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It wouldn’t surprise me at all if he left in the summer and it just makes me think is he just going to unload on everyone for the next 3 months better is one day in your Colts than thousands elsewhere everybody Welcome to the football Rebel preview show the Prem is

Back and the afcon is here it’s Friday 12th of January I’m Marcus spella I’m Jim Campbell I’m Andy grle and I’m huner hello everybody good to have you with us on Friday of course it’s a it’s a sad Friday though um because yesterday uh former England manager sveno and Ericson

Revealed that he has terminal cancer and he said that um at best he has a year to live and I’m genuinely well obviously we’re all sad about it but like I really am do you know what I mean and uh it was very nice a lot of people um tweeted me

Of course but for such an everpresent person in our footballing lives for so many years is and of course on this podcast you know mentioned him so many times of course to to hear that news I yeah awful yeah really sad and you think of him I think of him as essentially

Ageless parents he’s always the same age if you like there’s been a lot of outpouring of support for him in uh Portugal and Portuguese football of course he’s still very very popular over there and it’s on the on the front of a lot of the Portuguese Sports papers

Today yeah and I think he’s still popular here I mean because of the the the type of character he was and me again like how many times have I me mentioned him you know largely unnecessarily because again that affection that we have I mean even though um as an England manager perhaps

Didn’t quite uh hit the highs that he would have liked that doesn’t seem to matter he I think he was like he’s a character who sort of transcends the environment that he’s been in though doesn’t he he’s he’s he’s more than just the former England manager or more than

Just the former Lazio manager you know he’s a huge huge character in global football really and that comes from from his character from his personality and the the sort of warmth he he he showed and how kind of I suppose unique his approach was um and it’s it’s very very

Sad news yeah I’m I mean I’m you know when we uh we interviewed him of course um a real high point that oh it was it was it really was lovely and you you just the the when people talk about his charm which is you know has been very

Evident throughout his life but not only that his um sort of calm and friendly approach as well it was yeah Sven we wish you all the best um and obviously we wish his family all the best right Gentlemen let’s talk about the Premier League is back tonight Burnley are

Hosting Luton Town a huge relegation six-pointer Burnley of course uh narly lost to Spurs in the FA Cup from that marvelous Pedro porro strike but they’ve looked a bit better Vish in these last sort of I don’t know month or or or two or whatever it’s been uh created a lot

Of chances and do you see these two teams as the relegation fodder that a lot of people did in the opening months of the Season or do you think that maybe there might be a little bit more fight in them do I think that the team in 18th

And 19 the relegation V probably yeah I I would say everyone’s opinions at the start of the Season specifically about the relegation battle have been well founded the thing I would say about Burnley that you mentioned about the the upturn in form I think that’s coincided

With the return of of L Foster as well who um to obviously took a break for mental health reasons and has come back and more or less picked up where he’s left off um you know he’s been responsible for seven of their goals and scored four of them and he has probably

Been the only player who’s actually got up to speed in the Premier League and you know this is quite an interesting meeting of two teams who you know I thought luten would be bottom um and I thought Burnley would do quite well and evidently we’ve seen we’ve seen more of

Luton at the peak of their powers in patches than we have of Burnley I think Burnley flattered to the even and actually been quite disappointed in giving all the buildup after how they won the championship last season whereas Luton we weren’t too sure about and I suppose therefore have exceeded our

Expectations to a point and the fact that there’s you know Luton a four points ahead of Bernie at this stage also with the game in hand perhaps highlights that well Foster being back is a is a potentially big Difference Maker as you say because I think Luton

Have been slightly better at both ends essentially they’ve scored a few more conceded a few less um but obviously when you have a Difference Maker like that coming back in perhaps that evens that up and Luton have a chance to go seven clear of Burnley if they win this

Game which is absolutely massive but I’ve really enjoyed watching luten I think we all have they’re starting to to you know make Ken kennworth Road a little bit of a kind of Fortress but even within those performances um there’s been a there’s a sense I suppose

That or not even a sense it’s just an observation that they’ll play really really well but there will be one absolutely huge goal gifting mistake in each game and they obviously have to cut that out and it’s more important than ever that they that they tighten up and

Make sure they don’t do something like that in in in what is essentially a six pointer yeah is is it possible to turn that muggy little ground into a fortress gym um I I would leave that to you to speculate on actually it’s more like the sort of the gate house isn’t it

Something grander it would be really sad I think if they weren’t in the Premier League anymore and you couldn’t have the away fans walking out going we can see you in the B to those people who live in the houses out the back you hate Kenn

With throw don’t you Andy I’m not I’m not fan of the way end no so the capacity is 11 11,500 I’d like to see you storm that I’d like to see you take that Fortress if it’s so difficult well of all the Premier League grounds Jim I’m glad you’ve given me that

One I all I need to do is basically break into one house and then I’m in sure well you got to raise your Army first unless you’re going to take everyone on yourself it was possible to take Old Trafford so it’s it’s got to be possible to take Ken

Roow you get through the roof don’t it’s quite hard because you land on the roof and fall through won’t you that’s how you do it um I think you’re underestimating the the Fulham Army that I have at my disposal um throw the sponges boys uh so

