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GW38 When Legends are Made I Episode 89 · Draft Offsides Podcast

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Hello, welcome to episode 89 of Draft Offsides.
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I'm with Tico Nezza, My name is Keith and we're talking game
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week 37. Maybe at the end got one game
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week left. Been a dramatic season.
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Most leagues are probably close wrapped up, but there's I know
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for us we still there's still some battles to be had.
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I'm on track to potentially miss out on 2nd place, but I know
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Enzo's still battling for a second in one of our leagues.
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I think there's, you know, there's things here and there.
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So we're all, we're all still invested in some way or the
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other. Anything to say for yourselves
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guys? It's been a good season.
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I think all we can do now is just kind of look at game week
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37 and then kind of if anyone needs, we have some waiver
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options for people if they need them.
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And then just kind of we can as we're looking through the game,
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we just probably start talking about draft the next year and
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just kind of we're kind of starting to look ahead, huh?
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All right, so let's start game one that we're going to review
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was that game today, Brighton 3, Liverpool two kind of a kind of
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a pretty exciting game. A lot of back and forth, a lot
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of both. You can tell it's a good game
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when both keepers have high scoring games.
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You know, Elliott 29.25 points got a goal and an assist.
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No, did he he he had a goal and assist Nice 26% owned Gruda on
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Brighton 23 points had an assist 2% O He played in the 10, which
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is kind of nice because he just he was getting a lot of touches
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on the ball. He had some really good shots
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too. He kind of he definitely could
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have scored Welbeck 21 points. He did.
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He technically had a he had like a fantasy assist where he shot
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and then yeah, Allison carried it away and then Matoma hit it
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in stupid on 16.5 points, all ghost points, Allison 16.25
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points. So Allison, Allison, a lot of
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was really busy you. Know I was going to say kept him
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busy man and like even with letting in three goals he still
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scored 16.25 so with those other two goals he would have had 20
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points plus the sling sheet would have had an amazing game.
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Yeah, he won 60 points. You guys really are good.
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I think with Brighton, I'm actually the last game of the
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season, you know, it's looking like it's actually going to
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matter for me. So I'm kind of looking at stuff
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and I think that they're playing United.
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They either play United or Tottenham, one of the two.
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Comic book. They play Tottenham, they play
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Tottenham the last game of the season and I think that just
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Tottenham coming off the Europa final, like what?
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Like it's not like they've been great anyways, but coming off
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the Europa final, I feel like there's just not going to be
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much there for them no matter win or lose, you know, from of
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that final. So I'm actually super interested
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in like the Grudos and the Welbecks and the Supion's.
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Are they still fine for something?
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Are they still? Kind of.
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Conference. Yes, if like, but like the the
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things that need to happen for them to for for 8th to matter is
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like crazy like Chelsea needs to get 5th or 7th and then win the
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this and there's just like all these things, but.
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But really, yes, but there's a chance.
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There's a chance one of those, yeah, mathematically they're not
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eliminated, but it's essentially a forgotten conclusion.
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Yeah, but so. But I think they're still going
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to play it really hard. Yeah.
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Because. Yeah, So it's not like it's not
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like it's a rubber. It's a dead rubber match, you
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know? All right, next game, Chelsea
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won United 0. Cucarella got the all important
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goal here. Rhys James had a really nice
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little turn and a little pirouette little ballerina move
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to to lose Garnacho and then cross the ball in for him.
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Other than that, it was a pretty just kind of ugly game.
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Yeah, just kind of just pulsing the ball.
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But you kind of have to remember that United makes it pretty hard
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on good teams, you know, like they don't.
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They've been playing well defensively.
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They don't really let in too many goals.
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Yeah, they don't. They just make it really
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difficult, not fun to like to be a part of.
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So I'm not looking forward to Wednesday.
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Yeah, again, it's going to be interesting to see what happens.
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Yeah, so Rich Games had a good game.
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Colt Palmer did not have a game. Obviously Jackson's out.
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Netto didn't have a good game. Ty George started up top.
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He was pretty non existent Madoweke nothing to write home
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about. So yeah, a little bit I think I
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think Chelsea, you don't love that the last game you like you
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love the last game means something from a points
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perspective. They don't love that it's
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against Forest no where that means something to them too you.
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Know we got to think of all the stuff that's going on in the
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background too, like especially with a couple of these teams
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from the first two games we spoke about like is Chelsea
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going to be the same team or they're going to improve next
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year? Like they've had ups and downs
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this season like is is Palmer going to bounce back from this
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season? It was still in my my opinion
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for a pretty decent season. Why is he going to be the same
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player he was two years ago or is he just going to be steady?
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Is Neto going to be playing more more consistently after Sancho
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goes back to United? You know, there's if he.
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Goes back to. United, well are they going to
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pay 5 million to send them back or are they going to pay
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25,000,000 to keep him? Yep, a lot of questions.
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It is pretty crazy the way we talk about Cole Palmer.
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It's like he's having a shitty year, but he's still ranked
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third overall. Yeah, 1 midfielder, yeah.
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I'm not saying yeah, I'm just saying at the back end.
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So most of that was at the beginning like 55 point game, he
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added. Begin the season where he was on
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fire. It's just I think Keith said it
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before we we saw judge players on the back end of the season
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how they finish it. It's easier to, Yeah.
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But I also think Co Palmer, when you look at it, too, it's like
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as Moresca has gotten more of his style into the team, Co
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Palmer's looked worse. Yeah.
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You know, like for lack of a better way to talk, you know, So
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that's a little concerning. And you've got to think too, if
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they get into Europa, which is another level, then conference,
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is he going to do the same thing he did this season in conference
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or is he actually going to put, he's pretty going to put out a
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team? No, yeah, he has to put out.
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Yeah, he's going to put out more.
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He's going to have to put up better teams for sure.
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Like Palmer barely played in your in conference.
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But that's what I'm saying, because he had a lot of, that's
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what I'm saying, he had the rest.
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But when it comes to next season, are they going to be
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like Aston Villa, Newcastle that sort of slumped?
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Was Chelsea not in any European competition last year?
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Not last year, no. Not even Europa.
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Or nothing, cuz they cuz what's cuz cuz United won the FA Cup.
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FA Cup. OK, yeah.
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Oh, no, that sorry, that was last year, but whatever.
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Doesn't matter. But yeah.
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So yeah, Chelsea's an interesting one, but I also
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think you can say the same thing about United.
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I think both of these teams are gonna see a decent amount of
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turnover. Konya man if he goes.
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Yeah, yeah. Seems like that's very likely.
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It sounds like he's gonna. It sounds like they're also
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still in for a striker too. So then Cunha plays.
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But then to me that that those positions kind of become a
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headache because there's what Mount Interim seems to like.
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Diallo's there, Cunha's there. Bruno Fernandez is there.
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But maybe he plays further back, which you don't love.
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Like if all of a sudden he's playing in the six.
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I don't love Bruno as like the number 2 anymore, but I think
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he's maybe like the four. But I was gonna say there's even
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rumors about them to take a sell off Bruno.
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I saw that too, but I just can't imagine.
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You can't imagine, but if they're going to get some money,
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they're in a little bit of financial trouble and you're
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going to get Cunya and then you're going to pick up a are
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you going to play Fernandez and Cunya in that number 10 role,
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stand behind the striker and play Diallo on the as a wingback
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when you've got Belgu. Yeah, I mean, it's it's just
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it's kind of a mess for sure. It's a mess.
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But I think I think with with Fernandez, you know that you can
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play him deeper and then he can be like an outlet, so.
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But I think their best players are on the younger side of it.
