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Levy's Leagcy & Who are the Outsiders in the Sack Race
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Introduction and Episode Overview
00:00:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Welcome everybody, wherever you may be, to the Daily Premier League podcast. A very special welcome to everyone who makes listening to Daily Premier League podcast part of their everyday listening routine. It's very good to have you back today.
00:00:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
My name's Kent Davis. His name is Nick Britton. are you doing, Nick?
00:00:32
Nick Britten
I'm very well, thank you very much. I'm very well, I'm very excited. Off to see some football later on today, which is always a good thing because during the international break, it's quite difficult to go and watch football, but I'm off to a game today to watch England at Villa Park, so very much excited for that.
00:00:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Looking forward to an exciting 1-0 victory for England. Harry Kane, 70 minutes. think we've we've established that, haven't That's what's going to happen.
00:00:56
Nick Britten
I don't think that's going to happen If that happens, then then I'm going to be very upset.
00:01:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right.
00:01:00
Nick Britten
perhaps
00:01:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay. three
00:01:01
Nick Britten
um I'm pretty bored, I'm going to say. Pretty bored.
00:01:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, my word. Oh, my word. I'm looking forward to watching it Right. Okay. Three things
Daniel Levy's Legacy at Spurs
00:01:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
to talk about today in an action-packed programme. We want to talk about Daniel Levy. We want to talk about his legacy. ah Obviously, Daniel Levy has exited Spurs.
00:01:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Where are Spurs? Where did he leave Spurs? what does he What has he brought to Spurs? I want to talk about that for a few minutes. The second one is really interesting thing I want to talk about, which is the Lucas Paquetta spot fixing case, which has collapsed in something of disarray.
00:01:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Real embarrassing with the FA this, and just i really interested your thoughts on that, because it's a big story. I'm not sure it's getting in the note it should, so i want to talk about that. And in the third part of the of today's Action Packers episode, want to use the term that hasn't been used yet, but will be the sack race.
00:01:54
Nick Britten
Okay.
00:01:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, it's only three games in, so we are very, very early on this. But, you know, we like being ahead of the game on this podcast. I want to talk about who the obvious candidates are. I want to talk about who some of the less obvious candidates are, ah because international breaks are a good time for us to assess where we've got to. So I think it might be a good time to start thinking about who potentially might be feeling the heat so first things first nick daniel levy exited spurs's executive chairman for 25 years reputation is a superb tough negotiator but a pretty hard man to work for what's been your take on daniel levy why do you think it's happened now and but you know how do you think he leaves spurs
00:02:42
Nick Britten
Well, he leaves Spurs as a football club and as a business in a much, much better place than when he found it. They've got a new ground, obviously, and it's magnificent.
00:02:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:51
Nick Britten
I went there earlier in the year. It's really, really good. They've got a new training ground. They are one of the very few profitable clubs in the Premier League. He's left them very much in ah in a fantastic state. Now, opinion here is very much split because Tottenham fans will say to you, well, yes, he's done all of that at the expense of winning anything. Because, of course, Tottenham are renowned for not being able to compete financially with the top clubs. So you the the clubs that are spending money.
00:03:23
Nick Britten
They're not competing with them, so they can't attract the best players. They've got a very, very tight weight structure that they will not break. And therefore, all the success that Daniel Levy has had, some Tottenham fans will argue, well, we just haven't won anything, though.
00:03:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:03:37
Nick Britten
So as supporters, we want to see. It's great, we've got a lovely stadium, but it's expensive. Ticket prices are expensive. It's great the players have got a lovely training ground, but as supporters, we want to win stuff. And there's
Levy's Business Impact vs. Field Success
00:03:49
Nick Britten
always been this kind of dichotomy whereby...
00:03:52
Nick Britten
Yes, Daniel Leeds is doing a great job as a businessman and that cannot be denied. Neither neither can it be denied. and I've been a bit alarmed by some of the stuff I've said and read and heard in the last 48 hours about his commitment to Tottenham or lack of it. I think he's been incredibly committed, I suppose.
