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#57 Odegaard Woes + Grealish Pros · Draft Offsides Podcast

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So I get it. Understood.
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Honest mistake. You're such a nice guy, Keith.
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I'm in the right here. You dip shit.
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I'm in the right. You're an idiot.
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You're a fucking idiot. I think it's just, I don't think
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you're in the right, but it's just you're not the wrong.
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So he just willingly pulled down his pants and said, here, take
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me. It's hey, some people have
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kicks. Take out.
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I bet you anything, at some point during this season one of
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us is going to get a good raping and he's going to stop it.
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Are you feeling like with if this injury with that's a little
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bit of an unknown? He's almost like droppable now.
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I already dropped him. Yeah.
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So he's out. He's just on way, but he's
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floating around. Yeah, that's fair.
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We have a plan. We have a plan like all right,
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we get it, you want 2 trophies. He won two trophies, man, then
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that was that was so American. Yes, I love it mate.
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It's great mate. It's the best time to play
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Arsenal mate. Two weeks ago they fucked us on
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our. Lane, they fucked us.
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They fucked us on our pilot. You're right.
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You were. Fuck phone.
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Let's go, Hammers. You're right.
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Fuck Phone. Even though I like some of their
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players. But yeah, fuck Phone, Pika.
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You fucked us, Pika. OK, fucking Vin Diesel, shut the
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fuck up. OK, I'll say I need to give a
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shout out on Twitter. I posted this chart and it was
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who has been the most productive players in the Premier League
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history and on one side is non penalty goals for 90 the other
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side is assist for 90. And there's this huge grouping
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and I post. I said first person to find
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Holland on here and reply. It's a shout out on next week's
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episode and auto draft at OFPL under score draft picked it out
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and earn Holland is literally outside of the image
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essentially. Hello, welcome to episode 57 of
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draft offsides. I'm with Tiko Enzo.
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My name is Keith and we are almost done with the
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international break, guys. It's almost over.
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But there has been some complications of the
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international break. Some some bad things have
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happened since of some very good players and we are going to have
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to talk about those things. Yeah.
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So there's some couple of big injuries.
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Tigo, do you want to cover some of these?
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You know, I don't know why I feel you're the closest to them,
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but Odegard and Kyle Fiore both injured for Arsenal.
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Yeah, and two huge injuries. Obviously Odegard, who's has
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very high fantasy value. Kyle Fiore hasn't really started
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on a regular basis, so we don't really know what his value will
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be, but I feel like he's someone who was drafted in mostly or he
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was added on. And what way you look at their
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next two games, it's against City in Tottenham and Rice will
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be missing those games as well. So it's important time for them
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to me. I'm actually kind of surprised
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that no one has picked up Jesus from Arsenal as well, because I.
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Think is he still on wave? Is he still on waivers?
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He's yeah, he's on waivers. And I think because obviously
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whenever you see injuries, you try to figure out who will be
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the replacement. Obviously they got Sterling, who
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I think will be starting for Arsenal and I also think they'll
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be dropping haverts a little bit to play in the midfield more and
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starting Jesus. So that's to me, that's what's
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going to happen with those injuries.
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That's what I my opinion. Yeah, OK.
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So I I was kind of thinking about this and I was looking at
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the depth chart at Arsenal and like after, you know, obviously
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Mcalmarito's injured and then after that we're talking.
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It's like Georginio, it's Thomas Partay and there's not much else
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there. Declan Rice is out, So what?
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Like what do we like? I think the two options are
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exactly what you said where it becomes Georginio Parte and then
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haverts in the middle because Odegat will be injured.
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Or another option is Calfiore's played in center midfield
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before, could he play as the 6th?
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It will be healthy enough to play though.
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I mean, apparently it was just a shit he got a shin bruise like a
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like a bone bruise. So potentially, but I don't I
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don't know. That's a good question.
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The the bummer with Calfiore is that you're in Timber got
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injured right before there during the last game.
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So I was kind of hoping that Cal Fiore might start starting games
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if you're or if Timbers injury was like kind of little more
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like long term. But this this is just put a lot
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of question marks into that. The last thing I would say on
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this, somebody could move on is someone else.
