I want to hear.
00:19:24
officialgspn
So I kind of want to f throw one in that really riled me last year and as a United fan it is my biggest bugbear and that's Andre Onana. I didn't want to get rid of David De Gea. In my opinion, and I said this when we signed him, De Gea will save us more points than he will make us. Because the only reason we got this guy was he was unbelievable with his feet. How many goalkeepers need to be that good with their feet? Modern day or not, I couldn't care less.
00:19:55
officialgspn
he he for me has been pivotal to so many games last season and I think it will be exactly the same for United and I understand that United going through a really traumatic time as a club but I think having having someone like him in such a key area of the pitch it's really going to get on my nerves because he won't get the headlines either because there's so much going on in the club it'll be overlooked
00:20:22
Tom Jolley
Do you know what scares me about Andrew and Arne? In pre-season he came up with a quote saying he's going to be taking more risks.
00:20:28
officialgspn
Yeah, I heard it.
00:20:29
Tom Jolley
and the ball out of your box. I don't want to see any good step-overs.
00:20:30
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:20:32
Tom Jolley
Don't get me wrong, it looks cool as a clip for you to put on your TikTok with some music in the background, yeah.
00:20:36
officialgspn
there
00:20:37
Tom Jolley
But it's just going to drop points. It's going to drop more points risking like that than it is going to make them. It's only going to make you look good as an individual rather than your team. And that his personality, don't get me wrong, he's got a great personality and great confidence with himself.
00:20:50
officialgspn
yeah
00:20:50
Tom Jolley
Does worry a little bit.
00:20:52
Tom Jolley
I'm going to turn away from Old Trafford down south of it to Selhurst Park, Jean-Philippe Mateta. The form that man was in with his shirt tucked in like Prime R9 to the end of last year, it was unbelievable. But the Frenchman is currently still at the Olympics with France and will not compete for the first few games of the season under Oliver Glazner. With already the exit of Michael Alize, do you think Crystal Palace's frontline, with the absence of him for the first few games and not knowing whether his form is going to catch fire like it did last season,
00:21:21
Tom Jolley
output the same results.
00:21:23
officialgspn
yeah, it's tricky. And if they keep hold of, you know, the, the, the key players that you've talked about there, I think that that is going to be, for me, they could be contenders to go down if they lose, if they lose those players.
00:21:38
Tom Jolley
Ooh, the Eze one's a strange one, isn't it?
00:21:40
Tom Jolley
Because you would think Steve Parrish and Oliver Gosling would do everything in that power to keep Eze at cell host part this year, and I think he will stay there. But I think this is his time to take that crown as Palace's number one player.
00:21:51
Tom Jolley
We saw it with Zaha for many years. The teams were coming after him every season, but he was like, you're going to stay for Palace one more season, one more season. I think this is Eze's time to take that crown and go, I'm the star man in this team.
00:21:57
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:22:01
Tom Jolley
I get this team point. And I think he will. My next player,
00:22:04
officialgspn
but you feel that that has Do you feel that that has the the impact, that the desired impact you want from a player though? Is that what what kind of a player you'd want in your squad?
00:22:12
Tom Jolley
I think it's different because of the personalities that differ between Eze and Elise. Elise had this, I mean, the the word aura gets thrown a lot thrown a lot around social media these days, but he did have that aura of, I am the best player here, I am better than everyone on this pitch, I am better than Crystal Palace.
00:22:29
Tom Jolley
that was i mean We've seen what he said in the past about Crystal Palace and how he you know was was destined to leave the club in the end.
00:22:29
officialgspn
Mm.
00:22:35
Tom Jolley
I think Eze's a little bit more humble than that. Not to say he could not, he but I think Eze knows that he's the best player, but he knows he can be unselfish at times as well. My next player is Pascal Grosz. This one really worries me. Brighton, they've not replaced him. The German played every position on the pitch bar between the sticks during his time at Brighton.
00:23:00
Tom Jolley
I think his attacking output was superb. I think he scored at Old Trafford every single season and no one really put note of it. But I don't understand what Brighton's sort of, I mean, I understand their transfer ideology in the sense that we we take players for low fees, we build them up, they build the profile up in the talent and we sell them on. Pasco Gross was a little bit of a weird one. So is Brighton going to be as good as they were over the last few years under the Derby? Especially under her as well, youngest manager in Premier League history. It's going to be questioned on what he can do in the top flight too.
00:23:30
Tom Jolley
you
00:23:30
officialgspn
Yeah, and I think i think you've hit the nail on the head there. He literally played every position and did an incredible job. and And they got rid of one of their most formidable players, in my opinion. Do they have the depth, though, to to to cope with it? Like you said, they've not gone into the market and replaced him by any means. They're a fantastic club in many ways for for for how they create you know financial benefit for the for themselves.
00:24:00
officialgspn
but surely Premier League status, it it trumps everything else.
00:24:05
Tom Jolley
Yeah, you would think so. My final player has got to be Rodgeri. I think it's very obvious that the citizens struggle without their Spanish star at the heart of their midfield. Can Calvin Furch really fill the void? Should he not take to the field? Or do the Premier League champions need to invest in another backup for their Ballon d'Or contender?
00:24:22
officialgspn
Yeah and I mean Calvin Phillips for me is a very very very good footballer if he can stay fit and and and e e he becomes that very good footballer with consistency and um'm you know keep keeping himself fit so I think that'll be pivotal but you know City aren't short on money so they might they might dip into the transfer window for sure.
00:24:46
Tom Jolley
especially with the exit. It was Julian Alvarez. They bought him for, what was it, 14 million quid, sold him on for a package of 95 million euros to Ophletica Madrid. I don't know where Ophletica Madrid got that money from for a start, especially with the buying Conigalliga a day before.
00:25:00
officialgspn
Good point.
00:25:03
Tom Jolley
But it's a brilliant deal for Manchester City. You expect them to reinvest. But Mikey, that's all we've got time for. It's goodbye from me, Tom.
00:25:10
officialgspn
Yeah mate, it's been a pleasure and as always come and find us out on our social media pages. Tom, I'll see you in the very near future.
00:25:19
Tom Jolley
And don't remember, well, do remember, it's every club, every day here on GSPN.