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FIRST DEFEAT UNDER CARRICK! | Newcastle 2-1 Man Utd Review | The 10-Man Struggle ⚪️⚫️ · The Fellow Reds Podcast - Manchester United

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About performance again. And I think what I'm worried
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about is just a bit of a trend in terms of how we're starting
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the games and, you know, how we're playing ourselves.
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I'm worried that, you know, there's some old habits creeping
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back in. I'm just so fed up of mainly
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like Keen Skulls but Gary Neville.
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Why are they being so negative towards it?
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How? Are we fellow Reds?
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Probably not great after that defeat last night, but welcome
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to the latest review of the match against Newcastle last
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night where we lost two, one with me, Span and Jazz.
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Jazz, our first defeat on the pod.
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Are you feeling? Yeah, just frustrated.
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I felt like obviously the ten men, you think it's you've got
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to win this. But I guess I think you
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mentioned it last time that the trend hasn't been great in the
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last few games. I think I was a bit concerned
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going to the game anyway because of the type of performances
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Newcastle usually play against this and they're so combative
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and they just felt like we played into their hands really
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with kind of a lethargy and sloppiness and similar to what
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we've been doing against in the in the other games.
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Obviously red card, you think, OK, ten men, it's on.
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But yeah, very disappointed. But in a way, I guess trying to
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take positives from it, like, OK, it's a test now see what
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Carrot can do. How could he pick the team up
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from a loss? So yeah, frustrated, annoyed,
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angry. But like if you'd said the
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record start before you took over, you'd go absolutely, let's
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do this, I'll take that all day long.
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So still got a little positive overall.
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But yeah, slight concerns over the actual play in the last few
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games. Yeah, that's fair.
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Obviously I've said in the last pod that I was worried and I
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really wanted to come in his pod today and be completely wrong
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and I wanted us to have been fantastic and blown Newcastle
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away. But unfortunately I was well,
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kind of right. You bang on, right Yeah, but my
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I probably would have taken a draw now thinking about it and
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that point and moved on. Yeah, just some morning trends,
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which obviously we'll we'll get into and that's what made me
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nervous. And as I mentioned, I was
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praying that actually it'd go the other way, but wasn't meant
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to be. And our first defeat to dissect.
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So let's let's get into it and you know, before we do, if you
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OK, so yeah, predictions then. So I went for one, one I went
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for Brian for us and Hall to score run for me and you went
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for a 2 ball win. Jazz, Cesco and Brian and you'd
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have Gordon now. Yeah, I did.
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Yeah, yeah, I meant 21 win for Newcastle, but I've seen I
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mostly got lost in translation. Yeah, yeah.
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I thought I was odd at half time 11.
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I was like, oh, this is odd. But we're definitely winning.
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Like I think I'm actually too pretty confident we've got to
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win this now. 10 men and yeah, we'll get into it.
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But yeah, as you can tell, I'm still annoying.
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It's still annoying. I had a little thought, I'm not
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going to lie, when God has got, I remembered back to your
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prediction, I thought, oh, this would this would be good.
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Yeah, she has, he's on. She has, he's on.
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But yeah, both wrong. You weren't positive.
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I went negative and it ended up being more negative.
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But yeah. Yeah, the record to listeners, I
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will always go positive and I'm never predicting anything other
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than a win. And I will be grumpy and real.
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No I will, I will be positive, love United, really want us to
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win every game. But I don't know I just had a
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weird feeling and I don't like having them feelings and I wish
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I was wrong but. Right.
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We hadn't won it in at Newcastle since 2020, so like if we'd got
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a draw out of it, you'd probably go actually not a bad result to
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see how we played. So I was kind of going to be
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expected to come on here disappointed with a draw but
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take it Newcastle away type vibe.
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And obviously, yeah, not an amazing golden fair, but yeah,
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just just just killed me. But there was always almost not
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the worst part of it. If I make sense, Yeah, it's the
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performance, right? Yeah, you can lose a game and
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sometimes you could be like, oh, we're unlucky.
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All that kind of stuff is there's no there's no debate for
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me last night. But before we get into the main
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moments, just quick, quick chat on the lineup that was chosen.
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So first of all, Maz in for Adelo, Mazuri and Fidel.
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Yeah, I think, I think I had Gallo and Mazuri and Shaw
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because I thought Shaw would be injured.
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Yeah. So kind of the pretty much the
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team I wanted on there. So yeah, no real complaints,
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can't really judge character. The team he picks, I think he
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picking the only real change you can make there is Ahmad in front
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three, I guess is the only real 1 you can think of.
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Yeah. So yeah, as expected, really.
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I was pretty happy to be fair when I saw majority coming
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because I think I said to you as well, nice to actually see
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Carrick seeing some of the stuff that we've been seeing because I
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remember through the Ameren period, you just just watch
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players and think how is he getting picked?
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But he just he just start and obviously we we've had some
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question marks over download Mazra, we come in played really
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well. So, you know, I didn't expect
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that all to be dropped from Mazerari.
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But when he did get picked up, OK, you know, he's clearly been
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yeah, yeah, he's clearly been watching as well and he's
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clearly not brave enough to make some decisions even if a player
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has been playing. So I was pretty happy.
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And then obviously Ben started, which always makes us happy.
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And yeah, McGuire made it. And then just on the Newcastle
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side, just Ramsdale in for Pope. Really rich now?
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Yeah, it's annoying. Looks like a good decision.
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Right. Yeah, because I.
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He had a stormer, to be fair, like he didn't have to a lot of
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saves, but the says he did make were really good ones.
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I guess. He wasn't like he's battered and
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peppered, but the says he had to make with really, really good
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save. So yeah, frustrated.
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Very. Frustrating.
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But yeah, I was pretty sure for the lineup and like ready to go.
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And, you know, even though I was a little bit worried, you know,
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then you start to watch the game, you think, right, here we
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go. But Newcastle started so much
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brighter than us, didn't they? Yeah, yeah, like even like the
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first like 4 minutes, they just like, I think it's mainly down
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the left wing, so Gordon's wing. So bands like, well, they're
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kind of interchanging, but they just kept getting down there,
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creating chances, getting crosses, getting to the byline.
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Everything I wanted us to be doing, they were doing.
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And they just straight away made the game physical, combative and
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essentially their game plan of how I thought they want to try
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and play and what has worked against us in the past.
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Stay away. You were like, OK, it's
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happening again. Even in the first 5-10 minutes,
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you could see like, Oh no, like this isn't ideal.
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So yeah, yeah, as expected I guess.
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I mentioned it before, but what is up with us with our stats?
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Is it just funds? I think we're in 3rd.
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You know, there's a chance here to kick on as well.
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We know that Lucas are on the ropes generally in terms of like
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how they're performing. So where's that like, you know,
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and really kind of going for it. I was just like, where are we?
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And it wasn't, I don't think it was because Newcastle were
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fantastic and they were just smuggering us and we just again,
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we just look flat and just didn't start well.
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And honestly, I don't know, Yeah.
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Obviously in the Last Post part it's literally just energy dust.
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Didn't they first at the start? Almost most of the games are
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there, but like particularly at the start, I just felt like what
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we're doing, like how are we not fired up for this again?
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Like Liverpool lost yesterday, so we can get a chance here to
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make an even bigger gap on them. I don't know if they would have
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known the scores at half time and things like that of viewer
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games, but it's like, how are you not getting fired up for
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this? Like Monday?
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It's like a night game. Newcastle was a good away
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stadium, good atmosphere and we just kind of look pedestrian.
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It was, yeah, frustrating. But then again, like you said,
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it's same for the last West Ham, Everton, Palace, and a lot of
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the games have been very kind of sluggish, yeah.
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So it's really frustrating. But then that that's the thing
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again, where is this crop of players and you're just looking
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at it's just desire and just one because but and that's when I
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posed the question of Carrick and the team, because you know,
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and his staff just to say, if they're all starting flat, then
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is it something we're doing in terms of preparation or warm up
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or something like that? But you know, we've we've been
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here before with these players, with previous managers.
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So why is it just don't get fired up for a game?
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It's and James is a great place to play football, you know,
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under the lights. I couldn't get going.
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It's just so frustrating. Yeah.
