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Daily Manchester United - Episode 108 - Spurs Crossover
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Cormac joins Chris from the Daily Tottenham Hotspur Podcast, where they discuss the poor season both clubs are having and what to expect in Sunday's clash between the two.
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Introduction to Global Sports Podcast Network
00:00:04
Speaker
Every club. Every day. The Global Sports Podcast Network.
Crossover Episode with Cormac
00:00:11
Speaker
Hello, hello, hello, everybody. Welcome to Daily Tottenham. And this one is a crossover episode with The Daily Man United.
Challenges for Tottenham and Man United
00:00:19
Speaker
And I have Cormac ah with me today. Hello, Cormac. How are you doing? Doing all right, yeah. Looking fine, mate. It's through gritted teeth. We spoke before this started and I said, well, you know what? It's ah it's a strange situation we both find ourselves in, mate, isn't there? Absolutely, I mean.
00:00:36
Speaker
ah United season, as United fans, has just been brutal. But as I was saying, I all kind of forget, like Spurs, you haven't just as bad as the season. I think in 14th, we're up in 13th. So yeah, it's been complete contrast, really, to to last season, both just slipping down. And yeah, it's quite unbelievable, really.
Impact of Ownership on Spurs and Man United
00:00:54
Speaker
It's a crazy situation you both find ourselves in, but regards to um ownership.
00:01:01
Speaker
um You guys have been through it previously, anyway. um Is it wishful thinking for us Spurs fans to want to change ownership or will it make the difference? How have you guys found it? Because you went through that process. It was a long and drawn out process and you had someone coming in by it and against you guys at the weekend can we will have some demonstrations outside.
00:01:23
Speaker
um a really big organised one and we'll have some stuff happening inside the ground as well. It's so hard when you hear stuff like that as a Spurs fan because you want to bat the team but at the same point, there's a bigger finger, a foot and you kind of have to take a viewpoint on that as well. How have you guys found it since your your new ownership? Yeah, I mean, to be fair, they've only been in what since the summer so I think time will tell but I mean,
00:01:50
Speaker
I think the summer business they've done was fantastic. You know, you look at the recent years, you know, either we're just splashing cash, buying players who just don't pan out at all, you know. um So I thought their business this summer was really sensible, although it was for 10 hag, his kind of signings. Maybe not now they're working out under Amarene, but I thought like Matisse to lift for around 40 million pounds was you know a great deal. Maserati for £18 million pounds I think is up there as one of the signings of the season in terms of getting bang for buck. And yeah, it was just a nice change of pace getting new owners in and kind of doing more sensible signings because you know years before that you're looking at players like De Maria, we're splashing cash on, flapped.
00:02:31
Speaker
you know or like even Mason Mount a few seasons ago of 60 million, 65 million pounds and he's barely even played for us. What has happened to him? Is he is he's injured? Does he just not suit the style now or was he totally gone off the ball? Yeah no it's another muscle injury I believe he has but it's a shame because in pre-season He was looking decent and then I know Amory was talking about how mount really would suit his 5, you know, 2-2-1 playstyle or whatever the formation is. But yeah, I know it's a shame. You don't know the formation. I mean, i it's kind of hard because we're used to playing with wingers so much, but now I think it's like kind of a blend of attacking mid-wingers.
00:03:11
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But no, it's a shame because I really would like to see him in the system.
Management Challenges and Cup Competitions
00:03:15
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I think he tried. I think his pressing and stuff would be great. Yeah, it's just a shame because at Chelsea I thought he was a great player and I haven't really got to see him that much at all in the United Jersey. Yeah, I think it's a classic case of obviously injuries getting in the way of a run of games where you can actually stamp your authority on a match, on a team, sorry, but also manager changes, um players around you changing. it's It's a difficult one, isn't it? Ameren's obviously come in um you know from as as a Spurs fan. We've we've got Ange. Under hell of a lot of pressure at the moment, still splits the Spurs fan base, regardless of if they want him in and want them out. Is he the reason? Is the star of the play the reason? They're getting injuries, et cetera, et cetera.
00:03:59
Speaker
um There's no doubt that that's obviously had an impact on the match team going forward and how we've been actually doing in the league and now the cups, unfortunately. um But, you know, I'm speaking to a Man United fan here who, Christ, we are too both favourites to win the Europa, to be fair. So we've, ironically, if we do get through, we could play us each other in the final. And to save a season, that would be phenomenal, wouldn't it?
