Who Can Challenge Arsenal As Manchester City Lose Again?

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We've seen the struggles with Marquie, Vario got caught yesterday, didn't he? So I also think they're far too open. They haven't got a six, if you like. I mean, no one's ever going to replace Roderick as he was the best in the world at doing that and still is. Yeah. But in terms of Fernandez and Anderson, they're not sixes. They do like to get into forward positions and get forward. I guess Boidey would make a difference in there. You've got also, I don't know, even if it's just 0.2 of a percent, whatever it is in terms of mentally, is it hurting them mentally? What's happening to them on the outside? I don't know. So when you put all of those things together in the pot, I guess that's what's happening. So for you've gone from a team who have won seven on the spin to now have lost three on the spin, it's a big turn around, isn't it? Maresca is a bit of a tinker, man, he does a lot of changes, and I wonder whether that lack of consistency of lineup, even though there's obviously a lot of quality in that squad. Yeah. I wonder whether that's having a kind of detrimental effect at all. Yeah, I mean, you know my thoughts, I thought, and I'm pretty sure that you're the same. I don't care who or what position you are. If you're playing one week or playing for two weeks and left out, I don't I don't I don't think it would suit my game anyway, I would have hated it. And for players to be in and out and I don't know, I just it wouldn't help me get in my rhythm of trying to do things in the right way and the best way. So yeah, that's another thing that you can put in there. So all of those things, I mean, that was no fluke yesterday from from forest, forest actually could have been should have been four up after 25 minutes or so, shouldn't they? I think we should have a word on forest because we can't be screaming out as otherwise. And then he's the other word. Yeah. I think particularly the lap because obviously he's been through a tough time, went to Chelsea for a lot of money, didn't really happen for him. He got injured a lot. So I think he was I think that sometimes we underestimate the effect that can have on a player, but he's he's come to forest. You know, he's scored early on and then he's he's kind of stored a little bit. I wonder whether that might be a little turning point for him. He's got a build on that now and show that he can do it consistently, but there were two bloody good finishes. Wow. I think I think that has to be lifted off for him there now because he's really struggled. He has looked one-paste and he has, I guess he, well, he has these missed chances because forest have been creating chances. I know their form has been poor, but they have been creating chances and he's so he's played a big part in what's gone on there because he has missed a few. But when you look at what happened yesterday and there's two finishes and it's overall, I just thought I was so impressed with his goals, but I was also impressed with how physically he was and how he gave them such a tough time, how hard he worked and all of that. And I haven't quite seen that. So I think this has to be lifted off for him now. It forest. He's shown the forest fans what he can do. That's why they paid the big door for him, for goals and performances like that. That has to be almost every game now going forward for him. Yeah. One thing I'd say, I wonder if you'd concur with me as a fellow striker. I'd like to see him now score ordinary goals like six yard box goals, rebounds off the goalkeeper, little runs to their post or the far post because obviously those two goals yesterday were very individual and kind of breathtaking finishes that, you know, you'd score on those what two, three times out of ten. I'd like, if he wants to be a consistent goal scorer, I'd like to see a little bit more attacking space in the box and scoring scorer in scruffy goals. You suddenly think, well, is that just two good hits on one day? I mean, if you've got that side to which we've seen before, we saw it a tip switch that you could score those sort of goals. I'd just like to see him score a few more poachers goals because I think if he could add that consistency of scoring to his game, the rest of his game will benefit from it anyway. Agreed. And his numbers will improve massive as well, which as he will know, and we all know that that's what we're all judged on as strikers. You all, I don't care how well you play when someone's paying 50 million for you. The reason they're paying now is because they want the goals, that's the most important thing. So he has to get into those positions and get those scruffy goals as well. Massively important for his confidence though, I would say. And also the fact that a certain early Harlem was at the other end of the pitch, you had a couple of chances, didn't quite finish them off. So it's good to show you can do it in that company of a real pair. Well, you can imagine what it does for his confidence, not only for his, but for forest as well. Because I just thought they were aggressive and they were really pressed and they had, I guess, they just had zero respect to say, no, we're just going to go out on, we're just going to be physical and tough and hard and they were from the very off. But from his point of view, absolutely, you can imagine how much belief that will give to lap watching the game back last night or over the weekend or whatever, whenever he's going to watch it, you'll look at it and think, you know, the one of the best in the business was at the other end, watching that. So that should give him great belief and confidence going forward. Yeah, I just want to make it clear to