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I would keep an eye out as far as Zingenko, who could play in
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the middle as well. So it's a really good point, I
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think. Yeah, I think it's one of those
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things where you wake up to see what the lineup is and whoever
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is playing. I would I would slot them into
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your lineup if they're available in the league because I do think
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their game with against taught them will have goals in there.
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I'm both. Yeah, that's a really good
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point. I mean, yeah, that's a really
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good point. I don't know.
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I don't know if I'm necessarily automatically slotting them in.
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I think I'd have to wait and see what other options I have on my
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bench. But yeah, I think, I think
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Zinchenko's superviable. OK, A couple of other notable
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names. I went home and these guys never
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really even showed up. Like phoned in a Palmer at what?
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They showed up for a day and then they were gone.
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Yeah, it's I mean, if you're if you own those people, you're
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happy because especially with Foden wasn't really played a
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lot. Palmer, who's shining for
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England and and also, I think it was one of those things where
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England was playing against mediocre teams where they didn't
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really need their full firepower.
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Yeah, I kind of agree. I think it was just like a
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precautionary. Obviously, obviously Foden is
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been injured, you know, like he's not injured.
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Sorry. Foden's been like I'll so I
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think any extra time. I think Palmer too, I think he's
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just been playing a lot. It's a little alarming, but I'm
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I'm not that concerned. And then walk-ins.
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I think too, I think these guys that they were all at the EUR
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all this whole season. I think they probably just like
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a little bit of extra rush is rest is not a bad thing for
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them. Yeah, definitely.
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And then I I'm seeing this Nicholas Fulker with an Achilles
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injury that doesn't sound good. No, especially I think he's
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what, around 30 that's. That.
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Doesn't sound good at all, but also like he hasn't really.
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He didn't crack the starting lineup, he hasn't been playing a
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lot, so it's not really going to make a huge difference.
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Are you feeling like with if this injury with that's a little
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bit of an unknown? He's almost like droppable now.
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I already dropped him. Yeah.
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So he's out. He's just on web base fun
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around. Yeah, that's fair.
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I think the only ones that we were looking at begin to see is
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really savvy when he's injured and he's the only one out of,
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you know, Somerville and Folk Creek that actually didn't,
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maybe even Zoxy. Minta.
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Yeah, yeah, that's true. Minta's doing well.
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Minta's been good, but yeah. But yeah, I think they they've
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been the two big, big, big wins. And the other thing that was a
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big win for the international break is Jack Grillish played
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both games that he scored. Did he score on both of them?
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Scored in the first one. First one against his former
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international team and yeah, and you know, that's a good sign.
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I saw a key if you pick them up, it's, you know, frustrating tone
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the city player. But it's a good sign to see him
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playing get get a goal. Yeah, I was excited to snag him
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after that game. I feel like I also think so he
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started the the last game before the international break too.
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And I don't think he had a huge points today.
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But I actually was really impressed with him to the point
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where I think that with those international appearances, I
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think he might be a really nice trade target for people who
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didn't pay attention during the international break.
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If if you know. He looked good.
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I think his biggest problem is that Doku and Savio are on the
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team. Yeah, that's his big problem.
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Yeah, I I think so too. But I also think like Doku
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hasn't been like as sensational, you know, as he has been.
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I think Savio is still fairly new.
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So I just think there's like there's room for him.
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And I also like for England, he was playing as a 10.
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So maybe there's some, maybe there's some opportunities for
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him in those positions with, you know, like Silva's getting
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older, like Google is there, but he's probably more of, of the
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six. He's probably not.
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But like if Katie B gets injured or Phil Foden continues to kind
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of not to be unwell, I think I think there's opportunities for
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him across the whole frontline now Greilish.
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So, so I don't know. I, I, I think like, I think he's
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owned in like, I think it was like 76% of the leagues or 78%
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of the leagues. So it was our league was a rare
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one that had him dropped, but I thought that was an easy pick up
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from that perspective. Anyone else kind of stand out to
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you guys? Rogers playing freely?
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Nothing he did well. Who's that?
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Didn't XIXI score? No.
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I'm not sure who else is. Who else played.
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I've been. I didn't get to watch a ton of
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games this time around. I'm trying to look at some old
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scores. Netherlands.
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Yogi going to sis freely, I know that.
