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Episode 94 - Fulham Crossover (A)
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Introduction and Guest Welcome
00:00:02
Speaker
Every club. Every day. The Global Sports Podcast Network. Hello and welcome back to another edition of the Daily Fulham Podcast. My name is Gavin Ruffle and today we start the build up to the weekend's game where Fulham are at home to Manchester United. So what better way to do that than by bringing you a crossover special. I have not one but two special guests joining me from the Daily Manchester United Podcast. We have Sam. How are you Sam? Good, good. Yourself?
00:00:32
Speaker
Not too bad at all, and we also have Dan joining us. How are things? Yeah, I'm great, I'm great yourself. Yeah, not too
Manchester United's Current Struggles
00:00:39
Speaker
bad at all. So let's so look ahead to this fixture then, guys. Before we look ahead, let's let's look back, if we must, I guess, from a Manchester United point of view. This was actually the first game of the season, wasn't it? The first Premier League game of the season, which Manchester United won, laid on through a thanks thanks to a Joshua Zirksi goal, a rare Joshua Zirksi goal.
00:00:57
Speaker
At that stage of the season, fast-forwarding things five five months, we'll start with you Sam on this one. did you Could you imagine now at this stage that Manchester United would be heading into the reverse fixture seven points behind Fulham?
00:01:09
Speaker
um No, when you put it like that, definitely not. um I mean, as you said, the first game of the season, ah Old Trafford, once again, it feels like we're we're always in this position as United fans going into the season, optimistic, hoping like this this season can really be the season to to sort of kickstart what what what we're expected to do and and challenge for for the big mage trophies. And at the start of the season, it seemed like we were going to do that. Obviously, Joshua is actually his debut, got the goal, we got the win. Everyone seems sees seems to be on sort of cloud nine. And then fast forward a couple months later, we're sort of back back down to reality and and
00:01:53
Speaker
what what sort of the expect expectation expectation ah at the start of the season has definitely gone down and and as you said we sort of will be struggling to challenge for for conference conference league this season never mind champion season where we were hoping to at the start of the season so yeah not not gone as I think anyone planned this season and and obviously a completely different manager than we had uh obviously against Fulham in the reverse fixture so Yeah, not not the season that that we expected, but I'm hoping for for a similar result anyway ah in in the reverse leg. And, Dan, I'll come to you for this one. Of course Manchester United come into this game. After that loss at home to Brighton, their third consecutive loss at home to Brighton in the league, is it a bit worrying now that people, neutrals, look at that result and think, yeah, I pretty much expect that that's a hubble? Is it worrying that Manchester United have reached that stage where you see those results and you're like, that's kind of the norm there?
00:02:50
Speaker
Yeah, it is quite sad to see that, you know, that's kind of the the current state of where Manchester United is at right now. However, it was always going to be a tough task for Ameren coming in, you know, in the middle of the season. I think they they didn't really give him that much. I think he told them as well that he wanted to come in the summer and they told him kind of it was now or never. And trying to implement a new style of players who are not really, I don't think are susceptible to playing this freeback system and this, you know, having to run so much system.
