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S4 Ep11: Off The Bench: Challenging Gameweek brings squad questions · FPL Pod

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to this week's Off the Bench podcast from
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Speaker 1: the Premier League. I'm Leeve from FPR Family, I'm as
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Speaker 1: from FBL black Box. Well morning, as another challenging week
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Speaker 1: at FPR, wasn't it plenty of drama for us to discuss,
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Speaker 1: including a couple of very notable penalty misses, and after
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Speaker 1: eight clean sheets in all competitions, Arsenal finally concede a
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Speaker 1: goal to you know, fellow Champions League hopefuls. I don't know, Sunderland.
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Speaker 1: We'll go through the weekend's games in a bit, but
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Speaker 1: before we do, how was game week eleven for you?
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Speaker 2: It was a good week to have a bad week,
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Speaker 2: I think, as the saying the saying goes, I mean,
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Speaker 2: it wasn't great forty one points. I've seen some worse
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Speaker 2: scores out there. I've seen some really really good scores,
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Speaker 2: but they're around fifty sixty points. So if you manage
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Speaker 2: fifty sixty points you're listening to this, well done. I
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Speaker 2: think that constitutes has a really good game week this week.
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Speaker 2: And if you've got like twenty five thirty points, you
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Speaker 2: weren't a million miles off the average of thirty eight.
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Speaker 2: So I mean, I'm trying to take these poor game
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Speaker 2: weeks on the cheer. This happened the future many times
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Speaker 2: to me this season, But I do think this one
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Speaker 2: was just a generally poor game week. Right. There wasn't
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Speaker 2: many points on show. We're going to talk about some
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Speaker 2: of the miss penalties and players not scoring good chances,
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Speaker 2: and players missing out like you had in your team.
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Speaker 1: Well, players not even showing up. Yeah, I mean I don't.
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Speaker 1: If I missed it, then tell me. But I don't
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Speaker 1: think there was even a hint of Mark Gayhee not
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Speaker 1: showing up for Crystal Palace at the weekend.
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Speaker 2: So even walk the Glasner said, so, well, this has
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Speaker 2: been bad.
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Speaker 1: Now I've got my ear to the ground and listening
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Speaker 1: to it. I'm hanging on every word that Klasner's saying
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Speaker 1: because I think he was talking about the fact that
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Speaker 1: he couldn't. Yeah, heavily bruised foot. Maybe there's a you
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Speaker 1: know's on crutches, et cetera. So yeah, I'm fingers crossed
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Speaker 1: he's going to be okay after the international break. But
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Speaker 1: for me, the gay he Knows show really was the
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Speaker 1: difference between a red and a great and I had
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Speaker 1: a very small red arrow. I was about one point
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Speaker 1: six million before the game week come at about one
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Speaker 1: point seven. Now I was bang average thirty eight, I
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Speaker 1: mean literally bang average on the points and Gayee not
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Speaker 1: turning up meant that I didn't get the Crystal Palace
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Speaker 1: clean sheet, clearly. And in a world where you know,
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Speaker 1: a lot of FPL players have got Crystal path they
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Speaker 1: are heavily backed, right, You've got the Richards and the
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Speaker 1: Laquas and the Munases. There's a lot of Crystal Palace
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Speaker 1: defense out there. So for Gaye not to play and
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Speaker 1: for Mark Gyu to come on with the one as
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Speaker 1: my auto sub, I'm kind of minus five against the
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Speaker 1: crowd on I a little bit. So yeah, had gay
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Speaker 1: turned up and got that clean sheet, my you know,
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Speaker 1: small red might have been a small green. But either way,
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Speaker 1: it's an average game week. So do you know what not?
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Speaker 1: You know, not a hell of a lot going on
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Speaker 1: in my team, but plenty of action on the pitch
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Speaker 1: to discuss as Let's start with Arsenal's draw at Sunderland then,
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Speaker 1: and before we talk about Arsenal, because they are obviously
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Speaker 1: going to be a topic of conversation for US Sunderland
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Speaker 1: no joke this season. Goodness me what a year they're
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Speaker 1: having so far after eleven game weeks. Their defense in particular,
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Speaker 1: and I know that they've conceded to here against Arsenal,
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Speaker 1: but going forward the defense looks great. Joint fourth for
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Speaker 1: clean sheets with four joint fourth for lowest XGC as well.
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Speaker 1: So the foundations on which this Sunderland side are built
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Speaker 1: are very very good. And I have to we have
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Speaker 1: to give kudos to Ballard, don't we. I mean, what
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Speaker 1: a performance from big Dan Ballard. I mean, more headed
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Speaker 1: chances than any other defender this season. So he's just
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Speaker 1: the big target man, isn't he from set pieces? What
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Speaker 1: a guy? And he took the goal so well as well,
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Speaker 1: didn't he What a finish. And then I found out
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Speaker 1: I didn't know this. Actually I'm not, you know, not
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Speaker 1: looking into Dan Ballard's history every week, but you know,
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Speaker 1: ex Arsenal was in the academy.
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Speaker 2: I didn't know that.
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Speaker 1: I didn't know that x Arsenal he sort of grew
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Speaker 1: up at hal End and a few different loans etcetera.
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Speaker 1: Didn't kind of work out for him. So yeah, this
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Speaker 1: was a big game for him, massive, massive performance and
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Speaker 1: potentially only in the team because Eldoretta is correct. Have
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Speaker 1: you served him earlier in the season, so come on
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Speaker 1: and taking his chance really really well. Well, before we
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Speaker 1: get on to Uston, what do you make his son?
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Speaker 1: What do you make of the game in general?
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Speaker 2: Well, they're a great team. I mean, you don't have,
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Speaker 2: you know, eleven weeks and be where they are in
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Speaker 2: the league and not say they're They're a good team,
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Speaker 2: isn't it. It's the consistency and the defense is really
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Speaker 2: is just really really strong. And I think the worry
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Speaker 2: when you go into Arsenal is Okay, your defense is good,
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Speaker 2: but are you going to be able to score any
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Speaker 2: goals against you know, arguably the best defense we've seen
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Speaker 2: in well probably since Chelsea's you know, fifteen goal season. Absolutely,
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Speaker 2: it was eight in a row without conceding, I think
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Speaker 2: for Arsenal.
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Speaker 1: I watched yeah, absolutely, yeah.
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Speaker 2: I was watching it with my dad and my dad
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Speaker 2: isn't a big fan of Arsenal, and he was saying
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Speaker 2: they're not that good. You know, they're over high, overrated,
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Speaker 2: and I'm they're saying, Dad, come on, you know, they've
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Speaker 2: won eight in a row, they haven't conceded and all this,
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Speaker 2: and then they go and draw to all with something.
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Speaker 2: I mean, he was over the moon when that second
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Speaker 2: sunblane went in. He felt so vindicated, you know. But
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Speaker 2: it was a great match. I've really really enjoyed it.
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Speaker 2: I thought it was, you know, it had It had
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Speaker 2: all different tactics, all different sides, and Arsenal attacking and
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Speaker 2: Sudden were playing deep and then they went on the
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Speaker 2: attack and Arsenal were dropping deep.
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Speaker 1: It was it was.
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Speaker 2: I'm really happy it finished too, too, because I think
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Speaker 2: some definitely deserved the point from it. From an FBL perspective,
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Speaker 2: I mean, Soccer obviously delivered, not a huge amount else
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Speaker 2: I don't think too many people playing sundon defenders in
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Speaker 2: this game anyway. Mukarely got the assist, but imagine he
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Speaker 2: was benched by quite a few. SOCCA scored, which he
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Speaker 2: needed to do because he's been ages since he got
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Speaker 2: any returns. But then the likes of Timber Gabrielle Rice
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Speaker 2: all failing really to deliver. So just ask you a
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Speaker 2: quick question about because you're right.
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Speaker 1: I think you're right. I think he did need to
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Speaker 1: return for his owners, but was it coming though a
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Speaker 1: bit because I bought him in this week and one
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Speaker 1: of the reasons I brought him in was because I
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Speaker 1: saw that Burnley game last week, two big chances missed,
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Speaker 1: a lot of chances created. I'm like, it feels like
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Speaker 1: there's a whole come in. So I think we were
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Speaker 1: kind of I wasn't shocked when he got the big
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Speaker 1: hole against that over the weekend.
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Speaker 2: No, I mean the trouble is and the story of
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Speaker 2: my season has been decent players who were just failing
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Speaker 2: to return. And I've had Gordon Enzo talk about him
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Speaker 2: a bit later. Be a problem, you know, sar the
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Speaker 2: players that have been scoring in cups and Champions League
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Speaker 2: games or Europe and then not delivering in in the league.
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Speaker 2: Sosaca had become another one of those. The thing is
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Speaker 2: you always know with Socca is the corner is going
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Speaker 2: to turn at some point. He is one of not
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Speaker 2: best exactly, it's one of the best players in the league,
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Speaker 2: played one of the best teams in the league. Doesn't
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Speaker 2: matter who he's playing. You know, he could be playing
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Speaker 2: Man City away and you're never going to completely write
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Speaker 2: him off getting something in that game. So, you know,
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Speaker 2: I think he was very very unlucky. You know, whatever happened,
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Speaker 2: whatever you want to call it, he could have had
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Speaker 2: some returns in that game. So I was pretty confident
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Speaker 2: going to something that he would get something. And if
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Speaker 2: you just brought him in this week like you did,
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Speaker 2: and you needed to avoid all of his blanks, I
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Speaker 2: don't you don't deserve him, That's what I'm going to say.
