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Week 10 Premier League Recap · Premier League Playground: Lad and Dad

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All right, welcome into another episode of the Premier League
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Playground. I'm the dad, Bjorn with me, our
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superstar of the show, The lad. Luca Miller.
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How are you doing today, Luca? I'm doing good.
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How are you? Good.
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How was your weekend? It was good.
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I got a four day weekend. Basically I got Monday and
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Tuesday off. Yeah, you had a big This is a
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big weekend. It was Halloween.
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Yeah, it was your mom's birthday.
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Yeah. And yes, you got Monday and
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Tuesday off. Yeah, pretty nice.
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Yeah. All right.
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Well, Luca, First off, we should wish mom Lindsay a happy
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birthday. Happy birthday, mom.
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Yeah, so big birthday. So we want to say happy birthday
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to one of our biggest fans of the pod, so.
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The OG of the pod, she had the idea of making this pod.
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That's true. She was the one who said like
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you guys should do a podcast and.
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Kind of put it here. Yeah, so yeah, the OG big fan of
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the pod, so big happy birthday to her.
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Yep. So how was Halloween?
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It was really fun. What'd you dress up as?
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I dressed up as Kai haven't the best player of all time.
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So on our Instagram we'll have our Halloween picture up of Luke
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and I dressing up as as Arsenal players.
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I was Lucas teammate as Declan Rice.
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Yeah. Luca went in the full kit of Kai
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Haberts for this year. It was a fun Halloween though.
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Oh yeah. All right, Luke, give me real
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quick. What are your, what are your top
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three candies you get at Halloween when you're going
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around from house to house? What are your top three candies?
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One is Swiss fish, 2 probably lifesavers 3 caramel creams.
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OK, Did you had any caramel creams?
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I'm not. That's an interesting candy.
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It's like they are good. But yeah, you don't see a lot of
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those at Halloween. Lot lightsaber and caramel
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creams. Caramel creams Second lifesaver
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served. OK, fair enough.
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And you had a game this weekend. I did and we won 10.
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Nothing. 10 nothing, yeah. I had a couple of assists.
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You had a couple assists. You guys played well.
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You and your teammates, yeah. You played a team that, you
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know, struggled a little bit. They they weren't the strongest
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team you've played. I was going to explain for
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another team. Yeah, so it was nice to get a
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game in, even though the competition wasn't super strong.
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You guys kept the clean sheet. You had a couple of nice
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assists, some nice plays. So it was fun to get a game in.
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But Luca, we've got Premier League to talk about, another
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week in the books. We're rolling forward.
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You want to dive in, get into some of the games.
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Yep. All right, Luca.
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Well, First off, let's talk about Nottingham Forest hosting
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Manchester United. Talk to me about this one.
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OK, so cast the euro in the 34th minute or actually wait before I
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say anything. This game ended 22 and I
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predicted United to win 2. Nothing Casimiro and the 34th
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minute header off of a controversial corner it it
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should have actually not been a corner.
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The ball was still in by a sliver of the ball.
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The whole ball did not cross the line.
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They called that a corner and they scored off of it.
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So now the unforced done pretty dirty on this, but then Gibbs
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White levels it up in the 48th minute with a pretty nice
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header. And then Nicolo Savona in the
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50th minute, he was the one who was done pretty dirty with the
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call, the controversial corner, he was the one who kept it in,
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but they called it a corner. And then Ahmed in the 81st
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minute, pretty nice volley to see all the time.
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He almost had a game winner an added time.
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So yeah. Yeah, he had a ball cleared off
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the line at the very end. I mean, almost had a winner
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there at the end, but yeah. So I want to talk to you about
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this play. So what happened was the ball is
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the the Nottingham farce player is on his own end line.
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The ball is sort of spinning towards the end line.
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He sort of is by himself. He keeps the ball in and the
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referee says no, the ball went out and awards Manchester United
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corner kick. They take the corner kick and
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they score off of it, but they should not have ever had the
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corner kick because the ball never went out.
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And of course, in soccer, the whole ball has to be out, right?
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So part of the ball can be out. It is if just any part of the
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ball is on the line, the ball is in play.
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And what frustrates me on this is that there there should be
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there's we could use technology to help us with this.
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So what people might not know is they use technology on the goal
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line in the goal, right? So when a ball is in the goal,
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if it crosses the line, the referees watch will buzz saying
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the ball has crossed the line. There's, you know, like I said,
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essentially they're using, you know, different kinds of cameras
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to say the ball has crossed the line.
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It is a goal. The referees, like I said, his
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watch buzzes. He says goal if it doesn't buzz,
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the ball didn't cross the line. Why I I don't understand why we
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can't apply this technology to the other lines, especially the
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goal line. When you're awarding, you know,
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corner kicks or goal kicks, these are very important.
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This obviously led to a goal. You know, in tennis, they use
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technology for balls, whether they're in or out.
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It's the same principle. I mean, they don't even have
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linesman in tennis anymore. There used to be people, like
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literally human beings calling in or out balls.
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Now they just have computers do it.
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The ball lands out, it's out. If it hits any part of the line,
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it doesn't say anything. It's in play.
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So this is strange to me why we don't just use that for, you
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know, really the goal line and even the sidelines too, but at
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least on the goal line. Yeah, because it's a really
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important whether a ball is going to be a goal kick or a
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corner kick. But, you know, look, it's one of
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these games where, you know, United go up, then they go down,
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they come back and get a tie. Forest as we know, it's really,
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really been struggling, you know, But United, like I said, I
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think is the story here about, you know, they'll take a point
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here. I'm sure they would have liked
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to get a win against a struggling team, but Forest has
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been playing better. United now Luke, are they're 5,
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two and three, all right. They are currently sitting in
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8th place, but they are only two points behind second place.
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So for all this talk about United, what a, you know, this
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crazy start, they haven't won, you know, two games in a row,
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all this stuff. You know, here they are starting
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to put together some results. Yeah, they're only lost.
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Think about this. They're only losses this year
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home to Arsenal at City and at Friendford, you know, not bad
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losses all things considered, you know, and you know,
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Brentford's pretty good at home. So, you know, like I said, I
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there again, a team that I just find kind of fascinating because
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it's, you know, putting together all these different, there's so
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much talk about this team, but I think they're just an
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interesting team to see kind of what's going to happen.
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Of course, they're like one of the biggest names in the
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Premier. League but.
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Are you still kind of positive on this team?
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Neutral or thumbs down? I'm getting positive on this
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team. OK.
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So you're starting to kind of maybe buy into the manager and
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what they're doing and seeing some of these results?
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Yes, these results have been good.
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As you said, they're only losses are not easy lost it like
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they're not games that are just easy to win.
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So I'm starting to get positive with this team.
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OK, well, look, they're they're unbeaten in their last four.
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You know, they drew this week, but they won their last three.
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So like I said, a really good stretch for them.
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Far is still pretty miserable here they are currently sitting
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in 19th, 1/3 and six. They only have 6 points, so they
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they continue to be in some trouble.
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But they one win. One win, not.
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Good. Wow.
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Yeah. All right, Luca, let's move on
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to a London Derby. We had Tottenham hosting
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Chelsea. Take us through this London
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Derby. Bit of rivals here, you know.
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Yeah, I predicted 21 Chelsea. It was one nil Chelsea, but it's
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all sorts of Pedro Neto and not sorry, not Pedro Neto Xiao Pedro
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of Kaiseto take away assist and Spurs are also 11 and 3.
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Four points and five, five games at home. 4 points and five games
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at home. That is a rough stat for your
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home games. Yeah, they, it's it's hard to
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explain why they play so poorly at home.
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I saw another thing, Lucas, since the start of this year,
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the calendar year, so since January 1st.
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So even dating back to last year, from January 1st up until
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now, we're the middle of November.
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They've won four home games. We're we're 11 1/2 months in,
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You know, like I said, crossing last season and this season.
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I, I, I, I can't explain why are they so bad at home.
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They were terrible in this game. Chelsea like they you know,
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should have won this game, you know, 3-4 nothing mean Tottenham
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are just awful in this game the Chelsea fan.
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So Chelsea basically owned Tottenham too.
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This is Chelsea's fifth win in a row against Spurs.
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In the last 18 games, Luca, they've only lost once to Spurs
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if fourteen wins, 3 draws and a loss.
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I mean, Chelsea just for whatever reason, does own this
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rivalry here. I mean, if you even want to call
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it a rivalry. The Chelsea fan, the visiting
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Chelsea fans chanting at the end of the game.