00:03:16
Speaker
it it was always going to be tough and like he said when he first got here that it's going to be tough like the teams are going to figure us out and its it's not always going to look the best and that's why me as a fan i haven't been too harsh on what i'm seeing obviously the the the performances are not good enough but i'm not being too harsh on hammering and like the rest of the trying to kind of see how this uh this new system works And Sam, his comments made major headlines, didn't they, after the game, saying this might be the worst Manchester United team of all time. What do you think he was trying to achieve by saying saying that? Yeah. And I mean, we spoke about it on our podcast yesterday about his comments as well. And and I said, and I still stick by to an extent my my opinion that that I had yesterday in terms of he wasn't saying anything new in terms of I think every United fan
00:04:05
Speaker
Knows and and and the players probably know as well and everyone around the club know that yes statistically it is the worst season in Man United history and I think for him to say that yeah, it might come up come across as quite brutal and quite brutally honest, but I think He's not really saying at anything that that we don't already know. But I do think that that might and and probably will have an impact on some of the individuals in in the dressing room. I think as a whole they should look at themselves and go, yeah, he's not saying anything that's that's untrue. We haven't been good enough and and so statistically wise we we are um in a league position that it's been the worst it's ever been at the club. But I do worry in terms of how other individuals in the dressing room might take that and might take his comments and and might see that as a ah bit disrespectful to to sort of openly and so honestly tell tell the press that i think it's one thing telling the players that in the dressing room but it's another thing uh saying it publicly and and and going back to your question i think he is trying to sort of hammer home the the seriousness and and and the
00:05:18
Speaker
and the weaknesses in in the squad at the minute and i think that's what is he's trying to convey that message and it's a bit of he's clearly trying to get a sort of brutally honest mentality to into some of those players but i as i said i just worry how some players might take it and and and especially the owners as well. That's another thing, ah the owner's really going to look at what Amarin said and and think, you know what, we we brought you in to sort of change the way we were playing at the start of the season. Things haven't gone how we expected and now you're saying these comments. So i'd be I'd also be surprised if the owners haven't sort of brought him in on on Monday morning into the office and and sat him down and had a few words with him as well. But
00:06:00
Speaker
On the other hand I get what he's trying to do so I mean the proof's in the podium really so we'll see in the next couple weeks whether his comments are valid. Yeah absolutely and Dan Sam made an interesting point up there about some of the individual players in the dressing room how they would react to comments like that. I think one of the reports that came out was he was in such a rage that furniture was was being thrown around the dressing room there was a lot of shouting and he was in a rage. I think a TV got broken didn't it so would you make that sort of reaction from the gaffer?
00:06:28
Speaker
It's rightfully so, I think it's poor. at ah Us as fans, we're watching the games as well, and I can feel the pain that he's going through because it's sometimes, it's not just about performances. You're watching silly things like Anana making silly mistakes after silly mistakes after silly mistakes. It's stuff like, with 2-1 down, we could get back in the game, we could get a goal. Who knows? Maybe we could have scanned the result. Who knows? However, you make a silly mistake like that, and then this we go 3-1 down, the whole momentum of the game has shifted. It's poor.
00:06:57
Speaker
And took to um agree with what Sam was saying, I think he did it before the Liverpool game when we said he said we were in a relegation battle as well. And it got something out of the place. I think they performed for him. They played they played well. they They ran hard. And i I think he's just doing the same thing again, where he's saying that, oh, this isn't this might be the mid the worst Man United sport of all time. He's just trying to get a reaction out of the players. And I think he's smart in what he says. he doesn't He doesn't do anything. He's not you know too extreme like a Jose Mourinho. And he's not too shrewd like an Arteta. I think he's quite smart in the way he does his interviews and what he says in his interviews.
00:07:26
Speaker
ah In terms of you know furniture being broken, ah I can understand it. I'm just as angry as he is. Absolutely.
Season Priorities and Team Performance
00:07:34
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And, Sam, Manchester United, they're obviously not where they want to be in the league and not where fans expect them to be in the league. But they are still in the f FA Cup. they arent That could result against Arsenal. They are still in the Europa League. They have a big game coming up against Rangers. What do you think the main priority is for the remainder of the season?
00:07:49
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, and that is the only sort of consolation we have as fans and as they should have as a squad, really, in terms of we are only halfway through the season. We're we're still in the FA Cup, we're still in the Europa League, and that is chance to to save any glimmer of hope that that we have left ah of this season. In terms of the league, we are where we deserve to be. I've said it all season, and I'll say it again, we are a bank average Premier League team, and until we get players in that are good enough to to compete. We are going to stay where where it shows in the league. I think ah with as as these past weeks have shown, we're going to go into some games and we're going to play well and we're going to come out of some games and go, you know what, we got a result there, we played pretty well. But then in the following week, we're going to play awfully and and and things are going to be like they are against Brighton where we we we get dominated and
00:08:44
Speaker
we we lose the game. And I think right now that is probably where we are as a team. We we win some, we lose some, we're're we're just bang average. And until we get the players that Amarin sees sees fit and and and can work in a system, I think that's where we are going to sort of be in terms of a league position.
