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#4 Let the Hate Flow Through You · Draft Offsides Podcast

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Hello and welcome to episode 4 of Draft Off Sides.
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I'm here with Tico and Enzo. My name is Keith.
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How we doing guys? Doing great, man.
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How you doing? Good.
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Actually wanted to talk about something that just came to my
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attention. To start, have you guys seen
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these McKellar Teta British GQ images?
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No. Can you Google them immediately?
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He just did a full, like, cover story with the British GQ and
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they're not that bad, but I just feel like it's just such a weird
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look, like right before you start a season as a professional
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and then like, having you dress up.
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My God, it's just bizarre. What is that pull?
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What he's wearing, Yeah. I mean, it's not, there's not
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any single one that's like that egregious, but it's just the,
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it's just the collective, you know, it's like the sum of the
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parts, the sum of the photos is greater than the whole, just the
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crediness, you know? He's fucking posing.
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So weird, man. And he's got the same looking.
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I'm sorry man. Look, I'm gonna say for someone
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that's spent over 500,000,000 / 3 years and hasn't won anything,
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he doesn't deserve to be on GQ. Can't be honest, I just.
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I just can't. I just don't think like anyone
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should take him seriously after this.
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Like this is not a very this does not seem like a serious man
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to me. Like, serious men do not wear
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helmet laying tracksuits. You know what serious men do.
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I'm gonna throw it out there right now in January, it's gonna
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be either you're gonna see the #Arteta out, that's what you're
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gonna see in January. When you're in.
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When you're in. Honestly, after seeing this
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cover photo, I I don't know if Arsenal's winning the EPL
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anymore. That's what I mean.
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It doesn't instill confidence. Let's just put it that way.
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Like nothing is that bad, but it just does not make me like, does
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not give me a lot of faith, Harry Kane.
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So yesterday there was news that there was an ultimatum, was on
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the buyer and offered €100 million.
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He had 24 hours to accept. It was like it seemed like a
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hostage negotiation. Seems like a James Bond hostage
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negotiation by Bayern Munich. You have one.
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You have 24 hours to accept Mr. Bond.
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Fucking didn't work, did it? Cuz?
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Levy's A stubborn bastard. So do you think he's staying
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now? I feel like it's still up in the
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air. I was hoping like I was like,
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oh, I'm gonna go to bed. I'm gonna wake up and there's
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gonna be some clarity like, oh, this is awesome.
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And then the woke up and still no no clarity one way or the
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other. Maybe I was following it all
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night. So when the midnight hit over
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there. They were like, they still
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haven't heard from Daniel Levy buy me and get pissed.
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But now they're gonna give him till the end of the weekend.
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The deal was still on, so it was just a fucking ploy.
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I don't know what Levy's gonna do.
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He's gonna wait till the last minute.
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But honestly, I just wanna get this deal through the fucking
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door, man. I think everyone does, right?
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I think there's just nothing positive about this for anyone.
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But it also doesn't make waiting the waiting.
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That's not to sell them. If you're gonna sell them, sell
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them as early as you can. So you could put that money to
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use. And are you gonna buy a
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Hurricane jersey for this year, The new one, even if they sell
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them? Why would I do that, you idiot?
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Just just to be like what it could, what could have been.
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Just hug him. Whenever you miss it, just wear
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it mostly with it. No, I'm not going to.
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I've already got a Harry Kane, England Jersey Hurricane,
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Totland jersey. That's fine.
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That's the past. I'll buy you Hurricane Bayern
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Munich, jersey 0. Fuck off the more like as this
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gets closer and it like gets feel starts to feel real.
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It's like why wouldn't taught them?
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Some of them like this seems crazy to me.
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It's not like they're gonna, it's not like they're like in
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this season where they're like really gonna challenge for the
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league and like this is their last shot and like maybe if they
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win then they can convince them to stay or something.
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It's like, you know, like I think the best case scenario
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scenario for Tottenham is like getting like 4th place and like
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making it to a cup final, like realistically right?
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Am I wrong to think that? Realistically, and I completely
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agree. Like look, Tom McCain made for
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last season worst position we've come in in like 8 years and
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Harry Kane had one of the best seasons he's had with us.
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So even though he scored all those goals, yes he's one of the
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main reasons we were at 8th, but we were only at 8th.
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How much worse can we do? We should be rebuilding,
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honestly. So let's 100 billion goes a long
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way to rebuilding. Yeah, I think we're just putting
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a TBD on the Hurricane saga. It's still still in the works.
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How you feel about Elisa, Keith, you hear those rumors.
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Elisa to Chelsea. How do I feel about Elisa?
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You know, honestly, it's good for Chelsea.
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It's a little, it's a little bit of a bummer for like Fantasy
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Draft, though, because Elisa is like a star for Fantasy Draft,
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right? But he goes to Chelsea's like,
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he's just, he can even be a startable asset.
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But for Chelsea, yeah, of course, like stoked.
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I think that's that's the exact type of player we needed.
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And I think him and then now we just did a center mid and then I
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feel like our team's pretty like in a pretty good spot.
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You know, you guys were quietly spent over 200,000,000.
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I didn't even know it was until I checked.
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Yeah, but you know, we also quietly sold over 200 million.
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23 players sold, 23 players. You know a funny one too is this
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Timo Livermento going to new going to Newcastle from
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Southampton and the fee's getting up like 40 million for
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him. So he's like a he's the left
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back. But what's crazy is that he's a
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he was a former Chelsea player and Chelsea has like a 40%
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clause in there, so they're gonna get 40% of this next sale.
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So they're gonna get like 15,000,000 from this Newcastle
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sale. Chelsea's doing great business.
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Yeah, it's amazing. They really are.
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No, they're just laundering money.
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They're still laundering money. It's still, that's good.
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Laundering money is good business to me.
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So as long as you're not getting caught with good business.
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But if you think about, look, Chelsea spent over 200,000,000.
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Yeah, they sell 23, but they got 11 players and there's a few
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good players in there. Yeah, Arsenal's also spent over
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200,000,000. How many players are they
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bought? 3.
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Well, half of them gloserize just.
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Saying how much is United spent between with all three players?
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170 that was on three players too.
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That was on three players, two 170, but the other?
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Teams, you mentioned United and Arsenal, They're already
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competing for the top four. They finished top four last
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year. Whereas Chelsea, they need to
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bring up more players because there's this is, this is a
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transition. That wasn't my argument.
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It was the fact that they sold 23 players to actually be able
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to spend the 200,000,000, whereas also haven't sold
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anybody, may not haven't sold anybody, but like they sold.
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Sure, they sold 23, whatever, like 23 players, but like when
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you really look at it, they really like most of that money
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came from five guys. Yeah, yeah, of course.
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You know, it came from Kai Haber.
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It's missing out. Like it still stacks up.
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Just sign. Yeah, Tika, did you see that?
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Now miss another city. No, he I didn't.
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I didn't watch it. He missed another one.
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Yeah, so I I just tweeted from our official account.
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Mason now is one more mish tapping away from the curse
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being complete and him turning into Davy Jones who's the pirate
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guy with the tentacles from Pirates of the Caribbean.
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I like, you know, soccer's the one thing in my life where I
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like like wish ill on other people.
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Like everything else in my life, I'm like super positive, like
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wish everyone the best. Like I want like negative energy
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soccer. I'm just like suffer like you
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deserve this, but you deserve this pain.
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I'm saying that's just some of the culture, man, but.
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It's funny because whenever, let's say if it's a big game and
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my team wins, I enjoy the other team.
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Watching the other team players suffer crying more than I
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enjoyed them lifting the trophy, I'm like, that's what you get,
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truly. Such a such a weird thing to get
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happy about, but it brings so much joy.
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I love fucking football fans, man.
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I love them Speaking of the the only thing that I do not
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celebrate in that sense is injuries.
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And Speaking of injuries his Zeus got had what another knee
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injury huh. So he's is he's either saying
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he's out for like 4 weeks is he just had a little surgery.
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Yep. Well clean up surgery on his
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knee. How do you guys feel?
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Is that like, is that pushing him down for you guys?
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Is that he's he's not as, uh, exciting?
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Go for you, go for someone else before him.
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A knee injury is not easier. Come back from, you know, I
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mean, especially because it's not his first one either.
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That's what that knee injury is, why he missed like half a lasses
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or however however much lasses he missed.
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How old is Jesus? He's in the younger side.
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That's what I was thinking, yeah, he he joined City really
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young, so it is some in my mind. He's older than he is.
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It's also good because you know he's gonna get injured every
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year, so he's kind of getting the injuries out of the way so
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you'll have him for the end of the year.
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Jay Zeus is 26. Well, he was probably like the
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the third striker off the board or the 4th striker off the board
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right now. He still goes first round, just
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not that early. I don't think he goes first
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round. I don't think I take first
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round. No, I think he's still your top
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five striker, not the first round, because there isn't a lot
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of strikers who are. Who else are you going to take
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over him? I would take.
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I think Olly Watkins goes ahead of him now for me.
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Oh yeah. OK.
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Yeah. I was gonna say, give me, give
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me. Not yet.
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I was just saying son, son, Rashford.
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I don't think even like Son will go ahead of him just cuz of
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value, cuz of the value and injury.
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I think. I think that combo, I think it's
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now you have no argument to take Son over him.
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Like if I just saw the Mason Mountain miss.
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He just whiffed it. Yeah, that's terrible.
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Yeah, it's the curse of curse of betraying your boiled club.
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Or now it's betrayal. Yes, now it's betrayal.
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And then also the other one that happened was Christopher and
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cuckoo for Chelsea, who looks so freaking good all preseason.
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And then the last preseason game kind of went down with a neat
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thing. And it's been like they've been
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like really quiet about it and it's kind of scary that they
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haven't. There hasn't been more info on
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his injury. Did it matter where he get
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injured too? Yeah, but he hasn't even played
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a minute yet. Lot to hell.
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So what was his injury? Is this something they haven't
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given a time frame? How long he's gonna be out.
