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S03E07 - Tash Mic Guys - Arsenal Spineless, Drake is GOAT and F1
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Riki and Larry
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00:00:15
Speaker
It's been it's been it's been a it's been a one of those weeks the way you watch want to watch something cool Like obviously my missus and I we started watching this show called lioness Yes. So we saw Donna, right? So we saw Donna. Yeah. I finished it. And then I was like, let's watch something like, cause she was like, put something fun on, like put some comedy. in I just don't know what to put on anymore. I don't feel like there's anything comedy out there anymore. Do you not like the movies where you used to have the Adam Sandler's, the Jim Carrey's, the, the Eddie Murphy's, the Beverly Hill cops is and so on and so forth. And I used to be like, there is literally nothing on everything. You want to watch a standup comedy. If you come over this side of the pond in UK, you know, you want to watch some bit of Lee Evans, you want to watch a bit of,
00:00:54
Speaker
ah There's so many British comedies, at comics, sorry, out there who have done amazing standups and really, really funny standups, the Peter Kays and so on. And there's many, many more out there. And I just think, like, I don't know who to watch now, darling. Like, I literally don't know. I don't call it darling. That was very formal. But like, I don't really know who to watch now, babe. Like, I literally don't know what to put out.
00:01:13
Speaker
and bush all your yeah Wow. Gentlemen, call your missus doll. Yeah, don't do it. But no, you write up. But the thing is with those movies, like obviously now and every now and again, I'll go back and watch those movies just because and if I like, for example, you start on Adam Sander, like, you know, you start on Happy Gilmore and you think, you know, what I want to watch Mr. Deeds. I want to watch Waterboy. I want to watch it all. Little Nikki. And then you go down this rabbit hole. But then, you know, you have to be in a certain mood to watch those movies, even though, you know, for example, if if someone flicks it on,
00:01:44
Speaker
your wife goes, oh, I'm saying that I've heard about this movie, like an old one, for example, let's say Happy Gilmore. You're going to sit there and watch it. You're going to be like, oh, I'm excited now because someone else is excited. Do you know what I mean? Someone else hasn't watched it. Whereas for us, even with Rush Hour, as much as we love those movies, we would never just be like, oh, I just shot it on. It's like you have to be in a certain mood.
00:02:04
Speaker
to to be like, yeah, okay, I'm going to sit down and watch the rush hour trilogy, because it's never going to be the one you're always going to watch number two. It's just the way yeah and hundreds where it is. Yeah, it's it's and and and the thing is, they are very enjoyable. But then because you've seen it that many times, you think that just was like four hours of my life.
00:02:20
Speaker
um When you start knowing it word for word. I just want this movie. Why am I watching this? you know I just pretend I'm two characters in the mirror. Exactly. exactly after That's the thing. Interestingly, you said that though, Rick, because I'm going through that same phase now where it's like, I've i've got Netflix, Disney Plus, and Amazon Prime, um and you know you flick between them.
00:02:42
Speaker
I've got to go to Netflix. I'm like, all right, let me just, yeah, I'm excited. When I go to Netflix, I'm like, all right, cool, cool, cool. Yeah. i i goingnna watch ah No, I don't really. pun Because for me, it's usually like true crime. I like watching that on Netflix. and I mean, I enjoy it.
00:02:56
Speaker
documentaries and stuff. But again, you have to be in the mood. You can't just sit down with a bowl of ice cream and just watch true crime. It's like, no, I want to watch something funny now. So again, go through Netflix. You can't find anything. And then I go to Amazon prime. I'm like, Oh, Disney plus same thing. And then, you know, what I end up on, I end up on watching Frasier, like the old Frasier, for example, it's all Amazon prime. And I put that one in the background because, and then in the meantime, I'll do something else either just jump on the PlayStation or, you know, whatever I'm doing.
00:03:25
Speaker
like editing or whatever. And because because I can't, I can't really watch anything. And he's covering his face with a pillow, by the way, just so people face with a pillow so they don't hear the coffin because I tried to pause the audacity and I just couldn't pause it. So rather than stop the video and started it again, I said, I'll just I'll just do I'll just cough away somewhere that you can't just cough it just cough it broke co don't even worry about it and little worry about drbra Like what you were saying was was was true so true stuff because no I think that's you're not the only one. I think there's a lot of people that just refer back to. I thought it was a genuinely thought it was only me. For me it's friends. I refer back to friends. I've watched friends from start to finish so many times. And also only fields and horses. I've watched a lot of only fields and horses as well.
00:04:05
Speaker
And again, it's that show that you let me watch something. OK, let's try something. Let's try something. And he goes through all these different genres, either action comedy or whatever. And then you want to kind of swap between the suppliers or the between the providers are not supplies. Netflix, but like you said, Prime, Disney Plus, what have you. And then you're like, there's actually nothing under our fancy. So I'll just put a bit of friends on before we go to bed or something. And you think to yourself.
00:04:28
Speaker
Insane, by the way, like to say so this choice. Stick back when we had nothing apart from those five channels and Freeview came out. We're like, what? Freeview came out and blogbusters, of course. like Even going to blogbusters, you kind of went with an intent of, I want to watch the next Jason State movie or the next yeah whatever film. You had something in mind. Whereas now, because everything's at your fingertips, providing you pay your bill, then all of a sudden, that is true. ah it happens It happens to the best of us.
00:04:56
Speaker
and then he said And then, you know, you make sure that you're like, okay, oh, no, no. And you start becoming picky for no reason. Yeah. Oh, I agree. And are you picky or are you simply because there isn't enough good stuff out there? Like sometimes, what's like I see for girls, it might be that those silly little rom-coms. There's not many silly little rom-coms sometimes. There's for us guys, it's like a really good action movie. There isn't a very good action packed movie apart from sometimes when you watch.
00:05:22
Speaker
but great Or something like the Korean that was good. yeah It means one Indonesian Indonesian one. Thank you. So yeah yeah, so and then you think like yeah, yeah, look at this fool You have those wow how did they shoot out? Like wow, that's incredible but for me, but obviously I've really been struggling to find something to kind of like sit down and get into it like to really sit down and kind of get into it even if I've allowed myself to four episodes into anything I'm watching and I'm like, hmm So if anyone out there who may have some wonderful recommendations, like Larry said last week, get in touch on X, Instagram, Facebook, all of that good stuff. Yeah, I think i think Rick, um it's not that there's no choice out there, but I feel in my case anyway, it's like i'm watching oh um um I want to watch something and in my head I'm like, okay, um
00:06:11
Speaker
i want to watch something like the walk in dead for example right not not necessarily zombie genre, but like that survivalist, post-apocalyptic world, that sort of thing. But the problem then becomes that I go down a rabbit hole of research and shows, and I'm like, OK, let me just see some reviews. And then if they're like, oh, no, the CGI was crap, or this was not good, or whatever it is.
00:06:32
Speaker
then i'm like right okay well I'm not going to watch it and then I go down a further rabbit hole. where it's like okay Let me see this other one. so By the time I think of deciding, I'm like, do you know what, I'm just going to put Frazier or friends or seinfel or something on in the background that I've already seen a million times that requires no brain power to process.
00:06:49
Speaker
you i mean Because like, again, with friends, you watch friends not to be like, oh, that's intriguing. You know, you've watched it, you've seen it. Again, if you can quote a movie or a series, you watch that because you don't want to use brainpower on watching something. ah yeah you want You want what's referred to as an easy watch, isn't it? Just an easy watch. And that's why reality TV has become so popular. like a first group Which is fair, yes. There's nothing to think about there, is there? Like you watch it and it's like everything's laid out in front of you. And that's what reality TV is rather than actually being real, because it is obviously scripted. It's it's it's setting up those realistic moments. Do you know what I mean? That's why it's scripted. And obviously some of the words like, okay, these these are the topics that you need to discuss, whatever it is. But you're right, it requires no brain power to to process. And um speaking of Frasier, by the way, and Only Fools and Horses, the link, Nikolas Lindhurst, Nikolas Lindhurst, who's the younger guy, Rodney in Only Fools. He is Frasier, critz so in the Frasier reboot.
00:07:48
Speaker
that just happened on on Paramount, um on a Amazon Prime. And Nicholas Lindehurst, he plays a guy called Alan, who is friends. He's a friend of Frasier's from like Harvard or whatever it is. And do you know what? If it wasn't for him in that in that reboot, it just would be so awful. He is so funny. He is such a funny guy. Like, oh my God, he's his time. I feel like I might have to watch it.
00:08:12
Speaker
And if you do you remember watching the original pressure? I remember the original thing. It used to be on channel four, I believe. In the morning, it used to be channel four. Next to everybody loves Ramen before or after one of the other. I I love all those shows. though I love all that stuff kind of stuff. Cause like you said, you want an easy watch at the same time, but you want to have a little giggle as well. You want to hear the punchline. You want to hear the timings.
00:08:33
Speaker
Even though you know it, you see yeah still kind of excited. It still gets you a little bit because either you're reminiscing or you're appreciating the joke, you're appreciating the moment, the way you just watched. You watch it for different reasons. don't you Like I said, you don't watch it just to be like, oh, I don't know what happens. like you know what happens you just You start noticing different things. like You start watching the background and you see a person move on set and you think, oh,
00:08:54
Speaker
How did the camera not notice that? Do you know what I mean? Just like moving a bit of design or something like that, like a set design and you could see him and it's like, oh, I've watched this for 20 years. I've never noticed it, but because you watch it for 20 years. When you watch it for the second time, be paying more attention. It was second, 10th, 20th, however many times you're like, oh yeah. That's it, yeah. Many, many times, yeah, many times. But yeah, in terms of watching something new, like I said, nothing really that jumps out everything's either old or yeah so just not really interesting. I feel like I'm the same for music as well though. I feel like I'm not kind of being drawn to this new new rap or new R and&B or pop or anything. and Any of the new genres, like obviously it's the same genre because it's been the same, but I mean any of the new stuff that's been released, I can't see myself being drawn to it. I'm always like in the in the car, either if it's like boy bands from back when we were growing up, to rappers from when we were growing up, to pop stars, to
00:09:48
Speaker
You know, it's just stuff like I feel myself all the time. Like my music is literally that. i've There's nothing new. There's nobody. ah If I put the UK Top 40, because obviously for the some of the listeners, we live in the UK. So we try to put that on to see what's new. And I'm like, eh.
