Aston Villa with Lee Jackson | Correspondent Week ep. 8 | Planet FPL 2026/27

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Asunto laina myöntää osuuspankki. He just jumped out as the one you know that he can not only school girls, but he can find ways to get assists. (Song) Antaasin hanksi. Aloitamme. Minä olen James Wokken, tärin kuten podcasten. On kärsikson kärsikson ja seuraavaksi. On kärsikson ja seuraavaksi. At the departure, almost even more upset in because it was like a shock. I feel like it was a Monday morning, it was like he's signing for Man's United today. Yeah, that hurt more. And because it's going to man United, just. Yeah, seeing him in that kit, mocked up. Like you say, out of the blue, out of nowhere. It's. It came as a real surprise, whereas I think we've been bracing ourselves on Rodgers for quite some time. And same with Luke Adin, we've been expecting Dean to go for quite a while now. Apparently the first summer that Emily came in in 2022, Dean was told, "Look, if the right money comes in, we're happy to let you go." But Dean's been an unbelievable professional, got his head down worked really hard and actually stopped Max and getting into the team for the last couple of seasons where a lot of Ville fans expect it, Max, to break into that 11. Dean has always been first choice ahead of him. So that's another big miss. You can of course still own Rodgers and Telemans this year, Le. Are you tempted to do so? This is for fantasy, obviously. Not at the start, no. Even for maybe. No, no, he's not in for me at the moment. Okay. Maybe just out of principle, I can't do it. So Rodgers gone, Telemans gone, Dean gone, stand up to sit the whole end gone. Anything else, Ley? Is there like a payback for having the trophy here or something? I know, right. We've got an iron is out for the season as well, so that's another gap that we feel. That's a big miss. And then also behind the scenes we've got some changes as well. So a few people will be familiar with the name Austin McFee, work with the Scottish team for quite a while. And he's been at Villa since before Emory as our setpiece coach. He's gone to Chelsea. He never appears on the TV when you score a goal from setpiece. Absolutely never. Never seen his face before, Ley. The Viking. And then two of Emory's backroom staff, assistant manager, and one of the individual coaches that have both been there since he joined us in 2022, have also gone. So I tweeted about this last night that I really do think this season has to be viewed with a pinch of salt from Villa fans that we need to manage our expectations a bit. It's a lot of change all in one go. And not only is it a lot of change all in one go, there's historically when Emory's brought players in. It's taken a long time for him to trust them and to put them into the starting 11. Look at someone like Mattson who was signed two, three years ago now. Still hasn't managed to break his way into that starting 11. Come to Europa League final. And you put out Rogers was bought for 10 million and unfanseed really. And it did end up going straight in. So yeah, there are exceptions, but generally when we look across the Emory signings that he's made, it's taken a while before he's got to a position where he's like, right, okay, Durran, I trust you now. I'm going to start. It was a long, long time where he didn't. And actually it was little cameos here and there to understand his system, I think. Did you say it was Emory's number two? Is one of the people that's left? Yeah, system manager, Paco, are you a star in? I think as he been there all the time with you. Yeah. Yeah. That's always I think quite concerning. It's something like on the face. We don't think about, but think of like John Heitinger leaving Liverpool last year. And you wonder what his impact was to the honest lot's title and inside. And then what we saw last season, that's concerning to lose that and the set piece coach who's obviously done really well for you. It's a lot, it's a lot. What comes in might be better, but quite often assistant managers go and it causes a bit of like unstableness. Yeah. Yeah, I do think if Emory can get us into the top five and the Champions League this season, that'll be his best achievement today by some distance with the amount of change that we've had. That's still has to be the target. You've got to do it. Oh, it is in a row. I keep telling you. That's a game changer if you do it two years in a row. Right. Any of more players could go. Oh, he's just hopefully it now. It's just hopefully it. But no, those are the main ones. They, they will go Douglas Louise who obviously came back at January on loan. Has gone back to you then to say he's not not coming back. There were two obvious names to throw into this. One is a recovery concert. Who I don't know if his ownership is higher because he plays for