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Daily Manchester United - Episode 151 - Bruno to Saudi??!?
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Niall is joined by Toluwa to discuss the Brentford game and Bruno to Saudi?!
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Introduction and Match Anticipation
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of the daily Manchester United podcast. My name is Niall Hannigan and I'm your host for this evening and I'm delighted to be joined by Talua Famuyide.
00:00:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
My first episode with yourself. How are you getting on this evening, this morning?
00:00:22
Toluwa Famuyide
I'm good. I'm good.
00:00:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
hi but like
00:00:26
Toluwa Famuyide
Right now is the afternoon, but I'm good. I'm good. How are you?
00:00:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, not so bad. All good. um Another week, another week yeah in the in the United life as ah as a fan. And hopefully it's um it's going to pick up towards the end of the week with this Europa League game. But Brentford I mean, talk me through it.
00:00:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
You watched every single time
00:00:47
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
Brentford Match Analysis
00:00:49
Toluwa Famuyide
Every single painful minute of that. I mean, I thought we started, i mean, it's kind of the same mode for United.
00:00:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
that.
00:00:56
Toluwa Famuyide
Kind of a slow start. The opposition is really fast out of the gates.
00:00:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:00
Toluwa Famuyide
We withstand the pressure and then we go and score that goal with Mason Mount, which I thought was great.
00:01:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:05
Toluwa Famuyide
Great flow and move, quick passing.
00:01:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. <unk> yeah
00:01:08
Toluwa Famuyide
Really good goal considering, you know, kind of the standards of our goals this season, you know. And then from there, it's like, you know, once again, we fall asleep. I don't know why it's such a pattern for us to just we we can't stay focused and concentrate.
00:01:21
Toluwa Famuyide
And the first goal was, you know, obviously it was unfortunate, came off of Shaw and then Bayon Deer really didn't have much to do. But the second goal, I mean, why i stop playing? Just because DeLigt is down doesn't mean you stop playing.
00:01:33
Toluwa Famuyide
You know, and I feel like that's kind of been the story of our season where we kind of just lose concentration. We're not really focused for the full 90 minutes, but our opposition is always on it for the full 90 minutes.
00:01:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:01:45
Toluwa Famuyide
And we see these moments in the game where United can really turn up.
00:01:48
Toluwa Famuyide
We saw it in the second half where, unfortunately, we're already 4-1 down, but we came back and scored the goal with Garnacho and Ahmad. And I'm like thinking, why why couldn't we do that 30 minutes before?
00:01:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:01:59
Toluwa Famuyide
But, you know, it's kind of the story of our season, like I said. And regardless of that result, I know that Amarim is looking to just secure Europa League ah getting into the final.
Bruno Fernandes Transfer Rumors
00:02:09
Toluwa Famuyide
to He rested Bruno.
00:02:10
Toluwa Famuyide
I'm glad Bruno didn't play because if we lost Bruno in this game, our season is done. So I'm just glad at that. And I'm looking forward to, you know, seeing the the end of the season, how it how it goes.
00:02:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah 100% and I mean you mentioned Bruno we'll we'll get into the match as well you mentioned Bruno I'm seeing a report from Fabrizio Romano today about the possibility of a few Saudi clubs snooping around there and absolutely massive deals of ah Talk of about 1.25 million per week contracts for for Bruno.
00:02:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, that is just absolutely crazy, crazy money.
00:02:48
Toluwa Famuyide
That's crazy.
00:02:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, I mean, what do you think about that? is Do you reckon there's any truth or any kind of momentum behind it? Or what's your what's your thoughts on that?
00:02:57
Toluwa Famuyide
I can definitely see, you know, the Saudi clubs being interested, especially since, you know, they have the likes of Ronaldo and they're poaching a lot of players from Europe because they can't afford to pay these crazy wages like you mentioned.
00:03:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:03:10
Toluwa Famuyide
But ah Bruno, I feel like Bruno just loves the club too much to leave, especially for a Saudi when, you know, he's only 30 years old.
