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Host's Return from Côte d'Azur
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Welcome back, everybody. Well, welcome back to me, really, everybody. haven't been here for a week. I've been sunning myself in the Côte d'Azur, and it's very nice it was, too.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
But we're back. I'm back to autumnal England, and I'm back to join... with
Major Events During Vacation
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my colleague, my friend, very close friend.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Not like that though, obviously. Mr. Dick Britton, how are you doing?
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Nick Britten
I wonder where you were going with that. Mate, I'm very well. I've been holding, as our listeners will be aware, I've been holding the hot seat, keeping it very warm for you over the last week.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
done a brilliant job. a brilliant job I listened to a few when I was out and in the continent. thought this this lad could go a long way.
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Nick Britten
Well, thank you very much. That's very kind of you.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I wish he would go a long way. but
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Nick Britten
is it Hey, listen, we've not been short of things to talk about, have we? There's been loads going on in your eyes in fact in fact, you should go away more often.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
What,
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Nick Britten
In fact, just Go go and live in the south of France. Because every time you go somewhere, some big news story breaks.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
have have I missed something?
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Nick Britten
when it
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Nick Britten
Well, only very exciting things to happen.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Nuno,
Ligue 1 vs Premier League Experience
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Postacoglu,
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Nick Britten
And still, you know, Poster Coglu, Continuing Disaster, Man United, Villers, Villers, Villers, Villers
00:01:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Dilla. Man United. and Let's talk about those things. OK, here we go then. So, oh, by the way, though, I should say before we get into this, I did manage to catch an episode, an episode, no, a game, you call them, a game in Ligue 1.
00:01:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh Nice versus Nantes. Interesting mid-table clash, but it was good game.
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Nick Britten
You sure it was interesting? I'm looking forward to hearing about it, I'm sure. It's good.
00:01:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was. Nice are decent. ah They scored a good goal through Jeremy Dugu. ah When I say a good goal, I'm talking goal of the season contender. Ran from the halfway line, passed about eight players, knocked it in with his left foot.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Beautiful goal. ah ah Not more terrible. But I have to say, ah the Premier League is miles ahead of League Un, if that is the average of League Un.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
The average the Premier League is.
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Nick Britten
Is the Championship miles ahead of Ligon?
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Global Sports Podcast Network
No. Both of these teams you could see you would see top half of the... man Maybe not Nantes. Nice top half of the championship. Nice relegation championship, I would say.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, we're back and we're not here to talk about League Un. We're not even here to
Introduction to Podcast and Network
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Global Sports Podcast Network
talk about the Championship because we're going to definitely gloss over that given Rexon's performance. ah But we are here to talk about the Premier League. It is the daily Premier League podcast brought to you by Global Sports Podcast Network.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
You lucky people. Thank you, everybody, who makes listening to this podcast part of your daily routine. You know, it makes
Is Nuno a Fit for West Ham?
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Global Sports Podcast Network
sense. It means when you're at the water cooler or whatever the English equivalent of that is, ah when you talk about the Premier League, you can talk with knowledge, foresight, insight and analysis.
00:03:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd agree with that, Nick, wouldn't you?
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Nick Britten
i think it i'm i'm trying to I'm trying to think what it's called. It might still be called the water cooler over there. just the water so It's not a water station, is It's just the water thing.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
The water.
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Nick Britten
Get some water
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Global Sports Podcast Network
The water. Let's go stand by the water and talk about the Premier League.
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Nick Britten
over there. Yeah, the water thing.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
We should call this the water cooler, shouldn't we?
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Nick Britten
We should.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, anyway.
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Nick Britten
It's not as close as the daily people, like.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
So, things I've missed, right? ah Nuno. ah Obviously, Nuno sitting there with nothing to do at the moment, um in this in Portugal, probably.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
if West Ham sack Potter, which is starting to look about as likely as Christmas. ah If they do, do you think Nuno would be a good replacement of Potter?
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Global Sports Podcast Network
And if you were Nuno, if you were advising Nuno, would you advise him to take him?
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Nick Britten
I was talking last night
Managerial Pressures in Premier League
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Nick Britten
to Ian Mackay from the GSPN Daily Newcastle podcast because he
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Global Sports Podcast Network
What's happening to him these days? he's ah he's Is he still knocking around then?
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Nick Britten
he's ki he's doing He's doing podcasts every day on Newcastle for the Global Sports podcast.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
and that'd be just a great job for us, aren't
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Nick Britten
Anyway, came and guested on Daily Premier League ah to fill to fill your considerable size shoes. And we were chatting about this. we were talking we ra I was raising the spectre of there are several managers in the Premier League who are under a lot of pressure.
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Nick Britten
You've got, well, three particularly, I think. You've got Otter at West Ham, you've got Farker at Leeds, and you've got Amarin at Manchester United.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Emory, throw Emory in that mix.
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Nick Britten
and and Well, i don't I don't know. I don't know about Emery. I don't know. I don't think he's going to be
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Global Sports Podcast Network
We've got a good track record of of spotting when these people are going, though, I have to say.
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Nick Britten
up. I have. And, yeah, I've called two or three of the the last ones correctly.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
ah What about Nuno? I was on the Nuno donkey for weeks before anyone else.
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Nick Britten
No, you won't. We talked about this when Maranakis walked onto the pitch and started finger-pointing at everybody at the back end of last season when they played Leicester. And, well, maybe we probably just both agreed that Nuno wasn't long for this job.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
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Nick Britten
Anyway, so I was asking Ian about whether whether when when one Premier League manager gets sacked and isn't immediately kind of snapped up and you have them and you have these managers floating around in the ether, does that put extra pressure on the existing managers who themselves are are looking to go, oh, Nuno's available now, I'll better up my game.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Massively so. Massively so.