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One thing I would say, I don't think if you're a KDB fan,
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you're happy. He played both games and he
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played the full 90. I think he scored in one of
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them. But as someone who's getting
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older and the team has a lot of depth, you don't want to see KD
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playing in two games, 90 minutes each, especially after he was
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complete, very vocal, complaining about the amount of
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games. So that's something that if I
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had KDPI wouldn't be too happy about.
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I think that's fair. I also think like the flip side
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of that is like seeing Cody Gatko PO play for the Dutch and
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presumably be playing pretty well is good.
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You know, I think I think people who drafted him were really
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drofting him off the basis of the EUR performances.
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So here's the hoping that that that he can actually get on the
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field over there. And it looks like Nathan Akin
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had an injury for the Dutch as well.
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That's concerning. And then Delict.
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What Delict had a horrible game for the for them as well.
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He had a terrible, terrible game.
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So that's concerned. That's also alarming as a as
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anyone who picked him up. I was hoping that he could be
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like the Rockstar defender for you.
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He hasn't. He hasn't looked.
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Yeah. How much fat did you get it
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with? Fab, I picked up my I lost my my
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waiver. Those are kind of the key things
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for the international break. I don't think there's that much
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more to speak on there. Let's get into some key
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matchups. So first one on this list is
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Manchester United is Southampton.
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Is this what happens if Mandy doesn't get a win?
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I think Tico is going to be over the top of saying that $10 to
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get fired. You are still understand like a
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Man United fan. I think, you know, if they lose,
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they lose. I don't think they're going to
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get rid of 10 hog now it's only four games in.
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Let's wait till at least January, you know what I mean?
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I. Think it'll be the beginning of.
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I think it'll be the beginning of the end if they lose.
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Who was saying oh last season? No, last season was different.
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You're you're losing to Southampton, who scored, let's
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say if they do lose, they only score one goal.
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Even if they tie like A0011 tie, what's what's the point?
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You hired Oh my God, who's the assistant manager?
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They hired the. Former.
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Yeah, if you hire them, he everyone is saying he's
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essentially going to be next in line.
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What's the point of keeping 10 hog?
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You know what he is at this point if he loses this game
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against shitty team like Southampton and I think they're
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playing at home as well. I think you just let him go
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because it's actually a weight game.
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You want to give the new manager as much time as possible.
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I see no point in keeping him if you start the year with one win
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and three losses. So you you just let him sign a
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bunch of players and after four games, you're going to just, you
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know what? Yeah, you're right, Man United.
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It's also not his first year. This is what, year 3 of this?
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We have a plan. We have a plan like all right,
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we get it, You want 2 trophies. He won two trophies, man.
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Are you are you interested in starting Southampton players at
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all in this game? Are there many Southampton
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players that are even really viable starters?
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I'm going to say no and no to both of those.
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I concur. OK.
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Then what about the United side? Is there anyone you're not
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starting? Are you like, are you good?
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Like if they if they run out Rashford, are you like, oh, this
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is a good game you play? Rashford, all your players.
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Rashford's a rough 1. He had a good game last game
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gone Nacho had a bad game, but I'd start good.
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Nacho I start Xerxe, Bruno obviously defender wise I start
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the wingbacks, Mazrui and that Law I start them all day.
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No, you started all the defenders because you're banking
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on a clean sheet. Luke Shaw is a a game time
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decision, late fitness test. So we'll see how that goes.
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The other person I would keep an eye for is Castamiro, if he
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starts or not. And if he doesn't, if they're
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going to put in Manu Lugarte as to to play in the midfield,
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that's something I would be denied, yeah.
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That that would be interesting. It was interesting to see if
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they rush, if they bring him in this quickly and they start him
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or if they kind of ease him in with a substitute appearance.
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Yeah, yeah, I kind of I think I'm leading the same way.
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I think you you just even as much as we're kind of saying
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that United have issues, I think you still start all those guys
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against the South Hampton team that hasn't really shown us much
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yet. But South Hampton, you know that
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they have like the second highest possession of any team,
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which is crazy to think about considering that they're like
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haven't don't have any points or have a point or I don't know
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what they're but so it's just something interesting to think
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about from a Man United said. I actually think that might
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benefit United because United loves like counter attack.
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So interesting thought. Next one, the big ones, First
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off Tottenham, Arsenal, then Fulham, West Ham and and how are
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you feeling about that? I think this is the best time
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you could ever play Arsenal. Yes, I love it, mate.
