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Ep 32: BONUS: 24/25 Team of the Season - Draft War! · Let's Kick It Off!

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2024-2025 Team of the Season Premier League players only.
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What we do, we can do one pick each year.
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So we'll do one pick each you can pick your formation.
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Get my notepad out, yeah? We'll go round so whoever picks
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first, it'll you know, and then we'll come back round again
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basically, right. So you can take and you can take
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the player from any position. Yeah, any position, any team,
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you pick your formation, you just justify it.
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There's no like right or wrong answer to this.
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You pick whoever you want. You can include performances
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outside of the Premier League if you want to, so it doesn't have
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to be Oh yeah, but that only happened in the Europa for.
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It so I can put I can put Casamiro in just basically. 100%
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I might do 100%. Harry Maguire and it's no
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problem. 100% So you can pick whoever you want as long as they
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obviously play for that. And then maybe at the end, if we
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have time, like we'll do it as quickly as possible.
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But if we have time, we can then all together decide on an 11
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that we all agree on, like but based on our plays.
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Do you want to like toss a coin or decide who goes first?
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Not going to do flop of the 11. We'll do that next time.
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What? Can I come on then?
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I've got something I can flip here.
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But you guys first, Steve, because you, you came first in
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FBL. So just do, let's just do it off
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that basis. So who who, who won out of you 2
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in the end? Actually, you two were quite
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neck and neck. Think he won by a point.
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Did a point, Yeah. I mean, it doesn't matter.
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Literally, if you're not winning, you're not winning.
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I know still as I think you're gonna have to go third then if
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we're doing it based on FPL. Yeah.
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Oh yeah. One by a point.
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Done. Did you you know that I'm going
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to put your so Steve, you. I mean, it's obvious who first
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pick is. Let's be honest.
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I'll write it down, Bruno. Fernandez.
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Really. Come on, no, I'm Salah.
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Yeah, let's just look quickly as we go through them as well.
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Just, you know, give a give a little shout out.
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Why? I mean, it's a bit obvious with
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Salah to be honest, why you've picked.
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It yeah. And also just can I say, do we
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need to tell say our formation? Yeah, just say no, no, no, no.
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No, you can just do it as you go.
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You. Could cause the picks could
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determine your formation as well, right?
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Yeah, no, that's fair. OK, cool.
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I mean, yeah, unbelievable amount of goals.
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Liverpool won the league, should win Balandor, but apparently
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might not due to political reasons that we discussed on the
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last pod. So as much as I hate to say it,
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amazing player and this season has developed like a different
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side to his game, almost in like ball control and yeah, the ball
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was just glued to his feet. So I think it's a slightly
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different cellar this season and it pains me.
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Obviously that plays for Liverpool, but.
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Yeah yeah, 29 goals which is amazing right?
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9 penalties still but still the top scorer even non penalty and
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penalty is that. Just in there, is that Premier
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League goals? That's Premier League, yeah.
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But the the bit that that you've just mentioned, 18 assists, 18
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assists, that's absolutely I don't know what the I could go.
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We could do a look in history, but I can't remember anyone
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getting that many assists. So yeah, I'm very obvious.
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I'll be very, very high 18 as an all time, very obvious first
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pick. Let's see if he can sustain it
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for next season. I'm sure he'll be straight in
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your FPL team on the try and avoid him.
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But yeah, Salah first pick. I tried to do that for about
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four weeks and then I thought I've got to get him in.
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Yeah, so fair enough. It's to be honest.
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Because of obviously the season they had and they're going to be
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favourites. Can't you can't win FPL without
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Liverpool players. Yeah, so Ash, your your next
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pick. I think I'm going to go for
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obvious 2, right? Alexander, Isaac.
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Yeah, that. Let's have a quick look at the
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stats class. I mean a very second pick, less
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obvious, but I think yeah, I would have probably gone for
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Isaac as well. 23 goals, second top goal scorer in the league in
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terms of just quick look and the non penalty as well.
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So like 19. So just one less than seller
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class player in Newcastle wouldn't be where they are
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without him. So yeah, Esac.
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I have two picks, which is cool because I go first now and then
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first for the next. OK, I didn't know that.
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Yeah, nor did I, but anyway, I'll.
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Come round Steve will get, you'll get 2 picks.
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As we come round again I think I'm going to have to go with the
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because we've all got the goal scorers.
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I'm going to follow suit. I had a few injury issues this
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season but still managed to get 22 goals.
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Erling Harland. So I'll take Harland as my
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number 9 and then the next pick is a bit more difficult, bit
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more tricky. I'm going to go with I'm going
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to solidify at the back and I'm going to go with Virgil Van Dyke
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of Liverpool. I think the best defender in the
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Premier League, one of the best centre backs in the world.
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I think in terms of defensive quality, it's obvious, but he's
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also his passing game. So the Van Dyke into Sala is
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such a key component of how Liverpool play.
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So I think I've got the best centre back in the league.
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There is my second pick so. Just defender of the world.
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Well, just quickly on that, where do you rank him in the
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pantheon of Premier League centre backs?
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Is he better than the likes of Village Rio Terry?
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I think we're gonna have to wait till the end of his career.
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I think what's happened with Van Dyke is he only had one title,
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but now he's got 2. Can he get a third or a fourth?
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Four, because that is the difference between the Rios in
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the village, the Terry right now.
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Exactly because that's where you need Arsenal to buy big this.
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Summer because The thing is as well, it's not like his other
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career was, you know, in serial top level.
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It was it was Celtic, which, let's be honest, doesn't count,
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and Southampton. So it's not like, you know, with
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Stam, you can say, yeah, he he did well in Italy and played at
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the Champions League level elsewhere.
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So I think Van Dyke could get there.
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But at the moment I would still obviously have these other guys
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just done that longevity. But his career is not over.
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He signed a new two year deal. If he gets, you know, 4 fives,
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he's going to be right in the mix for that conversation.
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Obviously Cavs would be screaming right now.
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He already is. But yeah, you know, as far as us
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very concerned, like winning trophies matters a lot still.
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So yeah, he's still got to do that.
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Yeah, back back to you, Ash. So who you going?
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For it's a tough one, midfield. What was going on in midfield
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this season? He got Cole Palmer.
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Yeah, I'll take Cole Palmer because he is probably my
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favourite midfielder. I would have probably picked
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soccer, but soccer's, you know, was out for so long.
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I almost think Sacker doesn't, you know, like might not get
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picked by anyone because of his injuries.
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Because of the injury, such a bad injury, the hamstring took
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him out for quite a while. Yeah, but Palmer, great pick,
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would have been one of my top of my list as well.
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Best player at Chelsea. I don't think Chelsea finished
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top four or five or wherever they end up without Palmer.
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The only thing with Palmer I'd say is when he was out of my
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fantasy team, he was amazing. When he was in my fantasy team
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he dropped off towards the end so disappointed me, but he was
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insane at the beginning of the season when I didn't have space
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for him for having Harland and then Harland gets injured.
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I bring Palmer and he does nothing, but he is.
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That was that was the annoying thing in that I think the effect
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of the manager came through in the second-half of the season.
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He became too efficient on the ball.
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That creativity which BBQ man Mr Pochettino gave him, gave him
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that freedom and I think that was eked out of his game by
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Maresca, particularly in the second-half of the season and so
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yeah, on fire at the beginning. Still 15 goals, 8 assists.
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Looking at the numbers, Palmer is a no brainer.
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Hopefully a Man United player one day.
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Yeah, hopefully. Getting back right, He's a
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United fan, so yeah. Give it a couple of years.
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We'll be back. Steve, you you have two picks
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now. Oh.
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Lucky. Perfect, right?
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So I know I'm going next. It is to solidify my central
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midfield with none other than Declan Rice.
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Great Declan Rice, good pick. I think the thing with Rice is
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as well, and I mentioned it's the beginning, you've got to
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look at performances as well outside of the Premier League
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that the Real Madrid, yeah, that was special.
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For the free kicks, Yeah. Unbelievable, right?
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Yeah. That was amazing, I bet.
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Just yeah. Solid player.
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We knew. We knew he's a top player.
