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Global Sports Podcast Network: Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of the daily Manchester United podcast. I'm your host for this evening Niall and I'm joined by Sam. Sam, how are you getting on?
Sam Brady: Yeah, really good mate, really good. Obviously in a bit of a break um now with the with the footy, so I think everyone's kind of chilling out for a bit. So um yeah, all good.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Good stuff. We were just chatting off air there about Ireland's heroics. Had to get it in there. I mean, you'd swear we won the World Cup, but absolutely incredible scenes. Um, What do you make of it?
Sam Brady: I mean, it's just mad, isn't it? so It's just absolutely mad. Like you couldn't of sort of you couldn't write a better script than that. It was literally the last like kick of the ball, literally.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, yeah.
Sam Brady: It was mad, it's just mad. And like, I'd love to see Ireland qualify for the World Cup. Just, I think everyone, like whether you're an England fan or Wales fan or whatever, like just the fans and the atmosphere,
Sam Brady: Imagine that over in America in the summer with the Irish fans. It would just be mad.
Global Sports Podcast Network: No, incredible.
Sam Brady: So we'd have to see. But um yeah, I'm sure you get mad.
Global Sports Podcast Network: No, it was crazy. It was crazy. Like the amount of videos just going around now at the moment of it is just incredible. um And yeah, I mean, surely we just should be allowed to qualify for the World Cup now. We didn't have to go through these playoff games, but...
Global Sports Podcast Network: That's the way it is, unfortunately, but England are high-flying anyway. um ah dull 2-0 win against Albania there yesterday. and But you were chatting about how, you know, we my mentioned it loads, actually, how there's no United boys involved in them, but kind of a blessing in disguise.
Sam Brady: Yeah, I think it is, to be honest. And on England, like I actually don't mind the way we're playing, to be honest. I actually really like it.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Mm-hmm.
Sam Brady: Obviously, yeah, I do like it. I think we play good football at times. And I think, yeah, you're going to have games like this where, OK, we're not the most exciting, but 2-0 away from England.
Sam Brady: um Albania, decent result. We haven't conceded a goal this whole thing, a whole ah qualifying.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Thanks.
Sam Brady: So it's one of them. I think we're not always going to win, ah have exciting games and and win. So, yeah. And then, I mean, on the sort of no unit United players, that is one observation I was making yesterday, actually, when i'm watching the game.
Sam Brady: and And Almost like I was torn because of course I always want to see the and United boys in action for our country and like playing at the you know international stage. um And also it sort of shows where our clubs are if we don't have any United players in the England team because we always have done.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Sam Brady: So it shows the sort of state as a club where we're at at the minute. But on the other hand, i was also thinking, you know, like players are picking up injuries and knocks here and there. Saka picked up a knock yesterday.
Sam Brady: and know Arsenal already have Gabriel and someone else out because of ah internationals now. And really, England could play their C team and still beat some some of the teams that are playing.
Sam Brady: So, am I too bothered that right now there's no england United players in the England side? Not really. Come the World Cup, though, that's where I would hope, obviously, some United boys do get in there.
Sam Brady: Do I think it's going to happen? No, I don't, to be honest. Well, maybe.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: Maybe Maguire, maybe Kobi Meynou if some miracle happens. And if you can, well, Rashford technically, well, you know, he's our boy. So we'll see.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah. yeah Yeah, they're always tough international breaks. I'm sure at the end of it, we'll do a proper roundup of the United players. But I came across an article on the website, Manchester United website, by Adam Marshall. Which former red would make the best wingback?
Global Sports Podcast Network: Obviously, we mentioned it before on our episode previous, Sam, where in the past we've we've kind of gone out and transferred in specific kind of three at the back or five at the back players and specialized positions.
Global Sports Podcast Network: This article is kind of looking at former kind of wingers and fallbacks that might need to be able to shoehorn into this system. um so yeah, a couple of interesting ones here. I'm sure we'll kind of we' go through and have a bit of a chat.
