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Daily Brentford Wildcard Wednesday: Draft Bees
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This is your Wildcard Wednesday, where we play our own little game of Draft Bees adopting the rules of Fantasy Premier League's Draft format with a few interesting aspects added in. Have a listen and let us know who which side would win if they came up against each other in their prime!
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Host: Daniel Toppin
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Transcript
Introduction to the Podcast and Fantasy Draft
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Hello and welcome to the Daily Brentford podcast with myself, Daniel, where today we will be challenging our inner fantasy managers and doing our own very Brentford FC draft.
00:00:21
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I am joined by Lydia. How are you?
00:00:24
Lydia
Good, long time since I've been on the pod, we're excited to back.
00:00:28
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Are you a big fantasy Premier League player?
00:00:31
Lydia
We do it work and but i I think I'm like fifth or sixth in my work league now. I just always forget to update on a Friday. need to...
00:00:39
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Are you in our GSPN one?
00:00:41
Lydia
Nah, I just stuck to the work one.
Fantasy Football Strategies and Challenges
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I'm very mid-table in the GSPN one. I've had things go against me this season. I had... I didn't have Haaland to begin with this season.
00:00:51
Lydia
Yeah. I also held off getting him. I was like, I'm going to do it without him. And then ended up just getting him.
00:00:58
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I ended up getting him because he started this season so, so well. And then as soon as I got him, Manchester City fell off the cliff.
00:01:02
Lydia
Yeah.
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He wasn't doing so well.
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Lydia
I know. So bad. That's about the same time I got him, probably.
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ah Yeah, and then Salah started scoring. um Now I've got Salah. And I've just got Haaland back as well. I've got both of them in the team now. Just just as if if one of them goes on form, I've got them.
00:01:21
Lydia
And then you've got the other one.
00:01:22
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But I'm very mid-table and I don't think there's much time for me to claw it back. But we can see if we can do any better here.
Engaging the Audience: Support and Reviews
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Brentford Player Draft Rules
00:01:45
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So just before we get going, the rules for this is the player has to have played for Brentford at some point um in the past or currently, but you can only have three players from the current Brentford side. You can't have more than three players because given that we're in the Premier League, given this is one of our best sides ever,
00:02:08
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um I think we just end up with half the normal team and that's that's a bit boring.
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Lydia
Yeah.
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So um we have to think outside the box a little bit.
First Round Picks: Key Players
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Of course, for some positions, um there might be more options than others um given different players that have played for us in the past.
00:02:27
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We can't have the same player, so we're doing the ah FPL draft version. I know you haven't played that one, but that's the version where You pick one player at a time. Once they're gone, they're gone. I prefer that version. I have Harland actually in my draft version.
00:02:42
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um No one else does, which is very satisfying. um And we're only going to pick 11 players. We're not going to bother with subs. and We're not going to bother with prices either. I could have spent time pricing up every previous Brentford player, but i thought against it.
00:02:57
Lydia
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
But at the end, must, I'd advise that you have a coherent formation or line-up.
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um So don't forget to put a goalkeeper in the side. Otherwise, I'm going to ask you who's playing in goal and they'll be judged as a goalkeeper, even if they're not. And maybe at the end, we'll put it to a poll and we'll see who has the better team.
00:03:06
Lydia
Yeah.
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Lydia
I'm definitely going to have to bag Rico Henry
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Global Sports Podcast Network
So then I said, I'll let you go first, Lydia. So who are we kicking off with?
00:03:28
Lydia
Like I just, we obviously, I think he's needed and we all know how much like we missed him when he's out on injury and how much, how he's been with the team and like how much he's delivered for the team.
00:03:42
Lydia
So I'll start with Rukhainru.
00:03:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah okay i accept that i i think left back is difficult because he's been our left back for so long that there aren't many other left backs other clubs who can step
00:03:51
Lydia
Yeah, I can't imagine anyone else. Yeah.
Building Midfield and Defensive Strategies
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in i am gonna go pontus jansen i think every good team needs a good captain and i think he's the best captain
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Lydia
That's true.
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I can ever remember. So he is going to captain my draft team over to you.
00:04:13
Lydia
I need to think about that. Okay, right. I'm going to bag a goalie. And of course, I'm going to go for Raya. We all saw how much he improved under Brentford. And I think by the end, obviously, then he went over to Arsenal. And I think his like Quality is, obviously Flecken's improving, but I think Raya's the obvious choice for me in goal.
