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Episode 56: O'Neill sacked! Martin sacked! Manchester is Red and a missed opportunity for Arsenal?
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Marcus and Nick recap the weekends fixtures and top stories whilst trying to remain optimistic about their own clubs fortunes:
O'Neill and Martin sacked after throwing their teams under the bus following defeats, City's woes continue and Arsenal and Liverpool fail to capitalise at the top end of the table.
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Introduction to EPL Podcast
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Welcome back to the Global Sports Podcast Network. I'm Marcus Ranto and you're listening to the Daily English Premier League Podcast and I am joined by Nick.
00:00:17
Nick
Hello, Marcus. I'm happy to be rejoining you for... I finally get to
Gary O'Neill's Sacking: Relief or Repetition?
00:00:23
Nick
enjoy... Well, I was gonna say, finally get to enjoy Gary O'Neill being sacked. I get to enjoy not having to speak about it every time I come on.
00:00:30
Nick
And I...
00:00:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:00:32
Nick
I... It's where we're starting, but...
00:00:33
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yeah It is where we're starting.
00:00:36
Nick
Gary... and Two seconds.
00:00:37
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Yeah, i mean it's the business end.
00:00:39
Nick
Two seconds this weekend. Obviously, O'Neill gone first. I think if we start there...
Wolves' Troubles: O'Neill and Matheus King's Performance
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Nick
bad bad like a tough start for him this season them in terms of fixtures and then it never really improved but
00:00:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
No. like I've got to say, I thought Wolves, it's been, I felt really sorry for him to be honest, because and we saw but what Matheus King has been doing, it it's been amazing and and as you say, a bad set of fixtures. What I would say is just before the sacking, I wasn't a fan of his post-match interview.
00:01:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Yeah, it felt like he was very much distancing himself from the players and throwing them under the bus. um And it was similar actually to Russell Martin's post-match interview. So um when manager does that to a team, when you're the fans, I think he kind of goes, you know what, <unk> we're good to get rid of you right now.
O'Neill's Interviews: A Distancing Act?
00:01:40
Nick
Yeah I think for O'Neill especially it's a bit of a trend as well ah because when I was doing some research into like Wolf's fans opinions on this I was fairly certain they were happy he was gone but they were saying like he's just constantly giving excuses as if it's not his fault that like the longer they've had with him coaching the players the worse they get.
00:02:04
Nick
So the one at the weekend was really bad. I think you'll come to regret that. I think eventually it's probably satisfying in the moment because I don't think the players have been giving him 100% because he was saying something about they've not been playing to the right level along those lines and paraphrasing a bit. but it That distancing, like you said, I think think he'll come to regret that. I don't think it doesn't do anything for him apart from giving him a bit of like satisfaction on the way out. But yeah, I don't think that was the right way to go out for him.
00:02:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, he talked about the kind of the mentality and he's trying to get them to have the mentality near to that level. And then he kind of bookended that with saying, you know, he's been in his kind of status in in the Premier League for three years. um Almost just to say, listen, I'm clearly not the problem here.
00:03:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, you know, they've had a lot of problems. and yeah I said he, I did feel sorry for walls because they did a lot of business in the summer in terms of selling players. I think it was something like 200 millions worth of players went out the door.
00:03:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
um and problems with with kind of results, but also discipline. In the last two matches, ah Lamina losing the captaincy after the the scuffles at West Ham, but also, ain't Norrie getting into some kind of, I think he was a steward or a staff member at the end of the game as well?
00:03:31
Nick
I think, yeah, that bit was Kunur, I think, and then Aitnuru had his own separate thing where he got sent off after full-time. Weirdly, not the only player sent off after full-time this weekend.
00:03:42
Nick
But to have that two games in a row, it's so, like, it's really weird.
00:03:42
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and No.
00:03:48
Nick
And maybe it'll galvanize the players. It does nothing for O'Neill, obviously, with him gone now, but I feel like last season it was the players being galvanised off Lopategui leaving before the season even started and saying these players aren't good enough to stay in the Premier League and then they go on and finish 14th having a really good season apart from maybe the last few months when they were on the beach a bit.
00:04:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:04:16
Nick
so maybe that'll galvanize them with the next manager that comes in but it like It's so damning of what's going on there and there's so many structural issues from what I've been reading today And I think the biggest issue is the owners you talked about how they sold 200 million pounds worth of players since guarantee we've been there.
00:04:37
Nick
He's been there barely over a year and and they've just not, they've not reinvested, they sold Netto and they've got Kunya who was bought after, ah through like an option to buy, obligation to buy, but then they sold Kilman to West Ham and didn't replace him.
00:04:55
Nick
Their defense is so bad. I it each feel sorry for Gareniel in that sense, but I don't necessarily think and spending loads of money would have helped him, but the ownership's terrible there.
00:05:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
and No. And, and Wolf's currently 19, nine points, 16 games played.
Wolves' New Coach Rumors: Oleg or Vito Pereira?
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Uh, I believe if the press is to be believed, Oleg on a show sky is the favorite to replace him. Um.
00:05:21
Nick
I think he was, but I don't know whether he is anymore. I think Vito Pereira, who is the al-Shabaab manager, former Benfica manager. So going back to that, sort of Portuguese ah and the Jalamindes cycle, I think that's what they're going back to, which
00:05:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. Hmm.
00:05:39
Nick
I can't pretend I know anything about this guy. But maybe it's impossible to predict what happens. like Because every manager since Nuno has been so underwhelming. And they all feel like managers. You look at, so it was Bruno Lage, then Lopetegri, then obviously Gary Neal, and now, if it's Vito Pereira. You don't look at those managers and think,
00:06:04
Nick
oh they really deserve this opportunity it's more they're just really excited to get to manage a club in the Premier League it's not like i'm really excited to manage wolves and i've earned my position here like if they were to get Moyes who has reportedly said no due to their ownership so I just don't think the people they're hiring are necessarily the right people because they've also all had very similar stints.