everyone that my courage is not on, not because my city lost, but he will be on in the second half of the show, it's because we're doing this one very early in Allens, you're flying off for a little holiday, aren't you? Yeah, international break as I, yeah, I'm away, I'm away for a few days, yeah, so I'll still be, yeah, I'll still be nipping on and looking forward to the England games and speak to you boys. Great stuff. Did you know Manchester City became only the second team in English top flight history after Sheffield Wednesday in 1940, '05? What was it like then? Hell yeah. Hell yeah. To win their first seven games of a season and then lose their next, next three. I must say, have you ever heard a manager sprint 50 yards down the touch line to join you in a celebration? Don't think so. I would say I was so impressed with that fellow. He's still got a bit of peace if I was, well, let's see. Pussy nippy, wasn't that? Oliver Glasney's emotionally, Oliver Glasney. I love, I think I love to hear that. I just think that's part of the game, the emotion. He was so pissed off last week when he got it, went on his rant, but the joy of football and the pure emotion because we were in our text, weren't we? And as soon as man sits scored, I was thinking, oh, no, here we go. It's going to happen. Sit, you're going to go and win this game. So you can imagine the pressure and the stress that he was feeling, Glasney. So when that third one went in, it was almost, yeah, we've won the game here. So all of that was all part of that without doubt. But Joe say did it, then he wasn't Champions League match up. Man, you know, I did it on traffic. When he was coach, you bought it and we thought, who is this fellow? I think he's very safe to say that Joe says quite emotional. I was too sure. I haven't said that. It was a bloody, special goal with the finish on the last four. And off the, enough of the post, it was brilliant, wasn't it? So totally get it. So was Jerkies as well, wasn't that technique to the rising ball? I just need to ask Mike about that, by the way. Is he happy that that's a half-fullly? I think he thinks everything's a half-full, isn't he? That's very true. So I think he'll agree. Yeah, that was some strike here. The technique was amazing, wasn't it? The technique. Oh. The ball on the way up, that's the hardest. Unless you catch it just as it hits the ground, but on slightly higher than that. Great technique. That's fantastic. off it a little bit by the other side. It'd be so good. He's fought on there. It's a title rate over. No, but it's not, I mean, big swing, a few, a little will swing because again, I guess we've done a what's going to happen. It could happen at any point, something with Man City. So the teams will be lost, City have to be conscious of that. It was another big weekend for Arsenal, City losing Arsenal winning. Brighton will have someone to say about that because they've beaten both City and Arsenal. So you just never know. I guess tougher times I think will come along for Brighton because of European football and all of that. I wonder whether subconsciously or whether it does have some kind of effect on, I mean, I don't think they'll think about it, but I would say that it has to be a slightly less motivation to wing games subconsciously if you're thinking, we can't win the title anyway, because there's going to be some form of punishment unless they win the appeal, which seems to be exceptionally unlikely. Well, you're right, because remember, when they played after it was announced, they went to Liverpool and we were all like, mentally, I mean, they were incredible at going to Anfield in the way that they did and shown that mental toughness and all, but then all of a sudden a week or two after that, do you then just go and then back to normal and then as I said earlier about, even if it's 0.1, 0.2% off it at this elite level, that makes a huge difference. I think it probably does. I think that initial reaction, particularly the one at Anfield is like the worlds against us, we can show them blah, blah, blah, but since then it goes back to normality and then that subconscious side and there's no way these players are not thinking about what the future holds for. Absolutely. I mean, you couldn't not do as a football. Agreed. It has to have some sort of effect. Meanwhile, Arsenal do what Arsenal seem to do and that's well, no, it's like George Graham days all over again. I wasn't expecting them to roll whole over because we've softened seeing it so many times before when teams are coming on the back of a European game. It's very, very different and I guess sometimes you've just got to get the result and then all the players will be off on international duty. It wasn't brilliant from Arsenal, albeit they're pretty much dominated. I was expecting them to win, but I wasn't expecting them to roll whole over and I guess that was the case. 34 1-0 wins under Michaela Teter in the Premier League. How many times did we go to that? 1-0 to the Arsenal, that was the song in our body. It was. You know, with that defensive, bold Adam Keyhounson. Yeah. That's a skill in itself. Of course it is. That's an unbelievable skill. I mean, they are the mentality of these guys and not wanting to give goals away defensively without doubt. That is a brilliant skill. It might not be great on the eye and people might not like that, but the work that those guys put into that defensive work and defensive frame will be incredible. Definitely. I mean, Gabrielle and Conner at the moment, I mean, and having riot behind them as well, whenever he's needed, he's there. I mean, he's an astonishingly good goalkeeper. He's not even spitting to number one of joists, I've got some believe, which seems madly. Perhaps he's