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Crossover vs Forest - I've forgotten what 3 points feels like
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Episode 51, Daily Manchester City - Jack hosts Marley from Daily Forest to discuss their blinding form and our dismal form and the likely inevitable outcome.
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Hello
Introduction
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and welcome to Manchester City Daily, brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network, the only place you can get your daily news and updates from every single Premier League team every single day. Now, you're finding yourself
Manchester City's Busy Schedule
00:00:20
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in the blue side of Manchester today, so if you're a fan of Pep's tricky blues, you're in the right place. It's always my pleasure to say ah that today is, of course, and crossover, well, crossover Tuesday at this point, again, because it is a midweek matchday.
00:00:35
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something we're not used to at the moment, but as we head towards the Christmas schedule, it is getting very, very busy. So I'm
Guest Introduction: Marley from Nottingham Forest
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delighted to say that joining me today is Marley from Daily Nottingham Forest. How are you, mate?
00:00:46
Marley
I'm doing very, very well, thank you very much. Can't wait for a good away day tomorrow.
00:00:49
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Good, good.
00:00:51
Marley
and Looking forward, got the tins in the fridge ready to drink on the train.
00:00:56
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and Of course, we'll both be at the game tomorrow, so it's going to be It's gonna be a great day for one of us, let's just say that. And the way things are looking at the moment, I'm not so confident that it's gonna be a great day for me, ah but we'll get into that in a little while. and like I
Manchester City's Recent Struggles
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think, you know what, let's let's start with that actually. Let's start with the form of both the teams because that's pretty much been the kind of talking points for both City and actually Nottingham Forest at the moment. So, I mean, let's start with City. It's the elephant in the room at the moment. And let's just say that Manchester City's Form is been probably the talking point in the Premier League at the moment for losses in a row in the Premier League Winless in their last seven, of course city will be absolutely desperate to win their seven game winless streak against Nottingham Forest now I just want to ask you directly Marley because in previous years a loss Under Guardiola would usually mean that the team that we play next our next opponents were getting absolutely battered
00:01:53
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This year it's far from the case and as forest fans, honestly, are you worried about tomorrow's game?
00:02:00
Marley
Yes. If
00:02:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good answer.
Nottingham Forest's Concerns
00:02:03
Marley
anything, if anything your 7 game winning streak makes us more worried because the general feeling in Nottingham at the minute is
00:02:09
Marley
It will be the most classic forest thing ever to go to the most out of form team in England. A team who looks like they're really doing badly. There'll be a feeling around the club that they've not had a spell like this in years. You know, they could be there for the taking. We're in good form. It could be a shock. Their first win in seven will come against us. It's the most Nottingham forest thing ever will get battered.
00:02:30
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Well, to be fair, it has to come at some point. And I was saying to the city lads a couple of weeks ago, looking at our fixture list up until Christmas, up until we play Everton on Boxing Day. I genuinely don't know where our next win comes from. I didn't look at this forest game as an easy win. I don't look at our next few fixtures as an easy win. I don't even, unfortunately to say, look at the Manchester Derby as an easy win anymore. As much as I'd like to say that that's the case, they look a little bit more revitalized.
00:02:56
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and under
Manchester City's Winless Streak
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Ruben Amorim and I honestly think up until we play Everton I don't see us getting a three-pointer or an easy three-pointer while I've kind of looked at that in the past and thought and we've got a good few runs here or we we can guarantee a win at least every game or guarantee a good game but it's just not the case this this this year so I mean we find ourselves in a bit of a rut you know having not won anything and and in any competition in over a month, since before November now. And we've lost all four of our last four matches in the top flight. So we're we're now fifth heading into this week's encounter. We were, I think, second or third last week. It's just gone from bad to worse. Of course, it's still quite tight at the top, but, and you know, the the last weekend's game against Liverpool has kind of stretched that gap at the top um a little bit more. ah You know, it is funny though, because
00:03:48
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If you looked at our fixtures before that, I would have said that going to Anfield, I didn't think we'd win that anyway. In fact, I thought we would lost lose that. But I think that we didn't really necessarily play too bad.