00:06:35
Nick
It's like they come in and have a short stint where it looked really hopeful and then it falls off a cliff and it just feels like that's gonna the cycle probably continue.
00:06:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. And you mentioned
00:06:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I can't see them saving their season. You mentioned David Moyes. I read an article somewhere that that Southampton, you know, in their kind of dream list of managers, they'd be looking at the likes of maybe Benitez, maybe Grant Potton, maybe David Moyes.
00:07:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
But actually, they're probably out of reach. I think favourite to replace Russell Martin at the moment is...
00:07:10
Nick
Danny Roll from Sheffield Wednesday, isn't it?
00:07:11
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but Yes.
00:07:12
Nick
It's Danny Roll and Hulman, who was the Denmark manager.
00:07:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, that...
00:07:17
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And Russell
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Nick
Sorry.
Southampton's Coaching Conundrum: Who's Next?
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Martin, yet oh, what happened to Southampton at home this weekend?
00:07:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's all about feeling sorry. I felt sorry for the fans, to be honest. Again, Russell Martin didn't really give a good account of himself after the game. I thought his post-match interview was kind of, he said it was more a mentality thing, not a tactical thing.
00:07:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Very clear to say, the problem is not me. um But when you're five nil down at halftime at home, is the problem a little bit you?
00:07:45
Nick
yeah there's there's being like strong to your ideas and then there's just like just pointless stubbornness so he's he's been stubborn to his own detriment i think he has been let down by players in terms of like their decisions but when when you're sticking to something so long do you think his stubbornness in terms of sticking with this tactic do you think players would lose confidence by sticking with the system rather than just changing to something a bit more pragmatic
00:08:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, what it felt to me, obviously, they've played with him for a while, but it felt like when you watched them against Spurs that they didn't really know how to play in that system. And I think that the level that the Premier League is does expose you um when you kind of see you maybe can't play the same way you played the division below. and And I think it's naive for anyone to say that every manager sticks to the way that they they want to play.
00:08:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
um because you do have to make those adjustments that are tactical and kind of go, you know, this is the opposition this week. And at the end of the day, the the amount of money that's involved in staying up, I think the board are kind of justified in saying, you have said very clearly you are not going to change, but we can't afford to go down.
00:09:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Currently bottom 25 points. They've lost 11 games? Maybe no. They've lost 13 games.
00:09:12
Nick
They've lost 13, and their one winners are 1-0 against Everton.
00:09:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:09:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
And this this idea of kind of this philosophy and sticking to your philosophy, well, a lot of their goals they shipped this season, they've they've been caught short at the back. This didn't happen on so on the weekend.
00:09:29
Nick
No, they would they we just they were just overran.
00:09:29
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That wasn't how they got caught out.
00:09:33
Nick
I think this is almost the perfect team for Spurs to face.
00:09:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:37
Nick
Someone who plays out from the back but isn't particularly good at doing so and they're pressing trigger in terms of they always seem to pass to Flynn Downs or whoever's playing in that 6 area.
00:09:50
Nick
I think it's just so easy for Spurs and
Spurs vs. Southampton: Tactical Mastery
00:09:52
Nick
they're so clinical. i think i mean the situation where he's walked down the tunnel at 4-0 by the time the players have come to meet him at halftime, it's 5-0.
00:10:02
Nick
That's ah ahs comedic.
00:10:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, not not a good look. but And actually to your point, you know, Angie Prostikoglou said exactly the same thing. He said, you know, the way that Southampton play plays to our strengths. So he was a manager who went into it with a game plan saying, I know they play like this. This is how we're going to exploit it, ah which is what top managers do. Spurs are looking, and looking good again. They keep coming off the boil, on the boil, off the boil, on the boil.
00:10:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Apart from Southampton being terrible, what what was it about Spurs that made them ah you know look so good this weekend?
00:10:36
Nick
I mean it's just, it's exploiting what it's given to ultimately. The first goal, ah Madison's, he spots the massive gap between Walker Peters and the central centre back and just runs through it and gets given the ball.
00:10:51
Nick
It's just it's it was simple for Spurs if we're being honest at the weekend. and It's just it's taking your chances It's really I mean, it's it sounds so simple to say it's taking your shots and exploiting your opposition's weaknesses and for Spurs like USA and Anj said That's so easy for them to do against this Southampton side
00:11:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I felt they had a lot of legs in them this weekend as well, they and they they looked strong on the ball as well. It was very hard to play anyone off the ball. Son is always um fantastic, so I looked really you know up for it as well. um So two teams at the bottom of the table got rid of their managers. Ipswich managed, still you know bottom three, Ipswich managed to to get that last minute dramatic winner. um We're at game week 16 now. ah I think it's safe to say Wolves and Southampton won't survive.
00:11:44
Nick
I think definitely Southampton, I think Wolves ultimately, they have the money if the owners can be bothered, they can probably get out of it. I'd have more faith in Wolves than imps, which right now probably, just because I think the players can start caring and then get results because they are five points off Leicester. That's probably not too difficult to overcome for Wolves.
00:12:10
Nick
Because even at the weekend, they're getting chances and they just weren't converting. They need to stop convert conceding from free kicks, or set pieces, sorry. They've conceded 16, which is double second place, with the which is Southampton who have conceded eight.
00:12:29
Nick
So I think that that's priority number one for the new manager because they got a set peace coach at the start of the season and sacked him after two or three weeks, I think, which is insane. I mean, for both these clubs, particularly Southampton,
00:12:48
Nick
I look at this and think Brighton, Brentford and sort of Forest have already laid down the blueprint of how you come up and survive and you have to be more conservative in your first few years, win that XG battle basically, ah probably prioritize set pieces to an extent which we see Brentford do so well in those early seasons and with Brentford Thomas Frank just gradually has become more expansive for Brighton, it's getting gradually more expansive managers.