00:04:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
You can't have more than three of the current team anyway. So Raya is a very good option.
00:04:41
Lydia
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm going to leave my goalkeeper for now because you're not going to nab any of the other goalkeepers unless you're playing him up front.
00:04:46
Lydia
Yeah, that's true.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
So who do I want next?
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Or do I go with a current player? I'm going to go with Christian Norgard because I feel like
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Lydia
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
in the past we've not had as good of a defensive midfielder as him i feel like we've had a lot of more attacking midfielders better attackers but i feel like i need someone just doing the quiet work and i think he's the best at it he's also another leader um him and jansen in the spine of my team i i think there's not a great deal of more defensive midfielders um
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Lydia
Mm-hmm. I was going to go for him because went young to him.
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Lydia
Mm-hmm.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
in the past so I'm going to go Christian Norgaard
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Lydia
Okay, um now I need to think about who you're going to pick. So I'm going to go, but now, I'm going to use one of my ah my second current player and I'm going to go right back, Dalsgaard.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
he's not a current player
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Lydia
Oh, not Dalsgaard. Not Dalsgaard. Who am talking about? um The other skinny one.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Aya.
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Lydia
No, not Aya. Hang on.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
ah right back. A current right back.
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Lydia
No, not right back.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Because we don't have any of them.
00:06:10
Lydia
Okay, you know what? I'm going to go Dalsgaard for right back anyway.
00:06:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good shout. Good shout.
00:06:20
Lydia
He's not not the current one and then I'll think about who i was thinking of.
00:06:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's good. edit I mean, you you don't want to use your three current players to suit.
00:06:27
Lydia
Straight away.
00:06:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't think. In fact, I'm going to circle Norgard so I know I've used a current player. I am going with...
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll go with Christian Eriksen.
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Next in more guard.
00:06:46
Lydia
That's a good choice. ah kind of forget about him, to be honest, because it was so short.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I think in his... Even in his Brentford era, which might have been a little over his prime, I think he has so much quality...
00:07:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
I would have loved to have Damsgaard, but he would take up one of my quota in the three current players. And I think Eriksen, I mean Eriksen in terms of the Denmark team, he's the main man.
00:07:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Damsgaard I'd like to think will take over from him, but I'll have Christian Eriksen in midfield.
Attacking Options and Formations
00:07:20
Lydia
Okay. Hmm. Right, let me think. i am going to go for i need someone in midfield, I'm going attacking midfield and go Jota.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Good.
00:07:41
Lydia
I just think he's a safe option.
00:07:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Down the middle or on the right?
00:07:47
Lydia
On the right.
00:07:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:51
Lydia
Okay, and now I need to think about...
00:07:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
I like him. He's one of my favourite Brentford players of all time, I think. But he's just in an area of the field where I think we've got lots and lots of options. So I haven't gone with him just yet.
00:08:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
I going to struggle at fullback, both sides, but I'm not going to worry about that yet because you've got your fullback, so you're not going to take any others.
00:08:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
I will go with
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Lydia
yeah
00:08:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
let's go with a partner for Pontus Janssen. Now I'm torn whether to go with quality or whether to go with someone I like.
00:08:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
And...
00:08:28
Lydia
Go with someone you like so that I can go for quality.
00:08:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I think I've got to go for quality. think I've got to go for quality. Some Bretton fans might not like this, but I'll go with James Tarkowski. He obviously left in a horrible way.
00:08:44
Lydia
Yeah, that's me.
00:08:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
But if you look where his career has gone, but you know how he's still doing, that volley against Liverpool a week ago would have got me good fantasy points.
00:08:54
Lydia
Yeah.
00:08:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I'll stick him in my team alongside Pontus Janssen, who will tell him what to do and what not to do um to keep his image up.
00:09:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
But that is that's my centre-back pairing, so I'm done with centre-backs.
00:09:09
Lydia
Okay.
00:09:13
Lydia
Now I need to think because... Hmm. Wait, you've got an all-guard, right?
00:09:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:09:22
Lydia
Okay. um like Okay, you know what? I'm just going to go for a striker and I'm going to go peak Ivan Toni.