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In fact, I also give you credit because you think you told me
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about was it 3-4 years ago? He's the next Rory Keane or
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something along those lines. Yeah, always liked him at West
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Ham. He's he's taken on another step
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at Arsenal. So yeah, top player great for
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England as well. Yeah should be keeping Jordan
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Henson out the team, but Thomas too.
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She'll loves his old guard. But for me it is another
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conversation to be had. But I in my opinion, next
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England captain as well. Yeah.
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Yeah, he will be, yeah. It's either because I can
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imagine Harry Kane Wheeling himself out 40 like Cristiano
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does. No, but when Kane does pack it
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in or give out the captaincy, natural age should be dead.
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Yeah, well it should be Declan based on like he's slightly
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older than Jude. Jude is going to be a long term
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England captain probably, but yeah, Rice will be in front of
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him. So yeah, we've all picked two
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players and we're background to you again, Steve, for the first
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pick. Yep, cool.
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So yeah, I should really be going for a centre back to firm
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up my defence. But you know me, I love a match
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winner and I love Man United. So Bruno Fernandez, I'm taking
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him, yeah. Good pick, good shout, can't go
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wrong. Give us, give us a little spiel
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on Bruno. God, where would we be without
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this guy? Genuinely.
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I don't know, I've not checked the stats, but if you took away
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his goals and assists we would be down there in the relegation
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scrap for sure. Yeah, it gets a lot of stick,
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but also the fact that he's staying as well.
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Committing to the club Doesn't have to.
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Could have easily taken the money to Saudi and had an easy
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life. But yeah, goals and assists,
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what did he end up on? He only got in the Premier
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League 8:00 and 8:00. Yeah.
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So it's not, it's not the stats, I think it's more the influence.
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It's the same thing I think. Chance creation would have been
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high though. Yeah.
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So if we look at let's look at X AG as a start, yeah, he's top
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five in X AG, 8.5 S, top five along Shmayla.
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Sarah didn't realise was that creative though.
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Salla, Cole Palmer, Jacob Murphy's had an amazing season,
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so maybe he's a pick and thought about Jacob Murphy.
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So Fernandez. So Fernandez right up there.
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The other thing is in terms of let's look at his progressive
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passing numbers, number one in the Premier League in
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progressive passes, 325 and miles clear of everyone else and
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that's it. So people say he loses the ball
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a lot, but that's because he's trying things as well, right?
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It's risk taking with the passing so.
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Yeah, yeah, class player. But you know, in terms of that
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Leon game, we've touched on it many a time, but scoring that
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penalty, you know, to make it, was it 3 one?
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No. Was it 3 one?
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Yeah, 31. It made it right.
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Which game? 2-3 The Leon.
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It was 70. 443. Yeah, he he made it 4-3 and then
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yeah, 443444. Four.
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Yeah, yeah. So yeah, just yeah.
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His influence leadership in a different way.
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So yeah, I'm taking Bruno. Yeah, all the me going last is
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really killing me here. Ash is next, yeah.
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Two fix in a rumour. No, yeah, but, but you know,
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like. You just got a 2 Bruno.
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Absolutely, absolutely. That was a good one, obviously.
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Because I just think we've defenders, like I can scramble
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together for decent enough defenders, but match winners and
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also central midfielders, like not the attacking central
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midfielders. I don't think there's a massive
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pool of top quality players. That's why I went for Bryce
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early. Is it back to me?
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I know who has this picking in central midfield, but I won't.
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I won't say it because I don't want him to lose him do.
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You think he's. I think he's already lost him
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anyway. Are you going to take?
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Him. Yeah, I think I know who you're
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talking about are. You going to take him into who
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you're talking about? I think so anyway.
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Mr Adam Wharton. OK, I wouldn't have picked Adam
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Wharton let get because. You've not done, you've not done
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your research. No, no.
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What me? No, no, no, because I mean, he's
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a bit borderline because he's actually not played like a lot
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of Premier League games. That is the thing.
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So for me, just to be clear, in terms of, you know, what our
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criteria are, it's how they did in the season.
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So for as an example, we're not picking Rodri because he didn't
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play, even though Rodri might be the best player.
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And I was thinking Wharton didn't play enough because of,
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but let me have a look at his actual numbers.
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Maybe I'm did. He play in the Did he play in
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the final? Yeah, I think he played, yeah,
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FA Cup. That's why I'm giving it to him,
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because he at least played the FA Cup final.
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I think he only played like 20 games in the Premier League 2020
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game, 16 starts, 1300 minutes. So like for me in my in my way,
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I'm going to pick my team more on stats and minutes and things
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like that. Yeah, he would be a bit short.
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I wasn't going for Warton, but obviously class Player and I
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think one for the future. I hope United sign in, but I
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think he will be going to think club.
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Yeah, unfortunately, yeah. Background to me, I have two
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picks. Interesting.
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Steve, you thought that was the one I won a Wharton.
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No, no, no. I'm looking purely at the season
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gone by. There are some other midfielders
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that I really like. I think I will go with the
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midfielder because I'm short in midfield at the moment, so I'm
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going to go and get Bruno. Gimmer Reich from Newcastle, I
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think he's been one of the best players.
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After Isaac. I get to have a Bruno in my team
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which I was gutted at missing out on Fernando.
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B.Tech, Bruno. Yeah, gutted at missing out on
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Fernandez, but as a comparison to Wharton, I said like I can't
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remember, 12 or 1300 minutes game arrice the 3200 minutes, 38
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matches, 38 starts, five goals, 6 assists.
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Key in terms of the I said the progressive passing numbers of
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Bruno number one at 320 progressive passes, the second
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in his gimmer race. So I've got my passing I've got
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he's he's also a bit of that battler warrior get stuck in No,
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he's got an engine definitely he's brilliant.
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So I'm going to go with Bruno #2 for for that and then.
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Helping Newcastle lift their trophy duck as well has to be
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said, yeah? Captain so yeah, passionate for
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the team so I'm going to have happy to take him because I take
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should I lock up centre back and then leave you guys absolutely
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screwing that would be funny I'm not going to do that I'm going
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to go with a another class player from the Champions.
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Unfortunately. I think I was saying we should
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limit it to three players per maximum per team.
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I think there's only one team that that really can be relevant
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to, right, and that's Liverpool. So I'm going to take, I'm going
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to take Trent at right back. Oh, interesting.
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Yeah, OK. I think I thought he hadn't had
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the best season, but as Cabs pointed out, his numbers
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actually are pretty good. Hasn't had the same numbers in
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terms of assists, but his ability to get the ball up the
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field, best passer. I think he's going to do amazing
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at Real Madrid. Yeah, I like a bit of flair in
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my team and having lost out on Bruno, I think if I've I've got
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gamer eyes, I've got Van Dyke, I've got Trent, they can get the
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ball to Harland hopefully and score me a lot of goals.
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So I'm going to what? Did you make of Trent's fluent
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Spanish in his press conference? I loved it.
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It's trolling the Liverpool fans.
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He's. Clearly.
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He's clearly been on Duolingo for months.
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Exactly. He's been preparing.
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For a lot to play to him. So yeah, I think that.
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I think he's. I would have had Trent, to be
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fair. I think he's going to do well in
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in Madrid, so I think it's a good move for him and yeah, fair
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play to the boy. It'd be interesting to see if we
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can force his way into two Shields England squad because
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that's the whole thing of him. He hasn't made it on the
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international stage, but in terms of Liverpool in the
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Premier League, a key player in in the champion.
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So yeah, I think and and probably the best right back in
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in the league, even though maybe not his very, very best season,
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but still class. And that's back to Ash now.
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That's about to me. Oh, tough one.
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Yeah, because I haven't got, I don't think I've picked a
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defender yet, so I'm going to have to go Saliva, yeah, I'd
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say. When I said I could look out
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sent. Yeah, I know.
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I like to leave a company. Yeah, well, to be fair, it would
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have been interesting because once Gabrielle got injured to
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leave a struggled to be fair, Like it's actually a bit of a
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toss of a coin. But yeah, up until the the
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injury of Gabrielle Lieber was just absolutely sweeping up like
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Rio Ferdinand style. Yeah, bit of a no brainer
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really. Good age.
