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The 71st-Minute Heartbreak That Slammed The Door On Chelsea | Episode 25 | Don't Blame The Ref
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Wembley hosted an absolute tactical chess match (or a total snore-fest, depending on who you ask), and Manchester City are your FA Cup Champions! We break down a historic but grueling 1-0 Final where Chelsea's Wembley curse struck again, and Antoine Semenyo’s dramatic 71st-minute flick decided it all. Was this the fewest shots we’ve seen in a final for 20 years, or a masterclass from Pep?
But the real explosion happened right after the final whistle. Xabi Alonso is OFFICIALLY the new manager of Chelsea! We dive deep into what this means for Stamford Bridge. Can Alonso handle the young squad, and will BlueCo actually give him the transfer control he needs?
Plus, we head over to Old Trafford where Michael Carrick’s permanent deal is on the table. Is Carrick the man to finally bring stability to Manchester United, and what does his rumored £120M pursuit of Elliot Anderson say about United's new direction?
Drop your thoughts in the comments: Was the final boring? Will Alonso win a trophy with Chelsea next season?
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Transcript
Introduction and Liverpool Banter
00:00:36
Speaker
Yo, welcome back to another episode of the Don't Blame the Ref podcast. You've got me, E-Man, in the blue corner. in the red corner, got me, Dom.
00:00:47
Speaker
Yeah, don't cry, don't beg, Liverpool, we've got your legend. ha ha!
00:01:00
Speaker
Yo, do you know how long these men have been saying that Chappie Alonso is coming to Liverpool? He's coming to Liverpool. He's coming. He's waiting for Liverpool. He's waiting for Liverpool. Hey!
00:01:13
Speaker
These men, they're still waiting for Behrman. They're still waiting. Bro, they're waiting for Behrman. They're waiting for Ziba Mendy. They're waiting for they're waiting for Hellerman.
00:01:26
Speaker
Hey, man. Fair play I went to the league last year because they were have been eating so many L's in the windows. Oh, my gosh. That's one of the main reasons why. You know when you win, celebrate it properly. Make sure you no one chat with you any hour because you never know how quickly you can change, you know?
00:01:44
Speaker
It's facts. It's absolute facts. So,
Chelsea Managerial Change and Future Prospects
00:01:48
Speaker
yeah, it's... um May the 17th, Chelsea have today announced the confirmation that their next manager is going to be... Hold on, hold on, sorry guys, sorry guys, we started with the manager and we're not trying Forget the match, the match, don't care about the match, you want me to do tactical a analysis on the match, are you mad?
00:02:15
Speaker
Bro, me let me we give you the analysis. We posed no attacking threat. We're crap. We had no ringers. Done. Done. Neto Conacho came on. Nothing changed. Done, bro. It's like, the analysis is done, bro. Like, what are we talking about? What are we still saying? You're talking about a 1-0 loss? Nah, forget it. Forget it.
00:02:37
Speaker
What the heck? Xavier Alonso's at the wall.
00:02:43
Speaker
Bro, everything that's happened up until now, deleted. Deleted. I want to delete it from my memory bank. It doesn't matter. It's about what's going to happen over the next two years. That's all want to talk about right now, bro. There's a few things we can touch on. I'm not going to let you get away that easily. I like that, bro. Because it was us. You think... Nah.
00:03:05
Speaker
no Nah, let's not. We'll get to Jabby Alonso, man. We can quickly run away. Let's do some sort of analysis. We've spoken about like what could potentially happen if you guys win.
00:03:23
Speaker
and what you actually wanted to happen. And I think, roughly, I remember you saying that the best case scenario is that you guys lose the final inning. That's the best case scenario. I don't want to be in any sort of Europe. I don't want to be in Europa League. I don't want none of it.
00:03:38
Speaker
Like, we are still feeling the backlash of... playing two seasons in a row non-stop. These men are mentally clocked out.
00:03:50
Speaker
I just need them having a nice, calm rest pre-season, one game a week. And then let's see what happens, bro. I think right now, that is the best case scenario for this particular squad.
00:04:03
Speaker
We need to reduce the numbers in the squad. sell as many men as we can and just keep the quality, replace and upgrade in certain positions when we can. Like, it needs to be so simple for us in the in the window. we We now start adding the complexity of planning for Europe and all of that. These men are going to mess it up.
00:04:23
Speaker
It's like... it's like It's that you're teaching a baby and you're not going to give a baby five steps. No, I'm going to give you the first step, let you process that and then we move on to the next steps. That's what these sporting directors are like because when they've got juggle and do bad different things, they mess it up. I don't want to hear it. The best thing for us was to lose this game. It doesn't it doesn't sound nice as a Chelsea fan, but honestly...
00:04:47
Speaker
Yeah, I can't lie. I was walking inside a game expecting you you guys to lose anyway. Don't you guys have like some horrible record at Wembley right now? You might you may have lost that seven in a row or something like that. Seven finals in a row.
00:05:01
Speaker
That's crazy. That's bad, bad numbers. but yeah I don't think anyone would expect a new lot to win anyway. I don't think so. Man for man, like, and it was a bit cagey. City didn't really play to the best of their ability. um we We looked resilient. So they they knew it was a final and they tried a little bit, but we looked a bit resilient, but really and truly we we lacked quality performance.
00:05:30
Speaker
That this three at the back thing with Kukla, it was even three at the back, it was Kukla basically playing left wing. um that That worked against Liverpool who has who have defenders on the right hand side who can't defend and can't track a run.
00:05:44
Speaker
fuck City have got Nunes on the right who tracks runs, who can defend. And that's literally all our threat on the left-hand side nullified. So all the most of the attacks were going down the right-hand side where Palmer's not really playing. Gusto can't cross for nothing.
00:06:01
Speaker
Like, yeah, so it was just dire in attack. We had maybe a 10, 15 minute period in the second half where we so kind of seemed like we were in the ascendancy.
00:06:12
Speaker
But I think City made some subs and then that was it. Kovacic came on um and then one more person came on and you see... maybe I think it was just energy literally from City. I don't see any real tactical tweaks. They just made the subs, had a bit more legs in midfield and bang, they they started dominating the game again. So, yeah.
00:06:34
Speaker
yeah To be fair as well, um you knew coming into the game that Pep was taking it seriously as well. You rested quite a few players against, was it Palace they played midweek? So Harland didn't play.
00:06:47
Speaker
uh, Cherky didn't play. Savinho started, Foden started. Now it was basically like he tried to just give the guys who ain't really played the minutes and they end up waxing them anyway. So it just shows how strong the team is.
Club Controversies and Historical Issues
00:07:01
Speaker
But yeah, the game, the game itself wasn't too eventful. Obviously we had the, um, goal from Semenyo, which was a good finish as well.
00:07:09
Speaker
Did he score in the league cup final as well? feel like he did. I can't remember. I might be making up. I think he did. if he did, then that's two finals in a row that he scored in and they only came in January.
00:07:24
Speaker
Picked up trophies already, so... Mate, fair enough. And this is why big players need to move to big teams, because you can actually clean up like that, easy peasy.
00:07:35
Speaker
um Yeah, let's be honest, without Semenya and Gehi signing City would be nowhere near this title. They they would probably wouldn't win one of those caught cups, to be honest. And Gehi is just giving them a stability they didn't have.
00:07:54
Speaker
Yeah, again, another, another Colborne graduate doing big things away from Chelsea. It's, yeah, it's, it's, it's a joke, but
00:08:06
Speaker
yeah, it's, unfortunately, John Pedro was really, really, really not good on a day, but he could have He didn't trust his left-hand side. He constantly tried to look for his right-hand side.