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They're all younger than Bruno Fernandez, who's 30 already.
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He's going to be what it no, he's 30.
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He's going to be 31 this year. So this is probably his peak.
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You're going to get the maximum value of him.
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If you're rebuilding, having Bruno, it's not really going to
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help you in this year, the next couple of years.
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No. Well, again, we've talked about
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this before, that 30 years and old, 30 years and old.
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Not in football. Not anymore, especially.
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For some it used to be. Especially for someone on his
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playing style, but I feel like United are not going to compete
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during his remaining prime, which let's say even if it's
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being generous for years, I don't see United competing for
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the title in the next four years.
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I think, I think it's a good point.
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I think the concern is that they've been so bad for so long
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and Fernandez has been the only one that's been able to like
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pull them out of it. So they thought of just like
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being like, OK, I think we're good now, we don't need you.
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And like you've been the only thing that's like taking him in.
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Feels like just like that could be a very, very bad decision
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from that. I agree.
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But yeah, so, yeah, so they'll they'll definitely use a lot of
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turnover, both that man and Chelsea.
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We'll have to see what what that looks like.
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But you know, it sounds like Chelsea might be in for another
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left winger if Sancho doesn't come.
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It sounds like they're definitely going to be in for a
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striker too. So we could we could see some
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big names come in come too. All right, Everton 2 S Hampton
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0. There's when you look at this
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Everton team, there's actually quite a few good players that
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like for next year, it could be fun.
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Like in die. He got 26 points, he got two
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goals. He he looks pretty good.
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He's looked pretty good like the whole second-half of the season,
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right? Mcneil's back looks solid.
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I'd like, you know, even though he didn't start, indeed, he's
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good right now. He's on, he's on Leicester,
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isn't he? No, he's on Leicester.
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Sorry. But Alcroz actually has a really
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good points for start ratio, you know, and then there's just a
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bunch of, there's a bunch of pretty fun attacking players.
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Well, they're going to be fun to watch next season.
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I said it, they're going to be around that top ten saw area and
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if Moyes gets a nice little run going they could they could try
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to go for Europe. Well, Beta as well, you would
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think he would. Beta is probably going to be day
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one starter for next year, so that's going to have a lot more
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families of value. Yeah, I think with the service
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around him, like Even so last game he didn't score but he got,
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he still managed like 9 points first striker.
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You're not mad about that? Like a nine point goalless no
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Ghost point game first. Striker you know with again the
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new stadium curse. It's a curse, you think?
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Yeah, look at Arsenal got the Emirates and they didn't.
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They did. They had a really bad couple of
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seasons and then Tottenham got Tottenham way and we carried on
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being bad. I thought you guys had a few
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good years after. A few good years.
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So we did. I was like you.
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Didn't win, but you weren't getting to those like you know
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you're. Getting Maybe that's just a
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London thing. Maybe.
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Other noteworthy things was Mikolenko scoring 19.25 points,
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a solid game for him. Obviously all the Everton
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defenders. It was really, would you see the
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thing where like Seamus Coleman started and so Ashley Young
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didn't start, but then they stepped Coleman out after like
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20 minutes? No, I didn't say.
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That Ashley Young finished the game and got the clean sheet
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because he played for more than 60 minutes.
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Damn. So that that's from a fantasy
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perspective that was fucked up. How fucking old is Shameless
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Coleman? I mean that they did that just I
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think it was, it was the last game.
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The last game this Oh got it, got it, got it, got it.
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Started and do that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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And did you notice that all your former players were had a good
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week? Yes, the.
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Young Welbeck. That's actually the first thing
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I had noticed. I'm like, yeah, and this team is
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making a comeback. Jimenez, who I traded away,
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yeah. Yeah, Southampton.
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I don't think there's anything to speak to there.
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No, they're done. Yeah, but do you think Diblin is
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it? Diblin?
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You think he comes? You think he stays up?
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You think someone picks him up? I don't I don't know if he's
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done enough to for someone I. Think so, I think.
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He's, I feel like he'd probably rather, I think he's also young
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enough he'd rather start every game in the Championship than
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like be like the fourth string winger for like a middle tier
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Premier League. Well, you got you got to think
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too about all these players that are rumoured to go like could he
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take one of their places like Beze?
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Eze might be leaving, Morgan gives.
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Why. Here's a rumour to see.
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There's a bunch of rumours going about right now.
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It's that time of the season. I mean, I, I just, I don't know
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if Dibbling's not enough for me to to show that he can be that
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guy, OK, personally. No, I hear.
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Yeah. Next game Villa 2, Spurs 0 Spurs
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actually, I felt like had a good account of themselves for the
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first like 15 minutes of this and the second they second the
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goal went in, they kind of just were like they just gave up.
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Did did you see the lineup Sun started?
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He got -0.25 fucking heart. The team that we put out, it
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just shows that we don't get wrong putting our eggs in one
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basket and we're looking for the Europa, but we've got so many
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injuries. It was your B.
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It was your B team. Oh yeah, it was worse.
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My B team we talked about worse. Yeah, well, son started.
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I think he'll probably play in the final, right?
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You think he would, but like he didn't really do much.
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I think he, I think he might be done.
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He still had a pretty good year. No, he's had a good year.
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I'm talking about ads in Tottenham I.
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Think Tottenham. I think he's done.
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I think he might go somewhere. I have, I have Barcelona.
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I have to hit something crazy about Barcelona.
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You know how they like to buy old players that are good.
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I. I just, I don't think they can
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afford him. Maybe.
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It's, I mean you, don't you think otherwise?
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I think Barcelona and Rome will drink and get away wherever they
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want for the most part. I just don't.
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I think there's no way personally.
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We'll see my my humble opinion. Don't get wrong, I hope not.
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I'd like to keep son, but let me see.
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What else happened in this game? Concert scored 24.75 did What's
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his name? Watkins.
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He didn't. Did he start?
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No, he didn't start it. He started he.
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Started. And he got an assist.
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He did. He got an assist.
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Did he get an assist? He had a goal or an assist.
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He had an assist. Yeah, that an assist, Yeah.
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He had an assist. Yeah, because I think it was his
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little flick on for the cuts goal.
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Morgan Rogers had a solid game, 15 points.
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Bhubukar Kimura Kamara got the other goal, so he had 15 points
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first. Goal man.
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First goal in the Premier League?
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Yep. So I wouldn't I wouldn't take
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that too much. Ian Matson had a solid game T
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got you stardom. I did.
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I picked him up and I started him.
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I I did the exact same thing in in our other league.
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So that's solid. And since you finished with 11
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points getting didn't get any goals.
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We hit a lot of like shots on target and so a lot.
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Of shots on target, yeah, it'll. Be interesting to see if he's
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like, do you think he signs with Villa next year since you?
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I don't know, it all depends. On what I can play him?
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No, but it all depends on the price and it all depends on what
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villa. Does with whatever.
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They have left it. I think it might depend on
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champs. Are they because they're not
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guaranteed Champions League of the.
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Month. No, definitely not.
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They need a, they need a win and then hope that Chelsea or
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Forest, like, you know, they need a win and then yeah.
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Well, they have a lot of decisions to make.
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Rashford's an option for them. Ascencio and then Ollie Watkins
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from You Know, it's rumour season, but he might be on his
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way out too. What do you OK, so if I'm Ollie
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Watkins, I look at this season and I'm like, man, Duran was
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here and all of a sudden I wasn't getting the starts as
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much as I wanted. And then all of a sudden the
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roster shows up and all of a sudden I'm not getting starts
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anymore. But like, I'm fucking good every
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time I come in and I'm scoring goals.
