We've reached 250 episodes, and do we have a TREAT for you! Joining Amogh and Mukesh for this momentous occasion is former England cricketer, current cricket pundit and lifelong Newcastle United fan GRAEME SWANN!
Swanny tells us some fantastic stories from his cricketing days including one where him and Jimmy Anderson were almost late for a cricket match, going on stag dos in Germany and how excited he is at the prospect of Newcastle United winning the Champions League in 2036!
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[00:00:00] Liverpool in Arsenal, feel the pressure and we have a very special guest for episode 250.
[00:00:05] Welcome to The Corner Flag, I am Amogh. I am Mukesh.
[00:00:08] I don't have great swan.
[00:00:17] Hey! Sorry's in the house. We have a bona fide sports person on the podcast.
[00:00:26] Yes, more cricket related and this is a weird crossover cricket football episode of The Corner Flag.
[00:00:32] But Swani, welcome to The Corner Flag. Thank you for joining us.
[00:00:35] Thank you, Vami. You're lucky to catch me because I popped my head down for a quick nap six hours ago
[00:00:42] and I fell asleep and I just woke up about 20 minutes ago.
[00:00:46] I had to download the apps on this podcast and everything. So you are very lucky to have me
[00:00:51] on my own rubbish on computers and technology. And I got in a flat there just downloading the app.
[00:00:57] So honestly, I'm sat here in my hotel room in a haunted hotel.
[00:01:02] Oh is it?
[00:01:03] I'll tell you a haunted hotel with the curtains that my granite have in her house behind me.
[00:01:09] I mean look at the colour of those they're like chocolate brown.
[00:01:12] If you were really ill then that would be the colour of things coming out of your body.
[00:01:18] But here I am.
[00:01:20] Oh, welcome to India then, Swani. You're having a lovely IPL season in haunted hotels all over the country.
[00:01:27] Is it just this particular hotel that you're in that's haunted or is it every place that you've gone to during this tournament?
[00:01:33] No, it's just this one. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to name the hotel but it's Oberoi Grand.
[00:01:40] I will because it's famous. It's famous right? So it is amazing. I've got like a four-posted bed and everything.
[00:01:46] It's really old and really cool. And someone told me before there's a ghost in that hotel.
[00:01:53] So I looked into it. You can go online. I mean, I'm in Kolkata, Oberoi Grand.
[00:01:59] And a piano player in the 1920s died of cholera or something.
[00:02:04] And he was from America. This dude called Teddy and he gets seen hot floating around the corals
[00:02:10] and you hear piano music in the background. So when I checked in, I asked the Blight Barum receptionist,
[00:02:14] he said, is there a ghost? And he said, no, no, no, no sir. No definitely not, definitely not.
[00:02:19] But everyone who drops a room service off, I say have you seen the ghost?
[00:02:23] And they all smiled straight away and go yes sir, yes sir. It's brilliant. I lost stuff like that.
[00:02:28] But you think in the afterlife, the cholera continues. If the piano playing continues, so must the cholera.
[00:02:36] Alright, Grame Swan. So I have two questions for you. I remember a youngish Grame Swan debuting in Kolkata in 2008.
[00:02:47] And I think in Chennai, sorry.
[00:02:52] You got it wrong.
[00:02:55] In Chennai.
[00:02:58] You built it up so well and then just cocked it up.
[00:03:02] Honestly, he's a big fan of mine. He has been back so far.
[00:03:07] That's famous day in Kolkata.
[00:03:11] In Chennai. And I loved Rahul Rahul while growing up and you got him out on some like four runs and I was like, who is this brash arrogant?
[00:03:20] So my question for you is how dare you?
[00:03:24] Yeah, that's fair enough.
[00:03:27] I like the way you've questioned it as well, rather than but do it as a statement.
[00:03:31] I say I do dare.
[00:03:33] Okay, good answer.
[00:03:36] There's only two people in the history of Test cricket who've taken two wickets and they're first over.
[00:03:42] And they're both English and I'm one of them. And the other guy was called Richard Johnson, but that was against Zimbabwe.
[00:03:47] So didn't count.
[00:03:50] Even though Zimbabwe had Andy Flower at the time, it doesn't matter.
[00:03:53] It doesn't matter.
[00:03:54] This was against India and I got Gambir and Dravida.
[00:03:57] I remember that.
[00:03:59] I'm going to take that away from me and just because in the second innings, such Nintendo got 100 and India traced out 380 to win.
[00:04:07] I stand by my results.
[00:04:09] That was not my fault.
[00:04:12] I just want to point out that within the first what five minutes of this episode we could be looking at getting sued by the Oberoi Grand in Kolkata as well as the nation of Zimbabwe.
[00:04:27] And they'll ask us to pay a trillion dollars, which is like 10 rupees.
[00:04:36] First of all, first of all Oberoi Grand is famous.
[00:04:39] You can do ghost tours of Kolkata and this is one of the most famous places.
[00:04:44] So I think we're safe.
[00:04:50] Secondly, bring it on Zimbabwe.
[00:04:54] Yeah, let's go.
[00:04:56] My second question, which I expected confession from you is that I watched a long time ago.
[00:05:03] I watched an old interview of yours on Clickinfo where you said you're very superstitious.
[00:05:08] You were a superstitious figure who listened to exactly one every match.
[00:05:13] You listen to the same song before you entered the pitch.
[00:05:16] Right?
[00:05:17] Now I think it's about time you reveal which song it was.
[00:05:20] Well, I reveal what the song is.
[00:05:22] I'm not sure I can because I'm still superstitious and it might mess this up.
[00:05:27] It might mess my whole life up.
[00:05:29] All I will say is this is how superstitious I was.
[00:05:32] And this is one of the reasons why I love Jimmy Anderson so much, why he's my best mate.
[00:05:37] So in England when we go from home or the hotel to the ground, we don't go on a coach and a bus.
[00:05:44] Because we used to get given cars by Jaguar, which is a nice little park complaint for England by the way.
[00:05:51] And I used to drive everywhere. I hate being a passenger because my wife's a terrible driver,
[00:05:55] so I don't like being a passenger when she's behind the wheel.
[00:05:57] So I always drive.
[00:05:59] Okay.
[00:06:00] Jimmy doesn't like driving either.
[00:06:01] So he was like my passenger every day and we'd go in and we would listen to the same music all the time.
[00:06:08] And I tell you, I love this.
[00:06:09] It was a song.
[00:06:10] You never heard of it.
[00:06:11] It's called Farewell to the Fairground by the White Lies.
[00:06:13] Unbelievable tune.
[00:06:14] Indie band from England.
[00:06:16] Brilliant.
[00:06:17] Let's check it out.
[00:06:18] But this one day, it was a Sunday, right?
[00:06:20] And you imagine the traffic in London is pretty much like traffic in most Indian cities or like Mumbai.
[00:06:25] It's crazy.
[00:06:26] You go nowhere and it takes ages.
[00:06:29] But on a Sunday, obviously no one's at work and the roads are empty.
[00:06:34] It's like a ghost town.
[00:06:35] You fight to it.
[00:06:36] So on this Sunday as we went from the hotel to Lord's, which is about a mile and a half,
[00:06:41] there was a road closed, right?
[00:06:44] And it was taken on a diversion out of central London to a place called Camden and then into Lord's.
[00:06:51] Took 20 minutes.
[00:06:52] Absolutely fine.
[00:06:53] And I got five wickets this day.
[00:06:56] It was like an amazing day.
[00:06:58] And so immediately, of course, I put this down to the journey that we took into the ground.
[00:07:04] There was nothing to do with how I bowled or how bad the Australians batted on the day.
[00:07:08] I can't remember which team it was.
[00:07:11] But the next day down at breakfast, I looked at him and went,
[00:07:15] Jimmy, I know what you're going to ask.
[00:07:18] You want to drive the suit and went to the ground and do it.
[00:07:20] Yes, I do.
[00:07:21] And so we went the same way.
[00:07:23] But this was now a Monday and everyone was back at work.
[00:07:26] It took us two hours to get to the ground.
[00:07:29] So we turned up, almost missed the first over of the day.
[00:07:34] And then actually it says to Lord.
[00:07:36] We ran into the dressing room.
[00:07:39] I think we five minutes ago, Andy Fowler came and said,
[00:07:42] Where the hell have you been?
[00:07:44] I was like, I'm sorry.
[00:07:45] I'm sorry.
[00:07:46] I'm just going to put on our wipes and then sprinting out to the middle.
[00:07:50] But Jimmy didn't run.
[00:07:52] But even then when we got to the ground really late,
[00:07:54] we both then had to listen to the same song again before we got out of the car.
[00:08:00] We had luggage, we were banging on the window going looking at the toilet.
[00:08:05] Shut up.
[00:08:07] The edge of it and that guitar in the car.
[00:08:09] Yes.
[00:08:10] Mukesh is known for being horrendously late for all of our recordings.
[00:08:13] So Mukesh, if you ever use superstition as an excuse, I will slap you.
[00:08:17] I thought you would say I will get it.
[00:08:20] No, I will slap you because I know you as a person.
[00:08:23] So I know what kind of person you are.
[00:08:25] They're late for everything.
[00:08:27] I looked into this.
