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00:01:24
Hello, everybody. Welcome in.
00:01:26
We're talking soccer.
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We're talking from your league.
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San Federman Sandri's Shane Holcomb.
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What's going on? Guys doing good, Then happy to be here, Sam.
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Good to see you back on the They're so memories.
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She's like, All right, so Oh, jump.
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Right and chain.
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You wanna start? Yes, sure.
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I thought we talked about, um course the game.
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The weekend is talking vs Chelsea.
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But since I know you're a huge Manchester United fans, Sam, I want to talk a little bit about you know, it's success in the champions that you can have that's differ from successful in the Premier League this season because it's been pretty draft a different game.
00:02:10
It's simply a different game.
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They're playing a different sport when they're playing against European teams.
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The European teams, they're not as physical and they're not as talented.
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I mean, maybe P s g is, but you're but you're able to pull out a win against that team.
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You're not as gritty when you're not playing in.
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When you're not playing against these these English teams and the way Manchester United wins games, you show it shows you that it just can show you that they when they win games, they tend to win them with a penalty in the Premier League.
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And it's not a Manchester United game without a penalty.
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That's the disappointing thing, this metric United team.
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It's one of the it does.
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It simply cannot score.
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I simply cannot score from open play.
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But then you go to the Champions League and all this space is created.
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There can't be a coincidence anybody? Yes, sir, I'll jump in.
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I think that I agree with you on the county aspect of things because apparently I think of a lot more physical center backs.
00:03:35
Especially it's usually the team like Burnley, a coach like Sean Dyche that is going into the game game, playing against an attack, simply enforcing his players toe stand on the defense and then maybe have a chance on the counter attack.
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Meanwhile, in Europe, it's more on the front foot because all these teams can score goals later plan against in Europe and that tends to leave more chances been field for offenses like measures tonight to open up.
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Defense is on the counter attack and I think that's why they have success, score more goals And that's of course, why they won games in the Champions League because they haven't scored a lot of goals in the permitting this season.
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Their goal difference has been terrible so far.
00:04:15
Yeah, Manchester United are in the bottom quarter of the are in the bottom third of the league in non penalty expected goals.
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Yeah, yeah, I I tend to agree because as as Shane was saying in the Champions League, obviously since the Champions League there tends to be, you know, more talented teams and I feel like it's just the play is more open and teams are are willing to go at each other more.
00:04:44
Whereas in the Premier League, when when it's, you know, Manchester United facing a smaller club like Burnley as as unexamined that Shane used, they're just gonna, you know, parked the bus and sit back and and and play disciplined defense and really frustrate Man United.
00:05:03
And I feel like when there's more open space to work with Aziz Shane touched on that that's when Man United are are their best when when they have open field for work, so working and build up and build up, leading to leading to goalscoring opportunities.
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But when you just pack it in on Man United, I feel like, you know, it could be it could be so boring at times because they just can't seem to do anything when going against a defense that's just sitting back and leaving them No space whatsoever.
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So I think that I think that's a big part of it when you compare it the Champions League to the Premier League for Manchester United in particular, Yeah, and the and the rial thing that you tend to see with this mix.
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Genetic currently said in 11th place, 13 points.
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Yes, they played eight games.
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Other teams have played 10 games.
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But it's not just United that's struggling.
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Manchester City is in 14th place and nobody on that team has scored more than two goals.
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The only other teams in the league that have that Chris would at Burnley.
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As to Callum Robinson at West promise to David McGoldrick, Sheffield United as to those are the only other teams in the league that have no score above two goals.
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Manchester City really struggling to put two footballs in the net.
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That's why I'm so confused to to see Pogba guys like Pogba and guys like Vanderbeek knocking on the team sheet when you guys were going against Premier League oppositions.
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Because you see guys Fred with Tom in a starting over at Pogba and Vanderbeek in the Premier League, and that's why you guys aren't scoring goals because there's not a lot of creativity in that midfield, which doesn't allow holds up for Bruno Fernandez and Rash for Marsha in Greenwood to get into open space.
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I really feel like you're missing Pogba, and I know he's such a scrutinized player.
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But he's so talented, and I feel like he needs more game time to prove himself, pop.
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But, uh, you can.
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Paul Pogba was one of the best players in the restart.
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Exactly.
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He still is.
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He still is.
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Yeah, he just needs game time.
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I mean, he's not even He's not even coming off the bench in these games.
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He's not even coming off the bench.
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Yeah, yeah, especially Vanda because, well, I mean, you paid all that money for him and sitting on the bench, which makes no sense to That's just what tends to happen with these guys.
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They don't play a lot, and it gets and it starts to bother fans.
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And then the minute they do play, they're not good.
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Then when someone and sometimes they play well, it happens.
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Mhm.
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It's a weird world, this one.
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Anything else you want to say about Manchanda before we move on and talk about Chelsea? Yeah, real quick while they're gonna sold our he wants consistency in his lineups.
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He wants players and mold with each other.
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He wants to build partnerships, which is why they're struggling in the Premier League.
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I think because he's not giving you guys like Pogba invented big minutes, provide them creativity.
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He wants to play the guys for a consistent amount of time, which is why you see Freedom, atomic continuing to show up.
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Matahachi even coming off the team sheet because he wants to be these relationships.
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Sometimes that's not working.
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When you put that against bigger opposition is like a city like Chelsea or like even a Liverpool or even ****nal that have a dynamic attacks.
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The creativity and the goals just aren't there and I think that's why they're sitting at the bottom half the table right now.
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Yeah, it's just the way that it's gonna work when you're not, when you're just not when you're not playing Well, that's that's what will happen.
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You're going to lose games, okay? Anything you want to move on, Sam? Yeah.
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Yeah, I I don't have anything else.
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This shift.
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I can only imagine how frustrating is as a Manchester United fan.
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Welcome to what the last seven years have been.
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Yeah, exactly.
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I mean, ever since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, it's been the same old story with Man United.
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And there's nothing telling me anything is going to change.
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And so I'm interested to see, you know how, How much longer, Only gonna sell Shire eyes there and if he can turn things around.
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But there's nothing really showing me that he will, based on how many United have done so far in the Premier League.
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Obviously, we're still in the very early stages of the season, and I would expect man united to improve.
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But just not a good start at all, obviously, being being in the bottom half.
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And yeah, it's it's the same old story with men united.
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Really? So you can't say you're surprised, even though they're supposed to be one of the biggest clubs in Europe.
00:09:41
Yeah, it's one of the It is one of the biggest clubs in Europe.
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It's just not performing like it.
00:09:47
Alright, Chelsea is another one of those biggest clubs in Europe and I mean they are by no means struggling.
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They sit third in the league right now with an expected goal differential of with an expected goal differential for 90.
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That's third in the league and their goal differential is top of the league and we've seen team Oh, Verner score goals.
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We've seen um, Kurt Zouma score goals, What needs to what's going right for Chelsea.
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So what's going right for Chelsea is and I think Sam can testify to this.
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Is that Frank Lampard currently tonight on Friday, currently Frank Lampard.
00:10:43
Tonight he finally has a full, fully fit squad which in his tenure so far hasn't happened.
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Conte last season, one of our most important if not our most important player, he was at the line up with injuries politic you would start to get of our center backs were injured.
00:10:57
Two cards.
00:10:58
Umer went through a tough spell, Takata Tomorrow, after emerging onto the seat in December, he got injured and so all these players who were injured after the restart, some of them couldn't even playing the restart.
00:11:07
Like how tomorrow and he's struggling to get money.
00:11:09
For now, Chelsea finally have a fully fit squad and Frank Lampard.
00:11:14
I really feel like the defense is making the offense click, because last season it was so you're so worried that we're going to concede we were gonna have to score three or four goals to get through the full three points last season.
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And now that's not the case.
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We can win games one nothing.
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And to nothing like we have in the past few weeks, I just feel like fully fit squad, especially in times of thes Were you playing every three or four days is so important for Franklin.
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But right now he finally has that for the first time in his tenure, because last season it was the complete opposite.
00:11:44
Yeah, I 100% agree.