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Really annoyed and then an early early chance for trivia with
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that crazy leaked cross that. Yeah, like a fluky one.
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It looked like Yarrow kind of knew it was like him and lemons
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are kind of like it's fine. And then it's like when I was
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wondering, oh, she that was really not that fine because I
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usually could have hit, hit like the top, top of the inside the
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post. That is probably a goal.
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Yeah. And so, yeah, a bit of a bit of
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a scary one. And he didn't didn't wake us up
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the. Earth no, I didn't and just
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watching your old kind of watch it go the post is normal as well
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yeah she just. Like, Oh yeah.
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Didn't want to hurt himself, did he?
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But he got very lucky that I kind of only hit the post.
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Yeah. And then it's, to be fair, a bit
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of a sparked a bright spark for me in a, in a terrible
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performance Cunya with some good stuff down the left.
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To be honest, I thought he was at least going for it and trying
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compared to yeah. I think our best chances came
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from us running at them on the wings, cutting in from the wings
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because a lot of the game was just through the middle password
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sideways, kind of trying to pin balls into a really congested
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area. The time we started making
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chances was kind of a bit more out wide and and going at
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players and every time like Kunya would run out them into
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the box and Brian a few times they looked scared.
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And so it's just like, I know we didn't do enough.
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Yeah, Cuna was a bright start. I'd say more more in the first
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half than the second-half. I think you you dropped off in
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the second-half, which is again, annoying because you know, less
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man. But yeah, in the first half I
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think I've messaged like he was probably our best player and the
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only one really trying to do anything.
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And again, just like, how is that not like infecting people
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to try more and be a bit more daring?
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Like, I think we said it and you messaged it saying it's like
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just a lack of risk, right? Yeah.
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Just, yeah, just why? Why they like, you've been
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winning games, you've been scoring good goals.
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I just don't know what. I know that he was like
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Newcastle completely dominated, so that's why we couldn't do
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that. It was just we were just letting
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the game. This is by.
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Yeah. Is it fair?
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Is it a lack of desire? I just think sometimes, you
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know, I look at the opposite. The thorn in our side probably
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all night was Joe Linton just running with the ball, just
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going for it and they're just passing through the field.
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And he did, to be fair to him, he did that lovely little dummy
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then completely. So, yeah, yeah, sold Bruno and
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one of a player and ended up setting up that band Chance,
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which was just wide as well. Yeah, I did enjoy that, even
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though it was against us. And you can tell that I'm
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clutching at straws what I'm asking this Chance.
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But McGuire taking goal kicks, what was what was going on
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there? Because he wasn't even just
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doing some short ones. He was doing some long ones as
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well, which is a bit. Yeah, I don't really know.
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It's because it's not like Lemons has had dodgy
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distribution on that being. I'm kicking it past.
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I don't really know why. I guess there's something
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tactical maybe or? Yeah, I.
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Didn't really get it. And he kicked a few, so I don't
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think he had an injury. He kicked a few.
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So I didn't see an injury, but I was, you know, noted that down
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to be like, what's going on there so.
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Yeah, I don't really know why. Oddness and then you are a bit
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of a UFC guy. Chess.
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But the Danburn double elbow, what do you reckon?
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I like, how's that? Did he get looked at?
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I don't know why he like he elbowed him twice and the first
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one was more of like when I saw the replayers on the first one's
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not bad, but then he does a proper one.
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I'm like, how is that not getting picked up?
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Like it's just again, we've said it before.
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The consistency of refereeing is absolutely, I think the referee.
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I find it very frustrating in this game, like just blow for
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everything like it was a physical game, but like in a way
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that if someone got particularly Newcastle players, especially
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after they were, it was 11 and they're 10 men like everything
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like one that will touch there on the floor.
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And then it was like 2 minutes went to stand up again and
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constant like, so just again, tactics from Newcastle would
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spot on because it was like frustrating us and it's kept us
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out of our rhythm that the referee was allowing that.
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And it really annoyed me again, like I think we have 5 minutes
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stoppage time and it's just that there's there was more there
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because of this kind of time wasting and that physical game,
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but not physical at the same time because everything was like
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throwing yourself on the floor. Just really, I really annoying
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and like trippy. I like he annoyed the hell out
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of me the whole game. Like he's a gob shite, like
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chatting away and yeah, really annoying.
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Like, yeah, obviously I'm annoyed, but I think the referee
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did play his part in creating that game.
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I thought the right for the poor game and when he got that crazy
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spell just fucking everyone, Yeah, I think he just kind of
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lost the game a little bit. But yeah, yeah, we are clutching
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shows a little bit because it was a very poor at least 20
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minutes from United to begin with and you know, even longer.
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But then worth mentioning the first Ramsey yellow card for the
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full on Casamero. That's the yellow in it.
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You can't. That was definitely, yeah, yeah,
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yeah, definitely fine. Again, looking for kind of
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bright sparks. I did think Cesco's little in
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and out with Bruno and some other players into his feet was
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pretty nice. I do like your little flicks and
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some of these combinations that he, you know, he was fine.
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With and he started the the mainly chance in the wing.
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He started a really nice little, little one of those little
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switch pass things to Brian and Brian obviously like that was
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really good. And yeah, he's, I think that he
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didn't get taken off because I think he's still, I was trying,
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I just don't think the team was setting him up for success
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because they weren't, weren't taking enough risks and
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basically not putting enough decent crashes in.
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Like, did we get down the byline at all and put a cross in?
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Like, yeah, I don't think so. I remember.
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QE did like really one where he did a really good bull run and
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then played across the box and yeah, go there, but you're
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definitely not enough. It was more kind of nothing that
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yeah from Central and then Bruno kind of killing him into the
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back post and things like. That yeah, or like a lot of like
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on the floor is trying to drill it into players, which is really
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hard when you've got like a bat 4 sat there next to you or two,
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two defenders on you. Like I just don't think they
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were playing enough to his strengths really.
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This again, we'll get to it. But like, maybe Ahmad would have
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opened up more because he's a bit more direct.
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He likes to run to the byline and try and get across.
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And so, yeah, frustrating. And I guess in this game I felt
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like we missed Felon doggy as well.
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I think he's been a good game because he's so physical and
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he's direct as well, and I think we just missed that directness
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and CUNY was operating a bit of it, but Brian was just inside
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too much, I think. And just like him, Bruno, like
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everyone's are so close together so it's easy for Newcastle to
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defend. Like no one was getting out to
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the wings to put balls in. And yeah, it was really
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annoying. No, I think you make a great
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point. I think we've missed Doggy since
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you've been injured, obviously using such a good form.
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And he just offers something different just like you say,
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just he's direct, he's strong, he's fast and he just gets his
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down that left side which we were missing.
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But you just mentioned it briefly as well.
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But that that mainly chance was was a good one.
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Yeah, so sweetly and don't really I know where he pulled
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that from and. Also, it's one of those ones
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where it's like a lot of a lot of times, even if you get a hand
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to it, you only get like fingertips and it still kind of
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goes in, but you nicely get a strong hand on it as well and
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bend it around the post. It's sort of doing a really nice
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goal. It well worked as well.
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Yeah, it was. And he's one of those ones where
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you score a goal like that and maybe that ignites everything.
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Yeah, but again, didn't happen to get so.
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No, I'm not. I'm not feeling.
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After all, we had the Brian. Is it a sitter?
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I called it a sitter but. Yeah, it so it was in a way.
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But anyway, you watch the replay, it does bounce up just
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before he strikes it. So you I think in the
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commentaries I always lean back is that no, you didn't really.
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It's just the actual way it hit it, just bad timing in terms of
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the way it bounced just up. So it looks like he just
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ballooned it. But in reality, I think if I was
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on the floor it was a goal, but it's because it just slightly
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flipped up. So it was a really good chance
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obviously. But I looked at RFG after the
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game and it was like 1.28 something on that.
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So it's like a card that big a chance.
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Obviously they've seen. It's not it's not.
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It wasn't like a naughty .7 type chance.
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It was because it banned stuff like that.
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And I think there was a defender just in front of him.
