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Premier League Week 4 Review · On The Edge Sports Podcast

0:15
SPEAKER_01: Hello and welcome to On the Edge Premier League Game Week 4 review with myself, Brendan Tierney, and Darren Kearns on the far side of the table there.
0:22
SPEAKER_01: Darren, V A R.
0:24
SPEAKER_01: Let's just go straight in.
0:26
SPEAKER_01: What what's going on?
0:28
SPEAKER_01: Crazy.
0:29
SPEAKER_01: You said the the the feed of the the mics came out this evening, so I didn't get to hear this.
0:33
SPEAKER_01: So what what was the kind of we all know what happened?
0:35
SPEAKER_01: Enzo Fernandez was clearly offside, went to hit the ball in the gun.
0:38
SPEAKER_01: If you haven't seen it by now, I'm sure you can find it on YouTube.
0:40
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
0:40
SPEAKER_01: And the the Pro Ref came out and said, Yeah, we were totally wrong.
0:44
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0:59
SPEAKER_02: They they released the audio this evening, and it's I know that this has happened on a couple of occasions over the last couple of seasons, but it definitely definitely takes longer than this for the audio to be released.
1:10
SPEAKER_02: Like this is out sharp, this is out very fast, right?
1:14
SPEAKER_02: And listen back to it, okay?
1:17
SPEAKER_02: I know you haven't got a chance to listen to anybody else.
1:19
SPEAKER_02: I'm sure loads of people have listened to already, okay?
1:22
SPEAKER_02: He starts from for Semenio kicks the ball to where Halland was standing at the back post.
1:29
SPEAKER_02: And all in all, for anybody to see Enzo Fernandez stand in an offside position from start to finish, let only that, but he actually goes for the diving header.
1:38
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
1:39
SPEAKER_02: Which the defender has to try and cover to make sure that he's got a good one.
1:42
SPEAKER_01: Gary Neville pointed as the goalie kind of put up his hands.
1:45
SPEAKER_02: Oh, he could get and then put down so and you know from goalkeeping.
1:47
SPEAKER_02: And not but not one mention of Enzo Fernandez in any of the audio clip that I listened to this evening.
1:52
SPEAKER_02: And like they went they went from they looked at the goal first to make sure Haland was on site, then they said it's on site, then they went back, it went right back to the start of the build-up of the play.
2:03
SPEAKER_02: And they went back and they actually checked if Nai was off side at one stage.
2:07
SPEAKER_02: They you know they rewound back that far.
2:09
SPEAKER_02: And then they came back up and they went to the clip and they stopped the frame and it went frame by frame from where the ball left Semenio's foot to come across the goal to Halland, and then they told Michael Oliver award the goal.
2:20
SPEAKER_01: And not one mention of Enzo.
2:22
SPEAKER_01: Not one mention of Enzo.
2:23
SPEAKER_01: And I'm like, now they they really seem to and they f I remember it soon after they put out a little statement trying to go, oh no, this is correct.
2:30
SPEAKER_01: And then within a couple hours they were like, This is an absolute shambles.
2:33
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and the little bits you hear out from different people, it seems like they are absolutely mortified about the case.
2:38
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, like I I think um on Sky Sports yesterday morning.
2:41
SPEAKER_02: I don't know if you seen it, you see the Jay B Botheroyd clip.
2:43
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, he calls him out in the camera.
2:45
SPEAKER_02: He really doesn't.
2:46
SPEAKER_02: That could be the end of Jay Botheroyd's guy career.
2:48
SPEAKER_02: But he he he was he was the he was trying to defend him, saying that the the lost focus in that situation.
2:54
SPEAKER_02: This was Howard Webb was trying to defend or uh Gallagher, Dermot Gallagher, yeah.
2:57
SPEAKER_02: Dermot Gallagher was saying that the lost focus, as if to say that it was okay.
3:01
SPEAKER_02: Like these guys are up in the van or wherever they are in Stockley Park and they're they're watching frame by frame.
3:07
SPEAKER_01: Jay Boothroyd Boothreud said that's their job, and Dermot didn't like that.
3:10
SPEAKER_01: It's like Dermot sometimes Dermot like you can be in the referees club, but sometimes you go, Do you know what?
3:15
SPEAKER_02: That was an boost and say, don't get me wrong, it's it's it's it's um it's not fair in Man United either.
3:23
SPEAKER_02: There's other decisions that's not fair on other teams, but for Man United to have to feel very much aggrieved by that decision.
3:29
SPEAKER_02: And like you go back to the Phil Foden one, like the red card in the first half.
3:35
SPEAKER_02: Like Michael Oliver had the red card out in a shot.
3:39
SPEAKER_02: He had it he had it out, done, like sent off, gone, good luck, you know, without even thinking twice about it.
3:45
SPEAKER_01: And I think no ref should straight away get the red because it doesn't matter if you take 10 or 15 seconds, and it just also shows a bit of panic in you going like surely, and this happened in uh in the GA game this year where where ref bang straight away you know cared, and it was like take a second.