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Shane and uh, yeah, having a fully fit squad is huge, no doubt about it.
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And and also Morgan News with Christian Pulisic being available for the game against Tottenham this weekend.
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But yeah, as you say, you know, there's so the offense is so stacked that Frank Lampard almost has a good issue where he has to figure out who he should play on any given night, because there's too many options in a way which which is a good problem to have.
00:12:13
So I come into the season and at this point in the season, I have no concern about about the attack of Chelsea that that that will come.
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In my opinion, uh, the attack will produce in my opinion or at least should produce on a consistent basis with no issue based on the talent that's there.
00:12:33
But the big question as you touched on Shane was the defense of Chelsea and unlike, for example, Man United Since we were just talking about them, the transfers for Chelsea had made an impact.
00:12:44
I think Thiago Silva has been great.
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He's been a great leader for this Chelsea team.
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He's also he's also been very solid at the back and how about Edward Mendy as well? I mean, obviously there were just huge issues with Kappa in goal.
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Um and the goalkeeper position was ah much needed one to improve upon and they went out got Mendy.
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I honestly didn't.
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I don't watch a lot of league, so I didn't really know what to expect from nd.
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I did see him now and again in the Champion's League, but he's been phenomenal.
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I I don't think we can overlook that.
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What do you have like five or six clean sheets and right off the bat in his In his first five or six games with Chelsea, including against his former team Ren in the Champions League, so many have been great.
00:13:33
The goalkeeping has definitely been huge.
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And, yeah, we're seeing this team get clean.
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Sheets are only allow, you know, a goal on most nights, at least these last few weeks.
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And yeah, Thiago Silva's been great.
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And with the defense doing well, you know, the offense is gonna come.
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And so Chelsea, right now they're firing on all cylinders and in a very good position.
00:13:56
My opinion on Lee, two points back of the league leaders Tottenham and Liverpool s Oh, yeah, you know, for for Blues fans like myself and Shane, it's a, uh, I'm really optimistic with this team, and I'm confident based on based on the start in both the Premier League and the Champions League thus far, especially considering how good their defense has been.
00:14:20
Shane? Yeah, just toe.
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Kind of go off of what Sam was just saying.
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I feel like also the midfield.
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We've had a lot more creativity.
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We were just talking about creativity with you know what I mean.
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It's there like they have creativity and a lot, of course, man United.
00:14:34
But Chelsea to hold on the story, I think, like a little bit about Hakim's.
00:14:38
Yes.
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And this guy came in from my ex.
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He was kind of the forgotten one because he came in.
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We saw on in February.
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Bond.
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He was that caught him for so on.
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He was training with the boys and, uh, people.
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He kind of one of the shot a little bit.
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He, of course, got injured in that game against Brian.
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The preseason was really unfortunate to sit out for the first couple weeks.
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Now he's providing assist on top assist on top of assist.
00:15:01
Um, and in my opinion, so far in the past week, non penalty goal in non penalty expected goals, plus assists plus expected assists per 90 minutes Exactly.
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He's only been there for what 67 games.
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Now he's molding him with the team, but it's because he was there all summer.
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That's why he's being successful with this team right now, because he built these relationships him and Venture will have been really excited to see him and Reese James down that right flank.
00:15:30
But his left foot is just saying I mean off of free kicks.
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Uh, even in open plan.
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I mean, he could be in midfield, could be the midfield line and passed the six yard box, the far post and Venture Wilkin smashed in.
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And that's a great weapon toe have because the last one of the best years in Europe is in the 97th.
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Exactly.
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Listen to this 97th percentile expected assists per 90 97th percentile.
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Opie shot, creating actions for 90 and 96th percentile of passes in D Box per 90.
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Yeah, one of the best on that is amongst wingers attacking midfielders in the in the top five leagues for reference.
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You want to see Messi? Sure, nine.
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Um, nineties, he's in.
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He's in Messi's the 99th percentile of sorry that's that's including the last two seasons this season, Messi would be 98.
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1st that he's a forward here.
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So give me aware, Sancho.
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Um, Sancho would be 97th percentile.
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Expected assists per 90 and 99th percentile passes in the box for 90.
00:16:46
So Zeke is comparable to Jadon.
00:16:49
Sancho? Yeah, that's a great point to bring up by Shane.
00:16:52
Yeah, Zack, He's been He's just so fun.
00:16:55
Toe watches.
00:16:56
Well, he's such an intelligent player.
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And yet, you know, his playmaking ability has, uh, has been incredible.
00:17:02
I mean, I think it was the game the other week against Sheffield where he was, he was.
00:17:06
He was seeking out teammates in the tightest spaces possible.
00:17:12
I mean, just passes that you think are impossible to make.
00:17:16
And he just created goalscoring opportunity after goalscoring opportunity.
00:17:21
Another point about the midfield to, I think Angola content as well.
00:17:25
He's been playing very good again.
00:17:27
I mean, he had for a little while there.
00:17:29
He wasn't really the content that we saw when he was on that Premier League winning side with Lester and and and Chelsea as well.
00:17:38
He He was just a little down for a little bit, I think, but all of a sudden, so far this season.
00:17:43
I really feel like Conte has been playing great as well.
00:17:47
So overall, everyone seems to be on the on the rise for Chelsea on all on all areas of the pitch, which is really showing, uh, in their matches a swell eso. Yeah.
00:18:00
Great point about the midfield as well.
00:18:02
With all of that creativity.
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That's their, uh, with Z.
00:18:06
What, Zeke and content in particular.
00:18:09
So, yeah, that's a great point by Shane as well. For Chelsea.
00:18:12
Yeah.
00:18:13
Their midfield has been extremely creative this year.
00:18:16
Do you want to take a look around the Premier League? Just some players that have really impressed you, Sam.
00:18:26
You can go first, Okay? Sure.
00:18:29
Yeah.
00:18:30
Eso for players that had right.
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What was that? Can I go first? Yeah, absolutely. Go first.
00:18:37
Patrick Bamford from Leeds? Yeah, he's He's the choice.
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He He's so good with the ball at his feet.
00:18:47
Seven goals.
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He has seven goals here.
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No one really expected him. Toe.
00:18:53
No one really expected leads to do very much.
00:18:55
And they're not.
00:18:57
They're I mean, they're in 15th, but Bamford's been a bright spot for them.
00:19:02
Seven goals.
00:19:04
And if you wanna look out and if you wanna look at some advances that he's in fourth in non penalty expected goals plus expected assists for 90.
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And he is first in non penalty expected goals for 90 in the entire league.
00:19:22
Yeah, we have Bamford in my Yeah, you could go, Sam.
00:19:28
No, I was just gonna say Yeah, that's a good That's a good shot, Sam.
00:19:32
I mean, he's he had the hat trick in that one game.
00:19:35
I think it was against Aston Villa as well, for for Leeds United.
00:19:38
Yeah, leads air just overall.
00:19:39
Ah, fun team to watch.
00:19:41
And he has the majority of their goals.
00:19:43
I mean, leads a team are just such a unique, literally has half of their Premier League goals.
00:19:50
Yeah, exactly.
00:19:51
Yeah.
00:19:52
So he's no doubt been impressive proving that he belongs in the top flight of England s.
00:19:59
So that's definitely ah, good shout.
00:20:01
But yeah, going, going on some other players that I've been impressed by so far off the top of my mind, I'd say I'm gonna I'm gonna say I'm gonna say Hamas because at times for Everton, he's and he's impressed me.
00:20:20
He under his former manager, Carlo Ancelotti.
00:20:22
I really Well, I didn't really didn't know if if Hamas would, uh, acclimate to the Premier League and do Well, I honestly didn't.
00:20:31
I thought he was watched up.
00:20:32
Yeah, same here.
00:20:33
So just for that plane he's in, I have I have been impressed by you know how he hasn't been great, obviously, but he has done decent for Everton.
00:20:45
When in making and making an impact for the top is when I really didn't know if he make an impact for that Everton team. So Hamas.
00:20:55
I've definitely three assists.
00:20:58
I mean, he's putting up numbers.
00:21:00
He is, he is.
00:21:01
And then I also I also have to bring up Harry Kane again.