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There was one to his left, so there wasn't a massive space for
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him to obtain for. But obviously he didn't get on
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target and he ballooned over. So it looks a lot worse than it
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was. So there was a chance, yeah,
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percent. You expect him to do that.
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He's expecting to do better because he's own good form and
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been scoring and he's and he's a great player.
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And a bit more magic from Cunya to create it as well.
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So yeah, you would expect. Yeah, really good.
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Again, running direct into the box like running at players and
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a really good he's actually shot was actually a really decent
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shot as well. Like, I wasn't really expecting
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it to be that good. One of those ones that I kind of
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wish it popped out to Cesco just because he's in form, but it
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kind of was coming to Cesco and hit one of the defenders and
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then went over to over to Brian. So annoying.
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Yeah, very annoying. Very annoying.
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That's my my word of the part is annoying.
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Put out there in life nobody was and that's the thing and The
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thing is with in Bramall's the kind of thing you want to finish
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our chances as well in it. He's the post to person at the
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minute and the team you probably put your money on and said to
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convert that. So that's a shame.
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And then came the sending off for Ramsey.
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So obviously goes down after lemons.
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And I'm thinking, oh, is it a pen?
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And then we look at it and he ends up getting stand off.
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What do you think about it? Yeah.
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Why did it didn't didn't get touched?
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No, I didn't. So I saw some commentators
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saying, oh, it's not a diver. So well, if you didn't get
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touched, then why is it falling on the floor?
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Yeah, but there's no reason to. It wasn't like he'd, you know,
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sometimes when players are really fascinated, try and slow
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down, they kind of stumble. It wasn't like, well,
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situations. He literally just did die.
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He did dive, yeah. It's like he just.
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Fell to the floor. So I'm happy that the referee
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called it because it was a second yellow.
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So I don't think they can be aggrieved by it.
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Like don't dive when you're on the yellow card, like it's your
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own fault. So it was a dive, but at the
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time it was a good dive because I thought it was a pen.
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So did I. When I saw it, I was like, Oh
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no. And then yes, I think it was a
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fair card, he. Was described as harsh on TNT,
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wasn't it? And I think Eddie Howe as well
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said he fell over. But yeah, when you look at that,
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there's no contacts and. But he doesn't, he doesn't get
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touched and then he kind of almost, he's another step past
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the keeper and then he drops. It's like, well, it's not.
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They said he's a dive, so I don't soft like he hasn't
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already on a yellow. I don't think anyone will be
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saying that's a harsh yellow for a dive.
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You'd be like, that's a dive, so it's a yellow.
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So like there's no complaints from our side at all.
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I think. I think the referee got that one
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right. Yeah, and the fifth time we've
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had a player sent off against it this season, and I'm going to
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say, Chad, I don't like it, I don't want it.
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I don't now. I'm trying to say that's the
20:00
that's the the kryptonite of us is.
20:02
But he saying 10 men. Yeah, I feel it just gives teams
20:06
a bit more of a, you know, coming together and incentives
20:09
to go right. We've got 10 men backs against
20:11
the wall and then you're up against it where you know it's.
20:14
And also they don't you think that that they get that
20:17
mentality and then we relax more, yeah, and think, oh, it's
20:19
going to come. So our intensity almost drops
20:21
because you're like, oh, we'll score.
20:23
It will just happen. And then obviously in this game,
20:26
it nothing happened for a long time.
20:28
And then we started like last 5-10 minutes, you got intense.
20:30
It's like just bring that intensity straight away.
20:33
Yeah, because they're up against it, but we just like, we'll get
20:37
into something out of a minute, but just they behave exactly how
20:41
teams do when they feel aggrieved against the red card
20:44
against ten men. But we didn't respond properly.
20:47
We just went, Oh yeah, we'll score.
20:49
Don't worry, it'll happen. It didn't even again.
20:51
It didn't even feel like at any point that we had an extra
20:55
player. It was crazy.
20:56
I thought it felt like we had 10 men in there, 11.
20:59
Yeah, it's a fair play to have. He he did it against Liverpool
21:03
as well. He couldn't have had two up tops
21:05
still and had the OR kind of two up tops, last three in the field
21:09
interchanging. And I'm like, well, that play
21:12
wasn't like he sat back and blocked it like Everton did.
21:15
It was like they played football.
21:16
They were trying to win still. So that's even more frustrating
21:20
is that it wasn't like we were kind of getting so low block for
21:23
half, half the game. Like they only went really into
21:26
a proper low deep lot once they got the second goal for the last
21:28
few minutes. So again, it's really
21:31
frustrating that we didn't bring the energy that you need knowing
21:35
that their energy is going to, especially Newcastle with their
21:37
fans and when they feel they're agreed, like they're going to
21:40
get even more by on the team. Yeah.
21:41
And there's such a chaotic, combative team, like it's almost
21:45
good for them. And we just didn't respond to
21:47
this. Yeah.
21:49
Annoying, annoying. We need to do a little bit of a
21:52
bingo card for every time. You know how I said after the
21:55
game that you you wanted to basically give us the width and
21:59
not make it end to end. And to be honest, it's smart,
22:02
right? Because we don't have we don't
22:04
really have the width to exploit and we deal with a counter.
22:08
So definitely did a job on us and maybe that's something we
22:10
can talk about as well in terms of Carrick and maybe some of us
22:14
as we go on. But yeah, then obviously not
22:17
long after they're sending off, they get that penalty
22:20
apparently. I give you that one.
22:22
Different penalty, yeah, no, it's really annoying me.
22:24
That really, really annoyed me because it was Bruno in like
22:28
hero I'll do it all mode because cats had that decent amount of
22:33
space on him and it had time, but then no one shouted him or
22:36
he wasn't paying attention. Obviously the ball got nicked
22:38
off him. Then Bruno was right there.
22:39
He's when he passed the cast and he just went into savior mode
22:42
sprinting after him. I think he almost tried to have
22:44
a bite bite at him first yeah, then he went out to to Mazria.
22:49
I think he was and then he then comes back in again and it
22:53
wasn't necessary. No, absolutely no need to do it
22:56
was a foul. And it's just one of those times
22:58
where you bit like just a little bit Bruno, like I'm never going
23:03
to criticize him for like what he does.
23:04
He's unbelievable, like just a bit stupid, just a really stupid
23:08
challenge and unnecessary. And it just gave them even more
23:12
like something more to grab hold of after that, the injustice
23:15
day, they're perceived injustice to then to then get that
23:18
penalty. Yeah, you obviously you want
23:20
your players running and fighting back, but it was just a
23:22
bit rash, wasn't it? I think, like you say, yeah, and
23:25
can't really argue. And then John Gordon, I'm an
23:28
England fan, so obviously I've got an interest in him for the
23:30
World Cup. I can't figure that guy out.
23:31
Like sometimes I think he's he's got a lot of potential and I
23:35
think he's a, you know, he's a good player and can be
23:37
effective. But I'm not sure is he as a
23:40
Scott with no interest in England, what do you?
23:44
I think he's he played well against us.
23:47
Yeah. I just don't think, I just think
23:48
he's very standard like, I mean a standard good player.
23:52
Like, I think England are better attacking players and attacking
23:56
options, but I guess this season it looks like his numbers are
23:59
pretty good. Yeah.
23:59
But I think he's already, I think that was his sixth
24:01
penalty. So maybe he's just got a lot of
24:05
penalty goals. But yeah, like he shows a lot of
24:08
flashes and I thought he did play well to be fair for them
24:12
yesterday. So yeah, like, I wouldn't, I
24:16
wouldn't take him in United. That's for.
24:17
Sure, No, definitely not. Definitely not.
24:19
But yeah, he doesn't miss pens. I think he's a six yeah, it's
24:23
like more like 8. I think he's not missed, I
24:25
heard, but wasn't a great pen really, but effective just down
24:28
the middle. I like the.
24:29
Like the feet, if he had size 13 feet or something that was a
24:33
save and I think his feet are, but like a couple of sizes more
24:38
are the same because it was just and he dived too well because I
24:42
would have definitely he would have saved that wise.
24:43
But you can't miss penalties. Yeah, annoying.
24:47
Really annoying. Really annoying.
24:49
However, then immediately struck back pretty much with very well
24:53
worked free kick with the whole Bruno and Castamero combination.
