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DOO DOO CASEMIRO!! 🎶 HUGE win for United over Brentford led by Casemiro & Mainoo 💪🏻 · The Fellow Reds Podcast - Manchester United

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Those Casimiro slide tackles are a thing of beauty and I did ask
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that maybe he should be putting on some workshops to the other
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players to show them and I think he might have been doing because
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copy started busting out of you as well.
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In like 3 games now since Martinez and not one has been
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given a card or VAR reviewed and you can see him literally
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pulling his hair. I'm like what what is going on?
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It's an absolute joke. How are we?
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Fellow Reds? Must be feeling pretty good
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after that win last night. Welcome to this Manchester
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United review of our game against Brentford.
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As always with me, Ben and Chaz, before we get into it, thanks so
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But Jazz, we're here the day after.
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You're still feeling a bit groggy, as everyone's going to
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hear in a second when you start speaking, but massive win.
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Yeah, yeah, must have win. Yeah, excuse the the Barry White
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voice. I think, I don't know if it's, I
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never had COVID when it COVID came around.
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I don't know if it's COVID, but I lost my sense of taste and
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smell. So maybe it's COVID.
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I don't know. But yeah, feeling pretty rubbish
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for the last sort of five days, but hopefully on the mend
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feeling better. I don't sound much better, but
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yeah, the victory last night was a was a nice little sweetener to
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help me feel a little bit better, was a little boost to
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that. So yeah, great to get the win.
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Massive goal. Obviously the Champions League
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qualification, I think we're not mathematically there yet quite,
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but I think everyone's pretty good and it will be able to pick
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up at least one point in the next four games.
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Oh yeah, what what a United fan, what a fellow Red committed to
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the cause no matter what, even on his deathbed.
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So yeah, it's good to have you bad play.
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But yeah, we've got 2, two different perspectives to bring
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you today. I was I was at the game last
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night at Old Trafford charges watching on TV.
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So nice to have those different viewpoints.
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And as you said, just massive win, massive win.
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Obviously with Liverpool picking up 3 points and going level on
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points with us before last night, we had to we had to get
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the win and we did. And yeah, looking forward to
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getting because it was it was an entertaining 1 and it probably
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could have been a crazy score. But before we do that, let's
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look at our predictions. And very annoyingly almost, we
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forgot to place our bets. And shockingly for the first
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time, we were both pretty close. So you went to 1, correct, UN
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assess, go goal correct. And then he said Bruno and
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Tiago, which was incorrect, but not far off at all.
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That's just pretty. Good, Pretty good, yeah.
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Pretty good and then I'm two in my own horn air mate, but 21
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again me. I said cast some hero tick,
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Cesco tick. And then obviously I didn't want
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Brentford to score. But when Jensen Scott I was like
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but if I'm honest I was a little bit relieved because I go to
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scored as well. Probably would have lost about
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£300 based on the last bets I've been putting on.
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He could have, he could have scored a fuse with that.
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He could have, he could have, but a jinxed in with you.
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Mean you mean Brentford, right? Yeah, after I.
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Messed up on my on my prediction video.
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I always, I don't know why I always get those two teams
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confused. But yeah, Brentford and if I say
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Bournemouth on this pod, call me out, call me out.
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But yeah, very good predictions from his bullshit.
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Yeah, yeah, solid. Like again, you didn't put the
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bet on. I was, I'm thinking now like
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maybe for our future bets, we just do the United scorers and
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the score. Yeah, we've got a better chance
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of winning some money because we would have been in there quits
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in or you would have been quits in if you put the belt.
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But I forgot as well. I blame my my feverish state.
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Yeah, it's probably a bit ambitious for us to try and get
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all scorers, including opposition, but it was very,
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very close today. And then, yeah, even though it
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was 21, it could have been absolutely bonkers.
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So we'll get into the key moments.
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But before we do, thoughts on the lineup.
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We kind of called that as well, didn't we, with Aiden and
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McGuire starting at center? Yeah, I think that, but it was
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kind of pretty obvious. Obviously the surprise was that
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we didn't know CUNY was injured so that when I first saw it, I
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didn't know. I hadn't seen the pre match
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interview. So I was like Oh my God, he's
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he's dropped junior and then I saw he wasn't in the squad so I
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knew his injury. So yeah, it kind of pretty much
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nailed on the starting level, which I think is fairly easy to
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do at the moment. I think he stopped doing that
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kind of bueno as a striker and used Tesco as that main
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structure, so I think we're probably gonna see the same for
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the rest of the season I reckon. I think so, yeah.
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I did a couple of obviously short videos around being there
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last night and in my prediction video I kind of mentioned that
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kind of Cesco has cemented his place there now as well as an
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easy. I think he's kind of gained the
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trust of of Carrick now based on more of his movement and stuff.
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But just generally, it feels like Carrick's got a bit more of
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a settled, settled line up in his mind now, isn't he?
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Yeah, Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
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And obviously Cesco scoring last night just re emphasizes there
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that's that in position I think. But both pretty happy with the
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lineup really going into it. Yeah, no, no complaints.
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Like from what the squad looks like at the moment and with the
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injuries we have, yeah, I wouldn't have done anything
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different. Yeah, same, same.
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But I say love seeing you in your place.
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I was a little bit gutted, but yeah, turned out to be a bit of
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a cracker. And straight from the off,
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getting into some of the moments, Jazz, we had that Cobby
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dribble through on goal, what a piece of football.
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And then, right, I sure haven't seen it closely, but what's
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happened? How's Ahmad missed that?
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So he's basically what he's trying to do.
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He's tried to bend it into the corner and it was going in, but
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it's hit hit how much different it was, hit that path and just
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sent it slightly wide. So it's just just like just
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clipped it. But he still should have scored
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for me. Like, yeah, he said quite a lot
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of the goal to go for. I don't think maybe he just kind
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of drilled it like instead of trying to place it, then it was
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a goal. And I think he really need that
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goal because it would have been such a an amazing goal with that
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run from Kobe and also from comedy.
