October 30, 2024 • 32 mins
The Football Today Podcast brought to you by Betfair is full of Premier League fever, breaking down the best back or lay tips across Matchweek 10 of the EPL season. We discuss all of the latest news including the sacking Erik Ten Hag, controversial calls and delve deep into a huge Manchester United vs Chelsea matchup!
The panel break down the weekend's biggest matches, debate the 2024 Ballon d'or, go through an interesting trivia question, plus talk through the injuries and table moves of the Premier League season so far!
Get around Football Today's Liam 'Stats Guy' McAllion & Alex Donnelly as they talk out all things EPL, thanks to Betfair!
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00:00 Intro
01:18 Around the Grounds
13:19 Best game of the match week
15:50 Back or Lay Bets
26:00 Trivia
27:35 Match week Predictions
31:21 Outro
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome back to the Football Today podcast, brought to you
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Arsenal man, Marcus is growing a mustache, but Alex donnolly
hae you going.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
I'm way more handsome than Marcus. Definitely do know more
a lot more about Betfair. But hey, happen to be
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to my mate's a mil Yes, good, good to hear
from him once again. But coming in off the long
run this week, it's not like a lot speed happening,
stats going, It's.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Been a lot happening. Especially being an Arsenal fan a chelseavent,
this is a lot happening at the moment in the
Premier League. We're heading into match week ten, so really
fired up for the season. Now today we're going to
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(01:04):
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All right, Alex, as you know, we're going to start
with around the Ground here the biggest news. His name
comes up on every single podcast I think that we've
(01:26):
ever done, even on other sports podcasts, his name pops up,
Eric tan Hugg, He's gone. Man, you lost to west
Ham on the weekend. That was just shocking and they're like, yeah,
that's the final shot. Ten Hug is gone. I think
we had a title last this time last year about
Eric ten Hugg getting sacked. But it's fine. It happened.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
I think it's kind of funny that him losing his
job happens after just an abysmal referee decision. Where the
running joke that we've had in the office for the
last since I think it's match week five of last
year was Gnaca was on side. Starts guy, no matter
what happened, was on side and Hoyland should have had
a penalty. So that goes back to when Arsenal beat
Man United last year three won and he never stopped
(02:06):
mentioning it all year and this year when he actually
does get a Really, what is Michael Oliver doing in Var?
It's not a clear and obvious error to give that
penalty against the lit.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Yeah, we are at the moment is is definitely.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Don't start with Saliba getting sent off, But then you
didn't have Van Dervens sent off against Crystal Palace, it's
all and then the Chelsea player who tackled Jots are
not getting sent off. It's just I don't know what's
going on with Var, but ten Haag gone. I mean
they spent six hundred million pounds, they still don't have
an identity or brand.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Of what we're going to play. You look at their team,
they've got some good defenders. They've got really good attackers
and guys that just should be doing a lot better.
Even Diego Dullo that myssed that he had on the weekend,
he had an open net pretty much the west Ham
fans were going, So that was pretty funny. Now we're
going to have a look who replaces ten Haag as manager.
I think you've said a lot of reports coming out
for Amrim Yeap some Sporting from.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Sporting Lisbon, so he's their current coach. They are unbeaten
from and they've scored thirty goals in the league. And
he's going to leave to go to Manchester United, which
is kind of funny given how well they're going at
the moment. As an Arsenal fan who's going to play
Sporting the Champions League and a few please leave go
to Manchester, It's totally fine. I've actually had money on
Garrett Southgate for about twelve months now.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
You love the funniest outcome, so that would be the
funniest outcome that Southgate goes from getting sack playing again
to manu.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
And so, from what I've heard and read is a
big problem. Was ten Hag not the best English speaker,
so not go with a dialect so dealing with the players.
Obviously he's Dutch, so I don't think they'd go for
someone like you've written down he is in it means
a done not a native English speaker of course, Garra
Southgate being English is that and ammpy sounds like you
can speak decent enough when you hear his press conferences.
(03:48):
And then you've got van Nistroy there which he is
to manage. He was born in this season yep, I
don't think he's ready to coach Manchester.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
No, I feel like you need a guy that's a
bit more confidence. Am so he I think you're right.
I think they'll end up with him, but it would
be very funny paid ten million pounds to get Amerim
across too.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
With his current contract, well that would mean they've spent
nineteen million pounds on managers since Alex just nine.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Yeah, that's not as bad as Chelsea still yeah, and
definitely not as bad as Chelsea. To some more positive news,
Chris would he scores two goals, has not to beat
Lester three to one. Only Cole Palmer and Earling Harland
have more goals since December last year than Chris Wood
I'm pretty sure he's thirty three. Man.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I'll never forgive him for missing two cities against Manchester
City late last season though.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, and he's been He had fourteen goals last year's
already got seven goals this year.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
He played to He played for Leicester before he played
for West Brom. I think he was at Newcastle, was
at Burnley. He's been everywhere, man, he has been everywhere.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Man, they can't get that song goal. I just realized
he's from Auckland. Could he play for the new Auckland
FC team. Maybe in a few years.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
What they're paying their current squad is what he's getting
Perl probably.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
But I just can't believe, well he's gone because everyone's
roasted him for years saying he's not like at the level,
and then the last two or three seasons he's been
on fine, you're not doing a job. No, No, he's
doing a job and they're up to seventh, which I'm
going to touch on later that not to go on
really well, now you want to talk about this being
an Arsenal fan, anything that goes wrong with Tottenham, you're
all over Tottenham. Go full Spursy, full spursy after and
(05:17):
said he doesn't believe in Spursy. They lost one Niled
Palace who had not won a game all season. What
the hell?
Speaker 2 (05:23):
What about the hell? Can we point out the assist
from though? Yeah it was sick amazing, Yes, absolute hilarious.
Anytime Tottenham, you know, fall over, trip over themselves, crap
all over the pants, I absolutely love. I despise Tottenham
now that and is there as well with the Australian
media jamp on board. It makes me dislike them even more.
(05:44):
They are Spursy. They will never win anything. Results like
this prove that.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Yeah, a lot of I think a lot of people
even through betfair, like, oh yeah they could win a
trophy or someone no bet on them to win a trophy.
That's just not worth it. That's a big, big You're
all over that. Next one, My beloved Chelsea won two
one really consistent form for once, which is really surprising.
Up to fifth on the table. Nicholas Jackson or Jackson
as he says on his name when he comes up
(06:09):
on the screen. Jackson has fourteen goal contributions in the
last fourteen league games. He's putting a few haters to
bed and yeah, he's has been awesome.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
We had those late couple of games last season where
he missed a couple of open nets.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
He's really turned it around.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yea, because even the one here on the weekend when
he added pretty much an open net, I'm going, oh,
please just hit it, and now he's I'm actually confident
that he can hit those ones and that the build
up to that goal. You don't get an assist for
the pass to the past, but Palmer's passing in that
game was What.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Were Newcastle doing playing a high line against a team
that relies on transition?
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Yeah? What were they doing?
Speaker 1 (06:41):
They Their team on paper, similar to Man you is
pretty is very good and they.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Have been so bad when you've got big Dan Burn
playing left center back.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Yeah that's true. Issue, that's true. I don't know what's
going on there. Where are they up to now?
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Going good?
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Twelfth? Yeah? So I even tipped on I think top
four or top six. I can't even remember what that was,
similar to Adelaide in the I just haven't got that one, right,
So no, good, all right. I didn't even really want
to touch on this game Arsenal to Liverpool too, just
because you'll be fired up for this one awesome game
one of the games of the season, similar to the
Manchester Arsenal game that was Manchester City Sorry Arsenal game
(07:15):
that was two old as well. Just so much happened,
so much controversy, the one controversial moment that happen. Obviously
awesome goals too, all really good game, but the controversial
foul that stopped the whole game and Arsenal went on
to score and it would have, yeah, would have gone
on a win. How do you feel about that?
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Ben and Arsenal well like, because when the foul was
blown you were like, what's it for? Yeah, and then
you come back and realize was it for Kivy or
jumping over sober Slide. It's like sober Slides just stood
there and Kiev was just jumped head of the ball
watching it there, may because it bounced off Habits as bicep.