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Can we play you every week? That that is rough at home,
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Chelsea fans, that hurts. I mean, can we play you every
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week, that is. So I, I mean the, the, the XG in
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this game, which if people don't know what XG is, XG is like
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expected goals. So, so it's like a, like a stat
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that they calculate based on like your shots and your
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chances. And so they kind of put out a
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stat. So like a higher XG is better
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than a lower. Spurs were .1 in their XG it
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it's like one of the lowest, it's one of the lowest XGS
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they've had in like 10 years for a game.
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I mean, to give you an example, Chelsea's was 3.68.
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So just like it, it's basically like an analytic stat that would
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say the, the, the result of this game should have been 3.68 to
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.1. I mean, you know, most games are
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like, you know, 2 1/2 to 1 1/2 or something.
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So I mean, it just shows you just just how awful Spurs really
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were in this game. I, I mean, I, you know, I,
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they're A-Team, you know, still sitting there in 6th place.
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So they're 5, two and three. You know, they have the same
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record. In fact, they're still ahead of
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Chelsea just on goal differential.
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They both have 17 points, just like we said with Man United.
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So they're they're still only two points out of second place,
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but it just doesn't feel like this is like a team that's that
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close to 2nd place. Yeah, yeah.
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I I don't, I don't, I don't know about Champions League for
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Tottenham this year. Yeah, we'll have to see.
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They're I mean, they're going to have to get better results at
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home because the Premier League really to me is about like
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taking care of business at home. You got to win your home games
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and then you got to go at least try to get like some ties, you
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know, on the road. I mean, it's very hard to win on
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the road, but you got to take care of business at home.
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And this is just this is like a massive problem.
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And I think it also you think of the fan base and the fans that
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go to these games and they go to the home games.
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I mean, they they were booing the team at the end.
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You know, there's a bit of a disconnect here.
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I think the fans are really kind of upset because again, they go
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to these games and they're seeing terrible results and
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they're seeing terrible play. But then, you know, then all of
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a sudden Spurs will pop up and do really well.
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I mean, they went and beat City on the road.
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It just it's hard to wrap my head around this.
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Team. They just own City basically.
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It is. It's weird and it's funny how
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that works. Over years, you know, players
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change all the time, right? But certain times, like they
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just play well against City. Chelsea just owns Tottenham.
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You know, It's funny how that this kind of works.
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All right, Luca, let's move on to Arsenal.
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Burnley. So we had Arsenal going up the
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turf more to play Burnley. Talk to me about what our boys
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at Arsenal did. I actually got this spot on.
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I predicted 2 now and it was 2 now.
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Yokrez in the 14th minute header from corner again set PC, it
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gets licked by I think Gabrielle and then Yokrez right place at
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right time, just taps it in with his head.
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And on Rice in the 35th minute header from counter attack.
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It's really nice play. Yokrez plays a long ball and it
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gets crossed into Rice. A really nice header and he's
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just so good. But yeah, Arsenal pretty much
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dominated this whole game. I don't really think there's
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many chances for Burnley in this game.
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No, there weren't. In fact, you know, I want to
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talk about Arsenal's defense a little bit.
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I mean, look, Arsenal basically did all the work in the first
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half. They dominated the first half.
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They probably should have had, you know, another goal at least.
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They go into nothing. And second-half just felt like
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cruise control just sort of knocking the ball around.
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You're pulling off some guys because they had a Champions
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League game midweek to rest them.
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And it's just sort of, you know, cruise control, you get out of
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there 2 nothing win. But I, I, I can't talk enough
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about Arsenal's defensive. It is just, it's, it's getting
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ridiculous, like what they're doing, how good they've been.
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So they went, this is another game that they went where they
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did not give up a shot on goal. So now we're talking in the last
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four games, they've given up one shot on goal in four games.
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I mean, that's absurd, you know? I mean, they might as well not
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even have a goalie in there. They get Lily, just put another
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field player and nobody's getting shots on goal.
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So there's been five games all year in the Premier League where
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a team has not given up a shot on goal.
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Arsenal have three of them, so there's been just two other
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games. That's how rare it is to go a
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whole game where somebody doesn't give up a shot on goal.
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There's No 3 of. Them, they have three of the
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three of the five and like I said, they've done that three.
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The three of them have been in the past four games and one of
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them they gave up the one shot on goal.
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So the last four games, one shot on goal, there are now 8.
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Like I said, they're they've gone now eight games in a row
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including today. So I wanted to sort of just jump
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into they played Champions League today and they kept
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another clean sheet. That is the 8th clean sheet in a
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row. So that the game against Burnley
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was their 7th Champions League game.
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Today was 8th clean sheet in a row.
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They've not given up a goal in the month of October.
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I'm not giving up a goal so far in the month of November, Not
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even giving up a goal the entire month.
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Yeah. And so Luca, this is the first
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time in 122 years Arsenal have gone eight games in a row with a
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clean. Check and they have they ever
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gone mine? I don't know, I'd have to look
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it up. I mean, you know, the club's
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been around for like 100 and like almost like 40 some years.
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So you're talking about, you know, this is literally like
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early 1900s. They went eight games in a row.
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I mean, it's just it's just crazy, you know, what they're
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doing right now with with defense.
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I mean, so yeah, I mean, look, they're they're sitting top of
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the table. They're they have a six point
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lead on City. You can't ask for much more from
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this team right now, especially with all the attacking players
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injured. I know everybody wants them not
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to score from set pieces all the time.
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They've had eight goals from corners in 10 games, but they
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also had a real nice open play goal too.
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And some of these attacking players are coming back.
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We've got an international break coming up and there's a lot of
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attacking talent coming back. And I think that's what excites
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me most about Arsenal right now is we we know this defense is
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going to be great, but they're not going to just keep clean
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sheets the rest of the year. But I'm excited to see Odegard,
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Mataweke, Haverts, Jay Zeus, you know, Martinelli went out
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injured, Gyocris went out injured in these.
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But they, like I said, looks like it's probably just a couple
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weeks and they'll be back too. So you have a bunch of guys
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coming back that Arteta can now work with to kind of make the
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attack a little more creative, a little more fluid.
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So that's what I'm kind of really excited about.
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Yeah. All right, Luca, let's move on
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to Liverpool and Aston Villa. This is one we kind of had an
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eye on as an interesting game. What happened in this one?
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I predicted 21 Villa and ended up being 2 to Liverpool solo
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scores off of a really bad Martinez giveaway and in the 45
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S 47th minute, but it was technically 45 + 2 still in the
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first half. But after Martinez played the
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ball he he didn't even go back into the goal.
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He looked like he was trying to mark someone or something.
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And then just one touch finish for Sala.
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Then Gravin Birch in the 58th minute off of an effective goal,
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kind of steals the deal for Liverpool.
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Yeah, so Liverpool get back on track.
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This is I, I thought they clearly outplayed Aston Villa in
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this one. They, they deserve the win and
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of course Liverpool would come in, you know, on the back of
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those, those 4 losses in a row. Weird season for them that you
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know, they start off five wins out of five games and they lose
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the next 4. Villa had been playing really
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well. So this is a good result.
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You know, I thought I was real excited to watch this game.
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I watched a lot of it. I, I just was not that impressed
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with Villa. They, they were determined to
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play out of the back and it was A and look, I will say this,
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they started brightly in the 1st 20 minutes.
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I think Rodgers hit the post. They had another good chance.
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So like the 1st 20 minutes, they look pretty good.
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But the, the the rest of the time Liverpool were just all
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over them. And you know what, what teams
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have done against Liverpool, where they've had success, if
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they play the ball along and, and even slot, the manager of
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Liverpool's even said that we're struggling with teams that are
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playing more direct, playing long balls.
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Astonville, I mean, they've lost four games in a row with teams
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playing long. Astonville was determined to
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sort of play out of the back. Liverpool's very good at
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pressing and they pressed and they forced Martinez into that
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era. And there were a bunch of other
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times where there were just really bad giveaways by
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Astonville that led to chances for Liverpool.
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And even when they start the second-half, they still are kind
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of doing the same thing, trying to play out of the back.
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I it's just it, I feel like Unai Emery got the tactics wrong in
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this one. I would have, I would have once
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it stopped working, I get it. If you want to come in, you're
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like, this is the way we play. But like, once it stops working,
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you got to adjust. Yeah.
