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CUNHA V CARRICK DANCE-OFF 🕺 Man Utd 3-1 Aston Villa Review | Bruno Masterclass AGAIN! 💎 · The Fellow Reds Podcast - Manchester United

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OK, that's day five in a row time when that kid cuts his
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hair. You're going to do the CUNY
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dance. Yeah, or was it 21?
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No way we're getting it sooner than that.
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I don't even care that the haters who just didn't go on
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about him too much just don't watch him like we do.
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He's a he's a privilege, a pleasure.
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What a guy. How we fellow Reds.
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And welcome to this latest review of the match yesterday
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against Aston Villa with me, Span and Chaz, as always, if
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And also make sure you don't miss a thing about Manchester
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United. But jazz, we're here.
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We're third big game, big result.
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How you feeling? Better than that, yeah, Great,
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great. Obviously I got my prediction
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nailed on. So happy about that.
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And yeah, I was kind of confident going into the game
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and I didn't quite play out exactly how I thought, but yeah,
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really happy with the result to get a clean sheet.
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But yeah, three goals, some good goals, yeah, very, very happy.
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And then great results over the weekend for us.
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So that third spot is looking pretty good right now.
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I couldn't agree more. We asked for a reaction from
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Carrick and you know, we'll get into all the details.
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It definitely wasn't a perfect performance, but it was much
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improved and just most importantly, just was a massive
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win. Massive win.
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And as you say, predictions almost nailed on.
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You add 31 and you had Cesco Kunia and Wemel and Rogers and
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you add a little bonus, she said to Bruno.
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Assistant. Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah. So I just got obviously switched
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out and by my for Casimiro and then Rogers for who scored their
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goal. Ross Barkley.
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Oh, yeah, that was it. Yeah, yeah.
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Or was it? Or was it and Anna?
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Yeah, true, true. He claimed it, didn't he?
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Yeah, yeah. Afterwards he's like, it touched
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me. I completely forgot then.
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Yeah, but I'm very good. Very solid prediction from you.
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Yeah, yeah, very predicting. I'm remembering actual score is
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better. Did you have any money on it?
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I not on that, but from now on I'm going to put a bet on every
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prediction. So taking that, take a bet 365
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for the cleaners. Based on that you will and I had
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two one so I had Bruno junior and I thought Rogers as well,
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but it wasn't. So I still went for the win.
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But no, it's not as good as you and very, very happy with that
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result. And before we get into it, as
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always, line up First off, so Cesco bench famite.
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Yeah, I'm guessing he was thinking they've got some like
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less mobile center backs with like mings and stuff.
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So maybe just thinking like interchanging from three kind of
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not really know who's going where and stuff like that.
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So I'm thinking that was probably the reasoning behind
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it. The rest of it was found as
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expected in terms of line up ready.
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Yeah, yeah, I think he's one of them.
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When you look back now after a three one win, there can be no
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complaints really can be, but I always feel a little bit unsure.
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I'll get into some of my thoughts later as well around
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obviously Cesco not starting but he comes on the scores so yeah,
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can't really complain. Kenya and then that Owen Shaw,
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Obviously there was thoughts around whether Mazari would, you
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know, would start and play, but when we've went with the low and
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Shaw. Yeah, yeah.
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I think when Shaw's had a break, like a long one, like like he
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had, I think he at least the matter right amount of games for
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him to keep putting in good performances.
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He's not the same. Sure, he was when he first burst
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on the scene for the leg break, but he's still very solid,
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particularly kind of from a defensive perspective.
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Yeah. And I think we know as well with
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Dillo, he's mixed Disney sometimes, but I thought he
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played pretty well today. He does.
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He does a very good touch out of this guy that I've started to
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associate with him. When he's got his back 10 and
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the ball comes over, he's done that A.
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Few times this evening and then yeah same with no spins it.
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I know, I know. And then we spoke obviously in
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the preview about John McGinn, and of course, he made it for
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our game. Yeah, like.
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I kind of was a bit worried about him, but I don't think he
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maybe obviously he's been out for a while.
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I know he came on on Thursday night as well, but thankfully it
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wasn't the John McGinn. He's kind of causing lots of
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problems, at least yesterday, which is which is good to see.
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Yeah, probably needs a few more games to get going, but
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interesting to see him with his number six on his back and play
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in. There's the like #10 on the
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right. Yeah, yeah.
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That's a love 1. That was an odd one.
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Yeah, I was a little bit worried when I saw him because he'd also
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kind of spoke about him in the preview and I thought as this
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got him scoring all having a will be written all over it.
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But yeah, luckily we've managed to keep him quiet, which is
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good. And then, yeah, getting into
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some of the moments we started, I thought we started pretty well
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comparatively to kind of our very slow performances against
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the last, last few opponents. I think it was better like if
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you're thinking about first half, like it was better than
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the previous few games, but not nearly, still not as good as it
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had been for in those early games basically.
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But I was, I wasn't like really annoyed at half time saying, oh
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like we're not at it. It's kind of like there's more
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energy there, there's better passing.
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Just wasn't quite clicking in the final third.
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But I wasn't as concerned as I had been in some of the previous
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games are kind of against Newcastle and Everton and things
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like that. So yeah, better, but I think you
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can't necessarily expect the level of City and Arsenal every
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single game for 490. And yeah, so yeah, I wasn't, I
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think I think some fans were a lot more annoyed about the first
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half than I was and kind of don't, don't give up to Gary
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level again. But his commentary at halftime
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was made out like Villa played us off the park.
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I just didn't have the finishing touch.
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It's like they didn't. I think they're two shots in the
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whole buddy game or something like that, Like no shots from
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Target in the first half and he made out like we were played off
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the park. I was like, well, we made the
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better chances. We had the better saves.
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We didn't quite make everything click, but we were definitely
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doing a lot more and I thought we were the better team in the
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first half. Maybe Neil.
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Neil was a fair result at half time, but we were definitely the
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better of the teams. Probably like a six out of 10
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and a 5 out of 10 for the team. That's what I was as how I saw,
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anyway. No, I agree he must have been
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watching a different game because obviously in in games
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gone by previously I've been very worried about our start and
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we've mentioned it on this pod, but no, I didn't.
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I didn't have that feeling in this game.
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I I think there's room for improvement definitely and it
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didn't blow me away. We've been better, but I'll take
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it. We even got a rare Luke Shaw run
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down the left, which was nice to see.
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He's not done that enough for me this season.
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Well, that's what I was saying. Obviously about a few minutes
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together. I was like, he, he's not that
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kind of marauding left wing or left wing back or wing back.
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He that he used to be getting crosses in, but there was a bit
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of a blast from the past there, which was nice to see.
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He has, I would say he's got a better cross, for example, than
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Dallow. And if he can get in this
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position, he just doesn't do it hardly ever anymore.
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But I think it's part of accepting that that's it, that's
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him now. But it was nice to see, right?
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Yeah, definitely, definitely. And you have not loads of
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fantastic moments really in the first half.
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But I got asked what was that free kick about from Aston Villa
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where he took about 5 minutes to decide what they were going to
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do and then completely messed up.
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And they have their they have their long dead set piece coach
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down the bench on it and you can't be proud of that one.
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No, I think there's been loads of stats recently on teams
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taking how long they take for like corners and free kicks and
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that was a a long one and they they messed up good stuff.
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So it was always nice to see. Just chatting with each other,
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being like she'd be there, she would do that.
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And I can't believe they were allowed to take so long, really.