England or because Aston Villa players always do so well for Defcon or because people think he's going to be an Arsenal player. I'm not quite sure what the reason is that I'm going to come back onto him as an FPL asset. And the other ones Watkins. Just in a sense that I look at it like you've had links to say like Nicholas Jackson and stuff a few times and it bugs makes you start asking questions. Why, what you've got Abraham and Watkins, you don't actually need another 90. I did things like that make me ask questions on the outside, I think. Yeah, I think with winning a trophy last season as well, I think that plays a part that a lot of people, a lot of players are probably sat there thinking like, right, that could be the end of my chapter here. Now I've done a thing. I've won a trophy. It's time to move on. And Watkins also now being our top Premier League goal scorer means that he could sit there and feasibly think, well, maybe it's time to move on. I've broken records that are a one-a-trot fee. I'm ready for a new challenge. I don't think it is the case. I don't think we're planning on selling Watkins. But equally, we've seen it with Villa over the last few seasons where if a player's valuation is met, no player is untouchable. And so I think if the right money came in, then there would be a conversation to be had there. I'm Shannon Maldonado, the manager of Artesaan and I work for the team of the team. I was in the shop because the team was able to find a place to work for the team. I was able to work for the team and work for the team. All the players were involved in the game, as the team was able to play in the national team. I was able to play in the national team and work for the team. What would you want for concert, you as a fan? Yeah, the numbers that were floating round was around 60. And I think it would have to be over 50 million for a few years, left contract. Yeah, I think so. I think he's got three walk in. It's hard for walkins, isn't it? Because of the age spurs, what the number least says just pay it. But he doesn't show any signs of show slowing up walkins, doesn't mean terms of fitness and stuff is, we finished the season really well. Yeah, he had a great, great into the season. Okay, you have got some incomes. Let's talk about them. Alejandro gone at you. I know was high on your watch list all summer. Like you've got him. Amazing. How did you keep the straight pace? Six million interested? From a fancy point of view, not until I see something, I think it's watching wait. If you come in at five and you knew he was going to start, that's a different conversation. But there's a lot in that sort of price point in FPL for me to at least say, let's wait on that one for now. Emory, does I have a track record of getting some good things that our players have kind of been written off? I'm among them have kind of written off kind of, but I do think he could be quite a good fit for you in the sense, quite often your wide midfielders end up kind of very narrow. And sometimes I think particularly when you play lower blocks, he's like, I want someone to stretch the game out wider and stuff like that. Or going in behind as well. I mean, begins to feed, rogers is to feed people, end up playing wide for you, even Bailey is to feed. He's different in that sense. So I he could do quite well, but I'm very much like you. I need to be convinced. Yeah, I think a lot of fellow fans weren't happy with the signing from what I read. They were like, why are we going there? Why this guy? But we had the same noises when we went for Sancio and actually Sancio did OK last season for us. He made a lot of appearances. And overall, I think if you said, I'm really, how did you view that? Yeah, you did a job for us. It was OK. So follow up questions to that would be why have you not signed James and Sancio? Because he's released. He's unattached, isn't he? Yeah. I think because they see bigger potential in gone at you. All right. Fair. I think we wouldn't know what we would get. Resel value and a lower salary, maybe. Yeah, I bought another one that's really bright and exciting. And I said it so many times, I looked at him quite a bit before you wrote a league final, obviously played against you in the final, you're a ham man, Zambie. And he was the one who stood out. It's like, if they have trouble on the night, it'll be one. He was quiet that night, didn't see any. but he did have a very good World Cup and he's now your player also priced at six minutes. Yeah really exciting, he's number 10 like you say he came from Fryberg, Switzerland at the World Cup and the only started two of the World Cup matches but in his appearances off the bench as well got three goals to assist so like you say very strong performance of the World Cup for him. We do think he's injured at the moment it's going to be touch and go whether