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For the ones who get it done. Hello

1:13

and welcome to the two Robby's podcast,

1:15

your destination for in-depth discussion analysis

1:17

of the Premier League. I'm Robbie Musto.

1:20

He's Robbie Erland. Here are today's topics.

1:23

Liverpool put in a dominating display with a

1:25

4-1 win over Chelsea on the heels of

1:27

Jurgen Klopp's shock announcement that he's stepping down

1:29

as Liverpool manager at the end of the

1:32

season. Manchester United win a wild win at

1:34

Wolves with their teenage sensation. Copy Mainley scoring

1:36

the late winner. Manchester City continue

1:39

to put pressure on League leaders Liverpool with

1:41

a 3-1 win over Burnley and Arsenal

1:43

patiently break down a tight-knit Nottingham Forest

1:45

defence to win 2-1 at the City

1:47

Ground. That's what we've got coming up

1:49

in today's episode. OK,

1:55

Mr. Musto. Busy

1:57

week, midweek, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. We're

1:59

going to start at Anfield yesterday,

2:02

if I get my days right,

2:04

a 4-1 win for Liverpool

2:08

against a bit

2:10

of a hapless Chelsea, a Pochettino's

2:12

team. What were

2:14

your thoughts and take away, especially

2:17

in light of the Klopp news

2:19

in terms of the Klopp

2:22

and everything around

2:24

this game? There's a

2:26

huge spotlight on Jürgen Klopp and

2:28

the team, and what kind

2:30

of effect his words are going to have?

2:32

I remember back to the Sir Alex

2:35

Ferguson days when he said

2:37

that he was going to

2:39

retire and then he had to go back on it

2:42

because he didn't feel as though things were right in

2:44

the football club. Far from

2:46

that in Liverpool, in some respects, it

2:48

almost feels like it might be something

2:50

that drives him even further. We

2:53

haven't had the chance to react to the

2:55

news, Rob, so I guess as we are

2:57

summing up this game, I think we can

2:59

chuck in bits about Jürgen Klopp, Rob. I

3:03

think after the game, I looked at

3:05

that performance, which was stunning from Liverpool.

3:08

From start to finish, with

3:10

the energy, the counter-pressing,

3:13

which he is very famous for,

3:16

as soon as they lose the ball, they're straight back,

3:18

they win the ball back from Chelsea. I

3:20

don't really know how to deal with that. It

3:23

just made me think, Rob, wow, he's walking

3:25

away from an exciting,

3:27

young, dynamic Liverpool

3:30

2.0 that's getting better, it seems, every single week.

3:32

So the announcement was such a shock given what

3:36

he's built and what he's experienced in. This

3:39

was a great example of a Liverpool team that they

3:41

were improving anyway. Whether

3:44

the news, the announcement kicked them on even

3:46

further, of course, it's a brilliant atmosphere which

3:48

often is, but even more so for

3:50

this game. I just thought rather that everything

3:53

that he'd done last year with Rejig

3:55

in the front three, of course right now, he's

3:57

without Mo Salah, Jürgen Klopp, he's a great player.

3:59

Giorgotto, as we've talked many times on this podcast,

4:02

Rob, is a diamond of a little player. And

4:04

of course last summer, the central midfield area

4:07

has been totally rebuilt, which is looking better

4:09

and better every single week. You add that

4:11

to a back four now that

4:13

really takes pride in clean sheets

4:15

and has the advantage of

4:18

a very hard work in midfield and a high

4:20

pressing front line, and you're getting back to what

4:22

Klopp's famous for with these teams that are so

4:24

hard to play against. We'll get into him, but

4:26

the performance of young Conor Bradley, 20 years of age

4:29

at right back, obviously

4:31

is a standout, very different to Trent Odonrano,

4:33

the way that he plays. But

4:36

everything, Rob, came

4:38

together for a performance that

4:40

just wiped the floor with Chelsea, who had

4:42

no answer to the energy and the quality

4:44

of Liverpool. Yeah,

4:48

it's really interesting that you've raised a

4:50

couple of points that kind of have

4:53

been thought since the Klopp thing. I

4:56

look at the game in itself, Robinson and

4:58

Taraty, if that's a rehearsal of the Carabao

5:01

Cup coming up, then Chelsea and Meso are

5:03

not turning up unless they're going to compete.

5:07

I kind of wrote it was one of

5:09

those days where it was an out day

5:11

for Liverpool, outclassed them, outthought them,

5:13

outplayed them, outmaneuvered them. It was

5:16

just like one team that's understanding

5:18

very comfortable who they are, understand

5:20

what they're doing. It's interesting,

5:22

Rob, because there's a bit of a contrast in

5:24

saying that, you

5:26

could say that Jürgen Klopp's

5:29

developed this 2.0 version in the

5:31

time that Pep's posture has taken over Chelsea

5:34

and he's already further down the road. Now

5:36

I know there's a lot of good pieces

5:38

in place that he's had, but he's basically

5:40

had to build a whole midfield. He's basically

5:43

redesigned the role for Trent

5:46

Alexander-Arnold, I know current

5:48

family has come in and done so

5:50

well, but redefined the role of Trent

5:53

in the team. So

5:55

he's had to do his work, But

5:58

it brings me to the point where... The

6:00

kind of thing team and again up.

6:02

This is just my feel of looking

6:04

and situation. the club, situation. I.

6:06

Think when you play that. Incidents

6:09

when with that much kind

6:11

of energy. I

6:13

don't think it's just the team that the the

6:16

I think the managers rob. And in some.

6:19

Sense. I think. It.

6:21

Takes it out of in I think physically

6:23

when he's on the mentally and I just

6:25

wondered if he's healthy. stuff is physical. The

6:27

things that may have come to me he

6:29

said you know I have to be cat

6:31

he has to be carefully. We still have

6:33

relatively young months ago, low life to live

6:36

and family and I'm sure the things to

6:38

do. and I just think one. It.

6:40

Kind of feels to me like he is.

6:43

he does so much him revving this t

6:45

mountain get in everybody I am the fans

6:47

in this to star in the players and

6:49

and i just wonder as he to it's

6:51

taken a toll on him rob them that

6:54

it's at that he possibly looked in said.

6:56

While. I need to just maybe

6:58

take a break from this. And and why

7:01

did you know the announcement Health? So when

7:03

does a Manx announcement maybe in the best

7:05

interests of the Aden Clubs house? Which has

7:07

to be be most important thing? Yeah, I

7:10

think you're absolutely right. Gop see right? And

7:12

he said it himself from didn't he said

7:14

that. My. Management style is based

7:16

on energy. Ah, and drive and

7:18

and and and we send. when I kept one

7:20

I don't have anymore. I'm not the right

7:22

person for the job so I think Europe see

7:25

right? I'm a year think looking at that like

7:27

wow how. Does. Car inspire you. The

7:29

scalia excite you. but I think I think.

7:32

I think you're right, that's exactly what parts ones

7:34

chelsea to be any exactly where he wants them

7:36

to be us. what do you son and John

7:38

and create his own respects? yeah some attacks but

7:41

and and this is you know the finished article

7:43

on I guess for club Rob are getting a

7:45

rabbit Didn't keep it together in Cuba and as

7:47

you going now between a lot you have to

7:49

now into the season help integrate things. Yeah be

7:52

seen as an end point now your an end

7:54

which I I suppose keeps him going. I think

7:56

I think what was obvious is that. This.

7:58

Is kind of unusual. Rob. isn't it, that a

8:01

manager of a huge club that

8:03

comes to an end, whichever way, you

8:06

don't often get a team like this.

8:09

We've seen the Arsenal with Arsene Wenger,

8:11

gone over the hill, struggling, hanging on,

8:13

hanging on, go. Of course, for

8:15

Alex Ferguson, they did win a title, but it was older

8:18

players. It was a sense that the team was going

8:21

downhill a little bit. This is different. And

8:23

this is where we always talk

8:25

about the man after the man, because the

8:27

man after young club normally would be a

8:29

guy that's going to fail, because it's really

8:31

hard to replace an icon at a club.