00:13:18
Nick
We've obviously had Chris Houghton, Graham Potter, Deserby, and now... ah God, his name always escapes me.
00:13:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, Fabian hurts you there.
00:13:28
Nick
Harsler, thank you. ah With Forrest, you've gone from Steve Cooper, who changed what he was doing, he was doing a 3-4-3, went to a 4-2-3-1. and now they've got Nuno who is back who has continued with the 4-2-3-1 just to a better extent and we're seeing the results all three of those seem to have in so I think oh you also just need a really good striker and neither of ah Southampton especially just don't have that so I think I think Southampton's fate is done but I don't necessarily think so for Wolves I think even with the appointment of Rolle most likely who dealt with a relegation battle with Sheffield Wednesday last year and kept them up and was more pragmatic he's from sort of the Red Bull Leipzig school but
00:13:57
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Yes.
00:14:16
Nick
Showed he will adapt and go a bit more defensive and grind out results I think that will help them and will prepare them for the championship next year Yeah, exactly
00:14:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he he knows the club as well, hasn't he? I think he was assistant there in 2018 under under Ralph Housenhofer. Can't pronounce all these names today. We're going to look at what's happened at the top of the table. But first of all, let me tell the guys about Zencaster.
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Arsenal's Dependency: Saka's Burden?
00:15:14
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hotting up. um Let's talk about your Arsenal side, Nick. Neil-Niljour at home with Everton. Sacher had a great chance. Fantastic save from Pickford. ah What happened?
00:15:28
Nick
And nothing, quite ultimately nothing happened in the game and that was the problem. We saw Thierry Henry on Monday Night Football last night, obviously recording this Tuesday evening, saying essentially in the simplest terms, Arsene was so over reliant on Saka there's no other player who's taken responsibility.
00:15:50
Nick
And that's what it is at the moment. It's, oh, we can't quite play through. Let's just give it to Saka. Hopefully he runs through seven players and does something. And it's so frustrating to watch. There's no urgency. There's no, like, there's no one trying to run into space and just create anything. It's so... It's too it's just too protective like I think our tetters scarred from 22 23 when you just got done eventually by team breaking on us and then It seems to gradually be getting far too conservative in terms of keeping players behind the ball in that sort of rest defense idea and Just I just want to see us play a bit more freely
00:16:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, I was surprised because, you know, we're playing at home and against an Everton side, okay, come off the back of, you know, a good result and a bit of a break, having not played the game at home against Liverpool that got postponed. But, you know, in the end of the day, it's a very good Arsenal side that's challenging for the title against the team that's trying to stay in the league. And to say that Arsenal went into it conservatively must be a huge concern
00:17:08
Nick
Yeah it's not when I say conservatively what I'm saying for people who may not have watched the game it's sort of yes we have the ball we probably had about 80% possession but it's so so slow there's not let's move it around quickly try and move Everton players out of position or Everton on the handful of occasions they try and get forward into our half. It's win the ball and go quickly. It's win the ball. let's let oh Let's just actually let them set up the low block so that we can't play through them. what ah it It almost explained it as it's let's just let them play in the low block. It feels like that's what we want to do. We want to play against the low block at this point with how slowly we move the ball.
00:17:56
Nick
and Erdogan didn't have his best game at the weekend. He got brought off after about 55-60 minutes for Winery. But then we're just playing down the left through Martinelli and Trossard when he came on eventually and it's like we've got this kid who will probably create spaces through his dribbling and we won't play down the right side where him and our best player are and we did the same thing in the latter stages of the Fulham game.
00:18:24
Nick
and so irrit
00:18:31
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i can I can sense the frustration in your voice. It was a frustrating weekend for me as well as a Liverpool fan, um thinking, do you know what, I know Fulham is a difficult game. I didn't i had no kind of preconceptions that it would be a walkover at all.
00:18:45
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But I thought, you know what, Liverpool at home, in the form that we are in against Fulham's side, I thought three points quite easily in the bag and the game was nothing like that at all.
00:18:53
Nick
and it's so irritating.
00:18:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Fulham started really brightly and and I've said this a lot. and Every time I go to Anfield, the opposition starts really brightly. They do go for an Anfield. Certainly, under club usually means you can see it in the first 10 minutes. um But, Liverpool are really good at scoring goals.
00:19:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Yeah, quite a calamity, but a good showing of 10-man Liverpool, Gravenberg going into defence to get a point from that game at this point of the season with with other clubs at the top of the table dropping points, it kind of felt like it was a wasted opportunity.
Liverpool vs. Fulham: A Chance Missed
00:19:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah But still sitting on top of the table, obviously now Robertson's going to be suspended for that red card.
00:19:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So what should have been a ah nice ah three points for Liverpool, ended up, could have been worse, you know, could have been worse, Fulham were in the lead, and then, ah you know, Liverpool as they do, came back, jotted off the bench, showing what real strikers can do, um just straight off and straight in, gets the goal.
00:20:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
But again, a bit of frustration, a bit of kind of like, you know what, I think, and maybe it's the same for Arsenal fans, Nick, for me, I'm looking at this dominance in Manchester City and looking at where Liverpool are now going, oh my God, there's a chance to get this over
Opportunities for Arsenal and Liverpool: City's Slip-ups
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the line.
00:20:15
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And when will we get another chance? I think City fans are probably looking at it going, well, we've had four and we'll probably get good again.
00:20:18
Nick
Yeah.
00:20:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
and We'll probably have another one. Whereas for for say yourself and me, you're kind of going, oh my gosh, we can actually win the league.
00:20:30
Nick
Yeah, I think i think that's a big frustration from an Arsenal point of view because it's we've been waiting for so long. I've never seen us win anything but an f FA Cup and a community shield.