00:09:03
Speaker
But in the courts, as I said, there is still some hopes there, obviously great result against Arsenal, we've got Leicester in the next round, we should expect to win. And then again, the Europa League's not gone well this season, but we can hope that we sort of get out of the group stage and and and who knows where we can go with that. so and yeah I just want to stick with you on this one, Sam, because you mentioned about there being an average in the league. Of course, they won the FA Cup last season. If Manchester United, for instance, they won the FA Cup again, but maybe finished 15th, what reaction would that sort of ah be met with? Yeah, I still don't think it'd be good enough. And I think the reaction throughout United fans wouldn't be good at all. I think we can't sort of settle for just being a cup team now where we just sack off the league and just go for FA Cups and
00:09:50
Speaker
and Europa leagues and and and and yeah the FA Cup's good and it's always good to get get a trophy and get a trophy and I think look if Amarin came in and won an FA Cup people would have to give him props for that but you can't just suck off the league position as bad as it is at the minute. I mean look the The question you just asked me would, and the reaction would be different if we won an FA Cup and came seventh or or sixth or eighth, for example. But if we're winning an FA Cup and finishing 13th, 14th, 15th, I think that's just inexcusable and it's just not good enough for where us as a club want to be. So yeah, a bit of positive if we win the FA Cup, even more positive is if we win the Europa League, because obviously that that gets us Champions League football,
00:10:37
Speaker
But, I mean, for for a long-term long-term goal, we have to look at a ahead at the league and see where we can really improve on on a weekly basis. And Dan, one of the frustrations must be that Manchester United, in and amongst the rubbish, have had some decent results. They won the Manchester Derby, they held Liverpool at Anfield and they won that ah cup game against Arsenal on penalties despite being down to 10 men for an hour. And I think it's interesting to know what, like Sabrina Fernandez and then Sandra Martins have said about mentality and being easy to get up for those games. So how frustrating is it that they can do that for those games, but they can't of play to apply the same man mentality for those more games where there's more of an onus and expectation on them
00:11:17
Speaker
Yeah, that's literally it. I think it's silly that, you know, when you put you're playing against Arsenal or City or Liverpool that you think, oh yeah, let's get going. as all Everyone's all running the about, everyone's working hard, everyone's trying to score. like It's just poor to me because why is it when we play against lower teams or we play, not lower teamens what teams, but teams that are ah bright and teams that can play good football, even Southampton, the bottom of the league, before Ant-Man turned into to Messi, it was it was poor. lot They were popping off.
00:11:44
Speaker
the whole game it was they easily could have been too free no up before Amad scored his first goal and then you know a little bit of brilliance from Amad and we and we end up winning the game 3-1 it's just poor that we can't show up against teams that you know where we have to show the owners and we we have to be the the dominant team is ah We've been saying this since Jay's and Marina, we've been saying this since Ollie. It's manager after manager after manager. So when does it become a point? It's not the manager no more, it's the players. And I think that's that's the main thing. I think is' it's some of these players, they need us to just take a good look at themselves in the mirror and they need to be embarrassed for themselves.
Adapting to Pressure and Rashford's Future
00:12:16
Speaker
Yeah, just last couple of questions before we move on then, guys, and I want to focus on sort of, I don't know, some of the income. is it It seems like ah there's a lot of hope when new signings arrive, a lot of expectation on them, but when they move, it almost seems like career suicide and it seems a graveyard to to play your football at, at Old Trafford. I watched Euro in that game against Southampton and he got absolutely torn to shreds, albeit he has had an injury, so there's mitigame circumstances there, but why is it that new players come to a Manchester United and then they just seem a shadow of their former selves?