00:04:00
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But it was just a case of Liverpool didn't really look like they got out of first gear. I don't suppose you watched that game at all.
00:04:07
Marley
I did, yeah.
00:04:08
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Yeah,
Analysis of City vs Liverpool
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what did you make of City not in that game?
00:04:09
Marley
and In the first half, I was surprised by City in a bad way, really. ah I thought you'd offer a lot more than you did.
00:04:18
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Yeah.
00:04:18
Marley
You didn't look, really, I didn't think Liverpool would be threatened by you at all going forward based off how you're playing. You looked so unfretening, so undangerous. It was almost like a different Manchester City had come out that day.
00:04:31
Marley
And until you brought on Jeremy Doku, really, I don't think you actually offered anything.
00:04:37
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No, it was a case of I thought we'd lost when we put out the starting 11. It was really uninspiring and um and we'll get to some of the availability that we've got going on at the moment and some of the injuries and some of the issues that we've got going on in the squad. But I was really uninspired seeing that line up. I just thought we'd made a defeat before the game had even kicked off.
00:04:55
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but it's a completely different story in Forest at the moment in Nottingham because as for you, you know, you've returned to winning ways after back-to-back defeats in the Premier League by dismissing Ipswich Town at the city ground. Thanks for a single goal from the ever-present Chris Wood, be the penalty spot at the moment. Honestly,
Nottingham Forest's Form and Strategy
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that is the only thing that matters at the moment, is we can rattle off all the stats in the world that we won. But the one thing that matters at the moment is the form. And if you look at the form table in the Premier League, Manchester City sit in 16th place, just above Leicester, Southampton, an atrocious Villa team, and Ipswich Town. We've lost the last four, we've got six points in the last six games. Do you know where Nottingham Forest sit in the form table, Marley?
00:05:42
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second your second just behind Liverpool on 12 points and that's including the back-to-back defeats that you had and of course against against Newcastle United and Arsenal which really that's not really two games that you'd be really disappointed with losing I think it's fair to say but 12 points that's four wins two losses nine goals scored seven goals conceded in your last six games Do you reckon you can keep this up?
00:06:10
Marley
Hmm. I'm unsure if I'm honest, because obviously beginning of the season, we, we just set fire, really. We were playing so well, even against Liverpool, we felt like Nuno pulled a tactical masterclass at Anfield to get us a win, which looks even more impressive now. No teams managed to beat them since that game. Um, and after that, we just thought, you know, nothing can stop us at the minute. We're on a high, we're doing so well. We're playing well. We're winning games. This is a different feeling towards the club.
00:06:39
Marley
um Obviously, the Newcastle game hit. We were hoping for something good to come of it, but we we don't beat Newcastle at home, really. um So I was always going to say that's a bit of a bogey game.
00:06:52
Marley
Lost it. Got battered by Arsenal. And I think we weren't too disappointed about the results in those games. We were just disappointed about the performances. We didn't think we offered enough in those two matches.
00:07:03
Marley
Obviously, against Newcastle, I think Gibbs White was a bit unfit and he missed.
00:07:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:08
Marley
We're missing three key players, in fact, against Arsenal as well, which could have contributed to it. A few players did look off the pace against Ipswich as well, but then we know from our championship days, it can happen on days when you're playing a lower down team. They can just try and like cram the pitch, stop you from being able to play properly and drag you down to their level. We just need to hope that coming to yours, weaken we can pick our performances back up a little bit, use your poor form as a confidence boost to get our key players back firing at all cylinders.
00:07:38
Marley
And even if we take a defeat, have a positive performance to use the momentum, because obviously we've got a very difficult run of fixtures now. We've got United away at the weekend as well. Then we've got home to Villa, away to Brentford and then home to Tottenham on Boxing Day.
00:07:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, I'll tell you what, let's let's talk about your new appointment this year. You know, as a forest fan, when it was announced that new Nice Bro, Santo, was going to be joining you, and what what were your immediate reactions? Going off his time back at Wolves and even more recently, so at Tottenham, where he really didn't do well, he started okay at Wolves and it kind of dwindled towards the end of it. But what was your honest opinions before he'd even coached a game for you? What what did you think of him?