00:08:18
Speaker
Yeah, it's it's an environment where I can't really blame him. It's ah it's a line-up where i can't really blame him. He's got a left-back at left wing, Palmer's off form, and then Gusto's crossing the ball to him.
00:08:29
Speaker
He didn't really get much service. I think Palmo was good in the first half, to be fair. I think he looked busy, at least. like he would It was better better than what I've seen of him recently. So maybe it's low-hanging fruit, but it's just... You guys don't really do anything in the game, to be fair. Yeah, I'm not going to rate Palmo on...
00:08:51
Speaker
like on ah on a scale of relative to what he's been producing this season, and I'm always going to compare him to what I know he can do. So, yeah, for me, all this looking busy, running around, not doing much, losing the ball, yes, it's is it's just not for me. So, yeah, look,
00:09:13
Speaker
Pep needs to go.
00:09:16
Speaker
That is enough. Like, bro, why have you stayed in England for so long, bro? It's true, man. It's too nice over here, man. That man's seat up was perfect for him, man. What else is there left for him to do in football now? He's done everything at...
00:09:32
Speaker
in club level. So if he leaves, where else is he going to go? He's done, man. He's done. Unless at some point he takes a break for like a couple of years and you never know that Barcelona gig comes up again. He's like, all right, run it back again.
00:09:46
Speaker
that's um i mean, according to his words, he wants to manage internationally. So I'll assume that will be his next step. But... i All those guys that used to say, oh, it's um it's the German league, it's the Spanish league. That's why, you know, Barca, Bayern, they dominate these leagues so easily.
00:10:05
Speaker
You know, if he if he if Pep came to the Prem, he wouldn't be able to dominate like that. And look what's happened, man. The guy's cleaned up. He's literally won at the same rate he won at any of Barca and Bayern Munich. Like...
00:10:24
Speaker
just proving yet again we we get the English mentality. we We're thinking we're the best. and very relax I mean, there are some pending charges, but, you know, that that's a whole other thing. But either way, their football's always been the best. They've dominated teams and but when they needed to. you The thing with the charges, bro, I'm a Chelsea fan.
00:10:49
Speaker
Yeah. like My club hasn't been squeaky clean for ages, bro. So for me, i'm sort of on their side. it how you live. Yeah. if it's and And you know what about the thing about me is like, I've seen what these clubs do at youth level.
00:11:07
Speaker
I've seen what these agents of these clubs do to players and blacklist them and did it. So I've seen the dirty work that a lot of different teams, even in the Prem, have done to young players.
00:11:22
Speaker
So for me, they're all bad. Yeah, yeah. So I can't be on the moral high ground and say, City's got 115 charges. What happened when Liverpool got banned for when they tried to take a 12-year-old?
00:11:37
Speaker
They had to transfer ban because they tried to snap um um under the table, take a 12-year-old and sign a contract and bribe them to come to the club. Like, how is that any better? yeah now It's probably still happening now. like Apparently, there's rumours of Man United already giving, what's his name, JJ Gabriel or some under-the-hand-the-table deal to make him stay in the club already. Yeah. you see what I'm saying? So, like, for me... He might be you' on the first-team player wages already. that so You don't even know. Like, his dad's got some ambassador role at the club, and they're just paying him peas. And they're paying him peas. Yeah, it's all like that. All the all these clubs do some shady stuff. And obviously, even if you take away from the footballing stuff that they're doing, there's moral stuff that's all over the gaff. There's, like...
00:12:29
Speaker
There's just... It's just funny stuff all over the place. So, currently, I don't think too much. so for So, for me, my thing is like, look, they've got bread. We've got bread. United's got bread.
00:12:41
Speaker
Liverpool's got bread. Arsenal now have bread. It's up to you to go and topple them. It's up to you to go and bag the better players, get the better manager, go beat them. And if we ain't doing it, which Chelsea are not, which United have not done till today,
Xabi Alonso's Potential Impact on Chelsea
00:12:58
Speaker
I'm not going to blame them. I'm going to start talking about 115 charges. If they get sent down, they get sent down. But I think they're bust case. And when they bust case... I don't think they can do it. They're not going to do it. They're not going to do it.
00:13:10
Speaker
Trust me, they're going to pay a hefty fine, get a few points deductions, that's it. like no They're not going to get relegated, none of that. And people are just black they're begging for it, they're begging for it. Bro, focus on your team. Your team is so tight.
00:13:25
Speaker
you can't get retrospective like trophies. like I don't want Oli to get a retrospective Premier League title because City were cheating.
00:13:36
Speaker
Come on, man. Chelsea were caught. We're not the only ones. I'm telling you, there are... I'm telling about 60%, 70% of clubs are paying agents under the table for transfers. I'm talking all across the Football League. I'm not just talking about Premier League, yeah?
00:13:54
Speaker
Chelsea have been caught, because they're dumb enough to get caught, paying agents underneath it off underneath the table. Look what happened. Got little got a little fine, a few million fine, there but and then we're just supposed to continue. like That's normal.
00:14:12
Speaker
It's mad. It's what it's like.
00:14:18
Speaker
But, um yeah, so that's another trophy for Pep. In the down season, walking away with two domestic cups, ain't really that bad, did it? That's not And still, we're saying um it's just going to be two cups because right now, as it stands,
00:14:35
Speaker
um Arsenal have Burnley ah burnley and Crystal Palace left to play. where We're assuming they're going win those games. Like, something mad has to happen. Like, Something unspeakable has to happen. Obviously, I played on Monday. We're recording this on Sunday, so we won't know until the next pod. But...
00:14:54
Speaker
i went to i went to i went to the shop. I got some olive oil. Glass bottle only. prayed on this olive oil.
00:15:06
Speaker
Oh my gosh. This guy has conjured spirit. I haven't eaten. I haven't eaten since i would eat his Saturday. Listen, bro. He's fasting.
00:15:19
Speaker
I'm fasting, prayer, worship. Listen, bro.
00:15:27
Speaker
I'm doing everything I can, bro. All I need now is Burnley, Crystal Palace. Just come and do something for me. The last one was the worst time, man. and Obviously, we didn't get to speak about that game because it was after our last recording, but it's all over the place, man. I think, from ah what what was the controversial goal? what Why can't I...
00:15:51
Speaker
It was just a foul on Raya, man. It was a foul. Yeah, yeah, that was it. It was a foul. As much as I'm ahead, that's a foul, man. Do you know what? That scenario is so funny. It's so similar to... At the beginning of the season, we faced Fulham and then it was 1-1. And then Jimenez tried to do a 360. He stepped on Talibur's foot...
00:16:16
Speaker
played on, it went through Josh King, ripped up tossing, bang, bottom corner, yeah, it was supposed to be 2-1 Fulham, 3-AR, showed the ref, ref counselled it. And the outrage from off the back of that is literally like this scenario.
00:16:31
Speaker
The right decision was came to, was like, was, they came to the right decision, but because it didn't serve the narrative or the result that he made, that's what I needed to run it.
00:16:52
Speaker
It's honestly, like, if I'm being objective, that is honestly just a foul and no backlash from it. It's just ridiculous. Just that, man. They're going to win it. Everyone suck it up, man. They're going to win it, man. Yeah, moving on to Chelsea. Speaking of other things, you can see background's changed.
00:17:16
Speaker
We got some big news today. Well, yesterday, after that disgraceful loss, your club decided this is a perfect opportunity us to announce the new manager.