00:03:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:03:17
Toluwa Famuyide
He still has at least four or five years left in him. And, you know, the World Cup is coming up. I don't think he wants to jeopardize or, I mean, he's going to get selected regardless of Portugal, wherever he yeah wherever he's at.
00:03:28
Toluwa Famuyide
But I think he has unfinished business at United. it's It's unfortunate that the six or seven years he's been at the club, he's been our best player, but we've really not really done anything with that. And I think this is our opportunity finally under Emmerim to at least make a claim and try and push.
00:03:45
Toluwa Famuyide
the The rumors of Bruno going to Saudi, they can they can stay as rumors. I don't think United is even going to entertain it. I don't even think bruno i don't think Bruno will entertain it.
00:03:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:55
Toluwa Famuyide
I really think he loves the club during through and through. can see it in his actions on the pitch. I can see it what he does off the pitch. He's so involved all the time. So... That one, I mean, if you if he was to leave, that'd be a big blow. I don't know how we'd replace somebody like him. We'd get a lot of money for him, but just the quality of player, I just don't know how we could replace him, especially in this pivotal moment in the in the club's history. Hmm.
Bruno Fernandes' Role Debate
00:04:19
Toluwa Famuyide
you know history
00:04:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no, I would tend to agree. i think I was thinking about it today. You know, what i would I be absolutely devastated if if he left? I don't know. I'm kind of torn on that. I feel like I should be. But at the same time, i wouldn't blame him if he went.
00:04:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I do agree with your point around him being really committed to the club. I think I think if he really wanted to leave to go and win things, he would have left already, he would have left by now.
00:04:47
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah. Yeah.
00:04:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he is very young to be going to Saudi. um I think it could potentially be an opportunity maybe in a few years' time. And I think he has he is some loyalty to Amirim as well. I think he understands that he kind came into...
00:05:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
a really difficult situation and he's probably been given a promise that he'll get the full season next year ah based on what he'll bring in in the summer and give it a proper rattle so um i think he'd actually kind of want to stay around just for the Ameren project to see how it actually works out to see if he can get his players in um and see what position he's going to end up playing as well for United because there's been a lot of different um you know opinions on this podcast as well and and others where you know where is his best position in this system because you know You would assume it's one of the number 10s, but then he drops in so deep so regularly. um Is it better just to play him there from the start? so
00:05:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
um You're right, he he has been our best player um and we haven't been able to get... enough pieces around him to complement him as much as hopefully we will in the future so yeah just thought it was an interesting moment I saw them today i was a bit kind of taken aback because you normally think the Saudi guys would go for you know players slightly older and slightly declining where he really has had a fantastic season and a really poor United team
00:06:02
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:06:07
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah. Yeah, I agree. um Touching on the point that you made about his best position, I feel like it's so tough in this system because, like you said, I feel like it's so easy to put him in the left hand, the right hand, with whatever.
00:06:19
Toluwa Famuyide
But he does drop just naturally. His game is to drop and receive the ball and try and dictate.
00:06:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:25
Toluwa Famuyide
But the problem with him starting in that... whatever, I guess you would call it, you know, two sixes, two eights, whatever you want to call it. I just feel like he's so inclined to get on the ball and try and create that it kind of limits the rest of the team around him.
00:06:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:40
Toluwa Famuyide
Whereas when he's in that left hand, he can drop and then Ugarte or Maynou can push forward.
00:06:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:06:45
Toluwa Famuyide
And that kind of gives us more creativity.
00:06:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:06:46
Toluwa Famuyide
I feel like, you know, especially with the Brentford game, it was really... Evident to me how slow our buildup is when we don't have Bruno on the pitch. We just don't have options.
00:06:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:56
Toluwa Famuyide
We're just passing it back and forth, passing it back to the keeper. And it's just frustrating.