00:12:45
Speaker
Yeah, I just think it it's a multiple of of different things in terms of, one, it's a lot of pressure obviously coming to Manchester United and when you're expected to be someone that you're not necessarily ready to be yet in terms of, we talk about Joshua Searchy, I don't think he's he's ready to to be the focal point and the main man for United and But he's come in and at the start of the season he was expected to do that job, which I don't think he's ready to do. And we saw, as you just mentioned there, Lenny Euro against Southampton. He's had some very good games as he's come in, but the kids are only 80 and we can't expect him.
00:13:24
Speaker
to play week in week out especially in the toughest league in the world and and he's go he's going to have games like that against Southampton where he he learns learn something new on it. I think that's the same with with armoring as well he's come from obviously the Portuguese league and he's still figuring things out on a week-to-week basis. I think when he played Ericsson and Casimir against Newcastle the other week he quickly realized and he and hopefully he's learned his lesson where those two can't play in it in in a game like that in the Premier League. so But I think we we should sort of look at the other more senior players and the and the players who have were slightly older like in in terms of the anoners. Obviously, we mentioned before, he's still very inconsistent. We had Kasamiro, who again for that first year he was good, but then you have to look at the recruitment. where Why have we been signing players like Kasamiro, like Veron,
00:14:20
Speaker
who we only get maybe one good season out of them and then and then they're on the way out so i think it's a multiple of different things whether whether it be the recruitment has been poor and that the players have come into an unsteady ship in terms of manager ingoings and outgoings and just a mentality and a form-based thing where it's going to be so hard for any player right now to join Manchester United and make a real impact in terms of where we're at right now. So I just think, yeah, we've still got that point, we're still Manchester United, you still want to play Old Trafford and we're still one of the biggest clubs in the world,
00:15:02
Speaker
But right now, we're we're in such a ah difficult position that you you would think twice about coming to us right now, especially if you're early on it in in your career as well. Dan, I'll just ask this final question to you and it's concerning Marcus Rashford. What does the future hold for him because it seems a bit of a strange situation just looking from the outside because when Amorim first took over, he looked revitalised, he looked reborn again, he scored in his first couple of games and then all of a sudden he's out of the picture, seems like he surfaced the requirements and now he's spoken, he said he
00:15:35
Speaker
he wants a future at Manchester United, he's still eager to play, so what is the the near and distant future for Marcus Rashford? I think just like outside is looking in at us as United fans, we're not too sure what's going on on that forefront. However, I've always said it with Rashford that I'm probably one of his biggest fans. However, I think it is time for him to go. I think it is time for both menu to move on and for him to move on for their own, for the greater good for both of them. So I've always been, but I just think the way it's been taken, like the way it's gone across over the last couple of weeks, I think it's been handled poorly.
00:16:08
Speaker
it It's it's it's quite confusing for the fans were watching games were like okay cool. but I'm having to see us bring on Anthony and stuff like that. I'm still confused to the point where that okay cool. I can't rest of playing these games even if you want to sell them the same way you just sold and you put Anthony out alone. Why can't rest of playing these in these games? What's the problem? Is there something behind closed doors that we don't know about? So that's kind of the current stage of where I'm at as a fan, but In terms of him having to leave, or i don' i'm I'm not too fussed about it. I think, yeah, it is time for him to probably find a new a new home. I think, like like you said, he wanted a new a new challenge and I think it is probably time for him to find a new challenge. Yeah, interesting I was just going to add on to that in terms of, I feel like there's a lot of feeling, especially from an outside point of view in terms of
00:16:51
Speaker
from a United point of view, we have maybe some hard feelings towards Rashford or or resentment. And I think if you're a true Manchester United fan and and you've watched Rashford come through the ranks at United and and and and now obviously it's it's time for leave, I think you really respect Rashford and you really want him to go out and succeed just like we did for Scott McTominay. It's just and an inevitable ending for for a player that's Not obviously gonna get the game time you want and probably isn't good enough to where we wanna be right now. But that doesn't mean we want we don't want him to go on and have a successful career elsewhere. I think if you're a true Manchester United fan, you want him to go to a
00:17:34
Speaker
an AC Milan or an Napoli just like Scott McTomley's doing and have a wonderful career and and and I think because he's sort of our boy he's come through the ranks. Of course we want to want him to go and do great things and and and I think that that's where he's at in his career right now.