00:17:27
Speaker
And you know what? That's exactly... that's That shows me enough exchange, bro. PR. PR. That's all these guys care about. PR. Oh, they're so shabulous.
00:17:38
Speaker
might say we lost, but hey, it's not me. It's not me. that's great These men are dumb. dumb. What's your first initial thoughts on Tahayo? We've spoken about it quite a bit. You weren't sure who you wanted. um Enrique is obviously the number one for everyone. But Jabber Longo, was he even on your mind? Because I feel like this went quick.
00:18:04
Speaker
I feel like he came out of nowhere and then the deal was done. So my first choice was Nzaghi, just because like old head, he's been there, done it sort of thing. yeah But from the list that we initially had, Xabi Alonso wasn't on the initial list when they were talking about Iriola, Silva. I was just like, yeah, this is dead.
00:18:24
Speaker
um I generally didn't even think Xabi Alonso was realistic just because I genuinely thought Liverpool would probably get rid of Slotten. and move for him. And it was, I believed all the, you know, ITKs on Twitter and that and thought, yeah, he was on his way. So for me, it wasn't really a possibility that i considered.
00:18:44
Speaker
um But now it's happened. Look, Xabi Alonso joining Chelsea could fail. Yeah. yeah But this is an appointment that befits the statue of the club.
00:18:59
Speaker
Right. it's It's honestly that simple. If we're going to hire anybody, we need to hire managers that have been there, done it, whether it's in their playing career or their managerial career. And nothing better than somebody that's gone to Germany and toppled by a Munich with Tuchel, a world-class coach, and then went undefeated um throughout that year and almost got a treble with the Europa League if it wasn't for our Nigerian brother, Lukman.
00:19:28
Speaker
So... Yeah, den these are the things that Chelsea need to be doing. I'm sorry. like It's just we need to be hiring people that do extraordinary things.
00:19:40
Speaker
We can't be hiring based off potential. like It's very difficult. like And Arsenal took that risk. dave dave They've chose wisely and it and it's ended well for them.
00:19:54
Speaker
But that's not always the success story. That's not always how it how it ends up. Most of the time it's not. Most of the time it's not. It's ah very risky. You don't know how this person is going to be under pressure. You don't know how they're going to handle big egos. You don't know how they're going to um you know make the right decisions to get the club the club where it needs to be.
00:20:15
Speaker
So look, Xavi Alonso himself, he seems, so I watched quite maybe the last 10, 11 games of that Leverkusen team because once like the hype got up and it they were all undefeated, I started tuning into the games and In general, maybe it was just the end of the season, but in general, the football was a tad boring for me.
00:20:38
Speaker
It was definitely a lot, very perfect possession-based, a lot of passes involving centre-mids and centre-backs. So it wasn't very direct, but...
00:20:48
Speaker
um but they did have a knack of scoring a ridiculous amount of late goals, which shows whether it's the personalities on the pitch or the tactics that the manager has implemented, grinds down teams, he makes sure the team's fit and they they just never gave up and continuously, continuously, I think they'd scored like 10 goals after 90th minute that season, yeah um which is utterly ridiculous. So, yeah,
00:21:19
Speaker
Yeah, look, i he's won Champions Leagues, he's won World Cups, he he's gone undefeated. This is what we need to be doing. This should be standard. So the players need to respect him.
00:21:32
Speaker
I think this is one of those appointments where it's like the Arteta appointment, where if you believe in him, even if it goes wrong in the first year, just stick with it.
00:21:43
Speaker
I don't want to hear it none of this. How wrong is wrong? Like... like You're talking about... We're knife. We're knife right now, Dom. Yeah. We're a knife. Yeah? So, like, anywhere... And we finished 12th previously under this ownership.
00:22:00
Speaker
So anywhere between 12th and 9th, bro, stick you should stick with him. No? Am I wrong? Yeah. You should stick with them. Because you they've built this squad, not Alonso.
00:22:11
Speaker
They've built this squad. So this squad is clearly good enough to be knifed. I just want to make that very clear to everybody. yeah So we shouldn't be on our high horse talking about Chelsea should be this, Chelsea should be... No, this is what the these this ownership has built.
00:22:25
Speaker
So when chap if Xabi Alonso comes in and the first year is a mess and we don't um get into the Champions League or we don't get into Europe, stick with it. Actually, actually stick to your word where you say you want to look at for a long term project and stick with Alonso and try and build with him, refresh the squad because we can't, we're not going to change all, we're not going to fix all our issues in one window.
00:22:50
Speaker
yeah And mean even if even if you want to, it's a stupid idea to do that anyway. It's like there's just too many moving pieces. so So I don't really know about... didn't really watch Real Madrid on De Gea Long, though obviously his time there was cut short. more Less because of him being a bad manager and more to do with the players just revolting and egos and all those things. But is he still... Is he married to the idea of free at the back then? Is that what Chelsea are just going to adopt?
00:23:20
Speaker
So he he changed his formation so many times at Real Madrid. Like, generally, I would tune in one one game, then the next game, it's something else. One game, it's a diamond. Do you think that was more because it's Real Madrid and you can't not go to Real Madrid do no three at the back then you know what that? But he did it.
00:23:37
Speaker
But he did it. Yeah. It's like, he didn't do it like all the way through, but he did it. He did it in quite a lot of games. um So, I think...
00:23:52
Speaker
I think Chelsea, I don't want to dance around your question. I don't think he's going to stick to one formation. So I don't think if people that the people that don't like free at the back, you've got nothing to worry about. He is going to be fluid, I would think, based off previous experience.
00:24:11
Speaker
The Leverkusen team was pretty much... But again, the Levokuzin team, it was all different variations of three at the back. Sometimes he had two in the middle, sometimes he had three in the middle, sometimes he had two atopped, sometimes he had two tens. So it it seems like he analyses the occasion, the um um the opponent, and then he he builds a plan based off that.
00:24:31
Speaker
So for me, yeah i'm I'm not too confident. So a sensible manager then. A manager with his is sensible in his application. Yeah. I'm like a few of these other guys. Yeah. You'd have so. You'd have so. But for me, I wouldn't even care whether he's playing three at the back or whatever. think...
00:24:52
Speaker
I think people just have a very negative view of the formation three at the back. but Yeah, I definitely do. Every time I've used three at the back, bro, it's been when I've been losing and I go three at the back because I want to take one defender off and um and then I'm sending everybody up top, two up top, two in midfield, two wingers, and I'm sending everybody up and then I'm leaving three defenders at the back.
00:25:17
Speaker
So it's not the formation, it's just the application, surely. Absolutely. via Yeah. So I think that's enough on Chelsea, but... um yeah Are there any key signings that you think Jabril Alonso will need to implement his oh system? Because obviously he had Florian Verts, he had Grimaldo at Bayern, he had Tap Soba as one of the centre-backs, he had... Who else was in that team?
00:25:48
Speaker
Boniface as a striker. Jonathan Tarr. Jonathan Tarr. He had specific profiles to do what needed to do. So if I look at that left wing-back area...
00:26:00
Speaker
Kukuehla does not have the same technical consistency no as Guamado. So, but thus for me, that's going to be a major weakness. um they yeah for If we look at the midfield, we don't have anybody like Granit Xhaka.
00:26:18
Speaker
um Enzo isn't like Granit Xhaka. Granit Xhaka. Enzo's more of a box-to-box, try and get, crash-to-box, score goals. Granit Xhaka's a sitting, DM, dictating play, tempo, tempo setter, blah, blah, blah, blah.