00:04:28
Speaker
Oh, yeah, absolutely. I mean, I mean, you know, you have been looking really good in your league, unbeaten. So, yeah, I think might be the same for you, but I think for you now, you know top four European football and the league's kind of slipping away. So I'm thinking these cop competitions really should be more of an emphasis put on it.
00:04:46
Speaker
But yeah, I mean if you know you didn't suppose or to get that I think that would be one of the most I'd say tantalizing matches in a while with how much is on the line for both big clubs Yeah, it's not even get any European football. It's obviously a disappointment for both But you might get some vote by the FA Cup and obviously you're gonna be alright with the AR being introduced now Yeah, honestly, I completely forgot it was not even in it. And then just looking at that goal, I don't know how the lines have missed it.
VAR's Role in Football
00:05:15
Speaker
The McGuire goal against Leicester last minute. I mean, it was three or four players offside, but. um
00:05:20
Speaker
Look, it's not there. What can you do about it? We move on. Exactly. No point complaining about it. Sorry if we've done this already, because it's time to be ready to be well, to be fair, but away from home. But hey, that's the luck, isn't it? And I guess it brings over that AGO question, regardless of who you are being introduced, is it better about it? Just move on. I don't know.
00:05:41
Speaker
Yeah, well, I mean, as an Irish fan, we all remember the teary on Rehan ball. I know every Irish fan back then would save the air as a must. So I think just for moments like that, I know the air slows the game down. And you can obviously, when it comes to millimeters and stuff, it's really just who's behind the beer room or up top. But I think for for the game, I think it's better than it is worse. you know I think they catch a lot of things that would go astray. um I don't know what slows it down. I think the error is for the betterment of the game, but I know it is a big talcum point between fans. I think you're right and I definitely am an advocate of it. It's just when it's introduced in a cup competition and some teams aren't used to it and some officials aren't used to it either, or they're too used to using it and I'll be okay because of our flag later on and it will go back to VAR if I'm wrong. It's a catch-all, isn't it?
00:06:38
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difficult, but hey, you guys are in the next round, so congratulations. um We obviously suffered quite badly, as per usual, at the weekend. And and to be fair, a billy were there to partake in. I didn't think they were anything special. and We just didn't play very well. And as I said, a combination of tiredness and things like that.
Amareem's Management Tactics
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um How are you finding Amaran? Yeah, I was very excited when Amaran came in, because a few weeks before that, you know, they beat City in the Champions League. And I was like, wow, we're really getting this guy. um I do think it's a sense of he doesn't have the players he wants. It's a lot of 10 hags players. Like we keep saying on our podcast, you know, a lot of these players just don't fit in the system. Like Joshua Zirch say he's not really an out and out striker, but what yeah, what is he? Yeah, i get he's, I honestly don't know. I feel like he fit him in. I feel like more of like, honestly, a playmaker or two, but we have kind of two that they kind of play as wingers. So that's wasn't really suit them. So it's kind of tough fitting him in. And then even like,
00:07:34
Speaker
Bruno's having a drop deeper in the past, you know, playing a 4-3-3, Bruno was kind of sitting ahead of two defensive mids, dictating play, and now he's dropping deeper. And, yeah, and we've had, obviously, Luke Shaw's been a huge miss, so we've had to champion change with fullbacks. You know, like, we've seen him at Diallo, he's, a few times he's played right wing back, he's been phenomenal, but even just having to play of wingers back there. um But, no, the thing I'd like to see about Amareme, I think he's very,
00:08:02
Speaker
going home with like his formation. I think he really wants to stick to that fight back. And I think just when it's not working, and you have to try to change things up. And I'd like to see a bit more adaptability with him. You know, we were playing the likes of Southampton, who we just scraped by, you know, they were dominating us really for the most of the game. And we shouldn't really be set up to, you know, defend and counter-attack against clubs like that. We could be on the forefront. So yeah, I'd like to see a bit more adaptability for Amory, but It's only a few months in the job and I think he does need some signings. and We just got Patrick Dorgos, so hopefully he'll come into his own. But yeah, I think just a bit more time when I'm reading, but yeah, the results have just been poor and we have been useless really lately.