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Well, you wonder how you go was that it was that I sometimes
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when is that part of the plan? You remember like that Perez and
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I'm really penalty, which obviously they messed up as
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well, but like chatting away and like, oh, take longer and
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frustrate them and then do a quick one and then they took it
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and it was a mess they're. Completely messed up and then we
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did we did have a chance with through that union.
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We'll get into him a lot more as well.
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But he pointed some very good crosses.
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But he had that I mean a mad going through the middle great
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crossing and that means he's all over him.
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I thought maybe I'm just being biased but.
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Like I, I don't get house like some of the stuff that Arsenal
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have got away with and have been doing and he's like that and
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penalties they've had and 1 like he's pulling his shirt like.
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And then again the commentary again, Gary's like, oh, it's not
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enough for me. It's like it's a foul.
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Like he's this grabbing issue and he pulled him.
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So why yeah, why is it not a foul?
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There's just no consistency, is it?
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That's the frustrating thing, but and.
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I don't know why it has to be totally like different in the
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box compared to around the pitch because they give all sorts
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everywhere else but just there. Yeah, no, apparently, yeah, that
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was a mad one. And then, yeah, that was 1.
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Thing on the I was going to say on the crossing in the first
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half, I'd like that was perfect for Cesco.
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Like some of those balls were really good and he was the one
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who would be making those runs across the box of customer's
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post or in the middle of the box.
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And it's and Buemer and Ahmad who combined about the same size
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as a Cesco. So it's like that's who you
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needed in there to to be getting in those end of those crushes.
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And it's a bit frustrating. Like why are you playing the
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game plan? We've not been playing when
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Tesco started against Newcastle, but you're playing it without
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him. So yeah, that was a bit
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annoying. Like why?
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Why was that happening? Was the game now the fact?
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That honestly, I was going to say exactly that.
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I kind of know it down in my kind of improvement ideas, straw
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negatives. It's almost understand if we
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don't start Cesco, but then we kind of still felt like we were
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playing as if he was on the pitch because.
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Yeah, exactly. We've basically done them wrong.
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We've obviously got some very good headers of the ball, but
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they're not always in those positions when we're actually in
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open place. So you've got people like and
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Bwemo and Hamad running through, to be fair.
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Yeah, Honestly, I might have a couple of headers, but.
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Yeah. It's just it's just not what you
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expect. And like you said, just download
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pointing across and he just went to AB a good cross.
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Well, I just meant absolutely no one.
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And yeah, Cesco would be rubbing his hands or something like
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that. Yeah, he just put it perfectly
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in that sort of danger zone between the two defenders inside
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the six yard box. But not Test of the keeper is
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like begging for a Cesco. Not on that.
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It was it was you must have decided Ben, if you can get me
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on, get me on. Yeah, I was doing that.
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So. But like you say, it was a very
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good header from from Ahmed and it was like 20th minute and a
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good save from Martinez to be fair down to a.
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Good save, Yeah, yeah, yeah, very good save.
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Like really strong hand on it. Like you see a lot of keepers
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probably would have maybe palm that into the Internet.
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He can't really blame Ahmed. He's like a really good header
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going in the right, right in the corner.
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Maybe just needed a bit more power on it.
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McGuire. McGuire assisted.
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I might as well with a clever, yeah.
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Nice cross back. So yeah, it was good chance.
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That's probably the best chance of 1/2.
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We're just forced the best save of the half anyway over there.
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Maybe Dallas opportunity, which was probably, I don't know, it
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was an easier chance. I don't know.
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It's hard to say. Like if you're if you're if that
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was Cunha or Bruno or Bruno or Cesco, then you'd say it's an
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easier chance. But for a right back, maybe not.
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Yeah, I mean, wonderful pass, which we will definitely come on
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to again from Bruno. But like you said, just probably
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the wrong player at the end of it because he made it, makes a
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great run, gets himself in a great position, but he's just
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not there. Yeah, exactly.
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Again. But he just hasn't got that kind
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of end products, obviously. Yeah, I guess he wasn't.
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He touched it down on his right, right, which is obviously a
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stronger foot. And then he obviously took the
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shot and left and he kind of just like almost shined it.
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And again, as well as ones where if he stuffed it or made a worse
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connection with the ball, he might have had a better chance
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of scoring, but because he just fucking ballooned it.
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Yeah, but, and I love a tackle probably as much as a goal as
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well. And so does your Augustine
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point, some very good ones. And that one, Rogers, yeah, he
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started counting from that as well.
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That that was the one where he slid and made the pass with the
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like on the floor, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Really good tackle like and I enjoyed that.
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I bought Euro and McGuire had a good game, especially
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defensively. Like they both had a bit of kind
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of odd moments on the ball where they, I think Euro passed one
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straight out and things like that.
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Basic kind of things can happen. But defensively I thought they
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did really well. Like they kept walking.
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So you think we'd had a bit of confidence after scoring on
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Thursday, kept him pretty quiet, get Rogers largely quiet and
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then made some really good kind of tackles when they had to.
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And I thought, yeah, I thought I was pretty pleased with him
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yesterday. Yeah, yeah, same.
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I think we've said he's been a bit nervy and stuff in some
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games, but he's starting to get that, you know, that that
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assurance now really a little bit of OK, like I know what I'm
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doing there. And we know he's got all the
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potential in the world. So he just probably needs a
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little bit of he needs games and he needs confidence because
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yeah, he played he played really well yesterday and I love, love
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some of them and love some and tackles that he did and that
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counter ended up with a long range effort from from Mr.
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Bruno. One thing is I was watching on
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sky and having to endure Gary Neville, but they flashed they
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flashed up about Ollie Watkins and his longest drought and I
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hate them stats because I just immediately think right, you
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just teed up now. Yeah, you teed up while you walk
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into scar. But we managed to keep him, keep
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him quiet as oh, which was good, but.
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Yeah. I think generally I say first
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half. I definitely don't agree that it
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was like a bad half. Yeah, it wasn't a perfect half.
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I thought we hopped and puffed and I thought we, you know, I
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thought we edged it really, if anything.
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But yeah, not lots to really kind of sing about.
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I'll get too excited about in the first half, no.
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Yeah, Yeah, I do buy I was right as house where I don't think,
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again don't think that's the kind of hair dryer manager, but
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I don't think he needed to go in there and really kind of get a
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rocket of them. He's just kind of a few weeks.
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I feel like the energy was there, just the execution wasn't
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quite there. So I feel like it at half time,
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it wasn't a rollicking or anything like that.
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It was kind of just some tweaks here or there be a bit better on
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the ball and it will come and obviously it did.
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So yeah, I think it was an OK half.
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I think you just call it. Yeah, agreed.
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Agreed. And then second-half, really
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bright start, I thought. And Mr. Bruno Fernandez
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absolutely ran the show. What up?
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Yeah. Just I mean, just sometimes when
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you think a game could drift, like he just takes so many risks
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and he's always thinking, OK, I need to create.
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I need to create. And that's such a good mentality
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how he doesn't want to pass sideways.
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He doesn't want he wants to. He's always like whenever he
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gets the ball, he's like, OK, he's looking forward.
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He's like, who can I pass through?
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He's in front of me or who can I pass to can then pass forward.
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Like I think again, we keep saying it.
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He's so underrated still. Yeah.
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But you know, all kind of, you know, professional players.
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I saw Greenish did a post watching.
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I mean, like when players like that, I kind of recognizing it,
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you know how good he is and you know how many people love to
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play with him And then obviously the stats he's he's picking up
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in the season and I think he'll break that record.