00:26:36
Speaker
So we don't have that. Caicedo is a good passer, but he's an erratic player. more of an erratic entity in in that midfield. So it's not it's not really his skill to control the game through his passing.
00:26:54
Speaker
He can build up, you can build through him, but I wouldn't necessarily say he controls the tempo of the game and and and and leads the team in that way. um So I think we so we don't have enough... he needed You definitely need a midfielder. We need a midfielder.
00:27:13
Speaker
Based on the profile you described... Warton. Maybe, yeah, literally, I was literally just thinking of that. I've got limited knowledge on players outside the Premier League. that That's the first. But who you decide is Adam Warton, bro. That's literally the the only player thought So, um yeah, I don't know. Let's see what happens there. On the right...
00:27:37
Speaker
Yeah, right wing back, yeah is that's fine. Stryker pretty much matches. I think Jaal Pedro has similar profile to Bonifaz. Not the same, but similar. Defenders, yeah. I can imagine he's going to bring in one defender.
00:27:52
Speaker
um Just because... Fofana, I think his time is coming up. I think he's mentally checked out with this team and I'm not too sure the ownership think he's worth the 200k a week that he's on.
00:28:10
Speaker
Chalabar, I think, is a good understudies, but I wouldn't put him as your starting right centre-back. Cowell, of course, are starting left centre-back. So I think right centre-back, definitely. i think people are going to be shocked to see Sanchez still...
00:28:26
Speaker
in the Chelsea. I promise you, I personally think Sanchez will be here next year. Yeah, I don't think he's an imminent problem. I think he had a better season this season than what I'm used to seeing from him, considering how bad Chelsea have been.
00:28:44
Speaker
He's been quite quite a lot better, so... It's not somewhere. I think it's more the players who already have one foot out the door is looking to get better replacements for that. So let's say Enzo does get a move to somewhere.
00:28:58
Speaker
You should look to bring in the Adam Wharton. If Kukureo is saying that he wants to leave, then he should be looking to get a left back who's a bit better going forward. I don't know who...
00:29:10
Speaker
i just i was just finish I've just literally read an article and um we may be looking at getting Lewis Hall back. okay that makes sense that makes sense yeah crazy goose crazy crazy perfect basically so i can't just mess up for some strange reason crazy club so so for me yeah that's let's see let's see how it goes man but it's exciting it's the first time that we've got a manager and i'm like yes and i'm like yes and i'm excited and i want to see and i like his personality calm cool collected
00:29:46
Speaker
just yeah oh just show me something show me something oh for me my expectations next year my expectations not even top four just implement your style get the guys fit get them motivated Once we fix the squad over the next two summer windows, then I can start telling right, cool, bro,
Manchester United's Managerial Decisions
00:30:10
Speaker
I need you to challenge. But I can't lie, he needs to challenge quickly for the league. I'm talking league. I think he's probably got like a three... Well, it depends. This board doesn't look like they're putting that type of pressure on managers. Nah, I'm strictly talking from a Chelsea fan point of view. Because we've already been through it with this ownership for three, four years...
00:30:31
Speaker
Chappie doesn't really have that much mileage bro they'll give him a year after the year they want to see something I'll tell you to be fair isn't this the best manager that they've brought in so maybe they might feel like they they're punching they might feel like well like we're lucky we got him you know because he was going to go Liverpool if If Slot were the left, we wouldn't have got That sort of thing. So maybe they might be more like, oh, yeah, let's allow him. Let's not put pressure. less He knows what he's doing. We don't know what we're doing. so I hope so. You would think disappointment is an admission of that.
00:31:07
Speaker
like it's disappointment is them basically saying, o guys, yeah, our way has not been working, so we have to rethink this. And they have not gone for any manager that has been of this calibre.
00:31:21
Speaker
Maybe Pochettino's the closest you could say, just through reputation, but even then. So, fair play to them. they've they've They've slightly changed the way they want to do things, but...
00:31:34
Speaker
Let's hope that they give him that Xavi Alonso the freedom to do his job and they and empower Xavi Alonso to make big decisions. So if somebody is saying, oh, I don't like what Xavi Alonso saying, does the club choose Xavi or did they choose the £100 million pound player?
00:31:53
Speaker
that's I want to see them choose the manager, not the manager. yeah Okay, I think we've gone through Chelsea, got everything we need to get out of the way. Now it's time to move on to a more important topic. Drake just dropped three albums, bro. Iceman.
00:32:14
Speaker
Ain't nobody listening to that, man. Did it keep you?
00:32:22
Speaker
No, no, no. That was all people just pretending. Anyway, anyway. Football, football, football, football, football. I'll do my own special segment on that, innit?
00:32:32
Speaker
But, um yeah, moving on. Seeing as we're talking about... I think there's a new theme, Send image filters as managers because it looks like... The guy behind me. The guy behind me.
00:32:44
Speaker
The brains of the team.
00:32:48
Speaker
Yeah, it looks like Michael Carrick's getting a permanent job. So, um spoken about it for a while now. I think he's done everything he could have done to get it. What can you say? He secured, not only did he get Champions League football, he didn't scrape it.
00:33:02
Speaker
Secured third. Now we're definitely third. So, what we played good football. We beat big teams. We've also had a few shaky moments, but then we bounced back also on the other end.
00:33:14
Speaker
um It seems like all the players are happy. There's no leaks anymore, surprisingly. Wow. The players are happy. and no There's no leaks to the media anymore. Hey, there's no ganacho. There's...
00:33:26
Speaker
Yeah, the players who were underperforming, the players who weren't good enough are now magically good enough. Who would have fought? A manager who empowers their players. o You know, whatever. um There's obviously concerns within the team. Things need to improve. Certain players need to improve.
00:33:43
Speaker
But just focusing more on Michael Carrick. Me personally, I'm happy with the appointment. I think if it wasn't going to be Enrique, I'm fine with Carrick.
00:33:54
Speaker
That's our point. Yeah. That's what it is. That's a good point, man. Because why would you take a risk on someone you're not 110% sure on when you've already seen someone else come, a carrot come in and you've seen him work dayto day to day, you've seen how he is and you see that it's working for now. um out Fair play. And the contract is the perfect...
00:34:18
Speaker
length as well because it shows Carrick still got something to prove and if it don't work out we're going to wait when the opportunity comes we're going go for one of them top managers because what two years says to me is by the end of next season if you're not talking about renegotiations then you're not doing a good enough job You already know that the Ryan's on the wall. It's two years.
00:34:45
Speaker
Everything that the players are saying about him seems to be good things. You hear Bruno speak. You hear Martinez speak. Everyone's like, he's so knowledgeable. He's cool. He gives us the right information, not too much information. And it's just for us to go out and execute his game plan.
00:35:02
Speaker
And yeah maybe maybe... Yeah, go ahead. If I was a
00:35:09
Speaker
I would really listen to what Bruno and Casemiro said about him. you know like I feel like that's so key. like The way that Casemiro was emphasising how good Carrick is and how he managed. Bear mind who Casemiro is.
00:35:25
Speaker
Bear in mind the teams and managers that Casemiro has had. He doesn't have to go on that interview and and talk like that. And for me, it was genuine. Plus, he's on his way out as well. He's... easy He played his last game at Old Trafford today, so he has no reason to boost up Carrick. He's gone. He's just done that for the love of it. like So if i was a United fan, Casemiro's comments would fill me so much easier and confidence because that is a glowing rating from a guy that's been in big, big teams and won big, big things, man.
00:36:00
Speaker
Yeah. um I think Carrick has done everything that he could have done to get the job. So now everyone, all United fans, don't be salty about Amarin. Don't be salty about not getting a weekday. Don't be salty about, oh, you wanted a Riola. You want... No, no, no. Right now, the main focus is Ineos.