00:09:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Peak Ivan Tony. Not Ivan Tony post his ban.
00:09:35
Lydia
Not any old type of Toni.
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00:09:38
Lydia
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Pre-ban Ivan Tony.
00:09:40
Lydia
Pre-ban Ivan Toni, record-breaking, penalty scoring Ivan Toni.
00:09:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sounds good. Sounds good.
00:09:47
Lydia
And again, i probably need someone else to help him with his PR image.
00:09:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I am going to go with someone who can play off the left. I feel like we've got more options who can play off the right. So I'm going to with Saeed Benrahma.
00:10:07
Lydia
Okay, see, i I was struggling between him and someone else, so now going to have to go with the someone else.
00:10:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe you can save it. If that if they play on that um right on on that left wing, maybe you can save it. I'm not going to pick another one.
00:10:22
Lydia
ah Yeah, I'll save it, I'll save it. oh
00:10:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Completely up to you that I'm not influencing you at all.
00:10:28
Lydia
Now I need to think who you might take. Okay, I've got goal. How many have we done now?
00:10:38
Lydia
I've done one to me.
00:10:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
This is the fifth. This is your sixth.
00:10:43
Lydia
Okay, this is my safe. Right.
00:10:48
Lydia
I need to try and think of someone who's like good captain material as well.
00:10:51
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00:10:54
Lydia
It's not good idea.
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00:12:16
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Hello and welcome to part two of your wildcard Wednesday on the daily Brentford podcast. You join us halfway through our selections of our fantasy Brentford draft team.
00:12:30
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Before the break, Lydia was frantically trying to find the position she still needs and identify a player for those roles. So let's see who she's come up with.
00:12:39
Lydia
Yeah. Okay, so I'm going to go for a centre forward and I'm going to go Watkins at the front with Ivan Toney.
00:12:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
with Ivan Tony, are we going 4-4-2? We're
Finalizing Team Formations
00:12:50
Lydia
Yes, that's what panning. We're not in school. um Yeah, Watkins, also not a current player and I'm banking. I've got a few, yeah, need to think wisely about my remaining two current players.
00:12:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
going old school.
00:13:07
Lydia
So I've gone for Watkins.
00:13:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's going to be a real lack of centre forwards for me here. That's right.
00:13:11
Lydia
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um I will go
00:13:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
I might play Ericsson in that deeper role alongside Norgaard. He doesn't have the legs for it now, but he did when we had him. um The kind of role that Jensen plays these days.
00:13:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't want to play two defensive midfielders. So ahead of them, I'm going to go Alan Judge. I like him. I like Ben Rahma.
00:13:38
Lydia
Mm-hmm.
00:13:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Ben Rahma was... one of the best players I've seen play for Brentford, the tricks, the flicks.
00:13:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Alan Judge, just before him, was the early championship version of that, I think. I think he was never the same after the injury, so I'll go with pre-injury Alan Judge, just to be clear.
00:13:43
Lydia
Yeah.
00:13:54
Lydia
Alright, okay.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
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Lydia
We're going.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, what a player he was, and I think, yeah, he can get around that front line. He can help out in midfield as well if he needs to.
00:14:05
Lydia
Okay.
00:14:09
Lydia
I forgot I got Yotta as well. Come on. just did everything. um Right. Okay. so
00:14:22
Lydia
I'm going to use up one of the current players. Another one. And Damsgaard is who I meant before. Too many Danish players. I got confused. Right. Damsgaard. I'm to have Damsgaard.
00:14:35
Lydia
And then... And I've got one more current player. Okay. Which I need to think about carefully.
00:14:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Alright, down's gone. So he's going to midfield, not a right-back.
00:14:43
Lydia
He's going to midfield.
00:14:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I will go... i will go with another current player. Because you took Jota on the right, I think I have to take Brian and Bumo.
00:14:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
And haven't got a striker yet.
00:14:59
Lydia
Yeah. How could I be forget about Brian? I forgot about Brian.
00:15:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I haven't got a striker yet, but...
00:15:04
Lydia
Yeah.
00:15:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Whoever it is will score goals. I can guarantee you because they've got Mbumo, Alan Judge and Saeed Benrahma right behind him. You can't go wrong. And I think now i just need a keeper, ah right back, a left back and a centre forward.
00:15:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Over to you.