4:01
SPEAKER_02: In in in the game itself, Man United were probably a little bit unlucky, you know, they hit the post twice, you know, Rasher from a free kick, and um that somebody else hit the post in the second half, and then Mbumu had a chance late on super save by Donna Ruma.
4:16
SPEAKER_02: But like Donna Ruma has done that in the last couple of games for Man City, you know, he's he's he's earned them their three points, even against Coventry in the week before when they won one-nil and Haland scored again.
4:26
SPEAKER_02: But Donna Ruma pulls out a save in the last couple of seconds for them to keep the score line at one-nil, like you know, but you know, Man United probably at home probably didn't do enough either.
4:37
SPEAKER_01: Like, you know, well, against uh 10 men got sent off early on as well.
4:41
SPEAKER_01: So you you're kind of like that city, like 1-0 against 10 men and a goal that shouldn't have been.
4:46
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, they just about beat Coventry at home 1-0, and Coventry chances now.
4:50
SPEAKER_01: I know City a chance to, so you know, uh is there a is there a bit of a flaw at the moment?
4:55
SPEAKER_01: I mean, they're still joining top, they've won their four games.
4:58
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, there's probably they're probably not much of a flaw to do that.
5:00
SPEAKER_01: They're not showing as much strength as Arsenal, let's say, you know what I mean?
5:03
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, but on the VAR, like look, I'm glad in one sense they came out admitted they're wrong because now they go now.
5:09
SPEAKER_01: We've set the precedent for the season, hopefully.
5:12
SPEAKER_01: Have they?
5:12
SPEAKER_01: Hopefully.
5:13
SPEAKER_01: No, I'm actually I'm a fan of VAR because at least when there's a mistake made, you can blatantly discuss why it's a mistake and argue back and forth and learn from it.
5:21
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, whereas old decisions like, oh well, that'll happen again and again and again.
5:24
SPEAKER_01: And like the guys that were involved in the VR, the refs have been stood down this week.
5:28
SPEAKER_01: Someone said someone said, and I read it, it could be wrong, that they've been stood down from All Man United games for the foreseeable future as well, which is probably no harm either.
5:36
SPEAKER_01: Um, but just on VAR, then I mean just to keep on it, we're Arsenal fans, clearly.
5:42
SPEAKER_01: Uh, we like to try and pretend that we can pretend or hope that we can stay fairly biased in that.
5:46
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, uh, on Saturday night, Arsenal went to Sunderland.
5:49
SPEAKER_01: Um, and then the the penalty decision, which has come back, every pundit I've seen has said that was not a penalty.
5:55
SPEAKER_01: If you didn't see it, Consa, who did kind of have his arms around a player.
5:58
SPEAKER_01: Now we've seen other instances this weekend.
5:59
SPEAKER_01: Was it last night, Leeds and Newcastle?
6:01
SPEAKER_01: There was a player just completely holding one of the players, and so if that's allowed, which I think it shouldn't be, by the way, Consa, if he's doing that and he's told if you do that, penalty.
6:10
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, okay.
6:11
SPEAKER_01: Now, what didn't happen though is uh he got judo flipped as the as R.
6:16
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
6:16
SPEAKER_01: And they again for the VAR guys not to go, oh yeah, well, I guess it's not what you saw.
6:21
SPEAKER_02: Like he gave he gave he gave the penalty straight up, right?
6:23
SPEAKER_02: As if to say that he's pulling him from behind and he has his two arms wrapped around him, gives the penalty.
6:28
SPEAKER_02: But straight away, the first the very first replay that came out, the very first replay, you could clearly see that he probably had his shoulder pulled and pulled his whole body weight down across him, which made the two of them fall on top of each other.
6:44
SPEAKER_01: And as Jay Boy Boothroid pointed out as well, he said, like the rule is like if you're not looking at the ball and just the man in grappling, that's penalty.
6:49
SPEAKER_01: But he was like, I was looking, and he says if he's pulled, then he's pulled down, so he can't.
6:55
SPEAKER_01: So I hope they come out and say that's wrong as well, not because it was hard.
6:58
SPEAKER_01: And we won.
6:58
SPEAKER_01: So it's I'm not saying more than every said our tetra was right to call it out because it wasn't sour grapes.
7:02
SPEAKER_02: But it's it's if you're going to be given that for the penalty, how many penalties are going to be across the weekend of all?
7:08
SPEAKER_01: Well, what I've forwarded you, uh, your man got away with it, so yeah, great.
7:11
SPEAKER_01: No, I'll just pull you over and I'll pull you down top me.
7:13
SPEAKER_01: So I hope they just come back and say that was wrong.
7:15
SPEAKER_01: Okay, we'll all suck it up and move on.
7:17
SPEAKER_01: But at least I'm dying to see now will will that weekend be a marker for the rest of the season.
7:21
SPEAKER_01: I know.
7:22
SPEAKER_01: Who knows?
7:23
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
7:24
SPEAKER_01: Someone said to me, and I thought that's an intriguing one.
7:26
SPEAKER_01: This is the only reason you can say how they got that so wrong in the City United game, how they got that so wrong was are they just trying to cause controversy so that the Premier League has been talked about?