00:36:22
Speaker
This team still needs improvement. If Michael Carrick is going into next season... there's... Castamuil's gone. Make sure you get the right replacements.
00:36:32
Speaker
We just played Norton and Forest today. I'll speak about that game a little bit here and there. There's a midfielder. Actually, for me personally, there's two midfielders on other team that are... There's a couple. There's two midfielders that like, so... There's a couple...
00:36:45
Speaker
You need to keep your eyes open. There was another result today. West Ham just got smoked 3-1. They've got a couple. There's a couple. You know what I mean? Right wing. I'm looking our right wingers and I'm saying Mbwemo and Ahmad. I don't know. Maybe if you could go speak to Bowen. him Maybe you might be able to get him for the low. Who knows? He's the captain, so it might be a bit hard. But they've got a left back in Joff.
00:37:14
Speaker
um there's players on the table there's players out here and there's play does this play there's improvements that need to happen to this squad because um for me i'm I'm a very like head in the cloud sort of Man United fan standards always high with me I'm not unrealistic, but at the same time, bro, we can take a big jump next season.
00:37:36
Speaker
that we We can. We've got good foundations within the team. um Our best players are staying, bar Casemiro, who's on his way out. We've let out a lot of the dead wood. lot of the players who two seasons ago, i was ripping my hair out watching. They're gone already.
00:37:54
Speaker
And it's just time to start taking big strides forward. We've taken baby steps over the last or two. Now it's time to take big strides forward. Go out and go spend the money.
00:38:05
Speaker
Don't let Elliot Anderson end up at Man City. Don't do that. For me, the biggest... the biggest um The biggest concern will be sentiment and how yeah how how you mould that and because there's going to be a lot of movement. like You're going to get you're gonna need to get rid of Ugarte and then you're going need to bring in two
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00:38:28
Speaker
to three three more guys. so it's yeah that But you are right and I think there there is a core there with Cesc Fernandes and you've got some stable CBs and a now stable goalkeeper.
00:38:42
Speaker
You just need to fine tune. Fallback areas are going to be key. I think i think you can go if you can pass on you can do enough with Dallow for the next year. You need to sort out left back.
00:38:54
Speaker
I'm not sure how long Shaw keeps going. Listen, man, he's doing his World Cup pump fake, bro. He's trying to show his shit the World Next season, when that Champions League and the League Cup game, then another League game, then the FA Cup, bro, listen, his body's going to shut down. you We all know it's going to happen. We all know going to happen. So don't let it happen and not have the solution already ready. yeah We got this Diego Leon guy. He's not ready. I don't know if he's good. i never seen him play. Not going to gas him up.
00:39:24
Speaker
He's probably not playing any minutes next season. But in terms of the centre midfielder position, there's already talks of us getting three. So one big marquee one and then two other ones.
00:39:34
Speaker
So I'm assuming the big one is probably, we're probably pushing to get Elliot Anderson. If we don't get him, I don't know if it's Watton. I don't know who who else is there. But I i do think we get Belieba.
00:39:48
Speaker
And says there's talks of that Edison guy from Atalanta flowing around again. Yeah, I've seen that. less That's looking like strong. I don't know if that's contract stuff as well, though. I don't know if that's just the typical... Because he's turning into that guy, you know, but we're always linked to these same players every transfer window. Like, bro, years ago, it was Wesley Schneider.
00:40:13
Speaker
Every summer, Schneider's talks. Schneider's and talks. And same thing with, what's that other guy? The winger. The Argentine... Gaetan. Gaetan. Gaetan.
00:40:24
Speaker
No, them guys, every summer, they were linked to Manchester United, but they were there was no interest. Bro, like, um what was even saying? Um... Yeah, Edison, i don't know if he's actually coming, but Fernandes, go get him.
00:40:38
Speaker
Do not let him end up at, do not let him end up at like Arsenal or something that's like a third string midfielder, bro. We need, if he comes to us right now with our team set up, he's a starter. So don't just let these players just go, like go speak to them.
00:40:53
Speaker
do Do what you need to do and get the job done at the end of the day. And then for me, like you mentioned, centre-back, I need a big centre-back. I need a starting centre-back. for you sport The problem is you've got too many things to solve. So you're going to have to narrow this down.
00:41:09
Speaker
What is the priority? Yes, two two to three midfielders is the priority, in my opinion, you just just based off pure numbers. So now if we're looking at full-back, right, left and centre-back, because I think in attacking areas, it's not really a priority. Yes, you could upgrade in one position or so, but which one of... Because you're not going to be able to do four players for the whole back four, right, left and... For me, it's...
00:41:34
Speaker
five signings right if I had to pick the five that we get I need two starting quality sentiment builders I need a left winger starting quality and you're gonna left wing yeah center bro we don't have a left winger we don't have a left winger we don't have one is is that is that is that your biggest issue It's not the biggest issue, but I think if we get a proper left winger from how smelly our right side is, if we get a left winger, that makes a big difference to our attack.
00:42:09
Speaker
It makes a big, big difference to how we attack. And then centre-back, for me... Bro, I've seen what Harry Maguire does, bro. Champions League's a different animal, bro. Like, come on. i don't want I don't want to slip back into the same things that we fell into. league, bro, he's just had surgery just now for his back. That guy is finished, bro. He might never play for United again. Martinez chops like a stick. when every Every other week, he's getting injured, bro.
00:42:39
Speaker
i do we ah So I'll take a centre-back, a left-wing guy. a left back and two centre midfielders. If it was up to me, I'll do that.
00:42:52
Speaker
Even though if it means Ugarte's going, Casemiro's going, Kobe's still going to be there, plus two other midfielders. And then we we must be able to promote Sekou Kone by now. he's gone on loan after He's been on like two loans give him like some charity you minutes, like in a league cup, in a in a thing, like let's see if he's good enough, innit? Like I don't, I don't know, but um yeah, there's a lot of work that needs to be done to the team and ah i don't I don't know. aht And also as well, boy, flipping home, we might need another striker actually. Actually, no, no, we're fine. Because I think Konya can do a job as a full-stunnel or whatever, and Bremont can as well. but I wouldn't be surprised if Chidi Obi starts coming back for the first team. Yeah, he's getting used to under-21 football now, so you never know.
00:43:44
Speaker
Or we can still do loans. It's not that loans are off the table. Why can't we just grab someone on loan? Even Lewandowski is going to be a free next season. He's an old man, but if we can get him on a decent wage, why not, bro? Just bring him in. That sort of thing. There still has to be smart deals that are done. Speaking of the game today... Yeah, yeah. Sorry, speaking of the game today. Speaking of Mbwemo...
00:44:08
Speaker
Listen, that guy. Yeah, yeah. I'm to rush him. I'm going to rush him. If he's not going to rush him. So what's his problem? What's he doing wrong?
00:44:19
Speaker
What's he doing wrong? um It's not... You know it is He... When he's at Brentford, right, his only ah um task is final action, right? When he's playing for Brentford, all has to do is do a cross, get a shot off, cut back. That's it.
00:44:40
Speaker
You don't really get to notice his overall game. but Watching him at Manchester United, you're seeing heavy touch. You're seeing him run belly first. belly The belly is travelling before his legs are even reaching. oh and then And then everything in the final third is just rash.
00:44:56
Speaker
Every shot, he's lashing at it. And I'm thinking, him today, he tried to sabotage Bruno's record. He tried. He tried his best. So he missed the um he missed the chance in the first half. And then the sky he was put through.