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It's great, mate. It's the best time to play
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Arsenal mate. That's awesome.
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And just having some technical difficulties.
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But Tico and I were talking about earlier, you know,
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Arsenal's like without two of their rice, like without
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Odegarde muscle like rice. And then obviously Marina, who
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came in to be the sub, isn't there.
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They're missing their 10. Yards out there.
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So like what's happening here? But the crazy thing is that
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Tottenham is so like just bipolar with their score is that
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it doesn't like I'm not sitting here like, oh, it's it's an easy
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Tottenham win. You're still looking at this
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game like this could be a, this could be a crazy game where
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there's no midfield whatsoever. This could just be like an all
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attack, all defence, nothing, nothing between. 33 Draw man. 33
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draw. I like it.
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I like it a lot. I was actually looking at the
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last like five matches they've had.
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Everything's been high scoring like it there's been, yeah, it's
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really like 333222. So it's been it's been heavy
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goals and will Arsenal's defense in like midfield kind of
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depleted and Tottenham, we know they're going to give up goals.
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So I was thinking over might not be bad bad on this.
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Nice. OK, the next the next RB game is
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full of West Ham. I mean, you know that like, what
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are we thinking here? I I like feel like the the West
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Ham attack is a little more solid solidified, you know, and
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we're seeing with folk hug out and, you know, kudos Piquetta.
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I mean, is that Tony available in a game like this?
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Dude I wouldn't go for anyone in West Ham man Fulham.
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Beats bigger teams, yeah. Is West Ham a bigger?
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Is considered a bigger team now than Fulham.
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Yes, West Ham is the bigger team with Fulham.
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I I just think that Fulham's looked pretty decent and I think
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you know, when they have the best, best right back in the
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world or best left back in the world.
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I forget what he plays, but with with an Anthony Robinson, I
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think it's it's hard for for West Ham to say that they're
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that they're the bigger team. No, the record Fulham is against
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West Ham dating back out on 112 games in their history, is they
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won 35, drew 24 and they lost 53.
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So history is on West Ham side. Yeah.
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I mean, I think it's a bigger team, but I don't think it's so
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much bigger. It's not like top 6 versus a,
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you know, about middling team. You know what, I with the
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international break, we forgot what Fulham did to us guys.
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Two years ago they scored. Two weeks ago they fucked us on
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our. Partly they fucked us on our
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partly. Yeah, you're right.
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Let's go, let's go. You're right, fuck Fulham.
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You were. Fuck Fulham.
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Even though I like some of their players.
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But yeah, fuck Fulham. Are we, I mean, is there
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anything here interesting though, from like a fantasy
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standpoint, Are we, are we guys feeling?
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Are we feeling like? Pereira.
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The Pereira, I think the I think for me it's more, what's his
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name? Charlie.
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Oh, Charlie, I don't know if lightning strikes twice.
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We. You think it's Lightning?
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I think he's looked good all three games.
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Bravo. I've seen our Wolves, I've seen
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with Barcelona. It's the same shit every time.
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You know, you know, the only player that hasn't had a goal
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contribution in the front 4 is Muniz, who was the guy that was
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supposed to be like leading the line either.
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Every day that goes on, I think Muniz, there's more and more
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that Muniz like had was on a hot streak and now he's back to how
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he was before. Pereira looks like picked up an
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injury during the international break.
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This yeah, this this game might be my favorite.
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One Leicester City versus Ipswich Town OH only game this
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week with two winless teams. I'm putting money on the lap to
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score. Interesting.
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So it's the two, it's two relegation teams that we think
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are going to be in the relegation battle throughout the
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whole whole thing. Wait, wait, wait.
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Is Lester playing this which? I thought Brian was playing this
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Which? Oh, that's right.
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Yeah, bro. I'm in a I'm in, I'm in a
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developing country and I you can't do your research for it,
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bro. Come on, my guy.
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It's Palace Palace. OK so which which game do you
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want to talk about? You go delete this parts in the
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game Kiko. You fucked us tiko.
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It's Palace versus Leicester City.
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Is are you interested in the palace?
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Leicester City game two winless teams, you know something's got
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to get. Palace hasn't won the game.
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You're right. The two winless teams.
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I think Palace crushes Leicester City in this game.
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Yeah, I agree. I think I think Palace was
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unlucky not to get a result from West the West End game.