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It was it was a neat thing. He just like, but it was like it
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was like a contact me thing. So he went in he went in like he
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was in the box and someone made a challenge.
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He kind of just like twisted a little.
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So hopefully it's you know I don't think it's.
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I think the fear is not that it's like a torn ligament as
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much as if it's like a tweak or a strain but I don't know.
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I mean. It's better if it's a contact
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injury, yeah, I think it's way better if it's contact injury,
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but yeah. You guys got a lot of injuries,
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man. I think you also Tottenham and
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Chelsea have the most I think but don't you have like 2
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Cinnabex for fauna and frigging Chalaba both injured.
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Balia Shell and for Fauna are both injured Balia shells is
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like in a few weeks be back for Fauna's is like maybe not play
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this whole season so be screwed up gold and I'm seeing someone
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else in this injury report. I don't know if it's really
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relevant, but Bendakor and so you want us.
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It is relevant. Why would I watch?
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He was key, like we were doing really well beginning the season
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and him going out with that injury, that knee injury was,
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you could see the change in the team like he was like doing box
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to box. He was scoring goals, creating
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chances. I don't know why you're shaking
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your head, Tiko, because I'm speaking, in fact, did you watch
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top ten games? I don't think you.
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That exactly. So let me talk and I'm talking
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facts. When he gets back, it's gonna
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change. But honestly, even when he gets
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back, if we lose Hoiberg. Along with Bend the Call still
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being injured, who am I going to have with matters?
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Skip Basuma. That's a I think Basuma comes
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back in when the folding is good.
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I bet you if you guys are. I hope so, but that was a good
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play. He was a good play.
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I don't know, like he just got totally frozen out by contact.
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No, I got injured. I'm sorry I have to go back to
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this. When you said Topping started,
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very good. Yeah, they went.
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They won the first match, lost, won, won and then they lost like
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the next three or four. They never started really good
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last year. Yeah, we were in the top.
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We were at least not right. We were in the top four, top
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five for the first like third of the season when you're talking
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about until he got injured. You keep out of there.
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Keep looking. You fucking checking facts right
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in front of me? Go.
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Keep looking. They started two and two.
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Look at the league table. No, no, keep going.
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You're going like four games. Do a bigger sample.
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You really want to do this? Maybe.
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I don't think you do. I'm looking at it right now.
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They lost some Newcastle 6/1. Was he playing?
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That was a bad game. I remember that game.
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It was like within 7 minutes. Alright, moving on, Keith,
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moving on. So the other thing that's just
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been really weird to me is West Ham sold Declan Rice for 100
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million, sold Somaka to Atlanta for 30 million.
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They haven't bought anyone. They don't any players.
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No, they have. They bought one guy.
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Sean Moore from Cliftonville, OK.
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In Ireland. 18 A 17 year old is a wingback.
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That's all they bought. And how much did he cost them
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like? It's undisclosed.
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So it's like 100,000. Yeah, just like come hang out
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with us, You can see with us. We're not gonna pay you.
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Undisclosed, but I'm sure I'm assuming there's not even a
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million. He's it's from a team called
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Cliftonville. I had to look up where where was
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at. I thought it was an Australian
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team maybe, but it's actually an island I guess.
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So do you know what like as I'm reading this, I'm just getting
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these like flashbacks to last year with Leicester City where
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they didn't bring anyone in in the summer transfer window and
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then they ended up getting relegated.
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And you start to think about it like is this a similar like, you
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know, I think in the Premier League you need to improve in
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order just to like keep up with everyone else.
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Cuz everyone's constantly improving.
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Every team is getting better every year.
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You know, quote air quotes are always trying to improve their
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teams. If you're just stagnant, you're
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gonna, you're going to like you're lose.
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You know, standing still is losing in the Premier League.
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So I look at West Ham and I think I was shed.
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I when I was doing research last night and I saw when I was
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looking into their team, I saw they're looking to buy Edson
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Alvarez from Ayox. Before that he used to play in
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Mexico. Club America plays defensive
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midfield. Not too familiar with him, but I
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guess they just want to bring someone else to replace Rice and
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they. Just kind of running back with
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just the downgraded defensive midfielder.
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Maybe that's their game plan. I don't know, but I agree with
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Keith. But I hate to bring Tottenham
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back into the fall. But remember we didn't buy
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anyone for 18 months. We didn't exactly drop either.
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We stayed in the top 4, yeah, but you guys maybe could have
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won a league a few. Lots of people.
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Wow. He would have improved on that.
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You. Know what I mean?
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Wow, he's realizing this for the first time that Keef I just
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clicked. There's a thing past mediocrity
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you can achieve for. Yeah.
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Top four was a mediocrity. Alright, we're going Mr. 12th
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Place. Don't be jumping.
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Don't be doing that. But you guys also had Harry
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Kane, so it's a world class player son.
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So the the team was better. Yeah, yeah.
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I mean imagine, imagine selling Harry Kane for 100 million and
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then not buying anyone else which might slap in this window.
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But you know what I mean? That's like that's pretty much
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what it would be like. It'd be like selling your best
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player like West Ham selling their like Talisman and then not
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bringing anyone in at all. I and I heard like David Moyes
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is pissed. I think he, him and the
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technical director like going at it.
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I don't know. To me, that's like a red flag.
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I'm like every West Ham player, Jared Bowens now.
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I'm like, I don't know. I really wanna, I don't know if
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I want any piece of West Ham in any capacity.
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I agree. All right, another bit of news.
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Manchester United officially confirmed the signing of Rasmus
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Toyland. I know we talked about it a
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little bit last week but but are we still feeling like like the
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twelve goals is the over under for him in the season?
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I'll take that bit, Kiko. You still feel confident about
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that? You're not.
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You're not confident. No, I'm feeling more confident.
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The more I think about it, the more confident I get.
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OK, So that's me. That's about me.
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It ends over. See you on that bat.
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Over 1212 is a push. 12 is a push.
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He ain't gonna get 12. Man, he might get it in the
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first month. He ain't gonna get 10.
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No, I feel like I have to draft it.
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Yeah, good luck. We have what how many United
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fans in our league? I'm gonna draft him when you
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think he goes. I saw him go in like the third
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round or the second round in a draft the other day.
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Was it full of Man United fans? I don't know, just full of
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people. Because there's no reason from
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the go 3rd and not not third overall in the third round they
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just get strikers are so rare. Oh.
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OK, that's nice to do it. Strikers.
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And it's Man United. So he's gonna get opportunities.
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It's where not he's gonna take him.
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I just don't think he's gonna take him.
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I think for a third round it's a you could get a really good
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player in the third round, but if you take a risk on him and he
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ends up, you know, scoring 15 plus.
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If that's what you think, if that's the risk you're willing
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to take third down, you know you're not gonna lose a draft on
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by drafting a player like him in the throw down.
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Even even if he gives you ten goals, it's not gonna be
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terrible. Yeah, I kind of.
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I think third round, if I was like hypothetically if I was
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like this guy's gonna be great. I think this third round is
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where I'd be comfortable taking him.
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I think there's just too many locked in players that are sure
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things in the first two rounds to even to go before that.
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The other big one is garvet all this.
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How do you say this guy's name? The the city signing Vardy all
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Vardy all the city that big strong center, Croatian center
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back, pretty exciting player. Seems like he can play kind of.
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He's pretty versatile. The fact that he's quick, but
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he's also big and strong. He seems like the perfect pep
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center back. Do you think he starts every
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single game? He's a good fucking center back,
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man. It's funny cuz all these fucking
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Tottenham targets that we have for the last couple years are
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all going to other clubs, pal. Torres went to Villa.
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You know, Vaudio went to Man City.
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They're they're good defenders. They're very good defenders
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because Daniel Levy is a pain in the ass to work with.
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No one wants to work with him. Correct.
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You could also play on the wing. You play some left.
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You guys think pet bottom just because the last thing is so
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similar. Stupid.
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You're a idiot, but what do you think Pat plays with four
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center? Like, literally.
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Last year, he was playing with four center backs across the
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back line. Well, it wouldn't be the first
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time our team's done that. Chelsea, you know Chelsea did
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it. Tony Pulitz used to do it for
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like the Stoked is. Who was?
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Who was? Who was that four center backs?
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It was like. Oh, you guys.
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Did I fucking remember it? You had like, Robert Hoof
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Cavalio. Who else?
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Was it? Galas?
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And there was one more Was this during like the first Iraq War
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or something it? Was like it was.
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No, I kid you not. Check it out.
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I remember it to this day, cuz it wasn't just one game.
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You guys played several games with fucking four center backs
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and it worked out for Chelsea. Yeah.
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I mean, I think it's different too.
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If you're freaking, if you're Pat Cordiola and you can play 4
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center backs and one of them goes in the midfield and then
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every other player in your team just doesn't have to track back,
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you just have like 5 attacking players.
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Cuz I think he's using Johnstone's as like a Beckham
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Bower. He's having him fucking charge
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down the field like that, so it'll probably just be 3 in the
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back with Johnstone's moving up. Do you guys trust that Pat is
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gonna do the same thing again, though?
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I have no faith that he's gonna do this.
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Like, you know, people like he's gonna do the same thing this
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year. Like he always changes stuff and
19:47
so everyone's like the I think the Johnstone shout is a good
19:49
shout. Like he's a very interesting
19:51
player and he's the defender. You can get potential assists
19:53
from and key passes and all these other stats, but like in
19:56
my mind I'm like there's not guarantee that that's that
19:59
again. Like he might have Kyle Walker
20:01
start playing in that role, like start tucking in and he might,
20:04
you know, like he might have cavarti all be that guy and John
20:07
Stones is like the backup for him.
20:08
Like, there's just so many options that could happen with
20:12
Pap where he's just touched the tinker that I'm not like.
20:15
I don't know. No, I think he's just fixing
20:17
what he had problems with last season.