00:10:02
Speaker
yeah next yeah next Next. Before you know it, I've skipped it 15 times and I'm like, you know what, let me just go back to and one of the albums and they can't trouble or an M&M or do you know what I mean? Anybody i like a Nate Dog or somebody just like anything or Warren G. By the way, listen to Warren G either the other day, regulators, what a tune. What a tune though. What a tune. A tune, by the way. I hadn't heard it for a long time. Somebody at work mentioned it. It was like, we're talking about old songs. Oh, that's who's there. I was talking to some of my colleagues about albums that you don't skip. And one of my colleagues went, oh,
00:10:32
Speaker
Warren G was one of their albums. out I was like, Warren G, like, oh, yeah. what so You know, we were kind of going, what's that song? What's that song? You know, like trying to sort of like brainstorm. And then I was like, it's not something like that. And then she was like,
00:10:46
Speaker
Yeah, regulators. I was like, that's the word quickly when I got in the car finish work. I was listening to, it was a clear black night. Yeah, that's that's a tune. But that was actually recorded and inside a cupboard, by the way, Nate Dogg and Warren G recorded inside of a cupboard. Yeah. And like, and like a little closet space. I think it was like a cleaning cupboard or something. So they put the mattress in there and recorded the track in there.
00:11:10
Speaker
ah so yeah ah that makes me better makes it even better does That makes me appreciate the song even more. it's ah I agree i agree with with music especially in the last like three years that I've been doing the channel, the Parked Up Anywhere channel. It's been interesting because I've been listening to like you know rap or just music in general from different countries and different cultures. It's been interesting, it's been eye-opening because there is some good talent out there.
00:11:36
Speaker
understand the language or not, that's irrelevant. That's one point that I never understood before, is you don't have to understand the language. If the song is good, you feel it. You know the song is good. You know what I mean? Obviously, the language helps if you want to go a little bit deeper and understand what's been said. Adespacito, for example, I didn't want to know what the fucking... I don't care what it means. It means so slowly. It means so slowly. I don't care. Don't tell me that. You've just ruined it now. It makes sense to me.
00:12:06
Speaker
So slowly, just that's all it reminds me of. it i don't don I hate that song. That's Madonna, right? I hate that shit. I don't know i don't want to hear it. So you're right. But yeah, with with with doing the channel, it got interesting. But then all of a sudden, again, it's a cycle that repeats itself. you know you You fall out of love with music. and And I don't mean that permanently because it never is permanent. But like you there's not there's no one that excites me right now. The only people that really excite me are people that we've grown up listening to, like an Eminem, when he drops a new album, I get excited. It's like, oh, yeah, OK. I'm excited about that. His new album was fire, by the way, as well. It was great. Death of Slim Shady was excellent. It really was. um But now I get more excited about an Indian artist rapper dropping an album because it's like, oh, OK, I want to hear what he's got next. And then once that gets repetitive, it's like, got repetitive. Let's move on to the next next album. Yeah, see what the next artist does.
00:12:55
Speaker
Now for me, for ru I'm um but um i' in J. Cole at the minute. I listen to a lot of J. Cole stuff. really lost vehicles I lost a lot of respect for J. Cole because of the ah kendrick Kendrick and Drake beef. I knew he was part of it, but I didn't really follow it. I was one of the songs that made me kind of for forgot which one it was now as well. I think it's the one where he talks about him and Drake coexisting and he's not going to be for rapper. If your beefs are up, it will be legit. It won't be for cloud. It won't be for paint. I'm not trying to be far here. No, I don't know. The last one that he did was seven minute warning or something like that. No, no, it wasn't that one. It's a Oh, what's the recent one? Cause I've got it on my list. I've got it on my list. I forgot it.
00:13:41
Speaker
I'll find it. It'll come to me. Go on. But yeah, why did you fall out with him? What's, what's, what's the reason? I mean, by the way, like Martin. Yeah, I don't know this guy. You're not, you're not as close as Marty. No, that's, that's a relationship we're talking about. Um, but no, with, with, with Drake and middle child, middle child, I've ruined it. I should have waited, but that's fine. That's fine. I wanted to get it out.
00:14:09
Speaker
I'll let you know that his middle child be. Yeah, go on Drake and... No, so Drake and Kendrick, they've had the beef with each other. Yeah, I know about that. I'm not good under a rock. Yeah. So in the last three, by the way, Channel 4 was actually releasing a documentary on that and I saw it and I was like, wait, just go on YouTube. There's like 15,000 different channels that have covered this. What are you going to tell me differently that they haven't already told me? So again, irrelevant. So yeah, but they had the beef and J. Cole was involved in the very first track.
00:14:37
Speaker
And then he came out and sort of was like, well, I'm backing out of this truck i'm backing out of this beef. Now you made it seem as if like, I don't want to get involved in this Kendrick and Drake. They had their own shirt that carried on.
00:14:49
Speaker
And then Jay Cole came out maybe like last month or a couple of weeks ago, he came out with an apology track. Yeah. So now I don't think it was an apology truck. I thought he was saying something about how he's the greatest or something along the lines. I like, he lets his pen do his work or something like that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. Trying to take the the higher ground basically. And it was, it was kind of like an apology, not directly. Oh, I'm sorry. And all this stuff, because again, he was involved in the beef at the beginning, but it was more of an apology. I was like, Oh, I did wrong. Shouldn't have beefed and all this. And it's like, bro,
00:15:18
Speaker
You are a rapper. That's what rappers do. If you want beefing with someone, you do not come out and apologize. You do not come out and back down to anything. You come out swinging and you stay swinging until the other guys down. Do you know what I mean? Oh, it's like a a massive stalemate. So yeah, I just lost a little bit. was you called antonio Is that the song you're talking about? last the one that's the one po aton you that's the one Yeah. yeah so So again, it's it's a little like... But even this beef though, it's fake though, isn't it really? It's not even real. Like, you hear rappers now, like, you hear sometimes... I don't know how there's much... I've never considered Drake as a great rapper. Drake, to me, has been a pop star. Like, you know what I mean? he's He's a pop star who's got really good rap songs. I think for me, he's fantastic. Like, I love Drake. I'm going to deny it. I'm saying recent Drake. Old Drake was fantastic.
00:16:06
Speaker
yeah Old Drake. I think recent Drake is just trying to keep it fresh and that's why he keeps kind of hitting everybody and overs and kind of all the different genres. You know he did like the Caribbean vibe, he did the even, I think he did a song in Jamaican and I think recently I think he's did a song in with a couple of Mexican artists.
00:16:25
Speaker
and put the Mexican tunes on the map. Everybody was like, Oh, look at what Drake's doing. Now I think, and everybody's by the way, so still, still rates him very, very highly. Like although the beef and Kendrick probably won it with the anthem of they're not like us, they're not like us. Cause you know, that's going to be an anthem. Now that's going to be played on all of the sporting events when a team wins and that the home side wins. It's everything's going to be, they're not like us. The thing is I covered, I covered the beef and I don't even think not like us was the track that, that sank Drake. Do you know what I mean? I think that track was good because of the hook.
00:16:55
Speaker
but theres a hubble tracks that friday yeah There was a couple tracks before that, that sort of, you know, Kendrick, you know, said some facts and yeah, went in and yeah, I thought for me personally, I thought, Oh shit. All right. I don't care what Drake says now because it's irrelevant. Do you know what I mean? It's irrelevant. Whatever he's going to say. Cause I saw, I remember Drake when he beefed against Pusha T and that was, that was like, yeah, he got sabotage that did it by Kanye.
00:17:19
Speaker
No, he, the thing is, he obviously said about his son's name, released his son's name to the world. that's that's that's i have But this is what I'm talking about. Yeah. This is what I'm talking about. Like with with Drake. And again, you listen to some of his, um, some of his beef tracks, if you will, and they're very, they're very basic. They're very, very basic. As in like, this, there's no real creativity when you listen to our Eminem and he's going out to someone that gets created. that That's the goat of beef. that's the ghost like You don't mess with him. Exactly. So I'm not saying obviously Drake is anywhere near that level, but I'm sorry.
00:17:54
Speaker
He would never come close to that level. That's what I'm trying to say. that's fuck And the that's fact. Yeah. So that's why I never considered Drake as a real rapper, to be fair, because I just don't, I've heard him freestyle even on like, uh, Charlie sloth when Charlie sloth did it in the UK still. yeah Um, cause I think he's doing it in America now. And yeah, I heard him freestyle and it's like, dude, that's like me freestyling. That's like me freestyling when I was 12 and learning to freestyle it. What you do, what the hell is this? So that's why I never really considered him. I've always, he's always a pop.
00:18:24
Speaker
rap style rather than an actual rapper. yeah but Anyway, he's choosing to catch it. that really That's all we can say. But then again, maybe that's what pop tunes are. The hooks are catchy. Then sometimes he's singing and a little bit of rhyming and a little bit of maybe some people think it's rap, but maybe you're right. Like compared to some of the like hardcore rap or even just standard hip-hop, it's not about not very hip-hop. It's not very hip-hop. It's not about like right or wrong reading. It's just more of a you know music subjective at the end of the day.
00:18:53
Speaker
Yeah, that's it. Depends on you. Absolutely. That's what you knew. Love backstreet boys, right? love i Love that shit. But some other dude, if we mentioned it, yes, man, whatever. i'ming yeah not hey That's a different bottle. All right. That's people, people die. and people die of them in I like it. There's some songs that inside I like. in suck as well what there's the songs that Oh come on, come on now koala we don't discriminate. We like JT. JT, what up, bro? Just that's actually, I don't know the rest. JT and Gag. It's Chris Capatric because I remember his... He's his dancer, is he the one who was... a Get your ass kicked because MLM dissed him off. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:19:32
Speaker
There was the Lance, Lance, someone, the ga got I one. Staple, Lance. Anyway, irrelevant, right? So I'm saying it's subjective. Me and you, we love that. Someone else doesn't love that. But again, now yeah problem the problem that that comes out of all of this is people are like, oh, oh how dare you like them? It's like, what?
00:19:54
Speaker
I don't care who you like. I'm glad that you like them. But I would never again, you know, people don't have that one opinion on you. It's like, oh, yeah, these are the best. Like, dude, what are you talking about? but Again, top five or top 10 subjective. So my top 10 is different to your top 10. Yeah, 100 percent. Well, that's the beauty of it. Music. Music is like sports. It's it's it leads debate. You like what you like. You know what I mean? It's an open discussion. Yeah. But the problem is like nobody should ever try and push it on backstreet boys onto you. It's you like backstreet boys. You like backstreet boys.
00:20:24
Speaker
That's it. Exactly. Now that you talk about Eminem, by the way, it's in this track. It makes me want to go back to when it dissed Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon and Jaron. I just want to listen to those three tracks again. The warning, I think, is probably one of the... but the the only but The only problem with the warning is... Obviously, I don't know him as well as you. I don't know i'm the the title of the track. The warning is the one against Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey. um And that the the only problem with that track is that even though it is brutal,
00:20:51
Speaker
The problem is he's aiming it towards a pop star rather than another rapper. For some reason, people don't consider that as one of the better beef tracks. It's 100% as he literally- Beef is beef. It is about beef against him. They used his name, tried to tarnish his name. He came out and started fighting for his name. He figuratively and metaphorically slapped both of them on the track. I watched an interview where Nick Cannon tries to say something about I would never respond to Nick Cannon, because he is fucking corny. And then he says, you've never said anything where the guys have listened to it and gone, ooh, bars.