00:20:45
Nick
And we're waiting this whole time for City to slip up. And it felt like this could be our year anyway, and it's almost come to a point where oh they've actually slipped up and oh no we're just really poor at the moment and ultimately you look at probably the form you look at the form and from an outside perspective probably go can't be that bad you've won three drawn two in your last five like what more can you want it's like everything is aggravated by the fact that
00:21:22
Nick
Liverpool have got a new manager and out of nowhere are constantly winning. Chelsea have come from nowhere and are constantly winning and we're looking at ourselves going please just like take the reins off a little bit and just go for it and it's almost it's probably highlighted maybe the squad isn't as good as we think it is and i think that's maybe a bit hard to swallow for a lot of us as well i think maybe it's stuff we knew and didn't want to admit to
00:21:55
Nick
ourselves about whether that's Martinelli, because a lot of it was Martinelli just had a bad year last year. We'll get ah left foototed sent a to play in the left eight. We get Merino. He's still really not done anything. He had 70 minutes against a 40-year-old Ashley Young and didn't beat him once.
00:22:17
Nick
like And you should go like what? It's it's our squad just not that good and it's probably just the front line is lacking Mainly on that left side. I think I spoke about it last time with you It's just we need we need that guy who can take the pressure off soccer because SACL wasn't even that bad at the weekend but if you saw how Everton set up it was let's stick five or six people on the right side which will force Arsenal to the left side and will trust ourselves to deal with whatever Martinelli and Trussard will do and coaches have admitted this about Arsenal.
00:22:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:54
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Yeah.
00:22:55
Nick
they There was an article in The Athletic last year When it was anonymous from coaches and managers from Premier League sides going Suckers so good, but Martinelli is Relatively predictable so if we can stop if we can just nullify the Arsenal's right side we can trust ourselves to maybe stop Martinelli and get something out of their game and We're seeing that this year and it'll be interesting to see what we do in two weeks time when the window opens because I mean, who knows who's going to be available, but there'll be a lot of clamor for just anything because we we really need something up top at the moment.
00:23:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah totally.
00:23:44
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Yeah, and it's and it's interesting how the season's playing out, as you mentioned, the frustrations of kind of how Chelsea are doing, who did a lot of business in the summer, which we talked about a lot. And, um you know, we laughed at a lot.
00:23:58
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Squad depth is probably a problem they don't have. And they are sitting second at the moment.
00:24:03
Nick
I mean the squad depth is probably why they're doing so well because ultimately if they were in the champions league if they wouldn't be using literally two squads across European and domestic football and probably wouldn't be doing as well but
00:24:07
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Yeah.
00:24:20
Nick
I mean, it's hard to discredit how well they're doing at the moment. Jackson will have a weird moment where he misses a pretty much open goal and then the goal he scores is and just really impressive.
00:24:32
Nick
like So it's really it's just really difficult to discredit this Chelsea team, but I mean, yeah.
00:24:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Kukareya got on the score sheet as well with his head. Didn't need his studs for for his goal. I am pleased for him. that's It takes a lot to come back from the the horrific kind of couple of slips that he had um last time out. And Chelsea got their three points. They beat Brentford 2-1. Brentford continued to struggle away from home. But I think everybody going into that thought that Chelsea would pick up the points here, despite the previous history between the two clubs at Stamford Bridge.
00:25:07
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um At the moment it's it stands, Liverpool tops Chelsea's second, Arsenal third. I can see the league staying like this. I can see Chelsea actually finishing second, if not first. And an Arsenal just, ah even more so than then that season you were talking about, seem to just not be clicking and they're running out of time to click.
00:25:32
Nick
Yeah, I i've been wondering before this season actually I didn't really say anything because I was thinking maybe this is just Stupid to think about but clop in those first three years of challenging he obviously came close won it and then fell off And I was thinking we've come close come close. What if this is sort of our down year? And maybe it just is that we've had some really weird We have the really weird red cards at the start of the year And I think maybe without those, we build momentum because at the start of the year, we were playing pretty well.
00:26:08
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Yeah, really lovely football.
00:26:08
Nick
And since then, obviously, it's constant injuries in our back line and constantly playing people out of position. Party's played right back far too much.
00:26:21
Nick
She's generally not good there. and obviously we're seeing Miles Lewis Skelly playing left back and he's been really good in the two last two starts there but yeah we're not seeing our best 11 and I think think it might be those two difficult ah second places catching up with us and hopefully we rebound next year but it's so like I was saying it's so difficult to swallow when City have finally slipped up
00:26:53
Nick
and I mean this always happens with your rivals Spurs fans are more annoyed now because we've been challenging for the league the past three years we were furious with Vengor in his last years and Emery especially because Spurs were pushing they were in a Champions League final they came up they've been pushing for a league title then so this just I mean these are just natural emotions when you're in those circumstances so
00:27:12
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Yeah.
00:27:23
Nick
I'm just hoping we'll sort it out and maybe a trip to Dubai again is needed Which fixed our season last year, but I'm not holding out much hope year as well.
00:27:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. ands I did think, you know, I think it was the 22-23 season where where Arsenal seemed to get through the entire season without pretty much a scratch, you know, a smaller squad, but actually, yeah, hardly any injuries.
00:27:44
Nick
We were very lucky last year
00:27:46
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00:27:56
Nick
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00:28:21
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Yes, and you are listening to the Daily English Premier League podcast and we're wrapping up the weekend's fixtures. um And I want to take us over to St James's because i I did say a few weeks ago, I did think that the Van Nistor appointment was a strange one for Leicester City. And then they started to not just get results, but play some really attractive football. And I thought, oh, OK, I've got that wrong.
00:28:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
and they travelled to Newcastle and they got torn apart. 4-0. And whilst we were saying as well recently on this podcast, does Eddie Howe kind of have to worry about his own job? um Newcastle really took them apart. Again, was it a case of Newcastle were brilliant or was it a case of Leicester City were naive and just got beaten?