[00:08:28] If you're late for everything, it means this far from being a genius.
[00:08:31] Your mind is going off in certain directions.
[00:08:34] But I'm not linear to you.
[00:08:36] Space time does not count.
[00:08:38] Yeah, but it's still far.
[00:08:39] The New Albert Einstein.
[00:08:40] I'm still about a year far from a genius.
[00:08:42] Yeah.
[00:08:43] That could be anywhere like that could be like mad,
[00:08:46] delusional, chaotic.
[00:08:48] Yeah.
[00:08:49] They say there's a fun line between genius and madness.
[00:08:52] So yeah, maybe.
[00:08:54] All right.
[00:08:55] So we've got so on here on the podcast of course for people who will see
[00:08:59] video clips of this one is wearing a new castle united shirt because
[00:09:04] and that is because he is a massive Sunderling fan.
[00:09:08] She's a black cat.
[00:09:12] I just had to get that in while so on he was having a sip of his drink.
[00:09:16] Right.
[00:09:17] Just to see.
[00:09:18] My son will listen to this and he's certain.
[00:09:20] Well, that was a joke.
[00:09:22] All right.
[00:09:23] Daddy is not a son of a man.
[00:09:25] And we never will be.
[00:09:27] Yeah.
[00:09:28] No, no, never.
[00:09:29] But we shall we shall begin this episode or the football chat in this
[00:09:33] episode with Newcastle because this is not something we usually do.
[00:09:36] But when we have a Newcastle fan on the show,
[00:09:39] we still don't typically have Arsenal fans on the show.
[00:09:42] By the way, this is how low down the pecking order.
[00:09:44] I'll tell you what,
[00:09:45] and you won't have Arsenal fans on for a while now that bald.
[00:09:48] We'll get to that in a minute.
[00:09:50] We'll get to that in a minute.
[00:09:51] Newcastle for Spurs nail.
[00:09:53] What a fantastic victory for Newcastle.
[00:09:56] Amazing.
[00:09:57] Complete performance, denting Spurs is top four hopes.
[00:10:00] So, Ani, how was that victory for you sitting here in India?
[00:10:05] Were you in Kolkata when the game happened?
[00:10:08] No, no, no.
[00:10:09] I was actually travelling.
[00:10:10] I was going from Lucknow to Kolkata.
[00:10:14] So you imagine I've got this app and it's not like an illegal streaming
[00:10:19] app before I get in trouble with anyone back home.
[00:10:21] It's just like the Sky Sports app.
[00:10:23] And so because I want to watch the game in its entirety,
[00:10:27] I was thinking I just won't even bother finding out the score
[00:10:30] and I'll get to Kolkata and I'll put it on tonight.
[00:10:32] But I forgot to turn the notifications up in this app.
[00:10:36] So it kept pinging up, pinging up.
[00:10:38] And then my son would phone me up every time Newcastle scored.
[00:10:41] I'd get a phone call immediately.
[00:10:43] And then my son, whoever scored the goal,
[00:10:45] my son is then singing the terrorist chant for that player.
[00:10:49] And so it turned out even though I wasn't watching it,
[00:10:52] I was just watching the score flick up.
[00:10:54] It got better and better and better,
[00:10:56] which happens quite a bit when we play Spurs at home.
[00:10:59] Which is that I know this because A, in England,
[00:11:04] you don't choose your team.
[00:11:06] Your team is given to you by your parents basically.
[00:11:08] You don't have any say in it.
[00:11:10] And I was no different.
[00:11:11] When I was a little boy, it was actually my granddad,
[00:11:13] Granddad Wilfred, who said boys in this family support
[00:11:16] Newcastle United.
[00:11:17] So that's fine by me.
[00:11:19] My brother has somehow allowed his son, his only son, Sam,
[00:11:23] to be a Tottenham fan.
[00:11:25] And I have no idea how this is happening.
[00:11:27] I think it's weak parenting on the brother's part.
[00:11:30] And I think there should be severe questions asked.
[00:11:34] However, little Sam, who's just turned 12,
[00:11:37] he's a cool little kid.
[00:11:38] He's a really nice kid.
[00:11:40] And every time I see him,
[00:11:41] I say, I'm going to get you a Newcastle shirt.
[00:11:43] You can't be a Tottenham fan.
[00:11:44] And obviously Newcastle being,
[00:11:46] immediately texted him saying, mate,
[00:11:48] it's not too late to be a Newcastle fan.
[00:11:50] And I think we've turned him because he came back with a smiley,
[00:11:53] like a laugh, smiley emoji,
[00:11:56] which I think in kids speak,
[00:11:58] because I don't speak kids talk, whatever.
[00:12:00] I think that means yes, Uncle Graham,
[00:12:02] I'm now a Newcastle fan.
[00:12:03] It better.
[00:12:04] The sad part is,
[00:12:06] I mean,
[00:12:07] neither of us speak the current Gen Z lingo either,
[00:12:10] but that emoji can mean yes or no.
[00:12:13] Or what are you talking about?
[00:12:15] I don't care.
[00:12:16] It could mean anything in the next segment.
[00:12:18] Or it's a massive cry for help.
[00:12:20] I think the cry for help happened when he started supporting Spurs.
[00:12:23] That was the massive cry for help.
[00:12:26] So yeah, but let's talk about Alexander Easter egg then
[00:12:28] because what a fantastic signing he has turned out to be.
[00:12:31] He is just one of the best strikers in the league right now.
[00:12:34] I feel and he's proving himself week and week out.
[00:12:37] You think he's going to stay at Newcastle next season
[00:12:40] or is he going to get an offer from a quote unquote bigger club
[00:12:43] even though Newcastle has all the money in town?
[00:12:45] Right.
[00:12:46] I'm going to warn you now, if you've got me on here,
[00:12:48] don't offend me straight away.
[00:12:50] He's going to go to a quote unquote bigger club.
[00:12:54] Honestly, this is not, unless he goes to somebody to cheat
[00:12:59] like Man City, to cheat on the money side of things,
[00:13:02] he's not going to do that.
[00:13:04] He wouldn't play for it.
[00:13:05] There is no bigger club in the country
[00:13:08] that they've been bought by the Saudis
[00:13:10] and I'm fine with that by the way
[00:13:12] because before anyone gets into the whole ownership debate,
[00:13:14] every government buys arms from everyone else all around the world.
[00:13:17] The world is correct.
[00:13:19] So you might as well have a football team of your support.
[00:13:21] Newcastle and the future, Newcastle within the next 5-10 years
[00:13:25] are going to be the biggest club in the world.
[00:13:27] Thank you very much.
[00:13:29] I mean winning Champions Leagues and stuff.
[00:13:31] I actually saw this super computer
[00:13:34] that I don't know who it was from
[00:13:36] predicted in the next 100 years of Champions League winners.
[00:13:39] I mean what a waste of time, that is brilliant.
[00:13:41] And in 2036, Newcastle win the Champions League.
[00:13:45] So I'll tell Wilf already, I'll say mate we're going to the final.
[00:13:48] I'll book the kiss now.
[00:13:50] Yeah.
[00:13:51] Yeah, so no, Alexander Ezek is not going.
[00:13:53] One thing I love about it, the fact that
[00:13:56] everyone who Eddie Howe brought in
[00:13:59] and he buys more on the players
[00:14:01] on how they're going to be around the squad and everything.
[00:14:03] So Joe Linton, Gamarys, Alexander Ezek,
[00:14:06] he buys these books, he's buying into this project
[00:14:09] to have taken Newcastle from where we were
[00:14:11] which was bottom half of the Premier League
[00:14:13] and a terrible owner
[00:14:15] and no drive and ambition whatsoever
[00:14:17] but passionate fans and take things like
[00:14:19] no, no, no, we want to win stuff
[00:14:21] and this is a massive project.
[00:14:23] So don't even try and get me riled up about players leaving
[00:14:26] because I will have a childish tantrum
[00:14:30] and order chips and room service
[00:14:32] and throw them at the screen.
[00:14:34] I mean that is the type of content that we live for here.
[00:14:37] Send the ghost of Oberoi charging it on.
[00:14:40] He's called Teddy by the way, he's got an actual name that goes
[00:14:43] he's called Teddy.
[00:14:45] It's a casual name for a ghost.
[00:14:47] Yeah, it's too cute a name.
[00:14:49] I don't think I'd ever be scared of a ghost named Teddy
[00:14:51] I'd just go like, oh, and you did good.
[00:14:53] It's cool but look him up and then someone's seen him
[00:14:56] I know that. I want to see him, I'm going to go out
[00:14:58] as soon as he gets to midnight tonight
[00:15:00] because I fell asleep for six hours this afternoon
[00:15:02] so I won't be sleeping.
[00:15:04] I'm going to go out, I'm looking for him.
[00:15:06] I'm going ghost busting.
[00:15:08] Keep us posted on what you find, Swani.
[00:15:11] The other thing that I noticed in this victory
[00:15:14] that was really heartening
[00:15:16] and I would love to see a lot more clubs do this
[00:15:19] is did you notice I think it was after the first goal
[00:15:22] when the team was celebrating Dan Byrne
[00:15:24] made a gesture for the dumb and blind kids
[00:15:29] and blind fans at the stadium
[00:15:31] and they were wearing a section for those fans
[00:15:33] but were they wearing sensory shirts?