he makes game week one he hasn't featured at all in preseason yet partly due because Switzerland made it quite far in the World Cup but also because he is managing a knock. So he missed the court final then he'd forced his way into that team through his performances and was unfortunate to miss out on the court final he's so frustrating when you buy a new player and they're unavailable. Yeah because they're playing catch up is you've got the life adjustment moving country and then you've got to get fit this up as well so probably expect to slow start it's very talented shall go miss ease familiar yes with the league though as a player you know I like it's coming up 5.5 are we looking at him partnering Camaro's likely kind of first choice midfield at my right hand Camaro is available again. Camaro is fit and available playing in preseason which is massive we just need to wrap him in Commonwealth because he's had too long term injuries now and he does pick up a knock quite easily as well so really I wouldn't keep Camaro fit but yeah I think go miss will sit alongside him in the double pivot and go miss is a great in preseason really like what I see there he looks like an emery sort of player really comfortable on the ball playing out from the back working in tight spaces so yeah excited to see what he can do in a bit of a show. Any interest in I have written 5.5 respectively I don't think so from a fancy point of view I mean Camaro of fire is not bad because he he's really good for the death com but no not seriously considering how that came with one. Okay from a squad building perspective what's what's needed now that does that area of the pitch for example still feel quite light bearing in mind Anana's injury as well yeah I think that's the big one if Anana was fit I'd feel far more comfortable being like well we've got Camaro we've got Gomez we've got Anana we've got Barclay but now it's like you take one of them out and suddenly we are down to potentially pulling Linda off into midfield again so it does feel quite light in that position so I think central midfield we might see another one we've been linked a lot with Palinia summer well that feels like it's going to be quite more recently. had one good game for spares and you know you all know what game it was yep but we'll see we'll see what happens on that front I think also a forward slash wide player I think we'll see someone come in in that area just feels a little bit light there's word that if the right offer comes in for Tamiya Abraham he might go and there's also that might explain some of the Jackson links maybe yes I suppose in my head I'm just sitting Jackson's going to probably sit on the bench at Chelsea was he want to go and sit on the bench for you having just sat on the bench at Bimunic because well you'd think that he wants to play surely you think yeah um but yeah Abraham might be out the door the other ones guess and we think he will be out the door as well didn't really work out for him in the first half of last season went on loan to Palace and apparently Palace are now coming back to the table to maybe take him on loan again are you lighting the fallback areas we are but we think we have someone regairry I think his name is we think we have to make it I think my understanding is most hastin but a fan should probably rather that transfer didn't go through that's more for off-field reasons yep moving on uh so Matt's and Matt's and not start the season I think certainly left back for us cash his first choice on the ride but yeah outside of that um it's a bit like we've got Bogard who can play there right back the Delkovic is still a villa player at the moment but we think he's probably going out on loan or being sold that's the right back option okay I'm going to talk about Watkins yeah from the fancy aspect I'm assuming that is 90% he stays with yourself but you should come with a small carrier that I think if a big big big came in there might be a conversation happens but the moment this this is assuming he stays he's 8 million that's underpriced that's my own assessment he's started at 9 million the last two years scored 16 goals in both of them also finished last season very well what do you think he's the reason in for him to have a million drop and yet despite that million drop it's not like we're all running now doesn't feel that way feels like there's a template front free at the moment and only Watkins is not in it yeah I think you're absolutely right with your assessment but I think there's a lot of other forwards that have seen that drop in price and there's a lot of other forwards cheaper than him that people are looking at and going well Calvert Loans only five and a half and he's started for leads sorry six two million saving a gel gel Pedro 0.5 cheaper if they were the same price it's probably more of a conversation