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They just never did. And they never really, I felt
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like got a foothold in in the game in the second-half.
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And Liverpool kind of cruised to a pretty easy win.
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And like I said, there were probably two or three other
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really good chances for Liverpool to get three or four
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goals out of this one. What you know, I would saw while
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Luca, he now has 276 Premier League goal involvement.
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Wow, tying Wayne Rooney for the only other player to reach that
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number with a single club. You know, it's amazing the
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career that Salas had. I mean to anytime you're tying
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Wayne Rooney for something, the Premier.
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League, yeah, it's pretty good. Pretty amazing.
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Liverpool Luca, you know, we talked about all this money they
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spent, right? Almost $600 million they spent
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this summer. Bench Kirk has one of their new
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signings. Bench Florian words in this game
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kind of went back to the lineup they did last year.
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You know, Andy Robertson in a left back.
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Connor Bradley, you know, I know you was trying.
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Alexander Arnold at right? Back.
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But Connor Bradley would sort of fill in there a little bit.
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You know, Gravenberg back in the midfield, it felt a little bit
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more. I mean, that could TK up top,
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obviously, but it felt a little bit more like that Liverpool
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lineup from last year where they won the Premier League with it.
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So they're again, it'll be interesting.
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Esac will come back healthy, Frimpong will come back.
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They spent all this money. How do you get more out of these
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guys? You know, Wurtz and Kirk has
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have been playing a lot and have not been good.
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Yeah, and they spent a lot of money on them.
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So I'm curious like if you're the manager, you spend all this
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money on these players, like how what, how do you kind of work
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that in the terms of the lineup? Are you saying I'm going to go
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with this new signings? Are you saying no, it's going to
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be a result based? I would think it's result based
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I whatever gets you the win. OK, so even though ESAC, you
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know, 150 million words, 100 million, if they're not getting
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results on the field, you know, if Esac's not scoring goals and
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works isn't scoring, getting assists, you'd be OK putting
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them on the bench, Yes. OK, yeah, whatever gets us.
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Now what? What about when the owner spent
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that money comes down and is like, I spent all that money for
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these guys to sit on the bench. What are you doing?
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Then I'll start but like. Though now you're going to start
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him a little pressure from the. Trying to get fired, but until
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the man is the owner comes up to me and scolds me about not
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putting them in, I will keep them on the bench until they
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prove to me that they can start. All right, fair enough.
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So Liverpool, like after all this talk, Luca, they're sitting
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there tied for third on 18.6 wins, 4 losses.
20:57
They're the only team without a draw so far.
21:00
Villa, Luca, you know, they're sitting there in 11th.
21:03
They had one four in a row. Look, there's no, no harm in
21:07
losing at Anfield. You know, a lot of people go
21:09
there. Their problem, it's still really
21:11
a scoring goals. We talked about in the beginning
21:13
they they went all these games without scoring.
21:15
They suddenly have nine goals in 10 games.
21:18
I mean, Leeds has nine goals, Forest has seven and Wolves have
21:22
seven. I mean, they're the only teams
21:23
that score less goals than Aston Villa.
21:25
Like it it doesn't. I mean, there's better players
21:28
than Aston Villa. They've got to figure out a way
21:29
to score some goals from these guys, right?
21:32
Yeah. All right, Luca, let's move on
21:34
to Fulham and Wolves. Speaking of Wolves and Fulham
21:38
hosting Wolves, what'd you think of this one?
21:42
I predicted one nil form, it was 3 nil form and Sesignon off in
21:49
the ninth minute off of a giveaway scores for them and in
21:54
36 minute after that red card on the wolves just can't you?
22:00
You thought the season couldn't get worse for wolves.
22:03
Well, it just did. They got dog so isn't it?
22:07
I think dog so. Denial of a goal scoring
22:10
opportunity. No, it's just name.
22:12
No, no, no, no, no. The the guys.
22:14
Was it Ampadu who got or no denial of a goal scoring
22:19
opportunity? That's why he got the red card.
22:20
So Josh King takes the ball and he flips it past the defender
22:25
and the defender just basically fouls him.
22:27
So the reason why he got a red card was for denial of a goal
22:31
scoring opportunity. But people call that dog so.
22:33
Oh yeah, I read that wrong. Yeah, but he gets a red card for
22:38
a Donald of the goal scoring opportunity.
22:41
And yes, I do think he kind of like Josh King that kind of taps
22:45
the ball past him and he kind of takes him out.
22:48
It's close, but I do think that's the right card.
22:50
Anyway, in 62nd minute, Wilson scores really nice one touch
22:56
finish into the bottom corner. Then in the 75th minute,
22:59
mascara. So yeah, pretty much it for that
23:03
game. Yeah, Wolves.
23:05
You know, they're the first team to go winless in the 1st 10
23:10
games for two years in a row. So last year they did not get a
23:13
win until after 10 games and this year, 10 games in they
23:16
don't have a win. So they fired their manager
23:19
Vitor Pereira, who actually came in last December after their
23:22
terrible start. He got him 33 points in 22
23:26
games. You know, last year kept them up
23:28
but something had to give. I mean they're they're O2 and
23:32
eight, you know, last in the Premier League.
23:35
So they get fired, he gets fired.
23:39
Fulham, like I said, you know they're going to take the win.
23:41
Josh King was really good on the day.
23:42
Like I said, he's the one who created the chance that led to
23:45
the red card. I just thought he's.
23:47
I love watching him. He's a really good player.
23:49
We love Smith Row on that team. But he can't get in the lineup
23:52
with Josh King. He's clearly to me, a better
23:54
player. Yeah, real fun young player for
23:56
Fulham to watch. And hopefully he's somebody who
23:58
they can kind of build around kind of moving forward.
24:01
But. He could be the future of the
24:02
club. He could, you know, like I said,
24:04
he really could. He's, I think he's really that
24:06
dynamic of a player. I'm pretty, I think he's only
24:08
19. I don't know if I have that
24:09
exactly right, but Fulham desperately needed a win.
24:12
They came in losing four in a row.
24:14
This was big. They, they got to get a little
24:16
momentum, get the win. This gives them a little
24:18
breathing room. You know, they're now on 11
24:20
points, so 4 points, you know, above the relegation zone.
24:24
They they needed to get a win at home against Wolves for sure and
24:27
they got it. So yeah, good on them.
24:31
All right, Luca, let's move over to another London Derby.
24:33
Here we had Brentford going to Crystal Palace, Elmhurst Park.
24:39
This yeah, this this game ended 2 now and I predicted 11 but
24:44
Teta in the 38th minute header sixth goal of the season really
24:49
nice header flipped on is a really hard header, but see
24:55
somewhere how does it and scores and then Nathan Collins and the
25:02
53rd 51st minute own goal. So it ends 2 nil Palace get the
25:09
win at home and yeah. Yeah, I know Mateta, you know,
25:14
he's now on six goals. That ties him for second in the
25:17
Premier League behind how when there's a couple people with
25:19
with six, he's been, he's been really, really good for them.
25:22
I don't know that he gets really enough accolades for being, you
25:25
know, that typical #9 striker for them.
25:29
Yeah, it was a really, really nice headed goal there.
25:31
And you know, look, Palace gets back to winning ways.
25:34
They, they lost to Arsenal last week and now, you know, they get
25:38
back on track. You know, they're still, I've
25:41
only lost two games in the Premier League all year.
25:44
So they're off to a good start. You know, they're sitting there
25:46
in 9th place right now on 16 points, three points off a
25:50
second. You know, there's this big sort
25:52
of log jam, you know, really from about 11th to to 2nd in the
25:56
Premier League right now, which makes it exciting, you know?
25:59
You know, I mean, yeah, standings can change real quick
26:01
with just like a, you know, a win or two or a loss or two.
26:04
So yeah, Palace, like I said, they're in a good spot right
26:07
now. They're playing well, took care
26:09
of business at home and got the win.
26:11
Yeah. All right, Luca, let's move down
26:13
to the end of the South Coast of London, Brighton hosting Leeds.
26:18
Take me through this game. This is well back in the 11th
26:22
minute, his sixth goal of the year.
26:24
We just talked about this game ended three nil and it was my
26:29
prediction was 2 nil. Obviously yes well, but pretty
26:33
nice build up to this goal. It flicked on by Internet wifers
26:43
or math weafers. I think.
26:45
Weafers, yeah, he plays it across and one touch finish by
26:50
well, but so pretty nice build up to that.
