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Introduction and Podcast Hosts
00:00:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Welcome everybody, it's Sunday the 19th of October, it's about two minutes after the Liverpool-Money United game has just finished and what a weekend of Premier League action, controversy it has been.
00:00:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
A very warm welcome on a somewhat rainy Sunday afternoon to all of you who make Listening to the Daily Premier League podcast part your everyday routine.
00:00:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
My name's Ken Davis. His name's Nick Britton.
Manchester United's Historic Win and Defensive Analysis
00:00:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do you make of all that then, Nick? And we've got a lot to talk about.
00:00:48
Nick Britten
Well, you have got lot to talk about. That was an extraordinary game. It was a very entertaining game. Manchester United, the first first time under Ruben Amarin that they've won two games in a row. It was their first victory at Anfield for 10 years, since the days of Wayne Rooney.
00:01:07
Nick Britten
And you sense they've got a hoodoo off their back. They play well. They play well. I'm not sure they deserve to win the game, but they play well.
00:01:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
any
00:01:13
Nick Britten
Liverpool missed some real sitters. But they they dug in, they defended stoutly, and you know fair play to them, having conceded a goal late in the game to make it 1-1. They just went up the other end and scored to make it 2-1, where a lot of teams would have settled for that and tried to settle for it. So...
00:01:29
Nick Britten
hundred percent 100% credit goes to Ameren and the team. I thought certainly for the first first half they were the better side. For the first probably hour they were the better side. Then they just kind of sat in a little bit and allowed Liverpool to attack them.
00:01:43
Nick Britten
Defensively, they weren't great. I thought Liverpool got at them pretty easily. ah But there were lots of last-ditch tackles and blocks and heads and bodies in the way and yeah bodies on the line. And that's what Manchester United supporters want to see.
00:01:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
what it takes. It's what's been missing. little bit of that grit, a little bit that determination, a little bit of that, you know, we're going to make it happen. I thought it was an outstanding unit United performance.
Liverpool's Vulnerabilities and Salah's Form
00:02:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think the other thing to say is they they had a plan.
00:02:12
Nick Britten
Thank you.
00:02:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
They had a plan of how to get to Liverpool. Liverpool have become easier to play against. People have worked Liverpool out a bit. Obviously, the weakness is down the flanks.
00:02:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
vulnerability to set pieces, vulnerability on the transition, overload the back post at set pieces because Frimpongo, whoever is there, ain't going to do it.
00:02:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I know he did, to be fair.
00:02:38
Nick Britten
You only came on at the last couple of minutes. Give him a chance. I didn't actually play well.
00:02:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
and to honest I want to come back to Frimpongo.
00:02:41
Nick Britten
It made big difference.
00:02:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Whoever's there in the in in the full-back positions, they're under a lot of pressure. Liverpool have become easier to play against. And guess what? you United find themselves two points behind Liverpool.
00:02:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
who would have thought that four weeks ago?
00:02:55
Nick Britten
Yeah.
00:02:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Liverpool find themselves four points behind Arsenal. Who would have thought that four weeks ago? Arnie Slott has got some very tough decisions to make. Lost three on the bounce now.
00:03:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brentford away next time. Some of the players are just not doing it for him and he's got to be ruthless for
00:03:18
Nick Britten
Well, one of the most interesting things about the game is that having just conceded a goal to make it 2-1 with few minutes to go and then, you know, hefty sledge of injury time. So, 8th-4th minute was the goal. There was 8 minutes of andt injury time. So, you know, 15 minutes still to play.
00:03:36
Nick Britten
His immediate reaction to letting a goal in was to take off Mo Salah.
00:03:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
which should have happened 62 minutes.
00:03:42
Nick Britten
Should have happened about 25 minutes before that. Yeah, exactly that. He had a terrible game. He was awful.
00:03:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, we keep saying this about Salah. mean, we keep saying, we're giving him the get-out calls, don't we, that says, but he's great player, can go and score you three.
00:03:49
Nick Britten
Yeah.