00:29:10
Nick
I think it looked like Isaac just terrorised Leicester. He was, I mean, he should have scored him, well, he should have scored more than what I was going to say. He should have scored himself. He scored the third for Newcastle. But I think the worrying thing for Leicester was Hermanson going off for half time. He is so, so good as a goalkeeper and Ward who came on, he came on, they conceded three in 15 minutes.
00:29:38
Nick
i I don't I don't necessarily think any were particularly bad goals to concede but I think it's probably more a general feeling for the back line you have a goalkeeper you can trust so much and Mads Hermansson and then Danny Ward comes in and you just feel less safe even when he's playing for my country Wales it's like He's been replaced by Karl Darlo who doesn't play you for Leeds. He's not someone you can trust behind your defence really.
00:30:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
And what was the reasoning behind that? Was it an injury or was it a tactical?
00:30:14
Nick
Yeah, so Maz Hermanson's got a groin injury. I'm not sure how long he'll be out for, but I believe he said in the changing room the pain was too much, just couldn't continue. So that will be concerning for Lester.
00:30:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Wow.
00:30:27
Nick
so I mean, when you hear groin injury, I'm not too concerned. It's probably a handful of games if that. Maybe he'll be back at the weekend. so It was a bit of a reality reality check for Van Nistroy, I think, and he pretty much admitted that in his postgame interview.
00:30:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:30:44
Nick
I thought he said that we've had some good results, but this is something we need to sit down and analyze together.
00:30:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:52
Nick
so I think that's probably coming for Newcastle.
00:30:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:55
Nick
They've not taken the chances they need to and I felt well the corner routine for this first especially I thought was really nice. I hope our set piece coach was watching that.
00:31:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean Arsenal are definitely not struggling with with set-pieces, so I'm sure you're in you're in fine form there. um And Leicester will um host Wolves next, and Ratchet Week 17, so that's going to be a big game. and you know, with wolves kind of struggling to maybe even have a manager by then, it's a real opportunity to get some some daylight between them as well. um Still looking at the top of the table, just underneath the Arsenal, Forrest on 28 points, they beat Aston Villa, which is not a result I would have said
00:31:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know this time last year for us to gain another club that you mentioned it earlier I think it's really really important you talked about kind of getting into the Premier League and kind of consolidating yourself and then starting to play and I'm looking at this this forest team you know looking at Gibbs Wyatt and the like and kind of going well I remember when you came into the league and I don't remember you playing like this so so something is clicking there and I'm not sure what it is but it's really fun to watch
00:32:08
Nick
Yeah, they they I mean They've they had they have the city ground as well I mean, this is a historic ground that you can make a fortress and I don't even necessarily think They've made it as big of a fortress as you probably expect. I think the results at home aren't insanely good, but the result of the weekend was It's really impressive. They it felt like maybe they were down and out. They have that gold disallowed from Chris Wood and maybe heads could have dropped then but it looked like Hudson Adoy was really probing for them down that left side and then even after he came off Jota Silva was integral in the winner and Alanga as well it's these players who
00:32:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:32:52
Nick
Maybe haven't cut it at the very top level. They'll come down and they found life again and there's a really like fun sense of community there you see the videos with Aina Hudson adoi a Langer in changing rooms afterwards and you almost look forward to them even
00:33:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:10
Nick
when you're not a forest fan because I I mean they've never they've restored the feeling that for us to All but we're on their way to Ken relegated from the championship before Steve Cooper come it came in and now Champions League football doesn't look completely out of it and
00:33:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
So this is the thing that excites me right now you know we've we've talked about the managers like Hertzler etc who are younger than myself and i'm I'm not quite old enough to remember but I was alive in the hay days of Villa and Forest in Europe and it feels like that could come back and it feels such a
Forest's European Dream: Past Glories Revisited
00:33:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
special thing. Maybe it's just my nostalgia creeping in. um But i'd I'd really love to see Forest in Europe. I think if we've seen Villa this season, if you're going to go into Europe and still try and challenge in the Premier League, you've got to invest and you've got to, you know, you just need the legs to play that level that constantly. But I'd really love to see Forest in the Champions League. I think it'd be fantastic.
00:34:12
Nick
Yeah, I've been doing research recently for something I was writing a script on on Brian Clough, so now ah I'm kind of rooting for that to come back. I've fallen in love with Brian Clough and his forest story. I was watching The Damned United even just yesterday.
00:34:29
Nick
So seeing Forest back in Euro would be great. And I think from go and probably going back to Villa, Martinez's save was absurd.
00:34:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:40
Nick
I think but we can't talk about this game and not touch on that as one of the most insane saves I've ever seen.
00:34:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:46
Nick
But you also get the get the other side of Martinez for the first Forest goal.
00:34:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:34:52
Nick
Such a weird goalkeeper.
00:34:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he's absolutely insane. And and I can't make up wet my mind as to whether I like him or not, because um I know a lot of people are fans of his antics at the penalty spot. I think it's a lot of character. and I think it's quite enjoyable. um It's maybe the stuff that comes afterwards, you know, the taunting and the goading, I'm not so much a fan of. ah He is, we like our characters in football, don't we? We like a, he's almost like a pantomime villain at times. so
00:35:23
Nick
Yeah, we I mean the darts has just started again for those who watch that and you need those sort of pantomime villains in football as well as darts Uh go and price is my favorite darts player and he is he's the pantomime villain of the darts world and it feels like emmy martinez is that guy in football and for me, it's it's the like the over
00:35:50
Nick
He gets lauded a bit too much for me, the sort of, is this the best goalkeeper in the world?
00:35:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:35:55
Nick
No, obviously obviously not.
00:35:59
Nick
He'll make the best saves you'll ever see, but in the same game, he'll concede something you should never, ever concede.
00:36:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:36:10
Nick
yeah But that first save, if you haven't seen it, just go and watch it. Just search every minor save.
00:36:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:36:16
Nick
It will be the first thing that comes up, most likely.