Global Sports Podcast Network: First one which I thought was interesting was Ryan Giggs. ah either on the the right hand side or the left hand side I mean flair player so forward thinking do you reckon he could track back at all
Sam Brady: and
Sam Brady: um I mean, not for me, that one. um I mean, yeah, no. I mean, amazing going forward. And don't get me wrong, probably, i mean, he he did track back and put a shift in, but as ah as a full back, I mean, ah it could work, but probably there's there's better options better natural options, I would say.
Global Sports Podcast Network: He was decent and there when he kind of got older playing in that central midfield position and kind of has a good reading of the game, which I think would help.
Sam Brady: Thank
Global Sports Podcast Network: But then I think just if you're thinking of Giggs in his prime bombing forward, I just can't imagine him wanting to even think about helping out the left back too much. And if it was just on him, it would be...
Global Sports Podcast Network: nearly restricting what he could do going on forward as well. like um Kind of reminds me of his younger self of kind of the electric kind of pace off the mark that Ahmad has. But i think Ahmad obviously doesn't have the same stature as him, so he's doing whatever he can to stay in the team.
Sam Brady: yeah
Global Sports Podcast Network: But yeah, Giggs would definitely have something to say about it if he had to shift into that role.
Sam Brady: I mean, saying that, who would you rather have left wing back right now, Ryan Giggs or Delo? So, yeah, you know what I mean?
Global Sports Podcast Network: I'd rather you at left wing back than Talo, to be fair.
Sam Brady: like I definitely prefer Ryan Giggs there right now. So, mean, this is going to be hard to compare to what we have now because what we have now isn't isn't great, especially on the left-hand side.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: So...
Global Sports Podcast Network: An interesting one I thought as well they brought up was Anthony Alanga. I mean, were you a fan of Alanga when he was at United?
Sam Brady: yeah
Sam Brady: Yeah, I liked him. I thought ah thought everything i i did about Alanga than I do now, to be honest, my opinion hasn't changed that He's a very skillful player. He's a quick player. He's great on the break. um i don't think he's sort of, um you know, the elite wingers in the Prem, but I think he's a very decent winger.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, yeah.
Sam Brady: And if you're asking me, would I want a Langenau at United? Definitely. I don't think he would start necessarily because I don't think he could play in the fullback positions.
Global Sports Podcast Network: no
Sam Brady: But if you're asking me to to bring him off the bench with 20 minutes to go, then yeah, I'm bringing him on. um So yeah, I don't think he's, as the article might suggest, I don't think he's he would play in the wingback positions.
Sam Brady: I think if he played for us now, I think he'd be you know on the right or ah or off the left. um But I'd definitely still take him in the squad.
Global Sports Podcast Network: yeah Yeah, I mean, I wasn't too disappointed but when he was let go, I suppose. um Obviously, his raw pace is absolutely ridiculous. like He's rapid. You've seen that for Forrest last season and then bits and pieces for Newcastle as well this season. But yeah, I agree with you. I don't think he'd start, but you'd you'd want him as kind of a squad player. But we've kind of noticed with United players over the last while that as soon as they're not starting, they want to leave and they're not kind of happy to be squad players. We've seen it with Maynou and Xerxes and stuff like that there. So,
Global Sports Podcast Network: Hopefully it's kind of going to improve where people are happy to be part of a successful team and getting kind of odd games here and there. And of course it doesn't help when you get knocked out against Grimsby. So you're taking more games away, but yeah, seems to be the way things are at the moment.
Sam Brady: yeah yeah I think with me, sort of with I know there's been a lot of talk about recent United players leaving and doing well and and all of this.
Sam Brady: and There's sort of three three categories, in my opinion, in terms of the players who I'm glad they left and I wouldn't want them back, even though they're they're doing quite well.
Sam Brady: The the likes of Antonis and Sanchez not doing well, but
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, exactly.
Sam Brady: When people say, oh you should bring Anthony back.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Nah, nah.
Sam Brady: I don't want Anthony back.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Nah.