but if you can say 0.5 I think I think I'd lean more towards gel Pedro than Watkins unfortunately do you think I've tried to force the idea that many would go against harland make Watkins good make Calvert Loan make gel Pedro good mate E-Saxon at 9 again capability could be worth much more right is it that I think consequence of harland yeah I think they have compensated a lot in other areas to to bring prices down because harland so expensive that grabs the headlines doesn't it gets people talking about fpl that wow you've seen harlands 15.5 but actually when you drill into it every villa defender is now four and a half that feels cheap compared to previous seasons where we've seen cash at five million for example so yeah I think a lot of players have been pulled down in price because of harland going up so much here's a better fpo asset Watkins or Gabriel Gabriel okay so that's interesting yeah and that wasn't particularly me thinking deeply into that that's just instinct is that I feel like Gabriel is a better better use of 8 million more consistent Watkins or boomer that's hard that's hard I either soft spot for boomer I think especially with man United's opening fixtures I do wonder if he could become the main goal scorer in that team if he gets consistent minutes and plays a lot so take it you're not starting with all your Watkins then no I'm not but equally I'm not so wedded to my team at the moment there's lots of lots of can change in the other than the next few weeks I do think again it's fine to do it in a short term I do have concerns for people I see setting up with like harland and two sixes it's not that you can't move it about but I think you probably want to be within range of Watkins Tiago, gel Pedro, ESAC I think you kind of need it with your range there's a bit of a jump from there to ESAC I think Watkins assuming he's first to us and around that period game week 11 unless something from your midfield really steps up between now and then by default it'll be really attractive to people yeah I agree I think he's he's more attractive than any of the midfielders even though he's obviously considerably more expensive than the midfielders he just jumps out as the one you know that he can not only score goals but he can find ways to get assists too he's going to or even game week three you could be looking at that hollow way again if he's scored in the first two people are going to be looking at that game week three away to holand then the fixtures that come after and going oh maybe maybe I should jump on that yeah potentially what if he was absent though what if he's injured and we've got a period of Abraham five and a half it's tempting isn't it five and a half is a really good price I mean I just compared him to Calvert Lewin he corrected me he's actually six million there aren't many five and a half options forwards are the that alone in a side that finished four last season I Abraham's played a significant part as well last season when he came off the bench he was good for us he certainly knows how to find the back of the net Scuttsman important goals last year so yeah yeah I think you have to consider under that sort of circumstance he's getting regular minutes playing for you that expect the score quite as many as Watkins but 5.5 he wouldn't need to would I guess the only thing would be if if someone happens to Watkins this week or if he's come back with a problem from England Judy you'd be thinking you might hit the market I guess that's the yeah but if it's those two and something happened during what can you stream the season let's say that period we said 11 of 15 and Abraham's the only fit forward you probably gonna have to be all over that aren't you yeah definitely okay okay let's talk defenders what's in your bio at the moment Lee well as I touched on earlier four and a half makes it interesting because we've spoken about this a lot haven't we in the last 12 months the other defenders don't get defcons and that's been a significant change to the game that season so actually bringing them all down to four and a half needed to happen otherwise it wouldn't have been a conversation if cash was still five I'd be sat here saying no chance you can't know wonder is what price still be if you finish midsavile next year they're all gonna be four yeah I might not make it interesting. But yeah, at four and a half, they've been smart there because that makes it an option, doesn't it? We've still got that caveat, the elephant in the room, the villain players don't get defcons. But we know that Cash can pop up with a goal or an assist. And at four and a half, he would be the one. If you were going to go there, it would definitely be Cash from my point of view. It just depends. I think if you can rotate it where you can play Cash for the nice fixtures and then Bench him in Game Week 2 and we've