00:36:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was incredible.
00:36:20
Nick
Yeah Villanita no Villanita Find their shooting boots mainly Duran's header was really good, but I think between him and Olly what can sue it's been getting dropped the last few games because he is missing these big chances
00:36:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Not enough to secure any points though.
00:36:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:36:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
mean
00:36:39
Nick
I don't know whether Watkins deals with a good second striker particularly well and I think that is probably their main issue at the moment and it's just exasperated by the fact that they're having to play these European games all the time.
00:36:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, yeah, I think there's the very tired squad already and as we we enter December, it's gonna get even worse for them.
Manchester Derby Recap: Physicality vs. Struggles
00:37:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Turn my attention, our attention to to Sunday because the 195th Manchester Derby, and it was weird because it was it was kind of boring and then it suddenly wasn't.
00:37:18
Nick
Yeah, the the first half especially was incredibly boring and then De Bruyne even when his cross gets massively deflected puts in an incredible ball and I think the spin just put off the United defenders and it's 1-0 Kavadio City's second top scorer which is very concerning but at least they have someone else somewhat scoring when Harlan's not
00:37:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:37:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:37:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:37:48
Nick
and then
00:37:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, I must admit, I mean, they they took the lead. um And I just, I saw something in United, here particularly, I thought, Heuland was really in everyone's face. And it was something I've not seen in in the Man United side for a long time, that they were really up for it. I know it was a Derby.
00:38:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
and you expect that. but But I don't believe we've seen a Manchester United side have that kind of physicality about them for a while and that belief in them. I'm taking players on and really going for it. um Fantastic finish. um But yeah I was really impressed with Rasmatoyl and just getting in everyone's face.
00:38:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
um A bit embarrassed for Karl Walker as well with ah his antics. Just, you know, that brush of her head and that collapse to the floor was, I think Roy Keane said he he didn't even know him, but he felt embarrassed for him.
00:38:46
Nick
Yeah, he's not helping himself with the criticism for his on, for his general performance with that sort of thing. And yeah, you said United were impressive and they didn't really give City anything.
00:39:00
Nick
that ha They were, well, City were essentially playing with 10 men with Harland really not contributing anything.
00:39:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:39:08
Nick
with or without the ball you saw at times Foden was having a go at Haaland because there's chances where he could have and probably should have brought to pass back through the defense and he's still walking back from another chance that never came to him or something like that so it's City is struggling with that and ultimately Pet just doesn't have another option until Oscar Bob comes back or they go and buy a striker in January to not Not necessarily put pressure on Holland but to change the game plan because You kind of have to play for Holland when you have Holland So and they're just suffering them from that one winning 11 now The lineup was concerning when it came out
00:39:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:39:56
Nick
I thought it was going to be Bernardo Silva at left back or right back. It ends up being Matej Nunez or Matej Nunez, however you want to say it. And he's next to Cavadio. And I think, you know, it probably should have exploited them far more than they did.
00:40:12
Nick
And that's where their two goals come from eventually.
00:40:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:40:17
Nick
The Nunez challenge is baffling. I don't know if you have any anything to say on that, but I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
00:40:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, yeah, pass, it was it was absolutely insane. I mean, not just that, but it was the pass beforehand that of got him into the trouble in the first place. um And again, it's these things that, you know, we always talk about it is the highest level and you have to be completely on your game all the time.
00:40:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you've seen that consistently for years from Manchester City, which is why, you know, they have consistently won the league against very good sides, the Liverpool sides that have come close any other team any other year they would have won so we know Manchester City are fantastic because we can't take that away from them.
00:41:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
I did see something the other day someone was saying oh you know he's been exposed Harlan's not world-class the the things people will come out with i'm I'm not buying that I think he's still a world-class striker
00:41:10
Nick
Nah.
00:41:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:41:12
Nick
He's just not taking his chances at the moment.
00:41:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
just yeah
00:41:14
Nick
and
00:41:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
and they're just yeah The mistakes they're making are really costing them. and and I think there's a crisis of confidence, not just with the squad but with the manager as well. Pep's interviews have been really kind of like depressing almost. you know He said you know he's got to find the solutions because he's the manager.
00:41:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
which is great responsibility compared to what he talks about with Russell Martin and Gary O'Neill, but he's also kind of saying, he did say, I don't have them, I have to find them, I'm not finding them.
00:41:42
Nick
um I always take Pep, whatever Pep says with a grain of salt, I think ultimately he's trying to take the pressure off the team and put it on himself but I think he'll he'll find the solution but at the moment, I think we've talked about it before on here, the problem isn't necessarily what he's trying to get them to do, it's just the players and the injuries they're suffering as well.
00:42:09
Nick
you and He would never want to start at that backline. Clearly he prefers Cavadio at left back.
00:42:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:42:16
Nick
I think ah right now he probably wouldn't want to play um Kyle Walker if he had the choice to because he's just consistently putting in bad performances. But yeah, the
00:42:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
And again, you yeah you mentioned, it I think, on this this podcast of a while ago that that we've we've kind of glossed over the fact over the years that it is an ageing squad. um
00:42:39
Nick
I mean, you look at some of their players who they've sold, you look at Liam Delapp, he could be doing a job for them with how Harlan's playing.
00:42:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:42:48
Nick
You look at Lavia, he could do a job without Rodri, he could be that six. And you start questioning, should you have sold these players? Obviously, Cole Palmer as well.
00:43:00
Nick
and you've sold these guys for pure profit what and that's controversial in itself whether that ah should be something that the ah ah financial rules should be incentivizing almost but they've sold these academy products and that it's to their detriment now they're suffering for that so part of that is quite nice to see from a rival's perspective
00:43:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:43:27
Nick
but yeah they're suffering from their squad building ultimately I believe and when you're playing Matej Nunez who was probably a bad recruitment anyway yet left back the challenge he makes I would I would feel insane if I went down the road to my local non-league club and saw anyone doing that sort of challenge but it was such it was
00:43:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh man it was it was quite non-league wasn't it yeah in fact it was more sunday league yeah yeah it's
00:43:54
Nick
But like it would be insane if you saw someone do that at non-league even. like e i mean even if yeah Even if you were seeing a kids game you'd be going, what on earth are you doing?
