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S03E8 - Tash Mic Guys - Dropped Points, League's Gone
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A (NOT JUST) Sports podcast hosted by two rival fans...Arsenal and Chelsea. In our episodes we discuss EVERYTHING that pops up from movies,TV, music, politics, society in general and topping it off with some football and F1 talk. Join us for some absolute bulls**t and some laughters.
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Transcript
Family Time and Holiday Adventures
00:00:15
Speaker
You don't fucking need it, mate. Good. Good, how are you? How are you? How was things? Yeah, good, mate. Not too bad. How was your time off work? Did you do much? Week off work has been good. Went to see the family, made a trip up. It's nice to be fair. My in-laws came with me as well. So we all kind of went up and had made a sort of a bit of a long weekend of it. Showed the sights of the North East and what North East has to deliver. Excellent.
00:00:42
Speaker
which is not a great lot unless you're into nature and if you're into nature then obviously it's a lovely place it's just North Yorkshire Moors, Whitby, the Scarborough as well however we didn't do any of that because it rained
00:00:57
Speaker
yeah Oh wow, I really thought that was going to go so well. Sorry, the way I was setting you up was I kind of... I led you down a different path, but you're still alright. Obviously these guys have been in London all of their life, if not the majority of their life, so it's nice for them to have the seaside and experience what some of the seaside towns in the northeast are like and the freshness of the fish and chips to be fair. That's what they were looking forward to more than anything was just fresh fish and chips.
00:01:27
Speaker
Okay, that's rather than being out of the freezer and be like, yeah, it's fresh today mates first. It might say not scouts whatever the London definitely not scouts But people right there I was trying to do the south one when they try to do like Essex like yeah, yeah fresh geese. It's fresh It's fresh geese. Oh, I don't know. I can't do it.
Fish & Chips and UK Stereotypes
00:01:47
Speaker
I apologize for the ex Again, we must, sorry, real quick, let me interject, right? We must stress that these people in the northeast selling the fish and chips, they are not like, you know, they're not criminals. The way that they're making themselves, oh, I'm gonna for sale, I'm gonna for sale. Do you know what I mean? Like, you're making them sound like criminals. No, no, no, just family friendly. No, no, no, I was coming from the northeast point of place. I was coming more from like the south point of it where they tell you it's fresh and you know it's not fresh because the moment you get it.
00:02:08
Speaker
It's not fresh. Well, it's in London. It's in London. I think that's the sort of first alert. Just trying to do the East End, like, you know, it's from the East End of London. So in fish and chips, like Del Boy. You just offended a bunch more people. What is happening right now? What is going on? You set me up to get ambushed out here. I'm offended a lot. I'm offended a lot. I'm going through the country.
00:02:27
Speaker
I love it. I enjoy it.
Innovative Airbnb Technology
00:02:30
Speaker
It was a nice week off. They enjoyed it. They got a nice little Airbnb which they were happy with. Which I didn't realise that door handles work of these kind of battery door handles which lock as well and it talks to you because when we got there they said you have, obviously you know I took them to the Airbnb because you know the area slightly better than them. And I took them to the place and I was like I got the code for the Airbnb and I was like, okay, where's where do we get the keys from? Where's the key holder? What's going on here? yeah And I was like, what the hell? So I could quickly look at the handle. It's like a weird handle I haven't seen before and it'll lay open numbers. Wow. Wow. And you had to kind of enter the digits individually, of course. I'd be too scared. And then press hash.
00:03:12
Speaker
For watching movies, for watching movies, you know that's a bum, right? You know that's what that is. Exactly. What do I do? Like one digit away from kaboom. But I was like, I pressed action and all you had was, the door is unlocked. I was like, what? Who said that? Like, where's this coming from? So it was just an automated voice rather than someone watching you. Yeah, yeah. Well, I checked up. Nobody was open. Let's say they were behind me. Hey, whatever, whatever. No, no, no. It was an automated voice. I found it quite cool. I'm going to close the door again. Same again.
00:03:42
Speaker
The door is locked. I'm like, wow, this is the future. This is where we're at. Last episode, we talked about the 90s and what we missed out as kids and mobile
AI in Home Automation
00:03:51
Speaker
phones. And now we're like automated doors locking and opening and closing. Now that eradicates the need to go and check if the door is locked or not. Do you know what I mean? Now you've got someone telling you. That's it. You know what I mean? How annoying is that that someone actually went out and fixed it? You know what? I love it. It's brilliant. It's brilliant. He told me. He sent me a text saying that the door is locked. That's it. AI said it's locked. It's locked. You know what I mean? It's locked out. That's it. That's it. I don't need to do that second guess and turn around and walk back into the house.
00:04:23
Speaker
Yeah, we're driving halfway down the street. Just drive. Halfway down the street. Did I lock the door? Did I lock the door and then i leave the oven out? Those are the two questions you need. Alright, we need a developer to get on it right now. and raise Send me a text, tell me that the oven is off right now, please. Thank you. Thank you very much. That's the future. We should i love it get we should get into it. we Forget developers, we should get into it. um Well, look, automated ovens. if you If you're holding back some like, you know, secret to your programming knowledge, then by all means, yes, I'm all in it. C++, Python, all of that stuff. Java, Java, Java, all of that stuff.
00:04:59
Speaker
me Okay. Well, that's, I mean, yeah. I mean, I've got a book C plus plus for dummies. If that helps, maybe that's a start. Python for beginners, Python for dummies and stuff. That's where I'm at. Yeah, that's where I'm at. I haven't even opened the first page yet. I'm not done. I think it's still in the packaging.
00:05:20
Speaker
The package got lost, I think. Amazon, you know. You need to track it down. It doesn't matter. It's gone. How have you been? How was your week? All right, work. Working. No week off. It's just constant. Yeah, but you get a week. You've had some time off as well. Don't make it sound for the listeners like, oh, just working in it, just working. I never time off. What did I ever time off? I'm sure you were. When did you go away? You went away recently? That was like two months ago.
00:05:46
Speaker
Exactly. We had time off. That was too much to go, bruv. That was too much to go. That doesn't count. I do not get time off. Well, I have to book it. It's time off. No, but I have to book it, though, isn't it? Like, you get that mandatory. I get that, too. You get me. You get me. That's the choice, isn't it? That's what I get. And by getting that, it's just been a... It hinders you at the same time, because I love to pay over the odds for anywhere I want to go during that mandatory time off. That's true. That's true, yeah. That definitely does not help either. So, like I said, when you think about the economy, right? Yeah, when you think about the economy, they've actually got it wrapped in a nice little bow. Of course. So it's like, whichever way you look, it's like,
00:06:23
Speaker
I am screwed. Okay. So, best thing to do right now is just assume the position. It's the same way as they give you a pay rise and then they increase your taxes at the same time. Yeah, of course. So, you're giving it with the right, taking it with the left really, mate. Just taking a lot with the left, by the way. Taking a lot. A lot. And that stuff that you're taking with the left, where's it going? Okay, look, we're not going to get out. Different podcast. I'm not doing it. I'm not doing it.
00:06:43
Speaker
Rick, okay look, you know, we had a little break and I've literally had a week off, haven't I? I've had a week off from all activities. I was having a detox day. I was having a detox week. Detox week. I was having a detox week. Well, you've got to spend time with the kids, right? Of course, come on. That's just the way it is. That just has to happen. So there you go. There you go listeners,
Balancing Podcasting and Family Time
00:07:05
Speaker
you know. The podcast is a babies kind of, you know, it's like We're looking after it, we're looking after it. Obviously it felt a bit, you know, neglected recently, but we have to give it some water and then, you know, this evening. Take a bit of milk. Yeah, take a bit as Harry Potter really in the little cupboard under the stairs. That's what it is. So when it explodes, it's going to be like, anyway.
00:07:31
Speaker
Right, that was way too much and way too long. And because we do actually have quite a bit to get on. We have a lot to get on, by the way. What has been going on, by the way? When was the last time we did this? No, we didn't, did we? So our last episode was released on Monday, I think. Yes, we did the weekend. We covered the weekend. Yeah, and we had a little update episode in between. No, we didn't. We didn't do the weekend.
00:07:57
Speaker
Do we not? Do we not do the weekend? Because obviously I did not talk about how delicious Colpama's Pass was against Newcastle. Can I use that word? We did not do that. We didn't. We are professionals. What does that sound familiar? The word delicious and power. Maybe a dream. Either we think alike, you dreamt it or what? But I don't think we did one on Sunday because obviously I drove up Saturday so we haven't done one. Oh, good point. Good point. But then you drove up Saturday so literally we have got a lot to discuss. It's been a long week slash weekend. Like I said, a detox week or Friday was the last time. Finished work Friday. I was like, right, detox. Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely.
Football Strategies and Team Dynamics
00:08:36
Speaker
But okay. So should we, we'll just pick up a little bit from, from, from today's game and then we'll, we'll in, in.
00:08:44
Speaker
passing of the episode we'll discuss last weekend. That's how you filter it on any website that you go to. you a as we've done With that rule with without rule then, I guess I shall go first. Let me ask you first, did you watch the game? ah did I did. I watched the majority of it actually. um If you're in between F1.
00:09:04
Speaker
Well, yeah, OK. No, F1, I'm just real quick at the end because that was just very long. It was that was just a long weekend of F1. But anyway, yeah, so obviously watch Chelsea. As you know, my wife, she's Chelsea found and she, you know, she follows them because, you know, why not? It's on TV. She's got sense. That's why. Well, yeah, whatever. That's not for me to say. What were your misses got sent? Yeah, it's not for me to say. I'm not going down that road. No, thank you. But yeah, so I watched the majority of the game and obviously I read your message in the group and you were like, oh, that was a boring match. But I found it quite decent to be fair. That was quite interesting. Obviously, it was well deserved 1-1 in the end because, let's face it, it wasn't like, if anything, Man United created more chances or a couple more chances. But all in all, yeah, it was just a 1-1 game, that's all it was. I mean, when you look at someone like Erasmus Heuland and this guy, apart from that penalty, literally, he did absolutely nothing.