00:21:31
Speaker
He says, not once, not once, not ever. Nick Cannon's in an entertainer. He's doing his things with wilding out and so on and so forth. But listen, don't go around after some of the greats, like the fifties, especially Eminem. You don't go after them. You don't go after them. You leave them alone. Snoop said it. You leave the white boy alone. I was literally going to say that. Oh, there you go. Sorry. You've said that as well. You're messed with the white boy. Don't mess with the white boy. And the thing is, it's true. And there is so much hate. We will get to some football, by the way, because, you know, eventually, whatever. Who cares?
00:22:00
Speaker
But there was so much, there was so much hate. Oh, there is sorry. There is so much hate towards Eminem and it's become this, it's become this sort of, you know, this in trend thing where it's like, Oh, let's shit on Eminem is like, Oh, this is my top 10 Jay Z Kendrick and J Cole. I'm like, bro. Okay. I know it's objective. I know it's subjective, but like, let's just be real. Okay. Let's let's just be honest with ourselves. How you put in J Cole or Kendrick above Eminem? How you even put in Jay Z over Eminem by the way?
00:22:27
Speaker
But I'm just me doesn't even get anywhere near there, but I know it's very, very good. I've never been, but never ever been of a big fan of jail the only two songs that I've liked of Jay-Z is off the the Paris and no church in the wild. Those are the only two songs that I've liked. that And also the one with the with with Eminem, which he does, what's it called? Is it Renegade or something? Yeah, because I'm a motherfucking Renegade. Yeah, he's he murdered Jay-Z on that track.
00:22:55
Speaker
then the a chip listen up And then I'm in the position to listen all this stuff. Oh man, like let me he these kids made it cause it made just. murdered him Murdered him on that track. So for me, those those are the songs I've not really heard much Jay-Z even the one he did with Alicia Keys that everybody was like, i high spot yeah, I wasn't really into it.
00:23:16
Speaker
I just don't understand. the lot that i thought It was a good track, but it wasn't for me. Again, going back to that subjective stuff, it wasn't for me. Even the words and some of the stuff he says is, yeah, but again, not for me. Yeah. He's got, he's got a very, very unique and different flow to any other rapper out there. And that's fair. I can, I think that's fair to admit, but the, like you said, it doesn't There's certain tracks and that's probably the majority of his tracks. I mean, I do like to be fair, I do like some of the Jay-Z. I like some of his albums. He's got some very good songs on there, but it's very like you sort of have to listen to him to understand what he's about and then maybe appreciate. And you see what I mean? Whereas if you listen to like an Eminem, you listen to him, you think, damn, okay, that guy's the shit. So you carry on. Whereas with Jay-Z, because he's so different, you just kind of have to take like a moment, if you will.
00:24:05
Speaker
But like you said, that's not for everyone. That's not for everyone. That's not easy listening. I don't want to have to think about the songs where it's like, wait, what? I think never really, I've never really, yeah I've never really spent much time and maybe this is the fault of mine not listening to Jay Z and some of these like sort of really lyrical storytellers when they say it's when they're rapping away. but um I've always been this kind of guy like for an easy listen. you know like i've not been because I've not had the toughest of lives. I can't relate to Jay-Z you're having to sell cocaine in the street or drugs or whatever he had to sell or any of these. But I appreciate a good beat. I appreciate some good lyrics. But one thing I've said it before though, what I really like is when the beat
00:24:46
Speaker
is effectively going to the same rate as the flow. And it sounds a bit like the ah have the guys, sorry, the rapper's tone of voice on what they're saying. So for example, in Renegade, when Eminem does his verse, like, that that did did and um another one of them, on a rob my my guy. I saw it flash across your eyes at the other one. Of course, of course. It's just insane.
00:25:13
Speaker
insane for me. Again, subjective, personally. No, no, of course, of course. Insane. I mean, those are some classic pilots now ready to listen to work for tomorrow during lunchtime. And when I finished work, this is going in. Those songs have the tendency to, uh, to incite aggressiveness. So just be careful. Okay. I'll probably listen to them after work on a Friday. I think so. I think so. If somebody, if I see a cyclist, I'll be, yeah.
00:25:40
Speaker
please do it. And can you just be like, this is for Larry, bitch. Uh, but yeah, sorry. Yeah. So my point with, with the whole M and M thing is, yeah, it just feels a bit trendy for people to hate on him right now. And, and to be honest, it's mostly, it's mostly the, the, uh, the black community. It really is that they hate it on him. And whether that's, whether that's race or the fact that they don't want to admit that someone has taken over their music. Do you know what I mean? Eminem even said it in his own tracks without me. It's Elvis Presley, do you know what I mean? To do black music, it's Elvis Presley. Do you know what I mean? Hip-hop is predominantly black people, music, etc. It's sung by black artists and people don't like it. There's a white guy doing it better than the majority of black people. And he is. And the thing is with hip-hop... And he has it for a long time, by the way. See, the difference where some people will get mistaken is hip-hop is the way of life. That's what it became from. Hip-hop itself became from breakdancing. That's why it's called hip-hop.
00:26:47
Speaker
Do you know what I mean? and And that's how the whole genre started. It's literally breaks in classic tracks, like jazz or funk tracks, breaks, people start breakdancing. And then after that, people start putting lyrics over those little samples. And there you go. That's where rap was born. Hip hop, sorry. and so And then rap is the art of verbally you know, verbally ah performing on, on the microphone. Do you know what I'm saying? yeah And that's why Eminem, he's one of the greatest rappers. Fair enough. If you don't want to count him as one of the greatest hip hopers of all time, that's fine. One of the greats in hip hop. That's fine. If you want to keep that predominantly as a black community, I have no problem with that. Do you know what I'm saying? But don't get the two mixed up. Jeremy, like Eminem is a great rapper.
00:27:32
Speaker
And for me, he's he's he is there and he is the in hip-hop, because I don't care about hip-hop, about black or white. For me, hip-hop is I'm just being like a devil's advocate on maybe why the hate towards em an M&Ms, you know what I mean? Which is fair enough. I think some of them hate because you hear podcasts as well. There's lots of like the Joe Bodins, who's probably got beef with M&Ms, that Benzino guy who's come out saying M&Ms is not Charlemagne or whatever his name is.
00:27:58
Speaker
the guy of that talk show radio, and he's like he's thinking as if he can have his, fair enough, a again, subjective, he can have his opinion, but he's trying to enforce his opinion on others and trying to get his other people to believe. yeah and Until the moment they say, like no, M&M is this or 50 Cent is this, but he won't do it, he only does it for the M&M because I don't. But you're right, maybe it's a trend. Excuse me, maybe it's a trend to hit on M&M and he brought the album, Kamikaze album was fantastic when he trashed pretty much on everybody.
00:28:25
Speaker
yeah I love that. I love the fact that he trusts him because I got sick and tired of hearing people trash him. And then this new one as well, like death of Slim J, it's just like, wow. Wow. Just, I mean, the the guy performed in Austin, like like we said on Sunday, he performed like to a hundred thousand people. That's how many people went and rushed. And I saw videos of like people london and on Instagram running towards the stage in Austin after the race, uh, was it after qualifying or whenever? Yeah. After qualifying on Saturday or spring race on Saturday.
00:28:54
Speaker
So that was that was a ah was still great to watch because I experienced the same thing when I saw him in Wembley in 2014, just rushing to the stadium, rushing to the doors, to the front of the stage, and we were there. But so but yes so yeah, it's it's just something that's really annoying me because you know you can't really see many, you don't really see many posts that don't include that type of shit, you know, where it's, it's mostly rage, but I get it. But like, you know, let's just, let's just be real about who the greatness of all time is. And yeah it it will take a lot to match that. There has been no white rapper that's come close to it. Like
00:29:30
Speaker
not a single white rapper has come close to Eminem status or any, yeah yeah, just different leagues, absolute different leagues. No, I don't even think it's like white. I think even but even black rappers, some of them may have come close in terms of records. yeah up Absolutely. I just think in general, like he's just, yeah.
00:29:47
Speaker
as a bottle rapper as well, and as anything, as an entit entertainer, as a lyricist. I can't. I can't praise him high enough. I don't want to sound like a fucking fanboy, but I actually like can't praise him enough. like I love listening to him. I agree. I totally agree. even Even his albums when he wasn't that great, I don't even know what the album's called. you know The one where he went sober for so long and he said, I'm not afraid and all those other songs. I'm not afraid. recovery thank you yeah i even enjoyed that one i enjoyed that one good for for me it was you know what no i'll be honest right i hated on recovery for a long time and then i went through a phase where i went through the albums i was like how many tracks do i like from each of these and it ended up like on average like nine ten tracks out of a 17 track or 18 track out which is fair which is fine yeah you never like them all yeah
00:30:29
Speaker
So, and I went back to recovery and I was like, Oh, okay. I actually like a lot more tracks than I thought here. So I kind of have to, you know, by my own rules, I have to include this. It was, it was good to see after relapse that he did a different style with a different producer because I don't think Dre produced any of the tracks, uh, maybe one anyway, didn't produce any of the tracks on that album. It was different producers. And it was good to see it was different. And it took a bit of time to get used to because subsequent albums after that have used different, uh, different producers. So.
00:30:59
Speaker
So yeah, that was, that was interesting as an album. And then everything after that was either very good or very short. So when did his, uh, when did he do the whole thing or with little Wayne and Drake and was that before or after recovery? So that was on relapse, dropped the world and all that stuff. when he did So that was on relapse refill. So he dropped relapse the album and then he dropped like another five tracks as a bonus, uh, which was called like relapse refill.
00:31:28
Speaker
um and that hard forever dropped the world um i said drop the world i dropped the bomb on them drop and but the one with little wind i think it's dropped the world but yeah that was a relapse that was another beat as well but that was another fire truck one of the best is without without no love but uh look no love but that's that that's what i'm saying what was the other one that he did like no love recovery yeah beautiful natural but for me for me of that album has to be almost famous. I feel like that technically, I thought that's one of his best technical versus that he ever did. um And then everything in between just, yeah, it was, it was enjoyable. It was very, Cinderella man was like an amazing track. Spacebound is one of my favorites from the album. um We touch, I feel the rush. We clutch and there's so much, but it's enough to make me wonder what's in store for that truck.
