Liverpool Knocked Out!

[00:00:00] Hello dear listeners of The Corner Flag, before we begin this episode which is episode 247 I have a bit of bad news to tell you guys.

[00:00:09] Unfortunately last night while we were recording we recorded a nice long meaty juicy episode which went up to about an hour or 20 minutes because the second half was filled with fantastic quiz that Mukesh organized for us but unfortunately due to technical issues we lost the data from the second half of the year.

[00:00:30] We are still trying to get that sorted. We are speaking to tech support they are trying to retrieve that data for us and if they are able to we will release that part of the episode as a separate episode later on in the week but for now we have 8-8 30 minute episodes that talks about the FA Cup, that talks about whatever results happen in the Premier League especially spurs lost to Fulham and of course the highlight is United's victory over Liverpool.

[00:00:58] That is what we are all here for anyway right so luckily thankfully fortunately that was not affected and that is still out there so I really do hope that you enjoy listening to this episode and hopefully we will get the quiz out to you later in the week. Hope you have fun.

[00:01:18] This entire episode is going to be me asking Mukesh what the score was welcome to The Corner Flag, Amogh, Amogh, Amogh, and Dan Fashan.

[00:01:28] Oh Mukesh has come here with a freshly shaven face and a freshly knocked out team from the airfing cup.

[00:01:44] Oh what a night, what a morning it feels so good to be here but before we get into United versus Liverpool we are very close to hitting 400 subscribers on YouTube guys.

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[00:02:23] I think we've been watching it so closely like okay what is today? What is the next day? I think we're very close looking at it.

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[00:03:35] Yes, I'm hit those like buttons and everything else even happier than Amog is right now.

[00:03:40] Oh yeah, even I'm fucking happy right now. I don't remember the last time I had a good night's sleep and I woke up you know happy.

[00:03:50] This is happening today.

[00:03:52] I'm very happy.

[00:03:53] I don't remember the last time I slept so badly and I woke up so unhappy.

[00:03:57] It's like freaky Friday.

[00:04:00] My life has been gone.

[00:04:01] I was like, you know, I was a realist. It's not a few times since I've been on this podcast someone asked me on this course.

[00:04:14] It's very well. The question is rarely been asked to me. I'm not regretting it. I don't want to jinx it but I guess that can happen.

[00:04:22] That can happen. But yes, we have to start at that place because there's not a lot that happened in English football this week around because it was a fake up weekend, Chelsea beating Leicester, United beating Liverpool and there were some nonsense results in the Premier League but who gives a fuck about that?

[00:04:41] Mukesh, as is the tradition of this podcast I think I have to start with the question what was the score?

[00:04:49] It was

[00:04:52] 3-2 to Coventry.

[00:04:55] It was and United now face Coventry in the semi finals.

[00:05:00] It was 4-3-2

[00:05:04] Manchester United who beat Liverpool to a last minute extra time among the other goal.

[00:05:15] Okay, also how amazing is it that Anthony scored with his right foot?

[00:05:24] 3-6 degree turn or something.

[00:05:28] That was so much fidget spinner.

[00:05:34] All the time in India double.

[00:05:36] Yeah, like he's just like I will take this nonsense toy that you compare me to and I will show you that it fucking works sometimes.

[00:05:42] I don't put in it.

[00:05:44] For me, it feels like a canon event.

[00:05:46] Like you know, now MCU had this whole canon event thing right?

[00:05:48] Like this thing that changes feet in a seismic way and I feel like shit.

[00:05:53] Yeah.

[00:05:54] Is this one of those events?

[00:05:55] Yeah.

[00:05:56] Because really like it felt like that.

[00:05:57] Like oh my god, it was so unusual.

[00:06:00] It was so embarrassing.

[00:06:03] It was.

[00:06:04] It was that goal.

[00:06:05] It was from that player to this team.

[00:06:09] But what a game.

[00:06:11] I mean, we were talking about for the neutrals and then what that means in the world of football.

[00:06:17] What is neutral?

[00:06:18] It's neutral for watching these games.

[00:06:20] But it was a fantastic game like if you were watching it and you were not a fan of United or Liverpool.

[00:06:25] I think it was a fantastic game to watch.

