“Bad Look” As Manchester City Batter Liverpool Amid Charges

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But before we get into all of that, you've had a busy weekend, a pair of yours. So you are Matt of the day, Alan. Yeah. I was watching the Brighton game because obviously it was one of the three clock kick-offs yesterday. So I didn't sit. So I watched it on Matt of the day this morning. Yeah. I was thinking with a send-off, the red-wended BAR overturned it. I thought, surely going to call that out when it goes back to the studio. There's no way that wasn't going to get to the goalkeeper. But, well done for that. Mike, you've had a busy day. We'll start with that, actually. Mike, because you were at Anfield. And obviously, the Liverpool fans were dishing out to a degree to the city team. Did you get any little personal abuse? No, I didn't get any goodest gold. But, but I arrived at 12 o'clock the next. 12 or 12? No, no one's there. No, no one was there. To be fair, though, maybe Liverpool fans are normally all right. So, I mean, what could I do? I'm just going to work. I thought you handled the old difficult questions very well, because you're in a difficult spot. You know, you know what, guys? I just like to. It's such a difficult situation to be in, isn't it? Because you want to be professional. But you want the audience to feel the actual pain that you're going through. And there are a lot of ex-players who have not really talked about it. They've sort of just said, you know, we've done what we did on the pitch. But because I've been there, we did it on the pod a couple of weeks ago. In terms of how it makes you feel. And when someone's constantly questioning your achievements, it does hurt. It does hurt, and it's sort of trying to articulate that. But also trying to be balanced. But also trying to make sure legally we don't say anything that's going to get anyone in trouble. But obviously, I've got to give my insight and tell the audience how I'm truly feeling. So to get all that balanced right, it's a very difficult show to do. Well, I think legally at the moment, you can take it as red that they're guilty. Anything that changes in the future. Even though I think it highly, highly unlikely that anything will be reversed. But I think the situation at the moment, you can accuse Manchester City of cheating. And that's it because at the moment, that's what it is. Right, Alan? I've said to you, I think I thought you did very well because you're in an impossible situation in whatever you see. You get one word wrong. It's out there forever. And you don't want to do that. So I get an understanding. But this has to be an example this weekend of them winning a football match. Surely, surely, the consequences got to the sanctions have to come out. Because it's just the longer it goes on, the worse it looks. That's what I've said over the weekend. It's such a bad look with them even winning today. And you have to, again, I thought my city were brilliant in what they did in the players mentality wise. I've said that to Harry earlier on. Yeah. Mariska deserves a lot of careers for obviously settling the dressing room down. And whatever words he said, they've worked really well. Haven't said that. They're sending off changed the game. But if you ever needed any evidence of how much damage it's going to be doing every single week if one city are going to keep on winning, then it was there to do it. Yeah. I think to go to Anfield, you know, Manchester City and win for a team that's never won a Premier League title. I thought that was a really good effort. Oh, the jokes, right? British, where's how we deal with shit? Oh, yeah, sorry. I couldn't help myself with that. What was the atmosphere like? Because it didn't come over on TV like it was particularly venomous towards city and anyway, maybe Liverpool fans get that it's not the bloody players fault. But at the same time, I was expecting, there were one or two banners I saw and there was booing when they got the ball. All the stuff you expect, but it wasn't. Did it? Or you were at the ground. You get more of a feeling for it. Yeah. Well, if we start from beginning, city came through the back. Backroot? I don't know if you saw that on TV. I did, yeah. The two buses, yeah. Yeah, the two buses went through the backroot. So that was the start. Then when men city was running out to warm up at the start, there was a few booze, but nothing too strong. I thought when the game started, Amfield was rocking. But more, more singing rather than nasty. I would say it. I thought the fans conducted themselves really well, the Liverpool fans. But then as the game went on, there were chance saying cheats. But it wasn't nasty or anything. The atmosphere was good. I would say when I used to go to Liverpool back in the day, and it was like a fortress, it didn't feel like that. But I suppose for the fans that the players have to give them something to cheer. Ultimately for the fans, it's about the game that they're watching. Really, the rest of it is a side show. Exactly that. So I thought the fans conducted themselves quite well for the bits that I saw. Because you know what it's like, someone is going to send me a video. Oh, is this really how to behave or whatever. The stuff that I saw, Liverpool fans conducted themselves really well. I thought it was fairly even for most of it until, as you said, Alan, the red card, or should we say two yellows? I