26:52
And then Diego Gomez, he had two goals in this game, the 64th
26:56
minute and the 70th minute. So yeah, we didn't really do
27:01
anything in this game. They looked pretty bad.
27:04
But so Brighton pretty much cruised through this game.
27:07
Easy win. Yeah, they, they, you know, not
27:10
much to say. Leeds really didn't really show
27:12
up to this game. They didn't really do anything.
27:14
Brighton just pretty much I would probably could have had
27:16
five in this game. So, you know, we've said it
27:19
before, Brighton very good at home, not as good on the road.
27:22
So, you know, they get the three points.
27:24
It's their first clean sheet of the year.
27:26
You know, they, they, they've been struggling a little bit on
27:28
defense. They've given up 15 goals so far
27:30
this year. So they got a clean sheet win at
27:33
home. They're going to feel pretty
27:34
good about themselves. And again, they're in a good
27:36
spot too, Luca, they're, they're sitting in 10th, 4-3 and three.
27:40
So they're on 15 points. So they're like right in that
27:43
mix of this sort of, you know, a lot of these teams in the middle
27:45
where if they can put together a little run of results, you know,
27:49
they can start pushing up for 4th, 5th, 6.
27:52
And it's not going to take much. There's a lot to me.
27:55
There's a lot of teams there that are going to be a little
27:57
bit up and down. You know, I, I, I, we'll kind of
28:00
get into the table a little bit once we get through all the
28:02
games. But all right, let's move on to
28:04
Newcastle, going to West Ham. OK, so this starts first of all
28:10
Newcastle. Yeah, Newcastle actually lose
28:14
this 31 and I predicted 3 nil win for Newcastle, so I was
28:19
completely. Wrong.
28:20
Not good on that one. No, I was pretty far off.
28:23
This starts up Murphy. Jacob Murphy scored from
28:27
Newcastle in the 4th minute and then Paki top pretty nice
28:31
out-of-the-box, finished in the 35th minute and Botman an uncle
28:36
45 + 6. Then sue check in the 96th
28:42
minute. He just kind of taps it in,
28:45
poke, got a code, goes through his legs and sue check, slides
28:49
in and gets a tap in. So Newcastle winless in eight
28:54
consecutive Premier League games.
28:57
Well, not not 8 consecutive games.
29:01
Really. No, because new Newcastle,
29:03
they've they've got three wins on the year.
29:06
Is it maybe Rd. games Luca? I guess OK.
29:10
Well, yes, in Newcastle, Luca, we talked about that, that
29:12
they're struggling a little bit. So they're they're 3, three and
29:14
four on the year. You know, through 10 games, they
29:16
only have 12 points. I mean, they're below Brentford.
29:19
They're tied with Everton. This is not where people thought
29:21
Newcastle would be. You know, this is a rough result
29:26
for them because West Ham have been so bad.
29:29
I mean, even with the win, West Ham still.
29:32
In the relegation. Zone in the relegation zone on
29:34
18, you know, they're in 18th place on 7 points.
29:37
This is the first win under their new manager.
29:38
They're in one of the, you know, one of the many teams that have
29:41
fired their manager. So first win under Nuno
29:46
Newcastle. The struggle on the road,
29:47
though, I mean, they're they're now O3 and two on the road.
29:51
They've got to figure out a way to start getting some results
29:53
here because they're they're to me, just too good to be in 13th.
29:56
But you know, the results are just are just not there.
29:59
They you know, their last five games lost, win, lost, win,
30:02
lost. They're just up and down.
30:04
I mean, maybe this is just sort of where they are.
30:06
You know, they obviously are missing.
30:09
You know, their best striker went to Liverpool E SAC.
30:11
So Voltamati's come in and done well though, So I don't, I don't
30:15
even know if I want to say, well, it's all because of that.
30:18
Hard to put your finger on it. They were a little unlucky in
30:21
this game with the own goal, but really this is kind of a well
30:23
deserved result for West. Ham Yeah, they dominate this
30:26
game. Yeah, so I mean, it's not as if
30:28
sometimes you go up, you dominate A-Team, you just don't
30:30
get the result. But yeah, West Ham deserve the
30:32
win in this one. So all right, Luca, let's move
30:35
on. This is an interesting game we
30:36
had our eye on with City hosting Bournemouth.
30:39
You know, Bournemouth, one of the great stories that start the
30:42
year. City, you know, the old, you
30:44
know, I don't want to say old team, but just the the team
30:46
that's always there. You know they won what, 5 they.
30:49
Used to win just like every year and it wasn't close to.
30:53
Yeah, so. So what happened in this one,
30:55
Lucas? This game ends 31I predicted 31,
30:59
City I predicted 2IN Bournemouth Holland in the 17th minute.
31:04
He just scores. He's been on, he's been going
31:06
crazy. Then Tyler Adams in the 25th
31:09
minute ties it up and Holland in the 33rd minute.
31:13
His second goal is his 13th of the year and then O'Reilly in
31:17
the 60th minute to finish it off.
31:21
City alone in second on 19 points after that win.
31:26
Yep. I mean, you know, there they
31:28
are, right? I mean, just sitting there, 19th
31:30
points, 19 points, all alone in second.
31:34
This game was interesting to me because you know, Bournemouth,
31:38
they the way they like to play, they like the press, they like
31:41
to play a highline and that they've had really good results
31:45
with that. Now a lot of times when teams go
31:47
on the road, especially to sort of, you know, the quote UN
31:49
quote, bigger clubs, teams will play a low block, right, They'll
31:52
sit in a little bit. Bournemouth didn't do that.
31:54
You know, they were. So this is the way we play.
31:56
We're going to go after it. But they got to me burned pretty
31:59
bad with. This again?
32:00
They got the tech control. Yeah, I think so.
32:03
I mean, we, we, I think their manager is great.
32:05
Areola is a great manager. But I, I, this one City base it,
32:10
it's almost like they played into City's hands because City
32:12
is a team that usually dominates possession, right?
32:15
They usually have like 7075% possession, especially at home.
32:18
City only had 48% possession in this game.
32:21
City basically just said, Art, we're going to give you the
32:23
ball, OK? And.
32:26
Hit you on the counter. And hit you on the counter and
32:28
it's really worked because they knew they were going to have a
32:31
very high line. That first goal, Shirky, nice
32:34
little header right over to Holland.
32:35
Breakaway, really. Even Holland's second goal was a
32:38
breakaway. I mean, Holland could have had a
32:40
hat trick 30 minutes into the game and he tried to like Chip.
32:43
I mean, it was just breakaway after breakaway.
32:46
You know, I'm like, goodness gracious, everybody knows like
32:49
Holland is the best goal scorer on the planet here.
32:51
You like, I don't know, it just, I was a little disappointed, you
32:55
know, and again, I will say this, Bournemouth did come out.
32:58
I think they had a goal like in the first minute that got called
33:01
back for offsides. So for like the 1st 10 or 15
33:04
minutes, I think it kind of worked.
33:05
But then it, it, it just felt like the, the, IT was shifting
33:09
more towards City side and then City sort of just slowly, yeah,
33:14
started kind of taking over and, and you know, and, and the one
33:17
thing is like, City's got some guys back healthy And, and I was
33:20
looking at just their bench, you know, and then I think, what if
33:24
Arsenal can keep guys healthy and cities with their team, I
33:30
think they're the two deepest teams by far, which makes sense.
33:32
Both teams spend a lot of money on players.
33:34
But I was looking at cities bench and I'm like, man, they
33:36
have a lot of guys you can bring in that are really dangerous
33:40
players. And I, you know, I don't think
33:43
anybody's writing city off, you know, by any means, but I just
33:46
think I'm like this. I think City maybe is the
33:49
biggest challenger right now to Arsenal, you know, being 6
33:54
points back there. But I, I just look at this team
33:56
and I'm like, I can see them running off a bunch of results
34:00
in a row. I mean, you know, Holland's
34:02
scoring two goals every game, so.
34:03
It's like how do we that helps? Yeah, that helps exactly.
34:07
You know, so, you know, like I said, that'll be interesting to
34:12
see what they do if they can kind of go on that typical City
34:15
run of a bunch of wins in a row. I think Bournemouth are going to
34:17
be fine. Again, going to City and losing.
34:20
There's no harm in that. You know, like I said, I I was,
34:23
I was hopeful that Bournemouth could give him a little bit more
34:25
of a challenge. But let's see how Bournemouth
34:27
bounce back. You know, like I said, they've
34:29
had a great start. Again, no harm in going and
34:31
losing a game like that. But let's see how you bounce
34:34
back, you know, kind of next week.