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I I know I'm good enough. Like I would I would be open to
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leaving if I was Allie Watkins. Who would?
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Where would you go? Would you stay in the prim?
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Yeah, I'd go to like Arsenal. Arsenal.
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Arsenal seems like such a such an obvious fit.
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I'd hate it. Yeah.
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I'd absolutely hate it, but I think it could work.
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It would work so well, yeah, because of that team.
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He's also one of those playmaking strikers where he's
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going to pass the ball so. Drop back, you can kind of get
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other players involved. I think it would be an amazing
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fit if they could, if Arsenal can afford it.
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Yeah, because they're not going to get Isaac.
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They're the fucking. Model that's.
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But which one do you guys think will be better fit for Arsenal?
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It's like or Watkins? Watkins, I honestly think.
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Watkins would probably be a better fit.
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I like Isaac at Arsenal, partly honest because he'll he'll just
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score goals, which is what they need.
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They need someone that can just score goals.
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Watkins doesn't just score automatically.
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Yeah, he sets up often. They've got enough creative
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players to do that. Whereas Isaac is the guy that,
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OK, let's just put the ball in and he's going to bang it in.
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The only problem is he wants to take penalties and I think is
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soccer, their penalty taker. So soccer, that'll be the only
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issue I could see. I'll tell you this much, which
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either of those guys would be a significant upgrade, so.
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Hope it doesn't happen. Yeah, there's a bunch of names
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floating around. It's going to be it's going to
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be a fun offseason to kind of follow this.
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It's like following all the gossip.
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Yeah, it's the best time. Next game Brentford 2 full of
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three. Bit of a shocker out here that
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came from what, 21 down to win it?
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Yeah, freaking full of mugging the Rick mugging the pool now.
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Well, Bradford, we're kind of in the the upper middle class.
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They were designation. But they at home, at home this
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season, they're poor. They're very poor.
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Well, they've switched. They were really good at home at
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the beginning of the season. They're about later in the
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season. So yeah, they're they're a
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little Jekyll and Heidi, but Adama Troy, 23 points with two
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assists, 46% owned. Too wild.
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A good one. Too wild.
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Whistle 18.5 points, got a goal and Wemel missed the penalty
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kick. This game that's kind of
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dramatic. He still scored that.
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He did still score, but the missing of the penalty kick ran
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off in the game. Rahul Jimenez 18 points goal.
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He's at a see. That's at a strong end of the
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season. You think he's got another year
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on him? I was going to say, I was going
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to say the same thing And where do you think he goes?
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He's like a six round, seven round 4.
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Later, he's later just because he's older and Muniz is, you
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know, Muniz is they're kind of chomping at the bit.
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Yep. And I think there's there's
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value there, but I think like Jimenez, like who does fall and
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play last game of the season, they'll be like, oh, they play
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city last game this season. But The thing is, it's not like
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last season when I'm like, oh see, he's going to fucking
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destroy him. I don't know what city he's
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going to show up. I have no idea what team's going
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to show. Totally like I'm not convinced
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that they're going to beat Bournemouth tomorrow.
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You know, I could like this is going to come out after.
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So I can sound like an idiot, but like I very much like feel
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like that could be a very tight game because Bournemouth is
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still like in the same way that who were we just talking about
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that Brighton is playing for like like a maybe of a spot in
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Europe or like an eighth place finish.
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Like they're doing the exact same thing Bournemouth is.
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Mansi just lost the palace in the final.
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Yeah. That is not.
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That was a that was like, it was a fun game to watch.
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It was like it wasn't fun in the sense the game was fun, but it
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was just fun to watch a team like that upset when and like
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the goal was really good. It was like it was an amazing
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counter attacking goal. But Teta looks so strong in that
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goal. Yeah.
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And just the way he held up the ball and then just it off Muniz
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is like unreal. I think Muniz is like, I've
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been. I was, I was like looking at a
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lot of stats this weekend and I was, I was like, he's probably
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going in the second round, Muniz.
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Say that again. I think Muniz is probably going
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in the second round. You think so?
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Well, look at look at his overall points overall.
18:03
Do you have it up, Tico? Sorry.
18:06
I'm trying to pull up right now. Overall, Muniz is ranked 7th in
18:10
total points. Really.
18:13
Yeah. 12.7 points per per game. And also it's not only full.
18:17
Last year he played only 16 games and he averaged 11.3.
18:21
Yes, so it's that's exactly, and he's, I mean, Anthony Robinson's
18:25
the next best and he's 40 points below.
18:28
And he had a bad slump. And Trent is the next best after
18:31
that and he's. He's gone.
18:33
He's yeah, he's gonna be gone. So I think like when it comes
18:37
like a like your power defenders, he's gonna be up
18:39
there. It'll be interesting with
18:40
Frimpong coming to Liverpool because he gonna he's.
18:44
Because he's he's a high flying wingback.
18:47
And he's gonna be classified as a defender, but I could also see
18:49
him playing up top sometimes too.
18:51
Yeah, but why would they do that when they need a ride back?
18:53
It's only him and Connor Bradley.
18:55
That's why. But Salah is going to be next
18:57
year. Salah is going to be gone for AF
18:58
con again for a few. Months, that's right from I can
19:00
see. From Pong it's very, but I can
19:03
see from Pong getting some some playing time up there.
19:05
If it now effects all, that shouldn't affect Salah's draft
19:09
position. Well, I mean, maybe a little
19:11
bit. I mean, it's definitely a
19:13
factor, right? Yeah.
19:14
I mean what was it 2 years ago when Salah came back from?
19:17
Then he had A and. Then he just had a bad end of
19:19
the season. Yeah, that bad end of the
19:20
season. But wait that I feel like that
19:22
was only two years ago that was. How is that possible that AFCON
19:25
is AFCON every two years? I'm assuming so now.
19:27
That's weird. I don't know.
19:28
I don't know anything about that.
19:29
But OK, should we move on? Yeah.
19:33
Last game Leicester 2 Ipswich 0 The only thing the that's really
19:37
the highlight here was the Jamie Vardy scoring a goal, his 200th
19:40
goal and his 500th appearance, which will be the last for the
19:43
club at at the Leicester Stadium at the King Power Stadium.
19:47
Fucking legend. Amazing goal, amazing
19:49
celebrations where he ran to the corner flag and lifted it up
19:53
like there's your statue, you know, just make that man a
19:55
statue right now. Yeah.
19:56
He's won you an FA Cup, 2 promotions and a fucking league,
19:59
yeah. Really.
20:01
Yeah, Unreal. It's a Unreal player.
20:04
It's a. Better career than Harry Kane.
20:06
Unreal player. Definitely one for the history
20:08
books. Yeah, definitely like someone
20:10
who will always be remembered by true soccer.
20:12
Fan never left, never left. Never left stuck around.
20:17
Yeah, he also just got his career started really late in
20:20
life. Yeah, but he had, he had
20:21
opportunities. He could have went to Arsenal.
20:23
Arsenal wanted him. He said no.
20:25
Love that about him. Afghan is every two years, by
20:28
the way. Afghan is every two years, yeah.
20:30
Would you say Afghan, Afghan. Afghan.
20:32
Afakans, that is weird. That's every two years, but
20:35
like, all the Euros are every four years, right?
20:37
Yeah, you got to think, think about the players.
20:40
You got a Wobi for Nigeria. He won't be there.
20:44
So Salah, obviously there's a there's a few good.
20:46
Athletes. There's a lot of good African
20:48
players. Mamous.
20:50
Mamoush. Mamoush.
20:52
If Kudous stays, I'm hearing rumors about Athletico Madrid
20:54
for Kudus. Really.