[00:06:28] And in perfect panwati fashion,

[00:06:33] I wasn't watching the game.

[00:06:35] And then 10 minutes in Scott McTominix scores and I'm like, oh fuck this is great.

[00:06:39] Now you have to watch.

[00:06:40] Yeah.

[00:06:41] United are one thing up.

[00:06:42] And I was at a bar.

[00:06:43] I was at a bar with my friends and I asked the guys at the bar to put the TV on to that channel.

[00:06:48] They didn't have the channel on that of late.

[00:06:51] I made them pay 19 bucks and subscribe.

[00:06:56] You know what?

[00:06:57] It's worth it.

[00:06:58] I think just for those 19 rupees, I'm glad United one.

[00:07:01] Yeah.

[00:07:02] And he was very happy to do it because we were there for a very long time.

[00:07:06] We drank a lot.

[00:07:07] So we was like, sir, I will give you Sony 10 sports plus free dessert.

[00:07:11] You are killing it.

[00:07:14] You are making this venture profitable for me tonight.

[00:07:19] So well done.

[00:07:20] So then I start watching the game and immediately two goals from Liverpool.

[00:07:24] And like, yeah, why did I?

[00:07:26] Why did I do this?

[00:07:27] And then in the second half, United just what the fuck happened?

[00:07:32] What the fuck did happen.

[00:07:33] And like I mean, yeah, okay, you know what credit where it's credits you, United played really well.

[00:07:38] They clung on old traffic was really behind them.

[00:07:40] I think it's been a while since I've seen old traffic be that good but also be behind this team.

[00:07:46] That's strongly.

[00:07:47] Yeah.

[00:07:48] Right.

[00:07:49] I could claim whether it was even the smallest of touches were getting cheers.

[00:07:52] The clearances were getting cheers.

[00:07:54] Yeah.

[00:07:55] And then I think it was running.

[00:07:57] We were getting cheers.

[00:07:58] It was fantastic to see.

[00:07:59] And I think none of this generation of Liverpool players had never seen old traffic.

[00:08:04] And they've definitely not seen it at its prime.

[00:08:07] And I think this is probably like at least 50 to 60% of old traffic at its prime in terms of getting behind the players or getting bringing that heat.

[00:08:16] Very good.

[00:08:17] And I do think Liverpool were extraordinary careless extraordinary careless in the second half.

[00:08:23] And I think I think I'm a message in the group also about my prediction that I felt like a substitute is going to score.

[00:08:30] And I do all the anti-meow score because I thought Liverpool were rightly punished.

[00:08:33] I think they played football for 45 minutes and they were like, okay, child of a guy.

[00:08:36] This United team are going to beat them on humiliate them or whatever.

[00:08:39] And I thought they were punished.

[00:08:41] United just I just checked United scored.

[00:08:43] I think three goals in the last 33 minutes counting extra times.

[00:08:46] So that means they were getting charged up.

[00:08:48] Yeah.

[00:08:49] And Liverpool had probably just scored one and that was also a reflection of the United defenders.

[00:08:53] They were clearly after the first 45 minutes they were out.

[00:08:57] Yeah.

[00:08:58] So yeah, it was excellent.

[00:08:59] I remember our little group chat on WhatsApp when Rashford missed that chance.

[00:09:05] Yeah.

[00:09:06] You know, just just just in the end of regulation time he had a lovely time.

[00:09:09] A fantastic first touch also the way he took it away, set himself up was so well done.

[00:09:14] He just didn't get the right finish on it.

[00:09:17] It was very unlucky.

[00:09:18] It's not like it was a bad finish.

[00:09:19] It was a bad finish only in the sense that it didn't go in the back of the neck.

[00:09:23] But he did everything right and was just whiskers away.

[00:09:27] But at that point, and this was 11-24 p.m.

[00:09:31] You message saying no, no United are going to get an equalizer for sure.

[00:09:37] And two minutes later.

[00:09:40] Two minutes later.

[00:09:43] The equalizer comes.

[00:09:45] So yeah.

[00:09:46] Thank you for that.

[00:09:47] Moved to the end.

[00:09:48] Yes.

[00:09:49] Three more footballing instincts and skills were on point.