00:45:14
Speaker
no, no. The Bulls played across. He hit on his right foot, skyd it. Then ah another time, Bruno slipped him through, skyd it again. Even the goal that Kunio scored, his touch was so bad, it came off his hand.
00:45:29
Speaker
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00:45:33
Speaker
That was insane, by the way. Yeah, yeah. We'll probably have to touch it Actually, might well touch it right now. we don't know if we can go into the segments. But, bro, listen. That's the first time Premier League history that they've gone to the screen and kept a decision.
00:45:47
Speaker
That's never happened before. And he did and he was wrong. Yeah, he was wrong. He was wrong. it's a half fool um one if one It's one thing to keep to a decision and you're right. Like, bro, you're wrong. Like, you're just categorically wrong.
00:46:02
Speaker
Yeah, like it's accidental. Yeah, he didn't mean to handball it. But you hear on if his arm is higher up, the ball is a bad touch and Forrest gets the ball.
00:46:15
Speaker
But he he comes off his hand. um Then he gets a shot off. And then they're trying to say that like ah it was the second phase of play because it was blocked and everything. And then ko if if it would have hit Umbremel, if Umbremel scored, it wouldn't have counted.
00:46:33
Speaker
That's basically what they're trying to say. But, nah. To be fair, I've seen that before. i have seen that before, so... and I've seen that similar scenario happen. It's just for me, yeah, I would have probably given that a sample still.
00:46:47
Speaker
i I think, I think PJ, pm what's it called, whatever they're called, bro. PG Lame. Whoever, whoever they are. Yeah, PG Tips. Yeah, PG Tips. They, they see all the comments and the conversations that happening around them, bro. Bro, it's too predictable for every time they go to the screen, it means this is going to be in turn.
00:47:09
Speaker
So they try to throw one in there to like keep the mystery. this is ah This is a game that doesn't mean anything. if that happened If that happened in the Arsenal-West Ham game, riots!
00:47:21
Speaker
mirate You go to the screen and you and you keep the decision. It might even be like confirmation bias. it's like You know when as a manager you highlight something and then Howard Ware probably came into the room and said, guys, look,
00:47:41
Speaker
you know, you can, it's okay. You can be brave enough to stick with your own on-field decision, but then there's always one boulder that takes it too far. Like, and applies it to us a scenario where it's not warranted. Just because it's been, it's been implanted in his brain.
00:47:58
Speaker
yeah, yeah. It's so, it's so dumb, man. But, yeah, speaking of another player, Bruno actually gets, gets the Tider record.
00:48:09
Speaker
Today, I'm sorry, today should have broken it by a two. He should have had three of them today. I'm sorry. bit What are Manchester United doing, bro? What are these players doing? bottom His situation, open play to set pieces is ridiculous. Like, he's... I've literally only just seen it. I think it's about eight only eight out of the 20, if the screenshot on Twitter was correct, only eight out of 20 were open play. But you see the way this team is and you understand why it's only eight. And Erzl, to be fair, i had the same thing when he was playing for Arsenal.
00:48:47
Speaker
But, bro, he was just... Yeah, he's he must be fixed. Bro, if if if if people... Sorry, if you weren't watching today's game, yeah, go look at how many chances Bruno created, bro. That's a common theme throughout the season. I guarantee it's going to be a talking point for a long time. People say, his record don't really count. What you're going to see, two-hour comp of Manchester United players just doing nonsense, bro. Bro, bru Bruno should have had an assist from him by my least...
00:49:18
Speaker
three times today. He played a... Bro, he played like a driven pass all the way into Dogu's feet and he just... He mashed up the shot. Bro, he's actually having a laugh. Today... Today was a better... Um...
00:49:33
Speaker
attempt at trying to get the record because didn't feel like he was doing nonsense. No, no. There were times... Don't get me wrong, there was a few times where he was like dribbling through and it's like, okay, pass to your right, pass to your left, but then he's taken to it. He wants to play a definitely to commit. He wants to commit and then he wants to do last second. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But then, to be fair, you should do that normal circumstances. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But almost leaves it too late to the point that there was one in the second half he's like, he's just had to shoot but then it's blocked and Yeah, you can tell when you're speaking about it. You know what it Because remember, don't know how long ago it was. It was quite a while ago. There a striker. don't know if it was while he was at Chelsea, but he was talking about playing with Frank Lampard. It have actually been Jogba who said He was like how Lampard will give you the ball early so that you're forced to give it back to him so you can shoot. That's what Bruno used to be on. That's what Bruno used to be on. That is hilarious. You can see, you can see like, he's still chasing the red one. I don't blame him. Bro, this is your legacy.
00:50:34
Speaker
Now you say that, Garnaccio did that once. It was hilarious. Players it, they do it. They like, they... It was net off. That's mad. Yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah it's a typical thing that mid like Mitchell's is doing it but it its that instead of you to make sure that we get a goal you you're here doing nah it's like but I'm going to put you a situation where you have to give it back Like, if you shoot, you're going to look like the bad guy. That's easily it.
00:51:00
Speaker
You know what? It's understandable why players have fight each other because someone done that to me, I'd be like, you mad? Yeah, yeah. Because it's you know what you're doing. You you're doing. You know that's the wrong pass, bro. And obviously, to be a good sportsman, I'm going to pass it back. Like, allow it, man.
00:51:16
Speaker
but So, question on this game. Is it a concern that you are so open?
00:51:24
Speaker
Is a microcosm of what Carrick Ball is going to look like? And is it a cause for concern for United moving forward? I think...
00:51:37
Speaker
Carrick actually tried to address it in the first half. I think, if you noticed, in the first, like, 20, 25 minutes, we were playing so slow. we were We were trying to slow down the tempo, be a bit more dominant rather than playing this gone-ho, like...
00:51:54
Speaker
basketball game sort of football. So i think Carrick is aware. So the fact that he's aware that this is an issue, it makes a big stark difference compared to how Amarin and Ten Hag saw football.
00:52:05
Speaker
They were like, no, this is fine. This is fine. And also, we're talking about bringing in major improvements to the midfield, I think it's something that will naturally... um improve, like we'll be able to deal with that a bit better.
00:52:19
Speaker
Increase the technical floor of the team as well. We're not losing the ball in stupid places. um it It's just things like that. once we Once we see what the team looks like at the end of the transfer window, um' I'm hoping to see a ah lot more um control within games, a lot more um less less transitional against us at least.
00:52:45
Speaker
that's what That's what I'm hoping to see when it comes and when it comes to next season. But yeah, it for me, as long as you can see what I can see, and I can see that you're trying to do something about it, I'm fine.
00:52:56
Speaker
okay It's the simple things like seeing like... Embarmo's playing rubbish. All right, you're not playing right wing anymore. Ahmed's on. If Ahmed's playing rubbish, Embarmo's on. Cool, like, you're doing obvious swings.
00:53:08
Speaker
I'm fine with that. have no issue with that. So what, if we talk about COVID-19, which is always a subject, is it a concern when games get stretched like this that he...
00:53:22
Speaker
a his influence wanes and it doesn't, and it it doesn't, i don't want to say physical capacity because I don't think it's a physical thing when I'm watching him trying to defend large spaces, um, and trying to screen defenses.
00:53:42
Speaker
Um, I'm not going to pin that down to physical because don't think it's got anything to do with physical apertures. actually think it's got to do with timing and positioning and the way he shapes his body.