Yes um yeah but I mean you know you are right into Point pointing out that if Luton can win this game you know they have a game in hand on Everton they win this game they’re out the relegation Zone which gives a huge psychological boost would you put Luton down as as as

Favorites for this you think home is yeah I think they would be favorites just in terms of I can actually see them scoring goals I mean that is the thing that will finish Burnley and the the problems facing Burnley and Luton were very very diff different promoted team

Problems I think when they came up because at Lon because it was such a meteoric rise generally over the last decade but particularly under since Rob Edwards got the job it’s been incredible I think yes it’s unbelievable that people look at it and think well actually they’re still working it out

And that’s been clear this season Edwards is working it out as a coach they’re working it out as a team and they’ve made huge progress in doing that the problem with Burnley was more of uh Fulham getting promoted under yvanovich which I think it’s the second time we’ve

Referenced that this week you hav mentioned you can a few times a couple of yeah yeah why why I mean you you because like I think you look at Burnley and they won the championship with such style and it’s like right you’re going to have to play a completely different

Way when you come up yeah and yet yet Vincent compan is not really for turning is he but it but it can be it can be done though because to reference Fulham again Marco Silva but then marus Sila is a much more experienced operator at Premier League level or Sheffield United

At first under Chris Wilder I think you could argue that as well yeah okay who did you say Jim brenford as well it happen sometimes Bournemouth when they first came up sometimes it’s an interesting one isn’t it because the brenford was a more pragmatic star I think which suited them brenford didn’t

Actually change all that much it just so happened that the way they were playing was quite Plug and Play into the Premier League but you do see sometimes teams that kind of swashbuckle a little bit in the championship stick to that style and Thrive and then you see teams try that

And get absolutely walloped all season so it’s really difficult to predict who’s going to manage to it to to pull that off while sticking to their style but the problem is and I think this is what Burnley are finding now it’s you can’t you can’t just flick a switch and

Change can you once you’ve got into the rhythm of it you’ve got to stick with it and hope it comes good or well get relegated but also as well though but if they believe in company and what he’s doing and if they do get relegated at

The end of the season then you know as we saw with the example of say Shawn D was very different type of manager to company far more experienced but when they got relegated under D but they kept him yeah now you see CU I think sometimes it’s kind of like I got to

Stay in the Premier League at all costs well actually you know if you believe in what the manager’s doing and the parachute payments do kind of unless you’ve got yourself into a lot of debt yeah yeah parachute payments make it achievable exactly do forgive us Burnley

Fans you know say we just projecting the but um but yeah so so Vince and Company um speaking of him he said yesterday there was a big chance that they might do something in the transfer window now they’re reportedly looking at David D fana from Chelsea which won’t do it for

Them yeah I mean he’s had a really not great first half of the the season at un on Berlin and that’s that’s why he’s been sent back Andy which former England storm wants today need to get in cuz Luton have done it and R towns in and

And Ross barley and Rob Rob Edwards was singing Barkley’s Praises just the other day was asked about an England recall potentially he said we certainly love him the fans love him some of his performances you would pay to watch well I mean is that the people watching from

Their bedrooms may stop watching from your [ __ ] bedroom you pay to watch got Ross Barkley down here all 11 and a half thousand went C pay up the ination is like you don’t have to pay for him but you will have to pay for him yeah

Exactly yeah so I mean what do you think Burnley need then and what’s company sort of hinting at well yeah they they definitely need a goal score and I think it’s interesting to see the way that certainly not maybe not what he said but certainly the way it’s interpreted when

It feels as if he’s been encouraged Enough by recent performances and particularly the ones away at Spurs and away at Villa they’re great and they’re really lucky not to unlucky not to get something from from that it’s it’s a weird thing because as Jim was saying

You know you could do that thing where you know relegation is we’ve seen Burnley do it before is is not a disaster you take the Premier League money you don’t overspend and gradually you know you you put the club in a better and better financial position and that gets you to the point

Where you can become a established mid um mid-table team in the Premier League in in in the future but you just wonder for now as company seen enough that he thinks actually maybe we should go for it a little bit in the transfer market because the performances are there but

Of course the most expensive players to get in the game whether on loan or permanently are proper goal scorers who in burnley’s case would make a bit of a difference certainly with the way they’ve been playing recently yeah one of burnley’s players I’ve been I’ve enjoyed watching this season is the

Goalkeeper James Trafford yeah excellent looks very unassuming yeah he’s also he’s been pretty busy isn’t he and he’s he’s made a very good account of himself I think there’s a big player in there for the future yeah well he showed it obviously England under 21’s level and

Then companies said you know England are lucky to have a a young goalkeeper like him but he’s he’s putting in uh he’s putting in big performances isn’t there like a a yasal complex to this do you remember when um yasal was at Bolton mhm and he became a goalkeeper that loads of

People would talk about and say he was doing very well because you’d see him more often even on the highlights because he would just you know have shot after shot to say a different it’s a different uh you know task than say being a goalkeeper yeah he he’s clearly

He’s clearly very talented yeah there’s no there’s no doubt about that but you don’t think he’s going to go anywhere is what you’re saying well no I just think you retire at the end of the season judging with that exactly yeah uhuh you’re under 21 Championship I think he

