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[00:00:30] Wie lange ist er da? Ist er gonna be, Amogh, out? Sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr.

[00:00:33] Welcome to The Corner Flag, I'm Amogh.

[00:00:36] And I'm Rohit George.

[00:00:44] Welcome to The Corner Flag, everybody. Joining me today is Rohit George.

[00:00:47] He's a comedian and a Man United fan as well as I can see from the jersey he's wearing

[00:00:53] and from the chats that we have had on Instagram.

[00:00:56] Yeah, yes.

[00:00:58] That show that he is a Man United fan.

[00:01:00] Welcome to The Corner Flag, Rohit. How's it going?

[00:01:03] Thank you so much for having me, Amogh. It's been great and it's going good.

[00:01:06] There's a new manager bounce in the air, if you can feel it.

[00:01:10] Yeah, yeah.

[00:01:10] And it's going by the Mumbai weather. It's pretty hot.

[00:01:14] Yes, it is. I mean, in the air, mostly what I can feel is pollution because firecrackers

[00:01:19] are being burst and I'm unable to breathe.

[00:01:22] But somewhere in the smells of Bombay pollution and garbage and the wafts of warm air just

[00:01:33] hitting you from all sides and leaving you in a drench of sweat every second of the day,

[00:01:39] somewhere there is a new manager bounce that I can smell.

[00:01:42] Yes, there is.

[00:01:43] And let's see. It could be like Amorim Chitrakata. We never know.

[00:01:50] We'll get to Amorim in just a bit because the last episode, in fact, I had Prashant on the show

[00:01:57] from the United Supporters Group and that was just after the sacking of Ten Hag.

[00:02:00] So we let go of the usual run order and just dive deep into United stuff.

[00:02:06] But this is not just a Man United podcast, even though there are times when I...

[00:02:13] It supposedly isn't, quote unquote.

[00:02:16] We try to not have it be very Man United specific.

[00:02:21] But after last week's episode, I feel like this week we should look at some of the results

[00:02:27] in the Premier League this game week, at least. More so because City and Arsenal, they lost.

[00:02:35] One of those rare game weeks, right? Where you...

[00:02:37] Like I was just watching the highlights of the City game and the City...

[00:02:42] The commentator starts the game in all pompous saying City have not lost in 2024

[00:02:46] and 90 minutes later, there's a first time for everything.

[00:02:50] Yeah, that is the commentator's curse. No, that is very classically the commentator's curse.

[00:02:55] Yeah.

[00:02:56] So it's just...

[00:03:00] It's come down to this, right? As United fans, we don't get enough joy from watching our own team.

[00:03:05] So to see other teams fail is the only joy that we get.

[00:03:09] Yeah, as shallow as that sounds, I think we've become those people now.

[00:03:13] We never thought that these days would come, but here we are.

[00:03:17] Yeah. It's... We are the noisy neighbors, Rohit. We are the ones that Sir Alex Rogison spoke about.

[00:03:27] So let's begin with the City game, right?

[00:03:29] Bournemouth ending Man City's unbeaten run.

[00:03:35] Firstly, what is Bournemouth in breakfast? I want to know.

[00:03:39] I mean, who is the one that is eating? Because Andoni Irola is absolutely killing it at Bournemouth.

[00:03:45] It's great that they kept their faith in him because results at the start of his tenure were not good for them.

[00:03:52] It looked like he would be a manager who would get the sack.

[00:03:55] In fact, last season on this very podcast, a lot of us actually predicted Irola to be one of the first managers to be sacked.

[00:04:02] Last season.

[00:04:03] But they've stuck with him and they're reaping the benefits now.

[00:04:07] True. It seems like trust the process works for every other club apart from Manchester United.

[00:04:13] You don't have to be alone.

[00:04:15] This is apart... Our team, everyone can trust the process and they get time and it works for them.

[00:04:20] But when it comes to us, I don't know, there is a problem with the trust.

[00:04:25] Yeah. There is the... I mean, there is lack of trust. There is also lack of process.

[00:04:30] True, true.

[00:04:31] As much as I would have loved to have Ten Hag stay in the job and trust his plan, after a point, it was like, my plan is what?

[00:04:38] What is the process? Is it even there?

[00:04:41] That is true.

[00:04:41] So, it is tough to trust that process after a while.

[00:04:46] But Bournemouth are doing really well. They've got some great players.

[00:04:50] Semenyo, who was also on the score sheet in this game, is fantastic.

[00:04:54] They've got Justin Clivert. I mean, Patrick Clivert's beta is playing Bournemouth, which is just next level.

[00:05:00] Like, there are some of these players that just pop up at these random Premier League teams.

[00:05:04] It just makes you very, very happy.

[00:05:07] Like Liam Dillap at Ipswich?

[00:05:10] It's at Ipswich. Yeah, yeah. What a player.

[00:05:13] Yeah. What a player. And yeah, I wish like... Sometimes I wish like a son of a United player also played for United so that we can just get behind them for like generational purposes.

[00:05:23] Yeah.

[00:05:24] And then it doesn't seem to happen. But coming back to the point, being beaten is one thing, but being outplayed is something completely different.

[00:05:32] I think Bournemouth outplayed City. I was just watching the highlights and they were just on City's case throughout.

[00:05:38] Yeah.

[00:05:38] And yeah, they could have won. They won it like 2-1. But honestly, they could have won it like 4-5-0.

[00:05:45] Yeah.

[00:05:45] Or, you know, 4-1 or 5-1 because they had the chances. They hit the post. They couldn't convert the follow-up.

[00:05:51] Yeah.

[00:05:52] All of that.

[00:05:52] So, yeah. And coming back to your question of what people have eaten, whatever they eat, we can even play like this.

[00:06:00] I mean, maybe that will happen under the new boss. We never know. Some Portuguese pastéis de nata might come into the picture for breakfast.

[00:06:12] But I feel like, is it a case of Man City just finally being found out?

[00:06:20] Pep Guardiola finally being found out by the Premier League. And this is nothing to take away from the achievements of Pep and Man City.

[00:06:27] I say this with a heavy heart, but fuck, what a team. And what a coach.

[00:06:32] Right?

[00:06:32] Regardless of the kind of side they put out, they will still give you a game.

[00:06:39] Right? Like, we saw that in the Carabao as well when Spurs knocked them out. It wasn't a first-choice Man City team.

[00:06:47] Yeah.

[00:06:47] But it was still a very competitive team and Spurs had to work hard for that victory.

[00:06:53] But if you take that into consideration, now that's two defeats on the bounce in all competitions.

[00:06:57] Yeah.

[00:06:58] Are we seeing Pep wobble a bit? Is the lack of Kevin De Bruyne and the spectacular lack of form from Erling Haaland, especially in front of goal, is that coming to bite them?

[00:07:11] Could be a bit of that. And it could be a bit of, you know, Pep getting found out because he's been here for four years now.

[00:07:17] And we've all had it with their dominance. I mean, to be fair to the man, he's so good a manager.

[00:07:21] He turned the Premier League into a Farmers League in the last four years.

[00:07:25] Yeah. Yeah.

[00:07:26] And now, I think, but it's also like, the way I see it, it could also be a question of hunger.

[00:07:34] Like, after winning four Premier Leagues on the bounce, it could be, your appetite could be full and could be a question of, you know, maybe they don't want it anymore.

[00:07:42] Like, they don't want it as much anymore.

[00:07:44] Yeah.

[00:07:45] And plus, they have, like, their injuries to De Bruyne and Rodri.

[00:07:48] And it's just like, I mean, it's a great team.

[00:07:52] Like you said, if you take their most combative player out of it and you take their most creative player out of it,

[00:07:58] then, like you said, Erling doesn't want to play.

[00:08:01] And more than Pep Guardiola, I think it's like, you'd mentioned in the show order, it's FPL managers who are getting frustrated.

[00:08:10] Because he is a considerable chunk of our budget.

[00:08:15] And it's just like, frustrating.

[00:08:17] And the worst part is you can, you know, you can dabble with the idea of taking him out of your team and reinvesting the funds.

[00:08:24] But you can also be sure that, you know, if you do that, you'll probably be watching all city matches from the couch.

[00:08:30] Like, from the back of the couch.

[00:08:31] Because he might just go on a scoring run after that.

[00:08:34] Yeah.

[00:08:34] But that's actually what has happened, right?

[00:08:36] Like, a record number of FPL managers, I forget what the exact percentage is.

[00:08:40] If I'm not mistaken, it's in the 80s.

[00:08:42] 80% of FPL managers have actually this week or leading up to Game 11 have transferred Erling Haaland out.

[00:08:52] Now, I have not.

[00:08:54] Rohit, have me neither.

[00:08:56] Me neither.

[00:08:56] I don't have the guts to do that.

[00:08:59] I've been contemplating on this idea for the past 2-3 weeks.

[00:09:02] But it's not done.

[00:09:03] Because it's like a pain.

[00:09:04] Genuinely.

[00:09:05] Exactly.

[00:09:06] In fact, I'm hoping for the other side of the spectrum right now.

[00:09:10] Where, you know, so many managers get frustrated and transfer him out that he becomes a differential option.

[00:09:16] Can you imagine that?

[00:09:17] That would be fucking fantastic.

[00:09:19] And that is exactly what I keep telling myself.

[00:09:21] Like, you were candid enough and brave enough to say that you're going to be a little cowardly and be like,

[00:09:28] No, no.

[00:09:28] This is the plan.

[00:09:29] Trust this process, man.

[00:09:31] Like, this is my plan.

[00:09:32] Everybody will transfer him out.

[00:09:34] And then I will reap the benefits.

[00:09:37] Because then when that inevitable double game week comes, that is when I will play the triple captain on him.

[00:09:44] A bunch of managers, even in all the mini leagues that I've been, have triple captain in Haaland in, I think, game week 8 or 7 or something.

[00:09:51] When they were playing Southampton.

[00:09:53] He got one goal and that was about it.

[00:09:56] But I'm waiting for a...

[00:09:57] It's like the underwhelming.

[00:09:59] Exactly.

[00:09:59] And they've wasted their triple captain.

[00:10:01] I'm waiting for a double game week.

[00:10:03] Play it safe, guys.

[00:10:04] Play it regular.

[00:10:05] Play it normal.

[00:10:06] I have realized my mistakes.

[00:10:07] I've tried to make differential choices and they've bitten me in the ass.

[00:10:10] I am going to be very conservative in my FPL outlook.

[00:10:13] Very conservative, yeah.

[00:10:15] And that is what I'm going to do.

[00:10:16] So, let's hope that now Haaland goes on a fucking mad scoring run.

[00:10:22] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:10:23] Hope so.

[00:10:24] But again, it's a question, you know, that the probable question of who...

[00:10:29] Like, Khylai ga ga on a score because he's not...

[00:10:31] Apart from his goal scoring probably, he's a great footballer.

[00:10:34] But he doesn't really contribute to the team in the overall sense.

[00:10:37] If it's not...

[00:10:38] Like, scoring goals is his predominant responsibility in this team.

[00:10:43] And apart from that, he doesn't really bring much to the table from an FPL perspective,

[00:10:47] at least.

[00:10:48] Because he's not that creative type of striker who will link up with others.

[00:10:51] And if he's not getting any goals, he's...

[00:10:53] It's not like he's getting your assist either.

[00:10:56] Because it's either like...