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Speaker 2: You don't deserve his points this week?
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Speaker 1: Is that not the art of fpl Yeah, I think
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Speaker 1: I'll get him it. Yeah, yeah, got him in for
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Speaker 1: Gordon as well, So I was quite happy with that.
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Speaker 1: I'll take that. I'll take that. And actually over the
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Speaker 1: weekend against under the seventeen attempts on goal larsen Or
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Speaker 1: seven on target just over two XG. So yeah, I
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Speaker 1: think fully deserving of you know, well at least a
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Speaker 1: point here, definitely could have had more. What do you
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Speaker 1: make of the Arsenal defense though? Two goals? Because see
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Speaker 1: that I mean for me, it's not a it's not
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Speaker 1: a concern whatsoever. I mean, as I was considering bringing
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Speaker 1: soccer in this week and it was because Jaccares got injured, right,
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Speaker 1: Joccars is injured. I don't think it's a really bad
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Speaker 1: one for Jacres, likely back over the international or after
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Speaker 1: the international break, according to our TETA. But We've got
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Speaker 1: to wait and see. But I just didn't want that
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Speaker 1: amount of money sitting on my bench for a couple
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Speaker 1: of weeks, hence the move to soccer. But I did
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Speaker 1: for a little while considered the treble Arsenal defense. And
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Speaker 1: there will be FPR managers out there that are on Gabrielle,
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Speaker 1: Timber and Rya or you know, a combination of the
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Speaker 1: three at the back for Arsenal. But it just shows you,
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Speaker 1: doesn't it. And the reason I didn't do it was
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Speaker 1: you just never know, you know, just one goal, isn't
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Speaker 1: It just takes a Dan Ballard screamer and then then yeah,
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Speaker 1: you'r gay weeks in the mud, isn't it. So that
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Speaker 1: was what put me off a little bit. But I'm
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Speaker 1: still on the double with Gabrielle and Raya, and I'm
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Speaker 1: pretty happy there are you.
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Speaker 2: I haven't got the double, so I've got I've got
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Speaker 2: Rice and soccer and then Gabrielle. Yeah, so the gold
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Speaker 2: meant a lot to me, you know, because a lot
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Speaker 2: of big around me. I've got the double defense. And
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Speaker 2: it's it's not a great feeling, you know, owning a
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Speaker 2: defender from a team and celebrating when they concede. That
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Speaker 2: isn't really how FBL should be should be played, but
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Speaker 2: that is how it is because Arsdal have been that good.
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Speaker 2: And you know it's Spurs and Chelsea next. It's it's
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Speaker 2: not the best two fixtures. You know, anything could happen
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Speaker 2: two big rivals. But you've got to say Spurs have
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Speaker 2: been pretty poor, especially from an attacking perspective, and you
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Speaker 2: know Chelsea are you would think, a top four team
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Speaker 2: this season, so it wouldn't massively surprise me to see
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Speaker 2: them concede in those games. But also you know sometimes
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Speaker 2: they step up, don't they in these in these games,
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Speaker 2: and you know prioritize the clean sheet and you know
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Speaker 2: it's early in the season. Nickel one Niel something like that,
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Speaker 2: So I wouldn't be worried if I had double defense.
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Speaker 1: Okay, oh right, very good. You mentioned Spurs. Let's move
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Speaker 1: it on to Spurs then, then you're right. In game week twelve,
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Speaker 1: after international break, we've got a hum dinger of a
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Speaker 1: North London derby, haven't we arsenal versus Spurs at the
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Speaker 1: at the Emirates though, which might actually suit Spurs. I
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Speaker 1: mean I noticed that Spurs, you know, as well as
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Speaker 1: only getting a point this weekend. Won only three of
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Speaker 1: their last twenty Premier League home games since we start
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Speaker 1: of twenty twenty five, So I don't know quite what's
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Speaker 1: going on with the stadium.
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Speaker 2: I know, I know, I.
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Speaker 1: Had this conversation with Sam over the weekend. I said,
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Speaker 1: you know, she goes more or less every week. I
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Speaker 1: was like, what's going on there? You know you have
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Speaker 1: to sit and watch you know these performances. Well, I
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Speaker 1: was going to say performances. Results and performances are not
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Speaker 1: getting either really at the moment, and we couldn't between
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Speaker 1: us kind of put our finger on it. And I
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Speaker 1: did wonder whether there's you know that the stadium is incredible.
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Speaker 1: Isn't that they've never been to Spurs but the stadium
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Speaker 1: is absolutely incredible. And I do wonder whether some of
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Speaker 1: the younger players in the squad are they getting a
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Speaker 1: bit overrawed. But I don't know. I'm clutching at straws
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Speaker 1: a little bit. But either way, the stats are, the
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Speaker 1: facts are that they've lost. I know they've only won
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Speaker 1: sorry three of their last twenty at home, so I
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Speaker 1: don't know. Maybe it suits them to be going to
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Speaker 1: Arsenal in game week twelve or I don't know, but
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Speaker 1: either way, it's not a game given Spurs form at
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Speaker 1: the moment, it's not necessarily a game that would worry
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Speaker 1: me in terms of my arsenal assets. So Spurs Manchester United,
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Speaker 1: let's talk about that game. Then, what do you make
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Speaker 1: of it?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they've got intership them. I mean, berg
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Speaker 2: Vale's a big mess. He started the season really strongly.
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Speaker 2: You lose someone like Madison, you lose a lot of
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Speaker 2: creativity in the team has been great and they've taken
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Speaker 2: him out. I mean, even someone like Persuma to give
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Speaker 2: them a bit of you know, depth. I mean, all
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Speaker 2: these players are injured. Chavvy's come in. I don't think
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Speaker 2: he's had a particularly great season. Tells, you know, signed permanently,
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Speaker 2: I don't. I wasn't that impressed with him last year
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Speaker 2: and I don't think he's been I know he scored
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Speaker 2: against man U, but I don't think he's been you know, amazing.
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Speaker 2: And then you lose like kudos as well, and it's like,
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Speaker 2: well where are the goals going to come from? And
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Speaker 2: to their credit, they managed to get a draw because
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Speaker 2: it looked like he was just heading to a to
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Speaker 2: another loss. So they'll be disappointed they conceded the goal
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Speaker 2: Riot at the death, but at the same time, getting
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Speaker 2: a point from that position might not be the end
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Speaker 2: of the world. That's just a funny team. I don't
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Speaker 2: really want anything to do with Spurs.
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Speaker 1: I don't know where to go in f PL. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: I mean Van de Ven. You can probably hard.
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Speaker 2: Talk to me about Van Derven. I mean that those
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Speaker 2: two goals.
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Speaker 1: That couple of weeks.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, but then I mean he's then he turned into
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Speaker 2: MESSI didn't he in the Champions League, so you can't
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Speaker 2: todge you can't really begrudge him. But yeah, I'm just
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Speaker 2: I have no interest in in Spurs assets this this season.
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Speaker 2: They just don't appeal to me at all, from attacking
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Speaker 2: or defensive potentials. Then you come over to Manchester United
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Speaker 2: and it's it's only really in Boomer or Fernandez. I
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Speaker 2: think you're going to be considering from from then. I
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Speaker 2: haven't got either. I'm annoyed that I haven't got either,
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Speaker 2: because defensively they're shocking all over the place. You know,
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Speaker 2: I'm not backing them to keep any clean sheets because
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Speaker 2: they look so vulnerable. But attacking wise, which.
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Speaker 1: Way did you pick? That way? If I said to
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Speaker 1: you know, you've got to go with either in Brumo
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Speaker 1: or Bruno for next week. I think it's a it's
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Speaker 1: a tough choice.
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Speaker 2: I think there's there's no question. In my mind. I've
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Speaker 2: been saying it's all season. There's probably season the boom, No,
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Speaker 2: no question. I'm not a Bruno fan, but just it's
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Speaker 2: the it's the he don't get me wrong, he's a
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Speaker 2: good asset, he gets assists, he gets the death gone
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Speaker 2: occasionally this week what you can head all these Absolutely,
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Speaker 2: I'm not saying like you've got to sell him from Boomo.
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Speaker 2: I'm just saying if I was to pick, I still
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Speaker 2: think in Boomo, with the role he's playing, the directness
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Speaker 2: to position everything I would I would still go for him.
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Speaker 2: The only problem is the values are now getting. When
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Speaker 2: it was eight million and eight nine, it was a
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Speaker 2: complete no brainer. Yes, in my mind it's now eighty
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Speaker 2: five and eight nine. He's getting a bit more expensive now,
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Speaker 2: But is it I think if you get this is
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Speaker 2: the time. I think once they get to like nine
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Speaker 2: each then I think, maybe you know, the penalties switch
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Speaker 2: it in Bruno's favor and all of that. But for now,
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Speaker 2: m Boomo one hundred tent.