00:08:43
Speaker
Well, you've echoed what a lot of Spurs fans said about wanting to change in adaptability of of tactics in particular in matches, and that's certainly what something which Anish doesn't want to do. He's very stuck in all his ways, and he's obviously had the season pre anyway. He's got some players in which he wanted.
00:09:00
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and and no doubt when we've got a first 11 on the pitch we can compete with most teams if not all the teams to be fair on our given day but um yeah you get some injuries and your squad isn't deep enough you can't do anything then so i guess that's the other issue after that point isn't it the equality even if you've got some you've brought some players to fill the bench they know they're being full for the bench and they're also not going to be this type of quality which typically Man United have had because they've had good young players coming through who are world-class players, to be fair, will be. So it's that balance, I guess. Yeah, no, definitely. And, you know, we've had Cubby Manno come through the recent years, even he's kind of finding his feet in the system. But, you know, Amareem is giving Toby Collier, I think, who's looked really good in the few games he played. He looks decent. Yeah, he he does really. I thought against Rangers in the Europa League, he was phenomenal. um And obviously we've signed Ed and Heaven from Arsenal recently, so I'm excited to see him. So, you know,
00:09:53
Speaker
going to go crapping young players in and giving them time is definitely key. um And yeah, just making the right science. I think even the business any else are doing, it's kind of getting more players who want to play for the badge, I think more than in the past where we're they're just coming for big wages, really.
00:10:09
Speaker
ah do i do right Let's have a quick break and after the break we'll have a quick chat about what the heck we can do to get our owners changed. If possible, get some tips from the Man United faithful and and then we'll talk a bit about more about the possible lineups and I'll have a look at the previous histories in the Premier League for the last couple of ah see ah seasons as well. right
00:10:39
Speaker
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00:11:11
Speaker
I think I could probably say that off by heart. The whole thing now. I mind it every time it plays. um So, back to Man United spares. So, over previous history, history um
Spurs vs Man United: Historical Rivalry
00:11:24
Speaker
last match in the league, I think, was 19th of December, which you lost 44, so 4-3 win for a spares. 29th of September, when before that, again, lost that one 3-0 away.
00:11:39
Speaker
All right. um Then we have 14th of January, 2024, two will draw. Not in August, 2023, two in a way. In fact, you have to go back to 19th October 2022 when you will ask one or two in a win. Well, so in the league, half here yeah in the league it's been a, but I think that shows how open both sides are and attacking minded they are and anyway, or not very good at defending to be fair as well. So it always are exciting matches and they're always always goals. So we'll talk about match predictions later on, but this has no no written all over it.
00:12:13
Speaker
Oh, yeah. If you wanted to have any player from the past, who would you have back in your team? Oh, any player from the past. Because you've got some hell of a players. Oh, yeah, I mean, she's, I think the list is endless. Yeah, I mean, right now we need so many, but I think I have to say we've been struggling to score goals, I think.
00:12:38
Speaker
I think Cristiano Ronaldo has to be the one you take back. He was phenomenal. that You saw Sadie left when he did to go to Madrid, but um yeah what an absolute fantastic player. Privileged, he got to play for United twice even, coming back a few years ago.
00:12:53
Speaker
Yeah, and he was good in his second but spell as well. He was really decent, wasn't he? It's just that he was a different animal then and bigger than the club, I would say, in some but some respects. Scored a decent hat-trick against Spurs, too. i don't be i move along um It must have been half of Ruvan Nussleroy because he was a prolific striker as well, just watching and seeing the the the team which he does love. Obviously, until recently, he was he was managing them for a Kurtiger period, which is ironic. He must be looking at it thinking, God, I could still play here. ah ah do so I could do something at the top still, I'm pretty sure. Oh, absolutely. I mean, it's I feel sorry for those lads, even every time they show off Fergie and Stan having to watch this football because
00:13:37
Speaker
Yeah, from what United were so dominant to what it is now, it's just sad to us really. But no, I mean, Ruud van Nissenway, honestly, going back to when he was manager for those few games, I was really impressed with him. We had three wins and a draw in that span and we were playing like good football. We actually played Leicester twice in those games and battered them both times. um So yeah, I think if we hadn't honestly given Amarene the contract, I would have been absolutely over the moon if we had kept Ruud on because I thought he was doing a fantastic job. and Obviously, I was in a bit of a relegation battle with Lestri, went into a job that wasn't going well there, but yeah, I really liked rooting. I'd love to see him turn around there.