[00:09:52] I think I mean, you know, the side chat with the friend, I mean quite a few predictions about

[00:09:56] Saho Sahara's going to be shit because yeah, Liverpool was just terrible.

[00:10:01] Especially second half Liverpool were terrible like they were wasteful.

[00:10:05] They were arrogant in the roles and so the world arrogant in a completely negative way.

[00:10:11] Yeah.

[00:10:12] They behaved badly.

[00:10:13] They didn't play like a team that should hold on to a lead.

[00:10:17] They would clearly disrespect it, man United.

[00:10:19] They have reason to do so considering that the passers-hands have been that bad.

[00:10:23] No, it wasn't.

[00:10:24] It wasn't.

[00:10:25] It wasn't.

[00:10:26] It wasn't a good thing to do.

[00:10:27] I'm saying, it wasn't a good thing to do.

[00:10:29] I mean, they have reason to disrespect United but they should not be doing that.

[00:10:33] It was a bad thing.

[00:10:34] The small and the little punished for it.

[00:10:36] These small digs don't make any difference because what club wanted, what a quadruple.

[00:10:41] No, it is last season.

[00:10:42] Quadruple is the thing that FFC is the one who won't be able to do quadruple.

[00:10:46] No, they are only one.

[00:10:48] They are talking to the family.

[00:10:49] Quadruple is the one who did not do it.

[00:10:51] I feel like this is amazing.

[00:10:53] This is a club on notice period.

[00:10:55] He is like the other guy in my mind.

[00:10:57] There's a different vibe to somebody who is on notice period.

[00:11:00] Yeah.

[00:11:01] What I also know.

[00:11:03] I feel like what you're saying about Liverpool is right.

[00:11:07] They didn't play like a train that disrespected United and all of that.

[00:11:12] But I feel like the biggest issue that Liverpool had was they couldn't deal with Eric and Hans tactics.

[00:11:18] It was a tactic in Master Klaas from Eric and Hans because what do you do when Eric McWire is playing up front?

[00:11:25] Christian Ericson, Andrew Noff and Andrew Susentabhatz and Anthony is playing left back.

[00:11:30] What do you do as an opposition manager?

[00:11:33] I do do man marking.

[00:11:35] But if it's Harry McWire they are like Cody Gakpo has to mark Harry McWire.

[00:11:39] So they are like, they do possession because at some point I don't think United had any midfield.

[00:11:44] There were five defenders lobbing it to five of the actors.

[00:11:47] That second half in the first half, we do 10 people on the back one rash for the front and run.

[00:11:52] That was basically it.

[00:11:54] You know, the Dutch football philosophy of Yuan Kriyef is inverting the pyramid.

[00:11:59] That's exactly what Eric and Hans did.

[00:12:01] He noted the line up.

[00:12:03] He had put a full eye in the house.

[00:12:07] But Anthony was not very happy at being told to play left back especially after he scored the equalizer goal.

[00:12:13] And he just couldn't believe it.

[00:12:15] He just couldn't believe it.

[00:12:17] I think it took him like three minutes before extra time started to realize it.

[00:12:22] Yes, the coach actually wants me to play left back.

[00:12:25] Yeah, I think by the end of the game there was were there even any actual defenders on the pitch.

[00:12:31] I think it just threw 11 attackers.

[00:12:33] Yeah, but I don't know who the actual defenders were here.

[00:12:37] Who traditionally started as a defender in life.

[00:12:41] Yeah, circle was the game.

[00:12:43] No, but I feel like it was the case of throwing 11 attackers on the pitch and then being like,

[00:12:49] Okay, now you guys defend.

[00:12:51] Yeah, it was it was bonkers but it it's a good one.

[00:12:57] And not many people will will say this about Eric enough but sometime you know a lot of times is is tactics and strategy and his substitutions have been called into question.

[00:13:05] But I think this time he got it spot on it.

[00:13:09] Completely confused Liverpool did it have any response any answers to what what United were doing and.

[00:13:17] And I think that was the biggest thing that United United just want it.

[00:13:25] It was very obvious that the players from United for some reason whether it's because the ultra-fotus finally behind them like raging and charging.

[00:13:33] Yeah, and whether the weather was livable would took it too lightly.