thought the second one you could argue, possibly it was a yellow card. Not in the sense that you'd already given him one, so you'd go up. There's got to be a higher ground for that sort of thing. The first one I thought was definitely not a yellow card. Unbelievable. lucky to get to imagine getting sent off for just basically competing in a football match. No, no kind of deliberate foul or anything. This is what is my complaint is sometimes. You know, as a referee, you have to understand the game, you have to understand the circumstances, you have to understand the situation, right? Now, I don't think either tackle deserved a yellow card. Possibly the second one, but if he's going to send him off, he has to be absolutely certain that that is a without a doubt. It's a contact sport for goodness sake. You've got two giants of football and in whatever way you want to talk about them and that the importance and the relevance and the tackles and the understanding of what it means as a referee, you've got to understand that and he got that wrong. It should never have been two yellow cards. The first one was ridiculous. The second one, I would even argue, was not a yellow card either. You have to be allowed to tackle sometimes. I just think that you think that the referees need to allow the game to breathe a little. Yeah, yeah. I thought that was one of the big pluses in the World Cup micro. They actually loud tackles and they allowed a bit of physicality and they didn't go overboard with the yellow cards and I think it was like so refreshing for the game. It really made a difference. The game's quicker. It keeps going. It's not so staccato where you've got the referee constantly blowing his whistle and then we have a free kit. We have to wait for everybody to go. It was like so refreshing and a lot of the games were improved because of that. I just think it's been another really poor weekend for VR and the referees. I mean, the sending off for Brighton, the goal for Crystal Palace, I hope they hit the hand. If they want to look at these things closely, which clearly they've made their minds up, they do and they want to scrutinize every single thing, then they've got that wrong. Brighton sending off yesterday because the ball was running through to the goalkeeper. Those are wrong decisions and so again, you're going to be thinking, how would web come and I want to apologise again or another. It's like goodness me. Where are we in the game? I mean, they started the season with not getting involved at all and I did say they weren't that because they were just sitting that little box in wherever they are and not getting involved at all. So it's already creeping. Football is a difficult game to referee on the pitch but I think by and nice, they do okay. They make mistakes but when they've got that, I suppose that anchor a VAR behind me. I think we'll be forever moaning about VR because ultimately it's been dreadful for our sport. For anyone that's listening that's having a little pop here, we are aware that they are can't intervene for yellow card offenses so they couldn't under those circumstances. That's why I said it's been a poor weekend for the referees and VR because I thought it was a poor decision. They were all decisions to give him two yellow cards so I didn't think it was worthy of that at all. Having said that, I do agree with it. It was very even up until then but as soon as that, it was two or three minutes later, Harlan's brilliant finish, then the city just went and then the game was over with, wasn't it? That was impressive from the went for the jugular, didn't they say, when it was down to ten men. I mean, Harlan, he missed the chance, didn't he early. Classic hard. Perhaps any other striker would think okay but not him. He was just deadly. The way he reacted when the ball fell to him, how quick and then the finish. I mean, I also didn't realize it was going until it was too late. It was in the back of the night before you moved. I thought Dock who changed the game though, especially when obviously Graven Birch gets that second yellow, which was on Dock as well. Give us a name. You know what, it was so funny. I said it. You didn't like it. I was sitting. I was like, just get it over with. Just the shadows so quickly. I used to go, I'm watching the game and Semenio. When he was at Bournemouth, he was taking people on left right and center doing inside, going outside or on his left. And half time I'm thinking, are our holes on a yellow card? Every time he gets a ball, he's not running at him. And he's a big lumbering center. He's like an old-fashioned England center half. I mean, I've watched him a lot at Barcelona and you know, he'd get red cards and he was tough and strong and dangerous in both boxes. But I write back and you've got the pace of Semenio. Take him off. Oh, it's absolutely agree with you half time when he said that. Totally. Well, you know, you know, he's good when you know, he'd get one right and I was like, you need to get Dock on as soon as possible and a Dock will come and I'd go, oh my god. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, how come he's back? You're a little smacked again. Come on. Well, he did take Semenio obviously off. He'd just changed size, didn't he? And Jay came off. Dock who was, was just, was just brilliant. He was the impact that City needed. And well, Alan's completely right. For all the noise that's going on, City performed really well in that last 30 minutes. I actually thought Liverpool were good. I thought, you know, it was, was really good. No, I like him. He's got something. He's got energy. He's got something, I don't know. He's prepared to have a good people. I thought who must have really wanted him as a running and harrying and all those sort of things. But City, just the quality, Elliot Anderson, he was so good. Oh, he's so good. But how disciplined is he now, though? He's only pressing at the right times. He's starting attacks. His pass is really good. He's dominating the midfield. But then we've got to talk about the church. The church. The church. Oh, what a god. Come on, guys. So I'm sorry to be punching you, but I don't think it's because he's a city fan. I think it's because of his fantasy football team. You know what, though? You got him as well. No, I haven't got really. You can't big him up and then not having any team. I've got Fernandez and I went for Nandes Captain. No, you know what? One point. It's a clean sheet. It's a clean sheet. You know what I thought? He's going to get a point for a clean sheet. So I was a captain. I'll take six. You get three because it's double. So you get six points. I'll take it. And then he goes and gets a yellow card. And no clean sheet. Honestly, I didn't look at my phone for two hours. I don't know. I need to stop. I need to spoil him a week. I know I say it all the time, but this is life and death. This is not big news. That's so much. It has me on a weekend. And I got off to a great start as well. Because I had the Arsenal, I had a couple of Arsenal players. Ray, Ray, I got me at a few points. Kind of fury, he gets me a goal. Oh, the guard, he missed, he missed one off a yard out. He's put it in the net. Oh, the guard, please. But anyway, it just takes over your life by the way. I don't know how bad Harry's cruising ahead at the moment. I don't know whether he's good at this shit. Oh, yeah. Where are you at? 50 points behind your arm. On my arm, but I send a text message, threatening to sack him tomorrow then. Speaking of the Oracle, go on. Talk to me about Florian Verts. Hey, we all get out wrong sometimes. We watched him at Levacus, and he was really good. I named for the German national team, and I know. But it's interesting, isn't it? How many players can you think of that have come from the Bundesliga that have done really well in the Premier League? I think that Erzil certainly for a period of time. Gunder one? Gunder one. Yeah, yeah, he was good, really good, Gunder one. But he's more controlled player, isn't he? He's compared with like Spain or a lot of other countries. Portugal, it's interesting, isn't it? I mean, Harry's saying Harlin, but I'm talking about German players here, right? I'm talking about German players. Yeah, I just, there's something to miss. And I know we love to talk about tactics, don't we? At Levacus, and he sort of had that inside left. And free roll, essentially. But because we were used to Liverpool playing high tempo, high press and everything, it's a little bit different. But even when he's got time and space, it just looks like he's got no confidence, because he is a good player, and I stand by it. Yes, he's not performed at a level that he should. I think the price tag has not helped him also. But there is a player inside that-- It's a lot of talent, a lot of talent. It just doesn't fit the system. But how long can we, I don't want to say, keep protecting him? But we have to be honest about the situation. He's not performed at the level. He needs to perform a lot better. But they need to find the way to get the best out of him. Do you just think it's a bit physical, a bit quick, a bit with the Premier League and all the tricks that we know? He's got good feet, though. He's quick with the ball, isn't he? And even as a young player, he was sharp with his mind. So I always thought someone like David Silver, he wasn't the quickest, he wasn't the strongest. But his brain was on a different level. I thought that was of that ilk, and maybe it might end up being that. But right now is the shadow of the player that I thought he was going to be in the Premier League. So yeah, it is a bit sad to see. Yeah, a bit early to be too critical, I think, of Barcola, but at the same time-- Need more. It needs more from him, Liverpool. I mean, he's gone there at a difficult time, and they're not struggling that much. I mean, they were beating before this game. But I think, yeah, he looks-- he's finding his feet, but he's coming. It's early in the season. We need to-- to give him time. There's a lot of these lot of ability and a lot of pace there. I think from his point of view, you get to a few games in Premier League, how physical he is and everything you get. You still got to get used to it and I get that. We have to give him a bit more time. But you expect him more from him when you've got kumas, you've got munoz and you're thinking the two you're looking to give you something that are barcola and verse and he offered nothing today for Liverpool to do. But no, he sat no, I could see he cares. Well, I mean, they have his face. No, it's the boss lies, the boss lies. Well, they're big injuries there. I mean, he sat injured again. Is it anything serious to be now? Because he's actually had a reasonable start to the season. The last thing he wants in the world is to lose his momentum because of another injury. And