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Obviously rumours already that because he's not signing a
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contract, Real Madrid is sniffing around him.
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I think is it end of next next season, then his contract could
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be up or maybe he's got sniffs around Kanate as well already.
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OK, He's got a year left on his Liverpool deal.
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So yeah, come on Ray out. Yeah, take him all.
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You take them all? Exactly.
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So yeah, I've. I've got to go.
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Saliva. So you've got 2.
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Picks to me, I've got two. OK nice, well I better get a
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defender in and you've just mentioned him so I was going to
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take Canata and take the other centre back for the Champions.
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Solid player really. I mean obviously not as dominant
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as Van Dyke, but maybe the unsung hero.
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Yep, potentially so centre back. I'm sure he records the issue
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with Kanate, but he managed to stay fit for a lot of the last
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seasons. How many minutes did he get?
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Yeah, let's have a look. Ibrahima Kanate played 31
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matches, 30 starts, 2560 minutes.
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Wow, he's played a lot of minutes.
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Exactly, and that's the most he's played in his career.
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Career. Yeah, definitely.
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He used to get loads of injuries even at is it Monaco?
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He came from Leipzig. The Leipzig, the second highest
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was in 20/18/19. He played 2400 minutes apart
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from the only two seasons he's got above 2000.
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So his first season at Liverpool, only 990, then 15115
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hundred. Crucially, the slot effect.
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Keeping him fit, yeah, less, less demands in terms of
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physicality versus club. And yeah, so, yeah, great pick
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and you've gotten back to you. So that was the last pick of
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that round, but now you get the first pick of the next round, so
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back. To yeah, I mean I should really
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be firming up the defence. However like I said, I think I
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can must have 4 defenders together or or three if I'm
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going back 3 but I'm not so I'm going to go for another attacker
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and none other than Mr Brian and boom.
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Oh yeah. But have you watched him this
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season or only in the last five weeks?
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20 Premier League goals bro, what more do you need to know
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you. Don't want to sign him but.
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He's had a good season, 1 good season.
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Did you say like he had two years of scoring nine goals and
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then before that he was in the? Championship This is the 2425
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season. OK, two.
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No, he's had a great season, really like.
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Him the only thing I would say and why I don't agree with your
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pick is I think he plays on the right wing and where Salah
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plays. So I don't where are you playing
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is my question. Left.
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I'll put him on the left. Yeah, see, I, I don't.
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Agree. I would do that, yeah.
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Yeah, so. It's fine.
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You know, I think you're you're he's he's the whole thing of
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Embomo is coming on on the left foot, left footer coming inside
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to score those goals rather than going on the outside to cross.
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So I I would have actually fit Ashley myself had picked him.
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It would have made a lot of sense.
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I think you've got the same player in the same position.
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And I think and Burmo, if we're doing a team of the season, is
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the poor man seller in that right wing picks like the second
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second and you've got both of them.
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So I think you're going to have to maybe put Salah up front #9.
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We'll see. We'll see a solution.
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Yeah. So that's your two.
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Picks back to you, Ash. Yeah.
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Yeah, I've got some super fun options depending on my
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formation. So what I'm going to do is
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because there's so many options in attack at midfield, I'm just
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going to solidify my centre backs and I'll just take
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Gabrielle because like I was saying literally 5 minutes ago,
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yeah, as a combination they're brilliant together.
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Obviously they had strong seasons before this year and
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they were doing well this year. I think the biggest problem is
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more Mikhail Arteta and the way you set the team up in terms of
19:51
trying to score goals. Umm And that's where they've
19:54
struggled obviously to keep up with Liverpool, but I think
19:56
defensively they had enough about them.
19:58
I think it's goals which is their issue and like having a.
20:02
Good reserve for you as well as we.
20:04
Know, yeah, great, yeah, always good for goals.
20:07
I think early season he was definitely chipping in with
20:10
headers and stuff like that, yeah, so he's good for a goal as
20:12
well. So yeah, I'll go, Gabrielle.
20:14
Three goals, you know, set piece through it and you've got the
20:18
combination of the Gabrielle Celebra relationship.
20:20
Left foot, right foot, yeah. Unlike Steve who's picked 2
20:23
right wingers, you've got some sense to your actual picks.
20:26
Mate it's a fluid formation. It's what sound.
20:29
Like Gary signed. Two number 10s.
20:30
We can play them anywhere. No because ones ones plays off
20:33
the left one off the right, right foot, left foot
20:35
combination like ashes got Gabrielle Saliba.
20:37
Very clever. That makes a lot of sense.
20:40
I have got to OK, so I've got I've got my I've got Van Dyken,
20:45
Trent at the back, Karland up front, Bruno.
20:47
I need a holding midfielder, I think.
20:49
I think the number 2 holding midfielder, maybe the number one
20:52
holding midfielder. My personal favourite.
20:55
Another one I wanted to sign for United.
20:57
I'm going to go for Moises Kaisaido of Chelsea.
21:01
I think that he is probably underrated still.
21:05
I I always look at I saw whenever I look at Chelsea, he's
21:08
the guy that does great in terms of build up gets the ball back
21:12
for them. Still can I think improve his
21:14
own ball game a little bit. But as Adm perfect DM against us
21:18
like yeah, couldn't deal with him so press resistant.
21:21
So I'm going to go with Kai Sado in DM position and then I will
21:26
go with this is an interesting question.
21:29
We need to get some. I would have I would have liked
21:32
him Boermo. So I have.
21:34
To say or can we trade, can we do trades?
21:36
Well, let's you can offer. Something might be able to Yeah,
21:42
this this is all of a sudden going to a one hour recorded
21:44
now. I told you we could.
21:46
We could think of a better, better idea than team of team of
21:49
the season, so. What's it What's in the
21:50
Community Chest? Yeah.
21:52
So what? What left wingers have you got
21:53
for me? So I'm going to actually, I'm
21:55
actually going for the left side.
21:56
I think the left side in the Premier League is not as strong
22:00
as the right side. With those two, I don't think
22:02
they're obvious picks. I'm going to go with A and
22:05
United player here because it's going to be a bit of fun whether
22:09
he's a left winger or not plays in that inside left position.
22:12
We've just signed him for 62 and a half million and Matthias
22:14
Cunha, Brazilian international, had a great season at Wolves, as
22:17
I mentioned in that good, good, good goal record, great
22:21
dribbler, great flair. Can't wait to see him at United.
22:24
Bruno, Bruno Gimereich, Brazil as well.
22:27
So he got the double Brazil combo.
22:30
So I'm going to go with Cunha as kind of that inside left
22:33
position, maybe look looking at my team could be a number 10 and
22:37
I could go with a left wing, right wing, Harland up front
22:40
because I've got Kaiseido as well.
22:42
So let's see how the teams work out, but I will pick Cunha.
22:45
Back to you, Ash. OK, I'm glad none of you guys
22:48
have picked him, although I did like Kaiseido.
22:51
I'm going to go Ryan Grabenbach, unfortunately that's my first
22:55
Scouse pick. Absolutely brilliant season.
22:58
Arnie Slot. Absolute genius with what he's
23:00
done with him because his record suggests that he's actually
23:04
being described as the Dutch Paul Pogba back in the day.
23:08
So what? He's done with him, and he was.
23:11
Not like Pogba. No, he can't pass like he
23:14
doesn't have Pogba's range, but or like the magic element.
23:17
But yeah, but the the efficiency, yeah, the efficiency
23:22
of his passing is being metronomic this season.
23:25
And a lot of credit goes to slot is what we were talking about.
23:28
You know, you have your squad and what can you do with your
23:31
players. And that's a great example of
23:34
taking someone who's based basically a #8 made him into a
23:37
number six. And because we're supposed to
23:39
talk, you know, focus on the season as well.
23:42
Like, yeah, I'm happy with that now that I've got Warton and
23:46
Gravimbach. Why didn't Eric Tenhog sign him?
23:49
That's a big mystery. How do you?
23:52
I think he tried to do you know what, I think it was PSR because
23:56
I think he tried to get him on loan when he was at buy in.