number two goalkeeper in the world. I think that'd be quite unusual in it for one country to have the top two keepers in World Football, but it'd be hard to argue against that, I would say. Absolutely. Obviously, Simon would goalkeeper of the year at the ball and door we went to. And David Raya would be in any other sign in World Football, I would say, he's that good. So they are very, very difficult to break down. They've got Saliba in the wings as well. Coming back started training. I saw the other day. So there's much to cheer. I'd still like to see a bit more of from them going forward, but if it's just about winning, then they're very good at what they do. And it comes from that extraordinarily good defence, I think, really. Without doubt, and I guess, yeah, I don't think they are outstanding in forward positions, but without doubt, they are outstanding defensive, and that's what their game is built on. They will always create chances. They won't always take them because, as I said, don't particularly. And I know I have it. It's always delivers in big games. Well, I mean, Jocarez, I think he's a really good player, but I don't think he's a top player. And I guess that's what I was going to look out for and we'll be looking forward to go forward, I think, from next season. We've been saying that for a long time, but there seems to be doing not too bad. And while I'm on the subject of the defence, and I just want to say, Ezri Conzer, possibly signing the season, could be. If not Murembervich, maybe it leads them really well. Jackson, of course, it's been spaying, I mean, Elliot Anderson, even though they've lost the last three, has been terrific. Morgan Rogers, Jack Het, Liverpool, it's impressive, or even the Villa Keeper, Suzuki. It's been so good science, but Conzer, I think, has been absolutely imperious. That we all knew he was a good player, but I think he's in the environment that he's in. He's a one that loves defending. So he's without doubt enjoying what he's doing, and he's gone up a gear, I think, with the players that are in and around him now. Clearly, they knew what they were buying, with the money that they spent. I mean, him, Gabriel, and Siltis Elhiba, how do they, is he going to get back in? Well, it's a lovely problem for our test to have, but I would say at the moment, no, because you don't need to rush him in. You're probably bringing on some minutes. Don't forget Conzer can move as well. He can play all the positions in the back, but I would say, as a coach, you've got something that's really working. You're not going to see any goals. Why would you change it? At some point, at some point, they're going to have a little spell where they do can see goals, and somebody will make a couple of mistakes at the back, and then you bring him back in, but he's been out for a long time as well. It's quite a serious injury. I would say it's the perfect position for McKelart, because he doesn't need to justify to Siltis Elhiba, why he's not in, because it's obvious. Keeping clean shit, after clean shit. You won't be losing any sleep thinking, "I've got Siltis Elhiba coming back, put it that way. We'd rather have it that way than not having any at all, so it's a brilliant position to be in." I think they've got three of the best central defenders in world football, as well as one of the best two goalkeepers. By the way, they're full backs on that, but either. Everywhere. The only position is probably the forward positions. They could definitely be stronger, but I'd say the most relieved people probably watching the game yesterday were the champs in VR. It's Michael Oliver, and they obviously copped up by. Obviously, they kind of preached towards the rules and the laws at times, but they missed this one, didn't they? You know what it is, though? How stupid is that, Lord? Draft. Why is everything so complicated? You've got 11.2 or something ridiculous like that. Whatever, whatever, whatever Lord it is, it just can be so simplified and easier rather than having to sit there and explain the nonsense what it is. They said he was offside, but he's only offside if he's involved in the play, which if you're not involved in the play, then he's fouled, so why isn't he involved in the play? Of course, it makes no sense this law, but the referees missed it on these circumstances. Now, I mean, this is as a mind-fuck, really. So how can you be fouled in the box and subsequently be offside, but it doesn't count under those circumstances? It just makes no sense to me at all. If you're offside, you're offside, right? So in a normal thing, but if you then fouled beforehand, it doesn't apply. I think it's just, it's like, I understand why the referees mixed it up because it is such a stupid law, but they did. Like so many of the laws, it's like honestly, it just feels like sometimes they just they just complicate things for the sake of it. It's crazy some of the some of the, I mean, that we've been on about the handball law. This offside law, when you've just tried to explain it there, I mean, come on. Everything's can be so much easier, can't it? It's ridiculous. Well, the big thing about it was Arsenal won, so you can imagine, you can imagine the noise would have been so much louder if Arsenal hadn't won that game. Moving on, good win for Lee, it was a pretty dreadful game, Lee Spurs. There was another one in that game, while we're on the subject of VR, isn't it? The bogal red card. Should have been, shouldn't it? I think so. Look, obviously, I think it looked accidental, but I guess the consistency, because we've seen a couple of the moment we were, the referee has been sent to the screen, and I was really, really surprised that that wasn't the case yesterday, that VR thought that there was no