00:14:14
Speaker
Yeah, I think it's no doubt he's a good manager. I think that sometimes when you have elite level players and they turn to managers, they almost expect the players to do what they could do. And sometimes it doesn't come through. So when you're working with lesser players, it can be a little bit frustrating, I'd imagine. um Especially, ah why is he not finishing that? Why is he not taking the extra touch? Well, because they haven't got the skill set to be able to do it all. They're not you, if that makes sense. So it must be quite difficult for a top level one to be able to do that. and When you see people doing well um past players who are absolutely um unbelievable players, sedans, there's probably a reason why Sedan hasn't come and managed Millwall or with respect to Millwall, sorry guys, or Plymouth Argyle, whoever else, you know because you're only going to get a certain amount of quality of player from them, aren't you? And you may as well go out and and get the best and do well at Real Madrid, to be fair.
00:15:08
Speaker
Yeah, yeah no absolutely absolutely. So um when you're obviously linked with coaches like Zadam and stuff, I think that wasn't but too many years ago, and you did have a reasonable team then, but again, it's just a setup, I guess, really as well. and um here's what The main attraction would be the coach. Where are you now with your with with your stadium and stuff like that then? Because I'm going to talk about oh my magic stadium. Of course I am, because that's all that Spurs is now. Great venue for any any concert or NFL game.
00:15:38
Speaker
Yeah, no, I mean, to be fair, you're saying it was quality. um I love watching games and stay in the wall behind the goal looks looks unreal, to be fair. ah But yeah, no, in terms of all traffic, I believe they're in the US want to build a completely new stadium because all traffic obviously is due for an upgrade, but I don't think they can expand it much more than it already is in terms of capacity. So I know any us have been looking at just building a whole new brand new stadium. um I think that even a different site, which It's a shame because Old Trafford is so iconic, you know, it survived World War II even and it's just been around for so long and I honestly would be devastated if if any of us followed through and actually build a brand new one and got rid of Old Trafford because it is so iconic but I do get from their point of view like United is one of the biggest clubs in the world and you know I'm sure if you bump the attendance up to like 90,000 you still be selling most of the tickets so I get it on a business side but from a football side
00:16:37
Speaker
I really hope Port Trafford stays.
Fan Influence and Stadium Impact
00:16:41
Speaker
Well, we had this conversation on on the Spurs broadcast earlier where what What can you do just you know to stop, to tent change owners? and d Will fans be able to say, you know, we're not going to watch the match, nobody turns? That's not going to happen, because there's always people who will take it. If you give your season tickets back, there's always people there who will say, okay, I can understand the situation, but I'm not going to have a chance of getting a season ticket. This is the only chance I'm getting one, because it might not be for this season, but it's for the rest of the season, moving forward.
00:17:11
Speaker
You've pretty much got no chance of getting one unless someone passes away, unfortunately, um or gets so fed up, they rip it up and and that's it. ah or COVID happens and things like that. So it's a difficult one. Businesses and they're widespread. They don't become a... It's not really a... um Although it is, it's a... a club for the local community, it's not really at all. It's just in the community and the community benefits from that. so I think if if if you look at what happened with Spurs, basically, they didn't want them to move out in that area because it would have killed the area. um There's so many businesses there. They did as much as they could do, change transport links, et cetera, et cetera, to make it still viable there.
00:17:49
Speaker
and we had to go for a process where we could move, obviously play our games at Wembley, but ever since that move, um just for the man you might have found listening, um we've been pretty dire on the football pitch. It hasn't correlated to any increase. All it's done is change the animal of of of what we are as Tottenham Hotspur Football Club as a business. We're certainly not a football team company and that soul's gone out of it And that's what you guys are trying to get back against yourself as well So it's really weird how we're in that same sort of place I could be fighting for a very similar position in the league currently as well and with two teams who Although you're going through transition you got a man who's not been in there very long we've got somebody who is suffering with X amount of injuries and he is
00:18:39
Speaker
He has aged by 50 odd years in this season, I think. And I feel really sorry for the guy, but it's football. And at some point we've kind of waited for this for the chop of Andrew, unfortunately, because you know, it's going to happen. Yeah. Hopefully not too soon. Yeah. No, I was actually going to ask, like, yeah, what the consensus being you think of months to Spurs fans. Cause you know, I feel like if you're not your manager, obviously I think gets a bit more pressure, but you know, Tenhag was under the gun very early on the season, even when we were only seventh, you know, eighth. And now we've dropped off Mochi even worse and people were calling, you know, for him to get sacked very ah early on the season. So do you think consensus kind of amongst the Spurs fans now is for him to get the job?