[00:13:36] United just wanted it so much more and you could clearly see.

[00:13:40] You could it was so obvious in the body language of every player they win like even someone like Salah who's like probably the most professional in the Liverpool squad.

[00:13:49] He was being careless with his touches and first touches and finishing and the passes and then when I saw he was not enough to say on the how like you know he's trying extra little bit here and there.

[00:14:00] Yeah, I did feel like you know it was so obviously the body language that United just wanted it more even when they miss I think.

[00:14:06] You're Ashford missed also quite a few easy chances in regular in regular time but I don't think that really demotivated him it pushed him further United.

[00:14:14] Uh crowd didn't really boom I think there's only one moment where I remember when they booting was I think he took a little too long to lob the ball and that that was actually felt like a good boo.

[00:14:23] So like I'm like hey it was a club who I don't do ticks huh yeah you don't do style of.

[00:14:28] Yeah, yeah.

[00:14:31] That was very good. I thought it was nice to see old Trafford behind him yeah it was nice because it doesn't happen often.

[00:14:38] Uh so it was a welcome change it was a pleasant welcome.

[00:14:42] I mean it felt like a welcome change for me and it was like for you.

[00:14:46] Yeah, uh Liverpool OK shit also I don't know if you guys noticed that one of the things reason why Liverpool also lost is they played mid week right.

[00:14:54] And now this club on since we're playing to miss games.

[00:14:59] I'm not blaming Liverpool only I'm not blaming anyone else I'm blaming Liverpool in club.

[00:15:04] So it was against part of Praha and Anfield and Liverpool has a five one lead which means for them to come back they have to score four goals at Anfield.

[00:15:12] Yeah.

[00:15:13] And Clark Clark has fielded the strongest team possible for that match because he made the aggregate 11 to 1 I don't know those two reason for him to feel such a strong team

[00:15:21] because in that same team Salah played Van Dyke played.

[00:15:26] Uh new nurse played. Yeah I think at some point they are like what was the point of feeling such a strong team because these players were either clearly exhausted or arrogant or both.

[00:15:36] The problem answers probably both yeah to the arrogant and have to exhausted maybe if they weren't exhausted the arrogance would have been covered up but I think.

[00:15:43] You know I've got it wrong on many many many levels because this is why why does beating spot up Praha 11 to matter.

[00:15:51] Yeah yeah no that's a very valid point because that is that and it just it is the arrogance right like it goes back to what you said about the disrespect that Liverpool had for United maybe they thought that United are a small fry and they're not really going to do much.

[00:16:06] They should be when they've been crappy for the last couple of years. Yeah they've been touched by Liverpool just the long yeah let it out let it out.

[00:16:14] Smalls I'm a benevolent dictator.

[00:16:18] I will let the plebs have the small joys.

[00:16:22] That's what Mookie is because you've killed it as big.

[00:16:26] Yeah because you've killed it and the big joy is getting crashed seven.

[00:16:31] Five minutes.

[00:16:35] But yeah so I just felt like it was a miscalculation which is something that you don't really expect from a from a manager like clock you know whichever you might hate Liverpool it you might hate clock he is a very good manager he is not a very successful manager but a very good manager

[00:16:53] because I mean nine years one Premier League one Champions League doesn't really doesn't really say much so one at all.

[00:17:01] No no yeah one at all means that in installments everyone wins everything.

[00:17:05] Chelsea also wins one at all.

[00:17:07] Not a forest with two Champions League champions.

[00:17:11] Yeah it's not a good match.

[00:17:13] I'm not sure but I saw that clock over a period of time the number amount of success he has received in nine years it doesn't it doesn't correlate is all I'm saying so I wouldn't say he's a very successful manager.

[00:17:29] I think he's a he's a moderately talented manager.

[00:17:33] I am a Liverpool fan hate comment saying.

[00:17:37] Starting with Mukeshman you're not but yeah so that disrespect did not you get if you get a comment from club or one for three.

[00:17:49] What is it?

[00:17:51] No one for three.

[00:17:53] Oh one for three is code for I love you.

[00:17:55] I'll how do you know this because I graduated from high school many years ago.

[00:18:01] Okay it's one for three.