00:08:20
Marley
My honest
Impact of Coach Nuno at Forest
00:08:21
Marley
opinions were not the most positive, if I'm honest. I so i immediately thought, look, yes, he did well with walls, but he did awful with Tottenham, and he's gone to Saudi, and then, as far as I'm aware, unimpressive in Saudi. And the other thing I thought, I think this might be a bit biased towards Cooper, but I thought, if we're going to sack Cooper, we need to bring in a top quality manager, and you know, in my opinion, it wasn't that top quality manager.
00:08:49
Marley
Obviously, my opinion has changed a lot now because his first game was Bournemouth at home last season. We were unlucky not to win that. we got You probably know about that Willy Volley red card, which was a farce. It was a disgrace. And our very next game was a 3-1 boxing day away win at Newcastle, which it was amazing.
00:09:10
Marley
um And I think there was a general feeling as well, that we'd improved under him. And that after a full preseason, he was going to try and hopefully transform our team and take us forward. And we're all hoping we could get what wolves got out of him. And it turns out we have. And the current feeling now is we were right to trust him after the preseason. We were right to hope that we got the wolf side of him. And I think we all think that's what we've got. And we're really optimistic about him, really. that Even if we fall off this season.
00:09:38
Marley
next season or season after that, we will carry on having good starts and eventually carry it on.
00:09:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, well, he's definitely made a dent in the Premier League at his time at Nottingham Forest so far. and We'll get into a little bit more about the game ah tomorrow night and the statistics involved in it. Just after a quick word from our sponsors.
00:10:22
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Hello and welcome back to Manchester City Daily, brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. I'm joined today by Marley from Daily Nottingham Forest. Now we're talking about the game tomorrow. And
Manchester City's Injury Woes
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one big point to make about the game tomorrow is there is a lot of players missing on both sides. Manchester City will, of course, remain without their Ballon d'Or winner, Rodry, this week. And for several more months, ah whilst Oscar Bob also remains sidelined as he recovers from an unfortunate fractured leg that you got in pre-season injury training.
00:10:54
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Mateo Kovacic also out as well as he recovers from an injury picked up on international duty with Croatia. John Stone, the ever-present injury man, is also expected to remain sidelined with Pequodiola, confirming the defender had suffered a foot problem.
00:11:05
Marley
Oh my God.
00:11:09
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Kevin De Bruyne is back ah playing football for Manchester City but he has not started any of the last six games for us which I think is a massively strange talking point. I don't know whether he's got some issues with the club or he's still not fully fit but he's not had to play any football for the last six weeks and he's still not starting games in a time where we need him most I'm a bit disappointed with that. we'll We'll get onto that in a little bit. and But it's not just City that are missing some players. If I'm writing, saying Nottingham Forest um may will be without Ibrahim Sangare and also Danilo, who are just massive players for you. Am I missing anyone else there, Marley?
00:11:48
Marley
Um, not really. Um, I don't think we'll be too hurt by injuries tomorrow. Obviously, Ibrahim Sangaro has got a hamstring issue that he picked up on international duty in the first international break of the season.
00:12:00
Marley
And Danilo's got a broken ankle. Everyone knows about that from the Bournemouth game on opening day.
00:12:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:12:05
Marley
Obviously they both happened back in August to September time. They were really early in the season. They've both been out all season so far. Um, obviously Danilo looked very, very promising last season, season before.
00:12:16
Marley
He's a very quality young player. I don't think this injury will change that. And he is expected miraculously to be back within the next three, four home games, which
00:12:27
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That's mental.
Forest's Squad Depth Amidst Injuries
00:12:28
Marley
we all think is an absolute miracle.
00:12:30
Marley
He's already back in full training. Granted, I don't think there's contact allowed yet, but I do think we've got strength in midfield without these two, like Sangara as well.
00:12:43
Marley
he's not looked to offer what a £30 million power midfielder should. um Obviously, we've seen improvements this season and he's got injured before we can really see if he can change, but the injury has come at the wrong time for him.