23:59
You remember that January we got Vegas Interesting.
24:02
Yeah. Yeah.
24:03
So I think, I think it was PSR related or maybe we just didn't
24:06
want to pay whatever the loan money or maybe the fee at the
24:09
time. But yeah, I think it was PSR,
24:11
yeah. It'd be interesting to.
24:12
He wouldn't have been as good. So yeah, fair play to him.
24:15
Reprieve that role next season or.
24:17
Yeah, exactly. Let's see.
24:19
Let's see if Liverpool strengthen in that area.
24:21
Back to you, Steve, for the last.
24:22
Pick of this round and then you will also get the first pick of
24:24
the next round, so you've got 2. Right, OK so just looking at my
24:29
team here, I've got 1 defender at the moment so should really
24:34
take a centre back or do I want to take one of the attackers and
24:38
firm up my attack? Picking up you could pick
24:41
another right winger if you want, just have three of them.
24:43
Tell you what, we'll take visa from Brentford and I think.
24:48
We saw. So you are going to play with
24:50
the embedment visa and Salah as well.
24:53
Yeah, that's my front 3 fluid, front three, Bruno in behind
24:57
them, feeding them. I'm not sure anyone's going to
24:59
live with that. So yeah, I'll take that, take
25:01
the striker position and then. Great season at Bradford.
25:07
Yeah, how many goals? I think 19 as well and no
25:11
penalties because then by my was taking the penalties rates.
25:14
Yeah yeah you a lot of credit for him.
25:16
So yeah, he 6 top scorer 19 goals but in in non penalty
25:21
goals Allah 20 Isaac Harland and Visa 19 so visa right up there.
25:27
Yeah, yeah. Didn't realise, didn't realise.
25:28
It's that good outside penalties, so yeah.
25:30
That's why I mentioned him in terms of like, in terms of how
25:34
Brian plays. Wesa is important and that's
25:37
that's the trade we need at United.
25:39
It's like the centre forward needs to be able to combine.
25:42
So Xerxi in principle could do it if he stays fit and it has a
25:47
good season. But that's a massive if so,
25:50
yeah, Whis is definitely a very. Good first pick Steve.
25:54
So your forward lines looking wonderful here.
25:57
Yes, I'm gonna, I'm gonna firm up the back now just thinking,
26:00
do I go for a centre back or do I get a goalkeeper?
26:03
Goalkeeper is interesting because if you're picking the
26:05
best goalkeeper, you'd probably pick Allison, right?
26:08
But I don't know if he's had that good a season.
26:10
I could still pick him. But there's other names that
26:12
have had potentially better seasons as an actual goalkeeper.
26:15
Yeah, but but because I feel OK with the goalkeeper pool, I'm
26:20
going to go for a centre back who I think's had a really good
26:22
season. He might call him a poor man's
26:25
naman youvidic. So I'm going to go for
26:27
Milankovitch. Nice from.
26:28
Forest. He's been solid, right?
26:32
Score against US Old Trafford, I think he did right.
26:35
Yeah, I think he did, actually, Yeah.
26:37
No very good season. I mean, what?
26:39
Forrest on this season deserves a shout, right?
26:42
It's almost criminal that they didn't end up with a Champions
26:44
League spot to be up there whole season.
26:48
Forest I think had a pretty decent defensive record and
26:51
yeah, it was a stall at the back from what I saw.
26:54
No, yeah, 100% yeah. Good centre back pick outside of
26:57
the the obvious big clubs, Gabriel, Saliba, Van Dyke.
27:01
I think Forest defence has been brilliant.
27:03
So yeah, solid pick and you've got the next 1, I think.
27:07
No, I've just. I could have cheated.
27:10
Yeah, I mean you do a monopoly, so.
27:12
Since we're on record, I better not.
27:14
I said back to you, Ash. Yeah, I'm going to do Nottingham
27:16
Forest as well and this is going to make my team nice and fun and
27:19
fluid. Morgan Gibbs White, great
27:21
season, linked to already with a move to Manchester City.
27:25
I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not because he might
27:27
become like Jack Greelish, become too efficient.
27:30
Obviously at Forest he's been the main man.
27:32
Everything's gone through him, you know, on the verge of like
27:36
being able to get into the England squad more consistently.
27:39
Yeah, I would love him at United, obviously.
27:41
And because he can play different positions, I think
27:44
he'll make my my team fun. So yeah, I'll go with Gibbs
27:48
White. At United, don't you think CUNY
27:50
is going to do that role for us? If you love Gibbs White, you
27:52
might enjoy Cunya. Yeah, yeah.
27:54
I'm really looking forward to Kenya.
27:56
Like, I'm more interested to see how Reuben's going to make make
28:00
it all work. So, Gibbs?
28:02
White, kind of #10 E dribbly. Yeah, the dribble guy.
28:06
That's why I like Gibbs White. So seeing as you took Kenya,
28:09
because I probably would have gone for him given the season he
28:12
had at Wolves as well. And like to Steve's point about
28:14
Forest, he was the main man. Like, I mean, there was a lot of
28:17
good players at Forest, but I feel like he was a leader as
28:20
well. So yeah, I'm happy with that
28:22
one. Cool.
28:23
I have two picks. I think I'm going to firstly.
28:29
Lock up, lock up central midfield because central
28:34
midfield for me is always key. I'm a bit well, like you Steve,
28:37
I'm like I want the attack, I want the defence can take care
28:39
of itself. But central midfield I think is
28:43
is absolutely essential. So I'm going to go with another.
28:47
I think I'm up to yeah, I'm going to hit the limit on the
28:51
rat on on the Liverpool players. But for me slightly better than
28:57
Grabenberg. Grabenberg got a lot of the
28:59
plaudits because if the change of role, but the actual for me,
29:02
the best midfielder at Liverpool is McAllister.
29:05
So I'm going to go with McAllister.
29:07
So I've got and I think I've got a really good hard working
29:11
creative as well with Bruno Gimreich and McAllister.
29:14
Callister say they Bruno, I think rock solid in the
29:18
midfield, Island up front, right back and Van Dyke at the back.
29:22
So I need to I'm actually the next pick as well, so I need to
29:26
fill in. So we've got Cunha on the left,
29:29
so I need right what kind of whatever you've taken him, which
29:33
is the obvious and I can't can't pick any more Liverpool players.
29:37
But anyway, that would have been seller.
29:38
I don't think sackers played enough.
29:40
So I'm a bit lost with that. I'm going to go controversial.
29:44
I want a bit of love in my team. I want a bit of, let's say heart
29:49
in terms of what I love. And I really don't think he
29:52
probably would get in the actual teams of the season.
29:54
But for me and the pleasure he's given me, I'm going to pick
29:58
Ahmad on my on the right hand side.
30:01
He was on my shortlist. He maybe hasn't had the minutes
30:04
because the injury, but I think you talk about where United
30:07
would have been without Bruno. I think similar with Ahmad.
30:10
His impact was crucial in big moments, big games, gave us an
30:15
attacking thrust when we needed it.
30:16
And I just like him and this is a team, my team.
30:19
So I'm going to pick him, Ahmad Diallo, right wing for me.
30:22
In the back to you, Ash. Yeah, I think there's a lot of
30:24
options still with attack so So I'm going to lock in the left
30:31
back. Let me have a think who that is.
30:35
It's a toss up. OK yeah, I think I really like
30:38
him and he would actually be brilliant in a Raven system.
30:42
So Ryan Ainury and. Going to city.
30:44
Going to city but yeah, I'm I'm picturing him in his wolves kit
30:49
still. So yeah, great season, very
30:54
underrated. City, sorry, did he sign to get
30:57
to Club World Cup? I think he's is he there?
30:59
He might be, yeah, yeah. I mean, obviously attacking wise
31:02
he's really good. Going forward, I think he's got,
31:05
let's have a look. Yeah, 7 assists and yeah, he's
31:08
got 7 assists this season and four goals compared to the year
31:12
before He he had three assists. So he's got he's more than
31:15
double and then yeah, he's doubled his goals as well.