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I think they've looked pretty decent all things considered.
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I think EZ had a couple goals taken away from him from bad
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referee decisions. Yeah, that too.
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I mean that too. I think he's looked really
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solid. I also think that like this is
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the type of game where I'm I'm really excited with like like
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having Kamada and if he if he underperforms again here, then I
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think he's coming off my team. They're getting very close to
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it, you know, to see some of that.
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I drafted and he's, I think he's hit like five points every
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single game and I'm very ready for him to have a big one here.
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Oh, what about from the lesser side?
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Is there anyone there that's kind of sparking sparking joy
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for you guys? Oh, what's his What's his name?
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The the striker. Barty.
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No, the one that picked up and what?
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Oh, you think he plays? He might do.
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That's an interesting shot. I mean, I mean, look at the team
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they have now. They have Jordan AU, they have
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Edward, they have Bobby Reed, Cordova, Barbie Reed.
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They have a bunch of they literally have like a senior
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citizen attack squad. That's what I'm saying.
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And it was a little bit younger for Tau, you know.
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Though I think who I'm interested in here is Bonete
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from Argentina. He's the Brighton.
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He's on loan from Brighton. I don't think they made a
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permanent, but I think that Bonete, Bonete could be really
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good there. I think he's the one that I'd be
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interested in if I was going to pick anyone from this lesson
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team. Yeah, I agree.
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I think so too. Yeah, I think that could be
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something there. OK, then here's some notch UPS
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that we like for offense, slash defence, an offensive love Aston
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Villa versus Everton, slash Brighton and Aston Villa versus
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Everton. You're saying just play all your
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Aston Villa attackers? Yeah, yeah, and you're all your
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Brian attackers, Puffy, honest. I think these are two games
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that. Should be right versus Ipswich.
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You're talking about South Aston Villa, Everton, the Brighton,
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Ipswich. Yeah, well, I'm saying that you
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got you got all in on Ace Villa and all in on Bryan or not on
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all their attackers against these two teams.
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Yeah, with, I think, yeah, ever since.
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Ever since given up ten goals more than anyone else and
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Ipswich has given up seven. I think those are two teams
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that's probably going to be relegated and this is a get
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right game from Ollie Watkins, so I expect them to score
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assists in this game. Can generate some points so
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there with Leo Bailey out are you feeling comfortable like a
20:53
Jacob Ramsey slotting into your teams and so you probably you're
20:57
the closest one to this is he going to be starting I mean
21:01
that's who came out for Bailey so we we think that that'd be
21:04
the case well. You know, Emery did say that
21:07
Ramsey if it would be starring ahead if because Bailey doesn't
21:11
like to be playing. But it's still up in the air.
21:13
So yeah, Ramsey will be your first choice if you have them.
21:15
Would you want to handcuff it? That's up to you.
21:18
If if Ross Barkley plays like that someone, if Ross Barkley
21:21
starts, that's someone must you start.
21:22
He's only roster at 39. Percent.
21:24
That's interesting. Yeah, that could be that could
21:25
be an interesting one. OK, offensive hate seems to be
21:28
what we hate Forests at the Forest attack versus Liverpool.
21:32
Liverpool hasn't hasn't conceded a goal in three games.
21:35
Forest is like pretty good. But yeah, I think against this
21:37
defence, hard to really argue with that, huh?
21:41
I agree they're not going to do too much.
21:44
I think you're smashing all the Liverpool attackers as well.
21:47
You're you're starting all of them.
21:48
They're doing so they're doing, they're all scoring like good
21:52
points so. I think, and Forrest is like all
21:55
last year was really bad at set pieces too and like Liverpool
21:57
has Trent Alexander, Arnold and like some other really good
22:01
players. So I think there's something
22:03
there as well. So that's a good shout.
22:06
Keith, as someone who's playing against me this week and I have
22:09
3 attacking Liverpool players, how do you feel?
22:12
Not great, especially because I have a lot of breakfast players
22:15
and they're playing City, so the match up just could not be much
22:19
worse from my perspective. But hey, you know, the winners
22:23
persevere through adversity, so we'll see what happens.
22:27
You know, so American. I'm in first place I.
22:36
Am the winner. You're in first place by three
22:39
points. Win by a ninja, Win by a my.
22:41
OK, fucking Vin Diesel, shut the fuck up.