00:12:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:57
Marley
It's a very lengthy one and we're questioning if he was even worth a £30 million, if I'm honest. So I don't...
00:13:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's tough. Sorry, go on.
00:13:06
Marley
I'm just saying, I don't think it's going to affect us too much because Yates has proven himself
00:13:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:13:12
Marley
mighty in that midfield. Dominguez has proven his worth. Elliot Anderson is the majority Maradona, Gibbs White's doing really well and Ward prowls well the sooner we get him back to West Ham the better.
00:13:24
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ah Yeah, I was just going to say on, uh, on Abraham Sangari, it's a bit hit and miss buying players from the area to busy. It's whether they translate to the physicality of the premier league is always seems a little bit dwindling.
00:13:36
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It's a little bit 50 50 at the moment. and And he's looked okay, but definitely not the 30 million pound player that you paid for him. But I mean, you talk about Gibbs white returning now, how important it is, is it to have him back in, back in the team?
00:13:49
Marley
Oh, very. He is. He is our talisman, really. He is our team leader, even though he does. He's not the captain. Ryan Yates is the captain. Morgan White is one of those where you know that Arm band or not is going to be out there. He's going to be a leader. He's going to be vocal ah and you can rely on him in all situations. You can rely on him to take a penalty. You can rely on him to come in clutch in the big moments. He's such a massive player for us. Um, until we signed Elliott Anderson, I didn't think he was replaceable. Full stop.
00:14:20
Marley
Um, he does look, he did look a bit off the pace against Ipswich. He did look like he wasn't fully fit. I'm hoping that was just because it was the first game back and the city game will allow him to get back to his full, full force and back to how he was at his prime last season, because the Gibbs white that we know is in there is the one that's always on his toes, always looking to get on the ball.
00:14:44
Marley
And when he is on the ball, always looking for that next pass, Ravella passes behind the defensive line to the wing.
00:14:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:14:49
Marley
and always take it a crack from the edge of the penalty area, which can find its way in the bottom corner, which is magical when it happens.
00:14:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I've always been such a big fan of Gibbs White. I think it was and there's a lot of talk about that massive move initially to Forrest. It's somewhere you know north of £40 million, pounds but every time I've watched him since playing for Forrest, I thought, that's cheap. I genuinely thought that i was cheap, and I've always been such a big advocate of him.
00:15:15
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going to England. I don't know why he's not had more appearances for England. I think that there was times where players like James Madison have been chosen, and I thought that it was on unfair and for him to be chosen over a player like Gibbs White. I'm going to make a comparison that might get me shot down by some of the city lads, but every time we're watching play, when he picks the ball up and drives through the midfield, he reminds me of when KDB picks up the ball and drives with it because He's a player where off the ball, not the fastest, not the quickest player, you know, KDB looks quite sluggish and slow off the ball. But when he picks up the ball, there is almost no one faster than them in the Premier League. They just look like they, they can turn it on 10 times more. So he's a fun fantastic player, but I want to talk about another fantastic player that we're going to be without. And it's a player who you might not really rate too much in, in your previous fixtures with us. I'm talking about Roger, who of course got sent off in that, that big game last season.
00:16:12
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but But besides that game, I mean, we he we didn't win the following three games following that red card that you got against Hughes last season. But this year, we've been out without him. And it's so obvious to see that we're missing the Ballon d'Or winning in the best player in the world. what What's it like as a Forest fan to to know that you're going to be lining up with against a city without Roger?
00:16:34
Marley
Um, well, I think for, for Morgan's white, it's very, very nice. Cause he knows he can go to the Etihad without having to, you know, put the steel plates on his throat. But, uh, now as a forest fan, I think it's, it's massive because looking at you now, it seems like Roger is to you, what Martin Erdegaard is to Arsenal, that player who just cannot replace, if he's out of your team, you're going to struggle no matter who you bring in. Cause he just offers stuff to your team that is him specific. No one else can offer it.
00:17:04
Marley
No one you can bring in can replace him. you know
City's Midfield Challenges
00:17:08
Marley
It's massive. We can exploit the struggle you have without him, his by his position. I think would it be Gundawan who's filling it in?
