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3FOUR3 Episode 11 - The Top 6 run in, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United. · Sportycast Football

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Welcome back to 340. It's episode 11.
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And yeah, I'm AF. And once again joined by the 340
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So as you as usual, we have a bit of an icebreaker for first
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time, for first time is on the show.
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So Cal him if You could pick the brain of any football player
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past or present. Who would it be?
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And why has to be Steven Gerrard guys?
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It has to be smile. My childhood Idol growing up.
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Mr. Liverpool. Mr. Scales Captain himself.
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You guys know I am so Unapologetic about my love for
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Steven Gerrard. Any low Steven Gerrard clip a
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posting it online. I'm retreating.
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I'm liking it. I'm looking at the stats.
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I'm just I'm replay. I think I know I think of In
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every goal that you scored and assisted could have all the
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videos we've seen. Everything's like, and
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obviously, he's not just a little bit of pine tree, but
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he's also a management now and he's got a like this got this
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wise since about him. So I'd like to pick his brain.
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If I can pick another, I'd probably say Tyrion me just
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because I have a funny story but it has no fans.
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Yeah, I think in any guys at the maroon kit with the gold and
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that was when pecan re Arsenal and came across the shirt in the
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shop, and I really wanted it for my A I was like, unfortunately,
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sunless. Not how it works.
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We all live events, but that was it was a pleasure that like
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epitomizes Peak, Barclays Premier League.
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It is Tyrion me that God, what a legend guys.
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So those two but Steve enjoy them on this one.
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Yeah. So let's just get started.
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With today's show. We have a bit of a different
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format. Today's we just going to open
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debate on on a specific topic. But yeah, we've past the Midway
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point of the season and it seems to many that the title in the
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English Premier League has been wrapped up on any by Manchester
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City. The focus will be on the top for
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bed because the polls margin is so close.
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There's actually we actually going to be talking about the
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top six. Yeah, the the 16th is Kelsey,
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Liverpool United with them, Arsenal Spurs.
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Wolves. And then, I'm just giving a few
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long stretch jeans over here. That's frightening and less that
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as well. Chelsea playing 2040.
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So, they don't have any games in and Liverpool has two games in
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and Manchester United with two games in and waste time with the
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gaming and Arsenal with three games in end, Spurs with four
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games in and moves with video games in and Jason.
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I think I'll give you the honest to get the board early.
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Yeah, manual. What an interesting title race.
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We had a I think every season we asking what can Premier League
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do to actually make it more exciting and it just it just
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seems like just by by virtue of the quality that we have and
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these teams and all these managers with a different eye
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styles of tactics and I think it just gets better and better.
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So we see City and we see Liverpool maintaining a level of
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consistency that not many teams are actually able to match.
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So I think people somehow say that City have one or two ready.
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I don't know man. Mathematically it might seem
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that way but anything can happen.
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I think what we see with our list of were able to beat
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Liverpool, somehow then lose the Spurs also somehow.
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So there's there's definitely Ways and Means about actually
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accumulating points. I think one of the biggest
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things that has been lacking for all the other teams besides
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Liverpool city is that Element of consistency, you know,
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winning when it needs to happen, picking up those three points.
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I think awesomo prime example have the chance to actually
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going to force, actually use that gaming and that we had, and
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it just, yeah, I just didn't work.
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So, I think while it's very it seems like it's almost cut and
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dry that we have our first two, that three to six and even six
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seven, eight nine. It's so close that.
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I think we will see many more changes and and many more
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positional swaps. It's especially with these games
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and and I'm I'm cut from the old quarter.
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I would much prefer the poems than actually having the games
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in end. But yeah, we will just see what
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what happens. This this next few weeks, man.
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Also covid as well causing postponements really wrecking
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teams omentum. So yeah, it's interesting.
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If you are a neutral, it's very frustrating.
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If your teams in that race and yeah, man, it's just, it makes
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for overall excitement that I mean every year Premier League
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seems to Us, it's and it's unreal, actually.
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Yeah, for me, either the game is in an can be quite misleading
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because I mean you have started him.
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For example, play play to maintain their four games in and
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you can't actually picked a little too.
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You can't say that they're going to be winning all four of those
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games because the the performance that they put out
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this past weekend against Chelsea, that wasn't the same
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performance or advisor disability.