00:10:05
Speaker
yeah and Throughout the whole match he did nothing. like He was in the wrong positions, he was making the wrong runs, the absolute wrong decisions. so yeah you know It was a 1-1, I thought that was really fair to be to be honest. And obviously same can be said about the starboy Cole Palmer himself. He had a very quiet game. He was quiet, he was very quiet again.
00:10:25
Speaker
He didn't do much at all, I don't think. He did more than he did against Liverpool, because he was in Mannmarkt and he was getting around a little bit better, although I did feel like, what's his name, Ugarte? He tried to Mannmark him, but then I think the Palmer just kept moving around too much and then he just messed up with the system.
00:10:43
Speaker
So he tried to kind of originally get quite close to him get touch tight But he's just not live the hype is obviously, you know, we're expecting Cole Palmer to score and assist every every single game every single game and and realistically That's not gonna happen unless it doesn't happen. no No, no, we are not although we're in Britain we are not the British media who hype him up to the kind of Ballon d'Or status, you know and Jesus of Brazil arms out called palm or do you know like we didn't all of a sudden now They're like, oh, what's happened to palm? What's happened to Jude? But pama Okay, but I think exactly hey dude. Yes, that's a real question. Where are you? Where are you? Where are you? Where you at Jude? Yeah, we were doing the song on the truck
00:11:25
Speaker
but No, you're right. you're Real quick, I agree with you that obviously you know you can't expect a player to to score every single game, but sometimes you know it there's a difference between not scoring every game and then just completely falling off. And I'm not saying that Pamo completely fell off this match, obviously not.
00:11:42
Speaker
I just don't think he had the right impact. And for me, from what I saw, he wasn't playing in that favoured position, in that sort of right half space between wing and centre forward. He was playing more on the more central and then left. He was more like 10, wasn't he? More of a 10 and a bit on the left. Yeah, Jackson. And it's like, OK, that's all well and good, but that's not where Cole Palmer shines. And that's where. And again, there was a lot of space on that side that Man United were creating because, you know what I mean? They sort of focused too much on Cole Palmer.
00:12:08
Speaker
where the other player, who who played in that position by the way, was Madweke, who was making the match. Madweke was on the right and Neto was on the left. ah Yeah, so Madweke, he doesn't do what Palmer does, so he can have all the space he wants, he doesn't he doesn't have that conviction when it comes to the when it comes to in-the-box type player, or even just outside the box. So, you know, Palmer has that technique to to do that, so I don't know, I just felt like he was in the wrong position. No, you're right, and I think what we did, we so we struggled to attack with numbers, obviously going from the formation, I was happy with the formation, I was like, okay,
00:12:38
Speaker
Again, a little bit confused as to why Reece James is playing left-back rather than Cuckarella, who's been doing so well and obviously won the Euros and is probably the best left-back at the Euros. I know we're deep in front of Euros, but he did well to the start of the season, so I didn't understand why he got dropped. And then I was looking, as i was the game went on, I was like, okay, I can see what we're trying to build here.
00:12:56
Speaker
gusto was a bit weak for me though going up and up and down the wink and for that final ball who's getting into good positions but the final ball was always a bit like meh come on mate you can do better than that but we just struggle to attack with numbers mate i felt like we try to keep the ball more into that final third and just pass you around the box rather than attack with numbers and sometimes just whip it in the box Enough of this Tiki Taka outside. Try, didn't work, mix it up. Whip a ball in. Jackson is a tall boy. Elawa Cole Palmer, Jackson sorry, Jackson's a tall boy. Elawa Lavi. Elawa Kaiseida to come in at the edge of the box, which obviously resulted in the goal, the equalizing pipe. I'm trying to say it was a quality goal by the way as well. Great say. Oh excellent goal. Excellent goal. And can I just say that Mudrog just did an 80 million pound dummy when you, now I'm taking the face.
00:13:41
Speaker
But I thought he was getting a million pound on it. Literally. But going back to what I was saying about Gusto, he did OK. And the game was OK. We were controlling a little bit of it. But again, no conviction, no urgency. And we just felt like as if we didn't believe in ourselves. I felt like as if we were a bit tamed in terms of not all of us go forward. So we don't get hit on the counter, similar to what happened with Liverpool, where Liverpool's Salah Diaz, Jota's were just hitting us on the counter. So we try to avoid that.
00:14:09
Speaker
but And I don't like that kind of thing. I don't want you to avoid it. I want you to play without fear. Granted, you need to be a bit cautious, but be cautious first 10 to 15 minutes, you know? Because they're the home side. They're going to get the crowd, 75,000 people. That's fine. I don't mind you being cautious for 15 minutes. But then after that, come on, like, and let yourself go a little bit. Have that confidence in yourself. One reason I loved Jurgen Klopp before was, yeah, that's fine. You can score, but we're just going to score more than you. That's how we're going to win the game. And I just love that kind of style. And I understand it's not championship winning mentality, but... Ruthless, like you're saying, you know, it you know a bit more confidence. Just go for the throw. Yeah, just go straight for it. Go for the juggernaut. Just be like, you know what, that's fine. You are good, but way better. And that's it. And have that sort of. But overall, it was OK. Like you said, it's a fair result. Jackson, and again, quite isolated up there. Two defenders. De Litt was dropping back quite deep.
00:14:58
Speaker
while Martinez was pushing a little bit forward going a bit touch tight so the lit looked like a prime van dyke yeah prime van dyke looked like a prime terry when he they do that kind of stuff and everybody's like oh these guys are amazing but it's easy to do that when the defenders haven't when the attackers haven't to go again to defenders the second defender always looks better Palmer again I agree with you on the right side of just off the striker slightly better but again today it was quite isolated he was coming really deep to get the ball like about halfway like he's done that in the past he's produced a great ball the Newcastle one which we talked at the beginning and other times as well but he's he's just there wasn't enough runners it was more like everybody's just for their position. There wasn't that sort of flexibility and fluidity of moving, interchanging, to confuse Man United. It was very easy for United to defend, I felt. They got their four players behind the ball and they stayed there. There was a couple of challenges. I was like, oh, that's a dirty one. Oh, that's a dirty one. I shouldn't have done that. Yellow, orange. Yeah. And I know we're going to touch into it. I mean, you mentioned it, so let's just really talk about that. I mean, that was that was 100 percent a red card from the Sandra Martinez, the butcher of Argentina, the butcher of Buenos Aires, the butcher. Yeah, honestly, because if we paid him a compliment, we would call him the butcher. Well, we have to go on the idiots of those. You know, I felt like he took that personally when Cole Palm pushed pushed one of the defenders away because they were like, and he just can't just get off me. So I think off the ball. a little bit of shenanigans between the referee was like a free kick for Chelsea they thought it should have been for them I think it was a foul on Neto and then somebody came to par and was just like get off me like don't touch me and then obviously Martinez then came straight after that just close to wiping him out. It was awful I didn't like that. It was a dirty challenge shouldn't have happened. The studs were up knee high
00:16:46
Speaker
Why wasn't he high? That's why was it so high? Yeah, exactly. The ball wasn't even there. The ball was on the floor. The only thing you try to do, they take the player up and that's a malicious to intent to hurt. It was awful. It was awful. Whatever. But I thought I thought when once it went to VAR, I thought that was going to be a red card. And so then actually, they just rightfully rightfully saw if it was. But apparently, no, that wasn't that wasn't a red card. But Saliba, let it go. Just let it go.
00:17:22
Speaker
We have not been off air for that long. We have not been off air for that long. It still hurts. What's also got to happen, we'll get into you guys in a minute. But no, also today, I don't know if you obviously you watched it and you know, as a fan, an unbiased fan, your quality was poor in the crossing. Rhys James could not whip a decent ball in the box. Our sort of set piece style of approach to the set pieces, I wasn't very happy with it. It felt like, oh, let's just go around the keeper. And obviously we talked about it in the chat when you were like, why have they got these Chelsea, whatever you call them, three around the keeper? And I was like, oh, we learned from the best, then why next is taking the glove off. No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no. OK, so I'm glad that you brought that up, right? Because I wasn't talking about crowding the keeper. I was talking about after the keeper had the ball.
00:18:06
Speaker
and all three of them went on to him trying to like you know to make him drunk counselors so i trying to do so that's what i was doing what are you were talking about where they crowd the key forr i no yeah of course so I'm glad that you brought that up by the way because I actually forgot about that but because I read it I was like no that's not what I meant but yeah it was about them crowding him after he had the ball in his hand it's like it doesn't matter what you do Right. He's got the ball. Just move away. Just move away. For God's sake, right? You can't take it off. You're trying to do a bit of NFL for us. He was like, you know, sort of get the quarterback and then Chelsea players were about to rush the quarterback. And then they said, actually, wait a minute. This is the wrong sport. He is a goalkeeper. He's not the quarterback. We do not need to take him down. And then they pause. In some way, I'm glad they pause because it could have been quite embarrassing for us. But now let's take some jokes aside. I think what we're trying to sack the quarterback. Trying to sack the quarterback. That's the keeper. Different cue, different curse sound.
00:19:00
Speaker
yeah different
00:19:04
Speaker
oh America, we love you. love that ah But, you know, going back to, as I said, I was very poor and disappointed with the quality of the crosses today. I expected this game to be three points away. I'm quite un'm disappointed with the result. I know we talked about, from the way the game planned out, 1-1 was a fair result, and I was very disappointed we didn't take all three. Listen, it was Monday night. They've been struggling for for weeks now, since the start of the season, apart from beating Fulham, I think, at the beginning of the season. They've really been struggling. Told them when they was called three past them. yeah Liverpool, OK.