20:19
Remember when they had Bernardo Silverplane left back for a
20:21
little bit and then they had to bring in, you know, he didn't
20:25
have those options. So now he's he's just doing what
20:28
he does, which is depth from bringing in options.
20:30
Yeah, versatility. He's just getting more players,
20:32
actually multiple positions. He's just gonna do this one his
20:35
lab tanker. Tanker until he finds the
20:38
perfect mix. But I think all that versatility
20:40
means that it's there's the players are just unreliable.
20:43
You just can't, you can't depend on.
20:45
There's maybe like three players in the City side that you can
20:48
depend on like starting almost every game, and everyone else
20:51
it's like, oh, maybe they'll start.
20:53
Like they might start, you know, depending on what what Peps like
20:56
what Pep like freaking drew up on the whiteboard today.
21:00
That's the frustrating thing with having Man City players,
21:02
unless you have Halal and KDB who also fall drillish.
21:07
Maybe Fallen and then everyone else is probably just the
21:09
carousel of players. Yeah.
21:11
Do you think already all falls into that carousel or do you
21:14
think he becomes most staple? They just paid 100 million for
21:16
him. That was a thefty price tag.
21:19
Paid 100 million for greenish. He sat on the bench for a whole
21:21
year. I know.
21:21
So I'm saying like, for that reason, I feel he's going to go
21:24
in a position where I probably don't want to pick him up
21:26
because of that. I wonder how the Negotiate
21:28
negotiations go with Man City. They come to Man City, comes to
21:31
the table like, oh, we'll give you 20 million.
21:33
Another person says 30, and then just Man City just raises their
21:36
own bed. No, they just kind of like the
21:39
price side. They're just competing against
21:41
no one. We have so much money.
21:42
We'll give you more and more. I swear they've actually like
21:46
before the greenish deal. Their deals are all pretty like.
21:48
Rational, you know what I mean? It wasn't like they were
21:50
dropping like huge sums. You know like the are you are
21:54
you. Do you think I'm crazy Like the
21:56
some of their it was there in like the thirty 40s.
21:58
They weren't hitting those like 8090 million price tags for
22:01
players. Feels like you've been listening
22:02
to Pep Guardio's interviews and him saying we don't spend money,
22:05
we can't afford that player, we don't spend money.
22:08
They fucking spend so much fucking money.
22:11
They spend so much money through the years.
22:13
And I drink in the cool end is that I think you drink, you're
22:15
drinking that that Kool-aid from Sky Sports.
22:18
No, but like, OK, sorry, but they're not.
22:19
They're not like look at like like United.
22:22
Look at Arsenal, like these huge transfers, like City was like in
22:27
that. Like who they bought before
22:29
Grillish before Gurardi. All OK, let me think.
22:33
There was like there were players there in the 30s
22:36
forties. They weren't like these players
22:37
that they're paying 8090 so they got they got lucky with Harlan
22:42
cuz they bought his, his, his claws.
22:45
That's what I mean. How much was Raheem Sterling?
22:47
Oh yeah, they got him for they. It wasn't 100 mil, but they
22:51
still spent money on him. I think it was like 6570 mil.
22:55
Was it that much? Yeah.
22:56
But even I guess that's that was a lot back then.
22:59
It's back then. Inflation every You take
23:01
everything into account. 49, 49 million. 49, What year is that?
23:06
2015, OK. I'm retracting that I guess.
23:10
I guess you're kind of right listening to Pep too much.
23:12
Don't listen to it, man. It's all fucking smoke and
23:14
mirrors. You're right.
23:16
They spend a lot of money. Yeah, they spend a lot of money.
23:22
It's like, you tell me Chelsea doesn't spend money either.
23:25
They just they spend pennies I. Mean they spend money, but they
23:28
they sell a lot of players. I've said I've seen you guys so
23:31
many like statistical like bar graphs instead of explaining
23:35
that. You you can spend money.
23:37
If you're making money, it's it's a cash flow.
23:38
It's an in and out thing. You're looking at me.
23:40
Come on. Basic.
23:41
Nah, yeah, sure. So I mean I know it's for you.
23:45
It's hard to understand cuz you don't you're not selling players
23:47
the way that we're selling players.
23:49
So it's it's hard for you to get you're a little we only we only
23:53
do it every 10 years, OK? Like we sold bail, got a lot of
23:56
money, we sold. Madre got a lot of money, we
23:58
sold. We're about to sell Harry Kane a
23:59
lot of money. That's what we do every few and
24:01
then we rebuild. But we don't just throw money at
24:04
it cuz we have a tight fisted freaking chairman.
24:08
It's not my fault. I love how you could say
24:10
anything you want about Chelsea. You could talk so much shit
24:12
about them. They're not performing, they
24:14
suck their this and that. But anytime you talk about how
24:17
that their expenses, how they buy and sell do business, that's
24:20
like the spot where it keeps get so emotional, so defensive and.
24:24
If you look at the numbers, it's like not that bad like they've
24:27
their net spend is so much lower than Arsenal, so much lower than
24:31
United's so. Like, whatever.
24:34
Like you guys, you guys are like, you guys are ignoring fact
24:37
to like go on this narrative that isn't true, so that that's
24:39
where I get heated. It's like if you tell me that
24:41
Chelsea sucks, I'm like, yeah, we fucking got 12.
24:43
We suck. Like I can't.
24:44
There's no art there. It's like that.
24:45
That's the the stone cold truth you're starting to talk about.
24:48
Chelsea's like spending, overspending.
24:50
It's like, well, that's actually not true.
24:53
So it's hard for me to like to sit there and like take it on
24:55
the chin. That's the longest run you've
24:58
been on in four episodes, and it was about spending money.
25:03
Yeah, let's move on. Community Shield is tomorrow, it
25:11
is Manchester City versus Arsenal.
25:15
It's always a weird thing with Community Shield, so you know,
25:18
usually it's the FA Cup winner versus the Premier League
25:20
winner, but if the same team wins both, it's the runner up to
25:23
the Premier League. So it's kind of a weird, weird
25:26
thing is Arsenal, you know, Obviously City got the trouble,
25:29
so then it's Arsenal got runner up to the league, so they're
25:31
playing them. Do you guys, is that a game?
25:33
That's is it like the last stress rehearsal is that's how
25:36
you guys kind of look at it. Because I remember last year
25:38
watching Liverpool City and like, that was a really exciting
25:43
game. It was like the Nunez versus
25:45
Holland, like the first time they were playing each other,
25:47
like Liverpool winning that game.
25:50
It was like, you know, it's like a very exciting experience.
25:52
Is that like, was that the norm? I feel like or is that I just
25:56
feel? I can't remember other Community
25:58
Shields being that exciting, like the way that that last
26:00
year's was. Well, no, Community Shields
26:02
always for me is important. If you're in it, it's like
26:05
you're the best two teams in England, supposedly, you know, I
26:08
mean, so it's like a it's bragging right before the
26:11
beginning of season. It's also mind games, if you can
26:13
beat them, you'll have that over him for the whole season.
26:16
You know, I mean, I think that's, I think it's an
26:18
important game for those two teams and it's a good stepping
26:22
stone into the season. Actually, how last season ended
26:25
with Man City just snatching the title away from Arsenal.
26:30
I think Arsenal might just come out and just the way they came
26:32
out against Barcelona. This is like the Champions
26:35
League final, giving everything they have, but should be a good
26:38
game. It's something you want to
26:39
watch. It's last like dress rehearsal
26:41
for Get ready for the season. I I just don't think that that
26:45
indicative of of what the season's going to be like.
26:47
Look at last year like Liverpool beat City.
26:50
Liverpool went on to like, stink up their next several games.
26:55
You know, yeah. You think that doesn't?
26:58
Do you think Pet plays everyone or he might just thank some of
27:00
his stars? I think he still wants to win
27:03
it. I think it's still a trophy.
27:04
I think they still care. I think Pat pays, plays a pretty
27:07
strong team in my opinion. Yeah, why wouldn't you?
27:11
Again, It's preseason, but it's closer to the season, so you
27:14
want everyone to be fit. Injury risk, He'll definitely
27:18
use all 5 Subs. I also think like, it's one of
27:21
those things where if you're a City fan and they lose, you're
27:23
like whatever it's preseason, if you're a City fan and they win,
27:26
it's like we fucking won that game because that that game is
27:28
important, You know? It's like you kind of reverse
27:30
the narrative depending on what you what you want to see from
27:33
it. Yeah, maybe.
27:36
Like, I don't know, like you, you actually made a good point.
27:38
Like last year Liverpool fucking won it and then they went to
27:41
stink up, stink up half the season.
27:42
But they did come back and finish strong.
27:45
But you know, and Man City came back and they won the league,
27:49
but I still think it's an important game.
27:52
Yeah, you know what was funny with last year too, is watching
27:54
that game, watching Darwin Nunez, and he looked really good
27:57
in that game. Like he scored a goal.
27:58
He was just really like aggressive.
28:00
And I feel like that actually kind of made me feel more
28:03
comfortable drafting him where I did in the second round because
28:07
I was like, oh wow, like this guy.
28:09
This guy has like got it. He like, he has really good
28:11
instincts and he's like gonna get his nose in front of goal.
28:14
I don't think I was ever wrong to think that, but just the
28:16
maturity issue was with him or the problem right.
28:18
He got that red card and then I think like positionally he just
28:20
wasn't quite there. Who in The Who in like the first
28:24
few rounds you feel like is like runs the risk of just kind of
28:26
being a flop like that. Like the Darwin union level.
28:29
You know, like clearly a good player in there but just might
28:32
just might not work out. Is there anyone that comes in
28:34
mind for you guys either? New team, new to the league?
28:40
Oh no, no. What's his name?
28:42
Oh no, no, he's he's gonna fucking.
28:45
Do you see that golf in the halfway line?
28:47
I did see that. I'm telling you, man, they just
28:51
got rid of the Golden Gloves and they've now got a guy that's
28:53
going to be seeping in Ghosts. I think he's going to be falling
28:58
from grace this season. I think we we all kind of called
29:01
that, right? We were talking about that a few
29:02
weeks ago. I think we're all kind of on
29:04
that same page like I'm staying away from Manana.