24:57
Yeah, yeah, I never bring your assists.
25:00
Really good header from Castamero kind of making up for
25:02
his mistake because he obviously well, both of them making it for
25:04
their mistakes because obviously Katamara lost the ball when then
25:07
Bruno obviously felt made the foul.
25:08
So nice to see they combine and then half time like 1/1 as well.
25:12
We didn't deserve it to be 11, but they've got 10 men.
25:17
Amazing opportunity. We've got it.
25:18
We're going to go win this now because going in at one nil that
25:21
probably now thinks like would we've been better going in one
25:24
nil down? You think because, well, just
25:27
because then maybe there's like there's more fight, there's more
25:30
like we need to get an equalizer, there'll be more
25:33
energy. But because there's one one
25:35
again, I'm going back to that kind of mentality where they
25:37
just think it's going to happen no matter what.
25:39
Yeah, that's where I'm going from.
25:40
So maybe actually going in one nil down might have actually
25:44
been better from a mentality and an energy perspective and maybe
25:49
character would have taken. I'll speak about his Subs in a
25:52
minute, but like some more risks in the game.
25:55
Yeah, and I see, I see the logic.
25:57
I kind of just was thinking how we really got away 1 here
25:59
because the first half was dire, Yeah, and I was like to get that
26:03
goal straight away, it zaps Newcastle, it takes away their
26:06
advantage. You know, we've got a man extra
26:08
as well. So I was just hoping that we
26:10
come out and be like, right, let's get this done because we
26:13
didn't, we didn't deserve it, let's be honest.
26:17
Yeah, got the goal going in. Don't know what Carrick said,
26:20
but we come out in the second-half as well and still
26:23
just flat. I mean, like you say, some
26:26
chances which we'll go into, but you generally thought it's not
26:29
good enough when you've got that man advantage.
26:30
Now you've got there, you know you've got that advantage as
26:33
well and you just scored like there's so much to go out, you
26:36
know, see see a drop in points as well.
26:39
Go for it. But we just didn't challenge
26:41
that. No, I just didn't.
26:44
Same thing again, energy and just like I said, I just don't
26:47
think they looked like they had 10 men.
26:50
Like there was no, we just weren't utilizing.
26:53
I don't think we're passing quickly enough to to to make the
26:56
space to show that space that should be there when there's
27:00
when there's one less man. Like again, we messaged about
27:03
this, but Kobe just sideway passes, no risk not putting
27:08
anything out to the to the wingers.
27:10
And like, I think in the second-half, I think Carrick
27:12
maybe did say like get wider because I think Huner and Burma
27:16
were a bit more on the touchline, but the ball wasn't
27:19
going to them enough. So yeah, really frustrating.
27:22
But there was a spell from like 45 minutes to 60 minutes where I
27:26
think they dominated. Yeah.
27:27
Like they had more the ball they were attacking.
27:30
I think at one point I saw a start came up that was like
27:33
second-half they had eight touches in our box and three
27:36
shots and on, and we'd had 0 touches in their box and zero
27:40
shots. And like that just epitomized
27:44
it. I was like, what?
27:45
What is going on here? Just like, honestly, where's the
27:47
space? Find the space.
27:48
I just think it's because they were moving too slowly, so it's
27:52
easy for Newcastle just sit there.
27:54
Like I said, it wasn't a low block but I think also because
27:57
Newcastle were offering a threat the other end that everybody's
28:02
got out tactics basically we did and outplayed.
28:05
But I think some individual performances and you prefer, you
28:08
just mentioned that probably now was a good time to talk about as
28:11
well just Kobe Mane, you know, I mean, I find I'm an England fan.
28:15
I think he is brilliant or can be brilliant.
28:19
I think he's got so much potential.
28:22
I just said to you during the game like we need more from him
28:25
a little bit in terms of it's too safe.
28:27
But he's a very, very clever footballer.
28:29
Like little touches, little triangles, but that can't be him
28:33
for 90 minutes. Like if you're going to have
28:34
Castonero and him, granted we've got some really good attacking
28:38
plays in front of him, but I think he needs to take a gamble
28:40
some more. Like we've seen, you know,
28:41
against City, like dropping the shoulder.
28:43
He's got it. As you have to say, yeah, he.
28:44
Got it, any locker, but sometimes he needs to break the
28:46
line. Sometimes he needs to do
28:48
something different and actually, you know, penetrate
28:50
the a little bit. He's a completely different
28:53
profile of player and build and everything.
28:55
But Joel Lindam was doing it all night.
28:57
He was just getting the ball and charging and going through.
29:02
And I think Kobe sometimes was just to to my left, to my right.
29:05
The irony is, yeah, yeah. Carrick used to get told this,
29:09
didn't he like, oh, you just say cyber.
29:10
Yeah, yeah. He's a phenomenal player and I
29:12
do think that little, the job that Kobe does of connecting and
29:16
passing is critical. So I'm not saying that they say
29:19
it's a bad thing. I just think he needs to add
29:21
another dynamic to his game where sometimes it's less
29:23
predictable and he just takes a few more.
29:25
Yeah, but don't you think in the City, the Arsenal games he was
29:31
doing that though, like like you said, there's there's where he
29:34
dropped the shoulder. He was definitely showing a bit
29:36
more of that mid range passing out to the out to the wings, and
29:40
I've not seen that for last few games.
29:41
I don't know why that's disappeared because that was
29:43
what was getting everyone's attention.
29:44
Yeah, obviously he's still doing the little stuff really nicely,
29:47
but he's dropped the other stuff, like he's dropping the
29:50
few runs of the ball or doing a little shimmy here and there and
29:53
then spraying the ball out. So that's the frustrating
29:55
because you know, he's done it. He's done it recently.
29:57
So is it just because he's not been playing for a lot of season
30:01
and he's tired or whatever? But I don't know.
30:03
He's still getting 10 days rest between the game or whatever it
30:05
is in most cases, so it should be there.
30:08
Yeah. It feels like he's almost
30:10
playing now, like you think he would should have played in
30:13
those first games where he's trying to get to speed up with
30:16
not playing for so long. So maybe I don't know what it
30:19
is, but yeah, it's frustrating because, you know, he's got it
30:22
in his locker. So is it a tactical thing or is
30:25
it something he's just not doing?
30:28
Yeah, maybe it's a bit of both and it's it's it's a tough one
30:30
because we need it. And I think under Ameren we
30:33
became the Bruno show. And obviously we know we love
30:36
Bruno when he's a key player. But every it was like NFL,
30:38
everything will go to our quarterback and then he'd try
30:41
and create something. And there's a bit of that now.
30:43
But I feel that we need different players in the team
30:45
and copy the frustration from it is like he's got it in his
30:48
locker to be that other person who's finding those that no one
30:51
else can see or sometimes, yeah, dropping the shoulder, getting
30:54
into spots and creating stuff. So again, this is I'm definitely
30:57
not getting on onto Kobe. I think he's a great player and
31:00
he's got the world in front of him, but he's just almost there
31:03
and asked for a little bit more from him, you know, a little bit
31:06
more risk taking. But again, like you said, you
31:08
never know what he's being told by the coaching staff, whether
31:11
it's just to play that role. But I hope not because what we
31:14
saw against City and Arsenal for him was was exciting.
31:16
So want more of that from him because you know, we love him
31:21
and we want him to be the player that he can be as well.
31:24
But then going back to some of the moments cast customer only
31:28
shot off the Dallow and Agate and mentioning it because this
31:32
is starting to gain some of the decisions when I saw them stubs,
31:34
you know, some of them, you know, I think sure, sure was
31:37
obviously had been ill, but I was a bit like, oh, not happy
31:41
about those players coming on at that time, yes.
31:44
Same, like, I just don't know why you really have to take a
31:48
scenario off because it wasn't like I think they were paying 10
31:51
men. Yeah, so they should get more
31:54
tired quicker than Casimiro does, for example.
31:58
And then the dollar won. I don't just wasn't brave enough
32:04
in my opinion. Like you still won one.
32:06
You've got 10 men. Like throw Kakunky, you know
32:10
what I mean? Like somewhat just throw a bit
32:12
more attacking. Put I'm out at right back, you
32:14
know, I mean just something more attacking.