00:19:36
Speaker
We're not Liverpool, but we're close enough to, we're more... You've got players to do that, you've got players to do that. yes to But why did we hurt them? What yeah did they do different? Did we just make Ruud van Disroyd? Was it the new manager bounce? Were the players up to it? What was going on? Did we did we underestimate it? Which I think we did. Did we neglect it a little bit? where Were we a bit slow on the pass in? I think what I also hate as well, and I think ah Gary Neville or Jamie Carragher touched on it, was when Corewheel just got the ball and he just completely stopped.
00:20:04
Speaker
like stood still the ball in front of him while he's looking for options and that's difficult to do just keep the ball moving but like with a bit of pace with a bit of bit of oomph behind it with a bit of purpose rather than just I'll get it I'll give it to Kaiseido Kaiseido will give it to me I'll go to Fafana get it back to me Kaiseido love ya Fafana can we move it somewhere else like I don't need two defensive midfielders when we've got the ball Do you know what I mean? Yeah, you need just to spread out. I need you to be a bit higher up. Become a 10, allow Cole Palmer to go higher up. Kukarela really came on. That's you needed Enzo Fernandez, I think, at that point. But even Enzo, which we're going to touch on in the Newcastle game, Enzo was really, really poor. Enzo has the possibility to do the crosses and do that quarterback, which we kind of gave him credit two seasons ago whenever he first came in, where our quarterback, quarterback, kept pinging it, pinging it. He stopped doing it. And I'm like, yeah why have you stopped?
00:20:53
Speaker
Why are you just making five-yard passes? This is the thing I hate sometimes about these possession teams. It's like five-yard pass, five-yard pass. But okay, that's great and then five-yard pass and then 20-yard pass to 30-yard pass or a sprint or a dribble. But if you just hear five-yard passes, what are we doing? What is the purpose of us keeping this ball here?
00:21:10
Speaker
Because it was easy to defend. Heuland, what's his other name? Bruno Fernandez. Majority of them just stood still and was like, yeah, no, he's like, you're not going anywhere. That's fine. Liverpool did the same thing to us. I thought we might have learned from the Liverpool game where we were going, if the team sit back, can we give an extra play? Can we attack in numbers? Can we trust our two defenders to go against Heuland? Can we trust against against...
00:21:34
Speaker
Rashford for example if there is a quick counter but you know we were just but we were very sort of reserved I felt with the approach of the game and then once they scored I even text on the chart we might wake up and I'm glad we did because I've been embarrassing to go to Old Trafford and lose and When you say that, it sounds quite
Chelsea vs Arsenal: Anticipation and Challenges
00:21:52
Speaker
silly, doesn't it? Because we're used to what old traffic used to be like. Oh yeah. old trafficett gaved pro all quality Now like, lose at old traffic. That's embarrassing. Why would you lose at old traffic? How could you lose at old traffic? That's pretty much what I've got on the match. But you're disappointed overall.
00:22:08
Speaker
I can understand why. I can definitely understand why. I mean, like I said, there was moments from both teams that, again, they showed why they should win, but it wasn't a strong enough will to win. Do you know what I mean? From either team, from either team. And again, I mentioned Hoyland. I thought he was quite poor. Garnaccio, I don't think he had a good game. I think he wasted a few chances. And it's like, mate, you're supposed to be good. But again, played out of position. He was played on the right rather than the left.
00:22:35
Speaker
from what I've seen so far, we've got Nacho, he plays better from the left, but again, what do I know, right? What do I know? Just a casual watch or so. You've just done that, by the way, because you remind me of Guy Nacho. And Sanchez, what was he doing coming out for that penalty like that? I understand what he tried to do, but there's plenty of keepers who kind of dive, get the play to make a digit, and then they pull their hand back. And the commentary talks about it. Gary Neville touched it, and I was like, that's it, Gary. That's what I'm thinking too. What's he doing? Why is he trying to take that ball away? The angle was so tight, you come out and make it even smaller. You're diving.
00:23:05
Speaker
pretend you're going to touch it and pull your hands away because the play is nine times out of ten they dive and that's the truth because they expect the contacts and they're halfway down before the contacts even happen. How many yellow cards for diving? Once again we are at fault for like the decision-making that we make. We're at fault. We're a liability in defence. We're literally a liability in defence.
00:23:24
Speaker
It's a split-second decision, I feel, from the keeper. so i don't I wouldn't really keep it, bro. You shouldn't be doing that. did um he shouldn't no you shouldn't should say bit and top of the top of top It's a bit amateur for sure, but like I said, I don't think i don't think that's yeah i don't think that's too much.
00:23:42
Speaker
but Obviously the blame goes on the keeper because he's the one who took him down. i'm not um You can't really take that blame away from him, but I just don't feel as strongly against Sanchez as you do, even though it was a stupid move to make. yeah So again, but I'm just saying at that point, maybe he didn't even think, he didn't even think like, you know, oh I don't know, maybe thought Hoyland was going to like skip over him or something like that to get to the ball. Whatever it was. It doesn't matter. It happened penalty. penalty Bruno Penandes.
00:24:09
Speaker
I can't sound that guy. Yeah. Bruno Penandas steps up and obviously scores because that's what he does. And then he closes his ears. Like, what's his show? I don't know. Doesn't want to hear the crowd chanting. Doesn't want to hear the crowd chanting. He knows he's a fraud. He knows he's a fraud. He's like, it's not worth it, guys. Don't deserve it. Don't deserve it. He's like a samurai, isn't he? He's like self-sacrifice.
00:24:30
Speaker
ah so yeah so Okay, so on the on the whole match itself, um again, fair result, moments from either the team, but yeah, overall, yeah, 1-1 is probably the best. but ah But what's more important than that is the fact that Chelsea are now above Arsenal in the league table. Are we? Yeah. That's how we're going to go above you if we win the league game. No, you're two goals. I think you're two goals ahead, maybe. Are we? Something like that.
00:24:57
Speaker
Oh, opposite Charles. Because obviously we lost 1-0 to Newcastle. Guys, you guys have been awful for about three games. We're all like, what is going on? Forget Preston, because obviously... No, no, no. We don't count Preston, we don't count Preston. Exactly. I was going to say, let's not take the pace. But, oh, shit, we're above you. By goal difference. Yeah, but it doesn't matter. We made top four. It doesn't matter. So that could literally be the top four. We play each other next though, don't we?
00:25:17
Speaker
Yes, on the weekends. On the weekends, the standard is the standardunted bridge is the way the red side of Arsenal. I'm looking forward to that, to be honest, because that's a test for both teams in reality. I think it's going to be a guys. Granted, you're going for a bit of a rough patch, but you're a bit more of an established team. Last year, you slapped us away.
00:25:40
Speaker
you sloughed that homely drew when you're like, oh mistake, Declan Rice equalised or whatever the hell happened, you know, when keeper made a mistake with Declan Rice equalised. But this year I'm kind of like, because you know, you want to test yourself against the best. And currently we have three quality teams in Liverpool City and Arsenal in the Premier League. And so far we've got beat by both of the top two teams who have finished above us. OK, Northern Forest is there, but I mean, like realistically, you know, at the end of the season, who's going to go? Just check it. But yeah, we'll see what happens with Arsenal. If they make Champions League again, by the way, not Forrest, you never know, they could literally go all the way away. Well, they do really go all the way. Well, history doesn't let you know that they have done it in the past.
00:26:24
Speaker
I'm just saying twice, right? Did they do it twice? for um For us to be honest, yeah. ah ah For me, it's just top four for us to get Champions League football again because those Champions League nights at the bridge were pretty special. But yeah, big test next week. Big test. like
00:26:42
Speaker
Here's a question for you. gone gone If you lose that game, drop points don't ask me it should I tend to go right don't ask that question I'm gonna ask you that question I'm gonna ask you that question because obviously right now your chances are pretty seven points behind Liverpool currently and with games to go by the way can we just not make it like as if you know can you imagine if they do that they actually probably will do that Our slot ball is on the rise. It just sounds like a fucking casino game, do you know what I mean? If you lose that game, are you going to ask questions of Arteta then? If you lose that game, bear in mind that that would mean one point from possible 12. So from the games that I've watched, the last three games that I've watched, the problem that
00:27:33
Speaker
we're having is that the the squad players that he bought in Kalafiyori and and timber and all that stuff right again these guys are meant to fill those slots as in like okay so one's out the other one goes in right however however in true arsenal fashion in true arsenal fashion right so what's happened is uh these these guys have gone like oh so you bought us a backup guess what mate we're just going to be injured for the you know for like 17 fucking games or some shit we just want to enjoy And our captain's just, you know, gonna have the ankles of a fucking, I don't know, of a princess or some shit. Do you know what I mean? Just breaking in shit. Yeah. Made of wilt sushis cheese. That's what it is. That's literally what they're made of, right? I was going to mop for Jacqueline's for a bit. Anyway, let's go with cheese. That's for the mayor.
00:28:23
Speaker
No, it's not fair to Odegard to be honest, because he hasn't been out for this long. so But obviously, when when all those things are added together, on top of the fact that he never actually invested in a forward position, do you know what I mean? Like an additional winger. I'm not talking about Sterling, right? Sterling does not count. right Forget that shit. Bin him. That's forgotten, OK? I'll put him in the same ah category as Willy, to be honest with you.
00:28:49
Speaker
so chelsea spy yeah whatever i don't who gives a shit right so instead of actually going and buying someone who is worth buying like for example i don't know a simenio for example from balmouth or some shit yeah great player Great quality player. Someone to come in for Martinelli when Martinelli is not performing. You don't have to use trust all the time. Which is the majority of the time. Martinelli has not been performing for a while. Right, why? Literally, notes. Give me one second. Let me just refer to my notes, right? In my little Yamaha book. Let me just refer to my notes. There it is. Martinelli owned by Liberimento. That's what I've got. And again, it's not even just Liberimento, even throughout the, you know, what was it? Who did we play last weekend? I forgot about it because I love it. There you go, see what I'm talking about. See, I think you got slapped around by, was it Cook on that side or some shit? Tavernier? Whatever, whoever it is. Who is it? Who's on that side? I forgot the name now. You're right, I think it might be Cook. Is it Kelly or something? I don't know his name. Whatever, whatever. Again, no disrespect. He owned him, so there's no disrespect. It's actually more disrespect than Martinelli, you know what I mean? There you go, you got disrespected by someone who we've got no respect for.