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Nick Britten
So,
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Global Sports Podcast Network
We saw it with Leicester last year, didn't we? When they took your man from...
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Nick Britten
What's a catalytist?
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Global Sports Podcast Network
fun chuck van neroy because he became available. That was the catalysis or the catalyst for actually losing their manager, job wasn't it?
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Nick Britten
what's a catalist
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Catalysis. Catalysis is the process of catalysation. Come on, go back to to get your O-level chemistry.
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Nick Britten
He's just making words up there. ah So, yeah. So is Parker under pressure at West Ham? Yes. Is Farker under pressure Leeds?
Nuno's Past Successes and Club Fit
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Nick Britten
Yes. Is Emory under pressure Manchester United?
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Nick Britten
Well, maybe not. I don't know.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
He's not lucky.
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Nick Britten
don't know.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
He's not lucky. He wasn't there.
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Nick Britten
But if he's not, then why hasn't he already been sacked? So, yeah. Look, it would make sense. It would make sense for all of these clubs and possibly some more.
00:06:21
Nick Britten
to be looking at Nuno going, oh, okay, is there an opportunity here? We're not doing as well as thought.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
He is a great manager. He keeps doing it.
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Nick Britten
He's a really, well, look, he did all right at Wolves, okay? He did all right at Wolves. He did a really bad job at Tottenham So let's not paint him as some kind of saint saint of Portugal.
00:06:37
Nick Britten
he's he He did well at Forest because I think he just they were really good fit together. And sometimes you find managers that are a good fit. you know I know we're not talking about the championship now, but we're potentially looking at Chris Wilder going back to Sheffield United for the third time.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Nick Britten
yeah you just find And when when they go elsewhere, like Wilder did, it doesn't really work for him.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Nick Britten
So...
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Global Sports Podcast Network
And when um clubs go elsewhere, it often doesn't work for them. You're right.
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Nick Britten
Yeah, absolutely. absolutely So Nuno, right?
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Global Sports Podcast Network
It's that connection.
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Nick Britten
Nuno and Forrest, they they work well together. He found a style of play which fitted the Forrest way. You couldn't go and do that at Man United or Tottenham or...
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Nick Britten
other clubs, I don't even think you could do it at West Ham necessarily, that kind of ultra-defensive play on the counter. There are some fan bases who just wouldn't accept that, but Forrest was so starved of anything remotely looking like success.
00:07:29
Nick Britten
They've been the Championship for years and years and years, a bit of League One for a bit. They've got promoted, they couple of years circling the plug hole of relegation. And therefore, it didn't really matter what anybody did as long as it worked. And it worked for them. And it worked brilliantly. They had a really, really good season last year, got themselves into Europe.
00:07:44
Nick Britten
And Nuno is to be hugely credited for that. But it's not a style that will work everywhere.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you think it'll work at West Ham?
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Nick Britten
Well, I wonder if West Ham are in a similar position to Forrest,
West Ham's Managerial Dilemma
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Nick Britten
whereby you're going, well, something we don't care what works as long as it works, because they're going to get relegated this year unless something happens.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. Hmm. Hmm.
00:08:02
Nick Britten
And the only two things that can happen is suddenly they get a lot better and whatever Potter's trying to do clicks into place or they replace him. Now, if you look at their defeats to Tottenham on Saturday, they started off quite well, they're kind of in the game, but...
00:08:17
Nick Britten
tellingly And this this to me is is the most critical factor of what's going on at West Ham at the moment, is that in the space of 60 seconds when Suchek got sent off and then Tottenham scored, a ludicrous goal, by the way, from a West Ham point of view, is just a corner and Saar stood there totally unmarked, three or four yards out, or not even that, about two yards out to head into goal.
00:08:39
Nick Britten
What happened then? You're then, right, okay, what's the reaction? And the reaction was to down tools and give up.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, they deflated. mean, you really did see that. And that and that's on Potter. That is really on Potter because you do yeah the manager can't do anything much when the team runs over the white line.
00:08:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
But what it can do is... is kind of build a resilience and a team spirit and an ethos and an ability to run. and And it it just it just felt very, very deflated.
00:09:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Okay, so... The interesting thing, though, is... um I mean, agree with you, by the way. um I think they are going to be desperate if Potter goes. ah Because I think if West Ham fall into the Championship, it's going to be very hard for to come back.
00:09:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, you know, they need a completely
Nature of Premier League Managerial Roles
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Global Sports Podcast Network
different... the The personnel they've got at the moment is not suited to the Championship. Absolutely guaranteed. It's much more suited to the Premier League.
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Nick Britten
It doesn't even seem to be like...
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Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's not very suited to that, really.
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Nick Britten
yeah
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Global Sports Podcast Network
But I think... I think... you know So, by the way, just finish that bit off. Nuno rings you this afternoon, Nick, and says, Nick, Nick, I've just had this bloke on from Spurs.
00:09:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah He wants to offer me, if I'll accept it, they're going to get rid of Potter. What do you think? Should I take it?
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Nick Britten
Well, I'll say, Nuno, you've obviously been drinking too much because Potter isn't at Spurs.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, I mean at West Ham.
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Nick Britten
So,
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Nick Britten
ah well yes, I think the answer is yes, because Premier League jobs don't come around all the time and football is a very opportunistic game. And sometimes as a manager, your stock is high.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
At West Ham.
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Nick Britten
And it takes very little for it to be low. Again, you know, it just takes a few bad games and suddenly everybody forgets that you had a good season the year before. So I think i think players, and managers particularly, I think you've got to take any opportunity that arises because you never know when that opportunity is going to arise again.
