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Daily Palace - Super Sarr and Clever Chalobah Help Palace Beat Brighton
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As they do everyday Wale, Joe, Alex and Dan are discussing the latest goings on at the mighty Palace
In this Episode: Joe and Wale revel in the Eagles 3-1 win at The Amex, before Joe quizzes Wale on some inventive excuses deployed by Premier League manager's gone by.
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Crystal Palace's Historic Win at Amex Stadium
00:00:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello, welcome back to the Daily Palace podcast. It's the best day to be an eagle since Croydon's ill-fated walking rabbit to work day. Palace defeated Brighton 3-1 away at the Amex to claim their first M23 Derby win in donkey's years. Palace went 2-0 up for half time with goals from Chalaba and Ismaila Saar.
00:00:35
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Sa added another the eight second minute before Gehi got overcome by the spirit of Christmas and charitably scored his second own goal at the end of the season to give the seagulls something to celebrate.
Analysis of Palace's Performance: Intensity and Strategy
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To discuss all of that with me today we have Wale Pekari. How are you doing Wale?
00:00:55
Wale Bakare
i'm im so I'm very good, Joe. um Great to be on the podium tonight. I hope you're fine as well. um Just as you said, it can't be a better time to be an eagle. Great result against Brighton.
00:01:06
Wale Bakare
i would a I would say, I did say that the last time Palace got a victory against Brighton was away. And just maybe an away victory was on the cards.
00:01:18
Wale Bakare
Although I wasn't so confident, but the there was just one of me that felt it.
00:01:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. As well as alluded to that, I realize I haven't introduced myself rudely. I'm Joe Lodge, hosting today. um And yeah, you're right, Wylie.
00:01:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, it didn't feel like Palace were way low. I'd say, based on the sounds watching it, it was sounded like it could have been at so worst. From start to finish, really, I think, you know, made a great atmosphere and I'm sure that helped, gee, the team on.
00:01:48
Wale Bakare
Mm.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
So, tell me, Wylie, what did Palace do so right in this game?
00:01:56
Wale Bakare
Well, first of all, I have to say kudos to the team because the intensity in the game was just ah but was very, very high. um Before now, you would find, you know, a part of the team giving it, say, seven to 80 percent. And then there's just ah another part of the team letting the other part down. But ah In that game against Brighton, it did look like everyone got the message. Everyone were you know acting from the same script and the intensity was just so very high and pilots players were onto Brighton's players.
00:02:36
Wale Bakare
ah every moment they had the ball. ah there was barely Yes, there were you know a couple of chances for Brighton as well, some s smart saves by ah Anderson ah in the game, one of them after you know he gave the ball away himself. But um it was the intensity you could sense that pilots were dangerous from the onset.
00:02:56
Wale Bakare
um there there was that, and and and I have to say that Olivier Glastner, you know, made changes just when it was required and and that change of shape And at some point, change of personnel also affected the game. Brighton, what we're not it wasn't like it was their worst game. They you know created some chances. They had possession, as always. But Palace were dangerous and on the front foot every time they had the ball. Smiles did great.
00:03:29
Wale Bakare
um i'm I'm quite sad that Eddie and Katera couldn't bury the chance that he got, because that would have really helped him with his confidence. But it was just that you just could sense ah that Palace really meant business in that game against Brighton.
Key Players and Tactical Adjustments for Palace
00:03:45
Wale Bakare
They were aggressive when needed, will use again at a fantastic game. um Even Dainci Kamada, you could see like you know virtually everyone you know what what was just ah really switched on and it did turn out to be too much for Brighton at the end of the day.
00:04:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah I think i think that's spot on there Wale. As you say it wasn't, I kind of think the big difference between the two teams, there's lots of praise individually from Palace, defended really well, attacked with purpose, in clinicality in a way we haven't seen too often this season and you can see great relationships starting to form all over the pitch from players playing together more regularly. Saramunyal particularly stood out in that capacity for me. that I think they interchanged really well. But the big difference between the two sides in the game was sort of how they managed periods of stress and difficulty, I think. Palace,
00:04:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're really under the cost for the first 15-20 minutes. Brighton looked great. We were creating chances well create a couple of chances. I think the defence did pretty well. But Palace were playing really hard to play out through them. Every Palace player had a had a a blue and white shadow, basically. We couldn't escape the intensity of the Brighton press. but They kept their heads, started trying to build up in, say, different ways, particularly as they, I think, noticed, dropping deep at Commonwealth Central offering an extra body of support in there. And, yeah, just just kept calm and played themselves back into the game.