[00:10:58] He scores or you get like two points from him or three points from him, which is just weird.

[00:11:03] Yeah.

[00:11:03] And to actually now elaborate on that point, because that's very interesting what you said,

[00:11:09] which is that if he doesn't have somebody providing him with the passes, he's ineffective.

[00:11:15] And of course, that gaping hole in the middle in that number 10 role is Kevin De Bruyne.

[00:11:21] Now, Kevin De Bruyne is not fully fit.

[00:11:23] But at the same time, he's not getting any younger either.

[00:11:27] He is closer to the end of his top level football career than he is to the peak.

[00:11:35] That is the brutal honesty of it.

[00:11:38] However, Saudi Idmar is calling pretty soon for Kevin De Bruyne.

[00:11:41] I'm pretty sure.

[00:11:43] No, and he's been very candid about this in the past as well.

[00:11:46] Like, he knows that, like you said, there's only like two or three years of top level football in him.

[00:11:51] And he's also said, you know, he's very honest about the fact that, you know,

[00:11:56] financially, it could be a great decision for him to move to the Saudi league

[00:11:59] and then like not worry about finances.

[00:12:01] It's not that he has to worry about finances right now.

[00:12:04] But like, just financially, it's just like a too lucrative a deal for him to say no.

[00:12:09] So, yeah.

[00:12:10] But yeah, back to your point, City don't seem to have a replacement for Kevin De Bruyne.

[00:12:14] But that's where I want to ask this question.

[00:12:17] Because in my head, right, with the way City buy players and with the way City develop players,

[00:12:25] they are the most well-run organization in the league as of now.

[00:12:31] No doubt about it.

[00:12:33] True.

[00:12:33] Now, you have, if you look at their attacking purchases over the last, let's say, three years,

[00:12:38] you've got Savino who looks like a mental player.

[00:12:42] You have Jeremy Doku who again is so, so, so threatening.

[00:12:47] You have, and you have Jack Grealish who was a maverick at Aston Villa.

[00:12:54] And since joining Man City, he hasn't been able to replicate that level of consistency.

[00:13:00] But having said that, it's not like he's a bad player.

[00:13:02] He has performed where it has mattered.

[00:13:05] And while he may not be at the same level as a De Bruyne or whatever,

[00:13:10] he is still a very capable player.

[00:13:11] He is somebody who will still make opposition defenses feel threatened.

[00:13:17] Now, apart from these players,

[00:13:20] the one other player that I would like to throw into the mix is their own academy product, Phil Foden.

[00:13:26] Phil Foden, of course, also coming back from injury.

[00:13:29] So, there is that aspect of it.

[00:13:33] But Phil Foden is perfectly suited for that number 10 role.

[00:13:37] Number 10 role, yes.

[00:13:39] Right.

[00:13:39] Even when he's playing for England and he's being put on the wings,

[00:13:43] he has said that he likes playing through the middle.

[00:13:46] That is his most preferred position.

[00:13:48] That is where he likes to play because that is where he gets most of the ball

[00:13:51] and that is where he can create a lot of attacking chances.

[00:13:55] So, Foden for me would be a like-for-like almost replacement for De Bruyne.

[00:14:00] And I don't know why that's not happened yet.

[00:14:03] Probably because of injury.

[00:14:04] And if that is the case, Jack Grealish can play in that role.

[00:14:08] Why is Jack Grealish constantly being put on the left wing

[00:14:11] in a competition for space against Jeremy Doku

[00:14:14] when you can accommodate both of them,

[00:14:16] especially in this moment where Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne are not fully fit?

[00:14:22] Play Grealish in number 10, play Doku on the left wing,

[00:14:25] play Savini on the right wing.

[00:14:26] That is a fucking mental, mental attacking force.

[00:14:30] Yeah, true, true, true.

[00:14:32] But honestly, okay, I have to start with a confession here

[00:14:37] that I'm not the biggest Jack Grealish fan in the world.

[00:14:39] I think he did well at Vaston Villa because he was like a big fish

[00:14:42] in a small pond kind of situation.

[00:14:44] But you didn't-

[00:14:45] Wait, wait, wait.

[00:14:46] Are you really saying that you did not like him in Bendit like Beckham?

[00:14:53] Because I thought that was a great performance.

[00:14:55] But if football was good, it didn't be good.

[00:14:58] Yeah, literally, literally.

[00:15:00] Apart from that, he's still trying to find his-

[00:15:02] Refind his form from Bendit like Beckham now.

[00:15:05] But coming back, like on a serious note,

[00:15:07] I'm not a big fan of Jack Grealish

[00:15:08] because I think he did better at Aston Villa because

[00:15:11] it's-

[00:15:12] Playing for an Aston Villa is very different from playing like

[00:15:15] from- for a city, for example.

[00:15:16] And because he was pretty much rest assured of his position

[00:15:20] in that Aston Villa team.

[00:15:21] Like he was first name on the team sheet on most occasions.

[00:15:24] Yeah.

[00:15:25] And here at City, if you-

[00:15:26] That could-

[00:15:27] By now, he would have nailed down a position

[00:15:29] like in the starting level.

[00:15:30] He hasn't done that for-

[00:15:32] Because he's competing with like a De Bruyne,

[00:15:34] Foden, now Servinho and Doku.

[00:15:37] Yeah.

[00:15:38] But it's a great question that you raised in terms of,

[00:15:42] you know, he-

[00:15:42] Jack Grealish can play number 10

[00:15:44] and he was playing number 10

[00:15:45] or a similar kind of role at Aston Villa.

[00:15:48] It's surprising that Pep hasn't tried him out

[00:15:50] in that position, in that role.

[00:15:52] Maybe he doesn't see him as a number 10 or whatever

[00:15:54] because whenever he does play,

[00:15:56] he plays off the wings for-

[00:15:57] Yeah.

[00:15:58] For the most part.

[00:15:59] Yeah.

[00:15:59] And again, he has a decent work rate

[00:16:02] but I don't see-

[00:16:03] I don't rate Jack Grealish and sorry to all the City fans

[00:16:07] and Jack Grealish fans over there

[00:16:08] because I just don't rate him.

[00:16:10] What City fans?

[00:16:12] The five of them who will be watching League One soon.

[00:16:16] Five of them?

[00:16:18] Five of them of which only two listen to this show.

[00:16:23] Fair enough.

[00:16:24] So apologies to the two corner flag City listeners.

[00:16:29] And I just don't rate him too much

[00:16:31] and I don't know, man.

[00:16:32] I think he'll do-

[00:16:33] I think he needs more consistent game time.

[00:16:35] So maybe a move away from City

[00:16:37] might be a better option in the long run

[00:16:40] and, you know, with regard to the bigger picture.

[00:16:42] But it'll be interesting

[00:16:43] because City have like an injury crisis

[00:16:45] and like, you know, the festive fixtures coming up.

[00:16:48] So I'm pretty sure at some point,

[00:16:50] Pep might be tempted

[00:16:51] or, you know, might be forced to play him in that position

[00:16:53] and it'll be interesting to see how he goes.

[00:16:55] Yeah.

[00:16:56] Absolutely.

[00:16:56] Right.

[00:16:57] At the end of the game,

[00:16:59] of course, with the results,

[00:17:01] with Liverpool winning

[00:17:01] and with City losing the table

[00:17:04] does look quite interesting

[00:17:05] because City are second,

[00:17:07] two points away from Liverpool

[00:17:10] who are first.

[00:17:12] And Arsenal are now sitting in fifth place

[00:17:16] on 18 points.

[00:17:17] That's two losses and a draw

[00:17:19] in their last five games.

[00:17:20] They face Chelsea next

[00:17:21] and they find themselves in this position

[00:17:24] because they lost 1-0 to Newcastle.

[00:17:27] Newcastle.

[00:17:28] Do you have any Arsenal fans?

[00:17:30] And if you do,

[00:17:33] how are you going to laugh at them?

[00:17:37] I have...

[00:17:38] Okay, so I have like a really close friend of mine.

[00:17:41] His name is Amit.

[00:17:42] He was an Arsenal fan for like the longest time

[00:17:45] and he was, you know, like a proper Arsenal fan.

[00:17:47] Like, we play good football,

[00:17:49] we trust the process,

[00:17:50] we give manager time,

[00:17:51] all of that.

[00:17:51] Last year, for some reason,

[00:17:53] he stopped following football

[00:17:54] and Arsenal have been doing relatively well

[00:17:56] since he stopped following football.

[00:17:58] So now I don't even have like

[00:17:59] that one token fan to make fun of.

[00:18:00] So I'm really on the lookout

[00:18:02] for an Arsenal fan that I can banter with

[00:18:06] because I'm like really like

[00:18:07] short-changed, short-changed in that department.

[00:18:09] There's nobody for me to like poke fun at.

[00:18:12] But yeah, this seems like Arsenal have

[00:18:16] gone back to like factory settings

[00:18:18] have been restored in them

[00:18:19] because you know the festive season

[00:18:20] is around the corner when...

[00:18:23] or we're in the festive season already

[00:18:25] so maybe that's why Arsenal

[00:18:26] have started fucking up in the league.

[00:18:28] I mean, I presume you're Catholic,

[00:18:31] so your festive season

[00:18:32] is around the corner.

[00:18:34] So fair enough.

[00:18:35] Yeah, true, true, true, true, true.

[00:18:36] So yeah, that's how...

[00:18:37] I know it's a festive season

[00:18:38] like the winter bells

[00:18:39] and Christmas bells start ringing

[00:18:41] when Arsenal start like fucking up

[00:18:42] and we're heading towards

[00:18:43] that time of the year.

[00:18:44] So yeah, it's about like

[00:18:47] it's been very natural

[00:18:48] and like maybe the only trophy

[00:18:50] they'll win from here on

[00:18:51] is we play good football

[00:18:52] and we're finished about sports.

[00:18:54] Although even that can be

[00:18:55] a close-run thing this season.

[00:18:57] Exactly, exactly.

[00:18:58] And like you said,

[00:18:59] there's two things

[00:19:00] that signify

[00:19:01] the advent of Christmas.

[00:19:04] It is Michael Bublé

[00:19:05] and Mariah Carey

[00:19:06] coming out of hibernation

[00:19:07] and Arsenal beginning to fuck up.

[00:19:09] Those are the

[00:19:10] sure-shot signs

[00:19:11] that Santa Claus

[00:19:12] is on his way.

[00:19:15] True, true, true.

[00:19:17] And Arsenal probably need

[00:19:19] like a

[00:19:20] Santa Claus of their own

[00:19:21] to like save them

[00:19:22] from whatever they're going through

[00:19:23] at the moment

[00:19:24] and God knows, man.

[00:19:25] I don't know.

[00:19:27] I didn't think

[00:19:29] they would be up

[00:19:29] for a title challenge

[00:19:30] this season

[00:19:31] but I didn't think

[00:19:32] they'd start fading away

[00:19:33] so close.

[00:19:34] I mean,

[00:19:35] 10 games in either.

[00:19:37] But so now

[00:19:39] let's talk about that

[00:19:40] in a little bit more detail, right?

[00:19:42] Sure.

[00:19:42] The issue

[00:19:44] starts again

[00:19:44] with Bournemouth

[00:19:45] because they are

[00:19:46] pretty much

[00:19:47] the king makers

[00:19:48] I feel like

[00:19:49] in this season.

[00:19:51] They are the

[00:19:52] party poopers.