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Speaker 1: Still yeah, and the fixtures look really good for them.
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Speaker 1: Everton at home up next Crystal Palace away in thirteen,
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Speaker 1: which is obviously a difficult game. West, I'm at home
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Speaker 1: in fourteen walls and Bournemouth on the horizon. So you know,
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Speaker 1: if you were to if you were to forgive them
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Speaker 1: that Crystal Palace away game, then the fixtures do look good.
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Speaker 1: So I'm a Bruno owner, I'm I disagree with you
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Speaker 1: a little. I understand where you're coming from. I mean,
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Speaker 1: he's one of those frustrating watches where he can go
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Speaker 1: through a whole ninety minutes and not really do very
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Speaker 1: much and then just pop up with something like he
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Speaker 1: did right and in another world, And I'm I'm sure
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Speaker 1: we've said this on and Off the Bench podcast with
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Speaker 1: you and I before. In another world, he hasn't missed
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Speaker 1: those two penalties earlier in the season. He hasn't missed
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Speaker 1: out on deaf Con by just one c bit, you know,
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Speaker 1: three times yep. And we're all talking about him being
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Speaker 1: you know, almost borderline essential ahead of this run of fixtures.
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Speaker 1: So I have no plans to sell him. I will
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Speaker 1: be keeping him. However, however, I think you're right about
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Speaker 1: in Bomo. I think the form and the way that
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Speaker 1: United have set up around him is he is. You know,
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Speaker 1: I was going to say it hit the ground running
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Speaker 1: more than that. Actually, he's settled in so well at
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Speaker 1: Manchester United. He's now the leading FPL midfielder for non
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Speaker 1: penalty expected goal involvement. Right, So take pens out of
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Speaker 1: the equation for all those midfielders that take pens and
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Speaker 1: just focus on non penn Xgi and Bremo is top
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Speaker 1: across all midfielders and that's four goals in as many
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Speaker 1: matches now as well. So yeah, I think if I
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Speaker 1: was in your position and I had neither and I
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Speaker 1: wanted to invest ahead of this run, I think I
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Speaker 1: probably would go him. I think I probably would go
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Speaker 1: and Bomo over Fernandez, even if the price was the same.
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Speaker 1: I agree with you. I don't think it's worth the move.
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Speaker 1: I think we've got Bruno. I'll stick with him. But
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Speaker 1: if I had neither, yeah, I'd be very tempted by him.
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Speaker 2: So the one thing to bear in mind is he
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Speaker 2: does go to AFCON, and we're not entrying sure when
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Speaker 2: he's going to go, because I think ideally they like
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Speaker 2: them there a couple of weeks before the tournament starts.
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Speaker 2: But I think, man, you are pushing for him to
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Speaker 2: go quite late. We think it's going to be around
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Speaker 2: game week sixteen, whether he plays in that Bournemouth game.
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Speaker 2: Maybe he even gets the Villa game, although I think
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Speaker 2: that's probably quite unlikely, So I would imagine he goes
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Speaker 2: somewhere in the region of fifteen sixteen, which means you
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Speaker 2: only do get four or five weeks out of it,
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Speaker 2: but then of course you get the extra transfers to
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Speaker 2: come in.
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Speaker 1: It's easy to fix, isn't he.
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Speaker 2: That's easy to fix.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a five freeze, and at his price, you
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Speaker 1: can kind of go most other midfielder. You can go
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Speaker 1: anywhere with that price, can't you. I wouldn't put me
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Speaker 1: off getting him, I don't think for even though. Four
14:44
Speaker 1: weeks worth of decent fixtures and then you can fix him,
14:46
Speaker 1: if that's the right phrase. With the five freeze, Yeah,
14:48
Speaker 1: I don't mind it. What do I do without him?
14:50
Speaker 2: That's the big question, because he's become so crucial to
14:53
Speaker 2: their attack and he's going to be a massive blow
14:55
Speaker 2: for them over yeah.
14:56
Speaker 1: Period. Well, there's no doubt about it, and I think
14:58
Speaker 1: with the potential knee injury for Cesco as well, or
15:01
Speaker 1: maybe they just start to look a little bit light
15:03
Speaker 1: when it comes to Afrocanoman. It depends how bad Cesco's
15:05
Speaker 1: injury is, right, But speaking of players that are crucial
15:08
Speaker 1: for them, I noticed Casamiro as well. You know, if
15:11
Speaker 1: it's a nice stat for you, right, if the Premier
15:13
Speaker 1: League was based only on first halves of games, United
15:16
Speaker 1: would be top right now, they'd be first. And if
15:19
Speaker 1: the Premier League was based on only second halves of games,
15:22
Speaker 1: they'd be eight team. So what does that say to you?
15:24
Speaker 1: That says to me that there's a real quality drop
15:27
Speaker 1: off in second halves of games. And for me, that
15:29
Speaker 1: goes hand in hand with maybe Casamiro either you know,
15:33
Speaker 1: his you know, not having the engine to go late
15:35
Speaker 1: into games and or him being substituted off. I think
15:38
Speaker 1: as a question mark around Manchester United squad depth a
15:40
Speaker 1: little bit there as well. But you know, with the
15:43
Speaker 1: fact they haven't got European football this season, they are
15:45
Speaker 1: getting what they can out of Casamiro and I think
15:47
Speaker 1: it's having a massive impact that you know, when he starts,
15:50
Speaker 1: which is more often than not this season, they're doing
15:52
Speaker 1: great in first halves, but as he starts to drop
15:55
Speaker 1: off or as he gets substituted off. He saw it
15:57
Speaker 1: in the Spurs game, right, Spurs come back and you
15:59
Speaker 1: know could won that game two won quite easily were
16:02
Speaker 1: it not for you know, last minute header from a
16:03
Speaker 1: corner from the list. So yeah, not that I would
16:07
Speaker 1: be picking him in FPL. So maybe this is a
16:08
Speaker 1: non conversation, but Casimiro absolutely crucial, the stats say to
16:12
Speaker 1: Manchester United success.
16:13
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know it was the time he'd maybe
16:15
Speaker 2: been written off a bit, right, the midfield had been
16:17
Speaker 2: written off. Yes, it was a real era that we
16:19
Speaker 2: thought they needed to buy in. I mean, belabor from
16:22
Speaker 2: Brighton was being linked with them quite heavily. He's not
16:24
Speaker 2: had a great, great start to the season, and I think,
16:27
Speaker 2: you know, when all these players were signing, I think
16:29
Speaker 2: a lot of MANU players are saying, well, where's the midfield?
16:30
Speaker 2: You know, Agarte doesn't seem up to it. Maynu isn't favored.
16:34
Speaker 2: Casamiro Is is maybe in the twilight of his career,
16:37
Speaker 2: but he has had a fantastic start to the to
16:40
Speaker 2: the season, not just in terms of performances, boards in
16:42
Speaker 2: terms of the goal involvements, he's got I mean, he's
16:43
Speaker 2: got three goal involvements in the last three games, and
16:47
Speaker 2: you know, been crucial, crucial goals. Yeah, big win against
16:50
Speaker 2: Brighton and obviously the draw against against Forest. But there's
16:52
Speaker 2: no replacement, is there. There's no one that can come
16:54
Speaker 2: in and do that job. And I think relying on Casamiro,
16:59
Speaker 2: I mean he over the season, you know, to deliver
17:02
Speaker 2: constantly is a big ask. So you pick one of Bruno,
17:06
Speaker 2: Warre and Boomo and that's your lot. You don't even
17:09
Speaker 2: look anywhere else in United. Yeah, that's it.
17:12
Speaker 1: That's it. Well, you and I like a tenuous link
17:14
Speaker 1: on this podcast. I'm going to go from a player
17:16
Speaker 1: that's very important to Manchester United but maybe struggling in
17:19
Speaker 1: his twilight years. And let's talk about Liverpool then, because
17:21
Speaker 1: we've got plenty of those as well. That really was
17:24
Speaker 1: a bad link. Sorry about that. Oh okay, well we'll
17:28
Speaker 1: go with it. I don't know how much time I
17:30
Speaker 1: want to spend on this game as because listen, after
17:32
Speaker 1: the Raal Madrid game in midweek, I was coming into
17:35
Speaker 1: this game full of positivity and I think even you
17:37
Speaker 1: and I had a text conversation before the game saying
17:40
Speaker 1: you know this is key for Liverpool this game, right,
17:42
Speaker 1: If Liverpool can win this game on the back of
17:44
Speaker 1: the Villa win and then the real Madrid win, then
17:46
Speaker 1: if we win this it's like momentums. There the fixtures
17:49
Speaker 1: for Liverpool from game week twelve looking credible, don't they.