Do they call it back for a hand ball? You know.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
I think they called the foul more than the head.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
They called the foul because Anthony Taylor hasn't called the
foul until he sees Habits through on goal. The rules
of VR, you let the play unfold before you go, Hey,
I think there might have been a foul there. Watch
it in the build up. The one for me is
in the first half where Gabrielle Martinelli gets cleaned up
by Canat and train Alexander Arnold in the box and
the like, oh yeah, Canado has won the ball, and
that's what the official Twitter account said, and like they've
(08:18):
big community noted going Canado does not win the ball.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Doesn't win the balls. They're a bit all over the shop,
especially the fact that you can't. They are that because
there was a goals growing opportunity. I don't I don't understand,
but the rules are very annoying.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
That you can go back and look at that is
obvious that the ref that the ref's missed, which if
they don't give that a penalty, I'm cool with that.
But you've got with the goal that Haesus scores, you've
got to let that play on fold and then if
you pull it back, you pull it back.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Fine.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Well that was the thing that happened a couple of
years Agohere they're like, we're going to let the play
unfold and then so although I'm putting to my un
bus Adam because usually I was laughing my head off
being a Chelsea fan that Arsenal had they had about
three really unlucky top things having.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
This year, which to win a title you need things
to fall your wife. It's not in the moment of
them are falling Arsenal's way.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
This year, and usually I'd be going, I am that
Arsenal didn't deserve that. I think they did deserve a
goal there that was really really unlucky, but still pretty
happy to get a draw there. You've got to draw
against Liverpool and a draw against City, you'd probably take that.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Yeah, mikel Arteta is now I'm beaten in his last
fifteen games. Again, it's like the big six in the league.
And then you also you've done it without Saliba Oderguard's
still not playing, gabriel goes down, Kalafiori's not playing because
everyone's like, oh, Arsenal should have gone for the win.
They are doing it with their miles Little Skelly ended
up on the field because Tim became up. He's only
their very young guy, but he's going to be good.
(09:29):
He's their fifth choice left back.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Ben White's playing in central defender and he's usually at
right back. YEP.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Obviously Gabrielle is there.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
He goes off and then right back was Thomas Party,
a forty seven year old with no hamstrings, and he
absolutely tell so this you'll be happy with that. It's
a great result. Late the late equalizer annoys me. But
this time last year Arsenal's records are the same. Yep,
they get beaten by a point in the league. They
can win the league from here.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
I don't know about that. I'm still slightly leading towards Liverpool,
but one hundred percent you're right they haven't got a
full Strengthen Arsenal.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Are better than Liverpool off that result of their starters.
Liverpool are only missing. Yeah, Alison, does Alison stop that
Sacer goal or Marino goal?
Speaker 3 (10:10):
No?
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Probably not No, not fair col fair coal all right. Lastly,
in the news, we've got through the Arsenal stuff. But yeah,
it's a bit of a venting session with that. The
ballon d'Or was yesterday twenty twenty four. Rodri was the
ballon d'Or winner in the men's and bon Marty in
the women's. That's too in a row for She's an
absolute Barcelona Barcelona. They just swear every year. Look at
the awards. I think other than maybe two years ago,
(10:32):
the men's and the women's, the half of the Barcelona
teams just rock up because they're just going to win
so many awards. Yamala won the Young Player from Barcelona
as well. For the men's, Rodri versus Vinnie Junior was
the big talking point. Yep, was Vinnie Junior robbed? Is
the big question in the around the grounds? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Absolutely not?
Speaker 2 (10:49):
I agree, I agree. What is this big carry on
about Vinisses Junior potentially? Yeah, like winning the ballon d'Or
or being controversial that he's lost for years every I
think everyone has said that Rodri is probably the most
important player for Manchester City. Look at the record of
things that they've won with him playing there. Then he
also wins the Euros as well, so you one.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
I think international football takes precedent. That's why Messi won
its one before and things like that.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
You win the title, you win the Euros. But then
you look at it.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
Vinnie Junior had twenty one goals and assists overall, twenty
one goal contributions in the league last year. There is
about thirty players that had more goal contributions across the leagues.
Like we're complaining about this where Dominic Selanki at Bourne
Meuth had more goal contributions last year than Vinnie Junior.
That's a good comparison, but that's what I'm saying. And
then it's like, Okay, you look at it and you know,
(11:36):
Roger's played sixty three games, one fifty of them, lost one,
Vinnie Junior forty nine, one thirty two, lost two.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
But if you're big in midfielders, you're probably going Debryn
or rodri As. You're picking like he is an absolute freak.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
But it also shows how silly the Premier League is
that Rodger wasn't even in the Team of the Year
for the Premier League.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
That was a joke. Yeah, that was a joke.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
But it's like, yeah, your two best player in the
Premier League last year were probably Declan Rice and rodri
It's you and Noah Attacker has stood out so magnificently
and you're not you know, you're not just going to
give it to Harry Kane for scoring forty goals in
the Farmers League. Didn't do a lot in that in
for PSG as well. I'm happy for Vinnie to be
up there, but I'm happy that rodri won. I think
rodri Is logic suggests he is the most likely winner.
(12:18):
Also with Ria Ferdinand acting like a tool on Twitter
when he scored that goal in the Champions League final,
that's when he lost the balance.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Oh bang, there we go. I don't mind that one. Actually,
the other one is the real Madrid, just the whole team,
the staff and things like that. None of them turned
up to the Ballendor ceremony. So usually you have all
your best players because could have won an award. Was
that cavaj I think it was another one.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
The other player thought that if Vinnie Junior wasn't winning,
that Kavah was going to win it.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
No, there was no chance Caverha was going to win. Well,
he did win the Champions League, yeah, and of course
the Euro but in terms of like his actual skill
and overall play. But the fact that I didn't turn
up is just way too salty and so immature. The
fact that even brought it back to race. They brought
it back to a lot of other things. And that's
really the poor from Madrid, who was supposed to be
the biggest club in the world.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
The most petty man alive, Christiano Ronaldo still turned up
every year and applauded exactly.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Well, that means he's not that. I think he could
cops it a little bit. Yeah, a lot of people
don't like Ronnie, but I don't mind him. But yeah,
really petty by them. And I'm still happy that Roger won.
I think he's probably the best in the world. There
we go, all right, that's it for around the grounds.
Let's get into the best Game of the Match week.
We're just going to quickly touch on this before we
get into our back or lay bets with Betfair Best
Game of the Match Week. I'm just calling it just
(13:27):
because ten Hug's gone. Man United versus Chelsea. Chelsea up
to fifth. Man United. People are saying they might have
a new coach Bounce. I don't know about that new
manager Bounce.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Coach Bounce. Manager is in there?
Speaker 1 (13:36):
The manager, Yeah, the manager is in there, or just
the lack of ten Hug Bounce, I don't know. Might
be that's in the title. Actually, no ten Hug Bounce.
Let's start off with goalscorers. Who do we think is
going to step up for I would say Chelsea. I'm
leaning towards, but it could be Man United.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
If you think Man you not have scored eight goals
in the league this season, from no confidence whatsoever in
them scoring. You look at Chelsea, you look at like
you know this matter we He's always very dangerous if
you've got Cole Palmer lurking centrally and Lessandro Martinez's just
going to dive at ankles like there's no tomorrow. If
Palmer doesn't get a free kick or a penalty here,
I'll be shocked. It's just very easy to go with
(14:11):
Parma scoring a goal.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
I don't mind that. I don't mind Matawk yeah as well.
I reckon it could. I wouldn't be surprised if man
you get on the board. I think they can play
slightly more attacking, and they're going to be fired up
because they've got no manager. A few of them will
be like, oh, I'm actually gladoen hugs, they'll be. I
wouldn't be surprised if Exercuy scores. I feel like he
was he threatened a little bit against west Ham. I
don't mind him.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Yeah, but if you're not scoring against west Ham, your
defense is much better than west Ham's.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Sure again, that's true, but I wouldn't be surprised if
they just get a score on the board. It might
even be the first one. Then Chelsea fire up Parma. Yeah,
I reckon Parmer, might get two assists here and maybe
a goal. It's had a bit too much fantasy teams.
Maybe assistant and goal, and then I reckon mattterwek we'll
get the other one there. Score prediction. I'm going to
go I don't want to jinx this as well. I'll
(14:56):
go to Chelsea two to one. But I wouldn't be
surprised if Man, you like, come out fire in the
first half and get the first goal. Three Neil Chelsea
three Neil Chelsea.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Trash.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
They are trash so bad their team. Should I reckon
the second half of the season, they might do a
bit better because they're gonna have to. They've spent all
this money trying to get players in the ten hag wanted.
Now you're gonna have a new manager who wants a
new identity. You've just spent all this money getting Delit Masrowi,
the guy that came just not getting a game. Xerx
is coming, Leroy Yano's coming. He's injured at the moment,
(15:28):
that's why he's not playing. And then you go back
and look at all the money they spent in previous seasons.