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Performance, do the previous performances under and Antonio,
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Conte be sharing some personal Personnel in them in terms of
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imbecility oil and surgery, you know, and they have been ever
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present for you the full-back positions and then he ended to
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go with more physicality for this game against Chelsea.
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And I don't think you should be changing something that's been
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working out for you. So things like that.
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Like, if you, if you're going to be like, throwing new
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ingredients in, They should be, that's not always going to be
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working out for you. So, yeah, that's, that's just my
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point do with regards to the games in end.
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And yeah, like, with Liverpool, for example, you have set aside
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land, mine are coming back from the, from the Afghan after the
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International Bank, most likely, but I do know that we will
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strengthen the group yesterday. And we say that for that first
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30 minutes of the game against Crystal Palace.
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They look like such a Oh, well only thing.
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Everything was falling into place and loc knows the the type
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of team. That is both and he has these
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spare parts that can fit into place.
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If they are seller and money knocking the squad Navigators
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not be as well. Everybody.
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Has it out in the gym and then know what to do and they know
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what's expected of them. But yeah, like I'm just going to
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open the floaty. Everybody else just to get their
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opinions on it. Yeah, maybe we can just yeah, I
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want to say to say to say something, a logo for the 2004.
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My girlfriend guys, you both are alluding to two billion points
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and I'm going to use city of because they are the the
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standard and the set bar for everyone in the Premier League,
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especially what they are doing. I think, you know, the last five
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years what they've been doing in terms of the league is sort of
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unprecedented at times. I know many teams have won the
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League's back-to-back and I think United won stage one, like
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seven out of like 9 or 10 and they're like two points within
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it to winning a For others. Are they also dominated.
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But in terms of the amount of points, which means they are
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absolutely dominating at 38 game.
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Seasoning, 100 points 98 points, they regularly get in and it
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looks like they'll get the again this season.
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And that shows what they do is that they go on ten to Fifteen
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sixteen game winning streaks, and I'm not saying the likes of,
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I'm looking at United Way stem or small, Spurs wolves, and
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Brighton should be doing that. But you hardly seen them going
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on, a, four, five, six, game winning streak, then maybe.
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Losing a game. It's one or two wins a draw loss
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in another drawn in it. It's like they're going in.
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Everything happens in threes, you know, like Arsenal had a bit
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of a tough period where 4/5 games ago, there were really on
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the app. So that's something where you
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look at these teams. Even wears them, you are
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normally back waste time again, some of the smaller teams.
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I would say smaller teams in quotes, but then they'll go and
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and and not do anything against Leeds and you but don't beat
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level pool. So this is this is the Premier
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League at its peak, but the issue is It would be such a more
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competitive league if City weren't as great as what they
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were. So if they're also lost a few
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games had a couple of slip-ups throughout the season.
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Yes, Southampton was probably a slip up but they're not having
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them regularly available pool have had that the season.
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Otherwise we I think we've dropped maybe I could say about
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10 points, 8 to 10 points from from to know winning positions.
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The season like that is ridiculous.
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Guys, like that shows out inconsistencies and our loot
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that to to having a Midfield changing weekend with Santana,
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many, many of those games Curtiss Jones has been playing,
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and you'll find a Curtiss Jones, brilliant, going forward.
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But in terms of defending the space, in terms of positional
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changes and transition, he sometimes nowhere to be seen and
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then he's dragging Henderson with him.
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Henderson hasn't been quality since the United game either.
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So he's also been poor. I think I'll stand it has been
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for being here. They're the most consistent.
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So consistency is key guys in this league and but if there's
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ever been a time when it's been the most consistent, like all
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the time to beat System. It is now especially with the
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city this dominance and everyone else having to strive to get
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there. Look look level poet to bust
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themselves for 34 years, to get one Premier League trophy the
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year before 97 points that wins 24 out of 25 Premier League
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trophies apart from the city Centurian one.
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So it shows the levels, you have to go.
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And even that's not good enough for the next year and so on so
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forth, so, I don't know where your where your guys clubs have
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been an Arsenal. Brilliant in that in the early
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2000s, you know. Knighted quality.
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Obviously, for, for 25, 30 years, how to break the mold
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that's currently in happening in the Premier League.