17:52
Speaker 1: So I was hoping we'd be on this podcast saying, well,
17:55
Speaker 1: you know, not, shall we have any Liverpool. It's well,
17:57
Speaker 1: which ones are you going for as and shall we
17:59
Speaker 1: make the case Dike or could we have a conversation
18:01
Speaker 1: about Shabboslai? But I just don't think we're going to
18:05
Speaker 1: do that today. I just don't think we're going to
18:07
Speaker 1: do it. And I think the fact that Liverpool was
18:08
Speaker 1: so comprehensively beaten by Manchester City. Now say what you
18:11
Speaker 1: like about the disallowed Virgil goal. I've got some opinions
18:13
Speaker 1: that perhaps I won't share on this podcast with that,
18:15
Speaker 1: but still that doesn't take away from the fact that
18:18
Speaker 1: Liverpool were well beaten, like we were well beaten against City,
18:21
Speaker 1: and City even had the luxury of missing the penalty,
18:24
Speaker 1: didn't they. So before I kind of launched into any
18:26
Speaker 1: more kind of red side of Merseyside rant, so I'll
18:29
Speaker 1: get your take on the game of what you've what
18:31
Speaker 1: you made of it. On Sunday afternoon, we.
18:33
Speaker 2: Talked about Casimiro and you know, the need to replace him,
18:35
Speaker 2: and he stepped up. I mean, Canate was the one
18:37
Speaker 2: that a lot of people, I imagine including yourself, thought
18:40
Speaker 2: we probably need to address this this season. And we're
18:42
Speaker 2: something a lot of attacking players, but Canarte is a
18:44
Speaker 2: weak link in this team potentially, and it was an
18:47
Speaker 2: awful performance from him against City. I mean, there was
18:50
Speaker 2: so many It's one of the worst performance I've seen
18:52
Speaker 2: from Liverpool in a long long time. There wasn't I know,
18:54
Speaker 2: Van Dyke obviously scored and I think it was a
18:56
Speaker 2: bit harsh to rule that out, but I mean, other
18:59
Speaker 2: than that, really there was nothing good coming from Liverpool
19:02
Speaker 2: in that game. And the biggest thing for me was
19:04
Speaker 2: from an FBL perspective, was just watching Mosala and I
19:07
Speaker 2: just I can't it's the drop off. I've never seen
19:10
Speaker 2: a bigger drop off from a player who scored pretty
19:13
Speaker 2: much every game he played last season, or even when
19:16
Speaker 2: he wasn't playing well, he managed to conjure something up
19:19
Speaker 2: to score and I just I was watching that and
19:24
Speaker 2: he had a good chance and missed it. He just
19:27
Speaker 2: looked like to be snatching at things a bit. It
19:29
Speaker 2: is offside. I think it's also four times in a
19:32
Speaker 2: game as well, four times, but Harland's been off side
19:35
Speaker 2: like what twelve times his entire life at Man City.
19:39
Speaker 2: I'm doing very different players. But I don't know. I
19:42
Speaker 2: just thought it was really poor. And then I mean
19:43
Speaker 2: Florian Verts. I mean I talked about him at the
19:45
Speaker 2: start of the season. I thought he was a potentially
19:47
Speaker 2: a game breaker. You know, eight point five million every
19:50
Speaker 2: its going to be in everyone's team, going to hit
19:51
Speaker 2: twenty goal involvements. Just I don't know what they I
19:55
Speaker 2: don't know. I think he's a massive problem for Liverball
19:57
Speaker 2: because I don't know what you do with him. You
19:59
Speaker 2: need to get the best out of him. You paid
20:00
Speaker 2: one hundred million, but doesn't look up to it at
20:04
Speaker 2: the moment. So I think there's big problems and I
20:06
Speaker 2: think unfortunately, I think that's your title bit over this year.
20:08
Speaker 2: Good luck next year.
20:10
Speaker 1: Wow, scathing, That wasn't it That last couple of minutes.
20:12
Speaker 1: That was very difficult to listen to. But yeah, thank
20:14
Speaker 1: you for that. Other than that great performance. Other than that, yeah,
20:18
Speaker 1: it's all good. I'm gonna I'm going to just the
20:21
Speaker 1: in the spirit of balance, I'm going to try and
20:23
Speaker 1: make a case for most Salah, right, and you and
20:25
Speaker 1: you're not going to like it, and I think you're
20:27
Speaker 1: I'm going to try and make a case, the only
20:28
Speaker 1: case that I can make. And by the way, I
20:30
Speaker 1: am clutching that straws a little bit, I will heavily
20:32
Speaker 1: caveat this. Next sort of thirty seconds worth of Salah
20:35
Speaker 1: conversation is that he had seven shots against Manchester City
20:38
Speaker 1: and he assisted three other shots for created three other
20:41
Speaker 1: shots shooting opportunities that say, for Liverpool. So of the
20:45
Speaker 1: XG that we created and we out x G, the
20:47
Speaker 1: non penalty XG in this game was City with nero
20:49
Speaker 1: point nine, Liverpool with one point four, so we did
20:51
Speaker 1: out XG them on a non pen XG perspective, and
20:55
Speaker 1: Salah was sixty percent of that, right, he was sixty
20:57
Speaker 1: percent of that one point four XG. So he was
20:59
Speaker 1: in that. I agree with you. The getting court aside
21:02
Speaker 1: is not great, and you know, be nice if he
21:05
Speaker 1: you know, if we had some other players that could
21:06
Speaker 1: finish some of the chances that he was creating, but
21:10
Speaker 1: he was he was fundamentally part of the XG that
21:13
Speaker 1: we created. But as a Liverpool fan, and this is
21:16
Speaker 1: a bit more of a Liverpool comment than an FPL comment,
21:18
Speaker 1: so I don't make it quickly, but aren't Liverpool supposed
21:21
Speaker 1: to be building a team that reduces our reliance on
21:25
Speaker 1: mosalah R? Like the whole point of going and buy
21:27
Speaker 1: inverts and you know, Esach and players like that was
21:30
Speaker 1: that we've got. You know, we're spreading the contribution that
21:33
Speaker 1: Mosala made last season around the rest of the team,
21:35
Speaker 1: almost kind of in preparation for when he eventually does
21:38
Speaker 1: lead the club. And I don't know the fact that
21:41
Speaker 1: he was so he was involved in a lot of
21:43
Speaker 1: our admittedly pretty low level XG is a bit of
21:46
Speaker 1: a worry for me as a Liverpool fan. So all
21:48
Speaker 1: that goes to say that the whole you know, the
21:50
Speaker 1: end of you know, after everything you've said there and
21:53
Speaker 1: that little bit that I've said there, I just don't
21:55
Speaker 1: think that you can go to Liverpool from game week
21:57
Speaker 1: to a half, despite the fixtures looking so good. And
21:59
Speaker 1: I have to say, coming into this game, or coming
22:02
Speaker 1: into City game, I'm thinking I'm like scouting Liverpool, like,
22:05
Speaker 1: who's who am I going who's going to kind of
22:07
Speaker 1: step forward and say I want to be in your
22:09
Speaker 1: FPL team in game with Tom, I don't think you
22:11
Speaker 1: can go at sealer. I just don't think you can
22:13
Speaker 1: be so price prohibitive anyway that how you and how
22:17
Speaker 1: are you going to get there? Right? It'll be a
22:18
Speaker 1: lot of FPR managers that will only be able to
22:21
Speaker 1: get to Sala by selling Harlan.
22:22
Speaker 2: Well, you ain't doing that, are you.
22:23
Speaker 1: You're just not doing that right now. So it's as
22:26
Speaker 1: a Liverpool found it's very difficult for me to sit
22:28
Speaker 1: here and say it and accept it. But after a
22:30
Speaker 1: fourth consecutive away defeat for us, we're now eighth in
22:32
Speaker 1: the league, I just I'm just not going to go
22:35
Speaker 1: there as I'm just not going to go there an FPR.
22:37
Speaker 2: Sobber's line is the only one. He's the only one
22:41
Speaker 2: I'd look at and I don't want him, but he's
22:44
Speaker 2: the only one I think is price all right as
22:48
Speaker 2: six six. Given the fixtures, I would rather I've got
22:50
Speaker 2: sarn Rice. I wouldn't swap either of those for him.
22:53
Speaker 2: But if you do think that Liverpool are going to
22:55
Speaker 2: do well over the period, I think he's the one
22:57
Speaker 2: you go for because the other one I'd want would
22:58
Speaker 2: be Gagpo And I can't understand why he's not playing
23:02
Speaker 2: because every time I've seen him play this season, I
23:03
Speaker 2: thought he's been your best player.
23:05
Speaker 1: Is trying to get firts in the team? Isn't he
23:06
Speaker 1: anywhere he can? I mean eleven appearances, zero goal, zero assists.