00:29:59
Speaker
All right, so so the issue here, so the issue out may let it out so but the so the the issue is compounded like I said by the fact that there was no forward players bought, so like you know, Martinelli, we've got Trossard, okay fantastic, now bring me someone else, doesn't have to be world-class, just someone who is decent, and like I said, like it's a menu, just let him integrate, if he's better than Martinelli in the long run then shit, and you've just made him a fantastic buy.
00:30:24
Speaker
So you've got the you've got the extra depth when needed. Okay. Now, Marino was again, another player who was bought to fill out the squad. But because all the guard is out, he has to play. And again, because our defenders.
00:30:38
Speaker
Apparently, the the the Arsenal backline has been cursed, has been cursed ever since the Invincible season, right? Because ever since then, we just haven't had anyone. So again, maybe that there you go. Maybe that's the universe you're saying, right? You went Invincible, maybe you're going to suffer for 25 million years, and you know, you're going to be extinct by the time you win. For the eternity. Exactly, for eternity. So so this is that I think that's the the overall issue that's sort of affecting the team.
00:31:06
Speaker
It's not that Ateta doesn't know what he's doing or he's not gonna win or whatever, right? It's the fact that again the players that he bought They're all either injured or played in the wrong positions to fill out like for example apart from Martin Odegard Did you have who else was injured against Bournemouth the loss against Bournemouth? Who was his 9-11 against Bournemouth? Did you have Sakon Odegard?
00:31:29
Speaker
saoga I don't think, I don't think Saka played. Is that sure that comes down to the managers? The Odigar definitely didn't play, right? The Odigar, I Obviously Saliba then got the red card. Yeah, so they, oh god, yeah, that's just so... I don't know how to check, I don't know how to check.
00:31:44
Speaker
Right, hold on. OK, so whilst you check on that, I'm going to run for a little bit longer, right? And so I think that's the issue with the team. Do you know what I mean? Again, this player's out and played out position. Like I said, Thomas Partey played it right back. And it's like, well, why not play Ben White there? Oh, because he was injured and he was just coming back and we can't give him 90 minutes. So Ben White, when he comes on, he's going to play Santa back instead. Do you know what I mean? So again, there's a lot of stuff that's moved out. He was a Santa Claus. Wasn't he Ben White? You bought him 50 million to be a Santa Claus.
00:32:13
Speaker
originally you got him from Brighton 50 million for it to be a centre back and then he's just been playing right back so you should really know what he's doing at centre back no no he he knows what he's I'm not saying he played bad there like he played really well there that's not my quam my quam is that again because he has to play centre back we've got Thomas Partley playing right back Thomas Partley you know his hamstrings are made out of fucking you know the T-string it literally T-string just staying on that theme they're literally out ah Yeah, exactly, just boom, straight up snapping. So when you you don't really want him running up and down, even though that's not his real role. His real role is to obviously you know move into the midfield when when we're attacking and so on. But again, when he's chasing defenders back, he can't really chase defenders back.
00:32:51
Speaker
And then with Anthony Gordon, again, Gordon just sort of like, you know, he didn't he didn't own him or anything. But there was a few moments where it's like, oh, OK, shit. This is, you know, it was all in your left back. Who is your left back? Because obviously Gordon played right. And you had William. Well, who had Willick? You had Willick, your ex-player, the black flag. So that was part of them, wasn't he? Joe Willick, Joe Willick and Partier. Yes. So Joe Linton, sorry, Joe Linton, not Willick. Joe Linton played another. There you go. Sorry. And that's it. So Joe Linton, again, a big player who you know, who is very physical and who who who's got pace. He literally has pace and a again this against Thomas Pate, it just didn't work. So, again, there's... Surely that's down to the managers for the surely you've got somebody who's got some pace or something or somebody else who can come and centre back. You have some trust in the guys because surely not all your back line was injured because in the midfield who did you have?
00:33:41
Speaker
But why came on later on today? You had Saliba, you had Gabriel, you had Timba, you didn't play Zinchenko, Zinchenko came on. Why did you play Timba on the right and play Zinchenko on the left? He doesn't really trust Zinchenko recently so... That's enough to come on to chase the game. Zinchenko and Horgi both came on. Did you hear the statistic, by the way? Jorginho, not a penalty, like open play, March or May 2019.
00:34:14
Speaker
Wow. And that was for Chelsea against Arsenal. Wow. That was his last goal apart from like open play. When he came on, I was like, we're bringing him off. He's not going to score you a goal. No, I felt like he did wrong, though. Declan Rice looked Declan Rice like a shadow of himself playing that deep role. He needed to be higher up. When Georgina came on, he freed Declan Rice a little bit more and he looked dangerous. He nearly got you the equalizer. So maybe that's something far tighter to think and be actually, OK, we've got injuries, but let's still use the quality players that I have, you know,
00:34:43
Speaker
Well, it was shocking. So last week. So last week was Liverpool, wasn't it? It was last week, Liverpool. We it wasn't bomb so that's why I'm getting sorry. That's why I'm getting confused. I'm like, why are we talking about Bournemouth when Liverpool? Yes. So with, you know, and again, that's that. I feel instead of rather than going into each individual match of like, you know what happened? I think and that is the overall that is the overall feeling that I have. Like I was starting lineup for Liverpool was partly on the right. White, Santa Barbara, Gabrielle, timber. But Gabrielle, I think got injured and he got injured in that match later on. And again, people like Marino, for example, that's a person who's supposed to come off the bench or a party supposed to come off the bench in the midfield and rather than, ah you know, rather than playing him on at the right back. So, so again, there's once everyone's back, I'm not saying, oh, that's it, they're going to be looking great again. No, once everyone's back, then it's it will be a fair assessment on where on how we perform. Do you know what I mean? When everyone's supposed to be where they're supposed to be,
00:35:48
Speaker
and it's like okay there you go now right there's no excuses no crack on but again again there is still not enough depth in that team that had to change the league cups and the Premier League that much isn't right that had to change that bro like this is second season in the Premier League you know like I told you missing a striker against Newcastle obviously just focused on the recent game Newcastle you really struggled to get a ball up top, Harvard was nowhere near to BC, which beggars the question again, and why didn't you go for like a play like Osseman? Even if it was a loan deal for Osseman, why didn't you even get him for a year? Like even if you had to be a loan, because when obviously he burnt all these bridges with Conte and Napoli, instead of letting him go to Galatasaray, he said, you know what, we will have him. I know Harvard has been doing okay and numbers are okay from March,
00:36:33
Speaker
but it's games like a way to Newcastle when you need a victory, when you've only got like one point in six, or one point in two, sorry, then all of a sudden you think like, okay, let's go to St. James's and put a statement out. And yeah, Newcastle looked like fucking, Newcastle looked decent. They shot Chelsea down, but Chelsea was like the B team on the Carball Cup, and I used that air quotes for B team, because it wasn't the he made 11 changes, so it's a brand new team. yeah And we got, so I was expecting this to win, by the way, and we got slapped about with their intensity, with their organisation, with their clever press.
00:37:02
Speaker
and playing out of the press as well. And they did the same thing they did to Chelsea, they did to you guys. They cornered your wing, ah left back and right back, two players up against. it And that ball as well, but can we just talk about that unbelievable cross by Anthony? That cross was just...
00:37:18
Speaker
Crème de la Crème. That was a PhD from across. Directly on the head, bang, seal it, done. That was a delivery made to order. sealed, signed. All of it above DHL delivery for your ride. Yeah, whatever it is. You've got to sign for delivery, whatever that is. Oh, you signed for that, yeah. And then you've got to deliver straight to the back of the net. For me, I just honestly, going back to the bit, it's like, why didn't you go for another striker? Havert is not the guy who's going to probably take you to the league. You know, you saw Van Persen to Man United, won the league.
00:37:47
Speaker
soldier route to Chelsea, one Europa. It's like you need a striker, like strikers win your league. Okay, strikers win your matches, defence win your leagues to go buy those all the same, but like you need a striker, like a prolific striker, strong, powerful. Havertz isn't strong and powerful. I don't even think he's that clinical to be fair with Havertz. I know he gets a free pass at Chelsea because of the Champions League Golden Portal, but to be honest with you, like when you break it down, he's not that technically good. Like you look at him, he's like,
00:38:15
Speaker
I used to stick up for him, and now I think, wait, what did I used to see? like Was I blinded by the champion's league? I used to be like, oh, this guy's this, this guy's that. laver like he's not He's not even all that. The thing is with Havert, yeah, you're right. He's not he's not like you know the most clinical or anything like that in terms of as a striker, because you know technically he's not a striker, but you know he finds himself in those positions.
00:38:38
Speaker
But what I like about Havoc is the fact that he will fight for a ball, like he will chase down balls. And and again, I like that about a player because, you know, you can make something happen and he's made a couple of things happen, like not maybe not as in, you know, this season, but in the last few couple of seasons that he's been with us, he's made things happen just from chasing things down and like, you know, pressuring the opponent. But the problem is, like I said, it's It's you know it's the fact that players are played out of position. There's no one who can come in. But also also on top of that, in terms of match management from Arteta, it's like you need to make changes quicker.