7:37
SPEAKER_01: It's complete conspiracy theorist level, but you go, well, it actually would make sense if that was true.
7:41
SPEAKER_01: I don't believe it is true, but like it was so bad.
7:43
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so bad.
7:44
SPEAKER_01: And then we move on.
7:45
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, uh, okay, Arsenal, as you said, like that was another if you were looking for what the the markers to be a title winning team again, is away to Sunderland.
7:54
SPEAKER_01: Last year they got caught up there late on.
7:55
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, this year they go, concede the penalty.
7:59
SPEAKER_01: Sensational save by Dev David Raya, and again, you as a as a as a goalkeeper, you like even more impressed with that.
8:05
SPEAKER_01: The speed he got over there, and down down low, down low is the hardest.
8:08
SPEAKER_01: That's the hardest place to get to like down low.
8:10
SPEAKER_01: Uh unbelievable save, and then they go up and Bruno Gamaris.
8:13
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, like what of course it had to happen away to Sunderland, exactly Newcastle man, being booed all the time.
8:18
SPEAKER_01: Uh, but uh like when I seen the result because I was out at a comedy gig myself and I missed the live game, uh, but it was like whew, that's a yeah.
8:27
SPEAKER_02: Again, that was like you're talking about you know pivotal moments in games, etc.
8:31
SPEAKER_02: etc.
8:32
SPEAKER_02: But yeah, whether it was a penalty or not, it was still given.
8:36
SPEAKER_02: And you know, Le Fay had scored a penalty in the week before for Sunderland to rescue a point for them at the death, and he looked very confident, but Davel Raye got across, tipped it on to the post, and 60 seconds later, Bruno's putting it into the top corner down the far end of the field with a super finish, and then obviously we get a penalty ourselves late on with uh Saka being taken down and uh Ronaldo getting red carded.
8:58
SPEAKER_02: He gets red carded.
8:59
SPEAKER_02: But I had I had thought that that was a potential banana skin for Arsenal.
9:02
SPEAKER_02: You know, yeah, hold on.
9:03
SPEAKER_01: You're back to our predictions by the way.
9:05
SPEAKER_01: We go back to the you thought maybe Sunderland would draw, which was valid enough, but yeah, thankfully as we hope to do that.
9:09
SPEAKER_01: And who did you go for?
9:10
SPEAKER_01: I went for Hull, which we'll get on to in a minute.
9:12
SPEAKER_01: Yes, okay.
9:13
SPEAKER_02: I just thought I just thought going to the Stadium of Light on a Saturday night after being in Napoli during the week for a Champions League game, I just thought a potential banana skin, and it's not an easy place to go anytime.
9:23
SPEAKER_02: And Sunderland played quite well, yeah, and the home fans in on top of you, you know, it's just it's it's a tough place, and I would have been happily coming away with a point.
9:32
SPEAKER_02: I really would have been, you know.
9:34
SPEAKER_02: But come away with three points, you know, definitely, definitely take that all day long.
9:39
SPEAKER_01: And then you flip back to your bold prediction, which was well, Hull.
9:43
SPEAKER_01: Uh I had said I just thought every week if you're only joining for the first time, every week at the end for fun, we try and pick a game that you wouldn't expect the result to be the way it is.
9:50
SPEAKER_01: And I picked Hull to draw with Chelsea, and they went uh two one up, one nil up, one-nil up, then two, one up.
9:58
SPEAKER_01: Was that right?
9:58
SPEAKER_01: Chelsea went one-nil up.
10:00
SPEAKER_01: Yes, yeah.
10:01
SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah, sorry, and Hull went back two-one.
10:02
SPEAKER_01: That was it.
10:03
SPEAKER_01: Uh, like they are so impressive.
10:07
SPEAKER_01: But I keep going back to to Chelsea, like out of the top six teams, Chelsea have conceded nine goals.
10:11
SPEAKER_01: Like, that's the worst in the top six current top six.
10:13
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, uh, and Hull are in that top six, oddly enough, you know.
10:16
SPEAKER_01: Uh, but like now again, I've said this since the first podcast.
10:20
SPEAKER_01: I was like, there isn't, I don't okay.
10:22
SPEAKER_01: Obviously, Caicedo has to come back in outside that maybe a Chelsea fan and say you haven't a clear what you're on about this guy, this guy's there seems to be more wing backs playing across their midfield and it looks the most unbalanced team, their attack, unbelievable, sensational.
10:34
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, but it's and it's like I mentioned on the first night that we were doing the pod, is Alonso decided to go down the route of you score, we'll score more than you, and hopefully we'll come out the right side in more games than not, and he'll get the fans back on side because you're playing good football, you're playing attacking football, so be it, if you concede one or two during the game, like if you go back to the Brighton game that the 1-4-3, you know, Chelsea fans went away from that game, absolutely delighted.
11:00
SPEAKER_02: Whereas, you know, defensively you have to be having question marks over you.
11:05
SPEAKER_02: Oh, yeah.
11:05
SPEAKER_02: Then Hull the last day that go 2-1 up.
11:08
SPEAKER_02: Like, I know Chelsea came back and drew two all, but again, it's they were real bad defensive concentration rather than turbulent mistakes.