Getting hoiling in.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
And you manager might come in and get don't want
any of you and just clean them out.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
True. True, I'm not trying to think how that starting,
so it might take like another month.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
The mirror has got to go.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
He scored on the weekend, but everyone's running past him
at the moment, so I think he's done. He might
even be come off the bench in the future. I
reckon all right. The most important part of the show.
They're back all lay bets thanks to Betfair, the only
place to back all lay bet on the EPL this season.
Last week we had some surprising results that cost us
a few tips. Aston Villa that was hilarious. Not getting
(16:05):
not getting the job done was one of my big ones.
I think they drew too bourn with Sparkley giving away
the late foul, so I was so mad with that
because that was one of my big tips. I was
really keen on Villa. The other one was Tottenham a
few people back then because they've actually been okay this season,
but then of course they go full spursy and cost
us a few tips there losing to Crystal Palace. Tony
was really good late Arsenal two dollars forty. I know
(16:27):
that Arsenal could have got the job done.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
But I understood his tip reading Arsenal without Celebra and
oder Guard, plus there was all the other defenders that
I understood the reasoning there.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
Yeah, so the expert tips did all right there and
then the evident verse Fulham draw got at three dollars forty,
which was really good. He wanted to back that one.
Both teams don't have as many match winning goal opportunities there.
Marcus has been confident in Chelsea all season. I was
I've been nervous back in Chelsea, but he keeps backing
Chelsea and it's working well. So that's been really good.
On the back of a bets, that's time for your
turn A step up very soon, Alex Easy Easy. I
(16:58):
will start with Tony Hargreaves Betfair's expert tips though, check
that out on the Betfair harb at betfair dot com
dot you slash betfair Hub. All right, I'll go through
the first two and I reckon you do the next two. Oh,
actually no, you can go through the first two because
it includes your beloved Arsenal.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
So the first one, Who've got Newcastle on Arsenal. That's
the first game of the weekend this weekend up at
Saint James's Park. He's backing Arsenal two thousand and four.
Arsenal have an incredible record against Newcastle, winning eighteen of
the last twenty one meetings, and apparently says Arsenal will
be confident enough to George to City in Liverpool. As
an Arsenal fan, I'm a bit annoyed that we drew
to both.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Both of those.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
Those are games that Arsenal should have won, and knowing
that you should have won probably does give you confidences. Yeah,
So incredible record of eight in of the last twenty one.
Arsenal whiped them for one. I believe it was late
last year.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
The one Neil lost to Newcastle was the controversial lost
last year with Arteta coming out going.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
I would say losing five points to Fulham costing the time.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Yeah, but when when he said it's a disgress because
the big push in the back from Joel Linton to
Gabrielle that wasn't called a fair Yeah. Plus the ball
was also out everything else, so we this game will
be spicy.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Yeah, it will trigger a few Arsenal fans.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
It won't because you look at it.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
But you look at Newcastle and you've got like big
dan Burn and Fabin Sharp in defense, just like they're
just getting the gazelle's on ice skates at the moment,
they don't know what they're doing. True like the Kaya
Saka in great form. Havertz has just finally found some confidence.
Trossard Martinelli all playing well.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
I agree with Tony. Backing Arsenal and backing up in
sens is really good ray of punting because I don't
think you'd get over no over even money for Arsenal
for the rest of the season. Your Castle have been
struggling Arsenal on fly, so I really like that one.
What else is to backing.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Manchester City to dollar sixty five verse Bournemouth. I can't
believe City or a dollar sixty five. They've got an
aggregate over the last six meetings at twenty to four.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Bournemouth is shown in.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
The last two weeks, obviously beating a ten men Arsenal
two weeks ago and then getting the draw with Villa.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
They're going well.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Manchester City they struggled when beating Southampton won nil. So
I don't know how I feel about this one, just
given since Roger went down in that Arsenal game.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
They just don't look up the speed. I know they
spank like Prague.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
Or something in the Champions League, but yeah, that's wee.
You'd probably score a goal and Manchester so I this
is one I'd want to leave alone. But I can
understand giving the aggregate over the last six minus and
Harland just finds a way.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
I think part of it is Tony's ready visiting the
expert tips a dollar. You don't get men City at
dollars sixty five very often. You've got to back them.
Like I know Bournemouth have been okay, but they're still
top of the table and they although they didn't look
as confident or as strong against Saturn, they're still get
over the line. I reckon this could be like a
two nil and you're still backing them, So I don't
I don't mind that one dolls sixty five is just
really good value for City. The other ones he's going
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to go for the last two that we're going to
touch on over three and a half goals. He's backing
at two dollars and ten cents for Liverpool versus Brighton
over three and a half goals. That seems like a lot,
but Liverpool actually five of the Brighton's last six matches
across all competitions have had four or more goals. You go,
all right, they got my tone and they've got who else?
Evan Fergus Fergus That Pedro has been pretty good. They've
(19:59):
got really good attackers. Their defense has been horrible. There
was a six goal total high line that they played,
really high line, so they've got there were six goals
in the Chelsea game, six goals when Brian played Wolves
for last week, four last week as well, So Liverpool
will just be feasting here. You've got Dias in really
good form, Sala's in solid form.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
You got you look at the goal that Salah scored
last weekend against Arsenal and that's going to be a
picture repeat of how that they try and get him out.
His trend's going to be playing that long ball to
the wings with Salar on Newnes hopefully there he was horrendous.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
He's been good this season, but.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
He's been good. He was he was horrendous.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Jodges now out for a couple of months as well,
so it's up to Das to step up and even
Gakpo he hasn't season as well, so interesting to see
how he loved maybe Gravinburke go as well.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Yeah, actually I wouldn't mind Gravenburg's pro.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
We should see some goals here because I think last
week graven Burke got shown up by a good central midfield.
You've got a good central midfield against Liverpool, you can
catch them out.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Okay, there we go, And then but Tony is staying
away from the head to head because Liverpool have surpriseding
the only one two of the past eight meetings. Yeah,
because even Brighton started becoming sort of stronger again two
seasons ago, but even seasons before that, they've had some
wins against Liverpool which really surprised me. But the over
three and a half goals I really like, So get
ready for a feast of goals there. The last one
we're going to go through for his expert tips is
the over two and a half goals. He's laying at
(21:12):
a dollar ninety for not versus West hamp So we're
going for the under two and a half goals. You're
laying the over two and a half. Only two of
Forrest's nine games this season have had two or more goals. Sorry,
more than two goals this season. Three of the last
four meetings have been at nil all at halftime. I'm
a little bit not stress, what's the right word, A
little bit hesitant compared to some of these other bets.
(21:33):
But it is pretty solid at a dollar ninety and
you've got west Knotts. They do have Chris Wood, they
do have more than Gives White. He's probably going to
be coming back, Klum Hudson andoy. But they're not a
team that's going to blow you out off the park.
I don't think they're like a team that could win
this one or two nil or possibly one all or
something like that. It's not going to be a high
scoring game. West Ham have been so inconsistent, even though
(21:54):
I talked to him praise them at the start. So
I was like, all these new guns are coming in
and none of them have done anything.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
So one of mine money has been spent poorly.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
They really has. So I don't mind the Yea laying
the over two and a half goals because this could
be like a one all or one yes at home. Yeah, okay,
all right, that's the expert Tips brought to you by
Tony Hargreaves on the Betfair hub Alex, what's your favorite
tip of the matchy, And of course, actually I'm looking
at the right.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
Of course I'm laying Tottenham against Aston Villa. Tottenham a
dollar ninety five currently on the fair. Look adding that
Tottenham tomorrow morning in the AFL Cup have to play
Manchester City at home as well, so that in game
Tottenham need to win trophies, they've got to try and win,
so they've got to try and play a full strength
squad against that. Then you have a look at also
how Tottenham just have been going against Aston Villa of lately.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
It's not a great record. Villa's won three of the
last four meetings.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
They came to Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium last year and got
the job done there. I just don't rate Tottenham's defenders whatsoever.
It's everyone tries to tell me that vander Ven and Porah,
it's just amazing central defensive there.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
They're good in attack from defense, but they're not.
Speaker 3 (22:53):
Actually over sixty goals as a partnership.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
They are not that good. Yeah, then you've got Johann
Guran coming through. He can just come off and it's ridiculous.
Then you've got Rogers who just starting to play well.
