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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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