Who will win the Premier League?

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Manchester City host West Ham United David Moyes is he going to be Arsenal Saint and savior Pete Donaldson I fancy it there you go fancy it just do the music the show’s done do the music I fancy it because I mean most professional footballers had wanted tilted this I know it’s at the yet he had but it literally ety Anything Can Happen Marcus Bella I come on give us something love the way cuz I went big on Fulham the other week I did I did my bet Fair prediction and I was like I should have gone for like a draw at least yeah a draw at the aad last minute or something yeah that would be about listen I think you’re getting confused by what we think would be amazing what is actually likely to happen I often get caught with that I’m in a school exercise book drawing space cars you are very much this would be cool you’re not doing your homework no no I I think that the the the psychological effect on those West Ham players when the whole thing is set up for man City to win the league I I I like it the O that makes the Pearl come on they’ve not really got anything to play for and I I just wonder if there’s a sort of would that how would that affect you because I’d like to think you know you think right I really want to upset the party here I know that a way support would probably want that even though they have no Affinity to Arsenal for obvious reasons but I wonder if if you’re a player in that environment you sort of go oh it’s just inevitable isn’t it just just sort of subconsciously do you know what I mean well I think also you got to look at the profile of West Ham players a manager and ask yourself whether they would relish spoiling a party I think David Moyes would relish spoiling a party but I think I think his comments midweek have been concerning it would be difficult to stop their under 14s winning the title just not the the match the title the under four te title and I think you look at the Players I think you’ve got a couple in there I would say that there a couple of [ __ ] hous in yeah I would say Bowen yeah yeah Kudos Kudos would love it Antonio definitely oh yeah okay now you’re convincing me who would who would love it and I could I I what I can see I Pete I know they’re not a defensive manager anymore Pete’s Pete’s putting something out there and and he wants someone just to embrace it yeah so I feel like that’s why he said DB burn for England left back yeah the amount the amount of things I’ve done for Pete out of social pl we haven’t got all day for that but what I could potentially see happening and Andy’s going to come in and puncture this puncture this balloon as well I expect he will do that um maybe an alltime from arola just can’t score I bit like ludic MCL was it MOS for dur the 95 season well he was West Ham goalkeeper where blackbone won the league that’s right unit West Ham play M last let’s let’s hope for the tension created by that first and then maybe the exploit let’s take it step by step but I think what was the notable thing from Spurs Man City in the week if we go over to the city side is the fact that City get nervous yeah like like they’re not robots and like there there was loads of human error in that in that Spurs game and I know people will sit around and go well man city always get it done they got it done but we’ve talked a lot in recent weeks haven’t we about the fact that you know luck is a huge part of it Manchester City had a huge huge bit of luck in the week it was really interesting hearing Kyle Walker talk about afterwards how he really struggled to sleep the night before and he he tried to get like half an hour on the on on the morning of the game Antonio versus son in that foot wrist though you know I mean he’s not in the sixy box to put that away rather maybe not he’s going to have to chip it from the r yeah as well stepan ofer will be playing of course cuz Edison’s got uh he had a fractured eye socketed eye socket still didn’t want to come off no well that says the it was a terrible Bonk could they not just get like um presuming the concussion protocol isn’t in place could they not just get a little mask to wear little little mask let me just repeat he’s got a fractured eye socket you can still wear a mask for that can’t you you wear a mask can’t play football if he was to get tell me you tell me you didn’t go to medical school without telling me you didn’t go to medical school he’s turned up with a [ __ ] r b this isn’t going to protect him at all if he was to get hit in the face with the ball it would hurt a lot I think get a mask baby The Phantom of the Opera that would enhance his tattooed neck I think I think I think what pep said is I would consider blinding you in one eye for the first premier league title we’ve done this three times in a row we don’t need you for the four you put your feet up well orer has obviously proved his worth as well and I want to have another popet this because I thought you were touch harsh on all I think on reflection I got um apologize some quite passive aggressive abuse on Twitter from people in football who actually know what they’re talking about right which normally is the litmus test about whether I’ve been talking absolute [ __ ] or not yeah I actually said that the coverage of his performance was over the top I didn’t say he didn’t play well can I stand up for you here yes Andy I think it go it’s the same syndrome as do you remember the season that Liverpool won the Champions League last in 1819 and in the last group stage match Allison made that save right at the end against Napoli from aradus milck and everyone was like oh it’s a brilliant save it’s one of the best saves ever met it wasn’t it was just the moment it was the importance of the save and I think sometimes we put the importance of the moment ahead of the actual competence of the moment you get the flow not [ __ ] in your pants a really important moment yeah yeah yeah the the expectation is low because the moment is so important so Marcus actually you can um have have a pop me for being um too harsh on Stephan aler if you like I’ll simply refer you to my representative Andy Brussel who will Who defend my behalf Andy’s now my my Barrister for all my terrible takes is that right you’ve got a great opportunity look forward to the Michael Coen Trump breakup during uh during the game later and yes I have been paying Andy hush money well it’s not work you can’t shut him up anyway um OTA is going to be in he’s made some very crucial saves some of the best saves I’ve ever seen um recently yeah and if Manchester City win the league then his place will be front his name will be fronted Center surely but all joking as side obviously Man City have 88 points Arsenal have 86 uh Arsenal have a superior goal difference so Manchester City they know they have to win yeah they have to win they can’t draw although would it be I mean Arsenal fans always going about Spurs being spursy and all that kind of stuff would it be the most Arsenal thing of all time if Shawn Das was to stop them and Man City Drew West so that for me so I was trying to work out this morning what would be the most entertaining outcome for me as a neutral and I think the entertaining outcome would be Man City failing to win and Arsenal Arsenal fan to win I just think that would put such a weird book end on the season of course because the games are happening at the same time you you might get the old fashioned