00:10:31
Nick Britten
And if he gets offered West Ham, for example, if they sack Potter and he doesn't take it, well, he might not get offered another job in the Premier League for whenever.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:10:42
Nick Britten
So I think managers are, managers at football clubs are becoming a very short-term game. they they They last for a couple of years and they move on generally. It's its you don you very rare now to find managers lasting a long, long, long time.
00:10:57
Nick Britten
And certainly certainly you know the smaller clubs, if you like, and I include West Ham amongst them. So, yeah, absolutely. I think if Nuno was to be offered it, he would take it. He would take Leeds, he would take Manchester United, he would take anybody, would take anywhere.
00:11:09
Nick Britten
Because why wouldn't you? Why wouldn't you Premier League?
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Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
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Nick Britten
It's the biggest club in the world. I don't think anybody can afford to be... Sorry, the biggest league in the world. don't think anybody, from a
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Nick Britten
managerial point of view, could afford to be fussy.
00:11:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think that's probably true. I actually think in in West Ham's defence, I think they've got a pretty loyal fan base. If things turn round for for West Ham, that could be a really rocking play.
00:11:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Some of the stadium doesn't really help. But
00:11:33
Nick Britten
I'm not sure. I'm not sure. i'm not I don't know. i hear you i hear what you say. i hear what you say.
00:11:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
i know What I'm saying is the chance of making yourself a hero, an East End hero. and and And so I think the upside is quite high. I also think West Ham board are relatively loyal, maybe over loyal.
00:11:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think they stuck by the guy ah before Potter for too long.
00:11:51
Nick Britten
yeah
00:11:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think they're probably going stick with Potter too long. ah So it's you know you're probably going to have a better relationship with them then than you did with Mo Marcus.
00:12:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, yeah.
00:12:06
Nick Britten
um ah good you they They do have, I'm thinking about, i mean, they've got two really, really, really good frontline players in terms of Akitar and Bowen.
00:12:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. yeah
00:12:15
Nick Britten
ah Two really good players. mean, you have got some good players in that team. So they didn't they shouldn't be, if you look at them player for player, they should not be in the bottom three. They just shouldn't be.
00:12:27
Nick Britten
So then you start looking, well, what's the coach doing? So, yeah, look, how long does this go on for if you're West Ham? You're absolutely right. They are very loyal board. They don't like to go through their managers. they don't They're not a hire and fire type of board at all. And I think they are to be praised for that. I think that's good.
00:12:43
Nick Britten
But if they're not out, still in the relegation zone and what we're seeing is still what we're seeing come Christmas, I don't think they've got any choice. ah really don't because I think they're going to stare the relegation in the face.
00:12:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I think it'll happen long before Christmas. I think it's long before Christmas. They've just got a very weak underbelly, and that's a dangerous that's a dangerous thing to have in the Premier League. As we know in football, as Nuno Espiritu Santo knows, it pays to get your team selection right.
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00:13:32
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That is a
Postacoglu's Challenges at Forest
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better rendition of the Zencastr advert than I gave on the Global Sports Podcast Network ah podcast, that that is the Road to World Cup, where I didn't have my notes with me and I pretty much had to make it up.
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00:13:44
Nick Britten
but was ah funny That was quite funny though, because I had all my notes in front of me, so I could have done it. But it was just funny seeing you in a hotel in France, try to remember what the adverts were.
00:13:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
It kind of worked. Right. so So interesting segue because we were just going to be talking about Nuno at Forest and now we're talking about Postacoglu at Forest.
00:14:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah You know what? and I like Postacoglu. i like his I like his style. i like his brashness. like his Aussie-ness. I like the kind of energy, dynamism he brings to everything.
00:14:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
This is a very important and kind of position now. And, you know, this job, essentially, I think is going to define his legacy ah within the Premier League. He had an horrible time at Spurs.
00:14:33
Nick Britten
won the Europa League.
00:14:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've got yeah doubts, doubts.
00:14:36
Nick Britten
He won the Europa League, it says. How terrible is that?
00:14:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, no. um with This is the Premier League podcast, mate. It's not the Europa League podcast. They had a terrible had a terrible Premier League campaign last year.
00:14:44
Nick Britten
Yeah, but if you're talking about his legacy...
00:14:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
was It was abysmal. Fourth bottom for Spurs.
00:14:52
Nick Britten
Yeah, but we're not talking about... We're talking about Ange's legacy. and His legacy is he won the Europa League.
00:14:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I reckon he's going to be remembered for being fourth bottom longer than he's going to be remembered for being winner of the Europa League. I'm telling you.
00:15:04
Nick Britten
That's absolute rubbish.
00:15:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
He is.
00:15:05
Nick Britten
That's such nonsense.
00:15:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, okay, okay, okay. Anyway, he was dreadful. get He gets booted out um and he turns up with Forrest. I don't think Postacoglu's style... will suit Forrest and suit the Forrest players. were just talking about earlier that why Forrest was successful is they were great on the transition.
00:15:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Beware. They soaked pressure up. They turned it turned it around quick. They got the attacking players to open the fences. They got midfielders who can do it as well. And that was it was a bit Leicester-esque when they won the Premier League.
00:15:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what Forrest did. ah That's not Postogoglu's style. Postogoglu's style is gung-ho. He's... that And they concede. Post-A-Goglu teams concede.
00:15:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do you reckon? Do you reckon he's got to work out of Forrest? And you you um as a Derby supporter, try and keep your judgment ah as clear and as balanced as you possibly can.
00:16:04
Nick Britten
We've been talking a lot about forest over the last week. Well, you haven't because you've been on a holiday, but I and my fellow co-hosts and guests have been talking a lot about forest over the last week. And I've been entirely neutral. In fact, I've been highly complimentary about them.