[00:19:53] Yeah,

[00:19:54] they are the king slayers

[00:19:55] and the king makers

[00:19:56] in this season

[00:19:58] which is

[00:19:58] again

[00:19:59] fucking fantastic

[00:19:59] for a neutral to watch.

[00:20:02] Amog,

[00:20:02] are you saying

[00:20:02] they are the cherry on top?

[00:20:04] They are the cherry on top.

[00:20:06] Well done.

[00:20:06] Well done.

[00:20:07] Yes,

[00:20:07] absolutely.

[00:20:09] So it starts off

[00:20:10] with a 2-0 loss

[00:20:11] to Bournemouth

[00:20:12] following which

[00:20:13] they managed to get

[00:20:14] a 2-2 draw

[00:20:15] against Liverpool.

[00:20:17] And I say managed to get

[00:20:18] they should have actually

[00:20:18] won that game

[00:20:19] but they let Liverpool

[00:20:20] get back in

[00:20:21] and Liverpool fought hard

[00:20:21] to salvage a point

[00:20:23] from that game

[00:20:24] and now they've lost

[00:20:25] 1-0 away to Newcastle.

[00:20:28] Newcastle, yes.

[00:20:28] I feel like

[00:20:30] for everything that

[00:20:31] Arsenal fans keep talking about

[00:20:33] the process

[00:20:34] and

[00:20:35] the beautiful football

[00:20:36] that they play

[00:20:37] and the culture

[00:20:38] that Arteta has changed.

[00:20:40] I get that.

[00:20:41] I completely get

[00:20:42] all of that, right?

[00:20:44] But

[00:20:44] the fact of the matter is

[00:20:45] Arsenal are just

[00:20:47] not a deep enough squad

[00:20:49] and if any

[00:20:50] Arsenal fan

[00:20:51] after last season

[00:20:52] actually had

[00:20:54] the guts to think

[00:20:55] that this season

[00:20:56] is actually going to be

[00:20:57] our season

[00:20:58] because if last season

[00:20:59] we managed to go up

[00:21:01] to second place

[00:21:02] and give City a fight

[00:21:03] this season

[00:21:04] we'll end up

[00:21:05] giving them a much

[00:21:06] bigger fight

[00:21:06] and a much better

[00:21:07] fight

[00:21:07] and a much tougher

[00:21:08] fight

[00:21:09] but you don't have

[00:21:11] squad depth

[00:21:12] you don't have

[00:21:13] a proven

[00:21:15] out and out striker

[00:21:16] because Gabriel Jesus

[00:21:18] when you signed him

[00:21:19] you were supposed to be

[00:21:21] a great signing

[00:21:21] he hasn't really

[00:21:23] worked out for them.

[00:21:24] Kai Havertz is hot

[00:21:25] and cold, right?

[00:21:26] Because he

[00:21:27] was hot and cold

[00:21:29] for Chelsea

[00:21:29] he started off

[00:21:31] very hot for Arsenal

[00:21:32] and then is going

[00:21:33] through a bit of a cold

[00:21:33] match.

[00:21:34] Your most consistent goals

[00:21:36] are coming from

[00:21:36] Bukayo Saka

[00:21:37] and that's fine

[00:21:39] because he is a

[00:21:39] mercurial player

[00:21:40] but he is a winger

[00:21:41] you can't expect him

[00:21:43] to be providing

[00:21:43] all the goals

[00:21:44] and all the assists.

[00:21:45] The other problem

[00:21:46] that you're facing

[00:21:47] is that Odegaard

[00:21:48] is injured

[00:21:48] and you can't have

[00:21:50] a massive injury

[00:21:52] to a player like that

[00:21:53] and then completely

[00:21:55] falter, right?

[00:21:56] I would compare that

[00:21:57] to Bruno Fernandes

[00:21:58] getting injured

[00:21:59] for Man United

[00:22:01] and us still

[00:22:02] Or De Bruyne

[00:22:02] getting injured

[00:22:03] for City.

[00:22:04] Yeah, but

[00:22:05] with De Bruyne

[00:22:06] I still feel like

[00:22:07] because of the depth

[00:22:09] that City have

[00:22:10] True.

[00:22:11] You would still

[00:22:12] think of them

[00:22:13] as favourites

[00:22:13] going into every game.

[00:22:14] Like this game

[00:22:15] against Bournemouth

[00:22:16] that City lost

[00:22:18] this weekend

[00:22:18] was still

[00:22:20] I feel like

[00:22:21] a one-off.

[00:22:21] Like it's a

[00:22:22] it's a fluke result

[00:22:23] it's an anomaly

[00:22:24] but every other weekend

[00:22:26] every other match week

[00:22:27] every other game

[00:22:28] you would still

[00:22:29] expect City to

[00:22:30] give a fight

[00:22:30] and claw out

[00:22:32] the victory

[00:22:32] or at least a point

[00:22:34] that's what they do.

[00:22:35] You don't have

[00:22:36] that same feeling

[00:22:37] from Arsenal

[00:22:37] or at least I don't

[00:22:38] as a neutral

[00:22:39] who does not care

[00:22:41] about Arsenal

[00:22:42] if I'm watching their games

[00:22:43] ha, you're playing

[00:22:44] good football

[00:22:44] great

[00:22:45] but it doesn't

[00:22:46] amount to anything

[00:22:46] when the going gets tough.

[00:22:48] The true hallmark

[00:22:49] of a championship

[00:22:49] winning team

[00:22:50] is you

[00:22:52] fucking grind

[00:22:53] those results out

[00:22:54] even when

[00:22:55] you don't have

[00:22:56] a fully fit squad

[00:22:57] even when

[00:22:58] it looks like

[00:22:59] things are going

[00:22:59] against you

[00:23:00] and Arsenal

[00:23:00] just don't have

[00:23:01] that.

[00:23:01] The minute

[00:23:02] they see something

[00:23:04] is going

[00:23:04] wrong

[00:23:05] they get injuries

[00:23:07] it just starts

[00:23:09] falling apart.

[00:23:10] True

[00:23:11] and

[00:23:13] I think

[00:23:15] I don't know

[00:23:15] but I think

[00:23:16] Arsenal fans

[00:23:17] are just playing

[00:23:18] like a

[00:23:18] moral high league

[00:23:20] at this point

[00:23:21] they just want

[00:23:21] to finish

[00:23:22] like above

[00:23:23] Spurs

[00:23:23] and play good

[00:23:24] football

[00:23:25] whatever that means

[00:23:26] I mean

[00:23:26] they do play

[00:23:27] entertaining football

[00:23:28] and at least

[00:23:29] there is a

[00:23:30] brand of football

[00:23:30] that they play

[00:23:31] because there is

[00:23:32] an Arsenal way

[00:23:32] in that sense

[00:23:33] as compared to

[00:23:34] let's say

[00:23:35] the United way

[00:23:36] which is

[00:23:36] history

[00:23:37] if not a mystery.

[00:23:39] So yeah

[00:23:40] but Arsenal

[00:23:43] it's

[00:23:45] I don't know

[00:23:46] how to say this

[00:23:46] but

[00:23:46] which end of

[00:23:48] the spectrum

[00:23:48] would you rather

[00:23:49] be on?

[00:23:49] Would you want

[00:23:50] something tangible

[00:23:51] or do you want

[00:23:52] like moral victories

[00:23:53] like in the sense

[00:23:54] that you know

[00:23:54] would you play

[00:23:55] good football

[00:23:55] and have nothing

[00:23:56] to show for it

[00:23:56] like over the

[00:23:57] last two years

[00:23:58] or be like

[00:23:59] a hot and cold

[00:24:01] club and you know

[00:24:02] win like a couple

[00:24:03] of trophies

[00:24:04] and get like

[00:24:04] a manager's act

[00:24:06] tangible

[00:24:06] what would you

[00:24:07] choose?

[00:24:08] Very very tangible

[00:24:09] I'm very very clear

[00:24:10] that I would like

[00:24:10] tangible success

[00:24:11] and I spoke about

[00:24:12] this with Prashant as well

[00:24:13] Prashant made the

[00:24:14] same point in the

[00:24:15] last episode

[00:24:15] where he was like

[00:24:16] boss

[00:24:17] Enag sacked

[00:24:19] football was bad

[00:24:20] it was terrible

[00:24:22] by the end of it

[00:24:23] he had lost

[00:24:24] the dressing room

[00:24:24] players were not

[00:24:25] playing for him

[00:24:25] whatever it is

[00:24:26] the typical

[00:24:27] nonsense that

[00:24:28] happens before

[00:24:28] a manager gets

[00:24:29] sacked

[00:24:30] but

[00:24:31] two seasons

[00:24:32] two trophies

[00:24:33] what has Arsenal

[00:24:34] done?

[00:24:34] What has Alteta

[00:24:35] done?

[00:24:35] True

[00:24:36] I would still

[00:24:37] take two seasons

[00:24:38] two trophies

[00:24:39] and sacking the

[00:24:40] manager if it

[00:24:41] doesn't work out

[00:24:41] and bringing a

[00:24:42] new manager in

[00:24:43] who can probably

[00:24:44] build from there

[00:24:45] and move on

[00:24:45] and continue

[00:24:46] getting silverware

[00:24:47] for the club

[00:24:49] than just being

[00:24:50] like oh but

[00:24:51] just look at the

[00:24:52] football we play

[00:24:54] cool but what

[00:24:55] do you have to

[00:24:55] say for it?

