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Premier League Week 1 Review · On The Edge Sports Podcast

0:15
SPEAKER_02: Hello and welcome to another episode of On the Edge Sports Podcast Premier League show with myself, Brendan Turney, the man here beside me, Darren Kearns.
0:22
SPEAKER_02: Straight into it, Darren.
0:23
SPEAKER_02: We had a great first weekend, lots of shocks, lots of ups and downs.
0:26
SPEAKER_02: Yep.
0:26
SPEAKER_02: But tell us in a sentence over the weekend, as I was saying, like no one really stood out.
0:32
SPEAKER_02: As in, like, oh, someone's gonna take off.
0:34
SPEAKER_02: Like Arsenal did win at home, but it was expecting so and then we've obviously had lots of shocks if you get to, but there was you could just say anyone, like you know, even like people saying Chelsea could do well this year, but the 3-2.
0:43
SPEAKER_02: But anyways, we'll delve into it.
0:45
SPEAKER_02: So I think our big thing is that no one just yet laid down a massive marker, you know, despite some big wins, we don't expect some of those teams to you know, routine win for Arsenal on on Friday night in the opening game of the season.
0:57
SPEAKER_01: It's one of these things that that that that should be happening.
1:00
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, uh Solace was very good.
1:01
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, the winger really liked the look of him.
1:03
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, new guy in you know, his game.
1:04
SPEAKER_02: So well, the transfer market will be interesting in the next few days.
1:07
SPEAKER_02: Do the bringing systems, but he looks like he's more than able to fill that role, anyways.
1:10
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, um, but over overall, look at there's a couple of results that you know really, really shocked the system.
1:16
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so we're gonna go to our 90-second whistle.
1:18
SPEAKER_02: Let's quickly go through all the games.
1:19
SPEAKER_02: So, of course, Arsenal, 3-0 over Coventry, again a comfortable Coventry barely threatened them.
1:24
SPEAKER_02: Hull City 2, Man United nil, Hull, what a shock, what a win, what a party at the stadium.
1:28
SPEAKER_02: I love the fans, it was a great fun there.
1:30
SPEAKER_02: Uh Everton 2-0 again, workman-like performance against Crystal Palace again.
1:33
SPEAKER_02: Crystal Palace lost a few players.
1:35
SPEAKER_02: Everton don't think they've added a huge amount of new transfers, so let's see where that goes.
1:39
SPEAKER_02: Then Ipswich, new boys in again, 2-1, again, a late winner.
1:42
SPEAKER_02: Uh and it was funny Jack Clark struck against his old club, Sunderland.
1:45
SPEAKER_02: Uh, Forrest losing at home, 1-0 to Leeds United, and again it was a late free kick winner.
1:49
SPEAKER_02: Uh, so again, a lot of people talking about Leeds United this year that could go up another level, so let's see where that goes, but not a bad start for them.
1:55
SPEAKER_02: Brentford, 3-0 winners at home to Tottenham.
1:57
SPEAKER_02: And again, the big thing here was Tottenham, all these new signings, and they've just got wiped.
2:02
SPEAKER_02: Uh, Brighton, four, Villa 0.
2:04
SPEAKER_02: Again, we'll talk about in a moment.
2:05
SPEAKER_02: Villa maybe looking more worrying than we thought with the signings that are the players they've lost.
2:09
SPEAKER_02: Uh Man City 2-1 against Bournemouth.
2:11
SPEAKER_02: Against Bournemouth, put it up to them, and it took uh injury time winner from Vardiol to win that.
2:16
SPEAKER_02: Newcastle, 2 all at Liverpool, again, 99th minute, I think was it?
2:19
SPEAKER_02: Sobaslight penalty.
2:21
SPEAKER_02: And then last game last night, Fulham 2, Chelsea 3, and again, Ja Pedro getting a goal straighter after 31 seconds.
2:26
SPEAKER_02: I'd say there was a lot of FPL lads going.