34:37
All right, Luca, the last game was a Monday game.
34:39
You had Sunderland, another one of those sort of great stories
34:42
to start the season hosting Everton.
34:44
Take me through the last game of the week.
34:47
This I predicted 2 nil. This this game was a 11.
34:53
Enjoy. In the 15th minute, great solo
34:56
run goal. It was really nice.
34:58
And then Jakka he's their captain or ex Arsenal player.
35:03
In the 46th minute, deflected goal and yeah, that's pretty
35:07
much it for that game. What?
35:08
What else? Yeah, this one was interesting
35:11
because the first half was, to me very even, but man,
35:16
Sunderland came out in the second-half and really started
35:19
to turn the screws on this game. Like really was pressing well,
35:21
creating a lot of turnovers. I felt like Sunderland maybe
35:25
should have gotten a second goal in this game and got the win.
35:27
They they looked really, really good to me in the second-half.
35:31
Enjoy. I I love him as a player.
35:35
You and I went to Atlanta for the summer series and got to see
35:38
Everton play as one of the four teams in this in the preseason.
35:41
I remember watching him on the field and, and, and just was
35:45
like really impressed. Even in preseason when they're
35:47
maybe not going 100%, but just his skill, his speed, his
35:51
quickness on the ball. This is a really, really nice
35:54
goal, kind of a solo run. But he's a real good player for
35:57
them. I really do like him a lot.
35:59
So yeah, each team gets a point. You know, Sunderland, you know,
36:03
drop back a little bit. You know, they're still tied for
36:05
third. They're on 18 points, still
36:07
really, really good. They're 5, three and two.
36:10
Everton feels like where they always are, you know, sitting in
36:12
14th. Yeah, on 12 points.
36:14
Not on relegation zone but pretty low.
36:17
Yeah, but pretty low, kind of mid to low, low tier team.
36:20
So all right, Luke. Well, that wrapped up Week 10 of
36:25
the Premier League. We got through all the games
36:26
there. So I need your goal, your
36:30
player, your team of the week for Week 10.
36:33
All right, I'll start with my goal of the week.
36:35
OK, My goal of the week is Ahmad volley.
36:38
That's a really. Nice one.
36:39
Really nice goal and honorable mention to Mateta's header that
36:43
was. That was a nice one too, yeah.
36:45
Team of the week, I think I'll go with West Ham for beating
36:49
Newcastle. I think I was a pretty big upset
36:53
and then player of the week I'm going to go with, I guess,
37:00
Holland. Holland, yeah.
37:02
Scoring two goals against Bournemouth is pretty good.
37:05
Yeah, and he was real good in that game, like I said, I mean.
37:09
A lot of good runs a. Lot of good runs, other good
37:11
chances. I mean, you know, I wouldn't
37:13
have been surprised if you almost ended up a three or four
37:15
in that. Game, it's hard for me to give
37:16
it to him, but yeah, he deserves.
37:18
It he's, he's just a machine and it's funny.
37:20
His first celebration was like a robot celebration, which is kind
37:24
of funny because everybody's like, he's like a robot anyway,
37:26
just like power him down, charge him up.
37:28
And it's kind of like a little robot celebration.
37:30
So I kind of like that cell. Yeah, I got to.
37:32
Give some some. Props on that the.
37:34
Crouch did that one time too. Yeah, you're right.
37:36
And I think that I saw somebody post something online like who
37:39
did it better. Like, yeah.
37:41
The Crouchbot or the Hollenbot? Yeah, Crouch is really tall too,
37:46
so. Yeah, yeah, Crouch is one of the
37:48
tallest players to play. He's got.
37:50
He had to like 6566 or maybe I wonder if he was taller than
37:53
Holland. Yeah, well, Holland's like 6-4.
37:57
Like Voltamade is like 6-6. I think Crouch might have been
38:00
like 6-7. He might have been like the
38:02
tallest. Well, some of the goalies,
38:05
there's been some of the goalies have been like really tall.
38:09
When you look up like tallest Premier League players, there's
38:13
been like goalies have been like 6-9.
38:15
Peter Crouch, 6/7. There we go.
38:20
Can I do the hand, Luca? Can I do it?
38:22
Here we go. How tall is Peter Crouch?
38:26
6. Seven.
38:27
There we go. I wish you did the hand motion,
38:29
but 667. Oh my goodness.
38:35
Sakes. All right, Luca, all right, You
38:36
gave me your. All right, you gave me.
38:39
Your picks you gave me. You got my picks.
38:41
You got we got all your picks in right, You got you give me your
38:44
team. OK.
38:44
All right, So all right. Should we look ahead to next
38:49
week, Luca? Yeah, you won't look ahead.
38:51
So we have week 11 coming up and then unfortunately we have
38:54
another international break, but I'm thinking.
38:58
Luca. We'll do a little ask Lucas
39:00
segment and I think it's also our last international break so
39:03
our. Last Ask Lucas segment then.
39:05
Well, we maybe look, maybe we'll, no, we'll maybe slide one
39:08
in like midweek or something like those are pretty quick for
39:11
us to do. But yeah, so we have.
39:12
So we'll have games this weekend and then they'll be, like I
39:15
said, a week off as players go off to play international duty.
39:18
And I think it's the last international break and we'll
39:20
have all the qualifications pretty much done for the World
39:23
Cup. But interesting games.
39:27
Premier League always has interesting games.
39:29
So you ready for some picks for next week, Luca?
39:33
All right, Luca, how about this one?
39:34
This is a good, interesting one. Spurs at home against Man
39:38
United. This is, I mean, like, who knows
39:42
what to expect from these teams? I'm gonna go 2 nil 21 united. 21
39:48
United OK, Spurs misery at home continues.
39:51
Man United get back in winning ways.
39:53
Yeah, this is going to be an interesting game here because
39:55
like I said, all the things we talked about in terms of just
39:57
the inconsistencies, maybe Manus being more consistency, they can
40:00
go get a win on the road here at a place where Spurs are really
40:04
struggle. Yeah.
40:06
Art West Ham hosting Burnley I'm.
40:10
Going 111. All right, A11 tie at London
40:16
Stadium. Not really that exciting a game.
40:19
Yeah, could be better. Yeah, all right.
40:22
How about Fulham going to Everton?
40:27
Oh, is it actually? I'm going, I'm going 21 Fulham.
40:36
21 Fulham OK, wow, So getting a road win at Everton's been good
40:40
at home. Yeah, this is these are two
40:42
teams kind of real similar records here, you know, sitting
40:45
in 14th and 15th. So that would be a big result
40:49
for Fulham getting a, you know, because these teams, they got to
40:51
kind of stay above that relegation zone.
40:54
Yeah, OK. All right, look, here's an
40:56
interesting one. We've got Arsenal going to the
40:59
Stadium of Light to play Sunderland.
41:01
You mentioned Sunderland's captain who got signed this
41:04
year. We talked about how Sunderland
41:06
signed a bunch of players, one of them being Granite Jaka, who
41:10
used to captain Arsenal, had a bit of a fallout with the fans,
41:15
right? He was captain, fans were upset
41:17
with some of the play, and he kind of like screamed and
41:20
yelled, you know what? The fans got stripped of his
41:22
captaincy, but then kind of like redeemed himself, then like kind
41:27
of got back into the good graces.
41:28
And when he left, it was one of those situations where I think
41:31
it was just time for him to go somewhere else.
41:33
We were evolving as a team. So I I feel like there's a lot
41:36
of goodwill Arsenal fans have towards.
41:39
Why did Arsenal fans don't like Chaka in the first place?
41:42
Well, because he like was like flipping them off and.
41:45
Flipping them off and like. Did not say because they were
41:47
booing the play like they weren't playing well.
41:50
They didn't think he's doing well.
41:52
You remember looking he got a lot of like, dumb red cards when
41:54
he was with Arsenal, Yeah, like a bit of a reckless player.
41:58
Kind of this is. A kind of a hot head, but this
42:00
is also a time when Arsenal really struggling as a team and
42:02
so the fans were frustrated. The results weren't very good.
42:05
He was the captain of the team and then like I.
42:08
Said. You know, a couple years.
42:12
So now he is captaining Sunderland and they're doing
42:15
really, really well. Of course they're sitting there
42:17
in fourth place. Tough to play at home.