00:44:06
Nick
so and it was such it was such a like The problem was almost solved before he even got there because Edison had closed down the angles.
00:44:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:44:14
Nick
Guevario had almost got to the goal line to try and deal with anything. Xerxes and Agate were the two closest and they were nowhere near. So all he had to do was kind of shield him towards the byline and instead he just sprints in and takes him out.
00:44:33
Nick
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
00:44:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think it it was, again, something you don't see in Manchester City often, just a bit of nerves and a bit of kind of, not naivety, what's the word on it for?
00:44:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just rash very rushed decision-making and and in the end it did cost them.
00:44:48
Nick
It was a completely panic challenge, wasn't it?
00:44:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely.
00:44:51
Nick
He'd made an error and gone, oh, I need to fix, I need to fix, I need to fix this. Oh, I've given them a penalty.
00:45:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah.
00:45:00
Nick
And then even for the winner, I mean... The touch from Ahmad's incredible.
00:45:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah
00:45:07
Nick
The finish is pretty impressive but you look to Gavadio has recovered quicker than Nunez who had initially lost Ahmad when he makes the run inside.
00:45:19
Nick
He curves his run really well to stay on side and I think there's maybe a lack of communication that Nunez hadn't told Gavadio there was a guy stood behind him making a run but then Nunez should have tracked him like Nunez just had an awful awful game and I mean I think that goal probably should have been stopped Gavadio almost tried to back heal it which is really weird so weird one for Citi but after that first goal if someone has said
00:45:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:45:50
Nick
Yeah, you United will go on and get a winner here. You probably wouldn't be surprised with how they've been capitulating recently.
00:45:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
Man United's Rebuilding: Ameren's Influence
00:45:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a good time for United as well because Ameren's made no secret that for him it's time to build a team, it's not time to take over and suddenly start challenging. And they are starting to build.
00:46:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
If you're United and you go away to City and you get three points, you are very happy with this weekend. um Another Derby, and I'll say it in inverted commas, because I can't believe someone made this up, the M23 Derby,
Crystal Palace's Rise: Unbeaten in Nine
00:46:23
Nick
i I will fight for them. I think this is quite an entertaining Darby slash rivalry. this This always produces a pretty entertaining game. The ones in the championship Zaha giving it to the to the fans after scoring a crucial goal.
00:46:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brighton hosted Palace.
00:46:37
Nick
I think this is relatively entertaining Darby more so than like a London Darby.
00:46:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
I won't take away from the entertainment. I just i just can't get on board with calling it the M23 Derby, and I've done it this past last night and the last time I was here. Palace.
00:46:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm very happy that...
00:46:53
Nick
Glazner's restored the feeling.
00:46:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah um 3-1 good win away from home um but also i think they've they've done something ridiculous i can't remember i've got so many notes ahead of me here i think they haven't lost one in something slightly the last nine yeah so um things are going
00:47:09
Nick
They're unbeaten in nine in all competitions.
00:47:14
Nick
Quite a few draws in there, but for where they are on the table, they're the fourth most informed team in the league after the top three. So the most informed team outside of the title challenges. They're up to 14th, which sound doesn't sound, or up to 15th, sorry, which doesn't sound incredible, but I mean, he's got them getting results. Saar looks like their best player.
00:47:41
Nick
And I think it's going on to the Raider a bit his sort of his recruitment generally ah Obviously gets two goals and I believe an assist at the weekend so yeah, I Think I mean he's playing really well
00:47:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes.
00:47:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
yep the airgo um yeah The other thing that I really like about him and I'm seeing that with quite a few players again now which is why I've been enjoying quite a bit of football this season is the directness. um It's been a long time since we've seen wingers running at players and it's it's coming back and it's given me so much joy to see that kind of happening and see players wanting to take players on and and making people question things.
00:48:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:48:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
so it's
00:48:21
Nick
If one of our left wingers would like to take part in that, I'd be really appreciative.
00:48:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was thinking a lot about Saka actually. i was speaking that you know I said it's not been happening for a long time. Saka's been doing it for for a very long time, just on one side for Arsenal.
00:48:32
Nick
I love that, man.
00:48:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
You missed our conversation that we were talking about. I do think he's still massively underrated as a player.
00:48:42
Nick
Oh, incredible, yeah.
00:48:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
um and
00:48:44
Nick
Let's get back back to this game, though.
00:48:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know
00:48:46
Nick
ah i I mean, ultimately, Palace were playing for counterattacks.
00:48:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
yes like
00:48:53
Nick
They got the counterattacks and just converted on them, whereas. And then, well, they sat back and stayed compact and didn't really allow Brighton anything.
00:49:03
Nick
The goal Brighton got through Ferguson was incredibly weird. And they get out of that with a 3-1 win, and I don't think they'd won in this derby for quite a long time as well.
00:49:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh yeah.
00:49:16
Nick
So that'll be a fun day out, which sounds patronizing for Palace fans.
00:49:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:49:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:49:25
Nick
But, I mean...
00:49:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah also, they seem to be sorting things out at the back. Henderson had some fantastic saves in there. And the back three looks really solid. ah And I can see them kind of growing now and getting more and more results.
00:49:35
Nick
Yeah.
00:49:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I don't believe they'll will finish anywhere near 15th, particularly, we will come on to Bournemouth and West Ham, particularly with how teams around them are playing at the moment.