00:05:33
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And then conversely, when that led to so Palace winning and scoring from a corner with Chellaba, Brighton's heads completely dropped. And where there had been this amazing press, there was no structure of order at all. Palace could completely dominate the ball and and play through them until half time. And and to be fair, I think Brighton Arguably, we're even lucky to only go in 2-0 down at half time with the way that not half ah finished and the amount of dominance that Palace were able to able to achieve. And same same thing for the second half, really, I think. Brighton started off more intense, a better team, looked really sharp. Pleasant and Sees thought they were making a difference.
00:06:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Palace changed things around. Gluster made a couple of good subs. I think Canada and Kettier affected the game positively. Definitely Canada, particularly ah as they changed the way Palace were defending with an extra body more deep in midfield and and slightly smarter pressure on the likes of Belieber in that brand field.
00:06:36
Wale Bakare
Yeah.
00:06:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
and And again, when Palace reestablished their controller game, Brighton fell apart again and could have conceded a couple of war goals. So I think it it was all about managing the the occasion. Palace did it tremendously and Brighton really didn't at all.
Impact of Ismaila Saar and Other Standout Performers
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Global Sports Podcast Network
But which individual players stood out for you from a Palace perspective? well like
00:07:13
Wale Bakare
Well, ah of course, so the the best player on the pitch for Palace was Ismaila Saar. Two well-taken goals, ah particularly the second one, ah when, you know, he...
00:07:26
Wale Bakare
ah beat Luis Donk to the ball, um you know, and he had a bit of time yeah and you you hear a lot of attackers say to you that, you know, sometimes when there is, you know, a lot of time and space for the striker, it makes it a bit more difficult. He had Luis Donk bearing down on him and it was face-to-face with the goalkeeper and controlled the ball well, ah took a very one-time shot fantastic placement and ah it was a great goal for him and overall he could maybe have gotten another goal you know in that game. ah His link up play was good. um e you know I remember when ah Palace signed Ismaila Saar I did say that is a talented individual ah is one of those on his day would get you the goals but there would be so many games where you would be frustrated by him but then there will be a lot of games
00:08:19
Wale Bakare
where it would just be out of this world, and we were hopeful at the time that we would see more of those games where it would just be out of this world. But but the game against Brighton over the weekend was one of such, and it was it was just great in the game. So it's my little star for me. um you know what what's What's the best player on the pitch? Of course, ah the defensive um setup Consider the goal eventually. um Unfortunately, don't go by Mackay, although ah maybe with better handling by Anderson, maybe, ah you know, that could have been avoided. ah ah There were a couple of um chances created by Brighton, some of them off errors and some of them some ah fantastic play, especially on on the left hand side by Jair Pedro and Mitooma and Melviz Estopenian.
00:09:11
Wale Bakare
But um overall, all the defense did well as well. The trio of the defense, Travis Halleberg got a goal. ah ah Fantastic. you know the the but It was quick to react in the box. And I think that was was a second goal in the league for Palace this season. So he's one that knows how to take his chances when he's in the box. So he had a great game as well.
00:09:34
Wale Bakare
um Yeah, maybe Tyrek Mitchell was one that, you know, I had a good game as well. It wasn't, as I said, it wasn't a game where, you know, Brighton were entirely poor, or they were blown away by Palace. ah They had some amazing performers as well on the pitch, but for Palace, has to be Smilasa, Trevor Shalover, you know, Tyrek Mitchell, those are the biggest picks for me.