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Just not selfishly going for the shot, seeing the opportunity and
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seeing got the easy opportunity for our to take it.
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And then obviously, yeah, that little deflection started from
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being a wonderful. Girl, how excited were you
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watching that run on TV? Oh, it was so good, So good.
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I think to bear like the whole that that opening sort of 15
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minutes, that's what we expected to see versus Leeds and I was
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like really happy to see see how we started like creating so many
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chances. Really good play hobby and Katz
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and Bruno just like pulling strings.
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Am I playing really well at that point?
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Again, he's just not quite got that cutting edge for some
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reason. Like I think he's got two goals
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and two assists all seasons and that.
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So I don't know why he's kind of lucky in that cutting edge.
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Maybe I can't smell that. But you still see as a good
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player in there because he's doing the right thing.
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He's getting the positions he's not giving up for.
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Maybe that kind of that lack of fishing is maybe a confidence
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thing and hope you'll get it back.
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Yeah, and it's quite normal in it for some players,
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unfortunately, to go through spells like this.
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And you know, you scored some fantastic goals for us as well,
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so we know it's there, but we'll get on success, goals, goal
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obviously later. But it's just that composure,
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isn't it? You know how composed wasn't
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front of goal versus Ahmad. And that comes with a guest
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confidence, doesn't it? And when it's not really
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happening for you, you kind of you're overthinking your tense,
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you want it more than anything. And then you end up, yeah,
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getting a bit unlucky. So yeah, obviously I went for a
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corner so I knew it a defender, but it was really right in front
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of me attacking. And I just I was just gushing
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over the run from Coby and then he went to Amazon.
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I kind of almost like started celebrating.
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And then for it to I was in disbelief that the myths, but it
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wasn't to be. But yeah, like you say, we
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started well and we also had that Maguire header which was
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basically saved well on the line from Kelleher as well, I think
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McGuire. Actually, have you seen it?
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No. How much of the ball was not
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over the line? It's like, I don't know, say it
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was like this much left in the ball to cross the line to be a
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goal. And even, I mean, when they
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watched it, when I was actually on the replay, I was like,
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that's a goal. How did it run off to that?
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Technology doesn't doesn't get it wrong.
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So it wasn't, yeah, fully over the line, but it was, yeah,
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very, very close. Great, great header and a great,
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great stuff. Even McGuire said afterwards he
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was a bit disappointed with his connection on it.
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He's actually got more power on it.
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So yeah, it was a great chance, but really good say from Keller.
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Yeah, he's decent. I need to be fair.
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Have you seen the so the chat between Andrews and Carrie Grant
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Sky where basically Andrew says you're not getting your keeper
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back? Because I think there's a bit of
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hyper a bit around Kelleher at the moment because yeah, he's
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decent to be fair. But then sticking my head is we
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had the main header in the business.
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Casimiro, what a goal lies, by the way.
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So ball in. McGuire nods it back.
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And that desire just to get above the players and get over
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it and even score on the angle is ridiculous.
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Yeah, really, really good. Like one of their players coming
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it was had a similar chance of that over and later on and
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doesn't convert like past it. It's just so good in the air.
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That's obvious. Is that nine goals now in this
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season? It really goes, I think close to
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that or maybe even 10. Like I think most of it probably
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headed goals. So yeah, he's, he's amazing in
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the air and. Like he's he's.
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He's not sure, but he's not like he's 6 foot 5 or something.
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I think he's like 6 foot 61 or something.
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But he just seems to time everything like perfectly, and
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that's why he arrives at the right time and he has that kind
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of desire and aggression to get on it, and he showed that again
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last night. Yeah, it's it's not fluke is
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it's positioning, it's desire, you know, it's technique as
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well. And as you said, from the amount
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we scored, you just gotta take your ass off to him because it
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was just a great a great leap. And then obviously kind of
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deservedly at that time kind of one nil up.
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But then almost straight away Brentford had two chances didn't
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there to be fair. And our man Lammons with some
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unbelievable shapes. Yeah, I think basically after
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that goal, I don't know if it was just because it woke up
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Brentford or we started sitting back or a bit of a combination
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there too, but it felt like I was going to write my notes.
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I was like, I'm just a bit like the leads game.
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I just kept writing super at Brentford, like chance of a
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chance and great taking lemons and like, yeah, he made some
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amazing saves. And I think we were lucky that
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Tiago had an off night because I think I actually read this
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morning that he he didn't have a shot.
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So all those like clear cut chances, he had three or four of
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them. He didn't actually connect with
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him at any point with his own foot by like having got away one
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of them. I think Shaw put him up when the
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morning kind of went across the goal.
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There's a lemon save, which was heaven.
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And yeah, like you didn't actually have a shot, but he was
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always in the right places. And that one where I don't know
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what happened, but they had so much space in the six yard box.
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And then lemons obviously made and raised and saved.
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But it's like, I don't know what caused that, if it was a kind of
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defense switching off on midfield or just a bit of a
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transition. But there's a spell within that
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kind of post goal spell when they just kind of chance after
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chance and kite and throw us. And it was, yeah, getting a bit
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worrying. It was a bit worried.
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I mean, just on Tiago, do you think he's kind of hankering for
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a move to United? So he just refused to score all
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the Trafford maybe? Yeah, maybe that's it.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. And obviously this is the first
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half when Lammons was over at the Stratford End, so it was
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quite far away from from my view.
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But some of the stuff I was seeing from a distance was just
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like, how was he saved that? Maybe a little better than he
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did on TV, but I was just couldn't believe like somebody
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they haven't won I. Think it's probably the best one
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because yeah, like the last one where he kind of was diving to
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his right, but like had a strong hand on it up and over.
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That's something that's probably the best one.