00:21:04
Because Harry, Harry, can we agree? Harry Kane right now is the best player in the league like, yeah, I mean, he he just has He has a knack for scoring so often it I mean, it's unbelievable.
00:21:19
He's just a true striker.
00:21:22
And, uh, and he's a true striker with nine assists.
00:21:26
Exactly.
00:21:27
Exactly. Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
00:21:29
He can.
00:21:30
He can. He can be a playmaker as well.
00:21:32
Very unselfish player.
00:21:33
I've I mean, I don't like taught him as a Chelsea fan, but I have a lot of respect for Harry Kane.
00:21:39
Uh, you know, because he's stuck with taught in them.
00:21:42
I don't know how many years now he's been with the club, but he's never long. Long time.
00:21:47
He's like he's been there forever.
00:21:48
He's been there, probably the best player in the league.
00:21:50
At this moment.
00:21:52
I agree.
00:22:01
Anyone else you wanna shout out? Um, I'm trying to think of who is really? Go ahead. Shane.
00:22:13
Okay, so yeah, Chelsea.
00:22:17
I wanna go back to Chelsea.
00:22:18
Someone that we didn't mention in Chelsea's midfield.
00:22:22
That's been a big part of their team in the past two seasons. Now into Frank Lampard.
00:22:25
I mean, let's give some prop to Mason Mountain.
00:22:28
He's only 21.
00:22:29
He played all of two games.
00:22:31
You're taking a season for only 21.
00:22:34
You got it.
00:22:36
You know, uh, but here's a guy in my Cris Collinsworth voice.
00:22:41
Here's a guy that s so important to this team.
00:22:46
He's something part of this Chelsea team and Frank Lampard as took him under his wing.
00:22:51
He's played in like I just met.
00:22:53
He's played it all, but through games in his Chelsea career so far, and that's including the champ.
00:22:58
Yeah.
00:22:59
I mean, that's including the care about cup ethic.
00:23:01
I mean, you need game.
00:23:03
He's been playing.
00:23:04
He's been starting these games to every single game so far.
00:23:07
For Chelsea was she's got my uncle or into his name and maybe the Yeah, talk about some disappointing players.
00:23:20
Start Declan Rice.
00:23:23
Yeah.
00:23:25
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
00:23:30
I think that's a bit superb.
00:23:31
I mean, I don't think he's been simple.
00:23:34
I I mean, really expect him to take the next step.
00:23:37
Nine games.
00:23:38
No goals or assists, e.
00:23:40
I mean, I get that he's been I get that he's been making his central defensive midfielder back.
00:23:45
I know, but you got.
00:23:47
But you've gotta put something on the board.
00:23:50
Yeah, like, seriously capsule Can't do like I get that.
00:23:56
But you can't just put up a goose egg.
00:24:00
When you're the best player on your team.
00:24:02
You can't be putting up a goose sick.
00:24:04
Sure.
00:24:07
Yeah, I I tend to agree on the fact that Declan Rice has been ah, bit disappointing.
00:24:13
I mean, I saw a lot of potential in him, so maybe my expectation was too high for Declan Rice.
00:24:19
Um, but You know, I I thought maybe he was on his way out of West Ham as well to go to a bigger club, but yeah, I tend to agree with Sam here.
00:24:27
I mean, he he hasn't he hasn't shown me much.
00:24:30
And whenever I've watched, you know, uh, matches for for the hammers.
00:24:35
I I haven't I haven't really seen enough out of him.
00:24:39
Or at least, you know, he hasn't been finding the back of the net as Sam said.
00:24:42
So, yeah, maybe my expectation was too high for him, but I was high on him, You know, these last couple of seasons with West Ham, but so far this season, Yeah, he kind of hasn't shown up.
00:24:56
Eso Here's another guy who's been pretty much empty on the score sheet.
00:25:00
No goals.
00:25:01
One assist for Trent.
00:25:03
Alexander Arnold.
00:25:05
Yeah, just a huge step back for a guy that was one of the best creators in the entire world last year.
00:25:13
Yeah, and also another one, not just this season so far.
00:25:19
But ever since he's been since he was transferred to ****nal for way too much money and that and that would be Nicholas Pepe, Nikola, Pepe who is just I don't know why people think he's good.
00:25:31
He's not very good. Yeah.
00:25:33
I never saw anything in Nicholas Pepper.
00:25:36
Yeah, I had to bring him up a swell. Yeah.
00:25:40
So you know, just what he could do it in league all.
00:25:43
I mean, I could do it in the jaw.
00:25:46
Uh huh.
00:25:48
Yeah.
00:25:50
You can't do it on a rainy night in Stoke.
00:25:56
Alright, you can have but someone And there are players that have played 900 minutes this season.
00:26:04
Really? Do outfield players that have played 900 minutes this season.
00:26:07
Who are they? They're both defenders.
00:26:10
They're both over 30 and they both have zero assists.
00:26:17
Wow, You're never gonna get either of them.
00:26:20
By the way, I bet you create a Federico Fernandez.
00:26:24
Okay, So Cogliatti of Crystal Palace and Fernandez of Newcastle, Is that Yeah, All right.
00:26:31
And can we also shout out young young man's son? Yeah, absolutely.
00:26:36
He has been great.
00:26:38
Yes, I really so much underworld schoeneman son playing.
00:26:43
I'm very scared.
00:26:44
Go up.
00:26:45
Really? Go on Sunday? Yeah, and he also just loves playing to like you can see the joy on his face.
00:26:52
When when loves the game back in.
00:26:55
Almost anybody? Yeah, I mean, here think I mean and someone that kind of that you could say It's kind of disappointing that you could say it's kind of disappointing this season from a from just I'm just a perspective of from from just a perspective of pure like what you expect to see out of a guy like what you expect to see out of a guy of his caliber.
00:27:24
E mean you really need Thio.
00:27:28
What I What I'd like to see is a step up in an Antony martials play in the Premier League.
00:27:36
Mhm it z Internet.
00:27:39
It's an Internet mean going around something.
00:27:43
Something has mawr.
00:27:44
Something's than Anthony Marciel has goals in the Premier League season.
00:27:49
He's gonna He was 20 goal scorer last year, 17 in the Premier League.
00:27:56
Put up, put up a twenties.
00:27:58
What? Did you put up? A 22 spot? Yeah, in all competitions.
00:28:03
He was one of the best.
00:28:04
He was one of the best scores in the world last year.
00:28:08
Put up, He put up a oh my God.
00:28:13
Just freaking Tell me how many just freaking.
00:28:15
Tell me how Maney, 23 goals last year with nine assists, one of the best in the world finishing and he's kind of blown this year.
00:28:24
Zero gold, zero assists in the primary league.
00:28:28
Yeah, man started not getting the start and ****, you know? I mean, he's starting over Cavani.
00:28:36
I mean, Cavani isn't very good and I'm not very impressed with their I'm not very impressive Ratchford in the league either.
00:28:48
Yeah, I go back.
00:28:49
I mean, I love brash talk about a garden.
00:28:54
I mean, rash words already scored eight goals this season, but all of them are pretty much in Europe.
00:29:00
Yeah, straight up.
00:29:02
Six of them are not in the league.
00:29:07
Yeah, just let's talk about pure Arab American bombing because that big, big contract before the season Exactly.
00:29:21
Exactly.
00:29:22
Everyone was praising him.
00:29:23
I mean, 200? Well, no, I actually 150 k a week, I think, and now forgot how to play.
00:29:30
And after the opening day goal against Fulham and I mean full of more easily a championship side.
00:29:36
I mean, nada.
00:29:37
I mean doughnut.
00:29:38
Zero goals for Purim Obama.
00:29:40
And since then Onley one non penalty goal, the penalty that I score against you.
00:29:47
But I'm not gonna count that because that was ****nal's goal of them up.
00:29:51
Just I'm not exactly.
00:29:54
That's hilarious.
00:29:55
Yeah, I know.
00:29:56
I know.
00:29:57
I know it was because it's the only goal they scored all month.
00:30:00
I don't know how.
00:30:02
Not kind of your beliefs, but that might be the greatest thing I've ever heard.