29:06
I've no desire to have him on a team.
29:09
I liked how he got mad at Harry McGuire.
29:11
Fucking lovely it was. That's another player player.
29:16
I always feel bad for Harry McGuire because I think outside
29:19
of the EPL he will do very well, just like he did for England.
29:23
I think outside of United he'll do really well.
29:25
I think if he went to West Ham he'd do well if.
29:28
You want to toddle him? I don't think he's gonna do well
29:30
in the Premiership no more. I think he needs to fucking
29:32
leave. Go to France.
29:35
Look, look 10. Hogg wants to play out of the
29:37
back. Harry McGuire cannot for his
29:40
life play out of the back, so it makes him look so much worse
29:43
than he actually is. When he's like, asked to do
29:46
these things that he is, like, incapable of, that's gonna make
29:49
anyone look bad. He's looked bad.
29:52
Not with the boy's feet. I've seen him let the ball just
29:54
run in front of him and walk into another player's fucking
29:57
feet and they just tap it in. He's he's been horrendous the
30:01
last few years. He's definitely not worth it.
30:03
We all said it at the beginning. He wasn't worth the price tag.
30:05
May and I paid and it's just it's just showing suit.
30:09
You gotta understand they got rid of Smalling Sound to to
30:12
Roma. He just killed over there.
30:14
I like Chris Morning. I thought he was a grace in the
30:16
back. I thought he should have stayed.
30:18
That's not the player they should have got rid of.
30:20
Like I think change of senior might be good for McGuire to
30:23
just. Yeah, no confidence.
30:27
You take away Captain Batch from him.
30:31
You have a new goalkeeper yelling at you in the preseason
30:33
match. Crazy.
30:36
Also if he wants, if he has any shred of hope of continuing to
30:39
play for England, he needs to go to like a team.
30:42
That's not, that's not as good that he's gonna play every
30:44
minute of He needs to go to like West Ham or like somewhere where
30:48
he's gonna play all the time because he's not gonna play it
30:50
for United. He's not.
30:51
He's. You know what's he waiting on an
30:53
injury. And even then he's he's even
30:56
behind Veran and Martinez. Is Lindelof there in front of
31:00
him, then McGuire? Like where does he even fit in
31:02
that that? That FA Cup game is maybe FA
31:05
Cup. Yeah, you're not gonna, but he.
31:07
I think he's him Staying United is pretty much him being like, I
31:09
guess I'm not playing for England anymore in my opinion.
31:12
You mean pretty much. Southgate keeps fucking picking
31:14
him because he I don't think. He's going after this.
31:18
I don't think he. I don't think he can continue to
31:19
pick him if he's not getting regular playing time.
31:22
Yeah, I don't know. I think stalling March is
31:25
another one that might get picked pretty high and he had an
31:28
amazing year last year. I don't know if he's gonna be
31:30
able to repeat that. Yeah, yeah, it's such a weird
31:33
one, right? Because you know, he's been,
31:34
he's been around for a while, but like obviously an amazing
31:37
year that with Deserve be was huge.
31:39
But I just also feel like the other thing too is Stolen March
31:41
is they brought in like two or three new attacking players into
31:44
that into that squad too. So it just might like, does he
31:48
start every game? Is he even gonna get as much
31:50
playing time if he if he has a little bit of a dip in form at
31:52
any point, is he? Out of theirs it's like he's
31:55
just like big name where they can't pension.
31:58
So I kind of, I agree there. I think there's a few defenders
32:01
that would be falling from grace this season, Perfectly honest,
32:05
like. This who?
32:06
What? Defenders.
32:07
All right, so look, Thiago Silva, I'm sorry, he doesn't
32:10
have no support. It's not about him not being
32:12
quality. It's about him having no
32:14
partnership next to him. I think you guys all well, I
32:17
mean, TS, there's we just bought another defender.
32:19
I think if Tiago Silver has a young guy next to him, I think
32:22
he'll be fine. But he's also like almost 40.
32:25
He's. Like he's like Tom Brady.
32:27
Like Tom Brady. Level Age.
32:29
And that's class, man. I know he is, but I'm just
32:31
saying if he doesn't have that supporting, that supporting
32:33
player next to him that could like you know help him out.
32:37
I think he's not gonna have the best seat and it's gonna fall on
32:39
him cuz it's Tiago Silva. So that's why I think at least
32:44
I'm I'm not down his quality, I'm down the support he has in
32:48
defense. Yeah, I I know you're saying
32:50
like eventually the wheels are gonna fall off.
32:51
Eventually, like, you know, you know, it's been, it's been, it's
32:55
been, you know, at some point he's not gonna be able to keep
32:57
up. But I I think the reason for his
33:00
longevity is, besides obviously him staying in shape, all that
33:03
stuff, didn't he get to Milan at like high level when he was like
33:07
2425? No, he's like.
33:11
He's been playing, no. He's been around but I I I think
33:13
when he went to like the big clubs, he was pretty pretty old
33:17
at that age already. He wasn't like a young prospect
33:20
out of like 1819 when they paid, you know, 90 million for him and
33:23
have him be the main person. So what is that?
33:27
What are you, what are you saying with that?
33:29
So it's just that he wasn't at the playing at a higher,
33:31
highest, highest level at a younger age.
33:34
Probably the the wear and tear on these knees, legs is probably
33:36
not as bad as it would be for someone else.
33:38
Like, yeah, he got to. You meant this when he was.
33:43
You're realizing you're wrong, aren't you?
33:46
That's no he got slow realization.
33:47
That you're on the 25? Oh yeah, you got Milan the yeah,
33:50
they keep. I mean, the thing I would almost
33:52
argue the opposite. If you're playing for some like
33:53
flu fluminese in the Brazil before that like you're not
33:56
gonna have nearly as good of medical treatment, you're not
33:58
gonna have as good of like physio is working on you.
34:00
It'd almost be harder your your the turf you're playing on isn't
34:03
as good. The travel isn't as good.
34:05
I would almost say that playing at those bigger clubs, you're
34:07
gonna have a better, like your body's gonna be in better care
34:11
than if you're playing at like smaller clubs.
34:15
The treatment is gonna be better.
34:16
Just the pressure on the knees of the wear and tear I could
34:19
see. Yeah, I see your side of the
34:20
argument. Another defender.
34:23
We spoke about him in the past. I think Andrew Robertson, he
34:26
needs to try to regain his form from 2122 season because last
34:31
season he just, he didn't have the same season he had but work
34:35
for a couple of reasons. I know we gotta sit back because
34:38
in the late part of the season because Trent was moving up
34:40
forward, but we haven't seen the same Andrew Robinson we did last
34:43
year than we did the year before.
34:45
So if he doesn't regain that sort of form where he's able to
34:48
put in some crosses and walk down that left flank, I think
34:52
he's another one that falls from grace.
34:54
I think that is 0% his fault though and you mentioned it.
34:57
I think that's 100% of formation thing.
35:00
I think it's just like, you know.
35:03
It's like the way we're talking about here, McGuire.
35:04
You're asking Andrew Roberson to like, sit and do this thing
35:07
where you're just like he's so good at running forward and
35:10
getting behind players and hitting a ball in.
35:12
And if you're just not having him do that, what's the point?
35:16
You might as well just put in another center back on the left
35:19
side there. Great.
35:22
Now, and it's also like another one that's interesting to me is
35:25
like the Zenchenko. It's like runs of cure and
35:27
Tierney, remember how good he was for for Arsenal?
35:29
Yeah, for years. And like how exciting he was and
35:31
how young he was. And then all of a sudden the
35:34
Zenchenko comes in, They change the formation.
35:36
Tierney can't get a game because it's just not how they wanna
35:38
play. Yeah, but Zenchenko's also
35:41
injured right now and he doesn't.
35:42
He have a knee problem also. I'm not sure.
35:45
I don't think so. I think it's fine.
35:48
I don't recall seeing something like that.
35:50
I thought I saw something on his knee cuz that's where he got
35:53
injured. Yeah, yeah.
35:55
Game time decision. I do my homework.
35:58
Are there any guys that you're kind of really warming up to?
36:01
I mean I think all all send down like what we're we're recording
36:04
this on a Saturday. It'll probably come out come out
36:06
on Sunday. A lot of drafts are gonna be
36:08
this week. In the last few days, is there
36:10
anyone, has there been anyone coming up that you're like,
36:13
that's slowly creeping up your board, you're getting excited
36:15
for as we get closer to the season, more like young players
36:18
or just players in general? Just players in general, maybe
36:21
outside of the top, you know 20-30 players, more like a
36:24
little more of like deeper mid round players.
36:31
Rasmus Hodgland? No, if that is how you pronounce
36:36
his name, I'm actually here. It's Hoyland.
36:40
Hoyland. It's Hoyland.
36:44
Jacob Ramsey, young player for Villa.
36:47
I got a love Villa. I know you.
36:50
I know you got injured during the under 20 ones.
36:53
Was it was Matt Toss or things coming back in like
36:56
mid-september or something. But he's a player if you can
36:59
pick up late and he comes back to villain, he picks up the same
37:01
form we did had last season. I think you can get better.
37:04
Do you think he gets drafted or is he someone that you're trying
37:06
to pick up? Oh, I'm trying to pick up.
37:08
I'm late. No, no late.
37:09
Like late round pick and just keep on your bench until he gets
37:12
off. He's that good.
37:13
He's like, you know, we in my opinion, I think he's a player
37:16
that was starring for Villa. I think once he gets fit he'll
37:18
be starring again. He's only 21, so he's gonna he's
37:22
gonna get back pretty quick. Do you have anyone that you're
37:25
thinking of, Dean? More of the Tottenham players
37:30
just. It seems like inevitable for
37:33
Kane is going to leave so rich Charleston, maybe Kuluku
37:36
Dovetsky just kind of take a gamble on it and then later
37:38
around and just stash him. Hopefully one of those suit
37:41
blows up. Those were the ones that was
37:43
kind of looking at it as in the hopes that Kane does leave
37:47
Virgil Van Dyke. So when I had him last year I
37:49
was down on him, but it kind of. I know earlier I said I wouldn't
37:52
draft him, but the more I was looking at it, the more I was
37:55
thinking about it something else.
