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Episode 12 | Don't Cry Don't Beg... Manchester is Still Red!
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We start with a deep dive into the AFCON 2025 final between Senegal and Morocco, unpacking the controversy that dominated the aftermath. From major refereeing decisions to flashpoints during and after the match, we break down the moments that overshadowed the football and shaped the narrative of the final.
The focus then turns to the Premier League and Chelsea’s 2–0 win over Brentford under Liam Rosenior — but with plenty of context. We discuss how Brentford were the better side for long spells, created the clearer chances, and arguably should have won the game, only to be punished by two costly mistakes. A look at Chelsea’s ruthlessness versus their overall performance, and whether the scoreline flattered them.
Finally, we wrap up with the Manchester derby — from a firmly Manchester United perspective. We break down United’s intensity, mentality, and big-game execution, highlighting key performances and decisive moments. Why this felt like a derby United truly owned, what it says about their direction, and why the result mattered far more for United than it did for City.
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Transcript
Introduction and AFCON 2025 Final Recap
00:00:36
Speaker
Yo, we're back again with another episode of the Don't Blame With F podcast. In the blue corner, you've got Iman. In the red corner, you've got Dom. And tonight, we've just finished watching the final episode to final match of the twenty twenty five afcon And wow, that was that was eventful. um I'm still spun. i can't believe what i was watching, bro. I cannot believe what has just happened, bro.
00:01:09
Speaker
that That's AFCON, isn't it? That game that sums up AFCON. that Especially that last, like, just before the added time and then the extra time.
00:01:20
Speaker
Bro, that's AFCON. That's pure AFCON, bro. And you know what? even even Even before that last few minutes, in the last 20 minutes of the game, like...
00:01:31
Speaker
I like a final like that where both teams are trying to attack. They're putting them in boxes. They're not trying to recycle possession not take risks because it's the final.
00:01:43
Speaker
like And that's one of the reasons why I like African football because, you know, teams really go for it. um And they're not playing this pragmatic style all the time. So the the semi-finals were really disappointing.
00:01:59
Speaker
But this final, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what it looks like. Yeah,
AFCON 2025: Senegal vs. Morocco Controversies
00:02:05
Speaker
bro. Honestly, obviously I was watching the game in and out and um from whilst catching the game, it seemed like a fairly 50-50 game for the most part.
00:02:16
Speaker
and then like Obviously, all our podcast is mainly Premier League Chelsea, Man United, but we talk about African here and there's two Africans we have to. It's impossible that we don't. We've had a couple African specials, but well like if we just if we just like I would like to talk about the whole game, but We can't give you an hour and a half podcast. It's literally already 11.30pm. We have to get to bed, bro. So so it so just you want to start from it?
00:02:47
Speaker
So just put the chain of events. I'll just put a summary of the chain of events. yeah So it's Senegal versus um Morocco. This is... based this is being hosted by Morocco. So Morocco and Senegal were the favourites of this tournament before we went into it. um Leading up into this match, fans, rival fans, Nigerian fans um have accused referees of favouritising, showing favouritism towards the Moroccan players. um
00:03:22
Speaker
Not even just Morocco, like the whole North African side. If you've caught a couple of the games, some of the decisions have been a bit funny. They've been funny. if i if i'm If I'm being as neutral as I can be, I think in some of those instances, the ref has been...
00:03:40
Speaker
ah there' been has been crap for both sides. yeah and I actually praised the referees you know in last week's episode because I thought they'd handled the pressure relatively well.
00:03:56
Speaker
But... um Watching that semi-final you know with Nigeria, and it was it was it was really bad. It was really, really bad. and i find it difficult to to to disagree with the fans that say you know that was there was a lot of ah lot of um a lot of decisions that went Morocco's way unjustly. So going into this game, I think a lot of other fans have really you know said, oh, it's Morocco's cut, give it to them, give it to them.
00:04:28
Speaker
But Senegal, i in my opinion, i know i may i may just be you know being... Having recency bias so influenced me, but for a while I've thought about it. I think Senegal is the best African team that I have watched um in my adult lifetime. So um I just think technically, physically, technically tactically, i think I just think they look they look superb.
00:04:53
Speaker
I think they've got like a bit of everything, everything you're looking for in terms of like, they look like a Premier League team, like basically, like in terms of in terms of like, not just because they have players from the Premier League, but when you look at, they got the superstar, they got the money, and then you've got like the young talents, like bro, that young PSG player, yeah by yeah yeah he came on smoke, like they got the young talent, you got Ismail Assar, you got experience with um Guy,
00:05:22
Speaker
And then you've got like, it's just all about Koulabat. Like they've got so much like experience, but then also high technical players and players who have actually played at the top level of football, like Champions League finals, all of those kinds of things. And yeah, like, yeah, go ahead. Yeah. And I'd say to be fair to Morocco, they're probably, you know, the same. You could say the exact same things about the Moroccan team as well. um And yeah,
00:05:50
Speaker
Going into the just a quick summary of the game, i think it was pretty fifty fifty I think Sédé Góthiard had slightly the better chances in the first half. Second half was pretty even, um lots of hustle and bustle. But the ending that that that came that we were blessed with... um we did not see that coming. So Senegal applying pressure to Morocco and they score a goal from a, a headed opportunity, um came off the post from a corner. So the ball come as the ball comes in. Hikimi tries to push the Senegalese defender. The Senegalese defender outstretches his arm, holds him off, head is the ball against the post. And then,
00:06:34
Speaker
Mohamedou Sa, I think his name is, he heads it in from about two, three yards. in As the ball hits the post, the referee blows the whistle for foul from the Senegalese defender onto Hakimi.
00:06:49
Speaker
Now, upon the v and when watching the replay, very soft. Very soft. It's Hakimi who tries to disrupt him and he just holds him off.
00:07:01
Speaker
And the thing is, for me, in that incident, don't get me wrong, I feel like whenever the ball's in the air for corners, that refuge just give if someone drops, the referee just gives um free kicks and stuff like that. But in the in the timing of the game and the nature, I'm pretty sure the ref didn't see that. He didn't see what actually happened because if he did, i don't think he would have blew the whistle. He just saw someone one on the floor, blew the whistle, and then...
00:07:24
Speaker
because of the chain of events that happened after, I think you have to let that go to VAR. You just let it go to VAR. There's actually no need for you to blow that as ah as a um free kick as quickly as he did.
00:07:38
Speaker
yeah And because he made that decision, it kind of, it didn't even give Senegal a chance to like, oh, maybe it might go to VAR. Even if he went to VAR and he still gave it as a free kick, whatever, like, cool, least he gave them a chance. You didn't give them a chance.
00:07:53
Speaker
And then obviously, obviously as um a few passages of play later, Morocco get their own corner. And then if if I'm being 100% honest... could i could just before you Just before you say that, there's one bit of detail that I want to add to that, is Morocco go on the break...
00:08:12
Speaker
The ball comes in from across from the left-hand side. As that ball comes across into El Nesri, or sorry, I don't know if I've butchered his name, um but then Mohamedou Saar blocks the cross.
00:08:24
Speaker
Now, El Nesri is offside. He is offside. He never gets himself back onside. As the cross is hit, he's offside. Now, Sar has kicked it off for a corner.
00:08:36
Speaker
That should be free kick to send a goal. And it's not just in AFCON. I've seen this. I've seen this in Premier League games. I've seen this. The guy's offside. You can't just allow the play to continue and say, oh, the guy never touched it. So, um no, he's affecting play. His presence there is causing Sar to stretch for it and clear the ball.
00:08:54
Speaker
If he's not standing there, Saar doesn't do that. He takes a touch and and or someone else takes a touch and then they they keep possession. So yeah the linesman and the ref don't do their job in that instance. that's the first mistake.
00:09:06
Speaker
The second mistake, well, ah it's not a mistake. good Like you were about to say, um continue from that bit. I think, like, if if you're being honest or, like, if if I'm being honest, sorry, it's a foul, isn't it? Like...
00:09:21
Speaker
anywhere else on the pitch is a foul. But at the same time, it's one of those decisions where it's not like, oh, that's a stonewall penalty. You see, like, it's up to the referee's interpretation. So the fact that he gives that, fair enough.
00:09:33
Speaker
But you can't give that penalty if you just did what you did to Senegal. just Just for the sake of peace, you cannot. give that because what happened is exactly what's supposed to happen if you get what mean not not that it's happened before like it's a common occurrence it's just supposed to happen because that's going to be the last kick of the game you cannot have you cannot do me over like that we've fought just as hard as Morocco to get to here and you're telling me we get two decisions against us within the space of five minutes and
00:10:10
Speaker
And that's it, we lose.