00:16:17
Nick Britten
So don't start one without, thank you very much.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Blimey.
00:16:21
Nick Britten
Now, it's an interesting job. It's a very unusual job. It is a very, very unusual job. It's very rare that a manager walks into a football club when the previous manager is sacked because they're doing so well.
00:16:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Pretty much.
00:16:35
Nick Britten
Normally, you've got something to work with because the only way is up because the reason the club has got a manager, been talking about West Ham and Leeds and teams like that at the bottom of the league, they're not doing well enough. So
Risk vs Reward for Postacoglu at Forest
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Nick Britten
ah new manager comes in to improve them.
00:16:49
Nick Britten
That's not the case with post-acognitive. In as much as Nuno was doing a great job, I know it's been a bit ah it's been an average start to the season, nothing disastrous, nothing great. But he's taking on a team that in the last year has had success and he's taking on a team where supporters that are very much on the uppers, they're very enthusiastic, they're full of the the joys of football at the moment with a Premier League season and Europa League campaign to fight.
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Nick Britten
So he's got a lot to win over and a lot to do very, very quickly. as a as ah And and this is this is the problem. this the The big problem he's got to face is that he's got to do better than Nuno.
00:17:26
Nick Britten
And to finish better than Nuno, he's got to finish like fourth.
00:17:29
Nick Britten
He's got to finish in the Champions League places. And they're not going to do that for us this season, I don't think.
00:17:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
that's
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definitely not
00:17:34
Nick Britten
a because ah A, because of... I think they got probably got a bit lucky last season. I think they overperformed. like Individually, certain players overperformed. they They, I think, took a lot of teams by surprise in the first half of the season with their style of play, and they won games by that. I think it was quite telling that once teams worked them out towards the latter end of the season, their form dropped off.
00:17:56
Nick Britten
So... It's not as if Poster-Colin can go, well, we're 20th, so whatever I do is going to work because even if finish 19th, it's an improvement. it isn't. He's actually taking on a a very successful side from last year.
00:18:10
Nick Britten
So he's got a bit of a problem there. He's also got a win over the fan base. Now, I don't think that's much too much of an issue because, let's face it, when Steve Cooper got sacked at Forest and Nuna got appointed, there was absolute uproar.
00:18:24
Nick Britten
And there were you know shirts burned, to effigies burned, season tickets being chucked in, what's Maranakis doing? Oh, actually, turns out he knew exactly what he was doing. And suddenly, when Nuna started doing well, it was like, what, Steve, Steve, Coo, Coo, what, who?
00:18:39
Nick Britten
No, never heard of him, mate.
00:18:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
everything
00:18:40
Nick Britten
So football fans are incredibly fickle. all football i i learned One of my great beliefs in football is that football fans just don't care. They don't care anything about anything other than winning on the pitch. They want to see a successful team.
00:18:53
Nick Britten
They're not really interested in what's going on in the boardroom. They're not really interested in who the manager is, as long as he can produce winning team and bring to success. That's all football fans really care about. So that's got to be on Ange to do. Now, what he might well do is bring a much more entertaining brand of football than Nuno did, because although he successful, Forrest weren't great team to watch.
00:19:13
Nick Britten
ah But if that is at a cost of points of games and they finish kind of mid-table, 12th, 13th, 14th, will that be acceptable? Will Forrest fans go, well,
00:19:24
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i think that would be I think that would be acceptable. um it i do I do think the post-acoglu appointment is a high-risk appointment.
Postacoglu and Domestic Cups
00:19:33
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ah Probably high... let say I would say high-reward appointment.
00:19:37
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i don't I don't think, as you say, they can't do too much better than they did last year. So there's no real upside. There's only a bit a big chunk of downside. like
00:19:46
Nick Britten
Well, no, there isnt up yeah there is an upside. There is an upside here, I think, whereby, look, they're not going to win the Premier League. They're not going to qualify in the top four. They're not going to win. They might win the Europa League, you know, because the Europa League is not great.
00:19:59
Nick Britten
But what...
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done it before.
00:19:59
Nick Britten
what Well, they yes.
00:20:03
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As you pointed it out.
00:20:03
Nick Britten
And I just done it, even though you don't seem to recognise that as ah as ah an applicable thing when talking about a managers' successes or failures. ah So can he bring the FA Cup?
00:20:16
Nick Britten
Can he bring the league?
00:20:17
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League Cup would be a good shout for Farsham, wouldn't
00:20:18
Nick Britten
Yeah, either like all there of those two. So if he's so let's let's face it. Excuse me. Let's face it. What happened last year at Tottenham was they got to a certain point in the season whereby their league form was so bad and essentially for the for the latter part, the last three months of season or whatever, jettisoned the league and focused entirely on the Europa League because that was his only chance of winning something. We we know all about I win something in my second season. I always win something in my second season.
00:20:45
Nick Britten
We know all about that. so he And he admits this. He admits that he just abandoned the league pretty much to focus on the Europa League. and it And it worked. It paid dividends because he won it. And he should be given massive credit for that.
00:20:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think you, yeah.
00:20:57
Nick Britten
Massive credit for Even though even you can always point at it and go, well, the the cup was rubbish.
00:20:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:21:03
Nick Britten
The run to the final was was easy and you played Man United, who arguably the only worst team in the Premier League at that moment in so time than Tottenham. But you've still got to go and do it and you've still got to go and win it.
00:21:13
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This is true.
00:21:13
Nick Britten
So he he's capable of winning cups. We know he's capable of winning cups. He's won cups wherever he's gone. Yeah. So maybe that, when you talk about, can he do any better than Nuno? The answer is yes, but it might not be a league. It might be finishing 12th at winning a league cup.