00:53:55
Speaker
um do Do you see a concern with Mainu and how he manage manages transitions? ah Not that don't see a concern. I see it as a flaw in his game. if but If there's one thing that I do want him to get better at is closing out spaces and also...
00:54:14
Speaker
knowing when to push and not leave these open spaces because Kobimenu, it's not that he can't run. He's not athletic. That's what would describe him. He can still dribble with the ball. He's hard to push off the ball. He's he's got all those right atju attributes on the ball.
00:54:31
Speaker
In the tackle, he's actually strong in the tackle, but... I just think about more the scenarios that the team gets the players into. So, right, Kobe Maneu is the player who looks after the ball. He's the one who wants to take care of the ball. You've got Casemiro who wants to play forward. You've got Bruno who wants to play forward.
00:54:48
Speaker
If you're the only person in the midfield who's trying to have some sort of care on the ball, bro, and then you've got old man Casemiro, you've got Bruno who was playing right wing basically today. so How harsh can you actually be? But I'm not like...
00:55:06
Speaker
um
00:55:09
Speaker
I'm not ignoring the fact that that is actually an issue. But I do think it would just get better once we just have a more cohesive, solid team.
00:55:20
Speaker
It still might show up in little spots here and there. But it's not big enough worry for me to say like... ah Kobe can't play in the midfield, free in the Premier League, go blah, blah, blah. No, he's better than most, man, bro. like I'm not even going to talk too mad. But you saw what Elliot Anderson was just doing. Elliot Anderson was just like, um it's Casemiro, bro. I can walk past him. It's Casemiro and Bruno, bro. Walk past him. I'm like, what are they going to Since I questioned you about Elliot Anderson,
00:55:52
Speaker
and I've just been trying to watch him a bit closely more closely, trying to just see what he's about. And yeah, fair enough, man. This one's a baller still.
00:56:05
Speaker
He's the guy. He's the guy. is but i'm not I'm not too sure if he's with the guy, but he's a serious baller. Although he's a serious baller. He's the guy, but the thing is, the price is going to be nasty. that's where because The price is going to be disgusting.
00:56:22
Speaker
The price isn't going to reflect how good he is as a player. If anything, it's going to be way too much. But I do think if you need a midfielder, grab him. That's what think. It's gone a lot nasty on the books, but get it.
00:56:36
Speaker
Marekanakis, I think, apologies if I butchered his name. He's going to price him out, though. He's going to price him out of move, man. I feel like he's going to be so difficult to negotiate with. Man man move man got um Morgan right out of the game. Remember the the pitch?
00:56:57
Speaker
Bro, he's standing behind him with a gun to his back. I go, tell them I'm good, innit? Tell them I'm a nice bro. Tell them you wanted to see Tell them it was an accident. Bro, there's a sniper. Do you see the red dot on his head? The red dot from the sniper in the stands.
00:57:12
Speaker
That guy's doing business, bro. The funniest thing about that interview with Michael Knuckles and Morgan Gibbs-White at that point,
00:57:23
Speaker
to for Nottingham Forest to qualify for Europe, they had to prove basically prove that Marocanacos doesn't have any influence on the club. Donnie Stanley did directly influence him by design a contract.
00:57:41
Speaker
They should have been kicked out of Europe for just from that video alone. that's what This is why it's all fugazi. When people talk about 100 charges, this, this, that, it's all fugazi. All these UEFA laws, that video alone is enough evidence to go and slap, to go and kick Nottingham first out of Europe. But they don't care, bro.
00:58:01
Speaker
The only thing laugh about him yeah is that he ain't even like walking around in some suit or something. Man's just in a polo and just walking around a lap. Bro, are you dumb? Man's walking onto the pitch talking to Nuno.
00:58:16
Speaker
what's so What's the man doing? Espirito Santos. Tell him, bro, are you dumb? ah he's sick like one who was one was messed up You messed up the whole team, bro.
00:58:27
Speaker
ma And now have to go back doors, go speak to someone, go waterboard someone in the back and go look get the Champions League football. All jokes aside, he looks like Mafia. He looks like he's in a room, they've already beaten the culprit half to death and then he just asks them to finish the job. like Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he bumps out. He does. He does, he does. But yeah, I do think... You know it I think they will sell him, but the number... Like i said, he he's probably going to be a lot closer to... Nah, but they might do something nasty because...
00:59:04
Speaker
All this Florian Verts and all of this, they might go, nah, if you want him, 130, 140. one fa one four will so depend on what we say Depending on what his contract is, I think they price him out.
00:59:17
Speaker
you And i I think it's probably pre-agreed that Morgan Gibbs-White goes. And i do not fall I do not see him letting both of them go. if And if they do, that that um Anderson fee has got to be astronomical.
00:59:37
Speaker
United's team to go and do that. um Because i I do think voice you need to spread your money wisely just so that you can solve issues in as many spots as you can and not do what Liverpool did and overexert themselves in one area of the pitch.
00:59:54
Speaker
Yeah, don't get me wrong. He's a great player. I think it's a no-brainer. But what we'll get on my nerves is that we will go to them with a number. They will come and say 130 plus add-ons, blah, blah, blah. Then you'll sign for City for 75 million.
01:00:18
Speaker
that's what they do that's what they do like city see see you just do that they do that and then what city will do under the table they'll send bear academy man to them and say hey listen have your pick who do you want you want savinho as well take savinho take this person like bro they will go do some nasty stuff like we just ain't got that leverage anymore so if if they price us out they price us out there's There's good players all over the place. I'm not the scout. I don't get paid the money to know these players, but just just attempt to address the situation. And that's all I've got. oh so in terms of the In terms of the game, not really much to talk about. Loads of goals, just a few moments from the game. The VAR decision, we've spoken about that. And yeah, it's just...
01:01:03
Speaker
It is what it is, man. That's what it We secured Fed. We're ready for next season. It was an entertaining game. I can't lie, for neutral is definitely definitely a good watch. um So, looking at us and, you know, with our new shiny managers, um what are our predictions for our teams?
01:01:29
Speaker
Let's do this. Let's do it the opposite way. So I'm going to say a prediction for United and then you're going to say a prediction for Chelsea. Well, in terms of like where you'll finish or like things that will happen next season?
01:01:41
Speaker
I think we could do a combination but of of the two. So if you if there's anything that comes to mind that you think specifically will happen, then go ahead. um But yeah, my main point would be but around where what's what's what the the predictions for the league finishes.
01:01:57
Speaker
um So I'll start with United. i think I think people underestimate the value of being a good manager. And I think Carrick may not necessarily be a great coach, but I think he's a good manager.
01:02:17
Speaker
um And I think he's got experienced enough and good enough coaches around him, including Steve Holland, who's coached at Chelsea when we were winning all our trophies.
Transfer Market Strategies
01:02:29
Speaker
um So he's got someone in there that knows how to coach a winning team. So for me...
01:02:41
Speaker
If the signings are right, I don't think you'll be this year and I don't think you'll be able to fix all your problems straight away. But i do believe season after you'll challenge. So for this year, I'm going to say probably third again, third or second.
01:02:55
Speaker
But the manner in which of you achieve this third is going to be different. It's not going to be a horrible first half and then on the most perfect second half of the season.
01:03:06
Speaker
um you I think you're going to do okay in Europe. I think you're going to buck a big team at some point and you won't have enough to to beat them. Maybe quarters, maybe maybe um last 16.
01:03:20
Speaker
But yeah, I feel i think you'll finish third again, but a lot more comfortable, a lot more with with a clearer, probably of you know less gap between you and the top team.
01:03:33
Speaker
Yeah, that's what I'll go with.