[00:15:36] Sensory shirts.
[00:15:38] So if you saw the sponsor with different RNID
[00:15:40] which is like the blind charity in the UK
[00:15:43] instead of the sealer
[00:15:45] which is like Saudi arms dealer or whatever.
[00:15:48] So there was a thing on the club's website during the week
[00:15:52] and it had two or three of the players
[00:15:54] and they're really good at this at Newcastle
[00:15:57] there's very strong links to the community
[00:15:59] and they had all these kids in who were coming to the ground
[00:16:02] and they were teaching them sign language
[00:16:04] which means how happy they are
[00:16:07] that he knows that they're being supported
[00:16:09] so when Newcastle scored Dan Byrne did that
[00:16:12] he remembered it and he did that for the crowd
[00:16:14] I think honestly, Jordy's loved Dan Byrne so much
[00:16:17] because he's like a local and he's from Blythe
[00:16:20] and his song even goes
[00:16:22] He's from Blythe
[00:16:24] You'll never ever be Dan Byrne
[00:16:26] and Blythe interestingly is where my family hail from as well
[00:16:30] where my dad's from so that's why we're all Newcastle friends
[00:16:34] So he's like even though this year
[00:16:37] he had a patch where he wasn't playing well
[00:16:40] and he was being skinned for pace on the outside
[00:16:43] you'll never find a Newcastle fan who will ever say anything bad about him
[00:16:46] he's just an absolute legend
[00:16:48] so when he remembered to do that
[00:16:50] for those little kids
[00:16:52] honestly I watched that when it came to me
[00:16:54] I was like, I'm just crying my eyes out
[00:16:56] that is absolutely legendary
[00:16:58] what a hero
[00:17:00] I just saw the statue coming like two years later
[00:17:02] there's going to be a Dan Byrne statue
[00:17:04] next to Bobby Robbson
[00:17:06] Bobby Robbson, Dan Byrne
[00:17:08] outside the hall of prayer
[00:17:10] Dan Byrne doing the sign
[00:17:12] of course the sign that he did
[00:17:14] said we love the fans
[00:17:16] which is just again
[00:17:18] how can you make this moment
[00:17:20] even sweeter
[00:17:22] like if there is a way that bird will find it
[00:17:25] let's go from Newcastle down south
[00:17:28] to London where Arsenal's title hopes
[00:17:31] suffered a massive dent
[00:17:34] Mukesh is looking mighty pleased because we're not talking about Liverpool's title hopes just yet
[00:17:38] we'll start off with Arsenal
[00:17:40] Unai Emery coming to the Emirates
[00:17:42] and trying to vanquish some ghosts of his own
[00:17:45] Yes! Unai Emery showing Arsenal's fans
[00:17:48] getting his revenge finally
[00:17:51] it was a good evening for him
[00:17:54] for him to be the Emirates
[00:17:57] but it wasn't the greatest week ever
[00:18:02] yeah it was brilliant
[00:18:04] I mean the fact that
[00:18:06] Arsenal went there and there's a type of fan in England
[00:18:09] there's Arsenal fans and they're all over the social media
[00:18:12] you'll have seen it and they get really passionate, really angry
[00:18:15] and they're all convinced they're winning the league on about November 1st every year
[00:18:18] I will say this before we carry on
[00:18:21] after the best team I've seen it in the UK this year
[00:18:24] they were brilliant when the UK's plan
[00:18:27] even though we beat them at St James Park
[00:18:30] O'Hara and the Emirates they absolutely trounced
[00:18:33] as they were amazing
[00:18:36] and I thought that they'd actually win the league this year
[00:18:39] and they still might because even though they sit to you a juggernaut at the end
[00:18:42] but the fact that
[00:18:45] they beat the fans in they get so into it
[00:18:48] and they slay every other team
[00:18:51] and they're still whining that Joe Lyddon found somebody
[00:18:54] or the ball went out playing the Ucasa League
[00:18:57] just so pathetic
[00:19:00] it didn't even lunatic
[00:19:03] yeah bang went out and did it
[00:19:06] the ball didn't even go to the field
[00:19:09] it went out and broke
[00:19:12] and the fans lose
[00:19:15] mostly with Liverpool in the UK I must say
[00:19:18] but I was still losing
[00:19:21] one of my really good mates is Dan Mousley
[00:19:24] who plays for England Lions Cricket
[00:19:27] you'll know this kid in a couple years trust me he'll be in the IPL
[00:19:30] he's class
[00:19:32] he is a massive Villa fan
[00:19:35] and he's got a season ticket
[00:19:38] he's in the middle of a game so he couldn't go to the game
[00:19:41] but he was in the middle of a cricket game
[00:19:44] and I was texting him just this is amazing
[00:19:47] he was almost crying he was so happy
[00:19:50] so yeah I was over the moon with that
[00:19:53] that's lovely and apart from Emmerid of course
[00:19:56] Emmy Martinez was also making a return to the Emirates
[00:19:59] where he was being booed throughout the game
[00:20:02] and then he pulls off that fantastic
[00:20:05] moment for them because once they got that save
[00:20:08] in Villa just turned it up a notch
[00:20:11] and went for the kill
[00:20:14] and post the game Martinez definitely had something classy
[00:20:17] to say about the Arsenal fans which is again
[00:20:20] weird coming from Emmy Martinez
[00:20:23] you don't expect that dude to say anything classy or do anything classy
[00:20:26] this is a guy who did a pelvic
[00:20:29] trust when the whole world was watching him
[00:20:32] and he decides to be classy while playing against Arsenal
[00:20:36] and I'm like that makes no sense
[00:20:39] you have the perfect opportunity to be a douche
[00:20:42] and everyone will be with you
[00:20:45] his whole life his default setting is douche day
[00:20:48] and for some reason he turned it off and he said
[00:20:51] I think it was 10-11 years I was here I've still got friends here
[00:20:54] I came here as a lad and left as a man
[00:20:57] I'll always love this club they're still second
[00:21:00] I've worked with Mikael I know how good he is
[00:21:03] this is not said by Emmy Martinez
[00:21:06] that's what he said on the camera
[00:21:09] and then soon the camera turned up red
[00:21:12] also have you ever actually heard
[00:21:15] Emmy Martinez talk because he has a heavy
[00:21:18] London accent
[00:21:21] he's grabbing no Flunden
[00:21:24] it is so weird to see
[00:21:27] because he's like yeah I've been here in it
[00:21:30] you're from Argentina don't you have a World Cup with them
[00:21:33] I know I mean London is mostly
[00:21:36] for what we call immigrants
[00:21:39] in England these days it's mostly foreigners
[00:21:42] so we'll take anyone to be honest
[00:21:45] you've seen our cricket team you don't have to be born and raised in England
[00:21:48] to play for England at anything so we're probably just trying to get him in the next World Cup
[00:21:51] because we keep picking Jordan Pickford for God's sake
[00:21:54] we need a better keeper
[00:21:56] are you just saying that because Jordan Pickford has roots in Sunderland
[00:21:59] or are you saying that because you genuinely don't rate
[00:22:02] Pickford as a goalkeeper because he seems like quite a good keeper
[00:22:05] for the national team
[00:22:07] it's like it's the past time in England to take the mickey out of Jordan Pickford
[00:22:10] he is a very good keeper but he's nowhere near the best English keeper
[00:22:13] Nick Poe is 20 times the keeper that Pickford
[00:22:16] but I'm horrifically biased towards Newcastle
[00:22:19] exactly but also Pickford is so error prone
[00:22:22] that you can't just bear to watch him in a tournament
[00:22:25] I can imagine he's perfect for the league but in a tournament
[00:22:28] when everyone is just attacking
[00:22:30] the thing is so with England
[00:22:32] so we get proper, I mean you've never seen a country get
[00:22:35] well you have actually because India is exactly the same with the cricket
[00:22:38] so the whole country gets so into the football
[00:22:41] when there's hardly euros or a World Cup
[00:22:44] we've not won anything since 1966
[00:22:46] we've been so close and we've got as good players
[00:22:49] as anywhere in the world these days and as a team we should start winning trophies
[00:22:53] but the whole country gets so invested
[00:22:56] and then the players who you think will be absolute superstars
[00:23:01] always and the ones who missed the penalties in the shootouts like Saka
[00:23:05] the guys who are donkeys
[00:23:07] in most people's eyes are Harry McGuire and Pickford
[00:23:11] who get slated, of course they're not
[00:23:13] they're brilliant footballers
[00:23:14] they always play well for England
[00:23:16] so it's this massive thing at the minute that we've got
[00:23:19] if you write down the names of the starting eleven