I think if he wasn’t English you wouldn’t be talking about him Mark is that what it is oh I see little dig from bit there um but you are right can we also just note that Luton fans have a 400 mile round trip on a Friday night

For this game so well done everyone which they heard about 5 days before the game ridiculous cuz they changed it cuz this is originally going to be a Monday night in October this was set as the Monday night game is that right yeah you’d rather do it on a Friday night

Than a Monday night done I’m a good yeah you at good point suck suck it up l v and have a lovely night out is our message officially from the Football Ramble On Sunday at 4:30 Manchester United host Tottenham Hotspur big game for Manchester United they need to make

Ground on the top four if they are to finish in the top four that’s how it works um Spurs new signing Teo verer has already taken part in his first training session and could start or at least play in the game that is something I think

We’d all like to see Jim sure they’re not um depending on how it goes um they’re not messing about in the transfer window are they Spurs they’re winning it so far do you think well they’ve got two in already and and they’ve got rid of two they didn’t want

Either okay and they’ve they’ve weakened man united in a way by taking regulon back as well in a in a way V you worried about te o verer um or is it more Manchester United’s um well you know obviously Manch United were we’re looking at team

Vera um I I think there’s also the United are in a place now where it’s not even the ex players are likely to score against you players that you’ve just looked at are likely as well players that you’ve typed into Google come to life and yeah yeah um so one of those

Horror films in the 90s but no I I think there is there’s absolute genuine reason to worry there there’s also you know genuine reason to feel like you’re playing Spurs at the right time here with you know son s iuma all on internation Duty um I think there is an

Element of Spurs don’t actually really know how they’re going to not necessarily line up because obviously Andrew will have an idea but you don’t necessarily know if they’re going to play Because as we’ve seen um already this season they don’t quite have the have the depth there yeah and the

Question mark really is is their defense and it has been the question mark for the last I suppose month and a half tottenham’s defense you know since vanen got injured it’s been a bit of a mess um so they’re in a position here where Romero could play where vaner Fen could

Play when R drosin having just signed could play and I think in most situations you would think if you’re 21 and have just joined a Premier League club for the first time and you’re a Defender United away is a sort of it would be crazy to throw him

Straight in but because of how United are I think especially because of how an poog is yeah you know I I think the thought is yeah he actually he actually could play it’s not such a daunting task as it once was I think that’s absolutely right and the thing about Spurs and the

Way they play Under postao is that they won’t be afraid to attack man united and actually that is there there is still a sense from some teams that they they sit off United a little bit and they give them quite a bit of respect the West Ham

No they let them make mistakes well well perhaps yeah Napoleon said Jim never interrupt your enemy while he’s making mistakes so the West Ham game at um at the Olympic stadium was a great example of that so there was a point where I think West Ham set up as they so often

Do to to counter and then they realized after a little while it’s like hang on we can just attack them we can just attack attack them because they’re a bit [ __ ] and then we’ll probably get something and they and they won the game fairly convincingly and Spurs will have

Seen that and they play on the front foot anyway so you know I suppose you are potentially playing into United’s Hands by by doing that because they themselves play in a similar way but I don’t know I I United just seemed vulnerable against teams who are

Enjoying life do you know what I mean got bit of bit of VI and a bit of bit of Pep about them definitely as well as Jaden Sancho moving to bcia Dortmund of course Eric Dy has moved to Bayern Munich on loan with the option to buy

Does a man ever look so happy about a loan transfer he cannot believe he’s luck can he it’s an amazing move from him um but I I thought I thought that was really lovely to see because I I know we can talk about football as being

Um just weathered uh by maybe just the state of the game but he got out of that he clearly got out of that car and was like [ __ ] h b Munich how cool is this yes yeah it’s it’s it’s super it warms the cockles I mean there was some people

Are still wondering whether Eric Dy is like a decent player or not is there a player in there because he gets so much criticism at times and Spurs fans have been you know at times understandably you know very very critical and yet obviously Bayern think that there’s

Something there you know he I mean he did go to the world cup with England on Merit you know people were saying actually you know it could be a starter you know he kind of chops and changes he’s a sort of systems player isn’t he

There was this time about a year ago he was having a proper Renaissance and people were really talking about how how good he he’d been but I think the point is is he’s a reliable team guy and Bayern have a number of problems at the moment and he could stand in competently

At defensive midfield if they don’t get Pala see he’s doing you a big favor there he is yeah um or they’re planning mainly to use him at Center back now as as I said on OTC if you go back Autumn when they were looking at free agents they got turned down by Socrates

Which is remarkable who chose to go to Bettis instead that my brain won’t accept that they they were gonna sign back Jan boring who is aing dreadful for the last couple of years and B there’s the quite horrendous Off Pitch stuff with him which is why the Bayern fans

Protested and that’s the only reason they didn’t sign I mean the drop off with boang on and off the pitch considering his standing in the game a few years ago I don’t think you can say a drop off off the pitch sorry okay yeah okay um in terms of his his playing um