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I don't know where or how your clubs are doing a because I
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can't see. I can't put on my finger on one
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thing at your clubs. That's the issue.
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That makes sense. I'm going.
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I'm taking this completely lift because obviously United Vans
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and Arsenal, fans, high expectations.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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I think I'm gonna just jump in the end, and I'm working on
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that. And I think the biggest thing we
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need to talk about consistency, is the drop-off from The first
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eleven to the rest of the squad. And if you do get a team like
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City, when Maris doesn't play, they can put Sterling.
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They this very little drop-off from the first eleven to their
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backups, like you mentioned with Liverpool, you know, when
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Henderson's having an off game and who is injured and have to
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put in Curtiss Jones, The Gap is quite big.
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I mean, Arsenal, I have about, I would say teen solid players.
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But as soon as you start going into the reserves, the guys
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waiting, you know, filling in like some people say Grand.
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It is a starter. But yeah, it's not go there.
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But I mean, as soon as guys like that come in the gap between the
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starter and the reserve places to begin that, we waste time.
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I struggled recently with consumer being injured and a
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couple other guys, you know, Antonio always go through a
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Runway. You'll pick up a knock and then
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he's out for 23 games and the drop-off from Antonia to he's
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back up. It's just big man.
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And in terms of this race for the top four, that's where I
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think United actually, I have a bit of an edge over the other
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teams is that they just Have quality, the players of quality,
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granted, what they do, if you don't want to talk about a
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system and the results and so on different story, but just
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man-for-man quality. They squatty strong enough to
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actually take their top Fall Away.
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Mean if Ronaldo decides, he's going to carry the team on his
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back. You can if it actually goes on a
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streak now and actually think they they probably set up for
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the the best run because they don't have such a tough round of
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fixtures coming up. They got some games can watch
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for it. So I guess I am doing isn't that
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easy, but they have a bit of a easy.
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Iran in the next couple of weeks compared to the other teams.
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And like Jason said, you know, you'd rather have the points in
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the games in hand. And if you, if you think about
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it, actually you playing catch-up and even though you
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have those games in and there's no guarantee.
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You're gonna win, maybe you come up against a team that when I
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fell to play the game and it was originally scheduled you in good
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form. They were maybe on a bad run.
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Now you're playing the team in February.
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They've strengthened, look at Villa, if you had to play Villa
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before the transfer before the Jan transfer window you'd
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probably Be a bit more confident than now, you have to deal with
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coutinho Luca DNS, transform the attack on the left side.
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So that is quite interesting because you're playing a team
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that the different stage and they've got to be enforcement,
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might be a different manager, may be injured, is our kinder to
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them. Who knows?
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But it's Tiffany quite interesting and, yeah, I don't
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know how I'm gonna handle the next couple of months to this,
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this race for the top four. Will you kick you?
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Give the Chinese chime in about United?
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Yeah, I know. I comes to United.
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I'd rather keep quiet. I don't bother wearing my
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t-shirt anymore, but I still wear.
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It looks replicate Liverpool United with them Arsenal.
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So look to be honest. That actually looks like the
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color Callum was talking about when he said pea convey.
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A, I'm just pulling out. Yeah.
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Yeah. Look at the league has been
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interesting. Like it easy, buddy.
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Season. But I just think that over the
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past five, six, easons. I think you've completed
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dominated. The Premier League.
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If you look at what he's done the place.
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He said this maybe two three seasons.
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He said, you know, complete strong squads.
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But I mean if you look at the season it is it doesn't have a
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90-inch in Jesus. He does but doesn't play but his
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they 13, 14 points, a hit. I think give a tech and they
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haven't played with a 9. So I see.
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Like I said, he's dominated the league.
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Obviously, Liverpool deserve to win the league when they did
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couple Seasons back, but I think the other teams have sort of
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Fallen by the wayside in terms of not, you know, keeping
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momentum building on squads, just been change of management
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challenge of person now, so if you go back 10, 15 Seasons, you
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wouldn't see this. This type of You know, both
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room, dramas have to say what the top four clubs.
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It's such a sort of stuck to the management stuck to most of the
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senior players and streams and in certain positions season on
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season, whereas, I think, you know, as time progressed.
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I think the league has become more unforgiving was supposed to
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schooling for players its management seeds, the poor.