00:32:24
Speaker
It's just, yeah. So that's what I'm saying. Great album. You don't, you forget how good of an album it is until you listen back to it. But look, Rick, we've, uh, we've gone a long way. We've gone a long time for TVs and stuff. Yeah. Let's, uh, let's, you know, if people do want to hear some more theories and more discussions about rap and music and films and TV or whatever, please do let us know. We can do that for you. But the reason we went on a bit longer is because because football this week.
00:32:54
Speaker
ah It's happened. I watched a little bit. I'll go straight into my team. My team played tonight. I watched probably 20 minutes while I was at the barbershop. I was like, oh, it was an early kickoff. It was an early kickoff. Oh, jeez. It was five o'clock commentary. I think it was like kickoff of 5.30 or 5.45. Not even out of work yet. Exactly. Like we touched on your last episode, is it?
00:33:19
Speaker
But the reason he did it was because we united Paneternakos, or not Paneternakos, Fannibachi united the plane. Literally playing right now. I've got it on in the background. but At least we've got the victory though. 4-1 in the bag. Brand new England. Very good. ah Yeah. What can I say? Sorry, it's 1-1 here, by the way. It's 1-1 here. Oh, it's 1-1. I've tried to choose it. It's a 90 second minute with five minutes added on and it's 1-1. I don't know when this got better because it's I didn't see it. But let's say on 1-0, I think Eric said the goal. I didn't see anything after that once we started jumping on and recording.
00:33:49
Speaker
Good goal, to be honest, from everything, but yeah, from Chelsea, for one, uh, in the bag disappointed that we can see that to be honest with you. Cause panic and I cost to not offer anything. We control possession. We were a little bit lethargic with a ball at the back when we went to up one nail, but then mudrick played well, set up one scored one. So good on him for that one. I'm kind of happier for mudrick. Cause I feel like he gets a lot of steak and grounded. It's not because it's not unnecessary steak. He gets it because it's merited cause he is very, very average.
00:34:18
Speaker
I'm sure there's a good player in there, but how deep in there it is. We don't know. Cause he's had, this is his third season. I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong. Is this his third season? Oh, mudrick. Yeah. ah yeah Because when they become, he came when they're potted and he came towards the live months of potter, potter, lampard. 22, so two years. has' two years enough Coming up three years. yeah come yesterday So let's stay his third season now. Obviously he's playing in the Chelsea B team. That's the only way I can describe his Chelsea B team went because they were talking on the news today on the radio and I was driving. They were like, oh, like you say, leaving work because you're such an early kickoff. yeah Chelsea have made 11 changes.
00:34:56
Speaker
stop saying 11 change, but just say Chelsea for a brand new starting 11. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Compared to the one that played at the weekend. You don't make, you can't use it to say sort of tone when you say 11 changes are like, Oh, Larry's team has made two changes. Okay. So do 11 changes is a brand new team. So I'm going back to, as I said, this is for me as a Chelsea B team that performing this conference league, but even the beat team has got strength and depth everywhere. You look at it and say, so I've been cuckoo up top.
00:35:22
Speaker
Drewsby Hall might be the one person you might say like, who was he? Didn't he just come up with Lester from last year? But yeah, Modric, Drewsby Hall, Enzo was playing, was playing.
00:35:34
Speaker
Renato Vieiro's plate is just thinking, wow, it's a quality, quality team. And we want, which is fine, but this is, again, winning is the most important bit. Absolutely. I mean, to be fair, I didn't just win you, you won emphatically. It's for one. like this's is not really No, it was, it was emphatically, but the third goal by Jean Felix took a massive deflection. but Then he was another penalty. No, no, it doesn't matter as long as they go in. Yeah. He was, he was there. He did it. He made it happen without him. It wouldn't have happened. So, and and this is the thing, that you know, sometimes goals are downplayed or whatever. And it's like,
00:36:03
Speaker
I'm sorry, but he was there. he Oh, it was an all go from the keeper. Yes. But if you didn't shoot that ball, the keeper wouldn't have put it in. Yeah. Yeah. and So he made, he made it happen anyway. So I'm just looking, I'm just looking at the back line here and I'm, it's, it's interesting. Okay. I'm looking on flash scores. I'm looking at the, the lineup and, uh, with the rating. So it looks good. Top looks good. Mudrick 8.3. Cocoa 8.0 net or 7.7 Mudrick with the man of the match performance. Excellent. Yeah. Yeah.
00:36:29
Speaker
and shout and then behind that you've got shelf. He looks 8.1, two goals. Fantastic. Dark green. He looks like forest green. Oh my God. It looks good. And then, you know, it carries on for Nanda, 7.6 shoes. We all 7.1. Oh my God. And then you get to the back line and it's like, it's someone just threw some oranges in there. Like why is Kookarela Dassasi bigger and the keeper on anything less than a seven out of a four, one win. like seriously can you just explain that to me to There's nothing to explain. They did all right, mate, to be fair. Of course, I think they go a bit naive and a bit carried away. Once the goal started coming in, players were being taken on quite quickly and quite easily. So Dassasi making some rash decisions, trying to win the ball when he didn't need to. Badishield doing the same. When the players on the halfway line back to goal, rushes in and gives a free kick away for no reason. Now, for granted, the free kick is in no danger because it's the middle of the park with 2-1 up.
00:37:23
Speaker
or was it one nail up at this time? Sorry, two, one up two nail at the time or one nail. But it's the point of like, what are you doing? Like, why are you even going that far out to just nothing else could describe it other than clatter the player. Like just wanted to hurt him. Cause you know, you're not going to get anywhere near the ball. Cause he had his back to go. You will approach him from behind.
00:37:42
Speaker
So I think that's the reasons why the players got, oh, alternatively, the other thing could be, why did you concede to go when you control the game for so long? I don't even know what possession was, but I can only imagine it being really high. So it was four nil by the 60th minute and 10 minutes later. So 59th minute, you just got the fourth goal and then 10 minutes later police three scores for the first call. So four one.
00:38:05
Speaker
Now I'm just saying in that time, in that time, who came on, George came on and guy, you guy, you came on. yeah so ku that came off So I'm not saying that's a direct, but yeah. Yeah. So I'm not saying that's a direct, you know, result of, of them leaving and the call happening, but obviously there's a little bit of change there. So now you're taking two good players off in a cuckoo and, uh, and Netta obviously a bit of destabilizing the team.
00:38:32
Speaker
Then you put the Junglots, I guess, because they are Junglots, I would imagine, right? The ah yeah guy who sounds like he was just born mate. So, you know, he's got a futuristic name. guy you yeah you is that thomas world of this day doesn't It sounds like yeah youve been to call can you go sounds like a player or a Street Fighter player. Gaiu. Actually what it sounds like, it does sound like a Tekken player. Gaiu. It's the yeah Street Fighter. So Gaiu. Right. Winner. Finish him. So yeah, it it just it seems a bit more like rather than
00:39:06
Speaker
two players coming off and then the goal happened. It just seems a bit of lack of concentration at the back. You know, it's four nil. What do you expect? You know what I'm saying? However, is that a little bit early to to start switching off? You know, ah it's the 70th minute 20 minutes to go. Anything that happened, right? Yeah, absolutely. I think the manager has obviously done the changes, trying to arrest some of the players because who knows maybe at the weekend we're playing a new castle again. So maybe uncle who might get out a little bit longer than he did at Anfield.
00:39:31
Speaker
Maybe you might want to change things up a little bit. Maybe you might want to drop Sancho. Or you may want to do something. But ah for one of you think it's all right, let's give the young lads a little run out. Or for Nail, sorry, you'd be like, let's give the young boys a run out. Which I don't mind that. I don't mind the changes that he's done. So so bring in Chuka Menka on, who hasn't played that much for Jews before. Bring in George on. bring in got a guy Caillou, obviously the young boy who, sorry, I just keep thinking of Vic and I just want to say Ryu. But they want to bring him on as well. And to be fair, you know, these are the opportunities. We always say, like, give the youth a chance. What better opportunity to give the youth a chance than having a foreigner love with 30 minutes, 20 minutes to go away from home. And, you know, if they want. But it's a good option. It's a good option. A little bit more for it. Like, in terms of stats alone, 60 percent possession to 40.
00:40:17
Speaker
Uh, pass accuracy, 92% from Chelsea. They've only won eight, six tackles because they had a majority of the ball. So obviously there are that's why the tackles are low free kicks. They won a lot harder more.
00:40:29
Speaker
yellow card one each for both both teams so yeah overall it's okay that wasn't an in-depth in stats and stuff but passes 620 sorry when did we become a stats podcast by the word well just now because i want to compete come compete compare compare no that's that that's fine mallaance where are we at we are not comparing them on a chart by the way there is no excel spreadsheets here or anything like that And we don't take XG seriously here, by the way. We definitely don't take SG seriously here. We discuss it, but we don't. you know they' talking Talking about XG is like talking to a mortgage advisor when you say to a mortgage, how much can I borrow? Let's say in round figure of 500,000. And they say to you, yeah, you can borrow 480 if the house is 500. And you're like, OK.
00:41:13
Speaker
But if you put 80% of the deposit, you can borrow 700,000 and be like, well, that's a relevant point. Why are you telling me this? This is literally pointless. This is like talking about expected gold. You expect to score with every shot. So with XG, I think the only the only thing that is good with XG is a player like Nicholas Jackson. Oh my god, you had to go there. But you know what I'm talking about. Yeah, it makes sense. It makes sense for to use it as a training exercise or training in method for your players as a development method, sorry, for your players who obviously, you know, who touch a lot of the ball, who have those positions and who make those actions solving. So with XG, that's probably the only thing that I could, I could see as a useful thing. It's like, bro, right? You had 4.8 XG. That means you, you were clear on goal at least four times and you didn't score. Like what, what are you doing?
00:42:11
Speaker
Yeah, I think that could work but yeah with Mohsen, but with Jackson at the minute, he gets the most stickers. I think most strikers, they'd work for what towards, I'd be like, but even XG, like you don't even say that. You just need to be like, you had four shots on target. Why did you hit the keeper? Yeah, XG might be like time chances to score. So even if you don't hit the shot on target, you can be like, well, you were four times more likely to score. So why didn't you? And I get that. book With Jackson, he just seems to be so inconsistent. One game, like the game, the goal against Liverpool to make it 1-1 at the weekend, you're like, I thought he missed. I'll be honest with you, I didn't have any confidence in him scoring until I saw him running off celebrating. I was like, even then okay, we scored. He was like, let me wait, let me wait. Jackson, I don't think so. There's other times when I expect him to score, and then he just does it, and it's like, why why are you rushing? There's times when you are so calm. I think even Daniel Sturridge touched on this on Pundertree when he was like, scored one with outside of the foot.