00:03:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's absolutely no sign right now that he's going to do that. And in fact, he's a bit of a liability because of what he leaves behind him and the pressure he leaves down the field in the transition. So, yeah, he needs he needs a couple of weeks on the bench, I think, Salah.
00:04:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
So does, by the way, eaac
00:04:14
Nick Britten
Yeah, he had a poor game as well. he looks to me He looks to me like a player who doesn't quite know what he's meant to be doing. Where does he fit in this system?
00:04:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:22
Nick Britten
He looks a bit lost.
00:04:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. He does. And he's still probably not up to Prime Fitness. There's just, there's a lot going on. i tell you what's impressive. Cunha from Man United.
00:04:32
Nick Britten
yeah could Yeah, yeah.
00:04:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:34
Nick Britten
I mean, they missed him, didn't they? In that little bad run they had, they missed him
Manchester United's Front Three and Premier League Excitement
00:04:37
Nick Britten
when he was out with the hamstring injury. Now he's back and fit and firing.
00:04:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:39
Nick Britten
he's such He adds so much and Mwemo adds so much. I like that front three to start with. I like Mount on the left of a three.
00:04:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:46
Nick Britten
he's He's a really good player. He's finding his best form now in a Manchester United shirt because ah unlike previous Manchester United managers, obviously Amarin just trusts him and wants him to go and play. And I think Mount is responding to that excellently. He's looking to be the player now that we always hoped he was going to be.
00:05:00
Nick Britten
So that front three, I thought, was excellent in the first... half really relief that certainly the first 40 minutes 35 minutes or so and they caused Liverpool a lot of problems and of course getting that very very early goal in the opening couple of minutes really really helped them
00:05:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, Liverpool are so vulnerable. I mean, can't...
00:05:17
Nick Britten
They look terrible.
00:05:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:05:18
Nick Britten
I mean, funny enough, we've been we've been sort of talking about, i mean, you already talked about the the the flanks. You know, Kirk is on one side, Bradley on the other today. We've been talking a lot about Canate. Canate had a very good game.
00:05:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:05:29
Nick Britten
But just when they didn't need Canate to have a very good game and Van Dijk then to have a bit of a stinker because I thought he was it was shaky. He was is getting dragged. Certainly first half, was getting dragged out all over the place.
00:05:39
Nick Britten
He didn't know whether stick. He didn't know whether they're twist. didn't know whether they're follow Mbwemo around. He just didn't really know what to do. And that was, I thought his worst is probably too strong. or It was his weakest game for a little while, I thought, Van Dijk.
00:05:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's really interesting one. A couple of things to finish off on this, which I just want to talk about. Obviously, Amorim has just experienced his greatest moment, I would imagine, as a Man United manager. Do you think this will be the turning you think when people look back on Amorim in three years' time where he's successful, he's still there at Man United, they'll think this was it? Because as often is a thing you can look back on and say, that was it.
00:06:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's when it all fell into place.
00:06:21
Nick Britten
who
00:06:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's where he got it together
00:06:23
Nick Britten
What was really encouraging, I think, about the Manchester United performance is the amount of work the players were willing to get through for each other. that The team spirit today, and that's not always been the case, but the team spirit today was absolutely brilliant, I thought.
00:06:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:39
Nick Britten
Really, really good. And they were they were defending for their lives. They were putting bodies on the line. They were... They were supporting each other and backing each other, all of those kind of things. And that's not always been the case with Manchester United of late.
00:06:50
Nick Britten
So something's happened. And yeah, look, if if they go on a run now, if they if they if this is the springboard to the season, yeah, they'll absolutely go and point to this game and go, this was the turning point.
00:06:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank
00:07:01
Nick Britten
however I'm not quite sure they're there yet. I think we need a few more performances and a few more wins before we can start to say that because I'm not sure they're out of the woods in terms of of just how the season is going just yet.
00:07:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, you're right. It's a very, very small sample size. one swallow doesn't make Two swallows now don't make a summer. ah But you it's something to build on.