got Arsenal at home and then Game Week 8 when we've got City at home, then that could work really nicely. Yeah, I think if you're, it's not just that, as well. If you are looking at a really late wild card, you think I don't want to buy a villa defender, like late, I don't want to waste that transfer. If I'm put it in and rotate it for a long period, like Mattie Cash, then I can see the appeal of that sort of thing. I'm kind of in agreement with you that he's pretty solid for minutes. Mattie Cash, there's no direct obviously opponent that's going to nick his place. Although we should have an awareness of obviously Champions League football this year, that might not look so straightforward. We'll be maps on the other side. The centre-backs has a question mark, I think on Torres versus Ming's rotating minutes and also a bit of concern. His concert definitely going to be at the club and Linda Loth is there as well. So Cash looks like the one that's got the safest routes and minutes on your play. Yeah, I think so. I think the biggest factor, like you've just said, is Ezra's concert. Because if concert leaves, then suddenly our playing sheet potential becomes more sketchy, doesn't it, that you wouldn't feel as confident that we're going to keep playing sheets when the factory comes in. Mattie Cash got 3.3 points per game last season. Defenders 4.5 and under more per game last season. Calvin Bassie and Ryan Sessionion and Kenny Tate all look full. And I've been spoke to Lewis earlier today. I don't think he's picking up any of them. Ethan Pinnock is a low-minutes contributor. Ola Aina, not in a forest, might be under threat as covered with mark in terms of maybe long-term position in the team. The other one, he's quite safe though. You would imagine for minutes that's Tyrick Mitchell at Crystal Palace. Yeah, that feels like a fixture pick, doesn't it? If Cash had a better fixture, you'd probably back him. If Mitchell had a better fixture, you'd probably back him. It's weird, but you have a little bit more trust in them. You're a bit excited. No question at that. I never obviously changed managers. It might be different. Psychologically, there's something there, you know. I can't put my finger on wider. He said, "I don't know if I'm just burnt from every week." Last year I was going to say, "Look, Villa guys are never going to get Defcon's due an absolute waste of time." I think also we have a tendency to, and I don't know if the day to talk about this, but we have a tendency to concede against lower half teams. Whereas then we'll pull out a 1-0 home to Arsenal or a 1-0 home to Man City. And that's the game when you've chosen to bench Cash. Yeah, maybe. Clean seats last year. Nine for as we can't so. If you want to have some joy with your minutes played. Guess who's most for Clean Shades 4.5 defenders. What from any team last season? I've given you the answer already. Mitchell. It's Tyrick Mitchell, yeah. What do you think of Martinez? There's an option. But five. You can't, can you? It's just any guy. He's going to break a nail. Well, they've been really clever here to put Bizzo for 4.5 rather than four. So you can't even have that to save you. Can you? Yeah. Because you're not going to pair him up. Did he pick up a problem in the warm up at the Europa League final? Yeah, he broke his phone. Oh, we played that one, though, yeah? Yeah, yeah. Where's the strange domestic. I'm not. I cannot have. We have to get past, you know, Luke Shaw is a player we've mentioned this week. It's always gets injured. We did start like 37 games last year. I cannot be having a goalkeeper who seems to free times the season, just pull out during the warm up. Yeah, he's a diva, isn't he? He clearly, if he fills anything in the warm up, he goes to the staff now. I'm not today. I'm not playing. I'm not playing. Yeah, but what did he save before the Europa League final? Yeah, exactly. Oh, no, I think I can get through this one, actually. That's a real rapid. I mean, in a way, it probably needs credit to say like, right, rather than call yourself a serious issue, if you don't feel right, yeah, pull out of one game and he very rarely misses sustained periods. So maybe it's through his credit, but it is very unusual. It feels like a certainty. It will happen at some point this season. You know the worst part is as well. Sorry to be off. He's in his first season for Ville. He played every minute in the Premier League. So he can do it. And how outstanding was he as an FPO ass because in truth, despite what I've just said, where he 4.5, I'd be very, very interested. This is a goalkeeper. 186 points in the 20, 21 season, right? Absolutely. Monster. 