Senegal's Triumph and Mane's Leadership
00:10:11
Speaker
And then we have to go home and be gracious in the feet and blah, blah, blah, blah. No, sorry, sorry. for For me personally... to Yeah, you know you know you know what that is, yeah? Wait, sorry, hold on before you jump in. You know, like, when um the referee... Like, in other games, yeah? Like, when the referee gets a decision wrong, he tries to give the team...
00:10:33
Speaker
something back on the other end. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what I'm talking about That's what it needs it should have been. That's like an unwritten rule. Yeah, yeah, Some refs are very sly with that one. But other other people would say that, you know, two wrongs don't make a right. um If it's against my team, I think that's a that's a stonewall penalty. I'll be very honest. It's just a very boneheaded move from from the West Ham defender. So...
00:10:59
Speaker
so Just to describe the scenario, the ball comes in from the cross. um The West Ham left back, I forgot his name, sorry. Is it Jouf? Jouf, yes. Jouf has his arm around Diaz's shoulder and neck. And then he as he he pulls him back,
00:11:16
Speaker
ah on his shoulder to then get ahead of him and put and head obviously Diaz diaz knows that he already got his arm on his chest and Diaz goes to ground so for me it's what even if Diaz has gone down easy you just can't be putting your hand on your opponent's neck and stuff and think you're going to get away with it so in my opinion they they got that right and they end up giving a penalty to Morocco however the chaos that ensued from this decision so I've never seen anything like it. yes If you have the opportunity and you're in the UK, go put on Channel 4 on demand and go find those last 10 minutes of the thing. That's something that's got to go down in history books. So what proceeds to happen is, obviously, the Senegal players are fuming that this has happened. well that um
00:12:09
Speaker
Wait, did he give the foul initially or did he not give it No, no, no. Yeah, he went to VAR. didn't give it initially. So he didn't give it initially. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then obviously someone in the VR room told him you have to go look at Even as the ref is going to go look him, behind him, there's scuffles. scuffled they've already started fighting they've already started arguing pushing no one's even watching the screen they're all just pushing fighting the referee's getting bumped in the back like while he's watching there's supposed to be distance between them and then as he literally as he comes away from the screen yeah he's got push through like four five men just to get out of there
00:12:46
Speaker
And then he decides to give a penny. And then the Senegal manager, the manager um what's his name? Was it Tao? I think so. It begins with a T, but um the manager, he's lost it. His head's gone. His head's gone.
00:13:02
Speaker
His head's gone. die every Everyone's head's gone. Everyone's all shouting, complaining. They're all surrounding the ref. It looks like, I don't know, like, like, bro, it looks like a scrap's about to kick off. And then it gets to a point where the manager is like, his head is so gone.
00:13:19
Speaker
he tells his players, come off the pitch. Come off the pitch. We're not we're not even going to be on the pitch. when this ah like That's it. The game's not continuing. We're locking off the game right now. And don't get me wrong, me, my head will be on Pluto.
00:13:31
Speaker
like people People are going to talk down AFCON and say, la ah this is this isn't sportsmanship and all that kind of stuff. But yeah, but sometimes forget all that. like Let's be honest.
00:13:44
Speaker
Anyone watching in that game, if that if that ended with Morocco scoring that penalty and Senegal winning, I mean, um Morocco winning, disgrace. That's a disgrace. You'd call it daylight rugby. You would call it daylight rugby. It's a disgrace. And in that scenario, I think a lot of people expect the the team on the end of these horrible decisions to just kind of take it and just stay professional and, you know, do your jobs. But,
00:14:11
Speaker
um I think when it's the final that The stakes too high The stakes are too high Bro, how many times in the Premier League have we seen teams get decisions like that going against them and then a couple days later PG, MOL releases a statement it shouldn't have been a penitent it doesn't matter, we've lost the point The apology is too late Yeah, we've lost the point you're not going replay the match, it's done It's done. No, you're not. So if I'm going to protest it, I need to protest it and admit in exactly in the immediate term. Exactly. like They did what they were supposed to do So they walked off the pitch. The only player who stayed out was actually Sadio Mane. And I think, um I don't know how feel about that. Maybe you kind of want your team to be united, but at the same time, i think Mane is aware that, like, look, listen, this...
00:15:02
Speaker
the penalty is going to get taken. The decision is not going to be overruled. We can't like, we can't not come out. All we're doing is delaying the inevitable. But he's saying that... He gets, um I think he gets, he has a quick conversation with the Senegalese head of FA or something. Yeah, yeah he had to, he had to, like, because...
00:15:22
Speaker
Even though I'm pretty sure even the um FA, the Senegalese FA and like all of the higher ups in that department, they're probably in agreeance with it, but you can't do that. You can't do that. You but you have someone to answer to. It's absolutely, before you're banned from, what about if they retrospectively decide, you know what?
00:15:41
Speaker
Because you lot acted like that, you're banned from the World Cup. You're banned from this. You're banned from that. like You can't. You have to come back out. but And obviously, that whole fiasco added another whole 10 minutes to the thing. Whoever was designed to take the penalty initially, whether it was supposed to be Brahim Diaz or someone else, um they have to sit down and wait.
00:16:01
Speaker
Now the nerves are wiling up and all this kind of thing is... wiling up and then um they come back out yeah yeah from from the moment the pen's given I think it's about 10 minutes and then um Ibrahim Diaz um oprah I think that's his name Ibrahim Diaz he's he's lining up to take the penalty and I remember just as I'm watching it I'm just like I'm just like, oh, this just ain't fair. like you know Yeah, I'm like, bro, all of my group chats are going off saying this is a disgrace. I can't believe AFCON's finished. All of these kind of things I'm hearing. But yeah, go ahead. and then And then for him to proceed, last kick of the game to win your country, the AFCON title that Morocco have not won in 50 years. Another pressure tie, but
00:16:57
Speaker
He kind of... and It's not that he... Look, if it goes in, nobody says anything. Everyone would be like, oh, class, what composure. Little Penenka in that high-pressure moment.
00:17:07
Speaker
But when... And I'm pretty sure... Isn't he left-footed? Why is he taking the pen with his right? Someone said that. after got I was like, oh, my God, I completely forgot he is left-footed, ain't he? Even as he lined up, I was so confused. I said, oh, is he both-footed? know he can hit with his right, but i was like...
00:17:25
Speaker
Is he sure about this? From that moment, I should have known he was... He's left-footed. He's left-footed, bro. From that moment, I should have known he was moving unserious. And... For him to proceed to try a Penenka in that moment is the miss. you can't If you're going to do a Penenka, you have to score. You have to score. and But the one thing I'll say about Mendy is Mendy's not great at diving for pens. Because he i used to um he used to play for Chelsea. Edouard Mendy in goal for se Senegal.
00:17:57
Speaker
He's not great at diving low for pens. So what he tends to do is he he he will kind of react late to try and see where you're going.
00:18:09
Speaker
And then in the hope that you don't get it right and then go. So then that that kind of stuttering slow reaction is perfect if you're going to penenke. It just catches it. Yeah.
00:18:21
Speaker
ah The thing is for me, I'm trying to think of the mentality of Brahim Diaz. I'm pretty sure in his mind, because so much time went between him winning winning the penalty to him taking it, I'm pretty sure he changed his mind like 50 times.
00:18:34
Speaker
He must have. And then some something in his head said, you know what? This guy's going to die. is absolutely no way that they're going to do this. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm going to do this. And he walked up there and he went and he tried to penenka it. The last kick of the game, he tried to penenka it. And justice, man. What a what a and what a fantastic four.
00:18:59
Speaker
What a fantastic four. I see the conversations about people saying, oh, he'd be missed on purpose. let' Trust me, listen. That man did not miss on purpose. He wanted to add insult to injury.
00:19:11
Speaker
He wanted to he wanted to like put the final nail in the coffin. That would have sent all the Senegalese players in a frenzy. That that would have crazy.
00:19:23
Speaker
It's a very strange theory that there's nobody who's going to take the winning pen for AFCON and... Especially when your country hasn't won it in 50 years. and that's for not You're not missing yeah it on that as well. He tried to do a thing and it didn't work. And obviously... um To fast forward, it goes to extra time and then... Papis Gay, I think it was.
00:19:47
Speaker
Yeah, Papi Gay or something like that. Bro. What banger. He scored a banger. That was pure anger. That was pure that frustration that everything that happens literally...
00:19:59
Speaker
At the start of the second um at the start the first half of um Extra Time, he's like running through. Mane does a nice back kill. He gets into space. As he's falling, he just claps it. And the way he hit it, yeah?
00:20:15
Speaker
oops straight top corner top corner remember when I said that a few weeks ago that I want a 6 foot 2 centermid just go grab me one of them man just go grab me one of them if I grab me two I need it I need it.