Trivia Quiz: Fulham vs. Manchester United
00:17:49
Speaker
Interesting, interesting stuff. A lot of serious chatter there about Manchester United in part one. In part two, we'll lighten the mood just a little bit, a bit of trivia. But before then, let me tell you about our sponsors. Here at the Global Sports Podcast Network, we spent a lot of time selecting our delivery platform. Zencast that came out the clear winner. With 4K video recording from your phone and AI editing that automatically removes all those M's and R's, it's super easy to start a podcast that sounds great and is delivered efficiently.
00:18:19
Speaker
If you're ready to tell your story, check out the link in the show description to learn more about Zencaster. Right then guys, let's lo let's lift the mood a little bit. I've got a bit of trivia for you guys, a little bit of a quiz, ah no prizes at stake, just a bit of bragging rights. It's concerning both teams so it's a bit of trivia on Fulham and Manchester United. There's 10 questions in total.
00:18:41
Speaker
The first question I'm going to give you, or you can actually work together for this one, but I'm going to give you a minute there to give me answers. There have been 12 players that have represented Fulham and Manchester United in the Premier League. You've got a minute. Can you name as many of those 12 players as possible and just shout them out? OK, I've got one straight away, which is Andres Pereira. Yeah, Yeah, I think.
00:19:08
Speaker
um who else what we got done what we got some of them are really obscure about a couple you won't go i I don't know if he ever played for Fulham. I don't know why he's screaming my name in my head, but I've got Louis Aha, but I don't think he ever played. yeah yeah but if i get find them oh wow that um Right, who else have we got? Who else? ah um Your mind sort of goes blank as soon as you think.
00:19:34
Speaker
ah
00:19:47
Speaker
Who else have we got? How many did you say there were? There's 12. 12. Yeah. Yeah, we definitely should know some. ah give you I'll give you a clue. A legendary goalkeeper.
00:20:00
Speaker
last oh I was thinking the other one may be like, no, no. Van der Sar. Van der Sar? Do you give up on the rest? You got four?
00:20:37
Speaker
David Healy played like one game for Manchester United. Timothy Fosu-Mensa, you've got Andy Cole, Jonathan Greening, Eric Neville and Keiran Richardson and Chris Smalen. All right, next question. These two sides have met 92 times in all competitions. Can you tell me how many times Manchester United have won? Oh, my God. All right. This is gonna be there's going to be an absolute guess from my point of view.
00:21:03
Speaker
What, 92 times? Yeah. I'm gonna hope that United have won more. um you would You would like to think so. um I'll go, I will go fifth, nah, it'll be more than that. I'll go 63. 63, what are you saying, Dan? I'll go 67.
00:21:23
Speaker
So they've actually won 57, so 57 United wins, 20 draws and 15 Fulham wins. In those 92 games, which player has scored the most individual goals in this fixture? Ooh. See, you like an obvious shout would be that. Like a really neat buck. Yeah, but and ah maybe a player who's played for like both, like a Berbaton or something. That's true, that is true.