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Like I I just can't. He's so good.
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I'm running out of things to say about him.
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But other than that, he just so I messaged you obviously saying
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it will get to obviously man of the match.
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But like sometimes I'm like, I'm trying to think of someone else
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just because it's getting boring.
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But time he's just so good. He just keeps producing.
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It's not fair on him like because he just, if he deserves
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it, we gotta give it him and we gotta keep talking about him
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because that. But I thought yesterday as well,
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is composure on the ball. He was just like stopping dead
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at times and then just dropping the shoulder and just moving the
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ball about. And it was just he was special
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to watch yesterday. I thought he's always a bit of a
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joy to watch, but yesterday was just levels, I think.
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Yeah. And yeah, then obviously early
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on he had that counter put Brian through and had that early
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chance. But then yeah, straight after
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goal corner from Casimiro and again just them to combine on
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corners is just a thing of. The seven goals, Casimir, I'm
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not sure how he the 55 is from Bruno, which is yeah, so good.
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You're like again, amazing ball again.
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What I like about it, it wasn't it's not shenanigans.
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It's not like a second ball. It's not like rugby in the in in
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the box. It's a really good ball show
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from post and a great like glancing header by Casimiro.
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Just get some really. He's definitely I think he's 2
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defenders he got in front of and yeah, really good header, like a
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really good connection and then just a great boys.
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Yeah, really. And I think I think we deserved
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that goal. Like I think we started the half
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well and then got that early goal, which is good.
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So yeah, really kind of impressed.
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And Casimiro again, was he was good as well today.
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Like yeah, not as good as Bruno, but like to get the goal and
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played the full. Did he play the full 19?
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Did, didn't he? Gothic.
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But yeah, I thought he was, yeah, really good.
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Again, I know there's lots of chances for one more year, which
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I I like, I like the idea of it, but also kind of want him to go
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out on a high. Like I guess he phased wages in
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by 2/3 and he goes down to 100 grand and then they.
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Yeah, I would, but I don't really think it's sort of a 350
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grand a week risk. We need, we need to kind of
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like, I like him around. I think, I don't know, like for
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the money, maybe not. But you just wonder, like would
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he tarnish himself if he can't keep performing like he's done
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this season? And I want him to go out on a
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high because he obviously has a massive affection for the club
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and we have a big perfection for him.
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So yeah, I kind of want to keep it that way.
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Yeah, yeah. Just one more year, one more
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year cast. Yeah, yeah.
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To be honest, a very good, very good.
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I think I'm with you in terms of it would be amazing just to him
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to leave with those wanting more because it's great for him.
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It's just a nice way of going. Obviously he's expensive.
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I think just a little bit that I thought about is how good we
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need to have him with a bit of an overlap of his, of his
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replacement. Yeah, say it's like an Anderson
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or someone else. Like just to have that Casimiro
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about the place, still probably playing at times and still, you
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know, showing hopefully a very good signing what he's got.
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That's the only thing that's in my mind a little bit.
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But it's an expensive he's an expensive guy to keep around,
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isn't? He.
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And I absolutely loved when he was just grabbing his badge and
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just like, I don't know what he was getting out, but he kind of
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kept pointing. And then he kept like pointing
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into his head as well. And almost like he was like, to
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me, he came across as like where Man United, Like, remember,
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remember that. I was just sad.
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I'm thinking about staying. Yeah, maybe, maybe that, maybe
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that, but I absolutely loved it and I just love the passion for
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him and I think, you know, I genuinely think he loves the
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club. Obviously he's had such a long
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time at Real Madrid and obviously that's going to always
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have a place in his heart, but I do think it's like he's got love
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for us as well. Maybe it maybe not to the same
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level because he's not at the same amount of time, but United
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does have a bit of a weird thing, doesn't it?
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On on players, he seems that he seems to get them early.
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Yeah, yeah, like and and then day he's still won two trophies
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here. Like people are writing off him
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as a flop because he's expensive, but like if you can
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take the price out of it, he's actually had a really good spell
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here. Yeah, some some river midfield
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signs like pretty Schneider in all these kinds of people like.
20:14
I know he's been. Expensive, but that's not his
20:16
fault. Like it's yeah, I would say he's
20:21
been a success as a sign like, and I think some people were
20:25
saying he's not because of his price tag, but like sometimes
20:28
you put the money to the side. He's he's been really good and
20:32
he's showing up at the right time.
20:34
So he obviously scored in the the League Cup final against
20:36
Newcastle and yeah, so yeah, I think he's a legend.
20:41
Do you? Remember, do you remember how
20:42
good he was in his first year? He was unbelievable.
20:44
Yeah, just yeah. And he'd be back at similar
20:47
levels this year, right? Not quite.
20:50
He's not quite as mobile as he was but he's still kind of
20:52
making such big impact on games, whether it be like a last minute
20:57
tackle or popping up with seven goals.
21:00
Yeah, exactly, exactly. They're all, they're all have
21:03
been important as important goals as well.
21:05
Yeah. But yeah, exactly.
21:07
But then back to some of the moments as well.
21:08
Then there was a nonsense pass from Ahmed that led to a free
21:11
kick. And yeah, Ming should be scoring
21:14
from that, I think. Yeah, yeah, definitely.
21:16
Like I was watching the replay and I was like, he didn't show
21:20
the replay enough to see who I was.
21:23
Like, am I do messed up? And then they kept showing the
21:26
foul and I was like, who messed that up?
21:27
Because I was trying to remember and she was a bad pass.
21:30
And yeah, they should have, yeah, should have scored,
21:33
basically. Yeah, definitely.
21:34
And then I was 60 minutes Abraham and barely came on for
21:38
Watkins and McGinn. So I was happy that McGinn had
21:40
gone off because obviously we had spoken about him.
21:42
And then I was obviously happy that Watkins had gone off
21:44
because of that blooming stat and just didn't want him to
21:47
break it. So that was good.
21:49
And then we had that Dello looping header which ended up
21:53
actually coming off his shoulder again in a good position in a
21:56
good position, but just not got the.
21:59
He needs to go like finishing school with someone for like
22:03
actually in a in the summer period.
22:05
Obviously he's playing for Portugal, but just getting just
22:08
have a couple of sessions. Ronaldo, just practice your
22:11
finishing mate, because if he like there's a few times a
22:15
season where he's had like one on ones he's had headers.
22:17
Yeah, that one in the first half, he probably could have
22:19
like 7-8 goals like Casimiro if he just had a bit more composure
22:22
with that final finish, like and he's got people around him to
22:28
learn from, so he just needs to to get his shoe, boots on
22:31
basically. Yeah, you can't knock him for
22:33
the positions he's getting into and if he could add a few more
22:35
goals to his game, that would be really important.
22:37
And that's. Yeah, that's it.
22:39
That's title. When it's stuff that shows when
22:41
you're right back to getting goals.
22:42
Yeah, yeah, calm down, calm down.
22:46
And then and now, to be fair, I thought this is This is why I
22:49
didn't really agree with Gavin Everlawed.
22:51
Anyone who's not really back with Lannon's had really nothing
22:54
to do from what I kind of saw apart from, you know, this an
22:57
Anna chance, which is really kind of close range.
22:58
And you made a good save getting down to that.
23:00
Yeah, he was pretty much untested for most of the game,
23:04
right? Yeah, yeah.