need to send the ref to the screen. Once he, if he had of, then clearly, would have given a red card. I thought he was very fortunate in what we've seen previously, that that wasn't a red card yesterday. I know it was accidental, but that doesn't make any difference. I know what you mean. I, looking at that game, you could see what I neither team scored a lot of goals, both light up top, I would say. Yeah, I totally agree. I think as much as Dizurbi will say about Topman, this, that, and you know, what they massively need for the centre forward, with the work that he's trying to do, and doing, unless they get someone in in January, who's going to give them that extra bit of quality in centre forward. forward position. Then I just think they'll keep on banging their head against a brick ward. I mean, I thought they were poor yesterday, spurs. I was expecting so much more from them. But there's a big win for Leeds, good substitution at the right time to come on and score. I could fall. It was a great finish, but yeah, both teams, I think, in forward position, struggling yesterday. Calvin Lumin went through two or three times and refused to shoot. Well, I think you got the ball. It's certainly one in the end. You got the ball to kind of tied up on under his feet and stuff. He's not that sort of striker as he doesn't tend to get behind one-on-one and finish. He's more likely to get a header in your penalty. Holds it up strong, has a real go, but I think he's not, he's never going to be a goal scorer that scores 20-25 and sees it because he doesn't have that side to his game. I mean, while we're talking about spurs problems up top, I mean, they did sell a wheel-length shear to Middlesbrough, a young talent that they had for 10 million quid and he scored 13 goals. I know it's in the championship, but goals are goals wherever you score them, and you that I wonder if anyone at Spurs is going, maybe you miss something there. Yeah, you're always going to look at that if you score. But you, you know the difference, this difference in standard between the championship and the Premier League, but because of his numbers at Middlesbrough, then that accusation is going to be chucked at him. I haven't seen enough of him. I've seen him a few times. I haven't seen enough of him to suggest or even say, well, they should have kept him because he would have scored in the Premier League. I'm not quite sure on that one. No, but time will tell. You never know is, you know, young strikers that could come through. I know you, you managed to watch the new castle game. You had a moment of joy, but it was very short live now. Yeah, I think there was, I got, I got to choose my words because there was an improvement from the new castle. He changed a couple around. He brought in the young boy stir. I was wanting him to bring in. I think in the sort of when Jacob Murphy was dropping right back at times to make a five at the back with five four one, trying to make Newcastle tougher to break through. And they were goal hold check. I hope thought played really, really well when they did get through. And then that brilliant goal from Murphy, I thought he would go just to what Newcastle needed. And then a minute later, they get done and it was probably a fair result in the end, but there were small improvements for Newcastle. But I go back to my, I think I said this on the first day of the season or maybe even the second that I'm going to have to be patient because that's what we are as tough as it is. I do think we'll finish. I don't know. Again, I haven't changed on mind anything from 1230. Can I just, can I just pull you up on something? You got to be patient. I've seen you, you're either on a, you're on emotional rollercoaster with, with Newcastle, I mean, patients. Yeah. Just remind me of that when I, when I start to lose my mind. I remind you of it. I mean, well, just a quick word on the Friday night game. Everton came from behind against Coventry and David Moise continues to perform not miracles, but great wonder up there on Mercyside. And I just don't know what I don't know Barry because he's, he's quite interesting because he's, do you know, he's got, he's got a higher extra, I know Michael laugh at this one, he hears it. But a higher XG than Erling Harlan, now it, that tells you two things, I think. One that he probably needs to improve is finishing, which he may be now, you know, with two goals in that particular game. And secondly, I think it shows you he's clearly his movements exceptional and really good and he does get in positions to score, which I think ultimately down the line, he's still a very young man. It's easy to improve you finishing than that natural talent to be able to find the positions to score goals. Yeah, but I also think you mentioned David Moise. I think I have to give him the credit. And I guess the work that's gone on behind the scene with the coach and stuff, because so many times I've looked at Tian of Barry and been in brilliant positions and missed absolute sales and thinking, oh my god, I will in earth as he missed that. But know that the brilliant thing, yeah, without doubt he's improving, but the best thing is he gets into those positions and he doesn't stop. So I think already mentally, he must think, oh, you must be really strong to say, he doesn't give a fly in whatever it is. Oh, I'm still going to get in there and if I can miss, I miss. And I think that's a great credit to him. So, and he's getting these rewards now. I mean, I watched Everett and at Newcastle last weekend, their workmen like their tight, there's no doubt they've got a brilliant team spirit. And how many times have we said the best thing about David Moises is how he gets the best out with all his players? Usually