Déjà Vu for Arsenal?

26:24Right now, I'm thinking about top four. What does Arnazlott need to do to fix that then? Because they're the defending champions, surely. And at least starting in the next game. Arnazlott needs to forget about anything other than the next 10 minutes that Liverpool are involved in. never mind winning the title or what's going on in Champions League or anything else how do we get settled and how do we get into some sort of flow and get some sort of real consistency of good play never mind the bad consistency that they're in right now pretty much that's all Arnazlott has to think about forget league tables are in he has to try and figure out how we can get Liverpool to turn up and produce a level of performance that will get them consistently victories and points.

27:16Forget tables. From a fan's point of view, I'm looking at top four right now. I'm certainly not thinking about the championship. Nobody in their right mind could honestly turn around to you and say Liverpool are still in this title race and Liverpool can still win it. I don't think they can. For that next game against Nottingham Forest, Of course, a name that we've talked about a lot has been Mo Salah. And as we have said, if he's not scoring all the goals and helping to create, then he doesn't really offer much defensively, which is what we're seeing right now and how it can affect the team. So for the next game, do you drop him?

27:51Yes, I would. For who? And that's the second part of the question, for who? But you can't... Yeah. You know, you have to find ways of motivating players, motivate is probably the wrong word in terms of Salah but you have to try and figure a way out how to get him back to somewhere near his best and so far playing him and playing him and playing him isn't working I certainly got excited when he scored a couple of goals in a couple of games but his overall performance hadn't really changed much other than those two goals so now the only other thing you can do is set him on the bench sit down, have a look maybe a different perspective and then play him the next game and let's see if there's any sort of reaction because unfortunately he's reached the stage now where the team can't carry him anymore.

28:48Just as simple as that. Mario, when Stevie said that he would drop Salah... Sorry. Go ahead, Frank. Sorry. Stevie, isn't it the African Cup soon? So he's going to disappear for like a month or two? Salah? Yes. So the African Nation Cup, yeah. So, well, if you don't use him now and he's going to be gone within like 15 months or even less, so you're not going to get Salah for like three months and maybe Arno Slott is also thinking about that. Unfortunately, unfortunately there's an answer to that, Frank. What is the point? The guy's not giving you anything. And at the end of the day, you could look at it the other way and say, well he is going to be away for two months three months, whatever it is so we may as well try and figure something out now why am I going to wait on a guy who's given me nothing I need to be proactive here I can't just sit on my hands and let it happen and hope and pray that all of a sudden somebody waves a magic wand and he becomes the Egyptian king again so I absolutely think he needs to do something and that's my own personal opinion I would sit him Mario, what do you think about it?

30:02Because you sounded like you agreed with Stevie when he said he would drop Salah, at least for that Forest game. Yeah, because, you know, what I think, you know, I think Slot should pick the team. Like, OK, if you look at Salah, I don't think he's the player that now feel. I don't know how he feels because I cannot say that, but I just say he doesn't look to me that he can play the back to back games because the back to back games. Sometimes you don't. You get like, I watched him, for example, I was in the stadium watching him against Manchester United. So I've seen him moving around. It was one of his strongest games because he was the outlet.

30:37And they kept on playing the ball to him and controlling, and then they started the action. But if I look at the weekend now, you have to also remember that some guys, when they play against Salah, and it's normal, everybody's been there, even all of us, when you play against a player that is so good, you want to show off and show that I'm capable to play against you. O 'Reilly, young boy, of course he's going to give his best, of course. But now you see also players don't give him the respect like he used to get. They don't stay behind anymore. They don't panic as much anymore. They go and attack too.

31:07So that's already a problem. The same thing, you understand, when I talked about Witts. Good player, but not ready yet. If he did well in Europe, then don't see it that he's going to do well in the Premier League because the Premier League is where, you know, the rhythm, he doesn't have that rhythm yet. and I've seen him play. He looked like after coming off against Manchester, it looked five minutes. I saw him breathing like crazy. I was like, wow, five minutes. Yeah, but it's normal. Why? Because he has to get used to the way the Premier League moves. So I think Slott needs to play his strongest team, how he won the league, and then move forward to implement certain diamonds that he bought.