00:06:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:01
Toluwa Famuyide
But when Bruno's on the pitch, obviously he can create. But he also allows players like Ugarte, who's not normally supposed to get forward, but he'll get forward. And we saw that against Bilbao, where Ugarte was in the box getting assists.
00:07:13
Toluwa Famuyide
And, you know, it's tough one. I can honestly feel the sentiment with the boys, you know, because it's difficult to really know. I guess it's a game by game basis on who we play, the style of play.
00:07:25
Toluwa Famuyide
For example, if we were to play Spurs in the final, which is looking likely, I would love for Bruno to start in that 10 because we know that Spurs are going to come out impressed.
00:07:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:07:34
Toluwa Famuyide
We know that for a fact.
00:07:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:36
Toluwa Famuyide
You know, and i I'd want Bruno to kind of drop and then have somebody go forward and he can play a long pass and kind of break that press. But if Bruno starts in that midfield, they're going to target him. And then who else is going to be able to play that long through ball that can break the defense?
00:07:49
Toluwa Famuyide
You know, so it's a tough one. But all in all, we can lose Bruno,
Ahmad Diallo's Impact and Potential
00:07:54
Toluwa Famuyide
at least for me. I just feel like Bruno is way too instrumental to what we do.
00:07:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:58
Toluwa Famuyide
And it's just evident every time he's not on the pitch for us, we look so different.
00:07:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:03
Toluwa Famuyide
We look like a completely different team.
00:08:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's it's it's really tricky, and I think that's probably going back to what i was why why i wouldn't be why I was kind of torn, I suppose, whether I'd be disappointed if he left, because this system doesn't suit him.
00:08:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
like it's you would You would go for a conventional kind of 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3, and him play in that number 10 position is just where he would normally play.
00:08:18
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:08:27
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:08:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Here, as you mentioned, is he disciplined enough to play in the holding two? um I don't know. And then is he disciplined enough to even play in the in the two tens?
00:08:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because he'd be dropping back in and then you kind of lose your shape.
00:08:39
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:08:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's it's tricky. And the reason why you kind of feel like you have to keep him because the rest of the team has just been so poor that he is pulling us out of games that we shouldn't have any chance of winning or shouldn't be able to get any results out of.
00:08:49
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:08:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, you know, looking at the league table, it's not as if we've we won an awful lot, but he has saved us in few games and come up with some big goals.
00:09:02
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:09:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
in a really poor team so if you take that out well the whole heart and soul the team really is gone so you really are in a rebuilding project then and everyone's kind of looking around in the dressing room going who's actually going to step up here so yeah it's uh
00:09:07
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:09:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's an interesting talk about do hope that ah it is kind of quietened down, I suppose, over the next few weeks because he is the one player that you can rely on on that team going into next season and and we do need that bit of stability when we're when we're trying to build something with with a new manager.
00:09:25
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:09:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Let's see. Hopefully, Fabrizio Romano will put a bit of an end to that thread over the next couple of days. but ah Anyway, we'll take a quick pause there for a break and I'll be back to dive into that Brentford game a bit more.
Garnacho's Growth and Challenges
00:10:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
You mentioned the first goal. You actually texted into the group chat as well how how it was actually a a good goal for once from us. And i one thing I really liked about it was, and you spoke about Garnaccio and then he did get his goal in the second half.
00:11:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
He played it first time into the box and it was a brilliant cross.
00:11:02
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:11:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then Mount to kind of reminds you of like Chelsea Mount where he's tearing into the box to get onto the end of things.
00:11:11
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:11:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
But... I just love the way he didn't take anything out of the ball and didn't try and take his man on or didn't try and cut back in on his right foot.
00:11:17
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:11:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just kind of trusted his instincts, played it first time on his left foot, on the left-hand side and straight across the six-yard box. And all I could think of was Hoyland, probably sitting there on the bench going, you're joking, I've been waiting nine months for this. like And you play ball like that, of course he's going to score. But yeah, brilliant, brilliant goal.