[00:24:57] Nothing I mean

[00:24:58] more than saying

[00:24:58] something for it

[00:24:59] they have nothing

[00:24:59] to show for it

[00:25:00] nothing to show

[00:25:01] for it

[00:25:02] yeah they just

[00:25:04] but I think

[00:25:06] okay do you

[00:25:07] genuinely believe

[00:25:08] forget squad

[00:25:09] depth but do you

[00:25:09] think Arsenal have

[00:25:10] the players to

[00:25:12] win any trophy

[00:25:14] at this point

[00:25:15] because at this

[00:25:15] point like a

[00:25:16] even like a

[00:25:17] Mickey Mouse

[00:25:17] cup like a

[00:25:18] league cup is

[00:25:18] like silverware

[00:25:19] for them

[00:25:20] genuine silverware

[00:25:21] for them

[00:25:21] it is genuine

[00:25:22] silverware and

[00:25:23] I do think

[00:25:25] that they do

[00:25:25] have the players

[00:25:26] to win trophies

[00:25:28] because and

[00:25:29] I'll tell you

[00:25:30] why because

[00:25:30] Saka is a

[00:25:31] fantastic player

[00:25:31] Declan Rice has

[00:25:33] been a lovely

[00:25:35] addition to that

[00:25:35] midfield like

[00:25:36] he is fantastic

[00:25:37] yeah David

[00:25:39] Raya is a

[00:25:40] fantastic signing

[00:25:41] we all thought

[00:25:41] what Arteta was

[00:25:43] doing when he

[00:25:44] got Raya in

[00:25:45] when Ramsdale

[00:25:46] was there

[00:25:46] but the

[00:25:47] minute we

[00:25:48] got we

[00:25:49] am saying

[00:25:50] the minute

[00:25:50] Arsenal got

[00:25:51] David Raya

[00:25:51] in as a

[00:25:53] viewer you

[00:25:53] started to

[00:25:54] see the

[00:25:54] problems that

[00:25:55] Aaron Ramsdale

[00:25:55] had and

[00:25:56] you started to

[00:25:57] see just how

[00:25:59] much of an

[00:26:00] upgrade David

[00:26:01] Raya is so

[00:26:02] that was a

[00:26:02] great signing

[00:26:04] Gabriel and

[00:26:05] William Saliba

[00:26:05] are a very

[00:26:07] good center of

[00:26:08] partnership yeah

[00:26:09] they're not the

[00:26:10] best defense in

[00:26:10] the league

[00:26:11] they have

[00:26:11] conceded the

[00:26:12] same amount of

[00:26:13] goals as

[00:26:14] United center of

[00:26:15] pairing has by

[00:26:15] the way

[00:26:16] which are

[00:26:17] not talking

[00:26:17] about United

[00:26:18] center back

[00:26:19] pairing because

[00:26:19] there have been

[00:26:20] so many

[00:26:20] there have been

[00:26:21] so many

[00:26:22] but no it

[00:26:24] is if I'm

[00:26:26] not mistaken

[00:26:27] Arsenal have

[00:26:28] let in 11

[00:26:29] goals this

[00:26:30] season

[00:26:30] okay

[00:26:31] United have

[00:26:32] let in 12

[00:26:33] goals this

[00:26:33] season so

[00:26:34] not just a

[00:26:36] center half

[00:26:36] pairing

[00:26:38] club to

[00:26:38] club so

[00:26:39] it's not like

[00:26:40] it's not like

[00:26:41] you look at

[00:26:41] Rolls Royce and

[00:26:43] Bentley defense

[00:26:43] this is

[00:26:44] this means

[00:26:47] Maruti

[00:26:48] Sileri and

[00:26:49] Maruti

[00:26:49] Wagon

[00:26:50] okay

[00:26:50] so like

[00:26:52] let's

[00:26:53] respect

[00:26:55] yeah

[00:26:55] respect

[00:26:57] but having

[00:26:58] said that

[00:26:58] they are still

[00:26:58] good defender

[00:26:59] I'm not saying

[00:27:00] that they are

[00:27:00] terrible

[00:27:01] definitely

[00:27:02] that's not

[00:27:02] that's not

[00:27:03] that's good

[00:27:04] that's good

[00:27:06] wingbacks

[00:27:06] they need to

[00:27:07] get sorted

[00:27:07] because

[00:27:08] Kivior and

[00:27:09] Tomiyasu

[00:27:09] are not at

[00:27:10] that level

[00:27:10] they still look

[00:27:11] like squad

[00:27:12] players who

[00:27:12] are being

[00:27:13] asked to

[00:27:13] play

[00:27:13] that role

[00:27:14] Ben White

[00:27:15] also again

[00:27:16] I just

[00:27:17] don't trust

[00:27:18] a footballer

[00:27:18] who says

[00:27:19] yeah I

[00:27:20] don't want

[00:27:20] to play

[00:27:21] for my

[00:27:21] country

[00:27:21] because I

[00:27:22] don't

[00:27:22] think I'm

[00:27:22] going to

[00:27:22] get picked

[00:27:23] or I

[00:27:24] don't like

[00:27:24] watching

[00:27:25] football

[00:27:25] when I'm

[00:27:26] done

[00:27:26] because to

[00:27:27] me it's

[00:27:27] just a

[00:27:27] job

[00:27:28] I'm

[00:27:28] like

[00:27:28] that sounds

[00:27:29] great

[00:27:29] for an

[00:27:30] athletic

[00:27:30] article

[00:27:31] but that

[00:27:32] is a

[00:27:32] major red

[00:27:33] flag if

[00:27:33] you're

[00:27:33] actually

[00:27:34] an elite

[00:27:34] sports

[00:27:35] team

[00:27:35] that

[00:27:36] you

[00:27:36] player

[00:27:37] doesn't

[00:27:37] like football

[00:27:38] he's

[00:27:39] just

[00:27:39] doing

[00:27:39] job

[00:27:39] for

[00:27:39] his

[00:27:40] job

[00:27:43] he's

[00:27:43] just

[00:27:43] paying

[00:27:44] his

[00:27:44] bills

[00:27:45] you

[00:27:45] have to

[00:27:46] chartered

[00:27:46] accountancy

[00:27:47] you're

[00:27:48] playing

[00:27:49] Ben White

[00:27:50] is probably

[00:27:51] Indian

[00:27:51] in the past

[00:27:52] life

[00:27:52] or something

[00:27:53] because his

[00:27:53] attitude

[00:27:54] towards work

[00:27:54] is the same

[00:27:55] as my

[00:27:56] attitude

[00:27:56] towards work

[00:27:57] I don't

[00:27:57] like it

[00:27:58] but I

[00:27:58] don't

[00:27:58] hate it

[00:27:59] but

[00:27:59] you have to

[00:27:59] do it

[00:28:00] like

[00:28:00] puppy

[00:28:00] paid

[00:28:03] so

[00:28:06] yeah

[00:28:07] so I

[00:28:07] feel like

[00:28:08] by and

[00:28:09] large

[00:28:09] they do

[00:28:09] have

[00:28:10] decent

[00:28:11] players

[00:28:12] I would

[00:28:13] even go

[00:28:13] on to

[00:28:13] say they

[00:28:14] have good

[00:28:14] players

[00:28:16] but they're

[00:28:16] not at that

[00:28:17] level yet

[00:28:17] where

[00:28:18] like for

[00:28:19] example

[00:28:19] you look at

[00:28:19] Liverpool

[00:28:20] and City

[00:28:20] the players

[00:28:21] that Liverpool

[00:28:22] and City

[00:28:22] have are

[00:28:22] far better

[00:28:23] players

[00:28:23] than Arsenal

[00:28:25] have

[00:28:25] now what

[00:28:26] Arsenal did

[00:28:26] last season

[00:28:28] to get up

[00:28:29] to second

[00:28:30] place was

[00:28:30] great

[00:28:31] but they

[00:28:32] did not

[00:28:32] have the

[00:28:33] squad to

[00:28:34] build on

[00:28:34] it this

[00:28:34] season

[00:28:35] and it's

[00:28:36] delusional

[00:28:36] for Arsenal

[00:28:36] fans to

[00:28:37] think

[00:28:37] because we

[00:28:38] finished second

[00:28:39] last season

[00:28:39] we're going to

[00:28:42] it's not

[00:28:43] handed to

[00:28:44] you

[00:28:44] I mean

[00:28:46] had it

[00:28:47] worked

[00:28:47] progressively

[00:28:47] like that

[00:28:48] season

[00:28:49] then

[00:28:49] if you go

[00:28:50] from second

[00:28:51] to first

[00:28:51] in one

[00:28:52] season

[00:28:52] without any

[00:28:53] struggle

[00:28:53] then it's

[00:28:54] not like

[00:28:55] that's not

[00:28:55] how football

[00:28:56] works

[00:28:56] it's not

[00:28:56] played

[00:28:57] on paper

[00:28:58] so yeah

[00:28:59] but so

[00:29:00] just a

[00:29:01] small

[00:29:01] question

[00:29:02] you said

[00:29:02] Arsenal

[00:29:03] have

[00:29:03] players

[00:29:04] that are

[00:29:04] good

[00:29:04] enough

[00:29:04] to win

[00:29:05] trophies

[00:29:05] so do

[00:29:06] you think

[00:29:06] it's the

[00:29:06] manager

[00:29:07] who's

[00:29:07] the issue

[00:29:07] here

[00:29:09] no it's

[00:29:10] not I

[00:29:10] again don't

[00:29:11] think that

[00:29:11] it's the

[00:29:12] manager

[00:29:12] who's the

[00:29:12] issue

[00:29:12] because I

[00:29:13] feel like

[00:29:13] very objectively

[00:29:14] speaking he is a

[00:29:16] young manager

[00:29:16] who has

[00:29:17] changed the

[00:29:18] culture around

[00:29:19] that club

[00:29:19] and having

[00:29:20] spoken to

[00:29:21] Arsenal fans

[00:29:21] who you

[00:29:23] know rue the

[00:29:24] days of

[00:29:24] Unai Emery

[00:29:25] who

[00:29:25] fantastic job

[00:29:27] at Villa

[00:29:27] this season

[00:29:28] but yeah

[00:29:28] it did not

[00:29:29] work out for

[00:29:30] Emery at

[00:29:30] Arsenal

[00:29:30] it did not

[00:29:31] work out for

[00:29:31] Arsene Wenger

[00:29:32] in the last

[00:29:33] years of

[00:29:33] Arsene Wenger

[00:29:34] there was a

[00:29:35] lot of

[00:29:35] toxicity around

[00:29:36] the club

[00:29:37] which we as

[00:29:37] United fans

[00:29:38] are experiencing

[00:29:39] right now

[00:29:39] so you know

[00:29:40] there is hard

[00:29:40] relate in that

[00:29:41] sense

[00:29:43] but Arteta

[00:29:44] has come in

[00:29:45] and he's

[00:29:45] changed the

[00:29:45] culture for

[00:29:46] sure he

[00:29:46] has you

[00:29:48] know given

[00:29:48] them a

[00:29:49] slightly

[00:29:49] newer identity

[00:29:50] for sure

[00:29:51] he loves

[00:29:53] the club

[00:29:54] the players

[00:29:55] love him

[00:29:55] they want

[00:29:56] to fight

[00:29:56] for him

[00:29:57] they want

[00:29:57] to play

[00:29:57] for him

[00:29:57] so these

[00:29:58] are all

[00:29:58] good sides

[00:29:58] the problem

[00:30:00] is that

[00:30:01] they don't

[00:30:02] have the

[00:30:02] depth

[00:30:03] it's just

[00:30:04] that they

[00:30:05] don't have

[00:30:05] the players

[00:30:06] to go

[00:30:06] all the

[00:30:07] way

[00:30:08] and

[00:30:09] that I