31:18
So on the right trajectory. And yeah, I mean, how can you
31:21
not like him apart from the fact that he joined for City?
31:23
So we definitely all would have liked about United, especially
31:27
in this system. Nice, back to me.
31:29
Yes. And you last you got the last
31:31
pick of this round and the first pick of the next round to two.
31:33
Sweet. So I'm going to solidify my
31:36
front 6 and I don't think you guys are going to be able to
31:39
live with my front 6. Given that I'm now going to pick
31:42
a player that I think's had a really good season.
31:45
You know me, I love a deep line midfielder.
31:47
You know I love Michael Carrick. Got to watch him at Soccer Aid
31:50
this weekend. I still think he could play for
31:51
United, but someone I think's had a really good season is Enzo
31:54
at Chelsea. Interesting.
31:57
Yeah, wasn't on my list. Yeah.
31:59
Yeah, it wasn't. A good season and you don't get
32:01
many players in that position and I think he's been pretty
32:05
good for Chelsea. Obviously a lot of people
32:07
thought Chelsea would have a bad season, but they started really
32:11
well, right? And I think Enzo was quite,
32:13
quite crucial in the team. And then obviously they dropped
32:16
off, but they got back into the Champions League.
32:18
So you have to say Chelsea had a good season and I think he was
32:21
an important player. Got some FB ref numbers as
32:24
midfielder Enzo Fernandez? Yeah, let's have a look.
32:27
I mean, I've got the the main stats, like he's got six goals
32:30
in the league, 8 assists, so yeah, very high.
32:33
But I'm wondering like, yeah, passing and maybe like expected
32:38
assistance stuff, yeah. Yeah, he he's actually 12th in
32:41
the league in terms of progressive passing.
32:44
So he's done well in terms of his passing numbers more Yeah,
32:47
decent goal output there 6:00 and 7:00 as you said, and that's
32:50
from a six and seven XG. So it's not an over performance.
32:55
So yeah, in terms of the stats, he's done well.
32:58
Yeah, maybe one I didn't. Yeah, didn't think of so good,
33:03
good. Steve clearly spoke to his
33:05
Chelsea mates, yeah. No, it's more because you guys
33:08
are going to criticise the balance of my team, so I've got
33:10
to get a partner in there. You.
33:11
Can pick whoever you want mate, it's fine.
33:14
I'm in it to win it. You know me.
33:16
There's no winner. Fuck it.
33:18
Team would already beat yours. I don't.
33:20
I could beat yours would. Be 8 players that you still got
33:22
another pick. Yes, I do.
33:23
And I'm going to take the person I mentioned before, even though
33:27
I think there's a couple of heapers that I think probably
33:30
you could argue had a better season.
33:32
But I'm gonna take Allison because I think he's the best
33:34
keeper in the league. And yeah, it just makes my team
33:38
look a bit nicer as well. So I've got my goalkeeper
33:40
sorted. Yeah, now for me, I would have
33:42
picked Allison as well. I think the thing with
33:44
goalkeepers, and this goes on to the whole conversation around
33:48
Onana, I don't think there is an outstanding goalkeeper in the
33:51
league. I don't think it's like as much
33:53
as Onana hasn't been good. It's not like I can point to
33:55
anyone else. But for me, if there's one
33:57
person I would point to, it's Alison who's class and it's
34:00
really interesting. They've signed another
34:02
goalkeeper, right? So it'd be interesting to see
34:04
next season if Liverpool are kind of going to phase him out.
34:07
But yeah, still the best goalkeeper in the league.
34:09
How old is he? He's still relatively young,
34:11
isn't he? From one 32132 yeah.
34:14
Although he's a keeper that does.
34:16
He's had a few injury issues. He had a he.
34:19
Hamstring, yeah. He missed I think 10 odd games
34:22
this season again, Yeah, yeah. So yeah, yeah, he consistently
34:26
gets hamstring injuries. I think Klopps last year, I
34:29
think he got 2 hamstring injuries.
34:31
So yeah, I mean, yeah, he's obviously the outstanding
34:34
goalkeeper in the league, to be fair.
34:36
So so and I couldn't pick him anymore.
34:38
I've got my 3 Liverpool so. Yes, I've got the spine of my
34:41
team now I just need 2 full backs so that's pretty easy.
34:44
So back. To Ash for you for #9.
34:47
Yeah, there's still lots of good attacking options, so I'm going
34:52
to wait to see. I could do goalkeeper.
34:55
Are you? Doing a Jason Wilcox and
34:57
waiting. Yeah, well, like I said for my
35:00
last position in midfield or attack, like there's still lots
35:04
of good options. So yeah, yeah, OK, cool.
35:07
I'm just going to get who I think is probably being one of
35:11
the better goalkeepers, so I'm going to go David Raya.
35:15
Yeah, Arsenal have definitely improved with him there.
35:18
I think he's had a another good season.
35:21
He's a bit dodgy with with penalty technique but generally
35:26
speaking don't remember too many errors.
35:29
Obviously very good in the air and he's made a lot of good
35:32
saves actually. So a couple of double saves
35:34
during the season as well. So yeah, I'm pretty happy with
35:37
that. And he gave you the birthday
35:39
present on your weekend by diving out of the way of those.
35:42
Exactly. So how?
35:43
How can you go wrong? I wanted him when Daiya left, so
35:47
it's a good pick for me it. Wasn't our spreadsheet.
35:50
I remember David. Yeah, exactly.
35:53
So I basically need goalkeeper, left back, centre back, you to a
35:57
pick goalkeeper. So don't need to worry about
35:59
goalkeeper. I'll wait.
36:00
So I've got 2 picks. Good.
36:01
Strategy. Yeah, left back, centre back
36:03
again. I'm going to go with players
36:05
that I like, so no rationality behind this.
36:10
He's a player that I think is has shown his quality over the
36:14
years, leader in absolute general.
36:17
He taken a lot of criticism and comebacks really strongly at the
36:20
end and proved himself to be brilliant in both boxes.
36:24
And I'm going to go with Harry Maguire.
36:26
He's gone there. I think he deserves the place in
36:30
my team after Leon, after Leon, you know, yes, I said we should
36:35
include also performances outside the Premier League.
36:37
He's taken so much abuse over the years.
36:39
He's never let England down. He's never let United down when
36:43
he's he's been there, he's been mistreated by certainly 10 hug
36:47
and he's come back really strong under Ruben, really solid
36:50
defender again in both boxes. Scored some great goals.
36:52
The knee slide. Gave us the the moment.
36:54
So I'm going to go with with my mate Harry.
36:57
Left back's an interesting 1. He don't like Cucarella because
37:01
I don't like his hair. I'm going to say I I watched, I
37:04
went to Arsenal to the Monaco game and I saw Lewis Kelly for
37:08
the first time in the flesh and I'm think he's going to be
37:10
unbelievable. But I'm going to say it's a bit
37:12
early for Lewis Kelly. But I think he's just he's going
37:15
to be something, something special is another one for you,
37:18
Steve. Yeah, Lewis Kelly is a future
37:20
really. He's going to be a midfield
37:22
eventually as well. Something maybe.
37:24
But you know, maybe he'll do it from from left back like Trent
37:27
does from right back. And I could have a Trent Lewis
37:29
Kelly left right combination because I've got Cunha who's
37:33
kind of going to come inside. I want someone that's going to
37:36
be a flying left back to do the wing.
37:39
Are you? Going to go for.
37:41
Oh, who you going to say? Fulham Robinson.
37:44
Anthony Robinson? Yeah, so Anthony Robinson, I
37:47
think he he can be my guy flying up and down the ring.
37:50
I think he's had a really good season.
37:51
I should look up the the stats, but I'm pretty sure in terms of
37:55
numbers he probably features quite well as well.
37:58
He was brilliant certainly first half of the season in terms of
38:01
numbers and then he faded a little bit with assists but he
38:05
still was creating chances but it just wasn't being taken at
38:08
the same rate. Yeah, so he him flying up and
38:11
down the left. I won't say the other names
38:13
because you guys probably want to, you know, pick him so but if
38:17
if at the end of this I can go through other names that I've
38:20
missed out, but that should complete my team, but from
38:22
goalkeeper, which I'll come back to at the end.