00:15:22
Lydia
Okay, I'm trying to think because now and but I need to get a midfield and I need ah good captain. um and you've taken the best captain, arguably, that we had and the second best, I would say.
00:15:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
and our current captain
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Lydia
So, okay, let me think. Hmm.
00:15:47
Lydia
okay
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Global Sports Podcast Network
looks like Ivan Tony's your captain no
00:15:52
Lydia
Yeah, I think I might have to just make him count it. I don't know how that will go down. ah But I'm going to go... Did you say Mepum?
00:16:03
Lydia
I'm going to have him at the back.
00:16:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Chris Mepham, that's a shout. I'm trying to think, I suppose. What other centre-backs have we had over the years that aren't still at Brentford?
00:16:15
Lydia
You said the other... Well, no. I guess we'll just...
00:16:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think Pontus and James Tarkowski are the obvious.
00:16:22
Lydia
Yeah, and i was going to say, you've got them.
00:16:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
The ones that reach the highest level, you've got the likes of Harley Dean and Tony Craig and people like that, but I think Mepham, I can see why you chose him over them. What do I need now? I need a striker. Well, you're not going to take any more strikers. I think you've got all the positions I haven't got.
00:16:40
Lydia
I think so, yeah, because I've got a goalie as well.
00:16:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right-back, left-back and goalie. Oh, in goal. I'm going to go. Wojciech Cezny. Current Barcelona keeper. Had a career at Arsenal.
00:16:51
Lydia
Yeah.
00:16:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Played at Brentford for one year on loan many years ago now. Looked very, very good in Ligue 1 or Ligue 2 whenever it was.
00:16:58
Lydia
Yeah.
00:17:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I don't know how to spell his name for the purpose of my piece of paper in front of me, but I'm going try my best. um But yeah, I've got him in goal, which I think is a good shout.
00:17:15
Lydia
Okay. um Yeah, actually that's a good shout. I kind of forgot about him. So ah that was good. Do you have Sawyer's?
00:17:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nope.
00:17:25
Lydia
I'm gonna, I'm gonna get Sawyer's.
00:17:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a very attacking 4-4-2 you've got here. Where is the defensive midfield? The midfield's going to fall apart.
00:17:37
Lydia
I need to think about that next and I need to, oh no, I've still got one more, how on, let me think, I've got one more current player that I can use. Yeah.
00:17:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, so have I.
00:17:50
Lydia
Yeah, it's just goingnna have to be quite an attacking, yeah.
00:17:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
You've gone with Soyuz now. you can't get There's no going back. ah
00:17:55
Lydia
Okay.
00:17:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
At left back, I'll go... Sergio Reguilon, who helped us out a bit last season, I think he looked good. I think he's very good going forwards.
00:18:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not really played much this season for Spurs, but again, I've got a but i've got the current Barcelona goalkeeper and I've got an ex-Real Madrid left back in my side.
00:18:19
Lydia
yeah
00:18:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I think they're to be feared. Plenty plenty of experience um in this side.
00:18:31
Lydia
Smart. Okay, did you have you got Woods?
00:18:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nope.
00:18:36
Lydia
I am realising I need more defensive midfielders, so I'm getting Ryan Woods.
00:18:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, yeah. and So he's going to have a busy day with um Dam's guard and Sawyers in front of him and Watkins and Tony in front of that.
00:18:51
Lydia
to
00:18:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
But Ryan Woods will be very, very busy. Let's hope he's still got the legs these days.
00:18:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think he is still playing. I think he's in...
00:18:58
Lydia
Yeah.
00:19:00
Lydia
I think so.
00:19:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
think he's in League One, League One or League Two nowadays. um I did hear where he went not that long ago, but it slipped my mind now. So I think you need one player, i need two players, if we've got this right.
00:19:13
Lydia
Yeah. Oh, and I can choose. Oh yeah, I've left a current player.
00:19:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've also left the current player. Do I even want another current player?
00:19:21
Lydia
and
00:19:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
At right back, this is a difficult one.
00:19:29
Lydia
That's why I went for um Henry first.
00:19:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
I might have to go. do i want a current right back? Or do I want a current striker?
00:19:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've got options here. So up front. I could go with someone like Wisser. Who's a current striker.
00:19:51
Lydia
Yeah.