2:28
SPEAKER_02: Great, there's a couple of points, myself included.
2:30
SPEAKER_02: So that's the game's in a nutshell.
2:32
SPEAKER_02: Again, what was the game that mattered?
2:33
SPEAKER_02: What was the big game, the big result?
2:36
SPEAKER_01: The big result for me was Hull.
2:38
SPEAKER_01: Uh the new boys up beating Man United, and it's one of these things that you're looking at it raises more question marks over Man United yet again, because Hull full, full, full credit for their win.
2:52
SPEAKER_01: They even though Man United had you know, I think it was a 67% possession in the game, but it was just party time for Hull.
2:59
SPEAKER_01: It was like they scored early on, and the next thing they scored again, and Man United are just like it's but two similar set pieces kind of goal headed goals.
3:09
SPEAKER_01: It was, but again, for over the weekend, like that's along with what Brighton done to Aston Villa, 4-0, and what Brentford done to Spurs, 3-0 and missing a penalty.
3:20
SPEAKER_01: So they're obviously the three stand out, but the main one is Hull's.
3:24
SPEAKER_02: So they're saying that to this week, we're gonna do little segments every week of the podcast.
3:26
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so the stock up.
3:28
SPEAKER_02: So we've mentioned Hull, you mentioned uh was it Brighton you just said there as well, and then another team that you said like their stock has gone up as in like everyone might go, Whoa, hold on, these might be better than we think they are.
3:37
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, well I'm I'm gonna give the nod there to Brentford and Keith Andrews.
3:41
SPEAKER_01: Like, yeah, and this time last year, Keith Andrews was the book's favourite to be the first Premier League manager sacked.
3:47
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and you know, he has really, really hit the ground running again this season.
3:53
SPEAKER_01: He's after adding Damian Duff in as assistant manager.
3:55
SPEAKER_01: I listened to plenty of energy there, and yeah, when I listened to his press conference yesterday, and uh he had said that you know the enthusiasm that Duffer has given round the squad, you know what you get with Damian Duff.
4:07
SPEAKER_01: And he can back it up, but he's got the title, yeah.
4:09
SPEAKER_01: He has and but the Brentford players are all buying into it, and you know, they're they're all pulling the one way.
4:16
SPEAKER_01: Um we mentioned there, Brighton stock is probably rising a little bit there.
4:20
SPEAKER_02: And like they've they lost Van Heck, you know what I mean?
4:23
SPEAKER_02: There was a Pascal Gross's back in with them.
4:25
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
4:25
SPEAKER_02: So, like again, a team that you were wondering where were they going next?
4:28
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, but I suppose they're they've they've kept the same manager, which is which is key for the likes of them mid-table teams.
4:33
SPEAKER_01: You know, if you're getting consistency with your manager and you're giving them you're giving him a bit of backing in the transfer market, and you're letting him you know have his own stamp on things, and if a result or two don't go your way, you're not just throwing the baby out of the batwater and brighton at the every sign in the make, everybody all you're in the Premier League is watching on.
4:49
SPEAKER_01: Let's see what this guy's gonna do.
4:50
SPEAKER_01: Of course, yeah.
4:50
SPEAKER_01: And and we'll give we'll give Hull their stock up because you know that result just you know, like it's that fairy tale first weekend.
4:58
SPEAKER_02: Of course it is, and we did say something at the weekend though, don't expect if Hull get a first time.
5:03
SPEAKER_02: And that's what happened, and the energy came in and it just kind of sapped out of United.
5:05
SPEAKER_02: So the stock down, we we just we'll lead on straight from Man United follow suit.
5:10
SPEAKER_01: So, like the three that were giving the big up to we're saying that the other three are on yeah, yeah, yeah.
5:15
SPEAKER_01: You know, their stock goes down a small bit, so it's Aston Villa, it's Man United, and it's Spurs.
5:19
SPEAKER_02: And like United, I and I seen Carrick was deflecting as best he could afterwards going, Oh god, this is just going to be nightmare for me.