23:06
Other than obviously the goal, which couldn't really do much
23:09
about it. And that chance, like I can't
23:13
remember him. I can't even remember any like
23:15
long distance shots they had. I think we really kept them
23:20
like, yeah, we site, we stifled their chances and their
23:24
creativity really well. I think that's a bit about what
23:26
we've done in most games. We've given away like Amarin, we
23:30
gave away a lot more chances like XG against us.
23:32
We obviously conceded a lot of gold, but often 10.
23:35
Hag was mental like 28 shots a game.
23:38
And I think that's what this system's doing with characters.
23:41
It's really kind of short us up to set defensively pretty well
23:45
in terms of what we give away. I know we can see the goals
23:47
against my Arsenal conceded 2 and things like that, but on the
23:51
whole I think we've been much better defensively and that's
23:55
mainly down to giving away a lot less kind of high value chances
23:59
and this was one of those games big time.
24:02
Yeah, I agree. I agree.
24:04
Yeah. And yeah, I didn't think I had
24:06
multiple, like you say, the goal, unfortunately, from Ross
24:08
Barkley, even though we forgot about him.
24:13
Genuine evening. What are you thinking?
24:16
First of all, I'm, I'm going Ming's handball.
24:19
We basically caught it. They didn't show that again.
24:21
So I don't know if that actually happened in my head and
24:23
basically caught it and I'm with it like a basketball player
24:27
then. And then the battery shot with
24:34
an iron in front of my. Well, obviously because laments
24:36
was going the other way anyway. Maybe that's what stopped it
24:39
from being interfering. But he was stood in front of him
24:42
in and then I I think it touched him like.
24:45
He basically said he did from what we did.
24:47
So yeah. And.
24:49
I think there was, there was one of the views into that Gary was
24:52
like, that's the one way to check and they didn't check it
24:54
again. I'm like, why are you not
24:55
checking that? Because that's the one.
24:56
I thought it slightly deviated. You can kind of see the ball
25:00
trying to straighten up a tiny, tiny, tiny bit.
25:03
So yeah, I basically think it should have been disallowed,
25:05
obviously. What do I think?
25:07
Yeah, when I saw the Mings thing, I immediately shot a
25:09
handball, but then I didn't get a chance to really see it, so
25:12
I'm not too sure. And then it was annoying because
25:15
the the kind of ball from Luka Dean is a bit stuffy.
25:19
Anyway to get to Ross back. Yeah, yeah.
25:21
And then to. That is a very good finish.
25:23
And this is where I'm a bit torn because obviously if it has hit
25:26
it then of course, but the same thing as well.
25:28
He's not like in lemons his way as such in terms of he doesn't
25:32
stop the, you know, the ball going in or anything like that.
25:34
But obviously if he's looking out at his goal, he sees an
25:38
honor as someone where the ball could basically come off and
25:41
then he has to react the other way.
25:42
So there is an interference there.
25:44
But I guess that's a hard call. So yeah, I would say I was
25:48
annoyed by it, but didn't really see anything conclusive enough
25:51
either to go. Drawn or lost, we'd be fuming,
25:54
right? I'd be livid.
25:55
Yeah. And I'd be saying I'd be saying
25:58
it has to be chalked off back. Yeah.
26:01
Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
26:02
But luckily it wasn't, It wasn't an issue.
26:05
Yeah. But yeah, it was funny that he
26:06
zoomed in on him and he basically is he stupid?
26:08
He knows his VR. Why can't he look back at that
26:10
and say he just said he know? Yeah.
26:12
He definitely said it, didn't he?
26:14
He wired the goal. He was like as my goal.
26:16
He wants his 25 grand bonus where it would be from.
26:18
AI think so goal bonus. Oh, be funny.
26:21
You just reminded me of back on absolutely the Castamero goal.
26:23
I saw an interview with Bruno where he said he's been saying
26:26
the Castamero that he should be giving him a bonus for all his
26:29
assists. And Castamero has basically said
26:32
you should be giving me one for all the the assistance that I'm
26:35
converting into gold. Yeah, that's funny.
26:39
That's funny. And then, yeah, we had that
26:42
Abraham chance. That download did block well, to
26:44
be fair. So yeah.
26:45
And I fought around that spell. Then Villa did actually come to
26:48
life. And they look quite dangerous.
26:50
And I was a bit, I was a bit worried to be honest.
26:52
Well, I thought after basically after our goal, yeah.
26:55
And for like 5-10 minutes after their equalizer, I made 5
26:58
minutes, I think they were more in the game.
27:01
I was a little bit worried that things weren't quite kind of
27:05
they were dominating the ball more.
27:06
Again, they weren't like we said already, they weren't creating
27:08
lots of chances. They just had a lot more
27:10
possession and looked a bit more dangerous, a bit more energy,
27:12
which you'd expect after kind of going down and then getting
27:15
equalizer. They had a bit of a bit behind
27:16
them. So yeah, I was a little bit
27:19
worried. But these, this happens in
27:21
games, right? You have spells of 5-10 minutes
27:23
away, you the idea of a team gets like a bit more energy, a
27:29
bit more possession, but didn't think necessarily it would we
27:33
were going to lose. He just had a slight worry that
27:35
we weren't getting on the ball. We've got a bit sloppy for a bit
27:38
of time. We didn't have have as many
27:41
attacks kind of going forward, but and obviously Bruno does his
27:46
his thing. Magic man Bruno Fernandez that
27:49
honestly that is unbelievable that passed first time
27:53
Obviously, to be fair, Brian makes a good movement to almost
27:56
like look like he's the player and then the when I.
27:59
Was wanting I was I have to be giving it to Castanero, should
28:03
have given it to to to Brian, but obviously I'm not a world
28:07
class footballer So what do I? What do you know?
28:10
Because that passed that movement.
28:12
And then to be honest, your mate Gary Noel did say it.
28:15
But what a finish. It's very interesting, that
28:18
first touch to bring it inside and then just the kind of bottom
28:22
corner finish was unbelievable. Yeah, a lot to do, obviously
28:25
it's a really good pass, but it wasn't like oh, support
28:27
conclusion. He had like a player on him.
28:30
He had one player to the right of that player and obviously has
28:33
the keeper to be. And like you said that touch to
28:35
open his body up and I think I think he was going never said
28:38
it's like very on re finish like that.
28:41
Yeah, we used to do that every week, very much like that kind
28:44
of that first touch acceleration and yeah, great goal.
28:47
One thing I remember, I don't know if they're fans are annoyed
28:49
about it or not, but because obviously it was a counter
28:52
attack from them and then we counted their counter attack and
28:54
Euro. Euro takes one of their players
28:56
out, Yeah, and he gets a yellow card for it.
29:00
But obviously the ref played the advantage and then the
29:02
advantage, they messed up their attack, so they got their
29:05
advantage, but then we then scored through it.
29:07
So I was like, if I was a Villa founder, but I don't know if
29:09
they're annoyed at it, but I would have been a bit annoyed
29:11
because there was a foul there. But then they would have been
29:13
annoyed if we cancelled that counterattack because of that,
29:16
because they did have a lot of space to run into.
29:18
We just kind of stopped the attack.
29:21
Yeah, I did note that as well. Good point.
29:23
But yeah, it would have been such a shame to because what's a
29:25
goal? And then we got to see the got
29:27
to see the cure. Yeah.
29:28
Are we getting it when we get in there?
29:31
No. I can't write that day five in a
29:33
row. It's time when that kid cuts his
29:34
hair. You're going to do the CUNY
29:36
dance. Yeah, or was it 21?
29:39
But no, no way we're getting it sooner than that.