00:07:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
One of things that no one said at all today is players don't understand the formation. Players don't understand the shape. Players don't understand the roles. It looked like they did understand their roles. They did understand their shape.
00:07:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
And they were playing with confidence within it.
00:07:42
Nick Britten
And because of that, they caused Liverpool loads of trouble.
00:07:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Loads of trouble. motor shop
00:07:46
Nick Britten
I still think they've got defensive problems. i mean, I thought Liverpool got behind them far too often. I thought it was...
00:07:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, yeah, Liverpool should have won, really. It should have been 4-2.
00:07:54
Nick Britten
Well, I think it should. I think i mean, look, Gakpo missed that absolute open goal at the end, which would have made it 2-2. And I think 2-2 probably would have been a... Nobody would have argued with that, would they? I think that's probably a fair result, 2-2, out of that.
00:08:05
Nick Britten
But football what isn't about what's fair. Football's about what happens on a pitch. And Liverpool will look at it and go, well, we shouldn't have let Maguire score. shouldn't have let Mbwemo score. There were other chances, but Liverpool hit the post about three times as well. So it's not a disaster for Liverpool in in a one-off game because in any other game, you replay that and they they score maybe four.
00:08:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:08:28
Nick Britten
Because through three of Gakbo's efforts were how many times hit the post. Then one of them going. So I think for Liverpool, you just go, okay, you're obviously in a bit of a slump at the moment. You've got work to do. For Manchester United, you say, okay, good, well done.
00:08:42
Nick Britten
This is massive. Make sure it remains massive. Build on it. Don't let this
Criticism of Arnie Slott and Nottingham Forest's Managerial Issues
00:08:46
Nick Britten
go to waste. Don't let this moment go to waste. so Don't let this feeling go to waste. and And use it to keep inspiring and keep working and and believe. Just believe a bit more in yourselves.
00:08:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
How many times a season have Liverpool conceded two? i mean, it just seems to happen every week. It can't be because they've conceded 11 goals in eight games, but they seem to come in twos.
00:09:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just as ah as a comparison, Liverpool conceded 11, Arsenal conceded three. That's the story of the season for me. Liverpool's inability to defend. Yeah.
00:09:19
Nick Britten
That's fine. Yes, you're absolutely right. yeah Yeah.
00:09:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Just one thing, finally, on this. I've been looking at some of the Liverpool supporters' comments on Twitter and X and things. The tide's turning against Slott, you know, in a very, very major way. The first time I've seen people saying, right, time to get rid of Slott.
00:09:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
He won the league last year. It wasn't his team. It was not his team. This is Klopp's team. As soon as you've got Slott's team, we're mid-table.
00:09:47
Nick Britten
ah Well, they're not mid-table, there fourth. I mean, it's just utterly ridiculous. I mean, is this it so we've got revenge, so now we're going to turn on Arnie Slott.
00:09:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
and No, not me.
00:09:54
Nick Britten
For a start, for start, well, I don't give any credibility whatsoever to X and people who post on it.
00:09:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm just a messenger. um just the message
00:10:03
Nick Britten
They're just morons after them, brainless after them, and most of them don't even understand football. I don't give them any credibility at all. I think if you were to look at the sensible the more sensible kind of Liverpool... fan sites or something like that where you get a bit of common sense in there, then let's see what they're saying. But the idea that you're now going to get rid of Arnie Slott because they're fourth and five points behind, not five points, four points behind leaders Arsenal is just nonsense. I'm not even going to go there. Forget it. Move on.
00:10:35
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00:11:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, moving on in what has been an astonishing week eight in the Premier League. The Premier League is great, isn't it? It keeps on delivering week after week, game after game. There's always a story.
00:11:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's always controversy.
00:11:32
Nick Britten
feel
00:11:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
there's always There's always something to talk about.
00:11:35
Nick Britten
I feel we've had a season's worth of stuff already.
00:11:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah know it's been great.
00:11:38
Nick Britten
I think we've had a season's worth of stories, a season's worth of excitement, ah a season's worth of talking points, we're only eight games in.