The drop off with bank has been incredible in the he’s he’s one of their best defenders when they when they won the trouble in in in 2020 it’s it’s extraordinary but you know I think the fact is D is a much better option than either of them and of course spent an

Absolute shitload on Harry Kane so got they’ got they’ve got to be a little bit careful what not to upset hurricane so they got his money over no they spent 100 million you’re looking at this is a totally different the wrong way they need Derek die there because Harry Kane

It’ll he it’s like when if you wanted Zlatan you had to sign Maxwell as well exactly that’s it that’s what this is a little new none of these ever get made into buddy comedies by Amazon so who cares all right Andy well uh right back to Manchester United Anthony martial

Isn’t going anywhere he has reportedly rejected approaches from marsel fener bash and Saudi proleague sides we’ll just wrap them all up as one uh because he wants to stay and fight for his place no he’s rejected those he’s rejected those approaches cuz he wants

To go for free at the end of the season and earn a lot more money I’m intrigued to see what this fight is going to look like like pull out a jeweling glove and swing it around a bit and then stop all I I’m not going to come over

There but I just want you to stop you better not do that again Mar I might take your place do that again martial’s Manchester United Career like like if someone legitimately forgot he was a Manchester United player I I that is totally understandable hey he’s been there for so long it’s absolutely

Extraordinary that there was a clause that they would have to pay Monaco more if he won the balandor he came with a big reputation didn’t he not unreasonably as well and we’ve seen flashes of what a good player he can be as well it’s just unfortunately Le well you know you know

Leon have earned Leon who were his Club his Academy club before Monaco they’ve earned nearly 20 million euros of him despite the fact he wasn’t their player anymore since he’s joined Manchester United f Nora one big gravy train how do you feel about him b as a player what do you

Think his sort of like Legacy will be when he eventually does lead speaking personally genuinely I am I am the biggest um Anthony martial apologist I can’t really see the wood for the trees because I remember things that he does in games that I think are very good that

He does other people other players can’t do and let’s say there are five of them and they’re all dotted around his nine years at the club and they all kind of merge into one and I have this idea of a player and I and I know it’s totally

Misguided he’s he’s one of those players where I I appreciate and understand how poor he’s been I appreciate and understand how poor his attitude is and the fact that you can’t be relied upon to start 15 games a season so um but he’s the kind of player

Who I I think United gave him too much too early and because of how you know a lot of the times when clubs go through a period of just you know cataclysmic underperformance there are people who just kind of end up you know there from start to finish who you don’t really

Notice or you don’t really see is a as a problem and the thing I would say about martial is whenever there things about you know players poor timekeeping this that and the other all the other things that come out to show how dysfunctional side are he’s never really in there MH

Beyond on field performances which have been slack he he seems to be someone who off the field anyway just kind of certainly on a football in a football context just kind of seems to to Glide by and I kind of Wonder for his own sake

If he looks back on or if he’ll look back on his career and thinks did I you know did I do all right did I am I kind of did I scratch the itch the childhood itch I suppose of of of being a higher class footballer and that you know

That’s for him to answer and whatever his answer is is is good enough really isn’t it but yeah he’s you know he’s just going to be impossible to offload and I I know I appreciate that it’s kind of mad to think that if he stayed another year he’d be you a testimonial

Yeah I know what I mean but it’s nice though that you have those um the memories and you know he hasn’t gone yet but those as you say the sort of the highlights real if you see what I mean yeah but it’s it’s just but that I

Suppose that’s purely just how I consume football and it’s more about like I don’t know it’s more about the like my own personal thing rather like it’s not my money it’s you know it’s it is it is my club and it’s a nuisance but there have been so many other nuisances it’s

It just kind of like you know the cartoon you know in cartoons when there’s like a big bundle and one per and the person at the bottom of it walks out yes and is and while they’re still fighting that’s martial in manchest United that’s martial you’re a fan of

The martial arts yes is all I say to that um former manest United man Nan Matik uh is in an incredible standoff with his current Club Ren at the moment uh I he wants to leave but they won’t sell him so he’s threatened to retire yeah the story behind this is quite mad

Yeah is that is that a way around it you got retired and then the next day you come out of retirement when there’s an offer the story is that um Ren promised him there was an international school nearby uh for his children obviously and no such School exists I just feel like

Making up a school is some quite shortterm thinking isn’t it it’s not going to be long before that lie is found out but in France an international school is do you teach English yes unless from some children who are from abroad here yeah fine I mean his kids

Must have been thrilled yeah maybe where’s there where there’s no school oh my god well there’s one in Leon and they’ve offered him a pay rise there we go I think is the point which is maybe why he went in on Tuesday cleared his locker um was photographed by a few Ren

Fans on the platform at the station leaving Ren to apparently never come back and it’s gone gone home to London now the the club put out a statement saying this guy’s 35 he’s so experienced it’s um an appalling way to to behave really disappointed in him and he put

Out this statement on Instagram saying yeah it’s a personal problem I might have made an admin error oh oh and there school I’ll be I’ll be back to I’ll be back to no there’s no school but I wonder if he didn’t know about he didn’t know that there was no school right uh