transistor radio to the old man’s ear in the stand type thing so you’re thinking what could happen is what happened to Dortmund at the end of last season where they just had to beat Min for example they could and and and they didn’t that was piss po but it leaves you with a feeling of even though Bayern like will always be the champions from 2023 when I think of that title race I I just I feel like I’ve got really empty stomach yeah you know it a strange feeling do you remember when Man City won it with the famous Aguero goal and I don’t would you talk me through that Stephan oer scored uh man United’s going finished early didn’t it and they they what were they playing suland and um they were all standing around waiting because the they couldn’t believe it the added time was was much much longer than the man city game so will be an interesting thing the worst thing that can happen for us as neutrals and as football fans and people listening to this who don’t support either Club is that man city go race into a 3-nil lead after 20 minutes and then and that’ll probably happen it’s very very good chance that will happen very good chance that will be happening oh by the way have you seen um has anyone checked on the mirrors John Cross what’s happened will they op to supercomputers back again oh well they op to supercomputers given Manchester City an 84% chance of winning the title now which seems at the time of recording at the time of recording um yeah it does seem a bit low I have thought it’ have been in the ’90s toally I totally agree it’s but it’s we keep mentioning this off to supercomputer I’ve Googled hard on this and I cannot find a single reference to what it does where it is like what what’s powering the supercomputer I I I get terrified when I hear you you’ve been Googling hard well there’s a guy called guy there’s a FM uh football manager YouTuber who Tom FM I his name is and he ran the afcon predictions from opta on football manager um 100 times and they I think they did 10,000 times he don’t 100 times the top five are about the same so it’s like well um but if opt if they opt a supercomputer Peter keep so as Marcus and I have said we’re we’re surprised it’s so low there’s chance that man city have win in the Premier League this season if I get it wrong a certain amount of times in the row does it get downgraded to just a computer yeah yeah a good good point and if they keep getting right does it become like ult computer it’s like a Pokemon evolution I mean what’s it what’s it is it doing like player onplay decision making or just are they just pumping do you want me to out myself as as a [ __ ] because I’m happy to please do I find it hard to understand how they could so I know it’s run on data and on numbers and probabilities and everything like that and I totally understand the inputs but when you’re dealing with human beings so often there’s so much we have to do it’s not like markets where it’s like the data is slightly different I think you’re dealing with like decision making of beings and I think there’s so many things that can be variables in that like sometimes what for example a great example of this would be why did the Arsenal fans setle all those fireworks outside this the hotel they thought thinging to get to the other side yeah exactly no but to think because they think that because they wanted to make the Man City players tired and that’s a really massive part of super computer insert a lasagna protocol is that you have to talk to a super computer well uh as we know Edison won’t be playing for Manchester C’s only got one eye he’s only got one eye and um he’s got four eyes cuz he’s the little tattoo on his neck oh that’s why he’s so good he uses that one as kinky little face yes well he he he missed the FA Cup Final as well which is which is a shame for him did you see that his personal phone number was leaked before the game against Spurs we don’t want to see that we don’t want would you like to hear some of the messages he got from some Arsenal fans or some other fans we do like to see that please carry on hello you beautiful Brazil Ian God how much for a good night tonight now I think that they’ve misunderstood is that Jim Campbell maybe that’s like toilet door stuff is it it is what what what’s he going to be like you know if he was in goal Sun runs through on goal could save this or I could think more about that message and what I get up to tonight what you send then um this from another fan this is a proper Arsenal fan don’t let in any Howers tonight you [ __ ] up the Arsenal yeah bit more traditional what would you do um well I me and uh a co-host on a radio show Once gave out each other’s phone numbers on there yeah you got sacked for that didn’t you and you got sacked for the Hobgoblin hob go H H and the Hobgoblin he let the Hobgoblin hobgoblin so hobgoblin is the beer right okay there’s a a promotional Scot was an actual hobgoblin who came into their studio and Pete let him speak on the air for an hour and a half to the point where he’s just talking about his divorce it un paid for ad vtorial yeah we didn’t even get free Hobgoblin um but I still absolute I still have I still I still have my phone number like people would ring me every now and again or text me every now and again um but I just still got the same phone number oh so you still get it still so I’ve still got the same I don’t think I don’t think people still kind of get involved I remember a DHL driver texted me and Peter be phone number once that’s that’s unprofessional that is unprofessional I told you um a friend have a friend used to work with this guy and uh he used to work for uh a a bank and had ass in V details and basically broke the rules and handed his number to some nonsupporting AR friends in really was PR GPR you can’t do that you but you imagine that most kind of public figures have about 10 different numbers and you know friends and family get one and you’re the well now a footballer will change their number probably eight times a season yeah I found a phone in the back of a taxi and it had Manny Pacquiao’s number on that’s right I remember that Peter what would you send to Edison then if you trying to put him off um oh what do you mean what before the match right people had people had Edison’s phone number they oh you got a pretty eye socket why shame if someone baroke it with a Hipp you send him the complete transcript of the chat between you and the Hob Goblin by the time he finished reading reading there two golden and there’s only two minutes to go you just make it clear that he’s the Hobgoblin hobgoblin sorry hob go I’m fascinated do do you still keep in touch with him no we talk about LC P show and and then someone actually messaged in saying my friend left my work to become the hob hobgoblin hobgoblin did he look like this and was it around this time and it actually was we we might have been out to track him anyway good luck to him Arsenal face Everton at home uh now interesting the CEO of the Premier League Richard Masters the Premier League hob copin if you will and I will has chosen to go to watch Arsenal versus e why does is he leaked at himself and thinks anyone cares I think that he’s going there because if he went to the other one people go oh consp you knew no he’s gone there because he’s resident in London London 100% everyone yeah he lives in London it’s easy for him yeah um is Addison Le will be parked outside my old house next to the Emirates guaranteed with the driver sat in