he's had his injuries over the years, isn't he? Yeah, he has. And just to add to that point, you know, we talked about verse. I think we've got to talk about frimp on as well. He's not playing. Yes, he was playing wing back and he looked really good. I thought it was going to be exciting for Liverpool. He's not the best defender. As we know, he likes to attack space and crash the box and all that sort of things. But we've not seen that also, you know, which is strange. It's almost like Kirkers as well. Kirkers was so good at Bournemouth. And he's been a shadow of the player. It's just strange to see all these talents not performing to their best ability. Totally agree. City looking. I mean, this is the thing, isn't it? This is a city looking so good at the moment, so impressive. And you look at their squad. It's extra. I mean, obviously they've bought a lot of players in the summer. You look at them and they look so powerful. I think you've got to say that Marrisca has done a really good job so far following those footsteps. Incredibly difficult, especially under these circumstances. He's probably preached to them, you know, the world's against us and all that and I understand that. It's not the players fault. And that's the sad thing about these things. It's nothing to do with the players. It's nothing to do with the fans and they're the people who really care. Owners come and go. So I just, you know, you just wonder if they start running away. That's why they've got to do something quick. I mean, God, what do you imagine it gets to April? You know, there's a pill on his and a pill on it gets to April and it's a city of 15 points clear. You go, whoa, what do we do now? I mean, it's the whole thing. It's just, it's just to pick on it. It really is a pickle. Let's go and move on to United and Spurs because it was a big game for both teams, wasn't it? You know, it was one of those that perhaps we'd be more interested in the team that lost than would one because the crisis would envelop in the end neither happened. But I thought if you had to say there was a winner in that game, I'd say it's probably Spurs because I thought they'd performance particularly in the first half for now is really good. Similar to other performances that have had this season in the first half for now. And I thought it was going to be the same one story, but they rallied at the end and got that goal. And so we'll start on Spurs. It could be a little bit of a turning point. There's something in that Spurs team. If they can find someone to stick it regularly in the on your bag. I thought they did very well Spurs. There were much the better team created chances and stupidly were ascending off. It actually worked for them because they actually galvanised and and they'll come away from that game a lot happier than Man United will put it that way. There was lots for them to work on. Lots of improvement in what we've seen so far this season. And I've always said about the time to worry is when you're not creating chances. But and it was a big big but and I said it on much of the day about when you're creating that many and you look at Solanki and the problems have got in that position. I know he's saying Mahmoud. Not a nine. Saviour thought it was very good. He's probably their best player. But when you've got Solanki up front who's only ever been in double figures once in his career in the Premier League. Then that would be a concern for me in his defence. He kept on going and kept on going and he got the goal because he bullied Martin as again at the far post but you cannot create that many chances and just come away with with one goal. That has to be a springboard for for both Spurs and for him to kickstart their season. Would it give him a little bit of confidence though that they went down to ten men now you know you talked about galvanising the team or whatever. I actually think Spurs have been playing well for a few weeks obviously we've had in the national break before that. Like you said guys have just not been put in the ball in the back of the net. Some of the performance I've watched him and I know Al's very big on well you've got to put the ball in the back of the net and he's he's right. He's so right. He's so right. But if you look at the performance of the whole you have actually been very good in parts of the game. I went to see them at the Tottenham hospital stadium when they played Everton. First 20 minutes she thought this is really good. They're really the boss they're going to win this comfortably. Mr. couple of chances and then all of a sudden they kind of peed it out and and it was pretty boring setting half but I think they're picking up. I don't know why there's a fitness he talked about that early in the season but they do look to me I would say in a better state overall than their opponents money night. Not money. They were awful. They were awful. What's going on there because last season they ended up finishing third. Carrick came in did really well. They're playing some good football. We've got into the Champions League. You can't really say the Champions leagues had an effect on them yet because it's too early. I think in terms of saying they've got the squad depth which I don't think they probably have is it is it a case of I mean they just look a I mean so kind of pedestrian in midfield. Oh that's a big problem. You can't play those three in midfield. They've got they've got