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He's obviously, pressured to, to make things work get through.
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Else win trophies? Everything's become about money.
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That's the bottom line. Yeah.
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So for me, it's just it's a momentum thing season on season.
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I don't think all the clubs have stuck with the management stuck
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to their guns supported in many manager.
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So to say, in terms of who they wanted to bring in and I look at
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United particularly, you know, a lot of signings were both.
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Because of pressure from the supporters from the board Don.
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He's one of them. I think he was just both for the
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sake of it doesn't get played. We buy a guy like the Maria
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doesn't last a full season of he goes.
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So yeah, it's interesting to see way way too, you know, head in
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the next two or three seasons with the club black United who
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stick with the manager. They're going to point at the
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end of the season and Him for three, four seasons, 45 even and
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give him that run of, you know, longevity and tell him.
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This is what we expect over five seasons, but it's also been
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refreshing in the sense that, you know, your team's lack waste
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time Aston Villa recently. If it in law season, you know,
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that that have been both over and another on are competing and
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taking points of the big four big Six, so yeah.
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Yeah, it's it's interesting that you mention the, the digital
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media transfer and like, I feel like social media played a part
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plays a part so much more in transfers these days because 12
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12 14 years ago. There wasn't any social media
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and no Dean had any sort of inside information into these
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transfers that are going to happen and it just like it
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becomes such a toxic atmosphere. On on social media from, from
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all these fans that dim ond X, Y and Z from the clubs and it's
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gotten to a point. I feel like with United being
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prime example. It was like he came to a lot of
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a lot of fan opinion and a lot of like what the fans wanted and
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I think like Tanya from the bank was a prime example of that.
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He was affected our Madrid and Rome Madrid passed on him and
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United didn't get trading center of the way they want to do.
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And because moving over noise on social media was about Johnny
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Thunder Bay. He just It's caved and you got
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him. I don't even think you
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consulted. Any of the first thing stock.
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I don't think you can solve the, anybody just maintain energy.
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Did the transfer and narrow down.
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He's sitting on the bench every day, because I feel like that's
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a sort of a dentist from the personal stuff due to the
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hierarchy to tell them. Like, you can't do that.
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We're not going to stand for that.
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And for Donnie. Like he's not a bad play, is one
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of the most technical players at United, you so good at it.
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Bully tension. He said, we're picking apart,
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but he's just being used by the first game, starts to make a
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point, and I really hope that he that he gets a transfer window
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or something like that the season, because it is a walk up
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here and I hope you play some ball.
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Tell him, I think you, you want to do mention something.
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I know she odd has a question for me, but also not raise a
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point on that United stance. I won't be going be too long on
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this one. I can I can't speak for quite a
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bit. But yeah, I've noticed with
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United obviously. They 2012 2013 is the last time
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they won the vegan, that was brilliant specially.
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But what people like often don't realize is that was a very aging
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Squad and you Alex Ferguson really got the best out of that
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Squad and I think he left at the right time.
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He knew what was coming. He was a bit.
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He's a very smart man. That's why he's got a certain
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fun of Inez is the Pinnacle of Premier League football, I have
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to give him his props, guys. He's given me so much nightmares
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as a child here, but I would say what United's done since
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probably 2014 15 is the heavens sort of taken the next step in
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the modern way of football. With that.
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They still harping on that idea of how they were working, things
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from the late 90s and into the 2000s.
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With a lot of clubs progress differently, much like,
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Liverpool from the 80s to the 90s.
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We never change the way we Whatever changed how we did
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things as a football club and that's why we became a cup team
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for 30 years and all of the league winning team.
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We didn't change our structures. And with United, I find that
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what they transfer strategy to still act like a big club and
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act relevant. They throw massive money at
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basically prima donnas in a way. A lot of star players that don't
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necessarily fit the structure of the team of look at Falcao.
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Demon, really looking slots and remove each swipe
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Schweinsteiger. A lot of these players don't
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scream to any system or formation and just scream.
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Big-name coming in, we start a big club.
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We are still relevant. We can still spend the big money
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and I feel like a lot of the signings of later being like
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that, where you know, that hasn't been sort of succession
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planning involved with. I think the opposite I could
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say, for Liverpool at times. Obviously now, we've had a bit
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of a few moment in terms of transfers, but we hardly stand
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the big-name place. I'd hope we did.