5:26
SPEAKER_02: Like you know what I mean.
5:27
SPEAKER_02: But it is kind of it will be interesting to see.
5:30
SPEAKER_02: Again, they did have a great end to the season.
5:32
SPEAKER_02: Now it's only one game.
5:33
SPEAKER_02: We're not going to get that excited.
5:34
SPEAKER_02: No, it was a way too hard.
5:35
SPEAKER_01: No, there's nobody getting over excited about it, but like your we'll say your two signants that you're that you're making, which is Tielemans and and Santos, right?
5:43
SPEAKER_01: And both of them are hooked after an hour in the game.
5:45
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you know, you you need your new sign-ins to be having a bigger impact on that.
5:49
SPEAKER_01: When you're spending more than this evening they've just signed Believa.
5:51
SPEAKER_01: Baliba, yeah, from Brighton.
5:53
SPEAKER_01: I would expect him to make a big difference to that Man United team because they really need legs and energy in the middle of the field.
6:00
SPEAKER_01: Because when you don't have that, when you're playing, you know, a lot of the time that Man United mightn't have the football when they're playing, and when they do get it, they really need to make an impact.
6:11
SPEAKER_01: So they need to have somebody chasing down getting the ball back for them, and that's what Baliba can do.
6:15
SPEAKER_01: You know, 70 million price tag, it's it's it's hefty as well.
6:18
SPEAKER_01: But you know, again, time will tell on that.
6:20
SPEAKER_01: With Aston Villa, you know, there's a lot of question marks over Aston Villa at the moment.
6:25
SPEAKER_01: You know, they have a they're after having a big clear out, um like the spine of their team.
6:30
SPEAKER_01: Um Emmy Martinez has been spoken of.
6:31
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, like so.
6:32
SPEAKER_01: Like he he he was he was I think the Juventus move has broken down for whatever reason, but I I think he wanted to leave at the start of last season also, and it was flirted with a couple of different things.
6:42
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, a strange character.
6:44
SPEAKER_02: But the Ollie Watkins, you know, the one going and and even the way um manager um Emory was very kind of well, you know, silence is what I can say there.
6:54
SPEAKER_02: You have to ask him.
6:54
SPEAKER_02: So he seems to be definitely didn't seem to be all good in the camp there.
6:57
SPEAKER_01: Definitely not, and okay, they're but if they're they're losing Ollie Watkins, they've obviously lost Concept to Arsenal and Dina Tina Man's.
7:07
SPEAKER_01: They have lost someone else, and that just escapes me.
7:09
SPEAKER_01: But that's that's that's of course.
7:13
SPEAKER_01: The majority of your team, the when you say the majority of your team, it's your best players out of your team gone.
7:19
SPEAKER_01: And you're not replacing them with like for like, it can make your task very, very difficult.
7:23
SPEAKER_01: And there again, with Spurs then on the other side of it who have spent hundreds of millions.
7:28
SPEAKER_01: So the problem with that is it's a complete overhaul of a team.
7:32
SPEAKER_01: All at once, it's all at once, and it's gonna take time to bet in.
7:35
SPEAKER_01: And we I I said last week that that Spurs need it, them new players coming in, but now them new players need to hit the ground running because if the pressure comes on and you another result goes against them, then the fans start getting on their back.
7:49
SPEAKER_02: The fans well the fans have already sat on a dangerous edge for two years, so they're gonna not again, and in fairness, all those players that they bought for the backs, the backs, they're all and Tanali, of course, they're all Premier League ready.
7:59
SPEAKER_02: Like, so you're really that shouldn't be happening.
8:01
SPEAKER_02: I mean, whatever about losing to Brighton, that does happen, teams.
8:04
SPEAKER_02: 4-0 was very disturbing to see.
8:06
SPEAKER_02: And again, Kudoski, I don't think Madison featured, if I'm not mistaken.
8:09
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think he's club captain for the year as well.