00:04:08
Nick Britten
I think he's a genuine, passionate man about the football club. I think he's a genuine supporter of the football club. And I don't like to hear some of the stuff that I've heard. I think there should be, even if you disagree with him,
00:04:22
Nick Britten
I think football supporters and Tottenham supporters generally should appreciate everything that he's done for his club, particularly in an era where we're having a football regulator come in and being forced to come in because of very bad ownership of football clubs right across the country. So it's it's a bit of a split. um You could obviously say, yes, Tottenham haven't won anything.
00:04:45
Nick Britten
The last title was in 1961.
00:04:48
Nick Britten
But on the whole, i think you have to say and you have to accept that Daniel Levy's done a brilliant job. He's been an outstanding ah leader of that football club and he leaves it in a situation and there's lots of speculation now about a sale and that's one of the reasons he's gone, but leaves it in um and ah in a really, really good place.
00:05:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's an interesting one. It has always felt like he's promoted the business more than the success on the field.
00:05:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
My issue with that slightly is if you're not promoting and having absolutely central to your core winning things, well, what's the point?
00:05:23
Nick Britten
I'm
00:05:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Go and run a supermarket. it's So, i I mean, as always, Nick, you are the voice of reason and and even-handedness.
00:05:39
Nick Britten
going to go ahead and see if I can.
00:05:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
but But my criticism, i think, of Levy would be threefold. I think he he has his handcuffed Spurs a little bit with his absolute focus on the business side. And he's no one ever...
00:06:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
no one ever kind of out-negotiated Daniel Levy, did they? No one ever has. You get the impression that when he goes to the staff canteen for his scone and they say, that'll be 75p, please, Daniel. They say, ah well, I think there's a current missing.
00:06:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
What about 70p? I mean, that's Daniel Levy, isn't it? But he's brilliant, this man, obviously, no question.
00:06:29
Nick Britten
is
00:06:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I just think the balance hasn't been quite right. in relation to success on the field and and success at the business. The stadium's magnificent. I mean, that will be his legacy, I think.
00:06:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
It will be there for 100 years. And that's Daniel Levy's legacy. One of the things he I don't think he did help himself on was he's not a very good communicator.
00:06:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's very rarely, very rarely you see him interviewed. He doesn't really take the trouble to actually explain things ah in a way. And I don't think that's been ah i don't think that's been to his benefit.
00:07:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
I saw a quote this week, which I don't know if it's true or not. So I should say that. But he said didn't surround he didn't surround himself with the best people.
00:07:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, that's it you know but the job of a chairman and an executive chairman is absolutely to surround yourself with the best people.
00:07:26
Nick Britten
Thank you.
00:07:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
But the one thing that just leaves me with just a final thought on this is the timing seems a little bit strange to me. you know I would imagine if you're going to make those decisions, you make them before the start the season, not three games into a 38-game season.
00:07:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
So
Future Direction for Spurs Post-Levy
00:07:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
maybe you're right. Maybe you've touched on something that's happening in the background there in terms of changes changes of ownership and things like that. But it just seems a bit odd that that he decided to go now.
00:08:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Or was he pushed? He may well have been pushed.
00:08:08
Nick Britten
Well, there have been two major sliding doors moments in Tottenham's history, recent history. i mean One is when they got to the final of the Champions League and lost it to Liverpool.
00:08:19
Nick Britten
Mauricio Pochettino was in charge, but Tottenham at that stage had been making real progression on the pitch.
00:08:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:08:26
Nick Britten
And the time then, having got to a final of Champions League and been really high profile, really in the public eye, the time then was to build and they bought no players. Then they sacked Pochettino.
00:08:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:39
Nick Britten
And that was a moment where they could have really, really, really kicked on. The second moment is is very recently this summer when they won the Europa League under Ange Postacogli.
00:08:51
Nick Britten
And the response to that was to sack Ange Postacogli. So they don't have a great record in in spotting moments where you think, here's a great opportunity to kick on. Here's a great opportunity to kick on.
00:09:04
Nick Britten
Now, obviously, over the summer, they were busy. They spent... The most money they've ever spent on a player broke the transfer record for Dominic Solanke. They brought in Thomas Frank as an exciting new manager. But the the the narrative that's being pushed out of Tottenham is that the ah owner, Joe Lewis, wants now to see a much bigger shift to success on the field.
00:09:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. yep
00:09:25
Nick Britten
And he obviously feels that Daniel Levy isn't the man to oversee that for all the reasons we've talked about. And presumably he wants to bring in somebody who will be far more focused on the pitch than off.