00:17:17
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it's You know, honestly right now it's um it's a an absolute group of several different players, all trying to fill in the one job that Rodry did on his own. We've got Rico Lewis inverting into midfield.
00:17:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've got Gundogan next to him, Bernardo Silva. That was the midfield that we fielded against Liverpool. Gundogan, Bernardo Silva and Rico Lewis, all less than five foot ten, all can blow away with the strongest of wind.
00:17:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've got no physicality, no energy in that midfield apart from Rico Lewis, who's very small, but Gundogan and Bernardo Silva just look slow, sluggish and tired.
00:17:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Marley, you're looking at me as if you know you can exploit that midfield tomorrow.
00:17:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:17:56
Marley
Right, there's two fit main things you've said there and they get me very excited.
00:18:01
Marley
You've said that there's no physicality. Well, put it this way, the big boys, the Enzo Fernandez, Cole Palmer, Alexis McAllister, when they've come up against Ryan Yates, yeah, they've just turned into big crybabies who have done nothing.
00:18:14
Marley
Ryan Yates can ruffle the feathers, get on the floor, do the dirty work, rough you up. If you've got no physicality in your midfield, Ryan Yates is going to have a field day.
00:18:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, we saw it against the top of him actually Tottenham without, you know, the majority of their best defenders.
00:18:24
Marley
and
00:18:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
They lined up with think Ben Davies and and drag us in at the back and we got battered for nil. We could not get through their midfield because despite them having some key players out in defense, we could not get through a midfield of Papa SAR and Besuma who were physical monsters.
00:18:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Everyone on the pitch just getting every second ball. James Madison as well. And that's been the kind of key exploitation of teams coming up against City this season is they look at our midfield, they see quality, they see technical brilliance, they see comfortable on the ball, they see absolutely no physicality, no energy, nothing to track the ball, keep the ball, win the ball back, which Roger did so great for us.
00:19:11
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and Even Foden's been off the boil massively this season.
00:19:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
So is it going to be a case of you're going to be wanting to overload that midfield, not really bother out going too wide at times because play through the middle and we'll open up a hot knife on butter.
00:19:14
Marley
That is the other point.
00:19:28
Marley
Obviously even Dominguez can I add is a player who can add a bit of physicality to that midfield. But then moving on from Yates and Dominguez, if we start Elliot Anderson and Morgan Gibbs-White, that's where your slow and sluggish issue will become a massive issue.
00:19:44
Marley
Because Elliot Anderson, especially if you watched the Palace game and West Ham game, when he was on the pitch, as soon as he picked the ball up, his first sight was, right, where can I dribble to? And he would easily get, you know, those triangles of three defenders, which look impossible to get out of, he would make that look like a wide open middle of the park, honestly, with the way he slips in between the gaps with the ball, dribbles it around, he is so good with it. That's why we call him a Jordy Messi, the Jordy Maradona. And Gibbs White as well, with the way he runs on his toes at pace, driving the ball up through the midfield.
00:20:13
Marley
If your midfield is looking slow and sluggish and can't win the ball back, those two could also have just the most fun game of their lives.
00:20:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, we've touched upon a few players who we think can hurt each other, and but we'll get into the specifics of who we're really looking out for in tomorrow's game. Just after a quick word from our sponsors.
00:21:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
So welcome back to Manchester City Daily, brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. So I'll cut to the chase. Marley, you've mentioned time and time again throughout this podcast, plays like Elliott Anderson, who are going to really exploit us. and What am I in up though against Forrest tomorrow? Is that defense? They've been so assured this season, really, really underrated duo at the back. And I feel
Forest's Defensive Strength
00:21:23
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like you can't really put one name forward without putting the other. I'm talking of course, obviously about Nicola Milankovic. And is it Marillo?
00:21:30
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next to him at the back. and That duo has been nothing really short of fantastic this season. Have you expected that from both of them?
00:21:31
Marley
Yes, Marillo, yes.