8:11
SPEAKER_02: Madison's so they do have some good quality.
8:13
SPEAKER_02: They have, of course, yeah, they're missing they're missing a few players.
8:15
SPEAKER_01: But when you're replacing most of your team, you want these guys on the pitch and you want them making an impact on the pitch, and you have to get results because the board is backing you, you have to be picking up results.
8:25
SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah, and what a spend.
8:26
SPEAKER_02: And again, like we have our stock up, stock down, so maybe they'll stock up next week.
8:28
SPEAKER_02: We'll see how they get on the week.
8:30
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, again, the big argument, like already are Villa in turmoil, or are we being as people being a bit so they're if they're losing Ollie Watkins to Al Hilal or whatever it may be, right?
8:41
SPEAKER_01: And they're gonna replace him with Nicholas Jackson, apparently.
8:44
SPEAKER_01: So I think it's a it's you know, they're saying a like for like replacement, but Nicholas Jackson has been at Chelsea, has been in the Premier League, and didn't cut the mustard.
8:53
SPEAKER_01: He went away to Bayern Munich, and you know, he didn't set the world alike there either.
8:57
SPEAKER_01: So they're expecting him to come back in.
8:59
SPEAKER_01: And if they're going to be relying on the likes of Nicholas Jackson to fire in 20 plus goals for them, then he'll be going back for Rashford maybe because he came on as well and didn't seem to get his own.
9:09
SPEAKER_01: I think I think they're gonna I think they're going signing Goretzka as well from Bayern Munich.
9:13
SPEAKER_01: So like there's a proper player coming in.
9:15
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
9:15
SPEAKER_01: So but I would sooner have a proper player who has Premier League experience than a guy that's coming from the German League, who's coming to the latter stages of his career.
9:24
SPEAKER_01: So like there's huge, huge question marks over there.
9:27
SPEAKER_01: And and there from new signing Jal Gomez straight red straight away.
9:30
SPEAKER_02: Really silly challenge, like you know, it's crazy.
9:32
SPEAKER_02: And then Garnacho new signing in, and in fairness, there one of the biggest signs is Man Zambi, and he's injured on Anna's injured.
9:38
SPEAKER_02: So look, it'll be interesting to see the next week's yeah, but it's still quality there.
9:41
SPEAKER_01: And the first Emery, like he is a top drawer manager, top manager, but you know you play with the cards you're dealt, and if you are having a few injuries and then you're relying on, say, you mentioned Garnaccio there, like you know, there's something not right with that kid.
9:53
SPEAKER_01: Like he, you know, he's been at Man United at the world at his feet, slipped away, went to Chelsea, again, just didn't work out for whatever reason, and now he's gone to Villa, and it's probably last chance saloon for him before he ends up going on the European bandwagon.
10:05
SPEAKER_01: So Emory has taken a chance of him.
10:07
SPEAKER_01: It's up to Garnacho now to repay the faith.
10:09
SPEAKER_01: And has he got the credentials?
10:11
SPEAKER_01: Only time will tell.
10:11
SPEAKER_01: But yeah, they're a team that's a little bit, you know, worrying, worrying times ahead.
10:17
SPEAKER_02: Now we could be here in Monday and themselves in Spurs and United States.
10:20
SPEAKER_02: And they're playing Arsenal Monday night.
10:22
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, Monday night.
10:26
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, uh, so next up, overreaction or fair reaction.
10:28
SPEAKER_02: Again, a lot of people going bananas about Michael Carrick and Man United.
10:32
SPEAKER_02: Look at they've no European football this year, you know, or sorry, they have European football in and so they add that onto that and then start off the league with a 2-0 loss away to the new boys' hull.
10:42
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
10:43
SPEAKER_02: So is that an overreaction or is it a fair reaction?
10:46
SPEAKER_01: It's probably an overreaction because it's one of these things because Hull at home first came out, you know, Saturday morning game.
10:52
SPEAKER_01: Hate them Saturday morning games anyway.