31:47But if he's going to change them and straight away let them start the games, that's where the problem starts. and he has to be careful because the problem is not going to be fixed if he keeps on saying like, oh, all my new boys need to play. No, they got to wait and build them into their team. Save$2 when you buy two cans of Superior Products Coverall Tire Dressing. Plus receive four times O rewards points now at O 'Reilly Auto Parts. Coverall delivers long-lasting shine. Visit your O 'Reilly Auto Parts store or OReillyAuto.com. As you know, managing maintenance, repair, and operations is never easy.

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32:55Well, Liverpool have actually put in a complaint that Virgil van Dijk's goal right here, which would have been a crucial equalizer in the game against Manchester City, was ruled out. Of course, they said that Andy Robertson was somehow interfering with the play there. Shaka, what was your take on all of this? At the time, watching the game and I saw this, I thought, no question, it's an offside that Robinson is in the way of Donnarumma. Then you see the replays, and he's not. It's actually Jeremy Duck who was in the way of Donnarumma. And so, on review, I think the goal should have stood. One thing I will say, though, from a goalkeeping perspective, Donnarumma plays out perfectly.

33:35He gets up and acts as though Robinson was all over him. And truth is, he was in the way of nail. So he used his experience. He kind of highlighted Robertson's position and forced the referees and VAR to make a decision. But again, in real time, it looked offside. But the more you see the replays, the more got convinced that that goal really should have stood. Well, interestingly enough, Stevie, the VAR agreed and they said that Liverpool defender Andy Robertson was, quote, in an offside position and deemed to be making an obvious action directly in front of the goalkeeper. What does that even mean?

34:12Well, that's garbage. That's absolutely not true. Oh, my God. He is absolutely no way impeding, affecting anything. He's not flicked the ball, so that doesn't count. He certainly has... Donnarumma doesn't even know he's probably there. and you can tell the minute that ball hits Van Dijk's forehead Donnarumma's eyes are squarely on the ball and all he's trying to do is save the ball. Andy Roberson is not on the planet in terms of Donnarumma and the biggest surprise for me in the whole thing is yes he's offside but you can be in an offside position and not have the goal disallowed. But guess what?

35:01The referee didn't go to VAR. That's the other thing. The referee did not go to VAR. VAR's fine. VAR can jump in and say Andy Robinson was offside. That's part of the job. But the referee has to be the one who decides whether he was impeding the goalkeeper or not. And for the guy in the booth to do it, number one, clearly does not know what he's looking at because he gives it. But two, why is he giving it? It's not his job. That's not his place to give it. The referee should have been straight over and he should have been the one to decide whether it was a goal or not. Yeah, Frank, and you do feel for Liverpool because this goal would have come at such a crucial time for Liverpool to equalise against Manchester City.

35:41We know how the game ended, but do you feel like if it was allowed, it would have made much of a difference in the game? Not sure. I go with Arnold Slott who says maybe it wouldn't have made a difference because I think Manchester City were better than Liverpool. But we don't know. We don't know. And you can think that maybe Liverpool would have been better and Manchester City maybe would have some troubles, you know, going back to the fight, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. We can do whatever, whatever, and think whatever we want. But at the end of the day, what the guy in the booth were doing, were they in the booth who had the bar, I don't know, in a pub, drinking or maybe in the restroom?

36:23I don't know. But those guys, they have to stop watching and deciding for football. I mean, it's a serious business. That's really, and I'm saying that, maybe it makes people laughing, but I'm upset when I see that. Because you prepare a game, a big game, you score a goal, you're Virgin Van Dijk, and you see those people deciding, well, he's offside. Yes, as Stevie said, he's offside, but he doesn't interfere. It doesn't affect anything. He doesn't blind the goalkeeper. So what are you doing in the booth? You have to say to the ref, ref, okay, 40 seconds to lift up the flag. But now please go to see and decide whatever you want because we are not sure.