20:58
Yeah, really. He'll do good in Spain.
21:00
Yeah, I think so too. I think Doku, I think Doku will
21:03
do better in Spain too. But I'll be honest, I know he is
21:05
an African, but I always, you know, but I keep doing that like
21:10
he plays a Cameroon or something.
21:11
He looks like a Cameroon player. What did he?
21:14
Say in Belgium? I know he does.
21:16
I know he does. It took me a while.
21:17
Took me a while. All right, let's just talk some
21:21
loose ends for the week. RYA 21.5 points in that game
21:24
versus who did they play? No, they played bigger game.
21:28
Newcastle. Newcastle, that was a yeah, it
21:29
was a pretty big game. I mean, that was a, we probably
21:31
should have talked about that game a little bit.
21:33
So Declan Rice scored a good goal.
21:35
I think it was his fourth league goal this season.
21:36
It feels like he's had more just because of the Champions League
21:38
goals, huh? Yeah, honestly, he's had a good
21:41
season too. He's keeping to, he's keeping to
21:43
the standard. I I think.
21:45
I don't think he's been as good as last season.
21:47
I think he scored more last season, but I think he created
21:50
more because he had corners this year.
21:52
Uh huh. I mean his.
21:54
Corners last year too. Some of last year, yeah, not as
21:56
much, not as consistently. So his fantasy points for a game
21:59
is 9.3. I don't I don't have his points
22:01
for a start up, but I can pull it up.
22:03
But but I think the other thing that's interesting with him is
22:06
just the like what he's ranking 19th overall or, you know, 48th
22:13
overall, 19th mid. So, but I think what what ends
22:15
up happening because he's such a big name is you'll see him go
22:17
before that in drafts. Like you'll see him go in like
22:20
the third round when he shouldn't.
22:22
I think like his value always tends to be slightly higher just
22:24
because he's such a big name and everything, you know what I'm
22:27
saying? No, I hear you.
22:28
I I was thinking, would you guys rather have Odegard at the
22:30
second round or Rice on the fourth round?
22:32
And the rice, and the 1st and the 2nd.
22:35
Rice and the 4th. I don't like either of those.
22:37
I don't like, I don't, but you're saying what I prefer.
22:39
I think I'd get. I think you get more value from
22:41
rice and the fourth than you would ODA Gar from the second.
22:44
I don't know. I don't know I I abstain from
22:48
answering that question. Plead the 5th.
22:51
To the 5th. I mean, he's ranked 48 overall
22:53
and there's a bunch of people ahead of him that are gonna be
22:55
so yeah, 48. So 5th.
22:57
He's ranked for the 5th rounds of this year, yeah.
23:00
I just don't see him scoring that many more goals this year.
23:03
You know, I don't see him doing, I don't see him having like a
23:05
better year than this. We set this last season.
23:08
But Keith, he scored more goals last season.
23:09
Last season he scored seven and this year he scored four.
23:12
But what, what? Where did he finish last season?
23:14
What? What was his final making last
23:15
season all. Right, let's pull that up.
23:17
All right, we're going to do this.
23:19
What a random question that All right, let's see, right was
23:24
ranked 15th in total points, but that doesn't include all the
23:30
players that left. But like the players showed up
23:33
too, like I, I think, I don't think you can say that it's a
23:35
good place that have left. So last year he was ranked in
23:37
total points, 15th. So that, I mean, to me, that was
23:40
probably the the ceiling for him, yeah.
23:42
Well, maybe not the scene. I think it was the first season
23:44
at the club and he really pointed.
23:47
And four points per game. He ranked 35th so.
23:50
Then and he missed a few games this season due to suspensions
23:54
and then he had to play the 6th a couple times with π not being
23:57
injured or suspended. So I think that home also.
24:02
To me, I think a lot of the Arsenal players for next year
24:04
has to do also with who they get as a striker.
24:07
Yeah, great. Parthe is someone who's going to
24:11
be leaving for the African Cups as well.
24:13
That's. True.
24:13
I don't know. I'm I'm just I don't love it.
24:17
I don't love it. But OK, moving on.
24:21
Blankovich, 18.75 points. He had a goal, nice little goal
24:25
right off the back. Didn't know much about it.
24:27
You think every defenders are going to be highly valued next
24:31
season? I know they had a great start
24:32
and I've honestly they if you look, could you look at all the
24:35
evident defenders and see. What everything played
24:37
Defenders. So Tarkowski, we know, is pretty
24:39
high up, even though now he's injured for the rest of the
24:40
season. Milenkovich, I would say,
24:44
combined young and what's his name?
24:47
Roof. What's his name?
24:48
O'Brien. O'Brien and then the left back
24:55
and see like where they all stand.
24:57
I'm pretty sure they're they're pretty high up in defender wise.
25:00
Do you realize what you're asking for?
25:02
Yeah, it's I think. It's the difficulty of that.
25:04
All right, Keith, you take Tarkowski and Booth Tiko, you
25:08
take Milenko and the left back. Thank you for making your making
25:12
your demands so much easier for us.
25:14
You're such a kind leader. Thank you.
25:16
I'm not the leader. Keith's the leader.
25:18
Tarkowski's ranked 28th overall. Let's see.
25:25
That was Keith's job, Miko. Lenko is ranked 83rd overall.
25:28
OK Jared Brathwaite is ranked 142nd.
25:32
Do you want me to keep going? Because.
25:35
It's actually not that bad if you really think about defender
25:37
like for defenders. It's Tarkovsky and Miko Lenko,
25:42
those who for sure I would target because that's two years
25:46
in the row. They've been having good years.
25:47
And whoever plays at their right back, I know Ashley Yanks
25:50
probably going to start the year again and.
25:51
Then I don't think he's going to start.
25:52
It won't be. A blind.
25:55
That guy. And then O'Brien, I think like
25:57
he will go deep by in the in the draft and he might be a a
26:02
diamond in the rough. But I think, I think with
26:04
Tarkowski, like Mikhailinkovic, there's more like solidity, like
26:10
O'Brien. You just don't know, you know?
26:12
And Branthwaite, Branthwaite is what injured he's going to be.
26:15
He's going to be injured beginning out.
26:16
Branthwaite was injured at the beginning of the season.
26:18
Yeah. The defender I picked up, Nathan
26:20
Patterson, he played right back, so that might be someone else
26:23
for next year. So we see in the chatter someone
26:26
said Rice is the second best player for Arsenal, so it's the
26:29
first best soccer. Soccer.
26:30
Obviously soccer. And then there's a hashtag.
26:32
Oh, they guard out. Yeah, that's, that's a little
26:34
harsh, I know. One bad season.
26:36
I saw him one bad season after he had an injury.
26:38
It's. Not a bad.
26:40
Well, not a bad season, yeah. It's not a like, it's not like a
26:44
it's only he had a good season. It's just because he was based
26:47
off of where he was being drafted.
26:49
Well, look, if they get what's his.
26:51
Name bad season for his standards.
26:52
It's not just about where he's being drafted. 9.69 point, 7
26:55
points. Is that where that's where he's
26:57
averaging? What's I think he's right around
26:59
there. Arsenal's trying to pick up was
27:02
it Ozamendi, Right. So then they'll have old guard
27:05
Marino and Ozamendi, who all play for Athletic or Biba
27:08
altogether. That's funny.
27:10
So that might be interesting to see if that chemistry saw work.
27:13
We'll see I mean some of their moves in the last few years have
27:16
have been a little head scratchy to me so but but Otigo had a
27:20
good game though this week. Speaking of them, 16.75 points
27:23
in an assist, another one qer 17.75 points pretty solid.