00:43:07
Speaker
You know, it takes balls and confidence for you to be like, that actually, I'm going to slot it in with the outside of the boot here. And then you're like, okay, that's sweet. But then tomorrow or next weekend, one on one with the keeper, you panic and you hit it straight at the keeper. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, no important hes's he's um he's coming. He's, he's making good runs with Jackson. I think that's one of the reasons managers stick with him. Obviously he didn't play today. Cause like I said, he's part of the eight team.
00:43:30
Speaker
And, uh, today it was a few of them off. Yeah. To be fair, the whole 11 that started against Liverpool did not play tonight. Yeah. I just had a quick look there as well. No, no, no, no. Even signed up for the European football matches. So, but again, we won with four, one happy with the result. Hopefully we continue this momentum of winning, bring that some of that into the Premier League. Cause we need a reaction at the bridge on Saturday against the struggling Newcastle team, but any team that struggles, we seem to struggle against.
00:43:59
Speaker
If teams are attacking us, we seem to do better where his team sit a bit like Liverpool did. Let's not, let's not kind of say anything. Liverpool did sit back and did. We did dominate our Anfield, but they took the most important but part, which was to one on the results. That's the most, yeah that's the main bit to dominate on, isn't it? So we'll see. We'll see with Maresca. What?
00:44:21
Speaker
It seems like he's obviously got his priority straight in terms of, right. This is only the conference league. I don't, I don't need any of my big players until the latest stages. If we don't make the latest stages, I can't see him being too bothered about that, to be honest, i don't think it's in his first season, you know, in his first season, I don't think so. So I liked the way that he he's doing that. And again, you've got the squad depth. You have the squad depth to do that. And the problem will be for, for, for city, Liverpool arsenal.
00:44:50
Speaker
in the, in the next two seasons, if Maresco sticks and you know, everyone starts playing what he wants, the the level of rotation that Chelsea will have is going to be frightening. It's going to be frightening because again, you literally have three, three first 11s or three 11s to put on at any time. And that's not included in subs by the way. That's just three, three levels plus 15 subs. So it's amount of plays on loan.
00:45:19
Speaker
ah Exactly. So again, that will be frightening. And I'm just hoping as an opposing fan that obviously you lose every game, but I'm just hoping that it's not sustainable. And I'm hoping the players will start leaving or start causing shit. However, than like more than likely, more than likely with Mariska coming in from again, from what we discussed last, the last episode from the school that he comes from sort of thing, then if the players start sticking with them. Yeah, it's going to be, it will be frightening or it has the potential to be very, very, I think a lot of these players on the B team. Cause like you said, it'll be interesting in the last stages. Will you stick with this B team? Again, I say B team is probably like an a eight point a rather than this B team, but will you stick with them or will you put the 18th face Liverpool at the week and the premier league 11 rather than the conference league 11? Cause even the conference league, like I said, it is frightening to know we've got so many players in the past.
00:46:12
Speaker
Last season, season before, we discussed it many, many times, too many players was going up. But Mareska's handled it well. Even the media started taking the piss and saying, oh, another Chelsea player signed. And he's like, doesn't matter who they signed. I'm working with 25 players. And he set the record straight.
00:46:26
Speaker
These are the 25 players I'm working with. These are the players I've spoken to. Raheem Sterling being and one of them. Trevor Trelobber being the other one. What's the other guy? Ben Chilwell being another one. Even to Chile, he was like, you're not my type of left back. I like a different left back. You are not my guy. Raheem Sterling, he's fantastic. I'm a fan of Raheem, but he's not my kind of winger.
00:46:43
Speaker
And you think to yourself, God damn, like you just first day on the job, he's trying to get rid of like some of the top dogs. And in a way what has done well, it's worked for us because these guys weren't performing. The younger guys may have seen like, he just got rid of brass. He just got rid of chili. I better a step up otherwise he's getting rid of me. and That's a great statement. I've not been performing to go to an arsenal.
00:47:03
Speaker
Raheem Sterling is going off a name to Arsenal. And yeah follow the fact that Arsenal is like, well, we're not going to pay him 300 grand. We'll pay him 100. You guys cover the rest of the bill. The chairs were like, yeah, just get rid. And in fairness, it's been a good investment for us because he's not been around the dressing room today. Maybe he was about up or maybe he wasn't, but I don't know. But ah even Arsenal fans are saying, we're paying a third of his salary and we still feel like we got robbed.
00:47:26
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it hasn't been great for saying, but we'll we'll come back to, come back to Arsenal just after, after Chelsea. But that's what I'm saying. Like with Maresca, every time I'm watching him and I'm watching Chelsea, it, it, it gives me thoughts of like, damn, okay. Maybe, maybe Boli was right. And that's why he bought 17 million players.
00:47:51
Speaker
because he knew this moment would come where he would find or just land luckily or whatever it was by chance on Mareska as a good manager. And he knew that would happen. And again, competing all fronts, you need the manpower yet again, yet again, yet again, I sit here in front of you on camera. Obviously I sit in front of you and I just think, my God, man,
00:48:21
Speaker
When I think about my team and how one injury affects us so badly, like and we got, we were lucky with the, with, with the games that we won the red cards, all that stuff. We were lucky to win or draw those games. Look around out against Bournemouth. We got beat deservedly by the way. yeah So it just scares me that we don't have anywhere near the depth that Chelsea does.
00:48:46
Speaker
um and And we wanted to, sorry. And we wanted to compete and and it's, it's sometimes it just doesn't calculate in my brain. It's like, how, how are you doing this? You odor guards been off for three weeks or nearly a month. And we were crying about it because, Oh, who's going to fit in me? No, it's a team. One, one falls. You bring the other one in. Yeah. That's a, that's one of the things, what peps been so good about hasn't it really? And I think something that Chelsea tried to do by buying so many players and like you say, 17 million plays. And he was a mistake even as a fan, but it's something that we weren't used to.
00:49:17
Speaker
Maybe still it's still waiting. It's still early to see whether it's going to work. It's not early days. It's season three now with 70 million players and some bad business and some good business. Madrid being part of the bad business. Enzo part of the bad business. Caesado may end up being good business. We still don't know. Still borderline.
00:49:32
Speaker
But it's just the fact that you need the manpower if you're going to compete for an all fronts. And he also, if you compete in all fronts, you're more than likely to keep players happy because you can give them opportunities of playing without having to exhaust them. And I'll go back to Saka playing 90,000 games last season or the season before. yeah Okay. That's exactly you know what I mean. I think he played get close to 70 or 80 games in a single season. And that's the thing that takes a toll on you. So what he's doing, what he's done is as a fan, I was always happy that he's spending the money.
00:50:01
Speaker
I was just not happy with the managers that he was putting in place. Even from Reska, I had my re my reservations. I was like, is he that good coming from a championship? We just got rid of Pochettino who had the experience. Give Poch another year, but I'm not really a big fan of Poch because he's like that as PE teacher wants to be friends with everybody when in reality you need somebody to be a bit more strict.
00:50:19
Speaker
And we've talked about this before with Potter coming in. like How do you handle those egos in a dressing room when they've got more money than you? Because sometimes like people will be like, i don't you know and it's these maybe it's not the money thing, maybe it's a competition thing, maybe it's a winning thing. How do you even entertain or encourage and motivate those players?
00:50:36
Speaker
Whereas Maresc has come in. Honestly, I think he's been fantastic for us. He's been fantastic the way he's handled situations. He's been open and honest with everybody. He spoke to the media in an open and honest way. One of the things that I really like, I'm working with 25 players, the rest of them are not part of my 25. So it doesn't matter who's coming in, they are not part of my 25 and you think, yes, I'll.
00:50:55
Speaker
Fucking hell. That's going against the powers that be. Nobody ever did that for Todd Boley. Everybody was like, yeah, bring him in at halftime. Let's show the players. Forget about my team talk. We're losing one nail, but you know what I mean? He's just like... And I just hope his guy... And morals. It's principles that you need to set in place, really. It clearly has them. And it's clearly a strong character as well to stand up for what for his principles, his beliefs, and what he thinks he needs to do to take this Chelsea team forward.
00:51:19
Speaker
so he's you got to stick He's got to stick to his guns if he's going to you know succeed in the job. And like Jose Mourinho, he came out to the media, he was like, I am the guy, I am the one. yeah And all the all the interviews that he gave, everyone was like, oh, fuck this guy, fucking hell, this Mourinho guy. Who the fuck is the thing he is? And he just said, i'm just not I'm just not just anybody, I am the special one. And then he won all of so went two leagues back to back. And he made Chelsea an absolute powerhouse. That season was insane without having to kind of reminisce again, 15 goals bro, 15 goals. I know, I know, but how many did you lose? How many did you lose that season? I don't think that's the season we lost. Isn't that the season that we won it with only conceding 15 goals? No, no, I'm saying how many did you lose games wise? You're trying to play the invincible card, you're pulling that out. but just kind of I mean, 15 goals is good.
00:52:11
Speaker
Event is invincible. In the Premier League. In the Premier League. Sorry, in the Farmers League. All over. All over the world. But that's the team. That's the farmer in that league. And apologies again. And apologies. Chelsea, have they gone invincible? I don't think anybody has. I don't think anybody has. Good. So we'll just move past that. Did you win Champions League? Just move past that and it doesn't matter. Did you win anything in Europe? Yeah, actually. What did you win in Europe? Super Cup.
00:52:39
Speaker
I think it was like something along the lines of the intertoto cup the wafer cup. Cloudy cup. Yes, that's exactly what it was. It was a cloudy cup because no one remembers it.
00:53:08
Speaker
Oh, fucking quality. You made it better. I said, I would do, but you made it better. But no, listen, joking aside that season, like without that Chelsea season, you're right. 15. It's impressive. It's not, it's not what you guys had listened. That's still no no you know but think it's it's impressive. All achievements are. Yeah. It's impressive because yes. Okay. And you didn't go invincible, but at the same time, when you're talking about a 38 game, a 38 game league,
00:53:33
Speaker
And you can see 15 goals. That is, again, that is literally unheard of because that's what that's less than most of like less than half, less less than half more like less like half. Yeah. It's like, point Oh my God. It is crazy. like like forest and Yeah. some some like But the point is as well, like I remember that like reminisce and Chelsea fans will probably be the same as well.
00:53:55
Speaker
the newspapers were offering extra money than on top of the player's salary. Whoever can score against Chelsea, because pay a check on this like crazy 10 game or 15 game streak of like, Oh yeah, he's still holding up. I think he's still holding up. And he was, Oh wait, no, no, no, wait. Sorry. David Ryan broke that last season. I did Ryan broke break. I don't know. I don't know. But I remember that then it's like the news and all these other sort of daily mail and all these other ones offering 10,000 pounds.