Oh so it’s not the club fault so maybe maybe it’s not the club’s fault more to follow yeah more as we get it more to follow uh Andre and Ana will be playing um against Tottenham hbur for Manchester United and then he’s going to head straight to uh coot devois or Ivory

Coast as we say in English to join up with the Cameroon Squad uh because that’s where the African Cup nations would be in played they play Guinea on Monday less than 24 hours after the end of the Spurs game another Advantage for Spurs here what they should try and do

In this game is Just ensure there’s as much added time as possible cuz he’s he’s got a flight to catch so if you can get say 15 minutes added onto the end which in you know the current climate is possible you might have an open goal to

Shoot at yeah I I mean it would be quite something if he just left uh but I suspect that’s probably the won’t wait for him mate yeah I mean I stop wasting time I didn’t even check in online we we’ve all known from Pete Donaldson’s behavior that the plane will not wait

For you that’s true that is very very true although we all also know from Pete Donaldson’s behavior that you can get um you know private jets to play I appreciate that Andre Anana is a very good goalkeeper in a bad bit form but I am intrigued by the idea that

Someone whose decision making has been so poor this season will then go and play for his country after a long flight after see the decision making he’s he’s now not going to he’s going to miss that first game right so he’s basically said to the cameronian fa having pissed them

Off quite a lot before remember he got sent home from the 2022 World Cup um because he didn’t want to he didn’t want to play Kick long didn’t he yeah and if you go back to 2017 he refused to go on International Duty because he wanted to

Concentrate on his Club having said that he’d go over there for that game firstly he’s changed the departure date secondly he said well I’m going to play the Spurs game first and then I’m going to come over and now he said well I’m not going

To play the I’m not going to play the first game actually I’ll be I’ll be there for the second game is it outrageous to me like absolutely outrageous to me I don’t know what their goalkeeping situation is like but I’d be starting Thomas and koono that’s what I’d be doing good

Choice thank you afcon begins in Ivory Coast of course this weekend the hosts are playing on Saturday night they face Guinea basau now opta supercomputer has calculated that senal are the most likely team to win it just ahead of Hy Coast with World Cup semi-finalist Morocco third favorites I know some

People fancy Morocco for this actually V who do you fancy for it well I mean the I don’t know if I fancy them but I suppose like the for the for narrative sake well senagal are the ones that I think because of the generation of their players they’re basically saying goodbye

To a lot of players in this in this afcon um you know not not so much like these people in like late 20s early 30s but in terms of people at the peak of their power so like so it’s Mendy mané just gay like you’re in the situation

Now where you kind of this is when that particular crop of players needs to I suppose like you know defend the title The send but because this is this is their last Harrah with that you know I don’t know if they would they call it a golden generation can we call it a

Golden generation on their behalf I think they will because they are the African Champions yeah and so they’ve won that trophy with some players that are known around the world so just because of that I think they will although the other I suppose the the other side to it is you know Salah

Really because you know with all the all the he’s won and and the fact that he’s always given his all for Egypt and like the fact that stylistically Egypt are one of the worst big teams to watch if that’s fair to say like you really do get the impression you know just seeing

A lot of the previews that you know while from an English point of view they’re like oh you know he’s he’s going to be missing from Liverpool but it really does feel like he’s on a bit of a mission this time around and so close last time of course yeah came down to

Penalties between the two sides yeah I think I think well they’ve lost two finals haven’t they in um in the last what’s they lost in in 17 I think and then and then here so having won so many prior to that as well they’re not um big goal scorers Egypt

And in in Salah in salah’s time they they traditionally haven’t been and if obviously they need to unlock that essentially and get the best out of him that’s just not how they do it Jim that’s that’s often the way to get your way to a a major tournament isn’t

It which is why I’m so looking forward to seeing Nigeria I knew someone was going to mention them the attacking players they’ve got I mean unfortunately Victor bonface is injured and he’s he’s not going to be playing but they’ve just they’ve just gone out and replaced him with Teran Muffy who remember turned

Down West Ham going back to to to last year who’s a super player they’ve got an incredible lineup but up front they’ve got a proper goal scorer in Victor osim Menon who is one of the best forwards in in European football you would say playing at Napoli um we’ve been enjoying

Him very much so but he’s been embed in a in in a bit of of a in a bit of a I could you call it a scandal um his Napoli teammate kavich karat scale’s agent Muka UGI said that Osan is heading to Saudi Arabia next summer aiman hit

Back in an Instagram story writing dear um mamuka Yugi you are a piece of Filth and a disgrace I’m embarrassed at your sense of reasoning dumb [ __ ] keep my name out of your mouth amazing challenging a bit of Will Smith there um yeah I don’t know if you call that a

Scandal but it’s certainly uh uh beef a war of words absolutely war of beef why why does he always find sorry he doesn’t find himself in this but why why is he always I suppose being like singled out for for this kind of bollocks you know there was the social media post that

Napoli themselves posted taking the piss out of him and you know I think I have an answer of why he um seems to be um you know in the line of sight with this kind of [ __ ] but seems so mad it’s almost like Napoli and the people associate with Napoli don’t know how

Good they have it this is quite different this is someone outside the Napoli tent pissing into it which I I suspect they’re not particularly happy about either I mean really as we kind of explained on OTC it’s kind of partial jealousy because fat scellier has not