00:30:11
It's like walking all right, Who would you say? Favorite to win the league.
00:30:17
As of right now, Uh, I'll I'm I said at the beginning of the season that it would be Liverpool again, and I'm honestly going to stick by it right now.
00:30:30
I am.
00:30:31
I mean, I I want to say Chelsea, but no, I'm putting my bias aside, obviously, and I still think Liverpool.
00:30:39
I mean, they just showed last.
00:30:40
I know they lost midweek against Atalanta, and that was, Ah, bad performance in the Champions League.
00:30:45
But they just made a statement last weekend against Leicester City.
00:30:50
I mean, you you wouldn't have known that they were missing, like, half of their half of their, uh, that That was just an incredible, incredibly dominant performance against Leicester City on And so I don't know, I just feel like Liverpool are a team who just aren't gonna back down, no matter how many injuries they're dealing with.
00:31:09
I just feel like the Reds are gonna pull it out at at the end of the season.
00:31:15
I feel like it's gonna be very competitive, completely different than last season, where it was just a runaway for Liverpool.
00:31:23
I feel like it's gonna come down to the very and maybe even the last game of the season.
00:31:26
Who knows? At this point it comes down to the last game of the season.
00:31:29
We're doing it again.
00:31:31
Yeah, that's right.
00:31:33
You two did alive.
00:31:35
Yeah.
00:31:37
I mean, hey, sure.
00:31:39
Yeah.
00:31:41
****.
00:31:44
My heart says that Chelsea, you're gonna win the title.
00:31:47
But Liverpool are gonna win the championship again.
00:31:49
They're gonna win the title and it comes on to this drinking clocked the best coach in the Premier League.
00:31:55
And that's not a debate sort of debate.
00:31:58
Catholic club.
00:32:00
Pep, You just You see, pep? Last weekend you got you got outwitted by Jose Merino.
00:32:05
It's in a bad like in work counted 17.
00:32:08
It's one.
00:32:09
What price for the table right now.
00:32:11
What puts on the table there, love, They are on the table.
00:32:13
But look, look, you have way too much recently biased.
00:32:17
I've seen two things.
00:32:18
There's no other in the world Can Dio Liverpool are a better team and they have a better manager.
00:32:24
They have a better manager on the Aral Sea.
00:32:26
To Franklin put is still super experience Right now I'll take clock but happen still like as of right now, as of this moment you're in.
00:32:37
Klopp is a better manager, but I'm still taking path going forward, Okay? But I'm taking Liverpool's team because it's a lot better too.
00:32:46
And they have a lot of what you know.
00:32:48
Liverpool hasn't look their best.
00:32:52
Yeah, they still win their Exactly because they have better death than Manchester City.
00:32:59
They're in second place and they haven't looked their best.
00:33:01
That is why Liverpool, we're gonna win the league Spurs.
00:33:04
They always fizzle out Chelsea.
00:33:06
I like Lampard is a manager.
00:33:09
I just don't know how he's going to react in a title run.
00:33:12
Lester, They're gonna do the same thing.
00:33:14
Southampton! Not very good, Everton.
00:33:17
They're not very good either.
00:33:18
I mean, the Manchester United slow start Manchester City. Slow start.
00:33:23
You can't be starting slow.
00:33:26
It doesn't work.
00:33:27
You can't e wanna I wanna highlight depth or a quick here, too, because this season is gonna be the most important part of the puzzle Pieces that and therefore showing you right now they beat their e is they're exactly runners to it and get running without a top three player in the world in Virtual Vanda.
00:33:48
Yeah, and they're still on top of the league and they haven't looked their best.
00:33:54
That's the scary thing.
00:33:55
They haven't looked their best Z.
00:33:58
He's been phenomenal.
00:34:00
E Exactly.
00:34:01
That's one of the guys I wanted to mention earlier.
00:34:03
I just didn't Yeah, same here.
00:34:06
I completely forgot about Children.
00:34:08
He's been John has been great.
00:34:10
I absolutely agree that he has been one of the best that he's been one of the best this year.
00:34:19
He's very much impressed me.
00:34:20
He's third in the league and non penalty expected goals plus expected assistance for 90 Onley behind Kane and Manet.
00:34:29
E.
00:34:30
I mean, when you're when you're when you're when you're Onley behind Kane and Mani, that's special.
00:34:38
Absolutely.
00:34:39
He's also only 23.
00:34:41
I know 24 this week.
00:34:44
Yeah, he was really O e wasn't sure when I heard that he made the move to Liverpool.
00:34:52
Sure, how he was gonna dio if he was even going to get playing time and then look what he's done.
00:34:59
So, yeah, he's definitely impressed.
00:35:02
Another great player, uh, for Portugal as well.
00:35:06
I know we're not talking about the Portuguese national team, but it could be a threat at the Euro 2020 next summer, but yeah, e still think it's probably gonna win that.
00:35:16
But I wouldn't be surprised if Portugal comes away with yeah, and also probably the reason why I think England's going to win.
00:35:23
It is because I really only watch the Premier League.
00:35:26
Yeah, that's true.
00:35:30
Portugal's got some talent.
00:35:31
I wouldn't be surprised to see Ronaldo go out with one last e hates.
00:35:35
No, although I really don't like the guy.
00:35:38
Hate somebody.
00:35:39
Unless this country Portugal horrible.
00:35:41
Although out of the equation it's still a very talented team.
00:35:45
Exactly.
00:35:46
I don't even think that Ronaldo is the main engine of that team.
00:35:51
Exactly.
00:35:52
Bernardo Silva and Bruno Fernandez sort of the engines of that team.
00:35:56
I agree.
00:36:00
I mean, you could be concerned about their situation because obviously it's going to be Ronaldo scoring the goals they like.
00:36:11
Fernandez hasn't been great from open play this season, scoring or really creating, for that matter.
00:36:17
His non penalty expected goals are lower this year than last, but he was playing the game of his life.
00:36:24
He was.
00:36:25
He was playing the game of his absolute life last year, mhm eight goals in seven assists in 50 and 14 games.
00:36:35
If it wasn't for, uh, Fernandez last season, I mean, it would be out there.
00:36:41
Whole management would be out of the team.
00:36:43
They probably wouldn't have finished even in the Europa League spot.
00:36:46
I could argue E.
00:36:48
He's the main guy.
00:36:49
Trust me, we would have.
00:36:50
I don't think you would.
00:36:52
No, trust me like we weren't that.
00:36:56
That's why I know that I want to highlight also the January transfer marked with the season, but they would have figured something out eventually.
00:37:04
Okay, regardless of that, the January transfer market Bernard Fernandez is an example of why that market is so important, which is why I watch out for Liverpool in the transfer market this year because I know Jurgen Klopp's on a guy that likes to go out in the middle of season changed this team.
00:37:17
I mean, isn't it money on anyone last winter? I'm saying last winter.
00:37:22
I'm saying last winter, You gotta do something.
00:37:25
He's gonna be something.
00:37:28
He's gonna do something this window.
00:37:30
Exactly.
00:37:31
He's gonna get I think he's gonna get me.
00:37:33
Oh, he buys school of Ali? No, not in January.
00:37:38
He should look at David, Alabama.
00:37:40
David.
00:37:41
Alabama is a plug and play cooler.
00:37:43
Bali is a bug in play at that age.
00:37:46
Mhm.
00:37:47
I could see it.
00:37:49
All right.
00:37:50
Thanks, guys.
00:37:51
So much for joining. Anything you want to say before we go.
00:37:57
All right, We'll see you next week or whenever we do this again.
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00:01:24
Hello, everybody. Welcome in.
00:01:26
We're talking soccer.
00:01:27
We're talking from your league.
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San Federman Sandri's Shane Holcomb.
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What's going on? Guys doing good, Then happy to be here, Sam.
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Good to see you back on the They're so memories.
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She's like, All right, so Oh, jump.
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Right and chain.
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You wanna start? Yes, sure.
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I thought we talked about, um course the game.
00:01:55
The weekend is talking vs Chelsea.