8:33

I just think this could be different, because

8:35

the team is so good. You get the

8:37

right guy, and I'm sure we'll chat

8:40

in the next few weeks about that. Jaby Alonso is

8:42

the big favour at the moment, that

8:44

the players respond to, respect, there's patience,

8:46

there's understanding, there's love from the supporters

8:48

of Liverpool, of course, with Jaby Alonso

8:50

for what he's done for the football

8:52

club. There's

8:54

no reason why this team can't be as

8:56

good and as strong, possibly. They lose the

8:59

club influence, but I'm saying the talent is

9:01

there for a coach like

9:03

Jaby Alonso to come into. Now, my

9:05

understanding is, and we don't see a ton of football

9:08

in other countries, because we're so transfixed with the Premier

9:10

League, but his football is very different. It's

9:12

much more about possession, I think it's three at the

9:14

back. They play through the

9:16

lines very carefully, so that's different

9:18

to the heavy metal stuff. So anyway, we shouldn't

9:20

speculate too much about who's going to be the

9:22

next manager. But this was

9:24

really, wow. I thought

9:27

it was a top-class Liverpool performance,

9:29

strong, strong, strong, strong, so typical

9:31

of Klopp, that it's not about

9:33

the silky football, it's about

9:35

the pressing, the wins of the

9:37

ball that then feeds it to the front

9:39

players, who finish, attack and pass, link up

9:41

in the split second and score

9:44

or create. And kind

9:46

of, Bradley, the right football bat at a game, I mean,

9:49

two assists and a goal himself. It

9:51

was a great night and

9:53

totally out-powered, like you

9:55

said, Chelsea, Robin, and if you're ready to switch

9:58

to Chelsea now. The

10:00

problems that the manager might have. I

10:02

said after job and yeah that that. We.

10:04

Know that this him talent in the squad. But.

10:07

Talent alone. it is just.

10:10

Is Not Enough and and I and I said after

10:12

the show after the game. In.

10:15

A primitive champions in my experience, I'm sure

10:17

yours as well. There's been no luxury teams

10:19

low luck she plays. They've all had to

10:21

work really hard on both sides of the

10:23

ball and his group. As quick as this

10:25

Chelsea squad can understand that the better that

10:27

it's not just about playing silky football is

10:29

about roll your sleeves up and fighting and

10:31

pressing. I'm running but Construction One isn't being

10:33

first of all and would enjoy was and

10:35

everything else that you have to do the

10:37

live or did. That's what he's got to

10:39

instill in this team. some mentality. some steel

10:41

and some work. Some. It's just a

10:43

literal hard water from his team because

10:46

that was nowhere near what the Chelsea

10:48

fans would expect. And.

10:51

You're out because in a technical I'm

10:54

gonna build ability and pro me some

10:56

potential. Know that you know nice buzz

10:58

words we pull around Chelsea to me

11:00

rob that the soft there was a

11:02

soft team and I think they lacked

11:05

a bit as spirit in personality. Yeah

11:07

and I'm not say not like. Dot.

11:09

Com com but you can have that twenty one

11:12

years of age you can have spirit. Okay sounds

11:14

a twenty one twenty two years of age of

11:16

it's not that that doesn't become an aging around

11:18

twenty six. now on I'll I'll take it a

11:21

bit more seats I've done under my the makes

11:23

it as the much an issue and it's really

11:25

interesting. I think the home form lot think it's

11:27

unbeaten in ten home but one when in nothing

11:30

to seven or eight now lights I'm on the

11:32

last wave him as lot luton laughing it was

11:34

booting up and then loot and came back that

11:36

they go on the road. Robbie don't know what

11:39

you gonna get. In the look at t

11:41

my Liverpool who are like you know

11:43

it just Boston Boston around lot there

11:45

were kids playing Liverpool fans in Liverpool

11:47

as a dodged a bullet for map

11:50

One of you miss young guy say

11:52

doubt who doesn't look. anywhere

11:54

near the player we saw it

11:56

brightens may bring in a midfield

11:58

a threat to him Chelsea.

12:00

28 shots I believe, Matt, the

12:02

stats said, Rob, 28 shots Liverpool

12:04

had against the Chelsea team. And

12:07

I know Chelsea had arguments about

12:09

penalties, whether one Gallagher

12:11

or the Incunco one, maybe for me

12:13

the Incunco one looked more likely than

12:15

the other one. They

12:18

shouldn't miss

12:20

the point here. Liverpool could have

12:22

had six or seven. Noone has himself

12:24

hit the woodwork four times, once

12:27

from a penalty. So, you know, could have been

12:29

a lot larger, could have been a lot harsher.

12:36

He's got to start to find the balance

12:38

of, this isn't just about the football

12:40

for Chelsea. I worry less

12:42

about the football and worry more

12:44

about the personalities at this football

12:46

club. I've got to be honest. And

12:49

the percentage of the manager, Rob, Mr. Pochettino,

12:51

now everybody, including us, thought it

12:53

was a really good fit right now with his

12:55

experience. It

12:58

doesn't for me yet, but does the pressure, and

13:00

I've heard it and I've read it and I've

13:02

seen it, like, does the pressure start to mount

13:04

on Pochettino with a performance like this? Should

13:08

this squad be higher in the table than they are right now?

13:10

They're bang halfway on their 10th place right now with 31 points.

13:15

When do we start pushing the manager?

13:17

And when I feel the need and you feel the

13:20

need, we'll do it, Rob. Is

13:22

it getting close to that point where you're starting to scratch your

13:24

head a little bit and pointing at the manager? Come on, you

13:27

should be able to get more out of this squad than this.

13:31

I think I'll go back to the time we saw

13:33

when all the players were coming in and we were

13:35

talking about, you know, the squad and how long it's

13:37

going to take him. And I saw it did that,

13:40

Rob. I did the two years. I

13:44

think we're talking about 12 months from

13:46

now to making some decisions.

13:48

I think the summer is going to be interesting

13:51

on who comes, who stays, financial fair

13:53

play, whether some of the bodies go

13:55

out. I think the start of

13:57

next season is going to be key, the first. Six

14:00

weeks, two months in next season is going to be

14:02

key. And then where they sit

14:05

around the turn of the year next year,

14:07

if they're in this position this time next

14:09

year, Rob, I

14:11

think he better start to worry. I think he

14:13

better start packing the boxes up in his office.

14:15

Because I don't think that they'll put up with

14:17

that for that much time. I think the amount

14:20

of money that's been spent, the amount of quality

14:22

that's in the football club, you say they

14:24

need more. Again, I'll go back to my

14:26

point. I less worry about

14:28

the football, because I've seen moments of that. I

14:30

think a striker, I think a couple of things

14:32

might be balancing out. But just the

14:35

away from home at a top six

14:38

team, you know, when it

14:40

matters, you know, wherever they

14:42

go on the road, I'm not just

14:44

sure they've got that steeliness about them,

14:46

Rob. Successful teams after a while. Liverpool

14:48

ain't just a great football team. Man City aren't

14:51

just great football teams. They've got steel, they've got

14:53

drive, they've got hunger, they want to win the

14:55

ball back, they've got killer in them. They get

14:57

goals, they defend for their life. That

15:00

takes time. That's who you

15:02

are. That's inside you. And that's

15:05

the bit I'm concerned of how

15:07

Pochettino's going to get that message

15:09

into these players. And

15:11

maybe, guess what? Maybe with a group of

15:13

young players who earn a lot of money

15:15

and that, maybe some of that's not as

15:17

natural as it was maybe back in our

15:19

day. Maybe when you're on £100, £150,000 a

15:21

week and

15:24

you're playing every week and it doesn't really matter, then

15:26

you don't take it quite as seriously. I think some

15:28

of it is on the manager, Rob. And I'll go

15:30

back, and I do want to keep repeating myself. I

15:33

still, when you talk about the two-year thing, I

15:35

still... I mean, if they don't assign

15:37

many players in the summer, I mean, the window's just

15:39

finished, doesn't it? I think it's just closing or it's

15:42

about to close. Yeah, yeah, yeah, just closing, yeah. I

15:44

mean, they don't do anything in the summer. I don't

15:46

see how it does get much better. I

15:48

just don't. Well, it's got to sort the

15:50

striker situation. The striker situation's got to be

15:52

sorted. I mean, the number nine could make

15:54

a difference. Yeah, they're hard to come by.

15:57

But yeah, I think you need to strike

15:59

in a week. because there has

16:01

been signs that through midfield, you

16:03

know, with Enzo Fernandez and

16:05

Tysado and Gallagher and maybe Lavi when he comes

16:07

in there, you know, you've got Cole Palmer, can

16:09

play as a 10, can play as a wide

16:11

player, StuNan can give you bits and pieces, they

16:13

need a striker and another winger. I worry about

16:15

Buddy Schiele, that he's not the right level. I

16:18

don't think he's a top six Premier League player.