11:16
SPEAKER_02: If you look at if you look at Hull's first goal, bounces over two Chelsea bears.
11:19
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I was showing my son watching a goal and says, You never let it bounce if you can.
11:22
SPEAKER_02: And it bounced over his head, and then the ball swung into the box and it bounced over his head again.
11:27
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and you know, he finished it off.
11:28
SPEAKER_02: And good luck to him.
11:29
SPEAKER_02: That was it, Balumi that got the balloon.
11:32
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I don't I don't think he he had he had got five goals in two years, then he had two in a few minutes.
11:36
SPEAKER_01: So people will be now wondering for him for their FPL team, you know.
11:40
SPEAKER_01: Uh Leeds, like they are now sitting pretty in third place, eight points, four points to pick the judge top.
11:46
SPEAKER_01: And like uh I had Calvert Lewin in my FPL, I was delighted myself, but like uh Okafar and all these lads, like there's some real the goal.
11:54
SPEAKER_02: Did you see the goal that uh Calvert Lewin got the header?
11:57
SPEAKER_01: Yes, I feel like that's all I was watching that going, oh of course they didn't give it to him.
12:02
SPEAKER_01: I was like more points, yeah.
12:03
SPEAKER_01: But uh that was really like it was a tight one, and he wasn't happy when the ref told him.
12:07
SPEAKER_01: It was funny, like, but like Leeds are this surprise package?
12:09
SPEAKER_02: Are we a bit is it that early season ball package I suppose um Leeds now it's you know it's their third season there now, so like obviously first season is all about survival, second season, you know, get your foothold in the Premier League and get yourself into mid-table, and then the third season, then push for a European spot because you look at some of the teams that are going to be playing European football this year, like the Sunderland.
12:31
SPEAKER_02: Do you know, like like Leeds who back in the noughties they were they were there playing Champions League football, you know?
12:38
SPEAKER_02: Big fan base, great stadium.
12:39
SPEAKER_01: It's one state, I'd love to go and see a match.
12:40
SPEAKER_01: So like that that lists the case.
12:42
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, but like and again, it's it it probably gives more question marks over Newcastle than answers about Leeds because you know Newcastle the week before had drew a Bournemouth two-all, Bournemouth after going into a 2-0 lead, you know, they pegged them back.
12:55
SPEAKER_02: But again last night, like Newcastle just had no answer to Leeds at all.
12:58
SPEAKER_02: Like, you know, and I know the scored in injury time.
13:01
SPEAKER_02: You know, it could have been four, five, six.
13:03
SPEAKER_01: All Leeds had loads of more loads more chances, like you know what I mean.
13:06
SPEAKER_01: So yeah, it was it was a real i I said to my son, we were going down home back home to Galway, and I and I said, I said, Monday night football, that's gonna be a dinger, it'll be a load of goals.
13:14
SPEAKER_01: You know those Monday night at Leeds, and like they're two teams that you know what I mean.
13:17
SPEAKER_01: They're not gonna be top of the table and carefree.
13:20
SPEAKER_01: It was crazy, like, and Leeds had like 15 shots, six on target, but like they had they had plenty of chances.
13:24
SPEAKER_01: So who knows?
13:25
SPEAKER_01: It could be the surprise uh surprise package.
13:28
SPEAKER_01: You never know.
13:28
SPEAKER_01: Before we get into the rest of our talking points, we'll just quickly go through the results uh for everyone.
13:32
SPEAKER_01: In case you missed any of them, Villa lost 2-1 at home to Nottingham Forest.
13:35
SPEAKER_01: We'll get into that in a minute.
13:36
SPEAKER_01: Chelsea 2-0 to Hull City, Liverpool 0 draw at home to Fulham.
13:39
SPEAKER_01: As we said, Arsenal 2-0 uh way to Sunderland.
13:42
SPEAKER_01: Um, as we said already, City 1-0 against United.
13:44
SPEAKER_01: Bournemouth drew two wall at Brentford, Crystal Palace uh lost at home to Ipswich 3-2.
13:49
SPEAKER_01: Tottenham didn't score again.
13:50
SPEAKER_01: By the way, as we're recording, it's a Tuesday night.
13:52
SPEAKER_01: They got a goal tonight in the League Cup, but they still lost to Liverpool 3-1.
13:56
SPEAKER_01: 3-1, yeah.
13:56
SPEAKER_01: So still not going the right way for Tottenham.
13:58
SPEAKER_01: Uh Coventry demolished at home by Brighton 5-0, and Leeds, as we said, 4-1 against Newcastle.
14:03
SPEAKER_01: So let's go back to that Spurs like six hours, six hours in the Premier League at everything.
14:08
SPEAKER_01: This is game week four where we're waiting, and they they get a goal finally in uh the EFL Cup.
14:14
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
14:15
SPEAKER_01: Like, is it just one of these things that it'll just click in a few weeks, or is it now getting into the territory of going uh this is likely getting worrying now?
14:23
SPEAKER_01: Now, by the way, they did get uh goals against Charlton as well.