32:17
It was yeah, I like, I just think it could have been a bit
32:20
brave. Bit more brave, but easy.
32:22
Just showing quite isn't just definitely showing just our
32:26
squad. Yeah.
32:27
Isn't there Other than being able to switch an attacker for
32:31
another attacker as soon as there's any issues in the field?
32:34
Yeah, Agate. And to be fair, I thought Agate
32:36
actually played pretty well when he came on, to be fair to him.
32:41
But yeah, when you've got he's your option, you're never
32:46
confident that the game is going to improve.
32:47
He's not going to improve the game at all.
32:50
In most cases, you'll make it worse.
32:52
And I think most people would rather have a slightly tired
32:54
Castanero on this is a Bugatti and that's that's what I think.
33:00
So yeah, really kind of when I saw her Subs, I was just a bit
33:03
like, what's that going to do? Yeah, it's just, I didn't think
33:07
it's going to change the game in any positive way.
33:09
And I think that's what Subs should be doing.
33:11
Yeah, it's, you know, 10 men, 11, Yeah, it's exactly.
33:15
Yeah. Not the kind of players that you
33:16
want to come on. You know, my heart sank a little
33:20
bit. And yeah, I mean, question like
33:22
Shay Lacy, what, you know, where's he done, for example,
33:25
you know, he was an exciting player.
33:26
Yeah, Wide, just a little of that.
33:29
Again, young players. So we can't put everything on
33:31
that, but you want those type of players to be coming on and. 10
33:35
men, the risk having them on, we lost anyway, right, because of a
33:39
counter having Shay Lacy on bringing attacking flair doesn't
33:44
that wouldn't wouldn't have caused more goals, if that makes
33:47
sense. Yeah, it creates more
33:48
opportunity. It's an unknown player for them
33:51
to defend against. It's really tricky.
33:53
Like that's the kind of player you want to be bringing on.
33:56
And so yeah, really like we'll get to some of those other
34:00
steps. I guess one was injury base but
34:02
Oh my God. Yeah, but before that as well,
34:08
we had the Gordon mystery Makana, just completely
34:11
unmarked. Yeah, I think it was, it was
34:14
Kobe marking him, was it? Yeah.
34:16
Because again, it was a bit like a bit like the Euro one where
34:21
against Palace where he just kind of went one way and then
34:24
quickly went the other way and mainly just got completely done
34:26
by it and thankfully fluffed it. But it was, Although again,
34:32
probably would have preferred them to score then than when
34:34
they actually did because they would have a lot more time to
34:35
try and get equalizer. But yeah, poor.
34:38
We got away again, we got away, we won and generally just
34:40
wasn't, you know, wasn't good enough for United.
34:43
However, we then we had a little bit of a spell of Bruno playing
34:46
chances and just basically chipping the ball into the back
34:49
post for headers. So we had the Euro header, which
34:52
I think you should have scored that.
34:54
That was the best chance of the game, I'd say.
34:56
Like he just, he had to put it. He could put it basically
35:01
anywhere else on target, he would have scored it, but he put
35:03
it basically right at him. Yeah, a decent height, but he
35:07
was, he had time. There's no one on him at all.
35:08
He completely lost his marker. So had had to score there.
35:11
Like when he didn't score as that was it.
35:14
That was the chance. Maybe they need to be some head
35:16
and neck training with Benjamin Sesco.
35:18
He needs to plan a class of yeah, the power he gets or a
35:22
customer. Oh yeah, because you're just
35:24
didn't have it did. He always ones where like if he
35:27
almost like if he'd come off his bloody nose or something or his
35:30
eyeball and like it got it a slightly different angle, he
35:32
probably would have scored. Yeah.
35:33
But because it kind of hit him dead in the forehead, he just
35:35
went straight to the keeper. And it's yeah, really.
35:37
And. Then while we're on headers, the
35:39
Agate header is all quite a difficult one that I liked.
35:42
What was harder on that? Yeah, like your little looper,
35:45
but yeah, like it was it it wasn't like a really clear cut
35:50
chance that it wasn't like the other one.
35:51
I think he goes he made it into a chance, but then against my
35:54
his ones with if I wanted to assess who's not 5 foot 4 at
35:59
all. You got it totally.
36:00
I suppose. He's not 6, he's not 6 foot five
36:03
who can get his head right over it.
36:05
So he's just why he's wondering. Wish it was why wasn't Cesco
36:08
getting that delivery for the 1st 70 minutes?
36:11
Like that's the kind of thing it was, which is frustrating.
36:14
Fun fact, Aunty Soragate in a restaurant when I was with Mrs.
36:18
S as. Well, than you are sure than
36:21
you. He was sat down so I can't be
36:23
sure, but I think he's definitely bigger than 54.
36:26
Short theme is. Yeah, that little look at Mrs. S
36:29
on the on the way in, to be honest, before you saw today
36:31
because he saw me walking in. Cheeky, cheeky, yeah.
36:34
So but then when I saw it was a Garcia, I was like, Oh yeah, OK,
36:36
you can look. That's fine, yeah.
36:39
So what you're you're Mrs. S getting to Boston.
36:41
She's. Yeah, she's she's running off
36:43
with the Emmanuel. She's running off with the
36:45
Garcia. You can't blame her.
36:47
You cannot blame her, Right? Completely lost my way.
36:51
Now let's get back to football. And then as he was an attacking
36:55
so Ahmad and Josh came on for Maine and then Buem all thoughts
37:00
on those. Yeah, I might would like to see
37:03
earlier. And also I get like I said, I
37:05
probably would have liked him to maybe come on at right back just
37:10
to offer like doubly attacking threat and keep keep Brian on
37:15
because I just keep them guessing.
37:16
But as soon as I'm I was out there, I know it's going to get
37:18
to I'm out and there's no kind of threat really coming from
37:20
garlic. And then Josh again, it's a bit
37:24
like actually again, a bit like Ugarte.
37:26
I thought he actually played quite well.
37:29
Like he did some quite good stuff.
37:30
You'll see that really good shot and he was kind of linking up
37:33
quite well. But it's just not the player
37:36
who's going to change the game for us.
37:37
Like maybe one in 10 games, you'll make a big impact and
37:40
score that goal might go in, but on the whole you don't back Josh
37:44
to to change the game and which is a shame.
37:48
I thought he actually did all right when he came.
37:50
On that guy though, let me talk about Josh quickly.
37:52
So like I think it was in Bermo who said he's surprised the Josh
37:56
was surprised him more than anyone in how much skill he's
37:59
got. And I feel the same about Xerxe.
38:03
I'm just like, the guy is too chill.
38:06
He's almost got like that bird. Yeah, they have a tough swagger
38:08
about him, but not really justified.
38:10
In a minute. Now the.
38:11
Output. Yeah, just.
38:12
Want to, like, shake him? What is it?
38:14
I'm going on on Sundays. Yeah.
38:16
But is it the daddy long legs? It's the most poisonous and
38:18
can't use it. It's like Josh, the
38:21
understanding long legs in football.
38:23
Yeah, literally. Like me.
38:24
Come on. Like you've got.
38:26
He's got his first touch. And what he's capable of on the
38:29
ball is absolutely brilliant. But sometimes I just want to
38:33
shake the guy and just go like you need to also find a gear.
38:37
Shake him and say you're gonna this is your last Basie 10 games
38:41
to maybe keep a united career. Yeah.
38:44
And he just doesn't seem that asked.
38:46
He must know he's probably gonna get sold in this summer if he
38:49
doesn't make a certain impact. And he's a lady said he's got
38:53
he's got the kind of most of the raw attributes there.
38:55
It looks like he's got a skill. He's a big, he's a big unit.
38:57
He's got a good passer. He showed he has a good shot on
39:00
him. He just doesn't put it together
39:01
enough. And I feel like it's just
39:03
application or anything. It's just like, yeah, he said.
39:06
He's just chill to chill. To chill, yeah, relaxed man
39:11
needs to get you. We need to shoot a lot more and
39:13
get him going. But yeah, that's my little
39:14
roundabout was actually be again because I think he's got in
39:17
there if he could. And then we had a Bruno effort.