00:01:57
But since I know you're a huge Manchester United fans, Sam, I want to talk a little bit about you know, it's success in the champions that you can have that's differ from successful in the Premier League this season because it's been pretty draft a different game.
00:02:10
It's simply a different game.
00:02:14
They're playing a different sport when they're playing against European teams.
00:02:19
The European teams, they're not as physical and they're not as talented.
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I mean, maybe P s g is, but you're but you're able to pull out a win against that team.
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You're not as gritty when you're not playing in.
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When you're not playing against these these English teams and the way Manchester United wins games, you show it shows you that it just can show you that they when they win games, they tend to win them with a penalty in the Premier League.
00:02:51
And it's not a Manchester United game without a penalty.
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That's the disappointing thing, this metric United team.
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It's one of the it does.
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It simply cannot score.
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I simply cannot score from open play.
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But then you go to the Champions League and all this space is created.
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There can't be a coincidence anybody? Yes, sir, I'll jump in.
00:03:29
I think that I agree with you on the county aspect of things because apparently I think of a lot more physical center backs.
00:03:35
Especially it's usually the team like Burnley, a coach like Sean Dyche that is going into the game game, playing against an attack, simply enforcing his players toe stand on the defense and then maybe have a chance on the counter attack.
00:03:52
Meanwhile, in Europe, it's more on the front foot because all these teams can score goals later plan against in Europe and that tends to leave more chances been field for offenses like measures tonight to open up.
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Defense is on the counter attack and I think that's why they have success, score more goals And that's of course, why they won games in the Champions League because they haven't scored a lot of goals in the permitting this season.
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Their goal difference has been terrible so far.
00:04:15
Yeah, Manchester United are in the bottom quarter of the are in the bottom third of the league in non penalty expected goals.
00:04:25
Yeah, yeah, I I tend to agree because as as Shane was saying in the Champions League, obviously since the Champions League there tends to be, you know, more talented teams and I feel like it's just the play is more open and teams are are willing to go at each other more.
00:04:44
Whereas in the Premier League, when when it's, you know, Manchester United facing a smaller club like Burnley as as unexamined that Shane used, they're just gonna, you know, parked the bus and sit back and and and play disciplined defense and really frustrate Man United.
00:05:03
And I feel like when there's more open space to work with Aziz Shane touched on that that's when Man United are are their best when when they have open field for work, so working and build up and build up, leading to leading to goalscoring opportunities.
00:05:20
But when you just pack it in on Man United, I feel like, you know, it could be it could be so boring at times because they just can't seem to do anything when going against a defense that's just sitting back and leaving them No space whatsoever.
00:05:36
So I think that I think that's a big part of it when you compare it the Champions League to the Premier League for Manchester United in particular, Yeah, and the and the rial thing that you tend to see with this mix.
00:05:50
Genetic currently said in 11th place, 13 points.
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Yes, they played eight games.
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Other teams have played 10 games.
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But it's not just United that's struggling.
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Manchester City is in 14th place and nobody on that team has scored more than two goals.
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The only other teams in the league that have that Chris would at Burnley.
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As to Callum Robinson at West promise to David McGoldrick, Sheffield United as to those are the only other teams in the league that have no score above two goals.
00:06:17
Manchester City really struggling to put two footballs in the net.
00:06:22
That's why I'm so confused to to see Pogba guys like Pogba and guys like Vanderbeek knocking on the team sheet when you guys were going against Premier League oppositions.
00:06:30
Because you see guys Fred with Tom in a starting over at Pogba and Vanderbeek in the Premier League, and that's why you guys aren't scoring goals because there's not a lot of creativity in that midfield, which doesn't allow holds up for Bruno Fernandez and Rash for Marsha in Greenwood to get into open space.
00:06:45
I really feel like you're missing Pogba, and I know he's such a scrutinized player.
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But he's so talented, and I feel like he needs more game time to prove himself, pop.
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But, uh, you can.
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Paul Pogba was one of the best players in the restart.
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Exactly.
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He still is.
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He still is.
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Yeah, he just needs game time.
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I mean, he's not even He's not even coming off the bench in these games.
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He's not even coming off the bench.
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Yeah, yeah, especially Vanda because, well, I mean, you paid all that money for him and sitting on the bench, which makes no sense to That's just what tends to happen with these guys.
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They don't play a lot, and it gets and it starts to bother fans.
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And then the minute they do play, they're not good.
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Then when someone and sometimes they play well, it happens.
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Mhm.
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It's a weird world, this one.
00:07:43
Anything else you want to say about Manchanda before we move on and talk about Chelsea? Yeah, real quick while they're gonna sold our he wants consistency in his lineups.
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He wants players and mold with each other.
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He wants to build partnerships, which is why they're struggling in the Premier League.
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I think because he's not giving you guys like Pogba invented big minutes, provide them creativity.
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He wants to play the guys for a consistent amount of time, which is why you see Freedom, atomic continuing to show up.
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Matahachi even coming off the team sheet because he wants to be these relationships.
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Sometimes that's not working.
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When you put that against bigger opposition is like a city like Chelsea or like even a Liverpool or even ****nal that have a dynamic attacks.
00:08:22
The creativity and the goals just aren't there and I think that's why they're sitting at the bottom half the table right now.
00:08:27
Yeah, it's just the way that it's gonna work when you're not, when you're just not when you're not playing Well, that's that's what will happen.
00:08:34
You're going to lose games, okay? Anything you want to move on, Sam? Yeah.
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Yeah, I I don't have anything else.
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This shift.
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I can only imagine how frustrating is as a Manchester United fan.
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Welcome to what the last seven years have been.
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Yeah, exactly.
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I mean, ever since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, it's been the same old story with Man United.
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And there's nothing telling me anything is going to change.
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And so I'm interested to see, you know how, How much longer, Only gonna sell Shire eyes there and if he can turn things around.
00:09:13
But there's nothing really showing me that he will, based on how many United have done so far in the Premier League.
00:09:20
Obviously, we're still in the very early stages of the season, and I would expect man united to improve.
00:09:26
But just not a good start at all, obviously, being being in the bottom half.
00:09:31
And yeah, it's it's the same old story with men united.
00:09:35
Really? So you can't say you're surprised, even though they're supposed to be one of the biggest clubs in Europe.
00:09:41
Yeah, it's one of the It is one of the biggest clubs in Europe.
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It's just not performing like it.
00:09:47
Alright, Chelsea is another one of those biggest clubs in Europe and I mean they are by no means struggling.
00:09:59
They sit third in the league right now with an expected goal differential of with an expected goal differential for 90.
00:10:06
That's third in the league and their goal differential is top of the league and we've seen team Oh, Verner score goals.
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We've seen um, Kurt Zouma score goals, What needs to what's going right for Chelsea.
00:10:30
So what's going right for Chelsea is and I think Sam can testify to this.
00:10:36
Is that Frank Lampard currently tonight on Friday, currently Frank Lampard.
00:10:43
Tonight he finally has a full, fully fit squad which in his tenure so far hasn't happened.
00:10:49
Conte last season, one of our most important if not our most important player, he was at the line up with injuries politic you would start to get of our center backs were injured.
00:10:57
Two cards.
00:10:58
Umer went through a tough spell, Takata Tomorrow, after emerging onto the seat in December, he got injured and so all these players who were injured after the restart, some of them couldn't even playing the restart.
00:11:07
Like how tomorrow and he's struggling to get money.
00:11:09
For now, Chelsea finally have a fully fit squad and Frank Lampard.
00:11:14
I really feel like the defense is making the offense click, because last season it was so you're so worried that we're going to concede we were gonna have to score three or four goals to get through the full three points last season.
00:11:26
And now that's not the case.
00:11:27
We can win games one nothing.
00:11:28
And to nothing like we have in the past few weeks, I just feel like fully fit squad, especially in times of thes Were you playing every three or four days is so important for Franklin.
00:11:37
But right now he finally has that for the first time in his tenure, because last season it was the complete opposite.
00:11:44
Yeah, I 100% agree.
00:11:46
Shane and uh, yeah, having a fully fit squad is huge, no doubt about it.
00:11:51
And and also Morgan News with Christian Pulisic being available for the game against Tottenham this weekend.