16:20

He's Azia, I don't know whether he's a top six

16:22

Premier League player. Ben Chilwell had a nightmare of a

16:24

game. Ben Chilwell had a nightmare of a game, got

16:26

dragged off, I think it was a half time. Jugga

16:29

Silva can't go on forever. He's like 45, isn't he? I

16:31

mean, he's an absolute world class,

16:33

legendary player, couldn't love

16:35

him anymore, but he can't go on forever. There's

16:38

a lot of recruitment before we start to

16:40

get to the personality rubber and everything else,

16:42

which is absolutely right. Just on the side

16:44

note as well, a lot of that does

16:47

come from manager. If you

16:49

had a wishy-washy manager in charge of McAllister

16:51

and Jones and Dominic Sowersly and

16:53

Lewis Diaz, maybe they wouldn't do it. They

16:56

look a little bit fancy. He's the manager that

16:59

drives all that kind of stuff. Again,

17:01

we're not pointing the finger at what you know just

17:03

yet, because I believe the recruitment has been pretty

17:05

awful. I certainly aren't, yeah. Yeah, so it's

17:07

something to watch, right? And of course, we'll

17:10

talk about Juggan Klopp and those performances of

17:12

some of those players. It

17:14

was a... It actually reminds me, I've

17:16

got to do my underappreciated performer. And

17:19

again, I... I just want to

17:21

finish off after you go to... Sorry mate, yeah, let me just get

17:23

that before I forget about it. Connor

17:26

Bradley is my underappreciated performer and one

17:28

to watch, obviously. You know, it's... That

17:31

sort of game, like, for those

17:33

who are watching listening this, you've got to

17:35

watch him, because he's a special player. I

17:37

just did a little tactics breakdown, a little

17:39

breakdown of his main moments in

17:41

that game. MSE Sports YouTube

17:44

channel is a place to watch that. And

17:46

it just shows how he's a good

17:48

defender, but he's so willing

17:50

and able and ready to bomb

17:53

forward. And he's quick. He's really,

17:55

really quick. And the final ball in,

17:57

this goal that he scored, you know,

17:59

underappreciated. He's going to get appreciated pretty quickly, but he's one to watch. And

18:05

I think a lot of this is for

18:08

people to come next time they see Liverpool, if you're not

18:10

a Liverpool fan, he needs a right

18:12

back. Now Trent Alexander-Arnold is fit. Andy

18:14

Robertson is fit. They're both fit, but

18:17

fair play to Klopp. He's going to keep the full

18:19

backs right now because they're playing great. And I don't

18:21

know whether they will start the next game. And

18:24

the option that he has now with Conor

18:26

Bradley is a bonafide right back. He's a

18:28

proper right back, which changes everything by the

18:30

way. Because when Trent plays, he comes into

18:33

midfield, that pulls back. Robertson is a little

18:35

bit more cautious to go forward

18:37

because Trent's in a midfield position. You

18:39

know, if Conor Bradley plays, he's

18:42

like another Robertson. He's like another Robertson.

18:45

Good on the ball, good going forward assist, we'll make things

18:47

happen. And then you might see

18:49

more Trent in midfield. So yeah, I'll

18:51

end it there, main on this game, and

18:53

my underappreciated Conor Bradley, some performance. Well,

18:57

I've got my little piece of paper here in

18:59

my underappreciated. It was Conor Bradley, and he's got

19:01

a big red line through. I'm sorry. 20

19:04

years of age, five of his four goals. Was

19:07

it league one with Bolton last season,

19:09

Rob? 51 appearances,

19:12

was player of the year, went in, learned

19:14

his trade, and maybe got a bit of

19:16

that hunger and that desire that maybe we've

19:18

seen Chelsea miss. And sometimes those things can

19:20

be helpful. Absolutely the

19:23

same thing. I think he gives Liverpool another

19:25

option. These times you could play Trent

19:27

in midfield and play him as about maybe getting some of

19:29

the bigger boys when you want to be a little bit

19:32

more secure. He's responsible. His

19:34

teammates respect him, Rob. They give him the

19:36

ball. They trust him

19:38

in possession. Proper player.

19:41

And the reason I sort of went from,

19:44

he would have been my underappreciate, Rob, and

19:46

I just want to make a note to

19:48

academies, by the way. Most academies that go

19:50

to work, that get these kids at 10,

19:53

11, 12 months, say we've talked

19:55

about, Liverpool have got a

19:58

group coming through. billions

20:00

that Chelsea spend, you know that academy is not

20:02

a bad place to go, you know they've had

20:04

Rhys James come through, they've had some good players

20:06

coming through, you know Conor

20:09

Gallagher's another, Broyas obviously looks like he's

20:11

going out on lunch at Fulham but

20:13

you know we shouldn't forget academies and

20:15

giving kids a chance and Conor Bradley

20:17

is a great example of a young

20:19

player who might not be appreciated all

20:21

the time because you know big names

20:23

and Trent Alexander-Arnold and all this but

20:26

he's a role for him and I'm really

20:28

pleased that Jurgen Klopp thinks that as well. Just

20:31

before we move on Liverpool, a couple of

20:33

things I just wanted to get to because I was

20:35

just doing my little notes here and things, do

20:37

you know as I look at Liverpool and where we

20:39

are and just taking like a snapshot

20:42

of the league to this

20:44

point is they've

20:46

got champions numbers by the way, they've

20:48

got champions numbers my friend, they've lost one

20:50

game, they've lost one game I'd spurs when

20:53

Dias scored a goal that wasn't given, they

20:55

had two men playing off by the way,

20:57

you were down to nine men. I

20:59

mean it's incredible what's happening so

21:02

following on from that and my other point

21:05

was Macalester

21:07

by the way, Alexis Macalester who was going to

21:10

be in, I'm going to do a little breakdown

21:12

on him this week because there's a player who's

21:14

gone in who's ended up in the six and

21:16

what he's doing it's incredible and part of that

21:18

revamp for midfield that we all didn't quite know

21:20

how that might look and

21:22

maybe not his best position, he's becoming

21:25

so important to the team but part

21:27

of that and moving on, he's

21:30

a quadruple at stake my friend,

21:32

he's a quadruple at stake. Now I think

21:34

it was 2022 they were in the same position

21:36

and he looked with a league cup and FA

21:38

Cup Liverpool, quadruple

21:42

at stake, clock leaving, Liverpool

21:44

properly revved up at the

21:46

moment, how

21:49

many of four is possible

21:51

or likely? I

21:53

think three, I think three

21:55

are possible and likely. You think they could do

21:57

three? I do, they're in the league cup final.

22:00

against Chelsea. Yeah, you

22:02

know, they look like they're going to be favourites into that game.

22:05

I think the FA Cup then will become a

22:07

big attraction as well later in the season as

22:09

the rounds go through. Obviously the Premier League, they're

22:11

right there. I just think the Europa League rod

22:13

might be the one that they, you know,

22:16

it comes back in February and we know

22:18

that the likes of Man City. Yeah. And

22:21

the last 16. Yeah, last 16. And that's going to take its toll a little bit.

22:25

Yeah. And they're in the Europa

22:27

League knockout stages. I think

22:29

they might make changes to rest the team

22:32

ready for the domestic side of things. They've

22:34

won Champions League under Jurgen Klopp. I don't

22:36

know whether they're going to, maybe I'm wrong,

22:38

you know, they're going to keep every player, the

22:40

best team going. I think they might make changes

22:42

for that competition, which might mean they at

22:45

some point bow out of that. Yeah.

22:47

But other than that, I mean, they've got, I mean,

22:49

they're banging there with all the, you know,

22:51

all the competitions, obviously, there's one

22:54

that they, that they might not be

22:56

quite as 100% motivated

22:58

with Europa League to enable their games

23:00

in the Champions, in the Premier League

23:02

in between those games to be absolutely

23:05

right at it, to win and to

23:07

throw the pressure on Arsenal and

23:09

probably Manchester City who's going to be close up there. So

23:11

I think you're right. It's going to, I think we're going

23:14

to get at a great finish. I mean, unless

23:16

Liverpool's form, Rob, they got everybody back now, by

23:18

the way, they're waiting for most of the come

23:20

back. Biggie squad now,

23:22

aren't they? You've got options in

23:24

every area, in everywhere, everywhere. So

23:27

how is their form going to

23:29

drop off to allow Man City

23:31

or Arsenal, probably Man City to really take control

23:33

of it? I just don't think it will. So

23:35

I think we've got a race. We've got a

23:38

race and the way that they're going, they're looking

23:40

with the fans and the whole Klopp thing. I

23:42

think they got a great chance of winning the Premier League.

23:44

You said it. We always look at the column of lost

23:46

games and they've lost one. Man

23:49

City have lost three, Arsenal have lost four. Historically,

23:51

if you lose five or six, that

23:54

hasn't happened many times that you go and win the title.