4.5 would be very interested, despite what I've just said, because I think while rotating with another keeper, then he's five at the moment, based on recent season performance. Just to make sure that he's not the villa autopic and to make the defenders mildly interesting. That's what I think. Yeah, I think five I wouldn't touch him at the moment. So Martinez was 4.5. You'd go him, wouldn't you, I think. You'd be down to Joe. Yeah. So Mattie Cash from the defensive ones, but otherwise not particularly interested. Okay. What about another 6 million midfielder? A goner show in Manzambio coming at that price. Tommy Bwendi felt like he stepped up at some important moments last season, including that brilliant assist for the first goal against Forest in the second leg of the semi-final. Would you think about him at 6? Yeah, it's okay. It's a fair price. I mean, he's got goal threat. Six goals last season in the Pram. Only 21 starts as well. So decent, decent numbers there. I do think there's better options in the bracket for that sort of price bracket for FPL in other teams, but I don't hate it. If you wanted to go for a Vellum midfielder, he's probably the pick just because of that goal threat. He covered this a lot last season that we don't really want midfielders that are going to get loads of assists. It's more about can we find midfielders that can score some goals and Bwendi are will score some goals for this season. The only question mark would be with Garnath, shea, and Manzan becoming in is he definitely first choice. He's definitely got head start on it, that was no. Yeah, I think he is. I think he is still first choice at the moment, and I think he will definitely start game week one, but is there a scenario where he comes out of that team? It's not impossible. I think he largely stays in it because he's ahead of everyone. And my right hand, so I'm going to begin his injured as well. No, no, I'm against that. He's fine. Okay. Sorry, I say he's fine. He went off injured in the friendly, but we're hearing that it's nothing major that he might even be in contention to start the super cup final on Wednesday. Okay. And just the okay for game week one. Good news because as we've learned, he's a very important player for you, John McIen. What about him at five five? Is that more interesting than in the Schumannies fit? I think that's less interesting. I think if you go to pay the point five extra for Bwendi, McIen at five point five, I think I'm right in saying his competing would like Pascal Gross at Brighton, isn't they? And I couldn't justify picking McIen over Pascal Gross. Can you justify picking Bwendi for 0.5 more over? Maybe. I think Bwendi is more likely to score you a goal from open play than Pascal Gross's. So you could argue, okay, if you get from your goal, he's probably going to be in the bonus points, but Gross is going to be a far more consistent pick, I think, with the number of rooms to points this guy over the course of a season. Okay. Eight attacking returns, 17 hundred minutes from M.I. Bwendi a last season. We should remember, obviously, I had bad injury issues historically as well. So getting back up to 100% of himself to play that you bought from Norwich didn't not really see it. It's best, I don't think. Of these five million midfielders, Lee Bogard, Barclay, Kamara, Elling Jr. Allison, is there anything we should be aware of with this group of players? I think the only one to watch might be Kamara. I don't think this will happen, but if Jal Gomez goes in and he's the deeper of the two and Kamara gets licensed to go forward and still picks up Defcon, that could be interesting at five points there, because it's a very good price, isn't it? There's not much below that in FPL this year, but I'm stretching it a bit really. I'm not excited by Kamara, I've been lying for a set of hours. Okay, there were 2.4.5 million midfielders in there, but it won't be aware of. So, it's Bradley Burrows and George Hemings. He's doing anything that we should be aware of in terms of the them minutes coming towards the season or anything? No, they're just kids. Handings just look really good in preseason. Looks like an exciting youngster, but he's not going to be threatening that starting 11 this season. Okay. I think that's probably a wrap then. I get vibe from that. Lee, you're not starting with any villa. No, not the moment. Just repeat it again. I just think he will be talking. I know a few models have quite high on maps and just cover back around Wade, prefer cash. Um, I think just more likely go through it from cash. Did you think that was a factor? Do you think that was a fact reading? Because I saw, like one of our patrons said that one of the models was rating the amounts and quite highly. Do you think that was on a basis of minutes at that point? Thinking Dean was leaving a not factoring in that you would buy another left bag? Yeah, that's it. I think sea doesn't know the left back comes in. It's going to be a case of who knows? Cause we know last season, Emory didn't fancy maps and he