[00:18:03] Yeah one for three.

[00:18:05] No if you're if you're saying LUV love then one three but we're following the proper even more Gen Z where he's like greater than three.

[00:18:15] Yeah.

[00:18:16] Yeah.

[00:18:17] Yeah.

[00:18:18] Yeah.

[00:18:19] Yeah.

[00:18:20] Yeah.

[00:18:21] Yeah.

[00:18:22] Yeah.

[00:18:23] Yeah.

[00:18:24] Yeah.

[00:18:25] Yeah.

[00:18:26] Yeah.

[00:18:27] If you're a club less than three also just something I'm saying.

[00:18:31] That's I'm not saying that it's club one for three versus club less than three.

[00:18:36] I mean club less than three makes sense because how many premier leagues just club have less than three so.

[00:18:42] It makes perfect fucking sense so yeah I feel like the dissim fact did come back to my time and.

[00:18:49] We have said this many many times and it it it trying to again what a sore fucking loser you're in club is.

[00:18:58] Did you see that clip where he was even approached match with the Scandinavian TV reporter and the TV reporter asked him about why Liverpool who are a team who are known to play with very high intensity under him as a manager specifically.

[00:19:13] He did not have that intensity in the second half and he just said that is a dumb question.

[00:19:19] I don't have time for this you do not look fit for this purpose.

[00:19:23] I don't have nerves for you.

[00:19:26] Now being being a Liverpool fan can you please translate this cloppism for us.

[00:19:32] Wait, there's an heavy so I think people have assumed he called him fat.

[00:19:36] Yeah, either.

[00:19:37] I would have clarified saying he didn't call me fat.

[00:19:40] He just said I'm unfit to for the on asked this question or whatever I think.

[00:19:45] I definitely think it's a very I do a reaction from club for sure but I think what you said I do think he was trying to say that he didn't play without any intensity which which I see which I disagree and I probably agree with the reporter little bit.

[00:20:00] I do think it was a good thing that Liverpool in the second half.

[00:20:03] In the first half, I do think Liverpool were there.

[00:20:05] Yeah.

[00:20:06] In the first half they were there and I think even the extra time they were playing reasonably intensely.

[00:20:10] It's just another thing that they got a lot of inexperienced like two three inexperienced players at some point they inexperienced catches up.

[00:20:17] But I do feel like second half they were just fucking around.

[00:20:22] You can't have nothing is a 5 feet to at some point and then be though and I think was gapo made the worst choice

[00:20:28] and I think lack of intensity was clearly shown in players like gapo aware of you again in Liverpool circle.

[00:20:33] He's the player that has been getting a lot of flak and right for I think right for you because he's been performing very easy.

[00:20:40] He's not a few not very intense performers is a guy who doesn't track back is a guy who's lazy so I'm getting him on for salad was proved.

[00:20:51] I'm not a boss league for Liverpool at the end of the day and that probably is the right or right observation be like hey.

[00:20:59] He I think maybe it's a mid point there are really some players who are definitely not up to the mark like gapo but I do think the reporter wasn't unfair in saying that Liverpool won't as intense.

[00:21:13] Yeah, yeah, and they were cool.

[00:21:15] I honestly just call it for it is it is lazy and arrogant.

[00:21:19] For me it was a red flag when Salah who probably I think is the most professional of everybody was the one taking it lightly.

[00:21:26] And it wasn't having a bad day as much as it was taking it lightly and the difference you can turn on the players having a bad day.

[00:21:31] Like I do think rashot is having a bad day when he missed early shots.

[00:21:34] I don't think he was lazy with them or he was yeah, which is fine margins.

[00:21:38] But I think Salah was just being lazy.

[00:21:41] That does mean that Liverpool are out once again.

[00:21:45] I say it on the mic Liverpool have been knocked out of the FA Cup.

[00:21:50] The quadruple dream is over and let's be honest even if they win the treble now, it's not a real treble cause the car about cup doesn't fucking count.

[00:21:59] So I mean there's also the Europe cup.

[00:22:02] I don't know if the Europe cup exactly right.

[00:22:05] It's not a treble or whether it's not the treble.

[00:22:12] It is a treble if they manage to do that.