23:56

They've lost one. So the numbers are looking good and the

23:58

way they are with their fitness. They are,

24:00

you know, you're kind of, you're

24:02

not into the running just yet, Rob, but you, you

24:05

know, you're into the second half of the season.

24:07

Everybody's fit. It's not fair, yeah, it's not six

24:09

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24:11

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25:00

let's move it to Old

25:02

Hampton wonders. We're at home to Manchinati.

25:05

This is the reverse game from beginning

25:07

of the season, wasn't it? Remember we

25:09

were Old Trafford, saw Wolves

25:12

outplay United, conceded

25:14

goal, and then Unana was

25:16

to take it first time. We saw him got

25:18

away with one when a penalty wasn't given. He

25:22

went full day at Old Trafford, more

25:24

than you, had it all in it.

25:26

I saw obviously

25:29

the broadcast debut in Timon with

25:31

Unana and Mike, you Rob. I

25:34

short wrote, my first 45 minutes

25:36

I wrote, that's probably the best

25:38

I can remember seeing Manchinati, certainly

25:40

under 10-0. That

25:43

felt a little bit, and there was a shot

25:45

of Sir Alex sitting there, I think, up in

25:48

the stand. In my head I

25:50

was thinking, that's what United used to do

25:52

Rob. They used to go up, back to

25:54

you for 20-25 minutes, go 2-0, control the

25:57

game and game over. Now what used

25:59

to happen in New York, we're at home. back in the day

26:01

was then they control the match and you couldn't

26:03

get in it couldn't get a look. This

26:05

team don't have that and probably I

26:07

think like you said in the broadcast

26:09

the thing I wrote was that's a

26:11

great 45 minute performance I've yet to

26:13

see United this season have a 90

26:16

minute performance he's been known 90

26:18

minutes and today was another now

26:20

today's a it's almost a bittersweet

26:22

one isn't it because it's great to win it's

26:25

great to get the goals but

26:27

Tom and a man who you

26:29

know two young lads who come through the academy

26:31

great back on your academy point Rob back on

26:33

your academy points yeah academy people coming

26:35

through the academy three goal scorers come through

26:37

the academy yeah yeah

26:40

absolutely but lack

26:42

of control against maybe a different

26:44

opposition slightly better opposition that's got

26:46

to be a slight worry still

26:48

for a ten-hog he's got to

26:51

take a lot of praise and he deserves

26:53

some praise you know he made subs and

26:55

things happened and listen they've ended up winning

26:57

the games and he's got the three points

26:59

but more control of matches now more control

27:01

more management of the game when they're in

27:03

those positions is gonna is gonna be the

27:05

it's sort of the next step in the

27:08

development yeah I mean sometimes it gets the

27:10

point Rob where we're you

27:12

get you get like tired of

27:14

being critical to Manchester United so

27:16

after I'm like I'm thinking that

27:19

that was about a solid a performance and

27:21

everything like yeah from defense they didn't give

27:23

anything I think there's a very few shots

27:25

from from wolves excellent the build-up is really

27:28

good yeah Delo was sometimes really really wide

27:30

sometimes in midfield the front players are linking

27:32

really really well and then and

27:34

then then the second half I'm like just

27:36

whatever it looks like whether

27:39

you go and try to score a third goal and do

27:41

the same thing that's great yeah if

27:43

the game changes which it did and if man United

27:45

have to sit in a little bit and dig in

27:47

a little bit that's good as well because the control

27:49

you can control the session trying to score another

27:51

one or you control by all right you

27:54

have the ball but we're kind of in control and

27:56

they didn't do either and maybe

27:58

I know the manager talked to a

28:00

few of the players might be a little bit leggy, they've got to

28:02

find their rhythm again. Maybe that's the

28:04

reason why he brought off Lissandra Martinez,

28:06

who definitely improves him. I

28:09

listened to some comments today from, I think it

28:11

was, was it Jamie Carragher

28:13

talking about his size or height? His height is still not

28:16

going to be good enough for set pieces. He's still a

28:18

good defender for me, still a good defender. I thought he

28:20

looked really great. For Ram, for Ram was heading balls away.

28:22

Good attitude, yeah. Listen, the penalty,

28:24

listen, is a bit soft for me, the little

28:26

clip from Casimir Lourdes

28:33

on Pedro Nessa. The modern penalty, my friend.

28:35

The modern penalty. It goes down as the

28:37

modern penalty. I'd love to be able to

28:39

say that's... If there's any kind of contact,

28:41

yeah, I'm the same. Not enough contact to

28:43

take him down, but this contact in a

28:45

modern day, any contact means it's penalty kick.

28:48

I don't want to, whether Rob, and I'll switch this

28:50

question to you. I

28:52

mean, obviously, McTormally's sub works well. He comes on his

28:54

score to make it 3-1. By

28:57

bringing that player to leave

28:59

at the end, you've got Maguire and you've got Johnny

29:01

Evans. Johnny

29:03

Evans, yeah. I guess Lissandra Martes

29:05

is getting tired, Casimir Lourdes is getting tired,

29:07

I think Rashford came off. Was

29:11

that the right call in the subs? I

29:13

can see why. I think

29:15

it's easier to jump on this guy and, you know,

29:17

look who, you know, you've got

29:19

to remember, they're two hugely experienced players.

29:22

Like you say, Martino's coming back, you don't

29:24

want to overdo him, where he might pick

29:27

a knock-up in the next game, not be

29:29

available. So I've got to be honest, it

29:31

makes sense. What doesn't make sense is that when

29:33

you do that then, you don't readjust,

29:35

or the players on the pitch don't sort

29:37

of take that on and say, OK, maybe

29:39

we'll just have to defend it a little

29:41

bit deeper, because Evans and Maguire are not

29:43

as quick. I've

29:46

got that threat on the break with Neto

29:48

and the way they break forward from deep

29:50

positions. So I just would have expected a

29:52

little bit more on-pitch management, to be honest,

29:55

Rob. That's the kind of thing. But I

29:58

think he... He

30:00

deserves a little bit of break this guy.

30:02

He gets hammered when he loses, he gets

30:04

hammered often when he draws. You know, they've

30:07

won today, they've won 4-3, he's found a

30:09

way in the end. I love

30:11

the little kid, and I wrote this down, Robin,

30:13

and I was watching

30:16

Coby Maynow, and I'm

30:18

watching him, watching him, and he gets the goal,

30:20

and the way he runs off, he's very assured,

30:22

he looks a good, you know, critical specimen, like

30:24

he's going to be a good bill. No, he

30:26

reminds me of, as he was playing, Clarence

30:29

C. Dorff. It's about the thing,

30:31

if you could do a bit, and he could

30:33

pass, and he's got good energy, and just the

30:35

way how he punched that ball when it came

30:37

in, he didn't bend it, he kind

30:40

of punched it with a little bit of extra

30:42

power through his thigh, which I thought, oh, that's

30:44

a bit special. That's not just like bending it

30:46

and giving the keeper a chance. He's flipping stuff

30:48

in there, isn't he? And he's got these little

30:51

bits, yeah, he's got these little bits to his

30:53

game, and

30:55

very quietly, he's becoming a

30:57

really important part of this

30:59

group, Rob. So, yeah,

31:02

I think, I just want to go to

31:04

one thing, just

31:06

before we move on on this one,

31:08

is Marcus Rasford and that whole situation,

31:10

Rob. You know,

31:13

he's been away, he's out on the

31:15

night, he shouldn't be, he doesn't turn

31:17

up for training. It's another incident

31:20

that Tenhall could well do without, in all

31:22

honesty, of what's going on at the Football

31:24

Club, and everybody's looking with new ownership now,

31:26

how's he going to handle that? We've seen

31:28

how he handles Sancho. Your

31:31

thoughts on Rasford and

31:33

that, Rob? I mean, he's got

31:35

his goal, too, I thought he looked lively,

31:37

I thought both wingers looked a threat today,

31:39

they created chances for Hoyland for the first

31:41

time, it started to look more like what

31:43

I'd expect from that group. But the

31:46

Rasford thing, Rob, where do you

31:48

stand with it and how Tenhall dealt with it?

31:53

Well, it's

31:55

disappointing for the Man United fans to read

31:57

this story, and it was a mistake.

32:00

from him to do what he did. He got sucked in

32:02

to stay up later and later and later and

32:04

it affected his ability to go in train. He called

32:06

in, we don't know how ill he was, but obviously

32:08

it was not to be dealt with by the manager.