00:49:50
Nick
Yeah, right I think, the i I remember saying on here, months ago, it must have been now, when they, Jokim Anderson was playing pretty well, Fulham, and paris Palace were struggling with their back line, know and I was saying maybe selling Jokim Anderson for however much it was in the end, and breaking up that solid partnership,
00:50:15
Nick
when you're expecting to be probably lower mid table might not have been the greatest idea but Chalabas finally recovered from the injuries he was suffering to start this year and they've got that back three solidified and they're benefiting from it now so it's looking great Munoz seems to score almost every game it feels like he had one disallowed at the weekend so i we Will Hughes looks
00:50:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes!
00:50:45
Nick
Reimagined it's really weird. He was unbelievable against Man City he I mean, I think I said that he's restored the feeling but the players are really galvanised and one place he's not is probably Eddy and Kettier, which I'm really surprised about.
00:51:07
Nick
He misses a massive chance to get his first Palace goal towards the end.
00:51:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah...
00:51:13
Nick
I don't think it will continue for him. I think he he's a really good striker. I've seen ah Arsenal
00:51:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:51:20
Nick
and it wasn't good enough for our level but her I really expected him to go there and probably score around 15 for them and he had an injury he's just sort of coming back and it's really weird I expected a bit more from him to be completely honest
00:51:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:51:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah cause He did get an assist.
00:51:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and I don't believe he started, but he did ah he did get an assist for the Sar goal towards
Nketiah's Challenge: Struggling at Palace
00:51:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
the end. um I thought was he a very good player, so I agree. I think ah time will tell for him and it will come. um There's plenty of other players we can talk about, but time is not our friend. Very quickly, we'll glance at what was another kind of disappointing Monday night football.
00:52:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And yeah, West Ham. I don't understand how you go from you know winning a European trophy to playing the way they do. Predicts of Bournemouth as well. so They've had a much better season than I can imagine. They're still sixth at the moment after that draw at home, but this game was a bit kind of... I almost didn't want to talk about it.
00:52:26
Nick
It went through moments didn't it? was It would be really boring and then there'd be like 10 minutes where it was West Ham have a chance, Bournemouth have a chance, West Ham have a chance and neither of them could convert anything.
00:52:39
Nick
Ultimately West Ham get a very soft penalty when it's a weird Tyler Adams handball.
00:52:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:52:46
Nick
I think he's trying to get out of the way and I think it slightly deflects and hits his hand barely and
00:52:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, I mean, I must admit, in these days, you know, I think he can have no complaints because of where his hand is.
00:52:58
Nick
No.
00:53:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
um and it's It is soft, but also use that word again, naive. Why is his hand up there? He knows he's in the box. He knows defending across. um
00:53:10
Nick
this I think where he was moving it was a little bit natural but not natural at the same time just because I mean if your arm's not by your side in the current era of football it's gonna get given for a handball unless it's something really odd and I mean shortly after Anderson now scores an unbelievable free kick
00:53:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes.
00:53:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
West Ham vs. Bournemouth: Tactical Draw
00:53:32
Nick
which I didn't expect to have at his locker
00:53:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh Yeah!
00:53:36
Nick
<unk> I mean, weird game, I expected far more from Bournemouth if I'm honest. I think I've been very critical of West Ham and I don't think they're playing well yet but I feel like there's minor, very generous, minor improvements in how they're playing.
00:53:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm wondering with all the investment they did in the summer, is it a case of they might need this season to click and then we're going to see um the West End, the fans want to see um playing that kind of more positive football. You know, they were they were keen to get rid of Moyes despite what he did for them. They were like, it's time to move on. A bit like kind of what you were saying with with um Forest coming up and kind of them progressing. That was the idea I think the fans had. okay we've got a trophy where we're we're building but let's now start to play even better football and start to win even more. It's not quite happened yet but potentially it's a project that's you know slowly moving in the right direction.
00:54:38
Nick
maybe I think ultimately I think it will still ultimately end up in Lopatecri getting sacked maybe it's just uh delayed until much later or perhaps even the end of the season we'll have to see how it goes but yeah they they got the a win against wolves which was a bit weird wolves could have done better they obviously get the draw yesterday and I think It's maybe a bit generously I think if Bournemouth aren't missing Cavanagh who is out for months and it will be a massive miss because watching Dango Watar on the left side I've
00:55:18
Nick
really liked him and when he first joined but now I was speaking to a Bournemouth fan and going he's really frustrating isn't he and she was like yeah he's so annoying. I wish Davenir wasn't injured for months so it'll be interesting to see if they recruit another winger and I was really surprised when Semenyo came off instead of him and I think maybe that was Maybe it's managing minutes, but ultimately I think it was the wrong decision and they probably could have got a result if you stayed on. It's hard to say, but yeah, I think I think Iriola will look at this and think two points dropped rather than a point gained and Lopategri will look at this ah as a point gained ultimately.
00:56:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, and West Ham travel to Southampton in their next match, Bournemouth will travel to Manchester United. So, um yeah, some interesting fixtures coming up, which we will look at, of course, later on ah in the week. But until then, I think we've covered every game um sufficiently. I say sufficiently, there's this always plenty more talking points. It was a decent amount of goals this weekend and actually quite apart from a few damp squibs, some really fantastic games to watch. Any final thoughts, Nick?
00:56:31
Nick
please can Arsenal start playing football again so I can start enjoying football again and Consuming more of it. I don't know if you do you have it with Liverpool? They'll have a bad real and you feel like you can't consume anything football related for the week until they win again Yeah
00:56:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh yeah, 100%.
Liverpool's Busy Schedule: Maintaining the Top Three
00:56:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, especially those days yeah after the Forest Games, I was like, oh man, I'm going to have to ah to watch the rest of the games on match of the day, but I'm not sure I've got it in me and I don't want to watch that again.
00:56:54
Nick
i
00:56:55
Nick
yeah
00:56:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But that being said, um Liverpool and Arsenal are in the top three, 16 games played for most of the the the league and of course the Christmas calendar fixtures coming up.
00:57:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
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