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The other one where it's almost like a the one-on-one almost.
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That was a really good save as well.
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But yeah, he was he was class even just kind of claiming
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balls. And so we get as well with lots
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of crosses coming into especially towards the end and
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just really solid isn't we? That's probably the best you can
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give a keeper. It's just like solid.
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The bore in Belgium in a super complimentary rate.
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I just absolutely love him. But yeah, kind of had a few just
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kind of, you know, TI go through and great save lamin save again
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like this with my notes. And then in between that I just
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kind of had how much chances exclamation mark because like
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you said earlier on, he was he's putting in and he was making
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some good runs and we'll probably get on to Brian in a
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bit. But I thought the same from him
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but just couldn't believe he didn't get his goal last night.
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Yeah, I don't want the offside 1 he was again, it was for state
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you miles off, but he didn't need to be.
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I think he's just so kind of like desperate because the space
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was there and Bruno, I don't think he really held on that
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long or too long. He's obviously kind of showed in
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the other goal. He's waiting for the right time
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for the defense commit. We played the ball, but yeah, I
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just went a bit early, but nice finish.
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But I've seen off to post it in. Yeah, it's not quite clucking
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firm at the moment, but it was again, that was a really nice
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goal. If it would have, if it would
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have stood. Yeah, a little warm up for Bruno
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as well, maybe because a lovely little run, you know, compose
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you and then a nice little diagonal ball through to Ahmad.
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And like, I didn't see it on TV. So it's interesting to hear you
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say you should be on, you should be on side.
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And I think that's a frustration I have with him at times.
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I think you know, you're looking down the line, you can't be
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outside and then big moments and then let's just cut to it.
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Then almost very similar event, but a goal from Cesco where he
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does hold the line, he does wait.
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And Bruno, I've watched that back a few Times Now and he's
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just a man's magic. He's just running with the ball,
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scanning left to right. He just got 2 defenders in front
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of him. There's no idea what he's going
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to do. The obvious pass is to Emblem.
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I'll probably on the right and he just waits for the defendants
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commit, pulls it left. And then to be fair, Sesco has
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worked to do there and just show the difference because he just
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steps inside really nice. He doesn't in a great finish.
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Yeah, yeah, I was. I don't know if you were the
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same, but I was like screaming like give it to him, Bromo, give
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it to just ask the obvious pass. But that's probably the obvious
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pass. Probably wouldn't have worked.
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He probably would have got closed down, quit crossing that.
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But he just has that kind of quality to just kind of slow
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things down almost even though he's running at a pace.
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But in his head everything sort of slowed down.
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He's waiting for that. It was even when I watch it
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again, it's like he's left it too late.
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But he kind of wish waits for that.
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I kind of it was maybe they were right back just to take that
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extra step and then he played it in and that just lied the space.
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And yeah, like you said, Cisco's touch to touch it inside and
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then the finish was quality. So we didn't deserve to be too
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up. I don't say at half time, but he
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was a yeah, quality counter attack, yeah.
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What do we know? I was, yeah, I was definitely
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screaming, Brian. And you reckon there's anything
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in Reno's mind where he's got like a preference on who he
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wants to pass to for the goal, or he's just purely thinking
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what's the best opportunity? Cracking best opportunity, I
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think. I think because both of them are
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good finishes. I don't mean he's worried about
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like if one was Cesco and everyone's ganache, you're going
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to go Cesco, right? One's Dallow.
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As we've seen the rest of the rest of the season.
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He probably wouldn't pass it to the Dallow.
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But yeah, I think yeah, yeah, he just has that quality and that
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brain to think about. It was like that other one.
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Was it the one versus Arsenal as well?
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Yeah, I think it's a similar sort of situation, like, yeah,
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that sort of counter attack where he slowed up and down and
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played the right ball. And again, I think that game is
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where I was shouting to Pastor, whoever it was who didn't score,
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and it was the right thing to do.
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Again, it's like he's better at football than me.
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Turns out Bruno knows it just a thing of you, isn't it?
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What's in the conductor and the composer?
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Bruno just running through just got the whole game at his mercy
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and just making such smart decision.
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What a footballer. I'm not even I'm not even
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apologizing for just raving about him again because he's
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just a joy. But yeah, as you said, lucky
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with the Brentford chances to go in two nil up, but was pretty
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happy half time. Yeah, yeah, Under percent.
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Like I was a bit concerned now we were giving up so many
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chances and obviously we'll get to the changes, but yeah, I
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think Shaw was on a yellow card, so I was a bit concerned about
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that because I can't, I'll butcher his name, but what was
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giving a tough time. So I was getting a bit concerned
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about a red card possibility. I actually heard that Shaw's
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only had like 1 red card in his whole United career, which
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shocked me. So he's pretty good when he's on
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the yellow, just kind of keeping, keeping things tight
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and staying on and not he's not, he's not like a rash player
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really. So that's the change I thought
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was gonna happen. But yeah, the changes he did
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make kind of shocked me at the time.
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But obviously postgame that I'm like, well, it's actually a
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really good kind of tactical decision that he made.
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And I think that was really good to see because it's been a bit
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of kind of chatter about no Plan B or no tactical changes in
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game. And I think he showed a really
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big one at half time in a brave one.
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Yeah, because he saw Bradford basically overrunning.
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So he just kind of made that change.
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And yeah, I think he made for a less entertaining second-half,
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but a more kind of it made sense because I think Bradford were in
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the OR in the up, even though we'd scored that second goal lay
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on. Well, yeah.
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And just before the change, if you're, if you're thinking about
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the first half and there was some vulnerability there from us
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in terms of it did feel that Brentford were kind of cutting
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through. Where from your perspective was
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that happening? Was it kind of Harry McGuire,
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Aiden kind of issue? Was it from midfield?
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Because I thought Carby and Cass are quite a good game.
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Where, where were they kind of get into us?