Olie Watkins keeps finding away as well. They're a very
fun team. Aston Villa. Just find a way to get
get the job done. They've got different ways that they
can attack goal as well. They can catch Tottenham out
on the break. And then any team that's got James
(23:16):
Madison as you central attacking midfielder in a big stakes game,
really James Madden a look at when he gets substituted consistently,
happens at the sixty to seventieth minute when the game
gets important and gets him off.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
He's not a big game Player's a downhill skire.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Oh bang dang.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
You don't get the job done against Tottenham, but let's
just like to as.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Well, because I wouldn't mind a drawing this one, just
because both teams can score.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
But it could to find away for an Uni Emory
team and Tottenham to lose, I would do it.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Yeah, Well, get back the draw and then they.
Speaker 3 (23:51):
Don't lose, they draw. I want them to lose.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
Well, just this week, you can't get them both to lose.
Next week you can back them both lose if you want,
all right, My tip for the weekend for Matt Week
ten is I'm laying west Ham at three dollars sixty
five for nots Verst west Ham, so I'm back to
that game. Not even Forest first, west Ham knots. They're
up to seventh. They've been on fire this season, probably
the best they've played. I don't know since when were
they in the Premier League hundred years ago?
Speaker 3 (24:14):
Yeah, this is the third season of them being in
the league.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Yes, I think this is the best they've probably been
in almost one hundred hundred and fifty years. Only one
loss through nine games. No one would have seen that happening.
Not to have won the last two home meetings against
west Ham two nil and one nil. West Ham they
failed to win in their last five away games as well.
In all comps, Like, I still look at west Ham
and I think second after the season, I think they
might fire up because their team on paper is still
really solid.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
You coached west Ham twelve.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Yeah. Actually, I don't want to curse west Ham again.
I cursed them last year on this show. But yeah
they have confidence. They beat Menu, but it was men
U not so playing a lot better football than Menu.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
West Ham tried to like They're like, oh, we're going
to try and play this fun brand of football. We're
going to be fun, We're going to be exciting. We've
brought in Lopatigue, were brought in all these.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Players out of their players have been doing anything.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
And then Muhamma Curtis decides to slap a Charleison up
in the back of their head.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
He was being there best player and now.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
He's out to three games.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Yes, like size of starts smacking Spurs players got nothing
against that. Come to Arsenal, make give him a pay
one hundred percent. But there's nothing fun and exciting about
aston Villa. Like they've panic bought Nicholas full I mean
west Yeah, west Ham. Sorry, there's nothing exciting about them.
They've panic spent all their money. This is all the
Declan Rice money. Yeah, they've just panic spent it.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
They were like they couldn't get anyone else. Yeah, Like
because full crugs, what is he thirty one? Now?
Speaker 2 (25:24):
I thought he was James Wood. Prowse lasted a season.
You know what they're doing and what lop Teke is
trying to do hasn't been good. It's always just set
up for Sam Allardyce to come in and say, like
just someone like.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
That just just playing four fo Yeah, like bring Sam
Allardyce back.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
But honestly, like there is nothing fun about them.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
No, I agree.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
I think God bless him for getting ten hags out.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
Yeah, that's why I'm That's why I'm laying them, because
I think Knots can get the jobs done at the
city ground. They fired up at the home and Notts
and Chris would will get on the score but maybe
like a one nil to Knots. I reckon in that one.
So we can't have a draw because I'm laying west Ham,
but I reckon we'll get the job done. Cool. All right,
that's our back old lay BET's brought to you by Betfair,
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Speaker 1 (26:19):
All right, we are back. It's time for Trivia with Olivia.
We are so good and sometimes so bad. At this
It's like a roller coaster. Alex used to be okay
this whem he was used to be on the show.
How are you going? Olivia?
Speaker 5 (26:29):
Right, I'm going for an easy one this week because
I want you guys to find out something right. If
you don't get these, I'm going to be very disappointed.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
No, not angry, disappointed.
Speaker 5 (26:38):
Who has won the most balanced doors? And how many
have they won? And if you can give me with
the number as well, I'll take it.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
Messy, do you know you're going you're going to the number with.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Four? I reckon he's won four, it's gonna go six
or six or I'm disappointed? Guys, come on.
Speaker 5 (26:58):
It's messy with eight now with five?
Speaker 3 (27:04):
A second?
Speaker 1 (27:04):
But mess I just thought they would have alternated a
bit more so it could have been like a four
to three eight. That's why he's the goat. That is
why he's the goat. Are we in a grants and
that one?
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Oh yeah?
Speaker 2 (27:14):
I just think he's just a self indulgent tool bad
Is this for as auricon bond? Marty can overtake Messi?
But anyway, whoa, that's a big call.
Speaker 5 (27:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (27:23):
I got six six, very under twenty six?
Speaker 1 (27:27):
Oh yeah, yeah, possibly that would be pretty cool. There
we go. I should have known that eight eight, that's
six six, yeah fair.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
It's an insane level of just amazingness.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
He won last year when he's a lot older, he
won the World Cup.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
That was just like you won the World Cup.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
All right, thanks Olivia. We've we've done Okay, they're not great.
Everyone knew MESSI, but we should have done a little
better than that. We're going to finish off as always,
sometimes quick fire, sometimes not. But it's the EPL match
Week ten predictions. I'm just gonna read them out, Alex,
and you've got to tell me who you think they are,
and I'll finish off with mine as well. First one,
I think I know who're going to go. New Us
versus Arsenal.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Arsenal better, the weekend better?
Speaker 1 (28:02):
Oh okay, very nice. Ye, I'll go Arsenal as well.
Newcastle have been so bad. Liverpool vers Brighton, I'm going
to go draw draw really, they've got a good record.
Bright I'll go to Liverpool. I don't yet don't like
Brighton at the moment. If Switch Town versus Lester City
the powerhouse clash at the bottom of the table. If
Switch had.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
Been playing some pretty fun football. They nearly got back
into the game last week when they were down to
ten men, nearly delape nearly equalized late.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
So I'll tip heep Switch to get the job done here.
I was going to tip them as well. At home.
We've been loving their their energy es, good vibes. They're
the vibe team for sure. What are they track the boys?
It's got a weird name. Bournemouth versus Man City is
the next one. We got it. You don't like tim
and Man City, but I just hate them so much.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
Yeah, Man City?
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Why can't the the FFP charges coming already? We've got
January Ralli, January away at a big price? Ye say
all right, yeah, I'll go City there as well. Bournemous
surely not. That'd be so funny if they won't. But
the funniest outcome, Yeah, funny sack come Southampton versus Everton.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
This is see.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
This thing can either be the worst drawer ever see
or it's like four three because toore Southampton keep playing
out the back like morons. But Cameron Archer up front
and I think it's Tyler Billing Dilling.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
He's playing short socks. He's great.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
They can be fun up.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
Very rarely, but yeah, when they get the chance to
it's against Everton, so who knows what's going to happen.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Let's just come on Southampton at home. Let's get the geez.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
He's bringing the big calls. I'm going to draw. Actually,
I'm going Everdon. I said the other week that they've
actually been playing okay, there has been a bit unlucky.
They can score three goals. I don't see Southmpton getting
more than one. So yeah, I reckon I'm gonna get
Everton and that one. Next one, Nots Forest versus west Ham.
I've already said it. I think not are going to
win Not as well. We love Nots at home. Actually,
you were a big lover of last season, big knotsy big.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
I think yeah, each year I changed like to a
team that gets this Yearwitch, which is the team I'm
jumping on this year for the vibes that I want
to stay out like, they're cool, they're fun.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
Let's keep it switch. Yeah, I've been on Nots this year.
On that next one is Wolves versus Crystal Pass. This
is the hardest one of the weekend. I reckon Wolves
will win. They've been very unlucky the last couple of weeks.
They desperately need to win for Gary O'Neill at Home
Crystal Palace. Still something missing from them, I know, but
they're just not playing well.
Speaker 3 (30:14):
Yeah, they're not playing well.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
But Wolves desperately need this is They've got three or
four games now where if they don't win two of them,
I think Gary O'Neil.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
At Yeah, because they've had a really tough fixture to
start the season, Like really, they've played all the good teams.
I think if they get a win here, they're like,
oh not actually that bad. So I'll go Wolves as well.
Next one Alex has already said, is but Tottenham versus
Aston Villa, Villa Villa, they're not a Villa parket Tottenham
salts Verst Stadium.
Speaker 3 (30:36):
I'm going to go toilet that's good.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Tolet bowl looks like a toilet bowl. Anyway. You can
crap on Tottenham, you will. I'm going to go draw.