38:23
Back to you. Has everyone picked a left back?
38:25
No, no, you've got 8 Newry. Yeah, yeah.
38:27
That's what I'm saying because OK.
38:28
That's that's good you've done your left back.
38:31
I can hold off on left back. I need 2 full backs I've got.
38:34
Yeah, but back-to-back to Ash and.
38:35
Then Ralph, thank God, I was desperate to get a United player
38:38
in, so I'm going to fill up right back and get Missouri.
38:41
And so, yeah, disastrous season in terms of United, but in terms
38:46
of individuals, I think we've picked the the best free Bruno
38:50
Ahmad and Mazarovi at the back so.
38:52
Harry. Well, Harry's been picked for
38:55
centre back, right? So yeah, I would have gotten
38:57
Mazarovi in terms of the third best performer of the season for
39:01
United. So yeah, I'm happy I've got him
39:03
in my team actually. Great stuff and Steve, you've
39:06
got final 2 picks now to clean up the team.
39:09
Sweet. OK cool.
39:10
My 2 full backs. So you 2 got full teams now,
39:13
Yeah? I've got no come back round to
39:15
Ashley and I'll have last game. Cool.
39:17
Okay cool, so I've got yeah to my 2 fullbacks so left back.
39:22
There's a couple that could pick from Kirkes.
39:24
I think he's had a good season. Bournemouth obviously is going
39:27
to the scum so I don't wanna go near him.
39:29
Lewis Hall. Funny, because I was gonna go
39:31
for Kirkes if it wasn't for Yeah.
39:34
I'll let you have him. No, no, because I went Robinson.
39:37
Yeah. Oh.
39:37
I see, I see. Yeah, yeah.
39:38
But Kirk has, I think, the second choice of attacking
39:40
fullbacks this season. Yeah, you mentioned right, like
39:43
you don't want to say the left backs.
39:44
The other one is Lewis Hall. I think he's had a good season
39:46
at Newcastle. However, again, similar to my
39:49
Allison pick, just maybe not necessarily this season.
39:52
I think he's had a good season this season.
39:54
I think last season was probably better, but Gavardio at City,
39:57
just top, top player, scored a lot of fantasy league points.
40:00
So yeah, I'll take him at left back.
40:03
Yeah, and if I'd gone for a defensive left back I would have
40:05
picked Vardiol. And the reason I didn't pick him
40:07
was because I, yeah, because of Cunha on the left.
40:09
If I'd had winger there, Vardiol and was great.
40:12
And you've got somehow left footed Brian and Vaimo doing the
40:14
wing job. So Gavardiol sitting in behind
40:17
him is perfect for you. Yeah, exactly.
40:19
So yeah, he'll sit back and then right back.
40:21
I've got a good one for you guys.
40:23
I don't think there's many right backs I've had, like Excellency
40:25
isn't, I think. Is it Munoz?
40:27
How do you pronounce his name? I think he's had a.
40:29
Good. Munoz.
40:29
Yeah. Palace.
40:31
Yeah, He would have been my second choice.
40:32
Yeah, I'm not going to go with him, though.
40:34
I think Paro probably more. Last season he was better, but
40:37
they finished wherever in the leagues.
40:39
I don't think you can say Paro had a good season, but I don't
40:41
think there's many right backs that stand out to me.
40:43
The one I'm going to give you is one of our old friends and I
40:46
think I campaigned quite hardly. I think I said in a team
40:50
sometimes you need a player just to do a job, maybe a bit like
40:53
Gary Neville. And if you look at my team, I've
40:55
got the likes of Salah, Bruno, Rice, Enzo.
40:58
I think this person has had a good season, can slot right in
41:01
right back and that is Aaron Wan Bisaka.
41:03
Wow. Great shout.
41:05
I really like that shout. I think he's had.
41:07
He has had a great seat. I didn't even think of him, but
41:09
now you've said it, I think that's a great shot.
41:11
And he's played wingback as well.
41:14
Almost think, you know, we could have done with him back at
41:17
United. You know, Scott, Mcdonaldy,
41:19
Wambasaka, they've all had great seasons.
41:21
Anthony's been killing it. Bettis Rash is tearing up at
41:24
Villa. They would have.
41:25
Been it's a joke shy anyway, so it's.
41:27
Hilarious. And Mason Greenwood was a second
41:30
goal scoring for ants or something crazy.
41:32
So you know the old United guard.
41:36
I think Marcielzi means scoring a few in Athens, you know.
41:42
So yeah, that's a, that's a great pick.
41:44
So that's your team complete. So really, really nice.
41:47
We'll go through it at the end. Let's finish his off.
41:50
I think that you've got, I don't can't think of the position.
41:53
You've got left back, right back.
41:54
You've got 2 centre backs. Who are you going for?
41:56
You've got Isaac up front, Gibbs, White, Palmer, Wharton.
41:59
Who are you missing? Central midfielder maybe?
42:01
Depends. On yeah, it depends on my
42:03
formation. So I'm trying.
42:05
Are you guys done? I've got I'm last year.
42:08
Steve's done. Kevin yeah, I'm trying to.
42:11
So yeah, I can declare it then I'm trying to decide because
42:14
like as you can tell, I've minimised Liverpool picks here.
42:18
So the obvious one for a 433 would be to get Luis Diaz and he
42:22
can then play off the right and cut in and he's obviously had a
42:26
isn't. He better from the left though.
42:27
He's. Better from the left, yeah.
42:29
But yeah, I mean, he's got 13 goals this season, 7 assists.
42:33
So he's had a he's had a Goodyear.
42:36
And then I'm thinking I'll. Give you Brian and Bumo for
42:39
Palmer. Wow, wow, wow, Palmer, I say.
42:42
That is a I'll I'll I'll give you nice creep for for Mayfair,
42:47
isn't it? Yeah, I know exactly.
42:48
He thinks I'm silly, sneaky. Palm Palmer I've got like I've
42:55
got, you know, he can play in two roles, so.
42:58
Look at your team, you've got two number 10s almost in Palmer
43:00
and Gibbs White behind E SAC. You could do it back three
43:03
couldn't you with Celiba, Abriel and Mazrawi?
43:07
And then you've got 8 Newry left wing back.
43:11
Who would be your right wing backs?
43:12
Would you be picking a right wing back with a central
43:14
midfield of Wharton and Gravenberg so you could go with
43:18
a right wing back? That could be an interesting
43:21
he'd go the 343 If only Fring Pong played in the Premier
43:25
League, eh? Well, I'll.
43:27
Give you he's he's mentioned and if you want to do that, I would
43:30
100% say Daniel Munoz at Palace is speed unbelievable up and
43:34
down machine at right wing back at Palace, yeah.
43:37
So that was. That you pick a left winger
43:41
basically is what you're saying. Yeah.
43:42
So I think I will go Munoz because he's.
43:47
Gone for the Reuben formation. It can't win the Premier.
43:50
Yeah, I can. I can beat it, can beat these TE
43:54
teams. So I'm going to do that because
43:56
also I've wanted to try and pick a team as much as possible with
44:01
some like underdog names. So like, even like a Morgan
44:04
Gibbs? White, it's not a sexy name.
44:05
Like I would consider, for example, Elliot Anderson, right,
44:09
a name for you. I've got a name for you.
44:10
You might want to take Munoz back.
44:12
I've got a great name for you, Anthony Langer.
44:15
He's been brilliant this season. Yeah, you love a Langer.
44:17
Yeah, it's just more I've got. What for wing back or?
44:21
Yeah, you know to play on the as a wing and he can have a normal
44:24
back 4. I see.
44:25
Yeah, then I then I could play like a a normal.
44:29
Yeah, back formats, rally, right back, eight, nearly left back,
44:32
you could have Gabrielle Saliba, centre backs, Adam Wardson.
44:35
And as a whole there is Gravenberg.
44:37
And then there is one other option and I've been trying to
44:41
scribble it down to see how I can make it work.
44:44
Olly Watkins upfront with ESAC and then Cole Palmer as a 10 and
44:49
then I've got a free almost like 352.