00:54:19
Speaker
to the next player that's causing. I think it was a West Bromwell Aston Villa player who scored because I was like, no, check what you're doing. But it was is incredible. It was incredible. But like you said, you need to have, going back to what we were talking about, you need to have a strong character who believes in their principles, who believes in their own ability and their own work and their own coaching style and managing. And hopefully, Maresco is the guy that can do something for us because we're used to winning and for the past couple of years,
00:54:45
Speaker
but not been winning. I'll settle for decent football and Champions League for a little bit. Football is coming with dominating possession and so on. And we're not going to away from home and getting slapped. Granted, it's only been eight weeks. Game seven, I think we're in or game six, whatever we're in with the international break. But Anfield showed to me like, although we got beat, I was like, okay, wait we're not afraid to be here and hold the ball. You know, that's the main thing I asked for many players. Don't be afraid on the ball. You are a professional footballer playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world.
00:55:12
Speaker
don't be afraid to be on the ball. And that's something that he's done. Yeah, that's the shift. That's a better word. He has shifted that mentality now. So yeah, yeah but no that's all I've got on Chelsea from my end, Paul. Yeah. So yeah, that's definitely a massive shift on on culture there. But yeah, so basically just did a little quick calculation. um You went 60% of that league without conceding the goal. Incredible. 60%. So I said 0.4, it was 40%. Like you could see it in the 40%. So 60% you didn't know cause you just went straight sailing love. So again, it's a very, very impressive achievement. um
00:55:48
Speaker
But yeah, so with Chelsea, just again, time will tell. And it could just completely flop again. It could, it could be the start of a new, of a new phase. um It all remains to be seen. And this season will be a very good, very good ah Mark. of flo yeah well yeah vote from I think what we need though, is we need that champions league football. It's good for football for Chelsea to be in the champions league. It is good for football as a whole Chelsea football club to be in the champions league.
00:56:15
Speaker
It is. It is. It's it's an advert for football. it's I'm not on mute by the way. I'm not on mute by the way. People listen. I'm not on mute. I just don't want to answer. but know it's It's easy to say. it's Same as Arsenal not being in the thing. It's better to have Arsenal in there than a Spurs. Better to have a Chelsea in there than a Spurs. Cause there's more likely Chelsea could go a little bit further than Spurs. Granted not shitted on why I'm shitted on Spurs and I don't really care. But it's it is, it's an advert for Chelsea to be out. Chelsea need to be in the Champions League. They just need to be in the Champions League.
00:56:44
Speaker
And right now they are the fourth best team or third best team. Like depending on how we use the six on the league right now, but yeah, probably the fourth best team in terms of football. I'm talking about football. Yeah, for sure. Um, we had no fair enough. And, um, obviously we'll just, uh, we'll move on to, to Arsenal, obviously the play chapter. And, uh, first things first, by the way, I don't really want to spend too much time on it because it's a repeat of the weekend, but, you weren were you um,
00:57:13
Speaker
What made it worse is at the beginning before the match even started, John champion decided to be an absolute tool and just tell a tearjerker of a story and like, Oh, these men and the hardships and the war and all this. And I'm like, man, it's like, you might as well just go on. They'd be like, Arsenal better not score against these guys because you can't celebrate. It's like you have ruined this for me, but I had to watch it anyway. Obviously I watched it. Um, not good.
00:57:40
Speaker
Not good at all. Actually. Um, it was very, very poor. Uh, I got bored to be honest with you. I was watching bits of it and then I was like, I'm bored of this. I'm not even watching it. It was such, such a bad match. Like from everyone had a very bad game apart from maybe Thomas party and Kai habits who were sorry. And Matt's and Ellie who were probably like the only good ones. Everyone else just had a very, very poor game sloppy passing. The runs weren't there. The space wasn't opening up. They were just getting bullied. It felt like.
00:58:09
Speaker
it Yeah, it's just the repeat of the weekend. And for me, Truss had again, another, another bad performance that not just the penalty miss, but just in general, I just don't think he, he did what he was supposed to do or what he was asked to do. Um, so yeah, very bad. I don't know how much you watched of it. I watched that in 20 minutes and it was as expected. You guys starting going really hard into the game, pushing it, trying to get that goal.
00:58:36
Speaker
And then the sign of Shakhtar started getting into it a little bit. They started watching a good old mudrick in the stands, watching his old team. And I thought to myself, what the hell is he doing there? Shevchenko, was that my boy? My boy Shevchenko. Yeah, I saw Sheva.
00:58:47
Speaker
He was there. And I was like, do you know what? Actually, to be fair, good on him for turning up at Emirates, even though where he, he kind of turned it down for Chelsea and he hasn't worked out. And so glad they got trust out instead of the view, et cetera. Good on you not being afraid and actually be going there and supporting your team or supporting a team, which I assume he supports that team being from Ukraine. Well, he came from, yeah, that's where he came from. Fellow countrymen. That was his old team. so It was all for it. But I am with you on this whole thing about the u war in Ukraine and so on and so forth. And I'm a bit split now. I'm kind of like coming to this point everywhere else. There's like in the Middle East war going on. Nobody seems to want to talk about that one. Of course not. Of course not. Well, of course, exactly. Where the money coming from, man. Where the money coming from. Exactly. Sorry. I don't know who that was, by the way. Some random guy just jumped on the microphone there. Get out of here, random guy. Follow the rich white guy. Yeah, get out of here, white guy. I mean, random guy. But yeah. not
00:59:40
Speaker
But for me, like, yeah, I was 20 minutes. I got bored after that. Like after 15 minutes, I was like, this is because even the quality from shocked. I wasn't that great. It wasn't really a football match. You're just, you guys attack, attack, attack, which is why I was like, when I only heard it was one nail, right? It was an ongoing goal. Cause he hit the post and hit the keeper. Right. But I was like, ah, this, this, this isn't a match for me. And I was just waiting for boss again. But then I realized bosser buying is the next day, not yesterday, as we record this.
01:00:05
Speaker
which well we'll get to by the way real quick at the end because I thought it was a very good game. I watched the full of that. I was really nice. Stick around Arsenal though, would you still play that same 11 in the weekend? Because bearing in mind, who would you have that started 11? Did those players who played this week, so in the midweek, make enough noise?
01:00:24
Speaker
to kind of make our tech to think, do you know what? Maybe I need to put one of you in that starting 11. Who was he back for by then? I don't even know who your back for was. So back four was Ben White, Saliba, Gabrielle. Oh yeah. Saliba played. Okay. Okay. So I was going to say like who who will play instead of Saliba for the weekend against Liverpool. which is yeah probably Ben white or something. like like but isn't califa injured as well what happened to cali so He had a bit of a fall where he sort of like, he fell and then his leg slipped outwards. So he kind of stretched it. Do you know what I mean? But ah ah from what I've heard and read, it doesn't seem to be that bad that there is a chance that he will play on the weekend. For me, he's, he, if he is fit and ready to play, he should definitely be in the starting 11 left back.
01:01:06
Speaker
Um, if Ben white's going to go in the center timber, ho hopefully timber will make a return as well. And he can play right back. But again, when I say I'm saying, hopefully i'm I'm talking about one of the biggest matches of our, of our campaign this season against Liverpool. And I'm talking about maybe, and hopefully about players being that yeah it's, it's, and this is what I'm, this is what I was trying to say at the beginning. When I was talking about Chelsea about the the squad depth, it's, it's just terrifying. When, when I look at my team and I'm like, fuck, we bought all those center backs, but they're all injured.
01:01:34
Speaker
What, what happened? What is going on? What is happening to our back line? So yeah. So I think if Calipari's fit, he definitely starts for me. Um, Michael Marino, 100% has to be benched against Liverpool. I don't think he's ready for that, for that match. I saw him again, shocked that and he was knackered against Shakta. Do you know what? Do you know what a player runs back in the sort of drop the head to run back?
01:01:56
Speaker
if i was a coach that' that's a That's a guy like, I'm exhausted, coach. Take me off. If I was a coach for me, that is the sign that that player will no longer play in that match. It's like, okay, I'm taking you off because you are. Maybe try to do aerodynamics where he puts the head down to cut through the wind. Cause he's running so fast, no just head down. And I was watching, I was thinking, please don't do that. You just reminded me of me.
01:02:22
Speaker
You know what I mean? When I used to play football, it's like, I used to do that because I wasn't fit, but you have no excuse. This is your life. This is your job. If you're not fit, you wouldn't play, but you are playing. So therefore you should be running. But anyway, so I don't think, I don't think Marino starts. Um, I think you should just put in one area on, he never put him on in the, uh, in the shack that much, which is crazy. Cause like,
01:02:45
Speaker
right? He's young, put him on, let him play. Order guard isn't playing just something. He will create something. If habits is in front of him, habits will be there. Do you know what I'm saying? Whether he he passes it back or shoots himself or whatever it is, habits will be there, but but he just needs that one person like an order guard to make that pass.
01:03:02
Speaker
into the run that he's making. Yeah. So, so yeah, apart from that Trussard doesn't start. Trussard definitely has to be benched. Um, but again, I say that that is all dependent on who starts Sterling on the right. Not going to happen. Saka is going to be back. Uh, how about how many games does this guy have to play? But he gives us, you have to play in the season. We don't really have anyone else. So do you? Cause you could play, go back to what you said earlier, exactly. Yeah.
01:03:30
Speaker
it's crazy when you think of it like that, especially a team that you just finished second last year and they're trying to push on that little bit further and you're probably have one injury away. Fair enough. You don't kind of plan for red card, but really you should. He took Ben White off last night, ah night before, sorry. He took him off because he was on a yellow by the, by the first half. And then he took him off in the second half because he was like, well, I'm not risking it.
01:03:54
Speaker
yeah because anything can happen and he's seen it and the thing is now hopefully it doesn't become a traumatic point for Arteta because if he sees a yellow card and he reacts and takes a player off prematurely it's it's yeah it's going to have a massive effect on him that way then yeah because you can still have a play on yellow card like which we going to talk a little bit more is Kimmich for Barca versus Barca. He got that yellow card. He was still playing majority of the game. But yeah, no, I don't know. I'm interested. It'll be interesting to see where you are with a squad that you will have against Liverpool and where Liverpool are against a top opposition and attacking opposition like Arsenal who can unlock doors. But you are missing the key man to orchestrate it altogether in or Martin Ortegaard.