[00:22:15] But okay but I feel much better knowing that at some point I think Arsenal counted the what does that cup that they have before this every season.

[00:22:21] Community shield.

[00:22:22] Community shield is part of their treble and I was like you know.

[00:22:25] Yeah, I'm good.

[00:22:28] It is a point it is basically a friendly.

[00:22:31] It is a preseason friendly just before the season.

[00:22:34] That's good.

[00:22:35] Good. You write at Liverpool banter ends with laughing.

[00:22:38] Exactly.

[00:22:39] Which is which is the perfect way to round this up.

[00:22:41] But yes, what that does mean is that you know,

[00:22:43] you go to being scared by off city.

[00:22:46] Yeah.

[00:22:47] That's another way to end the lecture.

[00:22:49] But yeah, so you know, I did do face now.

[00:22:52] I was going to be in the semi finals of the FA Cup on the other side.

[00:22:55] Chelsea who won four two against Leicester will be up against Manchester City.

[00:23:00] Trashan Chelsea beating Leicester in a game that was very, very eventful because Chelsea started off.

[00:23:06] Rolecester.

[00:23:07] Chelsea started off well.

[00:23:09] James Sterling had the worst game possible.

[00:23:13] He had one assist.

[00:23:14] Yes.

[00:23:16] But you know, you are going to be able to hit Parma but missing the penalty hitting that 3K.

[00:23:20] There's a bunch of other chances not agreed.

[00:23:23] Yeah, might out for him.

[00:23:24] But but I'd happy.

[00:23:25] Pretty bad.

[00:23:26] We got board.

[00:23:27] He got both.

[00:23:28] Yeah.

[00:23:29] And fortunately four to winner's over Leicester so Chelsea to advance.

[00:23:35] Where do we begin?

[00:23:37] Should we begin with the Dessacee own goal?

[00:23:39] Was okay.

[00:23:40] So.

[00:23:41] I agree that I know for a fact that this is a pretty bad but I also want to put this on Sanchez.

[00:23:48] Is positioning yourself?

[00:23:51] Yeah, I don't think that Sanchez was in the right position for it.

[00:23:56] I really think that if you're playing at the back, at least in your half,

[00:24:00] you shouldn't be standing that far ahead into the box.

[00:24:03] Right.

[00:24:04] Especially when you know the ball is coming back and when there's somebody chasing the player,

[00:24:08] I don't think Sanchez position was right.

[00:24:11] Of course, he to the moment, whatever the moment obviously got a disaster

[00:24:15] and you must have kicked it pretty much more than what you anticipated.

[00:24:19] No, I think it was also okay because the disaster was also under pressure from the Leicester City player.

[00:24:24] When you had that pressure, I think there was a little touch if I'm not mistaken.

[00:24:29] That kind of maybe put disaster a little off and he didn't play the pass perfectly.

[00:24:37] Yeah.

[00:24:38] So yeah, like I don't think the positioning is that what it for because that's how high goalkeeper

[00:24:44] is playing in the modern game anyway.

[00:24:46] No, but even with Sanchez, he hasn't...

[00:24:50] So I've seen this even when Premier League games or the FA Cup games they've played

[00:24:54] or the Caraba Cup whenever, Caraba Cup not as much but whenever they started from the back

[00:25:00] which Sanchez, he's just not comfortable doing it.

[00:25:03] He spends too much time on the ball even as he starts from the back

[00:25:07] and you can see that he doesn't know where he wants to move the ball.

[00:25:11] He doesn't know how many options are around.

[00:25:13] When you're a forward who knows that this team doesn't have a really strong defense,

[00:25:18] you can pressurize the keeper.

[00:25:20] I think he spoke about some of these like last week as well where he can pressurize the keeper

[00:25:24] and you see a little bit of that.

[00:25:27] You know that I think if I just make a little bit of a nudge over there,

[00:25:30] it might just affect them.

[00:25:31] It's one of those Sanchez, it doesn't seem like the keeper who should do that.

[00:25:35] He's also a keeper who's just coming back from a long injury also.

[00:25:39] Correct, I don't know what they didn't have.

[00:25:41] They didn't have a betrothic for something like this.