[00:30:10] think is

[00:30:10] the biggest

[00:30:11] problem

[00:30:11] and to add

[00:30:12] to that now

[00:30:12] Edu is going

[00:30:13] to leave

[00:30:14] the director

[00:30:14] of football

[00:30:14] he is going

[00:30:15] to leave

[00:30:15] at the end

[00:30:16] of the season

[00:30:16] so that is

[00:30:17] going to be

[00:30:18] another problem

[00:30:19] for them

[00:30:19] because Edu

[00:30:20] up until now

[00:30:20] was a fantastic

[00:30:21] DOF for them

[00:30:22] he was instrumental

[00:30:24] in getting certain

[00:30:24] key players in

[00:30:25] so how they

[00:30:28] replace him

[00:30:28] and how they

[00:30:29] recover from

[00:30:30] that is also

[00:30:30] going to be

[00:30:31] very interesting

[00:30:32] interesting but

[00:30:36] us always had

[00:30:37] like a

[00:30:38] director of

[00:30:38] football

[00:30:39] they are not

[00:30:39] like United

[00:30:40] who just

[00:30:41] started having

[00:30:42] a director

[00:30:42] of football

[00:30:43] they got a

[00:30:45] director of

[00:30:45] football quite

[00:30:46] late in the

[00:30:46] day as well

[00:30:47] fair enough

[00:30:48] but given

[00:30:49] that they are

[00:30:50] so big on

[00:30:52] nurturing

[00:30:53] players and

[00:30:54] building them

[00:30:55] up and

[00:30:55] getting them

[00:30:56] to a certain

[00:30:56] level

[00:30:57] I am pretty

[00:30:57] sure they will

[00:30:57] find like

[00:31:00] probably a

[00:31:00] former Arsenal

[00:31:01] player

[00:31:01] I wouldn't be

[00:31:02] surprised if a

[00:31:02] former Arsenal

[00:31:03] player comes

[00:31:03] along and

[00:31:04] becomes the

[00:31:04] next director

[00:31:05] of football

[00:31:05] because they will

[00:31:06] just continue

[00:31:06] that tradition

[00:31:07] of having

[00:31:07] somebody who

[00:31:08] knows the

[00:31:08] club

[00:31:09] understands the

[00:31:09] club has been

[00:31:10] there done that

[00:31:11] but I am

[00:31:12] testing them to

[00:31:13] find a good

[00:31:14] director of

[00:31:15] football

[00:31:16] they won't

[00:31:16] pick a

[00:31:17] hipster for

[00:31:18] example

[00:31:19] we will see

[00:31:20] what happens

[00:31:20] of course

[00:31:21] the losses

[00:31:23] for Man City

[00:31:24] and Arsenal

[00:31:24] and the win

[00:31:25] for Liverpool

[00:31:25] mean Liverpool

[00:31:26] are top of

[00:31:27] the table

[00:31:27] Liverpool

[00:31:27] beating

[00:31:28] Brighton

[00:31:28] 2-1

[00:31:29] oh my god

[00:31:31] I feel like

[00:31:34] my worst

[00:31:35] fears are

[00:31:36] about to be

[00:31:36] realized

[00:31:38] where a

[00:31:39] bald Dutch

[00:31:40] manager does

[00:31:40] something that

[00:31:41] a certain

[00:31:41] other bald

[00:31:42] Dutch manager

[00:31:43] could not

[00:31:44] one of them

[00:31:45] was absolutely

[00:31:46] out of their

[00:31:47] depths I think

[00:31:48] because

[00:31:50] with slot

[00:31:51] you can at

[00:31:52] least see what

[00:31:53] he is trying to

[00:31:53] do

[00:31:54] fine you can

[00:31:54] say that

[00:31:54] players are

[00:31:55] all in this

[00:31:56] game

[00:31:56] but he is

[00:31:57] at least like

[00:31:58] you can see

[00:31:59] there's tangible

[00:32:00] results on the

[00:32:01] pitch and you

[00:32:02] can see that

[00:32:03] they are a lot

[00:32:04] more sturdy

[00:32:04] right now

[00:32:05] and they've

[00:32:05] always had

[00:32:06] the attacking

[00:32:08] edge that

[00:32:08] Klopp had

[00:32:09] given them

[00:32:09] and it's

[00:32:10] pretty much

[00:32:10] in an

[00:32:12] attacking

[00:32:13] sense it's

[00:32:13] pretty much

[00:32:14] the same

[00:32:15] style that

[00:32:16] Klopp had

[00:32:16] only with

[00:32:17] a bit more

[00:32:17] defensive

[00:32:18] solidity I

[00:32:18] would say

[00:32:19] so as much

[00:32:21] as I hate

[00:32:22] to say this

[00:32:22] and I

[00:32:22] hope I'm

[00:32:23] proved wrong

[00:32:24] but yes

[00:32:25] Liverpool do

[00:32:26] have a chance

[00:32:26] of winning

[00:32:27] the league

[00:32:27] if things

[00:32:28] continue to

[00:32:28] go this

[00:32:29] season but

[00:32:29] having said

[00:32:29] that it's

[00:32:30] still like

[00:32:30] early days

[00:32:31] and long

[00:32:32] way to

[00:32:32] go

[00:32:32] it is

[00:32:33] early days

[00:32:34] but what

[00:32:34] I find

[00:32:35] really

[00:32:35] fascinating

[00:32:36] is and

[00:32:37] scary at

[00:32:38] the same

[00:32:38] time considering

[00:32:39] I'm a

[00:32:39] United fan

[00:32:39] is that

[00:32:41] yes

[00:32:42] Klopp

[00:32:43] players

[00:32:45] but

[00:32:46] slot has

[00:32:47] slotted in

[00:32:48] really really

[00:32:49] well

[00:32:49] this is a

[00:32:52] team

[00:32:52] team

[00:32:52] that is

[00:32:53] like I

[00:32:54] said

[00:32:54] just a

[00:32:55] little

[00:32:55] while ago

[00:32:55] grinding

[00:32:56] out

[00:32:57] results

[00:32:57] when

[00:32:58] results

[00:32:59] are

[00:32:59] tough

[00:33:00] to

[00:33:00] come

[00:33:00] by

[00:33:00] they

[00:33:01] grinded

[00:33:02] out a

[00:33:02] 2-2

[00:33:02] against

[00:33:03] Arsenal

[00:33:03] right

[00:33:04] that was

[00:33:05] a big

[00:33:06] big point

[00:33:06] for them

[00:33:09] they're

[00:33:09] grinding out

[00:33:10] results

[00:33:10] against

[00:33:10] teams

[00:33:11] they're

[00:33:12] winning

[00:33:13] when you

[00:33:14] would think

[00:33:14] they're not

[00:33:15] going to

[00:33:15] win

[00:33:15] they've got

[00:33:16] one loss

[00:33:17] against

[00:33:17] Nottingham

[00:33:18] Forest

[00:33:18] one nil

[00:33:19] loss

[00:33:19] and that

[00:33:20] just seems

[00:33:20] like it

[00:33:21] was so

[00:33:21] long ago

[00:33:23] that it's

[00:33:24] gone from

[00:33:24] memory

[00:33:25] right

[00:33:26] when that

[00:33:27] happened

[00:33:27] I remember

[00:33:28] we were so

[00:33:28] happy as

[00:33:29] United fans

[00:33:29] like ha ha

[00:33:30] see you guys

[00:33:31] are going to

[00:33:31] get fucked

[00:33:32] now that

[00:33:32] Klopp is

[00:33:33] gone

[00:33:33] you're losing

[00:33:34] to Nottingham

[00:33:34] Forest

[00:33:35] and then they

[00:33:36] just got back

[00:33:36] on track

[00:33:37] so well

[00:33:38] they haven't

[00:33:39] faltered since

[00:33:40] and that's

[00:33:41] what championship

[00:33:42] winning teams

[00:33:43] do

[00:33:44] yes they do

[00:33:45] because I

[00:33:45] remember this

[00:33:46] because United

[00:33:47] used to be

[00:33:47] like this at

[00:33:48] one point in

[00:33:48] the day and

[00:33:49] I'm sure you

[00:33:49] remember it as

[00:33:50] well and

[00:33:51] this like you

[00:33:51] said I

[00:33:52] completely agree

[00:33:52] that this is

[00:33:53] the hallmark

[00:33:54] of a

[00:33:55] championship

[00:33:55] winning side

[00:33:56] and so far

[00:33:57] they're showing

[00:33:58] all the traits

[00:33:58] of you know

[00:33:59] being a

[00:33:59] championship

[00:33:59] winning side

[00:34:00] and it

[00:34:01] will really

[00:34:02] hurt not

[00:34:03] just because

[00:34:03] of you know

[00:34:04] the ball

[00:34:04] Dutch manager

[00:34:05] thing but

[00:34:06] if they do

[00:34:06] go on to

[00:34:06] win it and

[00:34:07] fair play to

[00:34:08] them if they

[00:34:08] do it will

[00:34:09] really hurt to

[00:34:09] watch them

[00:34:10] you know

[00:34:10] just equal

[00:34:11] number of

[00:34:12] titles

[00:34:12] yeah I'm

[00:34:14] telling you man

[00:34:15] like the best

[00:34:15] thing to happen

[00:34:16] is City winning

[00:34:17] the league

[00:34:17] right that is

[00:34:18] the ideal outcome

[00:34:19] or fuck it

[00:34:21] Aston Villa

[00:34:22] winning the

[00:34:22] league let's

[00:34:24] go nobody

[00:34:25] who can be

[00:34:26] close to us

[00:34:27] gets like

[00:34:28] City don't get

[00:34:28] a fifth in a

[00:34:29] row Liverpool

[00:34:30] don't equal our

[00:34:31] 20 titles

[00:34:32] Arsenal don't

[00:34:34] get to say

[00:34:34] oh we got

[00:34:36] back to winning

[00:34:36] ways before you

[00:34:37] guys did and

[00:34:39] we can continue

[00:34:39] to make fun of

[00:34:40] them and we

[00:34:41] can all

[00:34:42] collectively marvel

[00:34:43] at Aston Villa

[00:34:44] winning the

[00:34:44] league

[00:34:46] yeah I think

[00:34:47] I guess that

[00:34:47] would be a good

[00:34:48] evening for an

[00:34:49] Aston fan

[00:34:50] sorry for an

[00:34:50] Aston Villa fan

[00:34:52] and yeah

[00:34:53] but that will

[00:34:55] also create a

[00:34:56] new breed of

[00:34:56] Aston Villa

[00:34:57] supporters in

[00:34:57] India at least

[00:34:58] because I'm not

[00:34:59] too sure there

[00:34:59] are too many

[00:35:00] no there aren't

[00:35:02] but having said

[00:35:03] that Aston Villa

[00:35:04] are sixth

[00:35:05] whereas Nottingham

[00:35:06] Forest are third

[00:35:06] so there's

[00:35:07] yeah

[00:35:09] there is

[00:35:09] something special

[00:35:10] is cooking up

[00:35:11] at Nottingham

[00:35:12] Forest

[00:35:12] it is

[00:35:13] I mean

[00:35:14] before they

[00:35:15] came into the

[00:35:15] Premier League

[00:35:16] I knew very

[00:35:17] little about

[00:35:17] them

[00:35:18] yeah

[00:35:19] and like you've

[00:35:20] seen that meme

[00:35:20] about that

[00:35:21] you know

[00:35:21] there's a picture

[00:35:22] of ham

[00:35:23] and then

[00:35:23] they divide it

