September 17, 2024 • 8 mins
Talking Com games, EPL, Manchester City finally having their day in court.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on gold Sport.
We're hitting on the land of Hope and Glory. Now
catch up with talkSPORT Cricket editor and presenter of the
follow On Cricket podcast on Norman Morning.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Johnny, Good morning to your BK. I hope you will.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
I'm just checking my TV schedule to see if I've
got Sri Lanka versus New Zealand and I do starts
at five thirty tomorrow in the morning if the rain relents,
as it didn't against the Park Afghanistan. But I remember
going to Shri Lanka in twenty eighteen we had the
series and you know, they just they decided to play
(00:40):
cricket monsoon season and funnily enough, it makes playing cricket
quite difficult, doesn't it. But they do have the best
ground staff in the world. They actually live in the ground.
There's about when we were out there, we actually found
their digs. There must be about thirty or forty ground staff,
you know, and the conditions. To be honest, for it
looked a little bit it wasn't that lighthearted when we
(01:03):
saw the conditions they had to live in. But as
soon as there's a sniff of rain in the air.
Suddenly they all get going and you've never seen a
cricket ground covered in top pauling quite as quickly as
you as you will do in Frolanca. So they might
be busy over the next six days because there's an election,
isn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
So you've got a reserve day. But yeah, we'll see
what happens a six.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Datist, which is rather unusual. Hey, let's chat the Commonwealth Games.
I don't know whether it's big news over there or not,
but it's been given a stay of execution to Glasgow
in a couple of years.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yes, that's it's come through today.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Actually it looks like it's going to be heading to Glasgow,
as you say in the Scottish government essentially has come
to an agreement. It's going to be a stripped down
the Commonwealth Games, just ten sports. So it's not going
to be as big a tournament as what we've seen
over the last well however long the com both games
has been going all my lifetime.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
That's so sure.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
But you know, whether it says you know, whether it
just means it delays the inevitable end to a tournament
that was just you know, over the years, it's just
become less and less relevant to the majority of people,
not just around the world, but even in this country.
We should just have to see. But it's not as
though there are countries or cities in countries around the
(02:24):
world that are lining up to host what is, you know,
a very expensive tournament and kind of, as I say,
it's dropping in relevance. But it looks like there is
a stay of execution. Twenty twenty six common Wealth Games
will be hosted in Glasgow after was it Brisbane, It
was somewhere in Australia decided anyway.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Yeah, Victoria, I mean and Australia. Australia have had to
pay out four hundred and fifteen million dollars in compensation
to the Commonwealth Games Federation, which is phenomenal.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Wow, that is an incredible amount of money. So you know,
if you're paying out that amount of money, then just
suddenly my boggles to think just how much it would
have cost if they'd staged it.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yeah, yeah, and I think Glasgow good about two hundred
and eighteen million of that to stage those games. I
just get the feeling really that that might be the
last Commonwealth Games we'll see in our lifetime.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
I think that's the feeling here as well. Unless they
just decide on this stripped down version and they just
keep it in this country or other in the British Isles. Then,
you know, especially in the climate that we have now,
where you know, the cost of living crisis which has
affected the planet, broadcast deals are so much less, you know,
(03:44):
I just can't see where else where else it's going
to be hosted, which I suppose is a shame, but
that's just the way of the world.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
That's did right. All right, Let's talk to the Premier League,
shall we. Liverpool slipping up at home and rounding up
the other games.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Yeah, so obviously this is the thing with the Premier League.
It does so well. So after three games the narrative
was seamless transition from Klopp to slot Liverpool and conceded
a goal. They've beat Manchester United. It was all looking
very very rosy. And then Nottingham Forest pitch up and
beat Liverpool at anfield in the league for the first
(04:21):
time since nineteen sixty nine.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
And you know, it is just what it is.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Teams lose games of football and they come thick and
fast and they Liverpool playing right now actually away ac Milan.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
They've just gone to one up in the new revamped
Champions League.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Don't ask me to explain how that works, by the way,
but yeah, so Liverpool, Liverpool dropped points. The big game
of the weekend was the North London Derby and for
the third season in the row, Arsenal went to the
Tottenham Stadium and took all three points. That hasn't happened
since nineteen eighty sick no, nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
So you've got to go back and through a lot
of very successful.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Periods for Arsenal to to come to a point in
time where they managed to do that against their biggest rival.
It was the Achilles Hill of this Tottenham side. Set
piece goals Posta Coglu, the Tottenham manager, came out again
after the game saying that it's not an area that
he can really be bothered with dealing with. But in
(05:25):
an era where so many clubs have specialist you know,
spot set piece coaches actually caring about this aspect of
the game, it's still a little bit of battlement there
that postera Cocklu just doesn't seem to want to engage
in the conversation. But yeah, so that was the main
talking points. Liverpool losing dropping three points, Arsenal winning at
(05:50):
the Tottenham Stadium, and of course Early Harland.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
You know, he didn't score a hat trick this week.