23:10
Speaker 1: You're right, we're not getting him either. So Gappo adverts
23:13
Speaker 1: now seemingly battling it out for that left hand side spot,
23:16
Speaker 1: So difficult to go for either of those. Move the
23:19
Speaker 1: conversation on very quickly into City. I didn't know how
23:22
Speaker 1: to Seguay out of that, so just like, let's move
23:24
Speaker 1: it on. I don't talk about Liverpool anymore. For every
23:26
Speaker 1: you know, maybe negative point we've got about Liverpool, we
23:29
Speaker 1: have to say hats off to Man City and it's
23:31
Speaker 1: a great performance, wasn't it. Liverpool didn't exactly give them
23:34
Speaker 1: too much of a game in periods, but we have
23:36
Speaker 1: to say it was a fantastic performance by them. Now,
23:39
Speaker 1: Harland's now hit one hundred points after eleven games. That's
23:42
Speaker 1: the third fastest fpl Asset to ever do it, as
23:46
Speaker 1: to ever do it. The first is Seller in twenty
23:48
Speaker 1: one twenty two where he did it after nine games,
23:50
Speaker 1: and then Harland himself in twenty two to twenty three
23:53
Speaker 1: did it after nine games also, But you know he's
23:55
Speaker 1: now the third fastest to hit one hundred points, so
23:58
Speaker 1: sensational stuff. So I don't think it's too much where
24:01
Speaker 1: we need to say about early in Harden. I think
24:02
Speaker 1: if you haven't yet got him in your team, I
24:03
Speaker 1: think you probably need to need to address that pretty quickly.
24:07
Speaker 1: But I've got to Johnny Rinders. He looks like a
24:09
Speaker 1: self after missing out on the start for the second
24:12
Speaker 1: week in a row. A Up until this game week,
24:15
Speaker 1: I was kind of unsure as to where to go.
24:17
Speaker 1: But there are now a couple of City midfielders that
24:19
Speaker 1: might be just kind of staking their claim for us
24:21
Speaker 1: in FPL as. I mean, Docu in this game was
24:24
Speaker 1: like unbelievable, like electric, eleven touches in the box, seven
24:28
Speaker 1: take ons, completed, three chances, created, three shots, three on
24:31
Speaker 1: target and one goal and what a goal as well.
24:34
Speaker 1: So I definitely am thinking about and I've got money
24:36
Speaker 1: in the bank so I can do it. I'm definitely
24:37
Speaker 1: thinking about getting off of Rinders for next week. Might
24:40
Speaker 1: be having a look at Doku.
24:41
Speaker 2: I don't know, come on, getting off of Docu, getting
24:45
Speaker 2: off of rinders to go just literally, yeah, you're only
24:51
Speaker 2: going to cause pain. This is said. We'd be most
24:54
Speaker 2: upmost respect to City because I think they are a
24:55
Speaker 2: fantastic side, and congrats to Pair. But I'm sure he's
24:58
Speaker 2: listening to this podcast with thousands game. But I would
25:01
Speaker 2: not be considering any player in that team other than
25:03
Speaker 2: Harlan at the moment because I don't fully trust their defense.
25:08
Speaker 2: I know it's a clean sheet in that game, but
25:09
Speaker 2: I still think teams can can get at them. I
25:11
Speaker 2: don't like any of the midfielders. Foden would be a
25:15
Speaker 2: great pick if he was actually getting consistent returns and
25:17
Speaker 2: he hasn't, which I think if you've had him all
25:19
Speaker 2: over this whole period, he's been playing like close to
25:21
Speaker 2: nineteen minutes every game, I think you'd be really disappointed
25:23
Speaker 2: that he hasn't managed to get you anything over the
25:26
Speaker 2: last few weeks. I wouldn't be going near Dokku because
25:28
Speaker 2: don't forget he was playing absolute incredibly. Pep said we
25:31
Speaker 2: need him against load block teams. He's our key player.
25:33
Speaker 2: Benched against Everton, the ultimate low block team.
25:36
Speaker 1: Just true. FPR manager that's been stung many times by
25:38
Speaker 1: the PET I totally understand where you're coming up, absolutely well.
25:42
Speaker 2: Think of like the mah rees Is of previous seasons
25:44
Speaker 2: and and all the players. I mean, I just I
25:46
Speaker 2: just would not be going anywhere near them. I think
25:48
Speaker 2: at six million, six five million. You know, I mentioned Rice,
25:51
Speaker 2: I mentioned Sar, You've got and die at Everton. I
25:54
Speaker 2: just think there's far better options to a key players
25:57
Speaker 2: for their teams. Who are you know, a lot of
25:59
Speaker 2: got set pieces, pen good underlying stats. Stick with Harlan
26:03
Speaker 2: and keep your captain ty on him and avoid the rest.
26:05
Speaker 1: That's my that's very take. Yeah, yeah, once bit and
26:07
Speaker 1: twice shy with Manchester City. I totally get you. Let's
26:11
Speaker 1: talk about Villa versus Bournemouth then Semeno in many many
26:14
Speaker 1: FPL teams. That's his third blank in a rona, only
26:17
Speaker 1: nine points in his last four. I noticed Evan Nielsen
26:20
Speaker 1: was back, so I think from the bits and pieces
26:23
Speaker 1: that I watched of that game, it did seem to
26:25
Speaker 1: benefit him. I mean, we've spoken before about the fact
26:28
Speaker 1: that Croopy Junior when he plays, is a little bit
26:30
Speaker 1: more a greedy player. Evan Nielson's a bit more of
26:32
Speaker 1: a team player from that perspective, you know, keeping center
26:35
Speaker 1: backs occupied so that players like Samna can find the space.
26:38
Speaker 1: So I think it was a more of a kind
26:41
Speaker 1: of Semno from early on in the season performance and
26:43
Speaker 1: of course if he scores the penalty then we're not
26:45
Speaker 1: even probably having this conversation. And the fixtures I think
26:48
Speaker 1: are good for Bournemouth going forward, like west Ham at home.
26:50
Speaker 1: Next of course Sundland away in thirteen absolutely not an
26:53
Speaker 1: easy game based on everything we said before. But then
26:55
Speaker 1: Everton and Chelsea both at home. So four home games
26:58
Speaker 1: in the next four four Bournemouth and you know, if
27:01
Speaker 1: anyone wants on the road, if anyone once in their
27:04
Speaker 1: six away games so far this season, conceded sixteen goals
27:07
Speaker 1: in that process, so away from home, they you know
27:10
Speaker 1: it's not been good for them. But by contrast, only
27:12
Speaker 1: two goals conceded at home, and like I said, three
27:15
Speaker 1: of the next four hour at home. So for me,
27:17
Speaker 1: I'm not panicking at all on Semeno or SONESSI am
27:20
Speaker 1: I two born withouth players in my team. But how
27:23
Speaker 1: do you feel about it, because, like I say, that's
27:24
Speaker 1: that's three blanks in a row now, for Semena.
27:26
Speaker 2: Yeah, Semnia is a frustrating one because obviously his price
27:29
Speaker 2: has gone up so much from when we bought him.
27:30
Speaker 2: A lot of us brought him at seven seven and
27:32
Speaker 2: one something like that. So he goes into a run
27:34
Speaker 2: like Crystal Palace. Okay, Forrest are great this season, but
27:37
Speaker 2: Crystal Palace away, Man's City away asen Vidda away. That's
27:40
Speaker 2: three very very tough away games. And I do wonder
27:43
Speaker 2: if we didn't have so much value tied up in him,
27:45
Speaker 2: whether that might have been a you know, we might
27:48
Speaker 2: be looking at that run and thinking maybe we can
27:50
Speaker 2: move him too, an in Buomo or a Sar or something. Okay,
27:53
Speaker 2: some players haven't delivered that. Sara hasn't really delivered, but
27:56
Speaker 2: Booma would have done if you've gone for him over him.
27:58
Speaker 2: But if you've held him for this, I don't know
28:01
Speaker 2: why you would think of selling him now, because he's
28:03
Speaker 2: had his he's had his tough fixtures. You know, those
28:05
Speaker 2: are tough, and he hasn't delivered, but they are tough.
28:09
Speaker 2: I mean west Ham at home, west Ham next. But
28:13
Speaker 2: you can't, you can't, you can't, you can't sell him
28:15
Speaker 2: ahead of the head of those I don't think it.
28:16
Speaker 2: Nev Nilsen's back. I mean the interesting one with the
28:19
Speaker 2: penalty is, you know Climate was back in the team.
28:21
Speaker 2: We've talked on this pot and I'm saying, when Clive's back,
28:24
Speaker 2: what happens, And I think we both said, yeah, we
28:26
Speaker 2: think Clive will pick him back up. You know, he's
28:28
Speaker 2: scored a hat trick of penalties, you know, last season.
28:31
Speaker 2: Surely don't take of him. I don't think there's any
28:33
Speaker 2: doubt now right when Climate's on the pitch, Semnia is
28:36
Speaker 2: not taking that penalty. So you lose a bit of
28:39
Speaker 2: a bit of that with him because the penalty is
28:41
Speaker 2: obviously very healthy, but he is very low down on
28:46
Speaker 2: my cell list. If you're going to do it, you
28:47
Speaker 2: should have done it three weeks ago.
28:48
Speaker 1: Yeah, totally. Yeah, the pictures are there for him to
28:50
Speaker 1: rediscover a bit of form, no doubt. Let's talk about Villa.