the uh in the driver’s seat so you don’t get a um yellow thing whatever you call it ticket a parking ticket parking ticket I should be more familiar with those yeah you really should stop I just put in the glove box speak to my lawyer theore has warned Arsenal that Everton are ready to play the Troublemaker role and I do feel for Everton a bit because they’ve had a great season um on the pitch have done really well off the pitch are a disaster but they can’t really affect this can they no like it’s actually they kind of can but it doesn’t really necessarily matter they could give Arsenal a bloody nose here but it in a way it only matters if Man City it doesn’t matter forever to if you think about the financial difficulties they’re in for crying loud and have been for a while and of course the 777 takeover now remains in serious doubt would you not want to sort of help yeah I mean well what I was going to say is that is that what do they think that every Premier League place is worth 4 million or something like but they can’t move up a place any can hold the place brenford can catch them their financial situation is such that that would really not make drop a bucket what what what will make what will make what will make a difference is if 777 are off the table and some of the other preferred biders get a little bit further down the line because it looks like sort of hearing from people around Everton who follow them very closely that there might be a bit of light at the end of the tunnel that would that would be really good that would be really good but when you say it doesn’t really matter about 4 million quid that they they could save if they if relatively it does not matter well let me finish Andy because because if you have if you have people if you have investors and take over people as they’re called um coming into the club and you think okay well let’s have a look we want to buy this what’s more impressive you meet Shawn D and all that kind of stuff and they stood there or you can meet Shawn D one or two others and they’ve got 4 million in quid right in front of them yeah no Andy answer it it’s a serious question I think that’s more impressive you turned up and das’s wife in four million quid you go I’ll tell you what they’re doing better than what we thought there 3 million whatever and two quid off cuz about a vest say I take it back it’s a bit tight you want to rece a man with a really sore throat goes there you go there’s 36 hours of in yeah well to put it another way exactly so to put it another way I think it’s between three and a half four million per place in the Premier League this season I’m rounding it up yeah you have rounded it up their net debt in according to the 2023 annual report is a debt of 33.6 million right I mean I would say that they could be affecting a t title charge from man city which is effectively a team who have taken their own uh kind of Fe fair play um problems and shoved them in the glove box so they have effectively done that and driven that CL off a click yeah yeah absolutely into the sea oh good luck with the Man City fans they don’t get bored of it they do not get bored of telling you no they don’t on the on the old Twitter they do not um but Arsenal though they tted this title is Tainted Champions League win tainted hang on this title has not been T it’s not been decided yet this title Arsenal will need to win this fixture they want to get it done and dusted early but again Shawn da and Everton are sha D and Everton and they’re not going to roll over and they’re on a fantastic run of form would you like to see someone egg Richard Masters no it’s nothing the YouTube yeah we are on YouTube now marus yeah no that was just an itch but there’s something about there’s something about egging public figures which is a very British tradition milkshakes wasn’t it when it all their far right no one gets hurt with an egg it’s just embarrassing isn’t it you can’t but you can’t be endorsing Prescott might punch you I am end in football stadiums okay if you see Richard Mar on that short walk between the emirat stadium andison Lee you EG in your pocket how do you how do you hide eggs around the can you get an egg can you sneak an egg into a premier league ground it’s not getting picked up by a scanner an egg yeah but what if it could be quite dangerous you could heat it in a microwave you know like they’re like taking grenades aren’t they so you’re taking the microwave with you as well yeah taking the microwave he used to live uh just outside didn’t he and presumably you’re still welcome there exactly yeah I could facili any time leg it towards the emerals with an egg like Batman or a big bomb how big is it I’m Richard Masters Finos a egg yeah oh yeah oh yeah crazy that’s true they’re still around famously well um Mikel artetta we’re not sure if ARS going to win the league or not it’s unlikely we are sure the super computer’s only given them 16% chance um today but but what Mel Aleta has won other than the hearts and minds of the Arsenal faithful he has won the Royal order of Isabella the Catholic it’s a Spanish Civil order of chivalry and honor oh and they say chivalry is dead Andy yeah well I I think if there was anything that was going to propel him to get the award it would be the fact that his hair didn’t move at all under the Manchester rign Old Trafford last week which is very impressive um if if people listening to this haven’t because the video of him getting invested with this honor is on Twitter to watch which is now known as X as we all know that’s right yeah if you are listening to this show and you are not linking Richard keys to this video you are letting everyone down Richard Keys needs to know about this and I’m going to end by saying she’s been quite Earnest it looked like a lovely occasion for him and his family he looked super proud he was really well turned out his family looked very happy and I don’t know what it is but it’s obviously very important good on him good on him I felt very very pleased and proud for him well done Mickey Alex um right should he wear it yeah on the final day I think so I think he should indeed he should what is joggen klopp going to wear on the final day because of course a baseball cap it’s his final game as managers after would you like to see him on his final day baseball cap Markus right shirt socks and shoes no trousers or pants I really would touch line attire there’s something more his anger that we’ve seen so many times this season there’s something more sort of weird and pervy isn’t there if you if you saw a nude man walking down the street you think’s something’s at what’s going on there whereas if the if if it’s a bloke who’s got like full top half is fully dressed bum bag bum bag and penis out a story there story You’ be like like Bernie the B bear was it yeah cuz he’s he’s got just a waste coat right he just normally the the buying shirt or like the San Antonio Spurs coyote but they but they got no they’ve got no append say they’re not human beings but they should have yeah and you can’t have a a mascot penis on are you offended when you just see a dog walking around unbelievable look at another new dog everywhere they’re everywhere in this city St what is he doing what is he doing I as you know Andy in on this travels in South America I have seen in buir a dog wearing pair of jeans mobile phone absolutely and although I I do feel in hindsight um and and in foresight that it was definitely um a touristy trap thing