00:39:12
Speaker
Like, yeah you know you don't have the team. You need to put, like, for example, again, I know he's 17 year old, but every time he's put that eighth and one area on, he's played really well. He takes control of that field and he's like, do you know what? I'm just going to square my way through in and out of players. That's what he does. He's the closest to order guard that we have in terms of the way he moves. I'm not saying I'm playing from the start. Exactly. Play him. my Why play Marino? Just play Rice and him like like normal. Don't play Trossad out there. Put Trossad on the bench because he hasn't been good.
00:39:40
Speaker
ah he was going to say trust hat that ten roll that you were talking about the previous episode and he was not good at all no one starteded anyway what i watched he was awful no but your whole team was to be f pretty awful apart from a few individual stuff like but as a team you just couldn't link passage you couldn't move on and do nothing other than set pieces i never thought you were going to score Except because you guys always seem to score. And even those were just like, man, whatever, because they've got like, you know, they've got literal fucking, you know, sky going to divert. Yeah, they've got skyscrapers in the midfield and shit. So in the defense, whatever. By the way, quick question. Who is the assistant to Eddie Howe? Because he always seems to be next to him with a perfect head of hair, like bronze skin. You think there's a meme about that? stuff of I was like, did this guy just step off the plane? I was like straight into Newcastle because I know it's not that sunny in Newcastle. world Like, Where are you? Where's your residence? I need to know where you're living. I need to know where you're living. He owns some suntan places, doesn't he? He owns some UV lights somewhere, doesn't he? He owns some UV lights somewhere. He's got some sun beds at home for sure, yeah, in Wynyard or wherever he lives. Why is he so brown? Probably Jesmond.
00:40:44
Speaker
There's a meme about that though, isn't there? Every time every time this guy you know eddie how the on Eddie Howell, this guy's always like there, trying to get his way in there. but Yeah, so look, Rick, you know that's the way I feel about my team right now. um Like I said in the group as well,
00:41:04
Speaker
the league maybe has slipped I think um again without sounding too dramatic and you know deathly and shit not what I mean is because because we've slipped up again I'm not including the the games that I genuinely think we were fucking robbed but I've moved past that right okay which one was that one ab da um ah va da lama So, yeah, um so i like yeah that's that's just the way I look at my team right now. i it's very
00:41:36
Speaker
Until everyone's back, I can't really make a full on decision. And yeah, so going back to the league s slipping, it's the fact that because we have them, you know, we've dropped points here, there and everywhere, other teams like at Chelsea have popped up like another forest. Like, again, I know I know that's that could be an anomaly. It could be a Leicester, whatever. Right. Again, right now, as far as the league is concerned, in black and white, they are above. They are third.
00:42:00
Speaker
That's it. So again, that's opened the door now for these teams, like ah like a Tottenham to come back into it. They went 4-1 today. Yeah, so I was expecting them to lose today, i especially when they scored first, Villa scored first. I was like, oh, here we go. 4-1. I was like, what? Unexpected. I was literally watching part of that match and I was talking to my parents. And next thing I know, like later on when I looked at the scores, it was 4-1. I was like, what? How?
00:42:23
Speaker
hold um what a how um How long was I on the phone for? Exactly. Did I go up north and come back down? um So that's that the problem right now is the fact that it's opened the doors to other teams to put pressure on Arsenal and now you just know that every loss or every slip from now on for Arsenal is going to be... As a fanbase as well you guys can be quite nervy can't you?
00:42:47
Speaker
Well, yeah, we're very fragile. I've seen I've seen is it like all of a sudden there's a split decisions already people like our tetanus to answer for to actually watching your AF TV or wherever those broadcasting I'm sorry. Yeah, I don't really care for those guys to be honest. We're like a couple of I think the old guy the ball guy I don't know his name is right at any no, no, Robbie not the black guy the white guy Robbie the main horse as a gentleman who talks about like So there it is, because there used to be DT and a few others that I used to watch. I only used to watch it because obviously you guys used to lose your shit every time you've been teamed up. Can you not include me in that please? Can you not include me in that please? Thank you. Thank you. The guys used to lose their shit. Sorry, them guys used to lose their shit. Thank you. We moved to the Amherst to compete with Bi and Bi and they just slapped us 8-2, etc, etc. So that's why I got into it like, oh my god, let's see what they're talking about now.
00:43:33
Speaker
But and the Wengar out days, you know the whole Wengar Wengar out out. Thank you for the memory. Those guys again coming on and saying a part about Ateta saying, you know, how is my guy? what the Who's the one who talks about? Oh, you know what I mean from and know Robbie and Pham Pham uses a lot of Pham. Is it is it troops troops? I think it's troops. The one who's saying take your time with it.
00:43:57
Speaker
when you were winning 2-1 against a City. um I don't know if you've seen that. Never mind. He's talking about about asking questions to Arteta because 10-hug is left with two two trophies. Two trophies in two years, two success consecutive trophies and obviously Mikel has spent 700 million and only has this to show for it is an FA Cup which was four years ago, I think it was, when he beat Chelsea's front part. Yeah. Yeah. And the FA Cup of Bamyang scored, I think it was. Yeah, it was because it was he went third. He scored two. He scored two in that final, didn't he?
00:44:26
Speaker
so and it's not a great look when you look at it like that when you compare it to actually what's in the cabinet it's for fans you know what I mean of course we can we can discuss about how we get Champions League in United Europe or we got this and we got that but realistically like you should have delivered something else by now, I feel like in maybe another FA Cup or at least a Carabao Cup or something, another Cup run should have been okay to have as ah as a kind of bragging rights to say, do you know what, yes I've spent money but look, I've got another trophy, I can only win what's in front of me.
00:44:57
Speaker
I've won one out of three for in England for example. This year or last year one out of four if you won something else rather than trying to be like I'm putting all my eggs in the basket to win to beat City to the league and then when you come up short everybody's going to point the finger and be like another trophyless season after spending so much. How do you feel about that and those comparisons that are being made on social media and You can't really argue with it to be honest because you know whatever argument you make it just still leads to the fact that it's like oh well you know it's been five years you know where's the uh where's your silverware you know what I'm saying so again any argument that you can make it's like okay well
00:45:38
Speaker
There's teams that have been through transitional periods like a man United who haven't, you know, who haven't been stable at all as a club. Yes, they won the FA Cup, they won a Carabao Cup, pedos, you know, you can't take that away from them from 10-hag, but Again, there haven't been a stable team enough to compete for a league, for example. Do you know what I mean? Again, sorry, I'm just saying, this is an argument. I'm not saying this is my argument at all. I agree that enough has been spent and enough hasn't been invested into this team. for something to have been won. And again, I agree with the fact that you can't put too many, you can't put all your eggs in the one basket of beating Man City. You can't do that. Because again, like you said, you will open yourself up for ridicule. And unfortunately, that's what's going to matter. Yeah, OK, nice one. Yeah, all right. So your Arsenal team have gone 50 games. They drew 30 or they won 30 or whatever it is. And they haven't lost one. Excellent. That's fantastic stuff.
00:46:37
Speaker
But the problem is that you know you don't really have or find a trophy for that. Do you just see what I'm saying? It's great for the boardroom. Best effort trophies are only given out in school, I'm afraid. So can't really you can't really hide behind the stats and all that stuff because unfortunately those stats have led to absolutely nothing.
00:46:59
Speaker
So I think first season when you guys finished second, I was like, wow, these guys are going somewhere. Like, honestly, and I even talked, I'll give you credit. I was like, oh, I'd love to have an attacker at Chelsea. The way of football, the stability got rid of the dead world. He's done excellent. He's done fantastic. He really has. He's done everything but. No, no, no. Exactly that. Exactly that. Like, I appreciate the fact that he's turned that club from not just from on the pitch, but from from all angles, you know, from all aspects of that club. He's the manager sort of thing. So I like the way that. Do you have the same appreciation for Southgate?
00:47:31
Speaker
but either so like this sounds get do What you you this into this conversation about? He's done what our tetters done. He's done what our tetters done. He's got them challenging. He's got them. He's changed the mentality of the national team. Players are friends again. They play together and so on. Basically what our tetters done without winning anything. Right.
00:47:50
Speaker
so I'm sorry, I don't understand the question. I'm sorry, is that a question? Is it a comment? What are you trying to tell me? What are you trying to tell me? Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me. You What are you bringing it for? What are you doing with that problem? What I mean is because you said you appreciate Artetto for what he's done to the club and what he the way he's got them played and so on. So I said. Yes, my club. But he's done everything fucked. I done it for my club. I don't give a shit about self getting in England. You know, them motherfuckers, I'm one of those. Arsenal first. Arsenal first.
00:48:23
Speaker
So, you know, let's just not get carried away now. okay no answerset no so So again, sorry strictly speaking for my own club, right? okay That's that's where I'm at right now. And again, if it's if this season, it's a slip up.
00:48:38
Speaker
Like I'm talking slip up as in like, you know where you literally have dropped out all the cups Champions League and you are not even challenging at that point. Then yeah a change may need to happen, but I'm not at that point. Yeah, because Let's go through each competition. So you beat pressing you probably why is it quarterfinals of the carbo cup? We've got Palace in the quarterfinals. Yeah. Okay, so you'd expect the team to get past them, right? Possibly, yeah, possibly. So let's say Sammy's there, right? I don't know who else is. I think it's Palace. No, City got beat by Spurs. Palace, Liverpool, Spurs, you guys, Newcastle. There should be two more. You, Palace, Newcastle, Liverpool, Spurs. Who's another team? There should be another three teams in there somewhere. I've only got five teams. I don't know who else there is. Never mind. Do you want to look at it? No, I don't know about it. Okay, so you say about semis for the Karabakh Cup. Okay, what about FA Cup? Has the cup run in the FA Cup? Because you mentioned saying like if it's earlier slip-ups in the competition, then questions are going to be asked. So trying to define what a slip-up is. Semis in there, if it's next round in the Karabakh Cup, not semis. So there's a slip-up there, but let's say semis. FA Cup, how far do you expect them to go in the FA Cup?