00:11:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know. It's a great season to be launching the Daily Premier League podcast because literally we could every one of these could be about three hours long. Right. So let's move on to what I suppose what was the big talking point yesterday until the Liverpool-Money United game has kind of overtaken it a little bit and is a bit more immediate.
00:12:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Forest-Chelsea. So... I was kind of listening to it. First half, I was thinking, Forrest. Forrest's playing well.
00:12:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah In fact, Chelsea look a bit all over the place. Caicedo's on the bench. Midfield looks lightweight. Forrest are kind of running through them.
00:12:22
Nick Britten
Yeah.
00:12:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Forrest are about to score here. They're probably going to win this 2-3-0. Maybe 2-1, 3-1. Then, half-time comes and two different teams come out.
00:12:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
but What was really interesting, i love what Maresca did there, making those three changes at half-time, Brinska said it makes a massive difference. And suddenly, Chelsea looked fantastic and Forrest looked scared to death.
00:12:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Take it from there, Nick.
00:12:53
Nick Britten
Well, I think that's a very accurate summation of of what happened. Of course, Chelsea scored three goals in the second half. The two two came straight after half-time on 49-52, which killed the game stone dead with 20 minutes to go So even when it only 2-0, Maranakis got up and left the ground.
00:13:09
Nick Britten
And ah at the final whistle, a few few moments after the final whistle, he got one of his little minions to sack Agispoz to Coglu. And that was the end of that. So...
00:13:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
After Poster Koglu had been in the dressing room doing the post-game with the players.
00:13:23
Nick Britten
yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah. So 10 games for Ange, no wins. He is the shortest serving manager in Premier League history by one day.
00:13:35
Nick Britten
And what what looked like a an interesting appointment at the time has come to an end. And, you know,
Chelsea's Red Card Comeback
00:13:44
Nick Britten
it's just a circus, that place. It's an absolute circus. And Maranakis is going to undo all the good work that the club had done under Nuno.
00:13:51
Nick Britten
in getting them into into ah into Europe because what's going now is they'll go for somebody like Sean Dyche, who will keep them up and he probably will keep them up. But then what? Then what?
00:14:02
Nick Britten
You know, he's never going to take you into Europe, so you need another coach. This decision, in my opinion, and to get rid of Pops Coglu has set the club back two years at least.
00:14:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, the
00:14:10
Nick Britten
and that's And even more if they but more if they get relegated into the Championship.
00:14:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
decision to get rid Nuno starts to look absolutely stupid.
00:14:14
Nick Britten
And they might... know no
00:14:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
The decision to run on the pitch in the Leicester game last year and berate Nuno. i mean, this is, we said it at the time. These are the pivotal moments that you look back on and say, that's where it went wrong.
00:14:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
We said it that weekend. This is where it'll go wrong. It's gone wrong ever since. Absolutely nightmarish. They've become a toxic club. i want to come back to that idea. ah Just a word, though, before we move on to Prostokogli.
00:14:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
couple of observations of the game. I was surprised just how fast the air went out of forest. It's like they deflated. Obviously, two quick goals. It's going to take gonna take the wind out of your sails.
00:15:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
But they just, after that, they never really look like they're ever going to, they're interested in coming back into it.
00:15:09
Nick Britten
Yeah, lack of lack of belief, lack of confidence. I think that reading reading some of the the the media and journalists in the light of the of what happened, you know, the players didn't believe in, some of the players didn't believe in what Posca Cogli was doing. i mean, look, Gibbs White did a big interview not long ago saying how much they bought into him and how much it was great and they're to stuff and it's all good.
00:15:31
Nick Britten
And now we're hearing, well, maybe it wasn't, maybe maybe that's not the case. I don't think they threw in the towel. I just think they they any team that hasn't won a game for nine games is going to be lacking in confidence when you let a goal in. It's straightforward. We see it all over the place in football, all over the place.