they've got no energy. They've got no legs and they're all over the place. Too much too many spaces for the opposition to play and whether that was because Spurs played well or not I don't know but I'll pull the opposition way in mind you know you'd bought. Kobby Maynu, Tealamons and Bruno, no legs, no legs whatsoever. The thing with Bruno as well he doesn't really play in midfield does he kind of goes out you see him on the right wing you see him on the left wing he's got a completely free role. He's he's a ten that suddenly appears on the right on the left and then he then he will putt run back a little bit but he's so you're relying on Kobby Maynu and and Tealamons now. The Lieber did all right when he came on. No I thought that I was just going to come to that. I thought you're a Tealamon. He's a very good football. He's very intelligent and bright but he's he's not quick around the pitch you know you know we've watched him at Leicester for a long time he's not quick around the pitch. Kobby Maynu brilliant on the ball defend the ball keeps it beats people but he's also not everywhere around the pitch. But Lieber as you said as coming he needs to now stay fit. He is leaky he's got you know he can cover the ground and he's aggressive as he showed when he came on. Yeah I think it's a huge game for them on Tuesday night let's go Madrid. You think a huge huge game. You do it. Yeah the carnivore another defeat man united. I know they got the point but the carnivore defeat there on Tuesday because it'll get really really serious there. And the next game after that needs a way. Is it really? Yeah he's eight Mike. Oh gee. Just going back to that midfield there. I think we have to look at the the whole picture on that. So you said Telemann's and Leicester couldn't run which but technically it's fantastic. He goes to Aston Villa and he's absolutely brilliant. He's the same man. So yes he runs the game. He can run a game but he needs legs around him. Exactly that. So if you don't begin to do correct because they had the structure. Don't if you look at the way Aston Villa played they crowded the center or the middle of the pitch to get the best out of what. So that comes down to coaching. Again we go in Monday night. Why were the successful last season? And I was I wouldn't say champion in carrot but I think he was doing a great job. It was one game a week. It was doing brilliantly well. Now the only reason on him to take take money night to other teams and create something and just because you've got better players in now they actually need coaching. They need a structure of how they want to play. So we all are mainers good player. We know Telemann's is a good player. We know Fernandez is their best player but when you look at the structure of the team actually when they press in the place with a 4 4 2 and Fernandez goes really really really high and he leaves them exposed against the free midfield against spurs. So that's when your manager has to say well well done Bruno we want to get you on the ball in certain areas but off the ball we need you here week because these two have not got the legs. These are their strengths. These are their weaknesses. We need you in here to protect that and when we get on the ball that's when you can get into the spaces wherever you want to be and I think it's easy to just point it at Telemann's a menu because I feel as though they're not getting the protection that they need. We know what sort of players they are so they need to work together as a group to get the best out of all of them. If they just give all the freedom to Fernandez to do what he needs to do then of course they're going to be exposed because we know that you've been seeing it for how many years because Telemann's is not the most mobile but on the ball it's fantastic so off the ball protecting. He's going to have to he's going to have to sort that out. I mean I did you've got either get on to Bruno to play but he's not really his game is it but he could do it you know but at the minute he's got that freedom to go out wide and and it does leave them as you said out expose and outnumbered often because teams teams have seen it now play against you and they'll go crikey we're gonna have a number of them midfield here we'll just keep them close hey by the way it wasn't just a midfield that was poor there were poor all over the pitch poor defensively goalkeeper was poor up top there were offered very little and when we got the got the goal but other than that there were there were really poor everywhere big game big game yeah two big games coming up coming up for them let's take a break discuss one to the other fixtures or when we come back this episode is brought to you by hotels.com you know what's better than getting a good win getting another one straight after it with the all new 10 for 100 pounds benefit from hotels.com members that 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think whoever the whoever the Leeds player this season they know they're going to be in for a game and they more than matched Arsenal thought well he went one to look and that was that was the kick up the backside I think that Arsenal thought oh my god then the substitutions and the quality that comes on then they moved the ball a bit quicker but Leeds were well worthy of at least being one it could have been probably should have been more but I think from our Arsenal point of view the quality that