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It was it was done down the wings, I would say.
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So we're getting a kind of Dallow and sure with at pace.
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I don't think Heaven and McGuire didn't have like a bad game or
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didn't they? I think early on a bit like I
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think this is kind of common with Heaven's games so far, is
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that he can be a bit frantic to begin with in games and he kind
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of settles in. And I think that was a bit of
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reflection in that kind of first half.
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He was at some rush challenges and he was getting, there was
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one where I think someone played the ball over the top, like a
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simple ball over the top and it kind of didn't and he kind of
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came back and bought him a bit. So yeah, I don't really know if
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it was a specific kind of people, but like it was just a
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bit of a maybe was an energy thing from Brentford or them
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just adjusting. And I think you've seen him
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Brentford's previous games I've it was a drawn previous five and
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they've often been behind. So they have, we know they have
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that fight in them and that battle.
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And I think we just saw it early on because we obviously got the
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early goal, but I didn't think anyone played.
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There was always standing out like the Leeds game where I was
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like Maserati and sure be awful. I thought everyone will get to
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kind of good players later on but I didn't think anyone was
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having a howler that was causing this.
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I think it's just Brentford are a decent team and we're playing
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well and maybe we just sit in the back of it too much after
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that first goal win. Yeah, for that play.
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And like you say, then the change came fair play to to
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Carrick and team. Obviously, as you mentioned,
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kind of a storm as rally and a message.
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You kind of come out early and was warming up.
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And I also just, you know, naturally thought, oh, it's
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Dallow or maybe bellow knock or Shore knock or maybe the Shore
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yellow card. But now it was Ahmed Ahmed.
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So it was interesting to see and make such a big change like
20:59
that. Kind of wonder how it's left
21:02
Ahmed feeling after, you know, missing some chances.
21:04
But you've got to make those calls, right?
21:06
And it showed that Carrick's not scared to do that.
21:10
Yeah, I don't think it was like an Ahmed performance thing, it
21:12
was just like purely tactical Ahmed, you not played badly.
21:16
We just need to change the shape to to match what Brantford are
21:20
doing. So yeah, I was like it made for
21:25
a more boring second-half, but I think that's what we needed.
21:28
Otherwise it could have been 75 or something like that.
21:32
Easily, easily. Yeah, no, it's a fairpoint and
21:34
Ahmad and yeah, he's kind of stated that it's it was purely
21:38
tactical, but I guess there is a question because could have
21:41
taken Brian off, right, maybe instead of Ahmad.
21:43
So that was an option. But actually then one of my
21:49
notes essentially was just a lot of good runs from Brian and he's
21:52
really after any and he was, you know, he went through on goal at
21:56
one point, just a heavy touch and it's just not really for him
22:00
yet. But you can't knock his desire,
22:02
and he's anywhere, right? Really, Can you?
22:06
Yeah, like he's putting the work in and you said the runs are
22:10
there, it's just not quite clicking.
22:11
There's been a few Times Now where the touch has been off or
22:14
the shots been off. And like, I guess he's played a
22:19
lot of football when he played a lot of football last season and
22:22
combinations and maybe that's something to do with it.
22:27
But I think I'm not worried about him basically because the
22:30
work ethics there, the runs are there.
22:32
It's just it just needs to click again.
22:36
So I think, and he's not in the World Cup either because they
22:41
didn't qualify. So I think a summer off for him
22:44
will be really good and whatever kind of a more like what we saw
22:47
in the first half the season. Bryant the next season I reckon.
22:51
But yeah, there's no worries about him kind of long term.
22:53
I mean, he's a quality player. He's just not quite looking
22:55
through him at the moment. Yeah, fair play, fair play.
22:58
And Germany kind of obviously we did ride our look a little bit
23:02
and definitely Brentford had some chances, but we're so
23:05
impressed with our midfield. And I mentioned this in my
23:08
reaction video just after the game straight away.
23:10
Those Casimir off slide tackles are a thing of beauty.
23:14
And I did ask that maybe you should be putting on some
23:16
workshops to the other players to show them.
23:18
And I think you might have been doing because copy started
23:21
busting out a few as well. Do you see Ahmad's one that's
23:25
set up the goal? Set on the goal, didn't it?
23:28
Do you think? A little a little workshop.
23:30
No, Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like I was going to say the same
23:35
thing about copy and that he's becoming like not just the
23:41
person who's ticking things over, which obviously is amazing
23:43
and that press resistance, but also now he's obviously he's
23:47
been a bit more robust. He's like winning headers.
23:49
He's making making good tackles and get himself out there.
23:54
So yeah, I think he was quality last night.
23:59
And to be fair, I think I definitely had some question
24:02
marks earlier on on Kobe. I kind of asking asking for a
24:04
bit more from him. And kind of I think maybe before
24:07
this season, I still had a question mark over mainly based
24:10
on when you play for England as well.
24:12
Was he a bit more of a 10? And we've seen him obviously in
24:14
like FA Cup finals kind of getting forward and causing got
24:17
scoring goals. But more recently seems to be
24:21
really suiting that number 8 role where, as you say, like
24:23
he's been able to kind of backup Casamaro and then also play it
24:28
forward a little bit and link the link the attack.
24:30
So yes, we'll get on to copy from Shaw in in a little bit.
24:34
But love to love watching it. But those those Castamero slide
24:37
tackles, it's wonderful. They're all over the pitch and
24:41
just love, love his passion as well.
24:44
Just smashing his shirt high fiving fans.
24:47
I got it. Yeah, he's really some nice
24:50
little shit. Hazory towards the end of the
24:52
game, like, yeah, there's some little nudges on him and he was
24:54
going down easy and then like getting off and celebrating and
24:57
about winds people up. So I enjoyed that sort of stuff.
25:00
Where's where's my team doing it?
25:01
I hate it. Hey Jay, where's the games?