00:15:47
Nick Britten
Confidence is fragile. And when you're on the front front foot at home and you're playing well, it's great. But when you're letting a goal and go behind, it's very, very easy to just, for your confidence to to shatter because you then go, oh well, how are we going to get back into this game?
00:16:01
Nick Britten
We haven't a game for nine games. We're not scoring goals. And it just becomes difficult. but and when And when a second goes in before you've even had a chance to recover from the first, that's it. It's the end of game.
00:16:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that was it.
00:16:11
Nick Britten
Yeah, that's it.
00:16:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
It really felt...
00:16:12
Nick Britten
I mean, that second killer goal didn't give Forrest any opportunity to respond.
00:16:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
The interesting thing is, and we're going to come to this game, when Palace went two down, I never, for a second, felt they'd given up. I felt...
00:16:26
Nick Britten
No, because yeah but yeah but they're the opposite, aren't they?
00:16:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:28
Nick Britten
They're the opposite for us.
00:16:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:16:28
Nick Britten
They're a team full of confidence and a team that's playing really, really well and a team that's only won lost one in 20 games now.
00:16:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
The other thing just to mention is that second half by Chelsea was really impressive, I thought. I thought they were right on the front foot. I thought they were really assertive. thought they were energetic, full of energy, full of athleticism, full of desire.
00:16:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Great. Well done, Maresco, for making that amount. Three changes at half-time. Don't often see that. That says something about his ambition, I thought.
00:16:58
Nick Britten
Yeah, I thought so. And it's good management. Well, it's either good management or or an acceptance that he got it wrong in the first place.
00:17:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:17:03
Nick Britten
one or one One or the other. But listen, it doesn't matter it doesn't matter whether he got it wrong in the first place. The thing is, he did something about it.
00:17:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
He did.
00:17:10
Nick Britten
And that's the most important thing.
00:17:11
Nick Britten
And fair play. they they looked They looked a lot better. Disappointed that Jao Pedro didn't score. I put him my fantolite about four weeks ago. He hasn't scored a goal since. I'm to have to get of I know, I'm getting rid of him.
00:17:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's why hasn't spoken.
00:17:22
Nick Britten
I'm getting rid of him.
00:17:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why? Yeah.
00:17:24
Nick Britten
I dropped...
00:17:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. and What you need to do, Nick, is get rid of Haaland.
00:17:27
Nick Britten
No, I think I'll keep Haaland. I'll add Mateta in the team. I'll go and bring back Mateta. I love Mateta.
00:17:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, Mateta. We've got to talk about Mateta a minute. One other thing, and then want to just talk about potential post-acoglu replacements very quickly because i want to do a deep dive on this tomorrow.
00:17:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
But what's going on with Chelsea's ill-discipline?
00:17:48
Nick Britten
Yeah, another red card.
00:17:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's another red card.
00:17:49
Nick Britten
Yeah. oh can't...
00:17:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's four and five, if you include the one Mureska got, in six games. I mean, is this this seems to be... Is this just anathema or is this this a thing?
00:18:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is is they there a problem with discipline with Chelsea?
00:18:05
Nick Britten
Well, they only had only had three... There were only three people booked. And Gusto got his on 87. Estavio got his on 89. And Roberto Sanchez, the goalkeeper, got his on 95.
00:18:21
Nick Britten
So they're all very late. They're all late yellow. So it's not like Chelsea are a team lacking. they They're not going around thumping people and getting players sent off early in games. Other than, of course, Robert Sanchez at Old Trafford a few weeks ago.
00:18:33
Nick Britten
So I don't think so.
00:18:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:34
Nick Britten
I think they're just a bit clumsy. It's one of those.
00:18:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:37
Nick Britten
but
00:18:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay. A
00:18:38
Nick Britten
it yeah that There probably are smacks of ill-discipline, but I think when you actually do look look under the cover of it all a little bit, I think it's just one of those things. It's so easy to get booked these days and and and probably a bit of player stupidity.
00:18:50
Nick Britten
Once you're all yellow, then don't make a stupid challenge and get yourself sent off. It's probably that, but I don't think it's widespread endemic ill-discipline in illdiline and the team.