00:21:39
Marley
Ha! No. honestly um Honestly, we've been shocked. like We knew what to expect from Marillo. From last season, he was top quality last season, and I think. He had a bit of uncertainty of who would be next to him if it was Bali, Niocate, or Omar Bamedelle, which means he never really managed to find that Partnership and none of them were the top top top quality near cars.
00:22:02
Marley
It was very good But not as high quality as Malenkevich is so we knew Marillo would be good We just didn't know how good or even if he would live up to the expectations He set last season in his first season in professional football may I had full season is he'd only played 16 professional games when he came to us and Malenkevich We knew to be excited a six foot five.
00:22:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:26
Marley
I think Serbian captain who was rated highly at the Euros and we signed him for a very, very cheap fee reasonably. But he's come in and he's shocked everyone. We didn't expect him to be so re like solid at the back, so confident at the back. We didn't expect him to be an attack, be able to nod the ball down as effectively as he can from corners. Every time we get a corner, it looks like he's going to get at least an assist like he did against Chelsea. We are expecting him to get a
00:22:57
Marley
headed goal from a three-kicker corner any time now. It's a it's a real probability. um I don't even think it's just the centre backs, those two centre backs that contribute either. I think the most underrated player in our team in a minute is Ryan Yates, but also another centre back we signed from Ben Fica this time called Marato. I think he's come in without any expectations apart from it being a poor signing. He stepped into a back line when we need to convert to a back five and hold out see a game out, I think onto a lead and a very incredible stat is we have not conceded a goal yet while he's been on the pitch. I think that just a shows how good our defence is and how much we've improved in being able to hold out, hold out, hold on to draws, wins, stop other teams from scoring when we really need to, but also shows that he has the confidence and quality to even with limited play time still be part of a compact, tight, confident quality defence.
00:23:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, if we're talking about surprises for you this season, man, I can't speak up half a few, but I want to bring up a name that in the past has been associated with being, you know, a bit of a flop in the Premier League. And
Nottingham Forest's Goalkeeper Shines
00:24:06
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that's, of course, Matt Sells had a pretty forgettable stint at Newcastle and he's been It's been really ah all right.
00:24:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
I want to say good, good great for Forrest this season.
00:24:18
Marley
Yes he's been outstanding this season honestly obviously I don't think and we expected much we were all asking for a new keeper in summer obviously we got Carlos Miguel six foot eight beast from Corinthians but we all thought that was more to keep Murillo happy than anything to try and encourage Murillo to say because they were best mates at Corinthians but
00:24:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
and What do you think?
00:24:43
Marley
We've come into the season and Sales has proven his worth, if anything really. he's He's made some top, top quality stops. His distribution looks very good. Honestly, he's been a bit of a surprise, yeah, because we did not expect that we'd have a, obviously he made some good saves last season, but we didn't expect him to be this good. Honestly, he's been outstanding.
00:25:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah and of course another player in that back line that's contributed not only defensively but going forward is is obviously Oli Aina. They're left back, I might be butchering that name completely but the easy players are kind of bombing wing back or the left back in that system. He scored an absolute banger the other week. Did you know that he had that in his locker?
00:25:23
Marley
No, no, there was a ah very popular video. So I celebrated there, because I've just been waiting for you to say Ola's name so I can rave about him. There's a video of changing him actually, where he's like, ah, send them back in, send them back to East London.
00:25:36
Marley
And Callum Austin O'Doy said, don't post that Ola, Ola, don't post that. And um Gibbs White was ah in a tunnel where he was like, I didn't know you had that in your locker.
00:25:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:25:47
Marley
ah Yeah, I think one thing with Ola as well, which you don't see from outside the club,
00:25:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he's been.
00:25:52
Marley
like from an outsider but perspective, but as a forest fan you do, he's on his Snapchat story. He seems to bring such a positive vibe to the forest dressing room and help the positive atmosphere. Like you'll see on his Snapchat stories, he was walking through the tunnel, saying, sometimes you just gotta bang it. And point it this way saying, still hot, still hot. And he got a little party going when the table came on the screen in the dressing room and it showed as inferred. Honestly, he seems to be like Jesse Lingod was two years ago. He seems to be that catalyst for a positive atmosphere in the dressing room. here put them doing a Langer who got such a great friendship going as well.