39:22
It's kind of the high on Live from the edge of the Box Junior
39:25
again. And then obviously a key moment.
39:28
Annoyingly, Murphy and Azula came on for Elenger and Gordon
39:33
and Murphy's always a bit of a handful and so when he came on I
39:36
was a bit nervous about him coming on Assoula.
39:39
I've seen bits but wasn't. But I've literally not seen him
39:42
before. Yeah, I was like, he's this guy.
39:45
He's mint. That's how he's unbelievable.
39:49
Absolutely rapid and world. He's striking it.
39:51
Is he meant or is he also because we then had to bring on
39:54
the last year for Maserati as well?
39:57
Oh my God. Well, last year.
39:59
Why is he coming on instead of Kikonki?
40:02
Kikonki's like a unit Athletic can play centre back and play
40:06
right back, left back, wherever. Like, Oh my, he's probably
40:10
played more football than the last year, obviously kind of
40:13
youth level. But you know, I was watching him
40:15
and I'm like, what is he doing? He was everywhere but doing
40:19
nothing. Like he was defending like a
40:22
lunatic, but not actually defending.
40:23
And then at one point we were attacking down the left and he
40:26
was up there kind of in the box and then suddenly sprinting back
40:29
but not doing anything. I think that was maybe actually
40:30
for the goal. I was like, what I what was he
40:33
doing? I only saw him.
40:34
I didn't think he touched the ball.
40:38
So bad. Yeah, I know.
40:40
I. Don't know why he's coming on.
40:41
I know you're a passionate member of the Right Back union,
40:44
but I think I would have rather you come on.
40:45
It was a bit like you coming on, like as a United fan, just like
40:48
running around going. It's amazing.
40:51
Yeah, I've got it. He's got the energy.
40:54
And then burn after 2 minutes. Yeah, just running like a blue
40:57
ass spot. Fly like he was.
40:59
He was. He was just sprinting at people,
41:01
wasn't he? Just like.
41:02
Yeah, but it was ridiculous. Oh God.
41:08
Yeah. So that wasn't great, but then
41:10
what was? It you should start next week.
41:12
That's for sure. Yeah.
41:12
Captain Molassia. Weird, Weird decision.
41:16
Weird decision. See, I'm seeing you got like,
41:18
heaven on the bench as well. You just, you know, you'd offer
41:21
that height for crosses and things like that as well and.
41:23
He's and he's pacey as well. Yeah.
41:25
He's not slow, yeah. Not just backed his actually a
41:28
little bit. He did have that effort after
41:29
that as well then, which was another.
41:31
Yeah, that's another one. Like that is a really, really
41:34
good save. Like that was some strike.
41:37
I think he's actually, when he hit it, I think he thought he
41:39
was in. Yeah, he did I.
41:40
Thought it was in. Like how we get.
41:43
He's going top corner. How We Get Done by Aaron
41:45
Ramsdale. He's everyone.
41:47
'S annoying like shouty keepers as well celebrates everything
41:51
and Dan Burn annoyed me at one point where he he did like a
41:55
blocked across and then celebrated like it won the World
41:58
Cup. I was like like you.
42:04
Nice, nicely censoring yourself. Actually, I like it.
42:07
You can tell this is a complete different energy from other
42:09
podcasts with all the stuff in there.
42:12
I love it. I love it.
42:14
And then, just while we're disillusional, A sealer even
42:17
you've never even seen runs past Charlie Robertson molasses and
42:23
literally scores an absolute worldly from the edge of the box
42:26
that I think still curling now. Yeah, ridiculous.
42:30
Like yeah, he went, he went like his run.
42:35
Obviously they should have stopped his run.
42:36
I think he was it was it was. I think McGuire goes to him and
42:41
then he drops back, which is he should have just cluttered in
42:44
basically was really sure just cluttered in.
42:47
Don't think even the money any car and.
42:51
Then he basically came inside the ball.
42:54
Yeah, because because McGuire was tracking him and then he
42:57
kind of was like, and I think last year was coming from this
42:58
side and then McGuire drops back and then he just runs past both
43:01
of them and you're like the McGuire was closer, I think to
43:04
disrupt him or slow him down. But because he dropped, then the
43:08
space carried on being open, and then the fly just fucking fuzzed
43:13
around. Him and then just buzz it yeah,
43:18
I mean and. Then he just popped it in the
43:19
corner. I got like the finish was
43:20
unbelievable. It's been like that, that bit of
43:23
game where Roger scored two, well, deeds.
43:25
It's like sometimes you can't stop those.
43:28
But the game should have been like, we should have won that
43:33
game based on not based on performance, but based on the
43:35
situation. And so like, the Newcastle
43:39
deserves to win, not based on like, creating lots of chances
43:42
and doing lots, but based on their approach to the game, the
43:46
application of their tactics, their energy and their response
43:49
to having ten men. They did deserve it, but not in
43:51
terms of like, they should have scored seven goals.
43:54
But you know, I mean, they deserved, they played better
43:56
than us and next year their game plan much better than we did.
43:59
And that goal was just yeah, yeah, really good goal.
44:02
Like from a from a finished perspective, but annoying.
44:05
More like poor defending I would say.
44:06
One little point and look, it's a great strike and like say I
44:09
think it's still curling now and I won't have a bad word said
44:12
about lemons. But when I watched your back and
44:14
I watched it back a couple of times, he weirdly just kind of
44:17
maybe it's not quipped and but just watches it almost like and
44:21
it's not a million miles away from him.
44:22
And I was just a bit surprised that he didn't even die for it.
44:26
Was it that good of a strike that he just thought no?
44:28
I think it was. I don't think he, I don't think
44:30
he was, I don't think he can blame him for anything.
44:33
No blame, no blame. I think I was just just because
44:35
he's brilliant. I was just he literally just
44:38
twist his body. I'm kind of one me and just
44:40
watched it go in. I.
44:41
Thought I think it was going to the corner flag.
44:44
It's going towards the corner flag and then whipped in
44:47
basically. So he was like, oh, that's
44:48
that's probably going to be a goal kick.
44:49
And then it. He's put that much whip on it,
44:52
yeah. Bend it like cool quip.
44:56
Yeah, I love it. Well, at least we're laughing.
44:58
But unfortunately, the end result?
45:01
Bad performance, United, Newcastle went to one missed
45:05
opportunity. You know, even a point would
45:07
have been, you know, would have been helpful.
45:09
I've taken the .100%. Yeah, but wasn't to be, wasn't
45:12
to be. That difficult question when
45:14
we've lost them. We're annoyed, as you said,
45:16
about 30 times on this podcast already, but man of the match
45:19
from your point of view? Basically a random one, but I
45:23
think he made a massive impact on the second-half and really
45:29
help them applicate their their kind of 10 man structure.
45:33
Billy Willock, like he kept causing problems and I think he
45:38
kept us on edge because multiple times he won fouls on the wing.
45:43
He kept running out, running out with it and we kept, again, he
45:46
kept going down a lot as well. And I genuinely thought he was a
45:51
major impact on them kind of getting that goal in second-half
45:54
and keeping us on edge back then potentially be on the score.
45:59
So yeah, random one, but I'm saying him, he's thinking made a
46:01
massive impact in that game. Yeah, it's a fair show, fair
46:05
show. I am.
46:06
I've mentioned him a couple of times, but I kind of probably
46:09
thought about Joe Linton. I think the game just yeah, he's
46:12
a he's a beast in he, but he was just thorn in our side all day,
46:15
I think in terms of just making runs and connecting, you know,
46:20
the attack as well. So he was definitely a handful
46:22
and then a player that I definitely mentioned in the
46:25
preview and just someone I really appreciate.
46:27
It's just Lewis Hall, I think he's a very tidy footballer left
46:30
back. Yeah, yeah, I.
46:31
Thought you did a good job as well and then show replacement.
46:38
Maybe not. For some reason I'm hesitating.
46:43
He's, I would say he's probably better than what sure does now,
46:47
yeah, but he's not. He shouldn't.
46:50
Basically, we should have a better left back than both of
46:52
them. Yeah, right.
46:53
Yeah, yeah. I think that's where I'm at.
46:54
I think he's a good player, good player for Newcastle.