32:10

I think he got fined for it. Left

32:13

out of the game at the weekend in the FA

32:15

Cup and then back into the

32:17

side. I said it before the broadcast

32:20

early on today, Robin. I just

32:23

think with Marcus Rashri, he's 26 now and

32:25

this time last year he was late and

32:27

missed that he was dropped on the bench.

32:30

So he's not

32:33

a great professional. Okay now

32:36

this is different to his off-the-field stuff that

32:38

he's been amazing, got recognized by the Royal

32:40

Family, he's got an MBE Marcus Rashrid for

32:42

helping out people that haven't got

32:44

much you know helped him with the

32:46

food and everything else. Amazing. It's

32:50

been a couple times now, he's off the field

32:52

disciplines, let him down and I'll go back to

32:54

his on-field stuff Rob. He's

32:58

an inconsistent player and I

33:01

you know he's

33:03

a talented player and we see it, we

33:05

saw it today. It's like I'm not surprised

33:07

what he bends that ball in beautifully. We're

33:09

not surprised when he does a little step

33:11

overs and comes inside the scores and we're

33:13

also not surprised when he's very very quiet.

33:15

He has no impact in the game. I

33:17

just think that Man United have become reliant

33:19

on a guy that

33:22

he's not you

33:24

know he's not that good, he's

33:27

not that good. Good players, top Premier League

33:29

players and we've seen them, we've watched them,

33:32

we've commented on them, we've played against them,

33:34

we played against the Man United team of

33:36

Sir Alex Ferguson in its pomp and they

33:38

had talented players like Ryan Giggs and David

33:40

Beckham and Skoles and all those attacking players

33:43

that did it every week, did

33:45

it every week, worked back for the side,

33:47

did gigs, he did his thing every single

33:49

game. His expectations were high and he could

33:51

do it. I just don't think Rashford's that

33:53

sort of player, he's a really good player

33:56

and you know whether it's an important player

33:58

right now or the players. that they've got

34:00

but in a championship winning Manchester United I

34:04

think they won't want to rely on

34:06

him. There'll be other players that come into the

34:09

club that will do it week in week out.

34:11

I always think of Ed Nazzard another player that

34:13

was so good for Chelsea every single week

34:15

and it sounds harsh Rob but that's how I

34:17

feel. I feel they shouldn't have to rely on

34:19

him because he isn't good

34:22

enough is maybe the wrong word

34:24

like but he's not consistent enough at

34:26

that level to be a champion player and at

34:28

26 I don't know whether he's going to change.

34:31

No a different manager can make him more

34:33

consistent. I think he said last year Rob

34:35

that last year's season was on the back

34:37

of him being in a much better place

34:39

mentally and it was a mental health thing.

34:41

Of course you feel for him that if he

34:44

can't be consistent because

34:47

of things that is in his

34:49

head you feel for him but

34:52

is that too harsh Rob? I'm just trying

34:54

to say he isn't that

34:57

top top level that the club can rely on

34:59

every single week but he just hasn't shown us

35:01

that. It's always been a great season, poor, kind

35:03

of good not great and a champion's

35:05

got to have more reliability than that. I agree

35:10

with the majority of what you say when

35:13

we talk about great player I think he had I'm

35:16

saying had actually as a past entry he's

35:18

probably telling me everything that he had the

35:20

capacity he could have been up there Rob

35:23

on ability and goal scoring and a little

35:25

bit more dedication to

35:27

his art he could have been the great

35:29

he's got the skills I mean he's got

35:31

stuff mate that he can naturally do that

35:34

I couldn't do a still out there training

35:36

today but he's not there

35:38

and the thing I'm

35:40

where I'd give him a little bit of spaces is

35:42

I think like you say I'm not sure how

35:45

mentally strong he is he doesn't look

35:47

that kind of guy and he's talked

35:49

about some issues there I

35:52

don't think he is ever gonna

35:54

be a I mean

35:56

he's 26 but he's kind of a young

35:58

26 you know twenty six can

36:00

be can go either way and

36:03

i just think however

36:06

we think you talk to

36:08

those great united players who all worked

36:10

incredibly odd one because it was in

36:12

them and two because the guy who

36:14

was running the ship wouldn't have allowed

36:16

anything else i just

36:18

think marcus raspid at this point in

36:21

his career could still have seven

36:23

or eight more great years and we look back and

36:26

go and call what a great player marcus raspid was

36:28

you know he's young enough rob still

36:31

i didn't know in the family close

36:33

twenty five you know you've got another

36:38

realm of games to change some people's opinions

36:40

to to give a different thing on his

36:42

career not just that he's done some brilliant

36:44

work off the field but he can be

36:46

a brilliant player on the field and again

36:50

you you talked about yergan clop and

36:52

some of those chelsea players with clop

36:54

i wonder if raspid

36:58

was with yergan clop whether we see a

37:00

difference whether it would be a

37:02

different way and

37:04

so mate you know those are just things

37:07

that i just was thinking about raspid and

37:09

now i just feel like now you've just got to

37:11

get your head down you've got to put performances in

37:14

it's not about what

37:17

you say so almost not about what you're

37:19

doing he's just some great work and you know

37:21

i hope he continues to do that because it's

37:23

important to a lot of people sitting in the

37:25

Manchester area but his football now has got to

37:27

be the most important thing that he concentrates on

37:29

and starts to live in on a regular basis

37:31

tonight just let me finish off with one more

37:33

point rob as you're talking there you know those

37:36

great times of man united as well when i

37:38

talk about the gigs and the beckhams and everything

37:40

else they always had great strikers as well banging

37:42

in your fifteen twenty goals about nydd roi and

37:44

your goal whoever it was and

37:47

again it goes back to expectations of this guy and

37:50

marcus rashford that can score let's

37:53

say an average is eight

37:55

nine ten if

37:58

there's a striker up there that's banging in the majority of the guy goals,

38:00

that becomes a bonus, maybe

38:02

more. And maybe I'm judging him

38:04

that I want him to be the 20 goal guy

38:07

or the 15, 20 goals every single season. If

38:09

there's a guy that's in the team doing it, then

38:11

maybe Rashford thing, maybe he can be

38:15

part of a champion, maybe he can be part of a

38:17

Premier League champion team given that he's going to chip in

38:19

with 5 to 10, maybe more,

38:21

your striker's going to score and a few others.

38:25

So maybe it is the expectation and the

38:27

reliance on him given that in other areas

38:29

they're not getting a lot of goals. So

38:31

listen, I'm absolutely fine

38:34

to be proved wrong over a period of time

38:37

and maybe you're right and maybe when this club

38:39

now which will start to move forward, I think

38:41

pretty quickly with the new backbone of the club,

38:43

the football department being sorted or starting to get

38:45

sorted, then maybe he can

38:47

become that guy. It's just, I

38:49

do get frustrated when I see brilliance,

38:51

I see some quiet and then the

38:53

off-field stuff doesn't happen as well. I

38:56

don't have a, I hope I didn't come across being too harsh. I've

39:00

got to say how I feel and the

39:03

fans expect him to be the main

39:05

man and be consistent, he

39:08

just hasn't been able to do that. But

39:11

yeah, let's move it on mate because we spent a lot of time

39:13

on that. But bottom

39:15

line, it was better, it was better for Man

39:17

United and when those players back now

39:19

get a bit more match rhythm, maybe they

39:22

can be a little bit more 90 minutes performance more

39:24

than just 45. Absolutely.

39:28

Well, you know, I did West Ham, home

39:30

to West Ham at the weekend, so David

39:32

Moyes, but David Moyes-Dorby returns at the weekend

39:34

at Old Trafford. Let's do it

39:37

to the other team, the blue half

39:39

of Manchester, Manchester City at home to

39:41

Burnley. So I saw

39:43

the last six Premier League games

39:45

at home to Burnley for Manchester

39:47

City, they scored 23 goals

39:49

and conceded one. This

39:52

was another along that route, I'm afraid,

39:54

where as much

39:56

as Vincent Kuntley got a brilliant reception

39:58

as he would expect. well

40:00

loved by the manager and all the fans

40:03

there. His team are a bit short, mate,

40:05

and they're short against the City team that

40:07

are just starting to get into

40:09

gear, I think. Julian Alverez with

40:12

a couple of goals, important for him. It

40:15

was the day when Haaland came back in, they

40:17

got a few minutes under him, he's going to

40:19

obviously start to come. Kevin De Bruyne, a much

40:21

more involved, a lovely assist for the three-kick

40:23

for Alverez, I think was his

40:26

second goal. KDB, I think

40:28

it's 104 now, Premier League assist.