Got his new contract and Aussie men has because they’re lining him up to sell him next summer I mean he’s right in that the reasoning doesn’t make any sense of vat skell as agent because the fact that he signed a new um contract with a release clause in it makes him

More accessible to Premier League clubs so it makes it less likely that he’ll go to Saudi so we I think we just agree with every word that o men says but talking of Agents if you’re o men’s agent are you not sitting there thinking actually I’m meant to get after people on your

Behalf what is my job you fancy for him him for the Golden Boot some stiff competition yeah I mean he’s full of anger and the fact that he’s had a bit of a lean time over the last couple of months definitely and the fact that Egypt don’t allow Salah to score goals

That too that to maybe well of course Andy you did say that you talked about this on on on the continent on yesterday’s on the continent do Andy were joined by Nikki bandina they discussed how Napoli have gone from seral Champions to Mid table and on

Today’s ask OTC whether Jose M was under pressure at Roma after losing the Rome Derby head to on the continent new podcast app to subscribe now all right everybody let’s have a quick break are you excited to get started don’t push me you’re on television doesn’t look good look good B

Man Hand by security Eric man united a big Club oh welcome back to the Football Ramble everybody Andy’s mate and Gary cotol there with um vicious M Eric ten har now if you want to hear my disappointment after fulham’s 21 defeat at anfield on Wednesday night do catch

Ramble reacts with myself and Jim uh we had um I suppose it was slightly cathartic for me a chat after that match I was a bit disappointed but I did perk up though Jim when you informed me that um the caribel cup prize money if you reach the semi-final is £25,000 £25,000

100 Grand if you win the whole thing um we speculated there were parking spots in Fulham that you couldn’t get for that that wasn’t quite right but I did find a garage uh for sale for um 150 Grand so so you got to win it twice yes or at

Least win it and then get to the final again so oh it’s guardiola’s garage yeah ridiculous stuff talking of uh sensible stuff though um before we go back to the Premier League kidmin Harris have appointed former Hall City Derby County in south end boss Phil Brown this is

Brilliant news isn’t it it’s huge and encouragement for any sitcom characters who might like a crack at football management Browns back baby they are bottom of the National League 7even points from safety um but who do you call v he’s been hired on a deal until

The end of the season yeah it’s quite a different profile to some of the managers they’ve had in the past because they’ve always um not always but recently they’ve just employed like upand cominging managers who’ve done quite well for them so John eustus was there before um Russell pen who they get

Them promoted yeah Russell pen who Brown is replacing and got them PR and a former player so has Credit in the bank and I think there’s generally a bit of excitement about it cuz you know he’s a name isn’t he he is a name and he said

It’s a challenge I’m looking forward to sinking my teeth into Andy he’s going to be working with your former favorite Striker Dean Holdsworth as well yeah teaming up once again I mean this this does have sort of Mark Hughes taking over at Bradford Vibes like what why why

He fancies it and they fancy it Andy why you getting invol why you trying to get in the way of all the fancying I just think he should just accept that the next best move for him is The Bargain Hunt job got the clothes yeah just do it he’s

Got got the clothes got the profile exactly I’m going to give you one hour um all right everybody let’s go back to the Premier League Newcastle United host Manchester City on Saturday at 5:30 Pep Guardiola got a yellow card after arguing with Jason Tindle the last time

These two met in the caravel cup he done him there any he Tindle are we going to see more step into my web said you got a yellow last time let’s up that to a red this time you big fraud um an interesting game this one

Not uh as straightforward um as it might have been for Man City because Newcastle have stopped the rot with that Victory against suland you might saying back Kevin De bruyne and his hair are back Jim yeah maybe he just won’t be good maybe he’s just not good anymore yeah

Maybe there is that possibility he you know he hasn’t played for a while he I mean the flashes we saw at against Huddersfield I know Huddersfield not side but it it certainly seems um ridiculous to ask we yeah we don’t you know he doesn’t look like he’s bid on

The boo in all this time but you know maybe he’s maybe he’s falling out in love with it yeah maybe he’s falling out in love with it maybe he’s got another hobby the hair suggests is going to be better than ever you know like when when Homer gets snakes hair in The Simpsons

Mhm yeah can you imagine he’s going to be the best player that football has ever seen too focused to have his haircut true he’s also just through social media he’s annoyingly laidback you’d think someone as good as him because he’s working with pep would maybe just constantly be thinking about

The game you know we see it with a lot of like brilliant players across other sports they’re obsessed with it I think he loves it and I he still loves it and that’s annoying rival no no of course but I think he’s got bigger picture as well

Like outside of football off the field rather like I think he and I think you can see it with the friends he has across the game clearly like quite a normal and that’s annoying it makes him seem nice and there’s like Victory lap Vibes isn’t it you can actually for the first time

Really see the clock ticking on his Manchester City career it wouldn’t surprise me at all if he left in the summer and it just makes me think is he just going to unload on everyone for the next three months there’s also like a a genuinely quite um important thing play

Here in that this this timeout is probably is the longest rest he’s had in a while yeah um and bear in mind he’s played over the last four years with various different injuries for club and Country as well like but ridiculous injuries not a little knock but injuries