00:19:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Could go with someone like Neil Morpe.
00:19:54
Lydia
Because you have got Brian as well. You could have...
00:19:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brian's on the wing. He's in his traditional wing position.
00:20:00
Lydia
Mm-hmm.
00:20:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
i'm not I'm not training him up as a number nine just yet. um So I think up front it's between. Brian and Bumo. ah Not Brian Bumo. You've got him in my head.
00:20:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's between Johan Wisser. And Neil Morpe. And I think at right back.
00:20:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's not really a current right back. I don't think I can justify picking Aaron Hickey. I've not seen.
00:20:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Coyote enough. He's just joined. I think I might have to go with our recently departed friend Mads Roslev. I think I'm putting him a right back.
00:20:31
Lydia
We haven't seen him in ages.
00:20:42
Lydia
Oh yeah, I thought he's departed now.
00:20:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Assist in the playoff final. He can do a job for me. He's done a job for us all these years.
00:20:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
And again, the fans would be all over him to say he's a weak point of this fantasy team, but he will do a job at the end of the day. and he will be part of a winning team. So I've got Mads Roslev at right back.
00:20:51
Lydia
Archduke.
00:21:09
Lydia
Right, okay. um
Adjustments and Final Touches
00:21:11
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To complete the team.
00:21:13
Lydia
I am, to complete the team, I am going to use current um defensive midfield.
00:21:24
Lydia
think I'm going to go Janot. Yeah.
00:21:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, I'm very interested to see your end team here.
00:21:31
Lydia
Yeah, I keep sort of forgetting who I've got and who I haven't. but So I'm writing it on a new paper.
00:21:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because you seem to have two strikers and four central midfielders.
00:21:40
Lydia
um I'm rewriting it out because I just can't work out what I've written. But...
00:21:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
To complete my team. I have one current player left. I've only got striker left. You've probably gone with the two I would have chosen in terms of Watkins and Tony. I didn't think you'd choose Watkins having already chosen Tony.
00:21:58
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But we move on. And I've gone with Johan Wisser, current striker. He will score goals. He will score goals no matter what team he's in. I'm a bit worried that there's no height in that front four.
00:22:11
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But between Mbouma, Alan Charles, Staheber, Rama and Johan Wisser, we don't need height. We will run round them. We will run rings around the opposition. Eriksen in behind, popping balls over the top. um So yeah, I've gone Wisser up top because he'll finish the chances off.
00:22:32
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So that's it. This is time then. Let's have a quick recap of our team. Have you ever you sorted your formation out?
00:22:39
Lydia
I can't remember. There's someone that i forgot to write down and I just can't remember who it was. I'm missing one, but i definitely must have chosen.
00:22:46
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Let's do it together.
00:22:48
Lydia
yeah Can't remember who I said.
00:22:53
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Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, I've got 11. So in goal, I've got Wojciech Cezny. You've got...
00:23:02
Lydia
I've got David Breyer.
00:23:05
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And you've gone with back four. Is that correct?
00:23:07
Lydia
Yeah, but one of them must have been that I've forgotten.
00:23:08
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No five at the back.
00:23:13
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right, we'll get this. Right back, I've got Maz Roslev. You've got. Henrik Dalsgaard.
00:23:13
Lydia
Because I've just got...
00:23:20
Lydia
Yeah.
00:23:21
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At centre back. I've got Pontus Janssen. And James Tarkowski. You've got. Chris Meppum.
00:23:30
Lydia
I've got Mepum.
00:23:33
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Do I remember you choosing another centre back? I don't know if I do.
00:23:33
Lydia
And then...
00:23:39
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We'll come back to that. We'll come back to that.
00:23:40
Lydia
We'll come back, we'll come back.
00:23:42
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I've got Sergio Reguilon. At left back. You've got. Rico?
00:23:48
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Rico Henry?
00:23:48
Lydia
Oh yeah, I've got Rico, yeah.
00:23:50
Lydia
Okay, I've got Rico.
00:23:51
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My formation differs a bit from yours here. So I've got two in front of the back four. So I've got Christian Norgaard alongside Christian Eriksen. Two Christians.
00:24:03
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You've got Ryan Woods on his own.
00:24:06
Lydia
Yeah, I've got Ryan Woods.
00:24:09
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Oh no, and Vitaly.