Palace's Tactical Intelligence and Game Management
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Wale Bakare
I will use, you know, as always, ah it was, ah just as we've seen, I shouldn't say as always, because I remember at the start of the season, we had a lot to complain about Willy's, but ah in the last couple of weeks, he does seem to have found his mojo again, and um is as aggressive as ever, is not one to, ah you know, bow down from a fight. ah I think it was the the the goal, the second goal for Ismaila Sa, it was Willy's, you know, with that, I jumped over the,
00:10:34
Wale Bakare
Brighton Midfield and you know, added the ball forward and Lewis Dunk had a nightmare period but ah he also had a great game. but yeah you It was't was a good game overall in parts of the game. As you pointed out earlier, Palace just found a way to manage ah different periods of the game, the period when they were under a lot of pressure, kept their head, Anderson made some great saves, but and in other parts of the game Brighton were almost always in trouble every time Palace attacked.
00:11:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no I completely agree. it go well it Exactly the same players I would have picked out there, I think. Sa, as you say, is the obvious man in the match, two really well-taken goals, and I think we're seeing benefit of the kind of hopefully more stable environment that Palace can offer him as opposed to Marseille and Watford who are obviously kind of basket case clubs where he's been before. um I also think that
00:11:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, he deserves a lot of credit for just shared composure in front of a goal because I think that's not something that we had historically associated with Meyers Saab.
00:11:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
But that second goal in particular, he takes so calm and so well. He also i've likeve made tons of defensive contributions in the match. He really got back and did his work and doubled up as needed to with a player like Estepinian and then
00:12:00
Wale Bakare
Yeah.
00:12:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I had the beating of him on the counter from that position. So I think he was he was the obvious standout. Mitchell, I love that cross. It's so unconventional.
00:12:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's almost a miss here, isn't it?
00:12:20
Wale Bakare
yeah
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Global Sports Podcast Network
That's the way he crosses them. They're not they're not comfortable.
00:12:22
Wale Bakare
yeah
00:12:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
But actually creates this loop that makes it, this great dip that makes it impossible for the keeper to deal with and against SARS, the sharpest player in the box to read it.
00:12:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Obviously Lewis Dunk stood out from a Palace perspective, brilliant performance from him, left ah lots of lots some opportunities for him to exploit. And yeah, hughes Hughes was great again, ah tone setting, five tackles and tough tackles at that. ah if i i would one said like We do not let one of those, it's a derby.
00:12:58
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nothing, we can't make anything easy for them, kind of performances from Will Hughes and I think that was, that was, that was important and useful. And, and yeah, Chellaba, I think that's probably his best game in a Palace shirt, at least that I've, that I've seen. He, not only did he take his goal really well, but I think he was aggressive and good in the one-on-ones defensively. There's one moment in the first half, I can't remember exactly who, maybe it was Matoma, tries a sharp little kind of Ronaldo chop type situation where he tries to pop it behind his leg and creates space to get a shot, shot off and, and Caliber just reads it completely. And then the ball is breaking loose to
00:13:47
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maybe it's Estepinian on the kind of edge of the box. And Chellaba gets across to him so quickly and, well, it's back to him, kind of just shepherds him out of the out of the box to defend him from just outside a winter ball back there. And it's just like, it's simple. It's really, really good defending and really good understanding of how to play that.
00:14:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
funny position on the outside of back three where you some of the kind of fallback type defensive jobs as well as those of a traditional centre back. I think he's a bit of a specialist in that role and and we really saw that specialism come come to the fore today. ah But we'll leave it there and
Can Eddie Nketiah Secure a Starting Position?
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00:15:06
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In the second half of the game, Wale, Eddie and Ketya came on for Jean-Philippe Mateta, who'd had a relatively quiet evening, um got himself an assist for the third goal, looked lively. Did he do enough to challenge for a place in the starting 11?
00:15:25
Wale Bakare
Well, look not necessarily to be honest. um You could almost see that is lacking a bit in confidence. um It was put through on goal. Fantastic run, by the way, beating that offside trap, staying in his half and then beating the offside line.