I think both teams can score, so I reckon it's
gonna be like a tool. Next one, I'm already touched
on it as well. Man United Chelsea both back in Chelsea.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
If I didn't say Arsenal were better the weekend to
be saying Chelsea It's all really okay.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
I'm just nervous about the new manager bound not like
sorry the nodes manager bounce dead manager bounce, yeah, something
like that. I'll still go to Chelsea there. We've been
back in them all season. Last one finished off. There's
actually be a really fun game Brentford andemo has been
really good, so Fulham verse Branford to finish it off,
high scoring draw, high scoring draw. I don't mind that.
I will go Fullham at home. You've been really strong
(31:14):
at Craven Cottage.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
Smith throw on the scoreboard and enbuemo.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
Have you got either of them in your fantasy team?
Has been so.
Speaker 3 (31:24):
Good to get into.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
I got rid of Sacker and then he ended up playing.
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Speaker 3 (31:56):
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Speaker 1 (00:41):
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All right, Alex, as you know, we're going to start
with around the Ground here the biggest news. His name
comes up on every single podcast I think that we've
(01:26):
ever done, even on other sports podcasts, his name pops up,
Eric tan Hugg, He's gone. Man, you lost to west
Ham on the weekend. That was just shocking and they're like, yeah,
that's the final shot. Ten Hug is gone. I think
we had a title last this time last year about
Eric ten Hugg getting sacked. But it's fine. It happened.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
I think it's kind of funny that him losing his
job happens after just an abysmal referee decision. Where the
running joke that we've had in the office for the
last since I think it's match week five of last
year was Gnaca was on side. Starts guy, no matter
what happened, was on side and Hoyland should have had
a penalty. So that goes back to when Arsenal beat
Man United last year three won and he never stopped
(02:06):
mentioning it all year and this year when he actually
does get a Really, what is Michael Oliver doing in Var?
It's not a clear and obvious error to give that
penalty against the lit.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Yeah, we are at the moment is is definitely.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Don't start with Saliba getting sent off, But then you
didn't have Van Dervens sent off against Crystal Palace, it's
all and then the Chelsea player who tackled Jots are
not getting sent off. It's just I don't know what's
going on with Var, but ten Haag gone. I mean
they spent six hundred million pounds, they still don't have
an identity or brand.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Of what we're going to play. You look at their team,
they've got some good defenders. They've got really good attackers
and guys that just should be doing a lot better.
Even Diego Dullo that myssed that he had on the weekend,
he had an open net pretty much the west Ham
fans were going, So that was pretty funny. Now we're
going to have a look who replaces ten Haag as manager.
I think you've said a lot of reports coming out
for Amrim Yeap some Sporting from.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Sporting Lisbon, so he's their current coach. They are unbeaten
from and they've scored thirty goals in the league. And
he's going to leave to go to Manchester United, which
is kind of funny given how well they're going at
the moment. As an Arsenal fan who's going to play
Sporting the Champions League and a few please leave go
to Manchester, It's totally fine. I've actually had money on
Garrett Southgate for about twelve months now.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
You love the funniest outcome, so that would be the
funniest outcome that Southgate goes from getting sack playing again
to manu.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
And so, from what I've heard and read is a
big problem. Was ten Hag not the best English speaker,
so not go with a dialect so dealing with the players.
Obviously he's Dutch, so I don't think they'd go for
someone like you've written down he is in it means
a done not a native English speaker of course, Garra
Southgate being English is that and ammpy sounds like you
can speak decent enough when you hear his press conferences.
(03:48):
And then you've got van Nistroy there which he is
to manage. He was born in this season yep, I
don't think he's ready to coach Manchester.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
No, I feel like you need a guy that's a
bit more confidence. Am so he I think you're right.
I think they'll end up with him, but it would
be very funny paid ten million pounds to get Amerim
across too.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
With his current contract, well that would mean they've spent
nineteen million pounds on managers since Alex just nine.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Yeah, that's not as bad as Chelsea still yeah, and
definitely not as bad as Chelsea. To some more positive news,
Chris would he scores two goals, has not to beat
Lester three to one. Only Cole Palmer and Earling Harland
have more goals since December last year than Chris Wood
I'm pretty sure he's thirty three. Man.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I'll never forgive him for missing two cities against Manchester
City late last season though.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, and he's been He had fourteen goals last year's
already got seven goals this year.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
He played to He played for Leicester before he played
for West Brom. I think he was at Newcastle, was
at Burnley. He's been everywhere, man, he has been everywhere.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Man, they can't get that song goal. I just realized
he's from Auckland. Could he play for the new Auckland
FC team. Maybe in a few years.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
What they're paying their current squad is what he's getting
Perl probably.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
But I just can't believe, well he's gone because everyone's
roasted him for years saying he's not like at the level,
and then the last two or three seasons he's been
on fine, you're not doing a job. No, No, he's
doing a job and they're up to seventh, which I'm
going to touch on later that not to go on
really well, now you want to talk about this being
an Arsenal fan, anything that goes wrong with Tottenham, you're
all over Tottenham. Go full Spursy, full spursy after and
(05:17):
said he doesn't believe in Spursy. They lost one Niled
Palace who had not won a game all season. What
the hell?
Speaker 2 (05:23):
What about the hell? Can we point out the assist
from though? Yeah it was sick amazing, Yes, absolute hilarious.
Anytime Tottenham, you know, fall over, trip over themselves, crap
all over the pants, I absolutely love. I despise Tottenham
now that and is there as well with the Australian
media jamp on board. It makes me dislike them even more.
(05:44):
They are Spursy. They will never win anything. Results like
this prove that.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Yeah, a lot of I think a lot of people
even through betfair, like, oh yeah they could win a
trophy or someone no bet on them to win a trophy.
That's just not worth it. That's a big, big You're
all over that. Next one, My beloved Chelsea won two
one really consistent form for once, which is really surprising.
Up to fifth on the table. Nicholas Jackson or Jackson
as he says on his name when he comes up
(06:09):
on the screen. Jackson has fourteen goal contributions in the
last fourteen league games. He's putting a few haters to
bed and yeah, he's has been awesome.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
We had those late couple of games last season where
he missed a couple of open nets.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
He's really turned it around.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yea, because even the one here on the weekend when
he added pretty much an open net, I'm going, oh,
please just hit it, and now he's I'm actually confident
that he can hit those ones and that the build
up to that goal. You don't get an assist for
the pass to the past, but Palmer's passing in that
game was What.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Were Newcastle doing playing a high line against a team
that relies on transition?
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Yeah? What were they doing?
Speaker 1 (06:41):
They Their team on paper, similar to Man you is
pretty is very good and they.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Have been so bad when you've got big Dan Burn
playing left center back.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Yeah that's true. Issue, that's true. I don't know what's
going on there. Where are they up to now?
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Going good?
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Twelfth? Yeah? So I even tipped on I think top
four or top six. I can't even remember what that was,
similar to Adelaide in the I just haven't got that one, right,
So no, good, all right. I didn't even really want
to touch on this game Arsenal to Liverpool too, just
because you'll be fired up for this one awesome game
one of the games of the season, similar to the
Manchester Arsenal game that was Manchester City Sorry Arsenal game
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that was two old as well. Just so much happened,
so much controversy, the one controversial moment that happen. Obviously
awesome goals too, all really good game, but the controversial
foul that stopped the whole game and Arsenal went on
to score and it would have, yeah, would have gone
on a win. How do you feel about that?
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Ben and Arsenal well like, because when the foul was
blown you were like, what's it for? Yeah, and then
you come back and realize was it for Kivy or
jumping over sober Slide. It's like sober Slides just stood
there and Kiev was just jumped head of the ball
watching it there, may because it bounced off Habits as bicep.
Do they call it back for a hand ball? You know.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
I think they called the foul more than the head.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
They called the foul because Anthony Taylor hasn't called the
foul until he sees Habits through on goal. The rules
of VR, you let the play unfold before you go, Hey,
I think there might have been a foul there. Watch
it in the build up. The one for me is
in the first half where Gabrielle Martinelli gets cleaned up
by Canat and train Alexander Arnold in the box and
the like, oh yeah, Canado has won the ball, and
that's what the official Twitter account said, and like they've
(08:18):
big community noted going Canado does not win the ball.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Doesn't win the balls. They're a bit all over the shop,
especially the fact that you can't. They are that because
there was a goals growing opportunity. I don't I don't understand,
but the rules are very annoying.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
That you can go back and look at that is
obvious that the ref that the ref's missed, which if
they don't give that a penalty, I'm cool with that.