00:19:23
Speaker
um the They're split. They have been split for a long time. Obviously, when you get a new manager, there's always going to be people who are saying, why are you getting that person in? um And I think that there' an there is an element of he's not going to throw his toys out the pram and do something to get himself sacked. So realistically, he's there and just almost not a northern and dog in some respects without being disrespectful to him. um Whereas we've had top managers who have fallen out with Levy quite quickly and called them out on it and they couldn't really stay in the positions after that, could they? You call out their boss. To be fair, there's only one boss in the in ah in a workplace. um So that's happened quite a lot. I can't see that happened to Levy. And as but as long as the money comes in, I think
00:20:12
Speaker
Enoch are pretty okay. But on the football side of it, you know, I would have backed him to the end of the season just to give some stability, um changing the manager. Again, we speak about a lot of Spurs podcasts, but for the Man United fans, changing the manager right now does nothing. um We're still in Europa. God, you know, that's what we have to go for and hope our players are back in the team for that and we give give it our best shot.
00:20:40
Speaker
that's a lead position that's going to get better sure it is and it will get better from our new as well just got to find some rhythm and get a settled team and find the formation that works for my new I guess but for us yeah we've we've We've really got to, you know, I would stick behind him. There's no point in changing the manager. There's no managers out there who will come in now anyway and work with Ange. Ange is the problem. um And when people say it to his face, they aren't there for very long, unfortunately. And that goes for players too. Players have questioned the backing of the manager because they can see it every day and they can see their their fellow teammates getting injured because of workload. And yet,
00:21:19
Speaker
things aren't done, all things are done very late, all things are done just to you know get a bit of media coverage. Oh, we might we be putting X amount of bidding for Mark A on the last day of this transfer window. Well, that's never going to happen because they've got to replace that person even if they the money was right. So they knew this.
00:21:39
Speaker
And so Spurs fans in general from the ones I speak to are still massively split on the whether we should stay or go. Everyone doesn't want Levy in charge or Enoch in charge. They want something changing at the top because that's the only way we can get that.
00:21:54
Speaker
that kind of changing in what we do and offer all the way through the club. You want to be playing for your owner, don't you? And you want that person to be a football person at the end of the day. And that's not what he is, unfortunately.
Sponsorship Break: Zencastr
00:22:10
Speaker
He's seen a lot of football, but how much he actually cares about it, we don't know what we do. It's very little in my opinion.
00:22:19
Speaker
um After break, we'll talk about um possible lineups, et cetera, for the weekend. And then we do the score prediction. It's never right, but we'll do then.
00:22:39
Speaker
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00:23:19
Speaker
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Man United's Lineup and Injuries
00:23:20
Speaker
back. So, team news. What's going on with Man U? Are they still playing Kirby Manu as a secondary striker? What's going on? Yeah, no yeah against Palace, everyone's seen that. But no last game, Leicester City, um f FA Cup clash, we reverted back to Highland.
00:23:37
Speaker
And then Zurich say, come on as well later. um But yeah, I mean, the only real team news that's come in the past is the Sandro Martinez, you know, tearing his ACL out for the season, which is a huge loss for us. Big loss. Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. um And then obviously the second bit of team news is we got Pachu Dorgu in.
00:23:56
Speaker
um from Lecce, I think around £35 million. pounds saw Who? I'm joking. I mean, to be fair, before I was getting reported, I wasn't too familiar with him either. You've done YouTube, haven't you? Exactly. um But no, yeah, he played, I think, just a half against Leicester there. Funnily enough, he actually played right wing back. I'm not sure why. yeah am I thought we'd buy a left wing back to play a left wing back. um But, yeah, anyway, I don't know what Amareem is talking.
00:24:24
Speaker
and But no yeah I mean, hopefully, Dorgo, I think Amorim's system relies a lot on these, you know, wing backs. and So I think once Dorgo gets a few games on her as well, I'm hoping results will really start to blossom. But yeah, no, the the real only team loses with Dorgo and even Heaven in, although I don't think he'd play much. And then Martinez, obviously, is the one out, along with then Luke Shaw and Mount have been out for a while.