37:57
I think Liverpool overall is going to have a recovery year.
38:01
Robertson plays well. Trent obviously is gonna do what
38:03
he does. Those were the two ones that was
38:06
looking at it and then obviously he bounced back here from the
38:08
Liverpool top 4I. I said Darvin Nunes, I know he's
38:12
in. We said not in the top three,
38:14
but he's gonna have, I think he's gonna have a very good
38:16
bounce back here. Yeah, Liverpool.
38:19
It's interesting. I was just, I was listening to
38:21
some some podcasts or something and they were talking about the
38:24
liver. Like in my mind I'm, I kind of
38:26
agree with you just from like a field perspective, that
38:28
Liverpool's defense is gonna be better this year.
38:30
Well when you look at the and again you can't equate too much
38:32
to preseason but when you look at their preseason they'd scored
38:34
like 18 goals and let in like 15 or something like some stats
38:38
like that. Like they're it's not like
38:39
they're it's not like they've like you know it's doesn't seem
38:42
like they fixed a lot of the same problems that they've had.
38:45
So I like, I I wanna agree with you and like hopefully they
38:48
figured out in time of the season but I'm also a little
38:50
leery of the Liverpool defense in general.
38:53
Still, as much as I like my head, my you know, my heart is
38:56
telling me yes, my head is telling me no on that one.
39:00
But the the, the other play I wanted to call out maybe, maybe
39:03
ends up driving off on me but Maddie Cash for asking Villa.
39:06
I think, you know, I think defenders that score points and
39:09
get up the field are scarce and there's, you know there's a tier
39:12
of center backs and there's a bunch of like, you know outside
39:15
of those there's first that first group or the first two
39:18
group of left and right backs. I think he might be a nice later
39:22
round steal for like a left back.
39:25
No, no, you're right. He had a great season two years
39:29
ago. Last season he sort of was not
39:32
mediocre, who's above that? But he didn't do the same as he
39:35
did before, so he could bounce back.
39:37
And then this Aston Villa team. I think he's going to have a
39:39
little bit more opportunity to go up the field the way he did
39:42
two years ago with the way Emery plays.
39:45
So we'll see. I think that's a good call.
39:49
Also liver mento that you know that that we were kind of just
39:52
talking about earlier but that transfer from.
39:55
Southampton to Newcastle suddenly propels him into
39:58
relevancy cuz if we've always we've talked about Dan Burn, I
40:01
think I've talked about how he just isn't really a left back
40:03
and he's been forced to play that position and he did a
40:05
really good job last year but having like a more high flying
40:09
left back in there could be game changing mm HM.
40:14
Talk about left back. Scott talked about Rico Lewis
40:16
too from Nancy. I think that he's gonna, he's
40:19
gonna come out this season. He had a great he was one of the
40:22
ones that they promoted from the the youth team to fill in the
40:26
gaps and left back for Man C and I think he's another 118 like he
40:31
had a stunning season, great first season.
40:34
So let's see what he does this season.
40:36
He played, he played a lot in the midfield too.
40:39
He was playing, He was playing in more than midfield too.
40:41
So interesting. Definitely interesting.
40:45
I also think Ben Davis. I had him last year for a few
40:49
weeks and then I dropped him. He seemed like a roller coaster,
40:51
very up and down and let's get to our Tottenham expert.
40:58
Well look, he's been playing alongside at center back ahead
41:01
of. We're trying to get rid of
41:03
Damons and Sanchez right now. Obviously.
41:06
Eric Diarrhea. He's shit.
41:09
So you know, I mean, but we've looked at, we've got that young
41:12
kid, forget his name now we just got him from Blackburn.
41:15
Don't know that much about him. We're looking at Van de Men, Van
41:19
de Ven, we're looking at him. Looks like that that's a done
41:22
deal. And we're still looking at Tap
41:24
Sober or Nelson from from Galatasaray.
41:27
So picking him up, I don't think it's gonna be very good if we
41:31
get those center back. So he won't get any playing
41:33
time. Did you see that?
41:37
Matt Doherty, the former, you know he's back on wolves.
41:40
Do you think he's relevant? No.
41:45
Because that's not the that's not the same Wolf side there was
41:47
when he was on it. Another player lookout for
41:50
another young player will be Evan Ferguson, 18 year old at
41:56
Bryan. Like he's gonna be the main
42:00
focal point up front along with the wingers.
42:02
So I think he's gonna get some opportunities.
42:03
I don't think he's gonna score more than.
42:04
I don't know if actually, I don't know.
42:07
I mean, he's in school, but he's still young.
42:10
We'll see what he does. So he's someone that people
42:12
like, get really excited about in like in like drafts with guys
42:17
that are super, like really into fantasy.
42:22
Goes really high. You know he's just kind of like
42:23
a pressure like people are like ohh he could be the next thing.
42:26
But he also like doesn't hasn't played a ton.
42:29
So he's like, I I agree with you like he's definitely like
42:31
someone to like lookout for it if you can get him later in a
42:34
draft for sure. But I just don't see.
42:36
I don't get why he could he like people are taking him in like
42:39
the third round in some jobs which is mind boggling to me.
42:42
Yeah, absolutely Mind boggling to me, it's a risk.
42:46
I also like Harvey Elliott from Liverpool.
42:49
Young kid came up last year, just got a lot of playing time
42:52
because of all the injuries they had in the middle.
42:56
Not sure if he's going to get the same opportunities this year
42:58
but with the Mccow stroll of it. But I I like him watching him
43:02
play. I think he not offendant.
43:05
He had a good he had a good season two years ago and he
43:08
burst onto the scene. What was it, three years ago?
43:10
And then after that they brought in Tiago Silva.
43:13
I'm not Tiago Silva, is it? Who's.
43:16
Just Thiago. Thiago.
43:17
Sorry. Yeah, he brought in Thiago,
43:19
yeah. And then he just dropped out.
43:22
And obviously Thiago's getting older, so he's injury prone.
43:25
But he was a good player a couple years ago, but he hasn't
43:28
really broke back through the into the first team.
43:31
I know. I don't know if he had any
43:33
injuries or not. He played a lot last year.
43:35
Did he? Yeah, he played a lot last year.
43:37
He played 30 plus last year he's only 20 maybe.
43:42
But he he started playing more when they had all the injuries
43:45
and Liverpool season was kind of they had no chance of winning
43:47
it. But a young kid plays for
43:52
England. Yeah, hometown favorite.
43:54
It's just cuz they bought McAllister.
43:56
And what's the sub? What's his name?
43:58
Subba slay, there you go. So do you go with the youth or
44:02
do you go with the the, the players that have established?
44:05
Yeah, I think that they're they're his biggest issue is
44:08
those guys ahead of him. More so like I kind of agree
44:11
with you Tico. I thought he was pretty good
44:12
last year and he had some good moments where he actually made
44:15
some really good passes or linked up really well or did
44:18
this and that. But I I think it might just be
44:21
he might be a few years out from reaching his full potential.
44:25
Is there anyone you guys are kind of starting to fade really
44:27
hard that you're like absolutely not really not really not like
44:32
him. I think I I keep going back to
44:34
it, but man Mason, now I just want nothing to do with what
44:41
about Kai Haverts? Less so than Mason Mount for
44:45
sure. I think that it's be at the
44:46
start of preseason is the other way around.
44:48
I wanted nothing to do with Kai Haverts and I was you know,
44:50
Mason Mount is more interested in.
44:52
But as as the games go on, and as you see how they're playing
44:55
and where they're playing and stuff, I just have no interest
44:57
in what Mason Mount is doing. You know what, I can't think of
44:59
any players. I think we spoke about a lot of
45:01
players. Ohh another one I want to give a
45:04
shout out to. We were talking about, too is
45:05
Nicholas Jackson is creeping up everyone's sports as he should
45:08
be. Starting striker.
45:10
Especially with? Yeah, especially with the injury
45:13
to ankle. Yeah, Nicholas Jackson's, yeah.
45:15
Yeah, value goes up. The other person that I Rahim
45:18
Sterling, I would not draft him. I hope he has a Goodyear.
45:21
I actually like him. I feel like he's an entertaining
45:24
player to watch with his weird running, with his body and
45:27
everything, but I just think he's in a like.
45:30
He's like a freak. So you like, I like him.
45:31
He's a little bit of a freak out there.
45:35
It's just entertaining to watch him run.
45:37
You know, him and Rudy gear those two.
45:40
I I hope he does well because I like him.
45:42
He seems like, you know, he's always having fun.
45:45
He's always playing. He's out there, you know, trying
45:47
his best. But I just with all the players
45:50
Chelsea has, all the young players, they're brought on out.
45:54
Stay away, yeah. I think he's going to be one of
45:56
those infuriating guys that like, is not going to look good.
45:59
And it's still gonna play one more than he should, just cuz
46:02
he's on a lot of money and is like old, you know what I mean?
46:05
He's like a leader on the team, quote UN quote, but like, I
46:09
fully agree. I just don't really want
46:11
anything to do it then. Which is crazy today because
46:13
like four or five years ago it was the first overall pit pig.
46:16
Like it was going top two, top three in fantasy with City.
46:20
I know, right? Man, then you just dropped.
46:23
That's the the pep effect no longer played for Pat.
46:27
Can't quite get it done. I think Jared Bowman's another
46:30
one I talked about a little bit earlier.
46:31
I just think with the the troubles at West Ham and the
46:34
fact that they got rid of Samacca, they got, you know,
46:37
they got rid of duckling rice, they they got rid of guys.
46:39
They haven't brought anyone in. Exciting.