01:04:35
Speaker
yeah but The thing is when again, when you say that, and then immediately what pops into my head is when you think of a man city team, when and you think of a Liverpool team, when it it was a team win. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. I'll ask God, I'll ask God the most goals, but without the assist that he was getting from his teammates and the runs and the spaces that they were creating, he wouldn't have had those goals. Do you know what I mean? So one so and that what you said there, the missing the main man for me, that doesn't, that doesn't fly anymore. I'm afraid it football is now ah fully become a team game, a fully, you know, sort of strategic tactical team game, not like before, like a messy and Ronaldo where they could take, you know, take a game by the scope of the neck, do it all themselves. Now it has become more and more about, about, you know, sort of rigidity of the, of the lineup and the chess. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. And I'm sorry, but
01:05:28
Speaker
to lose a league or to like not even compete for a league because one player is missing when you have all the chances in the world to have a replacement and or a backup? This is the thing that you guys should have bought a Martin Odegardt like replacement two years ago to kind of mold him into a Martin Odegardt. I agree with you yeah and whenever he is there for that reason but if you're not going to put him on against a Shakta even for like for 20 minutes or 25 minutes at the end or something. It doesn't fill me with confidence. Even in this new league, though, you should have thought you just need to win six games. You win six games, you make into the knockout. And now of our thing is in it out 12 or out of 10, play them against Shakhtar. Games started from Shakhtar. I said to him, this is what I want you to do, kid. Give him the confidence. By the time he gets to the bigger teams. Yeah, absolutely. You know you're at home, they're
01:06:14
Speaker
if he's gave that team talk to be offensive aggressive on the front front first minute. Tell this guy to play. It's not like he's going to cause you any harm defensively when you've got your normal back four at the back.
01:06:26
Speaker
Yeah. No, I, like I said, I totally agree with you. And, uh, it is something that it's something that needs to get his head round and start speaking to the cronies. Both of them need to get the head round. The fact that in January, they need to make signings and not send a backs and write backs. They need to make actual signings, like get a nice forward coming in, get a winger, a backup winger or, and all, uh, backup for, for all the guards. Someone who's a little surprised you didn't go five and Tony.
01:06:53
Speaker
I'm surprised my team didn't go for Ivan Toyota and they were trying to get Ossemane or whoever. For the price that they were asking for? But now you think to yourself, like, could he have been there? Could there have been a trophy? What was the price they were asking for? 50 or 60 mil? No, they're asking for like a hundred million for Tony. If it was staying there. How much did it cost to go to Saudi? Yeah, but Saudi is different. I'm saying for the Premier League. They wanted a hundred mil for 100 million. Yeah. That's what they valued him. That's the whole point. We had this conversation on the pod in season two. That's the thing. I thought like whatever you went to,
01:07:25
Speaker
Saudi fall. That's what they were like, Oh, we'll give you 40 million, 50 mil private tour. And then he goes, yeah, in the Premier league, they wanted so much more. Again, this was on the back of, of Austin bind, Declan rice. They were like, well, you know, we'll have a Tony's worth a hundred million. Oh no, he isn't and an Aussie man. Clearly. And he said, I'm Ivan Tony. What about there's plenty of strikers, man. We just took on the Ivan Tony's the guy who's the Swedish or the Finnish guy who scored again, sporting and so on and so forth to try and get it. I know he's a Scandi and everybody tries to find the next Harlem, but there's enough strikers out there for you to try and have a replacement. So have it is not playing every single game. Yeah. I mean, he wanted to, to keep our apparatus free. Yeah, I'm sure. but Um, he played all right. Actually against, uh, who did Milan play against club Bruce? I think I think so. Yeah. Yeah. The one three, one or some shit, but, um, yeah. So
01:08:14
Speaker
It's, it's becoming an issue and with every match and every performance now in the season, um my confidence is really, really winning. Like I started off the season very, very confident. And as in like, I've never said that before out loud, but we're going to win. And I still maintain it right now. However, however, if there's the next three performances or by Christmas, if this shit hasn't improved,
01:08:37
Speaker
um um um'm I'm out of words. There's literally nothing more I could say about it because I can't keep making it. No, ah I'm sick of hearing Arsenal fans and Arsenal podcasts making excuses over this and but that, but this just play the fucking game. Yeah. but The best players out there go by the fucking best players. If you want to win them in the best league in the world, go by the best fucking play by the best. Yeah, that's it. I don't even know why we're talking about this. Oh, well, we have done the right player. Well, God, if you get beat by Liverpool, they're going to be six points behind city at this time of the year.
01:09:07
Speaker
and seven points behind Liverpool. Yeah. Yeah. And no doubt if Chelsea win that weekend, you overtake us as well, right? ah Let me have a quick look at it. I think so. Yes. Because obviously you would lose on the gold difference. And yeah, we, would if we were to win, we'd go because right now we're both on seven on gold difference, but yeah, we would overtake you as well. If we lose us, Aston Villa, West Brom and not West Brom. I just didn't even see, I just saw the blue and I thought it was West Brom.
01:09:36
Speaker
But yeah, Brighton would overtake you. Tottenham wouldn't overtake you, which is good to know for you. Oh, that's always good shit. Tottenham would never overtake us. It's even a thinking that like it's, what is it? Game week six, game week? No. What am I saying? Game week nine. Nine now. Being seven points this early. It's a bit still too early. This is like a marathon. I know it's a marathon, not a sprint, but sometimes when you're so far behind,
01:09:58
Speaker
you can't really catch the big boy. So you really cannot afford to lose next week's this weekend's game. Yeah, I know. I know. It's a, um I'm just not looking forward to that at all. So let's see what, what happens. And, um, with players missing and just just going to get more, it's going to be difficult. No doubt about that. Well, let's have a ball have like one of the worst games ever. And Bandai like decides to score an ongoing or some shit, but I doubt it obviously. And, uh, yeah, so we'll just have to wait and see over the weekend. Well, we,
01:10:25
Speaker
Are we doing some predictions tonight? We are going to do some predictions. that Okay, we rush real quick, real quick on Barca Bayern, by the way. It was it was such a surprise match when I flicked on, because i just I totally forgot that they were playing. I flicked on Barca Bayern. I was like, oh, yeah, of course I want to watch this. So I started watching it. I was like, is he going to be borrowing much? That it wasn't.
01:10:47
Speaker
It was not boring at all, was it? It was not boring at all. I really enjoyed it. I caught it at 1-0, because, obviously, Rafini scored quite a like you. I was flicking, and I was like, let me watch bye, because the previous night, when I was watching Arsenal, I was like, I'll just look for bye, so bye. And it was a decent game. 1-0, bye, bye, and controlling the game, controlling the possession, trying to look for Harry Kane, Gannabries, et cetera, Elise. And then they made it 1-1. He was offside, 1-1 again, counted.
01:11:14
Speaker
And that pass to Rafinha by the way, that 60 yard, 50 yard cross field pass as well for Rafinha to touch it. Incredible game. And then he scored. laal Le Mans was incredible. I hate the little prisms. See that pass that he made. The pass that he made, the the bit where he put it through Granabri's legs, he had plays around him.
01:11:33
Speaker
Pedri was the same as well on the middle of the park, controlling the play. It was incredible. He was very good, very good. And he pisses me off because I hate Barca. But then your team came back. But you know what? But now I'm hitting my other team as well. I'm hating around Madrid. I'm starting to dislike vanishes juniors for the way he goes down and starts arguing. Like, listen, bro, I know you are good.
01:11:54
Speaker
Yeah. Have some beat a bit of humble in victory as well. You know, like have something about you rather than to rub it on the first stand players like that. And also when I'm also starting to dislike about by Ray Almagin, they get in all of the shitty decisions towards them. Rudy goes goal. If you watch it back from the linesman angle, he, the defender, uh, is being held by Vasquez and you're like, that's a free kick. Cause if the defender doesn't hold him, then he can go ahead of that ball. Yeah. It would not allow Rudy to have a free header.
01:12:24
Speaker
But if it was the other way around, it would have been a free kick for a Real Madrid. And that's why I'm starting to dislike about Real Madrid as well. There's none of that fair competitiveness. I feel like they're being saved. Again, not staying away from conspiracies like you did on the previous episode. But I'm just starting to dislike... You can't help... Yeah, you can't help... I just dislike Benisius at the minute. Yes, he's quality. Yes, he's good. But there's something about his character. When he's going past plays, he's becoming a bit too much. And then ones where players may tackle him a little bit roughly and a bit hard. But, you know, it's not the players fault. The kid is too quick.
01:12:54
Speaker
you're going to stop him. Yeah. And there's nothing much you can do there. That's the only downside for me that I'm starting to find with the Spanish teams, both, both of those two giants, rail and Barca, but they're playing each other this weekend, aren't they? Yes. It's on this weekend. And obviously we don't, we don't really cover La Liga or anything like that, but it's, it's, it's obviously a match that, you know, if we come around to talk about on, on Sunday's podcast, then yeah, brilliant. We'll talk about it, but Um, obviously you want real to win our pasta to win. So yeah, there you go. That's what, that's all people need to know. That's it. Yeah. That's it. But no overall boss and buy a very good game. Really enjoyed enjoyed it. Even though it's for one, I really enjoyed it. Yeah. I thought it was a real, like I was very happy to see buy and get beat like that. And i I was happy as hell to see mother's face on the bench. Like, you know, Kevin Hart, I air space. Yeah. That's what mother's face was like that. Uh-huh. I can't believe I'm gonna have to watch this. He had the tongue going and everything. Do you know what I mean? it was
01:13:53
Speaker
It was one of those. Do you think it's too big for him to go from Berlin to Bayern? I can't believe you went from Berlin to Bayern, to be honest with you, but there you go. It was a shock wasn't it? That is a footy shock. It's a surprise to everyone, to be honest. So yeah, for me, I don't think that's a good move from Bayern in all fairness. I get it. If Berlin stayed in the premiership and they did something like unbelievable, the top half finish, you look at him and he said, you know what, what you did there was fantastic. He has a big job.
01:14:22
Speaker
When I buy it, like buying it, it's not like a Chelsea. He came to a Chelsea where we were desperate for a school of pep kind of manager. No, it's insane. I couldn't believe it. But yeah, no, I've got nothing, man. I've got nothing else to say on that. Brilliant. Well, I'll tell you what, we'll, we'll jump into some predictions real quick and we'll just rattle through these. We'll start off on Friday. We've got Lester Nottingham forest, Rick, hit me with it. Lester to one.
01:14:46
Speaker
Lesser 2-1. Oh, you are mad. You are mad. I'm gonna go... to a be down and forest I'm gonna go 2-0, Forest. Oh yeah, I'm gonna go the other way. Yeah, 0-2, bro. I think Lesser might win. I think Northern Forest will probably start seeing some defeats. God, don't say that. I want them to stay. um Next, we've got Villa Bormuth at Villa. Easy for me. Villa. Villa win.
01:15:07
Speaker
well when There's no lunchtime kickoff, is it there? That's at three o'clock on Saturday. Yeah. Yeah. We've got a game. So the first game is on Friday. So tomorrow. Yes. Yes. So I think that's why they've done that. um Yeah. Villa Bournemouth, you say in Villa wind, what score are we going for? Three, one, three, one. Villa, you are mad. You are mad, sir. other than I'm actually going to go to no. Yeah. I'm going to go to no Villa. I don't think. Oh, are you're going to go to no Bournemouth. I was like, you are mad. No. Brentford Ipswich.