you take a photo of it right that’s that’s five P but in Peru I did see um in the beautiful city of ARA a dog trotting up the High Street with a pair of blue shorts on no one else around there was no explanation I like the dog having the mobile phone on this belt cuz if he don’t pay 5 PES I going to call his agent right it was right yeah so I yeah I know I’m I’m sure Yogen Club will be fully closed for the game would it undermine the tribute to Yogen club’s career at Liverpool he came out with his with his [ __ ] and balls out or if he’s wearing white trousers Lil whis de would would it ruin Ru have to ruin it the entirety of his you know Champions League winning career at Liverpool such a moneyed and stared Club just a little piece do the maag special on him tomorrow [ __ ] ball bag special yeah you’re right it would ruin that weird aren’t we pathetic human beings or would it be worse if the Mosaic that’s going to be up in stord was completely new they’ve got mental oh God we ran out of trouser colored Moosic why did we ask Pete Donald I just got well look uh yes it is his last G and he’s away with the goodness knows what’s um last game as Liverpool manager um it’s fair to say it’s been a success it’s been an incredible fair to say it’s been an incredible um Journey he’s been in amazing manager for Liverpool he’s been great for the premier league as well uh I think he’s he’s um he’s going to be sadly sadly missed I don’t why he’s going to pop up next Andy is there any chat about that don’t say po sorry pop out next GNA pop out next he’s been very firm oh God Andy you’re usually above SL below all of this and yeah oh dear Andy has he got one eye on a job yes it is proper stu oh God Jesus goodness me for God’s sake come on I’m actually genuinely interested in what he’s going to do next he’s been very clear that he’s going on holiday isn’t he because he’s he’s talked a lot about how one of those results could could be he’s he’s talked a lot about what it’s taken out of him hasn’t he so I I think it deserves the break and I I think it it seemed like maybe a halfway point for him a good halfway point for him would be the German national team he’s someone who’s so involved that it’s quite difficult to imagine him taking a national team job because he likes that everyday involvement but if there was going to be a time maybe it would be this one after the Euros so you’re sort of you know semi- recuperating you know getting your energy back all that sort of stuff while still staying in a massive job in football but that’s been kashed because julan nles man signed a contract extension so I I suspect he has it in mind that he’s going to have a year off he’ll get a really good offer in October November and take that because that’s what happened at Liverpool he was totally burnt out at the end of Dortmund and he intended to have a decent amount of time off and how long did he have off what four five months mon yeah yeah it’s all you need it’s all I yeah I just I can’t see him managing another club people couldn’t imagine him at another club after Ms because he was so synonymous with them over a decade and a half no knows who M are then he goes to no no but we’re talking about klopp we’re not talking about your perception of him no but but the quality he showed at much shame it’s you know he was always going to go on and do something else and then obviously what he did at Dortmund and Liverpool these are such kind of special clubs if you like that I just the type of club that he would I can’t take him in a generic no but that’s what klopp does he makes it special yeah I think right I mean because like like Luke was just saying then who are mins they were a club that Jurgen klopp made himself a star at and he made them synonymous with him sure so so where does so where what kind of um uh League of club would you say would be perfect for joggen klopp will he take that kind of real Barcelona level well I think that’s the interesting I think the interesting thing is atti are really struggling to find a manager right I think they take Thomas tal back for next season because they’re really struggling to get someone that would be a bit Humble Pie for them wouldn’t it yeah I’m sure he wouldn’t rub it in no no that’s what I mean of all the of all the har want in there apparently I think maybe if you look a little bit further down the line maybe klopp bites the bullet and and does a bind I don’t know I can’t so so we we do we’re going do Club tomorrow we’ll do that in depth then but I sorry to wrestle it back but I wanted to say that what what’s actually interesting here is that if you look at the transition Liverpool are now going to have to go through they’re going through what um maybe and all these situations are different and I’m not comparing these manages or these legacies because I think it’s that helpful but in principle it’s similar they’re going to go through now big Club going to go through what Arsenal have been through what man united have been through and um it’s a huge amount of transition for them I wouldn’t be surprised Liverpool fans are going to see this send off tomorrow is emotional for all the obvious reasons but also a little bit trepidation as well but they’re doing it from a position of strength that those other club weren’t I would agree with that fine but the point still but it’s still a lot of unknown still uncertainty of course of course pep linders who was for many many months um being talked about as a potential successor to klopp you know to Liverpool have a have in not too distant past they’ve um graduated assistance shank and pis and all the rest of it um and now he’s obviously announced he’s going to rivol salsburg to do his to his thing there as the manager and Liverpool um confirmed this morning that Thiago Alcantara and Joe mat going to leave the club in the summer you know there’ll be other players that are also going to move on and then you’ve course got an slot coming in who’s not managed at this level before there’s a lot of things whirling around it’s going to be a pretty uncertain summer for Liverpool fans you know so it’s a very interesting situation is there an argument that that Liverpool not winning the league almost does Slaughter favor yes definitely because you’re you know absolutely right ABS not impossible to follow but as Luke said we’re going to be discussing klopp’s Legacy and and all that kind of stuff tomorrow more on the mailbag but but I don’t we want to talk about him getting his [ __ ] yeah might might do a bit I I think we’ve covered that quite frankly would cover it but but it is it will change the landcape in Liverpool well the city and the Premier League and all the rest of it but specifically at Liverpool Football Club of course when klopp leaves and it it is it has thrown people I mean the news coming out of Liverpool this week is that um John Aldridge a very famous Liverpool uh player of course announced to his Twitter followers that he’ stepped on a rake and I assume this is linked to to y all collapsing yeah Big John um real Aldo 474 as he is on X the last time I’ll do gardening my bare feet folks I’ve only seen what happened to me on the TV and movies Etc fell back onto a rake and the hardest part was pulling it out of my foot talk about painful just ordered Crocs stay out stay out the garden W hospital staff were excellent even though they was snowed under he he as a man who is basically embarked upon a career using his feet it’s page one stuff to not