Sam Brady: But then you've got the middle, where I would go the Alangas of the world, the Rashfords, where I'd take them as squad players. I don't necessarily think they would start for United right now, but I also think it was a slight mistake selling or letting these players play out elsewhere.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Mm-hmm.
Sam Brady: So I think that is ah somewhere in the middle.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Mm-hmm.
Sam Brady: And then there's only one player for me who I would definitely take right now who would start and and go right into the starting XI. And it was definitely a mistake selling him is Scott McTominay. And I think he's, in my opinion, that one that you go...
Sam Brady: that that hurts because he would start for United right now. He's doing amazing things for Napoli. He was a player of the year last year. That one stings for me, whereas the others are a bit like Rashford-Alanga would be nice to have, but it doesn't really hurt me.
Sam Brady: And the Antonis or Sanchez... the, you know, good riddance. So, yeah, I have, I have nothing, nothing against the Lange. And, and in part, he probably was hard done by, by the way, we just carelessly let him go on the cheap and, you know,
Sam Brady: this everything that he's done for the club and and academy of an academy graduate and to see him sort of leave so easily like that is a bit disappointing and that's why I don't want to see the the same mistake done with Mainu because that one would go into the the category McTominay where if we got rid of Mainu that would hurt so yeah but Alanga decent player
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah. Where do you think, um if you're saying McTominay would come back into the starting team, where would you play him in the current system?
Sam Brady: i'd I'd try him next to Bruno. And I don't think... And I know we he's not a natural six and and we tried him when he was as a six and it didn't work.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: But I also think... I think as an eight, I think what I would do is try him next to Bruno and then if that didn't work, you would have to push Bruno further forward into either the right or the left and drop...
Sam Brady: potentially Sesko outplay and Buemo down the middle, Cunha and Bruno, and then play McTominay. And then, yeah, we still haven't fixed the the sixth position, but I'd much rather now, to be honest, and this this sounds harsh on Sesko, but I'd much rather have McTominay, Casemiro, Bruno and Buemo Cunha.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Mm-hmm.
Sam Brady: Because for me... Like, that's class. And then you fix the six. But either way, yeah I think that Tomine is now at a level where you go, wow, at the number eight position, the box-to-box, he's an elite level midfielder.
Sam Brady: And I truly believe that. I just think he was so underused. And he was a lot younger at United. So it was a mix of... The system didn't didn't help him. We played him in the wrong position. And also, he's still maturing as a player where now he's in his prime.
Sam Brady: Now he's there. So if we brought him back, I mean, he would and mark in my opinion, I just don't see how that doesn't work, to be honest.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, it's an interesting one. I don't think there's like a direct position for him, but obviously the confidence he's taken and the transformation he's had in in just a year at Napoli has been ridiculous. So, yeah.
Sam Brady: Yeah, I do think it is circumstance as well.
Global Sports Podcast Network: yeah
Sam Brady: It was the right time for him to move on and like discover other football that isn't Manchester United. I feel like when a player has been at a club for so long, sometimes they need to play elsewhere just as a bit of a break from the whole atmosphere, the way the club plays football, and they need that lessons.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: Look at Rashford. I'm sure he's learning so much to play with the likes of Pedri, Dion, the Spanish way of playing. and it And it must improve you as a player because you know how to play the United way, the English sort of way, the Premier League.
Sam Brady: You go to another league, you learn a different style of play. And especially when you're as young as McTominay is, what, he's 26, 27? So he's in his prime years now. So that's why I see, I think you see a player sort of just flourish it when they're,
Sam Brady: in the right circumstance, the right timing under the right manager, you know, it's it's it makes sense. so Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, yeah. No, it's a good point. It's good point. Yeah, I think everything kind of fell into place for him. They've just found the perfect position for him with the right manager, like you said. So, yeah, delighted for him, to be honest.
Global Sports Podcast Network: To be honest, I hope he doesn't come back because he seems to be having the time of his life in Italy. So, um let's see anyway.