00:21:26
Nick Britten
Now, if you finish 12th at winning the league cup, is that better than finishing in the ah sort of Europa League, Conference League places? Maybe, maybe not.
Learning from Past for Forest Success
00:21:37
Nick Britten
Because you've also then got to take into, well, what what is better? In supporters' eyes, it might be better, but in Maranakis' eyes, it might not be because you're not bringing in the revenue.
00:21:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's an interesting one. I mean, we do know Postacogli won the Europa League. He's still got of sacked a couple of weeks later.
00:21:50
Nick Britten
Thank
00:21:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
The league matters. My worry, my worry about Postacogli with Forrest is that Postacogli couldn't go down with Spurs last year. He just couldn couldn't go down. The che three teams below him were so woeful that there was never any danger. He could ignore the league, as you say, and focus on the cup. He wouldn't be able to do that with Forrest.
00:22:13
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and And we do it.
00:22:13
Nick Britten
no i didn't no no no no no No, I totally disagree. Forrester better. Player for player as a team, Forrester better than at least six or seven teams in this league this year. Easily. And certainly better than the bottom three.
00:22:24
Nick Britten
Are you telling me Forrest aren't as good as Burnley, Wolves, Leeds, whoever
00:22:27
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We're about to find out, aren't we? We're about to find out. They've got Burnley away, haven't they next match?
00:22:33
Nick Britten
else is down at the bottom? Are you telling me...
00:22:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Too early. It's too small a sample size at the moment. They've got Burnley away next match. They're going to lose that when Anja's been pushing everyone forward and they've left it all leaky at the back and they go and concede too in the in the at the end of the second half.
00:22:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah We'll see. I think it's going to be a very
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interesting thing to watch Forrest and Poster Coglu. I don't think it's a very good match and I'm going to be very interested how it works out. ah I suspect it won't work out that well.
00:23:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, before we get to go...
00:23:03
Nick Britten
there's a mis but
00:23:04
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Go on.
00:23:04
Nick Britten
Before we move on, there's a missing piece in that in ah jigsaw of argument there.
00:23:04
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go
00:23:09
Nick Britten
And the missing piece the jigsaw in that argument is that you're assuming he hasn't learned anything from his two years at Tottenham. He hasn't learned anything from next season. He hasn't learned that intransigence doesn't work. And we're seeing it with Amor at Manchester United.
00:23:23
Nick Britten
Intransigence doesn't work. Sticking to your guns no matter what, because because it's your principle and your way of playing football, doesn't work in the Premier League.
00:23:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
I am i'm assuming they've got the same postacoglio that was at Spurs, yeah.
00:23:31
Nick Britten
So... so
00:23:35
Nick Britten
Yeah, so they might actually have a possibility that's more fla flexible, adaptable, and actually has learned from his time at Spurs and will adapt a bit more to the the different ways of playing, ah the the way Forrest played, the players they've got up, and what's the best formation and way playing for the players they've got there at the moment.
00:23:52
Nick Britten
You're assuming none of that's going to happen.
00:23:54
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ah
00:23:54
Nick Britten
So think we have to take them to account.
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00:23:56
Nick Britten
and I think we have to take them to account.
00:23:57
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i am I am. Time will tell. And it'll be a very interesting watch. Now,
Aston Villa's Slow Start
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Right, right, right, right, right. We're going to wrap this edition of the podcast up with a few more minutes talking about other teams where things are struggling and going going ah from bad to worse.
00:24:55
Nick Britten
a look.
00:24:57
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Quickly talking about Villa. ah When we spoke, before I went away, we talked about Villa. No goals. ah No prospect of any goals. An XG of about minus 8 million.
00:25:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. And they played at the weekend, though. They played against Everton and also scored no goals. So ah now, by the way, I should say, just as a matter of interest, ah not many teams score no goals after four games.
00:25:16
Nick Britten
Thank you.
00:25:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
In fact, the only team in the top 11 tiers of the UK football, or certainly English football pyramid, um there are two teams who have scored no goals, Aston Villa and Akel United, based in Norfolk.
00:25:41
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who probably play in front of, you know, four men and a dog and a pigeon.
00:25:47
Nick Britten
So will Villa soon if they carry this on.
00:25:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
So last year, by the way, the XG, know you're not massive fan of XG, but it's an indicator. XG of last year was seven. It's currently three. it's to I mean, um em is is is this all going horribly horribly wrong for Emery, which we we think think it is? I
00:26:07
Nick Britten
Well, you think it is. I'm not i'm not um'm not wholly convinced.
00:26:08
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ah
00:26:10
Nick Britten
I'm not suggesting they're going to be up fighting for Europe as they did last year, but I don't think it it might not be as bad as as you are suggesting. It's just a slow start, I think, as much as anything else. I saw Harvey Elliott came on late in the day against Everton on Saturday. I think he's going to be an important player in the middle of the park to get them forward.
00:26:28
Nick Britten
Sooner or later, Morgan Rodgers is going to kick in and fight form, as is Olly Watkins. I think having Martinez back in goal is massive for them. Absolutely massive. And he pulled off a couple of great saves, by the way. Otherwise, Everton would have won that game.
00:26:42
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like
00:26:43
Nick Britten
So that's going to help. I think Villa just need to settle down. They are short, I think, in a couple of key areas. The three signings they made, particularly Jadon Sancho and Elliott, I think will help them if they can get them playing.
00:26:55
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Sancho?
00:26:56
Nick Britten
i know i know I know you hate the world. I know you i know yeah i of saw your face.
00:26:59
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I just don't think Sancho's the player for what Villa are er up against.
00:27:00
Nick Britten
so yeah we don't We don't know. We don't know, do we? I mean, him he's definitely not a player for a team like Chelsea who are pushing to win honours.