42:20
So I'm curious to see Arsenal. You know, they had a game
42:24
midweek here, the Champions League game.
42:26
You know what's gonna be what's your call here for Arsenal going
42:30
to Sunderland? I'm going one nail Arsenal.
42:33
Another shutout for Arsenal. Yeah, I know.
42:37
All right. So I think our defense is just
42:39
better than their attack. OK, Although this is hard to go
42:43
to the Stadium of White, but. All right.
42:45
But you think Arsenal's gonna, they're gonna get it done, get a
42:47
goal. Yeah, get.
42:48
The win. All right, I like it.
42:50
All right, Lugo, Wolves going to Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea.
42:54
Three nil Chelsea 3 Nils are just not good, all right?
42:59
How about forest hosting leads? I think Forest will win 2/1. 21
43:05
All right, Forest would need that win.
43:07
Crystal Palace hosting Brighton. This is actually interesting.
43:13
I'm gonna go 11. 11 OK yeah, that'll be an interesting game
43:18
to watch. You know, like I said, two teams
43:20
to me. Pretty equal.
43:21
Yeah, they're pretty equal. I mean, you know, Crystal Palace
43:24
in 9th, Brighton in 10th, You know that that could be a fun
43:28
game to watch. Yeah, all.
43:29
Right. What about Newcastle going to
43:30
Brentford? Oh oh, I'm going 2 on Brentford.
43:36
Two on Brentford. Brentford's really good at home,
43:38
Newcastle have been an awful form, so yeah.
43:42
OK, and here's an interesting game.
43:45
Villa at home against Bournemouth.
43:48
Oh, I'm looking 22. 22 OK, so you're thinking Villa's gonna
43:53
they're finally gonna score some goals here.
43:55
We're just talking about they're not scoring goals where they're
43:57
gonna get 2 Playing at home probably helps they're, I think
44:00
a very, you know, much better team at home.
44:01
Yeah. All right, Luca, the the the
44:03
heavyweight matchup of the week, you know, love it when these two
44:07
teams play city hosting liver. Oh my goodness sakes.
44:12
You know the, the to me, you know when you get the, the
44:15
matchups, you just can't miss. It's like Arsenal, City, City
44:19
and Liverpool. Like, these are the three
44:20
heavyweights, right? They all play.
44:22
When they play this is like must see TV like I I just I love it.
44:26
I have to see this game. So this, I mean, what do you
44:30
think is going to happen in this game?
44:33
Thinking of going 22. 22 All right, so you're a tie.
44:38
Maybe that's if you're an Arsenal fan.
44:40
You want a tie is. That the best result where they
44:42
both would drop. Points.
44:43
Yeah. Where is it?
44:46
At it's at the Etihad, OK, It's at City Stadium, you know City.
44:50
So City are coming in. They won four of their last
44:53
five. You know, Liverpool, obviously
44:56
they had that run of four losses, but they get back to
44:58
winning ways this week. Liverpool just beat Real Madrid
45:01
today in the Champions League at home.
45:03
They did. City play tomorrow, so
45:05
theoretically City one less day of rest.
45:08
I don't know if that's going to make a huge difference.
45:10
I think City plays at home too, so neither team has to travel
45:15
midweek. You know, that always helps.
45:17
Like Arsenal just had to travel to the Czech Republic for a
45:19
game. Yeah, So, yeah, I, like I said
45:23
this, I'm kind of fascinated by this one because I, I kind of
45:27
feel like city may may RIP them apart.
45:30
I don't know. Well, I just I just I when I, I
45:33
feel like city right now are like humming a little bit like
45:36
I. They're going below the radar,
45:39
but they've been really good. Yeah.
45:40
I think everybody just is like, yeah, there they are winning all
45:42
these games, you know, like they dropped a couple, they had the 2
45:44
losses in a row A. Little blip.
45:46
A little blip, you know, but otherwise, you know, I mean,
45:50
they've scored more goals than anybody in the Premier League.
45:53
You know, Holland is just unstoppable.
45:56
Yeah. And I don't know, I mean, The
45:59
thing is, it's like usually you'd say, well, Liverpool has
46:01
Virgil Van Dyke, but he's just not been at.
46:03
The He's not what he was what? He was.
46:06
So I don't know if it's just a matter of him sort of getting a
46:09
little bit more back into form and shape or if he's just, you
46:12
know, age catching up with him, you know, Yeah.
46:16
That was last year. So I don't know, I, I just, I
46:20
just look at this game and I'm like, OK, what?
46:22
Do you think the score will be? I want your prediction in this
46:24
one I. Think it's going to be 3 one
46:26
city? OK, I don't.
46:28
Like that and I, I think, look, I'm telling you, I I could
46:31
possibly see it be 4, one city. I I think city may RIP them
46:34
apart. OK, like I said, and I think
46:37
it's a part of it because I think just, I think City's that
46:39
good. Liverpool.
46:40
I don't think I've figured it all out quite yet, you know?
46:45
I don't know if he's even if he sacks back, he'll come off the
46:48
bench, you know? I can take, it's just been
46:50
better. He has been better and he's been
46:52
good. But like you said, Salah's not
46:53
the quite the same player. You know that that midfield,
46:57
it's going to be fascinating. I I cannot wait for this game.
47:01
But yeah, that's kind of what I think on that one.
47:02
Yeah. All right, Luca, looking around
47:05
the rest of Europe, other games, there's not like a whole lot of
47:08
other great in Spain. Yeah, Villarreal versus Espanol,
47:11
that's three verse 5 in the table on Saturday.
47:14
Rio via Cano plays Real Madrid. That's like one verse 7 that's
47:19
on Sunday. La Liga is on ESPN Plus for
47:23
people. Wouldn't want to find that in
47:26
France. PSG plays Lyon, it's one verse 5
47:30
Italy, you've got Napoli verse Bologna.
47:33
Napoli sits in first Bologna in six that's early Sunday morning
47:37
at 9 Syria Italian league you find a paramount plus nothing
47:44
really all that exciting in Germany MLS playoffs going on.
47:48
So if people want to tune in to Apple TV, you've got MLS
47:50
playoffs going on. So some interesting games there
47:53
like inner Miami's tied 11 and they're round Columbus cruise in
47:56
Cincinnati 11. So yeah, then you know, keep an
47:59
eye out. Like if you're just looking for,
48:01
you know, those tend to be, you know, some off times like
48:03
nighttime games. So if you're just looking for
48:05
something to to watch that keep an eye on the MLS playoffs.
48:08
But otherwise, like I said, not a whole lot of glamour matchups
48:11
like we had all Classico last this weekend.
48:13
So that's it. No other real big soccer news.
48:18
So you want to dive into the viewer mailbag?
48:20
Yeah. All right, Mailbag question
48:22
comes from me. I brought.
48:23
I brought the mail. OK.
48:25
All right, Luca, Mike, I have two questions for you.
48:27
OK, Maybe they're sort of tied in, maybe they're not.
48:31
But all right, question number one, Luca, what soccer player
48:35
would you like to trade places with for a day?
48:40
Now, I want you to think about this for a second.
48:41
OK, I'm going to let you answer that.
48:43
I'm going to. I'm going to go.
48:46
Ahead. Oh, I think maybe.
48:53
Oh, Lamine Yamal. OK, now are you so OK so you
48:58
become like so that's my question is like now are you
49:01
Lamine Yamal or you like take over his body or is it like Luca
49:05
now is you're Laminia Mall? Yes, and Laminia Mall is Luca
49:11
and he's part of the pie. It's the Dead Leg, Luca and
49:15
Laminia Mall. Now what?
49:16
What? Dad, Why do you answer Laminia
49:18
Mall? Because he's been so good and I
49:21
would love to play in my Liga, that'd be really fun.
49:25
Or maybe soccer, because playing in the Real league is really fun
49:29
and he's a very good player, brought the very good players.
49:32
Like I, I was thinking of Ronaldo, but I don't really want
49:34
to play the Saudi league and like Messy and the MLS.
49:40
I'd rather play in the big leagues when I'm younger if I
49:44
become professional. So hopefully become
49:47
professional. But yeah, yeah.
49:51
I was, so I was wondering if you would be like, yeah, pick an
49:54
Arsenal player so you could play with Kai Haverts.
49:57
Exactly. OK, so like, that's what I was
49:59
at first. I thought you could just be
50:00
like, I want to be Kai Haverts. But then I'm like, well, if you
50:02
are, then you can't play with. Yeah.