00:20:35
Speaker
Just someone who can land, head up, barge and whack the ball. None of this technical soft soft soft play. No. Give me one of them. and But yeah, um just to say ah congratulations to Senegal. They won it last in 2021 and they got another one now. This might be Mane's last AFCON for Senegal as well. So, it's good for him to go on that. He's a, that's a legend. Who won the last, Afcon?
00:21:06
Speaker
Who won the last one? Was it Algeria? No, Ivory Coast. Wasn't it the whole Ivory Coast ring when they sat there? Oh yeah, of course. Because, hey, Afcon gives you stories, man. Just watch it. When it's on, just watch it. There's always a storyline, bro. How can you sack your manager mid-tournament and go on to win that as the horse nation in common, man? Get
Transition to Premier League: Chelsea's Challenges
00:21:27
Speaker
of here. Crazy, crazy. You don't get that everywhere, But yeah, time to move on to the Premier League. And I think we're starting with Chelsea and their new manager, Liam Rossignor, in his first Premier League game.
00:21:45
Speaker
picks up a dub. Liam Rossignor. are you feeling, man? a
00:21:57
Speaker
um Well, from the future, oh boy. From three games, you know, he's been in charge of Charlton, Arsenal in the Cup and today, well, Saturday, Brentford.
00:22:12
Speaker
Charlton performance is Charlton, so yeah, we should be beating them 4-5-1. Arsenal were... The Arsenal performance was abysmal. It was genuinely abysmal.
00:22:24
Speaker
um And then today's performance performance was just as bad, if not worse. um I say it's worse because Brentford aren't as good as Arsenal. So, ah yeah, like Brentford had just chance after chance in the first half and the second half.
00:22:45
Speaker
Yeah, I so ah saw a couple of chances. I remember the Jensen one that... um that someone got a flick on and he just hit the outside of the post with a right foot volley. They seem to just have you on the pressure but then I feel like well, the first goal you scored, it just comes from a mistake to be honest. like it was not even the I don't even want to call that a mistake. I don't think that's a mistake. I think that's just an unfortunate event.
00:23:11
Speaker
like yeah I think it's Coyote who tries to clear it bounces off Enzo ends up dropping to Jao Pedro, good finish, good finish. He's not someone who I attribute to like, be like a snap shot shooter. He's more like, probably, I expected him to fake shot it, try finesse it into the bottom corner, but just, bro, left foot, bro, roofed it.
00:23:35
Speaker
roofed it straight up but and then um yeah obviously he went to VAR because it was it was actually close because it came with Enzo last but um they're going up standing but um I think that's that's just luck that's just a bit of luck that you need in football uh bro like so here's here's my theory yeah I don't ah any any Any sport, I just don't think there's a such thing as luck. I think every action has a reaction, everything.
00:24:03
Speaker
And at the end of the day, our poor actions gave them loads of chances. So they were poor in their finishing and did not finish their chances. um In terms of how we set up, I think it's difficult because physically,
00:24:26
Speaker
There was just nothing. Honestly, mate, there was just in our press, in our defending, we weren't proactive in our defending. We weren't proactive in our pressing. in the like They were cutting through us like butter. Arsenal done it in the midweek as well.
00:24:45
Speaker
We weren't compact. Every time we pressed, it was disjointed. We didn't know whether we were going up or down. i i is is this because...
00:24:58
Speaker
Like the last two performances have been, ah don't wanna be rude, but it must be must be worse than what Moeska has provided us this season. Six shots against Brentford.
00:25:11
Speaker
I don't feel people are deep in that. They 15, six shots in 90 minutes of football versus Brentford. that's a lack of That's a lack of physical you know effort.
00:25:23
Speaker
Is that six shots on target or just six shots? No, six in total. In total. Jesus. Jesus. Oh, my God. was looking at the wrong stat.
00:25:36
Speaker
Yeah, bro. It's mad. It's mad. And you know what? maybe Maybe we've just reached a point in our season where Exactly what I thought was going to happen at the start of the season is happening now. In the sense that because we didn't have a preseason, I thought we were going to start slow, but it was actually the opposite.
00:25:59
Speaker
Because we didn't have a lot of break, we actually started to quite sharp and we were quick. But then now what we're seeing in is a burnout. And honestly, it's scary. It's scary.
00:26:11
Speaker
I don't know how he fixes it This is the problem. I genuinely don't know how he fixes it because and he doesn't have time to It's not like we have one game a week where the team could have time to rest and build and build fitness.
00:26:26
Speaker
We've got Champions League. and Now we've got back-to-back midweek weekend, midweek weekend, midweek weekend for for a while now. um Yeah. And I just don't know how he fixes it. And whether it's just full rotation...
00:26:42
Speaker
for the midweek games where 11, 10 come out, 10 come in and and then try and build the fitness of those coming out. Like Palmer just looks unfit.
00:26:52
Speaker
um Everyone looks unfit. Everyone looks unfit. Everyone looks knackered. Generally, mate. Palmer's just coming back from an injury. So it's like, it's probably got take him a couple of games to get into a rhythm. And to be fair, before the injury, I don't think he was really,
00:27:08
Speaker
pulling up any trees but it was the conversation that we had I think a couple weeks ago about too much football it's just like a lot these guys are just tired bro like you're one of the few teams who didn't really to get a international break a summer break to rejuvenate your squad and then to get ready for this season but like you said the games are going to come thick and fast And your squad's really going to be tested at this point.
00:27:37
Speaker
Literally, literally. And i'm I'm fearful for where we end up. I genuinely am. um I genuinely, genuinely am really fearful of where we end up. we'll we'll We'll see because we'll play we'll play better teams than Brentford and another team knocks us for six, I'll be very honest. It was that bad.
00:27:56
Speaker
And you guys, um ah did Tosin go off with an injury? Yeah, praise God. So Tosin's gone off with an injury and I just saw, just before we started, that you're being linked to centre-back.
00:28:15
Speaker
Yes, Jeremy Chaket. Jeremy Chaket. Something like that. 20 years old and quoting 65 million euros, which is about £56 million. Yeah. sixty five million euros
00:28:31
Speaker
20 years old, don't really know much about him, but it fits the profile of what your club's looking for. And I guess all it'll take is for your manager to you, like, you know, if you break the word down, split in half, and you've got a man, and you've got age, like, you know... Sorry. Sorry.
00:28:56
Speaker
Oh, man. Sorry, I didn't even finish. You know, that was just an immediate reaction. i even think about that one. Oh, my God. I'm finished. Oh, bro. Man, I really said you're, if you split the word in half, you've man and you've got age. Like, when you're coaching players, you're aging men. Bro, like, get this walk out of here him out here.
00:29:22
Speaker
To be fair, to be fair, that quote is from like a year ago, to be fair. That's not long enough, bro. You should have said... That should have been from Peef 11, bro, for me to allow you any grace. Man, so man... If he's...
00:29:38
Speaker
If he's talking like that that just if I was a player, I'd just say, shut up. Shut the hell up. If I'm Cole Palmer and he ever comes to me with that stupid speech, I'm going to the board, bro. Guys, guys. Yeah, yeah. This ain't it. Come on. You manate, seriously. I don't know if this is true as well about the whole thing of when he's doing his training, he he takes off his gloves so they can hear him clap, they can hear him applaud when they do something right.
00:30:05
Speaker
I don't know if that's true, you but based on that quote, that seems inland thats in Yeah, in the post-match press conference, he kind of makes jokes of it. um i think I think there are some journalists out there just, you know, they can see the online um reaction to his hiring has been quite comical. So I think a lot of journalists...
00:30:27
Speaker
well the the particular journalist in question is Kieran McGill or something like that um or Kieran McGuire one of the two um he's is he I'll be honest man's but he's writing in that just to make a joke man he's writing that to get clicks and and get people reacting to to his um to his content if I'm if I'm being honest um It is what it is. It is what is, man. I'm not... We'll have to see, man. But I really hope the players respect him because right now, the fans don't respect him. And if the fans don't respect him, the players will see all these jokes.
00:31:05
Speaker
And as much as we like to think that players are ignoring social media, they're not. Nah, this generation, they're on social. Straight after the game, they're getting their phone out and they're straight on social media. And then if we're freak if we think he's a joke, man, I'm sure they think he's a joke, man.
00:31:20
Speaker
Bro, all it takes here is a couple really bad performances and your players will switch off already because he doesn't seem like he has a lot of charisma. And with that, as a player, i' no I'm not buying what you're selling. And then I'm going out on the pitch and I'm doing what you're saying and we're getting smoked, bro. But even but even forget forget the charisma. Think about the the um you know the power. What power does he have?