That you definitely shouldn’t be playing with City yeah you can’t put your full weight on your left ankle right okay that’s annoying as a right footer I wouldn’t go to the gym in that situation let alone you know be a professional footballer it’s amazing it it is quite

Absurd um but Manchester yeah I mean there is a you know since they sort of come back from the club World Cup and started playing the Premier League there’s um there does feel about an inevitability yeah that they will just sort of reclaim top spot it might not happen but we’ve

You know we’ve seen so so many times that Guardiola gears his squad for exactly this doesn’t he that they are they are prepared for this gear change it’s no it’s not coincidence is it it’s something that actively work towards yeah well and it is interesting with his um Team selection sometimes you know

That that has been reflected before where you don’t see certain players for certain periods and then suddenly they used a lot and that rotation and and and the resting Z was as you say when de bruyne has effectively kind of had a rest and he looks damn fine for it it it

Doesn’t bode well for Newcastle United who also have Joe Linton ruled out for a minimum of six weeks with a thigh injury however good news for for Newcastle United is that Jordan Henderson’s name has been reportedly discussed by the hierarchy of the club because of course it has Andy yeah what are these

Discussions though are they mostly laughter hey must to go back what do you reckon also he’s not one of the PFF clubs is he no but but he could be soon there there we go there we go you’re just rubbishing this you think it’s nonsense no is it is nonsense

Because I think you look at the um Darren eels the CEO coming out and talking about the financial results yesterday which has been I think it’s given an interesting window into how people all over Europe and the world look at Newcastle now in that the fact that it’s been interpreted as they might

Go and sell a big player now which isn’t exactly what Darren eels said but he said you know we’re not ruling out player trading at the moment so everyone’s immediately go Oh Bruno give regra PSG they haven’t got any money they losing money hand over fist etc etc

Etc whereas the detail is a little bit different to that but it’s quite interesting you read reports in Spain France Portugal and there’s this barely concealed Glee that haha your projects running ground it’s quite interesting that that’s not just restricted to England and they’re seen as this like

Global threat I suppose yeah it’s interesting and it’s um it’s good to hear uh they they have reportedly made inquiries with Bournemouth about Dominic sanki though again it’s not happening is it yeah I really don’t want that to happen sank is playing like a man possessed at the moment he really is I

Hope he I mean his stock is really high at the moment I hope he at least sees out um this season at Bournemouth because you know he’s he’d be mad not to yeah absolutely he would be mad not to he’s the only thing I can think of that might

Convince him to to potentially make a move is that if he’s at you know you know a traditionally bigger Club um it might give Southgate something to think about in terms of England selection but he’s in a he’s in a place where the system really really works for him he’s

He’s scoring goals and you can’t you know guarantee that you would do that in a different system I just really really hope that he stays keeps up the form he’s in and then you know who knows in the summer but he’s he’s a joy to watch for B they’re really like interesting

Watch he’s a big part of that I totally agree with all of that but a club would be mad to buy him in this window as well yes because you’re buying him at a point where he’s going to be really expensive on the back of one excellent half season

Exactly that we see this so many times I mean there some people saying you know Arsenal really need to a lot of people saying that uh and they’re being linked with um uh what’s his name uh broha Morel yeah well sank himself as well himself B would be again a typical

One of those ones Andy he’s having a good season Arsenal aren’t going to do that they’re not stupid did toas last season exact in exactly the same sort of Link but but it is that kind of thing where a club s of panic goes well that guy this season and

You think no but it is the whole kind of half season one one one season wonder you know these are good players but they’re not 21 year olds who are you know kind of fresh you think okay hang on a minute you know this is the next earling Harland or something like that

You you know one has to be a little bit careful but I think clubs have surely learned this by now but then you know never underestimate the stupidity of owners of football clubs I would say everybody Dean Smith also says you’re an inedia of football oh an encyclopedia of

Football I don’t know what that means a this is quickly becoming the best bit of my Friday I’m loving this I’m loving the power of the chair it’s Jack Encyclopedia of course uh you know how it rolls a simple game of categories if you go to slow I’ll play garyan Evil’s

Orgasm which will give you 7 Seconds uh Jim got the belt back last Friday but amidst controversial circumstances as Gary Neville and Paul skulls didn’t make any appearances in the FA Cup in 1994 which means they only have three winners medals but they my answers though were

They weren’t my answers they were my answers and ultimately Luke lost so we’re all okay yeah good point good point Justice was served you hear that Luke even when the heel is against you yours the FIFA Congress by the way can I just say it is

Lovely having you in the chair I like when you host them although though you are only hosting because you’re unar uncharacteristically poor at this game oh that’s I think that’s fair I think that’s fair how can I win when I’m in the bloody chair actually I can do

Whatever I want yeah where’s that oh they’ve taken the Andy wins button off the [ __ ] hav’t used it in a while they’ve decommissioned it it’s not even worth having anymore they pulped it P the Andy button be fair to the lead T doesn’t lie Andy anyway it they’ve rebadged it you

Anyway the first category oh this is a great first category I love this the 15 most expensive Premier League signings ever made in January so that’s transfers coming into the Premier League not going out and we’re going to go off their initial fee one that is