00:21:50
Speaker
but like a Rooney would be a good shout. What's your final answer? I remember Cristiano scoring one at Craven Cottage as well. I'll go, go on Dan, you can go first. I'll go Rooney, I'll go Rooney. And I'll go, screw it, I'll go Cristiano, why not? Imaginary point goes to Dan there because Wayne Rooney is the top. Scoring this fiction with 12 goals,
00:22:16
Speaker
Fulham's first game in the Premier League was actually a away at Manchester United. This was obviously long before your time, not long before my time, unfortunately. It was in August 2001. What was the score?
00:22:30
Speaker
um So this was to give you a bit of an insight, a year before, yeah nearly exactly a year before I was born actually. I did need you to say that. is This is literally yeah a yeah a year and a month before I was born. oh I'll go 2-0 United. I'll go 3-1. So it was 3-2. Any stab at a guess of who might have scored in that game? to give I'll give you a clue, a current Premier League manager.
00:23:01
Speaker
current Premier League manager, Ruud van der Sorey. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So Ruud van der Sorey scored two goals. That was his Manchester United debut. David Beckham scored one and Fulham's two goals were scored by Louis Sahar. um Edwin van der Sart as we discussed played for both clubs. How many league titles did he win at Manchester United? Oh, a lot.
00:23:26
Speaker
um Let's go. i youre going fire done yeah im i up five yeah i' not a bad shot you know i was going around that region i'll go will it be more than five though i'll go i'll go six No, it it is actually four. So Dan's closer, four Premier League titles for Edwin van der Sar. Hopefully you'll be able to remember this because this is a bit more recent. So these sides met in the FA Cup quarterfinal. Less than two years ago, Fulmore leads in 1-0, but then things went horribly wrong when they were shown three red cards. Who were shown those three red cards? Willian. Yeah. I think the manager. Mitrovich as
00:24:16
Speaker
And the manager, was it not? Yeah, absolutely correct. William was sent off for handball. Mitrovic was sent off, I don't know, sort of touching the ref, although, you know, if that was Bruno Fernandes, he'd probably get a tap on the back. Mitrovic ended up getting an eight-game ban. When does a Mitrovic get sent off, you know?
00:24:35
Speaker
Oh, he sat in the world a lot in Saudi Arabia now, wasn't he? feelly to him And Marco Silva, he did get sent off as well. Louis Sahar, who we've spoken about in this quiz already, ah who did he score more Premier League goals for? Everton. Oh, all oh, but he's... No, out of the two clubs. yeah I'll go United. I'll say the opposite. I'll go Fulham. So Sam is right on this one. He actually scored 26 goals for Fulham and 28 goals for Manchester United. And the final question in this quiz, I don't know what the points are, I don't know who's winning, who cares. and But the final question is about Andres Pereira, who has played for both clubs currently at Fulham. He has nine international caps for Brazil, but where was he born?
00:25:24
Speaker
who I thought he was born in Brazil, but by your question, I'm going to assume he he's not. Aldo Portugal. Do we have to name this specific city? No, no, just the country. i be Why um we al sp Well, it is in Europe, but it's actually Belgium. He was born in Duffel in Belgium.
Match Preview: Fulham's Edge and United's Challenges
00:25:52
Speaker
There we go. Thanks for taking part in our special quiz, guys. Just in the final part, we'll be doing a short quick preview to this game, looking at some key players and given our prediction for what might happen. Before we do that, let me point you in the direction of the Global Sports Podcast Network. The Global Sports Podcast Network is changing the face of football podcasts with dedicated daily content for every Premier League team women's football, fantasy football and a daily Premier League rapid broadcast in five different languages, it's your one stop shop for your daily football fix. Find GSPN wherever you find your usual podcast.
00:26:27
Speaker
So as we've touched on Manchester United do come into this game seven points behind Fulham. Fulham looking secure in mid-table will have their eyes on Europe if things go well if they can string another win together here to go with the one they had against Leicester. I don't know about you boys but I feel like Fulham go into this game as favourites maybe for the first time ever in the Premier League against Manchester United. How do you feel about that? Me personally I think As United, I think even when they'll talk about it before the game, I feel like they will still always be favored to win games against teams that are supposedly smaller than them, you know, in the grand scheme of the Premier League. However, and and in term of four in terms of form and how it's looking right now, yeah, Fulham are probably favored to win the game. Especially at being at home, United haven't won a game in about six games other than the Southampton game.