[00:25:43] Yeah, tried and tested well performing so also informed so I don't know.

[00:25:47] It's a bad call over there I think.

[00:25:49] Yeah, yeah.

[00:25:51] The sterling penalty then that was the other big talk about because that was...

[00:25:54] All is one of the worst penalties that I have ever seen.

[00:26:00] I don't know to say man that's like...

[00:26:03] I don't know even why they asked him to take the penalty kick.

[00:26:06] Yeah, that was my question too.

[00:26:08] I don't know why he's not a farmer.

[00:26:11] He's not a farmer.

[00:26:13] So I don't know why Palmer was not asked to...

[00:26:17] Again, there was really no...

[00:26:20] I tried to find something around it.

[00:26:22] I really couldn't find anything why he would have...

[00:26:25] They allowed sterling to take that penalty.

[00:26:28] Especially because he was injured in that foul.

[00:26:30] It was his injury that took that to the penalty.

[00:26:34] So...

[00:26:36] I don't know it's...

[00:26:39] Off.

[00:26:41] There's something definitely off with that.

[00:26:43] No, even the free kick that he took later into the game.

[00:26:46] Yeah.

[00:26:48] Where was that supposed to go?

[00:26:50] That's properly like...

[00:26:52] That was going to go to full him.

[00:26:55] Yeah!

[00:26:57] What a quick...

[00:26:59] I don't know. He just had a really bad day.

[00:27:01] I don't put this against sterling but...

[00:27:04] Is it just a really bad day?

[00:27:06] Yeah, yeah.

[00:27:08] It does... I mean tells you manage to get through Chupu Mecca and Manuake...

[00:27:12] I think with the two goals in the...

[00:27:16] In extra time again, I think this was also...

[00:27:19] Yeah.

[00:27:20] Let's turn unfortunately.

[00:27:22] Might be winning the championship but not getting anywhere close to the FA Cup.

[00:27:25] And they're on edge.

[00:27:26] And now you have to deal with Man City in the semi-finals.

[00:27:30] That's what I mean, man.

[00:27:32] Do us a favor.

[00:27:33] No...

[00:27:34] Loose two united in the final by waiting City in the semi.

[00:27:36] No, just do us a favor.

[00:27:38] Loose two united.

[00:27:39] Yeah, like I'm saying beat City.

[00:27:42] And then loose.

[00:27:43] Get to the finals and then lose to you right?

[00:27:45] And I say this because I feel I'm doing the same...

[00:27:47] This is like the loo-wool-ditty United.

[00:27:49] I'll call you on.

[00:27:51] I'll call...

[00:27:52] I'll call Posh and I'll tell them.

[00:27:54] And then he'll say this because his goal is what?

[00:27:57] Get the club to Wembley.

[00:27:59] Yeah.

[00:28:00] The reach to the finals.

[00:28:01] It's so...

[00:28:02] No, you win or lose.

[00:28:03] One minute, one minute.

[00:28:04] The semi-finals are also Wembley.

[00:28:06] So technically he has made it.

[00:28:08] Technically yes.

[00:28:09] Technically yes.

[00:28:10] Yeah.

[00:28:11] So...

[00:28:12] Yes.

[00:28:13] So, Kavit Kamogya and Rishmari and Kavit Kamogya came up to...

[00:28:16] They were almost a Bremili team last year.

[00:28:19] All of them.

[00:28:20] Almost all penalties.

[00:28:22] Lutin came through and penalties were not wrong.

[00:28:25] Yeah.

[00:28:26] So I can see...

[00:28:28] I can see that this respect is brewing.

[00:28:29] This respect is brewing.

[00:28:30] Very quickly let's talk about some Premier League nonsense.

[00:28:33] First lost to Fulham.

[00:28:35] And Ashton Vila who have not been playing well suddenly now

[00:28:39] have a chance to go back into the top four and stay there.

[00:28:44] But this is a result that nobody saw coming.

[00:28:46] Rodrigo Moon is for Fulham.

[00:28:48] Yes.

[00:28:49] He's having a hot fucking streak.

[00:28:52] Having a hot fucking streak and I don't know how Anjai has not figured out.

[00:28:56] No, no it's not about not figured out.