00:49:51
Speaker
bearing in mind it hasn't started yet like in terms of the third round where the big boys come in because that starts January doesn't it? Right now it's all the lesser teams. um I'll put you on the spot haven't I? I'll tatter out already. Do you know what bruv I don't want to think about it he's getting out to get him out. I mean okay so in terms of the well look but it doesn't matter it doesn't matter what I say right now because I could say oh the semis will be great for the epic up but it doesn't fucking matter because that's still not a win that there is nothing right all the answers all of the above the only thing that matters and the only thing that has to happen is a win right at least out of what this what there's four competitions altogether
00:50:31
Speaker
You're in four, yeah, yeah. Yeah, so out of four competitions, I honestly, I'd expect my team to bring at least two of those home. It doesn't matter which, it doesn't matter which two. It could be FA Cup, it could be Cara Ralco, I don't care. Just bring something home where the, where the fans, I'm just saying like, obviously it'd be great. Number two though, like what? I thought you were going to say at least bring one home. What are you talking about? One should have been last season.
00:50:56
Speaker
One should have been the season before. You owe me one. Bring one, but you owe me one as well. Yeah, exactly. Don't forget the other one that you owe me. Exactly. You said five years, bro. It's five years and you still owe me one more. You remind me of that Christa Kajoka. He goes, hey, you got some sugar? You're like, yeah, you got my goddamn sugar. So I tested you've got an FA Cup? No, I haven't got one. Yeah, you do. You got last season's FA Cup. OK, go on. So he obviously saw, okay, so technically I said I won one FA Cup already, right? So that's what I do. He's already won one. He's already won one. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But no, he owes me another one, especially for last season. It's like you came so close to Challenging City, you were definitely one of the, if not the best team in the league and you didn't bring home anything at all. You crashed out in all the cups. I don't accept that. I'm sorry, but like, no, that's the stage I'm at. It's like, I thank you for everything that you've done, Mr. Mikel, Ateta, right? But I need you now to bring me them trophies so I can brag.
00:51:46
Speaker
Absolutely, william right right that's it, that's it, that's how I'm literally going to say this to fans and this is sometimes people who are not football people going to be like oh but Arsenal are second you're like yes I know but second, second, second, second all the time the fans are going to start hating that because fans who are not second will be like oh I wish we were second but once you become consistent consistently second you're like I actually want to fucking win and know what winning feels like so I can continue back to the friends and you can say to them like your team shit we won this etc etc. Now bro I totally understand that so yeah so we touched you on a previous episode you said questions will be asked whether he's ah whether he's there or not next year but I think not just him though I think you've got to ask questions of Edu as well like I'm sure Mikael Sane I need a striker and the ownership as well spend some money man you guys have got a lot of money you've got the most expensive season ticket in the league
00:52:31
Speaker
the most expensive season ticket in the league. You have, your your stadium is full all the time. All the time. All this money coming in, and yeah. They've made profits. They've made profits recently, so. And if you've made profits, then you can afford to be in a deficit of 30 million to bring in a 100 million pound striker. If fucking America and Todd Boling can come in and find loopholes in that, what the hell are these guys doing? We've been owning the club for like over a decade now. Is that right? Am I right in thinking Cronk is on there for a decade? You're nodding, which I'll take that as a yes. So if you've been doing it for a decade,
00:52:58
Speaker
Fucking, come on, man. Think of something. This is one thing, Todd Borley, listen, for everything that he's done wrong, he there he has done some rights in there as well, right? One thing we're gonna call Palmer into the club, which has worked okay. He's done many, many, many, many, many, many wrong things. But whenever he does something wrong, he's like a dog, a hungry dog who's trying to get aboard to find a loophole so that he somehow we don't get screwed over. And to be honest with you, he has. And as a fan, I'm like, yeah, okay,
Arsenal's Spending and Squad Depth Issues
00:53:23
Speaker
but I don't care. I just want performances on the pitch. I don't care how much you spend on Mudrick and give him an eight-year contract. If he works, he works. If he doesn't, he doesn't. You know what I mean? I want it to work. That's it. But I'd like you to win. Modric doesn't play all the time. I'm like, that's okay. Somebody else is performing. I'll talk about the Neto's, the Felix's, the Palmer's, the Jackson's, whoever's performing. And as fans, we can quickly forget. But for the boardroom, you're like, okay, this is sweet, this is sweet. And if you've made a profit,
00:53:48
Speaker
you really need to spend big next year even if you're like a deca deficit of 15 million you're within the rules but you have strengthened your squad because yeah you can't have two seasons three seasons of finishing second and you're only excused be like well players have got injured we don't have the depth okay we'll need to point fingers now because this is a multi-billion pound business now no more we don't have why don't we have it yeah why don't we have that's the question why don't we have it you know what i mean that's the real question here why don't we have that is the the absolute real question and it's not just that tattoo for me you've got to ask questions of edu or as great as he has been you've got to ask him some questions as well and be like why why the reluctance yeah amen who's your the son of kronky whatever his name is steve jerry what if i was close with steve and jerry
00:54:29
Speaker
jackson together and get yeah chair he has close with javva i got the chair right got it so a second down try ah so yeah I think i think that's that's what's really going to be the most acceptable thing this season. It's like right you're in four competitions.
00:54:43
Speaker
i expect I expect two of those to be to be coming at home with trophies like I don't care about oh we went to the final no I don't give a shit about that that time has been and gone now and and as I've said in many other episodes of this podcast is the problems that we've had especially in the last two years the main issue that has really brought our downfall has been the lack of spending or clever spending in January. That has been the ultimate, ultimate downfall in two seasons because again, yesterday we got injured one season before last.
00:55:17
Speaker
We should have been in that January market. We should have had a backup defender. Why didn't we have a backup defender? Again, that's the question. No, we don't. Why don't we have? And then the season, what was it last season? Why not bring in another winger and a striker? Just bring two different players in. They don't have to be like 120 mil, 150 mil players. Just bring someone in who can do a decent job. Again, at least for a rotation, for a squad rotation, so again, you're keeping things fresh, you're keeping players fresh. It's like, oh, you've got soccer, you've got this, you've got a great squad. Yes, it's 1-11, do you know what I mean? There is a great squad, it's a 1-11, so that great squad will play at the very most three games in one week and then that's it.
00:55:58
Speaker
Yeah, yeah the arch you cannot expect any more from that squad. And again, I'm not I don't want to get into conversations about fucking what's it called about, you know, scheduling and how much football is being played. We've already discussed that before. Yeah, whatever. So that's that's where I'm at right now. It's like, you know, the rules of the game, you are playing within within those rules. Now go and spend. Go. Bring me something.
00:56:20
Speaker
Again, I don't want to be one of these fans that's like, oh, go spend, spend, spend. Scheduling hasn't changed either, though, bro, has it, really? Like, for the three major competitions in England, nothing has changed. I think the only thing that's changing is when they do the club walk-up at the end of this season. Yeah, that's what I'm saying, yeah. But even the nation's league gets the follow-up, like, in between. Yeah, yeah, for like, in between the national teams. No, it's a huge football, but like, that's what I'm saying. So, that's what I'm saying. In clubs, you can just fake an injury like Saka did before you played a game, and he was like, and Cole Palmer, I think, did the same. Which is great. I love other players doing that, because, like, Fucking, it's Nations League. I don't want to play the youth. Play the youth and then they're ready for the Euros.
00:56:51
Speaker
um and so so doing yeah so that's yeah that's where like that's That's me on on on Arsenal. And it's not even about like you know talking about individual games. But if if ah for for Newcastle, I think the word that I would use is toothless. That's that's the word. Just literally like a back-end dog.
00:57:13
Speaker
that you can't do no nothing can't do nothing if even if so yeah that's uh disappointing disappointing but you know because it was both you know even the Liverpool match great opportunity to to to be above those yeah you were winning them great opportunity great opportunity same same thing with City as well great opportunity there as well if if that was the case again we didn't lose against these teams But at the same time, we're losing against teams that we should be losing against anyway. Yeah. But also against these teams, if you're especially if you're winning, you shouldn't. if If it's going to feel like a loss, the City one would probably feel like a loss. The majority of the world, to you and if not all Arsenal fans, nobody's go walking away from the Etihad going, well, it's the Etihad, it's a point. It's a point that's better than nothing because you're like, we were winning for 99.9% of the match. Yeah, but we did have 10 men who obviously... No, of course, but you guys were falling. They fought. you Unstoppable. Defensive display. I thought it was a Jose Mourinho on the sideline. It was excellent. and ah so um'm you know what I'm glad that you mentioned Jose Mourinho because there's been a a few pundits who have a Carragher especially. He's likened Ateta to Mourinho. Now, I'm sorry, right? but
00:58:20
Speaker
Oh, it's like very defensive football. It's like if you don't have the right players or if you go down to 10 men and you have to defend, that cannot be a Mourinho-esque performance. That is because you have to, right? Mourinho did that shit because he was like, you know what, I can and I will. And he did anyone. So this is this is good. Do you know what I'm saying? So again, first of all, I don't really take that as an offense, right? But you can't really pigeonhole Ateta in that because of two games where it's like out of necessity, he had to defend. Do you know what I mean? Against Liverpool, for example, we were winning. But then again, we didn't have the right play. Gabriel got injured. We had, do you know what I mean? So again, everything sort of changed. Whereas Liverpool's team didn't change. They got stronger. Sobislaj came on.