00:15:48
Wale Bakare
and then he was put through on goal. ah For some reason, I'm sure you was there there was a lot going on in his head as to, ah am i am I dinking the ball over the goalkeeper? Am I trying to run past the goalkeeper to the right? you know It could have chosen any option and it would still have had a chance to so score. but But just as so you get with a lot of players, you know not very high on confidence. I remember seeing a lot of a decision-making like that from down in Una's, you know, in his first two seasons at Liverpool, maybe even at the moment, you know, you you just can tell when a player, a striker is not really high on confidence. And that's the situation with Eddie and Katy at the moment. I think he's got just the one goal that he got against QPR in the League Cup since joining Palace. Yes, his work rate always there.
00:16:39
Wale Bakare
um e He timed his pass to Ismaila Sa'well for the third goal. And um it's his general link-up play after he came on was good as well. It was one of those that also had a great game, you know, after coming on. A lot of the substitutes, by the way, ah you know, ah affected the game well, Daiichi Kamada as well. But ah maybe Inketi hasn't done enough because when you look at ah ah what of John Philip Mateta offers, you know, when he's, when he's in the right form is, you know, dominating defenders, ah winning aerial duels, running into channels, and he just offers a lot ah than what Nkachia is doing at the moment. Nkachia is a different type of striker. ah When he comes on it,
00:17:30
Wale Bakare
sort of changes the shape of the team. It worked well against Brighton because once that shape was changed by Olivier Glastner, it did, ah you know, give Palace more of the impetus and Brighton sort of struggled a bit more, you know, in the game. But is that something that will work every time or is that a pattern that Olivier Glastner wants to settle on It doesn't look like at the moment it would maybe the decision would be easier for him if Mateta, you know, I mean we've Inketia was getting the goals It would have been really nice if he'd buried that chance against Brighton, ah you know on um On Sunday, it would have been a great morale booster for him would have also ah left a glass now with some pondering to do but
00:18:17
Wale Bakare
ah It's quite obvious that his confidence is lacking a bit at the moment. He would need one or two goals to ah to get in a great form. Also remember ah that at the time he joined, wasn't and the the entire team wasn't firing you know on all cylinders per se. ah The start of the season wasn't the greatest. The first couple of games he played, yes, they got some great results in the League Cup, but in the league, it just it just never really happened for for Palace in those periods. So if if this form ah persists for the team, if this run of good results continue, and he keeps you know coming on to the game, affecting the game as he did against Brighton, maybe in a couple of weeks we might be talking about you know of ah the need for Olivier Glasner to have a think about who is going to be that man who will be leading the attack for Palace.
00:19:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think you're right. On the day, I think he offered more than Mateta. That's what it pains me to admit as Mateta's biggest fan. um Mateta worked really hard all all game to make himself an option in an outball and it didn't quiet, so house setting noises there.
00:19:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I live live in a lighthouse actually, so it's that's just a fog horn going off, you can hear that in the background.
00:19:36
Wale Bakare
Okay.
00:19:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah I don't actually know what that is, but it'll go. Yeah, but he, basically I think that
00:19:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
He offered more. Matteo worked very hard to be an outball and it didn't quite happen for him. Partly because the sort of long balls that Palace were trying to play to him were kind of kicked in it it desperation about how much direction. So that I don't think he even really was able to get into positions to challenge for them often. um And yeah, and Ket is such a different approach of dropping a bit deeper, taking the ball to feet.
00:20:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
being an extra body and in the midfield in many ways was really helpful. And he played that role better than I've seen him play that role at any other point. That said, he's not looking confident in front of goal. As you say, he has that chance right at the end. He really should bury. um It's a great run for him, as you say, to stay on sides.
00:20:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah and get in that position, but it needs to be buried. It's a classic overthinker's finish to half loft it when he really could just take it round the keeper or or stick it round him in any other number of pretty simple ways, I think.
00:20:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And he doesn't offer you, so so I think Jean-Philippe Matets is the one you trust more when they're in one-on-one and considering Palace's biggest problem is has been scoring goals um for a lot of this season, then you're kind of probably a bit worried about dropping him for that reason. And also I think there's that intangible softer thing of like Mateta is clearly an emotional leader in the dressing room.