be gardening in your bare feet anyway what he’s doing there I have no idea you’re just a shitan bush yeah yeah a good one yeah it doesn’t really rhyme with Rush does it that’s the problem written down that would probably work definitely Rhymes in Rush isn’t it Rush rushi Bush yeah Russian Bush can you WR something with John Aldridge noong with it fair enough uh coming up after the break everybody we’ve got leads gobbing norch we’ve got sheff United versus Spurs and a fizzer update see you in a moment are you excited to get started don’t push me you’re on television doesn’t look good do look good B man Hand by security Eric man united a big Club welcome back to the everybody um that’s and his friend Gary cotol trying to speak to Eric tenh har when all tenners started at Manchester United which that was when Eric tenar you were like God that’s get a lot of credit with normal football fans um what he needs to do is do he needs to do if Eric wants to get his reputation back he needs to do one of two things one win quite a lot of games with man united which seemed to be Beyond him secondly probably the more easy option do a big deep dive interview with Gary cell yeah and just mug him off for an hour that would be enjoyable uh last night Leeds United marched into the playoff final with a 4-nil victory against Norwich City they marched on together you could say I will say that uh nil nil in the first leg and then they battered them at Ellen Road lovely free kick to open oh wasn’t it a little cheeky cheekster Joe Brian es or Gary McAllister that was his first goal of the club wasn’t it it was the keeper wasn’t expecting it he was not yeah which it was a lovely one I mean I tell you what when alen rh’s pumping like that there’s a few finales amazing place it really is it’s funny cuz if you look at it on paper 90 points lead should be up you know there’s no doubt about it but I think that’s looking at the season as a whole if you look at the last couple of weeks they have looked nowhere near at it and this was a massive massive response to that they did it’s not just the result it’s the performance isn’t it they they needed it um I know I know with the law of averages to to produce two back-to-back big performances in a what is effectively a cup competition is is quite rare however as you say Andy like I know a few leads fans they were all really worried about going in the play better head SP AR exactly exactly as I say you you very much March into it and and and who would who would deny them um that final well of course that’ll be played uh this evening when Southampton host West Bron we’re all baggies aren’t we we’re all baggies well some of us we’re all baggies right in this studio today we’re all baggies who would you fancy then to go up I think Le I fancy Le to go up is that because of what they did last night at all of this season well I just they’re the best team in the playoffs there’s no two ways about so it’s the right answer then but you’re telling me it’s not the right answer but I’m just giving you all the answers the sure you working out op the super computer yeah do you agree with I give Le an 86% chance get he agrees witho you got say bloop now what about this David Vagner has been sacked this morning the David Vagner group well yeah I mean it’s just F on the topics isn’t he he fil on the topics last night and and Vagner is is an interesting situation because famously um promotes um hutsfield town right massive achievement and look you know look at they’ve just been relegated to League one in the right Old State um and um but and is it fair to say cuz he obviously been around Europe a bit as well it’s not worked at any other club Prett much yeah and and and and is it is it worth making excuses for what happened at shaer because Shaker a bit of a basket case or is that yeah but like you know got young boys to a point where they weren’t going to win the league which is almost impossible really in Switzerland I mean they ideally don’t sack coaches halfway through the season look I I think Chris Sutton talked about it and obviously he watches norwi a lot more than me afterwards carry on and he was he was saying it’s not just the results because you know given what they’ve got they did quite well to get here but the style you know you expect Norwich to die with their boots on really and and you know that that really has been the case in the last couple of Premier League Seasons they they’ve played but they’ve done it in a particular style and if you’re not going to win and have that footballing identity you’ve got a problem which is probably What’s Done Vagner in the end isn’t it yes quite brutal getting getting binned but then they lost in such a bad way last night but and it was the end that is the end of seas so so it’s yeah um leads United of course have been in um five Football League playoffs and never been promoted so this is a chance to get that mon there was a weird um I’ll probably get this wrong but there was also a weird situation with Huddersfield actually under Vagner don’t think they won any of the games in the playoffs they went through the semi-final penties final so it can be done it can be done everybody as hard as work on your pens exactly um speaking of penalties we go to Major League Soccer for a fizzer update um he’s not been given a penalty but his side were uh given a couple of them in a in a an extraordinary game uh when uh Portland Timbers um beat San Jose Earthquake 42 um it’s it’s fizz’s finest hour I think we can all agree his whole career yeah that scine doesn’t tell the whole story though does it well it it doesn’t um cuz San Jose were two n up and cruising and then there was a very controversial penalty given to Portland Timbers it was given for hand ball on the line it I mean they do have V the referee gave him a St red and the looks on the faces of those so San Jose players was very much suggested I think you might have got this wrong Mr referee why wasn’t it far though well they do have it would have been checked but I I didn’t watch the live game um cuz why would I um it’s fizzer but I yeah but but they got it back to for it was an incredible turn around three goals in the final um 20 minutes and uh you know Peter what uh what a man he’s got them going I mean he’s got them going in one can I just say it was so doesn’t get me going I tell you what it was so bad before this comeback that one of the commentators on the Portland Timbers official radio feed was caught on a hot mic saying you want to come and Coach this team it can’t be any worse it just come I thought the hot I thought the hot mic was just um somebody from the actual Portland Timber setup which I would find more amusing that’s even worse then isn’t it that is even worse would you fancy old Moise in MLS I think he’d fancy it’s a bit foreign for him isn’t it but we been married in Spain I think he thinks of England as been going somewhere foreign no I don’t I think he I think the thing is Moyes is famously someone who’s an old style manager who likes to really control everything they found it weird in Spain for example when you talk about going over like to r s had for example how he went and did his own scouting and like the president and board members and other members of the coaching staff go we’ve got staff who can do that for you and he’s like no I insist it’s really important I mean I’m guessing if he was going to go and do that MLS he’s right right I’m just going off in a scouting Mission and it takes