00:59:07
Speaker
He's a great player. I thought he's a great player. So again, Toothless against Newcastle and just very disappointed not to come away with a win against Liverpool because I don't want to say we deserved it, but I think we kind of did a little bit, to be honest. Yeah, no, I thought you were going to win that game, to be honest with you. What did I predict? I think I predicted 3-1, didn't I? I thought you were going to respond in front of your crowd, and you did. Saka got the first goal. I got that prediction right, 2-2, but it was bittersweet. Yeah, I can imagine. You'd rather get it wrong than take the win, right? Absolutely. Now, I think something needs to be happening at you guys. Obviously, top of the top board, surely there's got to be some meetings now regarding squad, because you can't have an injury to Ortega and Saka, and then all of a sudden be like,
00:59:52
Speaker
Oh, actually, like I agree can't function as a top 14. 100%. Hold on a minute. You cannot be champions. You cannot be champions. You can't do anything if you're relying on one or two players who play every single game. Last year, we talked before, Saka played like 90 games in a season. Yeah, can't do that. Without considering England matches. That's just awesome. 90 games. The thing is, you want to compete against City. You have to be like City. You have to compete. You have to have a squad. You have to buy the players that, again, wants to play if two players are out,
01:00:21
Speaker
because of injury or because of a red card or whatever and you can't compete that is the end you cannot win a league like that and I'm sorry that's where I'm at right now and that's why I say the league is slit because it's proven that those players are a key function which is fair enough because they are really good players however can't really win a league like that.
Financial Constraints in Club Competitions
01:00:40
Speaker
Or if you're going to win a league like that, it's going to be more of a Leicester winning rather than a Man City or a Man United where they carry on, you know, two in a row. So that's that's again, that's just me being a very, very realistic fan and very realistic about the situation that Arsenal are in right now. and
01:00:58
Speaker
I think they give a very honest opinion on it and I appreciate you for that because I'm in the same agreement with you as well. I feel like you do need a squad to compete with the big boys. You just can't pussyfoot around you and think we'll be able to do it on the cheap. You can't be fragile. You can't do it on the cheap. You have to spend to win, unfortunately. That's where we're at. And this is why Wenger didn't win any leagues after 2004, after Roman Abramovich came in, because they could not spend No, they couldn't. then that's not even That's not even like a thing or anything. That is the actual truth. I'm smiling because that is the truth. Because Roma came in and inflated the prices. And then City came in and inflated the price, inflated the salary then. I think Roma inflated prices, City inflated salaries. Yeah. Because Roma was like, I want them at any cost and you got them at any cost. And then obviously City followed that. But like, oh, well, we've actually got more money to give them for salary. So we don't actually have to spend that much. City was in Chelsea and couldn't really attract them. So the only way to attract them to Manchester is probably like, wages yeah let me give you a ridiculous amount. like albino he left for ra madry to go to city What? yeah Do you remember that? I was like, what? What do you mean do I remember that? That was like probably one of the biggest flops.
01:02:01
Speaker
but married up But I mean, as a name, yeah, as a name, of course, to go to city. Mad. But that was really mad. So, yeah, what about any other football? Did you watch anything else? I didn't really watch anything else, to be honest with you, because I wasn't a really that interested. I was watching a bit of obviously I watched F1 all weekend. nice one So that was that was fun, to be honest with you. But before we get to F1, though,
01:02:28
Speaker
obviously City lost. City did lose and handsomely as well. I'll get ground to lose 2-1 but they did not look dangerous. I want the bits of that match and City just looked a shadow or something. I don't know what was going on. I don't know if they've got injuries and I don't know how that squad has got so many injuries because when I looked at Pope Guardiola the camera moved to the sideline. You see Pep, he just had youngsters behind him. It looked like a kindergarten or like a daddy daycare. No disrespect to those players but like 16-17. What is going on here? Like who were these players?
01:02:57
Speaker
And they played some of them against Spurs and they got beat, of course. But, yeah, now the City are struggling. I feel like, I don't know, I feel like something's going on with City. I feel like Pope Guardiola is demotivated with these 115 charges looming around him. Yeah, yeah. Because I know Jose Mourinho is piping up as well, saying, I might win a Premier League. Because obviously if they, City get the points and deductions, United win, Arsenal win, etc, etc, so.
01:03:21
Speaker
Yeah, nice i don't know I don't know. City has not been the same team for me for a while. I don't know whether it's the absence of De Bruyne or maybe some of the other players like a Diaz and a Rodri, of course, being the main Ballon d'Or winner. But yeah, just something about City. I don't feel like they're probably going to win it. I feel Liverpool look stronger because Liverpool have got that kind of football where they're playing bad.
01:03:43
Speaker
are not playing great, are not playing up to their potential, and still winning. Against Chelsea, we talked about it, didn't play great, took a 2-1 victory or a 2-0 victory, whatever it was. Against ah Brighton, they were losing 1-0. I literally expected them to lose that game as well. The way Brighton were counter-attacking and beating their Liverpool press. yeah And then Ani Slott had a chat, brought a few players on, changed the tactics, and all of a sudden went and won again. And I was like, bastards. I mean, I could have done the chat as well. When our friend went, it was a good day for us. I was like, bastards.
01:04:11
Speaker
Yeah, I think with, the so so this adds to my point about about my own team. It's like if Arna Slott can come in straight into a Liverpool team and then win the league in his first season.
01:04:23
Speaker
That'll be a pussy. I'll be honest you know, I mean how could you not how could you not mock that? like no you have to Yeah, I think that that's the biggest for me that's the biggest worry right now It's like to the point where it's like, you know what? I kind of need city to win just so we can handle the party say Look we can't beat these guys But if Liverpool win, I don't know, man. I don't know. I can't i couldn't. couldn't that That's a serious, serious question. It'd be difficult, difficult to to stick up or make any excuses. Honestly, it really would be. Unless you bring the Champions League home.
01:05:04
Speaker
Well, yeah, I mean, if he wins Champions League, then that's a different story. But then again, if he wins Champions League, but then he finished the league in like eighth or something because he just neglected. It's like, again, you're still having the same problem. You need a squad. Yeah. But yeah, so the two out of one out of two that I need from you out of this year, even if it's a Champions League, you're like, I still need another one, man. Another one would be alright, like a car bar cup would be lovely, like an early on thing, like February time. Some early celebrations. Exactly, exactly. Like some winter sun, isn't it? Winning the car bar cup in February is like going on holiday for a winter sun, you're like, let me just get away from this cold weather. Let's go get some of those race. Quick wicker, dodging raindrops, all that stuff. But yeah, in terms of football, that's pretty much what I don't really have much to add to be fair, apart from what we've already discussed. I do want to talk a little bit about F1 before we leave tonight. That's all right. Definitely. Definitely. I want to talk about F1 too. Because it was such a long race.
Rain-Delayed F1 Race and Strategy
01:06:03
Speaker
It didn't start at three o'clock.
01:06:06
Speaker
Because of the rain, right? Because of the rain, yeah. And some of the spanoff on the... Oh, spanoff, was it Ocon? No, no, Ocon, what's his name? Stroll. Stroll, yeah. Stroll. It's like, dude, how... Car's daddy's car. Yeah, it's like, dude, come on, how has your dad not, like, you know, slapped you about and told you to go home or something? Just, you need another driver in that car. But anyway, that's too deep into F1 talk, right? But, yeah, so, you know, it was... I thought it was a brilliant, brilliant driver from Max.
01:06:31
Speaker
in the race. I just can't stand that break. He was a brilliant driver, I just can't stand that break. I literally can't stand it. I don't know what it is, I just hit something about him. Can we do it this way by the way? He's a bully, that's all he is. When we talk about F1, we are talking from the perspective of a general F1 fan. I can try, I can try, I can try. Let me take that hat let me take this orange off. We have to make a peace with it unfortunately. He's here, he is like Thanos, he's inevitable. It's just what it is. We kind of have to make a peace with it. So I thought it was a brilliant, brilliant drive. I think, where did it start from? Was it like 14 or something? 14.
01:07:09
Speaker
So excellent drive. Just for the listeners who didn't get to catch it, the reason Max was 14th was because of red flag and qualifying and then he didn't get a chance to finish his lap. So he finished with 14th race. That's right. So there was a lot of that going on, obviously, especially in the qualifying. There was a few red flags that happened.
01:07:26
Speaker
A lot of rain. Oh my god, that was incredible. I tuned in yesterday to watch The Qualifying and literally the first picture that I was greeted with was the track and raindrops forming a puddle. I was like, oh okay, so that's not going on then. Yeah, the only thing that reminded me of when I watched it like that was a movie of Rush, where Nicky Louder and his Japanese circuit where Louder crashes because they're like just a lot of rain. That's how it reminded me of the movie. I was like,
01:07:54
Speaker
That is a lot of red. Surely this is not going ahead. It did not. And then they were like, oh, he's on intermediates. Bro, prophet don't care what you're on. You need wellies yeah going on intermediates. Unless you're on a ball right now, you are spinning. all right Yeah, you need propellers. That's what you need.
01:08:08
Speaker
um But it was yeah just incredible. Obviously it was delayed a few times and then they finally decided they were like, you know, we're just going to do qualifying Sunday morning, which it did. Which again, it's not something that happens very often where you have the Sunday morning to qualifying and then a few hours later you have the race. um Even that was obviously delayed because of what we said before, like on a formation lap or a longer formation lap. What was it? See, I didn't realize I did that before before the formation lap. I didn't realize they went around before the formation lap. Do you know what I mean? Did I? Why would they go around? I don't know. That's the second race that I've seen. I'm not too sure, actually. I will look that up, but not too sure why they do that. I'm thinking, I don't know, maybe just to get the... Cos I thought the reason they do it, they're all on the starting grid. They've got their brolleys putting their helmets on, you know, being protected from their rays or their rain or whatever. However the weather there is, that particular day, having their little drinks. Martin Brundle was from Sky and walks around, doing his thing. and all of a sudden they stay on the side, all the pit crews move to the side, the cars move for their formation lap, gives the pit crew opportunity to get back in the pit and away from the track. Yeah, but that's the start of the formation lap. That's the start of the formation lap. So I don't understand why they would do another one to go around and do it. Exactly. Yeah, it just makes no sense. I don't understand. That's your homework then, yeah? Yeah, for next time. That's your homework. And that's why obviously that's why Stroll went off and so delayed things even further.