46:41
I am. I'm pretty off that.
46:43
And I think another one is Elisa.
46:45
If he goes to Chelsea, I'm probably not as excited for as
46:49
as if he stays with Palace. As with Palace, you know, he's
46:53
starting every game. He's playing really advanced.
46:57
He's just gonna be like the guy, him as they're gonna be the
47:00
guys, but if he goes to Chelsea, he's just he's gonna be like a
47:02
squad player and maybe he'll he'll fight his way into a
47:05
starting position. But it's just it's an
47:07
uncertainty that's just not worth, not worth drafting where
47:10
he's going. Yeah, I stay away from Joe
47:13
Linton too, from Newcastle. Wow, that's interesting.
47:16
Why? Why?
47:16
Why we had a great, yeah, a great start to the at the
47:19
beginning of the season. But I just feel like the way
47:22
Newcastle is going, like they moved in from from upfront to
47:26
midfield and now they just got what Harvey Barnes, so there's
47:30
bulking up that midfield. I don't think he's gonna even
47:33
get a spot. Think Joe Willett goes ahead of
47:36
him? Yeah, it's gonna be interesting
47:40
that Newcastle team, there's, there's been some big additions
47:42
in there and so a little bit curious to see how it shakes
47:45
out. Definitely a little bit of
47:47
uncertainty even in the attacking line, right?
47:49
Like if they, you know, like it's Harvey.
47:51
Harvey Barnes is, is he? You think he's nailed on to
47:53
start every game for them. I think he once he gets the
47:56
system the way he wants. One thing I noticed by Newcastle
47:59
is any player they buy seems to have just fit straight into the
48:02
squad. No one's had to sit on the bench
48:04
too long, they've just gone straight into the squad.
48:08
Tough time. It's getting exciting, though.
48:09
It's starting to it's we're like a week away.
48:11
We're literally a week away from a full Saturday of games.
48:15
Can't wait, man. And honestly, I can't wait for
48:17
fancy either, but I feel like we've given too much advice to
48:20
people. I know, hopefully it's gonna
48:26
suck when everyone realizes that we've just been doing this to
48:29
lead out them all straight, they said.
48:32
Not First off, the board or the whole Asamilla team taking.
48:38
Yeah, we're just like suckers. There's gonna be a good state of
48:46
games the the first weekend too, should be very exciting.
48:50
Some tough fixtures, man. Tough fixtures.
48:54
What are some games you're looking at, Tico?
48:56
Chelsea, Liverpool, obviously that's the one that stands out.
49:01
You know you have two powerhouses playing in the
49:03
Brentford versus Tottenham, That's gonna be a that's.
49:05
Actually, it that's like a tough game.
49:07
That's an interesting game. That's like, it's fun.
49:09
Like if you really like watching soccer, if you really watch like
49:14
watching the Prem, that's a fun game to watch.
49:16
It's the new coach, you know, Andrew Pascogli.
49:19
Let's see how he can handle Brentford, which is Brentford
49:21
historically is. Done really well against the top
49:24
six teams too. Didn't they get like, the amount
49:27
of points they got from top six teams last year was like really
49:29
insane. So to Newcastle's first four
49:33
games are nuts. Who?
49:35
What are they? They got Villa at home, Man City
49:39
away, Liverpool at home and then Brighton away.
49:45
That's four tough games to start your fucking season.
49:48
Really tough one through the gun let.
49:51
That's like like the we've ever scheduled that, like, hates
49:53
them. Yeah.
49:56
How do they do, you know, I don't know.
49:58
How do they actually sort out the fixtures?
50:00
Do you know if there's like a a formula?
50:03
That's a good question. I always kind of wonder there
50:06
must be some sort of formula, but they're also like there has
50:08
to be some sort of human touch to it, right?
50:10
Because I don't think it could be straight.
50:11
I can't imagine it's straight enough math equation.
50:18
I heard for the NFL they have the schedules out for like the
50:21
next few years. Really.
50:22
So there. Yeah.
50:24
So there isn't any any, like you know, anything suspicious going
50:27
on and they just release it whenever they release it every
50:30
year it would. I feel like that's probably the,
50:34
well, you can't do that for EPL just because of the relegation,
50:40
yeah, and for Champions League and FA Cup and League up it just
50:45
goes because remember, you got postponed games and.
50:49
Yeah, it seems like there's like a crazy formula.
50:51
I'm like looking at it now. There's like there's like a lot
50:54
of different things that go into it, like, you know, which are
50:57
the schedule, you know, team schedules, cuz some teams will
50:59
play on weeks where other teams are at Champions League, you
51:03
know, whatever. And then there's also like some
51:04
sort of mathematical formula to it too.
51:07
But also like, you know that they're like, you know that they
51:09
do, they play certain games. They're like.
51:12
You look at like the last fixture of the season.
51:13
There's always some, like really dramatic.
51:15
There's always some really dramatic games at the end of the
51:17
season, like there's there's a little bit of like a human touch
51:20
in there, just to spice it up a little.
51:22
I feel like there must be. Yeah, I think they have an idea
51:25
of who's gonna be competing like for the title within the last
51:30
like couple of weeks. So they want to make sure those
51:31
teams like face each other among the the elite teams.
51:40
I'm going to match the last week to see what the games are, see
51:43
if the conspiracy is valid or not.
51:46
Conspiracies, Americans and the conspiracies.
51:52
Tell me not an American. You're not insulting me.
51:59
Insult you. Totham's playing shit for United
52:04
last game of the season. Yeah.
52:07
Oh look. None of the no, none of the big
52:11
teams are playing against each other.
52:12
They never play against each other.
52:14
It's always like it's always. It's always like there's always
52:17
one of the bottom three teams playing against one of the top
52:19
six teams, always on the last day.
52:23
Am I wrong? I don't know.
52:26
I don't think you're. I don't think you're wrong.
52:27
I'm not sure there. Who's waking up at 4:30 AM to
52:32
watch Arsenal play? Fuck, man, probably.
52:35
Not, man. I think.
52:36
I don't know, man. I like, I I hate because
52:38
Tottenham always plays at 4:00 AM and last season that was
52:40
fucking terrible because I'd wake up at 4:00 AM and just ruin
52:44
the rest of my fucking day. I tell myself I'm not doing that
52:46
this year. I'm gonna for the 4:30 AMS.
52:50
No, I'm doing it. I can't help myself.
52:54
I think I'll do it for Chelsea. If Chelsea plays at 4:30 in the
52:56
morning, I'll do it, but if it's like another game.
52:59
Just hard because what you just said, like my whole day shot,
53:01
I'm just a zombie the rest of the day and it's hard for me to
53:04
go back to sleep. I just struggle.
53:07
I actually go to bed early for those, man.
53:09
I can't. I can't get myself to go to
53:12
sleep really. What time do you go to sleep?
53:13
Go sleep around 9:00 or 10:00, Nine or 10:00.
53:16
Wake up at 3:30. Get up.
53:18
Go make myself a cup of tea. Go sit down.
53:22
Cup of tea? Yeah, man, I'm.
53:25
How do you fall asleep at 9:00? It's called meditation.
53:29
Shut down your body. I'll tell you what playing on
53:34
the West Coast is you have such an advantage as a as a fantasy
53:39
draft guy versus playing on the, I'm sorry, playing on the East
53:42
Coast, you have tell you what, playing on the East Coast you
53:44
have such an advantage versus people on the West Coast because
53:47
those 430 games you're like, oh shoot, I have to wake up at 7:00
53:50
to like check my roster. It's like, what's like so
53:53
manageable? Don't we have a we have a guy in
53:57
one of our leagues that's freaking in Europe, right?
54:01
We're gonna have in our other in our league reps.
54:03
We're gonna three guys from Europe.
54:05
Three more in Europe. I told, I told.
54:06
I figured his name was Ian. I said you got major advantage,
54:09
man. Like you actually get to see the
54:11
injuries as they happen so you can pick up players whenever you
54:13
need. Like I have to I wake up at
54:15
freaking 6:00 AM like ah, fuck. Kulasetsi got injured.
54:19
Oh. Who picked up Solomon.
54:20
Ah, thanks a lot. Right.
54:24
Yeah, I had that a couple of times where I would like, like,
54:26
oh, I have to wake up at 4:30 o'clock to see who's playing,
54:29
who's not playing, and then the alarm goes off and I said off.
54:33
I know. I didn't know.
54:34
I did that a few times, too. Yeah, we're gonna do this a
54:43
little ratings now. Sure, let's do it.
54:46
Let's see. Let's start with top six and
54:47
then you have in your top 6. Do I do I go from first or do I
54:51
go from six? Go from six down.
54:53
Let's keep it, keep it. Drama.
54:55
Alright, 6 down. So come in.
54:58
Six in my prediction. And this is going off what I saw
55:02
in preseason. I know I talked a lot of shit
55:04
about preseason, but oh, Nana doesn't feel me of confidence
55:07
and Harry Maguire doesn't feel me of confidence.
55:10
Man U next, sticking to my guns. Arsenal in fifth.
55:16
I think they dropped three spots in fourth.
55:20
No surprise, Aston Villa in 3rd, Newcastle.
55:26
I think they keep building from where they were.
55:29
Second, I think Liverpool is reborn and they come back with a
55:32
vengeance and obviously city top.
55:35
I can't not say they're not going to win it.
55:37
They've just won it like nearly every fucking year, Comments
55:43
emotional outbursts. So go through them again.
55:46
Just six to one. Just like just a Nips Man U
55:50
Arsenal, Villa, Newcastle, Liverpool, Man City.
55:57
So you have Newcastle and Villa in your top 4, correct?
56:03
Bring it, man. Just say it.
56:05
That's audacious. I like that.
56:08
Audacious. I'll take it.
56:09
Take it as a compliment. Really.
56:11
Come on, Tikka. Fucking say something.
56:14
I mean, it's a terrible top six. He's just fucking dumbfounded.