01:15:35
Speaker
a branford branford tunail I'm actually going to go for a draw. I'm going to go two, two draw. Oh, and you're going to nil Brentford. Okay. Yes. All right. And then we've got Brighton wolves at Brighton.
01:15:48
Speaker
a me This is, I'm going to think it's a draw. This is probably a two, two draw for me. Two, two. Wow. yeah I feel like, I feel like wolves might want to do something after the ingest that they experienced against man city last minute winner from John stone.
01:16:03
Speaker
to try and put a performance together, maybe fight for a bit for Gary O'Neill and his job. Cause if he starts losing more games next two games, I think he's going to go. This is when he's already been sacked. No, no, you're not going to like my score prediction. I've gone three, two bright and, and, yeah and, and literally I was about to say, I think this may be Gary O'Neill's last game. So I hope even though I like it, I do like, yeah i was go to say I like it as well. he's He's decent, but yes, for now, I think two, two for me, two, two.
01:16:28
Speaker
um And then we've got Man City, Southampton at City. This is triple captain. um le millionlia It's going to be 11. I think there's going to be like a 5-1 this one. I feel like I'm going to absolutely smash it. I'm going to go 8-3. 8-3? Are you taking the piss? Are you serious? I'm sticking with 8-3. I'm sticking with it. i I've typed it down now. but What are you going with? What are you going with? I'm going with 5-1. Even then, I'm thinking like, can't see Southampton scoring 1.
01:16:57
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eight three I I'm not even, I'm not even mad, but I'm not even surprised at the eight. I'm more surprised at the three. Yeah, I know. I know. I know, but I have, you know, I had to play devil's advocate. end the week and yeah No, actually no. Um, it will just be man city scoring eight goals and then they've just going to sleep for a little bit. Um, Everton for them at Everton. This is tough. This is a tough one to be fair. This has got potential to be the game of the weekend because both teams can have that potential, but Tell me what you think. This is tough. This is tough. I think I'm going to go for an Everton win, but this is more because of the heart. I think I just like everything being the other dogs in Liverpool and how I'm not the biggest fan of Liverpool. So I like to see an Everton win. Well, I think they'll probably win it. I want to go with not who you like, not who you like. It's an educated guess. Educated guess would be one, one.
01:17:49
Speaker
Who do I want it to win? I want everything to win three, two, but yeah, put me down for a one, one. I'll put you down for a one, one. So educated guests, I'll be honest with you, right? I could see a a cheeky little one note to the full them. Yeah. Me too on that one too. I can see that. I really can. Uh, Chelsea new castle. So, okay. I'll go first on this one. Chelsea new castle. Um, I'm going to go with a Chelsea win by a narrow margin.
01:18:14
Speaker
But I think you probably have a little bit more for, uh, more than new castle. And I'll be honest with you. This could even be Eddie house last season with new castle. And this could be a match where it's like, you know what, mate? Happy to leave again. i sign up about two months literally Yeah, I know. I know. And there's another, there's another two coming up as well. There is next one, El Sacco. We've got El Sacco next. These guys for one.
01:18:41
Speaker
I think, I think we'll, we'll really try to make a statement. I think Kerezka is going to go. I think we'll have too much for Newcastle. I think Newcastle are going to be open to try and prove a point, leaving too much space. And we're just going to hit them with pace with Jackson, Sancho, if he plays Madawaken, who's been on some fall call, Palmer, if he's not mind marked. And if he is mind marked, I'd like to think the coach and staff have done enough to free him or to free the space around him. So that extra place, which is what I discussed on the previous episode, but yeah, for me, I've gone for one Chelsea. I've gone for three by the way, for Chelsea.
01:19:12
Speaker
Yeah, well, to be fair, that's a possibility. Again, another potential for Manchester weekend, by the way. We made so many mistakes, though, mate. We made too many mistakes. That's why I went 8-3. What do you think that's actually going to happen? But there you go. Do you think, yeah, do you think they're going to score three? Palace Spurs. Palace Spurs. Oh, God. I just fucking hate those guys. um But an educated guess would probably tell me that they're going to win. Yeah, I see. Oh, God. I hate to say it. I'm going to say, like, a I'm going to say like a three, one, to be honest, because they can do that. They can actually do that to a team. So they'll get beat. Go on. These guys always see your mouth, bro. Why are you sprinkling holy water, bro? Stop that. Stop that. Stop that. Cut it off.
01:19:59
Speaker
I think, yeah, I think they'll probably get beat two, one or three, one, to be honest with you. It's simply because Spurs have got that tendency to be spursy. They'll win one week, look good. And then they go somewhere away from home and just be awful. It'd probably even win one nail up to the second half. And then all of a sudden we can see three goals. So I think no, maybe not three, three is unrealistic, but go with two, one palace, two, one, two, one palace. Fair enough. What's El Sacico? What we say in my United are going to get beat considering they're traveling from Turkey tonight.
01:20:30
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, tomorrow the players 10 hug. I don't even know what tonight finish off. but I will tell you right now. Give me one second. It finished. So I thought I'm actually one today, by the way, one now, uh, feeling about your mind. United one, one, one, one. So yeah, it's a draw, but I'm thinking more West Ham need to perform need to have a reaction, especially losing to spurs for one or five, one whatever the loss to spurs of the previous week yeah in front of their own fans. So I've got a feeling you West Ham will win this two, one,
01:20:59
Speaker
Two on West Ham. Wow. that is That's brave. That's brave. Oh, that's my column. Hold on two seconds. Let's not get that mistaken. West Ham on United. Unfortunately, unfortunately I'm going to go for a West Ham loss and this will be lopateg you. by Bye-bye.
01:21:15
Speaker
ah There's a very high chance, but, um, I think it may even be an embarrassing one, like a three and L or something like that. ah Really? Yeah. I don't know. There's something about it. And yeah, I hope not. Obviously it sounded, but yeah, I'm going to go three and L my United down. And as a Liverpool, my friend, this one, my friend, I've got a feeling you'll beat him. I was waiting for that. I was genuinely waiting for that. I had that lined up and everything.
01:21:43
Speaker
so she says I genuinely think you will beat them. Wow. I think you will have too much for them. I think I didn't think they were that good against them. Honestly, I think you're going to be too fast. Chelsea struggled to move the ball up front and then the players had time to kind of, cause if you watched again against Chelsea, the four defenders were effectively on the white line. Nobody was wait. They just stayed very narrow near the white line. And now it's because we couldn't move the ball quick enough or get extra players overlapping wingers.
01:22:12
Speaker
which is what I again, I touched on the previous episode and I think you guys will do that. I think that it is smart enough to know if Martinelli is occupying with Trent, let's get somebody else on that side to pull Trent or to pull Kanata away, leaving the space for the Havards, the Declan Rice, whoever, and you need to kind of have runners from midfield. I'll be honest though, Jones was fantastic, but I don't think he'll be that good against you guys. I don't think he can man mark anybody because that's the main thing we're talking about, man marking and running from deep. yeah gravevin burch I think Graven Birch on this game will go back to BM38 for this game.
01:22:42
Speaker
I genuinely feel it. The biggest threat is the top three, Salah, Luis. louise louis Louis and Nuno, maybe, or Jota. Jota is this sp gofield joter joter is so because the tradition we'll carry on. I feel Liverpool will definitely score at least one and it will be Jota. So that's, that's a given by the way. So any prediction that we give us in Liverpool, it's always a handicap for Arsenal because Liverpool always got Jota to score one off Romino, but they used to, but he's gone now. So just Jota, right? Just Jota. Yeah. So, okay. So what are you saying? in score i'm so I'm thinking, I'm thinking you're going to beat them three, one, believe it or not.
01:23:19
Speaker
I think you're going to absolutely put a statement out there. And I think when, the when the chips, when the chips are down, Arsenal can be like, no, don't worry. We got this. And in a way I'd rather you win the Liverpool win standard standard. ah But then again, I'd rather you lose every game. And then this one is a bit of a catch 22. Cause I need you to beat Liverpool, but I don't need you to win.
01:23:39
Speaker
Yeah. I need you to lose in Liverpool to lose. I don't know how that can happen, but now jos are so I've with three, one, three, one. You're winning this game, bro. You wouldn't leave my heart alone. don' it Don't eat. Don't be easy. See, it's weird when you translate to English.
01:23:55
Speaker
yeah so weird not the right rig to it is it this yeah There's a few meme pages that do that. Actually. It's like, Oh, how do I explain to my English friend? You've seen that shit, right? It's like my whole Japan. And it's like, you took my pancake away. It's like, what I was crazy, bro. I was laughing my head up, honestly. I missed this edit to me on Instagram and I was like, what's this? And I started listening to it and I was like, wow, or read whichever word it was. It doesn't sound right, does it? When you say it in English, it doesn't have the same meaning. Yeah. So you go for a draw them. What's, what's this called? Did you say? I'm going to say two, two. And, uh, obviously Jota being one of those and most likely Salah being the other guy. Um,
01:24:32
Speaker
So yeah, look, it's, it's going to be an interesting game and we look forward to it, but maybe we should, maybe on, on Sundays, after the, after the match week, maybe we should talk about the actual predictions and how wrong we were.
01:24:45
Speaker
We can just do that. Yeah, let's do that. We're going to do that from now on, because every time we come off the pod, I'm like, oh, shit, we forgot to talk about the predictions. But they're here so people can listen to it. You can, you know, at your own leisure. And lastly as well, by the way, real quick, real quick, F1 on this weekend in Mexico, what we say in terms of your top three, that's all I need to know. I'm not qualifying, just top three winners. Top three winners, Norris, PS3, Leclerc.
01:25:11
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oh Ooh, you naughty bastard. So you snuck them two McLarens in their breath? I had to, one McLaren, one, two. So I'm going to go, I'm going to go with, I'm going to go with, uh, Max Leclerc and Checo.
01:25:28
Speaker
I think so. I think so. I think his something's probably going to be fourth. And by the way, I had to change that because in my mind, first thing that popped up was checker winning. So just saying, the moment you said Mexico as well, I was like, check all victory. I was like, let me go. Let me go for McLaren. And to that, just putting that out there. But yeah, obviously we'll, uh, you know, Rick, by the way, if you don't have anything else to add to this, nothing, nothing on this lovely podcast has been lovely.
01:25:55
Speaker
It's been lovely. It's been delicious. We will be back with more content, more information and more predictions and whatnots. Well, that was good stuff. And whatnots, right? So from now on, we'll call them the whatnots. But yeah, thank you so much for being here. We will catch you on the next one. Until then, stay safe. Stay alert, Rick. Go get it from me. Love it.