00:11:59
But yeah, as you say, you know, there's so the offense is so stacked that Frank Lampard almost has a good issue where he has to figure out who he should play on any given night, because there's too many options in a way which which is a good problem to have.
00:12:13
So I come into the season and at this point in the season, I have no concern about about the attack of Chelsea that that that will come.
00:12:23
In my opinion, uh, the attack will produce in my opinion or at least should produce on a consistent basis with no issue based on the talent that's there.
00:12:33
But the big question as you touched on Shane was the defense of Chelsea and unlike, for example, Man United Since we were just talking about them, the transfers for Chelsea had made an impact.
00:12:44
I think Thiago Silva has been great.
00:12:47
He's been a great leader for this Chelsea team.
00:12:50
He's also he's also been very solid at the back and how about Edward Mendy as well? I mean, obviously there were just huge issues with Kappa in goal.
00:13:00
Um and the goalkeeper position was ah much needed one to improve upon and they went out got Mendy.
00:13:09
I honestly didn't.
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I don't watch a lot of league, so I didn't really know what to expect from nd.
00:13:14
I did see him now and again in the Champion's League, but he's been phenomenal.
00:13:19
I I don't think we can overlook that.
00:13:21
What do you have like five or six clean sheets and right off the bat in his In his first five or six games with Chelsea, including against his former team Ren in the Champions League, so many have been great.
00:13:33
The goalkeeping has definitely been huge.
00:13:36
And, yeah, we're seeing this team get clean.
00:13:38
Sheets are only allow, you know, a goal on most nights, at least these last few weeks.
00:13:44
And yeah, Thiago Silva's been great.
00:13:46
And with the defense doing well, you know, the offense is gonna come.
00:13:51
And so Chelsea, right now they're firing on all cylinders and in a very good position.
00:13:56
My opinion on Lee, two points back of the league leaders Tottenham and Liverpool s Oh, yeah, you know, for for Blues fans like myself and Shane, it's a, uh, I'm really optimistic with this team, and I'm confident based on based on the start in both the Premier League and the Champions League thus far, especially considering how good their defense has been.
00:14:20
Shane? Yeah, just toe.
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Kind of go off of what Sam was just saying.
00:14:26
I feel like also the midfield.
00:14:28
We've had a lot more creativity.
00:14:29
We were just talking about creativity with you know what I mean.
00:14:32
It's there like they have creativity and a lot, of course, man United.
00:14:34
But Chelsea to hold on the story, I think, like a little bit about Hakim's.
00:14:38
Yes.
00:14:39
And this guy came in from my ex.
00:14:40
He was kind of the forgotten one because he came in.
00:14:42
We saw on in February.
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Bond.
00:14:45
He was that caught him for so on.
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He was training with the boys and, uh, people.
00:14:49
He kind of one of the shot a little bit.
00:14:50
He, of course, got injured in that game against Brian.
00:14:53
The preseason was really unfortunate to sit out for the first couple weeks.
00:14:56
Now he's providing assist on top assist on top of assist.
00:15:01
Um, and in my opinion, so far in the past week, non penalty goal in non penalty expected goals, plus assists plus expected assists per 90 minutes Exactly.
00:15:15
He's only been there for what 67 games.
00:15:17
Now he's molding him with the team, but it's because he was there all summer.
00:15:21
That's why he's being successful with this team right now, because he built these relationships him and Venture will have been really excited to see him and Reese James down that right flank.
00:15:30
But his left foot is just saying I mean off of free kicks.
00:15:34
Uh, even in open plan.
00:15:35
I mean, he could be in midfield, could be the midfield line and passed the six yard box, the far post and Venture Wilkin smashed in.
00:15:41
And that's a great weapon toe have because the last one of the best years in Europe is in the 97th.
00:15:49
Exactly.
00:15:50
Listen to this 97th percentile expected assists per 90 97th percentile.
00:15:57
Opie shot, creating actions for 90 and 96th percentile of passes in D Box per 90.
00:16:07
Yeah, one of the best on that is amongst wingers attacking midfielders in the in the top five leagues for reference.
00:16:16
You want to see Messi? Sure, nine.
00:16:24
Um, nineties, he's in.
00:16:26
He's in Messi's the 99th percentile of sorry that's that's including the last two seasons this season, Messi would be 98.
00:16:33
1st that he's a forward here.
00:16:35
So give me aware, Sancho.
00:16:38
Um, Sancho would be 97th percentile.
00:16:42
Expected assists per 90 and 99th percentile passes in the box for 90.
00:16:46
So Zeke is comparable to Jadon.
00:16:49
Sancho? Yeah, that's a great point to bring up by Shane.
00:16:52
Yeah, Zack, He's been He's just so fun.
00:16:55
Toe watches.
00:16:56
Well, he's such an intelligent player.
00:16:57
And yet, you know, his playmaking ability has, uh, has been incredible.
00:17:02
I mean, I think it was the game the other week against Sheffield where he was, he was.
00:17:06
He was seeking out teammates in the tightest spaces possible.
00:17:12
I mean, just passes that you think are impossible to make.
00:17:16
And he just created goalscoring opportunity after goalscoring opportunity.
00:17:21
Another point about the midfield to, I think Angola content as well.
00:17:25
He's been playing very good again.
00:17:27
I mean, he had for a little while there.
00:17:29
He wasn't really the content that we saw when he was on that Premier League winning side with Lester and and and Chelsea as well.
00:17:38
He He was just a little down for a little bit, I think, but all of a sudden, so far this season.
00:17:43
I really feel like Conte has been playing great as well.
00:17:47
So overall, everyone seems to be on the on the rise for Chelsea on all on all areas of the pitch, which is really showing, uh, in their matches a swell eso. Yeah.
00:18:00
Great point about the midfield as well.
00:18:02
With all of that creativity.
00:18:03
That's their, uh, with Z.
00:18:06
What, Zeke and content in particular.
00:18:09
So, yeah, that's a great point by Shane as well. For Chelsea.
00:18:12
Yeah.
00:18:13
Their midfield has been extremely creative this year.
00:18:16
Do you want to take a look around the Premier League? Just some players that have really impressed you, Sam.
00:18:26
You can go first, Okay? Sure.
00:18:29
Yeah.
00:18:30
Eso for players that had right.
00:18:34
What was that? Can I go first? Yeah, absolutely. Go first.
00:18:37
Patrick Bamford from Leeds? Yeah, he's He's the choice.
00:18:42
He He's so good with the ball at his feet.
00:18:47
Seven goals.
00:18:49
He has seven goals here.
00:18:50
No one really expected him. Toe.
00:18:53
No one really expected leads to do very much.
00:18:55
And they're not.
00:18:57
They're I mean, they're in 15th, but Bamford's been a bright spot for them.
00:19:02
Seven goals.
00:19:04
And if you wanna look out and if you wanna look at some advances that he's in fourth in non penalty expected goals plus expected assists for 90.
00:19:13
And he is first in non penalty expected goals for 90 in the entire league.
00:19:22
Yeah, we have Bamford in my Yeah, you could go, Sam.
00:19:28
No, I was just gonna say Yeah, that's a good That's a good shot, Sam.
00:19:32
I mean, he's he had the hat trick in that one game.
00:19:35
I think it was against Aston Villa as well, for for Leeds United.
00:19:38
Yeah, leads air just overall.
00:19:39
Ah, fun team to watch.
00:19:41
And he has the majority of their goals.
00:19:43
I mean, leads a team are just such a unique, literally has half of their Premier League goals.
00:19:50
Yeah, exactly.
00:19:51
Yeah.
00:19:52
So he's no doubt been impressive proving that he belongs in the top flight of England s.
00:19:59
So that's definitely ah, good shout.
00:20:01
But yeah, going, going on some other players that I've been impressed by so far off the top of my mind, I'd say I'm gonna I'm gonna say I'm gonna say Hamas because at times for Everton, he's and he's impressed me.
00:20:20
He under his former manager, Carlo Ancelotti.
00:20:22
I really Well, I didn't really didn't know if if Hamas would, uh, acclimate to the Premier League and do Well, I honestly didn't.