46:58
Not sure if I'd be excited to bring him in, particularly to
47:01
start position. I also did a little, I did a
47:04
little mention for Cunion. Definitely not a man on a match
47:07
performance, but I did like some of his.
47:09
In terms of United players, for me, he was the one that kind of
47:12
got about it the most and tried to make things happen.
47:16
So a little mention to him. But yeah, I think he definitely
47:19
has to be a Newcastle player for yeah, yeah, just on Newcastle
47:22
generally. Thoughts on them?
47:24
We mentioned them in the preview and we had some question marks
47:27
over him. After you've seen them against
47:28
us, what do you think? I think they just that's what
47:33
they do really well is that kind of backs against the wall.
47:37
Everyone hates us. Like they they play well in like
47:41
physical, physical chaos is what I kind of say, and that's their
47:45
kind of style, particularly when they got some of their better
47:48
players that injured and that would have a kind of proper
47:51
striker money. So like, I think I feel like
47:55
they're probably slightly better than where they are in the
47:58
league at the moment, but because of Champions League
47:59
football. But they I don't think they
48:01
should be pushing for Champions League football again, based on
48:04
their current team and tactics. Yeah.
48:05
And they're just one of those teams that they turn up like,
48:08
don't they? They, I think they're 10 men
48:09
against Liverpool early in the season and played, played
48:13
exactly the same. I think Liverpool got a late
48:14
winner rather than they did. But yeah, it was that that young
48:18
kid who came on and scored for Liverpool.
48:22
And I think that's the kind of game they love, say, playing us
48:27
and a night game kind of backstairs the wall.
48:29
When they play over to their home, they lose.
48:32
I think they lost their last three games at home.
48:34
Yeah, before that. So I guess a bit almost a bit
48:39
like us in a sense that they can get themselves up for the big
48:41
games, but they let the lesser games kind of drift and that's
48:45
why they are where they are. And then that's kind of
48:49
annoyingly, we deemed them as a lesser team, so we didn't turn
48:51
up. Yeah, no, yeah, I'm with you.
48:54
I deem yesterday a little bit more about was being bad than,
48:57
you know, them being then great. You know, I think like you said,
49:01
Eddie Howe got it right versus Carrick.
49:04
Yeah. And then you mentioned it in the
49:06
preview as well, but I just don't know if their business has
49:08
been has been that good. And obviously Zac was a massive
49:11
loss for them as well, you know, in terms of the goals that he
49:13
brought. So yeah, I don't see them as
49:17
someone who should be, you know, challenging anytime soon, but
49:21
annoying makes it more annoying because they were there for the
49:23
taking and we just didn't. We didn't sure.
49:26
Even though they, you know, they had a pretty good, good game
49:28
plan. Let's try and find some positive
49:31
chess in what was there. I'm going to start with my row,
49:34
I think. Again, just good player, tidy
49:37
player coming in is at least, you know, just pretty solid.
49:41
And what about you? Yeah, the whole thing you also
49:45
mentioned is fantastic hair transplant he's had.
49:48
A wonderful. Very fit last night, wasn't it?
49:50
Very, very. Good job, luscious locks that
49:53
he's now got. Yeah, yeah.
49:55
Yeah, he's not got, yeah, Paul says.
49:58
I think he got a same last year, right?
50:00
He was class. Any game on?
50:04
He's lost it. To be fair, I I'm really
50:09
struggling to pull anything out that I can really say.
50:12
Like Junior for the first half was making runs, but I think he
50:17
just looked better than everyone else because everyone else is so
50:19
poor. Like I don't think for example,
50:22
like Yarrow defensively wasn't he didn't cause any of the
50:26
issues. It's fairly solid.
50:29
He's had a bit of stick recently.
50:30
So I'd give him like he was probably a 7 out of 10, maybe a
50:35
six because he could have scored the header.
50:37
But yeah, basically I don't really have many positives, I'm
50:41
afraid. No.
50:41
Fair enough. Yeah, I think if I'm really
50:43
being optimistic, I think you mentioned at the start as well,
50:47
hopefully this is now just a test for Carrick.
50:49
You know, if you're going to really, if you're going to
50:51
really evaluate him on potentially getting the job,
50:53
it's moments like this where we need to see something, right.
50:56
It's Yeah and the. Game next game as well, right
50:59
against one of the the key rivals for for Jamie's league,
51:02
massive home. Yeah, like that's a huge.
51:05
It's almost a perfect game I think for us to respond to
51:07
again. Part of me thinks would be
51:10
better if it'd be more of a test that Carrick and Harry respond
51:15
and Harry got a team prepared after a loss for Wolves or
51:19
Bournemouth. But because it's Villa and their
51:21
arrival, I assume and hope that the team are going to be well up
51:26
for it on the back of a loss. And it's it's a rival for
51:29
Champions League football. So again, maybe it's not the
51:31
complete test, but it's a massive 1 to see what he does.
51:34
Does he change tactics? Does he just get them fired up,
51:37
get the mentality right, get the energy right?
51:40
It's annoying we have to wait whatever it is 11 days to find
51:42
out. Yeah, really annoying, really,
51:43
and I will do it. We'll do a full preview of Dylan
51:46
next week, as well as to make sure you subscribe.
51:48
Don't follow in for that. But yeah, I think it'd just be
51:50
interesting to see now you know, what the response is.
51:53
So that's one definitely not positive, but something I think
51:56
is an opportunity for us to really evaluate Carrick and
51:59
yeah, because, yeah, real bad performance again.
52:02
And I think what I'm worried about is just a bit of a trend
52:05
in terms of how we're starting games and, you know, how we're
52:09
playing ourselves. I'm worried that, you know,
52:11
there's some old habits creeping back in the plays of almost
52:14
like, you know, the honeymoon period has passed now.
52:16
And I just don't want us to return to that.
52:18
There's no need because he wants to know that, you know, you want
52:20
to be part of the winning united when the mood's up and stuff
52:23
like that as well. So I hope it is a bit of a bit
52:26
of a, you know, not that. And we can, you know, we can we
52:30
can actually have a bit of a response.
52:31
So there's some time there. Let's make ourselves a little
52:35
bit happier and everyone listening before we go Wolves
52:38
versus Liverpool, so. Absolutely love it.
52:43
Because I'm such a kill cat, I was actually playing snooker and
52:46
was just getting the there was there is the disclosure on my
52:50
phone. And then I saw Wolves went one a
52:52
lot and I was like what? And then I saw Liverpool
52:54
equalizer fire. We go, we'll get a win and then
52:57
a late winner for Wolves. Fantastic.
53:01
I say like fair play to to them since since he's come in like
53:08
they've got, they've become really hard to because even the
53:10
games they've not won, they've been mainly drawing.
53:13
So yeah, yeah, fair play. And obviously to beat Liverpool
53:16
was amazing. Like you just wonder like if
53:18
they've made the change earlier, could they stay up?
53:20
Like I think obviously them still 9 points adrift or
53:24
something mad like that, but be in Liverpool and be drawing with
53:28
Arsenal and like like it could go on a mad run.
53:32
It'd be the greatest of escapes ever if they do it, but I think
53:36
they just left them too much to do.
53:37
But lovely to see Liverpool drop some more points and obviously
53:41
annoying we didn't capitalize on it.
53:43
But always love to see this guys is these.
53:45
Yeah, it gave us a bit of a runway, right?
53:48
It made the defeat less of a thing, yeah.
53:53
I think I saw a start that they they've, I don't think they've
53:57
lost 5 but there's five games now.
54:00
Liverpool this season have conceded like 90 plus minute
54:06
equalizers or losses, which I'm here to hear for, especially
54:09
because at the start of the season they kept getting last
54:11
minute winners. Yeah, and it was like also sign
54:13
a champions. Actually, you just shake me so.
54:17
Yeah, no, but I made this, made things a little bit easier,
54:20
which is nice. Chelsea thumb, Villa 41.
54:23
They're gonna have the tails up now.
54:24
I couldn't expect that. Yeah, didn't see that come in
54:27
like I saw. Obviously vendor went one up as
54:29
well. So, yeah, it was not expecting
54:33
that score really. Like, I think that's Chelsea
54:36
though, isn't it? It's very much hot and cold.