Sam Brady: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: But we'll take a quick break there and be back with a few more names that they've pulled out in this article for wingback, possible wingback roles.
Global Sports Podcast Network: and Another name that played at right back for us, but also played right midfield, and kind of moved back, I suppose, a bit later in his career, Antonio Valencia.
Sam Brady: Thank you.
Sam Brady: Yeah, he he's the boy. if is is the exact name that I, as soon as we started this episode, I was like, if you don't say Antonio Valencia, I'm going to pull my hair out because he would be the perfect person in this system right now.
Sam Brady: He can bomb forward, join the attack, score some goals, but also at the back, he's solid. He's, you know, he's such a good defender. I mean, he'd literally literally be perfect.
Sam Brady: that that There's other names on the list. We can stop right now because found the perfect one.
Global Sports Podcast Network: We've definitely got the right wing back started anyway. like so no I think I would agree.
Sam Brady: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: The first trait you need for this position is just ridiculous athleticism. like Just to be able to get up and down the pitch. and um For him to have such kind of tenacity in his defending as well as looking to beat players on the outside.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I think he'd cause defences absolute carnage as well. If you have Mbwemo looking to cut in and Valencia overlapping. Like, who do you go with? Like, just the raw pace and power down that side is incredible.
Global Sports Podcast Network: um And, yeah, he kind of had that that move where he never, when he was on the right-hand side, he'd kind of stand up the defender and just kind of kick it past him. There's nothing really you could do about it. There wasn't much skill involved, but it was so effective.
Global Sports Podcast Network: So, um yeah.
Sam Brady: And do you know what? a like structure Such an underappreciated and forgotten player as well. no one ever ever really I don't hear any other rival fans ever talk about Antonio Valencia.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Hmm.
Global Sports Podcast Network: No, no.
Sam Brady: United fans, I wouldn't say he goes forgotten, but is sort won't forget.
Global Sports Podcast Network: No.
Sam Brady: but you shrink its wo' and forget type player where like he was such a a baller like he even what nobody but even when he played I don't think he got the appreciation that he deserved and think of his longevity so he was in the squad when well definitely when we won Sir Alex's last title when he retired he was definitely in that squad and then I remember him a couple seasons ago scoring in the f FA Cup at the Emirates and
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah. Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: yeah
Sam Brady: Yeah, he scored. And I remember Pogba played, Martial played, Lingard played, and Valencia scored. And I think our manager was Ole. So Valencia's longevity from Fergie's last season to under Ole, that must be a good, what, like six, seven years? So that man played and played with his heart on his chest, loved United.
Sam Brady: And now, i don't know, he surely can't still be playing, can he? No way.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I'm having a look here now. So I think he's retired, but Sam, do you want to know how many years he played for United?
Sam Brady: I'm going seven.
Global Sports Podcast Network: 10 years he was at the club.
Sam Brady: Yeah, it's mad. It's mu
Global Sports Podcast Network: Madness. 241 appearances. many.
Global Sports Podcast Network: i get so many
Sam Brady: mad. I mean, maybe in the in the and the legend category, to be honest. we We could be talking about a bit of a legend. is i mean, he played for United for a decade.
Sam Brady: If that's like, come on, what what more do you want?
Global Sports Podcast Network: yeah no it's I'm looking at his transfer mark here this is so funny it's like main position right back other positions right midfield right wing so it's just three dots on the right hand side it's like do not move him from this position
Sam Brady: And he was almost like Adama Traore before Adama Traore.
Global Sports Podcast Network: yeah yeah
Sam Brady: He was a beast and he was quick. So when he got running, you can't stop him because he was a beast. like And as you said, like he had no left foot.
Sam Brady: So you knew you knew what he was doing.
Global Sports Podcast Network: No.
Sam Brady: you just couldn't stop it. He would either just like stand you up and knock it past you and run, or just like stand you up, flick it, cross.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: It'll float across and goal.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: Yeah,
Global Sports Podcast Network: No, it was incredible. It really was. Like... um Yeah, just looking at his stats here. credit Remember him at Wigan as well, just before United signed him?