so long to get anywhere in America because it’s such a fast country you’ll come back like seven games later [ __ ] on the with Phil Brown talking before we go back to uh the Premier League elsewhere in MLS raccoon invaded a pitch during Philadelphia’s game against New York City on Wednesday night which was very very enjoyable I saw that yeah the footage was amazing it was class it’s amazing the heat map yeah because yeah I’d love to see a heat map but also when you see a raccoon in the US for British people it’s CU you just don’t get them here it’s a very very exotic animal to us to see why on a football pitch is remarkable the way they as well they CAU it was normally if you put animals in bins you get in trouble yeah lady the thing is raccoons are vicious nasty yeah you Corner a raccoon you’re in big trouble that’s right well they’re quite solitary animals so they have to just kind of fight for themselves effectively and they got I I very much enjoy aaum because they’re like cuz badges are reportedly everywhere in the UK but you never I can say I’ve seen one once I’ve seen one once in recent memory but I just like the raccoons have got lovely human hands they have got hands like humans and they and they manipulate their hands like a human as well they wash their food stuff and they make great hats can we do podcasts about raccoons I love them don’t suggest we’re going to skin this raccoon no why not unless you thinking about putting a live record on your head as a hat I just you know seral [ __ ] SN I think they well a bit Dave Crockett vibed yeah okay yeah you know yeah I just don’t think you you should need to be killing animals for a hat no well I’m just I’m not saying you should I’m just saying that factually they make great hats you see I thought we were talking about with their human hands they are great make now back to the Premier League as promised where Spurs need to win to guarantee fifth spot oh that’ll go well then won it that’ll go really well they’re historically great on the final day aren’t they that’ll be Splendid yeah yeah who you supporting for this one Spurs fans um got their voucher in their hands have they they do um might I remind everybody three goals for the priz who won it bremol Lane is it please four they did lose 51 to already already relegated 10-man Newcastle back in 2016 just in case they’d forgotten that uh which made Arsenal overtake them in second so it is a big game for Spurs because they need to win it to guarantee Europa League football and presumably ever so slightly ease an poog’s anger and frustrations um which are still there further details have come um to light uh about Posto’s frustrations on uh that Tuesday night again against Manchester City apparently some spur staff had been relaxed about losing because of Arsenal’s um title champ title chances of course according to the athletic they said the prospect of losing to city had been a theme of jokes among a minority of staff for the last week when one member of the support staff joked that Spurs should play a youth team against Manchester City the manager was Furious yeah and and rightly so and I think if this came from the daily mail or some terrible tabloid that just likes Chuck shot stuff out there um I would I would treat it differently but the fact that it’s come from athletic who are pretty well yeah in sconed in the club and and have good contacts and the journalists there are genuinely of a pretty good standard I mean that is a damning indictment of a top level professional Club I mean he he he should I mean I don’t know the detail of course I don’t want to go over the top about it but in my view that is I mean they should lose their job for that but the the thing the thing that would annoy you if you an poolu I would think is not the stuff around this and of course you know like he said you can’t control what the the fans do for example and he he shouldn’t really be getting after paying customers who’ve paid a lot of money to see their team all year but the the problem really is you go back before the burning game the four games they lose lose ahead of that sure but that’s not what what’s in question here no but I’m no I know it’s not in question here what I am saying is all this [ __ ] around the city game is obscuring what the actual problem is this is not the reason why they didn’t make the top four the other bit before is the reason that they didn’t make the top while they’re getting distracted by this it’s taking away the focus from what the actual problem is what Spurs failings have been because since the turn of the Year even though the results haven’t been great the results have been better than the performances and that is the problem but but and I think that’s true but I think we’re talking about two separate things I think on this spec specific talking point that Marx has brought in it’s so corrosive if if it’s true I I don’t know if it’s true or not but if it is true maybe offers a clue to why the stuff before has happened possibly yeah it could be linked it’s so corrosive you can’t have that kind of attitude knocking about and and and and the demarcation between the fan base and the club is necessary and and I’ll guess on the on the him you know coating off a fan as he was caught on camera doing during the city game it’s really difficult to know what the detail of that is I I personally have always been of the opinion that if fans are going to you know tear strips off managers and players don’t be surprised if you get a bit back sure that’s fine I think um so we don’t know the detail on that But ultimately it summed up well with what Marcus was saying I think I think you were saying Marcus on Wednesday about when an postu said I’ve just realized that the foundations here are really fragile like this is not what I’m used to like I I you know I was at a club before this used to win stuff all the time and I know it’s in Scotland or whatever but we we we need to get that kind of winning mentality and I feel I feel like he has gone on a journey this last week where at the start of the week as he said himself I was happy to indulge the jokes and the banter about it cuz that’s fine and as it’s as the week’s pressed on and we’ve gone to where we are now I think he’s just like [ __ ] hell got so much work to do here to weed this stuff out is it I mean is it really that serious is a joke just a joke I mean of course you want context yeah I I just get the sense that this is a bit of a not a useful smoke screen but I just think it’s just a bit of end of season fatigue he’s had he’s on a bad Runner form and I think he’s just kind of over overblowing what but they still have a chance but but but he would have been desperate to to manage in the Champions League next season absolutely and they still had at that point of doing that and even if it is in just this is top level sport right it’s also it’s also managers will use results and performances to to Spur their players on and if they’d have put in a big performance and actually if they’d have beaten the side who everyone still regards as the best team in Europe despite not being in the Champions League final you could say right Lads they needed to win that game and we went out and beat them and and you know it can be used for for a number of ways I understand it from your average Spurs fan yeah um who sort of think well obviously you know i’ like to play champions league but you know if we lose not the worst thing in the world cuz it stops them