00:27:05
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No.
00:27:10
Nick Britten
But in ah in a much smaller, weaker pond, can he be a player that stands out and helps a lower level of of football? down the bottom end of the Premier League. You don't think he is? That's fine.
00:27:21
Nick Britten
We'll see. And look, I'm not saying he is.
00:27:23
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No.
00:27:24
Nick Britten
I'm just saying these are these are the straws upon which Unai Emery has to clutch at the moment in as he's sort of sinking. And he is sinking a little bit. So i find I just can't work out And I can't quite square in my head where a team can finish at the top end of the Premier League one season and just be with broadly the same squad minus Jacob Ramsey. All right, they didn't bring him back Asselstho and Rashford.
00:27:52
Nick Britten
But they were only lone players towards the end of the season.
00:27:54
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Yes.
00:27:55
Nick Britten
How they can then go from that to being relegation players? candidates and be dreadful. I just don't see it. i don't see it.
Potential Turnaround for Villa?
00:28:02
Nick Britten
So there's there's something going on there, but I don't think it's going to be...
00:28:05
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ah not good yet
00:28:05
Nick Britten
I think they're going to pick up.
00:28:07
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just Just to pick that point up, though, when you say you don't see it, do you think, well, actually, what's all we've seen at the moment is ah is yeah is a very is ah is a very small number of games. it's You can't really base anything on what we've seen so far.
00:28:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Actually, there'll be a so be a return to the mean, as the statistics say, and say, actually, if you look at this in 15 games, they would have won five, they would have lost five, they would have drawn five.
00:28:25
Nick Britten
Yeah, i think that's it. Yeah, that's it.
00:28:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
and everything will be kind of okay again or are you actually saying there is a problem i just don't know what it is
00:28:39
Nick Britten
Well, my so I suspect it'll be the former. It'll be the fact that this is just a slow start to the season and they'll get better. But if after your 15 games hypotheses, they and and and they're still not showing form and they're still not winning games, then yeah, I think we'll move very quickly to the latter and suggest that there's definitely a problem.
00:28:59
Nick Britten
i mean they are hamstrung. They are hamstrung by PSR without a shadow of a doubt. They've not been able to go out and spend what they what they needed to spend, I think, to really to kick on.
00:29:03
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yeah
00:29:07
Nick Britten
But nobody expected them to get off to this poor start. Nobody at the start of the season was going, yeah, I can't fancy Villa to do badly this season, will they? Nobody. So that would suggest that the it's just been a slow start and things will improve.
00:29:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:29:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, Sunderland away next match. That isn't a great...
00:29:24
Nick Britten
that's not a place no that is not a place you want to go right
00:29:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's not a get-right game, is it?
00:29:29
Nick Britten
No, far from it. And I would expect Sunderland to win that game the way they're playing. But then this is the Premier League.
00:29:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:29:35
Nick Britten
the sort of thing where Villa can go and get... A nil-nil away at Sunderland would be sign of progress. A nil-nil away Everton's a good result, you know. ah know we're all focusing on the Sunderland and the a nil-nil's a good result.
00:29:42
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i you have bet
00:29:44
Nick Britten
Yeah, it's a good result. Going to Sunderland getting something out that will be a good result, the way Sunderland started the season.
00:29:49
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You can only go so far, though, in 0-0 being a good result, though. And, you know, 0-0 might well be the result against Sunderland, but I think they could be bottom the league by then.
00:29:52
Nick Britten
You can. Yeah, you can.
00:30:01
Nick Britten
There's every chance. There's every chance. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:30:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that has a horrible psychological effect, doesn't it?
00:30:05
Nick Britten
yeah
00:30:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, where Wolves don't like winning if you play for the next 25 years. like But, I mean, it could happen, as we as we know in the Premier League. Right, moving on.
00:30:15
Nick Britten
Well, this is it.
00:30:16
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but
00:30:17
Nick Britten
I think Villa are just a better team than Wolves. ah think they're a better team than West Ham. think they're better team than Burnley. think they're better team than Leeds. They're just not showing it at the moment.
00:30:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, yeah I would agree with that, you know, player for player. ah Problem is, always there's one of these teams, well, let's say always, sometimes there's one of these teams that you least expect to get dragged into stuff, gets dragged into it. in the moment, Villa are making a pretty good job of that.
00:30:39
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So West Ham,
Manchester United's Struggles
00:30:40
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to be honest. Right, finally, talking about teams who are making a good job of not really firing North Simmers, Man United. I'm sure you've been talking about Amerim a lot in the course of the last week, but...
00:30:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's always worth re reviewing it. It's sort of the game against City, which highlighted the problem, think, for me, Man United, in the sense of... which City obviously had a lot of the ball.
00:31:03
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ah United, i just don't think of that great without the ball. I just don't think they're great in terms of in shape, and I just don't i think City found it too easy to break through.
00:31:15
Nick Britten
let me just start with Let me just start with what's going on at the top end of the pitch here. So, Manchester United have more shots than any other Premier League team this season. They've had 10 more shots than Liverpool. They've had 70 shots. Liverpool have had 60 and then it goes down from there.
00:31:27
Nick Britten
They've had more touches in the opposition box than any other team in the Premier League this season with 128. hundred and twenty eight They're doing something right. They're doing something right.
00:31:38
Nick Britten
But they're also doing far far more wrong. So two two things two things to that. One is, it's quite obvious that the the strike force needs to be doing a lot better.
00:31:50
Nick Britten
They've got the three big names that they brought in over the summer. Cunha, Cesco and Mbueno. Now Mbueno played really well against Mazzini.
00:31:59
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What a save, by the way.