00:09:39
Nick Britten
And I can understand that because to be honest with you, having got the new stadium and got the new training ground, making Tottenham a very profitable business, making you've got a huge multi-purpose venue there that's used for NFL, used for concerts and all there isn't a lot more they can do.
00:09:54
Nick Britten
in terms of building the business up. The only way to really now build the business up is success on the pitch. And if Joe Lewis felt that Daniel Levy is too cautious and his line of sight was very much off the pitch and and and he needs somebody to be on the pitch, then then you could argue it's a natural change.
00:10:11
Nick Britten
But I think it'll be very interesting to see two things. One is who he brings in to replace him and the strategic direction of Tottenham in terms of the money that they are prepared to spend. Because if you're going to compete with Manchester City, ah Liverpool and Arsenal, you're going to have to vastly increase your willingness to spend money.
00:10:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, just a final thought on that. We did quite a lot of research when when we were setting up Global Sports Podcast and ca Network to look at the teams who are very heavily supported in the United States. Spurs hardly appears.
00:10:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
the their Their global brand is not what it should be. It's just not what it should be, give given yeah the scale of the club. Levy, in a parting shot, said he'd built Spurs into a heavyweight I don't consider Spurs to be a heavyweight.
00:11:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you, Nick?
00:11:02
Nick Britten
Well, you have to look at the context to in which Daniel Levy was saying that. What did he mean?
Spot-fixing Controversy: Lucas Paquetta Case
00:11:07
Nick Britten
as a As a profitable Premier League club, as a successfully run business, as a model to all other Premier League club owners of running a club efficiently, prudently, and successfully and profitably, it is absolutely a heavyweight.
00:11:26
Nick Britten
It is absolutely a heavyweight. In terms of on the pitch, no, of course it's not. Of course it isn't. And I don't, it's interesting what we say about American ownership because, sorry, about America interest, if you like, support, for want of a better phrase.
00:11:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Correct.
00:11:41
Nick Britten
If, why why do Why do people from foreign countries follow Premier League teams? It's because they win things and they've got really high profile players. So they're either following a player into a particular club or they're following a club because they're successful and they win things.
00:11:55
Nick Britten
so there's So there's a direct correlation there, isn't there, between Tottenham and support in the USA, as you said, because they've done neither.
00:12:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's interesting, though Man United seem to get away with it. I think that will be one of the changes you'll see. I i think i think ah Spurs will be... ah I think they will broaden, I think, or try to broaden at least their international appeal.
00:12:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it's very interesting.
00:12:19
Nick Britten
Yeah, I think that's very unfair on Manchester United, by the way. That's very unfair. Because they were arguably...
00:12:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're allowed to feel fair to Manchester United. They're just the top-moving target, aren't they, that we can all take pot shots at?
00:12:31
Nick Britten
At the moment they are, yes, but let's not forget the success they had under Alex Ferguson.
00:12:35
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00:13:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right, Nick, you're a qualified referee. This puts you in an interesting and unique position to discuss this next story. And the story is the Lucas Paquetta spot-fixing, match-fixing.
00:13:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, it's spot-fixing, actually. We'll explain it a little bit more. ah which Which is kind of broken in the course of the last week. um it was just I'll give you a bit of a quick recap on the story if people are not familiar with it.
00:13:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was charged in May 2024 for getting booked, if if you like, deliberately. So that's that's everything hinges on how many times he gets booked.
00:14:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Essentially, the way the FA see it, for the improper purpose of affecting the betting market. So essentially, he was being accused of getting booked deliberately so people he knew and himself could profit from that.
00:14:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
um There were 542 bets placed by the way on him getting booked of which 46,000 pounds was was 214,000 pounds was made so it was a very lucrative thing if it was true He was cleared though this week of four counts of spot fixing at well in July. He was cleared and Paquette's lawyers say they may sue the Football Association.
00:14:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
All of the Football Association's case seem to rest on the word of one guy, a guy called Tom Astley. So, and we can talk about that a little bit in more detail, but ah that's the kind of background information on it.
00:15:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nick, what's your view on this? And where does this leave the FA and and its whole spot fixing thing?