00:26:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, of course. And sometimes the atmosphere that they generate around the club is much more important to what they bring on the pitch or equally as important. We've seen it in the past with with many players, you do the same thing. Now we talked at length about the players that Forest are going to be kind of targeting to get the ball to and and make something happen and hope something dangerous can come from.
00:26:26
Marley
but
00:26:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll probably have a little bit of a shorter segment now about what players you're worried about from a city perspective because half of our players are completely out of form. We're not we not firing on all cylinders at the moment, but I do want to touch upon a player whose recent form is he's known for more what he's offering attacking wise than he is defending wise because he's had a few stink is defensively, but. Just go. Cardio seems to be one of our most consistent attackers at the moment, not just getting involved with goals, but creating big chances from that left back position. He seemed almost a little bit more comfortable going forward now than he does defensively. Is
Potential Threats from Manchester City
00:27:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
there any players, um, him or anyone else that you're particularly worried about tomorrow?
00:27:28
Marley
Well, obviously, Josko Guevario, we all know what he's like. He scored against us at the City Ground. and By the way, may I add, last season at the City Ground, I do still claim a draw in that game. Because your first goal was scored from a corner during which Nico Williams was sat behind the goal with a pulled hamstring and didn't play another game that whole season after that. So we we're down to 10 men for that. The second goal came because Harlan turned Murillo inside out while Murillo was carrying a light knee injury.
00:28:00
Marley
So if Nico was still on the pitch, he would have been marking Vardio, and you wouldn't have had a free header for the goal. If Marillo didn't hurt his knee, Harlan wouldn't have turned him inside out so easy, you wouldn't have scored his second, so I still claim that was an ill-nill.
00:28:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, you can claim that all you want, but it didn't happen, unfortunately. I'm sorry, but but let's look for tomorrow's game.
00:28:18
Marley
but Yeah.
00:28:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, players like Phil Foden rarely not been firing at the moment in the Premier League. He's been good in the Champions League, but nothing really seems to be translating across. We're talking about the Premier League player of the season last year, who's barely made a scratch, barely made a dent in the season this year.
00:28:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is he worrying you at all?
00:28:41
Marley
Honestly, put it this way, yesterday on an episode, Mark Jarvis, ah one of our lovely hosts, said to me, Marley, from the Manchester City squad, who worries you the most?
00:28:54
Marley
So I just read out your entire squad. Every single player on your roster I read out as a player that worries me because including Foden, even when they're off form,
00:28:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:29:04
Marley
you still know they are one of the best players in the world in their position or one of the best youngsters in the world in their position. You cannot deny it. Even when you're off form like this, you've still got the best players in the world. You're still the best team in the world, the best coach in the world. So there's always that element of worry that form is temporary classes, permanent look. They can lose all the games they want. If they suddenly decide to switch on, we're we're screwed. and We know what Foden has in his locker. The other worrying thing about Foden having a screamer in his locker is that we are very, very, very prone to conceding screamers from outside the box.
00:29:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, Matt Sells isn't the tallest to keep. He's only standing at about six foot two. Maybe a game where you want to, you know, play your six foot eight Corinthians goalkeeper.
00:29:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm not sure you're sure if he's had any games for you.
00:29:48
Marley
i i would I would not, we've played him once, home to Newcastle in the Carabao Cup.
00:29:55
Marley
He had a great game in that, but I don't think it's fair on him to throw him straight in the deep end at City Away.
00:29:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
No. Not against the champions, maybe. But listen, Mally, thank you so much for joining me on today's Man City Daily podcast. ah Despite
Conclusion and Farewell
00:30:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
whatever the result is tomorrow, and I hope it goes in our favor, I still hope you have a lovely trip to Manchester.
00:30:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
and So thank you for joining me today. We have been Daily Manchester City on the Global Sports Podcast Network, and we hope you have a lovely rest of your day.
00:30:16
Marley
My pleasure.