27:29
I think Arsenal plays Southampton on the last day of
27:32
the season. I think targeting those
27:35
targeting those offenders. They bear fucking, they got a
27:37
spank him because they want to try to just they just want to
27:39
make they got to finish the season strong, yeah and get that
27:42
second spot. Neko Williams.
27:44
Is that the guy from Brentford or is that the is that Niko or
27:49
is it? Is it Neko?
27:50
Yes, Neko is how to spell, yeah. Yeah, see how they saw game
27:53
26175 points. 10 of the top 20 points are from defenders,
27:57
goalkeepers for this week. Mids 5 for five.
28:01
Yeah. That's interesting.
28:03
That is interesting. That's.
28:05
What I'm saying like this, even though it was a minor
28:07
adjustment, that adjustment where you don't get the -2 for
28:09
the goal, it's been a huge difference in just balancing out
28:12
defenders in a way that I think has been, I think it's positive
28:15
because actually you can't like you can look at those players
28:17
and really like use them. It's not just like this
28:19
throwaway position like it has been.
28:21
You know, it's it's definitely been in last season.
28:23
They're definitely more viable, even goalkeepers Puffy honest.
28:26
Yeah, helps out a lot too. The one thing I would like to
28:29
see but I this is like an impossible change probably in
28:32
the algorithm is if it's an on goal the rest of the defenders
28:35
don't get negative points it doesn't count like against them.
28:38
I just fundamentally disagree with that.
28:39
Yeah, me too. Really.
28:41
Yeah, I think any sort of conceding when you're on the
28:44
field, you're irresponsible. Yeah, the right back is standing
28:46
on the corner by himself and Harry Maguire scores a banger of
28:50
an on goal. You know what it sounds like.
28:52
Keith, you know. You know, it sounds like Keith
28:54
you. Look, Keith, it's just, it's
28:56
just a Tikka rule. It's just a foolish Tikka rule.
28:59
Next season, Sergey, just make sure to add in all the Tikka
29:02
rules that he adds as the season goes on.
29:05
He he busted, Yeah, that's exactly what it is.
29:08
I think I got screwed over like a couple of times this year and
29:10
then. Oh, you got screwed over?
29:12
Did Joe twice. Fucking full of shit.
29:16
You are so full of shit. All right, so we get into
29:20
waivers. I see it mate.
29:22
All right #1 waiver of the week from me is not #1 waiver.
29:26
Actually, I think there's, I think it's very circumstantial.
29:28
I think Ezrekanza is pretty high up there. 28% owned defender had
29:32
a, he's not a solid season. Like it's like he hasn't been
29:35
bad. I'm actually surprised he's so
29:37
low owned. I think a lot of it had to do
29:39
with the fact that at the beginning of the season, Villa
29:42
was kind of struggling defensively to like keep clean
29:44
sheets and stuff. And it seems like they've kind
29:46
of rutted that ship a little bit.
29:47
I think part of that has to do with the fact that they're not
29:48
playing every week so they're actually able to, you know, like
29:53
train and practice and not be exhausted.
29:55
And with that comes like Esri. Constance has been looking a lot
29:58
better. He obviously got a goal last
29:59
week, so there's going to be a lot more interesting.
30:00
It's not going to happen every week though.
30:01
But he can get 10 sheets, you're right.
30:03
Yeah. And I think, but I think the
30:04
other thing to shout out is that they play United in the last
30:06
game of the season and United does not swarm any goals at all.
30:10
They've been the fifth worst team this season.
30:13
Yes. And also, but I think from an
30:15
attacking standpoint they've they're probably even lower.
30:18
That's so bad. Like they're probably like the
30:20
fourth word there. I mean, I don't know, they're
30:23
really bad United from an attacking standpoint.
30:25
And also that it's going to be coming off the Europa final.
30:27
So who knows? I think, I think for this week
30:29
you're targeting those these like dead rubber matches, you
30:31
know? Only the relegated teams and
30:35
every 10 has scored more goals. Less goals than United 42.
30:40
Yeah. So that's barely over a goal
30:42
again, yeah. Crazy.
30:44
For Man United, it's not. Next to it's like a double, it's
30:49
Simon Odingra mid 37% owned and then Brahan Gruda mid 2% owned.
30:55
For Odingra. I think he's had a solid last
30:57
few outings. He hasn't really, it hasn't
30:58
really showed in the points box in the sense that he's had these
31:01
massive scores, but he's had like saw like 789 ghost point
31:05
score games. I think he's looked better than
31:06
the scores reflected. So I think that there's, if he
31:09
does start, I think there's promise there, especially with
31:11
Tottenham next week. Yeah.
31:13
And then Gruda, that's true. I mean no.
31:15
No, I'm saying yeah, I agree with you completely.
31:17
He's fucking horrendous. And then Gruda, he had a really
31:20
nice assist against Liverpool for the first goal.
31:22
He seems to play in the 10 role, so if anything I'm probably more
31:25
interested in that because you're just, he's just probably
31:26
going to get even more touches. Because it's the end of the
31:28
season. Yeah.
31:30
And so I think I think you can look at both of them and be
31:32
interested and I think there's other players on Brighton you
31:34
can look at, but I think you're targeting this game as just like
31:37
a good one for Brighton who are still trying to play for
31:39
something. This next one, You're a real
31:42
asshole, Keith. No, I, I, if you read what I
31:45
said, it's the next one is Kai Kai Haber.
31:46
It's a fucking you're. You're such a trap, bro.
31:49
You're you're the trap. No.
31:51
Did you read what I? Wrote No, I read what you wrote.
31:53
You're still a trap. You're chilling trap on
31:54
listening. He's like, he's like just over
31:56
50 ish. He's a big name player back and
31:58
it's tempting, but I think this is a chop.
32:01
You're I think this is a chop. I'm the chop.
32:02
Yeah, you're the one sitting it. I just doubt he plays a full
32:05
half and even if he does get minutes, which would be like to
32:08
me really stupid in a dead rubber game coming off a major
32:11
injury, I think he probably needs more time to get
32:12
acclimated. So I think like this is almost
32:14
like a do not waver him or do not if you really need it.
32:17
I don't think this is the thing for you.
32:19
Yeah, you know, so I think why why is this a bad thing?
32:23
I feel like I'm like doing a public service by.
32:27
You've mentioned it so that people can think about it and
32:30
pick him up. Well, people are probably
32:32
thinking about it. I just feel like this is like
32:34
he's such a big name that you see, I see like one of the first
32:36
names that pops up when you look at players and you see he's
32:39
available and you saw that he played minutes this week.
32:41
Yeah, but. I don't know.
32:42
I think it's, I think it's problematic from a, you know, I
32:46
think it could, I could sink to you if you're really desperate,
32:49
you're attempting. Yeah, bad trap.
32:51
Got it Attempting all right. Next one.
32:53
Harvey Elliott mid 26% own. Solid game against Brighton.
32:57
We. Suppose yeah it seems like slots
32:58
wrestling a few players each game so just depending on how
33:02
that shuffles out for the last game he could he could see a
33:05
start. I also like It's not guaranteed
33:08
though so it's you definitely should have a back up plan.
33:10
My guess for Liverpool is the game their last game is in
33:14
Anfield. I think they would get their
33:15
starting 11 just so everyone kind of gets the fan
33:19
appreciation because McAllister didn't play at all.
33:21
Diaz didn't play so Trent obviously didn't start.
33:26
So I think they will put their starting 11 and then take off
33:29
Mosala so the you know the they get the cheer.
33:31
Same thing with like probably trend.
33:33
Hopefully they don't Boo him. That'll be something that just
33:35
legend what? There'll be some that boom.