But you've got with the goal that Haesus scores, you've
got to let that play on fold and then if
you pull it back, you pull it back.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Fine.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Well that was the thing that happened a couple of
years Agohere they're like, we're going to let the play
unfold and then so although I'm putting to my un
bus Adam because usually I was laughing my head off
being a Chelsea fan that Arsenal had they had about
three really unlucky top things having.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
This year, which to win a title you need things
to fall your wife. It's not in the moment of
them are falling Arsenal's way.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
This year, and usually I'd be going, I am that
Arsenal didn't deserve that. I think they did deserve a
goal there that was really really unlucky, but still pretty
happy to get a draw there. You've got to draw
against Liverpool and a draw against City, you'd probably take that.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Yeah, mikel Arteta is now I'm beaten in his last
fifteen games. Again, it's like the big six in the league.
And then you also you've done it without Saliba Oderguard's
still not playing, gabriel goes down, Kalafiori's not playing because
everyone's like, oh, Arsenal should have gone for the win.
They are doing it with their miles Little Skelly ended
up on the field because Tim became up. He's only
their very young guy, but he's going to be good.
(09:29):
He's their fifth choice left back.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Ben White's playing in central defender and he's usually at
right back. YEP.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Obviously Gabrielle is there.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
He goes off and then right back was Thomas Party,
a forty seven year old with no hamstrings, and he
absolutely tell so this you'll be happy with that. It's
a great result. Late the late equalizer annoys me. But
this time last year Arsenal's records are the same. Yep,
they get beaten by a point in the league. They
can win the league from here.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
I don't know about that. I'm still slightly leading towards Liverpool,
but one hundred percent you're right they haven't got a
full Strengthen Arsenal.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Are better than Liverpool off that result of their starters.
Liverpool are only missing. Yeah, Alison, does Alison stop that
Sacer goal or Marino goal?
Speaker 3 (10:10):
No?
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Probably not No, not fair col fair coal all right. Lastly,
in the news, we've got through the Arsenal stuff. But yeah,
it's a bit of a venting session with that. The
ballon d'Or was yesterday twenty twenty four. Rodri was the
ballon d'Or winner in the men's and bon Marty in
the women's. That's too in a row for She's an
absolute Barcelona Barcelona. They just swear every year. Look at
the awards. I think other than maybe two years ago,
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the men's and the women's, the half of the Barcelona
teams just rock up because they're just going to win
so many awards. Yamala won the Young Player from Barcelona
as well. For the men's, Rodri versus Vinnie Junior was
the big talking point. Yep, was Vinnie Junior robbed? Is
the big question in the around the grounds? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Absolutely not?
Speaker 2 (10:49):
I agree, I agree. What is this big carry on
about Vinisses Junior potentially? Yeah, like winning the ballon d'Or
or being controversial that he's lost for years every I
think everyone has said that Rodri is probably the most
important player for Manchester City. Look at the record of
things that they've won with him playing there. Then he
also wins the Euros as well, so you one.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
I think international football takes precedent. That's why Messi won
its one before and things like that.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
You win the title, you win the Euros. But then
you look at it.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
Vinnie Junior had twenty one goals and assists overall, twenty
one goal contributions in the league last year. There is
about thirty players that had more goal contributions across the leagues.
Like we're complaining about this where Dominic Selanki at Bourne
Meuth had more goal contributions last year than Vinnie Junior.
That's a good comparison, but that's what I'm saying. And
then it's like, Okay, you look at it and you know,
(11:36):
Roger's played sixty three games, one fifty of them, lost one,
Vinnie Junior forty nine, one thirty two, lost two.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
But if you're big in midfielders, you're probably going Debryn
or rodri As. You're picking like he is an absolute freak.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
But it also shows how silly the Premier League is
that Rodger wasn't even in the Team of the Year
for the Premier League.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
That was a joke. Yeah, that was a joke.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
But it's like, yeah, your two best player in the
Premier League last year were probably Declan Rice and rodri
It's you and Noah Attacker has stood out so magnificently
and you're not you know, you're not just going to
give it to Harry Kane for scoring forty goals in
the Farmers League. Didn't do a lot in that in
for PSG as well. I'm happy for Vinnie to be
up there, but I'm happy that rodri won. I think
rodri Is logic suggests he is the most likely winner.
(12:18):
Also with Ria Ferdinand acting like a tool on Twitter
when he scored that goal in the Champions League final,
that's when he lost the balance.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Oh bang, there we go. I don't mind that one. Actually,
the other one is the real Madrid, just the whole team,
the staff and things like that. None of them turned
up to the Ballendor ceremony. So usually you have all
your best players because could have won an award. Was
that cavaj I think it was another one.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
The other player thought that if Vinnie Junior wasn't winning,
that Kavah was going to win it.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
No, there was no chance Caverha was going to win. Well,
he did win the Champions League, yeah, and of course
the Euro but in terms of like his actual skill
and overall play. But the fact that I didn't turn
up is just way too salty and so immature. The
fact that even brought it back to race. They brought
it back to a lot of other things. And that's
really the poor from Madrid, who was supposed to be
the biggest club in the world.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
The most petty man alive, Christiano Ronaldo still turned up
every year and applauded exactly.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Well, that means he's not that. I think he could
cops it a little bit. Yeah, a lot of people
don't like Ronnie, but I don't mind him. But yeah,
really petty by them. And I'm still happy that Roger won.
I think he's probably the best in the world. There
we go, all right, that's it for around the grounds.
Let's get into the best Game of the Match week.
We're just going to quickly touch on this before we
get into our back or lay bets with Betfair Best
Game of the Match Week. I'm just calling it just
(13:27):
because ten Hug's gone. Man United versus Chelsea. Chelsea up
to fifth. Man United. People are saying they might have
a new coach Bounce. I don't know about that new
manager Bounce.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Coach Bounce. Manager is in there?
Speaker 1 (13:36):
The manager, Yeah, the manager is in there, or just
the lack of ten Hug Bounce, I don't know. Might
be that's in the title. Actually, no ten Hug Bounce.
Let's start off with goalscorers. Who do we think is
going to step up for I would say Chelsea. I'm
leaning towards, but it could be Man United.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
If you think Man you not have scored eight goals
in the league this season, from no confidence whatsoever in
them scoring. You look at Chelsea, you look at like
you know this matter we He's always very dangerous if
you've got Cole Palmer lurking centrally and Lessandro Martinez's just
going to dive at ankles like there's no tomorrow. If
Palmer doesn't get a free kick or a penalty here,
I'll be shocked. It's just very easy to go with
(14:11):
Parma scoring a goal.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
I don't mind that. I don't mind Matawk yeah as well.
I reckon it could. I wouldn't be surprised if man
you get on the board. I think they can play
slightly more attacking, and they're going to be fired up
because they've got no manager. A few of them will
be like, oh, I'm actually gladoen hugs, they'll be. I
wouldn't be surprised if Exercuy scores. I feel like he
was he threatened a little bit against west Ham. I
don't mind him.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Yeah, but if you're not scoring against west Ham, your
defense is much better than west Ham's.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Sure again, that's true, but I wouldn't be surprised if
they just get a score on the board. It might
even be the first one. Then Chelsea fire up Parma. Yeah,
I reckon Parmer, might get two assists here and maybe
a goal. It's had a bit too much fantasy teams.
Maybe assistant and goal, and then I reckon mattterwek we'll
get the other one there. Score prediction. I'm going to
go I don't want to jinx this as well. I'll
(14:56):
go to Chelsea two to one. But I wouldn't be
surprised if Man, you like, come out fire in the
first half and get the first goal. Three Neil Chelsea
three Neil Chelsea.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Trash.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
They are trash so bad their team. Should I reckon
the second half of the season, they might do a
bit better because they're gonna have to. They've spent all
this money trying to get players in the ten hag wanted.
Now you're gonna have a new manager who wants a
new identity. You've just spent all this money getting Delit Masrowi,
the guy that came just not getting a game. Xerx
is coming, Leroy Yano's coming. He's injured at the moment,
(15:28):
that's why he's not playing. And then you go back
and look at all the money they spent in previous seasons.
Getting hoiling in.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
And you manager might come in and get don't want
any of you and just clean them out.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
True. True, I'm not trying to think how that starting,
so it might take like another month.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
The mirror has got to go.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
He scored on the weekend, but everyone's running past him
at the moment, so I think he's done. He might
even be come off the bench in the future. I
reckon all right. The most important part of the show.
They're back all lay bets thanks to Betfair, the only
place to back all lay bet on the EPL this season.
Last week we had some surprising results that cost us
a few tips. Aston Villa that was hilarious. Not getting
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not getting the job done was one of my big ones.