00:21:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
know And you can see him when he came off, he was a bit like a less annoying and a bit more welcomed version of when Rinaldo had to come off injured in the 2016 World Cup.
00:21:29
Wale Bakare
right Yeah.
00:21:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was off, he was off his seat all the time. And and we changed up his teammates, doing up the fans, um setting a tone of positivity. And I think,
00:21:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's kind of, it's obviously difficult to measure what you'd be losing if you took him out of the team to accommodate Nketsuya in that sense. But I think quite a lot, I think Palace still are, they've had a great run of form, but they need to keep positive through a run of difficult results to to kind of maintain it and build on it and not not just let it all dissipate.
00:22:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think some of the kind of emotion and energy of John Fleetmatetta and the
Mateta's Leadership and Influence on Team Lineup
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influence of dressing room is probably quite important there. So that'd be another reason I'd be still squeamish about dropping him.
00:22:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Other than that, I just love the man.
00:22:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
And finally, I want to touch on, have you been reading about Fabian Herzler's rants in the press?
00:22:45
Wale Bakare
Yeah.
00:22:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's he's he's unhappy about Palace's first goal, in the build-up, Beleba's coming in for a challenge on Ezzor and Michael ever blocks him, sort of, by his position. Doesn't stop the play. Lattlen gradually leads to, I can't remember if it's the corner or the corner which leads to the corner, which leads to the first goal.
00:23:14
Wale Bakare
Hmm.
00:23:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
um it seems quite tangential. I think it's presumably hurts that it's also incensed at the butterfly that flapped its wings in 1982 that triggered the change of chain of events that led to that happening.
00:23:24
Wale Bakare
Yeah.
00:23:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, yeah what what are your thoughts on that? that why What's he doing here?
00:23:33
Wale Bakare
Well, I honestly don't know what he's on about, to be honest. e He had a lot to say and then went on to say, oh, we deserve to lose. I'm thinking just show up. Although i'm um I'm also one to acknowledge the fact that you know a lot of times after performances like that or after losing the game emotions are high uh there's cameras there's a camera and a microphone in front of you and you just say all sorts of things and maybe after two or three days you you would probably have a different opinion um
00:24:08
Wale Bakare
If we want to begin to talk about so many times a referee has made a mistake that has led to a goal or has led to a sequence of events that have led to a goal, then ah there there would be so many goals that we will be talking of the burden a lot of games.
00:24:27
Wale Bakare
I was watching ah Chelsea against Brentford yesterday, and I was, for some reason, rooting for Brentford to get back in the game. And Marco Correa um you know um ran
Controversial Referee Decision in Palace's First Goal
00:24:41
Wale Bakare
into, I think it was Vitali Janelt, and he just touched him and went on the floor, and the referee gave a free kick. And Janelt was so ah you know, so angered that he he just couldn't stop talking and ended up got getting a yellow card. But I'm sure if referees, I'm sure they do go back and watch games again, and they and, and you know, the referee would have looked at that and felt, oh, he's a cooker, I split a fast one on me there. But but then, but particularly about the Brighton Palace situation, maybe it would have been different if someone's passed the ball and he's hit the referee, or, ah you know, the referee stopped and attacking an attack from happening or something.
00:25:19
Wale Bakare
Yes, maybe the referee did impede Baleba. Maybe he could have stopped Bericieza. But it wasn't like it immediately led to a goal. There were two corner kicks before the goal. So ah usually that is what you that is what you say.
00:25:38
Wale Bakare
there There was a lot of events after that happened. before the goal. So I don't know. that there could There was a lot that could have been done to avoid the goal after ah you know ah Michael Oliver's obvious error. ah Unintentional error you know has to be said. um Yes, ah according to Fabiano Zella, he acknowledged making an error at the end of the game, ah whether he thought it was enough to stop the game.
00:26:07
Wale Bakare
ah during During the, I mean to stop play during the game, it was obvious, he didn't feel it was enough and he didn't stop. And a corner kick happened. Then another corner kick, then the goal. ah As I said, I don't know what ah the Brighton manager is on about, but they're in a terrible run of form. Not so terrible. I think they've gone four games now without a victory.