00:31:47
Speaker
Like, it's already been, we already know what the status is that my man's in charge, but he's not really in charge. And they gave him a big contract as well, didn't they? Exactly. And when you're telling me, oh, stop being lazy and run, I'm going to look at you like you're waste, man.
00:32:04
Speaker
Because you think I'm going to listen? I'm a big man, you know? already know what the... You're just here as a placeholder. that's done These are the kind of things that players will think. And they've created this situation. They've created this scenario. Like, I'm not... Nothing on Liam Rossini. I'm sure he's a capable coach. And I've watched this Charlesburg team. And, you know, they've been set up really well and decent for, you know, for the level they're at.
00:32:30
Speaker
But this is a whole nother kettle of fish. There's way more exposure. There's way more exposure. Everything you do is going to get micro-analysed. The jokes are going to come and come and come and come. And boy, you've got you' got to be at next level to handle this. So we'll see how it goes. But we're unfit.
00:32:50
Speaker
We're unfit. Half the players are not very good. and And you don't have a lot of power when it comes to decision-making. this is a recipe It's a recipe for disaster, my bro. It's a recipe for disaster. We'll see what happens. but um just just walking yeah going walk Walking away from um that Brentford game, I know you said Arsenal are obviously better than Brentford, but Brentford have actually been in a good...
00:33:18
Speaker
fair formed They've been doing pretty well recently and to walk away to no winners after performing pretty badly, I would say, as a um whole part. um The second goal, he's got that was off another mistake, wasn't it? So, De Lapp intercepted the ball, got fouled, given a penalty and then...
00:33:37
Speaker
Cole Palmer wrapped it bottom corner. And yeah, you guys, that's a smash and grab if you ask me, man. I don't think you guys deserved anything from that game. But they they in the grand scheme of things, you don't really think about those games or when it comes towards the end of the season. And I think that fourth and fifth spot is going to be tight.
00:33:55
Speaker
so But but you do you know who thinks about I think about it, bro. Do you know why think about Bro, it's the truth. I think about because it's...
00:34:06
Speaker
I know what this team really is. I remember all your crap performances. I'm not one of them fans that will just forget the the crappy performances. So I know. And when that result, if we continue like this, bro, don't be surprised when a 4-0 comes up.
00:34:22
Speaker
4-5-0. It's coming. If we keep playing like this, it's coming. I promise you. And some Chelsea fans will act shocked. But it's been coming. It's been coming. It's been coming.
00:34:33
Speaker
So it is what it is. I did want to talk about their transfer policy. Not policy, but the the the transfer that they're looking to make um with this young centre-back. How many centre-backs do we need, bro?
00:34:49
Speaker
Well, according to your injury list, you'd need a lot, bro. How many centre-backs do they need to buy to a replace the ones that they bought that they wasn't good enough?
00:35:01
Speaker
You keep going, man. There's nothing else you could do, bro. You just... De Sassi, 37 mil. Badia Shile, 35 mil. um and someyfao a coan Fofano. Fofano wasn't bought by these directors, so I'll let i'll let the Fofano one off. that wasn't That one was done by Boli. Okay. Ansomino, some guy that plays for Dortmund and injured not non-stop, 20 million.
00:35:27
Speaker
Um... Hato, who is a left-back slash centre-back, he's... Allegedly. Allegedly. He's 45 mil. Allegedly, that guy's a footballer, but anyway.
00:35:38
Speaker
Bro, he's 45 mil. So, which defender have you guys actually purchased that's actually good? And have you shown anything? like And then now you want to buy another centre-back. What are going to do with the rest? Tussing came in on a free. You guys signed him. Why?
00:35:54
Speaker
Why? Because he's got the same agent as some of the other players that you've bought. Boy, boy. Like, so what next you buy this next? You buy this young kid. What's the plan with a chengpong?
00:36:10
Speaker
What's the plan with Colwell when he comes back? So if Colwell's a mainstay, you've got this jack jacket guy who's coming in as chaget. This jacket guy. I'm going to call him a Montclair.
00:36:23
Speaker
I'm sorry, i' say yeah I'm sorry. ah I'm going have to find out how pronounce his name properly. So you've got this guy coming in that supposedly is the first team. Someone to come into the first team and start, yeah?
00:36:38
Speaker
So he's coming. So that's two. You've got Saar, who just had a blinding performance. Clean sheet in AFCON final, 20 years old, yeah, playing his skin off.
00:36:51
Speaker
um He's coming next year. so so that's three, one three. You've got a Chengpong, who's the best, but I don't want to say the best, because I think Gehi is the best centre-back we've ever produced, but he is on par to become the best one of the best centre-backs we've ever produced.
00:37:10
Speaker
Okay, what are you going to do with him? That's four already. So what's the plan? Let me know what the plan is because you got like it looks like you've got no plan. Why have you got so many players for a couple of positions?
00:37:22
Speaker
So are you going to shift for Fana? How are you going to shift for Fana? This Anselmino guy from um in that that's playing for Dortmund who's injured all the time, how are you going to shift him? Tussin, how are you going to shift him?
00:37:36
Speaker
but Guys, make it make sense. Make it make sense. Anyway, good luck to them. I don't even know what they're doing. Anyway, it's money laundering. It must be money laundering.
00:37:47
Speaker
i've got asked a question I've got a question ask you as well. More along the lines of Liam Rossignol, I know he he was given a big contract in terms of how long he said. think it was like six years or something. Do you think there's a possibility of like...
00:38:03
Speaker
if he does a bad enough job for these next six months, there's a lot of managers that are going to be available in the summer. Do you think Clear Lake pulled the trigger just in hopes of grabbing someone?
00:38:14
Speaker
if he if he If he finishes in the bottom half of the table, which I think is very very possible. um Yeah. I think if you guys miss out on Europe as a whole, like I'm looking at that that group, obviously we're saying that... um it's probably going to be top five again that gets Champions League.
00:38:34
Speaker
um But you've got to remember, he's he's he's their man. I think if he misses out Champions League, I think they'd allow him. Yeah, I'm thinking miss out on Europa League as well and go straight back into the conference, are they having that again?
00:38:50
Speaker
I don't think they care, bro. Why would you hire this guy if you cared? Why would you hire this guy if you cared that much? You'd get someone that's a sure risk, wouldn't you? And they've shown in the past that was trying to stick with a guy if they can, because remember, they picked him.
00:39:03
Speaker
Because every manager they sack is a note to the owner to say, ooh, you guys sure you know what you're doing? So the more they have to sack... the more in trouble they are, I promise you.
00:39:16
Speaker
Eventually, because obviously right now, doesn't seem like there's any accountability for those in charge. But eventually, the board and um those in charge will have to start asking the question, guys, you're sacking another guy and he's costing us X, Y, and What's the plan here?
00:39:33
Speaker
So my point is, I don't think, if he even if he misses out on you, I don't think he gets sacked. I think it needs to be bottom half finish and then he gets sacked. I think it needs to be something embarrassing like to the point where they're just like, we've got to get rid of this guy.
00:39:48
Speaker
And then who do what what do you think the profile is of the manager who steps in? Because I know they got... Is Gary O'Neill the manager of Strasbourg now? Me? Huh? Me, me. You're the profile. Me, I'm the profile, bro. Me, inexperienced.
00:40:04
Speaker
got no put Got no business working in there. Yeah, I'm the profile. Why can't I go for the job? Why not? Why not, bro? I hear it. I hear it. I hear it. that's Because that's what it seems like. If I see that guy, that's what's his name?
00:40:19
Speaker
Gary O'Neal. If I see Manny Chelsea, I'm going to lose it. I'm going to lose it. I think the most they would get him to do is do like a caretaker role. Like, until you find Gary O'Neal. That's about it. I don't think they can give it up to him. Get out.
00:40:36
Speaker
But yeah. All right, cool. Moving on. Moving on. um Let's talk about the red side of Manchester.
Manchester United: Tactical Improvements and Key Players
00:40:47
Speaker
Fam. Let me do that. Yes, who's back? Back, back, back. Get it, get United's back, back, back. Tell the friends. Listen, want to sing, I want to dance, I want to do it, bro. want to two-step on my enemy's graves. I want to do bare stuff. We've seen this before from United, though, turning up for a Manchester derby. We've seen this before. yeah we've seen we've seen We have seen it before, but if I'm being honest, that performance there...
00:41:17
Speaker
I ain't seen that in years. I ain't seen that in years. I'm talking about, obviously, Amarin has beaten Man City before. A 2-2-1 smash and grab. I remember the Amad goal, the ball flying over the top from Martinez and then all that kind stuff. This was dominance.
00:41:34
Speaker
yeah This was... this was This was a battering. This is one of the ones where could have been five or six. We had three offside goals that were marginal. All of them were marginal.