40:30

Just get the sense that a lot of

40:32

the pieces are coming together for Pep and

40:34

this team at the right time, and the

40:37

teams like Burnley, they'll do what they need to

40:39

do to distinguish them to

40:41

move on to those big games

40:43

when it matters. The one

40:45

thing this club knows how to do is

40:47

finish off seasons. You've said it

40:50

all there, Rob, and again, this is that window where the similar

40:52

game is going on at the same time on Tuesday, there's five

40:54

games on the day. You see Alain Haaland

40:56

being back, you see Kevin De Bruyne, my note on

40:58

the team sheet when I saw it was pretty

41:01

much a 40-fit squad now, a man

41:03

city you've got, and players that will

41:05

like De Bruyne, like Alain Haaland, will

41:07

start to feel sharp to

41:10

get back into the rhythm of things, and they're in

41:12

a really good spot. Chambers, he goes around the corner

41:14

again, the knockout stages, which of course I think Pep

41:16

knows is the most taxing time

41:18

of the season, and he just gets his

41:20

players warmed up nicely for

41:22

that really difficult run-in. I

41:25

think we all expected them to beat Burnley, great for

41:27

Vincent Co and the respect of him and Pep afterwards

41:29

was there to see, but there was no

41:32

other result really was there. If it's going to be an

41:34

open game of football, Burnley vs Man City, like

41:36

the Etihad, then there's only going to be one winner. Roger's

41:39

goal, Rob, was again, a lovely, sweeping

41:42

side foot. Yeah, I love the

41:44

government. Yeah, they're looking really, really great. Sorry, I can't give

41:46

you any more on that, but again, I didn't see all

41:48

of it with all the other games going on at the

41:50

same time. Too much, yeah. So,

41:53

I'll tell you just his little mention,

41:55

Rob, and he hasn't sort

41:57

of maybe hit headlines, but I think it

41:59

could be an important... Nunez played next to

42:01

Roger in midfield. Yeah, I like him. I

42:03

like him. Interesting, mate. Yeah, clever.

42:06

He's a bit more kind of

42:08

athletic, runs into good spots and

42:10

brings another dimension to the team

42:12

that I think could be important.

42:14

Yeah. And again, you say,

42:16

as Pep talks about this time of year, he's

42:18

let Calvin Phillips go now so he's

42:22

honed in on the players he wants and the group

42:24

he wants and Nunez might have a little role to

42:26

play in certain games.

42:28

Have a little buy, another one who

42:31

just plug and play, Rob, ready to

42:33

go, understands the system, Pep's talked highly

42:35

of him and I thought particularly you caught my eye

42:37

a little bit and

42:39

it was only against Burnley. But yeah, another

42:41

important player, which is what City seem to

42:43

have at this time of the

42:46

year, players, important players coming back and

42:48

helping them take it onto the next step. Rob,

42:51

just to follow up real quick on this one with the

42:53

City, with the squad. Yeah. Let me just quickly

42:55

go through the bench on the day. Stefano Tager

42:57

has played many, many games. Karl Walker,

42:59

Ruben Diaz, and

43:23

he's in fact ready to go for this final

43:25

run into the season with everything going on. Really

43:28

good. Yeah. Bram,

43:31

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in this area. Let's

44:21

take us to the city ground, because

44:24

this has played last two visits, I believe,

44:26

also in the city ground, have lost both

44:28

times. So not a great place for Michael

44:30

Artechne's team to go. And this game, I

44:32

thought Arsenal had to dig in a little

44:34

bit to get this done, Robby. It wasn't

44:36

one of those... It's a farce team that

44:39

are well set up under Nuno now. Played

44:41

quite deep, sitting in the first

44:43

half of a lower block, which we know Arsenal have

44:45

had a little bit of trouble breaking down. Eventually

44:48

got the goals in the

44:50

second half. Jesus scoring one,

44:52

assisting one for Bakayo Saka.

44:55

I only pulled one back for the forest

44:57

and made it a little bit rare to

45:00

come up with a half-decent save later on.

45:02

They managed to make sure they got all

45:04

these points. But important win, Rob. I thought

45:06

important goal-scoring, Jesus. And just, I've got a

45:08

little kind of thought on Jesus and where

45:10

I am on him. But

45:13

most important, the three points away

45:15

from home for Arsenal, you know, when they've had

45:17

to dig a result out. Yeah, it's interesting, Emile

45:19

Smith's role played in the midfield role that

45:22

kind of habits us off. That

45:24

little left side, a danker Meissner in Odegard in there.

45:26

And the Jays just think it's interesting, Rob. And I'll

45:28

let you go first on that. All

45:30

I would say is there was, I read an

45:32

article about him or a quote that he made recently

45:34

saying that he's actively trying to

45:37

change his mindset. And that his mindset...

45:39

Yeah, of his head, yeah. Yeah, and his career

45:41

has been about almost... Yeah, I read the same

45:43

thing. Yeah, the assisting is more important to him

45:45

than scoring. And I think he's got through to

45:47

him now, probably through the manager, that

45:49

you've got to change, like, we need you to be a

45:51

scorer. We don't need you to look good and link things

45:53

together, which he's pretty good at. He's got nice feet and

45:56

there's some moments where he's quick and makes

45:58

clever passes for people to put them in. But

46:00

need him to be a scorer So I think that his

46:02

goal is so important because that position

46:04

is where everybody said to ask for a

46:06

little short given the numbers the

46:09

return of Jesus If it is

46:11

as easy as that if it is as

46:13

easy as changing his mindset and like I'm not

46:15

gonna get involved in a build-up Play I'm not

46:17

gonna run in the channel so much because he's

46:19

always outside the box way away and Henri used

46:21

to do Yeah, but Henri would come inside and

46:23

bend it mixed up beautifully. Yeah, we Henri Jesus

46:27

Is not at that level But it may be if

46:29

you hang around the box a little bit more Robin

46:31

and take more chances get more scrap the goals Tapping's

46:33

that'll be it make a big difference. Is that what

46:35

you were thinking off with Jesus? Yeah

46:38

more with him and and and that you know

46:42

He's appetite and he's will

46:44

to do well at times puts him in you

46:46

see him at full back position Sometimes you'd be

46:48

at last back. All right back tackling the winger

46:50

and all that and then you're thinking well If

46:52

we have a counter attack You're not

46:54

gonna be there for the to put the ball the

46:56

mark the net and so and it was part of

46:58

my thing I just feel like he's

47:00

just got a play to

47:02

his to his strengths a little bit and

47:04

and and I Like

47:07

him when he's free when it looks like he's

47:09

playing free and like the goalie scores Rob He's

47:11

a beautiful goal and you get down the side

47:13

and he just you know Spings it through turn

47:15

his legs in lovely celebration And I just saw

47:17

some time he gets in his own head and

47:19

he gets a bit caught up in any Starts

47:21

linking the play and he's like that goes off

47:24

a bit and then it affects his whole game

47:26

I like him when he's just Jesus go and

47:28

enjoy your football at the top end of the

47:30

pitch You know remember when he first

47:32

went off all those little dribbles and combinations and

47:34

things he was doing and we were saying Like

47:37

he's a better footballer than we think just feel

47:39

he's gone away from that little bit He's gone

47:41

a bit kind of robotic and I don't think

47:43

that's him at his best No,

47:46

I'm and suckers scoring again is

47:48

important for him Yeah, I

47:50

mean it's just an important win for Arsenal and I

47:52

know there's a zillion Arsenal fans in America So many

47:54

of my friends are Arsenal Fans

47:57

are such an important win Robin,

47:59

you know I was getting

48:01

to the point where Mick and Arteta are going to

48:03

have to shake this up a little bit. Think about

48:06

the system of play, is there a better team

48:08

in there somewhere? Can you do something differently? Can you

48:10

trust our players a false nine with Jaysus somewhere else?

48:13

The Kai Habits thing hasn't really worked out, which

48:15

was a big call. That was a big call

48:17

in the summer to spend that amount of money

48:19

on Kai Habits. And I've got

48:21

to say right now, that's not really making

48:24

the team too much better. It's got a few

48:26

goals, but that's not worked out. And

48:28

look at their bench, Rob, and it's difficult

48:30

to compare with Man City's, but Eddie and

48:33

Ketia, yeah, he gets a few goals off

48:35

the bench, he looks kind of sharp. Kipio's

48:37

okay, Suarez doesn't really have much. Trussard, yep,

48:39

like him a lot. Jugino can add a

48:41

little bit from midfield. Rees Nelson adds a

48:43

little trick. Kai Habits

48:45

is on the bench and Raoul Walters.