37:08At least just that. That's a scandal. That's a real scandal. We are fed up to discuss week in, week out about stupid decision, which is clear for everybody. We all agree, Robertson was offside, but it doesn't affect. Therefore, goal, bye-bye, 1-1, keep on playing. But those people don't know anything about football. Oh, everyone's fired up today. I love it. Mario, what about you? No, they already put the fire out, so I don't have to put the fire out. Bring more fire, we love it. Come on, get some more. Let me put some water on it, you know, because Frank was going at it. But you know what the thing is?

37:49I agree with the guys because I said what Chaka was very good with, the detail that Chaka said, I will repeat that because Donnarumma was smart. He was the smartest one in this whole play. He knew he could not get to that ball. So he just looked at the ref. He said, hey, the only thing I'm going to do, I'm going to tell him, hey, he is offside, so you better call him out. As soon as he looked at the ref, the ref knew, okay, yeah, you're right. He looked at her. but it was because the crucial time of that game, it was really, really sad. You know, regardless if City was the better team, it would have been 1-1 and you don't know how the game would go because maybe they will hold out for a longer time.

38:28But that's why I think Donnarumma, for me, you did the greatest move, just like Xhaka said. I've got a question for the boys, actually. I've been thinking about this. The Doku penalty. Now, it finished up, they missed the penalty. But the Doku penalty, we're talking about how bad a decision the VAR was and the referee didn't go to the monitor. The referee on the Doku penalty does not give a penalty because he doesn't see the contact. That can be the only reason he doesn't give it. So he then goes to the booth to see the VAR. Now, we see exactly what the referee sees. and at no stage and all the stills that he was shown did they show clear contact.

39:15Now, the probability there was contact is really high. At the time, I thought it was a penalty. But the fact is, the referee never actually saw a still that conclusively said the goalkeeper caught him because the only one they were sticking on, and we saw it about 12 times, was Kanati coming across the front of the camera so you couldn't see it. So how does the referee give a penalty when he doesn't actually see it? He didn't see it at the time. He certainly didn't see it when the VAR showed him the stills in the video because we all saw the same thing. So how does he give a penalty? That's annoying as well.

39:52All right, well, everyone's fired up. You want an answer to that? Let me just... Yeah, because I'm thinking, is it just me? I mean, I don't think anything I've said there is wrong. No, Stevie, Stevie, we agree. We agree. I'm still not convinced that there was a penalty, you know, but whatever, because I think it was a light contact, and I wouldn't have given it. But I can accept the fact that after 10 times watching the VAR, people decide, oh, there is a contact. Okay, they love that. Contact, you know, it's like, oh, contact, penalty, whatever. But I agree with you. If the referee is not able to see in the VAR, why do you want to give the penalty?

40:33You don't see, you don't give. Because normally they don't see, and they don't want to see, and therefore they don't give. But that's a big mess, whatever they want to say. All right, well, there's plenty more talk about this game on the latest edition of the Gab and Jules Show, a fresh edition dropped today, so go check it out. In today's world, planning ahead isn't always top of mind, but not having life insurance can leave families facing difficult financial uncertainty during already emotional times. In many cases, loved ones are left managing expenses, debts, or long-term obligations without a clear plan in place.

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43:53Now, this was how Celta Vigo were able to equalize. And Stevie, I think the phrase you used to describe their highlight right here was like keystone cops. Now, for those of us that weren't born in 1750, what does that mean? Oh, my God. Well, it's just a bunch of guys running around. One's running right, one's running left, one's running back, one's running forward. So like headless chicken. It's just all over the shop. I mean, that was absolute chaos. There was nothing controlled about that defensive line at all. Well, Mario, Mario, Stevie said that if Barcelona do continue defending like this, and we know so far Hansi Flick wants to stick to his style, then it's going to not only cost them the title, but probably a good run in the Champions League as well.