I get that totally I’m not as I said and I don’t think anybody’s trying to sort of dive into the to the stands like Eric Dar and go right why are you not supporting your team why are you not singing I don’t think anybody’s saying that you know there’s been plenty of Spurs media and stuff saying look this is why we didn’t want to to win the game because of Arsenal and you know you’re here for three or four years we’re here for life kind of thing so from the fans point of view absolutely I understand it but this is coming from you know or the the suggestion is it’s inside the club yeah and also when um you have a you know as I say when when postu reacted when the fan was reportedly saying certain things blah blah blah it’s like just don’t be overt about it but I’m I’m with Pete I think if you look at what they actually produced on the pitch against Manchester City what they produced on the pitch against Manchester city was good enough to get a result it wasn’t too bad and I just if people feel comfortable making jokes about um you know some kind of conspiracy in front of an he’s only got himself to because he’s quite affable don’t be so affable be more serious and weird I think he’s I I think he’s got an undercurrent of like genuine danger oh yeah massively and and he’s he’s a very serious and ambitious football manager I can see alongside that and it’s sad that the game kind of weeds out those kind of affable interesting characters that that turn into weird robots you can’t make a joke around is that why you’re not a top level Premier League that’s why I’m not top Premier League anything I I think we can all agree though that um despite them being distinctly um second favorites for winning the league title Arsenal fans will be enjoying all this chat around Spurs so uh yeah they they seem to and I think it’s got to the point now on the other side of the defense with given the games that Bram against Sheffield United to all the Sheffield United fans listening you’re wondering why we’re not talking about them the kindest thing we can do at this point is not talk about your team at all yeah yeah um there are Simpsons meme he’s already dead yes exactly yeah yeah the there are some other games in the Premier League which um have got things riding on them Chelsea are in the driving seat for sixth spot [ __ ] headline I’ll tell you what about that I was excited about that well um I mean I’m in the Sixth Lane yeah wow Peter if they beat Bournemouth no one can catch them they are going to beat Bournemouth and no one will catch them it gets even more boring they’re playing Bournemouth imag that so can am I right in saying the team that no one likes could finish in a position that would only be a European spot if a certain team wins the league H wins the cup and they’re planning against a team who is safely in 11th and no one has an opinion on yeah that’s about it that’s about it we could have we could have Chelsea we could have um or Newcastle in the Europa conference League Andy you’ve talked about the financial disparities between Premier League sides and other Europa conference League sides I mean it would uh take the biscuit if it was Newcastle or Chelsea that say you you talked about the financial advantages to yourself if Newcastle would reach the Europa conference League yes we talked about that on ramble reacts on Wednesday night you very much did Andy you very much did um now uh Manchester United uh they could finish eighth which would be their lowest ever finish in the Premier League um so let make it happen that was the big thing in midweek if um like Newcastle could finish above man united for the first time in the Premier League era yeah it’s remark it I would also say the most damning statistic of this entire man united foul jeree is a goal difference of minus three I think I think you can the the points totals gets a bit of score score people don’t really remember B for the Premier League that they’re that high in the league they’ve got that go the amount of gravity that that and and and attention that club generates the amount of money that flows through that club and you sit there at the end of the season potentially with a goal difference of worse than minus three and you should be labeled a pratt yes and and that realistically their best efforts will get them a zero you know I mean against absolutely yeah so so if they congratulations you where you started so they have to better newcastle’s result because of that gold difference cuz Newcastle have plus 21 they have to better Newcastle as a result to not finish eighth and clinch that seventh spot and thus avoid avoiding in much embarrassment I mean it’s also I mean you put it in context as well you know some of these teams in the Premier League this season Luton have conceded 81 goals Burnley have conceded 76 goals Sheffield United have conceded 101 goals even West Ham have conceded 71 which is almost two a game and man united sit there on minus three somehow somehow they cannot get a positive goal difference that they managed to do it uh now Eric ten has had to clarify that Manchester United do in fact want to keep Bruno fanch at the club this is after he said on um Wednesday night um Fernandez I will be here if the club wants me to be a part of the future Wayne Rooney gave his verdict on Wednesday night as well he said you have to build a team around Bruno Fernandez I’d keep the young players and then all the other players get rid of them other than Tom Heaton wellow he’s he’s I think I think Tom heat is so important to the fabric of the club that he goes without saying he’s at I mean is it fair to say that Eric tenh hard’s view on whether the club should keep Bruno Fernandez is really not that important exactly yeah you don’t get to say but but there’s been huge talk that there’s going to be a massive turnover of players at United right they’re going to leave a lot of players what’s not been mentioned I don’t think buying them well that’s the thing it’s it’s only it’s only Varan who’s already announced he’s leaving amrabat who’s in alone where they’ve got an option to martiel they’ve got an option to extend which they probably won’t they’re not taking and Johnny Evans and Tom heon they’re the only ones out of contract so all the others are going to have to find someone to buy and it is the hardest thing selling players I mean Saudi Arabia is going to be busy this summer B really that’s they just set up a chter flight just from Manchester the for the whole summer oh dear me I I mean Manchester United look I’ve thoroughly enjoyed them this season again for all the wrong reasons so was Eric the most entertaining team in the league yeah I I I mean I assume that they would want European football next season just for a little bit of extra Revenue because they’ve got to fix the roof somehow yeah I don’t think the conference league is going to fix that roof it’s not i’ got to tell you the problem is that they say you should fix the roof where the Sun’s shining but it’s never it’s always raining so you can’t oh doar me but um Peter TR is just like a one big morisy song isn’t it it is a bit not the racist bits though not the racist not the stuff he’s done later no yeah they should have organized they should have organized some friendlies in Australia or they they wanted to build up the fat stacks well if they if they wanted to prove that they’re a big Club I mean um Newcastle United their season their Premier League season will finish against brenford of