48:49

I just don't know whether the

48:51

squad depth, Rob, is what might hold

48:53

them back. In challenging for

48:55

the title, and that's something they might look to address

48:57

in the summer, is just to try

48:59

and, I don't know, get another couple of special

49:01

players so that some of the guys in the

49:04

team now might end up being on the bench

49:06

to come and help in. I just

49:08

think they need a couple of

49:10

special players to make the first 11 better, which then pushes

49:12

a couple of those guys onto the bench, which makes the

49:14

bench stronger, if you know what I mean. So, but anyway,

49:17

they won. They won. They're still right there. They're absolutely right

49:19

there. The main points is Man City. Yeah.

49:24

Huge game coming up, mate, on Sunday as

49:26

well. They house Liverpool, don't they? Oh, man.

49:28

Yeah. Arsenal, Liverpool, at

49:30

the end. I mean, you almost

49:32

feel like they can't

49:34

afford to lose that game and really need to

49:36

win it to have an impact, to

49:39

stay amongst it. So, huge game. And

49:41

that's when, you

49:43

will be testing that first 11

49:45

of Liverpool and the first 11

49:47

of Arsenal. Are they on par

49:49

or are they on par? Liverpool

49:51

just got that little bit more

49:53

strength and sort of belief in what they do.

49:55

So, yeah, big game coming up for Arsenal. But an important

49:58

three points away at the City Grand Prix. around,

50:00

keeps them up there and still keeps

50:02

them intact with the top of the

50:04

table. OK mate, let's move

50:06

to some other results, because obviously we've taken a

50:08

little time now. Spurs 3, Brentford

50:11

2, Brentford going 1-0 up,

50:13

and Spurs getting some goals back.

50:17

Postcard, we made a couple of changes half

50:19

time, again, as we

50:21

know, he's going to be going forward, Udoghi gets

50:23

a goal, what about Johnson who came on as

50:25

a sub? Mr. Hollis and Son have returned a

50:27

few goals mate, I think they've made a family

50:30

goal of the season before having Tony pull one

50:32

back to make it a little bit more interesting.

50:35

Good win for Spurs and Postcard

50:38

glue, who are still in

50:40

there, they're still fighting for

50:43

certainly top four spot, and they're fighting for

50:45

a bit more than that. You

50:48

look at their games, they're going to

50:50

concede, they're so open at times, Udoghi

50:52

had this weird game where he

50:55

made two howling mistakes, he gifted them goals, he

50:57

then does straight at the other end. The

51:00

funny thing on this game was

51:02

darts, at the darts celebration, Neil

51:04

Mopé scores for Brentford, and he

51:06

goes to the camera and he

51:08

mimics James Madison who's made this

51:10

darts celebration, throwing a dart at

51:12

dartboard, kind of famous. It's typical

51:15

Neil Mopé, doesn't need to do that, aggravates

51:17

everybody, James Madison pulls them on the way

51:19

back. James Madison grabs them a little bit,

51:21

we showed that on our highlight, you know,

51:23

it's just why do you have to do

51:26

that? And of course Spurs come back, and

51:28

if they throw the darts back at him,

51:30

it's wild, watching Spurs is wild, it's just

51:32

fun watching them, they score a lot, they

51:34

concede a lot, you never know what's going

51:36

to happen, but what a game, and you're

51:39

absolutely right, given the way that Villa, and

51:41

we'll get to Villa next real quick, didn't

51:44

play so well, Spurs are right there with a great

51:46

chance at the top four, I mean I said that

51:48

about Villa before the Villa game, where they totally were

51:51

poor against Newcastle United, but no,

51:53

Spurs are fun, and when Hyun-Wen Sung comes

51:55

back, Ruchas is scoring goals, Madison's fit again,

51:57

Van der Ven's fit again, they got tons

52:00

options he but soon is going to come back in the

52:02

mid field yeah they're they they're

52:04

sneaky and I and you know I

52:06

think as we as we sit here today and

52:08

of course we've got probably gonna change our mind

52:10

a million times I got I think Villa

52:13

gonna be the top four Rob sorry

52:15

Tottenham I think Tottenham have

52:17

what it takes on them to

52:19

find yeah to be that fourth

52:21

team eight points eight points above

52:23

United at the moment yeah United

52:25

I mean Villa can go again

52:27

possibly West Ham yeah West

52:29

Ham yeah same point is Villa aren't

52:31

they same game same point is Villa

52:33

so that might be the shootout for

52:35

the that spare place

52:37

okay last maybe to talk

52:40

about Villa Villa Park game

52:42

game we saw didn't we

52:44

reverse game at Newcastle where

52:46

Newcastle ran all over

52:48

Avon Villa up at St.

52:50

James's and kind of did the same thing

52:53

actually at Villa Park which thought was a

52:55

real off day for Unai Emery and his

52:57

team but I thought was it was a

52:59

real kind of shot in the arm for

53:02

Eddie and it's been under a little bit

53:04

of pressure and talk about players leaving and

53:06

you know this team

53:08

gonna be able to get that style again I've just thought there's

53:10

a lot of the good things

53:13

we'd like to see about Eddie Al's

53:15

team it wrapped up in in this

53:17

victory and they were well deserved of

53:19

the three points and I

53:21

thought really excellent day for the team and the

53:23

manager really deserves a little bit of credit because

53:25

you know he's sticking by his beliefs Robin he's

53:28

gonna do it his way and he's gonna do

53:30

the way playing the football he wants to

53:32

play and these players look like they're with him in that

53:34

as well yeah I just got proved wrong there this game

53:36

I just thought Villa the way they're playing they got the

53:38

best home record in the Premier

53:40

League you cast off the second worst you

53:43

know given all that given a Villa Park they've

53:45

been playing at Villa Park for almost a month

53:48

this is the league and this is our sport

53:50

that you just can never tell and

53:53

and and you cast united I mean the

53:56

manager before and Rob talked about getting back

53:58

on track meant he needs their confidence He

54:00

needs momentum and he needs rhythm. He said

54:02

you only get confidence. I totally agree by

54:04

winning games They've won this

54:06

game that's gonna help confidence They're gonna get

54:08

some momentum and that's probably gonna help their

54:11

rhythm. So incredible performance and resolve in Newcastle

54:13

United I didn't see coming You

54:16

know, I think they went up to eighth place

54:18

They've dropped down to so there was a seventh

54:20

that it dropped down to eighth right now But

54:22

just just and also the celebrations afterwards with Bruno

54:25

Gamira's going to the fan. Yeah, it is The

54:28

you know if they can get it revved up again this

54:30

rest of the season They can run they can

54:32

have a run again. We're going on there. Yeah.

54:34

Yeah, they can yeah Could

54:36

be like seven places couldn't it? Yeah, we'll

54:39

be down to seven play. Yeah Yeah,

54:41

I mean they're just sitting outside now that

54:43

eight eight in in the table

54:45

But yeah, they can certainly rev it up again

54:47

and it's in James's part They can do that

54:49

and I'm not just gonna give you

54:51

my underpitiate form of the week my friend And

54:55

he's a big center off Fabian share Who

54:57

signed for Newcastle about five and a

55:00

half years ago? And I don't you

55:02

remember they paid about three to four

55:04

million dollars or something around that number

55:06

Yeah, I can't remember. Yeah, the quality

55:09

contract from the Portivo La Coruña and

55:11

in Spain I think they

55:13

got relegated he had a clause they bought

55:15

him for I say three four million dollars

55:17

and What a

55:19

buy he's been mate, it's less than a

55:21

million dollars a year you'd say he's cost

55:24

them Yeah a brace on the day Eddie

55:26

Al said he's got the ability at times

55:28

if we were struggling for a center forward

55:30

when Isaac came off

55:32

that he said he could play up front.

55:35

He's technically that good. Yeah, it's listen to

55:37

national and and the

55:39

reason why I sort of is

55:41

my underpitiate mate is that He's

55:44

one of those players who's totally kind of

55:46

under the radar Not

55:48

overly appreciated by anyone who is in the Newcastle

55:50

fan I think Newcastle fans would know how important

55:52

he's been in his relationship with Bum and they

55:54

love him But I think outside of that no

55:56

one would really talk about it. You know, he's

55:59

not a big name He's not a

56:01

headline grabber, but Fabian Schär is the

56:03

kind of player every manager needs and

56:05

every manager would want in his team

56:07

mate. I just thought he's two goals

56:10

in the way he plays and he's

56:12

defending and his attitude and

56:15

will to win sometimes from

56:18

the back. It's been a really

56:20

big important thing. So

56:22

Fabian Schär gets my underappreciated form of the

56:24

week. I really like it because he's fed

56:26

every single minute and sometimes he's

56:28

sent a back shrub. With all the areas

56:30

on the field, centre backs sometimes literally go

56:32

under the radar because clever

56:35

players defend like him, they're reading stuff. They

56:37

come across, they intercept boards, they make clever

56:39

tackles, they don't have to make last hit

56:41

tackles that we all notice and we say

56:43

wow what a performance because the best defenders

56:46

don't get in that situation. He's excellent in terms

56:48

of coming out with a ball with his distribution.