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But yeah, that's uh, smart pointer regarding enacted.
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They've got to start looking at players and aren't necessarily
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the names, but that's the right foot for the squad life.
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People are no United fans. When you never got Jaden center.
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It's Molly saw from Watford was available for 40 million pounds
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instead of 100 or 80 or 70. Father do eventually got in for
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Jared, Bowen could have been a decent by that stage, you know,
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hobby bonds, but players. See if they'll listen to those
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names and they're like, no, no. No, they weren't fully
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qualified. I'm saying I was like, I'm going
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to sign Robertson from Hull City.
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I was like, what are we doing here?
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But look Tierney came from from relegated, Burnley one out in
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from your negated, Newcastle, Shakira.
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Relegated, Stoke Robertson from relegated house, 30 McGuire's.
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Walter Lister this quality around the league.
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Just got to make sure that your your structures in place.
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Are there to see the quality and the talent in those teams?
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The ID on you. The short short, I didn't work
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then for some reason. But anyway, I think enemy
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already started talking a bit about what I wanted to ask you.
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And it's like you said, a big difference between the team like
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United and the team like Liverpool is the recruitment is
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very clear with Liverpool tears. The, I mean, there's a manager
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at home with a clear way of playing, he's got a system.
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He knows what type of skills you want in each position.
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And the club goes out and gets it for him.
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Whereas teams like United. Maybe they make signings to
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paper over the cracks, you know, and to keep the shoulders.
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Happy and so on. But my question for you, just
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with regards to Liverpool's recruitment.
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Obviously, they've done really well and going forward.
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The ownership is the Fenway Sports Group.
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They have a history of not investing after they've won.
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So, the reason I say that is because in terms of the baseball
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team that their own, they won the World Series.
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And the next year. They let their bass player leave
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via trade. So, essentially in the same
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position. I was most seller easy and
23:09
assign a new country. Or are they going to let him go?
23:11
Because you're not willing to pay the money that the next
23:15
contract requires. So what do you thoughts on that?
23:18
You know, in terms of sodium ion a most salad Virgil Van Dyke.
23:23
These guys have been brought in kind of at the same time that
23:25
the same Arc in their careers will level pay up to extend
23:29
their contracts or do. You see it going the other way?
23:32
Way, they might get Replacements already lined up for those
23:35
players. So like in regards to, for be no
23:39
Virgil Henderson, Trent Robertson monitor also new
23:42
contracts in the summer big, big contracts think 34-year deals,
23:46
which helps the cloud Club in the long run in terms of
23:50
transfer fees. If anyone wants to come in for
23:51
them, but Silas told that one and there's been rumors coming
23:54
out from different Publications that he wants, assurances from f
23:58
is G and the club that they are going to invest in this current
24:01
Squad because he I'm get the feeling from his perspective.
24:04
He sees this quality manager in front of Him Liverpool.
24:07
We still had in a good space. At the moment.
24:09
We have quality around the park. We just need a little bit of
24:12
fresh legs here in the some good quality additions to the squad.
24:16
Give you got some good quality players sort of on the bench,
24:18
but you'll find is like Lord Shiva.
24:20
We needed them the most, they were also injured and a lot of
24:23
our key critical players on the bench or injury-prone.
24:27
So it's stuff that we need a couple of players in.
24:30
By the front door at are going to do the difference.
24:31
Now, I've given FSG they created have given our fibrosis later.
24:36
For many times, I think at least you've got a right since clubs
24:39
coming. And that is the clock, Vector,
24:41
not Liverpool. It's the portfolio and club
24:44
bringing the likes of Roger Van Dyke to Liverpool.
24:46
Because he saw a project and one of the best managers in the
24:48
world, in regards to our I'll transfer, you know, we get rid
24:53
of genuine out and we played 36 games last year in the Premier
24:56
League for us, other midfielders, all or no.
24:59
And for picking up little injury, knocks throughout the
25:01
season, then never played 38 games or even 35 Plus.
25:05
So for us to not get Someone in from the front by the front door
25:08
in a midfielder, mold. That was us not succession
25:11
planning. So that is where we sort of come
25:14
unstuck you guys. So that injury crisis we had
25:16
last year three center backs out, our first three.