29:41
And he has to be, if we're waiting this long, he's got to
29:43
be special as well. But I love that celebration.
29:45
He's just such a cute guy. Great time to score as well,
29:50
because like I said, Villa was coming into it.
29:51
So that was kind of like, you know, sort of wind out of the
29:53
sails which we needed and. Yeah, like they weren't really
29:58
threatening much after that either.
30:01
Like, I think that that just knocked their window out of
30:03
sails for the for the rest of the game, I'd say.
30:06
Yeah. And then not long after Cesco,
30:09
Big Ben came on for Brian. Brian wasn't too happy, actually
30:12
a bit taken off from what I saw. I just so I don't know if it was
30:17
did he? I don't think he's been very
30:19
good now, I'll be honest for the last three or four games, Yeah.
30:22
And well, I don't know, maybe he's got a bit of a knock.
30:25
I was thinking maybe he's got a bit of a SO and I was hoping
30:28
that's why he was a bit annoyed and he's just got a bit of a
30:31
niggle that's kind of kind of affecting his game.
30:35
But I like, yeah, he's not been great the last few games anyway.
30:39
So he was the right person to take off in my opinion anyway.
30:42
So I think Carrick made the right call for him because I
30:47
think, I don't think he, OK, I saw, I started.
30:50
I don't think he had a touch in. Definitely have a touch in their
30:52
box in the first half. I don't know if he had one in
30:55
the second-half either. So yeah.
30:58
Yeah, like say some of the bits he does like they say that the
31:01
movement that ended up being Community Goal.
31:04
Yeah, but I agree with you. Like, obviously he made a pretty
31:08
promising start and he's got goals in him, so we definitely
31:10
want a little bit more. But and he got over the
31:12
frustration and he was clapping the fans on the way around.
31:15
Yeah, that cheering him on so he wasn't annoyed for too long and.
31:19
Then he can't be complaining too much because Big Ben does come
31:22
on and gets another goal. Jazz, he is a goal scorer.
31:26
I love that goal because it's, it's very, you know, into him
31:29
off the, you know, their player turn.
31:32
Shoot, yeah, what I liked about it was I think he he could have
31:37
been annoyed that he didn't get the pass from CUNY at the start
31:40
and then it deflected. He could have given up, but he
31:43
didn't give up. He kind of fought back track
31:46
back in and then had that kind of first time shot.
31:48
So I you say it was a really good like proper strikers
31:51
instincts type of goal, not giving up when the initial
31:55
chance was missed. That's why I really like it's,
31:57
again, not going back to hoiling too much, but I feel like he
32:01
didn't get that. You can imagine him being like
32:03
especially obviously last year when he was getting no service,
32:05
he put it with like throw his eyes off the ball being annoyed,
32:07
but Seske just straight back and and got the finish as well.
32:10
So yeah, I really like that goal.
32:12
Yeah, and to be fair, shout out to Communion again because he
32:15
was proper instrumental in that in terms of beating his man.
32:17
He's doing that really well at the minute, like beating players
32:20
and he put a ball in which kind of came back out and then got
32:22
put back in from the Villa defender and I just loved that.
32:26
Chesco was just like I'm having this.
32:27
He just like. He just.
32:28
Like. He's got a mentality where he's
32:30
like, I'm just getting the ball in the net no matter what, you
32:32
know? What I mean I'm scoring, yeah,
32:33
yeah. And then did you think I can't
32:37
bit? I can't was after the game.
32:39
But I think CUNY was getting a bit a bit stick in terms of his
32:43
overall game. And I thought he actually he's
32:46
never going to be a player who constantly dominates for a whole
32:49
match and show you. But I think you said it of a
32:51
week, it's like he has the moments and that's what he's
32:54
done twice a day. Like he scored that worldy and
32:57
then he's he's created that goal.
33:00
And even if he drifts for 10 minutes, you don't see him.
33:03
He has those moments where he switches on and then that's why
33:05
you keep him on and that's all. That's why you bring him on,
33:07
whatever what your way around is because he just creates these
33:10
moments. So I think, I can't believe it
33:13
was, but he was getting a bit stick.
33:16
Maybe it is Gazza. I can't remember, but like bit
33:21
of stick. He's kind of saying drifting a
33:23
game. I think you let him drift
33:24
because you know he's going to have these moments.
33:26
So I think that he's he's one of these kind of players who you
33:28
want. He's not like he's players who
33:30
needs to be in a system playing the same way over in a like a
33:33
pep style player. He's not a pet player.
33:35
He's a United player. And that's why what I like about
33:38
him. Great time.
33:39
Like, yeah, I definitely asked some questions earlier on to be
33:42
like, can he do more? And I'm stopping that now, Jess,
33:44
because I'm just, yeah, I'm just going to enjoy.
33:47
You or Gary so. Similar.
33:50
I'm very similar. I definitely wasn't.
33:52
I wasn't. I thought you had a very good
33:54
game yesterday. Like I say, it's not, it's not
33:56
over 90 minutes. But he's just so like just so
33:59
impactful and I just love his mentality and what he's about.
34:01
So yeah, not for me, but yeah, good goal.
34:05
We got to see the Cesco celebration, which I love as
34:07
well. And then maybe jazz, one more
34:09
one for you instead of the CUNY one.
34:10
The Carrick dance celebration. Did you see that?
34:14
They did a little bit of a dad dance in the middle.
34:17
It was wonderful. We might have to get you doing
34:21
that instead. That's my style.
34:23
You know, Dad, it was a little bit Alan, Alan Pardi, to be
34:27
honest, but it's the one time that Michael Carrick's not
34:31
looked that cool. But I actually enjoyed it.
34:33
I enjoyed seeing it. So yeah, one of these dances is
34:36
definitely coming as some kind of forfeit or something for you.
34:39
And then got a shot of how that actually when Ben went through
34:42
on goal and did the worst finish of all time.
34:45
Like Brunelli bike nailed it, 3 assists, absolutely smashed it.
34:52
And then as he showers, yeah. When he's through with his
34:57
patients, that was on. He had Ahmad running so he could
34:59
have played the ball, but not only did he not pass it, it was
35:02
the worst I've ever seen. But like you said, we've got to
35:07
call it out. Another ridiculous passman
35:08
bringing off. And then there's which, yeah.
35:10
But I was because I was going to change like, Oh no, but he
35:14
doesn't need to pass her out here.
35:15
All good. And then yeah, that shot was,
35:19
yeah, it's like me taking. It's like me for and goal
35:21
against. Yeah, really was.
35:24
With your wrong shoes on. Shoes on the wrong feet, I
35:27
think. And obviously a castle.
35:29
We mentioned it, but customer, I went off.
35:30
Agatha, game on. Yeah, he had a pretty decent
35:32
spell. Agatha.
35:33
I thought when he came on he was pretty tidy.
35:35
Yeah, like I think to be fair to him in all the last five games
35:39
when he's come on, whoever it is, he's actually been decent.
35:42
He's never he's since Carrots come in, I don't think he's come
35:45
on and really dropped the performance levels.
35:49
He's not made an impact in terms of OK, I'm gonna change the
35:52
game, but he's not made the game worse, which I think he was
35:55
doing Under Armour him because he used to take off Casimiro
35:59
pretty much dead on 6065 minutes every game and then you would
36:02
see a massive drop off. Now I'm thinking with because
36:06
it's a midfield free. I don't think he's exposed
36:10
because he's not exposed expected to do as much.
36:12
So I think the system, I don't think he's a long term United
36:15
player, but he doesn't negatively impact us like he was
36:18
doing before. Yeah, but I think he's gone in
36:22
this summer, isn't he? I think.
