November 12, 2024 • 7 mins
The latest news out of the EPL and a shock loss from England in the rugby.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on Gold Sport.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Time to hit to the UK now and catch up
with Talk Sport Cricket editor and presenter of the follow
On Cricket podcast and packing his bags ready to travel
out here win England get here at the end of
the month. Johnny Norman, Morning, Johnny.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Yeah, good morning, good afternoon from the UK.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
And as you say, yeah, getting ready, it's it's cold here,
it's a little bit windy, the days are shorter, and yeah,
the nights are closing in. Got a helicopter overhead as well,
looking for somebody, so hopefully it's not me, But yeah,
very much looking forward to having a bad of New
Zealand sun for six weeks and following what should be
(00:51):
a pretty entertaining Test series between New Zealand and England,
with New Zealand, of course, fresh from their three nil
win in India still in with a chance of making
the wild tist Chap who final?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Who'd have thought that?
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Well there you go, all right, should be a very
very interesting one. Right we're going from we're talking football
now though I want to talk about Man City losing
for a fourth game in a row.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Yeah, unbelievable. At the start of the season they were
eighty two percent. There's something over here, it's called a supercomputer, basically,
and they asked the question who's going to win the league?
Speaker 3 (01:22):
And it gives a percentage breakdown.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
It works out a billion different possibilities and then it
gives a stat or percentage assigned to every club and
the chances of them winning the league. And at the
start of the season Manchester City were eighty two percent
likely to win what would be what they's seventh league
title in a row. I might have given them on there,
(01:45):
but either way they were heavy favorites. Fast forward a
couple of months and they're.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Down the low thirties.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Liverpool are fifty nine percent on or given a fifty
nine percent percentage to win the title this year. And
Manchester City, of course haven't lost all four games in
the league. They lost one in the Cup against Spurs,
they lost one mid week in the European competition, but
back to back defeats in the Premier League. They're still second.
(02:14):
They're only five points a drift, but the feeling is
and even Pep Guardiola said it that after all this
period of success, maybe it's time for somebody else to
win it.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
So what is going on?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
It was SAIDI I mean, you know, can you can
you put your finger on it.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Well, I think there's one obvious reason, and that's rodri
You know, we spoke about this when Rodriy got injured.
You know, if you look at the breakdown the percentage
of games City won and lost when he was playing
or not, and it was quite stark. They won games
when he played and they struggled a bit when he didn't,
and they've continued to struggle ever since he got injured.
(02:50):
So I think injury to rodri has played a massive
part in all this of the season as well, and
maybe other clubs are just catching up a little.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Bit as well.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
But it is worth remembering that Manchester City are very
often slow starters, and then they finished leagues in almost
perfect fashion, you know, ruling off thirteen fourteen wins in
a row. So it's not all over by any stretch
of imagination, but certainly just feels like, if not now,
(03:20):
they're never for the likes of Liverpool or Arsenal or
one of the other challenges.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
We're talking about Arsenal and other teams. Rude Venessa, Roy
signing off at United with a Windspurs losing Arsenal and
Chelsea drawing pretty going on.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Well there was you know, Manchester United now just four
points off third, though I should point out my team
Fulham are only one point off third, so you know,
the whole league's kind of gone a little bit crazy.