00:26:28
Wale Bakare
and they they've lost at home, it was their first loss at home over the weekend, so it must have been ah very angered by the result. Yes, he went on to say, oh, the referee made a mistake. I don't know why he didn't stop the game, but we did deserve to lose. I'll just say, shut up and move on. That's what I'll say, honestly.
00:26:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I agree. I mean, I think you've touched on it there, like, pretty sure that the guidance for a ref is, if the ball hits him, it should stop the play. If it doesn't, it shouldn't. And it's almost impossible for the ref to give... I see there might be a situation where it's justified, but to stop the play from running into them is like,
00:27:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know, it kind of you kind of think it could set Preston in ah in a weird way. Like, it's about Kukareyo running into Yanno, where like you could stop a dangerous counter-attack by accidentally running into the ref, and then, oh, you have to stop the play now, because he's gone.
00:27:31
Wale Bakare
Yeah.
00:27:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I think they they they almost can't give them. um What i' I wonder if Herzl
Fun Quiz: Famous Managerial Excuses
00:27:41
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is doing is, and he's been successful, if this is his aim,
00:27:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's kind of keeping the headlines away from the team, insulating the likes of Lewis Dunk a bit from the criticism by saying something outlandish, little, get the press attention and shift on to that.
00:28:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
If he has done that deliberately, then it's it's been successful, but it's a it's a sort of risky strategy because you protect your players, but you end up convincing possibly your own fans, chair, for the stage where you're kind of mad for your public persona.
00:28:01
Wale Bakare
Well.
00:28:12
Wale Bakare
Well.
00:28:16
Wale Bakare
Yeah.
00:28:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
i
00:28:18
Wale Bakare
Yeah, maybe that was, well, maybe that was his plan, but its it's only a matter of time before, you know, some head of news is asking for a different angle.
00:28:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
So...
00:28:27
Wale Bakare
So I'm sure that will go away eventually.
00:28:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
As you say, he was also quite critical of his plays afterwards, so...
00:28:35
Wale Bakare
so
00:28:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh Anyway, anyway, we'll wrap up the discussion of the game there. And then I've got the reason I left that question out hurts the to last is I have a a quiz for while a which builds on that theme a little bit. So don't go anywhere.
00:29:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
So while i building on Fabian Hertzler's excuses there, I've put together a quiz for you on some of the maddest primitive managerial excuses. And just three questions. There's nothing really to play for. um But Hopefully it's a good laugh.
00:29:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
You can play along at home and and let us know ah how you've got on yourself. ah Every question is A to D, multiple choice.
00:29:51
Wale Bakare
Nice.
00:29:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm i'm thinking par for the course is two here. I reckon they're gettable, they're gettable questions. um So, without further ado, I will jump into it with the first one. Pep Guardiola was almost left with egg on his face in 2017, as City needed penalties to edge past a LEN Championship-topping wolveside in the League Cup.
00:30:19
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What did Pep highlight as a reason for City's struggles in the game? Was it A, the match balls didn't weigh enough? B, the match balls weighed too much?
00:30:33
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C, at close to 150 meters above sea level, the molyneux was a higher altitude than the city we're used to playing at. Or D, he'd only picked Claudio Bravo for the game by accident. Which of those are but those excuses did Pep come out with?
00:30:51
Wale Bakare
Was it the altitude of the Molina?
00:30:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
it was It was not the altitude at the moment, really. It was that the match balls didn't weigh enough. Although, of course, it's so high altitude at the moment, you get zero gravity. So all all balls just sort of float off into distance.
00:31:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
But was it was at the SDR at this game. So it's a red herring there. Yeah, balls didn't weigh enough. That was it.
00:31:15
Wale Bakare
Oh, nice.
00:31:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
They have to play with miter, miter, a bully ball.
00:31:17
Wale Bakare
Well, now he's saying he's saying he's not good enough now.
00:31:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, well, he should get used to the MITRE Championship Bulls. I think Pep Guardiola, because he's going to have to, looks like he's going to have to deal with them soon enough. As a second question, Willy, put that defeat behind you. On to the next one. Also, at the beginning of the 17-18 season, Slavin Bilic's West Ham team was struggling for form at their new home, the Olympic Stadium.