28:52
Speaker 1: Then just lost once in the last twenty four Premier
28:56
Speaker 1: League home games, which was a start. I couldn't believe
28:58
Speaker 1: when I wrote it down in the note, Wow, but yeah,
29:01
Speaker 1: pretty good at home. So I think with you know,
29:03
Speaker 1: Wolves at home in game week thirteen, I mean that's
29:05
Speaker 1: one definitely to have a look at and target. I'm
29:07
Speaker 1: not really sure where I would go though. In FPL though,
29:10
Speaker 1: as mean, Watkins has scored once in sixteen games in
29:12
Speaker 1: all competitions for Villa this season, and he's been left
29:15
Speaker 1: out the England squad, so he's not exactly banging form.
29:17
Speaker 1: The man that did the business here at the weekend
29:19
Speaker 1: was that stunning free kit, wasn't it Buendia. He's only
29:22
Speaker 1: five point three in FPL. The minutes are an issue, right,
29:25
Speaker 1: He's only played in the last five He's only played
29:27
Speaker 1: two hundred and five minutes, so he rarely gets the start.
29:30
Speaker 1: He's coming on and you know, making an impact more
29:32
Speaker 1: often than not. But three goals and two assists in
29:35
Speaker 1: those last five games, so he's like, he's high impact,
29:37
Speaker 1: isn't he despite the fact he's not getting the minutes.
29:39
Speaker 1: He's high impact. So if Emery does look at him
29:41
Speaker 1: and go, well you should be starting, or perhaps I
29:43
Speaker 1: should up your minutes at five three? Could you be tempted? No,
29:49
Speaker 1: all these options I'm trying to give.
29:50
Speaker 2: You, as job is always trying and give me rotation
29:54
Speaker 2: options and.
29:57
Speaker 1: Options. Give me good ones, yeah, okay, good?
30:00
Speaker 2: Basically, well give me options that Okay, that is the
30:03
Speaker 2: third one. I think, you know, I think has actually
30:05
Speaker 2: been really good this season. I think Villa have struggled,
30:08
Speaker 2: you know, for quite a lot. But when I've seen
30:10
Speaker 2: him play, he looks you know, he looked good at
30:12
Speaker 2: Norwich and he signed the Villa had a bit of
30:13
Speaker 2: a run in the team, but I thought he'd have
30:16
Speaker 2: been sold by now, to be honest, because he didn't
30:17
Speaker 2: look like he had the fallbacking. I'm still not totally
30:20
Speaker 2: sure he does. He hasn't completed ninety minutes all season,
30:24
Speaker 2: for example, for them in the league. There's potential there,
30:27
Speaker 2: but that's what you want to see eighty ninety minutes consistently,
30:31
Speaker 2: so you know, come back to me when he's played
30:33
Speaker 2: three or four ninety minutes back to back and then
30:35
Speaker 2: we can talk about him.
30:35
Speaker 1: But until then, it's very good, very good. I've got
30:39
Speaker 1: I've got another one for you in this next game.
30:40
Speaker 1: Wait for this one. Chelsea Versus Wolves and Enzo Fernandez.
30:43
Speaker 1: Have you got Enso in your team? I think you
30:44
Speaker 1: have over here. I've age from what I watched easily
30:50
Speaker 1: man of the match, superb performance, Absolutely fantastic performance from
30:54
Speaker 1: Enso Fernandez. More shots than anybody else in the game
30:57
Speaker 1: with five, you know, one of those off the line,
31:00
Speaker 1: So an all round brilliant performance. But in FPL we
31:04
Speaker 1: don't necessarily get the points for nice performances, do we.
31:07
Speaker 1: We need the goals, we need the assists, we need
31:08
Speaker 1: the death cons right, and only got a three pointer.
31:11
Speaker 1: So how are you feeling about him? I know that
31:14
Speaker 1: he's ruled himself out of international duty with Argentine. That
31:17
Speaker 1: wasn't he He said his knees a bit niggerly or whatever.
31:19
Speaker 1: It doesn't sound like it's going to be a really
31:20
Speaker 1: bad one, but it's enough for him to not travel
31:23
Speaker 1: with Argentina. So maybe as a Fernandez owner and FPR,
31:26
Speaker 1: that's what you want to hear, maybe that's a good thing.
31:29
Speaker 1: So give me a view on Fernandez, but then also
31:31
Speaker 1: the rest of the Chelsea assets, because that's what now
31:32
Speaker 1: two in two for jaq Pedro since I sold him.
31:35
Speaker 1: So you know, that's very typical of the season's gone.
31:39
Speaker 1: Neto scoring against his old club. And here's the curve
31:43
Speaker 1: ball for you. See if I can tempt you with
31:44
Speaker 1: this one, Alejandro Garnad show four goals and assists in
31:47
Speaker 1: his last four games in all competitions for Chelsea seems
31:50
Speaker 1: to be Moreska's left winger of choice certainly at the moment,
31:54
Speaker 1: So a few options from Chelsea, you know, yeah.
31:57
Speaker 2: I mean you ask how I feel about Inzo, I
31:58
Speaker 2: think the answer is sick mostly. I'm so. I'm gutted,
32:03
Speaker 2: absolutely because I brot him in ahead of Liverpool home
32:06
Speaker 2: and he missed a really really good chance and he
32:08
Speaker 2: headed it just just wired. And then he missed out
32:11
Speaker 2: against Forest. He came back to fintesstial break injured, so
32:13
Speaker 2: I didn't get anything from that. And then he's played Sunderland,
32:16
Speaker 2: Spurs and Wolves and over those three games his XGI
32:20
Speaker 2: has been zero point seventy five, zero point sixty five
32:22
Speaker 2: and zero point five six. So you know, these are
32:25
Speaker 2: like some of the best numbers in the league, and
32:27
Speaker 2: he's got absolutely no points to show for it. So
32:30
Speaker 2: the easy thing for me to say is you hold
32:33
Speaker 2: and you know the stats are good. Eventually points are
32:35
Speaker 2: going to come. The issue is that they needed to
32:37
Speaker 2: have come really starting now, like Wolves at home was.
32:40
Speaker 1: A key game.
32:41
Speaker 2: Burnley next absolutely, because then it's Arstor home leads away,
32:45
Speaker 2: Bornemouth away. I don't like any of those I don't
32:48
Speaker 2: like any of those fixtures for him, so I might
32:50
Speaker 2: even be looking to get rid of him in thirteen.
32:53
Speaker 2: And if he blanks against Burnley and puts in some
32:55
Speaker 2: more good stats, you know it's it's going to be
32:58
Speaker 2: really disappointing. So he's been absolutely fantasy for Chelsea. He's
33:01
Speaker 2: been playing the match in quite a few games I've seen.
33:03
Speaker 2: He's an unbelievable player. But yeah, f PL wise, it
33:05
Speaker 2: just hasn't been happening, which is a real game. We've
33:07
Speaker 2: had these players before in FPL. I haven't we where
33:09
Speaker 2: they just passed the eye tests and they are just
33:11
Speaker 2: so integral to their teams, but it just don't get
33:14
Speaker 2: the FPL points and it's so frustrating. Wolves, for their part,
33:17
Speaker 2: only three shots all game. They didn't have any shots
33:19
Speaker 2: in the first hour.
33:20
Speaker 1: So some rumor on the meal isn't there about maybe
33:23
Speaker 1: a new manager coming in and maybe they've got somebody,
33:25
Speaker 1: But I think for now they seem to be a
33:28
Speaker 1: team that we should continue to target. Crystal Palace up
33:31
Speaker 1: next for them, and then Villa Aways is not going
33:33
Speaker 1: to get any easier for them, certainly in the short term.
33:36
Speaker 1: So let's move to Everton versus Fulham, then Fulham themselves
33:40
Speaker 1: in a little bit of a sticky patch. Only Wolves
33:42
Speaker 1: are worse than them actually in the form table. So
33:45
Speaker 1: I know it was Josh King for his owners, and
33:47
Speaker 1: certainly I'm one of them in FPL. Didn't get the
33:50
Speaker 1: start here in this game, He's benched, and I think
33:53
Speaker 1: the manager came out afterward, Tomaco Silver and said that
33:55
Speaker 1: it was due to the physicality of the game, right,
33:57
Speaker 1: that Everton would be physical. And I noticed actually that
33:59
Speaker 1: he was only benched previously this season Josh King against
34:03
Speaker 1: Newcastle before this Everton game, which kind of makes sense, right,
34:05
Speaker 1: because if I was going to think, if I think
34:07
Speaker 1: in my head about physical teams, I do think teams
34:09
Speaker 1: like Newcastle, I do think teams like Everton. So maybe
34:12
Speaker 1: there's something there to look out for. If you're a
34:15
Speaker 1: Josh King owner in FPR on you and he's coming
34:17
Speaker 1: up or Fulhamer coming up against these kind of more
34:19
Speaker 1: physical teams, does he get the start. I don't know,
34:21
Speaker 1: but he did have an impact when he come on
34:23
Speaker 1: in this game. But there's an Everton were deserved winners here.
34:26
Speaker 1: They come out onto I think they had fourteen shots
34:27
Speaker 1: to eight and they won the XG battle as well,
34:30
Speaker 1: so I think they were deserving winners here, And as
34:33
Speaker 1: a Tarkovski owner, I was reasonably happy with the five.