[00:35:24] and then one

[00:35:25] is like East

[00:35:26] Ham

[00:35:26] one is West

[00:35:26] Ham

[00:35:27] then the ham

[00:35:27] is eaten

[00:35:28] then it is

[00:35:29] Nottingham

[00:35:30] that is my

[00:35:31] only reference

[00:35:31] to Nottingham

[00:35:32] Forest at one

[00:35:32] point and now

[00:35:33] I get to see

[00:35:34] them every week

[00:35:34] and they seem

[00:35:35] to be doing

[00:35:35] pretty well

[00:35:36] so yeah

[00:35:36] it's interesting

[00:35:37] and I love an

[00:35:38] underdog I mean

[00:35:38] I was the

[00:35:39] second happiest

[00:35:40] person in the

[00:35:41] world when

[00:35:41] Leicester won

[00:35:42] the league

[00:35:42] in 2016

[00:35:43] wait who

[00:35:44] was the

[00:35:44] first happiest

[00:35:45] I don't know

[00:35:46] probably a

[00:35:47] Leicester fan

[00:35:47] yeah

[00:35:48] probably

[00:35:48] yeah

[00:35:50] probably

[00:35:51] but yeah

[00:35:52] so yeah

[00:35:52] it would be

[00:35:53] great if

[00:35:53] Forest actually

[00:35:54] went on to

[00:35:55] do something

[00:35:56] Aston Villa

[00:35:57] this feels like

[00:35:59] you know

[00:35:59] those glory days

[00:36:01] like the glory days

[00:36:02] are coming back

[00:36:03] for these clubs

[00:36:04] because they

[00:36:04] used to be

[00:36:05] pretty like

[00:36:06] big

[00:36:07] Champions League

[00:36:08] winning club

[00:36:08] Nottingham

[00:36:09] Forest

[00:36:09] yes

[00:36:09] yeah

[00:36:10] Champions League

[00:36:11] I think

[00:36:12] 97 98

[00:36:13] something

[00:36:13] they won

[00:36:14] it in the

[00:36:14] 90s once

[00:36:15] under

[00:36:15] Martin

[00:36:16] only

[00:36:17] or

[00:36:17] someone

[00:36:17] not

[00:36:17] under

[00:36:18] Martin

[00:36:18] only

[00:36:18] but he was

[00:36:19] part of

[00:36:19] the squad

[00:36:19] or something

[00:36:20] like that

[00:36:20] so yeah

[00:36:21] it looks

[00:36:21] like it's

[00:36:22] so Amog

[00:36:23] are you

[00:36:23] considering

[00:36:23] finding a

[00:36:24] new club

[00:36:25] no no

[00:36:26] unfortunately

[00:36:27] that sort

[00:36:27] of behavior

[00:36:28] is looked down

[00:36:29] upon

[00:36:29] so my

[00:36:31] response

[00:36:31] always is

[00:36:32] when

[00:36:34] push comes

[00:36:35] like I

[00:36:35] will always

[00:36:35] support

[00:36:36] Man United

[00:36:36] regardless

[00:36:37] of what

[00:36:37] happens

[00:36:39] but I

[00:36:39] just don't

[00:36:40] let myself

[00:36:41] get affected

[00:36:41] that much

[00:36:42] by United

[00:36:43] results

[00:36:43] and when

[00:36:44] things get

[00:36:45] really bad

[00:36:45] I tell

[00:36:46] everyone

[00:36:46] I support

[00:36:47] Mumbai City

[00:36:47] that's my

[00:36:48] local club

[00:36:48] so

[00:36:50] and Mumbai

[00:36:51] City just

[00:36:51] beat Kerala

[00:36:52] Blasters

[00:36:52] so I'm

[00:36:52] very happy

[00:36:53] yeah

[00:36:54] I had mixed

[00:36:54] feelings about

[00:36:55] that

[00:36:55] yeah

[00:36:57] I saw

[00:36:57] the result

[00:36:58] and I was

[00:36:59] very conflicted

[00:37:00] about that

[00:37:00] but I wanted

[00:37:00] to ask you

[00:37:01] this

[00:37:01] how does it

[00:37:02] feel to be

[00:37:03] a United

[00:37:03] fan and

[00:37:03] then you

[00:37:04] also be

[00:37:04] a Mumbai

[00:37:05] City fan

[00:37:06] isn't that

[00:37:06] like a

[00:37:06] conflict of

[00:37:07] interest

[00:37:07] and how

[00:37:08] do you

[00:37:08] balance

[00:37:09] that out

[00:37:10] not really

[00:37:11] because look

[00:37:12] ownership is

[00:37:13] one thing

[00:37:13] right like

[00:37:14] clubs are going

[00:37:14] to be owned

[00:37:15] by people

[00:37:16] who are

[00:37:18] let's say

[00:37:19] not of the

[00:37:19] strongest

[00:37:20] character

[00:37:20] or moral

[00:37:21] upbringing

[00:37:22] or whatever

[00:37:22] you know

[00:37:23] like everybody

[00:37:24] who has the

[00:37:25] money to

[00:37:26] buy a

[00:37:26] football club

[00:37:27] has done

[00:37:29] something shady

[00:37:29] in their

[00:37:30] life

[00:37:30] right like

[00:37:31] let's be

[00:37:31] you don't

[00:37:32] get that

[00:37:32] amount

[00:37:33] of money

[00:37:35] so are you

[00:37:36] suggesting

[00:37:37] even sir

[00:37:38] Jim Ratcliffe

[00:37:39] has done

[00:37:39] something shady

[00:37:39] in the past

[00:37:40] he runs

[00:37:41] he runs a

[00:37:42] massive chemical

[00:37:43] company like

[00:37:44] at the very

[00:37:45] least he has

[00:37:46] made a few

[00:37:47] number of

[00:37:48] species extinct

[00:37:48] in the world

[00:37:49] so you know

[00:37:50] like

[00:37:54] it's just a

[00:37:56] case of

[00:37:57] man

[00:37:59] at the end

[00:37:59] of the day

[00:38:00] I don't

[00:38:00] care who

[00:38:01] owns Mumbai

[00:38:01] City

[00:38:03] it is

[00:38:04] my local

[00:38:05] club

[00:38:06] so I'll

[00:38:06] support it

[00:38:07] till the

[00:38:08] point that

[00:38:08] if they do

[00:38:10] something that

[00:38:10] is so

[00:38:11] ridiculous

[00:38:11] like so

[00:38:12] so terrible

[00:38:13] like somebody

[00:38:15] is a

[00:38:17] known criminal

[00:38:18] that they are

[00:38:19] still supporting

[00:38:19] or something

[00:38:20] like that

[00:38:20] if it goes

[00:38:21] into shady

[00:38:21] behavior like

[00:38:22] that then

[00:38:23] you know

[00:38:23] you might

[00:38:24] stand up

[00:38:25] but up

[00:38:26] until that

[00:38:26] point it's

[00:38:27] my local

[00:38:27] club it

[00:38:27] brings me

[00:38:28] joy because

[00:38:28] I can go

[00:38:29] to the

[00:38:29] stadium and

[00:38:29] watch games

[00:38:31] and that's

[00:38:32] about it

[00:38:32] like it's

[00:38:33] if I

[00:38:34] don't think

[00:38:34] what is the

[00:38:35] owner and

[00:38:36] all of that

[00:38:36] all this

[00:38:37] virtue signaling

[00:38:38] no it gets

[00:38:39] you nowhere

[00:38:40] is what I've

[00:38:41] realized in my

[00:38:41] 35 years of

[00:38:42] being alive

[00:38:43] that is

[00:38:44] that is

[00:38:45] the thing

[00:38:47] do you

[00:38:48] happen to

[00:38:50] have any

[00:38:50] update on

[00:38:50] the 115

[00:38:52] charges that

[00:38:52] City have

[00:38:53] like I know

[00:38:53] there's a trial

[00:38:54] going on

[00:38:55] and everything

[00:38:55] but it's

[00:38:56] gone up

[00:38:56] to 130

[00:38:58] that's the

[00:38:58] update

[00:39:00] it's gone

[00:39:00] up so

[00:39:01] 115 has

[00:39:02] become 130

[00:39:03] and they're

[00:39:04] expecting an

[00:39:05] outcome to

[00:39:06] come out early

[00:39:07] next year

[00:39:08] first quarter

[00:39:08] of next year

[00:39:09] is when they

[00:39:09] are saying

[00:39:10] the trial

[00:39:10] will conclude

[00:39:11] so

[00:39:12] the reading

[00:39:15] of the

[00:39:15] statements

[00:39:15] and all

[00:39:16] is happening

[00:39:16] right now

[00:39:17] so as in

[00:39:17] when there's

[00:39:18] a big

[00:39:18] explosive

[00:39:18] thing

[00:39:19] then

[00:39:19] news

[00:39:20] comes out

[00:39:20] that's

[00:39:21] happened

[00:39:22] etc

[00:39:23] etc

[00:39:23] but

[00:39:24] it'll

[00:39:25] happen

[00:39:25] so there

[00:39:26] is a chance

[00:39:27] of you know

[00:39:27] as winning

[00:39:28] another

[00:39:29] title

[00:39:29] if they're

[00:39:30] stripped off

[00:39:31] one of their

[00:39:31] titles

[00:39:32] Jose Mourinho

[00:39:32] will get it

[00:39:33] yes

[00:39:34] again

[00:39:35] the special

[00:39:36] man who

[00:39:36] is now

[00:39:37] doing knee

[00:39:38] slides at

[00:39:38] Fernabache

[00:39:40] dude what

[00:39:40] a fucking

[00:39:41] moment

[00:39:41] like Jose

[00:39:42] Mourinho

[00:39:43] is box

[00:39:43] office

[00:39:44] because that

[00:39:44] knee slide

[00:39:45] was the

[00:39:46] best worst

[00:39:46] thing I have

[00:39:47] seen

[00:39:47] true true

[00:39:48] true true

[00:39:49] I am

[00:39:49] completely

[00:39:50] with you

[00:39:50] on that

[00:39:51] and it's

[00:39:51] just like

[00:39:52] I mean I

[00:39:53] still like

[00:39:54] have a lot

[00:39:54] of like

[00:39:55] love and

[00:39:55] respect for

[00:39:55] that man

[00:39:56] because he's

[00:39:57] just such a

[00:39:57] character

[00:39:58] and football

[00:39:58] needs more

[00:39:59] characters like

[00:40:00] him I mean

[00:40:00] can you imagine

[00:40:01] how explosive

[00:40:03] and diabolical

[00:40:04] Jose Mourinho

[00:40:05] managing

[00:40:05] Palo Telly

[00:40:06] at Inter Milan

[00:40:07] was

[00:40:07] because both

[00:40:08] of them are

[00:40:09] like

[00:40:13] unmanageable

[00:40:13] personalities in

[00:40:14] that sense

[00:40:14] and they

[00:40:15] coming together

[00:40:16] is like

[00:40:17] immovable

[00:40:18] force meeting

[00:40:18] like

[00:40:18] unmovable

[00:40:19] sorry whatever

[00:40:20] that statement

[00:40:21] is

[00:40:22] yeah

[00:40:23] so yeah

[00:40:24] it is

[00:40:26] happy about

[00:40:27] like

[00:40:27] no no

[00:40:27] he

[00:40:27] looking forward

[00:40:28] looking forward

[00:40:29] to the

[00:40:29] he's

[00:40:30] he's a

[00:40:31] box office

[00:40:32] manager

[00:40:32] and

[00:40:33] more than

[00:40:34] anything else

[00:40:34] no

[00:40:34] more than

[00:40:35] United

[00:40:36] winning the

[00:40:36] title

[00:40:36] because again

[00:40:37] I'm of that

[00:40:37] opinion

[00:40:38] that if you're