14:26
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, to go back to that, so we'd go with that.
14:28
SPEAKER_01: But like we're talking Premier League, we're talking Premier League, and we're gonna have it a crack, they finally got one tonight.
14:32
SPEAKER_02: But against the Premier League opposition, talking bread and butter here, like you like six hours are not a goal in the Premier League, and with the players they have, like the players they have with the money that they spent, and like so you look at what's coming out over the last two days online about De Zerby and Richardison.
14:49
SPEAKER_02: So like Richardlesson obviously has wanted to go, wasn't let go, still thought he was going to Turkey then after the transfer deadline close in the UK.
14:58
SPEAKER_02: Watson let go for whatever reason, and that fell true.
15:02
SPEAKER_02: And then DeSerby comes out over the last 24 hours, and he kind of you know he throws him under the bus completely, like you know, and Richardlesson came out then and says he put out a statement this evening basically saying that he wasn't in the squad for tonight's game, and you know it it just looks to be a little bit messy uh on the Zerbi said he's not going to pick up and you you're uh Richardson was trying to do uh this was on the on the game match today or something.
15:28
SPEAKER_01: There's like there's lawyers involved trying to get him his move out, whatever collapsed.
15:31
SPEAKER_02: So I don't I don't know what's going on, but for De Zerby, what I said about De Zerbi, he's one of these managers.
15:35
SPEAKER_02: Like, if you've seen the incident where he went on the pitch talking to Matthias Tell at the end of the game, and it was like there was no need to be doing it.
15:44
SPEAKER_02: It was kind of like it was all nearly for show, as if to be too fond of the attention, maybe.
15:49
SPEAKER_02: Well well, I if you watched him when he was when he was manager of Marseille, some of the clips from the training ground that I seen of him, you know, he's like he doesn't hold back.
15:58
SPEAKER_02: Okay, and whether these Spurs players are going to react in the right way or the wrong way to it, so far it hasn't worked.
16:05
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, don't get me wrong.
16:06
SPEAKER_02: Now, they could hit the ground running, they could they could find their face.
16:09
SPEAKER_01: We can only talk about what we've seen, and like everyone is shocked by this.
16:11
SPEAKER_01: And like the the only one injured at the moment, I see is Mudric, and like he's not expected to come straight away.
16:16
SPEAKER_01: He's driving.
16:17
SPEAKER_01: Now, in fairness, some guys are just back in, but yeah, Kuroski maybe as well.
16:21
SPEAKER_01: Actually, I don't think he is he is he wasn't playing either.
16:23
SPEAKER_01: So uh I don't know.
16:25
SPEAKER_01: Like when you look to their team there, like Silank and then Marmoush playing.
16:28
SPEAKER_01: Solanke brought back in all of a sudden, you know, Savia Marmoush.
16:31
SPEAKER_01: Who knows?
16:32
SPEAKER_01: Like Tonali to me is the big superstar there.
16:35
SPEAKER_01: Van der Ven, and then the rest.
16:36
SPEAKER_01: Look, Van Heck is a good defender, but like Grey there.
16:39
SPEAKER_01: I mean, Robertson, maybe end of his career, Grey, maybe you know, younger player, maybe a future star.
16:45
SPEAKER_01: So yeah, they I look well.
16:47
SPEAKER_01: The funny thing is now they play Villa next weekend.
16:49
SPEAKER_02: So it's the two teams that you're talking about the Villa result there, got bet at home tonight and forest last weekend.
16:55
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, 2-1, like you know, and so there's two teams that you know are you know they're they're they're scraping now at the moment, they really are Villa and Spurs.
17:04
SPEAKER_02: And it's Saturday morning game, are we right in saying that?
17:06
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, half twelve.
17:07
SPEAKER_01: Yep.
17:07
SPEAKER_01: So there's a game like it's so Villa have got one goal of the Premier League and Tottenham have got none.
17:12
SPEAKER_01: So this could be like six goal thrillers.
17:13
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it could be conceded 17 goals between them, three-all, four-two, whatever it's gonna be.
17:17
SPEAKER_02: Like you know, so time of tenant.
17:20
SPEAKER_02: But yeah, they need to they need to get uh get livened up fairly fast, or their fans are gonna start turning on them again.
17:25
SPEAKER_01: But before the weekend, I think fans of FPL fans, of which there are many, uh, everyone's like, oh, Isaac, triple captain at home to Fulham.
17:33
SPEAKER_01: Fulham have been struggling, they you know, they haven't been too prolific.
17:36
SPEAKER_01: They're down, what, 18th?
17:38
SPEAKER_01: They've only got a point so far.
17:39
SPEAKER_01: And nil-nil.
17:40
SPEAKER_01: Nil nil.
17:41
SPEAKER_01: I watched parts of this.
17:42
SPEAKER_01: In Anvil, and Liverpool just looked flat.
17:45
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
17:46
SPEAKER_01: They looked flat, and again, this isn't just as gloating as Arsenal.
17:49
SPEAKER_01: No, we're not kids.
17:49
SPEAKER_01: No, like kids.
17:50
SPEAKER_01: We're just talking as football fans going.