25:02
Me. Yeah, same, same.
25:06
And then obviously some, some changes from from Carrick.
25:09
So mount came on from Bremo Yarrow on for sure as well and
25:15
kind of made sense really in terms of the change at that
25:18
point. Yeah, it's just more energy from
25:21
Mount and still good on the ball on the counter.
25:25
But no, he's going to put the defensive work in high of the
25:27
pitch. And then Yoro obviously sure on
25:30
the yellow may be getting a bit tired.
25:32
Makes sense. And he obviously can.
25:34
There's always 3 center backs and Maserati can play kind of as
25:37
one of the wing backs. And I think that's what they
25:38
did. And yeah, yeah, like no
25:40
complaints for the Subs that were made.
25:45
That was the XC game on his round in it.
25:48
Yeah, kind of flawed a little bit, but.
25:52
He was, he was trying to come on for like 10 minutes, so I felt a
25:55
bit sorry for him. But the ball didn't go out for
25:56
ages. It was like it was about 7 or 8
25:59
minutes before he actually managed to get on, which may be
26:00
kind of lessened his impact, but he's always a bit like that,
26:04
isn't he just doesn't really do much.
26:06
Took the wind out of his cells when he's not really got much
26:08
wind there anyway and then. Yeah, exactly.
26:10
Yeah. Yeah, very nervy finish is kind
26:14
of how it felt to me. And then, obviously, it was made
26:16
even nervy by, to be fair, some finish from Jensen from from far
26:19
out. Yeah, ridiculous.
26:22
Like I think in the second-half, they didn't create that many
26:26
chances there, that header against the bar at the back and
26:30
Lemon, I think Lemons made more quality save in the first half
26:33
and he didn't in the second-half.
26:35
And so I think that that's because of the formation switch.
26:39
So he kind of had to take one of these worldies, I think, to
26:41
actually break that defense and formation down.
26:44
And yeah, it was an unbelievable strike.
26:46
And he's actually scored more goals against United than any of
26:50
the team he scored against that. He just loves scoring against
26:52
us, so oh, there's always. Happened just sign him just to
26:57
nullify him. Just try and game cheap.
26:59
Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
27:01
And then yeah, before we get into play around, any other kind
27:03
of key moments that stood out for your, it was basically just
27:05
for me, just let's get a older line, get the job done and get
27:08
the three points 1. Yeah, pretty much like it was a
27:12
bit of a slug though, sort of last kind of 10-15 minutes.
27:16
And then, yeah, I was kind of pretty comfortable when it was 2
27:19
nil. Like I said, they weren't
27:21
creating lots of chances and we still had that left, right on
27:23
the counter. But yeah, that kind of screamer
27:27
just kind of made it a bit scary.
27:29
So again, they didn't really threaten too much.
27:31
I think we're really pretty defensively solid.
27:33
I always feel like the defense, that second-half desert, that
27:36
kind of clean sheet, not so much for the first half, but that
27:39
second-half, they all played really well.
27:42
But yeah, got the, got the win. That's what I yeah, really,
27:47
really pleased to see it. Winning again, Carrick top of
27:51
the form table since he's joined.
27:53
It's you know, it's a good habit.
27:54
You know, people have got their comments on how we're playing.
27:57
Is it right for the long term? But if we're winning, you know,
28:00
I'm happy. And last night was such a big
28:03
win. And, you know, we rolled our
28:05
luck a little bit and rolled a storm at times.
28:07
But you got the job done. So you gotta give a lot of
28:09
credit. And as you mentioned, you know,
28:11
some big decisions from Carrick as well, which is great.
28:14
So as always, before we get into man of the match, some of the
28:18
players you want to call out, good or bad.
28:21
So I'm still I'm still mulling over man of the match between
28:33
now I'm going to go with with someone.
28:35
So yeah, people I'll call out lemons definitely.
28:38
We've already mentioned him before, but he was class kept us
28:42
in the game really solid. I'm just confident that you said
28:47
boring, which is what we want and then got a call out copy
28:50
again for you is absolutely unbelievable.
28:53
Actually just added more to his game.
28:55
And I think people forget like he's only just turned 21.
28:59
You can't expect him to be the finished article straight away.
29:02
And he's still learning and he's growing and that the important
29:04
thing is we are seeing these skills develop, which means he's
29:08
gonna get better and better. Like there's not many players
29:11
right now like 1819 who can dominate a Manchester midfield
29:15
for every game the season and in the Premier League.
29:18
So. But he's adding more and more to
29:21
to his game. So he's yeah, he's got a very,
29:24
very bright future. And I thought he was class.
29:26
I think that maybe was that his best game for us this season,
29:32
Probably he's. Going to get into Chelsea when
29:34
he is well close to. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:38
But yeah, I just was really impressed and mainly due to down
29:41
to his the combativeness more than anything.
29:45
I think it's just the way he's getting himself, putting himself
29:47
by there. That's probably the main reason
29:49
I'd say I got what kind of game there second round the match.
29:54
Well, as soon as you mentioned it, just I'm gonna have to say
29:56
it like Kobe is my man of the match.
29:58
I'm gonna go straight in. I think I do worry sometimes
30:02
it's about me taking some place for granted.
30:04
So I kind of said Bruno just as always, you know, and I think he
30:09
was just his great self, but I think all the players stepped up
30:12
around him yesterday is always great to see.
30:14
You know, gave an absolute nod to Casimiro because I thought he
30:17
was brilliant. Obviously goal was important and
30:20
he's slight tackling and getting about and just all the passion
30:22
and was loving going do do do do cast on repeat basically last
30:28
night and then yeah, had to shout out lemons because just
30:31
some world he saves and he's beautiful that we're kind of
30:35
taking him for granted already when he's just you know, he's
30:37
just joined. He's young, but wow, I just hope
30:41
you can stay injury free and he can just become a grief united
30:44
because I absolutely love him. And then yeah, you mentioned
30:47
him, but I just absolutely adored watching Kobe last night.