But essentially Rubenistroy, who was the interim coach whilst at
Manchester United, you know, got the next man in.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
But his reign is all right.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
His time of the club now has come to an
end and you know he's done a job for the
club that he played for with such high distinction all
those years ago. So it's an international break coming up,
and it means that Manchester United's new boss starts the
week after against Ipswitch I think, who pulled off their
(04:21):
first Premier League win in twenty two years when they
went to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and beat Spurs two
to one to put you know, another kind of like more.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Pressure on postagog glue.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
But also it's just another situation that we have with
Spurs where they kind of go from one extreme to
the other. They either swat Aston Villa aside for one
and have everyone purring or they lose to Crystal Palace
and Ipswich, two teams that hadn't up until that point
won a single game all season.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Well, there we are planning going on in the world
of football. Gary Lindeker, I see is pulling the pen
on what is his TV show Match.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Of the Day. Yeah, well yeah, Gary Link, Yeah he's well.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
A Bach of the Day is basically part of the
fabric of this country. It airs at about half past
ten off the ten o'clock news on a Saturday, and
it has done for the best, well for all of
our lives. Basically it's been hosted by the absolute gods
of broadcasting Desilinum now Gary Linekoho has been doing it
for the best part of twenty five years. He does
(05:28):
earn a huge amount, the best part of two or
three million pounds a year. But the time has come
he will be leaving busy TV Manchester or rather Match
of the Day will be hosted by somebody else and
he won't be fronting the football coverage. His last gig
will be the Women's World Cup thing in twenty twenty six.
(05:50):
But essentially Gary Lin d Kerr is moving on.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
I want to make quick mention of the rugby England
losing two in a row, a close one on the
weekend against austral.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Well yeah, and it was just losing too in a
row against your boys and now Australia. It was the
manner of these defeats, you know, another close game gone
away from England. You know, they conceded a try in
an eighty second minute, they won it, lost it, and
they won it and lost it all over again, and
then they played the second half and the same thing
(06:22):
happened again. I mean, for the purist or even the neutral,
it was an incredible game. I mean it was just
defied belief at times. But the feeling is England barkers
Smith aside, they just do not have They don't have
the stardust in this site. They don't know how to
get out. They are quite weak in the tackle and
(06:44):
essentially this is in front you know, assert their authority
on matches. So there's been a lot of criticism about
that defeat and coming so close on the back of
the one against New Zealand, and of course the samething
happened in New Zealand as well South Africa next, so
good luck.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Oh yeah, absolutely, all right, Johnny nice to catch up mate.
We'll do it again next week. Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Yeah, I look forward to it, becain.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Greetings to all your listeners in New Zealand.
The country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on Gold Sport.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Time to hit to the UK now and catch up
with Talk Sport Cricket editor and presenter of the follow
On Cricket podcast and packing his bags ready to travel
out here win England get here at the end of
the month. Johnny Norman, Morning, Johnny.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Yeah, good morning, good afternoon from the UK.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
And as you say, yeah, getting ready, it's it's cold here,
it's a little bit windy, the days are shorter, and yeah,
the nights are closing in. Got a helicopter overhead as well,
looking for somebody, so hopefully it's not me, But yeah,
very much looking forward to having a bad of New
Zealand sun for six weeks and following what should be
(00:51):
a pretty entertaining Test series between New Zealand and England,
with New Zealand, of course, fresh from their three nil
win in India still in with a chance of making
the wild tist Chap who final?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Who'd have thought that?
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Well there you go, all right, should be a very
very interesting one. Right we're going from we're talking football
now though I want to talk about Man City losing
for a fourth game in a row.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Yeah, unbelievable. At the start of the season they were
eighty two percent. There's something over here, it's called a supercomputer, basically,
and they asked the question who's going to win the league?
Speaker 3 (01:22):
And it gives a percentage breakdown.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
It works out a billion different possibilities and then it
gives a stat or percentage assigned to every club and
the chances of them winning the league. And at the
start of the season Manchester City were eighty two percent
likely to win what would be what they's seventh league
title in a row. I might have given them on there,
(01:45):
but either way they were heavy favorites. Fast forward a
couple of months and they're.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Down the low thirties.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Liverpool are fifty nine percent on or given a fifty
nine percent percentage to win the title this year. And
Manchester City, of course haven't lost all four games in
the league. They lost one in the Cup against Spurs,
they lost one mid week in the European competition, but
back to back defeats in the Premier League. They're still second.