50:04
You can't like talk with them like you know.
50:06
I can't like get is jersey side jersey autographed.
50:11
All right, so all right, my follow up to this, and you might
50:14
have sort of answered it a little bit, but if you could
50:17
play for another team not named Arsenal, what professional team
50:22
would you want to play? For Barcelona.
50:23
OK, so that's what I figured, so I'm going to change it up a
50:26
little bit. What Premier League team would
50:29
you want to play for not named Arsenal?
50:33
Oh OK, I think I would play for you.
50:43
Can think about like the city, the stadium, the history, maybe
50:47
other players to play with. You better not say ton, of
50:51
course. Oh no.
50:52
I don't want to play for Tottenham this back at home,
50:58
maybe United. Man United.
51:01
Yeah, OK, United, maybe Bournemouth.
51:04
Maybe Bournemouth? OK, what makes you say this too?
51:07
Well, I, my cousin and cousins and uncle are big United fans,
51:13
so that plays a factor. Also, my second favorite player,
51:16
Cristiano Ronaldo played there and I feel like Manchester's a
51:20
nice city, cool stadium, a lot of history.
51:25
Old Trafford and Bournemouth, they're just like the dark horse
51:29
entrepreneur like that. No one expected them to be this
51:32
good, and they are. So yeah.
51:35
All right. I like it.
51:36
And Luga, that's a perfect segue into my did you know?
51:40
OK, so you just said Bournemouth, so I thought for
51:43
our Did You know section I thought maybe it would be
51:46
interesting to just pick a Premier League team and get to
51:49
know the team a little bit better and so I thought I'd go
51:52
alphabetical and we'd start with Bournemouth.
51:56
Because we've already know a bunch about Arsenal.
51:58
Well, it's interesting you say that actually.
52:00
Do you know that Bournemouth's official name is AFC
52:03
Bournemouth, which puts them ahead of Arsenal?
52:06
Yeah, in my sticker book they always do.
52:08
AFC Bournemouth. And I'm like, come on, need to
52:10
put Arsenal first. So yeah, and I thought this
52:14
would be good. You know, your coach is like I
52:16
said, from, you know, coach Josh, like I said, massive
52:19
Bournemouth fan from the area. So Bournemouth sits in the South
52:23
Coast in the county of Dorset, so kind of in the very bottom of
52:29
of England. Yeah, population of about
52:32
200,000. So you think like almost where
52:35
we live, Luke would be like Charleston and Mount Pleasant,
52:39
like those two like area in terms of total amount of people.
52:42
So like not big at all. London has like 1,000,000 and
52:45
millions of people. So like way smaller than that.
52:47
Obviously. It's owned by an American named
52:50
Bill Foley. He bought the team in 2022.
52:53
He also owns the Las Vegas Golden Knights.
52:57
There's an actor named Michael B Jordan who did like he was in
53:01
like the Creed movies, like the Rocky movies.
53:04
Later on, he's been in some other movies.
53:06
I don't know of anything you've seen, but he's a part owner of
53:08
the team. But so Bournemouth, look, they
53:12
were founded in 1899 and it was called Boscom St.
53:16
John's Institute FC and they joined the Football League in
53:20
1923 and they changed the name to Bournemouth and Boscom
53:24
Athletic AFC Athletic AFC AF you see the AFC.
53:30
So now we know where we're getting that AFC Bournemouth
53:32
from, right? Athletic AFC.
53:34
In 1972 they changed to AFC Bournemouth Association Football
53:41
Club. So some people have always
53:42
thought it's association football club, but my
53:46
understanding is it's actually from the Boscom Athletic FC.
53:50
And so that's where they get the AFC Bournemouth from.
53:52
So their manager, Luca, is Andoni Iriola.
53:57
The nickname. You know their nickname.
53:59
The cherries. The cherries.
54:00
So there are colors, of course, very much.
54:04
Like that and red. Yeah, cherry red and black, so
54:07
very much like it. So where do the cherries come
54:10
from, Lucas? So the cherries are because
54:12
there used to be cherry orchards near the stadium.
54:15
The stadium used to be called Dean Court.
54:17
Interesting. And they used to have cherry
54:19
orchards near the stadium. And apparently fans would walk
54:22
to the stadiums. This is way back, you know,
54:24
probably before they gave him cars and they would pick
54:26
cherries on the way to the games.
54:28
And so they kind of got the name cherries.
54:30
And of course, they've got the colors.
54:32
That's cool. Yeah.
54:33
So pretty neat. Warmers are just such a likable
54:36
team. They are a likable team.
54:37
I know they they like I said, they've got good young players
54:40
which will get I want to get on to.
54:41
Some of the players that are caught, yeah.
54:43
What? Do we get to do about those?
54:45
We'll skip them, we'll just not even bother.
54:47
So look at their badge and even an interesting kind of badge.
54:51
It's like a player heading a ball, right?
54:53
So it's like kind of that like head and there's hair.
54:56
So the the that player is actually inspired by a club
55:00
legend named Dicky Dawson, who played in the 50s and 60s, and
55:04
he was sort of the inspiration for that head on their badge.
55:07
They're kind of heading a ball. Yeah, I think it's kind of a
55:10
cool badge. It's like a little different
55:11
than like a lot of the other ones that put like, you know,
55:14
just like a tower and a bird on it or something like that.
55:16
So that's cool. At least we have a can.
55:20
Yeah, that's pretty cool. That's pretty unique.
55:22
Yeah, Luca, their highest Premier League finish ever is
55:26
9th. They're probably going to beat
55:28
that this. Year, so we'll see.
55:30
That'll be something interesting.
55:31
So Bournemouth, they did it last year and in 16 and 17.
55:34
So they've, like I said, 9th is the highest and they've done it
55:37
twice. So yeah, let's see if they can.
55:41
They're certainly off to a great start to possibly have their
55:43
best Premier League finish ever. Let's see if they can keep that
55:46
going. Yeah, they've made the
55:48
quarterfinals of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
55:52
They've done that three times. It's the farthest.
55:54
They've never won. No, in fact, they, well, they've
55:55
never even made the semis. So three times to the quarters,
55:59
but never further than that. They've never won a domestic cup
56:03
like the Caramel Cup or the FA Cup and of course they've never
56:05
won a Premier League or a champions like them, are they?
56:08
Still in any of if in the EFL cup?
56:11
They are not in EFL but they are still in the FA Cup.
56:15
Yeah, because it really started for Premier League teams.
56:17
Yeah, yeah. So they're still there.
56:19
So very famously the manager for Newcastle, Eddie Howe was
56:25
probably maybe their most well known manager at Bournemouth.
56:29
Eddie Howe managed them and really sort of put himself on
56:32
the map. He actually he, so he took them
56:35
from League 2 all the way up to League One that was in O9 in
56:41
2010. Then he took him to the
56:42
Championship in 2012, 2013 and then to the Premier League in 14
56:49
and 15. They went, they went down, they
56:51
got relegated in 2020, but then came back in 2022.
56:55
So they've sort of been a little bit up and down, but they've
56:59
been back the past couple years. And, and Luca, they almost went
57:02
bankrupt in 2008. They had like a real big
57:04
financial problem. So this is a team.
57:06
This is a team that as of you know, 16 years ago is in League
57:12
2, almost bankrupt, and now here they are, like in.
57:17
Like 5th place. Yeah, I mean, so like super cool
57:20
story. Like you know, the the stadium
57:23
Vitality Stadium, which used to be called Dean Court, but we
57:26
think we've talked about this before.
57:27
It's the smallest in the Premier League.
57:29
It holds 11,307 people. You know, again, we've said
57:33
Emirates holds like 60,000, Old Trafford 70,000.
57:37
So I mean, think about how small that is.
57:38
In fact, I think the next smallest is like 20,000.
57:41
So, you know, it opened in in 1910.
57:47
So like I said, I just think they're like a super cool story.
57:50
You know, like you said, they're a very likable team.
57:52
It is like almost impossible not to root for this team.
57:55
Most appearances for the club. Steve Fletcher had 726
58:00
appearances. The most goals.
58:02
Ron Eyre. Eyre.
58:06
He played in the 20s and 30s, he had 229 goals.
58:09
I think I know. Who Steve Fletcher is, but I
58:12
can't tell you where the other guy is.
58:13
No, he played like 100 years ago.
58:15
But yeah, Steve Fletcher, like as you probably heard of him,
58:18
their biggest rivals, probably South Hampton.
58:21
Because they're really close to them.