17:52
SPEAKER_01: It was really surprising.
17:54
SPEAKER_02: Any of the Liverpool fans that I've been talking to over the weekend were like saying it's just not good enough.
17:57
SPEAKER_02: Like they had a decent performance during the week against Atletico Madrid in Champions League.
18:02
SPEAKER_02: Came back from a goal of legs, came back from a goal down one-two-one.
18:05
SPEAKER_02: But the whole idea is you know, you need your squad, okay?
18:09
SPEAKER_02: And then on Saturday against Fulham, like Allison very lucky didn't give away a penalty.
18:29
SPEAKER_02: You know, I think it was a Josh King, somebody jumped over his tackle, training a leg, was it?
18:34
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, okay.
18:34
SPEAKER_02: You know, and I like I'm sure that if there was a leg hanging there, it was definitely it was a stonewall penalty, like you know, yeah.
18:39
SPEAKER_01: And they didn't really look like scoring, like the no, their XG was like 1.3 or something, uh and like but like Fulham like 0.7, but they were just a bit more dogged, they were a bit more up for now again, midweek, but as you said, when you're a top team, you can't be using midweek anymore as an excuse.
18:56
SPEAKER_01: But like Barcola and Munos, they're two sign-ins, both off around the half at 60 minutes and 72 minutes.
19:00
SPEAKER_01: Like again, they're new sign-ins, but like you're you're you're kind of going, okay, we spent all this money again.
19:05
SPEAKER_01: Uh like, but Simicas, am I right and saying he hasn't played many games?
19:08
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
19:09
SPEAKER_01: Uh, so he was thrown back into the mix under yeah, yeah.
19:11
SPEAKER_01: So, like, again, I can't say I've watched him too much in the flesh.
19:14
SPEAKER_01: I don't want to pretend I don't know.
19:15
SPEAKER_02: I don't rate him too highly, to be totally honest.
19:17
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
19:17
SPEAKER_01: So that was a surprise call in there, but again, maybe maybe it's injuries.
19:21
SPEAKER_01: But anyways, we'll see.
19:21
SPEAKER_01: Will their balance balance out?
19:23
SPEAKER_01: But again, we're going into game week five this week and we'll go through those 16 minutes.
19:25
SPEAKER_01: Hull Chelsea, we did dip into the little bit, so we won't go back into too much.
19:28
SPEAKER_01: But like, as we said, Hull look fearless.
19:30
SPEAKER_01: Chelsea, real soft underbelly at the back.
19:32
SPEAKER_01: I don't see where they're gonna shore that up from what's on the bench.
19:35
SPEAKER_01: I don't see it at the moment.
19:36
SPEAKER_01: Now they've loads of backs, but they're all playing the midfield, yeah.
19:41
SPEAKER_01: So, yeah, so look, it'll be interesting to see where they come.
19:43
SPEAKER_01: Uh Coventry, are they are they gone already?
19:45
SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah.
19:46
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, if Patty Power probably pay out in that one, and no one wants to see it.
19:49
SPEAKER_01: Like, if you remember the nostalgia when we were young lads at the Premier League with Ukraine and all these, yeah.
19:53
SPEAKER_01: Hopefully they can bring back a bit of fun again.
19:55
SPEAKER_01: Yes, they uh they could have beaten Man City, yeah.
19:58
SPEAKER_02: And they had a couple they had a couple of super chances to go a goal or two up against Brighton.
20:03
SPEAKER_02: Like Van Brugen pulled off two brilliant saves, and then once the first goal went in, it was like the floodgates was open, and then you turn around then and your big money signing from Nottingham Forest, Awayani or Oyo.
20:17
SPEAKER_02: Like he gets himself sent off straight red, and like you're like you're trying to endear yourself to the home fans.
20:24
SPEAKER_02: You know, they're big and you up.
20:25
SPEAKER_02: You turn around, you do that, and you get a three-match suspension, like it's you know, so you're gone for four games basically for the one that you got sent off plus three more.
20:32
SPEAKER_02: And they're only 2-0 down at that point.
20:33
SPEAKER_02: It was a 53rd minute.
20:35
SPEAKER_02: And then Lewis Dunk hits a goal of the season contender from 35 yards into top.
20:41
SPEAKER_02: Super, super goal.
20:42
SPEAKER_02: He's never scored a goal like it again, like it before, nor will again.
20:45
SPEAKER_02: Not a hope.
20:46
SPEAKER_02: He was even laughing about it himself.
20:48
SPEAKER_02: It was like the ball came to him and he just let fly out in top corner.
20:51
SPEAKER_01: Brighton, uh, they're bright in the top scores, 13 goals.
20:53
SPEAKER_01: They are 13 goals.
20:54
SPEAKER_01: Chelsea has got 10, and then yeah, that's uh I think it's Arsenal maybe next year, some uh Arsenal, Arsenal City on eight.
21:00
SPEAKER_01: Uh but uh Villa again, we kind of we touched on them already.
21:04
SPEAKER_01: Like when are the in a word and Spurs, when are they gonna take?
21:08
SPEAKER_01: Look, we we'll go on to this weekend's fixtures because like this will kind of cross over into our stories.