[00:40:38] going to win

[00:40:39] the title

[00:40:39] as a football

[00:40:39] team

[00:40:48] there's no

[00:40:49] fun in

[00:40:50] that

[00:40:50] but I

[00:40:51] would love

[00:40:52] for that

[00:40:52] to happen

[00:40:53] just so

[00:40:53] Mourinho

[00:40:54] gets that

[00:40:54] medal

[00:40:55] like just

[00:40:55] because that

[00:40:56] is then

[00:40:57] a great

[00:40:58] rounding off

[00:40:59] of the arc

[00:41:00] for Jose

[00:41:00] Mourinho

[00:41:02] and that

[00:41:02] would be

[00:41:03] fantastic

[00:41:03] but from

[00:41:04] one Portuguese

[00:41:04] United

[00:41:05] manager

[00:41:05] former United

[00:41:07] manager

[00:41:07] manager

[00:41:07] to the

[00:41:07] new

[00:41:07] one

[00:41:07] Ruben

[00:41:08] Amorim

[00:41:09] the

[00:41:09] manager

[00:41:10] for

[00:41:12] Sporting

[00:41:12] Lisbon

[00:41:12] has now

[00:41:13] been confirmed

[00:41:13] as United

[00:41:14] head coach

[00:41:15] he joins

[00:41:16] on the

[00:41:16] 11th of

[00:41:17] November

[00:41:17] till then

[00:41:17] Ruud van

[00:41:18] Nistelroi

[00:41:18] is taking

[00:41:19] interim

[00:41:19] charge

[00:41:20] good for

[00:41:21] Ruud van

[00:41:21] Nistelroi

[00:41:22] first game

[00:41:22] against Leicester

[00:41:23] a nice

[00:41:24] 4-2 victory

[00:41:24] in the

[00:41:25] Caramau

[00:41:25] Cup

[00:41:26] and now

[00:41:27] a 1-1

[00:41:28] defeat

[00:41:28] sorry a

[00:41:29] 1-1 draw

[00:41:30] against Chelsea

[00:41:32] at Old

[00:41:32] Trafford

[00:41:32] in the

[00:41:33] Premier League

[00:41:34] what are

[00:41:34] your thoughts

[00:41:35] on

[00:41:35] firstly

[00:41:36] on

[00:41:36] Van

[00:41:36] Nistelroi

[00:41:37] Van

[00:41:38] Nistelroi

[00:41:38] it feels

[00:41:39] like

[00:41:40] I don't

[00:41:40] know man

[00:41:41] I'm pretty

[00:41:41] happy

[00:41:41] because I

[00:41:42] watched

[00:41:42] the Leicester

[00:41:42] game

[00:41:43] I was

[00:41:43] away

[00:41:43] in

[00:41:44] Bangalore

[00:41:44] for a

[00:41:44] wedding

[00:41:44] but I

[00:41:45] carried

[00:41:45] my laptop

[00:41:45] just to

[00:41:46] watch the

[00:41:46] Leicester

[00:41:46] game

[00:41:47] and I

[00:41:47] was pretty

[00:41:47] happy

[00:41:47] with what

[00:41:48] I saw

[00:41:48] because it

[00:41:49] just felt

[00:41:49] like you

[00:41:50] know how

[00:41:50] the

[00:41:50] players

[00:41:50] at least

[00:41:51] like most

[00:41:52] of them

[00:41:52] at least

[00:41:53] the ones

[00:41:53] that were

[00:41:54] on the

[00:41:55] pitch

[00:41:55] they seem

[00:41:55] to care

[00:41:56] about the

[00:41:56] club

[00:41:56] and that

[00:41:57] is not

[00:41:57] something

[00:41:57] that we

[00:41:58] said

[00:41:58] very often

[00:41:59] about

[00:42:00] the players

[00:42:01] in this

[00:42:01] club

[00:42:02] especially

[00:42:02] in the

[00:42:02] recent past

[00:42:04] so I was

[00:42:04] very happy

[00:42:04] with the

[00:42:05] performance

[00:42:05] again

[00:42:05] from a

[00:42:06] team that

[00:42:07] has been

[00:42:08] struggling

[00:42:08] to score

[00:42:09] goals

[00:42:09] to suddenly

[00:42:10] going on

[00:42:11] to score

[00:42:11] five goals

[00:42:12] in one

[00:42:12] game

[00:42:12] and we

[00:42:13] could have

[00:42:13] scored

[00:42:13] more

[00:42:13] to be

[00:42:14] honest

[00:42:14] so that

[00:42:14] is

[00:42:14] great

[00:42:15] to watch

[00:42:15] there seem

[00:42:16] to be

[00:42:17] some tactics

[00:42:18] as well

[00:42:18] so whatever

[00:42:19] was said

[00:42:19] behind closed

[00:42:20] doors

[00:42:20] in the

[00:42:21] last week

[00:42:22] or 10

[00:42:22] days

[00:42:23] it's only

[00:42:24] been a

[00:42:24] week

[00:42:24] so in

[00:42:24] the last

[00:42:24] week

[00:42:25] players

[00:42:26] seem to

[00:42:26] you know

[00:42:28] want to

[00:42:28] win

[00:42:29] Van Nistelrooy

[00:42:30] over

[00:42:30] which is

[00:42:30] great

[00:42:31] and it's

[00:42:32] leading to

[00:42:34] I think

[00:42:35] there are

[00:42:35] better days

[00:42:36] already here

[00:42:36] since 10

[00:42:37] hours left

[00:42:38] because maybe

[00:42:39] it was

[00:42:39] just not

[00:42:40] working

[00:42:41] and this

[00:42:41] guy just

[00:42:42] kept saying

[00:42:42] trust me

[00:42:42] and trust

[00:42:43] the process

[00:42:43] and now

[00:42:44] I think

[00:42:44] I'm just

[00:42:45] happy

[00:42:46] there's a lot

[00:42:46] of relief

[00:42:47] in me right

[00:42:47] now that

[00:42:48] Van Nistelrooy

[00:42:49] is at the

[00:42:49] job and

[00:42:50] I'm just

[00:42:51] looking forward

[00:42:51] to the

[00:42:51] remainder of

[00:42:52] this interim

[00:42:53] thing

[00:42:54] but yeah

[00:42:55] no complaints

[00:42:56] about Van Nistelrooy

[00:42:57] and I'm

[00:42:58] enjoying it

[00:42:59] so far

[00:42:59] and it's

[00:43:00] been good

[00:43:00] so far

[00:43:00] because even

[00:43:01] like I know

[00:43:01] I'm kind of

[00:43:02] slightly disappointed

[00:43:03] that we did not

[00:43:04] win yesterday

[00:43:06] but apart from

[00:43:07] it's still

[00:43:08] like a

[00:43:09] better performance

[00:43:10] apart from

[00:43:10] you know

[00:43:11] what we saw

[00:43:11] like compared to

[00:43:12] what we saw

[00:43:12] in the last

[00:43:14] few games

[00:43:15] of 10-Agg's

[00:43:15] reign

[00:43:16] and yeah

[00:43:16] I'm just

[00:43:17] happy like

[00:43:17] overall like

[00:43:18] pretty much

[00:43:19] like no

[00:43:19] complaints and

[00:43:20] such

[00:43:20] but what

[00:43:21] do you

[00:43:21] think about

[00:43:22] Ruben

[00:43:22] Amirim

[00:43:22] because he

[00:43:23] is a young

[00:43:23] manager

[00:43:24] 39 years

[00:43:24] old

[00:43:25] very similar

[00:43:26] pre-Man United

[00:43:27] statistics to

[00:43:28] Eric Ten Hag

[00:43:29] in terms of

[00:43:30] number of

[00:43:30] games managed

[00:43:31] and number

[00:43:31] of victories

[00:43:32] and etc

[00:43:33] etc right

[00:43:33] yeah

[00:43:34] is Amirim

[00:43:36] going to be

[00:43:37] another Ten Hag

[00:43:38] because when

[00:43:39] Ten Hag was

[00:43:40] hired everybody

[00:43:41] was just like

[00:43:41] oh this is

[00:43:41] the next

[00:43:42] big guy

[00:43:43] you know

[00:43:43] he is the

[00:43:44] next master

[00:43:44] tactician

[00:43:45] and that's

[00:43:47] what United

[00:43:47] fans were

[00:43:47] crying out for

[00:43:48] after Ole Gunnar

[00:43:49] Soldier

[00:43:49] because everybody

[00:43:50] was like

[00:43:50] he has

[00:43:50] vibes

[00:43:50] but he

[00:43:52] doesn't

[00:43:53] so I

[00:43:54] don't

[00:43:54] like

[00:43:54] so I

[00:43:56] honestly

[00:43:57] don't know

[00:43:57] too much

[00:43:58] about Amirim

[00:43:58] like I've

[00:43:58] been reading

[00:43:59] up about

[00:43:59] him and

[00:44:00] like checking

[00:44:00] his background

[00:44:01] and doing

[00:44:01] background checks

[00:44:02] about him

[00:44:02] since the

[00:44:03] announcement

[00:44:04] was made

[00:44:04] because I

[00:44:05] don't follow

[00:44:06] this Portuguese

[00:44:07] league I mean

[00:44:08] I know about

[00:44:09] sporting in

[00:44:09] Porto and a

[00:44:10] couple of

[00:44:10] other clubs

[00:44:11] here and

[00:44:11] there but I

[00:44:11] don't follow

[00:44:12] the Portuguese

[00:44:12] league so

[00:44:15] I'm hoping

[00:44:16] it works out

[00:44:16] for him and

[00:44:17] I'll back

[00:44:18] him until

[00:44:19] there is no

[00:44:19] reason to

[00:44:20] back him but

[00:44:20] he's just a

[00:44:21] new manager

[00:44:22] and he's a

[00:44:22] very young

[00:44:23] manager like

[00:44:23] you said

[00:44:24] so I

[00:44:25] think it'll

[00:44:25] be interesting

[00:44:25] to have some

[00:44:26] fresh ideas

[00:44:27] and young

[00:44:27] blood at

[00:44:28] the club

[00:44:28] and it'll

[00:44:28] be interesting

[00:44:29] to see how

[00:44:30] he manages

[00:44:31] players who

[00:44:32] are close to

[00:44:32] his age

[00:44:33] like for

[00:44:34] example like

[00:44:34] a Johnny

[00:44:35] Evans

[00:44:35] so it'll

[00:44:37] be interesting

[00:44:38] to see how

[00:44:38] he manages

[00:44:39] them

[00:44:39] he was

[00:44:41] Victor

[00:44:41] Lindelof's

[00:44:42] teammate at

[00:44:42] Benfica

[00:44:44] that'll be

[00:44:45] interesting

[00:44:45] it's amazing

[00:44:46] how these

[00:44:48] players who

[00:44:49] are squad

[00:44:50] players essentially

[00:44:50] like Lindelof

[00:44:52] and like

[00:44:52] Ugarthi

[00:44:53] who's just

[00:44:53] come in

[00:44:53] Ugarthi has

[00:44:54] also played

[00:44:55] with Amorim

[00:44:55] at some

[00:44:56] point I

[00:44:56] think

[00:44:57] under Amorim

[00:44:57] at sporting

[00:45:00] so it'll be

[00:45:02] interesting to

[00:45:02] see what

[00:45:03] they're saying

[00:45:03] about Amorim

[00:45:04] to the

[00:45:04] others

[00:45:05] and hoping

[00:45:07] it works

[00:45:08] out but

[00:45:08] apart from

[00:45:09] that I

[00:45:09] know he

[00:45:10] plays like

[00:45:11] a 3 at

[00:45:11] the back

[00:45:12] as compared

[00:45:13] to a 4

[00:45:13] at the back

[00:45:13] so I'm

[00:45:15] expecting

[00:45:15] quite a

[00:45:16] radical

[00:45:17] shift in

[00:45:18] Amorim

[00:45:18] and like

[00:45:19] under Amorim

[00:45:19] as compared

[00:45:20] to like

[00:45:20] Eric Tamayag

[00:45:21] what do you

[00:45:23] think?