00:15:15
Nick Britten
Well, the FA comes out of this looking very poorly. the They threw an enormous amount of weight at this investigation. It was the biggest investigation, longest running investigation in terms of this type of allegation that the FA has conducted. But critically coming out of this,
00:15:36
Nick Britten
There was a very interesting quote from Nick DiMarco, who is PACTA's lawyer, said the yeah um so that there was an obvious flaw in the FA's tactics, this and that was they didn't get any independent assessment of the data.
00:15:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:15:51
Nick Britten
And when the data went before the independent panel to look at this, who are who are adjudicating on this, at the commission, they've released a 314-page report, which is very critical of the FA and very critical of the of the evidence that has been gathered.
00:16:05
Nick Britten
So... it's it's It's a difficult one because Paketar now is left in a situation where he's gone through a very difficult year. There was lots of talking with moving to Manchester City, which fell through.
00:16:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
80 million pounds, there' a lot of and there's a lot of money exchanging hands with loads of other people and that happens.
00:16:21
Nick Britten
He... a
00:16:27
Nick Britten
This is it. And he's now back at West Ham. He's now playing. He's played very well in the last couple of days. And he's got every right, I think. He's got every right to consider what his legal actions may or may not be.
00:16:40
Nick Britten
Now, he may take legal action against the FA. He may not. But I think the lesson for the FA here has to – they've got to take away this this rap report – They've got to take away the fact that not only have the allegations been proven unfounded, but they've got a look at their processes internally and get them right.
00:17:00
Nick Britten
Because we can't afford, and it's not fair to anybody, certainly not that any player involved, to be accused of something like this when the case isn't watertight almost, when the evidence isn't there and doesn't stack up.
00:17:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:17:15
Nick Britten
So i felt desperately sorry for I feel desperately sorry for Pacitar. The commission concluded concluded there was no evidence of corruption and that any unusual betting patterns were more more likely to be explained by what they call the rather random passing of hot tips or perceived inside information ah within Brazil rather than a spot fix. And they accepted Pacitar's testimony. There was a ah frequently...
00:17:40
Nick Britten
A lot of talk around betting, around his family and all of that kind of stuff. I mean, there was narrative coming out of his camp yesterday that he's very religious person. His wife is very, very religious and they don't do betting. they're not interested in betting.
00:17:52
Nick Britten
So, look, it's a bit of a mess, isn't it? The whole thing feels like a bit of a mess. And I think the FA has got ah got a look at itself and and look at its internal processes when it comes to this kind of thing.
00:17:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no doubt. And it puts him in a very tricky position. Clearly, this has been a very badly managed process. Just FYI, the FA is not going to appeal the decision. That's significant.
00:18:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think it knows as everything mean you need to know.
00:18:16
Nick Britten
That tells you, yeah, that tells you tells them lot
00:18:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
just just to And just to clarify that, all of the information, all of the expert advice was provided by Tom Astley, who is the FA's integratory investigator.
00:18:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, and no independent verification of that. The problem that leaves the FA in, the problem that leaves Tom Astley in, is next time the thing comes round again with a different player, under Durfham's circumstances, Tom Astley's credibility has been shot to pieces.
00:18:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's going to make life very, very difficult. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there's a change, by the way, within the FA in terms of both personnel and the way the way they manage these are these processes in the light of the catastrophic failure of this case.
00:19:06
Nick Britten
One of the most damning and concerning things that I've read in the last two or three days on this ah came out in report of The Guardian who, and The Guardian quoted the ah commission saying this, the clear appearance given to the commission was that the FA was not altogether certain what case it was presenting against the player.
00:19:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, you're not going to win. You're not going to win if if that's the case. ah David Moyes, by the way, Mark Clattenburg, David Moyes, of course, the West Ham manager at the time, and Mark Clattenburg, both came back into defence, saying everything we saw ah was just in the normal range of normal activities.
00:19:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
So that's been a pretty big disaster for the FA, and they're going to have to like i have take out the chin, and they're going to have to learn from their mistakes.
00:20:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right, just before we get to the final third of this episode, which has been a fun episode to do, just a reminder that Global Sports Podcast Network is
00:20:15
Nick Britten
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Premier League Sack Race: Managerial Speculations
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00:20:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, very early in the season, this is completely unfair. It's grotesque in the sense that we're we're even discussing this in in September and September the sixth ah but we're going to do it anyway.