33:38
Yeah, not all of them. I think hopefully they got that
33:40
out of their system. I feel like it's a little silly
33:42
to boom again. They're still gonna boom there's
33:45
so there's some idea it's out there, you know what I mean?
33:47
Yeah, there's always going to be but.
33:48
You know, I was thinking the difference between Trent and
33:51
Kunya, who signed the deal so he doesn't leave for free and you
33:54
know, does a favor for the team, whereas.
33:56
Kunya. Also, there's a release clause.
33:59
In the deal. In the deal, yeah.
34:01
So that's the difference. I think the issue is that I
34:03
don't think Trent would have, like, I don't think Madrid would
34:06
have gotten Trent if they had to pay a big fee for him.
34:08
No, they don't like to. I don't know.
34:10
I know they paid for Bellingham, but they like to get players for
34:14
free. Yeah, and they can.
34:16
They were probably working on this deal with him for like 2
34:19
years. Years.
34:20
Yeah, they were. Trying to tap that ass for two
34:22
years. I'm pretty sure with Jude going
34:25
there, probably played a big factory.
34:26
Too. They're best friends, right?
34:28
Yeah, they're. Really awesome.
34:28
All right. You didn't know that.
34:31
I know that I thought they were always hanging out, but I didn't
34:33
know it was. A lot of best friends.
34:35
Yeah, bring in Musiala too, but. I don't think he'll lead by
34:38
Munich though. Musiala is such a player which
34:40
he played for England. Why did he choose Germany?
34:42
Sorry, why? Because there's too much
34:45
competition in the middle of the park.
34:47
Yeah, I think it's probably better for him to be playing for
34:50
Germany, that is for England. Musiala would easily start for
34:54
England. You think that?
34:57
He would start on the left. He could probably start on the
34:58
left. He's a baller, man.
35:01
He's so good, so. Quick on his feet, Yeah.
35:04
So the Harvey and Elliot thing, I think to Tigo's point, I think
35:07
there's definitely a really real chance that that happens that
35:09
they they start their start as strong as 11 and then they sub
35:11
players in and out. But there's also a chance that
35:13
they don't start everyone, but then they like bring everyone in
35:16
at some point. So it's definitely a
35:18
possibility. But I think either way, I think
35:19
you're kind of right in the sense that like you're not get
35:21
you're probably if you're do starting, probably not getting
35:23
90 minutes out of them. Yeah, and I think, you know,
35:26
obviously with the last game the you have to benefit all the game
35:28
started at the right time. So if you see he's playing
35:30
obviously as someone you want to slot into your starting 11.
35:33
Yeah, that's a good shot. OK, next it's a triple.
35:36
It's a Miles Roskelly, Calfiori, Kiori.
35:40
I think it's just game against Southampton means I'm likely
35:42
starting any of those guys. Yep, preferably Calfiori or
35:45
Kiori for the clean sheet. Bonus potential over.
35:48
Yep, Lewis Kelly cuz he's classified as a mid.
35:50
I think that's pretty straightforward.
35:52
You think that changes to the defender next season?
35:55
Maybe has to. Has to, right?
35:57
Yeah, I wonder. Did you play the missile at all?
35:58
Yeah, I wonder what the what that should, but I think like
36:02
O'reilly's probably the same thing, but we'll see if that
36:03
actually happens for For City City, Yeah.
36:06
Yeah, another one, this one that I don't feel great about.
36:10
Mason Mount made 41%. It's just it's just because he's
36:13
been on a good run where he's actually like kind of decent
36:15
playing in that 10 slot. He's been playing a lot of
36:17
games. This one I understand Keith, but
36:20
still it doesn't feel good. It doesn't feel good.
36:22
I also think like for the same reason that you like, want to
36:24
start your Brighton players against United, like I'd be
36:27
hesitant to start United players.
36:29
So question Amarim, if he starts the season as bad as he's
36:35
finished this one, how long you think he's got?
36:38
Three months. I don't think he makes January
36:40
if he starts. I think you think.
36:41
They just give him one transfer 1 though.
36:42
Probably the the ownership of this club is.
36:45
Horrendous. I think that you could be like
36:48
if there was some signs of progress, but if they start and
36:51
they're languishing in the bottom half of the table by like
36:56
January, I think he might be out.
36:58
So that's I was thinking like maybe not now personally, if he
37:02
starts off bad and he's just invested in several players, how
37:05
much time you think they should give him?
37:06
I think they should give him a whole season.
37:07
I mean, give him a year. What happens, I mean, what
37:10
happens if there's a like a couple teams that are slightly
37:12
better than the the relegation seems this year and all of a
37:14
sudden they're actually in a legitimate relegation?
37:16
If they get in the relegation. Right now their their numbers
37:18
right now are good enough to have been relegated or bad
37:20
enough to have been relegated in several different years.
37:22
Yeah, I know, but this is what I'm saying.
37:24
So if it does happen and they get into relegation battle, you
37:26
know what they bring in? Big Sam.
37:30
Big Sam. Oh my God, that'd be so funny.
37:34
Imagine, you know, he do right? He just put, he put Harry
37:37
Maguire up top and you just people love it.
37:39
And you'd have Bruno Fernandez a shotgun and ball.
37:40
So. If it gets as bad as you say,
37:44
like danger of relegation, then obviously that's a different
37:46
story. You know, they have to like,
37:48
make a change. But that's sitting in 12th
37:50
halfway through the season. It's still bad and they did last
37:53
season. But I also you can't just base
37:55
it off the results. It's the way they look.
37:58
It looked horrible. No, no.
38:00
I'm saying for next year, if they look, if they're competing
38:03
and the team's putting, scoring goals, then if there's
38:06
improvement, then you give them longer race trade we.
38:09
Are we are a result based? This is teams like owners look
38:13
at results. I get you.
38:14
I'd like, I'd love Tottenham to have beautiful football, but we
38:18
played ugly football with Mourinho and Conte and finish
38:23
higher than we are now. At some point you got to use the
38:26
tools you have in front of you and make something of it.
38:29
And like, at some point you just got to understand that like, no
38:32
matter what your system is or what what your philosophy is
38:34
like, you can't, you can't just like stick to that.
38:37
And at the sake of like, losing for a club that's worth billions
38:41
of dollars, you know? They also spend, what was it, 90
38:45
something million on one of the worst strikers, statistically
38:50
speaking, ever. Is that how much toilet cost?
38:52
Was in the whole, you know, like 90 something.
38:54
Like. 70 no, he's like 70 something.
38:57
Anthony was like 80 million. Oh my God, you guys, I forgot
39:00
to. I forgot.
39:01
Look what I got. Oh shit, 82,000,000 for Hoytland
39:05
Anthony was over. I was in OR 90.
39:07
Checking up Anthony. Oh wow, and.
39:11
You got. Anthony Auto rookie graded 10,
39:14
gem in 10 What? What?
39:17
Do you think? I like it.
39:18
It's a, it's something I literally got it as like a meme,
39:21
but it's also just, you know, kind.
39:23
Of funny how much? How much you looking there?
39:26
20 bucks 20. Bucks a little north of that,
39:28
but not much more. But yeah, I was happy.
39:31
I mean, it's just kind of funny. It's like a lot.
39:33
It's like a bit of a laugh. How'd you get that?
39:36
Some guy was selling it on Reddit.
39:39
Oh nice. €95 million for Anthony.
39:42
Dude. Who he might have this year?
39:46
Amazing. He might be a cuz he qualifies
39:48
to win the Europa with United and also the conference with.
39:53
So if both of those teams wins, he'll be a two time European
39:56
champion. I didn't know that.