30:50
You know, from the first few minutes where he did that crazy
30:53
run and then just just loved how much he was about and just
30:58
getting into tackles, little clever touches on the ball.
31:01
At one point he's going up. I don't remember this, but it's
31:04
him and Tiago. Tiago's kind of chasing him back
31:07
and he's a big fella, right? And you think, you know, he's
31:09
going to have just as a little sidestep, a little step over,
31:12
just gets passed in and I'm just just straight off my seat.
31:16
I was like, what? He's just it just makes you
31:20
literally think and what was going on with Amarin, literally
31:25
what was even like this? Do you know anything about
31:27
football after kind of getting that guys, because some of the
31:30
stuff cab you must pull out in training.
31:31
And don't get me wrong, he had his moments where when he did
31:35
get a chance, you know, which is few and five between Under
31:37
Armour and he didn't really always step up.
31:40
But you've got to just help a player like that.
31:42
And I think Carrots just what a job him and the team have done
31:46
with with him. So yeah, that's my little copy
31:48
here. Gush.
31:49
But he was absolutely the manner, actually, yeah.
31:54
But mine is Casimir, just, again, you've basically nailed
31:59
it already. Just the way he's put yourself
32:01
out there, the slide checkers, obviously the goal.
32:03
And he keeps popping up those important goals.
32:05
Like if we didn't have his goals this season, we wouldn't be
32:09
third. So yeah, I just thought he was
32:13
class and the passion he was showing and like kissing the
32:16
badge and like you said before, like flapping his hands and high
32:19
fibbing people in the crowd. And I think he was, even if some
32:22
tears shed, Yeah, at the end of the game apparently.
32:26
So yeah, just love it how much he loves at the club as well.
32:28
And so yeah, I thought he was class.
32:30
I can't argue that. Yeah.
32:33
He's just, it's class of error. Oh, that nearly escaped with
32:36
that. Very good, very good.
32:40
He gets it. He just gets Man United.
32:42
And you know, he's just clever because he's got all the fans on
32:45
side now as well. And I just hope he can have an
32:47
amazing end to the season because, yeah, he's been on
32:51
fire. All right.
32:53
Thoughts on Brentford quickly? What do you think of them?
32:58
Decent, like where are they? They're like mid table and 9th
33:02
in the table. But like I said, they'd drawn 5
33:05
games last five games, so any of them turned into a win or two,
33:09
they're probably right behind us.
33:11
So yeah, I think they're called to.
33:14
I think we said in the preview they lost their top goal scorers
33:18
from last season and I think their main midfielder.
33:21
So for Andrews to kind of turn this slide into one that's so
33:26
competitive and plays good football, and yeah, I was
33:29
impressed with them to repair. I couldn't agree more.
33:31
Yeah. And the job Andrews is doing as
33:33
well, like people are going to be looking at him, I think
33:36
because he's got quite a good way about him as well as a as a
33:38
manager. And he's gotten a play in and as
33:41
you said, maybe a bit vulnerable to start with.
33:42
But they've got a really good desire to come back.
33:44
And luckily for us, they didn't take the chances last night.
33:47
But that's going to change, isn't it?
33:49
And they're going to end up rolling teams probably.
33:51
So if they can just improve, you know that in front of goal, I
33:55
think they're really good, really good outfit and fair play
33:59
to them to be so high at the table.
34:00
You just wouldn't think that for Brentford, would you?
34:03
Yeah, Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
34:05
But back on us, so, you know, positive take away really, then
34:09
you know, we're winning Cesco's score, which is great.
34:13
Anything else? For you, I think again, they
34:19
weren't like Slide the whole time, but we're not talking
34:22
about Heaven and McGuire, which I think is a good thing,
34:27
especially when you've got like a new partnership and 1 so
34:29
young. I think he's done really well in
34:33
a couple of games he's come in, so I like to talk about him.
34:37
So that's a positive for me. And Lemon's obviously be inside.
34:41
We've mentioned that already. Yeah, just having the points on
34:44
the board like it's I think it'd be stupid and probably pundits
34:50
are probably like saying, oh, we're not playing, we're not
34:52
dominating games enough. He's an interim manager.
34:56
He's only been with a squad for whatever is now 15 games or 14
34:59
games, No pre season, none of his his players like just accept
35:06
that he's doing really well. We're winning most of the games.
35:09
We've got ourselves 1/3. Like no way would anyone who
35:14
said Michael Carrick will guess the third or any manager
35:17
probably coming in would be able to guess the third.
35:19
So, like, people being overly critical because he's doing so
35:23
well, like, it's just, yeah, frustrating that, like, just let
35:30
him have his credit where it's due and it is due.
35:32
And like, you can't suddenly turn a team that was 15 last
35:35
season and six before he took over into one that dominates
35:39
every single game for 90 minutes playing great football.
35:43
The good thing is we do play good football.
35:45
It's just in smaller spells at times.
35:50
So yeah, like I'm really, really pleased with it.
35:54
Saying, like you said, you know, just with more time and, you
35:57
know, maybe a transfer window under his belt as well to make
36:00
some additions, who knows what can happen.
36:02
But you look at look at the form table since he joined and, you
36:05
know, we said this in a previous part, the Premier League is
36:08
hard. And look at some of the other
36:10
results that showed you all you need to know.
36:12
Like the amount of winning he's doing is super impressive.
36:15
And I keep saying people like Gold Bridge, you know,
36:17
complaining and saying, yeah, but why does he always have to
36:20
be a. But, you know, I think we're
36:22
being smart. Where waiting to not just giving
36:25
the job straight away, but at the minute, you know, he's just
36:29
doing a very, very good job. And I say it's amazing that
36:32
we're in 3rd. It's amazing that we keep
36:34
winning and we are playing really well, admittedly in
36:37
spells and there's things to improve, but yeah, I'm happy.