00:31:59
Nick Britten
I thought he was excellent.
00:32:01
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Donnarumma save from Mwemo, I thought was just absolutely spectacular.
00:32:01
Nick Britten
ah thought he was excellent I really did. Yeah, it was a great save. Yeah, it was a great save. and And we'll be talking about Donnarumma and goalkeepers and all of that. In fact, we talked about it last night i i don't know if you caught up with it whilst you're your plane home.
00:32:15
Nick Britten
um But so they're not firing. They're not gelling. ah Benjamin Sesko looks absolutely lost. He just looks a bit lost. He doesn't quite know what he's meant to be doing.
00:32:28
Nick Britten
And Kuhn is now injured. But there is hope. There is hope if they can get those three to jail, they'll start scoring quite a lot of goals. The problem Man United have got is that they've got three defenders who, I mean, De Ligt is a very good defender, but I don't think Maguire is suited to playing in three at all.
00:32:42
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Which
00:32:42
Nick Britten
You've got Bruno Fernandes, who's been forced to to go into retreat and play as a defensive midfielder when when he's a number 10.
00:32:47
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is just nine. Which is just nine.
00:32:48
Nick Britten
And he called we can't defend. So the Manchester United defence is just completely exposed all the time. And we saw against Manchester City, yeah they actually looked most at risk when they had the ball in the Man City penalty area.
00:32:54
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Yeah.
00:33:00
Nick Britten
Because every time Man City hit them on a break, they just looked absolutely all at sea. They're getting... I mean, Garte, again, the back three is not getting any any support from those two defensive midfielders, Garte and Fernandes.
00:33:09
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no protection
00:33:11
Nick Britten
The two wide guys in that four-man midfield are just running up and not really running back. So they're not offering any help, particularly defensively. So you've got Luke Shaw playing there, who who just was just all over the place. You had Maguire in there. was oh just just They haven't got a players to play the system, and the system isn't any good anyway.
00:33:31
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The system is 3-4-3.
00:33:31
Nick Britten
And...
00:33:32
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You don't get many teams playing 3-4-3, and probably for a reason. it's it's ah You absolutely need the players to play it because three at the back, you're going to need some protection.
00:33:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
The nurse's not getting any protection. And you play the problem is, against fast players and the Premier League, you're going to come... I mean, Doku. Who's it, Doku? The...
00:33:53
Nick Britten
Yeah, he was amazing.
00:33:53
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yeah
00:33:54
Nick Britten
Yeah, yeah.
00:33:55
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Good. Wow.
00:33:56
Nick Britten
He was absolutely brilliant.
00:33:56
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Amazing. If you've got people like him running at you and you're Casimiro, I mean, you know forget it. Might as well go home.
00:34:06
Nick Britten
Yeah, yeah. And they're just not scoring goals. That's the problem. So if you we all know what happens if you're leaky at the back and you can't score goals.
00:34:10
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Hmm.
00:34:14
Nick Britten
the The positive sign is, the positive thing is their XG is really, really good. They are creating chances. They're touching the ball in opposite direction. They're just not... just not scoring. And that's where they really, really need to improve. Because that just takes a lot of pressure off the defence.
00:34:24
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Yeah.
00:34:26
Nick Britten
They've scored one goal from open play this season. One.
00:34:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. It sounds like Derby.
00:34:29
Nick Britten
Two own goals. In fact, own goals have scored more than Manchester United have in open play.
00:34:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. yeah
00:34:35
Nick Britten
One penalty.
00:34:35
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Yeah.
00:34:35
Nick Britten
yes and that's right i mean And as as for hammering, I mean, look, as for hammering,
00:34:35
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It tells you everything you need to know. Tricky game coming up as well.
00:34:42
Nick Britten
we talked a couple of weeks ago, didn't we, about is Nuno trying to get himself the sack? Well, I don't know what more Ameren can do, not just in in the way his teams go out and perform, but in his press conferences, which get more more and more and more ludicrous and and and and and fantasy-like.
00:34:45
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Bizarre. Yeah.
00:34:58
Nick Britten
i was going to say fantastical, but yeah, in terms of I mean, he actually came out, didn't he, came out dinner the other day and said, well, either either system has to change or you have to change the manager and I'm not changing the system.
00:35:10
Nick Britten
I mean, if that's not, if that's not, any chance you can pay me off and i'll go back to Lisbon, please?
00:35:10
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but
00:35:13
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That's curious.
00:35:14
Nick Britten
don't know what is.
00:35:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
He doesn't look very happy, does he? I mean, just on on an on a, you know, kind of on a personal level, you look at him and you just think, it's not a man who's enjoying his job.
00:35:21
Nick Britten
No. He's not enjoying his job. It doesn't look like he wants to be there. We've talked about his body language before, particularly when penalties have been taken. Just his general demeanour.
00:35:32
Nick Britten
He looks like he's stressed.
00:35:32
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Hmm.
00:35:34
Nick Britten
He looks like he's lost. He looks like he doesn't have any of the answers. And he probably feels, i mean he may not, I don't know, ah that that this job is is too big for him or it's just not going to happen.
00:35:47
Nick Britten
It's a shame because he's a really nice guy. He's got some great ideas. He was very successful before he came to Manchester United over in Portugal. And we want teams like Manchester United to be employing these progressive coaches that bring new ideas to the Premier League, that try new stuff. They're young.
00:36:05
Nick Britten
it's just It just isn't working out. And
00:36:08
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Thank you.
00:36:08
Nick Britten
And it just, this this continuance of every, we hear every single week, they lose, system doesn't work, I'm not changing the system. They lose, system doesn't work, I'm not changing the system. And this continual cycle of utter, utter arrogance and just obstinate, being obstinate, it's only going to lead one way.