[00:45:23] I feel like

[00:45:24] I'm again

[00:45:25] as I always

[00:45:26] am as a

[00:45:27] United fan

[00:45:27] I'm cautiously

[00:45:28] optimistic

[00:45:28] but I'm only

[00:45:30] worried that

[00:45:31] it's going to be

[00:45:32] the same thing

[00:45:33] for United fans

[00:45:33] all over again

[00:45:34] and for the

[00:45:34] United players

[00:45:35] all over again

[00:45:35] because he

[00:45:36] will get a

[00:45:37] new manager

[00:45:37] bounce

[00:45:39] then players

[00:45:40] will start

[00:45:41] finding his

[00:45:42] methods too

[00:45:42] strict and

[00:45:43] too demanding

[00:45:45] and they'll

[00:45:45] stop playing

[00:45:47] for him

[00:45:47] and then fans

[00:45:48] will again

[00:45:49] turn on the

[00:45:49] manager

[00:45:50] and we're

[00:45:51] going to

[00:45:51] hear Amorim

[00:45:52] out very

[00:45:53] very soon

[00:45:53] and we'll

[00:45:53] just be like

[00:45:54] who's this

[00:45:54] guy?

[00:45:55] We needed

[00:45:55] a proven

[00:45:56] manager

[00:45:56] we should

[00:45:57] have signed

[00:45:57] Thomas Tuchel

[00:45:58] we should

[00:45:58] have signed

[00:45:59] Julian Nagelsman

[00:46:00] we should

[00:46:00] have signed

[00:46:01] Southgate also

[00:46:02] he's proven

[00:46:03] apparently

[00:46:04] what is he

[00:46:05] proven?

[00:46:07] again I'm

[00:46:08] not a big

[00:46:08] Southgate

[00:46:09] manager

[00:46:10] by the way

[00:46:11] Amok are you

[00:46:11] an England

[00:46:12] fan like

[00:46:12] internationally?

[00:46:14] kind of

[00:46:14] like internationally

[00:46:15] I watch

[00:46:16] England I

[00:46:17] watch Portugal

[00:46:17] I watch

[00:46:19] mainly England

[00:46:20] and Portugal

[00:46:21] but do you

[00:46:22] support either

[00:46:22] of these two

[00:46:23] clubs or any

[00:46:24] of these

[00:46:24] countries?

[00:46:25] if they're

[00:46:26] playing any

[00:46:26] other team

[00:46:27] then I will

[00:46:27] choose them

[00:46:28] over the

[00:46:29] other team

[00:46:29] that they're

[00:46:29] playing but I

[00:46:30] don't really

[00:46:30] support an

[00:46:31] international

[00:46:32] team as

[00:46:35] international

[00:46:36] tournaments as

[00:46:37] Nations

[00:46:38] League

[00:46:38] pretty much

[00:46:39] pretty much

[00:46:40] nice

[00:46:41] nice

[00:46:42] an international

[00:46:43] tournament for

[00:46:44] me is a good

[00:46:44] reason to bring

[00:46:45] friends over

[00:46:46] have a beer

[00:46:46] and watch the

[00:46:47] games that's it

[00:46:48] apart from that

[00:46:49] like this

[00:46:49] which is nice

[00:46:51] because there's no

[00:46:52] emotional connect

[00:46:53] there's no high

[00:46:53] take of being a

[00:46:54] United fan when

[00:46:55] it comes to

[00:46:55] international

[00:46:56] tournaments

[00:46:56] so somewhere I

[00:46:57] also do like

[00:46:59] the international

[00:47:00] tournaments more

[00:47:03] it's lesser like

[00:47:04] emotional damage

[00:47:05] yeah

[00:47:06] exactly

[00:47:07] nice

[00:47:07] so yeah I feel

[00:47:08] like that's what's

[00:47:09] gonna happen with

[00:47:10] Amarim

[00:47:11] but fingers crossed

[00:47:12] I'll hope for the

[00:47:13] best because he

[00:47:13] does seem like an

[00:47:14] exciting young

[00:47:14] manager and

[00:47:16] the one thing

[00:47:17] that is going to

[00:47:18] be very different

[00:47:18] with him and

[00:47:19] I've been watching

[00:47:20] his press conferences

[00:47:21] as well and

[00:47:21] reading up about

[00:47:22] this very aspect

[00:47:23] is that the

[00:47:25] biggest difference

[00:47:26] is he has a

[00:47:27] charisma to him

[00:47:28] that Ten Hag

[00:47:28] didn't have

[00:47:29] he had he has a

[00:47:30] way of connecting

[00:47:30] with players on a

[00:47:31] man-to-man level

[00:47:32] that Ten Hag

[00:47:33] didn't have

[00:47:33] Ten Hag was very

[00:47:34] robotic which is

[00:47:35] a classic Dutch

[00:47:36] thing

[00:47:38] and it came across

[00:47:39] as he's not

[00:47:40] passionate enough or

[00:47:41] he's not able to

[00:47:42] communicate his

[00:47:42] ideas properly

[00:47:43] the ideas were

[00:47:44] there he was just

[00:47:44] not able to

[00:47:45] communicate them

[00:47:45] properly into

[00:47:47] the players in

[00:47:48] England but

[00:47:50] hopefully you can

[00:47:51] get that with

[00:47:52] Amarim he seems

[00:47:53] like a slightly

[00:47:54] more passionate

[00:47:54] guy you might

[00:47:55] you know see

[00:47:56] him put his

[00:47:58] arm around his

[00:47:59] players shoulders

[00:47:59] a lot more and

[00:48:01] you know get

[00:48:02] them to perform

[00:48:02] that way so

[00:48:04] yeah fingers

[00:48:05] crossed I'm looking

[00:48:06] forward to seeing

[00:48:06] that because

[00:48:07] you're kind of

[00:48:07] seeing that with

[00:48:08] Rude right now

[00:48:08] like even in

[00:48:09] yesterday's

[00:48:09] Chelsea game

[00:48:11] after every attack

[00:48:12] he was out there

[00:48:13] on the touchline

[00:48:13] applauding the team

[00:48:14] he's like yeah

[00:48:15] this is good

[00:48:15] this is good

[00:48:16] but you would

[00:48:16] never see that

[00:48:17] from Tenag

[00:48:17] he would just

[00:48:18] be hands

[00:48:18] folded looking

[00:48:19] stern

[00:48:21] and you get

[00:48:22] that right

[00:48:23] like from a

[00:48:23] player's point of

[00:48:24] view you get

[00:48:24] that like if

[00:48:24] your manager is

[00:48:25] not reacting at

[00:48:26] all what the

[00:48:26] fuck you do

[00:48:27] it's a very

[00:48:27] depressing place to

[00:48:28] be

[00:48:29] true true true

[00:48:30] so I do know

[00:48:32] I'm looking forward

[00:48:33] to the rest of

[00:48:34] Rude Van Nistelrois

[00:48:35] interim tenure

[00:48:37] and

[00:48:39] but Amuk

[00:48:40] here's a question

[00:48:40] for you

[00:48:41] like supposing

[00:48:41] we go

[00:48:43] unbeaten

[00:48:44] under

[00:48:44] Van Nistelroi

[00:48:45] and then

[00:48:46] Amirim comes

[00:48:46] in

[00:48:46] would you

[00:48:47] say that

[00:48:48] still fair

[00:48:49] to like

[00:48:49] Van Nistelroi

[00:48:51] or do you

[00:48:52] think

[00:48:52] so you think

[00:48:53] this is a

[00:48:54] stopgap solution

[00:48:55] whichever way

[00:48:56] it goes

[00:48:56] strong

[00:48:56] the problem

[00:48:57] was that

[00:48:58] we made

[00:48:58] the same

[00:48:58] mistake

[00:48:59] with Ole

[00:48:59] yeah

[00:49:00] yeah

[00:49:01] right

[00:49:01] Ole was a

[00:49:02] great interim

[00:49:03] manager

[00:49:03] and not denying

[00:49:04] that he was

[00:49:05] a very good

[00:49:06] permanent manager

[00:49:06] as well

[00:49:08] but the

[00:49:10] the goodwill

[00:49:10] that he brought

[00:49:11] to the club

[00:49:12] as an interim

[00:49:12] manager

[00:49:13] is priceless

[00:49:14] and if it would

[00:49:15] have just ended

[00:49:16] at that

[00:49:17] yeah

[00:49:18] it would have

[00:49:18] been so good

[00:49:19] like his legendary

[00:49:20] status would have

[00:49:21] been even more

[00:49:22] legendary

[00:49:23] true

[00:49:23] even as a

[00:49:24] permanent if you

[00:49:25] had to have him

[00:49:25] on for a little

[00:49:26] while longer as

[00:49:27] an interim

[00:49:28] fine but

[00:49:29] to give him a

[00:49:29] three-year

[00:49:30] contract and all

[00:49:30] like it eventually

[00:49:32] just died out

[00:49:33] so I feel like

[00:49:34] they've done the

[00:49:35] smarter thing by

[00:49:35] saying that

[00:49:36] you're in charge

[00:49:37] for these four

[00:49:37] games five

[00:49:38] games whatever

[00:49:38] and our new

[00:49:39] manager is already

[00:49:40] lined up

[00:49:42] and credit to him

[00:49:43] Van Nessloude also

[00:49:44] said that I'm only

[00:49:45] focused on the

[00:49:45] games as interim

[00:49:46] after that

[00:49:47] the new manager

[00:49:47] comes in and I

[00:49:48] will be here

[00:49:49] yeah I'll be here

[00:49:51] in whatever capacity

[00:49:51] the club needs me

[00:49:52] to help the club

[00:49:53] move forward

[00:49:54] so he's very clear

[00:49:56] and that's great

[00:49:58] fair enough

[00:49:59] yeah

[00:50:00] so looking

[00:50:00] I'm hoping for

[00:50:01] better

[00:50:01] I'm hoping there

[00:50:02] are better things

[00:50:07] one of the worst

[00:50:08] things that I

[00:50:08] believe happened

[00:50:09] like in the last

[00:50:10] few weeks

[00:50:11] especially towards

[00:50:12] the end of

[00:50:12] Ten Hag's reign

[00:50:13] was I for one

[00:50:14] became very

[00:50:16] disconnected to

[00:50:17] the club like it

[00:50:17] almost didn't

[00:50:18] really matter to

[00:50:19] me you know

[00:50:19] what I'm saying

[00:50:20] like I used to

[00:50:21] like be happy to

[00:50:22] like do shows

[00:50:23] and be on stage

[00:50:24] when United were

[00:50:25] playing as opposed

[00:50:26] to watching them

[00:50:27] like because it's

[00:50:28] less a heartache

[00:50:29] now you come back

[00:50:29] you see the

[00:50:30] score worst case

[00:50:31] you see the highlights

[00:50:32] and it got to a

[00:50:34] point where you

[00:50:34] know I didn't have

[00:50:35] any United players

[00:50:37] in my FPL team

[00:50:37] and as long as my

[00:50:38] FPL team was doing

[00:50:39] well I'm pretty happy

[00:50:40] with that because

[00:50:40] that was my only win

[00:50:41] yeah

[00:50:42] so I'm just hoping

[00:50:43] that you know

[00:50:44] Baner Storoy first

[00:50:45] and Amurum later

[00:50:47] they can restore

[00:50:48] not restore my

[00:50:49] love for United

[00:50:49] but you know

[00:50:50] make it feel like

[00:50:51] worthwhile all over

[00:50:53] again for me

[00:50:54] right

[00:50:54] well on that note

[00:50:56] it is time to end

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