I think they drew too bourn with Sparkley giving away
the late foul, so I was so mad with that
because that was one of my big tips. I was
really keen on Villa. The other one was Tottenham a
few people back then because they've actually been okay this season,
but then of course they go full spursy and cost
us a few tips there losing to Crystal Palace. Tony
was really good late Arsenal two dollars forty. I know
(16:27):
that Arsenal could have got the job done.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
But I understood his tip reading Arsenal without Celebra and
oder Guard, plus there was all the other defenders that
I understood the reasoning there.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
Yeah, so the expert tips did all right there and
then the evident verse Fulham draw got at three dollars forty,
which was really good. He wanted to back that one.
Both teams don't have as many match winning goal opportunities there.
Marcus has been confident in Chelsea all season. I was
I've been nervous back in Chelsea, but he keeps backing
Chelsea and it's working well. So that's been really good.
On the back of a bets, that's time for your
turn A step up very soon, Alex Easy Easy. I
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will start with Tony Hargreaves Betfair's expert tips though, check
that out on the Betfair harb at betfair dot com
dot you slash betfair Hub. All right, I'll go through
the first two and I reckon you do the next two. Oh,
actually no, you can go through the first two because
it includes your beloved Arsenal.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
So the first one, Who've got Newcastle on Arsenal. That's
the first game of the weekend this weekend up at
Saint James's Park. He's backing Arsenal two thousand and four.
Arsenal have an incredible record against Newcastle, winning eighteen of
the last twenty one meetings, and apparently says Arsenal will
be confident enough to George to City in Liverpool. As
an Arsenal fan, I'm a bit annoyed that we drew
to both.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Both of those.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
Those are games that Arsenal should have won, and knowing
that you should have won probably does give you confidences. Yeah,
So incredible record of eight in of the last twenty one.
Arsenal whiped them for one. I believe it was late
last year.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
The one Neil lost to Newcastle was the controversial lost
last year with Arteta coming out going.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
I would say losing five points to Fulham costing the time.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Yeah, but when when he said it's a disgress because
the big push in the back from Joel Linton to
Gabrielle that wasn't called a fair Yeah. Plus the ball
was also out everything else, so we this game will
be spicy.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Yeah, it will trigger a few Arsenal fans.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
It won't because you look at it.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
But you look at Newcastle and you've got like big
dan Burn and Fabin Sharp in defense, just like they're
just getting the gazelle's on ice skates at the moment,
they don't know what they're doing. True like the Kaya
Saka in great form. Havertz has just finally found some confidence.
Trossard Martinelli all playing well.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
I agree with Tony. Backing Arsenal and backing up in
sens is really good ray of punting because I don't
think you'd get over no over even money for Arsenal
for the rest of the season. Your Castle have been
struggling Arsenal on fly, so I really like that one.
What else is to backing.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Manchester City to dollar sixty five verse Bournemouth. I can't
believe City or a dollar sixty five. They've got an
aggregate over the last six meetings at twenty to four.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Bournemouth is shown in.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
The last two weeks, obviously beating a ten men Arsenal
two weeks ago and then getting the draw with Villa.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
They're going well.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Manchester City they struggled when beating Southampton won nil. So
I don't know how I feel about this one, just
given since Roger went down in that Arsenal game.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
They just don't look up the speed. I know they
spank like Prague.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
Or something in the Champions League, but yeah, that's wee.
You'd probably score a goal and Manchester so I this
is one I'd want to leave alone. But I can
understand giving the aggregate over the last six minus and
Harland just finds a way.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
I think part of it is Tony's ready visiting the
expert tips a dollar. You don't get men City at
dollars sixty five very often. You've got to back them.
Like I know Bournemouth have been okay, but they're still
top of the table and they although they didn't look
as confident or as strong against Saturn, they're still get
over the line. I reckon this could be like a
two nil and you're still backing them, So I don't
I don't mind that one dolls sixty five is just
really good value for City. The other ones he's going
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to go for the last two that we're going to
touch on over three and a half goals. He's backing
at two dollars and ten cents for Liverpool versus Brighton
over three and a half goals. That seems like a lot,
but Liverpool actually five of the Brighton's last six matches
across all competitions have had four or more goals. You go,
all right, they got my tone and they've got who else?
Evan Fergus Fergus That Pedro has been pretty good. They've
(19:59):
got really good attackers. Their defense has been horrible. There
was a six goal total high line that they played,
really high line, so they've got there were six goals
in the Chelsea game, six goals when Brian played Wolves
for last week, four last week as well, So Liverpool
will just be feasting here. You've got Dias in really
good form, Sala's in solid form.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
You got you look at the goal that Salah scored
last weekend against Arsenal and that's going to be a
picture repeat of how that they try and get him out.
His trend's going to be playing that long ball to
the wings with Salar on Newnes hopefully there he was horrendous.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
He's been good this season, but.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
He's been good. He was he was horrendous.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Jodges now out for a couple of months as well,
so it's up to Das to step up and even
Gakpo he hasn't season as well, so interesting to see
how he loved maybe Gravinburke go as well.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Yeah, actually I wouldn't mind Gravenburg's pro.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
We should see some goals here because I think last
week graven Burke got shown up by a good central midfield.
You've got a good central midfield against Liverpool, you can
catch them out.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Okay, there we go, And then but Tony is staying
away from the head to head because Liverpool have surpriseding
the only one two of the past eight meetings. Yeah,
because even Brighton started becoming sort of stronger again two
seasons ago, but even seasons before that, they've had some
wins against Liverpool which really surprised me. But the over
three and a half goals I really like, So get
ready for a feast of goals there. The last one
we're going to go through for his expert tips is
the over two and a half goals. He's laying at
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a dollar ninety for not versus West hamp So we're
going for the under two and a half goals. You're
laying the over two and a half. Only two of
Forrest's nine games this season have had two or more goals. Sorry,
more than two goals this season. Three of the last
four meetings have been at nil all at halftime. I'm
a little bit not stress, what's the right word, A
little bit hesitant compared to some of these other bets.
(21:33):
But it is pretty solid at a dollar ninety and
you've got west Knotts. They do have Chris Wood, they
do have more than Gives White. He's probably going to
be coming back, Klum Hudson andoy. But they're not a
team that's going to blow you out off the park.
I don't think they're like a team that could win
this one or two nil or possibly one all or
something like that. It's not going to be a high
scoring game. West Ham have been so inconsistent, even though
(21:54):
I talked to him praise them at the start. So
I was like, all these new guns are coming in
and none of them have done anything.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
So one of mine money has been spent poorly.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
They really has. So I don't mind the Yea laying
the over two and a half goals because this could
be like a one all or one yes at home. Yeah, okay,
all right, that's the expert Tips brought to you by
Tony Hargreaves on the Betfair hub Alex, what's your favorite
tip of the matchy, And of course, actually I'm looking
at the right.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
Of course I'm laying Tottenham against Aston Villa. Tottenham a
dollar ninety five currently on the fair. Look adding that
Tottenham tomorrow morning in the AFL Cup have to play
Manchester City at home as well, so that in game
Tottenham need to win trophies, they've got to try and win,
so they've got to try and play a full strength
squad against that. Then you have a look at also
how Tottenham just have been going against Aston Villa of lately.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
It's not a great record. Villa's won three of the
last four meetings.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
They came to Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium last year and got
the job done there. I just don't rate Tottenham's defenders whatsoever.
It's everyone tries to tell me that vander Ven and Porah,
it's just amazing central defensive there.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
They're good in attack from defense, but they're not.
Speaker 3 (22:53):
Actually over sixty goals as a partnership.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
They are not that good. Yeah, then you've got Johann
Guran coming through. He can just come off and it's ridiculous.
Then you've got Rogers who just starting to play well.
Olie Watkins keeps finding away as well. They're a very
fun team. Aston Villa. Just find a way to get
get the job done. They've got different ways that they
can attack goal as well. They can catch Tottenham out
on the break. And then any team that's got James
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Madison as you central attacking midfielder in a big stakes game,
really James Madden a look at when he gets substituted consistently,
happens at the sixty to seventieth minute when the game
gets important and gets him off.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
He's not a big game Player's a downhill skire.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Oh bang dang.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
You don't get the job done against Tottenham, but let's
just like to as.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Well, because I wouldn't mind a drawing this one, just
because both teams can score.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
But it could to find away for an Uni Emory
team and Tottenham to lose, I would do it.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Yeah, Well, get back the draw and then they.
Speaker 3 (23:51):
Don't lose, they draw. I want them to lose.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
Well, just this week, you can't get them both to lose.
Next week you can back them both lose if you want,
all right, My tip for the weekend for Matt Week
ten is I'm laying west Ham at three dollars sixty
five for nots Verst west Ham, so I'm back to
that game. Not even Forest first, west Ham knots. They're
up to seventh. They've been on fire this season, probably
the best they've played. I don't know since when were
they in the Premier League hundred years ago?