(02:14):
They're only five points a drift, but the feeling is
and even Pep Guardiola said it that after all this
period of success, maybe it's time for somebody else to
win it.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
So what is going on?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
It was SAIDI I mean, you know, can you can
you put your finger on it.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Well, I think there's one obvious reason, and that's rodri
You know, we spoke about this when Rodriy got injured.
You know, if you look at the breakdown the percentage
of games City won and lost when he was playing
or not, and it was quite stark. They won games
when he played and they struggled a bit when he didn't,
and they've continued to struggle ever since he got injured.
(02:50):
So I think injury to rodri has played a massive
part in all this of the season as well, and
maybe other clubs are just catching up a little.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Bit as well.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
But it is worth remembering that Manchester City are very
often slow starters, and then they finished leagues in almost
perfect fashion, you know, ruling off thirteen fourteen wins in
a row. So it's not all over by any stretch
of imagination, but certainly just feels like, if not now,
(03:20):
they're never for the likes of Liverpool or Arsenal or
one of the other challenges.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
We're talking about Arsenal and other teams. Rude Venessa, Roy
signing off at United with a Windspurs losing Arsenal and
Chelsea drawing pretty going on.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Well there was you know, Manchester United now just four
points off third, though I should point out my team
Fulham are only one point off third, so you know,
the whole league's kind of gone a little bit crazy.
But essentially Rubenistroy, who was the interim coach whilst at
Manchester United, you know, got the next man in.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
But his reign is all right.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
His time of the club now has come to an
end and you know he's done a job for the
club that he played for with such high distinction all
those years ago. So it's an international break coming up,
and it means that Manchester United's new boss starts the
week after against Ipswitch I think, who pulled off their
(04:21):
first Premier League win in twenty two years when they
went to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and beat Spurs two
to one to put you know, another kind of like more.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Pressure on postagog glue.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
But also it's just another situation that we have with
Spurs where they kind of go from one extreme to
the other. They either swat Aston Villa aside for one
and have everyone purring or they lose to Crystal Palace
and Ipswich, two teams that hadn't up until that point
won a single game all season.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Well, there we are planning going on in the world
of football. Gary Lindeker, I see is pulling the pen
on what is his TV show Match.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Of the Day. Yeah, well yeah, Gary Link, Yeah he's well.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
A Bach of the Day is basically part of the
fabric of this country. It airs at about half past
ten off the ten o'clock news on a Saturday, and
it has done for the best, well for all of
our lives. Basically it's been hosted by the absolute gods
of broadcasting Desilinum now Gary Linekoho has been doing it
for the best part of twenty five years. He does
(05:28):
earn a huge amount, the best part of two or
three million pounds a year. But the time has come
he will be leaving busy TV Manchester or rather Match
of the Day will be hosted by somebody else and
he won't be fronting the football coverage. His last gig
will be the Women's World Cup thing in twenty twenty six.
(05:50):
But essentially Gary Lin d Kerr is moving on.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
I want to make quick mention of the rugby England
losing two in a row, a close one on the
weekend against austral.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Well yeah, and it was just losing too in a
row against your boys and now Australia. It was the
manner of these defeats, you know, another close game gone
away from England. You know, they conceded a try in
an eighty second minute, they won it, lost it, and
they won it and lost it all over again, and
then they played the second half and the same thing
(06:22):
happened again. I mean, for the purist or even the neutral,
it was an incredible game. I mean it was just
defied belief at times. But the feeling is England barkers
Smith aside, they just do not have They don't have
the stardust in this site. They don't know how to
get out. They are quite weak in the tackle and
(06:44):
essentially this is in front you know, assert their authority
on matches. So there's been a lot of criticism about
that defeat and coming so close on the back of
the one against New Zealand, and of course the samething
happened in New Zealand as well South Africa next, so
good luck.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Oh yeah, absolutely, all right, Johnny nice to catch up mate.
We'll do it again next week. Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Yeah, I look forward to it, becain.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Greetings to all your listeners in New Zealand.
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