course but Peter there’s one more game to look forward to because immediately after uh Newcastle United and Spurs finished their Premier League Seasons they are of course off to Australia to play a friendly on Wednesday um I mean if what was his PO if POA kogle was angry with uh you know has anyone told him about Australia you’d think he would be happy with that he go anywhere I expect but he didn’t expect to work though he didn’t if they if they’re going to do this they should do a couple of things obviously an gets to be built in a bit of time with his family but at the top of the show we heard from Chris Edwards in Melbourne yeah get on the flight back exactly they’re going to come back St away on there and you you get a free flight back there are you you have to stay till September to be fair but yeah you get the best part of the weather which usually isn’t that great it might be a problem because you might be in Australian living in London without a Visa yes and that stuff never happens you got a real be in your body about people outstaying the Visas in this country don’t you no I’ve got a real no with the media representing immigrants as being non Australian I think we’ve heard enough about Australian people I think yeah yeah now go down the other list of the countries you’ve started with a do the others um now um Kieran trippy has come out and said that this is not great um preparation for the Euros Eddie how has questioned this SPO players want to do it trippier needs more games his because did you see his performance against Man United yeah I did think to myself yeah he’s right and then I thought a bit more game time though but the problem is with Kieran Tripp it’s a very it’s a very thin line You’ve Got To Tread because if he has too many games he is also bad are you ready for a simple game of categories also says you’re an encyclopedia of football oh what an encyclopedia of football I don’t know what that means penultimate game of the season gentlemen why is it the penultimate because we’re going to be having a title Des signing playoff next week between our top three for this season so do special show special show Jacks encyclopedia not exclusive but focused let’s say everyone’s focused on the they’ve got their eyes on the prize to be quite Frank um yeah Marcus kept his linear belt against Luke and Jim last week we have got one eye on the final um fixture of the Season uh but we’re going to kick things off with you uh Mr Andy brassel okay right um Aston Villa managers in the Premier League era oh oh Aston Villa managers in the premier era not including caretakers give me John Gregory you can have John Gregory I will have Gerard Julio I like it nice one Marcus I’ll go for Steven Gerard Steven Gerard mon Martin O’Neal Paul Lambert Paul Lambert 2012 to 2015 I doubt myself Paul Lambert have three years there yeah um un un yeah it’s a present it still counts he’s doing it now I didn’t say it shouldn’t Brucey Brucey 2016 to 2018 Ron ainson good one Ron ainson when the Premier League started yeah um let’s go for I just trying to go for the obvious ones that you guys will try and get tactics Tim go blimy great 2015 you remember it one year brief wasn’t it I guess one J great times Andy I’m stuck in early 90s yeah struggling now it’s Torres to get Chelsea a place in the Champions League final the headline has been written sometimes with a large data set like Andy’s brain it’s hard to sort of WR you need toag your I’m sorry no uh all right Marcus who have you got for us big names in here he’s had a long time to think here yeah he’s had the whole of andies to think as well it’s TZ to give Chelsea a place in the Champions League final the headline has been written oh dear Luke you need one don’t you I do need one I’ll give you four if you like yeah okay Brian little Graham Taylor Remy guard Alex mcle well played well play Brian little gram Taylor’s in there Dean Smith sorry but that’s actually a disqualification because you meant to give one answer you’re not allowed no you’re not allowed to give more than one answer so you should be disqualified for that guard Roberto De mat de mat oh de mat yeah okay he’s there for long was he he well obviously he won one in 12 yeah that do it that’s not a extended contract kind of performance to be honest right uh number two look more deserved luk Mo did deserve that Marcus spell last week we did manages this week we are doing players Nam every Premier League player of the Season since the award began in 9495 um surely Muhammad Salah yes it’s got to be surely correct 2017 2018 I’m going for like longest time served and being good at the same time so I want to go Frank Lampard you can have Frank Lampard he got that in 2005 can I have Phil foden he’s in the short list this year but he’s not got there him already do not prejudge the judging no good Lord unless you’re part of the judging you might be you’re very well connected Andy do you know something we don’t know Marcus surely Cristiano Ronaldo has to be 2007 and 2008 okay my logic here is that when Leicester won the Premier League title Jamie vardy won it right okay so my answer is Jamie vardy didn’t it show you working out there Alan sheir Alan sheir 9485 okay um like I said in the last round a lot of big players here for obvious reasons and goo kante correct 2016 2017 beautiful um Kevin De bruyne has to be surely Kevin De bruer 2020 and 202 got it wrong yeah ah has anyone said this one already Wayne Rooney 2010 tier onri tier onri or4 and or6 this is good Marcus I’ve Got a Feeling Vincent company’s won it I mean out of all of the players 2012 well played well played uh um I’m struggling big time I’m struggling Eric can now you’re all sick in the Ed you’re all you’re all absolutely you’ve gone mad you’ve gone absolutely insane was a really good player mate he was he was a really good player but yeah and he had a a distinctly very good season as well where he should have won it in my opinion look for the win look for the win big chance this buil come on let’s have a bit of G when Liverpool won the league come on it’s Torres toel keep doing your working out Champions League final the Manu viit [ __ ] it fair play he won it a couple times in he won it twice 2009 and 2011 play I mean guys guys go I about lipo in theil Van DK he won in 2019 rude vanoy rben Diaz uh Peter schmeichel Patrick Vieira Michael Owen did Kevin Phillips Win It Kevin Phillips did win it on the turn of the Millennium the millennium bug was looming and Kevin Phillips was doing it who else you got lisis Suarez junor Pista um Gareth Bale yonberg Harland Hazard Dwight York I tell you what I’m looking forward to this top three face off next week basically I’m going to have the same feeling listening to that as Manchester United players will watching the Champions League my next guess was going to be Gerald and he hasn’t won it has he uh no he wasn’t well well played look you Hammer us with Villa you got that one the belt is currently yours final game of the season it’s come back to me that’s right and so is the belt on the line on Monday the belt is um on a helicopter between your house and Marx’s house oh well there we are that’s actually not that far not that far flies just tell us is Richard Masters in South London West London you watching a clip from the Football Ramble podcast don’t forget to like this video And subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss an upload a single upload don’t miss out on the upload the CL are impos [Music]