34:36
Speaker 1: I thought he got the booking, didn't he for argument
34:38
Speaker 1: an argument just before halftime, So I think I take
34:41
Speaker 1: the five. But then I watched the highlights of this
34:43
Speaker 1: game and he had one ruled out just for offside,
34:46
Speaker 1: didn't he in the first half? And then another one
34:47
Speaker 1: off the bar in the build up to the opener.
34:49
Speaker 1: So I was like, oh me as a Tarkovski owner,
34:53
Speaker 1: could have been a hole for him, could have been
34:55
Speaker 1: a hole. But in the end I have to accept
34:56
Speaker 1: the five. Everton versus Fulham. Then what do you make
34:58
Speaker 1: of the game.
35:00
Speaker 2: The problem with Tarkovsky is you get him in for
35:01
Speaker 2: the Deaf Cons, right, that's what you pay that extra
35:04
Speaker 2: you know million for over someone like Keane potentially because
35:07
Speaker 2: I know Keen scored the goal and you know fair
35:09
Speaker 2: play if you had him, that's that's an amazing corners
35:12
Speaker 2: I've knowed.
35:13
Speaker 1: Yeah, this is it.
35:15
Speaker 2: So why why would you know if you were buying now?
35:18
Speaker 2: I don't think there's any question, right, I mean, it's
35:19
Speaker 2: it's three non Deaf Con games. That's the phrase for
35:24
Speaker 2: Tarkovsky in a row, and he had seven and eight
35:27
Speaker 2: before that, So I don't Yeah, I don't know if
35:30
Speaker 2: something's changed or or or what's happening. But when you're
35:33
Speaker 2: paying five to five for a defender who I mean Everton,
35:35
Speaker 2: you know can obviously grind out a one nil, but
35:37
Speaker 2: they're not like a top top top defense. You need
35:39
Speaker 2: to be getting I think those regular those regular returns.
35:42
Speaker 2: So he could potentially be a bit of a problem
35:45
Speaker 2: for you. I mean, we we've got, like if you
35:46
Speaker 2: look at the historical data of Tarkovsky and deaf cons,
35:49
Speaker 2: he is someone who continues to get them. So maybe
35:51
Speaker 2: this is just a bit of a blip and he
35:52
Speaker 2: comes back into it. Maybe it's the fixtures all the way,
35:54
Speaker 2: you know, certain style of play i'd imagine just start
35:57
Speaker 2: picking them up again. But yeah, he needs to start
35:59
Speaker 2: start delivering fulham though. I mean they've only beaten wolves.
36:03
Speaker 2: We talk about Wolves earlier being the Tim's target fulham
36:06
Speaker 2: thrush THEWN be three nil yeah last week. Other than that, yeah,
36:12
Speaker 2: so they've been really really poor. I think him and
36:14
Speaker 2: Theez has been rushed back from this injury because they
36:17
Speaker 2: need a striker up top and Josh King would be
36:20
Speaker 2: the only one I'd invest in if he was playing
36:22
Speaker 2: regularly because he's so cheap, but he's not, so I
36:25
Speaker 2: can't advise any of their any of their players. The
36:28
Speaker 2: only one who I think is going under the radar
36:30
Speaker 2: still is Anderson because the way he picks up deaf
36:35
Speaker 2: cons each each week is remarkable. And if they do
36:39
Speaker 2: turn things around and start getting the clean sheets again,
36:41
Speaker 2: he's going to be an amazing pick because you're looking,
36:43
Speaker 2: you know, if they can keep a couple of clean
36:44
Speaker 2: sheets in a row. He's getting eight points and angry
36:46
Speaker 2: and I agree with you on the Himenez thing.
36:47
Speaker 1: I do think he's been rushed back a little bit
36:49
Speaker 1: and I think from that perspective, I think they'll still
36:51
Speaker 1: struggle in front of goal. I think they'll toil in
36:52
Speaker 1: front of goal over the next few weeks. And with
36:54
Speaker 1: Sunderland up next, who we said before, with the stats right,
36:57
Speaker 1: they've shown themselves to be very, very astute offensively, I
37:00
Speaker 1: think Fulham will struggle to score despite it being at
37:02
Speaker 1: craven Cottage next week. So get your Sunderland players. On paper,
37:05
Speaker 1: you'd go well sundlond Away at Fulham. Maybe in game
37:07
Speaker 1: week one you'd go, I'm not picking a Sundon player
37:09
Speaker 1: for that. If you've got a Sundlond defender, I think
37:11
Speaker 1: you're playing next week. I think you're absolutely A quick
37:14
Speaker 1: word on west Ham versus Burnley. Then Walker Peters I
37:16
Speaker 1: noticed upsetting all of the Bowing owners in FBL by
37:20
Speaker 1: nicking a goal literally off his foot from a yard out.
37:23
Speaker 1: I also noticed he went on Instagram afterwards Walker Peter's
37:25
Speaker 1: to almostick. He apologize he the FPL owners of Boeing.
37:30
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's a difficult one for bowing owners to
37:33
Speaker 1: take and actually has houd no goals for bowing in
37:35
Speaker 1: his last five So if you've got him in FPL,
37:37
Speaker 1: is he a sell and packetar As were picking up
37:39
Speaker 1: his fifth book in he's banned for game week twelve,
37:41
Speaker 1: so it's a bit of a west Ham exodus maybe
37:43
Speaker 1: in FPL.
37:45
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I you've going into this game. I've
37:47
Speaker 2: held him for ages and I was hoping for something
37:49
Speaker 2: and he just didn't look like he was going to
37:51
Speaker 2: give an xt gyar of nor Point. No one I
37:54
Speaker 2: think he was, so you know, his crossing has been
37:56
Speaker 2: quite good all season that he didn't like it was
37:58
Speaker 2: going to happen, So that was really disappointing. Other west
38:00
Speaker 2: Ham I think this is the time to sell, right.
38:01
Speaker 2: I mean, they've they've had they've had a couple of wins,
38:04
Speaker 2: You've got a few points from players up. Pakatar, Okay,
38:06
Speaker 2: Bowen's been disappointing, but born with Away Liverpool at home
38:09
Speaker 2: Man United away Brighton, away Villa at home Man City
38:12
Speaker 2: Way doesn't really get much worse than that. And for
38:15
Speaker 2: someone like Pakatar, you know, it's an easy cell. He suspended.
38:18
Speaker 2: There's good options around six million. Yeah, and same with Bowen. Right,
38:23
Speaker 2: you can go for Mateta, you can get Valdamada, Tiago,
38:26
Speaker 2: who imagine we're going to speak about in a second.
38:28
Speaker 2: There's good options too, So yeah, sell easy sell, Yeah.
38:31
Speaker 1: Well you're right, let's let's do that. Then let's go
38:32
Speaker 1: straight to Brentford versus Newcast and talk about Thiago. I
38:35
Speaker 1: for one considered bringing him in this week. I was
38:37
Speaker 1: very very close. When I did the Jakres move and
38:40
Speaker 1: got soccer in midfield. It's still meant that I had
38:42
Speaker 1: a little bit of money. I had a bit of
38:44
Speaker 1: money in the bank to potentially have Thiago up front
38:47
Speaker 1: in that Chakare spot. But in the end, I decided
38:49
Speaker 1: to keep the money in the bank go for Geu
38:51
Speaker 1: in that spot so that I can do something with
38:53
Speaker 1: Randers next week. But I really wish that i'd got
38:56
Speaker 1: Thiago this week. So that's two goals this week looked
38:59
Speaker 1: very good, really really good. Right, It's only three points
39:01
Speaker 1: from a possible eighteen for Newcastle away from home and
39:04
Speaker 1: that's said two successive weeks they've gone ahead and lost.
39:07
Speaker 1: So yeah, props to Brentford and props to to Thiago.
39:11
Speaker 1: Got the job done here, but Newcastle away from home
39:13
Speaker 1: looking a little bit shaky to say the least, and
39:15
Speaker 1: with I think maybe a knock to Pope. We've got
39:18
Speaker 1: to see what, you know, the Nick Pope injury looks like.
39:20
Speaker 1: But he did go off Ramsdale coming in. Couldn't save
39:22
Speaker 1: the Thiago penalty, could he. And we've Liverramento I think
39:25
Speaker 1: still out at the back there, Dan Byrne now getting
39:27
Speaker 1: the red car so he's going to be suspended for
39:29
Speaker 1: a little bit too. You know, maybe that Newcastle defense
39:32
Speaker 1: that we spoke about two or three or four weeks
39:33
Speaker 1: ago as being you know, up there with you know,
39:36
Speaker 1: at least in the same conversation as the Arsenal defense
39:38
Speaker 1: because there was a whole conversation about Pope versus Ryer
39:40
Speaker 1: and goal. I don't know if we're having that conversation now.
39:43
Speaker 1: Newcastle looking a little bit leaky over the last few weeks,
39:46
Speaker 1: and Thiago exploited that the weekend didn't.