Sam Brady: yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Like, absolute machine. One season at Wigan, United snapped him up straight away. um Yeah, and you mentioned the longevity. Incredible. I mean, he's he's given like old school kind of dumper. He's like where he plays that right wing back so well for Inter that he'd be an absolute animal for United at the moment.
Global Sports Podcast Network: We'll go for one more name here. Let me have a look, see who else. I mean, there's a couple of others. Obviously Dennis Erwin, incredible.
Sam Brady: and but And by the way, oh that that's going to annoy me now that that FA Cup game where Valencia scored, i remember they had check and goal. We played in our black kit, I think, and Lingard scored and danced again because he always dances at the Emirates.
Sam Brady: But yeah yeah, sorry, that was playing on my mind. Because that, like, every time I look back at that squad, it's just Martial, Pogba, Lingard, Rashford, Valencia, Herrera.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: It was like
Global Sports Podcast Network: But we look back at it, we were pulling our hair out watching those guys. like we look back at it
Sam Brady: like... Yeah, but when we feel it...
Global Sports Podcast Network: and When you look at the compilation, you're like, oh my God, they're incredible.
Sam Brady: Yeah, like on paper, those players are so exciting.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah,
Sam Brady: Like, especially Lingard and Rashford.
Global Sports Podcast Network: yeah, yeah. yeah
Sam Brady: It felt like Lingard and Rashford were like in their prime at that point, under Ole.
Global Sports Podcast Network: and
Sam Brady: like And I was watching it. I still stand by. I was speaking to my brother the other day because Ole just went on to the overlap on Gary Neville's podcast.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: I don't know if you you caught that episode.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, watched this hit.
Sam Brady: Yeah, i watched it. And I still stand by the statement that made a couple of weeks ago after the Brentford game where... i if Almorin got sacked tomorrow, I would take Ole back until the end of the season because that man, you can tell, loves, not only loves United, but loves making feel, making players feel appreciated.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, yeah.
Sam Brady: When he came in, when he came in and and you know stop started his interim and then went. all The vibes around our squad, I've never seen anything like it post Fergie, where everyone was just popping the ball around, pop, pop, pop, pop.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah. Yeah.
Sam Brady: We had like young players, Rashford, Lingard, Martial, Pogba, they were all just like in their flow state, literally. and
Global Sports Podcast Network: yeah
Sam Brady: And then Oli was just like, and there was no pressure on Oli as well. He literally came in and we were like, mate, you can do what you want. And then we like beat Cardiff 5-0 PSG, blah, blah, blah. It's like crazy.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, no, would tend to agree.
Sam Brady: And we were going to get the
Global Sports Podcast Network: Like, I mean, that COVID season, because like there's just no fans and everything, but they were like, every time you put on the TV, absolute box office, they were scoring three, four goals a game.
Sam Brady: team.
Sam Brady: Yeah. But I remember, like,
Global Sports Podcast Network: Like the last few years, we haven't been able to score more than one or two.
Sam Brady: Yeah, like I remember we beat Southampton that COVID season, like 9-2, was it?
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, think it's a record.
Sam Brady: Yeah, it's literally I think it's the joint record.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Is it a giant record?
Sam Brady: Yeah, think it is, yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sam Brady: um But yeah, it's mad. It's know. I think we we are also just like a product of also the league at the time as well.
Sam Brady: like if I feel like now the Premier League is... It's still very much entertaining, but it's also very tactical. Whereas back then it was like the shitter teams or bad teams were bad and the good teams were like really good.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: We're bad. Yeah,
Sam Brady: and there was like no. in between
Global Sports Podcast Network: Well, that was like the last couple of seasons too, but this season the promoter teams are ridiculous.
Sam Brady: yeah Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Like...
Sam Brady: Now it's like, yeah, now it's very, very entertaining.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Because the promoted teams have gone, let's not try and play off from the back. Let's get the biggest fellas on the pitch possible um we're going to stay up.