22:44
A lot of season left here. All right, next defense, a
22:48
defensive love. You're saying Man U versus
22:50
Southampton? So you just think that
22:52
Southampton just can't score a goal?
22:54
Obviously this is a huge game for Man U.
22:56
As someone who's been a fan for weeks week, I tell you this is
23:00
the This is the biggest game in my fandom history.
23:04
It's kind of man youth. I think yeah, yeah.
23:07
Can't. You can't lose Assad ham.
23:09
What the? Fuck what the where am I?
23:10
I'm sorry I'm I'm having technical difficulties.
23:14
I thought I heard Tigo say that this is the biggest game of Man
23:18
United season. For no, it's his.
23:21
I've hit of my his fandom. Oh, OK.
23:24
No, that's still stupid. All right, all right, move on.
23:27
You know what, I totally agree that this is a huge, like,
23:30
defensive could be, could be really nice.
23:32
But I also feel like if there's a team that's going to fuck this
23:34
up, it's going to be Man United. Yeah, just like with their
23:37
current mentality, the way you said, yeah, it was kind of funny
23:39
right there. That was really sad.
23:40
It was a very sad agreement, Defensive hate we talked about
23:43
earlier, top members are. So do not play your defenders in
23:47
those games if you can avoid it. Yeah, it's it's also difficult
23:50
because Arsenal's defense is amazing, but last year I think
23:54
both games Tottenham score two goals, ends or was it?
23:56
Yeah, two games, Yeah. Or was it 3 in one of them?
23:59
Yeah, so. I I also like to your point
24:01
though too, I also think that a good defense has a good midfield
24:05
in front of them most of the time.
24:07
And with Arsenal not having Rice and with Arsenal not having
24:11
Odegard, I think that's going to make a huge difference
24:13
defensively and I think that's going to make it much harder.
24:17
I got a stat with this, so Arsenal with or without older
24:21
God. So with older God, they got like
24:25
a 66% win percentage and without I think it's a 45% accuracy, so.
24:33
It's a big job, they. They don't win as much without
24:36
them so. That's a big job.
24:37
I'm hoping that's good. 10% is good enough.
24:40
Yeah. All right.
24:41
That kind of concludes our key matchups for the week.
24:45
So it's time for our favorite segment, which is degenerate
24:49
gambling segment. So Chico, you had a bet that you
24:54
cooked up one night when you couldn't sleep.
24:56
Is that still on the cards for us dude?
24:59
I hope it is. I I think it is so it was
25:02
Manchester United against Southampton, City versus
25:05
Brantford, Liverpool versus Forest and Brighton versus
25:10
Ipswich. That seems like the easiest bet
25:12
of all time. Yeah, they're all huge
25:14
favorites. And when I looked it up, I think
25:18
it was earlier in this week, they were like +44430, which is
25:22
like pretty insane. But you know, I don't know what
25:26
the odds are now. I don't know if they've changed
25:28
or not. My friend was in Vegas.
25:30
I asked him to place the bet for me.
25:31
So I might have moved the line a little bit.
25:33
With your massive with your massive wager.
25:36
Yep, all. Right.
25:37
Let me see this now. I mean, I would even go as far
25:40
as to say like, let's just throw the house on this thing and
25:44
let's add the Tottenham Arsenal over here.
25:46
But I don't, I don't know about that.
25:47
Maybe that's a separate bet. The good thing about that it's,
25:51
it's that's the Sunday game. So if we want to hedge or cash
25:54
out, we have that option. I guess let's look at see what
25:56
the odds change to. OK, so, OK, so United win,
26:02
Brighton win, Liverpool win, City win, Risk 10 to win 23 that
26:11
is horrible. Plus.
26:13
So the what is it plus 240? Also changed by a lot.
26:18
Yeah, it sucks. That's a horrible bet.
26:20
Let's let's try to add a Sunday game.
26:23
There's also Newcastle versus Wolves.
26:25
Wolves have been struggling this year.
26:27
Why don't we let me see if I add the over.
26:29
I mean the an over is not going to make that much of it so
26:32
right? I'm just going to say right now
26:34
because I can't really hear it, but wherever you guys bet on, I
26:37
am 100% with. That so adding the over in the
26:41
Arsenal Liverpool game makes it plus 554.