00:11:37
Toluwa Famuyide
you You literally took it right out of my mouth. When that goal went in, I was thinking to myself, why doesn't he do that when Hoyland makes that run? I mean, how many times have we seen the exact same situation, but Garnaccio would decide to take on his man and Hoyland will kick the post in frustration?
00:11:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:11:52
Toluwa Famuyide
I mean, you're spot on. Honestly, was such a great goal, like, Team, in so in terms of the team, I feel like we we lack those types of goals. We kind of rely on just, you know, kind of random moments to score, set pieces.
00:12:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah. yeah
00:12:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:12:05
Toluwa Famuyide
But in order to actually like kind of take our time and build up, Kabi with a nice pass over and like you said, Garnacha with him on his weak foot too.
00:12:13
Toluwa Famuyide
I mean, I didn't i didn't expect that.
00:12:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:15
Toluwa Famuyide
I really thought he was going to take his man on because we were just so used to him doing that.
00:12:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:18
Toluwa Famuyide
But man, and then great for Mason Mount to finally get a goal. I mean, it's been so frustrating as a fan and I'm sure for Mason, just his spell at United so far has just been so lackluster.
00:12:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:12:30
Toluwa Famuyide
But he did well to get into the box. He really powered through trying to get into the box and he was rewarded with a goal. I think Garnacho, if we're you know, keeping the conversation on him. he i think overall he had a great game.
00:12:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:12:42
Toluwa Famuyide
For once, know, he played like a mature player.
00:12:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:12:45
Toluwa Famuyide
I feel like this season he's been way too guilty of kind of making the wrong decision, passing when he should have shot or vice versa. But this time he was finally making the right decisions, playing as a team, as a unit.
00:12:57
Toluwa Famuyide
I'm wondering what Emmerim has said to him, or maybe Bruno had a talk with him and said, you know what, come on, like we really need you in this moment because Garnacho to me, besides Ahmad Diallo, is obviously our best winger.
00:13:09
Toluwa Famuyide
I mean, when Ahmad is out, Garnacho is really the only one there, but he's dynamic and he gives a lot for the team.
00:13:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:13:14
Toluwa Famuyide
you know a lot of people are critics are critical of his performances, obviously. But I think Garnacho is still such a great young talent. He's just a bit raw. And he would have done, so i feel like he would have been so much better if he had the treatment like Ahmad, where he went on loan to a couple of different clubs to build his game, you know, and kind of but build that maturity.
00:13:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:34
Toluwa Famuyide
It's different because we kind of relied on Garnacho at such a young age when we shouldn't have. And playing so many games as he is, he's not Lamin-Yemal, you know what I mean? He's still getting, you know, learning his way, learning his trade in the league.
00:13:46
Toluwa Famuyide
But finally, we saw a mature performance. And sure, he's going to start on Thursday. And and I hope he does the same thing. three zero up. We need a professional performance to to see the tie-out.
00:13:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, professional performance is is exactly right. um And I think it's a great point about the maturity that it was shown in the in the performance. um I do feel a bit bad for him.
00:14:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
And like i think we've we've been critical of them anyway, which is fair. But I do feel bad that he...
00:14:13
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:14:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
has played under a few managers but in ah and they're all asking something different from him. um And it's kind of hard to kind of build any momentum and in what he should be doing for United.
00:14:21
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah. Yeah.
Player Adaptability under New Management
00:14:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
So he's a left winger in a 4-3-3, but now he's kind of asked to play one of those number 10 positions, but he doesn't really know how to play in in the middle or like when he's brought in from the wing he's still an out-and-out winger so he does give us great width um he helps out whoever he's playing on the left wing back with Amas or Shaw Dargu where they can link up well but he's not suited to that number 10 position either like you know if we're linked with Cunha he's completely different player to Cunha Cunha can play wide but also is technically good enough to play central so I do feel bad for him that he doesn't
00:14:35
Toluwa Famuyide
yeah
00:14:54
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:15:01
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:15:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
really suit the system either um but that that performance and that goal was unbelievable like i mean if that goal had I know we were we were a couple of goals down at the time so the pressure was kind of off the shot but like he does have that potential and he he does have that quality and that talent as well which is frustrating because
00:15:09
Toluwa Famuyide
yeah
00:15:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
if it's used at the right time and in its moments, it can be really effective. But there's just so many times where it's just so hot and cold with him over the season where he might have a game or two and have a great run and have some great end product and and getting balls in the box.