00:36:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think so. Radcliffe's a pretty... where he knows He knows what he wants. I'm sure he doesn't want what he's getting at the moment. So I think it won't be too long. And that moment too long might
Future of Manchester United's Manager
00:36:40
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not might be the weekend. Man United against Chelsea. Chelsea looking looking good when they're on form.
00:36:47
Nick Britten
I think, yeah.
00:36:47
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They could really expose United in the same way as City did.
00:36:51
Nick Britten
I think ah guess it all depends on who's available because you're not going to go down a road that maybe West Ham or Leeds are going to go down where you're going to employ a Nuno.
00:36:55
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Hmm.
00:37:02
Nick Britten
i mean, ah don't I can't see Man United employing Nuno. They're not going to employ Jose Mourinho, are they? You his name's swilling around forever.
00:37:09
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Mm-hmm.
00:37:10
Nick Britten
So they've got to be very careful about, before they decide to get rid of Ameren, if they decide to get rid of Ameren, I should say, who it is they're to bring in. and And as much as these conversations shouldn't be taking place in the background, we know they do, and we know they are, they've got to kind of line somebody up to come in straight away and hit the ground running.
00:37:31
Nick Britten
So part of this, if people are looking Manjanais and going, why have they not sacked him? Well, A, they may not want to sack him. They may be willing to give him time. Equally, they they they may be happy to let him go, but are trying to work out what happens then.
00:37:45
Nick Britten
But that's true.
00:37:46
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think i could be yeah I think you may have put your finger on something like that.
00:37:47
Nick Britten
yeah
00:37:49
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And I don't think it's going to be an experimental appointment the next one. They're not going to go for someone. I think they're going to definitely go for someone who's got a name. I think they're going to have because he's got a reputation, he's done it more than once and maybe he's done it in leagues.
00:38:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
which i mean Because Portugal, Portuguese league, which is great, it's like the Dutch league. It's very difficult to know if a manager's great if you win those leagues because the competition is just not deep enough.
00:38:16
Nick Britten
So who do you think, I mean, who if i if i if I was on the spot and say, right, what sort of manager are they looking at Who would they go for?
00:38:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I have no idea.
00:38:22
Nick Britten
Because if you're after a technical manager, there aren't any you.
00:38:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
I need to think about that. I need to think about that for hours.
00:38:25
Nick Britten
There just aren't any of you.
00:38:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, there's there isn't any obvious. Isn't anybody obvious? ah But, you know, ah that's why they're paid the big bucks, Nick, and we're doing a daily Premier League football podcast.
00:38:39
Nick Britten
Well, you could just see it, yeah, I mean, look, you could just see it carrying on And is it going are they going to do something like, okay, fine, we'll wait and see whether Ancelotti has a decent World Cup with Brazil. If he has a terrible World Cup with Brazil, we'll try and bring him in for next season.
00:38:50
Nick Britten
Are they thinking that long term or are they looking at the here and now? And I use Ancelotti as a pure example. not
00:38:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no, i don't i go that they can wake up I don't think they can wait that i don't think they can wait wait that long.
00:38:57
Nick Britten
That level thinking of thinking, are they...
00:39:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah I mean, people like Southgate have been talked about. I mean, that would be disastrous, wouldn't it?
00:39:09
Nick Britten
That's not, yeah.
Closing Banter and Farewell
00:39:10
Nick Britten
Yeah. ah well i I think it would be disastrous. I think it would be disastrous. I still see, I still see, and I've been going on about it for weeks and weeks and weeks now, Oliver Glasner going there.
00:39:20
Nick Britten
I think if get rid of him, yeah, it would be good.
00:39:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
That would be a great appointment. i That would be a great appointment. Yeah, that would be wonderful. I mean, that's there's there's your answer. I think and you put you put your finger on it there, Nick. Brilliant. It's 39 minutes. I thought we were going to struggle to get 20 minutes out of today, but obviously we can talk it forever. 39 minutes of Pulitzer Prize winning football punditry ah from Nick Britton from Ken Davis.
00:39:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
from the Daily Premier League podcast, all part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. ah Thank you for that. If you want to get in contact with us, send us an email. The email is dailypremierleagepodcast at gmail.com, I think.
00:39:59
Nick Britten
like I tried to do that yesterday.
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Dailypremierleagepodcast
00:40:00
Nick Britten
I couldn't remember what it was.
00:40:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
at gmail.com. You'll find us there.
00:40:04
Nick Britten
But you can find us on social media, find us on YouTube, find us on Spotify, drops a line.
00:40:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, wherever you get your podcasts.
00:40:08
Nick Britten
right but from on
00:40:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hey, and by the way, Tell your friends about it. Make sure you ah you you leave us you leave us a ah note just to say how wonderful we are.
00:40:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
We always like that. ah Brilliant. Thanks, everyone everyone, for listening. I'll be back again tomorrow, probably the day after. I'm not going to be around Friday. I'm having an operation.
00:40:30
Nick Britten
Are you? What are you getting, Duncan?
00:40:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm having the penile reduction operation again. The first one didn't work. Well, it did, but not enough.
00:40:37
Nick Britten
I couldn't find it.
00:40:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
I can't get the trousers to fit anymore. Anyway, on that one show...
00:40:43
Nick Britten
You were doing so well. were doing so well. You only got to 40 minutes. And then you had to go and do that. You just had to.
00:40:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. Anyway, I've it out my system now. I'll see you all tomorrow. We'll see you all tomorrow. And we'll be yeah we talking about some other stuff that will be of interest in the Premier League. See tomorrow, everyone.
00:41:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bye-bye.
00:41:01
Nick Britten
Thank you.
00:41:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.