Hall is a brilliant sign and he's got that bit of, he's got that bit of quality that you, that you need. So he's been a really good buy for them and yeah, he's doing a brilliant job in there, David Moises. Yeah, he certainly is going back to Barry. I saw him, I think it might have been his first goal for Everton at the Hill Dickinson. I went to watch them against Forests last season and they won the game. They were really good. And he looked a little bit like a foal, you know, like a young, and he might be just growing into his body and stuff like that. I just thought he was, but you could see his movement even then was was was really good. But in terms of David Moises, I think he's, I mean, he's, I mean, you know what you're getting with David, he's he's consistently good over incredible managerial career and still going strong. And by the way, if you remember, if you remember at the beginning of the season when on the transfer window or the forward that fell through and he was going to use, he was about being so light in in position in four wasn't it? Baligan, yeah, that he just got on with it. There was no force. He just accepted it. And I guess the tight squad that he's got for him at the minute is working. I mean, it might, it might not. There might be a time where they struggle because of injuries. He could do with the Jack Greeley situation. Oh god, yeah. Playing out as well, unfortunately, for, I mean, we all love Jack and we and his attitude and all of those things. But he's got a, I don't know how do you describe an a lovable rug? Yeah, I think that's right. Do you know what he's like gas a light? Yeah, a little bit like that. He's got that side. He's got flaws. He's got flaws, but he's also, he's, he's also a great kid. Exactly. I mean, it's easy to be judgmental on these things, but you know, you don't know what's going on. Let's, let's take a break. And when we come back, you'll be on a plane. And I'll be with Mike Richards. 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 benefit from hotels.com. Members that stay 10 eligible nights can get £100 back in hotels.com cash to use on a future booking. Work trips, weekends away or longer holidays. All those stays can quickly add up to 10, but the wins don't stop there. 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Carefully selecting and packing your order with care, because bringing you fresh quality groceries is what we do best. Welcome back to the RESTYS football with me, Geralynica, and Alan Shira has transformed himself into a handsome young man with hair. Yes! You might have been like, you might get a bit of insight now rather than just swearing. Do you know what he said, Mike, in the first half? He was talking about Newcastle, obviously, and he said, I think, you know, the fans, we all need to be patient. Patience! Patience! And with Newcastle, he's like on a rollercoaster of motion. Patience is not a thing. So we're going to discuss the Sunday games, Mike. Which one did you watch? Which two games? I presume you watched Man United, obviously, in Villa, which was a mental game. Which other games you watched? Police versus Liverpool. Okay, when I watched Sunland Chelsea, so we've got well covered. I think we probably stopped that mental game at old Trafford. I mean, it was certainly entertaining. I really enjoyed watching it, but there were lots of good things to enjoy, and lots of things probably to get frustrated about to Manchester United defensively again. But I don't know, what did you make of it? I think for a neutral, it was a brilliant game. Absolutely loved it. I think money-nated were a lot braver than they have been. They were trying to play forward quicker, and I thought the front players did really well, but I keep saying this, I keep stressing the fact is, and I was talking the same with H, when we did our essentially story of the week. If you've been successful playing one way, gas, and there was in a low block, or call it a mid block, and then you would transition fast breaks, is the terminology we use now when we put in this. It used to be counter attacks. Yes, it used to be counter attacks. Just for our own listeners. Yeah, just for all the listeners. Fast breaks, and yes, they was already playing one game a week, but everyone's talking about Arsenal now, and Arsenal are, quote-unquote, boring to watch. But who cares, because they get the job, they have the free points, come the weekend. Money united now, are in a little bit of a sticky situation where they want to give everything for the fans. So the players, they are working, and that's why they're staying in games, and then getting a draw was a massive result for them in terms of when it was 4-2. And then you go to the Roma game, when they're tuned down, and when the game free to. So all the things that have been questioned recently in terms of desire and endeavor, and all those things, you can say the guys are trying for themselves, or for the manager, whatever that may be. So you can say that, but individual errors, and when you play a lot higher up, guys, especially as a defender, I'm looking at a defender's point of view, because we get to see all the game from the back. And when you're that high, you do take more risk, so it's a risk versus reward game. And when you've not got essentially elite defenders, or defenders who are full of confidence right now, you're making it easier for the opposition, but Carrick doesn't want, he wants to evolve from last season to say we're a good side, and we've got the players to play better football, and more attractive football, but they've got away from what got them results. So he's in a sticky situation, where does he stick or does he twist, you know, and I feel for him because he's trying to do all the