[00:23:22] it's a phenomenal eleven
[00:23:25] from the back up to the front
[00:23:27] you know you've got world-class players
[00:23:29] but then Harry McGuire and Jordan Pickford are in it
[00:23:31] everyone's saying well they're doing it
[00:23:33] but I always say no
[00:23:34] if you watch Harry McGuire's penalty
[00:23:36] in the final of the Euros after
[00:23:38] it is simply the greatest penalty ever taken
[00:23:41] by any human being
[00:23:43] and so I actually think
[00:23:45] even though he's so error-prone
[00:23:47] or has been for Man United
[00:23:48] I think that's mainly because he's at Man United
[00:23:51] and they sold their souls to the devil
[00:23:53] they called the Red Devils
[00:23:54] 35 years ago
[00:23:56] I'm sure that they said right
[00:23:57] okay if we win everything for the next 15, 20 years
[00:24:00] we'll happily be absolutely rubbish
[00:24:02] and everyone laugh at us for the next 10
[00:24:04] and I think that's what they did
[00:24:06] and Harry McGuire suffered because of that
[00:24:08] yeah that's absolutely exactly what's happening
[00:24:10] as a United fan I completely
[00:24:12] echo that sentiment
[00:24:14] it's a depressing time to be one
[00:24:16] but yes
[00:24:18] Buki you have something to say
[00:24:20] No I'm loving this
[00:24:22] authentic Banto
[00:24:24] I thought I could see
[00:24:26] I could see on your face that you had a thought
[00:24:28] that you wanted all into the world
[00:24:30] Bring it on bring it on come on
[00:24:32] I'm enjoying this honestly I'm enjoying authentic Banto
[00:24:34] straight from the heart of England
[00:24:36] none of this
[00:24:38] important Banto that we do
[00:24:40] this is what I'm saying
[00:24:42] What we're talking about Man United
[00:24:44] by the way can I just say that Marcus Rashford
[00:24:46] gets a lot of grief at the minute
[00:24:48] I admire
[00:24:50] his lack of tracking back
[00:24:52] and closing down
[00:24:54] more than anything else
[00:24:56] if ever there's a more public display
[00:24:58] of I just don't want to do that so I'm not going to bother
[00:25:00] it's like he's playing with a massive
[00:25:02] hangover all the time
[00:25:04] he tried to do the other way didn't he
[00:25:06] yeah yeah yeah
[00:25:08] but when they show all these things
[00:25:10] so a match of the day which is this
[00:25:12] very famous English show
[00:25:14] every Saturday after the game
[00:25:16] they show a match of the day in the e-bit and you see the highlights
[00:25:18] of all the games
[00:25:20] and then they have old experts on
[00:25:22] and they'll just highlight a few things
[00:25:24] every week now they're just saying
[00:25:26] what is Rashford doing
[00:25:28] and then they just watch him like pretend to track back
[00:25:30] and then be running round because he's 100%
[00:25:32] I'm in this team to score goals
[00:25:34] I'm going that way mate
[00:25:36] I'm going forward I ain't going back
[00:25:38] so I'm going to get more of that
[00:25:40] if ever I was a
[00:25:42] Premier League footballer I think his work ethic
[00:25:44] would be very similar to mine
[00:25:50] he jogs like he's messy
[00:25:52] like I feel like he does a noise rash
[00:25:54] I'm like you know what that
[00:25:56] it might be though
[00:25:58] you know on FIFA
[00:26:00] or EA football or whatever it's called these days
[00:26:02] you know if you sprint too much
[00:26:04] your energy levels go down
[00:26:06] and then you have that heart horse by the end
[00:26:08] I think he's thinking that all the time
[00:26:10] he's just saving his energy
[00:26:12] he's just not using it very well at the minute
[00:26:14] to go the other way
[00:26:16] the problem is if he's saving his energy
[00:26:18] to go forward when he goes forward
[00:26:20] you expect some lethal situation
[00:26:22] even that's not there
[00:26:24] but we will of course talk about United
[00:26:26] in detail in the second half
[00:26:28] where we will also talk about Liverpool
[00:26:30] and we will answer some of your questions
[00:26:33] we'll basically talk about Liverpool
[00:26:36] just purely because Mukesh had that reaction
[00:26:38] so I feel like we should lean into talking
[00:26:40] more about Liverpool and what happened
[00:26:42] to their title chances
[00:26:44] see you on the other side
[00:26:48] welcome back to the corner flag everybody
[00:26:50] and as always we begin the second half
[00:26:52] with your questions
[00:26:54] questions questions
[00:26:56] questions with the corner flag
[00:26:58] dude
[00:27:00] answers also
[00:27:04] alright
[00:27:06] the first question is
[00:27:08] from Ashwin underscore 040
[00:27:10] thinking of
[00:27:12] this is Rayochandran Ashwin
[00:27:16] keep the cricket out of Ashwin
[00:27:18] yeah it's just the spinners
[00:27:20] spinners have the most amount of time
[00:27:22] because I know Kuldeep Yadav is a big boss
[00:27:24] loner fan
[00:27:26] I like Kuldeep he's a really nice kid
[00:27:28] you know I've got a lot of time for him
[00:27:30] I always talked to him at the ground whenever I see him
[00:27:32] he's nice
[00:27:34] Ashwin underscore 040
[00:27:36] who could be Rayochandran Ashwin
[00:27:38] thinking of therapy
[00:27:40] as a remedy to this family league season
[00:27:42] that's just he's just sharing
[00:27:44] his woes with us
[00:27:46] alright I thought it's the question
[00:27:48] I'm just gonna have to do some work
[00:27:50] but the question is which club do you think he supports
[00:27:52] because he could support Arsenal
[00:27:54] it could be Liverpool
[00:27:56] it could be Chelsea
[00:27:58] it's definitely Chelsea or United
[00:28:00] I don't think any Arsenal Liverpool fan right now
[00:28:02] is thinking of therapy
[00:28:04] I'm thinking of therapy
[00:28:06] the greatest thing about football
[00:28:08] and the greatest thing about the Premier League
[00:28:10] is that I think every fan becomes so
[00:28:12] enveloped in their own team
[00:28:14] and you feel it
[00:28:16] as always they sing like at the start of the season
[00:28:18] it's oh great here's how
[00:28:20] the performances of 11 men
[00:28:22] actually nothing to do with me whatsoever
[00:28:24] they're gonna completely affect my mood
[00:28:26] for the next nine months
[00:28:28] brilliant let's bring it on
[00:28:30] and you get so invested in it
[00:28:32] and the difference between a good weekend
[00:28:34] and a bad weekend for your team
[00:28:36] can actually make or break your week
[00:28:38] and stuff like that
[00:28:40] I mean it's crazy
[00:28:42] but every fan will feel hard done by
[00:28:44] in a season apart from what I reckon this year
[00:28:46] in England
[00:28:48] man city fans are used to just being
[00:28:50] everything we're in the league
[00:28:52] Arsenal fans generally think
[00:28:54] they should win it
[00:28:56] but they're bottled in
[00:28:58] so they're not gonna
[00:29:00] Liverpool always
[00:29:02] play the victim and blame
[00:29:04] everything on everyone
[00:29:06] so they'll be feeling
[00:29:08] oh my god that's not fair
[00:29:10] the referee is like
[00:29:12] it's not fair
[00:29:14] they'll moan
[00:29:16] all the cockiness that support man united
[00:29:18] we should be winning
[00:29:20] Eric Kent and I
[00:29:22] Wayne Rooney
[00:29:24] I mean me as a new castle fan
[00:29:26] genuinely I was so excited
[00:29:28] about this season because of how well we did last year
[00:29:30] and then we were going great guns
[00:29:32] we're doing well in the league
[00:29:34] and we just beat PSG
[00:29:36] 4-1 of the Champions League
[00:29:38] and then one by one all the players get injured
[00:29:40] and you realise
[00:29:42] we really too have a small squad
[00:29:44] compared to home city or Chelsea
[00:29:46] and you see your season fall apart
[00:29:48] and our season fell apart in like
[00:29:50] six or seven weeks
[00:29:52] probably up until the end of January
[00:29:54] when we lost 3-1
[00:29:56] at home to Forest in the league
[00:29:58] and then we couldn't be
[00:30:00] Luton in the league
[00:30:02] and it was like this
[00:30:04] so at the time me and my son
[00:30:06] we're like we need therapy here
[00:30:08] we can't do this last year
[00:30:10] as soon as like
[00:30:12] well we can't get in the Champions League
[00:30:14] win the league cup whatever
[00:30:16] as soon as that happens
[00:30:18] you start playing well again everyone gets fit
[00:30:20] and you think yes next season I can't wait for next season
[00:30:22] and of course next season will come along
[00:30:24] and the same thing will happen again
[00:30:26] the cycle will repeat
[00:30:28] and it's just what I reckon one club a year
[00:30:30] like jumps out of that cycle
[00:30:32] and plays out of your skin