00:31:49
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Why did the big crow out like yeah why did the big cra blame West Ham's poor run of form on the new stadium? What was the issue? Was it A, the distance from the pitch to the stands made it difficult to create an intimidating atmosphere. B, the distance from the stadium to the pie and mash shops of East London meant all the fans in the stadium hadn't eaten, making it difficult to create an intimidating atmosphere.
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C, the colour scheme of the stadium was confusing the players. Or D, the players felt dwarfed by the legacy of Team GB's London 2012 achievements in that very stadium. Which one was it?
00:32:30
Wale Bakare
It was definitely not Tim Geeby's achievement.
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said Oh, big Greg, big Greg Rutherford.
00:32:37
Wale Bakare
was it
00:32:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Greg Rutherford's a difficult name to get out.
00:32:39
Wale Bakare
yes that did did he say the Did he say the fans had not eaten well?
00:32:44
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this He did not, he did not sort of answer that even well.
00:32:47
Wale Bakare
Oh no.
00:32:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I thought, yeah, I thought that that might be one. I mean, that touches on, like, actually why it was a problem, I think, for where staff is moving out of the surroundings.
00:32:58
Wale Bakare
Was it the colors yet? Did they say the colors were confusing?
00:33:00
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It was the colours, yeah. There was a lot of green around the pitch. I think they kind of covered the running track area and just sort of like miscellaneous green top and...
00:33:15
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Billich felt that it confused the players about the so length and distances of the pitch.
00:33:18
Wale Bakare
we you but
00:33:20
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so Presumably it confused both teams, I'd say.
00:33:21
Wale Bakare
i bet it sort of ah
00:33:23
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Yeah, less so.
00:33:24
Wale Bakare
but I bet a lot of the players you know played with their mates without gestures, so it's talking nonsense. ten
00:33:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, I think you're right, that that is a nonsense example.
00:33:31
Wale Bakare
yeah
00:33:36
Wale Bakare
right
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Global Sports Podcast Network
And finally, off the football pitch, Sir Alex Ferguson, A man of many a creative excuse was caught driving in the hard shoulder of a motorway in 1999. What excuse did he give to the police for this illegal manoeuvre? A, he'd just been driving in Europe, so he thought it was the fast lane. B, he desperately needed to go to the toilet and was trying to get there as quickly as possible.
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C, he desperately needed a new hair dryer dryer. His last one had broken and he needed one to treat his players with at half time. Or D, he just won the treble despite starting Jesper Blongfist in the Champions League final, so he thought he was in a dream. Which one of those do you think seems most plausible?
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Wale Bakare
It was just driving in Europe, and so it was the fast lane.
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i thought I thought that was a good one, but it wasn't it wasn't the answer. I was pleased with that.
00:34:35
Wale Bakare
ah I thought it was a sensible man.
00:34:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:34:40
Wale Bakare
That was the most sensible answer.
00:34:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
hopeful yeah i was I was happy with that, um coming up with that as well. But no, it was that he desperately needed a loop. He thought he was going to ah risk of soiling himself to tell you how to go into the high shoulder.
00:34:57
Wale Bakare
um so I thought, I figured in for one would just have a go wherever it was.
00:35:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not in view of the public.
00:35:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, I think that's what we've got time for today.
00:35:13
Wale Bakare
um and thou terrible That was terrible.
00:35:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
So thank you for joining me and indulging my quiz there, Wally.
00:35:19
Wale Bakare
That yes
00:35:22
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What's your excuse? What's your excuse for the Florence?
00:35:23
Wale Bakare
but
00:35:26
Wale Bakare
I don't know. for For some reason, I just couldn't hear you well at some point. You just kept breaking up.
00:35:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:35:31
Wale Bakare
Just kept breaking up. I don't know. The internet, yeah, somehow.
00:35:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was a Greg Romerford stammer that did it all. All right. Well, thank you for joining me today, Wiley. um
00:35:42
Wale Bakare
Cheers, Joe. Thank you.
00:35:45
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