00:18:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
little bit over enthusiasm.
00:19:01
Nick Britten
Well, I just think, I mean, they're a very young team, I think. they're just lacking in its limits.
00:19:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, they are.
00:19:04
Nick Britten
And some of these players, I think, just get bit over-eager,
00:19:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Interesting. Now, obviously what's happened at Forest, that's on Marinakis. It's on Marinakis. Managers are not going to fancy this, are they? ah Do you think Marinakis has made Forest a toxic managerial role?
00:19:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
And people are to say, I'm not that interested, thanks.
00:19:27
Nick Britten
Oh, 100%.
00:19:30
Nick Britten
No, why would you go there? I mean, um honestly, it made me laugh when I saw that they were trying to sound out Marco Silva at Fulham.
00:19:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, Andrew.
00:19:36
Nick Britten
this He's doing a great job at Fulham. Why would you leave there to go to a place?
00:19:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:41
Nick Britten
It's like becoming manager at Watford. You know, you last about six weeks and you lose, like, you win five games, but you lose one and then you're sacked. You know, it's absolutely crackers, that place.
00:19:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah only the only The only reason, well, it's two reasons. One, you're paying stupid amount of money, that shouldn't be enough. The second thing, he's worked for Marinakis before.
00:20:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
he He won the Greek Super League with Olympiakos in 2015-16.
00:20:06
Nick Britten
It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.
00:20:08
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I'm not saying should go. be mad to go.
00:20:10
Nick Britten
It doesn't matter. I mean, there's an interesting piece in the Times today saying sort of alluding to the fact that Maranacos essentially is just swayed by the fans, just does whatever the fans want to do. And therefore, when all the fans want him out, they just want him out.
00:20:21
Nick Britten
He goes and gets rid of him. Now, that's no way to run a football club. And ah just think he's making a complete hash of it. So the only people he's going to employ are people who don't have jobs at the moment. Because even if I don't have a job, we'll go well do you know what?
00:20:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:33
Nick Britten
i I fancy getting three-year contract, lasting a couple of months and getting a massive payoff from going to sit on a beach for the other two years, which is which is inevitably will happen. So it's a very attractive job because it's in the Premier League.
00:20:44
Nick Britten
And any manager worth their salt wants to manage in the Premier League. But you go there with your with your eyes wide open. Wide open. And I don't know. mean, look, if Forrest's number one target is Marco Silva,
00:21:00
Nick Britten
I just wonder what on earth would be going through Silva's mind. why Why would you want to go there? Give me one good reason. It's not like Man United or or ah you know a team that's going to win something more than the team that you're at.
00:21:13
Nick Britten
Fulham have got just as much team chance of winning anything as Forrest have.
00:21:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah way Way more, I would say, right now.
00:21:20
Nick Britten
It wouldn't make any sense to me at all.
00:21:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
it wouldn't make any sense to me. were Stranger things have happened. ah i mean i i mean, I'm surprised when Ange turned up there, to be honest, after what had happened to Nuno, because the writing was on the wall.
00:21:26
Nick Britten
Yeah, on know I know they have, yeah, yeah, yeah. As you say, they know each other and such and such. Yeah, yeah.
00:21:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
well you know the eddie We don't know the Eddie situation. you know The writing was on the wall with Maranakis. Then, ah still and still Ange said, yeah, I'll have a go. and And this is where we are. Okay, so we'll talk about that in a bit more detail tomorrow, though, because it's a fascinating subject.
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Palace vs. Bournemouth Recap and Premier League Reflections
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I'm going to finish this episode off by going from the ridiculous to the sublime rather than the other way around, which was the game Palace of Bournemouth, which we trailed as a potential classic yesterday when we were going through the art predictions.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
By the way, ah shouldn't let the opportunity slip of just...
00:23:05
Nick Britten
I know what's going on. Let's just get on and talk about this game. haven't got long. Go on, hurry up.
00:23:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
I shouldn't let the opportunity slip of bringing to your attention the score.