58:23
Yeah. So they're geographically close
58:25
and they call it like the forest or the South Coast Darby.
58:29
They don't. Get to play them this year
58:31
though, unless they play them in the FA Cup.
58:32
Exactly. So that's what happens sometimes
58:35
with these rivalries and these Darbys is like if teams are
58:38
moving in different directions, you may not play them because
58:40
you're not in the same league. Under one in Newcastle though,
58:43
that's a big rivalry. Yeah, that'll be good when they
58:45
play. Yeah, they haven't played yet,
58:47
so we get to see them twice. Now Luca, the biggest transfer
58:51
in for Bournemouth. This is a tough one.
58:54
You know who it would be. It's it's a player on the team
58:56
right now. Biggest transfer in biggest
58:58
player they bought. Simenyo.
59:00
Good guess, but no, they bought them from Porto for 53 million
59:04
U.S. dollars. Porto.
59:06
Porto port, I can't tell you that is.
59:09
Evan Nielsen. Okey, okey, that's just been,
59:13
that's their biggest transfer. That's their biggest transfer in
59:15
and their biggest transfer out went to Tottenham for $85
59:19
million a forward. A couple years ago.
59:22
Solanke Solanke 85,000,000 for Solanke goodness.
59:26
They got a good amount and he hasn't really done much for talk
59:29
in any way so. I know.
59:30
So, you know, we've talked and again, like the story of war
59:33
Myth is always they recruit really well, they bring in these
59:37
good young players, they develop well and then ultimately they
59:41
end up selling. Up their.
59:42
Way so think here are some of the players that are that are
59:45
either there or have come through Callum Wilson came
59:48
through there OK Matt Ritchie, Dango Watara, Nathan Ake Tyrone
59:53
Mings mentioned Dominic Solanke, Jefferson Lerma Milos Kurkez
59:59
Zabarni Dean Hewson, Aaron Ramsdale was there Dan Juma.
1:00:05
So like, you know, all these players you almost sort of
1:00:07
forget because. Semenyo.
1:00:10
Semenyo, yeah. I mean, he's still there,
1:00:11
obviously. He didn't come up with them,
1:00:13
buddy. But yeah, I mean, you know,
1:00:15
they're and again, yeah, they're loaded, you know, junior croupy,
1:00:17
another one we've talked about. Like they just, they, you know,
1:00:20
they continue to me like you've got to pay attention to them
1:00:22
because they're half their team probably in two or three years
1:00:25
are going to get sold. For it's hard not to. 50 to $70
1:00:27
million, so they recruit really well.
1:00:30
They're like I said, super fun team.
1:00:32
I like learning a little bit more about Bournemouth.
1:00:34
So maybe we'll, like I said, keep it kind of, you know, like
1:00:38
I said, I thought maybe for the did you know, unless someone has
1:00:40
a good idea, we'll kind of just roll through all the Premier
1:00:41
League teams, learn a little bit more.
1:00:43
About the history, pretty cool. So all right, Luca, there's the
1:00:46
did you know? So now we move on to the penalty
1:00:49
kick trivia shootout. The last time it was pretty
1:00:52
close. It was pretty close.
1:00:55
I don't know if I'm ever going to win one of these.
1:00:57
Well, I'm undefeated, but you have another chance today.
1:01:00
All right, so as we know, we're going to go back and forth.
1:01:02
We'll give a second or two so everybody can answer it home.
1:01:07
And yeah, basically you get the question right.
1:01:09
You score a goal, you miss you, you miss the the kick.
1:01:12
So do you want to go first or second?
1:01:13
I'm going to ask first. All right, go ahead.
1:01:15
You asked the 1st. Question Which country hosted
1:01:17
the 2011 Copa America? 2011 Copa America and you want,
1:01:23
they want the country. Yes, just country.
1:01:26
Brazil. Close.
1:01:27
Argentina, Yeah. All right, I start off with a
1:01:30
miss. Not good.
1:01:32
All right. Luca Jude Bellingham, Real
1:01:34
Madrid superstar, has played for two other teams.
1:01:38
Can you tell me what two other teams he played for?
1:01:42
He's only 22 years old, played for three teams, of course in
1:01:44
Real Madrid. What are the two other teams?
1:01:46
Birmingham and Dortmund. That's correct.
1:01:48
Birmingham City in the AFL Championship and Dortmund and
1:01:52
Germany. All right.
1:01:53
That's a goal for you. One nothing.
1:01:55
Which country hosted the 2006 FIFA World Cup?
1:02:00
2006 Is that South Africa? No, it was 2010.
1:02:06
It was 2006. Germany.
1:02:09
Wow, Germany. All right.
1:02:12
Oh shoot, I was about to ask another.
1:02:14
One What Premier League club is nicknamed the Seagulls?
1:02:18
Brighton. Right.
1:02:19
Yeah, And Brighton, Luca, Interesting.
1:02:21
They have a rivalry with Palace, which is kind of interesting.
1:02:24
Because. Yeah, and, and so that's why I
1:02:27
wanted to sort of touch base on this.
1:02:28
Is that interesting? Brighton is located down on the
1:02:31
South Coast near like Southampton, near Bournemouth.
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But they have a rivalry with Palace, which dates back to the
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60s and used to be on the badge since 1977.
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It's had a seagull, but before that it was a dolphin.
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They had a dolphin on that and they there was a chant
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apparently that they so that because of the rivalry with
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Palace, Palace, of course, are known as the eagles.
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And so they would chant eagles, eagles, eagles.
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And it's sort of turned into this chant where they started
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then saying seagulls. So almost sounds like it.
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And that's how the seagull became associated with Brighton.
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So it's actually kind of a newer thing.
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Like I said, if you look back on like their old badges, like I
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said, a dolphin and some other things, a lot of times it's just
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like the writing of Brighton. So that's kind of a newer pretty
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cool. Yeah.
1:03:20
All right. Go ahead, which country hosted
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the 2014 FIFA World Cup? 14 Was that now Russia?
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Was 2018 so Spain? Brazil.
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Brazil. It's not good.
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I'm not going to remember my my my locations of those dates.
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Yeah, they're not easy, I'll give you that.
1:03:48
All right, Luca, Virgil Van Dyke, Liverpool defender, What
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national team does he play? For Netherlands OK, who is
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Chelsea's all time leading goal scorer?
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Lampard Yeah. OK.
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All right, Luca, what player this is?
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All right, this is a little bit harder one.
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I figured you get those ones. This is a little bit harder, but
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what player has what player has won the most Premier League
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titles? Oh, Ryan Giggs.
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That's correct. Good job.
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He's won 13. He was there every year for Man
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United, won 13. Yeah, it's unbelievable.
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Yeah. And Paul schools he's he's has
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11. But yeah, Giggs is by himself at
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13. That was hard.
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Are good. Who is Juventus?
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Is all time leading O square? I feel like you asked me this
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before. I don't know.
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I'll get you. I'll give you choices.
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Roberto Baggio, David Treziguet, Alessandro Del Piero or Paul
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Medved. Del Piero Correct.
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OK, all right, Luca, what Premier League clubs anthem is
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You'll never Walk alone? Quiverpool.
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Every way up that comes from a musical, actually, in 1945, a
1:05:13
musical carousel. And then in 1963, a Liverpool
1:05:17
band called Jerry and the Pacemakers, like redid the song,
1:05:20
and it's sort of always been associated with that club for
1:05:22
sure. OK All right, all right, I'm
1:05:26
going to throw just one more at you.
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Obviously won, but I'm going to throw one more at you here.
1:05:30
This is a hard one. Who's the only goalkeeper to win
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the Premier League Player of the Season award?
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So they give out an award, obviously.
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Who's the only goalkeeper? Player of the.
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Yeah, this is hard, but. Was it like a long time ago?
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Yeah, Long. Time Vandersar.
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Now a good guess St. Right team Peter Schmeichel.
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Yeah. All right, Yeah, that was a
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tough one, but all right, we win the.
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I'll give you one more. All right, go ahead.
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Who holds the record for most assists in the history of Real
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Madrid? Most assists.
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He's a striker. Oh, Benzema.
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Yeah, OK, wow. All right, Luca, you win again
1:06:17
on the penalty kick shootout. You got a three on the last
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card. Yeah, you got.
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You got the last three. You started off pretty rough,
1:06:25
but then you got the last three. All right, Lucas, so again, if
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1:07:19
anything else for us? No, that's full time and that's
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