56:22
You have new, you have Newcastle, you have Newcastle
56:24
building on what they have, you have Aston Villa finishing top
56:27
six, but for whatever reason you have Arsenal, who improved their
56:31
squad dropping, yeah. And Man United, you have them
56:35
dropping as well. Who got probably a top three
56:38
striker for the next 10 years in the EPL?
56:41
Yeah, in Rasmus, so you say. We'll see.
56:46
So you have those dropping, but you're so high on Aston Villa
56:50
and? Newcastle.
56:54
Will we see who's laughing at the end of the season?
56:56
Puffy. Honest Rob.
56:57
I didn't even put Tottenham in here and I've got high hopes
56:59
that we come forth OK, but I had to be realistic.
57:03
This is me being realistic. Villa Villa in Newcastle in the
57:08
top four is realistic, OK? Very realistic.
57:11
When did Newcastle come last season?
57:13
I mean they came with that for it, but I think that was a
57:15
reach. I think that.
57:16
I don't think that was like. What was that logic?
57:18
Where did Arsenal come last season?
57:20
Second, like, what is that logic?
57:24
My logic is, like I said before, they're going to be hungover.
57:30
They've got, they've added a couple of new players.
57:33
All right, I get it. Do I think they've improved?
57:37
Yeah, I think they've improved. But do I think the teams around
57:40
them have improved also? Yes, I do.
57:43
Do I think I'll tell? I'll tell.
57:44
His football might be getting old.
57:46
From what I've seen on on all the feeds, it looks like he's
57:50
gonna be trying to play ticky, tacky football like vintage
57:52
Barcelona, which I don't think is gonna work with this boss,
57:55
with this Arsenal team. And we'll see.
57:59
By that logic, though, couldn't you say like, City's gonna be
58:02
hungover and they didn't. They didn't really add players
58:05
that improve their squad that much, like cardio better,
58:08
defender better than that. They lost some attacking
58:10
players. Like I feel you could use all
58:12
those arguments and reverse them.
58:14
And explain why City is not going to be not going to win the
58:16
league. See.
58:17
Hasn't finished yet. Transfer winner isn't over.
58:19
They can still buy a few players.
58:21
They've added a couple points here and there.
58:24
I know they haven't added too much, but City's also proven
58:26
they've won back-to-back before, am I right?
58:30
Yeah, yeah. But you're right, it's arguable.
58:36
I think the argument, the only argument you can make is pat.
58:39
That's the argument. I think you can throw every
58:42
other piece of logic out the window and say it's PEP.
58:45
So there is no such thing as a hangover.
58:46
When pep's in the in the building, you know what about
58:50
you? What do you got?
58:53
So the same thing, right? 6 to 1, So it's six.
58:56
I have Chelsea, 5th, I have Newcastle.
59:02
I think they're gonna take a dip.
59:05
Well, it's not them taking dip. I think in Liverpool and then I
59:08
have Liverpool who I think, like I said, Liverpool's gonna have a
59:11
bounce back here. Three.
59:13
I have United, second, I have Man City and then first I have
59:19
Arsenal. It's very.
59:23
Safe, safe. Mine's safe too, cuz I'm a
59:28
realist. So anyway, so go go go back and
59:33
go back. Just say it quickly again.
59:35
So 6 Chelsea, 5 Newcastle, 5 Liver, 4 Liverpool, three
59:41
United, 2 City and then Arsenal was the Champions.
59:47
Champagne. You can't really argue with it.
59:51
I mean, I'm glad that Chelsea got in there somewhere.
59:54
I've noticed that ends up even having them in the top six for
59:56
him. I'm trying to understand how
59:58
Chelsea go in there. What is your?
1:00:02
You think they jumped 6 spots just like that?
1:00:07
Well, it's not. Just jumping 6 spots, how many
1:00:10
managers did they have last year?
1:00:12
It's they bought, they brought the players, they have the young
1:00:14
players. They have a coach who has a
1:00:16
system who's been in the EPL before.
1:00:19
And I do think they're going to get better because it's just
1:00:22
what they like was goal scoring and with the system coming in
1:00:25
with Coach. And with the players Chelsea has
1:00:28
and and also Chelsea has depth, I think that helps a lot in the
1:00:32
EPL, especially for a young team.
1:00:34
So it is gonna help them compete.
1:00:36
They don't have any Champions League to worry about any of
1:00:39
that. So they're gonna be focused on
1:00:40
the EPL and I think they're just gonna have a bounce back here.
1:00:43
It's a good argument. They had depth last year too,
1:00:46
probably. Arguably they had more depth
1:00:48
last year after all the players, they just lost to Saudi Arabia.
1:00:52
Poach is not not a new coach. He's new at the club.
1:00:57
He's have to restructure and rebuild.
1:01:00
But I don't think it's impossible for him to come.
1:01:03
When you say 6, yeah, it's not impossible for him to come six.
1:01:08
I just don't think Posh does it in his first season all.
1:01:15
Right, let's do mine. Mine's so boring.
1:01:18
We could probably. We could probably.
1:01:19
Mindset of where we could probably just skip it.
1:01:21
I think 6 Newcastle. I think they're gonna struggle a
1:01:23
little bit with going to Champions League.
1:01:27
You know, just playing those extra games in a season, those
1:01:29
high intensity games midweek, I think it's gonna just hurt them
1:01:33
a little. Fifth out of Chelsea.
1:01:35
I think the other benefit that we're not talking about is that
1:01:38
they are not playing in Europe. So that they're not going to
1:01:40
have those extra games midweek, so they're going to be able to
1:01:42
just rest and really just prep for the Premier League.
1:01:45
I think the one thing about with them is that if they sign Kasedo
1:01:48
and they've they sound at least say, you know, they sound like a
1:01:50
center attacking mid, slash one more attacking player and then
1:01:53
another like center defensive mid.
1:01:55
I think they are pretty complete.
1:01:58
They're pretty much where we need to be to be challenging for
1:02:00
the top 4/4 of Liverpool. I actually, I think they're the
1:02:06
one that is most likely to drop out.
1:02:08
Not that they're in the top four this time but as as far as my
1:02:10
rankings, I think they're the one that are most likely to not
1:02:12
make the top four. And I think that's because just
1:02:14
the defensive frailty, if we if we come back this year and like
1:02:18
the defensive issues are still there, which preseason will look
1:02:20
like they are still there. Like it doesn't matter if you
1:02:22
can score 2, three goal if you're not if you're averaging 2
1:02:25
three goals a game. If you're getting scored on 3/4
1:02:28
goals a game. I think they I think that could
1:02:30
be a problem for them three. I have city.
1:02:33
I think they're gonna. I don't just don't think it's
1:02:35
gonna be their year. I think that coming off the
1:02:38
trouble the players they lost, the players they added, it's
1:02:42
just it's not adding up to a title winning year for me, like
1:02:46
the math is not adding up to United.
1:02:50
I think Mount will overcome his early season hiccups.
1:02:54
I think the spine that Ted Hogg is instilling is strong.
1:02:58
I think he is finally getting the team he wants and so this is
1:03:02
more vote of confidence on him that this these are the players
1:03:04
he wants and let's see like. And that's with the right
1:03:08
players, because last year he pretty much didn't have the team
1:03:10
that he wanted. He didn't have the system he
1:03:12
wanted. He was pretty much trying to
1:03:13
like plug holes and figure out what he could do, you know, And
1:03:17
he got a few guys. But it wasn't the complete, the
1:03:19
complete project. I think now he's getting closer
1:03:21
to that complete project. I think there's still a few
1:03:23
years from winning the Premier League, but I think they're
1:03:25
gonna push and then one. I think you just I think Arsenal
1:03:28
has to be the favorite, hungry after last year added good
1:03:31
players and positions they needed.
1:03:34
That's just to me that makes sense.
1:03:35
So I have Newcastle, Chelsea, Liverpool, City, United with
1:03:38
Arsenal winning. Wow.
1:03:42
OK, I'd love to see where our predictions actually lay out at
1:03:46
the end of the season. Yeah, let's.
1:03:49
I'll write these down and so we can go back and reference this.
1:03:54
Someone's gonna get shit talked to him.
1:03:56
That's for fucking damn sure. That's gonna be you.
1:03:59
But we feel like it's good to be you, right, Lulu?
1:04:02
If if that comes true, what I just said and I've I've thought
1:04:05
it out. I am a football guru, OK?
1:04:12
I see the future. That is true.
1:04:15
That is actually very true if you If you're right on this
1:04:18
then. This, this is a sentence that
1:04:20
came from the person who said Man City is worse with Holland.
1:04:25
I did say that. That's the football guru.
1:04:27
I did say that, but I wasn't the only one saying that.
1:04:31
Yeah, it was you and like those pundits that, you know what I
1:04:34
mean? That was like such a joke.
1:04:35
They like Man City. Like, I don't know, that was
1:04:37
that was driving me crazy. When that was the conversation
1:04:39
last year, that was literally insane.
1:04:40
That was an insane conversation for like 2 weeks that people
1:04:43
were having. Man City was worse with Holland
1:04:45
for more than two. It was like a month into it cuz
1:04:47
they got him early. Oh no.
1:04:49
How long he's scoring all these hat tricks.
1:04:51
He's hurting the team. Get out of here.
1:04:54
I didn't say that, I said at beginning the season when he
1:04:57
started knocking goals like he's a freaking alien.
1:05:00
The first. Game.
1:05:01
I know I said no, not just the first game.
1:05:04
Then he scored the hat tricks in the first three games.
1:05:07
Two of them. Something like that.
1:05:09
And maybe not exactly a hat tricks, but but it was like, I
1:05:12
mean, his goal scoring rate at the beginning of the season was
1:05:14
historic to say the least. Ridiculous all.
1:05:19
Right, let's move on Golden Boot.
1:05:21
What's your one name for Golden Boot this year?
1:05:24
Just one. Just one.
1:05:26
Damn, I just got my. I got my safe.
1:05:29
One, I got my safe. No, I got my.
1:05:32
Just just one, All right? Then I'm gonna fuck.