25:18
And then we had at one game. I think we had four be near and
25:21
Henderson Clan centre-back lost against Southampton because we
25:24
are. First, guys are Christmas
25:25
people? Forget this wheel first
25:27
Christmas without verge of one died.
25:28
We had Mattapan Gomez. Oh no gum, is it also got
25:31
injured? We had massive boost old
25:32
arithmetic and for being you holding steady matter gets a
25:35
season. Ending injury and and they goes
25:38
off season and what they should have done is broken.
25:41
The bank first week of January to get someone in to try and
25:43
hold that lead. They didn't they wait until the
25:46
last day to learn two players that aren't even good enough for
25:50
Norwich as you can see with with us and come back.
25:52
So I'm expecting Liverpool this transfer window to to or to get
25:57
our Masala over the line and to invest with a few plays because
26:00
we've been promised that geology correct.
26:02
We've been promised that but never happened.
26:04
No fruition from that. That's the the That's the
26:06
interesting with American Sportsman.
26:08
It's like in football. We always want to win every
26:12
year, you know, you want you win and then you want to defend your
26:14
title, but in American sport for some reason, everything works in
26:18
a cycle, so you win this year? And then for two years, you can
26:21
be terrible and then you can come back up and the fans kind
26:25
of happy with that. They do with it, but footballs
26:28
different man, you know, level bulls, not happy with winning
26:31
and then I can we just going to chill and take the Champions
26:33
League places for the next two years and then we'll come up.
26:36
You know, in football, it doesn't go like that.
26:39
So it's quite interesting Dynamic to see.
26:41
And I mean it's for most of us on this conversation.
26:44
Our teams will have America known as who believe that way.
26:46
Like was worthwhile. Now them, they're not going to
26:49
replace him and spend a lot of money in January, because they
26:52
know if he leaves the type of work, they're doing with the
26:55
academy, they can just put a motor player who has the skill
26:59
set. He just needs to experience so
27:01
you get guys like Harvey Elliot coming up.
27:03
And yeah, they're not the finished product, but they've
27:05
got all the skills. Skills to fit the system and the
27:08
ownerships willing to to ride that growth process out because
27:12
I know in two or three years if they promote those guys, they're
27:15
going to increase the salon value.
27:17
So they transfer is going to go up, they can either make money
27:20
or that player becomes an asset to them that they can actually
27:24
sign at the lower than market value, will contribute to the
27:27
team. Yeah, and I think that's exactly
27:31
what happened with anything until you talk to or no value to
27:34
Jack the jackpot with him because I mean, is the base
27:36
right that we're in right now? And I don't think that they
27:40
realized how good he was going to be.
27:43
When you first came on the scene, and he just got paid to
27:46
Damien came out. And I think this chair inside is
27:50
sort of similar effect when he first came on the scene, in my
27:55
opinion, as a United fan. Like I really enjoyed watching
27:57
him. Play.
27:59
He seemed to get better every single game and then you got to
28:03
a point. We he blacked out for a bit and
28:07
I'm not sure Karen if you were here with my sentimental really
28:10
but it just feels like he hasn't taken the next step in his
28:14
career, from what he could have been University from testing.
28:22
I agree. Sorry guys, taking up all your
28:24
all your time here. Sorry, man, and yeah, but I'd
28:28
say with Curtiss Jones, he did GE came up on the, we knew about
28:32
him from the, from the academy, but we asked one of those
28:34
players, like, Liverpool Academy of late, hasn't been a
28:37
sincerely, like the most functional and it's been in
28:39
quite some time. And their star player is never
28:42
quite make it, but good as Jones, got his chance eventually
28:45
and you know, school to crack against Everton if they cut by
28:47
know. And what he was doing is very
28:48
similar to the likes of not going to compare to Smith.
28:51
I think Smith throws lack absolute levels, and he's
28:53
playing week in week out. But I think also, if Curtiss
28:55
Jones was an awesomely got to be playing week in week out and
28:57
that's not firing shots at Austin.