36:23
Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
36:26
And then we got soul. Yeah, he will.
36:28
And then we got soul control. We were all laying all laying to
36:31
every pass, which I've not heard for a little while.
36:34
Yeah. Yeah, which is good.
36:35
Nice to see. Until we nearly then conceded.
36:38
I don't know how Billy didn't score that.
36:40
I think three of them could have scored it and I don't know how
36:43
any of them didn't. The only slight part of me was
36:45
because I had a bet on which Rogers needed a shot on target,
36:48
but he wasn't here. He wasn't one of the three.
36:49
I think he was the one who passed it in to them.
36:53
So I was kind of hoping that maybe a get shot target.
36:55
But yeah, I don't know how they didn't score.
36:58
Yeah, honestly, I was like, because didn't want to, didn't
37:01
want to concede 1, so we got to concede 2 and would have made it
37:04
harder than we needed to. But yeah, the main moments
37:07
really for me, Jazz, but just generally like, what a win, what
37:10
a win, big win like. Yeah, you said it's wasn't like
37:14
the best performance in the world, but to be kind of your
37:17
rival to put some some distance in between us, like bit of
37:22
pressure after losing to Newcastle.
37:23
Like I think Carrick again put another like, I don't know what
37:28
you call it notch on his side or whatever is, but for for him
37:31
kind of being future man, he's kind of ticked him a box.
37:34
He's responded to a loss, his first loss, Yeah.
37:37
And it was a high pressure game. Like if we if we lost this, you
37:41
could see game he's not good enough.
37:43
It was just a manager balance type thing.
37:45
But yeah, we had to win home like against a tough team and
37:49
against a manager. He's very good at kind of one
37:52
off games as well. Like he's very tactically kind
37:54
of very good at setting Villa up to to win these sorts of games.
37:57
So I think we he did really well.
37:59
Yeah, kind of take it. I agree.
38:01
We asked for a response and we got it.
38:04
Yeah. And before we get to man of the
38:05
match, which I think he's going to be pretty obvious, yeah, play
38:08
player ratings for you, any players.
38:10
It's like you mentioned a few through this, but anyone that
38:12
really stood out to you, Yeah, doesn't get the man of the
38:15
match. Obviously we know he's getting
38:18
out of match, so I said I would say like like I was saying Tuner
38:22
didn't dominate the game or show up constantly, but I think his
38:26
impacts he has in these small spells, I think I'd say he'd get
38:30
like a decent 8 AI 10 for me. I thought Casimiro and Kobe kind
38:36
of is one of those games where you didn't need them to.
38:40
I think, sorry, it was one of those games where they were like
38:43
solid 7 eights. Like they didn't really do
38:46
anything amazing. It was obviously Casimiro
38:48
scored, but like in from an actual midfield perspective
38:50
didn't do anything amazing. But I think that's almost a good
38:53
thing because it showed that we kind of dominated the midfield
38:55
without having to to be like captain fantastic type vibe.
38:59
They just kind of controlled things things over Kobe was I
39:02
think he was better than he has been.
39:04
He was a bit more progressive, wasn't so sideways, wasn't so
39:07
nervous on the ball and you saw a few of those kind of nice
39:10
touches from him. Again, because there's a few
39:13
times where he was in and around the box and he didn't just pass
39:16
it backwards or sideways. He was trying to.
39:18
There was a couple way played it through to I think it was down
39:22
over into the box and things like that.
39:23
So yeah, I think they were solid.
39:25
Sort of seven eights out of 10. Like I said, I was happy with
39:30
Euro McGuire again, 7 eights out of 10, like decent.
39:34
I don't think anyone really other than Bruno deserved like a
39:38
nine. I think they were all kind of
39:43
yeah, 7 eights out of 10. No one.
39:46
I just think. I don't think so.
39:48
I wouldn't. I wouldn't even give anyone a
39:49
six really. I think everyone was pretty
39:51
good. Solid performance for me.
39:53
Yeah, I think, yeah, I still, you know, I'm going to probably
39:57
keep saying this and maybe it's just tough love because I like
39:59
him so much. I think there's a lot more to
40:01
come from Kobe. And it's just like the way we're
40:03
playing now and how we're winning and do it is great.
40:05
But if you can impose himself even more, just think what Yeah
40:09
could do. Maybe just too much in this
40:12
system. Yeah, I don't think I think
40:15
you're asking too much, but I don't think he needs to.
40:18
I think you basically just need to be given the ball, getting
40:21
the ball to your players like, yeah, your community, like your
40:26
your Brunos. I don't know if we're expecting
40:28
too much for him and he's just doing what he needs to be doing
40:31
at the moment at this time. But I do think he has the
40:34
ability to develop those skills and he's showing them in flashes
40:37
and games. But at the moment, I just think
40:40
maybe he's not being asked to do that and we love him so much
40:43
that maybe we just were expecting too much of him at
40:45
this current point. That's fair.
40:47
I'll take it. I'll take it just because I love
40:49
the man and just want to see him unleashed.
40:51
So yeah, maybe it's. Yeah, yeah, I agree with you.
40:55
It's like Junior was really good and I don't think we need a drum
40:58
roll. Do it.
40:58
Yes, but man of the match for you.
41:00
Yeah, yeah, yeah, download. Like that's a big room.
41:07
Like could have had maybe at least.
41:11
Well, Cesco could have been over assist.
41:13
Even the Dallow one could have been over assist.
41:15
So you could have had four in that game.
41:17
But yeah, unbelievable. Like also just like that Cunha
41:22
pass, it's so hard to do, but he makes it look easy.
41:26
Like it's an easy pass, but it's we wasn't it was like a first
41:28
time pass through perfectly weighted.
41:31
Yeah, like in perfect placement. Like it was passed in the only
41:35
place it could have been passed to make that chance.
41:38
And he makes that easy all the time.
41:40
It's not like I think Grievous, we've got it got like 5 assists
41:43
in the first few games, but some of them was literally just him,
41:45
like passing to someone who scored a screamer.
41:46
He's not getting easy kind of assist.
41:49
He's not like assist padding. It's like really good passes.
41:53
His cross is really good for the from the corner.
41:55
Like, yeah, he's just ridiculous.
41:58
He's breaking lines, he's killing defenses like he's just
42:01
putting people through. And it's just my, my what I
42:04
wrote down was Bruno. Full stop, end of full stop.
42:07
Silly Good. Yeah.
42:09
I just. I just was like, this guy is.
42:12
I don't even care that the haters who just think we go on
42:15
about him too much just don't watch him like we do.
42:18
He's a he's a privilege, a pleasure.
42:21
What a guy. Is he, is he breaking the
42:23
record, you reckon? I think he is.
42:25
I'm going on him, I'm saying. Yeah, so he's got the and.
42:29
Used an equal I would say. Yeah, he's got the United record
42:33
now. Any over Beckham, which he was
42:34
massive, Yeah, 16 assists and So what?
42:38
He needs four more. Almost equal and 1 five more and
42:43
you like what, eight games? I think at the moment I think
42:48
he's on track to equal it. I think roughly on what his
42:52
stats are, but also his stats are him playing a defensive
42:57
midfield for the last, for the first like half of the season.
43:01
So I think his actual stats are showing that he probably will
43:04
beat it because now he's playing in the right position.
43:07
He's just kind of yeah, doing what he does.
43:09
The only thing that might stop him is that he might score a
43:11
couple of goals and stop him from getting the assists.