00:23:12
Nick Britten
nobody Nobody cares. Nobody cares about this.
00:23:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Of the nine games that have been played, seven predicted correctly by yours truly. And meagre three by Nick Britton.
00:23:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
So that is absolutely minging, as they say.
00:23:26
Nick Britten
That is pathetic, isn't it? That is quite pathetic.
00:23:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:23:32
Nick Britten
I'm just to work out the ones I got right.
00:23:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, you've got Man City wins.
00:23:34
Nick Britten
Sunderland got right. Arsenal got right. I see.
00:23:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sunderland winning, Arsenal winning away. there was The obvious one.
00:23:39
Nick Britten
So I told you Sunderland would win and you just weren't having it.
00:23:42
Nick Britten
See, it shows you what you know about football.
00:23:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and I was getting stuff like Brighton at home winning, Chelsea away, United away, Villa away.
00:23:50
Nick Britten
You never said United were going win it.
00:23:50
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got all the hard ones right.
00:23:52
Nick Britten
You never said United were going to win it, but I'm not having that.
00:23:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, I did. There is everyone. There is everyone to see.
00:23:58
Nick Britten
No, you predicted a draw.
00:24:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't think so, mate. ah Right. But, but, Palace Bournemouth. I predicted a draw. Obviously, that's what happened. You predicted a home win.
00:24:09
Nick Britten
Which, which by the way, is what should have happened.
00:24:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes.
00:24:11
Nick Britten
That's what should have happened.
00:24:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
yes Yeah, in the last 10 seconds.
00:24:16
Nick Britten
Oh, dear.
00:24:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was a classic. It had everything.
00:24:18
Nick Britten
It was great, then. I was lucky.
00:24:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mateta.
00:24:19
Nick Britten
Yeah, I was lucky enough.
00:24:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mateta, what player.
00:24:22
Nick Britten
Yeah, Mateta's brilliant. I was lucky enough to be in in London yesterday. And although I couldn't go to the game because it was sold out, my sister went to the game because she's a big Palace fan and joined me in the pub afterwards. I gave me a full rundown.
00:24:32
Nick Britten
And it was a a thrilling, thrilling game. She had a great, ah great afternoon's football. Mateta, goodness me, a hat-trick. I mean, he's got the match ball. because he's got a hat-trick, he should have to give the match ball back for missing a hat-trick of three chances.
00:24:49
Nick Britten
The last of which was the last kick of the game at 3-3, where he's ballooned it over from about five yards out.
00:24:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh
00:24:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
it yeah yeah
00:24:56
Nick Britten
No, slightly more, seven yards out.
00:24:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
my word. Yeah.
00:24:58
Nick Britten
It was just like, oh, Jean-Philippe.
00:24:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. Between the six yard box and the penalty spot. No one around it. So i put it anywhere he wants. What's it into?
00:25:07
Nick Britten
Yeah.
00:25:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Come
00:25:08
Nick Britten
It was a bouncing ball, to be fair. It was kind of shin high, but even then.
00:25:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
on. You would have scored that Nick.
00:25:13
Nick Britten
And he had chances before. He was brilliant. He's unplayable. He's unplayable when he's in this mood.
00:25:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:25:17
Nick Britten
He really is. He's he's quick. He's dogged. He runs and runs. He does the channels. He does the dirty work. And he's got a brilliant touch. He's got a brilliant goal sense.
00:25:28
Nick Britten
I mean, he' ah he you know he's every centre-half's absolute worst nightmare when he's playing like this.
00:25:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Palace are not missing Eze, are they, in the way I thought Palace would miss Eze?
00:25:36
Nick Britten
No, no, no, no. and and And you know what? I mean, I think that's that's a really interesting point. That's a really interesting point because they were late into the they were late into the transfer market to buy replace. It literally the last couple of days after Eze went.
00:25:51
Nick Britten
And they bought him Pino and he's done a really good job.
00:25:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:53
Nick Britten
And also, it's Melisar, who had a very good season last season, has continued to step up.