right things, he's saying all the right things, all the players are giving everything, but ultimately individual errors, because he's trying to play more risk football is costing them. Yeah, it's neither here nor there. He's kind of stuck between Carrick and a hard place. Correct. I think, yeah, I understand why. I mean, it is slightly bewildering in the sense that it really worked, playing kind of a lower block. I don't think they ever sat. Let's say, they didn't just sit on their own box and try, maybe I'm cool, but I know what exactly what you mean. And I suppose, I suppose to really challenge and really be a significant football club, I don't think you can probably base your whole game on that, unless you have a pack four or five or six players that Arsenal have got. So yeah, it's difficult, but they did show a lot of heart and they showed a lot of heart against Rome, and I think you're absolutely right in that. And that is a good sign. That is a good sign that the players are with Michael Carrick, the with the football club. I mean, I played all my career and I played it teams that were struggling sometimes and I played teams that were doing really well at times. And the one thing I will say is that I don't think I ever played with footballers that didn't try. Correct. I think when we say that they're not trying is I think that I think sometimes you lose confidence, some players hide a little bit. I don't think it's not trying. I think it's more a lack of confidence. And we all know what it's like playing football. When you confident, you want the ball, you can't get enough of it. You make when things are not going well, that's when the big tests are. And I thought at least in the last two games, they've shown real resilience. They didn't give up neither against Roma nor against Aston Villa. So I thought that is a good sign. And you could tell the players, even with their actions, with the goals and everything, they desperately want to do well. They desperately want to succeed like all players do, but ultimately have they got the squad to compete at the very top. I would say no, but it's obviously it's unacceptable for them to be in the bottom three as they currently are. I would agree. I would say squad-wise, player for player, maybe I'd say there are top six clubs. Yeah, you know where they should be. Yeah, that's where they should be. But what people don't take into consideration enough, and you mentioned whether players are hiding from the ball, because I've been there, I've been at Aston Villa, where we was getting booed on a tannoy and all of them sort of things, which I've talked about before. You do hide in games, but what man United have more than any of a team in the league is scrutiny. Yeah. When it goes well, you're a hero, and you're the biggest hero ever. When things are going bad, things go really bad, and you know about it. And it's not a fun's turn thing. It's just, it's a headlines thing. It's a media thing. It's bigger than any other story of the weekend. Money United losing sometimes is bigger than a team winning, you know? And I think that's what the players. And in fairness to Roy, when he talks about character, Roy Keane, when he talks about characters and leaders, and you go back to that era, and that's what he's alluding to, and it's not always about, you have to be the best player. Have you got it in you when everyone's against you, you're taking a little bit of stick, it's a big club that's got under huge scrutiny. Can you still perform? And I think that's what the United players have not got enough of. And that's why I think they're finding it hard. It's not just a plane, because you can't tell me, "Kakuni is a good player. Fernandez is a good player, and Wemma is a good player." Even Xerxi before he come to my mind, he was a good player. Mason Mark, OK, he's been injured, but at his top level, he is a good player. We're not a man who can do, so you're telling me these guys are not good players. It's more than just football, isn't it? It is. Of course it is, but it's an important part of the game, Mike, for the best players, and the best players, if they're going to play for Manchester United, have to be able to deal with pressure. You know, the better you do the more successful football club that you're at, the more the mental strength side of the game is so important. But that's probably the hardest thing to train. Yes, I mean, you can help a bit, but I don't know whether you can, because a person's personality, is his personality. So you've got to take into account that sort of thing, if you possibly can, when you're signing someone. Agreed. And again, it comes down to recruitment. But you know, they're having a go and nothing, you know, you can applaud them for that, and they kind of got themselves out of the Maya Unaiha's base. He just walked down the net. He could just see him. He just rustled his jacket as well. I was thinking up four or two, though. I thought Villa, you know, in terms of how they set up and the shape, they'll see this game out, you know. I actually thought Taylor, how would belly. So I thought he played really well. Yeah. He was a center off playing at right back, but these way of his passing was really good. And it just Jackson again, he's holding the play. Oh my god. He's holding plays outstanding. And I just thought the, they would take the sting out of the game. And I saw on a sideline. I don't know if you saw on, if he was watching at the time. So my elder person, didn't they say in the oracle? No, I got to carry on. Sorry. That's a good one. We're currently saying just one more, it would just say one more at four to if you get one, when you're going to get back in the game, in the score two. So it's, it's mixed emotions really. It's