Sam Brady: yeah
Global Sports Podcast Network: They're like competing.
Sam Brady: but But that's good, you know, because now it's making more entertaining games because it's like how it used to be where like promoted, as you said, promoted teams this season have come up and gone, no, we're going to play how we want to play.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Oh, yeah. Yeah,
Sam Brady: We're not going to like try and be something we're not, like passing it out from back.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, been pressured. Yeah.
Sam Brady: Like the nonsense we saw last season,
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah,
Sam Brady: of Southampton, of Leicester. Like, Fals and Vestergaard are two of the worst centre-backs to ever play in the Premier League. And you're trying to play play like Man City.
Sam Brady: Like, just do it up to the big man and get a knock on and score.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: like Yeah,
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, yeah. Just by triparting scales is not that hard. like So...
Sam Brady: yeah exactly. Exactly. Ireland aren't trying to be Pep Guardiola. They know what they're doing, mate.
Global Sports Podcast Network: It's so funny, though. like I was listening to another podcast today about the Irish game, and they were like, it's like the the football world has, it it swings like a pendulum, and United ah or Ireland have just kind of waited until it comes back to long balls.
Global Sports Podcast Network: They're like, oh, we're we're cool again, so then we're going to do long throw-ins and long balls.
Sam Brady: yeah I mean, this is our this is how we were as successful, right? Fergie all the way through, right? It was it wasn't this pass, pass, pass, pass.
Global Sports Podcast Network: No, exactly. Yeah,
Sam Brady: Give me 4-4-2 and score the goal.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Exactly.
Sam Brady: but no is what What are your opinions, by the way, on the long throw?
Global Sports Podcast Network: Good stuff.
Sam Brady: Because it's crazy.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I love it. I love it.
Sam Brady: It's crazy.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I love it. Like, honestly, i remember, I think Wenger, you know, Wenger was on like the board of UEFA or FIFA or something trying to bring on all these rules. Wenger wanted to bring in a rule to get rid of throw-ins and to be able to just kick it in because of, you were nearly at a disadvantage having to throw the ball because like you're not really under control of it.
Global Sports Podcast Network: But like, I kind of agree with him. Like you're, you're throwing the ball and your man's receiving it is normally has someone right underneath them.
Sam Brady: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: You play it back and then the fullback plays it backwards anyway. So you're not getting any benefit from it. You're just keeping the ball.
Sam Brady: but you're youre Or you're just aimlessly throwing it down the line.
Global Sports Podcast Network: yay Yeah. Yeah. Even that, even that, if it's a long throw and you're like, you pick up the ball quickly and throw it down the line and get some yardage. Like, I love that. But that's like, that's like, Oh, like I think it's from Irish football to be honest.
Sam Brady: yeah
Global Sports Podcast Network: It's like you're, you're cheering if the ball goes out of touch in in the territory.
Sam Brady: No, but that that's true. I say that because like as a kid, you're taught. If there's no options, just throw it down the line and hopefully their player will like head it out again.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Exactly.
Sam Brady: Yeah, yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: You get 20 meters.
Sam Brady: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: so
Sam Brady: yeah
Global Sports Podcast Network: But then what I hate is now that players are forced to throw it in when they can't throw the ball.
Sam Brady: i yeah
Global Sports Podcast Network: like So then some of them are throwing it. I'm going back to the Ireland game where Festy was trying to throw the ball in and like he could not throw the ball. it was like, surely there's someone else.
Sam Brady: Yeah,
Global Sports Podcast Network: Jake O'Brien was already off, but it's annoying when Jake O'Brien's 6'6 is your best thrower of the ball. That's just not going to make any sense.
Sam Brady: yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: But I do love it, to answer your question.
Sam Brady: but know I love it as well because that's the thing. like if you know If you have ah a guy who can throw it long on your team, why not use it? It makes complete sense.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: Brentford's guy, can't remember what his name is now, but his throws are amazing.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, yeah.
Sam Brady: like They're so great and so like just they're they're not loopers, they're just direct.