00:20:31
I thought he was watched up.
00:20:32
Yeah, same here.
00:20:33
So just for that plane he's in, I have I have been impressed by you know how he hasn't been great, obviously, but he has done decent for Everton.
00:20:45
When in making and making an impact for the top is when I really didn't know if he make an impact for that Everton team. So Hamas.
00:20:55
I've definitely three assists.
00:20:58
I mean, he's putting up numbers.
00:21:00
He is, he is.
00:21:01
And then I also I also have to bring up Harry Kane again.
00:21:04
Because Harry, Harry, can we agree? Harry Kane right now is the best player in the league like, yeah, I mean, he he just has He has a knack for scoring so often it I mean, it's unbelievable.
00:21:19
He's just a true striker.
00:21:22
And, uh, and he's a true striker with nine assists.
00:21:26
Exactly.
00:21:27
Exactly. Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
00:21:29
He can.
00:21:30
He can. He can be a playmaker as well.
00:21:32
Very unselfish player.
00:21:33
I've I mean, I don't like taught him as a Chelsea fan, but I have a lot of respect for Harry Kane.
00:21:39
Uh, you know, because he's stuck with taught in them.
00:21:42
I don't know how many years now he's been with the club, but he's never long. Long time.
00:21:47
He's like he's been there forever.
00:21:48
He's been there, probably the best player in the league.
00:21:50
At this moment.
00:21:52
I agree.
00:22:01
Anyone else you wanna shout out? Um, I'm trying to think of who is really? Go ahead. Shane.
00:22:13
Okay, so yeah, Chelsea.
00:22:17
I wanna go back to Chelsea.
00:22:18
Someone that we didn't mention in Chelsea's midfield.
00:22:22
That's been a big part of their team in the past two seasons. Now into Frank Lampard.
00:22:25
I mean, let's give some prop to Mason Mountain.
00:22:28
He's only 21.
00:22:29
He played all of two games.
00:22:31
You're taking a season for only 21.
00:22:34
You got it.
00:22:36
You know, uh, but here's a guy in my Cris Collinsworth voice.
00:22:41
Here's a guy that s so important to this team.
00:22:46
He's something part of this Chelsea team and Frank Lampard as took him under his wing.
00:22:51
He's played in like I just met.
00:22:53
He's played it all, but through games in his Chelsea career so far, and that's including the champ.
00:22:58
Yeah.
00:22:59
I mean, that's including the care about cup ethic.
00:23:01
I mean, you need game.
00:23:03
He's been playing.
00:23:04
He's been starting these games to every single game so far.
00:23:07
For Chelsea was she's got my uncle or into his name and maybe the Yeah, talk about some disappointing players.
00:23:20
Start Declan Rice.
00:23:23
Yeah.
00:23:25
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
00:23:30
I think that's a bit superb.
00:23:31
I mean, I don't think he's been simple.
00:23:34
I I mean, really expect him to take the next step.
00:23:37
Nine games.
00:23:38
No goals or assists, e.
00:23:40
I mean, I get that he's been I get that he's been making his central defensive midfielder back.
00:23:45
I know, but you got.
00:23:47
But you've gotta put something on the board.
00:23:50
Yeah, like, seriously capsule Can't do like I get that.
00:23:56
But you can't just put up a goose egg.
00:24:00
When you're the best player on your team.
00:24:02
You can't be putting up a goose sick.
00:24:04
Sure.
00:24:07
Yeah, I I tend to agree on the fact that Declan Rice has been ah, bit disappointing.
00:24:13
I mean, I saw a lot of potential in him, so maybe my expectation was too high for Declan Rice.
00:24:19
Um, but You know, I I thought maybe he was on his way out of West Ham as well to go to a bigger club, but yeah, I tend to agree with Sam here.
00:24:27
I mean, he he hasn't he hasn't shown me much.
00:24:30
And whenever I've watched, you know, uh, matches for for the hammers.
00:24:35
I I haven't I haven't really seen enough out of him.
00:24:39
Or at least, you know, he hasn't been finding the back of the net as Sam said.
00:24:42
So, yeah, maybe my expectation was too high for him, but I was high on him, You know, these last couple of seasons with West Ham, but so far this season, Yeah, he kind of hasn't shown up.
00:24:56
Eso Here's another guy who's been pretty much empty on the score sheet.
00:25:00
No goals.
00:25:01
One assist for Trent.
00:25:03
Alexander Arnold.
00:25:05
Yeah, just a huge step back for a guy that was one of the best creators in the entire world last year.
00:25:13
Yeah, and also another one, not just this season so far.
00:25:19
But ever since he's been since he was transferred to ****nal for way too much money and that and that would be Nicholas Pepe, Nikola, Pepe who is just I don't know why people think he's good.
00:25:31
He's not very good. Yeah.
00:25:33
I never saw anything in Nicholas Pepper.
00:25:36
Yeah, I had to bring him up a swell. Yeah.
00:25:40
So you know, just what he could do it in league all.
00:25:43
I mean, I could do it in the jaw.
00:25:46
Uh huh.
00:25:48
Yeah.
00:25:50
You can't do it on a rainy night in Stoke.
00:25:56
Alright, you can have but someone And there are players that have played 900 minutes this season.
00:26:04
Really? Do outfield players that have played 900 minutes this season.
00:26:07
Who are they? They're both defenders.
00:26:10
They're both over 30 and they both have zero assists.
00:26:17
Wow, You're never gonna get either of them.
00:26:20
By the way, I bet you create a Federico Fernandez.
00:26:24
Okay, So Cogliatti of Crystal Palace and Fernandez of Newcastle, Is that Yeah, All right.
00:26:31
And can we also shout out young young man's son? Yeah, absolutely.
00:26:36
He has been great.
00:26:38
Yes, I really so much underworld schoeneman son playing.
00:26:43
I'm very scared.
00:26:44
Go up.
00:26:45
Really? Go on Sunday? Yeah, and he also just loves playing to like you can see the joy on his face.
00:26:52
When when loves the game back in.
00:26:55
Almost anybody? Yeah, I mean, here think I mean and someone that kind of that you could say It's kind of disappointing that you could say it's kind of disappointing this season from a from just I'm just a perspective of from from just a perspective of pure like what you expect to see out of a guy like what you expect to see out of a guy of his caliber.
00:27:24
E mean you really need Thio.
00:27:28
What I What I'd like to see is a step up in an Antony martials play in the Premier League.
00:27:36
Mhm it z Internet.
00:27:39
It's an Internet mean going around something.
00:27:43
Something has mawr.
00:27:44
Something's than Anthony Marciel has goals in the Premier League season.
00:27:49
He's gonna He was 20 goal scorer last year, 17 in the Premier League.
00:27:56
Put up, put up a twenties.
00:27:58
What? Did you put up? A 22 spot? Yeah, in all competitions.
00:28:03
He was one of the best.
00:28:04
He was one of the best scores in the world last year.
00:28:08
Put up, He put up a oh my God.
00:28:13
Just freaking Tell me how many just freaking.
00:28:15
Tell me how Maney, 23 goals last year with nine assists, one of the best in the world finishing and he's kind of blown this year.
00:28:24
Zero gold, zero assists in the primary league.
00:28:28
Yeah, man started not getting the start and ****, you know? I mean, he's starting over Cavani.
00:28:36
I mean, Cavani isn't very good and I'm not very impressed with their I'm not very impressive Ratchford in the league either.
00:28:48
Yeah, I go back.
00:28:49
I mean, I love brash talk about a garden.
00:28:54
I mean, rash words already scored eight goals this season, but all of them are pretty much in Europe.
00:29:00
Yeah, straight up.
00:29:02
Six of them are not in the league.
00:29:07
Yeah, just let's talk about pure Arab American bombing because that big, big contract before the season Exactly.
00:29:21
Exactly.
00:29:22
Everyone was praising him.
00:29:23
I mean, 200? Well, no, I actually 150 k a week, I think, and now forgot how to play.
00:29:30
And after the opening day goal against Fulham and I mean full of more easily a championship side.
00:29:36
I mean, nada.