[00:28:58] I think Anjposter Kaurilu has a very specific way of play that he wants his first team to play

[00:29:05] and that's how they're playing.

[00:29:06] It's just that that does make them susceptible to these defeats on regular basis.

[00:29:12] I would have agreed that this way is a way to bet on had they lost three.

[00:29:18] You score two goals but you can see three and you're like okay, what some games?

[00:29:21] You can see three some games.

[00:29:22] You can see just one and you win the game.

[00:29:24] But to lose three nil to Fulham.

[00:29:26] No but that's not it.

[00:29:28] I feel like because Anjho also said...

[00:29:30] I think this was in the post match from this game.

[00:29:33] I think he said that I don't want to be in the top four.

[00:29:35] Which is clearly if you're going to play like this buddy.

[00:29:39] I mean it's not your world that's top in you.

[00:29:43] That's a strange thing to say as a manager that especially considering that I think many people

[00:29:50] please isn't give Tottenham a better chance and say seven.

[00:29:53] And in the first ten people that were talking about Tottenham winning the league

[00:29:59] and this is ten games which is about a quarter of the way into the season people were saying

[00:30:04] that's not my game of content to win the league.

[00:30:06] And now we don't want Tottenham.

[00:30:08] I did it Jack.

[00:30:10] How about you?

[00:30:12] How about you Jack?

[00:30:14] I rejected how about by not even applying some of those.

[00:30:16] You can't fire me, I quit.

[00:30:18] It is very much that but basically it was a bad SPL week.

[00:30:25] It was everybody played the free hit chip and I pitty those who didn't.

[00:30:31] I didn't.

[00:30:33] I pitty you for two reasons now not just for the Liverpool loss but also for your FPL,

[00:30:38] Shenanigans but no, everybody played the free hit chip and everybody got some

[00:30:42] and I went to any enemies like hard hitting players and they have all fucked up.

[00:30:48] So very much.

[00:30:50] Also before we go to have good to have did you see Belgium have revealed a new

[00:30:55] a way for the Euros?

[00:30:57] It's inspired by Tintin.

[00:31:01] Very cool.

[00:31:03] It's a very cool kit.

[00:31:05] It's basically the same colors that Tintin uses, light blue sweater that he wear.

[00:31:09] Yeah.

[00:31:10] Yeah.

[00:31:11] So it's brown shorts and blue jersey.

[00:31:15] Thoughts man.

[00:31:16] Kevin to Bruno is really good in look back.

[00:31:20] He's really good.

[00:31:23] He's got maybe change.

[00:31:26] Because like it's okay so he's has to be unlike him because for the all the years

[00:31:31] that we've known him, he just had that one little like I don't know army guy look over

[00:31:36] and I just shot in here and just like a little obstacle or whatever and I was

[00:31:40] come with a style and like it's like little Jack regulation.

[00:31:44] Yeah.

[00:31:45] And then I'm like now it makes sense that he really didn't want to be called again.

[00:31:50] So yeah maybe but I feel like his hairstyle now and the length that his hair is at right now

[00:31:55] is that the perfect length that you need for the little you know the weird

[00:31:59] off that Tintin has which is the little cool.

[00:32:03] So I think we can make it work but fantastic stuff.

[00:32:06] Right.

[00:32:07] So unfortunately this was the moment where we lost all our data.

[00:32:12] Thankfully to the technical gods we managed to get the first half of this

[00:32:18] episode sorted so we can still release that and all the FA Cup chatter was taken care of.

[00:32:24] The second half unfortunately is what we lost which consisted of a fantastic quiz organized by Mukesh.

[00:32:32] It was a lot of fun.

[00:32:33] I absolutely caked everybody's ass.

[00:32:36] Akersh also made an appearance on the second half of this.

[00:32:40] So I don't know what went wrong but unfortunately things did go wrong.

[00:32:44] However we are in contact with tech support to see if they can retrieve the data.

[00:32:49] If they are able to do that then we will release the second half of this episode as a separate

[00:32:54] episode later on in the week so hopefully that does happen and hopefully we listen to that as well.

[00:32:59] But until then this is the episode for now.

[00:33:03] Like I said thankfully the FA Cup chatter is taken care of so it is still a fun episode.

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