43:14
That's the only thing that I think it will stop him from
43:15
breaking the record. He's going to get close, Carrie.
43:18
Carrie played it down and kind of just said, you know, it's
43:20
more about United and I was getting a win.
43:22
But he also kind of said, look, if he's getting it that he means
43:24
he's that we're scoring so. Yeah, exactly.
43:26
Yeah. Just carry on, just keep doing
43:29
what you're doing and a few more Bruno Castamero combinations
43:33
would be would be fantastic. Yeah, Very nice.
43:36
Yeah. Thoughts on Villa generally?
43:41
It's kind of they played some nice stuff and that spell where
43:47
they kind of came in the game a bit.
43:51
They look quite decent. They're good on the ball.
43:53
They got pace. They're missing a lot of decent
43:55
players as well. Like I think we've mentioned to
43:57
reach him before, but like T Lemons, I think he's a really
43:59
good player. Yeah, and he was one of the ones
44:01
when they went down. I think we should have got him
44:03
on a few unavailable on a free. I thought we should have got
44:05
him. So I think they're missing some
44:08
good players, but I think if Watkins is sharp as he has been
44:14
like previous seasons, they they miss him a lot because they
44:17
don't really have anyone else who's that sort of should be
44:20
that clinical. I'm again, not being at it.
44:24
So I think do I think they'll get Champions League football?
44:29
Obviously I hope they do because it means one of Liverpool or
44:31
Chelsea have dropped out or Brentford.
44:34
Yeah, I'm so hopeful Brentford could get out there genuine, but
44:38
I kind of think they they're they are that kind of level
44:40
between like Europa League and Champions League qualifiers.
44:44
I think they got a great manager.
44:46
I think Emery is really good. So yeah, I think they just need
44:50
to be a bit more clinical. Maybe Tammy Abraham can come
44:53
pick up where Watkins is kind of kind of stumbled the last few
44:56
weeks. And so yeah, I hope that they
44:59
they do finish in the top five. I think.
45:02
Yeah, their manager is great. They're just not, they're not a
45:07
top three team, so I think they've been overachieving.
45:09
I agree, yeah, they were they were a bit nerf for me
45:11
yesterday. I think they had such a good
45:13
start for the season and probably the game against us
45:16
Villa parks from them up where they'd need to kind of score
45:19
well these to to get the win, which is which is an issue for
45:22
them. I actually do think they might
45:24
slip out of the top five. I genuinely.
45:26
Think well, based on current format, yeah, yeah, they I think
45:30
I'd say I was watching lyrical about Emery, but I think him did
45:38
Roger start on the right? Basically they were better when
45:41
Rogers moved into the middle. I think he's a better 10 rather
45:44
than pulling off the side. So I think if they get him
45:48
playing in the middle and McGinn maybe goes in off the wing, I
45:51
think they're a better team. So maybe now Mcginn's back,
45:54
Rogers can play that 10 role and I think they'll they'll do more.
45:58
So I'm pretty sure when he played and scored those two
46:01
worldies against, I think he was playing in the 10 role in that
46:03
game. I think they're a better team
46:04
when he he plays there. So yeah, I think you, like you
46:07
said, he's probably going to slip out, but they could.
46:11
I think he gets those point where maybe they should just
46:14
punch out and win the European League.
46:16
Yeah, yeah, getting champions in that way because I think that's,
46:18
I don't know how many decent teams are left, but they've got
46:20
a good one NIL win against Neil away.
46:24
I think they were away. So yeah, that's their best bet.
46:28
Obviously, football. An easier than expected you're
46:31
Yeah, exactly. So keep working mad too.
46:33
But yeah, I think I agree with you on the Villa stuff.
46:35
I just note it down Rodgers because he is a player like just
46:38
some lovely little touches in the middle of the park and stuff
46:41
as well. And he's just a classy player
46:43
and he's definitely someone I would very much welcome to Man
46:46
United if we had the opportunity.
46:48
But yeah, I could maybe see him moving on.
46:50
But yeah, very good to make a statement against them.
46:54
And there's obviously talk of Villa in the title at one point,
46:56
wasn't it? And it's mad to think how far
46:59
we've come back, you know, will be 10 points behind him at one
47:02
point. It's. 11 I think it was.
47:03
Was it 11 point? Behind, yeah.
47:05
So yeah, we've done made in center ad.
47:09
And then somebody else, we've spoken about a lot of positives
47:11
and things as well. Obviously 1616 assists for
47:13
Bruno, which is great. Cesco coming off the bench and
47:17
scoring again, it's just a good thing.
47:19
You know what I mean? Just sure what he's about and
47:20
the mentality. Yeah, I mentioned kind of
47:23
improvements are negatives to me, which is still when Cesco
47:27
doesn't play, like how we're playing doesn't make a lot of
47:30
sense all the time if there's going to be crosses.
47:33
And then sometimes it does become clear to me that we have
47:37
recruited for a different system.
47:39
I absolutely love Cuna and Buemmo, but you know, with Cesco
47:42
not playing and I might come in and he does sometimes look like
47:45
we're missing maybe a piece. I don't know.
47:46
What do you think? Yeah, I think we basically just
47:51
need another like left winger really right, with an actual
47:56
winger who can whip the balls in if Cesco's stats.
47:59
And I think, yeah, I think that's it really.
48:03
Like we just need that. I think that's the missing piece
48:06
for me. And I think also, I don't know
48:09
if you agree, but maybe Kunia can be that.
48:12
Obviously he's not near, he's nowhere near Bruno level, but
48:15
maybe he can be that kind of future #10 role.
48:17
And then there whoever this left winger is, whether it's belt on
48:20
doggy or not, because he could, he could become that player, but
48:24
obviously got injured the worst time.
48:26
But maybe that's that position that we need someone because you
48:31
can't have both your wingers cutting in all the time like
48:35
Brian and Gina Wine Dukes and just like that width and they
48:39
just know what you want to do. So I think, I think you can have
48:41
one of them doing that all the time.
48:42
But I think you need the other side, whoever it is, whichever
48:45
side it is doing more, getting to that byline and whipping that
48:49
balls in, which we did do a bit more today.
48:50
And I think maybe Kuna can do that more than Brian can for
48:54
Cesco to to get on the end of it basically.
48:57
Yeah, you make a good point. I'm actually quite excited about
49:00
Doggy coming back as well, because I think he gives us,
49:02
yeah, gives us some. Yeah, yeah.
49:05
Very good, very good. Play You've got the best, best
49:07
left winger in the world injured so.
49:11
I learned doggy, but not only positive really, because just a
49:14
massive win and so happy to get that and see that response from
49:17
Carrie. And not only was it a great
49:21
result for United, but just what's a weekend for as result
49:24
wise, almost, almost perfect. So let's start with Liverpool on
49:28
Tottenham Hotspur 1. Yeah, love it. 88 games now
49:34
they've dropped points post 90 minutes.
49:37
Just I didn't what I watched a bit of the game.
49:40
I didn't watch all of it, but from what I read afterwards, I
49:45
they huffed and puffed and were pretty, pretty pantsed the whole
49:47
time and Spurs deserved that draw.
49:51
And to say like that like Spurs are rubbish.
49:54
So like Liverpool must have been pretty bad.
49:57
If you watch the whole game. I watched, I watched more of the
50:00
1st sort of 60 minutes of it and I thought they were bang
50:04
average. Well, I was in the pub so I was
50:06
a little bit distracted, but yeah, I think I was watching it
50:10
and I just went into it thinking this is going to be an absolute.