44:52
Yeah. Yeah.
44:53
So 352 is another. Yeah.
44:55
Good, good. Like who?
44:57
Who are the wing backs though? Well, this is the the only
44:59
problem I'd have to put Morgan Gibbs White.
45:02
Yeah, he can't play Miss Wing back.
45:03
Yeah, well, the only other way to do it is I play a back four
45:08
and then in midfield I've got are free.
45:13
So I'll have Morgan Gibbs right on the right of that midfield
45:16
free, grab him back in the middle and then to the left.
45:20
Wharton No Beyoncé be fair. OK, you're going for the the
45:23
diamond. Yeah, And then the diamond.
45:26
This is great. Yeah.
45:27
Then I can. Then I can.
45:29
Then I can do Cole Palmer as 10 and he'll be loving it.
45:32
And then he can feed Isaac. Isaac can go wide.
45:36
Formation going on here. You're going with Watkins then?
45:39
Yeah, going with Ollie. Interesting as well, because.
45:42
Looked at his numbers just now as well, like goal wise he's
45:46
actually let's just double check.
45:49
I think he's either the same as last season or just one off OK
45:53
he's free off but he still scored sixteen goals, 8 assists.
45:57
I mean, he just had a ridiculous season last year, 19 goals and
46:02
an 18 assists for 2324. But yeah, even for this season,
46:07
like he probably would have even had more minutes if he didn't
46:10
have to share him with like the likes of Rashford.
46:12
So. Yeah, I'm happy with that
46:13
because I've got more goals that way.
46:15
Ollie Watkins final pick. Yeah.
46:17
And the nice thing, you know, unlike Steve who's got 2 right
46:20
wingers, the Watkins is that combination actually does work.
46:24
Watkins likes the hold up play, he's actually more dribbly and
46:27
likes running in behind. Yeah, exactly front too.
46:29
It's that that that works really nicely.
46:32
So yeah, I like the like the setup.
46:34
I have to go with a goalkeeper. The two obvious ones, Allison
46:38
and Ray, are taken. I'm going to therefore go with
46:41
the underdog pick. No, there's two underdogs.
46:45
There's two underdog picks. The obvious 1, and I think he's
46:48
the best of the underdogs, is Jordan Pickford.
46:50
He had a good season with Everton.
46:52
But given that we're considering all elements, including, you
46:55
know, like I said, out cup games, I'm going to go with Dean
46:58
Henderson at Palace United. Man kept City out clean sheet in
47:02
the final. Yeah, Dean Henderson.
47:04
Pissed off Pep. Yeah, won the cup final for his
47:06
dad. He sadly passed away.
47:08
So yeah, I like that. I'm strong pick.
47:10
Should have played in our Europa final.
47:12
I was about. I'd say could have still been
47:14
the United #1 if Ollie had the balls to have carried him on and
47:20
like ahead of Daha. Yeah.
47:21
So like, okay, we've got 3 great teams.
47:23
So I've got Henderson in goal. My centre backs are
47:27
unbelievable, Virgil Van Dyke and Harry McGuire.
47:30
I mean, that's that 75 or 80 million I've got.
47:37
I've got the best centre back, so I've got Real Madrid's right
47:40
back in Trent. It's just insane.
47:42
Sorry, sorry. Just before you finish the team,
47:43
can I just say I've got Bruno Fernandez feeding Salah?
47:46
Can you imagine? McGuire, China.
47:48
Salah doesn't need food. Van Dyke has got it all all
47:51
sorted. Out.
47:52
Bruno's gonna. I mean, to be honest, I am
47:54
unbelievably jealous about about Bruno.
47:56
I'm I just fuming. I can't believe you picked Bruno
47:59
and Bruno should have been my pick, but that's what happens
48:02
when you go 1st and you get the advantage.
48:04
But yeah, Anthony Robinson at left back and I think that and
48:08
the other left back picks are really good.
48:10
I think we've done really well there.
48:11
Kai Sado is my holding midfielder.
48:13
McAllister and Bruno Gima Rice just ahead of them.
48:16
That's a good mature. On the front three, which I
48:19
absolutely love of Matthias Kunya is going to tuck inside,
48:23
Ahmad's going to tuck inside a little bit with my attacking
48:25
wink fullbacks and the main man up front, the number 9, the best
48:29
striker in my opinion, the Premier League earling Highland
48:31
up front, so really happy with that team.
48:34
It's good, it's good. I think your two wide players
48:36
are a little bit weak in comparison to ours, but still
48:40
good team. I agree, but technically
48:42
beautiful, right? So my team will be nice to watch
48:44
with those two guys. They're real great on the
48:46
dribble. Maybe don't have the same output
48:48
as your guys, but at least they're going to pray on their
48:50
right side and Brian and Buenos going to have to learn how to
48:52
play left wing. It's fine, he can play on the
48:56
bench and he needs head. Of one of his greatest strengths
48:58
is like cutting in from why he don't know on his favoured foot
49:02
and now he has to play like Jason Wilcox.
49:06
That's going to be crossing it into to MO Salah, who just can't
49:09
head the ball. It's fine.
49:10
I I'll tell you mine right. This is what This is why it's
49:12
going to work because if you look at the solid base behind
49:14
it, so I've got the best goalkeeper in the league,
49:16
Alison. I've got my main man Wambusaka
49:19
right back solid right back like covering unbelievable covering.
49:23
I'd say very good centre back Vich really good season.
49:27
I think it's it's pretty solid. It's not, you know, it's very.
49:29
Defensive back for Steve with so Jose Wambusakka is the attil.
49:33
Sir Joseph, Sir Joseph, you look at my base though, right?
49:35
It's a pull up. I like it.
49:36
Guevardio left back, so that's my.
49:38
Declan as well, sitting. In got Declan, Enzo got Dex,
49:42
yeah, got Dex and Enzo sitting, so I've got that as my back
49:49
seven, including the goalkeeper. And then, yeah, the front 4.
49:53
Bruno #10 Bruno Fernandez. I'm having seller on the right
49:57
and yeah, I'm going to have Brian in Boo Moo do a job for me
50:00
on the left, Brian. And then, yeah, he's going to be
50:03
linking up with his Brentford teammate Visa.
50:06
Except they're going to get confused because this is going
50:08
to be like, what's going on? Where are you, Brian?
50:10
Yeah, you're. On the road.
50:11
Mate, that's. Fine, Bruno and Salah are taking
50:14
care of it. That's a good show, you say,
50:16
right? It's let the players work it.
50:18
Beautiful. Get them on the cash you your
50:19
team. Yeah, so David Ryan and goal and
50:22
then I've got the Arsenal centre backs as well as Celebra and
50:25
Gabrielle, so right and left combination do.
50:28
You remember the Arsenal United nil, nil in all game at Old
50:30
Trafford where we had some decent chances, right?
50:34
And we were saying about Gabrielle and Celibre, just
50:37
those two defenders, like, oh, you know, dark arts defending
50:41
like that's what they're really good at.
50:43
The Old Trafford draw, you mean? Yeah, One, one, yeah.
50:46
Oh, sorry, it was 11. Of course, yeah, we had the
50:48
penalty. We had the penalty and Declan
50:49
scored, Yeah. No Bruno free kick.
50:52
Oh, sorry, it's a free kick, wasn't it?
50:53
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, he made it a penalty in
50:55
the way he took it, but yeah, unbelievable free kick, that
50:57
piece. Yeah.
50:59
So, yeah, it was a roaring goal. Yeah.
51:00
It was basically Arsenal triangle.
51:03
So Raya. Couldn't even get near even
51:05
though the girl standing in the wrong place.
51:07
But I'd rather hit, rather have him than an honour.
51:10
So Raya, Salib, Gabrielle. I've got Mazzarari on the right
51:14
of the back four and then Nate Nouri on the left and then we've
51:18
got a diamond in midfield in the end.
51:20
So I've gone Carlo. So yeah, I've got Ryan
51:22
Gravenbach at the base of it, and then I've got Morgan Gibbs
51:26
White on the right side, Adam Wharton on the left, and then
51:30
the magic man himself, Cole Palmer, and a front 2 of
51:34
Alexander Isaac and Ollie Watkins.