00:29:37
I mean doughnut.
00:29:38
Zero goals for Purim Obama.
00:29:40
And since then Onley one non penalty goal, the penalty that I score against you.
00:29:47
But I'm not gonna count that because that was ****nal's goal of them up.
00:29:51
Just I'm not exactly.
00:29:54
That's hilarious.
00:29:55
Yeah, I know.
00:29:56
I know.
00:29:57
I know it was because it's the only goal they scored all month.
00:30:00
I don't know how.
00:30:02
Not kind of your beliefs, but that might be the greatest thing I've ever heard.
00:30:11
It's like walking all right, Who would you say? Favorite to win the league.
00:30:17
As of right now, Uh, I'll I'm I said at the beginning of the season that it would be Liverpool again, and I'm honestly going to stick by it right now.
00:30:30
I am.
00:30:31
I mean, I I want to say Chelsea, but no, I'm putting my bias aside, obviously, and I still think Liverpool.
00:30:39
I mean, they just showed last.
00:30:40
I know they lost midweek against Atalanta, and that was, Ah, bad performance in the Champions League.
00:30:45
But they just made a statement last weekend against Leicester City.
00:30:50
I mean, you you wouldn't have known that they were missing, like, half of their half of their, uh, that That was just an incredible, incredibly dominant performance against Leicester City on And so I don't know, I just feel like Liverpool are a team who just aren't gonna back down, no matter how many injuries they're dealing with.
00:31:09
I just feel like the Reds are gonna pull it out at at the end of the season.
00:31:15
I feel like it's gonna be very competitive, completely different than last season, where it was just a runaway for Liverpool.
00:31:23
I feel like it's gonna come down to the very and maybe even the last game of the season.
00:31:26
Who knows? At this point it comes down to the last game of the season.
00:31:29
We're doing it again.
00:31:31
Yeah, that's right.
00:31:33
You two did alive.
00:31:35
Yeah.
00:31:37
I mean, hey, sure.
00:31:39
Yeah.
00:31:41
****.
00:31:44
My heart says that Chelsea, you're gonna win the title.
00:31:47
But Liverpool are gonna win the championship again.
00:31:49
They're gonna win the title and it comes on to this drinking clocked the best coach in the Premier League.
00:31:55
And that's not a debate sort of debate.
00:31:58
Catholic club.
00:32:00
Pep, You just You see, pep? Last weekend you got you got outwitted by Jose Merino.
00:32:05
It's in a bad like in work counted 17.
00:32:08
It's one.
00:32:09
What price for the table right now.
00:32:11
What puts on the table there, love, They are on the table.
00:32:13
But look, look, you have way too much recently biased.
00:32:17
I've seen two things.
00:32:18
There's no other in the world Can Dio Liverpool are a better team and they have a better manager.
00:32:24
They have a better manager on the Aral Sea.
00:32:26
To Franklin put is still super experience Right now I'll take clock but happen still like as of right now, as of this moment you're in.
00:32:37
Klopp is a better manager, but I'm still taking path going forward, Okay? But I'm taking Liverpool's team because it's a lot better too.
00:32:46
And they have a lot of what you know.
00:32:48
Liverpool hasn't look their best.
00:32:52
Yeah, they still win their Exactly because they have better death than Manchester City.
00:32:59
They're in second place and they haven't looked their best.
00:33:01
That is why Liverpool, we're gonna win the league Spurs.
00:33:04
They always fizzle out Chelsea.
00:33:06
I like Lampard is a manager.
00:33:09
I just don't know how he's going to react in a title run.
00:33:12
Lester, They're gonna do the same thing.
00:33:14
Southampton! Not very good, Everton.
00:33:17
They're not very good either.
00:33:18
I mean, the Manchester United slow start Manchester City. Slow start.
00:33:23
You can't be starting slow.
00:33:26
It doesn't work.
00:33:27
You can't e wanna I wanna highlight depth or a quick here, too, because this season is gonna be the most important part of the puzzle Pieces that and therefore showing you right now they beat their e is they're exactly runners to it and get running without a top three player in the world in Virtual Vanda.
00:33:48
Yeah, and they're still on top of the league and they haven't looked their best.
00:33:54
That's the scary thing.
00:33:55
They haven't looked their best Z.
00:33:58
He's been phenomenal.
00:34:00
E Exactly.
00:34:01
That's one of the guys I wanted to mention earlier.
00:34:03
I just didn't Yeah, same here.
00:34:06
I completely forgot about Children.
00:34:08
He's been John has been great.
00:34:10
I absolutely agree that he has been one of the best that he's been one of the best this year.
00:34:19
He's very much impressed me.
00:34:20
He's third in the league and non penalty expected goals plus expected assistance for 90 Onley behind Kane and Manet.
00:34:29
E.
00:34:30
I mean, when you're when you're when you're when you're Onley behind Kane and Mani, that's special.
00:34:38
Absolutely.
00:34:39
He's also only 23.
00:34:41
I know 24 this week.
00:34:44
Yeah, he was really O e wasn't sure when I heard that he made the move to Liverpool.
00:34:52
Sure, how he was gonna dio if he was even going to get playing time and then look what he's done.
00:34:59
So, yeah, he's definitely impressed.
00:35:02
Another great player, uh, for Portugal as well.
00:35:06
I know we're not talking about the Portuguese national team, but it could be a threat at the Euro 2020 next summer, but yeah, e still think it's probably gonna win that.
00:35:16
But I wouldn't be surprised if Portugal comes away with yeah, and also probably the reason why I think England's going to win.
00:35:23
It is because I really only watch the Premier League.
00:35:26
Yeah, that's true.
00:35:30
Portugal's got some talent.
00:35:31
I wouldn't be surprised to see Ronaldo go out with one last e hates.
00:35:35
No, although I really don't like the guy.
00:35:38
Hate somebody.
00:35:39
Unless this country Portugal horrible.
00:35:41
Although out of the equation it's still a very talented team.
00:35:45
Exactly.
00:35:46
I don't even think that Ronaldo is the main engine of that team.
00:35:51
Exactly.
00:35:52
Bernardo Silva and Bruno Fernandez sort of the engines of that team.
00:35:56
I agree.
00:36:00
I mean, you could be concerned about their situation because obviously it's going to be Ronaldo scoring the goals they like.
00:36:11
Fernandez hasn't been great from open play this season, scoring or really creating, for that matter.
00:36:17
His non penalty expected goals are lower this year than last, but he was playing the game of his life.
00:36:24
He was.
00:36:25
He was playing the game of his absolute life last year, mhm eight goals in seven assists in 50 and 14 games.
00:36:35
If it wasn't for, uh, Fernandez last season, I mean, it would be out there.
00:36:41
Whole management would be out of the team.
00:36:43
They probably wouldn't have finished even in the Europa League spot.
00:36:46
I could argue E.
00:36:48
He's the main guy.
00:36:49
Trust me, we would have.
00:36:50
I don't think you would.
00:36:52
No, trust me like we weren't that.
00:36:56
That's why I know that I want to highlight also the January transfer marked with the season, but they would have figured something out eventually.
00:37:04
Okay, regardless of that, the January transfer market Bernard Fernandez is an example of why that market is so important, which is why I watch out for Liverpool in the transfer market this year because I know Jurgen Klopp's on a guy that likes to go out in the middle of season changed this team.
00:37:17
I mean, isn't it money on anyone last winter? I'm saying last winter.
00:37:22
I'm saying last winter, You gotta do something.
00:37:25
He's gonna be something.
00:37:28
He's gonna do something this window.
00:37:30
Exactly.
00:37:31
He's gonna get I think he's gonna get me.
00:37:33
Oh, he buys school of Ali? No, not in January.
00:37:38
He should look at David, Alabama.
00:37:40
David.
00:37:41
Alabama is a plug and play cooler.
00:37:43
Bali is a bug in play at that age.
00:37:46
Mhm.
00:37:47
I could see it.
00:37:49
All right.
00:37:50
Thanks, guys.
00:37:51
So much for joining. Anything you want to say before we go.
00:37:57
All right, We'll see you next week or whenever we do this again.
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