00:41:46
Speaker
And then still living there. Still had three-point sign, got XG, bro. We battered them. Like, I'm talking about from start to finish. I would love to know, what can Karrick do in three, four days?
00:42:05
Speaker
that gets this, bro? Do you know what does that? I it. I've got the answer for you. Coach. That's what he can do. He can look at his team. Surely others were coaching. Even Fletcher. Surely the others were coaching. They were trying to say. Fletcher's at 118. No, them man tried to go in there vibes it. They set the team up, they pick the formation and then they try to just go, you know what?
00:42:30
Speaker
Guys, this is a big game. You need the three points. Go out there, express yourselves and try and get the... This was tactics. This was this was like like... Obviously, it's qui quickly run through the line up here. Not even to go through every single play, every single position.
00:42:49
Speaker
This is putting players in the best position to win. This is what I've been screaming for this entire season. Back four, he went for Maguire and Martinez as the two centre-backs, which makes perfect sense.
00:43:04
Speaker
That's your best pair. Exactly. This is the most experienced as the best pair that we have. Even though I've got my personal issues with Harry Maguire, I've seen him play against Haaland quite a few times. And as long as we don't leave big spaces behind for Haaland to just run into...
00:43:18
Speaker
It's fine. Those jewels, those headers, the 50-50s, Maguire's cleaning them up more times than not. And today, I mean, not to today, yesterday, oh Martinez was doing the same thing, bro. hol e He had Haaland on the raps, bro.
00:43:34
Speaker
And then, bro, like, ah can I can't speak highly more highly enough, obviously, especially... there's the talks of Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes thing, what they said about Martinez, about Harlan's just got pick him up and run with him and throw him into the gut. Like, don't get me wrong, yeah, these pundits and all these people, bro, you've got your you can have your opinions opinions on the players, that it doesn't matter, but Martinez has actually played against Haaland quite a few times and that's never been the story. If we're being honest, it's never been the story. It was just a joke. People are taking it to you literally. I think it was a joke that just didn't land because yeah was just not necessarily true. And he proved them wrong.
00:44:17
Speaker
Big, big F you to to them to you and said, yeah, like, what what? Did man pick me up? No, he didn't. Three points, bro. Like, what more can you say? Yeah. Yeah. And then obviously, like, you had Luke Shaw and Diego Dallot as um the fullbacks. Diego Dallot, yeah.
00:44:35
Speaker
Listen, that guy, he almost ruined my entire weekend. Almost. Almost. Bro, he he he was where all our attacks went to die.
00:44:48
Speaker
For some, he kept... He was the one who was transitioning with the ball. Pass after decision after decision. He was just making the wrong decision. And then let alone... Listen...
00:44:59
Speaker
That's a red card. It's a red card. I'm not going to lie. I was absolutely dumbfounded at how they did not... with like I just don't know what these guys are I was so certain that that was a red card.
00:45:18
Speaker
But what are they on? What are they on? Why do they look at that and decide that's not red? Think about some of the reds that these guys have given, man. but I've seen Gusto win the ball fully and then the follow through puts him into someone's ankle and then they give Gusto a red card.
00:45:38
Speaker
That's what I'm saying. I don't understand. What's the criteria, guys? I don't know if it's like... You say you say hi you say high it's got it's high high and high and reckless and the speed at which you approach it.
00:45:52
Speaker
Dalo is going super fast and he hits him in the knee. Yeah. Like, what are we on? It's a red. It's stud showing. is ever every that That tackle ticked every single box for a red card. Like, if he got sent off, I couldn't even be mad at, like, that's a bad decision. It's a red card. rule It's a red card. But we got luckyer we got lucky. yeah I know you said you don't believe in luck in football, but, bro, that's a red card.
00:46:15
Speaker
That's not luck. That's the spirit of Fergie, bro. Yeah, that's... I don't know if they looked at it because it was a derby and they said, ah, it's too... I hate stuff like that. These English um referees, they really buy into that. This is the big picture of the weekend and they have it on at 12.30 in the morning. I mean, um the first kick-off of the weekend. like You don't want to mess that up then because what happens is it's going to be the biggest talking point for the rest of the week until the next round of the future. Just do your job though. Do your job, do your job, do your job. It should have been given. have nothing else to say other than that should have been given,
00:47:03
Speaker
But, for Manchester United, I mean, Pep said it himself. Pep said, look, like, yeah, the red card was a mistake. It was a bad decision. But we were nowhere near it today. And City were nowhere near it. And I think, ah really, let's talk about the midfield.
00:47:19
Speaker
Yeah, that's what the next one I want to move on to. you Because this midfield trio that... Certain parts of the fanbase. certain someone. certain someone and a certain set of the fanbase who followed him, the Rimmers, them lot, them youths, that said you can't have play a mid-field three of Casemiro, Kobe and Bruno Fernandes because Kobe can't run, Casemiro can't run, and blah, blah, blah, all of this stuff because...
00:47:49
Speaker
and There's not enough physicality in the midfield. You need someone who's going to be... like let's ah Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait. This is why none of that made sense, yeah? So you said Kobe can't run, Casemiro can't run.
00:48:03
Speaker
So how does it make sense to now have a double prefer of Casemiro and Fernandes? Wouldn't an additional person help Fernandes and Casemiro? But this is the thing. Like, no, no, no, but didn but do to comment the common sense ain't commoning.
00:48:19
Speaker
this is why you You can't negotiate with terrorists. You can't. You can't. what What that man came to do to this club was to sabotage this club. He came to get a payout. I think he realised at some point that he can't do this job. So he just came and decided to throw us into the ground with a fair ball. Because it's some of those decisions that he was making tactically are unforgivable. And all of those Manchester United fans who backed him, you lot are a disgrace and you will forever rule be a disgrace. I don't care. I don't care. Right now, I'm happy. I had a great weekend. My team stepped up. all the play Every single one of those players, even that low in the second half, it was way better.
00:48:57
Speaker
Way better. But every single one of those players that was on the pitch on Saturday saturday afternoon, yeah. I'll give you all 10 out of 10. I don't i'llt care. I don't care. Dogu playing left wing. Ahmed playing right wing. And the fact that Karrick dropped Cesco after Cesco scored three goals in two games and played Mbwemo up top, that's tactical awareness. He knew that Cesco would have just been battling with the centre-backs and not really trying to get in behind. So let me just go counter-attack and put my fastest attackers...
00:49:32
Speaker
up front. So when Bruno gets the ball from whatever, when we win the ball in our defensive third and we're trying to transition quickly, he can hit it the left, he can hit it to the right, he can hit it up the middle. Either way, pace all over the gaff. It didn't matter. How is Dogu left wing?
00:49:52
Speaker
Is he a winger? Great. great i Do you know what I think he doesn't even know. He don't know. LAUGHTER Honestly, he's not a winger because i not not every winger is like a 1v1 demon, but he doesn't have any moves.
00:50:07
Speaker
He doesn't even step over. He doesn't have a drop of the shoulder. He doesn't have nothing. Like, bro, every time he's got... What, Antonio Valencia? Yeah, yeah. No, but at least Valencia is going to try to kick and kick and run against the byline. Dogu, like... Every time he got an opportunity to face up with who's the right back? Who's the right back who' was for rabbi back? Rico Lewis, he kind of he kind of checked back.
00:50:31
Speaker
He kind of checked back and just like, what He would rather do like combination play. Like it's like, Bruno come towards me or Kobe come towards me. I'll bounce off you and run in behind and just play it to me, which is fine. He's very aware of his limitations. He's not going to stand there and try and do step overs and try and beat man. That's pointless. That's not his game. So, but for him, what Carrick did very well here was defensively, we dropped into a 4-4-2. And because he had Dogu on the left side, It was essentially doubling up on Semenyo. He had Shaw and Dogu doubling up on Semenyo. On the other side, he had Ahmed and Dalo doubling up on Doku. Because you know Doku is going to do that little shimmy thing. It would be 1v1 through someone and cause chaos. But if you have someone else there, you're blocking off that angle. So that's that's not even a possibility. And also, even if Doku or Semenyo... I keep calling him Semenyo. I know he's Ghanaian, bro. Even if... if they somehow managed to wiggle out of that, there was a third man and it was either Kobe or Casemiro to come do the cleanup.
00:51:36
Speaker
So he wasn't leaving guys on the island to go get exposed. And we were so compact, like Foden... barely could get the ball because Kobe was screening the passes. He couldn't, he was blocking the passing lanes. Foden had to drop a bit deeper to get a few touches in there, but he couldn't get into any areas to actually do anything.
00:51:56
Speaker
He was basically a ghost in that first half. Oh, so, so question there. So Kobe was screening the defence. Wait, wait, wait, which player can't do that?