00:21:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, Nick, I want two things from you. I want your obvious candidate and your outsider to win the sack race. The sack race being who's going to be the first manager to get sacked in the Premier League.
00:21:19
Nick Britten
Yes, when we were planning this in our production meeting, we did clarify this because I asked you, does it mean managers being sacked or managers just leaving the club?
00:21:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, let's deal with the leaving the club first we'll get on to the sack. You've got favourite candidate there, haven't you?
00:21:32
Nick Britten
Well, if it... Well, I haven't. I haven't. I mean, I just feel that Oliver Glasner at Palace, who's done an unbelievable job, was very, very close to walking out. I think if Gahey had gone to Liverpool, he would he would have just left.
00:21:46
Nick Britten
But it's to be quite hard for him to leave now because Mark Gahey isn't going to Liverpool.
00:21:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
He will
00:21:51
Nick Britten
He's staying at Palace.
00:21:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
it will be though. He still will. He still will.
00:21:54
Nick Britten
So... so paris Steve Parrish in this incident has very much backed his manager because he could have sold Gahey nonetheless. I know Palace were, they'd agreed to sell him. Obviously, as we know, they agreed to sell him had they got a couple of replacements in, but they hadn't managed to get two replacements in.
00:22:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's right.
00:22:10
Nick Britten
So Gahey stays. So Steve Parrish has backed the manager on this rather than backing the player or indeed backing the club. because i could have got £35 million pounds from him when they're likely to lose him for nothing at the end of the year.
00:22:21
Nick Britten
So had it been had it been managers that left the club, as it were, rather being sacked outright, I think I might have thought about Glasner. But it'd be interesting how that plays out in the next few weeks, because there's lots of stuff going on in the media at the moment. Sorry, I'm digressing this slightly.
00:22:37
Nick Britten
There's lots of stuff going in the media around, you know, Gay, he was really unhappy. He was set to go, was set on his heart on going to Liverpool. was really unhappy. He felt, and he's correct on this, by the way, he felt that he had done everything the right way. We've talked a lot over the summer, haven't we, about players doing it the wrong way, like Wisser, like Izak.
00:22:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:22:54
Nick Britten
ah And he'd done it the right way. He'd played for Palace throughout, scored a brilliant goal in what he thought was going to be his last appearance against Liverpool.
00:22:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:23:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
And see where that got him.
00:23:03
Nick Britten
And and so I can understand why he's very disappointed. I can understand why he's very disappointed. But, you know, that's football. And when you're contracted to play for a club, then you're contracted to play for a club. Anyway, look.
00:23:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, do you think on that point, it's it's an interesting point, do you think it changes the atmosphere, the mood music, the that just that in the sense of camaraderie, the sense of being all in it together?
00:23:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
ju Do you reckon Gahey's the same player for Palace now as he was in December? ah Sorry, he was in February.
00:23:34
Nick Britten
We'll see. The proof of the pudding will be in the next few games, won't it?
00:23:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
I bet, yeah.
00:23:39
Nick Britten
Look, I really, really like Mark Gahey and I can't imagine... that he is the sort of player who's just going to down tools and not bother. I don't think that. I think he'll be... Yeah, he's very disappointed. ah He's got another week or so to get over that disappointment before Palace play again.
00:23:57
Nick Britten
ah don't see any reason why i wouldn't see exactly the same player. Look, it's not it's not a disaster for him. He's of contract in the summer and he'll have a whole host of clubs chasing him.
00:24:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
He'll be gone in January. He'll be gone in January to Liverpool.
00:24:10
Nick Britten
Well, you keep saying that. I don't know whether he will or not.
00:24:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
He will.
00:24:12
Nick Britten
I think he might sign... you might you might sign or agree to join a club, but I don't think he'll be gone. ah And so all is well for him at a moment. He just keeps that damn workout and the rewards will come his way.
00:24:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right, so who's getting sacked?
00:24:27
Nick Britten
Yeah. i don ah So I don't know. I still feel that I'd be really interested to see quite, quite what happens at Palace with Oliver Glasner the in the coming weeks.
00:24:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
um but he isn't being sacked, he might walk away. So who's getting sacked? I want to know who's being sacked, Nick.