He only scored the two goals.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
This week, so he's you know, he's one game away
from being dropped.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
And of course off the field, Manchester City's court case
has begun too. That's a big story over here.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Yeah, it's a massive story, one hundred and fifteen charges.
But the feeling is they're either going to get done
for all of them or they're going to get away
with it. It's not going to be those one of
those ones where they get found guilty for you know,
twenty of them. They're all kind of based on the
same kind of thing. It's we've spoken about it in
the past, haven't we. It's essentially, you know, have they
(06:30):
broken the rules in and around financial fair Play's that's
the question and whatever the answer is going to be
very damaging for the Premier League because they're either found
guilty and therefore there's an asterisk against their achievements over
the last ten years and possibly they get relegated, or
they found not guilty and then really the financial fair
(06:51):
play rules that have been in place of ten years
have shown up to be a complete mockery. So yeah,
we'll wait and see what happens. But certainly there's support
of clubs like Liverpool and Arsenal and Manchester United who
would absolutely love for Manchester City to be found guilty.
I don't blame them, but I just got the feeling
(07:12):
you've got to be careful with what you wish for
because if they are found guilty and punished, I'm not
sure there's going to be some very very uncomfortable Renal.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Ryan Reynolds Knicks big purchase could be a Welsh cricket team,
Welsh Fire. Have you caught up with that one?
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Yeah, that's the one of there's the smallest team in
the hundred one hundred is the one hundred ball Franchise
League And yeah, I mean look Wrexham, which is Ryan
Reynolds football team League One. It was first against second
Wrexham against Birmingham last night. The audience for it was
(07:50):
absolutely massive. We it was plaid out in Talk Sport,
Tom Brady, the American NFL legend and one side, Ryan Reynolds,
Deadpool on the other and rexam win one and then
I think they lost the game three to one, but
the audience for it was absolutely incredible. So the owners
of the hundred and those connected with Welsh Fire obviously
(08:12):
hoping for a little bit of that, really, a little
bit of the glamour, a bit of the attention, a
bit of the money and a bit of the Hollywood
star dust. Whether Ryan Reynolds actually does get involved in
cricket in Wales is yet to be seen, but certainly
the owners of the Hundred the ECB certainly hope that
they do.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
You're always glad to catch up, mate, Enjoy your week
and we'll talk again next week.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Yeah, look forward to hopefully you get some a little
bit more play in the Sri Lanka New Zealand Test
match than you did in the Afghanistan versus New Zealand
Test match.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
John Norman out of UK, joining us here
The Country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on gold Sport.
We're hitting on the land of Hope and Glory. Now
catch up with talkSPORT Cricket editor and presenter of the
follow On Cricket podcast on Norman Morning.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Johnny, Good morning to your BK. I hope you will.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
I'm just checking my TV schedule to see if I've
got Sri Lanka versus New Zealand and I do starts
at five thirty tomorrow in the morning if the rain relents,
as it didn't against the Park Afghanistan. But I remember
going to Shri Lanka in twenty eighteen we had the
series and you know, they just they decided to play
(00:40):
cricket monsoon season and funnily enough, it makes playing cricket
quite difficult, doesn't it. But they do have the best
ground staff in the world. They actually live in the ground.
There's about when we were out there, we actually found
their digs. There must be about thirty or forty ground staff,
you know, and the conditions. To be honest, for it
looked a little bit it wasn't that lighthearted when we
(01:03):
saw the conditions they had to live in. But as
soon as there's a sniff of rain in the air.
Suddenly they all get going and you've never seen a
cricket ground covered in top pauling quite as quickly as
you as you will do in Frolanca. So they might
be busy over the next six days because there's an election,
isn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
So you've got a reserve day. But yeah, we'll see
what happens a six.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Datist, which is rather unusual. Hey, let's chat the Commonwealth Games.
I don't know whether it's big news over there or not,
but it's been given a stay of execution to Glasgow
in a couple of years.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yes, that's it's come through today.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Actually it looks like it's going to be heading to Glasgow,
as you say in the Scottish government essentially has come
to an agreement. It's going to be a stripped down
the Commonwealth Games, just ten sports. So it's not going
to be as big a tournament as what we've seen
over the last well however long the com both games
has been going all my lifetime.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
That's so sure.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
But you know, whether it says you know, whether it
just means it delays the inevitable end to a tournament
that was just you know, over the years, it's just
become less and less relevant to the majority of people,
not just around the world, but even in this country.