00:15:31
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then other times, you know, he's tripping himself up trying to actually get free and get something in the box or, you know, he provides it too early or too late. And yeah, it was just, it was great to see, that, you know, that that end product in the final third was absolutely excellent at the weekend, um which was really positive.
00:15:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
And yeah, it was just, Hoyland was my initial thought when I saw the goal at the start of that, the poor man, because we, think I had conversation with, think it was Sam last week, just around Hoyland in general.
00:16:02
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah. Yeah.
00:16:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, I actually feel bad for him because I think there's a player in there, but I kind of blame the service in and around him, that it wasn't consistent. He didn't know when balls were coming, when they weren't. He was making maybe changing his movements, trying to actually make something work.
00:16:21
Toluwa Famuyide
yeah
00:16:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
And if that cohesion isn't in the full forward unit, then you've no hope really, and he's just living off scraps.
00:16:31
Toluwa Famuyide
yeah
00:16:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
So and if we can get that consistency back into the front three, think it'd be really, really good.
00:16:32
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:16:37
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah, I think the front three, all of them, whether it's Ahmed or Garnacho or Hoyland or Xerxe, I feel like they all have such great off-the-ball movement. But that means nothing, like you said, if there's no cohesion.
00:16:48
Toluwa Famuyide
Because if I'm making that run in behind, but you hold on to the ball too long, then I just wasted my my stamina making that run. And I feel like we see that so often with Hoyland and Garnacho. There's just something between the two that is just not clicking.
00:17:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:17:01
Toluwa Famuyide
um It's probably going to take, like you said, the system is so new to them. And, you know, you made a great point. I didn't even realize, but these players have played under different managers with different systems, asking them to do different things.
00:17:13
Toluwa Famuyide
And especially in Amarim's system, Hoyland just is always on an island. He just really never has that service.
00:17:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah
00:17:20
Toluwa Famuyide
He never really gets the help. um He has his flaws as well. You know, he's not really the best hold-up striker. And I feel like in this formation, he he kind of has to hold up the ball, you know.
00:17:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:17:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:30
Toluwa Famuyide
um But I think once they get, like you said, once they get it clicking, and the attack is devastating. I mean, truly, Garnaccio gets himself into great positions, but you know he's so hot and cold, like you said.
00:17:41
Toluwa Famuyide
Hoyland is the same. He can get himself into the box, but he might be a second too late, or he might whip the shot. Ahmad Diallo is probably the only one where I'm like, nine times out of 10, he's going to beat his man, or he's going to play a perfect ball or a score.
00:17:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:55
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:17:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, he's incredible. I was going to touch on him in the in the last bit, but he's just like, he looks like he's playing on fast forward compared to the rest of the players at United. Like there's just such a spring and such an acceleration where you're just convinced he's going past his man every time.
00:18:12
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:18:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, you know, the the keeping was poor for his goal, but... you know it's so much like He had so much time to get the shot away because he created such separation from the defender.
00:18:21
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:18:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
like It was unbelievable. and And having him back and looking so fresh and so springy was was really exciting because you're always a bit concerned when they come back from kind of an ankle ligament thing, you know just to see like how the...
00:18:34
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:18:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
The flexibility is how much you actually want to take on your man as well, but I suppose he is still very young. So hopefully those injuries don't really affect him. like But um ah yeah, just just a ah level above what we have at the moment when it comes to to wide players.