00:52:08
Speaker
And who was moved away from that position? Bruno Fernandes. And who had the most influence in an attacking sense on the game?
00:52:19
Speaker
Bruno Fernandes. Oh, putting your best attacker closer to the to the opponent's goal is advantageous to you. And taking him out of your defensive structure because he's bad at those defensive actions or consistently, he's bad at doing it consistently.
00:52:38
Speaker
i think I think I have to even say, ah like you always big up Bruno. I always give pushback. I will are i swear from today onwards, I'm not talking about Bruno. For the rest of the season, I'm not talking about Bruno. You Bruno. all of that. no. I'm not talking about him anymore because what actually deep-je is as much as i may like have my criticisms of him, it's actually pointless.
00:53:04
Speaker
It's actually pointless because this guy... like he he can do it. At the highest level, he can he can do it. And obviously, he he hasn't really had the best support in the last couple of years, considering he's mid. McFred, Van der Beek, Ugarte. He'll just start listing off all these midfielders. I'm saying like these are the same blights I would have given to Pogba.
00:53:33
Speaker
I'm looking at all of his parents and saying, it's the same thing. Do you know how I think about it? Do you know how how I think about it, yeah? How can I walk around and look at the people around my best player and I know they're not up to up to scratch How can I now be spending time repeatedly criticising my best player because he's not performing to his best out of 10 men on the field? And even even in that, with what you're saying, he's still putting up historical numbers. Bro, this is my... So, like, when I look at Parma and people are telling me, you know, people keep talking about Parma, talk about Parma.
00:54:12
Speaker
Guys, there's nine other players on the field. know about Parma. I know what Palmer can do. iin' got He's the least of my worries. Fernandes is the least of your worries.
00:54:25
Speaker
You're a man on the field that shouldn't be on the field. They're the ones we should be talking about. I think that Admirin stint has made me really appreciate who Bruno is.
00:54:38
Speaker
And if we had a coach who platformed the team well enough, Bruno can go do whatever the hell he wants because that's it he's a chance creating machine. I'm not even going to like... That's it. Like he's... Well, since the guy walks into this league,
00:54:55
Speaker
The rate at which this guy creates chances for himself and others is ridiculous. And don't get me I know there's some haywire passes and sometimes does things. Yeah, bit today. I looked at his overall game today, um not today, i keep saying today, yesterday, and I'm saying to myself, left foot ping right onto Ahmad's foot, falling backwards on the right-hand side and off balance any need drop of ball to the back po into door and I'm saying like, nah, man. How am I even talking about this guy, bro? What am I actually talking about? I'm talking about him.
00:55:33
Speaker
If you put Fernandes in City, he's the best player in the Like, I'm not even joking, guys. If you put him in Arsenal instead of the other guy... Arsenal would like 15 points clear at him. 110%. He's putting in numbers and work. like Fernandes is a ridiculous baller. And I just don't like it when people, like they they're ignoring the things that he's doing on the pitch because of the result was bad.
00:55:59
Speaker
Stop doing that. Honestly, that's me. I'm holding my hands up. Today, today obviously, he's going to have bad games this season. He's going to have good games this season. But when you overall look at Bruno Fernandes' tenure after he's done, he's going to be high on a lot of lists, bro. And would you put him in a double pivot?
00:56:18
Speaker
And why would you put him in a double pivot? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. if That entire Amaranth period, I shouldn't have said one word about Bruno. I should have just left Bruno alone. don't get don't Don't get me wrong. It doesn't mean we don't need midfielders.
00:56:31
Speaker
but And if you ask me, in the summer, Saudi Arabia will come with another 100 million. Will I take it or will i won't I won not take it? Listen,
00:56:44
Speaker
It's going to be hard to say no. It's going to be hard to say no. Just because know that in order for our team to get to this level, we need to reinvest in it. But at the same time, it's not that Manchester United don't have money.
00:56:57
Speaker
we Exactly. We owe money. Exactly. That's what i'm saying. I don't think you need to. The board last season, they said, we don't need to sell them. We can still spend money. And they did.
00:57:08
Speaker
yeah So that means yeah we have no obligation to sell Bruno this summer. You can still buy the midfielders. I don't want to come in the summer that Bruno stay in. So that means we're only getting one midfielder.
00:57:20
Speaker
Ineos, it's on you. It's on you lot. I need to see at least two. Even this January. This January, just because it's Carrick, don't mean that no one's looking at you. Carrick can win every game in January. He needs a midfielder.
00:57:32
Speaker
this This window right now. right so I think they've got their hearts set on Belayba and maybe they're waiting for the summer. Yeah, they are. They are. But that doesn't mean that we can't do other work.
00:57:43
Speaker
Like this whole squad, like I said, I think I said on the other pod, how many midfielders are potentially going out? They're saying Casemiro might be going out. There's rumours that Bruno might be going. They're saying they're trying to sell Ugarte. Collier is probably going on loan again. So we're only going to be left with who? Kobe Manu?
00:58:02
Speaker
That's it. Come on, man. And if we're potentially getting Europe, we need we need reinvestment. So we can't... I don't want to leave it all to the summer. Then we're chasing two guys for the entire summer. Then we only end up getting three players. Nah.
00:58:14
Speaker
If Casemiro's going somewhere... If you one of you got to Casemiro stay, both ain't going. Yeah, that's the thing. But Ugarte should go because he's not good enough. That's the thing. He should. But um yeah, forget about him anyway. um I want to talk about another guy.
00:58:31
Speaker
and another Another guy. There's ah's a 20-year-old boy who our fans tried to turn their backs on for a manager who's only won 14 games in 14 months. let me Let me tell you something, yeah? That performance there, it's not even it's not even like it was an outrageous performance. That's standard Kobe Manian.
00:58:52
Speaker
That's what you can do week in, week out. It's not that was a 10 out of 10 performance. No, he was cool. He was calm. But guess what he didn't do? He didn't give the ball away unnecessarily. Okay, yeah, he misplaced a few passes here and there, but he's confident. He's in jewels. He's strong.
00:59:07
Speaker
people on the People don't talk about how strong he is. How many jewels is he going into with um flipping ah Bernardo Silva and folding and all these and coming out with the ball?
00:59:19
Speaker
how many How many is he doing that? And when he wins the ball from these duels, he's not just punting it. He's not just kicking it over there. No, he's looking up, taking extra touches, making sure he's actually being progressive with the ball. And our fans tried to do a thing of like, well, if he was good enough, he would play. He's competing with Bruno Fernandes. No, he's not competing with Bruno Fernandes, bro.
00:59:40
Speaker
like let's Let's keep a buck. For whatever reason, the manager did not like it. is it is it Is it controversial that his two midfielders are the two Portuguese-speaking guys?
00:59:52
Speaker
is it is is that is Is that something else? Is that something else? I don't know. o i don't I don't know. Spit your talk! Spit! Because I'm being honest, every time i spoke to one of these people supporting Ameren, if I'm talking to... Bro, even... Bro, was telling Escher, bro, i don't I don't use your name out of disrespect because you ain't been on the pod.
01:00:18
Speaker
Sir Dar. Sir Dar. Let me start saying your name. Sir Dar. Sinan. All of you, man. Let me start saying your name now.
Manchester United's Management and Recruitment Strategies
01:00:29
Speaker
You, man... like literally completely missed the point of what was going on. My criticisms of the manager, it's not that, oh, get him gone and we're going to be in a good spot. Get him gone because he's rubbish.
01:00:41
Speaker
He doesn't know what doing. it We have talented young players in the squad and they deserve an opportunity. Kobe Menuh, you can't go from, you can't convince me that you can go from s scoring the winning goal in the FA Cup, playing for England in the in a... um Euro's final having countless key moments for Manchester United the Liverpool goal the Wolves goal the Lyon goal last season to get us into the Europa League final all of these moments yeah and I'm just supposed to believe because this guy who's got a 31 win percentage as a manager says that man can't play in the two midfield so are you playing the two no one can play in the two all of our midfielders are dying bro
01:01:26
Speaker
I need them. I need them. Man's job in governments. I need them on the pod yesterday. I want them to come on the pod. I want both of them to come on the pod at the same time. want both of them to come on the pod at the same yeah I don't care. That's it. That's it. Listen.
01:01:41
Speaker
All of this stuff. Next week. Now that Amarillo's gone, yeah. Listen. I want them to enjoy your weekend. Enjoy your weekend. Watch Manchester United. Look at that performance. they had to They even had to admit they haven't seen Man United play like that in years.
01:01:55
Speaker
I genuinely... What did they say about this performance? Nothing. Silence. Silence. time, the last game when we drew to... Who was it? Burnley. I'm getting clips of Kobe Mane who's missed passes and that. This time I didn't get no clips. Why didn't I get no clips?