We should just have to see. But it's not as
though there are countries or cities in countries around the
(02:24):
world that are lining up to host what is, you know,
a very expensive tournament and kind of, as I say,
it's dropping in relevance. But it looks like there is
a stay of execution. Twenty twenty six common Wealth Games
will be hosted in Glasgow after was it Brisbane, It
was somewhere in Australia decided anyway.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Yeah, Victoria, I mean and Australia. Australia have had to
pay out four hundred and fifteen million dollars in compensation
to the Commonwealth Games Federation, which is phenomenal.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Wow, that is an incredible amount of money. So you know,
if you're paying out that amount of money, then just
suddenly my boggles to think just how much it would
have cost if they'd staged it.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yeah, yeah, and I think Glasgow good about two hundred
and eighteen million of that to stage those games. I
just get the feeling really that that might be the
last Commonwealth Games we'll see in our lifetime.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
I think that's the feeling here as well. Unless they
just decide on this stripped down version and they just
keep it in this country or other in the British Isles. Then,
you know, especially in the climate that we have now,
where you know, the cost of living crisis which has
affected the planet, broadcast deals are so much less, you know,
(03:44):
I just can't see where else where else it's going
to be hosted, which I suppose is a shame, but
that's just the way of the world.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
That's did right. All right, Let's talk to the Premier League,
shall we. Liverpool slipping up at home and rounding up
the other games.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Yeah, so obviously this is the thing with the Premier League.
It does so well. So after three games the narrative
was seamless transition from Klopp to slot Liverpool and conceded
a goal. They've beat Manchester United. It was all looking
very very rosy. And then Nottingham Forest pitch up and
beat Liverpool at anfield in the league for the first
(04:21):
time since nineteen sixty nine.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
And you know, it is just what it is.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Teams lose games of football and they come thick and
fast and they Liverpool playing right now actually away ac Milan.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
They've just gone to one up in the new revamped
Champions League.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Don't ask me to explain how that works, by the way,
but yeah, so Liverpool, Liverpool dropped points. The big game
of the weekend was the North London Derby and for
the third season in the row, Arsenal went to the
Tottenham Stadium and took all three points. That hasn't happened
since nineteen eighty sick no, nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
So you've got to go back and through a lot
of very successful.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Periods for Arsenal to to come to a point in
time where they managed to do that against their biggest rival.
It was the Achilles Hill of this Tottenham side. Set
piece goals Posta Coglu, the Tottenham manager, came out again
after the game saying that it's not an area that
he can really be bothered with dealing with. But in
(05:25):
an era where so many clubs have specialist you know,
spot set piece coaches actually caring about this aspect of
the game, it's still a little bit of battlement there
that postera Cocklu just doesn't seem to want to engage
in the conversation. But yeah, so that was the main
talking points. Liverpool losing dropping three points, Arsenal winning at
(05:50):
the Tottenham Stadium, and of course Early Harland.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
You know, he didn't score a hat trick this week.
He only scored the two goals.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
This week, so he's you know, he's one game away
from being dropped.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
And of course off the field, Manchester City's court case
has begun too. That's a big story over here.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Yeah, it's a massive story, one hundred and fifteen charges.
But the feeling is they're either going to get done
for all of them or they're going to get away
with it. It's not going to be those one of
those ones where they get found guilty for you know,
twenty of them. They're all kind of based on the
same kind of thing. It's we've spoken about it in
the past, haven't we. It's essentially, you know, have they
(06:30):
broken the rules in and around financial fair Play's that's
the question and whatever the answer is going to be
very damaging for the Premier League because they're either found
guilty and therefore there's an asterisk against their achievements over
the last ten years and possibly they get relegated, or
they found not guilty and then really the financial fair
(06:51):
play rules that have been in place of ten years
have shown up to be a complete mockery. So yeah,
we'll wait and see what happens. But certainly there's support
of clubs like Liverpool and Arsenal and Manchester United who
would absolutely love for Manchester City to be found guilty.
I don't blame them, but I just got the feeling
(07:12):
you've got to be careful with what you wish for
because if they are found guilty and punished, I'm not
sure there's going to be some very very uncomfortable Renal.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Ryan Reynolds Knicks big purchase could be a Welsh cricket team,
Welsh Fire. Have you caught up with that one?
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Yeah, that's the one of there's the smallest team in
the hundred one hundred is the one hundred ball Franchise
League And yeah, I mean look Wrexham, which is Ryan
Reynolds football team League One. It was first against second
Wrexham against Birmingham last night. The audience for it was
(07:50):
absolutely massive. We it was plaid out in Talk Sport,
Tom Brady, the American NFL legend and one side, Ryan Reynolds,
Deadpool on the other and rexam win one and then
I think they lost the game three to one, but
the audience for it was absolutely incredible. So the owners
of the hundred and those connected with Welsh Fire obviously
(08:12):
hoping for a little bit of that, really, a little
bit of the glamour, a bit of the attention, a
bit of the money and a bit of the Hollywood
star dust. Whether Ryan Reynolds actually does get involved in
cricket in Wales is yet to be seen, but certainly
the owners of the Hundred the ECB certainly hope that
they do.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
You're always glad to catch up, mate, Enjoy your week
and we'll talk again next week.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Yeah, look forward to hopefully you get some a little
bit more play in the Sri Lanka New Zealand Test
match than you did in the Afghanistan versus New Zealand
Test match.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
John Norman out of UK, joining us here
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