39:58
That's crazy. Yeah, he won't.
39:59
He won't get a trophy for United's Europa because he
40:02
didn't. He played enough games.
40:03
No, he. Played enough games he qualifies
40:05
for Yeah because the group stage, well, not the group stage
40:08
the first like couple of rounds he played.
40:10
That's fucked up. Well, also what do?
40:12
You think he goes next year he stays in Spain.
40:14
He stays in Spain. I mean, how can you like, go
40:17
back to England? They have an option to buy him.
40:20
I'm sure they do, like most loans have the option to buy so.
40:23
It's not that he's scoring goals.
40:25
Are you guys seeing his? No.
40:26
They're like bangers. They're like banger goals.
40:29
Have you watched any of the games and how he's actually
40:31
playing? He's not playing like an idiot.
40:33
He looks really good. He looks fucking really good.
40:34
He looks like a football player. I'm just waiting for him to do
40:37
the spin, the spin move he. Has it?
40:39
Yeah. I haven't seen him do it.
40:40
No. Yeah, he's not.
40:41
That. You know, you could go for and
40:44
then like a, you know, farmers league, like EPL, but when
40:46
you're La Liga, you can't be getting away with stuff like
40:48
that. Stupid.
40:50
Yeah, you are stupid. Last name on waiver is before we
40:54
get wildly sidetracked, this is kind of one it's it's 65% Owen.
40:57
So it's a little bit off the beaten path by Rhys James.
40:59
He's like, she looked really good in the last game.
41:02
It might be my Chelsea bias, but I think it.
41:05
Might. Be he might be a sneaky pick up
41:07
for the last game of the season when they really need they need
41:10
something he's like stepped up so I'm.
41:12
Drafting him next year. Yeah.
41:17
I mean, I don't think. He loves that.
41:18
I don't. I just feel like he's just so
41:20
disappointing. It's hard to draw.
41:22
Him. But you know, it's like, it
41:23
seems pretty clear when he's like healthy and playing, he's
41:26
pretty darn good for fantasy. If he stayed fit and he didn't
41:30
have the injuries or had less injuries, how good is Rhys
41:34
James? Yeah, he's so good.
41:36
Would be a headache. For his body.
41:39
No, he would have. He would have played.
41:40
I think him and Walker would have rotated, especially in the
41:42
World Cups. And the Europeans, they would
41:44
have like rotated. Yeah, I would have take, I'd
41:46
take Reese James over Walker. I would take Reese James over.
41:49
Walker yeah, like. What about Reese James over
41:51
Trent? No, that's different.
41:53
I don't know. Position on this right?
41:54
Yeah, different. Yeah, different.
41:57
But don't be wrong, they both can open the door, but Trent
42:00
could do it from anywhere on the pitch.
42:01
Reese James has to dribble and then get to the byline.
42:04
To get Trent, he can do that. He has pretty good deliveries.
42:07
He's not the same. He's not the.
42:08
Same. It's not the same, but the
42:10
difference between their deliveries is not as significant
42:13
as the difference between them playing defense.
42:15
I don't see Reese James using his left foot though.
42:17
Trent uses left. Chet scored one left foot of
42:20
goal in his whole career. I'm talking about he uses his
42:22
feet to pass too brother, not just a.
42:23
Shoot, I think I saw a stat where Trent had the highest
42:27
statistics and coordinators reaching the the target make.
42:32
So which is like, pretty crazy, yeah.
42:34
I think, I think when it comes down to his defensive stability,
42:37
right, And that's where Trent's always been let down to re
42:39
Strange is actually known as a pretty good defender.
42:40
Yeah, he's pretty good. Yeah.
42:42
So I think that's that's where that's where you can make the
42:44
argument that something there, Trent's more of a threat.
42:47
I agree with that, more creative, I agree with that.
42:51
But I think just for it as a whole player.
42:54
So it really depends on the team.
42:55
Like when you're in, if you're at a Real Madrid, you'd
42:56
probably, oh, you'd obviously take a trend, right?
42:58
Yeah, always. Yeah, We tried to get him a
43:02
while back. Is Carvajal going to be gone?
43:05
He stays right. It's.
43:06
I think he stays. Plays like I think he'll be
43:09
happy to play second fiddle the Trent.
43:10
I don't think he's got a fucking choice.
43:13
I mean what is he 3233 and with a lot of mileage on those legs
43:17
coming off in the ECL. But if it's going to be 3 in the
43:21
back, you could maybe play both of them.
43:24
Carmel could be one of the three defenders that's.
43:26
What I was thinking too. Yeah, I agree with you.
43:28
Guys, what are the chances that Savio starts tomorrow?
43:31
Fucking 5050? What about DOKU 505050?
43:35
50. What about greenish?
43:36
2080 Savio Savio and Doku both started mid at that game.
43:40
The palace game where they lost. I think it's the lower.
43:42
What do you? Fuck, I don't know.
43:44
Did. You guys see what Pep said about
43:47
the penalty, He said. I'm not sure why Marmolisch took
43:50
it instead of Holland. Yeah.
43:53
I don't lie either, that's inserting do.
43:55
You, what do you think? Like silly?
43:56
Do you think British goes back to Villa?
43:58
No, I don't think Villa would want him, no.
44:01
If they don't get freaking Rashford or Ascencio, why
44:03
wouldn't they? I just feel like that.
44:05
I don't know if he's an Unai Emery type of player.
44:08
You mean it'll be old? I feel like old greenish is.
44:12
I don't know. I don't think he does.
44:13
I don't know. Do you guys think Grillish is at
44:15
a stage of his career where he wants to actually work hard and
44:20
try his best practice? I think he wants to play
44:22
football. I.
44:23
Think he wants to? He does football.
44:25
But do. Well, push goes to shove, I know
44:27
you mean Tika. Like, does he really?
44:28
How badly does he want to play football?
44:31
Like, you know, collecting a pretty big paycheck to Yeah.
44:34
There's a saying in the NFL where the UPS Monday through
44:37
Saturday and Sunday will play for free.
44:40
That's how it is. Obviously everyone wants they
44:42
enjoy playing, but what do you have to get to get the last
44:46
stage? So I don't like the his history
44:48
of partying, all of that. I don't think he's serious about
44:51
football anymore. He's like Conor McGregor.
44:53
Well, I also think like you kind of cut, you got to cut some
44:55
slack to some of these guys, like they've literally been
44:57
doing this forever, 60 hours a week since they were like 11
45:02
and. He's won everything.
45:04
Yeah, he's won everything. So is it going to be go back to
45:07
England? I must think all of this
45:09
motivation. I'm just I agree with you
45:10
because like, what's his motivation?
45:11
Yeah, like what's really motivating to be would.
45:13
It be, would it be just to play football like I think we're like
45:18
get what you guys are saying, I really do.
45:19
But I know that this is still business and players especially
45:23
nowadays going away for free and winding down their contract
45:27
etcetera, etcetera. But what it comes down to is if
45:30
you're still passionate about it and you love playing football,
45:33
wouldn't you want to just play like you?
45:34
Just when we were talking about dibbling, I know it's a
45:36
completely different player, but he would you want to play in the
45:38
Premiership and play second fiddle or would you go down to
45:42
the Championship and play week in, week out?
45:44
OK. You know, what this is making me
45:45
think of is did you guys have much Silicon Valley?
45:48
Yes. So it's a great show.
45:50
It's a great show. There's this scene where the big
45:54
company like Hulu or whatever, which is supposed to be like
45:56
Facebook or something, they headhunt this guy that they
46:00
think is one of the geniuses behind this startup, but he ends
46:02
up just being a big idea. This guy big head.