[00:30:34] this year is Villa without a doubt
[00:30:36] and like my mate Mouss who's like
[00:30:38] honestly with the best club in England
[00:30:40] I reckon we might win something
[00:30:42] and everyone knows that
[00:30:44] you've got some good players
[00:30:46] if people shut you down you're useless
[00:30:48] that's what I said to you
[00:30:50] oh by the way I was on the England A tour
[00:30:52] I was on the coach
[00:30:54] for this young English spin that's coming up
[00:30:56] and we were in Amdabad
[00:30:58] when Newcastle played Villa
[00:31:00] and so it was half one in the morning
[00:31:02] and me and Mouss said like should we stay up and watch it
[00:31:04] it's kind of a game or training tomorrow
[00:31:06] so we shouldn't
[00:31:08] so we did and we went to bed
[00:31:10] and I wake up I pick up my mobile phone
[00:31:12] like fingers crossed
[00:31:14] and Newcastle are beating him 3-1
[00:31:16] so I was outside his room
[00:31:18] and the music that they play on the stadium
[00:31:20] before the Newcastle goes I had it pumping
[00:31:22] and I was putting my phone to the bottom of his door
[00:31:24] and dancing around the corner
[00:31:26] oh that's one of the happy moments
[00:31:28] of my season
[00:31:30] yes there's a long winded answer
[00:31:32] I think everyone needs therapy
[00:31:34] at the end of a football season
[00:31:36] apart from Man City
[00:31:38] there's a team of lawyers ever
[00:31:40] and somehow avoid getting signed by the parents
[00:31:42] and they're the reason we need therapy
[00:31:44] exactly
[00:31:46] do you think Man City just went straight to
[00:31:48] OJ Simpsons Lawyers
[00:31:50] and said can you come and look after us
[00:31:52] please
[00:31:54] because we're guilty
[00:31:56] and everyone knows it
[00:31:58] to avoid these FFP
[00:32:00] or something
[00:32:02] and do they sell pizzas for a million pounds of time
[00:32:04] on the ground
[00:32:06] and the owners come up and buy 3 pizzas
[00:32:08] every week
[00:32:10] we made money
[00:32:12] it's just Noel Gallagher buying a million Kevin DeBurner jerseys
[00:32:18] alright
[00:32:20] I guess it's an effort to mock me
[00:32:22] but Meheta.ishan asked us
[00:32:24] what's the score Mukesh
[00:32:26] and I don't know if he's referring to the crystal palace game
[00:32:28] or the atalanta game
[00:32:30] he is
[00:32:32] I think the answer to that
[00:32:34] is yes
[00:32:36] but yes
[00:32:38] basically Sony we
[00:32:40] make fun of each other so Mukesh is a Liverpool fan
[00:32:42] I support United
[00:32:44] and we have two other people who support Chelsea and Everton
[00:32:46] if you can believe that
[00:32:48] but every time one of our teams has
[00:32:50] a bad day at the office
[00:32:52] and we lose
[00:32:54] the rest of us ask that person
[00:32:56] what the score was in a very mocking tone
[00:32:58] so that's why this particular
[00:33:00] listener has asked
[00:33:02] you're more than welcome to ask Mukesh
[00:33:04] that question as well if you'd like
[00:33:06] do you think if that game was still going on
[00:33:08] do you think Liverpool would have scored yet
[00:33:10] seriously
[00:33:12] and we're not with two days after it
[00:33:14] I mean
[00:33:16] not with how Curtis
[00:33:18] Jones played
[00:33:20] so my producer
[00:33:22] the director for the IPL
[00:33:24] when we were at Colcartson the other day
[00:33:26] while that game was going on
[00:33:28] it's called Craig Cosier absolute legend
[00:33:30] he's a Crystal Palace fan sorry
[00:33:32] so while I was on air
[00:33:34] because I always have my phone off camera
[00:33:36] on the football app because I'm English
[00:33:38] that's what we do
[00:33:40] and I was like Palace score
[00:33:42] Palace score is just don't tell me man
[00:33:44] don't tell me it's West India
[00:33:46] you can't lose it
[00:33:48] you can't lose the game
[00:33:50] and so when I rushed back to the hotel
[00:33:52] I got the last 20 minutes
[00:33:54] and you know when you turn on
[00:33:56] and I desperately wanted Palace to win
[00:33:58] because my major Palace fan
[00:34:00] and it's always funny when Liverpool lose
[00:34:02] and so
[00:34:04] when a team of 1-0 up
[00:34:06] and they're all defending
[00:34:08] and they're just being bombarded
[00:34:10] and let's face it Liverpool are so good
[00:34:12] at the minute and going forward
[00:34:14] at Anfield they're amazing they create chances
[00:34:16] that most clubs don't create
[00:34:18] and the fact
[00:34:20] it was like someone had bricked up the goal
[00:34:22] it was impossible for them to score
[00:34:24] like a Jedi force field
[00:34:26] around it or something
[00:34:28] and he was just beautiful
[00:34:30] but those 20 minutes
[00:34:32] seemed like about 2 hours
[00:34:34] imagine if you've been a Palace fan
[00:34:36] and I could hear Craig almost
[00:34:38] in my head screaming
[00:34:40] and he just he takes me
[00:34:42] I'm so happy that was the longest 20 minutes
[00:34:44] of my life
[00:34:46] it was great
[00:34:48] I mean
[00:34:50] it was so nice
[00:34:52] I think as a Man United fan this was
[00:34:54] the most amazing thing to happen
[00:34:56] this weekend
[00:34:58] and that just shows how far down
[00:35:00] we have fallen as Man United
[00:35:02] as the club because our joy
[00:35:04] stemmed from the fact that Liverpool lost
[00:35:06] and possibly bottled the title
[00:35:08] it was now their third
[00:35:10] and again they just could not
[00:35:12] buy a goal
[00:35:14] what was it that went wrong
[00:35:16] Mookie what Curtis Jones is missing
[00:35:18] horribly easy chances
[00:35:20] Salah's not scoring he's in my
[00:35:22] first
[00:35:24] that's the real tragedy
[00:35:26] that is the real tragedy
[00:35:28] who cares about who wins the title
[00:35:30] anymore
[00:35:32] when you pick your FPL team by the way
[00:35:34] do you pick players from your own team
[00:35:36] or do you leave them out so you don't jinx them
[00:35:38] I leave them out because I don't
[00:35:40] thank you I reckon that is the most common thing
[00:35:42] because there's people who obviously want
[00:35:44] to win the FPL
[00:35:46] who do like the thesis studies on it
[00:35:48] and all sorts and there's proper football
[00:35:50] fans so anyone
[00:35:52] so I started off with Bruno
[00:35:54] Gamares in my team because he's
[00:35:56] my favourite player by my
[00:35:58] and then he didn't have a couple
[00:36:00] of quiet games so I got rid of him and of course
[00:36:02] the second I got rid of him he started
[00:36:04] plowing the points Anthony Gordon the same
[00:36:06] I will not
[00:36:08] I think I'm actually just putting him on my team
[00:36:10] I need to get rid of him
[00:36:12] Alexander Isaac I got rid of him
[00:36:14] I think six games ago
[00:36:16] and he scored in every game since I don't care
[00:36:18] I'm bottom of my league I'm gonna get relegated
[00:36:20] but I don't care as long as he keeps pumping
[00:36:22] him in I love that we all do that
[00:36:24] I am so
[00:36:26] bad at FPL that I will tell you this that my
[00:36:28] stop my 11
[00:36:30] have gotten me 36 points
[00:36:32] and my substitutes have gotten me
[00:36:34] 38 points
[00:36:36] you didn't eat your bench boost
[00:36:38] I love that
[00:36:40] my thing is I don't
[00:36:42] use many United players in my FPL team
[00:36:44] because I don't want to jinx them
[00:36:46] because they don't get any points
[00:36:48] yeah exactly
[00:36:50] the jinxing is happening already
[00:36:52] with or without my inputs in FPL
[00:36:54] I'm just gonna look at my team
[00:36:56] because I'm actually
[00:36:58] doing so badly in my league
[00:37:00] that I forgot to every week I forget
[00:37:02] to do it too but I actually had a good week
[00:37:04] I just need cold parmer
[00:37:06] he's my only player left to go
[00:37:08] I've got 55 points
[00:37:10] nice
[00:37:12] that is very good
[00:37:14] I've just said I don't have any home players
[00:37:16] but there's one guy here
[00:37:18] Fabio Char
[00:37:20] Char, he won the board
[00:37:22] that only kept a clean sheet
[00:37:24] but also scored that header right there when the game
[00:37:26] has already won
[00:37:28] so that day
[00:37:30] everything went right for me
[00:37:32] it was perfect so not only
[00:37:34] man I had all
[00:37:36] days of sleeping bed I didn't have to get out of bed
[00:37:38] for anything so that's a massive
[00:37:40] Brucey bonus to start
[00:37:42] Newcastle won 4-0
[00:37:44] on the way to the airport
[00:37:46] I was in the car with Samuel Badgery on the way to the airport
[00:37:48] there was a house of candy
[00:37:50] at the airport
[00:37:52] which by the way
[00:37:54] if any of you guys in India have not tasted
[00:37:56] those little pink and blue