39:47
Speaker 2: Yeah, of course I bought him Pope just as this
39:49
Speaker 2: started happening, right We've got of course, Yeah, what can
39:54
Speaker 2: you say about Newcastle? There's something not quite right there
39:56
Speaker 2: at the moment. You know, Joe Linton went off and
40:00
Speaker 2: Dan Byrne got sent off and then Pope goes off injured,
40:02
Speaker 2: so you can always put a bit of a caveat
40:05
Speaker 2: around it. But yeah, I thought they were they were
40:07
Speaker 2: really poor. I'd rather talk about Thiago Solut to be honest,
40:09
Speaker 2: because I thought, you know, eight goals in eleven games
40:13
Speaker 2: for a striker who missed so much of last season
40:15
Speaker 2: to injury, so much change at Brentford's. He takes great penalties,
40:19
Speaker 2: but he can also score from open.
40:20
Speaker 1: Play as well.
40:22
Speaker 2: He's he looks, he looks like a hell of a
40:25
Speaker 2: player and I generally think, if you're thinking of transfers
40:28
Speaker 2: this week, I'm really annoying myself for not going this week,
40:30
Speaker 2: I like you, I've got the money to get him,
40:32
Speaker 2: but I thought, okay, Newcastle, you know they're quite a
40:35
Speaker 2: good defense. I've got Pope and goal. I can give
40:37
Speaker 2: it one more week. Thirteen points is a killer, but
40:39
Speaker 2: I mean it's Brighton and Burnley next. I expect I
40:42
Speaker 2: expect him to he could.
40:43
Speaker 1: He could easy.
40:44
Speaker 2: Score two or three goals across those two games. I
40:46
Speaker 2: think this is a really, really good time to be
40:48
Speaker 2: buying him. I think you want him for that thirty
40:50
Speaker 2: that gave me thirteen game against Burnley that you want.
40:53
Speaker 2: You want to be going into that game with Thiago.
40:55
Speaker 1: I think you want him for that as But outside,
40:57
Speaker 1: I mean that Brighton away and then Arsenal aways, Spurs
40:59
Speaker 1: away and fourteen fifteen. Despite what we've just said about
41:01
Speaker 1: Spurs at home, that's pretty pretty tough looking away games.
41:05
Speaker 1: That was when I was thinking about Thiago this week.
41:07
Speaker 1: That was one of the things that I just looked
41:09
Speaker 1: ahead and went, well, maybe I just don't because those
41:12
Speaker 1: away fixtures look difficult. But I don't think that should
41:14
Speaker 1: I wouldn't worry about playing US.
41:15
Speaker 2: I mean, I know we've I typically choose now on
41:17
Speaker 2: the spin, but teams are still getting chances against US,
41:20
Speaker 2: so I wouldn't worry about that. Arsenal was obviously a
41:22
Speaker 2: different a different level. You could mention in that game
41:25
Speaker 2: Spurs away, you know, with the home record we were
41:28
Speaker 2: talking about earlier, wouldn't be too worried about that. Then
41:30
Speaker 2: it's leads at home. Leads away from home are a
41:32
Speaker 2: different team to when they play at home. I think
41:35
Speaker 2: Brighton Burnley, Spurs Leads Wolves. I think that those games
41:39
Speaker 2: not too bad.
41:39
Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's do the last couple of games
41:41
Speaker 1: and not too much time to spend on Forest versus Leads,
41:44
Speaker 1: although Ditsche getting his first win as Forest Boss suggests
41:47
Speaker 1: potentially they're moving in the right direction with Gibbs wipe
41:50
Speaker 1: back on the score sheet. So one for our radars,
41:52
Speaker 1: I think. But the last game Pallas versus Brighton. You
41:54
Speaker 1: touched on Brighton a minute ago saying they shouldn't fear
41:57
Speaker 1: playing US. I thought you did okay in this game,
41:59
Speaker 1: and another day potentially that the penalties given and you
42:02
Speaker 1: know the game is a bit different and Palace don't
42:04
Speaker 1: keep the clean sheet. But you know, listen, I think
42:07
Speaker 1: going to Palace and getting a point for Brighton is
42:10
Speaker 1: no mean feat I think that's a pretty good result.
42:12
Speaker 1: They're unbeaten at home Crystal Palace and they've kept a
42:14
Speaker 1: clean sheet in five of their eleven Premier League matches,
42:17
Speaker 1: which is the third best as tied third for the league.
42:20
Speaker 1: So defensively they're very good, which is why we've all
42:22
Speaker 1: got them in FPR. Why I've got Gay here, which
42:24
Speaker 1: you'd shown up. But never mind, what do you make them? Well,
42:27
Speaker 1: let's do the Brighton performance and then we can talk
42:29
Speaker 1: a bit more about Palace as well. Well.
42:31
Speaker 2: You know, in terms of all the games this week,
42:32
Speaker 2: if you'd ask me which one I thought was least
42:34
Speaker 2: likely to be Neil Neil, it would have been this one,
42:37
Speaker 2: and then watching the highlights, the game least likely to
42:41
Speaker 2: be Neil Neil again would have been that game because
42:43
Speaker 2: there were so many charm particularly early. It was the
42:45
Speaker 2: frantic stuff in the first you know, fifteen minutes or so.
42:48
Speaker 2: But you know, back to back clean sheets for the
42:49
Speaker 2: first time since February. I didn't think we had that
42:52
Speaker 2: in us from what I've seen from us this this season.
42:54
Speaker 2: It's astic, you've got to but but we had, we
43:01
Speaker 2: had some decent chances. Gober has played really well, you know,
43:04
Speaker 2: if you are thinking of bringing him in, do be
43:06
Speaker 2: wary that. I think after the intestrial break Matoma should
43:08
Speaker 2: be back and he's been playing so left wings, so
43:10
Speaker 2: there's a bit of a bit worry about that. Caddiol Glue,
43:12
Speaker 2: I think he's been playing really well at left back.
43:14
Speaker 2: I just don't think i'd be investing in the Brian defense.
43:17
Speaker 2: Minte is still the one for me. Still looks so
43:19
Speaker 2: dangerous on some set pieces as well, so he's the
43:23
Speaker 2: one to go for. But yeah, Palace, I mean I
43:24
Speaker 2: brought in two Palace players against my beloved Brighton. They're
43:27
Speaker 2: both blanked. I did get the clean sheet from Maqui,
43:30
Speaker 2: which I was happy with. They'll be fine, you know,
43:32
Speaker 2: Sar had put it on a plate. I think for
43:35
Speaker 2: Kamada at one point, who over Mateta had a good chance.
43:39
Speaker 2: They'll They'll be absolutely fine. So don't worry to Wolf, Yes,
43:42
Speaker 2: I said, yeah, sorry, I'm sorry, but they are the team.
43:44
Speaker 1: They are no panic from a Palace perspective. I will
43:47
Speaker 1: just give a quick shout out to you mentioned him.
43:48
Speaker 1: They're thirty, caddiog Glue, he's four point four in FPL. Yeah.
43:52
Speaker 1: I looked at it and I just thought, well, maybe
43:53
Speaker 1: his minutes, but no, he started seven matches in a row. Now,
43:56
Speaker 1: for you guys at the back and the often, I
43:58
Speaker 1: know it's kind of inverts into midfield bit. And I
44:01
Speaker 1: noticed just that he took three of the eight corners, right,
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Speaker 1: so he's only zero point two percent owned up. You know,
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Speaker 1: I don't think I'm rushing there as you suggest with that.
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Speaker 1: You know, the back to back clean sheets are good,
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Speaker 1: but I'll take your lead on on the fact that
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Speaker 1: that's a bit of an anomaly potentially for Brighton. So
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Speaker 1: I don't think I'm going to rush to Catty old glue,
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Speaker 1: but there's just something there to keep an eye and
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Speaker 1: I think for us in f PL.
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Speaker 2: Don't forget his goal last season against I remember that Gal.
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Speaker 1: What a sensational thing like that was. Yeah, so so good.
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Speaker 1: So I don't rush. I'm not rushing there, but it's
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Speaker 1: just one that caught my eye over the weekend. Let's
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Speaker 1: say I'm from a palace perspective. Yeah no, yeah, no
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Speaker 1: trouble there. I'm just hoping that Gay he can return
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Speaker 1: from that injury, can get a clean bill of health
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Speaker 1: after the intersatual break. That would be nice.
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Speaker 2: Well, speaking of the instual break. We are heading into
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Speaker 2: another one. I think it's the last one till March.
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Speaker 2: So yeah, so we can finally focus on f PL
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Speaker 2: after this. But as it is the international break, make
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Speaker 2: sure you can keep those needs from jerking. We're going
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Speaker 2: to hold those transfers usual advice. I know you don't
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Speaker 2: know what's going to happen over the break. Let's all
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Speaker 2: hope our players come for it, a clean bill of
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Speaker 2: health for Gay we twelve.
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Speaker 1: And Kelly Jewels and Sam. We'll be back on Thursday
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Speaker 1: to give a round up of the season so far
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Speaker 1: and I look ahead to their plans for FPL players
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Speaker 1: to get in and out ahead of the African combinations.
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Speaker 2: six x p l Lee. It has been a pleasure
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Speaker 2: as always, enjoyed the intestraal break. And I'll see you
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Speaker 2: on the other side.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's good to see you as I see you then,