01:09:30
Speaker
And all in all though, all in all, I think, apart from... Before you go further, I just wanted to ask you, what happened to Lando Norris? Because obviously I didn't watch it from the start and apparently he jumped the formation lap and I caught a little bit where Max was talking to Christian Horner saying, are we not meant to wait for the green light before you start the formation lap? Did Lando Norris get any lights for everything now? Not in race, he didn't get penalised, but I do have it up here. One second, please. Thank you very much for your time. So Norris, no, I mean, from what I see, you know, he didn't get anything from from that, from that incident. But yeah, it's because I don't think he did because everyone there was a few more cars behind him who followed as well. So it's like, do we pay? So again, it's like half the grid. Yeah, for stuff like that. And honestly, I don't I just just stop it all right don't either you're gonna give it at the beginning don't drag it out all the way to the end of the race but personally I just don't think you should be giving those at all it's literally it's a formation lap it doesn't just again it goes to Max and Christian the Red Bull of the team are we not waiting like bro it's a formation lap but it's about Yes. It goes even deeper than that. It goes about the rules. It's like, why do the rules state that? It's a formation lap. I get it. When the race is about to start and the lights are red, definitely do not do that standard. But if it's a formation lap, it's like, again, it's not like he jumped three minutes before everyone else. Do you know what I'm saying? I'm just going to go now. That's right. Just catch up to me. Yeah. No, you didn't do that. It was just.
01:10:55
Speaker
A few... like all right I'm just going to go little of a few more seconds before... i was like so i Personally, I just don't think that that's that's that would have been a fair penalty. you a Five seconds. I don't even to think it would have made that much of a difference in this race because of the rain and how far... Because of the rain, but normally normal. Normally, yeah. Of course. There's a century in Formula One development to go five seconds quicker than the next car. Yeah, so five seconds. saw Again, he would have... What was it? He b still would have been sixth anyway and sooner or behind him.
01:11:24
Speaker
So, yeah, I thought um McLaren, I don't think they had a very good race. I don't think they did. I think it was quite quite disappointing from their strategies and and and Piastri as well. Like, you know, he lost quite a few places at the restart of the of the race as well. So, yeah, and Leclerc jumped him after that. I thought, right, OK, he's not catching. He's not catching back up either. But they were a bit sort of scared. I felt driving in the rain. I don't know what it was. It just felt like they weren't as keen to go and push it.
01:11:55
Speaker
And it just made me feel like I was like, come on, let's like, you know, you've got everything on the line here. Let's just go for it. Let's see if we can beat Max to the title and let's see what we can do. But no, you're right. Like we've taken the McLaren hat off. Max Verstappen's race was quality, you know, from start to finish, starting in 14 to winning the whole race. What helped is the safety, not safety car, the red flag really helped because he pitted during the red flag because Lando and Russell pitted just but a lot before the red flag.
01:12:21
Speaker
That's right, yeah, so it didn't really help Lando at all. So it didn't help them at all. Exactly. And that was that was way behind. So that again, that added to to to the bad strategy. But this is the thing now, because again, it's like you can have the best strategy, but something like that will just mess up your race. And again, the amount of brain considering how the first practice started.
01:12:42
Speaker
um It was dry. It was very nice. And again, during spring qualifying, it was very nice. And then it started raining like mud. So again, the cars were really fully set up, I don't think, for a wet race, considering what, you know. Obviously, they probably were closer to a wet race than anything else. But again, it wasn't the full full amount. Maybe that's why they didn't trust the cars, because again,
01:13:05
Speaker
Well, I don't know what it's like to drive a Formula 1 car, but I'm pretty sure in the rain, it's going to be shit scary. Yeah. The way they were going round corners and stuff, they were like literally... Like, drive a Helvocam. They were just like... The Helvocam was like, how are you driving? Like, what if that guy just, all of a sudden, he just has a brake malfunction, he slams on the brakes and he's directly into the back of it. No, the spray behind was just insane. But that's what happened to Lauda, isn't it? Like, that's what we talked about, you know? Yeah, that's what happened to Nicky Lauda. No one could see but straight to the back of him and just anyway, so yeah Disappointed again from Ferrari. Let's say again disappointed from Ferrari not again because it did quite you know They've done alright so far. They've actually you know, they are second in the in the constructive championship, which is great but it didn't help when science didn't finish the race and Obviously look like what was it? What was the black sixth? Oh Jesus Christ. It wasn't that great. It wasn't great at all. Was it? It wasn't that great so it was very very disappointing. I think what I was really disappointed with him is the way Max overtook him into
Max Verstappen's Dominance in F1
01:14:10
Speaker
the inside line. It was just too easy. It was just like easy and same for Piastri as well like he overtook Piastri really that's what this is when he was a McLaren. He was fifth. He was just I was just like come on bro like you just at least take the inside line make him go around the outside you are first at the airbag due to him what he's been doing to all the drivers.
01:14:26
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. I'm saying on my racing line, you slow down or go off the truck. Do you know what I mean? And everybody just kind of stayed and just let him go. I really didn't like that strategy from McLaren. And I'm just looking forward to drive to survive now. I really want to see what they've got to say about the incident last week or the week before. Oh, damn, yeah. Last week's race where they were like, oh, max 10 seconds, 20 seconds.
01:14:50
Speaker
what um'm What I'm also struggling to understand is where's Red Bull found all this pace from because a couple of weeks ago They weren't great where McLaren everybody's like McLaren's ahead we're judging McLaren and we're doing sort of further investigation against their wing are they getting some So they have they had a new wing for this weekend But the problem is that I think that wing was for full for maximum efficiency. It had to be dry, right? Which fair enough. you know it's almost on Yeah So I think that's the main issue from McLaren and I again I just look at max and the thing is with the red bull that it always had pace But maybe in the wet because everyone else was so cautious. I mean look at look at the actual finishing grid, right? So the finishing grid was Ocon and Gasly
01:15:30
Speaker
Do you know what I'm saying? That's because there's a safety car where they were and everybody's been really cautious because alcohol was first. Do you know what I mean? So again he was so like sort yeah so he was he was brilliant but this is what I'm saying so this is how much a wet race can change and this is something that really could hamper the the the championship because now, I mean we're looking at the championship, Lando is 62 points.
F1 Championship Predictions and Schedule
01:15:54
Speaker
behind and I think one more max first I think that's it that's the title gone but I mean don't even have to go to Abu Dhabi so what's next I think next is Vegas next is give me one second olin before I go into that let me just have a look at the constructors championship real quick what's happened here any changes since Mac's finished so okay so McLaren first Ferrari and then Red Bull right and again we're we're talking a matter of 50 points between first and third so like not very far you know that that's that's almost wide open whereas I don't think the championship is wide open I don't think Norris is going to win it to be honest
01:16:31
Speaker
Unless something nice will take a need unless max does not finish two races. Yeah ah That's the only or at least one race then it's like okay it could go to Abu Dhabi and it could be like based on you know The last three points or whatever but so yeah, so next area real quick. Let me just have a look at next where we're going next next is Vegas 21st and 23rd 21st and 23rd of November and so Oh my god, right. So this check this out. This is why I never watch Vegas last last time because It's first practice is at 2.30am here and then qualifying is 6am so it's kind of like you know Melbourne back in the day and then the race is at 6 o'clock in the morning so I'll probably watch the race to be fair because you know Sunday morning it's fine I can watch the race. 6 o'clock in the morning isn't it too bad I suppose. It's a 2am qualifying night I'd be honest with you. Yeah no it's just the practice 2am but ah yeah I'm not getting that for practicing 2am screw that.
01:17:25
Speaker
But yeah, I don't know if if you have anything else you want to add Rick. I think we've sort of gone through the last last couple of weeks, last couple of games. And yeah, it's been it's
Weekly Sports Recap and Reflections
01:17:39
Speaker
been interesting. from ah From football, from F1 point of view, it's been very interesting, sort of weak. And yeah.
01:17:46
Speaker
I've enjoyed it. I've enjoyed it. I've enjoyed parts of the week. I didn't enjoy my midweek as Chelsea got beat by Newcastle at the Caramel Cup, yes but I enjoyed obviously F1. I enjoyed the fact that McLaren are doing something and then I was disappointed by their chance. But overall in terms of a sporting week, it's been decent. it's I've enjoyed having you know a W, a loss, a draw this week in terms of football, and then an L in F1 as well. so it's Now, when you put it that way, it's not been that enjoyable. It hasn't been that great. But it's been nice to watch. It's been good to watch. Good. Good. Good. Good. Right. yeah um Do you have anything else that you want to add before we leave tonight tonight? I've got nothing to say. Apart from obviously, we will get back onto this now. I'm back at work, so a detox is finished. We'll get on it on Thursday. We'll discuss Champions League. Actually, no, we won't get there on Thursday because I'm actually going to Milan on Tuesday. so Oh, you are. So you won't be back.
01:18:40
Speaker
So I won't be back until Saturday morning here in the UK. And that's fine. We'll catch up on Sunday night. Obviously we'll have a midweek. Watch the Champions League, come back, get beat at Sanford Bridge and then we'll talk about it on the podcast after. There you go. That sounds like a great plan. Excellent. Well, in that case then, we will leave it there. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you so much for listening. We will catch you on the next one. You can find us on Xthreads. Instagram, all that kind of good stuff. You can ask your questions for Rick and Larry. We do have a question, by the way. but We'll touch you on the next episode. It was more around the one where we discussed about music and albums and so on. We'll touch that on the next episode. We'll touch on that because there was a lot to talk about. We have a lot of games to talk about and so on. Yeah, there's a lot of stuff to to to go through, a lot of emotions to events. So yeah, anyway, um again once again, thank you so much for listening. We'll catch you in the next one. Until then, Rick.
01:19:34
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Good night for me. For me, love it.