1:05:36
Hurricane. No, I had two, but looks like
1:05:40
Keith's point is foot down. Yeah, well, you.
1:05:43
I don't. I want to waffle it.
1:05:44
I don't want. I don't want you to be able to
1:05:46
lead. Fall back.
1:05:46
You know, one is safe, one is safe, one is fun.
1:05:51
Well, do your. I mean your.
1:05:53
I feel like your top six was fun, so maybe you do your safe
1:05:55
one. Fuck.
1:05:57
All right, Harland. That's so boring.
1:06:00
I know, man. You want on my other one?
1:06:03
Sure. Come on.
1:06:03
Come on, Ollie Watkins. That's right.
1:06:06
That's mine. I got Ollie Watkins.
1:06:10
I have. Holland, Holland.
1:06:14
It's really safe. Don't get wrong and look you
1:06:17
most people will say that he's going to get the Golden Boot
1:06:19
after what he did last season and it's just godly, right?
1:06:22
Because he was fucking insane. Do we think he's gonna slow
1:06:24
down? Is he gonna score 50 plus goals
1:06:26
again next season? I don't even doubt it anymore.
1:06:30
Maybe the lowest he'll go is 40 in all competitions, the way
1:06:34
he's fucking scoring. Do you know what the only thing
1:06:36
that's gonna stop him from scoring for 40 goals?
1:06:38
Injury. Injury.
1:06:40
Injury. And I think I've said it before,
1:06:42
but he every season prior to this one, he's been sidelined
1:06:45
for a chunk of the season with injury.
1:06:47
So I I think there's statistically, the odds are that
1:06:50
he gets injured this year, but the difference is he's got like
1:06:54
game management, like Pep doesn't even play him like whole
1:06:57
games. He runs his fucking higher for
1:06:59
45 minutes. He scored a hat trick, and the
1:07:01
game's freaking one. He takes him out.
1:07:04
True. Also for and when he was playing
1:07:08
for a Dortmund, he would track back more, just come back more.
1:07:10
I feel like now in Mad City, he just hangs around around the
1:07:13
box, doesn't come back as much, so it's.
1:07:17
He's just waiting to be fed and just kick and do what he does
1:07:20
and just score bangers. Holland eats, Holland eats.
1:07:25
I think Olly Walkins is the reason I picked him and Enzo
1:07:28
wanted to pick him is I think he's just the.
1:07:31
I think he's probably the it's just an exciting guy and on an
1:07:36
awesome Villa team that is ascending and is growing and.
1:07:41
I just kind of want to root for him.
1:07:43
I mean I don't think there's like if you really look at it
1:07:45
there's probably two or three players that are more likely to
1:07:48
win the Golden Booth than Ali Watkins.
1:07:50
But I think that he has potential.
1:07:51
He's I think this is the first year where he's gonna be in that
1:07:54
conversation. I think he has the potential to
1:07:56
get there. You know is it is it he the most
1:07:59
likely? Probably not.
1:07:59
But is he the one that I is the most interesting.
1:08:02
Yes. Like big strong guy.
1:08:04
I think he after, you know, how many more years of England work
1:08:08
does Kane have? You know, not, not a lot.
1:08:10
I think Olly Watkins at this rate is the heir apparent
1:08:13
hurricane for that striker position where how much longer
1:08:17
do you think Harry Kane has? Three years, one more World Cup
1:08:21
maybe. And even then if he's if he
1:08:24
does, is that he start every game?
1:08:27
Probably. If he's still scoring goals the
1:08:29
way he is, he's got the EUR and then he's got the World Cup
1:08:33
offering he's he's in for at least two more tournaments.
1:08:37
Yeah. But I think, I think Ollie
1:08:41
Watkins is the next guy, Next guy in line, my opinion.
1:08:46
Unlock him. Unlock him a lot.
1:08:48
And he's he's he's like, you know, unlike Ivan, Tony, he's
1:08:51
not getting in trouble. He's not doing, he's not
1:08:53
gambling, he's not doing things. He seems just like a good head
1:08:55
on the shoulders. And I think he's offered
1:08:58
something different too. Like he's a, he's such a
1:09:00
physical force and he's also good on the ball.
1:09:02
He links up well. I think he can.
1:09:04
Players can play off him. I'm like, I'm excited to watch
1:09:07
him play this year. OK, Golden Glove, I got 2.
1:09:13
OK, with one only a one you can Tika you go first.
1:09:18
Enzo, Enzo, you can. You can think about which one
1:09:20
you're gonna pick. Anderson.
1:09:25
Anderson. That's it, yeah.
1:09:27
Is he everyone going love? I think he's won it once, I'm
1:09:35
not sure, but. If he does it, he's do for one.
1:09:39
Things just you think he's just do so you think with that we're
1:09:41
already all signing the city defense is gonna be locked down.
1:09:44
I think the other thing that's funny about Golden Glove is
1:09:46
like, it's so much about the defense, right?
1:09:48
Like, it's like. It yeah, that's that's my
1:09:51
logical picking Anderson, you know they're gonna dominate
1:09:54
possession. The punting team doesn't get
1:09:56
that many opportunities to score.
1:09:58
They stacked up on a couple of defensive players and Anderson,
1:10:01
I mean, he's world class. He's a great goalie, so.
1:10:05
So you know, they're always gonna dominate the lower tier
1:10:08
teams. So I'm picking Edison.
1:10:13
Enzo, go for it. I'm going villare again, man.
1:10:17
Martinez. And you're talking about
1:10:18
defense. Oh, my God.
1:10:19
I'm being serious, man. Look at that defense.
1:10:21
They got PAL tours. They just brought in.
1:10:23
They did just, they just bought some death from Nax Marino.
1:10:26
They still got Diego. Carlos, that was a great
1:10:28
defender in Germany played for. Who do you play for?
1:10:32
Had a Brown kit? Doesn't matter.
1:10:34
They still got Tyrone Mings, they got Lucas Dinye, they got
1:10:38
Matty Cash. It's a great fucking defense
1:10:42
they could have right there. I think Martinez has another
1:10:46
great season following. You know, Argentina's World Cup
1:10:50
win where he freaking basically helped basically helped helped
1:10:53
win him. Not basically.
1:10:54
He fucking won them the fucking World Cup with his saves on the
1:10:57
penalties. Carried messy to the World Cup.
1:11:00
He out crazy like 3 teams just by himself.
1:11:02
Literally carried him, so I don't think that's a bad shout.
1:11:06
Puff, you know, Especially where I have him coming 4th in the top
1:11:09
six, because if you can get Golden Glove, that means that
1:11:12
you kept some clean sheets. Doesn't necessarily mean that
1:11:14
mean they've won a lot of games, but you've kept clean sheets and
1:11:17
maybe got a couple draws that you needed against the big
1:11:19
teams. Fair enough.
1:11:21
You're sticking to your convictions.
1:11:22
It lines up with your top 6 picks.
1:11:27
I'm going Nick Pope. That was my second pick.
1:11:30
Newcastle. Nick Pope.
1:11:31
I think when I just look at the defense defensive lines for all
1:11:36
the top six teams, I think Edison is the safest bet.
1:11:39
I think he's the clearest clear in a way.
1:11:41
I you know Allison is not there just with the way the
1:11:44
Liverpool's was conceding last year and conceding in preseason.
1:11:47
We've obviously we talked about a Nana or Nana.
1:11:49
I just, I just do know he's not. I just do not think he's gonna.
1:11:53
Be that good. And then like Chelsea's
1:11:54
obviously a joke in the keeper situation.
1:11:56
We just bought another keep. We spent 25,000,000 on a backup,
1:11:59
that's how. That's how much of a joke
1:12:00
Chelsea is. Hey, net positive, Keith, net
1:12:05
positive. It's still net positive for this
1:12:06
for the window. You know, I I don't know.
1:12:11
I think Nick Pope is is good to be the guy.
1:12:15
I think he he's big and strong. He had a really good 3/4 of a
1:12:19
season last year and the. Back forth, they kind of tailed
1:12:22
off a little bit defensively, but I think, I think they're
1:12:26
just gonna be back strong. I I still am a little leery of
1:12:28
like the the Newcastle defenders.
1:12:31
As individual players I wanna pick up, but I think as a unit
1:12:33
and with especially with the midfield editions they've made
1:12:35
that are really solid defensively, I think they're
1:12:37
gonna be hard to break down even more so hard to break down.
1:12:40
I think that is the guy. Me and you keep it right here
1:12:44
with the Golden Boot and the Golden Glove.
1:12:47
Tico. You're safe as fuck.
1:12:49
Boring. You mean I'm correct.
1:12:53
That's fun. Yeah, I mean, kind of true, too.
1:12:58
All right, so let's run through them again, just as, like, a
1:13:00
final note before we sign off. Tico What were your top 6
1:13:05
predictions? So going from top to bottom,
1:13:08
Arsenal, City, United, Liverpool, Newcastle, Chelsea.
1:13:13
Enzo City, Liverpool, Newcastle Villa, Arsenal Menu.
1:13:19
Mine or Newcastle, Chelsea, Liverpool, City United, Arsenal.
1:13:24
And then for Golden Boot I had Olly Walkins and then both you
1:13:27
guys at early Holland, Golden Glove, I had Nick Pope, Tika,
1:13:31
you had Edison, Enzo, you had Martinez from Austin, Villa.
1:13:38
And yeah, so we'll we'll we'll keep these rankings up and we'll
1:13:42
see, we'll see kind of how it looks.
1:13:46
Other than that, I guess the next time we're we're gonna all
1:13:48
talk is gonna be at our draft. Alright you guys, this is
1:13:52
episode 4 of Draft Offsides. I'm with Tico Nenza.
1:13:55
My name is Keith. Our next episode will be our
1:13:58
live draft. So tune in for that one and see
1:14:02
you guys next time. Come on you Spurs.
1:14:06
That'll be cut. That'll be getting cut final.
1:14:11
That is Alice.