00:18:44
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:18:51
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:18:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:52
Toluwa Famuyide
I wonder, you know, if Cunha comes in, which, I mean, that's that's a hopeful sign. And I wish i hope the United can get that deal done.
00:18:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:19:00
Toluwa Famuyide
I wonder, you know, where does Garacho fit into the system? Because um he doesn't fit.
00:19:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he doesn't fit. Nothing to start.
00:19:05
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:19:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nah, he doesn't start. I think, again and it's interesting as well, because like where does, say, Cunha, Ahmad and Bruno, like in those 10s, do you eventually turn Ahmad into a wingback? I don't know.
00:19:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
like Because then are you losing an awful lot of Ahmad? Then you kind of have to play Bruno in the
00:19:21
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:19:24
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:19:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
in the back too and do you pay where do you play mount and yeah it's it becomes it becomes an issue but it's a good problem because a lot of them haven't really had competitions they've just been playing every week like so and it's a good problem to have but anyway we'll take a quick break here and backward bit more coverage after this
00:19:28
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:19:38
Toluwa Famuyide
True. True.
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00:20:09
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I know there was a lot of changes to the team in preparing for this Europa League game this week, but conceding four goals isn't good on any day.
Defensive Problems at Brentford
00:20:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
And some of them may be unfortunate, but some of them were very poor, Talwa.
00:20:39
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah, yeah, I agree. Luke Shaw, his own goal was pretty pretty much the only one where I could say it was unfortunate. The second goal, obviously, you know, they just lost concentration because the lick went down.
00:20:51
Toluwa Famuyide
But in the second half, the third and fourth goal were just unacceptable, in my opinion. Truly unacceptable.
00:20:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I know.
00:20:57
Toluwa Famuyide
You know, we're playing with a back five. And it looks as if somehow still Brentford had an overload on our wing back and on the wingback positions.
00:21:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:06
Toluwa Famuyide
i don't I don't personally understand what the issue is, maybe because, like you said, we made so many changes so the back line isn't too familiar with you know each other. There has to be some type of chemistry between the three.
00:21:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:21:18
Toluwa Famuyide
And not to blame Fredrickson or blame any of the youngsters, because I think They're youngsters at the end of the day. You know, they've been brought into just kind of filling a role and they're not expected to start.
00:21:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah, yeah.
00:21:29
Toluwa Famuyide
They're not expected to really do much. But in those situations, it kind of shows, you know, that they're not ready yet. You know, Fredrickson and I think it was the third goal stepped up to try and win the ball back and left a huge gap.
00:21:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:42
Toluwa Famuyide
And Brentford just played through us like it was nothing.
00:21:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:45
Toluwa Famuyide
And then on the fourth goal, I'm looking at this back five as they're showing the replay.
00:21:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:21:50
Toluwa Famuyide
And I'm seeing Amadiello just standing like, I mean, granted, he's not a wingback, so I can't really blame him too much.
00:21:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:57
Toluwa Famuyide
But he's standing almost on the edge of the box. And then two Brentford players are just wide open.
00:22:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:22:03
Toluwa Famuyide
And I see that time and time again, especially because, you know, Maguire is one of those center backs where, He's so locked into the play. He's not looking behind him to see if there's two behind I'm wondering why somebody can't shout and say, yo, there's two two players unmarked in the box.
00:22:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:21
Toluwa Famuyide
You know, and you're so right. the The goals we concede, especially just overall this season, have just been so poor. I'm just wondering, like, we went from Ten Hag To, you know, who we were conceding goals under Ten Hag and it was kind of the same situation. We were getting picked apart like it was nothing.
00:22:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:22:38
Toluwa Famuyide
And then Emmerin comes in and I'm thinking to myself, OK, we have one extra center back. We'll be a little more solid. We're conceding more goals under Emmerin.
00:22:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:22:46
Toluwa Famuyide
You know, I just I think truthfully, I don't know necessarily if it's the system or if it's just the players not knowing how to play their role.