26:44
What? What is the over on there, Keith
26:46
on the Arsenal Game 3? Is it three goals or three and a
26:50
half? Three.
26:51
Oh yeah, that's I like that. 3 So there needs to be four goals.
26:57
Yeah, but what happens if it's three?
26:59
Is it? A.
27:01
It's weird it's not 3 1/2. Wait a look, let me double check
27:03
that three 3 point O Is there anything here like do we really
27:07
want to better this Manchester United team?
27:10
Is there a better spot? I feel like there's better spots
27:11
this week from that game. Like I'd rather bet on I'd
27:14
rather bet on Crystal Palace to be Leicester City than that.
27:19
I'd rather bet on Newcastle to beat Wolves than that.
27:23
Wait, Keith, I know what we forgot.
27:26
We forgot to add a villa on that bet.
27:27
Oh, what was the Villa game? Yeah, against everything.
27:32
So risking 10 to win 40, but if you throw the Tottenham over
27:38
then we're talking plus 882. What if we throw in Newcastle as
27:43
well, just out of curiosity? Oh, wait, hold on, wait a
27:46
second. I I got rid of the United game
27:47
actually. Yeah, so let's let's do United
27:50
City Brighton. Villa, Liverpool, Newcastle
27:54
Liverpool City, Brighton United. Villa.
27:58
All right. So risking 40 to win 388.
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Sergey, are you in? It's been episode 57 of Draft
28:05
Offsides. My name is Keith.
28:07
I'm with Tico Denzo, and we will see you guys next week.
28:11
Follow us on all the things at Draft Offsides.
28:25
God damn there's a lot of whites in that here.
28:29
It's all of us, guys. We're all getting some white
28:31
hairs. Yeah, it's called being wiser.
28:34
I hope sometimes. God.
28:37
For some of us. So what's the house, guys?
28:42
Enzo, you're on vacation. Yeah, I'm in paradise right now.
28:45
It's quite nice actually. Nice, I'm just leaving for
28:48
Hawaii on Monday. Hawaii or Kauai?
28:53
Kauai. Love Kauai Love Kauai.
28:57
How are? You staying?
28:58
Yeah, right there. What's the difference?
29:03
Between Hawaii and Kauai, yeah, there's different islands.
29:07
But it's part of Hawaii. Yeah, I'm sorry.
29:12
It's like, oh, I'm not going to California, I'm going to
29:15
Sacramento. But it's like they're, they're,
29:18
they're different islands UP. That's that's like, I'm like, I
29:22
don't know. I don't know how to explain it.
29:24
No, you're, you're a good kid. It's just a different island.
29:26
Take home it's it's one of the smaller islands so you can it.
29:29
Is annoying. It's the whole place is called
29:31
Hawaii. All the islands in general is
29:33
called Hawaii. That is the name of the it's an
29:35
island called Hawaii as well. Yeah, so so I get it understood.
29:40
Honest mistake. You're such a nice guy, Keith.
29:44
You I'm in the right here. I'm in the right.
29:46
I think it's just, I don't think you're in the right, but it's
29:48
just you're not in the wrong. Tico, I bet you anything, at
29:52
some point during this season one of us is going to get a good
29:56
raping and he's going to stop it.
29:58
A good word. We don't use that word A good
30:01
you're going to take advantage. I don't how do you what do we
30:03
say can't say trade rape. Why I think it's just frowned
30:08
upon is. That frowned upon.
30:09
Yeah, I think it's pretty. Frowned upon letting you say.
30:13
An unwanted trade baby. Oh, that's I don't know if
30:17
that's any better. We have to come up with a better
30:20
term though, as as as much as that rolls off the talent, it's
30:24
I really like that. I can't think of one right now,
30:27
but and I think. Let's give credit where credit
30:29
is due, just we're not stuff we're making up.
30:31
It's from the league which came out years ago when it was OK to
30:35
use words like rape anyways. So T guys, so and so you're
30:41
saying that there's going to be a trade that that's going to be
30:43
that's going to significantly advantage one of you guys.
30:45
You think I'm going to try and do something about it because I
30:46
would never, I would never that would go against that would go
30:49
again the. Whole flop.
30:51
There are so many things I didn't think about you keeping
30:52
to this new season's side. You changed you're a.