10:54
SPEAKER_01: Like, you know, they're a recipe for disaster.
10:56
SPEAKER_01: But as a staunch uh Man United fan told me, the last time they lost the opening game of the league, they went on and won the league.
11:03
SPEAKER_01: It's been like these Mayo omens losses.
11:07
SPEAKER_02: Under the radar, have you something that's under the radar?
11:09
SPEAKER_02: People mightn't realise.
11:10
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, look at how I I I'm going to give the hat tip again to Brentford on on this under the radar, you know, with Keith Andrews, bringing in Duffer, but they have good players throughout the team.
11:18
SPEAKER_01: You know, the likes of Katara there on the wing, they have Shada playing, they have Igor Tiago, who I'm very surprised that a big club didn't take a gamble on this guy, you know, um in the summer market.
11:27
SPEAKER_02: He missed it, wasn't he?
11:28
SPEAKER_02: Mr.
11:28
SPEAKER_02: Penny.
11:29
SPEAKER_01: He missed the penalty when the keeper was gone the other way.
11:31
SPEAKER_01: Well, then they have Nathan Collins at the back, you know, like he he's a he's a it's great to have an Irish fellow playing in the Premier League, don't get me wrong, but he's one of the he's one of these guys, you know.
11:41
SPEAKER_01: Is he good?
11:41
SPEAKER_01: Is he bad?
11:42
SPEAKER_01: Is he indifferent?
11:43
SPEAKER_01: He keeps playing, yeah, and he's one of the first names on the team sheet for Keith Andrews, and he has his back, and and you know, he he's but the the player proper rigid system and you know they don't break away from it, and it gets them results.
11:56
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, do you know what I mean?
11:57
SPEAKER_01: So they're a team that I could say that could you see them in the top six?
12:01
SPEAKER_01: They could very easily sneak into the top six.
12:05
SPEAKER_02: So yeah, we could watch that at the end of the season.
12:07
SPEAKER_02: Do Brent forget there.
12:08
SPEAKER_02: Uh again, only in football.
12:10
SPEAKER_02: Again, this is like something mad that happened over the weekend, and it was well, we picked Harry Maguire.
12:16
SPEAKER_02: Was it in Bemo he was holding or something?
12:19
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
12:20
SPEAKER_02: Just on the corner.
12:21
SPEAKER_02: If you haven't seen it, go and look it up online.
12:22
SPEAKER_01: But you're saying only in football, well, you can say only Harry Maguire, also, because it this has happened on so many occasions that he ends up doing something crazy in the box when he should be defending.
12:32
SPEAKER_02: Someone's showing uh him warming up before a match once, doing the kind of leg stretch out the back, yeah, and then in the second half.
12:36
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, he done it in the game, yeah.
12:38
SPEAKER_02: Like, and like oh, like and he played well other than that with crosses and all this, he worked hard, but it was just like, how do you tackle former hull player as well?
12:45
SPEAKER_02: Oh, that's right.
12:46
SPEAKER_02: How do you tackle your own man?
12:47
SPEAKER_02: I like I wish someone had asked him, and you go, I don't know what was going on.
12:50
SPEAKER_01: Maybe I wasn't looking at the man, but I wasn't I was looking at the ball, wasn't looking at the man, didn't realize.
12:55
SPEAKER_01: Like if a child done it now, in you know you're gonna do that and suddenly open your eyes, like you know what I mean.
12:59
SPEAKER_02: Okay, and last thing then uh put your name in one prediction for next weekend, okay?
13:05
SPEAKER_02: So we'll we'll just pull out the fixtures there again for having them gone again.
13:08
SPEAKER_02: Uh so we were saying, Oh yeah, sorry, I'll we pick one each, this is it.
13:11
SPEAKER_02: So I'm gonna go so Man United at home to Ipswich next Sunday, and this is like a bold prediction for the crack.
13:18
SPEAKER_02: I'm gonna say a draw for Ipswich, or from Ipswich and Man United.