[00:37:58] bubblegum fizzy sweets
[00:38:00] you must
[00:38:02] immediately
[00:38:04] I might give up meat and vegetables
[00:38:06] and just eat these
[00:38:08] for the next 10 years
[00:38:10] oh my god
[00:38:12] I mean life
[00:38:14] everything went my way
[00:38:16] and then I got to Haunted
[00:38:18] man I love the Cockat and it's a haunted hotel
[00:38:20] it was like the greatest day ever for me
[00:38:22] but Fabio Char
[00:38:24] was the icing on the cake score on that header
[00:38:26] life must be looking
[00:38:28] really great for you
[00:38:30] after retiring from playing cricket
[00:38:32] because now that can be
[00:38:34] your meat and potatoes
[00:38:36] I can't explain how good they are
[00:38:38] I was just going to say
[00:38:40] life feels very good
[00:38:42] because your team remembers how to score goals
[00:38:44] I haven't experienced a goal
[00:38:46] in about a week
[00:38:48] 10 days
[00:38:50] had Newcastle not won that game
[00:38:52] their sweet shop would have been closed
[00:38:54] the flight would have been delayed
[00:38:56] I would run out of battery
[00:38:58] in the middle of doing something
[00:39:00] when it goes well
[00:39:02] it's all based down to your football team
[00:39:04] yeah
[00:39:06] speaking of things not going well
[00:39:08] and going well
[00:39:10] United 2, Bournemouth 2
[00:39:12] another horrible performance
[00:39:14] lucky to get a point as well
[00:39:16] very lucky to get a point
[00:39:18] we did not deserve anything
[00:39:20] from that game that penalty was just
[00:39:22] I mean somebody was praying for us
[00:39:24] I guess
[00:39:26] and they got us that penalty but it was just abject
[00:39:28] like that performance was depressing
[00:39:30] and that is the kind of performance
[00:39:32] we want to go to therapy
[00:39:34] where do you stand on Eric Tenhark then
[00:39:36] I really want him
[00:39:38] to stay on because I feel like
[00:39:40] he could have a plan
[00:39:42] under slightly more competent
[00:39:44] ownership with a slightly more robust
[00:39:46] recruitment structure
[00:39:48] where we can get better players for
[00:39:50] not as much money
[00:39:52] but it's
[00:39:54] every week it gets harder and harder
[00:39:56] to support him
[00:39:58] because he keeps saying
[00:40:00] he has a plan but we just can't see it
[00:40:02] unless the plan is true
[00:40:04] I think his plan is to get rid of all the players
[00:40:06] and they can't do nothing
[00:40:08] I mean that's
[00:40:10] a very ambitious plan
[00:40:12] and probably what do we need
[00:40:14] for the profit and sustainability
[00:40:16] it's a good job at United have so much
[00:40:18] outside sources because they
[00:40:20] paid stupid money
[00:40:22] for years and I'm building up this squad
[00:40:24] and
[00:40:26] someone asked me the other day
[00:40:28] or didn't ask me I was reading about it
[00:40:30] because I'm a football geek and I read about football all the time
[00:40:32] saying but they're just playing manager
[00:40:34] after manager after manager
[00:40:36] and yet the team, the players have all stayed the same
[00:40:38] is there about time
[00:40:40] that someone just turned around
[00:40:42] and realised the players on the field
[00:40:44] 8, I think they are good enough
[00:40:46] of course they are good enough, they're world class players
[00:40:48] but the way that they play
[00:40:50] and the seeming attitude to everything
[00:40:52] so one guy comes in
[00:40:54] and they say he trains us too hard
[00:40:56] it doesn't train us hard enough
[00:40:58] another guy comes in, it's the players
[00:41:00] it's not the gaffer
[00:41:02] get your captain
[00:41:04] who doesn't dive on the floor and cheat all the time
[00:41:06] that would be a star
[00:41:08] yes I think we all know that
[00:41:10] I mean I don't think there is anyone
[00:41:12] when you see all those clips of Fernandez running into defendants
[00:41:14] throwing himself on the floor
[00:41:16] I mean come off it
[00:41:18] as a skipper just think what would Roy Keane say
[00:41:20] would you ever see Roy Keane do that
[00:41:22] so many nights for years
[00:41:24] many nights for years in England
[00:41:26] I mean everyone hated him because they were so good
[00:41:28] and they were brilliant
[00:41:30] under Fergie
[00:41:32] and you had Beckham, Gig, Skolls, Keane
[00:41:34] Bruce and Palace to pin it
[00:41:36] Cansonard is still the best player
[00:41:38] I've ever seen live
[00:41:40] I watched him completely
[00:41:42] Newcastle when they should have won the league
[00:41:44] in 98, I think it was a nice set
[00:41:46] like completely outplayed
[00:41:48] United, it was a joke
[00:41:50] but couldn't score, it was a bit like Liverpool this week
[00:41:52] Cansonard got one chance in the game
[00:41:54] and if Cansonard hadn't played
[00:41:56] it would have been a rout
[00:41:58] he got one chance in the game
[00:42:00] scored an unbelievable goal
[00:42:02] and that was it, you know he'd run the league
[00:42:04] he is easily the best player I've seen live
[00:42:06] by miles Eric Canson
[00:42:08] but everyone else
[00:42:10] really hated many nights
[00:42:12] but begrudgingly went
[00:42:14] God they're just so hard to beat
[00:42:16] because they had a steal to him as well
[00:42:18] Roy Keane was nasty
[00:42:20] on the field but he was like everyone wanted
[00:42:22] Roy Keane in their team
[00:42:24] now you look at them, they haven't got anyone
[00:42:26] with that sort of spirit and that backbone
[00:42:28] and I think it's wonderful
[00:42:32] Absolutely right on that
[00:42:34] notes Wani let's stop the football chat
[00:42:36] from the weekend here
[00:42:38] and move over to a final segment
[00:42:40] of this episode which is
[00:42:42] Mukeshish Quiz
[00:42:50] Music
[00:43:00] Hello everybody
[00:43:02] I think you need to work on your intro
[00:43:04] to your quiz a bit more
[00:43:06] I keep telling him the same thing
[00:43:08] Laughter
[00:43:12] Welcome to Mukeshish Quiz
[00:43:14] in which I quiz
[00:43:16] the football knowledge
[00:43:18] of my very
[00:43:20] not footballing guests
[00:43:22] alright
[00:43:24] there are six questions
[00:43:26] whoever answers first gets the point
[00:43:28] it's everybody's question
[00:43:30] and they're just random questions
[00:43:32] about football in general
[00:43:34] alright
[00:43:36] this is a non-exhaustive list
[00:43:38] but tell me what connects these players
[00:43:40] so I'm going to list out
[00:43:42] a set of players
[00:43:44] and just tell me what connects them
[00:43:46] Shay Given
[00:43:48] Louis Sahab
[00:43:50] Michael Chopra
[00:43:52] Andy Cole
[00:43:54] Danny Rose
[00:43:56] Danny Simpson
[00:43:58] yes but what else
[00:44:00] and also played for Man United
[00:44:02] Nope
[00:44:04] Shay Given didn't play for Man United
[00:44:06] but all the others did
[00:44:08] Nope
[00:44:10] I'm a bit disappointed
[00:44:12] No
[00:44:14] They're all definitely
[00:44:16] Newcastle United players
[00:44:18] Yeah
[00:44:20] Go through it again
[00:44:22] I'm thinking Chopra
[00:44:24] I thought it was going to be send me to Sunderland then
[00:44:26] Michael Chopra is still
[00:44:28] an absolute legend on time side
[00:44:30] because Sunderland were one of them
[00:44:32] up against his once and he came on a sub
[00:44:34] literally ran on the field and he hadn't even broken
[00:44:36] stride
[00:44:38] and he ran to the box and this free kick came over
[00:44:40] barrel's over the keeper and he bundled it in
[00:44:42] and then we went on to win 4-1
[00:44:44] he's still an absolute legend
[00:44:46] on time side because of that
[00:44:48] I don't know
[00:44:50] I'm just reading the list out
[00:44:52] once more
[00:44:54] Shay Given
[00:44:56] Louis Sahab Michael Chopra
[00:44:58] Andy Cole
[00:45:00] Danny Rose and Danny Simpson
[00:45:02] you have one more guess
[00:45:04] it's a non exhaustive
[00:45:06] list
[00:45:08] It's got to be Man United then if it's not anyone else
[00:45:10] Newcastle United
[00:45:12] Do they all go on the academy
[00:45:14] United or something
[00:45:16] Time's running out
[00:45:18] These are all players
[00:45:20] who've played for Newcastle
[00:45:22] and Sunderland which I think is one he almost
[00:45:24] said
[00:45:26] but you didn't say it fully
[00:45:28] I mentioned Sunderland though
[00:45:30] so I win that one
[00:45:32] Yes, one he wins this one
[00:45:34] He gets a thousand trees
[00:45:36] Andy Cole played for Sunderland
[00:45:38] I did not know that
[00:45:40] I did not know that
[00:45:42] Sorry sorry Andrew Cole
[00:45:44] he insists on being called Andrew Cole now
[00:45:46] Oh really?
[00:45:48] Oh yeah
[00:45:50] That's exactly what I said as well
[00:45:52] What?