01:02:13
Speaker
I had to send the clips. I had to send them clips because I don't know if were watching or not. Yeah. Come on, man. Remember there the rondo on the corner on the left-hand side? Have you seen the Arabic commentary of um that thing? I don't. The um base is like a rondo between Bruno, Cogna, Shaw and Cobby Mania and the And the commentary is just going, Cogna, Bruno, Cogna, Bruno, Cogna, Bruno.
01:02:42
Speaker
yeah who you born the hell out of them weeks bro absolutely and let me let me give him Casemiro props as well what a what a player man I thought he was done I thought he was done he's on borderline he's only got a couple more games you know you know when you're like when you're losing your hair you only got a couple more trims left That's where Casemiro is in his career. He's got couple more good performances like that. I wouldn't want to go into a Champions League run with Casemiro being my main six because you don't know you don't know what's going to happen. But Casemiro, bro, what a performance, bro.
01:03:20
Speaker
Like, come on, man. Let's be honest. They're trying to tell me that all these players are rubbish. We've got a few bad eggs. A few bad eggs, bro. But the majority of this team are talented players.
01:03:33
Speaker
One game a week suits Casemiro, though. Yeah, it does. Just to kind of rest his legs and keep him fresh.
01:03:41
Speaker
And not even to, like, drag it on for too long. I can talk about every single individual player and all of that, but have to go to Michael Carrick, man. have to go to him. Platforming your players. And Steve Holland and Jonathan Woodgate and Johnny Evans. All of them. All coaching. All of them.
01:04:01
Speaker
Yeah, I hope you're... Who's the guy that was chatting chatting about them? Roy Keane. Roy Keane. I hope you hear that one, yeah? And Johnny Evans, yeah? The thing is, the premise with what Roy Keane was saying... he wasn't wrong. He wasn't wrong. It's not wrong. But wasn't this is what I'm saying. like Now I hope that... Now that Ameren's gone, I hope that everyone...
01:04:21
Speaker
could just focus on the issues that are actually at this club. It's the ownership and it's the ex-players. We've got two branches that are completely destroying the fan base. No, but this is this is this is where I disagree with you, bro. Why do the ex-players... We have the biggest media um presence in terms of our ex-players. And it's not... I don't think...
01:04:49
Speaker
yeah but that's Is that their fault, bro? I think they control narrative within the team. And just i just so you know, the same thing happens at Real Madrid, the same thing happens at Bayern Munich.
01:05:01
Speaker
This is what happens. It's just a part and parcel of the time. Yeah, no no, but what I'm saying, the reason why I'm saying that they're the biggest problem is not because they're doing anything wrong in particular. They're pundits. They're getting paid to talk about football. When I say their problem is that a lot of our fans don't really understand football. So when they say something...
01:05:20
Speaker
They just take it on. Because Ray Keen was my captain when I was growing up, what he said is true. So I'm going to regurgitate. I'm not even going to think about whether... or i can't even I can't even think to even...
01:05:31
Speaker
go against what they said because they've won so much at my club. And it's that sort of thing. And it's not that. Like I said, Roy Keane every right to credit, to question the credentials of the new management team at Manchester United. Now that they've got a big win, it doesn't mean that what he said was nonsense.
01:05:50
Speaker
yeah Because we can go to Arsenal and go get battered. we can we can go really yeah we can go play um who who's We can go play West Ham and go lose. like It's not impossible that these results can happen. But at the same time, him saying that, if we would have lost, that would have been the clip cirpling circling, circling, circling. Roy Keane was right, Roy Keane was right, Keane was right. And then it's not even the ex-players. The ex-players are about here on the list. I've got my hand like a bit lower. I've got right at the top,
01:06:20
Speaker
It's the board. You have to keep looking at the board. Forget the managers. Forget who... Don't even look at Karikou. Karikou's going to have bad results this season. you will He will. 100%. Don't look at him. Our problems aren't solved completely.
01:06:33
Speaker
We need recruit... The first thing they need to do... This January, we need to see recruitment. If we don't see recruitment, forget who's the managers. i don't think they'll bother. With one game a week, I don't think they'll bother, bro. Not January. I don't think so. We've got 11 days left. I don't think they'll I don't think they will as well, but that's something that the fan base needs to remember.
01:06:58
Speaker
These Amarim lot, that Matt EFC, the Moffat, Tears, all of the elite punters, all of them man, yeah, they're waiting for Carrick to slip up. And then when Carrick slips up, oh, Carrick, they want to talk about Amarim. Leave Amarim alone. Amarim's dead. He's dead. Don't talk about him anymore. He came to our club and took 10 to 20 million and just disappeared. He don't care about you, man.
01:07:24
Speaker
Stop talking them about He don't care. But when it comes to... Okay, cool. okay cool Let's say they don't get anyone in January. If Carrick misses out on Champions League football by a point or two, don't look at Carrick. Look at the board.
01:07:40
Speaker
Look at the board. That's what I'm talking about. And then even... That's the first thing they need to do. The second thing they need to do, this summer, the manager that comes into this club, you better make sure you pick the right one.
01:07:55
Speaker
You've started off your tenure as the um owners of the footballing department absolutely horribly. you need to You need to start repairing the damage that you're starting.
01:08:06
Speaker
So I'll give you a scenario, yeah?
01:08:10
Speaker
Carrick does relatively well. I'll give you two scenarios. Carrick misses out on Champions League by a few points, but the football champagne, decent results here and there, and everybody's excited.
01:08:27
Speaker
Scenario number two, Carrick gets Champions League, football's great, blah, blah, blah. In any of those two scenarios, would you give Carrick the job full
01:08:41
Speaker
time? The only scenario... that I'll give Carrick the job in, he has to...
01:08:51
Speaker
For me, I know the reason why a lot of people don't want Carrick because they think it's going to be an Oli part two. But Oli was good for it. but Yeah, he was good until he got the job full time. yeah The reason why I wouldn't give it to Carrick only because there's going to be a lot of top managers available this summer.
01:09:13
Speaker
We have to get one of them and at least try. If we go get Carrick and Enrique goes off to Real Madrid or whoever, I don't he would go Real Madrid because he's a Barcelona man.
01:09:27
Speaker
Tuchel ends up going um wherever the Hurley goes, Alonso goes, Liverpool. And then those teams start seeing success and we end up getting stagnant.
01:09:40
Speaker
is it Who the fans going to turn to and blame? They're going to say, oh, the board should have made it. No, just act like a big club and make the decision that you need to make. but But for me... If if you don't give it to Keg, then who would you give it to?
01:09:55
Speaker
For me, personally, I'm going to Enrique and I'm saying, bro, what do you need? What's it going to take you to get here? What's it going to take, man? But you know if Enrique...
01:10:08
Speaker
There has to be a relinquish of control. Yeah. You have to have influence. He's not like this guy. that like Enrique is so meticulous in everything he does.
01:10:21
Speaker
If you don't align with, in terms of your purchasing, if he, like Enrique gets final say on purchasing. If you don't give him that power, he's not, he's not coming, mate. But I think...
01:10:35
Speaker
I think our board needs to actually get an ego check if I'm being 100% honest, bro. You guys are obviously showing with all the power that you have, are we any better off?
01:10:46
Speaker
With all these decisions that you're making, are yeah are we any better off? I don't think so. don't think so. maybe Maybe you do need someone who's been there and done it, even as of recent as last season. Look what Enrique helped change that PSG team into. After losing Mbappe, he said, right, cool.
01:11:02
Speaker
Get me Cavusquillo in January. i'm Not going to play with with strike-off. Forget that. Don't need to do that. Get rid of Ugarte. Paco, I don't know where he came from. don't know if he's Academy or they bought him.
01:11:16
Speaker
And then, cool. Then he looked at his team. Cool. I know what need to do. Started off the season slowly. Ended up walking the Champions League. Yeah. Final. What did they beat Inter Milan? Was it like Yeah.
01:11:31
Speaker
Yeah. If a man like that walks through the door, you better give him what he needs to make it work. Yeah. I would, bro. I would. pro i would i would i would like When Enrique flew to London and interviewed with Chelsea, in in hindsight now, I know that that was never going to happen because of the personalities we've got in charge. But my I would give Enrique the keys. I would get i would say to Enrique, who do you want as sporting director? do you want to work with as sporting director? That's the other thing as well. That's the way I'd do it. and then smile And then I would just hire that person.
01:12:05
Speaker
That's my biggest problem because remember um before Amarin got sacked, just the pod we did just before Amarin got sacked, I said James Wilcox, his future intrinsically tied with Amarin, but it looks like it's not that.
01:12:17
Speaker
It looks like it's a boys club. These lot messed up all them decisions and they're not getting repercussions for their actions. If Enrique walks in there and he's having this Southampton football director tell him what to do he's got to take one good look at him and say, get me the hell out here, bro.