00:22:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah i'm it is kind of baffling because you're looking at them going is it really the players like is it actually are they actually that poor you know because it's it's like you know we're we're doing well in the Europa League but like could you imagine if we weren't in the Europa League like we're or like 16th,
Goalkeeper Performance Discussion
00:23:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
17th.
00:23:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like it's really, really bad.
00:23:12
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:23:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like it's really, really bad.
00:23:15
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:23:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like there's literally the other three teams that have gone down, have been down for a while. So you're really are like bottom five teams in the league, which is shocking.
00:23:21
Toluwa Famuyide
yeah
00:23:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like it, it's nearly normalized now, but it's so, so bad.
00:23:25
Toluwa Famuyide
It's...
00:23:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, and, uh, it's it's difficult because you're looking at them going, they can't be that bad, but also they might be. But was laughing I was laughing at, there God, poor Bayon Deer.
00:23:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, i don't I don't think he dived for any of them. He kind of ran across the line for all of them. I was like, it's like someone playing FIFA and forgot the button for dive or something.
00:23:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, it was crazy. I mean, some of them, I mean, for the majority of them, there probably wasn't anything he could do, but I was just like,
00:23:58
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:23:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know, what what is this? Like, who are these boys that are playing?
00:24:04
Toluwa Famuyide
I agree. I mean, it's tough because we've seen Onana make some really good saves, but unfortunately it's just overshadowed by the mistakes.
00:24:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
00:24:15
Toluwa Famuyide
And then Bayon Deere just hasn't had enough game time to even get a you know consistency. So he just gets thrown into the odd game and it's kind of 50-50. Is he going to show up? Is he going to not?
00:24:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:28
Toluwa Famuyide
And unfortunately, in this Brentford game, he just didn't. you know He looked shaky at the start. I felt like he built his way back into the game and then the defense let him down because it's like um two men unmarked at the back post. I mean, what what is Bayon Deere going to do, you know?
00:24:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, true, true. I think he was there wasn't much he could do for the goals, to be fair.
00:24:46
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:24:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But yeah, neither of those options are filling me with confidence. like Obviously, he had the penalty save against Arsenal, and then he did well in the shootout, but also in the League Cup against Spurs, Suns went directly from a corner, and he's 6-6.
00:24:57
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah. Yeah.
00:24:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
like That is... like scientifically difficult to do. yeah, oh um yeah I'm not, I'm not convinced. I think it's probably an area we need to focus on getting replacement for, but you could say that about all the positions at the team, minute which is the disappointing part, but, uh,
00:25:14
Toluwa Famuyide
yeah
00:25:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we're looking forward to Thursday.
Europa League Semi-Final Preview
00:25:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:25:21
Toluwa Famuyide
yeah
00:25:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll leave it there, Talua. We have Ciarán and hopefully Ciarán is joined by someone on the episode tomorrow and to get a bit of a preview for that for that semi-final second leg and hopefully it'll be it'll be a good one and we'll be we'll be going to Bilbao in the final.
00:25:28
Toluwa Famuyide
cool
00:25:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
If you you had to predict the game on Thursday, what would you say?
00:25:39
Toluwa Famuyide
yeah
00:25:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
are you thinking?
00:25:44
Toluwa Famuyide
I'm really hoping that the boys don't, you know, try and hold on to the lead because if they do, Bilbao going to come out and, you know, I think if I was to guess, I'd probably say 2-2.
00:25:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah wow okay hmm
00:25:55
Toluwa Famuyide
I just don't, I don't have confidence in United keeping a clean sheet, but because I know Bilbao is going to come out and try and take it to us, we can spring a counter and hopefully score couple of surprise goals.
00:26:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah it's gonna be it's gonna be tough like they're gonna have to go from it from the from the off so let's see how we get on but talua thank you very much for joining me and uh we'll we'll see you in the next one
00:26:11
Toluwa Famuyide
Yeah.
00:26:15
Toluwa Famuyide
Always. See you.