30:55
Change. Yeah, that would go against my
30:57
floss. I would never, I would never try
30:59
and do that to a trade unless, unless the other person was
31:01
like, I'm not taking advantage of I was tricked in some way.
31:05
So if I got Nate to say he was taking advantage of and tricked
31:08
in some way, you're going to reverse that trade?
31:12
Oh, let's see. See what?
31:14
I'm saying it's hard to, it's hard to make that argument when
31:16
he offered me that deal. Yeah, but what if he felt like
31:19
you Jedi mind tricked him? You don't want these players,
31:23
you want these. The other the other thing to
31:27
discuss, Let's see you guys get something.
31:29
No, I was going to say part of me wants to like give all my
31:32
best players to Enzo for like his shitty players.
31:36
But the downside of that, it's Enzo.
31:38
He's going to be smug asshole if he does win the, you know, the
31:41
league. So it's like a lose lose for me.
31:43
But to me, if you believe in karma, this will be much more
31:47
sweeter, Keith, if you don't win the league.
31:49
Oh yeah, I'm going to fucking love it.
31:52
If not, I'm just not. Win the league brother.
31:54
Don't even get top three. Hey, you know what?
31:57
I just put myself in the best position to win that.
32:00
That requires taking advantage of some.
32:03
Position. All right.
32:06
What about, OK, what about our league of record, our our main
32:09
league? You guys were making fun of me
32:11
for my my pick up, my waiver pick up, my waiver claim pick
32:14
up. Oh, Marino, that was great.
32:17
So don't get wrong, I'm not upset about your fab usage
32:20
because I get your understand about it, but I just love that
32:23
you got it and you got these. He's after two months.
32:26
Well, he got injured and so then I panicked, picked up Roger and
32:28
paid like half of my valve for him.
32:31
You did. Well, that's not bad.
32:33
Often that's bad. Rotary.
32:34
He's fine, you guys. Were you guys were clowned on me
32:36
Ortiz? Was that Mortico?
32:37
It's. Me.
32:40
And I still will because Raji will not have the year that he
32:44
did last year. Still a formidable player.
32:46
You stardom, you like eight points.
32:48
He'll have the goal assists. Well, he'll he'll go off like
32:50
1520, but he'll also have those games where he has like 4 or
32:53
five points. And I just, especially with the
32:58
January when they're coming up, I think there might be potential
33:00
for better players as people get injured.
33:02
I, I have, I still have 100 FAB. I haven't used a single FAB.
33:06
I put a waiver of claims using zero FAB, which is like the best
33:08
thing you could do. And when players start getting
33:12
injured and people start dropping because they're
33:14
desperate and the January window comes around, who's going to be
33:17
sitting around the world? The FAB.
33:18
And I'm going to fab so hard. I think here here's my take.
33:22
Tico is that I some. I don't know why that dude
33:26
dropped Raji full like, ridiculous decision.
33:30
OK, totally ridiculous decision. But then so now I'm sitting on,
33:33
I just paid a lot of for Michael Marino.
33:36
He's injured, so that fucks me. And then and then Leon Bailey
33:39
gets injured and we don't know how long he's going to be out.
33:42
So I'm looking at this like you're telling me I can get a
33:44
guy who's consistently top 50 player, consistently top 50
33:51
player and who last year was a top 20 player.
33:54
I can get him for 51 Fab. That's which what I paid of out
33:59
of my hundred. I think that's a great.
34:01
I think that's great. I was worried that someone's
34:03
going to bid more for him, all things considered.
34:06
See my thing is, I think you overbid by like a lot.
34:10
I know, but I but like I just could not risk like I wasn't
34:13
going to. I was I didn't want to like get
34:16
close and get value and then like, oh shoot, I missed it
34:18
because Sergei did 40 and I've been 39.
34:21
Like to me it was like, I need I need this guy at all costs given
34:24
my team construction, given the injuries I already have on my
34:26
team and it's worth just over bidding right now.
34:28
So I don't, I don't get. These are the. 3.
34:34
No, I understand the logic, but these are the highest fab bits
34:37
we've had this year. In the first year, we're doing
34:40
FAB 5132 and 23 and you are the owner of the top 2.
34:51
I'm gonna have a great midfield when everyone's healthy, That's
34:53
all. That's all I'm hearing from from
34:55
what you're saying. All right.
35:00
Should we get into the episode? Yeah, let's get to the episode.