21:12
SPEAKER_01: Uh so this weekend we'll tell you all the fixtures very quickly.
21:15
SPEAKER_02: Friday night is Brentford versus Chelsea, which is gonna be that's like you know, Brentford are just gonna sit in and hope that Chelsea stops them from scoring.
21:24
SPEAKER_02: And Brett and Keith Andrews and his men, you know.
21:26
SPEAKER_02: I know Nathan Collins didn't play the last day, he was out injured, which is a big loss to Brentford, you know.
21:31
SPEAKER_02: He really is because they played the five at the back.
21:33
SPEAKER_02: But Chelsea's attacking forwards, like they're gonna be facing up against uh five guys that are at the back that like to defend.
21:41
SPEAKER_01: And they yeah, they don't like it.
21:42
SPEAKER_01: Like I was over at Arsenal Brentford last year at the Emirates, and it took a while to crack them like so.
21:45
SPEAKER_01: And they're only a point behind Chelsea as well, you know, they're sitting in seventh there.
21:48
SPEAKER_01: Uh so Saturday morning, I think a lot of people will be watching this.
21:52
SPEAKER_01: Spurs at home to Villa.
21:54
SPEAKER_01: Uh, two teams, as we said, are absolutely crying out for a win.
21:57
SPEAKER_01: They need a bit of forms.
21:58
SPEAKER_01: Uh the three o'clock kickoffs on Saturday, Everton versus Ipswich, Brighton versus Arsenal, that's at Brighton, obviously.
22:04
SPEAKER_01: Uh Newcastle are at home to Hull, Nottingham Forest at home to Coventry at half five.
22:09
SPEAKER_01: And then on Sunday, Super Sunday, we have this four games on Sunday actually.
22:13
SPEAKER_01: There's Bournemouth and Liverpool is two o'clock, Man City Sunderland is at two o'clock, Leeds Palace at two o'clock, Fulham and United at half four.
22:21
SPEAKER_01: So we'll quickly run through let's pick it.
22:24
SPEAKER_01: Brentford Chelsea draw.
22:27
SPEAKER_01: Draw uh Spurs Villa.
22:31
SPEAKER_02: You wouldn't put much on Everton.
22:33
SPEAKER_02: I I I really wouldn't.
22:34
SPEAKER_02: And I again I'd say like a draw again.
22:39
SPEAKER_01: Villa have been dogged.
22:40
SPEAKER_01: Like they know Arsenal just about got them.
22:42
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, but like going to the Spadium.
22:45
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, going to the Spurs Stadium on Saturday morning.
22:47
SPEAKER_02: Like I'd I'd say I'd say they'd be happy to come away with a draw.
22:51
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
22:52
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, they'd take it.
22:52
SPEAKER_02: Everton Ipswich.
22:53
SPEAKER_02: I think Everton Everton would swing that one.
22:55
SPEAKER_02: I know Ipswich had a good win against Palace last weekend.
22:57
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
22:57
SPEAKER_02: 3-2.
22:58
SPEAKER_02: But you know, they just probably concede too many goals, and Everton are a doggot enough team.
23:03
SPEAKER_01: Everton conceded three, um Ipswich conceded ten.
23:06
SPEAKER_01: So and at home, Everton, you know, Moys is Moys.
23:09
SPEAKER_01: You know, he won't give you anything too easy.
23:11
SPEAKER_01: They'll be they lose the all-game.
23:12
SPEAKER_01: Brighton, Arsenal, the top scorers versus the best defence.
23:16
SPEAKER_01: Who would have thought that would be the narrative coming into this game?
23:18
SPEAKER_02: I'm telling you, that's again no more than Sunderland last Saturday night.
23:21
SPEAKER_02: And I would say whoever gets the first goal in this game will win the game.
23:25
SPEAKER_02: Okay.
23:25
SPEAKER_02: I know it's a cliche.
23:27
SPEAKER_01: I know it's a cliche, but if Brighton were to go a goal up, if I'm trying to be an optimistic Arsenal fan here, I go Sunderland are dogged and defensive.
23:35
SPEAKER_01: You know, they'll make it hard for you.
23:36
SPEAKER_01: Brighton are mad.
23:37
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so yeah, it could perfectly suit Arsenal.
23:39
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you know, so I I I'm hopefully confident that's okay.
23:44
SPEAKER_01: That's two bad words you don't put together.
23:46
SPEAKER_01: But uh I think Arsenal can take that one.
23:47
SPEAKER_01: Okay.
23:48
SPEAKER_01: Uh Newcastle and Hull.
23:49
SPEAKER_01: Now Newcastle after last night on Monday night as for the recording, hammered by Leeds away, come back home, and now they're meeting Hull.
23:57
SPEAKER_01: And Hull to New Fourth.
23:59
SPEAKER_01: Uh, like they've only conceded two goals and they've only scored five, but they're on a question of a wave.
24:03
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, they will and like they'll be like perfect time to meet Newcastle.
24:06
SPEAKER_01: Newcastle down in two.
24:07
SPEAKER_02: I think I heard uh a langa bad knee injury also from Newcastle.