[00:45:54] Imagine if you were going down the pub
[00:45:56] and your mate suddenly went
[00:45:58] I want you to call me Andrew from now
[00:46:00] Imagine the bounty again
[00:46:02] You just go shut up
[00:46:04] What are you having yourself
[00:46:06] He says oh I want you to call me Andrew
[00:46:08] not Andy, alright Andy
[00:46:10] You make it a point to never call
[00:46:12] him Andrew
[00:46:14] That's it he was just he had to call him
[00:46:16] Andrew Cole but he's alleged
[00:46:18] I was gutted when he got sold
[00:46:20] to Man United I was only young
[00:46:22] I was only about eleven or twelve
[00:46:24] I was gutted
[00:46:26] But then we got Sheeran
[00:46:28] Imagine Sheeran Cole playing together
[00:46:30] That would have been sweet
[00:46:32] That would have been sweet
[00:46:34] We go to the next question
[00:46:36] which is a name
[00:46:38] question which is
[00:46:40] Which club is called the Tractor Boys
[00:46:42] Ipswitch
[00:46:44] Which club's nickname
[00:46:46] He's English he knows this
[00:46:48] He knows this stuff
[00:46:50] They're going to get promoted this year as well
[00:46:52] They are they're playing so well
[00:46:54] I don't know if you know
[00:46:56] if you follow it but the championship
[00:46:58] at this time of the year is always amazing
[00:47:00] because the biggest game in football
[00:47:02] is the championship playoff
[00:47:04] So anyone who finishes from
[00:47:06] 6th to 3rd do semis
[00:47:08] and then a final to go up
[00:47:10] It's at the end of the season and everyone
[00:47:12] watches it it's a massive day
[00:47:14] but it's only the top two
[00:47:16] go up automatically Leicester were
[00:47:18] crouted my next door neighbour at home
[00:47:20] is Mureska
[00:47:22] the Leicester manager
[00:47:24] He leaves my actual next door neighbour
[00:47:26] at home he once
[00:47:28] appeared outside my front window
[00:47:30] and I was watching the TV
[00:47:32] and I was talking to my little daughter
[00:47:34] who's only 8 and she suddenly went
[00:47:36] Daddy there's a man outside the window
[00:47:38] and between our houses
[00:47:40] there's like a row of trees
[00:47:42] and his dog had run through this gap
[00:47:44] in the trees and was like running around
[00:47:46] His dog is called
[00:47:48] it's a big golden retriever beautiful dog
[00:47:50] I can't remember his name
[00:47:52] Chiro
[00:47:54] and his gate he's got electric gates
[00:47:56] and they're broken so he couldn't get out
[00:47:58] so he was out there knocking on the window
[00:48:00] asking me to open my gate
[00:48:02] sorry his dog was running around
[00:48:04] in your garden
[00:48:06] in the front of my house yeah
[00:48:08] so every now and again I'll come home
[00:48:10] and his dog will be there
[00:48:12] and his dog's name was Chiro
[00:48:14] Chiro yeah
[00:48:16] So Chiro was not immobile
[00:48:20] That's just the pace
[00:48:22] It was the pace
[00:48:24] It was right there
[00:48:26] It had to be made
[00:48:28] This is the perfect setup
[00:48:30] for the perfect pun
[00:48:32] it's like God himself
[00:48:34] created this situation
[00:48:36] for me to say this tonight to you guys
[00:48:38] I had the divine right
[00:48:42] but there he was
[00:48:44] Every now and again I'll turn up at my house
[00:48:46] and as I drive through
[00:48:48] so I open my gate as I drive in
[00:48:50] this big dog will come and greet me
[00:48:52] he'll come running out and he's Chiro
[00:48:54] that's it
[00:48:56] So anyway so Leicester City
[00:48:58] have messed up this massive league
[00:49:00] and they're Ipswich, they're tractor boys
[00:49:02] they might go up automatic promotion
[00:49:04] unless Sunderland, oh no
[00:49:06] Southampton or Leeds are looking strong as well
[00:49:08] but it's brilliant
[00:49:10] don't follow the championship you should do
[00:49:12] it's awesome
[00:49:14] I think it's available on fancode
[00:49:16] so a little bit of a plug
[00:49:18] for the people who pay us
[00:49:20] apparently they only employ very handsome people
[00:49:22] on fancode
[00:49:24] they do
[00:49:28] and the not handsome ones become writers
[00:49:30] which team
[00:49:32] is known as the Red Dragons
[00:49:34] or the Robins?
[00:49:36] Rexham
[00:49:38] well done Amog for this question
[00:49:40] and getting this right
[00:49:42] they just got promoted as well
[00:49:44] yeah they did
[00:49:46] that season 3
[00:49:48] of Welcome to Rexham is going to be fun
[00:49:50] that's the evil Hollywood money
[00:49:52] I'm not saying it's not
[00:49:54] it's not interesting either
[00:49:56] where the Saudi Arabian owners are worse than Hollywood owners
[00:49:58] I'll deny
[00:50:00] with all the stuff going on
[00:50:02] with all the stuff
[00:50:04] all the weird rumors here about Hollywood
[00:50:06] I'd rather have Saudi owners
[00:50:10] okay alright
[00:50:12] let's go to the next question
[00:50:14] I'm gonna read out a bunch of club names
[00:50:16] it's a non-exhaustive list
[00:50:18] tell me what is common
[00:50:20] to these clubs
[00:50:22] right?
[00:50:24] Al Ali FC in Egypt
[00:50:26] Urawa Red Diamond FC in Japan
[00:50:28] Crawley Town FC in England
[00:50:30] what is common
[00:50:32] and if you don't get it I'll give you
[00:50:34] two more names
[00:50:36] it was Al Ali FC Crawley Town
[00:50:38] and
[00:50:40] Urawa Diamond FC
[00:50:42] I'm not even gonna try and write that down
[00:50:44] I didn't even know how to spell that
[00:50:46] ahh
[00:50:50] I mean it's obviously something
[00:50:52] big it can't be like
[00:50:54] some obscure play called
[00:50:56] Jin Muhammad
[00:50:58] Crawley Town and no tourists have been
[00:51:00] quite a dirty hard nose team
[00:51:02] from the lower leagues
[00:51:04] in England
[00:51:06] it has something to do with the name
[00:51:08] like one of the nicknames of the club
[00:51:10] alright
[00:51:12] are they all nicknamed
[00:51:14] the diamonds or something
[00:51:16] something to do with diamonds
[00:51:18] diamonds but it has a little bit of a name
[00:51:22] no idea one guess
[00:51:24] okay one more keyword
[00:51:26] the manager of each has all served time in prison
[00:51:28] for
[00:51:34] well I'm gonna read out the next two names
[00:51:36] and then you tell me whether it still checks out or not
[00:51:38] is so adding to this list
[00:51:40] is the Belgium national team
[00:51:42] and the South Korean national team
[00:51:44] are they all called red devils
[00:51:46] they're all called red devils
[00:51:48] how did you
[00:51:50] which one gave it away then the South Koreans
[00:51:52] no the
[00:51:54] Belgium
[00:51:56] because that's
[00:51:58] united as well, it was Monday night it was gonna be the last one
[00:52:02] is there a North Korean football team
[00:52:04] do they play football
[00:52:06] they played the World Cup, they played I think 2018
[00:52:08] can you imagine
[00:52:10] the gunners
[00:52:24] I think they played the 2018 World Cup
[00:52:26] and then they lost all the three games
[00:52:28] in the group stage
[00:52:30] and then we lost Korea
[00:52:32] no one has heard of any of the players ever since
[00:52:36] and I'm pretty sure I heard about a player
[00:52:38] hiding out in
[00:52:40] what are you doing they defect
[00:52:42] a lot of them, get out of the country and they try to defect
[00:52:44] to the South and so
[00:52:46] have you ever seen the map
[00:52:48] this is a massive size map
[00:52:50] have you ever seen the map of the world at night time
[00:52:52] they take from the satellite
[00:52:54] the ISS base station
[00:52:56] and it goes over Asia
[00:52:58] and it's got South Korea
[00:53:00] and then there's a complete
[00:53:02] black space, it looks like a black blob
[00:53:04] you can't see a single street light
[00:53:06] or anything, it's North Korea
[00:53:08] and it's so ugly when you look at the map
[00:53:10] it's like I've got brilliant lights of cities
[00:53:12] all around it to the north, south, east
[00:53:14] and then there's just this
[00:53:16] like black hole
[00:53:18] on the map and that's North Korea
[00:53:20] you know they choose it
[00:53:22] I mean those people they don't even know
[00:53:24] they live there, the poor devils they live there
[00:53:26] and they have no idea that the rest of the world
[00:53:28] does podcasts and enjoys
[00:53:30] and laughs and likes football
[00:53:32] and they've just got that lunatic with his nuclear missiles
[00:53:34] in charge
[00:53:36] wow
[00:53:38] it's the only football team that trains
[00:53:40] not for the cup but for the fiction
[00:53:42] they train for their lives
[00:53:44] we do tiki taka for the visa
[00:53:46] yeah
[00:53:52] okay alright
[00:53:54] we got down to our last two questions
[00:53:56] which team
[00:53:58] in its
[00:54:00] native, okay
[00:54:02] native language is known as
[00:54:04] the sons of gods
[00:54:06] North Korea
[00:54:08] and the Jews
[00:54:10] and
[00:54:12] the Jews
[00:54:14] that took away my turn
[00:54:16] yep
[00:54:18] yep I was as shocked
[00:54:20] in the native town
[00:54:22] so yeah
[00:54:24] in the native language
[00:54:26] there are two names, two common nicknames
[00:54:28] one of them is sons of gods
[00:54:30] and the other one is the Jews
[00:54:32] is it Bokka Juniors
[00:54:34] it's not Bokka Juniors
[00:54:36] oh you're a
[00:54:38] I see what you did there
[00:54:40] you shortened the juniors I like it
[00:54:42] yeah
[00:54:44] oh I thought you meant the weird
[00:54:46] Argentinian connection of the Germans defective
[00:54:48] something like that
[00:54:50] of all the high ranking Nazi officials
[00:54:52] who ended up farming outside of Buenos Aires
[00:54:54] I'm just like hey
[00:54:56] we're actually the Jews
[00:54:58] this is one
[00:55:00] so I don't know if you watch a lot of documentaries
[00:55:02] I watch a lot of documentaries I love them
[00:55:04] and there's a distinct thing
[00:55:06] on all the Discovery channels everything
[00:55:08] there's the actual documentaries
[00:55:10] about space and stuff that Brian Cox
[00:55:12] those that are amazing
[00:55:14] and then there's the ones on the History Channel
[00:55:16] too that are like
[00:55:18] did hit the flight to the moon in the submarine
[00:55:20] stuff like that
[00:55:22] and ancient there's one called ancient aliens
[00:55:24] and stuff like that
[00:55:26] and you've got a few hours to kill
[00:55:28] just watch these programs
[00:55:30] some of the hairstyles alone of these people
[00:55:32] like the UFO hunters and everything
[00:55:34] make it all worthwhile
[00:55:36] and some of them are very compelling arguments
[00:55:38] and the one about
[00:55:42] the one about the ancient
[00:55:44] summaries everything but this one day I was watching it
[00:55:46] and they're all about these megaliths
[00:55:48] and these massive and they all say that
[00:55:50] there was a civilization thousands
[00:55:52] of years before like the modern day
[00:55:54] and I kind of agree that there's got to be something
[00:55:56] and anyway
[00:55:58] as I left I went into the kitchen
[00:56:00] and my dog rolled over on the remote control channel
[00:56:04] and when I came back in they were talking about Hitler
[00:56:06] in Buenos Aires
[00:56:08] and I was like
[00:56:10] well this took a leap
[00:56:12] we've gone from
[00:56:14] ancient megalithic structures
[00:56:16] to adult Hitler in Buenos Aires
[00:56:18] I'm like how are they linked to these two
[00:56:20] it took me about 25 minutes
[00:56:22] and I realised that the channel had changed
[00:56:28] That's fantastic
[00:56:30] Okay cool
[00:56:32] sons of gods and the Jews
[00:56:34] I feel like I know this
[00:56:38] No, no you definitely know the team
[00:56:40] obviously it's not some obscure to you
[00:56:42] sons of gods in the Turkish megalithic
[00:56:44] or something
[00:56:46] Is there a God of the Jews?