00:24:49
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, I think he's he's just tinkering there to to try and find the right layout, hasn't he? And I guess that he's probably, what would you say? four, three, four players short um of getting what he wants. Would that include a another striker, do you think? Yeah. Because um obviously you had the guy at um sporting. so Yeah, no, I think definitely striker. I mean, Guyacres, I think, has to be who who will go for in the summer. The money's got to be on that happening, surely. Oh, oh absolutely. Yeah. um I mean, so familiar with Amorim, you know, brought him in from Coventry City um and, yeah, has just been lighting up the Portuguese League and even went out of hatchet against City in the Champions League.
00:25:29
Speaker
um So yeah, I think he has to be number one. Dessertsy, as we talked about earlier, just don't think he's an out-and-out striker. And then we paid a lot of money for Rasmus Hylin, but Hylin's still young and he just really isn't that reliable. i He'll have spells where he'll score goals, but I mean, recently he just hasn't been doing much, and his general play really just hasn't been that good either. So yeah, I think a striker, we're we're not scoring as many goals as we like, I think a striker has to be top of the list. And yeah, if get we could get Kiakra as I would be delighted with that.
00:25:58
Speaker
I think for a man United striker, um you either go out and buy big money play it like you did previously and hopefully there they will work. um there' Some of them have not always been failures, so um but he needs something about you. He needs something a bit special. Even if it's raw, I don't necessarily think he has that. I think he's a hard working player, but I'm not sure.
00:26:19
Speaker
that's his level in my own opinion. That's just for me watching and him.
Tottenham's Squad Fitness
00:26:22
Speaker
you know For instance, I look at the players which we've brought in for our youngsters and I think, you know, Bergval would do well in a man you know, obviously he was thinknced out of Manu as well. um I think he'd do well because he's he's got something about him in particular. And Grey, well, I don't know because we haven't seen his proper position yet to be fair. He's been playing all over. Yeah, he has. He's been, he's been for my for me, player of the season to be fair. but um I think for us, we've we've got a few players coming back. We've got Vicario, we've got Madison and a doggy who are muted to come back into the team at some point. It will be available for the weekend. It'd be interesting to see what Anj does. He hasn't rushed them back. Apparently they they've been ready before um before now, but he's not rushed them back in. um I think he will be playing them at some point, whether or not they start. I don't know. I think we would like to see a Spurs fans. We'll probably look to see a doggy replace Poirot.
00:27:17
Speaker
um so we've got Spence and Doggy and Keep, Grey and Davies in the centre I guess um or all the new guy down so you did a really you did a good job actually to be fair um so days yeah I'll do that Grey and down so in the centre. Midfield there's been a bit of a problem over the last couple of games not because of Bergvile he's been playing well um but we haven't pretty much like you guys, we haven't really got the quality, in my opinion, or they haven't lived up to it in Resuma, who a lot of players, a lot of fans now just want to get rid of him because he's just so unreliable. He doesn't give, he doesn't show up, unfortunately. And even Benton Core, which is a fan's favorite and who's, you know, I've wrote about some of his performance as well, Alaska were matches, he's not been great. So a bit frustrating on that set that side of it.
00:28:12
Speaker
But um yeah, Strikers, again, we've got sun Sonny. Sonny, you need to rest. um He's not going to rest him. You'll play him again. But I would love him to have a rest and just play. Mikey Moore on the left.