00:24:42
Nick Britten
Right, okay. There's a link here. There's a link here, and I'm going to talk to that just a moment.
00:24:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:46
Nick Britten
Right. Well, obviously, there's there's a couple of big names. i'll I'll happily go with Nuno Nottingham Forest, who is having clear-the-air talks, whatever they might mean, or muddy-the-air talks, as they might it'll turn out.
00:25:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Clear the desk talks, as you quite rightly framed it the other week.
00:25:01
Nick Britten
um Yeah, clear-the-air talks. I did, I did. That was good, yeah. I'll go without getting it.
00:25:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's a question.
00:25:06
Nick Britten
I forgot. I was a right on it then. Yeah, clear the desk talks, as they might be, on the back of a 3-0 defeat to West Ham, which really don't want. ah I don't know how this is going to play out because you've got no idea how Maranakis, the Nottingham Forest owner, behaves from one minute to the next.
00:25:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. Hmm.
00:25:23
Nick Britten
And if you catch him in a good mood, then you're all right. if you catch him in a bad mood, you're out the door. So it's it would be nonsensical to get rid of Nuno. Nonsensical. He's been Nottingham Forest's best manager since Brian Clough, in my opinion.
00:25:39
Nick Britten
He's done a great job there. Why would you want to get rid of him? But if Nuno locks horns with him, if he doesn't agree with him, if he doesn't do whatever Maranakis says, there's every chance he'll just go, right, okay, fine.
00:25:55
Nick Britten
Off you go. I'll get on the phone Big Ange.
00:25:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, honestly, I think it's a very good chance.
00:25:57
Nick Britten
or Joseph, or somebody like that.
00:26:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think it'll be gone by Christmas. i I always have thought that. And I think it's because Maranakis publicly treats him with contempt. And people will only put up with so much of that.
00:26:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then things will break down. and And it just takes one more one more thing like that Maranakis, the whole thing will fall over. I think i think that's a good shout. ah Where are we on Potter? Is Potter going to be there in at Christmas?
00:26:26
Nick Britten
Karen Brady was on the radio a couple of weeks ago talking about what a great man Graham Potter was and he's one for the future and he's very safe. And West Ham, West Ham do have a track record of sticking with their managers.
00:26:37
Nick Britten
They are quite loyal to their managers.
00:26:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
They do. They do.
00:26:39
Nick Britten
And that that, by the way, is to be applauded. You might not, there's lots going on at West Ham at the moment and Potter seems to be the least of Karen Brady and David Goal's problems.
00:26:52
Nick Britten
David Sullivan's problems. But,
00:26:56
Nick Britten
He's had a wretched time of it.
00:26:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:26:58
Nick Britten
He's had a wretched time of it since he took over in January. Bear in mind that he failed at Chelsea. This his first job since then, and he's failing at West Ham. Now, mercifully for him, they won 3-0 away at Forest in their last game.
00:27:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:27:12
Nick Britten
Otherwise, I think it would have been a very uncomfortable international break for him. But he's got to be close. If this run of form continues where they're not not winning games, they're not playing progressive football, where they look bit leggy, a bit out of ideas, I can't see him staying that much longer because West Ham will be in the relegation zone, fighting a relegation battle, and chairmen will just press press the panic button and therefore the trigger.
00:27:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:27:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think he's he think he's definitely got be hot favourite. I'm going to throw one more at you, absolutely maker this, in terms of outsiders. Someone I would put my shiny 10p on each way ah to win the sack race is Unai Emery at Villa.
00:28:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah No goals, no spirit, no enthusiasm, no dynamism, no shape. They've been horrible this far this this this season. They've got three huge games to come.
00:28:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
On the face of it the start the season, you have thought, we're winning all three of them. Everton away, Sunderland away, and Fulham at home. I can see every situation there they can lose two of them. And if they do lose two of them, I think he could be very, very close.
00:28:28
Nick Britten
Thank you.
00:28:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
to I know he's a hero. I know he's a god for what he's done, what he picked up at Villa, and how he's been able to turn them around. But these things turn around pretty quick as well. I would even go so far as to say, i think there's a suggestion that Uno Emery is losing the dressing room.