54:38
You don't know which one's going to turn up.
54:39
And I think I don't know what's going on.
54:41
Villa, like Emory's normally kind of Mr. Calm, calculated
54:47
kind of things just took over. Nice.
54:48
But they had was it this season had a really bad start.
54:51
They want a massive run, but that massive room was lots of
54:54
worldly goals, lots of goals from outside the air.
54:56
So maybe they're just finally catching up and some of these
54:59
shots we were going crossbar and in and I just hit the crossbar
55:02
and not, you know what I mean? Like, but obviously it's good
55:06
time hoping to be playing them. But again, similar situation.
55:10
They've got time to prepare. Probably going to be really
55:12
fired up. So give me a really interesting
55:15
game. I mean, we have, we play them.
55:16
Big game, big game. Just back on Chelsea.
55:18
Some sweet sweet fantasy points for me and Joe Pedro upfront.
55:21
Unfortunately not captain. I had also benched Matty Cash
55:26
for Sanesi, which is a good move because Cash got -1 and Sanesi
55:30
got 11. So very happy with that
55:32
management decision which is. My fantasy has gone down the
55:35
drain. On the slide.
55:37
And on the slide and the old slide and.
55:39
Then let's quickly mention the title race.
55:41
Unfortunately. So Arsenal got the winners that
55:44
he drew. Yeah, it's obviously this.
55:48
I'm obviously happy because I don't want to still in the
55:50
league, really hate Arsenal fans.
55:52
Yeah, because they're absolutely awful Yeah, I think I posted
55:56
something on our social showing like thinking they're better
55:59
than Real Madrid and soccer should be bell and door and all
56:01
this crazy, crazy chat they have so just annoying that they're
56:05
going to win the league. But I'm still overall I'll be
56:06
happy that they win the league, but I'm just I'm just not
56:10
mentally prepared for good time. Is the World Cup actually is
56:12
coming? Because there'll be less noise
56:14
for the whole summer about Arsenal being the greatest team
56:17
on earth because yeah, it's got another like stinky one nil win,
56:22
didn't they against Brighton and yes, City drawing at home to
56:26
Forest? Yeah, I think just shows they're
56:28
there. I think everyone kind of
56:30
predicted it and not really that's it, the season.
56:34
So I think Arsenal go on and win it now.
56:36
Yeah I agree, but also on the city stuff, Forest getting that
56:40
point and West Ham winning really dragged Spurs down into
56:44
it. Yeah, yeah, big time.
56:47
Is it one point difference between Spurs and.
56:49
They're on 29 and Forest West Ham around 28 I think.
56:55
And I don't think Spurs, his games are getting any easier.
56:57
They played, I saw rumours that they might be thinking of a
57:01
sacking Igor already. It's like that club is madness.
57:05
What are you, Big Sam? Big if they get pulled into
57:09
that, honestly, the wheels are going to come up and if they get
57:11
pulled, if they end up signing a bomb free, all the fans are
57:14
going to panic and it's going to be mad honestly, it's going to
57:17
be absolutely mad it's. Mad I'm here for it, yeah.
57:21
But yeah, that was that was kind of that was the match week.
57:25
And now unfortunately we've got an FA Cup weekend which we're
57:29
not part of and no United game for 10 days, which is the worst.
57:34
So please out there, be careful what you listen to and what you
57:37
died, yes, because you know what, it's going to be like kind
57:39
of yesterday because of Carrick's not the right man.
57:41
You know, you've already got schools chatting nonsense and
57:44
social and there's going to be all that stuff now in terms of.
57:47
Can I have a rant about about this?
57:49
Go for it. I'm just so fed up of mainly
57:53
like keen Skulls, but Gary Neville like he's your old
57:57
teammate, like assuming you get along celebrating goals
58:01
together, why are they being so negative towards him?
58:05
Like how is it helping Manchester United?
58:08
Like, even if you agree that agree with that, I'll think of
58:10
that in the background. Like you don't need the money to
58:13
get clicks and more views on your podcast or your Instagram
58:17
story, whatever it is. Like you're not social media
58:19
stars desperate for cash. Like, what are you doing?
58:22
Just support the club like you can.
58:24
You can be negative and you can speak kind of constructively or
58:30
mention negative things. But the way like, stores his
58:32
post last night, like, it's like childish, like it's like school
58:36
ground, like bullying, like Carrie not so special now.
58:40
It's like Carrie's never said he's special himself.
58:43
It's the media. The Carrie doesn't talk much
58:45
over them when he has to. Like, it's just so annoying.
58:48
And they're all at it. Like all of them are just so
58:50
negative. Like Keen saying, oh, wait, if
58:52
we win, if he wins all 17 games, I still wouldn't hire him.
58:56
What the hell? Like, I think his record at the
58:58
moment still is one of the best ever United manager.
59:00
I know it's a small yeah sample size, but I just really
59:04
frustrating that these like skull is my favorite player ever
59:08
on the pitch but like he started tainted just gonna like just
59:11
support the club yeah in the right way.
59:13
And if you think things are slight negative, think about how
59:15
this is going to impact united, how it's going to impact the
59:18
payers, how it's going to impact impact Carrick and just be like
59:22
well actually maybe I won't post that on social media because I
59:24
don't think he's deleted it now on the story to try and find it.
59:27
I couldn't see it, just really annoying.
59:29
And then why? But why?
59:31
Why is it negative? I totally agree with you.
59:33
Like what is the motivation? You know, like, obviously
59:35
they're allowed to be frustrated too.
59:36
And also and you know, they care about United and want us to win.
59:39
But it's at times like this where you want to look to those
59:42
players to get like pills of wisdom or just something we
59:45
haven't seen, not some stupid, you know, little whinge about
59:50
what's going on or, you know, just something that makes, yeah,
59:53
annoyed. So yeah, I totally agree.
59:55
It's just I don't I don't get it.
59:56
And I don't understand why they jumped on it.
59:58
Maybe it's what's. The game for your love of the
1:00:01
club. Exactly.
1:00:02
Particularly when it's like karaoke.
1:00:03
He's actually just, you know, really conducted himself super
1:00:05
well. And yeah, actually, we've showed
1:00:08
some promise. So strange.
1:00:11
Don't get it at all. Do not get it at all.
1:00:13
No, it's really annoying me. I just see lots of point now
1:00:15
I've stopped listening to some of the podcasts they're on
1:00:20
because I'm like podcasts I always used to listen to enjoy.
1:00:22
I've just been like, like you hear Gary Neville buddy again
1:00:26
one time. Think of her PC.
1:00:28
Way to say it. But like waxing lyrical about
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Bernardo Silver everybody week and thinking Cesco's is still
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got to prove himself. Obviously Cesco's not a complete
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player, but like, where's some positivity around the goals he's
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scoring and the upturn in performance?
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Like just so frustrating. I Skulls.
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Come on the fellow Reds podcast and explain yourself.
1:00:49
What you up to What you up to Yeah, let's have a chat.
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Let's have a chat. Get out there, get out there.
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But yeah, really annoying. We've got 10 days now to kind of
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lick our wounds and stuff. Stay positive.
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You know, it's been a been a good one.
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It's been a good one. It's been a good period.
1:01:05
Obviously we've had some dips in performance, but you've got to
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think about some of those results we've had as well.
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And where we're sat on the table is Rosie.
1:01:12
So I really hope that Carrie can and his team can can really sit
1:01:16
down and and dissect what's going on and we can get a
1:01:19
really, really good result against filler.
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As I mentioned, we'll do a proper preview of that game next
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week. So so watch out for that.
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But yeah, let's leave it there, Chaz, and thank you.
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Thank you very much for watching and listening.
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1:01:40
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1:01:42
Let us know what what you saw. Have we missed anything and how
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come we? Did I say annoying in this
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podcast? Let us know, let us know, but it
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wasn't I wasn't. It really was.
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Get one more in there. But yeah, thanks.
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Thanks so much, as always, for watching my loving doing this
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even in these these ones where we've not got the win.
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Different, different energy, but it was it was fun as well.
1:02:06
So yeah, hope you all have a great weekend and we'll see you
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in the next one.