A Jesus and we’re going to have Vish to start um Malla mudri good one have it was the last one I genuinely have nothing oh Andy Carol oh yeah love that lovely get that helicopter wearing um Enzo Fernandez very good very nice you helped me with MRI by the

Way J uh Louis Suarez yeah maybe no maybe it’s too low maybe was before was he Pier Emer aubameyang oh I was surprised to see him on yes it’s Torres toel mes CH League final the headline has been written I just saw karella uh summer there’s victory for Jim any any anyway

But honestly that is like that’s a tough one that’s the first time in this game where I’ve gone nothing there are there are some tricky ones in here so you could have had uh Anthony Gordon am laort in 2018 benir bad ISU huh Bruno fanch [ __ ] hell BR gimes Christian

Pisik Cody hacko Fernando Torres talking to the helicopters Juan mat Lis diage or Virgil Van djk so one totally forget few players I’m disappointed totally forget no that’s a tough one fair play to you jimb one n the title defense is looking good well it was until we get to Category 2 the

Final England squad that Sor and Erikson the 2006 FIFA World cut that’s a lovely question sorry can you repeat the question we were all groaning over it yes the F the final England squad that’s fur and Erikson took to the 2006 FIFA World Cup there are I shouldn’t need to

Tell you 23 possible answers here and Jim is going first Steven Gerard Wayne Rooney Frank Lampard John Terry Peter Crouch what a pleasing Rhythm there is to this Ashley Cole Theo Walcott nice yes Jamie carrier um it’s Tores League nice Gareth Barry well I’m not sure about that R

Roll Frank Lampard I’ve already said it have you yeah oh that’s annoying bugger that up bugger that right up this to take the point oh [ __ ] yeah don’t over celebrate on GAR eville no no no hold on gar nille please he’s had loads of time had loads

Of time yeah you have no he hasn’t well it’s up to Andy is it it’s Tores to the it’s already said it already said it baby we’re all back in yes jeez God can’t believe I said Frank Lampard there I just I remember thinking basically because we didn’t go Gerard Lampard

Yeah Jim you’re back in as well 2006 it’s Torres surely surely never was in there yes I was I was sitting there going he’s literally giving you an answer Robinson David Beckham well done Rob Green maybe no I’m afraid not it’s because it’s the final England squad Rob

Green was initially picked but then replaced in the final Squad m Michael Carrick David James oh yeah Michael Owen um toel a place in the Champions League final the headline has been WR Joe Cole Aaron Lennon so it’s Torres toel done very well here fellas the headline has been written Danny

Mills finish it well I could say Stuart Downing but it’s it’s already uh it’s already one no one went for R Ferdinand yeah wasn’t sure if he missed out on injury or not so he was he’s on my list he’s on my notes but with a question mark no Rio

Um none of you went for Jermaine genus Midfield so I think sent I wouldn’t have got him I’d forgot Soul Campbell Wayne Bridge or brid replac Rob Green Scott Carson so um that’s you let you let me off the hook there I know I just completely out of mind BL yeah one to

Jim one to marus I think it’s right that I won that can Vish take it to a tie break we’re going to find out in Category 3 teams that have won The League Cup since 1990 that’s a nice 14 teams that’s a nice that’s Ace and we are going to

Start with Marcus SE Bella The League Cup you say yes I do Manchester City Liverpool Chelsea Spurs uh Birmingham city lovely answer since 1990 you say I mean I think he said Birmingham city deliberately to annoy you which is why I haven’t hit the countdown button yet despite Your

Filibustering Arsenal yeah there we go Aston Villa who else likes the League Cup who wants a League Cup if you like itel in the Champions League finals the headline has been written yeah it’s one black Middlesboro very good that was one of mine it’s ending this will impress you Jim cheffy

Wednesday oh very impressive very impr impressive indeed [ __ ] yeah Mar spell wins just as well cuz I had nothing left which is remarkable really because there are a couple here that you definitely could have got Swansea City Nottingham Forest I had foreste actually I black Rovers and six times Manchester

United oh my God oh my God I thought said I love it in my mind I listed all the big clubs as we all do situation this and just evidently they’re not in our heads I just thought someone would have said Manchester United jeez what an

Afternoon wow hey blim me how about that yeah one was Sheffield Wednesday leak up well done excellent well done to me uh what all I know is that John Sheridan got the winner in that game okay against Manchester United the annoying thing about the Blackburn one

Is I watched that game and it was so funny because Mark Hughes played in Midfield from Blackburn and his only job was to kick Darren Anderson it’s amazing yeah oh poor old daer there we are everybody thank you very much for listening to the Football Ramble preview

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8 Comments

  1. This is the best Football Podcast by a country mile, glad I was recommended this by Real eyes, realise, real lies, cheers again Jim UTV!!!!

  2. So much to say in respect of Qatar and Saudi Arabia in past years but nothing on Israel and it's horrific war crimes and genocide against Palestinians. Typical of this show.

  3. Never quite known the story behind Marcus's love of Sven but always found it very endearing. Finding that kind of joy in football is what makes the ramble so great.

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