46:04
And once they and they pay him a ton of money, they give him like
46:06
a really big title and stuff. And once they realize that he's
46:08
like kind of a big dumb idiot, they don't fire him.
46:11
They do this thing where they just like they don't assign him
46:13
any work and they just send him to the roof to hang out on the
46:16
roof every day and hoping that he'll like eventually,
46:18
eventually like, like be like shamed into quitting.
46:22
But he's just like, this is great.
46:23
I just like go up here and chill and, and I feel like, and it's
46:27
like it's like there's talking about, it's like, there's like,
46:29
it's like it's based off some Japanese practice where you
46:32
pretty much just like you, you remove all work from someone and
46:34
then that forces them to like think, realize that they're no
46:37
longer valuable and they resign or whatever.
46:39
But for some people, they're just like, fuck it, like this is
46:41
great. I'm getting.
46:41
When you say some people, you mean America?
46:44
Yeah, whatever. Yeah, but I kind of feel like, I
46:46
kind of feel like Pep does that. He just like, he just like
46:50
doesn't include. Oh, yeah.
46:51
But then like, but he doesn't, like, he doesn't force him out
46:53
the door, but like, secretly, I feel like Pep does help that
46:56
relishly. He's like, make I'm making you
46:58
make a decision, right? Now, yeah.
46:59
And he's like, Pep, their whole thing is like City's whole thing
47:02
is like, we'll never like, we'll never keep a player that wants
47:04
to leave, you know? And they always say that about.
47:05
Players, they always say that. But like, but so then like if
47:07
they're not playing you and then they're also saying that it's
47:10
like kind of like, well. He has two years on this
47:14
contract and his gating. Page 15,000,000.
47:16
Yeah, so I mean like just 100,000 a year.
47:19
I'm not okay. To me the the the breaking point
47:22
and like, let's say, let's say you're the most optimistic
47:24
person ever. The breaking point would have
47:26
been in the FA Cup final. They're down a goal with like
47:30
10-15 minutes left and Pep decides instead of bringing on
47:33
like a Grealish, they bring on like some like 19 year old kid
47:36
for his debut, some like kid from River Plate that's never
47:38
played, literally never played for the first.
47:40
Team the striker, right? Yeah, he's like, he's like an
47:42
attacking Mitt. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
47:43
But like, they bring him on as opposed to when you literally
47:45
have like Champions League winners, you have England
47:48
internationals on the bench and you're just like, yeah, I'll
47:49
bring on this kid instead of you, Jack.
47:52
You know who does that, really? Who did that really well too?
47:55
Gareth Bale. But I think the difference with
47:57
Gareth Bale, actually, I respect Gareth Bale because he was
48:00
injured a lot. And then the Real Madrid does
48:03
the thing where they're trying to force him out because that's
48:04
Real Madrid does. No offense you go, but Real
48:06
Madrid kind of comes dickish when a player is no longer
48:11
valued. They're pretty much like, get
48:12
out of the club. Like the fans get really nasty.
48:15
It's like it's common. Like, you're not disagree with
48:17
that, right? Absolutely not.
48:18
Look at what they did to IKEA Casias, who's one of the club
48:21
legends. So I think with Gareth Bale,
48:23
it's like he was getting paid so much money.
48:24
They're trying to get him to go somewhere else and take less
48:27
money. And he was like at that stage
48:29
that we're talking about where he's like like 31.
48:31
He's like, fuck you. Like I'm gonna stay here and I'm
48:35
gonna collect my check. You know, I will happily play
48:37
for you if you want me to, but I'm not gonna take less money.
48:40
And because you guys hate me, you.
48:41
Know also the difference for Garrett Bell is besides
48:43
dangerous everything he was when he was on the field he he was
48:47
playing he he was not he was spit.
48:50
He came on the Champions League and he got man of the match.
48:52
Yeah, with that bicycle. So exactly.
48:55
I think it's different, but I'm just saying Gareth Bale for me
48:58
is like I have nothing but respect for like I like.
49:00
You. I love Gareth Bale.
49:01
Yeah. Wales, Gulf, Madrid, in that
49:04
order, yeah. So that's true, but going back
49:09
to really short. So I think what's probably gonna
49:11
happen is it's gonna be loaned out.
49:13
And correct me if I'm wrong, so when you loan out loan out a
49:17
player, the team that owns it, they have to pay part of the
49:19
salary and. Not always, it really depends,
49:22
but. Yes, on the negotiation part of
49:23
it, right. Yeah.
49:24
And who has the deepest Pockets City?
49:28
What if he goes to Rexton? What's wrong with you bro?
49:33
That's wrong. I don't see.
49:35
At least I say things are believable.
49:37
You could party as much as you want, you're still going to be
49:39
better than 99% of the players on the field.
49:43
You know, you know, I heard might be going to Wrexham and I
49:46
can't wait. I hope it's true.
49:48
Hey Cuckoo. Ben Davies, fuck off.
49:51
Really. Cuckoo's actually getting a lot
49:53
of interest from some Premier League clubs, which I'm really
49:56
surprised by. I thought he for sure had to
49:57
leave the Premier League. You're making a face, but that's
50:00
true. Oh.
50:01
No, no, I heard my Google Home say something.
50:05
I was like, that's weird. You should go check your living
50:07
room right now bro. If you don't come back, we'll
50:09
call 911. Wait, one, one last thing on
50:11
Greenish before we wrap up. We've been literally talking
50:13
about this for way too long. But there's rumors that he could
50:16
be leaving City alone this summer, with Newcastle United
50:18
among the clubs reporting interested.
50:19
That makes sense to me. But he's going to go against
50:22
Gordon and Barnes on the left. So he can play in the 10.
50:26
So he's going to do that. Midfield was too good.
50:29
Who's he going to take Bruno? Joe Linton?
50:34
Who's the other one in the middle?
50:35
Tonali. He would be the most attacking
50:37
player from. All other options, yeah, but you
50:39
know, but. They that's not how they play.
50:42
But they also, I don't know, I'm just saying that that's what.
50:44
However, Napoli has also been linked with a loan move
50:47
potentially feasible. Look, he's really, he's going to
50:49
salary. He's.
50:50
Going to go there for a year, get fucked up on wine and come
50:53
back. Just wine he's.
50:55
I think the issue is that city that's also noted that city is
50:59
reportedly reluctant to sanction and loan move like they don't
51:02
really want to loan him they. Want to sell him?
51:03
You know who? You know who will pick him up in
51:05
the in the Premier League? Chelsea Prof Let's be honest
51:09
here. It's a little old.
51:11
Oh I so I just googled Jaguar list transfer and the first
51:16
thing that comes from gold.com is Pep Gorilla doesn't like him
51:19
and that's an actual quote. Someone quoted him and he told
51:22
really, she has to leave Man City.
51:23
OK, Yeah, I. Think that's BS?
51:25
I think that's BSI got a quote too.
51:27
The headline you. Know what I mean?
51:31
And the absolutely we can keep just chatting for yeah.
51:33
Don't forget. Come on.
51:34
Was it? This has been episode 89 of
51:38
Drafts Offsides My Name. Is Keith.
51:39
I'm at Biko Enzo, follow us on the socials at Draft Offsides
51:43
and we'll see you next week for our wrap up episode.
51:47
So it'll be the end of the season and we will start having
51:50
to think about next year and how we're going to take Tiko down.
51:54
You know what I'd like to hear if you guys got any
51:57
recommendations, what you'd like to hear, where it be drafts,
51:59
where it be waivers, where it be ghost picks, ghost point picks,
52:03
that'll be interesting.