36:41
But on the flip side says anything that is kind of
36:44
worrying here are getting negative ZC.
36:46
Any thoughts? The only ones will be I guess
36:50
Ahmad and Brian's born. I said they're doing the right
36:54
stuff, getting the right, they're getting the chances or
36:57
they're creating the chances. They're just not executing to
37:01
their level. So I'd probably say they're the
37:04
main ones and obviously the other ones is obviously squad
37:06
depth. So I don't know.
37:08
Not such a worry anymore because of the where we are in the
37:11
league and Champions League football is basically secured.
37:13
But like, if customer or copy were to get injured, then I
37:18
think the whole team would fall apart or we'd have to completely
37:22
change the way we played or something.
37:23
I would play on the count. I don't know what we'd do.
37:25
So that's not a reflection on anything Carrick's doing.
37:28
That's just a reflection of the squad depth and quality.
37:33
But yeah, other than that, like no real negatives ever than
37:36
yeah, some the form of Ahmad and and pride.
37:38
How about you? Well, you know, just on that I
37:41
agree with you on the Ahmad and bride point.
37:42
That's the one that kind of sticks out.
37:44
Just a thought, if you were Carrick and if Josh and Mason
37:50
Mount are kind of fit now, would you be half tempted to kind of
37:53
throw one of them in in, replace it one of them just to kind of
37:56
see see what they could do? Not Josh.
38:01
Maybe. Maybe not.
38:05
Who for if you had to pick between Amazon and Brian?
38:10
So I think, I think I might been showing more in terms of nearly
38:15
there then yeah, Brian has. So I'd probably drop Brian
38:18
before I drop down. I didn't mean.
38:19
Yeah, yeah, that's the only thing I was kind of thinking is,
38:22
yeah, I'm not even a story case of dropping the player, but it's
38:25
almost like, I do think you're saying Brian, he's got a lot of
38:29
potential and I really can see him coming.
38:31
Good. But it might, you know, when
38:33
you've got a player like Mount on the bench, is it worth just
38:35
trying something a little bit different if kind of a, you
38:37
know, Cuny's injured as well, just to see what he could do
38:40
with that, Like, say, we probably can't really experiment
38:43
too much when we've got really challenging running.
38:45
Especially on Sunday. Yeah.
38:48
Oh yeah, yeah. Definitely, but having said
38:50
that, is Mason Mount a good player for Sunday because he
38:53
just offers a bit more, you know, defensive capability and
38:57
stuff as well and like getting him stuck in, you know?
39:01
Yeah, true. But we'll save that for.
39:03
That save that for the preview. Thank you.
39:06
The big one has a big juicy preview come in for this For
39:08
Sunday. I'm going to actually down South
39:10
watching that with my in laws. Who are all sudden and all
39:14
Liverpool fans are disgusting but I am so yeah pray for me for
39:18
that game but we'll get into it in in more detail in in the
39:22
preview all right yeah fantastic win fantastic win and maybe even
39:26
more important by some of the other stuff going on so let's
39:28
get into some of the other results from the game week as
39:31
well on the latest league table and we're at that stage of the
39:34
season now I'll be where kind of every game across I would look
39:38
in just trying to pick out some results to say let's talk about
39:40
that and actually they're all worth talking about and I've
39:43
kind of bucket it into 3 so there's this top five battle
39:46
that we're part of so we got a massive win and we effectively
39:49
need one more win as you said before to get that Champions
39:52
League spot confirmed but I really liked what Carrick was
39:55
saying in his press conference it's like it's not about that of
39:58
course we want Champions League, but we should be in as high as
40:01
we can so I love that he's kind of standing size there because.
40:05
They beat they beat Pies 31 at home and temporarily went level
40:09
on points because it made that wind digger fantastically.
40:12
Villa lost one nil away at Fulham, which was brilliant for
40:16
us. And also Chelsea got obviously,
40:17
as we mentioned before, slats 3 nil, three nil at Brighton, But
40:20
they were, they were great results for our top top four
40:24
approach, weren't they? Yeah, I think you have to stop
40:27
talking about Chelsea now. You need to be talking about
40:29
Brighton, don't you? Yeah.
40:31
And Bournemouth, because they're what brought to two points ahead
40:36
Chelsea in sick and to the other ones to watch, but they're
40:39
they're still what, eight points behind Villa?
40:42
So I kind of think the top five is the top five now.
40:45
I don't think that's going to, I don't think that'll change.
40:49
It'd have to be a fall, wouldn't it?
40:50
Like obviously Villa have been slipping up, but surely they're
40:53
not going to drop out of that now are they?
40:56
Could they? Yeah.
41:00
What's that? Three games you have to lose.
41:03
Don't see it? Same.
41:05
Same. Yeah.
41:05
Looks he looks pretty cool. I think it's certainly.
41:10
I really, really want us to hold on to this third position.
41:13
We've had it for so long. I just want us to finish as high
41:16
as we possibly can. Yeah, 100%.
41:19
I think you just even for confidence next season, just
41:22
being like the best of the rest. Yeah, well, let's talk about
41:27
those two and I only. So obviously the title race
41:29
still goes on and City beat Burnley one nil away and then
41:34
Arsenal obviously managed to beat Newcastle one nil at home.
41:38
I was looking into this because obviously if it ends as tight as
41:41
it's looking, it's crazy what it comes down to.
41:44
So obviously number one goal difference, Arsenal are
41:46
currently one goal ahead. If that's level, his goal scored
41:51
so. City have a game at hand.
41:53
They do. They will go even worse.
41:56
Yeah, well, that's what I mean. Obviously if they win their game
41:58
in hand, it gets dead level on points, don't doesn't it?
42:01
And that's how it could be for the rest of the season if it
42:03
comes down to this, just the the goals difference, goal score and
42:07
the head to head as well is is, you know, city favors that and
42:11
the heads head with the most away goals.