01:12:33
Speaker
Get me the hell out here, bro. They need to fix what's going on in that club right now. And obviously, we're talking about the whole overall Manchester United thing and not really getting into game. But listen, guys, man, I could talk about a game for like 10 hours, man. Like, come on, man. Bruno sliding it through to Embremo, bottom corner, all them offside goals. Harry Maguire hitting the crossbar.
01:12:56
Speaker
Harry Maguire hitting the crossbar. The pass from Bruno. Who even scored that second goal? Dogu. Come on, man. Quinn, you're coming off the bench. Like, now our team's starting to look way better. But obviously, like I said, I'm not going to get too high up.
01:13:11
Speaker
It's the first game. It's a big game. these these were I wasn't expecting points in this game. i' would have been happy with a draw. I wasn't even expecting that performance. One thing I will say, though, I do think, like, don't give a fuck, I think Ineos have made, and the new and Wilcox and all of them, they've made some big mistakes, especially from a managerial point of view.
01:13:34
Speaker
And if we exclude the Ugarte purchase, i think I think your transfers have been decent, man. I think i think like in the long term, Lenny Euro would a good purchase. and Maybe not great, but a good purchase.
01:13:46
Speaker
um I think your attacking options have been decent. Sesco, bit more time and coaching. I think he'll turn out to be... I just think he's too athletically gifted and flexible for him not to work out long-term. So as long as your team is functioning around him, I think you'll end up being okay.
01:14:05
Speaker
So I think the purchases are fine. I think i do think come summer, They just need to make the right moves, Manichiro, and then fill the gaps that were um that that that were neglected last summer. So in midfield, you probably need to look at upgrading left-back, if I'm honest. I don't think you should be going into next year with Luke Shaw.
01:14:29
Speaker
and definitely of a backup right back or ah not not backup sorry starting right back you need a starting right back to now say Dalo you are now second choice um that's the thing like obviously we've got like pieces here and there like like you said Luke Shaw I think we need to start moving away from some of these players like even Harry Maguire as good as he does in some games it's it's going to come to a point in time where if we do get in Enrique he don't play low block He wants to play higher up. He wants to play a higher press, higher line.
01:15:03
Speaker
So if that becomes a thing and he sees Harry Maguire on the turn, he's going to vomit. We can't do that. Eventually, we're going to need make the progression into that sort of team. You need another 6.45 redacted.
01:15:16
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Dumb dumb guys. But obviously, like like you said, the purchases of Aiden Heaven, Lenny Euro, they kind of fit the profile, but they're not ready yet. They're not they're not ready yet. They're ready yet.
01:15:27
Speaker
Not really. Dogu could play left back, but he's still learning. like He seems like he might be a good auxiliary left winger. I'd just like to say, yeah just to toot my own horn, yeah?
01:15:42
Speaker
i I think in the end, you know I may not have been 100% right about Dogu, but I think that's a win for me. going to add that as a win for me. Listen, you seem to know my team better than me.
01:15:54
Speaker
You're right about Bruno.
01:15:59
Speaker
flowers, bro. like Listen, Dolgu... He's okay. He's got potential. he He's got potential. He doesn't get the same blight that Rasmus Hoyland and all them men got. Dolgu is 20 years old.
01:16:15
Speaker
He's 20. He's the same age as Kobe. These are not young. is Is it Garnacu 20? don't know what that guy is, bro. I know he's not good. I know he's not good. That's what I know.
01:16:30
Speaker
All right.
Controversies and Narratives in African Football
01:16:31
Speaker
let's let's go into our don't blame the ref moment. Yeah. um Let me... No, I'll go last. What's your don't blame the ref moment?
01:16:43
Speaker
m This one... This one's a bit sweet for me. Even even though I'm thinking like... Do I really want to do it? Listen, the sky blue side of Manchester, yeah.
01:16:57
Speaker
don't Don't blame the ref. Don't be saying, Dallas should have got a red card. Yeah, right. Yeah, should have. There were at least, when did that incident even happen? Because I can't remember. 23? Yeah. Yeah, like something like that. You had a whole nother, what is it, like 60 to 70 minutes of football to do something about it.
01:17:20
Speaker
He didn't get sent off. to um You still had 11 men. We had 11 men. You guys are so much better than us. You got absolutely battered. Harlem. All of them, man. Philip, Walter, Ignacio, Foden. One thing I will add, though. 2026, you want to be playing Rico Lewis.
01:17:42
Speaker
listen man with no PNP they're just gonna spawn gonna spawn who the hell was that other guy they playing Alan who yeah I don't know I don't know don't know Aleni I don't know that guy bro he was a hologram today boy Hurry up and pay for Gahy's flight or train that he needs to get from... Yeah! yeah um Listen, man. Hold that. Hold that. Hold that. Listen, Manchester United get me Champions League football, bro. Let's start acting like a proper club.
01:18:19
Speaker
Alright.
01:18:22
Speaker
My... Don't blame the ref moment. May seem a bit harsh, but...
01:18:31
Speaker
It's definitely going to be
01:18:36
Speaker
Morocco.
01:18:40
Speaker
Don't, or specifically Diaz, don't blame the ref. And you know what? I'm going to take it back. going to take it back to last year oh a few years ago when, i think it was June, just after the last World Cup, they were trying to push a narrative.
01:19:03
Speaker
They were trying to get Diaz to win African Player of the Year. The guy hadn't even been representing Morocco for a year. He had just switched the legions.
01:19:16
Speaker
And I started seeing it on social media that Diaz should be Player of the Year. And I think that year Salah scored like 30 goals as well. i was like, what's going on here?
01:19:30
Speaker
What's going on here? that kind of propaganda, Marco, you tried it. You tried it. And you know what? He's had a good tournament this year, but the ref gave you a guilt-ed opportunity.
01:19:48
Speaker
oh and you messed it up. You messed it up. And and then in the extra time, they started complaining about the ref saying this, saying that.
01:20:00
Speaker
Listen, that that thing can go one or two ways. It's either one. Diaz is the most noble football player in the world and he's willing to have his whole country hate him to miss a penny just for the justice of football or he is the biggest piece of crap in the world to try Penenka in that. He's one of the two. He's at whichever end of the spectrum because you cannot Penenka me at that and you think I'm going to leave the stadium and not put someone in a body bag. Someone is coming with me.
01:20:33
Speaker
I just said to it, yeah, this whole tournament, the ref has been on your side. The whole tournament, they did everything they could to get you to win this tournament. And you still couldn't do it.
01:20:45
Speaker
You still couldn't do it. hold des hold it told it told it hold did Hold it. Hold it. Hold it.
AFCON's Global Impact and Criticism of Officiating
01:20:55
Speaker
Hey, big up Senegal, big up... Forget United, man. Yo, yo, yo. Big up United, big up Bruno, big up Dogu, big up all of them, man. Big up everyone who stepped up. but listen yeah yeah Just to round up, no, AFCON was really, really, it was really good, um I think, overall. um
01:21:24
Speaker
And, you know, ah it's really good to just see the eyes on AFCON, just people, a lot of, like, my whole coaching team in the group chat, they were all watching AFCON, i you know.
01:21:35
Speaker
Four years ago, that that might not be it that might not have happened. So it's really good that, you know, you're getting a lot of a lot more people who aren't African, who are actually um tuning in and watching it. And it can only serve as well moving forward, get get more eyes on the game, get more revenue revenue youre going into Africa and supporting, um so you know, pushing football further.
01:21:57
Speaker
oh so And be be careful, every everyone who's listening to us right now, be careful and watch the pundits who start using that incident that happened at the end of the game as a ah stick to beat down the AFCON competition. so yeah That's an incident that happened.
01:22:16
Speaker
out of pure frustration and normal human reaction. Don't let any one of these pundits get on there and say, see, this is why it's not seen as a serious competition. Watch them. Whoever does it, watch them. Name and shame. oh yeah Don't let them do that because that was a very good tournament. That was a good match as well. That was almost ruined by some level of corruption. I'm not going to say who. somewhat would Check every single official in the VAR. Everything. Check all of them. Check their family. Check their dog. Check in in if they've got any trust. Check everybody.
01:22:48
Speaker
Yep. And don't forget to check that stupid Ghanaian. That stupid Ghanaian that I looked at the airport. Hey, you better shut up, Ramon. You better shut up, eh. Stop, bro. The guy came home to stand in an ovation and you think we haven't forgotten about you. I'm going to cut for that for our heroes, man. Chop rice, chop rice. Anyway, thanks for listening, people. and Don't cry, don't beg. and
01:23:21
Speaker
Manchester's still red. Peace. Peace, peace.