sat on the bench most of the season. Didn't they? So that doesn't give me huge confidence that Emory's in love with maps and as a, as a starting left back, um, where as we know that since he came in, um, to throw an hour, a few years ago, cash has been his man. He loves Mattie cash. Okay. What's the lineup up bright and does it stand? Um, Martinez, unless he breaks an hour, obviously, the warm up, um, cash, Torres concert, Martin, um, Camara Gomez, I think is, is pretty now done. McGuinald star if he's fit. Um, Watkins will definitely start his fit. And then it's going to be, I think probably, um, Wendy, a garnet show, resuming that Manzambi isn't quite fitting up to start. If Manzambi gets minutes though in the next two friendlies, then there's every John's Manzambi starts instead of gone at show and Wendy goes to the left. Okay. Yeah, I think that the punt one in there would be Wendy. If, if people wanted to just try it, it's over a bit of maybe long term coverage. And now I think you'd be the sort of player where if you went for five games without return, you very quickly get a bit itchy about that. Mm. I think actually you mentioned at the start about kind of raining in expectations a bit this year. So I mean, what does a good season look like for Villa? A good season is top five game champions league. That's a good season. But if we finish six, that's not a disaster. Given how much change there's been this season, getting into Europe again, albeit not champions league, we know that's the money ball. But if that sets us up well and we're looking at this young squad, Manzambi, by the way, only 20 years old, if we're looking at this young squad going, okay, we finished sixth, but we can kick on from here. These players are only going to get better. Then that's not a disaster. But like you said, the goal still has to be champions league qualification. And it's a two of all. Yeah, yeah. No reason why not. Emory's proven his worth countless times in the last few years. But like I said at the start, this is a huge challenge for him. The amount of change I found on the pitch. Big, big challenge for him. That conversation we had in September last year, looks so wildly out of place now. After you'd started last season so badly, we were like, well, at some point, we're going to have to have a conversation if you keep going through games and not scoring. And not winning games. And then there's like 13 of the following 14 was one or something. Ridiculous. But we were. We were looking at it again. Well, at what point do we start questioning? Emory, if you don't, I think the two fixtures were full of home, Bernley home with the next two, then you were sort of saying, well, if you don't win either of these, we've got to start asking questions. I'm like, this is a nightmare. And you didn't start that full of game, particularly well, I have. But went on to win it and went on a great run from there. Okay. Wednesday night is a chance to win another trophy. Yeah. You're obviously not going to be 100% full strength, but here's some good news. Not for a lie. Because you don't want. You don't want them to be full strength. You've got a chance of winning that, right? Why not? Yeah. And in any one off game under an I am, we've got a chance. I mean, we beat PSG at Villapurck in the Champions League a couple of years ago. With beat NASNOR and Man City last season at Villapurck. Admittedly, this match is not at Villapurck, which is a shame. But still, I back Emory in any fixture when he's studied the opposition to come up with a plan that will give us a chance. Difficult to study when you haven't got much clue of necessarily what you're up against. Yes. I mean, my team very nearly beat them in that competition last year. And obviously they were well behind in terms of fitness because they played in the club well. Cup. You're kind of this time, both returning at similar periods, but their big boys up front, bar Carbaccia, they're not there. Yeah, exactly. But Carbaccia, it's not bad, mate. Yeah, they'll still go into this favorite. Some rightly so. Of course. You never know. So it's a great opportunity. I wish you the very best of luck with that Wednesday night. Hopefully you can go a step further than what my team couldn't do last year. And thanks again for Gameweek 35, mate. I should appreciate it. Good luck for the season, mate. Right. Tomorrow, it's day three of Correspondent Week. And guess who we're starting with that team, that won Villapurck in Gameweek 35. Absolutely destroyed Villa. That's super. Tottenham, Oxford, Ricky Saunersby with me. We've got Tom Med on Brentford, Johnny Pringle, one man's to say, we're going to finish tomorrow with what I think is going to be a really important podcast. Crystal Palace with Rory McLaughlin, Dad. Lee, good luck for the season. 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