00:27:19
Speaker
So, yeah, I think in terms of formful and probably our favorite to win, but in the grand scheme, I think I think the players, the fans, I think we should all go into the game thing that we should be winning this game. Yeah. and And I probably should share the same opinion as Dan in terms of, I mean, look, we should go into most games thinking we're favorite, but if we're being realistic off this season, I think it will be a struggle for United. I really do away at Craven Cottage.
00:27:45
Speaker
As you said, Fulham are coming off the back of that good win against Leicester. Look, it'll be tough in it and it ah again, with United, as I've said on previous podcasts, you just never know what you're going to get. yeah It could either be amazing one week or terrible the next week and you just never know. um and And that's the thing.
00:28:06
Speaker
I mean, look, United could be favorite going into it. Maybe, maybe not. But I think it will if we are to get any points from from Craven Cottage, I really think, well, for for a start, we're definitely going to have to play a lot better than we did against Brighton, that's for sure. And secondly, I just think we're going to have to really fight it out and dog out a performance against Fulham, because you you guys are not going to make it easy for us. So, yeah, it'll be a tight game, I think.
00:28:36
Speaker
United obviously have a big game before this on Thursday night against Rangers. ah Do you think the makeup of the team is likely to be similar to that or do you expect multiple changes?
00:28:48
Speaker
I think it will probably be similar though. I think it's got to the point where Amren's probably found his best, not his best 11 but his certain players that he can you know interchange between obviously he interchanges between the strikers with Hoyland and Xerxes some days, Hoyland plays some days, Xerxes play but other than that realistically i think he has this his solid base of what he has and i think that's probably what we're going to see throughout the the ah the majority of the season i think when he first came in there was a lot of chopping and changing trying to find all you know who works in the system who doesn't but i think he's finally got to that point so i think it'll probably be the same around the same similar teams on thursday and on the weekend yeah i mean he's starting as well he i just want to add to that he's starting to get there in terms of his
00:29:29
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is best eleven and he's starting to figure out what works and what doesn't work. But what I will say is if we go into that Fulham game not getting a result against Rangers and And being in the headlines again of of of having a poor result at Old Trafford against Rangers, which by itself won't be an easy game whatsoever. I'm sure Rangers are going to bring a lot of fans and and and going to make it a tough night for United. But what I will say, if if we go into that game against Fulham, coming off the back of a loss against Rangers, I mean, I'm i'm about to lose all hope with with the game on Sunday. so
00:30:04
Speaker
ah ah That's why I will say, depending on how the result goes on Thursday, I think can can tell a lot depending on how the result is going to go on Sunday. so And just looking at the Fulham team, who are you guys particularly wary of? Who are the danger men you see from a Manchester Knight point of view where you're you're a little bit, if he has a good game, we could be in trouble here. Yeah, I mean, I know Harry Wilson, he started to pick up a bit of form and in in recent games. I do like your attack. You obviously have him and hers.
00:30:33
Speaker
Going forward as well. I just think you're very solid all over I think if there maybe is an area of weakness But then again, you've you've got Robinson at the the back is maybe we can get out your defense But then again, you've got Robertson Leno I'm not sure about Lenon. I saw his mistake the other week. um I forgot who who that was against but yeah, I mean yeah going forward I think you can pose a real threat with Smith Rowe, Adobe, Reece Nelson, Harry Wilson. you have you've You've recruited very well, I think, for them over the past couple of seasons, relatively well, going in for the these almost youngsters that have been rejected from top six sides, and I think you've you've done absolutely wonders. And in terms of Marco Silva, I really ah really like Marco Silva. I think he's doing a great job for you guys, and and he's steadied the ship pretty well. So, yeah, it'll be a tough game.