Speaker 3 (24:14):
Yeah, this is the third season of them being in
the league.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Yes, I think this is the best they've probably been
in almost one hundred hundred and fifty years. Only one
loss through nine games. No one would have seen that happening.
Not to have won the last two home meetings against
west Ham two nil and one nil. West Ham they
failed to win in their last five away games as well.
In all comps, Like, I still look at west Ham
and I think second after the season, I think they
might fire up because their team on paper is still
really solid.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
You coached west Ham twelve.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Yeah. Actually, I don't want to curse west Ham again.
I cursed them last year on this show. But yeah
they have confidence. They beat Menu, but it was men
U not so playing a lot better football than Menu.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
West Ham tried to like They're like, oh, we're going
to try and play this fun brand of football. We're
going to be fun, We're going to be exciting. We've
brought in Lopatigue, were brought in all these.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Players out of their players have been doing anything.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
And then Muhamma Curtis decides to slap a Charleison up
in the back of their head.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
He was being there best player and now.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
He's out to three games.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Yes, like size of starts smacking Spurs players got nothing
against that. Come to Arsenal, make give him a pay
one hundred percent. But there's nothing fun and exciting about
aston Villa. Like they've panic bought Nicholas full I mean
west Yeah, west Ham. Sorry, there's nothing exciting about them.
They've panic spent all their money. This is all the
Declan Rice money. Yeah, they've just panic spent it.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
They were like they couldn't get anyone else. Yeah, Like
because full crugs, what is he thirty one? Now?
Speaker 2 (25:24):
I thought he was James Wood. Prowse lasted a season.
You know what they're doing and what lop Teke is
trying to do hasn't been good. It's always just set
up for Sam Allardyce to come in and say, like
just someone like.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
That just just playing four fo Yeah, like bring Sam
Allardyce back.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
But honestly, like there is nothing fun about them.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
No, I agree.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
I think God bless him for getting ten hags out.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
Yeah, that's why I'm That's why I'm laying them, because
I think Knots can get the jobs done at the
city ground. They fired up at the home and Notts
and Chris would will get on the score but maybe
like a one nil to Knots. I reckon in that one.
So we can't have a draw because I'm laying west Ham,
but I reckon we'll get the job done. Cool. All right,
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It's like a roller coaster. Alex used to be okay
this whem he was used to be on the show.
How are you going? Olivia?
Speaker 5 (26:29):
Right, I'm going for an easy one this week because
I want you guys to find out something right. If
you don't get these, I'm going to be very disappointed.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
No, not angry, disappointed.
Speaker 5 (26:38):
Who has won the most balanced doors? And how many
have they won? And if you can give me with
the number as well, I'll take it.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
Messy, do you know you're going you're going to the number with.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Four? I reckon he's won four, it's gonna go six
or six or I'm disappointed? Guys, come on.
Speaker 5 (26:58):
It's messy with eight now with five?
Speaker 3 (27:04):
A second?
Speaker 1 (27:04):
But mess I just thought they would have alternated a
bit more so it could have been like a four
to three eight. That's why he's the goat. That is
why he's the goat. Are we in a grants and
that one?
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Oh yeah?
Speaker 2 (27:14):
I just think he's just a self indulgent tool bad
Is this for as auricon bond? Marty can overtake Messi?
But anyway, whoa, that's a big call.
Speaker 5 (27:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (27:23):
I got six six, very under twenty six?
Speaker 1 (27:27):
Oh yeah, yeah, possibly that would be pretty cool. There
we go. I should have known that eight eight, that's
six six, yeah fair.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
It's an insane level of just amazingness.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
He won last year when he's a lot older, he
won the World Cup.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
That was just like you won the World Cup.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
All right, thanks Olivia. We've we've done Okay, they're not great.
Everyone knew MESSI, but we should have done a little
better than that. We're going to finish off as always,
sometimes quick fire, sometimes not. But it's the EPL match
Week ten predictions. I'm just gonna read them out, Alex,
and you've got to tell me who you think they are,
and I'll finish off with mine as well. First one,
I think I know who're going to go. New Us
versus Arsenal.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Arsenal better, the weekend better?
Speaker 1 (28:02):
Oh okay, very nice. Ye, I'll go Arsenal as well.
Newcastle have been so bad. Liverpool vers Brighton, I'm going
to go draw draw really, they've got a good record.
Bright I'll go to Liverpool. I don't yet don't like
Brighton at the moment. If Switch Town versus Lester City
the powerhouse clash at the bottom of the table. If
Switch had.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
Been playing some pretty fun football. They nearly got back
into the game last week when they were down to
ten men, nearly delape nearly equalized late.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
So I'll tip heep Switch to get the job done here.
I was going to tip them as well. At home.
We've been loving their their energy es, good vibes. They're
the vibe team for sure. What are they track the boys?
It's got a weird name. Bournemouth versus Man City is
the next one. We got it. You don't like tim
and Man City, but I just hate them so much.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
Yeah, Man City?
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Why can't the the FFP charges coming already? We've got
January Ralli, January away at a big price? Ye say
all right, yeah, I'll go City there as well. Bournemous
surely not. That'd be so funny if they won't. But
the funniest outcome, Yeah, funny sack come Southampton versus Everton.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
This is see.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
This thing can either be the worst drawer ever see
or it's like four three because toore Southampton keep playing
out the back like morons. But Cameron Archer up front
and I think it's Tyler Billing Dilling.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
He's playing short socks. He's great.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
They can be fun up.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
Very rarely, but yeah, when they get the chance to
it's against Everton, so who knows what's going to happen.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Let's just come on Southampton at home. Let's get the geez.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
He's bringing the big calls. I'm going to draw. Actually,
I'm going Everdon. I said the other week that they've
actually been playing okay, there has been a bit unlucky.
They can score three goals. I don't see Southmpton getting
more than one. So yeah, I reckon I'm gonna get
Everton and that one. Next one, Nots Forest versus west Ham.
I've already said it. I think not are going to
win Not as well. We love Nots at home. Actually,
you were a big lover of last season, big knotsy big.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
I think yeah, each year I changed like to a
team that gets this Yearwitch, which is the team I'm
jumping on this year for the vibes that I want
to stay out like, they're cool, they're fun.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
Let's keep it switch. Yeah, I've been on Nots this year.
On that next one is Wolves versus Crystal Pass. This
is the hardest one of the weekend. I reckon Wolves
will win. They've been very unlucky the last couple of weeks.
They desperately need to win for Gary O'Neill at Home
Crystal Palace. Still something missing from them, I know, but
they're just not playing well.
Speaker 3 (30:14):
Yeah, they're not playing well.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
But Wolves desperately need this is They've got three or
four games now where if they don't win two of them,
I think Gary O'Neil.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
At Yeah, because they've had a really tough fixture to
start the season, Like really, they've played all the good teams.
I think if they get a win here, they're like,
oh not actually that bad. So I'll go Wolves as well.
Next one Alex has already said, is but Tottenham versus
Aston Villa, Villa Villa, they're not a Villa parket Tottenham
salts Verst Stadium.
Speaker 3 (30:36):
I'm going to go toilet that's good.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Tolet bowl looks like a toilet bowl. Anyway. You can
crap on Tottenham, you will. I'm going to go draw.
I think both teams can score, so I reckon it's
gonna be like a tool. Next one, I'm already touched
on it as well. Man United Chelsea both back in Chelsea.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
If I didn't say Arsenal were better the weekend to
be saying Chelsea It's all really okay.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
I'm just nervous about the new manager bound not like
sorry the nodes manager bounce dead manager bounce, yeah, something
like that. I'll still go to Chelsea there. We've been
back in them all season. Last one finished off. There's
actually be a really fun game Brentford andemo has been
really good, so Fulham verse Branford to finish it off,
high scoring draw, high scoring draw. I don't mind that.
I will go Fullham at home. You've been really strong
(31:14):
at Craven Cottage.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
Smith throw on the scoreboard and enbuemo.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
Have you got either of them in your fantasy team?
Has been so.
Speaker 3 (31:24):
Good to get into.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
I got rid of Sacker and then he ended up playing.
They never dropped the kaa with that anyways. That's the
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(31:48):
That's it. Thank you very much to jord and Olivia
behind the camera. Thanks for jumping on, Alex. Yeah, that
felt weird and I was hosting as well.
Speaker 3 (31:56):
This is weird.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
They were just in the opposite spot, but we got
through it. And that's another episod to football today. Done,
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