13:22
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so there'll be two promoter teams take points off Man United in the first two weeks.
13:25
SPEAKER_02: Like then they'd definitely be they'd definitely be a reaction next week on that.
13:28
SPEAKER_02: But again, look, they'd a good start, they have some good good signings come in, they're a good, you know what I mean.
13:32
SPEAKER_02: A good as I said, they have a load of new signings, I should say.
13:35
SPEAKER_02: So it'll be interesting to see they'll go there, they'll not fear United.
13:37
SPEAKER_01: After maybe it's a good time of the season to meet United, and I've known Yeah, but a big big win for Ipsage last weekend over Sunderland, like you know, like when when you're a promoted team and them games are in the melting pot and you get a late, late winner, like you know, it's it gives you a huge lift, and especially when you're after spending big money, because they're they're up there when uh Europe's highest spenders net spends over the summer months, and they have to get the results, you know.
14:02
SPEAKER_01: Like you so the board has backed them to got the results.
14:05
SPEAKER_01: So again, there we go to Old Trafford on Sunday with the hope that if we can nick a point here, it's a massive, massive result.
14:11
SPEAKER_01: So that's what you you're going for.
14:12
SPEAKER_01: We want to make a daft prediction each and see if we get anything right.
14:15
SPEAKER_01: So that's yours.
14:16
SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna go with uh Brighton to get a result against Chelsea, away to Chelsea.
14:20
SPEAKER_01: Away on Sunday at two o'clock.
14:21
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah, again, like just Fulham, like they got their two goals, there were chances there.
14:26
SPEAKER_02: There was chances, yeah.
14:27
SPEAKER_02: Uh Chelsea, again, like the the Rogers.
14:29
SPEAKER_02: I mean, he'd be delighted with the debut getting the goal.
14:32
SPEAKER_02: Pedro game carrying on the former last year, but still at the back, maybe in goal, maybe and and Cole Palmer was very good as well.
14:39
SPEAKER_01: Oh, he was awesome.
14:41
SPEAKER_01: And you'd have to ask, how was he not at the World Cup?
14:44
SPEAKER_01: You know, I know he's very hot and cold, but when he's on fire and when he's in form like that, is it because of the World Cup he's now gone?
14:50
SPEAKER_01: Quite possibly control.
14:51
SPEAKER_01: So maybe it's the bulk and there's question marks of that defence for Chelsea.
14:54
SPEAKER_01: There really is.
14:54
SPEAKER_01: Like Fulham, like Fulham have lost a lot of their forward players, like the likes of Harry Wilson and Raul Himenez are gone.
15:01
SPEAKER_02: The new young young guy Himene, or against Garcia, sorry, I should say.
15:04
SPEAKER_02: Like he got uh is it 12 goals for Real Madrid last year?
15:06
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah.
15:07
SPEAKER_02: But that's not bad for a mid-level team to get a player like that.
15:09
SPEAKER_02: So it'll be interesting to see where he comes in.
15:10
SPEAKER_02: Palacios as well.
15:11
SPEAKER_01: But there was a lot of chances there that Chelsea give away last night, and with Brighton after hitting farm last weekend and scoring four against Villa, and that that guy, uh Hinselwood, who rattled in two, he's a right good footballer, so he is.
15:23
SPEAKER_01: So I just think that Chelsea could end up winning this game 3-0, don't get me wrong.
15:27
SPEAKER_01: But I just think that Brighton just have a little bit about them, and we're looking for bold predictions.
15:31
SPEAKER_01: We're not going with the obvious of saying what you know, uh a one-to-eight shot or something like that.
15:35
SPEAKER_01: You're going for Rip Switch to get a result, I'm going for Brighton to get a result.
15:38
SPEAKER_01: It might be two upset.
15:39
SPEAKER_02: We will see how it all comes back.
15:40
SPEAKER_02: And again, we'll be back here once a week.
15:41
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15:43
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15:46
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15:52
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15:55
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15:55
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