51:37
I mean, he was. He was.
51:38
The base of yours. I think, I think the way I would
51:41
play your team actually is I'd go 222, I'd go Wharton and well,
51:45
yeah, you can go Gibbs, White and Cole together.
51:47
Yeah, I think Gibbs, Gibbs, White on the left and Cole on
51:50
the right with Wharton and Gravenberg.
51:52
Yeah, you can go TTT. Yeah, yeah.
51:54
And then the front 2 of Isaac and Watkins.
51:57
You have a box midfield, which obviously Ruben is trying to do.
52:00
So yeah, you'd have the box midfield of Ryan on the right
52:03
side of it, and then Adam on the left, and then you got the two
52:07
guys in front of him, Cole Palmer off the left, and then,
52:12
yeah, gives White on the other. Where's your width?
52:15
Where's your width coming from? Dude, my fallbacks.
52:18
Did you not just hear who they've got?
52:19
Who? Have you got?
52:20
Nate, Nuri and Mazari. Is that enough for the width?
52:24
Yeah, and I've got Ollie Watkins, right.
52:25
He's going to come come to the side as well.
52:28
The other thing is just like the way his the way I'd manage this
52:31
team, I'd have Cole Palmer can drift to the right and Ezac
52:35
exactly to the left. Yeah.
52:38
And therefore you can kind of have a bit of A and then Gibbs
52:40
White coming into the number 10. You can fluid that.
52:43
You can even your team. You could even do 4231 and play
52:46
Isaac off the left basically. Yeah, yeah, that's what I mean
52:48
exactly is is a nine. But he he can he moves.
52:52
Yeah, yeah, it's definitely a nice team.
52:54
I was going to say we could combine them for it, but I
52:56
actually like just keep the three teams.
52:58
I think they're really 3. Nice, good teams.
53:00
Yeah, I think we need to argue about anything apart from Brian
53:03
and Bymo playing left wing. To me, can we just?
53:06
Can we just who? Who's going to win?
53:08
If if there was? A Ask chat chief.
53:11
I, I, I like the fact that you, Steve, have got a philosophy
53:14
around having a a solid Jose manager.
53:17
So I would pick for your team, the Nottingham Forest manager
53:21
because he Nuno, Nuno Espirito Santo, he was fantastic.
53:24
He'd have a solid base and you know, you've got that.
53:27
That's a good. Shot, we should pick, pick, pick
53:29
the managers with the team, yeah.
53:30
Speed, speed on the attack. Ashley's got very nice, cool
53:34
technical team with the Central. Reckon Reuben, Reuben.
53:38
Yeah, Eddie Howe for actually. Love.
53:41
This team he Zach can be his floaty guy with with solid
53:46
striker and Ollie. What I think Eddie Howe would
53:48
like that. You know, you've got probably
53:50
even Arteta wouldn't mind this team because he's got his back
53:52
three there. David, Raya, Gabrielle and
53:54
Celiba at the base. Arteta would love this team
53:57
because he's got 2 forwards that he's been linked with technical
54:01
midfield in Wharton and. Grabenberg.
54:05
Grabenberg. So I think, you know, you could
54:07
put our Tetra in charge of his team and my team, I managed to
54:12
be like, what am I doing with Harry McGuire in this?
54:14
It's going to be very confused, but yeah, we're going to go.
54:19
I'm going to put slot. Yeah, because, because I've got,
54:21
you know, Trent McAllister. In there, Van Dyke and Van Dyke,
54:25
I think Slot will get the bet and it's it's a setup for a
54:28
classic kind of 4231. Yeah, your midfield is got an
54:32
engine, it's got it's got everything combined with all
54:35
those free players, like they all can do the same job and
54:38
like, you know, pick and choose. So Slot would like that.
54:40
And I think that would just be the title race and it'll be a
54:43
Ding Dong battle and whoever gets a bit of luck with injuries
54:46
can make the right moves at the right time.
54:48
Fatigue's going to set in. The Champions League run for our
54:51
teams is going to, you know, who goes later in that competition,
54:54
who gets drawn against PSG or Barcelona and that those mid,
54:57
the games in between those are going to decide it.
54:59
And then in the end, it's yeah, it's going to come to the final
55:02
game of the season and we'll see.
55:04
We'll see what happens. But yeah.
55:06
We'll run it through a simulation and we'll announce
55:09
the answer on Series 2 of the Let's Kick It Off podcast.
55:12
Yeah, there you go, Steve. I told you that'd be good fun.
55:14
And we got through a lot of players, the ones I can't think
55:17
of anyone we haven't mentioned. I mentioned the Langer at the
55:19
end. I would say Tonali deserves a
55:22
bit of respect on his name. Tonali deserves a show.
55:26
Yeah, the one. OK, if I wasn't picking Harry
55:29
Maguire, because for me, I love Harry Maguire, the realistic
55:34
pick would be Dean Hoisin from Bournemouth, who I was literally
55:37
going to list a bunch of Bournemouth players.
55:39
So yeah, Hoisin. Obviously Kirk has.
55:43
Steve, did you pick? Kirk has in the end.
55:45
No, I just mentioned him, but because he's going to Liverpool.
55:49
Yeah, I mean, yo, Simeno did Simeno, Yeah.
55:52
Yeah, So he deserves a shout. You mentioned Luis Diaz, I think
55:55
had a decent. Did no one pick him in there?
55:57
No, wow, I think he's a fairly if the in the Premier League on
56:02
the left side, which is why I'm like, why is Embermo that ever
56:06
because you couldn't think of a good left winger and.
56:08
No, I could, I just I could have gone Diaz.
56:10
I could have gone a Langer at the time.
56:11
I could have gone Anthony Gordon.
56:13
So it. Didn't.
56:14
Yeah, it's what I mean the left side, that was a great left side
56:16
season because I just picked. Brian, because he's coming to
56:18
United and he scored. I love it.
56:20
I just thought, I thought I was going to get him.
56:22
I'm annoyed. So that's all it is.
56:24
You know, I'm annoyed you got a Brian and Bruno because that was
56:27
like, you know, it was right up. Why did I go and pick Harland
56:32
and Trent and Van Dyke? I don't even know.
56:33
It's taking the game too seriously.
56:35
But I lightened out with a bit of McGuire.
56:37
But apart from that, I think we mentioned everyone.
56:39
I think Morgan Rogers deserves a shout.
56:41
Morgan Rogers, it's another one, yeah, and the last name on my
56:46
list. Oh, I didn't want to pick, but I
56:48
thought he had a good season and I didn't want to pick him
56:50
because I wouldn't have him in my team.
56:52
I think T Limits did well at Villa.
56:54
Yeah, but also Chris Wood. Yeah, deserves a shout, right?
56:58
Yeah, with. A good season at Forest, Yeah,
57:00
see if he can replicate it. But he he's one of the reasons
57:03
at Forest. There's a couple of players that
57:06
I wanted to mention. And to be fair, so you could
57:10
probably tell guys I was trying not to pick Liverpool players.
57:13
But once you guys picked well, as is midfield, like they're all
57:17
strong midfielders. And then when Steve picked
57:20
Declan Rice, I was like, shit, I actually need like a really good
57:24
midfielder. So yeah, obviously grab my back
57:26
was brilliant. But for Brighton, what was his
57:29
name but Labour, but Labour. But Labour was was brilliant for
57:34
Brighton and obviously they had a good season.
57:36
So I could have gone with Belabour, but yeah, just because
57:39
of the passing range went with grabbing back.
57:42
But yeah, Belabour deserves a mention.
57:44
But yes, a strong mid table in the Premier League this season.
57:47
I mean, that is one of the reasons why we finished 15th.
57:51
Maybe in previous years or in the knees we could have snuck
57:55
into like the top six or something.
57:57
But yeah, that mid table is just so strong now.
58:00
So that's it guys, we're done. The 2425 season is done, we've
58:04
got Wimbledon, we've got a bit Tour de France, we've got the
58:07
F1, we've got the cricket, we've got Oasis.
58:10
So yeah, it's not too bad I guess.