00:31:29
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My, I agree with what Sam said as well. I think the team seems pretty strong all around the pitch. I think Calvin Bassey and Anderson in that back land, they've been very good all season. Robertson, every time I watch them play, he's he's just quality. I think he's one of the best left backs in the league right now. He's just quality.
00:31:44
Speaker
um And then yeah, but the magnitude of players you guys have an attack with a woeby harry wilson miffro him and as's even rodrigo mu is at the start the season that that just there's a magitude of plays that you guys have you can chop and change. I think your team's quite exciting. Every time we watch I watch you guys play, it is quite exciting to watch.
00:32:02
Speaker
Yeah, I totally agree, especially with what you said there about Anthony Robinson. I echo their sentiments. I think he has been the best-performing left-back in lead the league this season. I know Manchester United have had their issues and that problem in that particular area, haven't they, with Luke Shaw, injury-prone, and Malaysia, well, he's injury-prone as well. So he could be doing a good job for Manchester United, but then again, players go to Manchester United and then they fall off a cliff, don't they? So hopefully from a full-on point of view, he he stays firmly at full-on, despite obviously interest from elsewhere, other clubs. like likes of Liverpool. um Just finally then, let's end things with ah with a score prediction. How do we see this game going? Dan, after you, I'll let you go first with this one. As a United fan, I feel like I'm always an optimist. I'll be optimistic and I'll say I think we could probably win the game 2-1. Yeah, I mean same. I think we can win the game. Whether I think we will win the game, I'll go more conservative. I'll go a 1-1.
00:32:52
Speaker
Yeah. Well, this is a funny one for me because Fulham have struggled at times against bottom half table teams. That's why the result on the weekend against Leicester came as a bit of a relief because previously I'm not comparing Manchester United with these sorts of teams like Southampton Ipswich, but Fulham have drawn games at home to Southampton and Ipswich. And I think they have struggled against teams that play in a low block. Manchester United obviously won't play like that. They won't play like that against Fulham, whereas they might play at the Etihad or Anfield, something like that.
00:33:18
Speaker
So I think that will work in Fulham's favour where they have struggled to break down that sort of defence. The fear for Fulham fans I guess is that Manchester United are coming into this game with such a low ebb, such a bad feeling about them. They they just feel its destiny that Manchester are not going to come away with a win. Probably like Bruno Fernandes pop up in the 89th minute.
00:33:37
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with a with a deflected goal or something like that but I think the way Fulham are playing and I think the disappointment looking at the table they're 10th to a lot of people people will be thinking you know that's a really good season for them they've only lost five games but Marco Silva's expressed this many times in interviews how he feels the team should actually be doing better and they've thrown away more points and winning possession positions than then any other team in the league and you look at the likes of Bournemouth and how they're doing there would probably be a bit of jealousy in film them'm thinking the way games are gone we should be up there really but just going back to the game I think it is i think it is a good time to to play against Manchester Knight because unlike the game in the early season I thought Manchester Knight looked a lot better in that game at Old Trafford because they were harder to play against whereas towards the end of last season they were
00:34:23
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just gifting so many shots to opposition on goals but they look a little tight there as a unit and obviously that's not been the case this season so um i I'm gonna go for a full and 2-1 victory but you know as I said it given past results past meetings it wouldn't surprise me if Bruno Fernandes pops up with late.
Outro and Farewell
00:34:41
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winner there. That'll do it for this crossover episode. Many thanks to Dan and to Sam for joining me from the Daily Manchester United team. Be sure to catch their podcast. Be sure to follow our podcast, the Daily Fulham Podcast, as we continue the build-up to the Manchester United game. I'll be giving you a preview. Look ahead to this game on Sunday. That's it for now. We'll catch you all next time.