[00:56:48] I don't know
[00:56:50] I don't know if there's any other clue or I can't
[00:56:52] Okay obviously not
[00:56:54] not in England because
[00:56:56] not in England
[00:56:58] sons of God F.C
[00:57:00] sons of God
[00:57:02] You were having yourself fun you by the way
[00:57:04] what are you called? Sons of God mate
[00:57:06] We're that good
[00:57:08] I also call the Jews
[00:57:10] but with a little bit
[00:57:12] Jesus F.C
[00:57:14] Jesus F.C
[00:57:16] Give some other clue
[00:57:18] Give some other clues
[00:57:20] Henderson
[00:57:22] Iax
[00:57:24] It is Iax
[00:57:26] It is Iax
[00:57:28] No no it is Iax F.C
[00:57:30] They're called the sons of God
[00:57:32] because Henderson's moved
[00:57:34] from the Ferdinand the Hada whatever
[00:57:36] Yeah they go to Zolin
[00:57:38] which I'm guessing means the Jews
[00:57:40] sorry that's the son of God
[00:57:42] and they Jordan
[00:57:44] which means Iax have a very weird
[00:57:46] sort of history you know being called the Jews
[00:57:48] playing Bob Marley
[00:57:50] three little birds as their official song
[00:57:52] it would just
[00:57:54] the name Iax even the name Iax is such a
[00:57:56] weird name like why are you referencing
[00:57:58] some random Greek mythology
[00:58:00] for it club based in Amsterdam
[00:58:02] I was on the Amos as a 19
[00:58:04] Cricket Tour in Cape Town once
[00:58:06] and we
[00:58:08] trained at the Iax
[00:58:10] training ground in Cape Town
[00:58:12] they've got like an academy there
[00:58:14] that I found really weird
[00:58:16] but this is where Iax would like
[00:58:18] still one of the biggest teams in Europe
[00:58:20] an amazing famous but they did
[00:58:22] Tiki Taken before Barthelona didn't they
[00:58:24] and they're amazing
[00:58:26] but we had a kick around on their football
[00:58:28] on their training pitch that was
[00:58:30] the best surface I've ever known
[00:58:32] in my life
[00:58:34] You know
[00:58:36] good sons of God
[00:58:38] I'm not doing very well on this
[00:58:40] I'm just good but
[00:58:42] I mean I think you were tired
[00:58:44] I think you're tired this is
[00:58:46] both tired and this is the last question
[00:58:48] and
[00:58:50] which team is called
[00:58:52] in its native tongue
[00:58:54] called the companies 11
[00:59:00] and again I'll give you a clue it's because
[00:59:02] there's a company's name
[00:59:04] in the name of the
[00:59:06] Bioliver Cusin
[00:59:08] that is very very
[00:59:10] I didn't even have time to type that
[00:59:12] it's a Google
[00:59:22] I said
[00:59:24] I would have come up with
[00:59:26] Z Technologies
[00:59:28] it would have said
[00:59:30] that would have been right
[00:59:32] that would have been no good whatsoever
[00:59:34] they've just won the league haven't they
[00:59:36] they have
[00:59:38] beaten as well
[00:59:40] that is another thing
[00:59:42] that's going to just rub it in
[00:59:44] for Arsenal fans
[00:59:46] the granite jacket has come
[00:59:48] you see how happy he looked
[00:59:50] I love the end of season
[00:59:52] when they go inside the changing rooms
[00:59:54] celebrations everything
[00:59:56] and if you're offended
[00:59:58] by alcohol or whatever
[01:00:00] I apologise if you're listening
[01:00:02] but the fact that they've got this massive German style
[01:00:04] massive German
[01:00:06] so when I got married
[01:00:08] I don't know if you do it in India
[01:00:10] but we have stag dos
[01:00:12] where you go on a
[01:00:14] trip with all your mates
[01:00:16] my brother was my best man and he took me to the
[01:00:18] Stuttgart beer festival
[01:00:20] so not the Berlin festival
[01:00:22] it's like the Oktoberfest the film
[01:00:24] Stuttgart do you want a week after Berlin
[01:00:26] week after Munich
[01:00:28] and it was
[01:00:30] amazing and the girls bring out
[01:00:32] eight of those
[01:00:34] stones at once and I've never seen
[01:00:36] a more aggressive feet in my life
[01:00:38] and unless Marcus Ratchford
[01:00:40] tracks back and tackles someone
[01:00:42] next year it will remain
[01:00:44] the most amazing thing I've ever seen
[01:00:46] you know there's something about that
[01:00:48] German beer because I saw the
[01:00:50] clips from the dressing room at Biola
[01:00:52] Wichu's and when Javier Lonzo was being drenched
[01:00:54] in it and he was drinking from that massive
[01:00:56] drink there's something about that
[01:00:58] German beer just makes it look a little
[01:01:00] more delicious
[01:01:02] it's amazing German beer
[01:01:04] but there's just something about how it looks
[01:01:06] that oh this will taste fantastic
[01:01:08] right on that note
[01:01:10] guys what a fantastic episode
[01:01:12] I think it's time for us to call it
[01:01:14] a day thank you so much Swani
[01:01:16] for joining us on this
[01:01:18] on this episode it was so much
[01:01:20] fun to have you here I don't think
[01:01:22] we've laughed as much as we've laughed
[01:01:24] I've been a lot of fun
[01:01:26] and we should all probably go
[01:01:28] watch the IPL now
[01:01:30] we should because we are recording that
[01:01:32] in just a moment so we should go
[01:01:34] before we go Swani on your Instagram
[01:01:36] where can they find you on social media
[01:01:38] if you want to just plug that
[01:01:40] on Twitter
[01:01:42] or is it what's it called X
[01:01:44] this is how I'm so old
[01:01:46] I mean I'm 45 years old now
[01:01:48] I'm going to have to look at what my name is
[01:01:50] I'm at Swani G
[01:01:52] at Swani G 66
[01:01:54] yeah
[01:01:56] and Instagram is probably the same
[01:01:58] set this up for me my 8 year old child
[01:02:00] set this up for me
[01:02:02] oh no
[01:02:04] I'm official Graham Swann
[01:02:06] okay you're the official
[01:02:08] Graham Swann
[01:02:10] I didn't know I was official but apparently I'm official
[01:02:12] there we go
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[01:02:38] we will see you next week
[01:02:40] hopefully if you're free you can come next week as well
[01:02:42] we can
[01:02:44] Newcastle lose you won't see me
[01:02:46] but if they win again I'll be all over
[01:02:48] honestly yeah
[01:02:50] if Newcastle win we'll have you on again
[01:02:52] but yes absolute pleasure
[01:02:54] thank you so much for joining us and
[01:02:56] see you around