00:24:11
Lydia
And oh, that was it. That was it. Wait, I confused myself.
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You've got too many midfielders.
00:24:17
Lydia
Yeah, now I've got too many midfielders. OK, that was it. I forgot about that. I just added him in at the end. Yeah.
00:24:25
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I think he might have to stick Ryan Woods at right back, move Henrik Dalsgaard as centre back.
00:24:29
Lydia
yeah Yeah, next to Leffam.
00:24:31
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And Vitaly's got to do a job on his on his own in that midfield.
00:24:33
Lydia
OK, I'm just going to...
00:24:38
Lydia
Yeah, ah okay, I've moved Woods and then it's going to be... Yeah, Jan-Al sort of by himself.
00:24:47
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by himself. And then you've got two central midfielders.
00:24:53
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One, two.
00:24:53
Lydia
I've got...
00:24:55
Lydia
Damsgaard.
00:24:58
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Where's Sawyer's playing?
00:25:01
Lydia
yeah, he can be with Damsgaard, central midfield, and then... I've got Jota attacking midfield.
00:25:09
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There's a very narrow formation going on here.
00:25:09
Lydia
I've sort of... Yeah, I've kept forgetting who I was picking.
00:25:12
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What you could do, what you could do now, now, what you could do is you could move Ollie Watkins back to his original Brentford position of left wing.
00:25:23
Lydia
Oh yeah, because I didn't move him forward.
00:25:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
You can sit Jota on the right and you can have Ivan Toni up front. But I'm not the manager. You're the manager.
00:25:32
Lydia
um Okay, I'll come back to that at the end because I sort of just keep cats adding people.
00:25:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah You'll come back to that, but we we are almost at the end. My three yeah but in front of Ericsson and Norgaard and behind Johan Wissart is Brian Mbumo, Alan Charge and Saeed Benrahma. And as I've mentioned, Johan Wissart up front.
00:25:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
A strong 4-2-3-1 formation from me. Do you want to go through your formation? but Perhaps.
00:26:00
Lydia
Okay, so Right now Woods is at the back.
00:26:06
Lydia
um And then Mepham and Dalsgaard are going to be centre backs.
00:26:17
Lydia
Then, right, I've moved. Okay then, Yannout, defensive midfield.
00:26:26
Lydia
Then I'll have...
00:26:31
Lydia
Dam's guard on the left.
00:26:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
This is so interesting.
Closing Remarks and Future Content
00:26:40
Lydia
Oh, this paper's just got loads of arrows and I just can't make heads or tails. Okay, Watkins. I'll move Watkins back.
00:26:49
Lydia
Have Tony out in the front and he's also going to be my captain. I've just decided. And I've got, ah yeah, I've got Yotta and Sawyers.
00:27:00
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Somewhere.
00:27:00
Lydia
And I'll
00:27:00
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Your turosaurs are somewhere.
00:27:03
Lydia
I'll have them on the right.
00:27:06
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Both of them.
00:27:09
Lydia
ah No, I'll have... Okay, just Sawyer's.
00:27:17
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Where's Yotta?
00:27:18
Lydia
And then... Yotta...
00:27:25
Lydia
Yeah, that's a good question. i don't know where he'll go then. Um...
00:27:29
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I hope I win this poll.
00:27:32
Lydia
I was thinking more, I didn't think cohesively, which I should have done. um
00:27:40
Lydia
ah You know what, for the sake of this, he'll just have to be with Sawyers.
00:27:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah we We didn't plan this much in advance as you as you guys can tell.
00:27:47
Lydia
Yeah.
00:27:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah But that will do for today. Maybe I'll try and put up a little graphic um to do a poll on social media or something like that to for people to choose their favourite team.
00:27:54
Lydia
yeah
00:28:01
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Who would win in a game? Is it out of position FC or is it my my my side um that was it for today thank you for listening to daily brentford podcast we hope you've enjoyed today's episode and once again we would be extremely grateful for your support as this will enable us to go bigger and better moving forwards daily brentford can be found on x instagram and tiktok under the handle at gspn brentford and this podcast is now also available on youtube on the Global Sports Podcast Network account.
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We'll be back again on Friday as we preview our trip to Leicester on Friday night as we go for four away wins in a row. Until then, from myself and from Lydia, thank you for being with us.