00:28:53
Nick Britten
Interesting. Interesting. Because I don't think don't think the mood music at Villa is is around Emery. I think it's just around, it's
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00:29:00
Nick Britten
not even around the club or the owners. It's around PSR. And it's around Villa's inability to spend money. They've got money.
00:29:06
Nick Britten
bit like Newcastle. They've got money, but they can't spend it because of the PSR rules. you Yeah, it'd be really interesting. that's so That's a good shout. It's an interesting shout because I don't know. I don't think I can see it.
00:29:19
Nick Britten
I can see him maybe leaving, but I don't know if he's going to get sacked. Bear in mind Villa have had some dodgy spells under him and he's always pulled the round. He's made moves in the transfer market, particularly late in the day.
00:29:33
Nick Britten
But... But...
00:29:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
And they kept Aldo Martinez.
00:29:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because I was reading the very interesting article about Martinez.
00:29:36
Nick Britten
Yeah...
00:29:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Martinez wanted to go to United. United wanted Martinez. It broke down in the boardroom. They couldn't get a deal done. So Martinez was and is extraordinarily disappointed. His brother was interviewed in South America.
00:29:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Extraordinarily disappointed about not being able to go to Man United, which was his dream.
00:29:59
Nick Britten
Yeah, and as you would be, as you would be...
00:30:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, as you would be. Now, now its it really depends. Martinez is pretty pretty important to Villa in terms of he's a great keeper. ah Depends what kind of Martinez they get back after the international break.
00:30:13
Nick Britten
Well, you asked the question about Margahy and I'm going to ask you the question about Martinez because they're in very, very similar situations. Hours away from sealing their dream move, what's their mental state going to be? But before you answer that, Martinez is almost like a new signing to them in terms of their importance to the team.
00:30:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:29
Nick Britten
Because if he gets his head right and plays properly, he's brilliant.
00:30:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:30:32
Nick Britten
yeah He's one of the world's best goalkeepers and it's very rare you get the opportunity to have one of the world's best goalkeepers in your team. I Harvey Elliott's a very, very good signing. I really do.
00:30:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:30:41
Nick Britten
If he can get a tune out of Jadon Sancho, nobody else has been able to do it, but if he can get a tune out Jadon Sancho, that's going to be a very good signing as well. So there is there there's there's light at the end of the tunnel, but they've got to start scoring goals because they've not scored a single goal this year, this season rather, and and they've got to start winning games.
00:31:03
Nick Britten
So it's not a bad shout. It's not a bad outsider shout. Yeah, I'll give you that.
00:31:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:06
Nick Britten
Yeah.
00:31:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's an outside shout, but I think if we revisit this in another three games' time, and I think if they've got another two points on the board...
00:31:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah things are going to start to look very, very sticky for Unai Emery. Anyway, it is a long shot. I'm sure he won't be the first to be gone, but it's it's a very interesting it's very interesting story that I think we'll continue to watch here.
00:31:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right, that's it for this episode of Daily Premier Podcast. Thank you very much indeed for joining us. If you want to get in contact with us and send us an email with your views on anything relation to Premier League,
00:31:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's dailypremierleaguepodcast at gmail.com. We always look forward to that. Nick, thank you. Enjoy your game. The England 1-0 victory over Andorra, 70 minutes, Harry Kane.
00:31:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
I hope you're still there after 70 minutes. That's all I'm saying.
00:31:57
Nick Britten
I'll tell you what, it better be better than that. If on 69 minutes, it's still nil-nil. I might be on my way. And it
00:32:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm texting you. I'm texting you.
00:32:06
Nick Britten
one
00:32:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Every five minutes, it's still nil-nil. I said, told you, told you, told you.
00:32:09
Nick Britten
even if i hear the even if I hear the cheering from the stadium, you know, as I'm 10 minutes away or when five minutes away getting the train, I still won't care.
00:32:20
Nick Britten
I just won't care.
00:32:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brilliant.
00:32:21
Nick Britten
So, no, I don't think it Listen, um I'm just hoping for better than that.
00:32:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Great. Well, everybody, join us again tomorrow. We'll be doing a wrap-up of the weekend tomorrow as well, so we can all hear about the Wandelvichy for England. And look forward to speaking to you tomorrow.
00:32:33
Nick Britten
Thank you.
00:32:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nick, thanks for joining us on the Daily Premier podcast. Until next time, have a good one.