funny. And if you've got a great game of football, we got two teams playing both team score four goals. One walks off the pitch, absolutely ecstatic. The other team completely miserable is saying it's strange, same score line. The football is a strange game, isn't it? It is a strange game. And I think the fact that we're talking about united essentially, I won't say happy, but you know, we're talking about resilience of them drawing a game for all. It just shows you where where they are right now, you know, which is sad. Absolutely. I know you didn't and I didn't because it's impossible to watch all the games at once unless you've unless you're actually the day in the old days when you could could watch all the monitors. But Brian, obviously now City of Lost 3 games on the bounce. I least got stuck with Alina. I won't put you through the purgatory of watching your former club lose three on the bounce, but you know, with that happening, Brad, Brian have hopped and they would fit. I mean, even before Brentford, I mean, Harry watched that game. So, he told me even before they'd scored or the red card offense that they were battering Brentford. So, I mean, there really are front-foot, playing some great football, keeping clean sheets, scoring goals, they're doing everything that's required. Obviously, they're playing in Europe as well, but that doesn't seem to be bothering them at the moment. I just wonder, can they maintain it all the way to the end of the season? season? Or I wonder what their target is now? I presume they must be thinking Champions League. Well, I said Champions League a couple of weeks ago. I'll go excited and he said that, you know, the challenging for a league. Well, are they? If they continue to perform like this, why not? I think they've been the best team for the start of this season. I know Arsenal, ahead of them on points, but, you know, Arsenal have doing what Arsenal do and they're super defensive a little bit, you know, they're really good at the back. And it's to be applauded the way that they defend. They're super about it. But the team to watch at the moment are bright and all the football that play, even though neither have we watched it. We've talked about behind the scenes and we've talked about recruitment and all that, but the manager and the players need a bit of credit as well, because they've still got to go out on the pitch and they've got to do it. The combinations, the rotations, the confidence, the play, talk about an exciting team to watch, bright and assertly done. And go back to what you've talked about money knighted about players. Player for player, you take money knighted to player in terms of their history, a lot of them. But that's what I'm saying. If you've got a system, you've got a manager, you've got players who believe in it. They've got confidence. That's what you can do. Energy as well. Great energy. And, I mean, what about Pascal Gross as well? I mean, what worked his penalty in the top corner? He's been involved now in 87 goals in the Premier League, scoring 35 and providing 52 assists, which is the joint most of any German player in the competition along with. Ooh, Erzel. Yes, very good, Michael. I never doubted you for a second. He's 35 years old now and he's performing as well as ever. When he went to Dortmund, I thought he was done. I thought he was going to go to Germany, relax, see how his football there outstanding individual. He comes back to Brighton and he's even better this time round. I don't understand how, how can it be all that you come back? Yeah, you're more experienced, but he's never flustered. He's got great technique. He takes lower set pieces, goals goals. He's got four goals this season and six assists already. Yes, and he's in my fantasy. Of course, I wouldn't know that, guys. Absolutely outstanding week for me this week. Yeah, buzzing, but yeah, I'm just happy for him, you know, because to do that 35 in the Premier League, I mean, his brain moves faster than he needs to, so he's just, yeah. I thought you'd done with fantasy. I thought you were giving it up. I'd never give up fantasy. It's my idea. It just, you sneak back into second place in the evening. Of course, I'm back to second, I'm staying in the ball league. That's just the one amongst ourselves. Actually, blind me. You're only, you're only 81 points behind. I can chip that chip Harry 10 points per week. They've got a lot of time. Do you know where it? Well, it was a Liverpool game night with the Pat, I mean, Pallice now bottom of the table. Oh, honestly, Palace in the first half were outstanding. Really? Yeah, they had really good movement. They had a goal disallowned with Strann Larsen. The commander, Mr. Chants, which you really should have scored, put in Liverpool right on the back four. And then what happens? Liverpool come into the game, score the goal and then the confidence just you could just see it seeping out of the players. It was, it was a strange game for, for how they've been performing recently, Palace. I didn't see that performance in the first half. And you know, honestly, they were the better team. It's one of those where you think, well, I don't need to take advantage of that and get on the school sheet. I mean, football is so big and they just didn't score at the right times, but in fairness for Liverpool, verse played really well. I think showing, you know, signs, I think it, I think hopefully they'll get there because it's too good not not to perform. I mean, I don't buy the physical thing because it's a lot of players in Premier League and not overly physical. You know, look at one or two, you know, David Silver or, you know, Bernard Silva to mention too. We're not, you know, you don't look at them and go, they're physical specimens. Exactly. So, you know, he's got the technique. I just think again, it's that it's a big move. You're going there. It's a different country. You know, you've joined a club that suddenly, it's not going that well. And again, it's probably that confidence and mental strength. And he's stuck with him or her. He's stuck with him and he started to show, you know, there's been assists, there's been goals. So, yeah, hopefully because he's such a good footballer. Yeah, he is. Just to go back on Pallis just at a moment. The XG was 2.6. 