they're able to bring on down to the pitch again as as help them win that game I like your analysis sorry on a match today I'll in terms of because it's it's the little things and you know when you analyze him and it's easy to talk about he didn't do this he didn't do that but it was the extra touch yeah which was like oh my god when it when it was clear as day and not a lot of people would have noticed that but it could have went early it didn't it could have went like it could have crossed it it didn't or the guy could have done this and then as soon as the lifted the tempo yeah Califiori started making runs it was clear to see what the problem was to me yeah yeah was it was too slow it was and I you know 12 30 kick off on a Saturday after an international break I sort of might get it and I sort of understood it a little bit but once they started moving it quicker one two touches bringing the extra quality on and whatever you then that's the impressive because they had to win that game by the way because you can imagine after their last performance last result against Brighton was that three weeks ago so they had to win that game against Leeds yesterday so it was it was a big result for Arsenal I thought Rice was very good in the second half it wasn't it turned the game as well in many ways and you know it probably benefited from getting a bit of time out I think but Kyosak still seems to be trying to find his game and he's he's possibly his fitness and you know that the decision-making that he's always made in his career has always been exemplary but I mean you pulled him up on a couple of things on your analysis Alan and I just thought which is interesting because it goes against what we saw from him in previous seasons until probably last season I just I just wonder if he's finding his way back from this like niggly injury that he's had so long and probably slight that could come I mean he's still a very good footballer but he's not he's not been as absolutely brilliant as we've seen in previous seasons did you see the point where I made where if he got across the name of the ball so he didn't be distant but that's kind of interesting I know it is but I do I look at him and he gets into that position so many times yeah and I think go on then give me that extra three or four yards and you'll get five or six goals and I know it's instinctive and I know that's what sent the forwards do but if he could do that he would he would he would make a massive difference to his numbers it's the key to scoring goals I mean yes has been and it's amazing how few people work yeah you know who was really good at doing that Raheem Sterling yeah he would always be at the back post lurking wouldn't he tap his galore the back post so yeah you're right if you could add that to his game he would his numbers would certainly be better as for Lee's they're fittingly since they moved to a three at the back before the game that was obviously so I could made them more difficult probably to break down I think you know solid at the back good signings honestly Tonaka's brilliant he was brilliant I think I remember talking about him in the championship no I didn't discover him I think he got played a year in the championship so I'm not telling you anything that you don't know um I'm Purdue he's he's excellent midfield I love stack I love stack his energy he's just everywhere yeah ochre four sort of plays in that number 10 but then drift to the left then goes forward Calvert Lewin holds it up so what his holder play yeah I think it's he's underrated I love the the relationship between bowl goal and adjusting down that right and sideways one of our own sometimes one goal one will sit and vice versa but no hurry with it oh yeah he's been he's been really good yeah he's been really really really good I just think Daniel Fart has got the balance absolutely right in terms of the the running power that they have the confidence that all the players are he's installed in into the players and they just take take the game to anyone who they play against and the don't sort a deviate away from what they want to do which makes them such a good watch yeah shame don't miss out on getting anything Chelsea a good watch at the moment aren't they they don't mess about can I see it all made a huge difference to them in in the midfield and he he allowed Henderson to get forward I mean the three again Rogers Pedro and Parmino Parmin didn't get his goal but Rogers and Pedro got theirs but I thought Chelsea looked very different yesterday you've got to give a shout Jordan Henderson by the way I mean he keeps on going I mean he's he's waiting off to what to Saudi and he didn't really kind of work then he went to Iax and it was a little bit in and out then there was not wrong because he was in the England squad and now he's been brought for Chelsea and everyone's going well blind me and then he's coming on he bangs into to world he's brilliant girls yeah absolutely brilliant obviously an amazing pro what a career and what a player he's been and he's lovely to say I think it's lovely to see obviously good people that that are genuinely genuinely have got a lot of admiration of of his fellow players and managers and coaches did you see him all celebrating when he scored yeah you could see the players he's so happy for him yeah so I think it's worth giving him a little shout what can we can we talk about Joe Pedro though he's someone I