00:28:26
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um
00:28:29
Speaker
maybe maybe so he won we won't play Scarlett because he doesn't trust him from the start. He might bring him on. He'll play Tell and then he'll play Kudaszewski who also needs a rest. In fact, lots of them need a rest. So who knows what's going to happen. Madison is there obviously there to bring him to the midfield. I don't know if he'll start him, but he will be great for creativity even against um other teams like Leicester, there were gaps there where you could have done something and we could have done something to it, but you just wasn't available. So it's a shame, but where do you think on, where are the things we can look out for with regards to frailties of Man United? Don't say all over. I'll probably say that in my space. um I mean, yeah, you touched on the midfield. I mean, we've kind of been chopping change and they're obviously under 10 high. Kasamira was a player there, although he's kind of coming
00:29:17
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you know, at the end of his career, not as good as he once was. And so I feel like we've kind of struggled to find those two defensive mids. Ugarate, I think has been decent enough. i'm Obviously still find his feet, but he's showing a bit of bite, a bit of hunger in that midfield. And I've been a fan of his. And then recently we've been dropping Bruno kind of in the defensive midfield role as well. But as we know, Bruno really isn't that kind of player. So I think around those areas Spurs could maybe um find some success. You said if Madison comes back, you know, operating that area, I think could be quite dangerous. um And then obviously, I mean, up front, I don't think you have too much to worry about, maybe on the counter attack. It depends really if Highland or Xerxes is going to be up there. Highland has a lot more pace and could possibly cause problems in behind, combining with Gernacho and Diallo as well. um But I think
00:30:08
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No, touching on Diallo, I think he's the one to watch for us. He's doing fantastic. Well, you scored 2-0 against us in the Cup, didn't you? Yeah, exactly. So, yeah, no, he's been just against Southampton, scored a hard trip, pulled us out of a game we should have lost, really. um So, yeah, I think he's the one to watch out for us. And then, obviously, but all our season, really, set pieces, I think that's where we're most vulnerable. um you know, Arsenal had their way with us, many teams had their way with us on set pieces. um So I think that's where you could be dangerous as well. I think you might have even bagged one last time against, or you scored actually from a direct corner or against us in comp. So yeah, I think those are areas you could possibly exploit. um Yeah. We, yeah, set pieces are one of the ones where we, depending on who's in goal, um
00:30:57
Speaker
that will dictate whether or not we're going to be good. it's a piece of it If Okaro comes back, he gives a lot of leadership. but yeah um On corners, he's not commanding enough, but he's a better shot stopper than Kingsky, in my opinion. um but so It's a real toss-up between those two, to be fair.
00:31:13
Speaker
um but um yeah i mean We're like you, we could be probably beating with most things, in you know pushing forward too much, space behind, ah midfield have massive gaps in it. Dropping too deep in midfield and there have been gaps there. um Madison has played the same role as fer Fernandez is currently and to be honest, it doesn't suit him. he He's more of a front foot player. That's why he works better on the break, turning quickly.
00:31:40
Speaker
like Fernandez does to be putting those sliding balls through for your wingers and we just haven't had the wingers to be able to do that. Tell looks a decent buy and I think it will get a few goals before the end of the season as well. He's already got one obviously in the last match but that was just an opportunity to cross and goal and it was too late unfortunately.
Game Predictions and Conclusion
00:32:03
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So we shall see what's your score prediction? Yeah I think I honestly ran into something early with the Ninlil. I'm going to say I think a 1-1 draw. um I just think the way the clubs are, they're so tight now, bottom half the table, I think. You know, you'd have been struggling to score a lot. um and yeah I just see it kind of being a low-scoring one, even though we've had kind of higher-scoring ones in the past. I think this one's just set up for low-scoring ones, so I'm going to go a 1-1 draw. Interesting. There'd be a lot of nervousness, both sides, because we both need points.
00:32:38
Speaker
um One point's not really enough, is it? To be fair, if you're going to share it. um i I'm going to stick with what I said on a Spurs podcast earlier on. I'm going to go for 2-0 to us. um Totally unfounded. No reason for saying that. And there's a clean sheet which we can't keep, so I'm just hoping for something. I don't know. I won't put any money on it, so we'll see. Look, it's been really good ah meeting you and having you on the show today. um That's about all we've got, I believe. Anything else you want to say ah prefer about Spurs? money No, yeah just I'm hoping you know you've beat us the last two times. so i mean Although I said a draw, I really hope we can break the curse and the third time's the charm for us and we come to
00:33:23
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Tottenham Stadium and when? Fantastic, fantastic. Well, look you've everybody's been listening to the Daily Tottenham crossover with Daily Man United. um Look forward to the game this weekend. ah For all information, ah please go on to our YouTube channel, which is Global Sports Podcast Network Limited. You can find lots of stuff on there and lots of podcasts from all across the Premier League. Also follow us on the social channels as well.
00:33:48
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which is GSPN Tottenham, is that correct? and what What's yours? GSPN? and man or Daily Man United. Daily Man United, yeah. Well, that's the Daily Tottenham as well. Yeah, that makes more sense. Fantastic. ah Until next time, ah you've been listening to Daily Tottenham. We shall speak to you soon.
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