28:59
I think that's just the reality of where they are at the moment,
29:03
but I think last year he played quite a bit of games in Midfield
29:05
for Liverpool whilst we had Hindu and for being here at the
29:08
back and a couple of games you come unstuck and and I don't
29:12
think last year was a season of growth for him and maybe in the
29:14
same sort of adversity. But those adversity every week
29:17
Bob team, those never highlights and moments where we could
29:19
actually he could learn Learn from us, you know, I'll
29:23
midfielders being quality and, you know, to learn from the
29:25
likes of Thiago and Henderson and having a full Squad around
29:29
him. So I think this year's a nice
29:31
year for growth women and I'll look at next, then if he hasn't
29:34
kicked on and I would say guys that's that's that's probably
29:38
his Liverpool career plateaued and it probably probably
29:41
probably working out at that point, but then again, crops
29:44
probably got 23 years left in Liverpool, in any case before,
29:47
Stevie G takes over, Liverpool is probably the basic In the
29:51
world of he got wind, that item is to sell the academy products.
29:55
Dominic solanki. Jordan.
29:56
I but that's some quick cash. Yeah, we got some big money for
30:01
those guys. A tree on Brewster to Sheffield
30:04
United, have been with me for 25 long since his first
30:15
championship. Top four.
30:52
Am I supposed to give particular order here?
30:53
Never the top three is kind of settled.
30:57
Isn't it? Chelsea computer?
31:02
I'm sorry. That's just me being very
31:03
optimistic. Yes, I'll got City.
31:06
I got Liverpool like Chelsea and solely by virtue of, I think
31:14
United overall Squad quality. I think they actually picked up
31:17
for, to be honest. As much as I'd like awesome.
31:21
Be there, it's just at we way too inconsistent at the moment.
31:24
And as long as yeah, cos they always be a doubt.
31:28
So yeah, that's my top four. Yet.
31:34
Yeah, look, I mean, I think City's gonna carry on with the
31:36
title. Liverpool probably have the best
31:38
chance to finish second for me and Chelsea.
31:41
I think they have too much quality through drop further
31:43
down. Like if you watch them play, not
31:45
either but scary because they don't look like they have
31:48
anything going for them, but they just need to get it
31:50
together. I kind of shit for a small
31:52
straight for five games and they also meant that spot.
31:56
Again. The fourth part is very
31:58
interesting. I think at the end of the day to
32:01
finish fourth, you need to pay a decent defense.
32:03
With goalscoring and that's what Arsenal unfortunately don't
32:08
have. They don't have the gold coating
32:10
it, right? And that's the biggest worry for
32:11
me. I mean we have scored what one
32:13
goal in January so far, and if there's no Striker coming
32:16
through the door or Theta fixing things with Obama ink, then I
32:22
don't see where the girls are going to come from.
32:23
And if you look across the guys, you mean, waste time.
32:26
I have a decent shout. If they, if they can stay
32:29
healthy and I even telling you can stay healthy.
32:30
They could probably score enough to, to be in the Conversation.
32:33
But again, I just feel the United, I have enough quality to
32:37
do. She squeezed out that fourth
32:39
position and sorry. I mean, you know, I'm also no
32:41
support.this. I know, laughs Whispers will.
32:47
Yeah, I'm gonna go with obviously City.
32:50
I think they going to win it. Liverpool Chelsea, and then
32:55
actually done back in 92 in force.
32:58
I've said so I think on the last episode as well, whatever I
33:02
agree with ya and He was with Jason.
33:04
They do have the squad, you know, to do.
33:11
You know, fight team likes it in terms of men for men
33:14
replacement, but I don't see them finishing fourth.
33:18
I also think we quite inconsistent, a lot of politics
33:22
for me, going on the, in the back room.
33:24
So I wouldn't be surprised if thought Spurs or maybe even
33:32
waste time three in the fourth. Can you?
33:38
I'm gonna agree with Jason and Giada says that he went to
33:41
Liverpool comes second. We try and push them but not but
33:43
not close enough and I would say Chelsea will finish and I think
33:47
United will will will just get in and but I think Arsenal or
33:50
try and run them close and I think Austin will come forth.
33:53
That's my prediction, Spurs, six waste em, seventh, hopes all
33:57
wolves go. Yeah.
34:00
I'm just going United Liverpool, Chelsea City, Liverpool, Chelsea
34:05
United. Yeah.
34:08
That's my duffel. I think United will just about
34:11
liquid at the end of the season, going to be tough.
34:13
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