am taking credit for I told you guys I'll take you credit yes yes yes yes I want credit for Joe Pedro I'm using Bryant yeah he's a player isn't he yeah I mean drop it off touch tech me finishing his movement is just great I love watching him play me too he's elegant as well and he's elegant he's a really really good it's unimaginable that he didn't go to the World Cup yeah I know kind of it's like unbelievable isn't it yeah Roger scored again though didn't he he did yeah he's got a slight deflection didn't it off off the whether you find a flick to it over the goalkeeper but you've obviously got him in your team of course Yeah, they won't have any of that to do. It's called an own goal for a second, wasn't it? I don't know, yes it was. And then they gave it. I was sweating. But the shop was always on target. So it was always going to be his goal. I don't know what all the commotion was about. For Concerts, he'd go, I think Champions League. I think we predicted them to be top three. I still think they could think to tighten up a bit of the back. If they keep him fit, I said, or they would have them 5th or 6th, don't know why they may be pushing for fourth, but it depends if they keep him fit. Because he makes a massive difference to their game. I think I'd go third or fourth. OK, before 6th or who's your top four then, how often have you seen the season play out so far? Obviously, Man City Arsenal. Arsenal, Brighton, Brentford. Man City, they won't know, they can't win. Am I right in seeing if Newcastle be covering you tomorrow that you go fourth, do they? Oh, wait, we're done with nothing. Talk! That's hilarious. It's because of the way they're playing. How many times have we discussed the teams that have played? I don't know how long you've been doing this. Just as you mentioned the top four, I thought-- I'm pretty sure I'm going to like the league table. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I think it's about guys. I watched Newcastle first game of the season. I was there, and I was saying I seen the positive signs. I loved the manager, and I was like, well, we'll do well to finish the top 12. We'll do well. I'm looking at you now. I'm just bringing both of you in the top four. I thought that. He's so emotional, so reactionary. Oh, my word. I don't think we can leave without having a quick word on Brighton. I know I did at the top about the dodgy setting off that I thought was ludicrous, but their goal difference of 13 is easily the best in the league. They played great attacking football. Everything they're doing, by the way. I mean, they're creating chances. Look, tight at the back. Yes, silky, you know? They've got some really talented players there in Brighton. He's got them playing in a way there. They just look as if they're really, really enjoying their football at the minute, Brighton. Can we give my man DeCoyper a little bit? Yeah, love you, please. You got another year. Yeah, I've put him in my team at the start of the year. DeCoyper was my full back. What a player he is. Technically going forward. Everything about him. Should have kept him in, Micah. I know I should have listened to him. So don't get me started on that. So what time? Is it Monday or what? Yeah, but no, Brighton looking really good. I'll tell you what's going to be interesting this season is the relegation battle because the newbies have started. I know Comtie took their time, but they had their victory. Hold going really well. Ipswich, brilliant turn around in their game. And then you've got signs like Palace, who I know, they won this weekend, but they didn't look very good. And I thought they forest missed the talk about inside, wasting their chances. And they should have had it out of sight. Full of them down there. I mean, it certainly doesn't look like you straight forward. Perhaps three promoted teams to go down. Chuck Man City there and there as well. Yeah, well, whatever. I said I worried for full of them. I remember I did one of those doing our predictions. Not because they're a bad team. They play some really good football, but they've got young players. And sometimes you need a little bit of experience just to see games out. So if you talk about how they play, they're really good, new manager, exciting football, but it worries me how they're not being able to see games out still now. Yeah, it could be a long, long, hard season. And just before we go, a little shout for Anthony Gordon, who scored his first goal for Barcelona. And it was the quickest goal scored by an Englishman in La Liga. It seemed to come in like a hurry limiter. Did you used to play for Barcelona? No, I didn't. It's embarrassing, isn't it? It's embarrassing. I don't know if others are playing so much. Since Duke Bellingham. [LAUGHTER] I thought he was just handing it me look. Yeah, he was. Fastest goal, 77 seconds he scored after. 1988 versus Espanol, 11 seconds. And I have zero memory of it, none whatsoever. Really, you can't remember it. I cannot remember it at all. This is not even a giddy segment. Well, I'm not going to have to have a drink on this. Dig in, lad. Now, join you. I'd say let's call it a day before I might set anyone any further. Goodbye from me. Goodbye from me. Goodbye from me. Have a great week, everyone. This episode is brought to you by State Farm. No two football players are exactly alike, and the same is true off the field. 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