01:03:37
Speaker
fair I think yeah I'm kind of more in in line with what you're saying in terms of that but I do think there's room for us to exceed that all depends on what how the transfer window goes that's what it is it's true it's true but yeah so for Chelsea Xabi Alonso coming in to Chelsea side who's soon morale is probably on the floor right now.
01:04:02
Speaker
The players' physical fitness is on the floor as well. There's players, there's leaders within the team with one foot out the door. who um It's tough, it's tough to say what would happen in terms of a long, so,
01:04:16
Speaker
um himself but I do think him walking into that dressing room a lot of them players pattern up did when you talk about stature in terms of playing football and already achievements in football as a manager a lot those players look at me and be like bro that's that should have been a long deal you know like hey other let me let me let me not play around too much because he he knows he knows He knows what he's talking about. So I do think he might look at a few of those players within the team and say no.
01:04:48
Speaker
like I'm thinking Liam Deleuze, these sort players, like who that even Neto, Garnaccio. I wouldn't be surprised if he might even try make Garnaccio. I think, you know, is this is one of my predictions. I think some of the players who are playing in their positions now will not be playing their next season.
01:05:07
Speaker
I think, don't be surprised if you see Nato left wing back, Garnaccio right wing back. I'm telling you, I'm telling these men are not good enough to play in the positions that they're playing in the Premier League. What did we say at the beginning of the season or halfway through before Mureska left?
01:05:24
Speaker
Fam, this is what we're saying. These men are way backs. Yeah, a lot of them. And I'm pretty sure Xavi Alonso will take one look at some of these guys and say, absolutely not. Absolutely not. You are a wingback. And if you don't like that, you're out of here. You're of here. Yeah, yeah. So you'll you'll see Nato left wingback, 100%. More than 10 games next That's what I'm saying. I do think the football would be a lot more cohesive.
01:05:56
Speaker
um it might be a bit of a shock to the Chelsea players' systems because they're coming from a lot of like... Bro, there's a lot of higgy-hagga going on in that in that club right now. So, one thing you definitely need is a manager of a level head.
01:06:13
Speaker
He's going to speak well in the press. He's not going to throw any players under the bus. He's just going to speak, say what he needs to say. And in terms of Chelsea's finishing positions where they're going to finish in the league, um I'm looking at You're saying at least Knife, but I think you guys will be in and around Europe's spaces.
01:06:36
Speaker
Which you are. Don't just say Europe, bruv. I'm just saying Europe. Which Europe, bruv. What heck? Knife is in an out europe of like and Europe, you'll be around Europe, innit?
01:06:55
Speaker
No, no, no. But for real, I think you guys will be pushing like, I would say sixth, fifth, like those sort of things because one game a week, you're going to have the advantage that we had this season. I don't think there'll be a cup run or anything like that. I really think it's got to prioritise making sure your league form is on point and certain players are going to have to step up and it's all going to be down to what blue are Blue Cross really still going to stick to this young player model?
01:07:25
Speaker
Like, what's what's going on? Are you still signing young? You've got Quendar coming in um this season. Young players ain't our problem, bro. Young players are not our problem. Trust me. Trust me, bro. Because because if i say if I said to you, go sign five duets, you're going to say yes.
01:07:46
Speaker
You're going to say yes. You're going to say yes. It's talent. It's talent, bro. When I say young players, I think... Because think the issue with Chelsea, they're signing young players, but they're not signing young, talented ones. They're just signing too young.
01:08:00
Speaker
They're just signing too young. So, if you're going to sign young... Man's filtering by age. Man's filtering by age. And they're just selecting any Tom, Dick and Harry. That's what they're doing, bro.
01:08:12
Speaker
yeah There's going to have to be some rejigging to how you get your transfer policy in order for Xabi Alonso to work. He's going to have his demands and I think the board will bend.
01:08:24
Speaker
I don't think he's going to walk in there and let them keep buying all these unknown youths that aren't ready for things. I wouldn't be surprised if walks in there and says, I want Adam Watt straight away. Get me Adam Watt. I've seen enough of him. Bring him to my club. That's it. Do you know another thing though? Like,
01:08:44
Speaker
Why are City able to go to Argentina, pluck out Julio Návez, and he walks straight into the Premier League and starts balling out? And then goes to Spain and gets even better somehow.
01:08:56
Speaker
Like, sorry, they're not the only team that can do that. To go and find someone who is prem ready, but playing in one obscure league, it's not completely rare.
01:09:11
Speaker
it's no It's not. It's not. There is a skill to scouting. I don't know. I don't have the experience. But these men should know. They should know. him I do think a lot of... By injury, they got it right with Esteval. He is prem ready. Man came in straight away. Bang.
01:09:29
Speaker
He looks the part. So why haven't you done more of those? i think I think a lot of these guys come across um the table for these people. And I think the reason why you guys grabbed Esteval is because there was a lot hype around them already.
01:09:44
Speaker
So it's not like an unknown... like entity sort of thing. And I do think a lot of teams scoff at the idea of like, like yeah, he might be the right profile, but I'm not too sure. i ain't really heard nothing about him. They always say that we saw Kaiseido before Brighton got him and we didn't even make a move. There's so many players that come across our team's tables and they just like, nah.
01:10:10
Speaker
No things.
Podcast Wrap-up and Audience Engagement
01:10:11
Speaker
But, um yeah, that's my prediction for Chelsea. Yeah, that's that's really that's really it I guess, for today. What's your own? Don't blame the ref.
01:10:25
Speaker
what you
01:10:30
Speaker
don't blame the ref bro you know what I'll go back last week's game I'll say West Ham and everyone else all of us that are united against Arsenal don't blame the ref man that was a foul on Real bro it was a foul on Real just accept it man they're gonna win it bro there's nothing we can do I only hope is they can't get the Champions League A double would ruin us. A double would ruin us. A double would ruin my life.
01:11:01
Speaker
so yeah two that but That would you be a dark don't blame the ref moment is is more of a future... it's me it's more so me predicting the future.
01:11:21
Speaker
here Kusinov.
01:11:25
Speaker
When you get set off for that stupid nudge that you keep doing to players, yeah? Don't blame the ref, fam. Because they're go to catch on to it. They're going to catch on to it and you're going to get set off.
01:11:36
Speaker
Because, fam, you can't just nudge a man in the box for no reason. just i just and And everybody's just saying, it's not a pen. Like, he's fully... He's banging. Like, he's just...
01:11:49
Speaker
but pushing his arm into people. And if you watch the Jaupetio one, him his knee makes contact with Jaupetio's knee first. That's mad! What are VOR looking at here? Don't get me right. Anyway, we were crap, so I'm not even going to blame the ref for us not winning that game. We crap, yeah.
01:12:09
Speaker
But Kusunov, when you get sent off, I'm going to be there, front line. Yeah. I'm gonna be there. I'm gonna be so happy.
01:12:21
Speaker
Anyway, that's it, man. So, people, thanks for listening. Make sure you like, share, and subscribe. um Leave a comment on anything we've spoken about today, anything that you want us to discuss in the future, anything you want us to tackle, or whatever. i Just ask us questions on anything, bro, at this point. yeah well um Our Iceman special will be dropping mid-week, I think.
01:12:50
Speaker
Yeah, don't worry about it. We'll get to it later. I ain't talking about no Drake album. What the heck? and no way Don't worry, don't worry, man. I've got you covered, man. I changed my background. Let me change my background. I'm joking, I'm joking. Anyway, thanks for listening, people. Don't cry, don't beg, and don't blame the ref.
01:13:08
Speaker
Peace. Peace.