2.6. That's high. And they had more possession. 54% possession. They had Pallis. Yeah, they're scrambling. Honestly, those games, you win that game today, gives you all the confidence you need, played really well. But then again, moving it back to Verts, the little, nice little assists for E-Sack at the end. You think that he was going to shoot, just put it and then put it into E-Sack's path, chops and then goal. And they just got punished, you know, it was, it was the better players in the end who had a bit more conviction when there was shooting. Yeah, PSH in trouble. I mean, Steve Parish is obviously, he's been there a long time and he has made, you know, dismissals when he's told it necessary. The only thing is, and I know, and this is why I was talking with you and I'll do the day about United in a relegation, but like, they're on, they're on seven points and up until, I'll say 13th is 11 points, you know, one win, you know, when it wins going to come for you, you're on 10 points and you go up to, to 50. He's quite unusual. The bottom of the table is, there's more points around the bottom teams than I think we've had in recent memory. Because there's normally a couple of stragglers, aren't they? Down the bottom there, like with two points or one point or three points, but no, that's different. So, you know, you can look at yourself, oh, we're in the mid table, but you're actually only four points above, above the bottom. So that is interesting. I watched Sunderland Chelsea, I thought Sunderland played really well, I think they probably just days. It wasn't a great game to be perfectly honest, but Sunderland were a bit more like the side we saw last season, tough to be using the home crowd. Brobby was a handful all afternoon, probably should have scored Mr. Couple of chances, but they, you know, they got the goal and I thought overall Sunderland deserved it. Chelsea, I looked at them, obviously they're missing Jal Pedro. I've got quite, I mean, I think we've already out before, but it's obviously got, it's, it's got worse now. So this season, games played with Jal Pedro 6. The team has scored 17 goals with four wins, one draw, one loss without Jal Pedro, four games, two goals scored, one win and three losses. I mean, huge difference. I mean, you can sometimes those things are a bit coincidental, but it's sort of playing netto up there a little bit as a, you know, I don't quite know what they're trying to do. He played three holding midfield players left out, Estabac. Obviously he's finding his feet at Chelsea. He's probably trying different things, different players, but at the moment, they're a bit erratic. I think we can probably expect that for a while. Yeah, and that's why at the start of the season, when again, Alan was like, oh, they're challenging for the top. I'm like, just calm down a little bit, calm down. I mean, if you keep all the players fit Jal Pedro, Rodgers and Palmer. Yeah. Obviously they're unbelievable free. It's one of the best when they're all on, on song, you know, but you take one of them out and it's not, it's not the same. Jal Pedro knits it all together. He's movements where one goes and then one goes in behind, one comes short. It's different. And that's why I'm quite confusing, even though netto has played really well this season, while they don't just start with well bit, you know, him to all of the ball, then he got runners in behind, but he must see something with netto in terms of the movement and what he wants to do. Why he's not starting well bit. And then Estabac, who was unbelievable against you the day, who was unfortunate not to score, you had two goals that was, I think, given offside. And every time he's on the ball, it looks like he's going to create something that will happen. So yeah, it's strange, but there must be reasons for it. I don't know whether you've seen the penalty decision, but it was a soft one. It was co-well on, on Robbie. And he was going through and they both had sort of hold on it. And Robbie clearly had his arm pulling the top of the shirt of co-well. There was a bit of a collision on the back of his leg, and they probably both could have conceded a foul on that. If he'd have given it for the defender, it would, you'd have understood it and you'd given a penalty, you understood it. I think VR looked at it and thought, well, he has fouled him, but he's also been fouled as well. And I thought they probably heard on the side of safety and just decided that it wasn't enough of a howler to overturn, but I felt for co-well a bit because he was definitely holding on to him, which he immediately went to the referees. He's holding his chair. It's on his chair. It's one of those. It was, let's say it was pretty soft, pretty soft. Let's call it a day there, Micah. Great to see you, as always. That's it for this episode. It's a resty football, good bye for me. Bye, good bye for me. Have a good week. Their sweaters are the perfect easy layer for low key plans, and on a nice night out, I'm reaching for their classic trousers. So your closet with the pieces you'll need all season long, have a very Abercrombie holiday, shop in the app, online, and in stores. 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