00:25:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you think Sarr has been released? Because he's gone, if you like. Sarr's stepped up into a more dominant role.
00:26:02
Nick Britten
It might be He might feel he's the star of the show now. He might have felt that he was living in as a shadow a little bit, even though he wasn't.
00:26:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
ya Yeah, yeah.
00:26:11
Nick Britten
Even he wasn't. But he might feel like, okay, i've got i've got yeah I've got broad shoulders here. I can do this. So I think those those three.
00:26:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:26:17
Nick Britten
And of course, Adam Walton coming back into the team, I think it's massive.
00:26:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:20
Nick Britten
Kamada, after a difficult first season last season, has really settled into that midfield. Munoz is one of the best wing-backs in the Premier League, without a doubt. ah You know, another another assist for him yesterday.
00:26:31
Nick Britten
So, yeah, and that back three of Richard LeCroix and Gahey, he just played every game. He just played every game.
00:26:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, they're really sad.
00:26:37
Nick Britten
And it's really settled back back three and a goalie behind him with Dean Henson.
00:26:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
gri
00:26:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, hats off to Bournemouth.
00:26:43
Nick Britten
Yeah, brilliant.
00:26:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
2-0.
00:26:44
Nick Britten
Yeah, yeah, brilliant.
00:26:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Areola doing... doing and I mean, just two great teams, great managers, attacking flair, absolutely going for it. No hesitation to keep going for it. Just thought it was a fantastic advert for the Premier League.
00:26:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
From two until now, relatively unsung teams that are just smashing it.
00:27:02
Nick Britten
and And what day? What a day for Eli Krupe. 19 years old, he's his first Premier League start, gets two goals, one with two a lot.
00:27:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Two dollars.
00:27:09
Nick Britten
What a great day for him. Fantastic.
00:27:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Slightly, slightly disappointed it ended in the draw, only because I wanted one of these teams to but end up second or third or something like this.
00:27:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, well they are.
00:27:22
Nick Britten
Well, I think he would have put Bournemouth temporarily top.
00:27:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we would have put them top until the Arsenal game. Yeah, we would have put them top.
00:27:27
Nick Britten
I think the draw is probably, I think it's the right result.
00:27:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, no.
00:27:31
Nick Britten
I'm disappointed it ended in a draw because I just didn't want the game to end full stop. I think I just wanted to play for another two hours and see what happened. It was that good.
00:27:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
it It was. It was an absolute classic. If you get a chance to see the highlights, if you've not seen it, watch it. I mean, they're long highlights. There were a lot of highlights. So that's it. So that's been ah week eight.
00:27:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, it's been 90% of week eight because there's still the big one to come. The West Ham-Brentford game that we are all on sitting on the edge of our seats waiting for the 0-0 draw there.
00:28:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
But that's been nine tenths of it. And it's been an amazing nine tenths. And I hope you're enjoying the journey through the Premier League.
00:28:09
Nick Britten
Thank you.
00:28:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
that The ups and downs, the the glory and the despair of the Premier League that we've been witnessing over the course of last eight weeks. It's been amazing.
00:28:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah So, join us tomorrow. We'll have a deeper dive into potential replacements for hands, by which time they've probably been appointed and sacked. So we'll be talking about their replacement.
00:28:36
Nick Britten
Yeah. see no win for Wolves still there, by the way. Zero wins, eight games.
00:28:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
No wins for Wolves, yeah. They started to look at it. And we were talking about these next two games were the big games for Wolves. Well, we've had one of them and it didn't go very well, did it? Sunderland played well, though.
00:28:49
Nick Britten
Yeah. Yeah, no, they did. They did. And they're good at home. I think nothing that stadium of light atmosphere, that stadium of light performances, they're going to that's going to see them okay this season.
00:28:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
i think it I think it will. So we'll see you tomorrow. Thank you, Nick, for your insight, for your focus and your punditry of the very highest quality.
00:29:10
Nick Britten
It's always a pleasure, Kenny. Always a pleasure.
00:29:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
See you next time.