50:13
I thought this could be the end. I thought it was going to be
50:16
ridiculous. And then just as it went on and
50:18
on, I said to my mate, I was like, could this happen?
50:22
And then, yeah, Rich Allison as well, because they hate him,
50:25
don't they? Yeah, I didn't understand why
50:30
Esquite he's basically been their best player this season
50:32
along with Slobber Sly. What Slobber Sly what her name
50:34
is. So I don't know why they didn't
50:37
start him. So obviously slots one of the
50:40
best managers in history after last year and he brought the
50:44
money's pop 2.0 all right, which is pretty accurate now because
50:50
clock only won one tile. So yeah, is this a weird one?
50:55
But I'm I'm here for it and if they don't get Champions League,
50:58
Oh my God, it will be absolutely pretty incredible.
51:03
I think you've been just obviously said in the interview
51:05
afterwards like if we keep finding out this will be
51:07
Conference league and oh so good if they that happened the.
51:10
Old Thursday night Channel 5 UK viewers.
51:14
Yeah, the slot. Carry on.
51:16
It looks like a thumb and I hope he just stays there and keeps it
51:21
going because yeah, that was a great result.
51:24
And also Chelsea. Chelsea lost to Newcastle.
51:27
Yeah, yeah, amazing as well. I can't, I can't.
51:30
If we'd said, I think we said Chelsea were going to win that
51:34
because Newcastle won the back of the batter game that went up
51:38
to it. But yeah, here for it.
51:42
Did you see the madness of the huddle with the referee in the
51:45
middle? First of all, why didn't they
51:47
just let him out? And also why didn't the referee
51:49
say, guys let me out? Just such a weird situation.
51:53
And then did he see David Brent afterwards in the interview?
51:57
So he got asked about it and he said like Racine, yeah, yeah,
52:02
saying they're honouring the ball or something stupid like
52:05
that and such a weapon. Oh my God.
52:09
Because he just brings so much David Brent energy.
52:14
When I saw it on TV about, you know, when you sometimes like
52:16
you see AI videos and like people are a bit out of position
52:19
or whatever, I honestly thought, I honestly thought there's no
52:21
way the referee's in the middle of that.
52:23
That's. A lion just to pop out of the
52:25
middle. Yeah, genuinely.
52:25
And then I was like he stood in the middle and just watching
52:28
Coal Palmer space when he was looking at it, that was just
52:32
sometimes you just think, what is this?
52:34
What is going on? And then literally another one
52:37
city drawing with West Ham seconds jazz.
52:41
Why is it 6 points, 777? Like wow, we've got to go.
52:53
You got to start thinking about it because I think what
52:57
Liverpool and Chelsea is like 6-7 points behind, so why can't
53:01
we'd be looking up if we've got to be looking down, right?
53:04
So yeah, like confidence wise, if we beat Bournemouth on
53:08
Friday, like you've got to be looking at, right, Especially
53:11
because we'll have a game in hand.
53:14
So we'll have the points on the board because obviously City
53:16
have got the league final this weekend.
53:17
So yeah, why not? Why not?
53:20
I just think set your sights there because obviously we want
53:23
to guarantee you're a third really, but obviously I think
53:25
top 4 is what we want, but just go for a second because then you
53:28
kind of hopefully, you know, guarantee with that mentality.
53:31
But just you always see a mobile was good as well and wanting to
53:36
have an Arsenal free podcast. But obviously, you know, they
53:39
won and pretty much certain the title's there's now as well.
53:42
But the one thing I wanted to mention and we were chatting
53:45
about this is right. Let me say Max Diamond.
53:47
I've seen lots of him at the minute and he's a player.
53:50
He's a player. I'm not, I'm not debating that.
53:52
But why do Arsenal fans even ruin that with all this stuff
53:56
I've been seen, yeah. Obviously he looks I've heard
54:00
about it like Rio on his podcast, like says how good he
54:03
is and what I've seen he does look class like yeah, he
54:07
definitely is probably the next Ray Parlor.
54:12
But then like honestly, no, no, obviously jokes aside, he does
54:15
look really good. But for people to start posting
54:19
pictures of Messi coming on and like he's the next message, like
54:22
give the kid a chance like he's going to be very good player but
54:26
don't compare him to bloody messy after one goal, an open
54:30
goal against Everton. Like geez man come on.
54:33
Like I'm sure he will become a wonderful like amazing player
54:37
and I look forward into scoring lots of goals for Real Madrid or
54:40
Barcelona in the future when he eventually outgrows Arsenal.
54:45
The start comparing him already is ridiculous.
54:48
They just can't have anything nice, can they?
54:50
No, just kind of die, guys. Yeah, and I'm just so excited
54:54
for JJ Gabriel to beat his record.
54:56
That's what's going to happen, isn't it?
54:57
Oh 100%, like I forgot to mention our last pod.
55:00
Did you see his dolls against Forest?
55:04
Yeah. I don't even know what I did for
55:05
that, like backwards weird skill thing he did like will break
55:10
each record. Yeah, it's AI as well.
55:13
Yeah. AI Gabriel.
55:15
Yeah, I think it is. It's ridiculous.
55:22
But yeah, just Arsenal again, just can't have anything nice.
55:24
Yeah, they are going to win the league.
55:25
And like that's one of those games where you do say, OK, they
55:29
up against the heart to beat Everton and like Damon played
55:35
that obviously is a good ball through to for for gawkers as
55:39
well. And then to score an easy young
55:41
goal in open goal shares and say not own goal.
55:48
But yeah, fair play, they're going to win the league.
55:49
Like what is it the gap now is? They got 6 points ahead, but
55:55
they've played a game more. No, sorry, 9, yeah.
56:02
So yeah, we will be 6 points but they do still play each other.
56:04
But City are playing pants and Alan's forgotten how to score,
56:08
so he's been Space Jam, doesn't he?
56:11
So. I'm I'm going to hate you when
56:16
I'm so when I'm not going to watch or listen to anything
56:18
because they're they're awful, but I have consequence.
56:20
Of the World Cup. Yeah, yeah, true, true.
56:24
It is good that over over shadow it.
56:28
But yeah, let's end on a high because what a result for us.
56:32
What a weekend apart from the Arsenal madness.
56:34
Like literally Liverpool dropping points, Chelsea
56:36
dropping points, City dropping points.
56:38
I was winning three one. You can't write it as super.
56:42
Yeah, the perfect weekend for us and the for the battle we're in
56:46
like ideal like weekend and yeah, big game on Friday, not
56:51
just because we need to win, but because we've got 23 days before
56:55
we play again. So I can't, I can't go into that
56:59
having a loss. So I'm excited.
57:03
Gonna have to like. I kind of bought the stairs, but
57:05
I think it's like this one or two games in 46 days or
57:08
something like that. I think it's we're going to that
57:10
period now. So I don't know what this
57:12
podcast going to be talking about, but we'll think of
57:14
something. You know, let us know in the
57:16
comments if what we should, we should discuss.
57:18
I'm gonna have to like talk to my wife and do stuff with my
57:21
wife and things like that in that break.
57:22
Yeah, sounds awful, but yeah, we'll we'll be following up
57:29
later this week with a preview of that game on Friday.
57:32
And yeah, let's leave it there for now.
57:35
Very, very good weekend for Man United.
57:36
But what what do you guys think? Let us know, as always, you
57:39
know, add your comments, please like this, subscribe, follow on
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57:46
a massive thank you for watching and we will see you in the next
57:49
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