Global Sports Podcast Network: They're lasers, like...
Global Sports Podcast Network: But they're more dangerous than coroners, like...
Sam Brady: yeah
Global Sports Podcast Network: They are because the the the trajectory of the ball, like you said, is way more dangerous and there's no offside.
Sam Brady: Yes.
Global Sports Podcast Network: So you just absolutely pile in on top of the keeper if you can throw it far enough.
Sam Brady: Yes.
Global Sports Podcast Network: like And they're like you know when you look back at that Stoke team, I didn't realize actually how many goals they scored from because I saw a compilation recently and I was like, I thought it was like three against Arsenal and now it's like 15 or 16 goals.
Sam Brady: yeah
Sam Brady: but you teams these Teams used to kick it out for a corner.
Global Sports Podcast Network: like Yeah, corner.
Sam Brady: lot Like, there was a video I saw, like, last week where, like, a goalkeeper, for I think it was for Hull or something, just, like, didn't know what to do and just, like, kicked out for a corner.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: It's like, what have we come to? But it's, like, it's amazing. It, like, yeah, it's actually amazing, so...
Global Sports Podcast Network: It's come back. It's great. Yeah, yeah. Roy Lapsh will come out of retirement and just sub him on for few throw-ins because it's honestly such a weapon.
Sam Brady: Yeah. I mean, i guess I'm a bit of a hypocrite because I love the long thrones and I love teams using them. But at the same time, when I'm watching Arsenal and every goal ever they score is from a set piece, don't get me wrong, i don't like Arsenal at the best of times.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I think it's more of a national issue than a long throw-in issue.
Sam Brady: Sure.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: When I'm watching them and they're playing this fancy Nancy football, thinking they're like Barcelona, and then they're like, all right, lads, it's like the 70th minute. Yeah, let's go get a corner. corner And you know, you you can almost guarantee that they're that good at corners.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, yeah.
Sam Brady: Saka and Declan Rice, I swear to God in my life, I've never seen better corner kick takers than those people.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, yeah.
Sam Brady: where you can guarantee that there's going to be a chance. So it's like, look, I love long throws, but then I guess I'm a bit of a hypocrite when I'm like, I hate the way Arsenal score goals.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: but that's i think the issue with that one is i I don't mind them scoring corners. I just wish they could accept that the only way they score is corners.
Sam Brady: Because every time I speak to Arsenal people, they're like, no, no, we play really good football. We play really good football.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Yeah.
Sam Brady: But, okay, that doesn't count for anything if you can't score. And if it wasn't for a corner or a free kick or a cross, it's like, don't know.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: And they keep by and like they've bought like like an unbelievable player now in every position and they still just score from corners and throw-ins and you're like,
Sam Brady: Yeah. Yeah, exactly. I'm not arguing they don't have an unbelievable team and they do play really good football. I'm not arguing that. But I also would like you to accept that like you just only score set-piece.
Sam Brady: You're a set-piece team and you're going to set-piece the league. You're going to win the league off set-pieces.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Sam Brady: And fair enough, I'm a United fan, so I would take the...
Global Sports Podcast Network: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sam Brady: bloody but the league if I scored corners every game, mate. But at the same time, it annoys me maybe out of jealousy. and yeah Yeah, exactly.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Own it, own it. That's all we're saying. Yeah, yeah.
Sam Brady: but
Global Sports Podcast Network: Good stuff. Well, I like the end of that episode, Sam. I think it was a nice little rant on throw-ins and Arsenal. Always good to get them in as well. So, um yeah, we'll have a few more episodes this week, obviously wrapping up the international break as well.
Sam Brady: got
Global Sports Podcast Network: And we'll have a couple of previews as well going for the game. Bournemouth on Monday, Monday night, you were saying?
Sam Brady: what Monday.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Big game, big, big game.
Sam Brady: Yeah. yeah
Global Sports Podcast Network: and Anyway, let's see how we get on. Sam, thanks for joining me and we'll see you in the next one.