24:11
SPEAKER_01: I had him in my team and FPL, and I was like, Where's he gone?
24:13
SPEAKER_01: But it worked out because I had Gibbs White in the sub, so it was grand, but anyways, yeah.
24:16
SPEAKER_01: So like he was he was kind of cooking a bit at the end of the season.
24:19
SPEAKER_01: So you'd be you'd pre-fancy and hull for a win there.
24:22
SPEAKER_01: They'll be ticking off now after the few games going.
24:24
SPEAKER_01: We we could beat them if we can draw Chelsea, why not?
24:27
SPEAKER_01: Uh Forrest Coventry.
24:28
SPEAKER_01: This is my FPL game of the weekend.
24:30
SPEAKER_01: I think this is a Gibbs White captain weekend, anyways.
24:32
SPEAKER_01: Um again Saturday evening.
24:34
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, uh DeLap, maybe another good man to pick.
24:36
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, got his first goal, wasn't it, at the weekend?
24:38
SPEAKER_01: Super goal, yeah.
24:39
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so he's like the new Chris Wood, maybe, but now he's only got one.
24:41
SPEAKER_01: Uh Bournemouth and Liverpool on Sunday, two o'clock.
24:45
SPEAKER_01: Bournemouth maybe not, like they've only what they've they've uh they've drawn three games and lost one, they've only got three games.
24:52
SPEAKER_02: You know, they've no again, they've no problem scoring, but Liverpool are just one of these teams that you know they're flattering deceive at the moment.
24:58
SPEAKER_01: Is it uh is it three or four draws they've had in their first four games?
25:02
SPEAKER_01: Liverpool, I'll pull it up here very quickly.
25:03
SPEAKER_01: Liverpool have had one win and three draws.
25:05
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
25:06
SPEAKER_01: You know, so like their fans are definitely hoping for bigger in that second season.
25:10
SPEAKER_02: But Bournemouth and Bournemouth at home are a good good side, they're a very good side at home, like you know.
25:15
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
25:16
SPEAKER_02: I smell a draw there now.
25:18
SPEAKER_02: I wouldn't be surprised to see Bournemouth, wouldn't it?
25:19
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, okay, interesting.
25:21
SPEAKER_01: City Sunderland.
25:22
SPEAKER_01: Hopefully, Sunderland can be as dogged against the Ballard.
25:27
SPEAKER_01: It's okay, grab those jerseys as much as you need.
25:29
SPEAKER_01: Um where is Sunderland sitting?
25:33
SPEAKER_01: There, I suppose they're down to 14th at four points.
25:35
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think it's their stadium of light form.
25:37
SPEAKER_01: I think it is.
25:38
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, maybe.
25:39
SPEAKER_01: Okay, so you probably have to give City that one.
25:41
SPEAKER_01: But they haven't been wild.
25:43
SPEAKER_01: They're not setting the word alight yet.
25:44
SPEAKER_01: No, but again, it is early season, we say that, but that's all we can do with judge what we see.
25:48
SPEAKER_01: Leeds Palace again, Palace down to 16th, only three points.
25:50
SPEAKER_01: Leeds sitting in third place on eight after a dinger of a home game.
25:54
SPEAKER_01: Now they're at home again.
25:55
SPEAKER_01: And this is another, I think, again, if you're FPL, it's Calvert Lewin here.
25:58
SPEAKER_01: So Leeds win there now.
25:59
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:00
SPEAKER_01: No, no, the Palace just don't seem to be getting themselves going.
26:02
SPEAKER_01: And then Fulham with a dogged nil-nil away at Anfield Aste up against Man United, who had a dogged, dogged time with VAR.
26:10
SPEAKER_01: But again, United not particularly buzzing either.
26:13
SPEAKER_02: So Craven Cottage, tough place to go.
26:16
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
26:16
SPEAKER_02: Small crowd or small stadium and crowd in on top of that.
26:19
SPEAKER_01: Fulham only one point so far, so yeah.
26:22
SPEAKER_01: Look, they're they're learning as they go.
26:23
SPEAKER_01: I mean, they have lost some key players in that as well.
26:25
SPEAKER_01: So call that one.
26:26
SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna go with a draw on that one.
26:28
SPEAKER_01: Okay, gonna go with a draw.
26:29
SPEAKER_01: So so our outside pick, let's see, we what's what's our outside pick this weekend?
26:32
SPEAKER_01: So uh we have to pick something that's not too obvious, you know.
26:37
SPEAKER_01: I'm less for fun.
26:39
SPEAKER_01: I'm I think I'll go Ipswitch to draw at Everton.
26:42
SPEAKER_01: Okay, well I'll go with Bournemouth to beat Liverpool.
26:44
SPEAKER_01: To get a result against Liverpool.
26:46
SPEAKER_01: Okay, what does that mean now?
26:47
SPEAKER_01: It's a draw or win.
26:48
SPEAKER_01: That's a software.
26:49
SPEAKER_01: Draw or win, draw or win, draw or win.
26:51
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
26:52
SPEAKER_01: Okay, that's all for this week.
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