56:50

He's loved because of that main asset

56:53

I guess really is coming forward and spraying the

56:55

balls around and getting a couple of goals like

56:57

that, being consistent performer and I said right at the top

56:59

of our Marcus Rashford about the

57:01

importance of trying to be really

57:03

consistent and I know there was a

57:05

big article about Fabian Schär and how

57:08

the fans absolutely love him Rob. So

57:10

it's a good shout to remind everybody

57:12

that sometimes centre backs that don't slide

57:14

challenge or leap and head balls clear

57:16

can be really important

57:18

players and Fabian Schär for Newcastle United really

57:20

really is. So I like it. He

57:23

had a great game both defensively and of

57:25

course getting a couple of goals. He's up in

57:27

set pieces, he finishes off really nice, he's quick

57:29

to the second goal by reading the play very

57:32

quickly so yeah like it and Newcastle United wow.

57:35

Great performance here and one of the best of the weekend really was.

57:40

Talking about things you didn't see coming

57:42

my friend, Brighton going to Vikini, Luton

57:47

scoring in the first five minutes

57:49

or so wasn't it? He got a goal early

57:51

on so he needed to set the tone of

57:53

the day and end up winning four, could have

57:55

been five and Brighton just

57:58

not the Brighton we've seen. under

58:00

Desirby. I just

58:02

couldn't believe that. I wasn't able to

58:04

watch the game so I was seeing

58:07

the school line coming in and had a bio

58:10

with a hat-trick great for

58:12

him coming from the league football the first

58:14

time in the Premier League to get a

58:16

hat-trick. What a job Rob Edwards

58:18

and this group are doing. He moved out of

58:21

the bottom three with the wind mob so he

58:23

jumped above Luton as well.

58:25

I mean, this league. I've got to

58:27

be honest, Rob, I

58:29

saw a bit of Luton playing in

58:31

the FA Cup over the weekend. We

58:33

had all the games and I

58:37

couldn't believe how good

58:40

football they played by the way. I think

58:42

it was Everton they played in the FA Cup. Right. Nil-Nil

58:46

Dural. But Luton, by

58:48

far the better team. By far

58:50

the better team. It was a

58:52

bit awkward watching that they

58:55

were passing the ball around and Luton had a good shape

58:57

about them. Well set up. They had

58:59

a bit of threat at the top

59:01

end. I'm telling you,

59:04

they've got a shout mate. They're in with

59:06

a healthy shout of drawing one or two

59:08

others back into this and maybe

59:11

not being the team that everybody had is

59:13

one of those three to go down. So

59:16

great work by Rob Edwards in that group

59:18

of players. That being said about the way

59:20

they played in the FA Cup, there's still

59:22

a simplicity about Luton, Rob, that makes them

59:24

really interesting. There's a simplicity about them. Oghbunny

59:26

scored a goal. He scored the third goal,

59:28

I think it was. I'm not sure. He

59:31

scored a goal for them. He's a wide

59:33

player. You watch him, gets it, swings

59:35

in the box. No messing around, no

59:37

little combination play. They get it wide

59:41

to very much your Wimbledon team, Rob. It's up

59:43

to the big striker, simplify, get it wide, get

59:45

in the box, cross the balls in. It's kind

59:47

of simple. At a bias, it's a handful. Watch

59:49

him last year in the championship. Morris

59:53

up front were a good combination. They keep it simple. They're

59:55

not trying to play out from the back. They're not trying

59:57

to do it burnly. They're not trying to do it where

59:59

everybody else is doing right now. They don't do

1:00:01

a lot of that. If it's on they'll do that,

1:00:03

but mostly it's vertical football. They get it forward, they

1:00:06

get it wide, they get it into the box. And

1:00:08

just when it looks like every team in the Premier

1:00:10

League wants to be a silky team out from the

1:00:13

back, it might just be that one team that play

1:00:15

it differently and go a little bit... Again,

1:00:18

I don't really want to say old school, old

1:00:20

fashioned. Yeah, it's not route one because they've done

1:00:23

it's different than that, but I know what you

1:00:25

mean. They're not messing around. Well,

1:00:27

everybody knows what they're doing, and they get balls in

1:00:29

the box, mate. It's difficult to handle. They get to

1:00:31

take chances and they create havoc. Yeah, absolutely right. So

1:00:33

well done. Well done, Lew and Town. I mean, that

1:00:36

is going to be a story. Yeah, absolutely. I mean,

1:00:38

if they stay in their vision, it's

1:00:40

hard to get your head around that. It's amazing

1:00:42

what Rob Ebb was just doing and improving. That'll

1:00:45

be managed over the year, by the way. That's

1:00:47

managed over the year. Just put it down. Just

1:00:49

close it down. I don't care what Pat's giving.

1:00:52

I know. I know. All right, other games, Rob,

1:00:54

just quickly because we're going on forever here. Crystal

1:00:56

Palace had a good game. I mean, those two

1:00:58

players, Michael, Elise, Einabrache, Edna. Yeah, those two are

1:01:01

different. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I mean, I don't know

1:01:03

how long they're going to hold on to those

1:01:05

two players, but they are. They make that team

1:01:07

go from stodgy and average to solid,

1:01:10

good shape and with talent creating score

1:01:12

goals. I mean, those two combined throughout,

1:01:15

it was stunning from them. Really great

1:01:17

win from them. Sheffield United are much

1:01:19

improved under Chris Wilder. But Eze

1:01:21

and Elise, they were the difference. Yeah,

1:01:23

Elise, Eze scores a winning goal, bends it in with his

1:01:25

left foot off the post. Brilliant goals

1:01:28

from there. Great, great, great. Crystal Palace.

1:01:30

West Ham won. We saw that one Bournemouth today. Yeah,

1:01:34

West Ham. Yeah, a little Calvin Phillips. Look, Lera

1:01:37

wasn't it on the ball? Well, he looked a

1:01:39

little rusty to me, Rob. He looked a little

1:01:41

rusty to me. Yeah, yeah. He was

1:01:43

in great trouble. He can take a couple of games, isn't he?

1:01:45

Yeah, of course. Yeah, of course. And

1:01:47

then the VAR. See, that's a good use of

1:01:50

VAR. Mo Kudus, who

1:01:52

gets clipped as he goes through, referee

1:01:54

doesn't see it. Yeah. That's

1:01:56

VAR. It's very best to say, oh, hang on.

1:01:58

In other words, there's real content. that there.

1:02:00

That's a clear and obvious error. Nothing subjective

1:02:02

about that and that's what it's there for

1:02:04

and that's what needs to come in. Brilliant.

1:02:07

So we bash B.A.R. that was a great

1:02:09

example of okay come over. I mean it

1:02:11

took two minutes and 42 seconds which

1:02:14

is long but I you

1:02:16

know because we see it we saw me and Tim

1:02:18

in the studio we get the replay oh yeah there's

1:02:20

one set there that's been my penalty and it just

1:02:22

takes a little bit too long but yeah that's what

1:02:24

it's for. Clear and obvious error penalty,

1:02:26

war prowess knocks it in the game

1:02:28

and the game ends 1-1.

1:02:31

I just wanted to mention that in the last game Rob and

1:02:34

you can wrap up whatever you want here. Full

1:02:36

of nil, Everton nil, bit of a snoozer. Yeah

1:02:40

a bit of a snoozer. Everton had a

1:02:42

chase, Bato had a chase, a great chance

1:02:44

later on didn't he? Big striker. Ball came

1:02:46

across, you had it onto the bar or

1:02:48

something but

1:02:50

yeah yeah could have wrapped up all three

1:02:53

points. And that was a midweek round. Yeah

1:02:55

Everton just need to pick up again. Yeah

1:02:57

that was your midweek, eventful midweek primary games,

1:02:59

top four teams all won Liverpool sit top

1:03:01

of the pile on Manchester United Avenue, main

1:03:03

man it's Kobe. He grabbed a late winner

1:03:06

at wall to give them all three points.

1:03:08

That's it for this midweek we'll be back

1:03:11

on Sunday that's February 4th which recaps match

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1:03:18

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