42:12
They both got 1. So all the things are close and
42:15
it could just be a very dramatic and so the season if they do end
42:18
up both winning. And they have a player.
42:21
There's no way of a playoff now, is there?
42:23
Because it's. Yeah.
42:25
Yeah, because I think originally I think I had to finish like 1-1
42:28
and then it would have been a playoff if they finished an
42:31
equal goal difference. But obviously that's not and I
42:33
can't have them there. But yeah, it's tweet.
42:38
Very tight and I think they both missed an opportunity really for
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actually really helping that goal, goal difference, didn't
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they? But just just one now wins.
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Especially City, I didn't watch it but I've read they did have a
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lot of chances, just didn't didn't convert the Arsenal can't
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can't see him smashing anyone at the moment.
43:01
Like I think they're so nervous it's going to be 1 Nils 2 ones.
43:04
Like really tight games the rest of the season.
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And that's why I genuinely think City might win it on goal
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difference just based on the based on that, the fact that
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they're probably be a bit more, you know, they'll go for it.
43:18
And then we always like to touch on the relegation battle.
43:20
So it was a bit bonkers. So Forrest battered Sunderland 5
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nil away from home, taking them to 39 points.
43:27
Did not expect that, did you? I did because I put 2 Sunderland
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defenders in my hands. Full team, so that'll be why
43:36
that happened. Yes, yes, I actually took, I put
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Gibbs White and so I was pretty happy with that.
43:43
Yeah, annoyed. That is a great a great fantasy
43:47
football move from you. Can you put more Liverpool
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players in your team please or have you got 3 already?
43:53
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, get him in, Chuck him in
43:56
this week so we can do a bit more sabotage.
43:59
And then yeah, between West Ham and Spurs, it looks like it's
44:02
going to be obviously between one of them.
44:05
Spurs win one the other way at Wolves and then West Ham with a
44:08
92nd winner against Everton. Yeah, I think I've not seen
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who's got the harder running anyway.
44:19
I'm pretty sure West Ham of City, I think spares maybe have
44:22
slightly easier running, but I don't think anyone, I don't
44:24
think either of them are confident.
44:27
Like I don't know. I still think spares gonna go
44:30
down. I just think West Ham got more
44:31
about them. Yeah, but you are right.
44:33
Well, I mean, West and Run is tough.
44:35
They've got Brentford away next, they've got Arsenal at home and
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they've got Newcastle away and then they've got leads at home.
44:44
So it's true, it's tough in it. That is tough here, Yeah.
44:48
So. Yeah, it's going to really go
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down to the wire, but just did last minute goals against Spurs
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and then they've got Javi Simmons as well and you know,
44:55
unfortunately never had to this, but he.
44:57
Did his ACL? Yeah, yeah, we're indurable.
45:01
Yeah, but yeah, they've. Got horrendous injury record
45:04
this year. They have.
45:06
They have. But we're not actually last two
45:08
years. But you got to input almost I
45:10
think now at some point like you got maybe got to look at your
45:14
training medical staff. Like if you've got two years of
45:16
like basically like a whole squad of players actually
45:19
injured, like long term injuries and what are you doing to them?
45:22
Yeah. You can't all be like.
45:26
No, exactly, exactly. So it's going to be tight.
45:28
Spares on 34 points, West Ham on 36 with old runnings.
45:32
Obviously spares have still got Chelsea to play at Stanford,
45:35
Bridges Valley. We're going to be desperate to
45:37
send them down South. Watch this space.
45:40
All these matches happening all over the Premier League is super
45:42
interesting and that's all, but is more important.
45:44
Anything we can get our games won and we can get that third
45:47
spot secured. But yeah, let's leave it there.
45:50
Chaz ahead of a very very. I've got one thing to say.
45:53
Oh, go on. It's a bit of annoyance.
45:59
I know you saw it, but in the Leeds Chelsea game, Calvert
46:04
Lewin pulled Cruella's hair. Yeah, how did I not mention?
46:08
And it's happened in it's happened in like 3 games now
46:11
since Martinez and not one has been given a card or BAI
46:14
reviewed and you can see him literally pulling his hair.
46:17
I'm like what? What is going on?
46:21
This is the most annoying thing with the referee with yeah, the
46:24
what they call piggy PGMOL or it's called just the
46:27
consistency. Like literally there's been 3
46:29
cases, exactly the same cases, probably more severe pulls
46:33
since, and not one has been given a foul, not one has been
46:36
given a red card and he's still saying nobody.
46:39
Another game left of his pre match ban.
46:42
It's an absolute joke. It's a shambles because how do
46:45
you is there like a, an almost an hour for how much you pull it
46:49
or something? It's ridiculous.
46:50
It's like. It's the same ref as well I
46:51
think. Yeah, joke.
46:55
OK, that was it. No, no, no, I can't believe I
46:57
forgot about. I think I got just excited on
47:00
the the result last night, but it is a shambles.
47:02
It's an absolute shambles because that is so obvious to
47:06
make it consistent. How can it not be consistent?
47:08
Like what are they playing at? Like and then like you say, it's
47:10
uphold uphold a ban of three games.
47:12
It's a joke. And now we're without our one of
47:15
our main central defenders. It's completely ridiculous.
47:18
So yeah, thanks for reminding me, Chad.
47:19
It's an absolute joke. Yeah.
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Yeah, again, against United, as always.
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As always, fast. Yeah, Good reminder, good close.
47:29
Out the close out the show now. I'm leaving the noise now.
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Well now let's get excited ahead of a massive last and against
47:37
Liverpool. Me and Chesley back with a
47:39
preview about that later in the week.
47:41
So I'm excited to discuss that and and get ready for that.
47:44
But what do you guys think? What did you make of last night?
47:48
And then what did you make of the rest of the results as well?
47:50
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