44:44Listen, he's going to get some players back, right? Ravinia and, you know, Berger. He's coming back. So his style of playing is scoring goals and always attacking. And I understand that. I've watched it. I've seen it. But my friend, you also got to defend. Exactly. And when I see like Balder trying to play them offside and they break the line, for me the question is very simple. It's like there are going to be games that Barcelona is not going to dictate the tempo. And when that happens, when they don't dictate the tempo, the pressure will come on the back. And if you see the last goal, how they defend, you know, Orojo and the young, how they defend that goal, both are trying to read the cross and watching the ball.

45:29They don't even see one of Celtic's players coming through the middle. No, guys, come on. If you defend like that, you're asking for trouble. So I'm really worried about them carrying on like this because the high line is a problem. Frank, what did you think of that defending, if you want to call it that? I loved it. I loved it. It looks like the cavalry going out, you know, saying, oh, let's all die. Let's all die.

45:55That's what it was, you know. Let's all go. We don't care. We die. We score. We consider a goal. No problem. And that's unprofessional. I'm sorry. But it's not. Again, I don't want to blame the players. I want to blame the coach. He's been asking for that for a year and a half now. And the player wouldn't agree, like Martinez, bye-bye. You know, Arroyo is not, maybe he's not going to play anymore. That's insane. You have to listen to a coach who makes you being like a fool, behaving like a fool. And you know what? I was doing that on my own because I was tired after 80 minutes. And I said, okay, I'm going to play Russian roulette.

46:40I'm going to play the offside because I'm tired and I want to run back. But they all went for that like crazy. And it wasn't the 80th minute. It was the first half. You know, as a player, it is the worst feeling in the world when you're playing centre-back and that's what's going on in your line. Yeah. Because you have no idea what day of the week it is. It is the worst feeling. and as Frank said, you are just praying that the gamble pays off. I can still feel how I felt. It's awful. I mean, similarly though, how do you feel if you're a Lamin-Yemal or, well, Sidney, in this case, a Robert Lewandowski where you know you have to score four goals every single game.

47:27If you want to win every week, you have to score no less than four goals. I mean, it makes no sense to me. Shaka, it's even worse. Talk about Shesny, the goalkeeper. We see that. It's a guy. Why? Why do you want me to be killed? Hey, come back. Come back. That's insane. He wants to have fun. That's why he's happy. He's got something to do. That's why he doesn't mind saying anything. It was Titanic, wasn't it? It was like Titanic. Come back. Come back. Come back. Jack. Hi. Jack. All right. Well, for plenty more of our content, make sure to check out our ESPN FC YouTube channel. And while you're there, hit that subscribe button.

48:14Later on tonight is a new edition of Football Americas. Ale Moreno is joining Casey Keller and Hercules Gomez. Plenty to talk about there. You can tune in at 8.30 p.m. Eastern Time on ESPN+. All right. You know where we're going with this, Mario. Let's have a look at the top of the Erie Divisie and it's PSV who head into the international break at the top. They got a nice win this last weekend. No win for Feyenoord and they are there in second, but not even in third will you find Ajax, but in fourth. And Mario, it has been quite the season for Ajax. We're hearing that they may want Eric Ten Hag back.

48:54What is going on there? They have a big problem. Why? Because they brought Heitinger. You understand, he was the assistant of Slott at the time. He won the Premier League with Liverpool. And then he came over to Ajax. I ended up bumping into him on the street, actually, right before the league was kicking off. And he asked me one question. He said, you don't want to be your coach? I said, no, my friend. Good luck. Now, it took him a couple of months, and the luck was gone. I said, no. He laughed at me. He looked at me. He said, ooh, that answer was really short. I said, I'm pretty sure. Because at Ajax at the moment now, it's unstable.

49:34There is no stability. You understand? If you talk to anybody that's close to the team, I've been once to the club. After so many years, I went there because we had, like, some get-together in the stadium and all that kind of stuff. So it was packed. But speaking to the guys, and I can see that the people that are involved in the team, they want to get some stability, but it's taking them so long. Riola that had the team before and he became second he told them before the season I can become second then he came close to winning the league it didn't happen and then he asked for things that he wanted to change and when they challenged him he said okay guys then I'm going to take a step back and I'll leave he left and hide the car prior to that he had the job already he got sacked came back took the job again and then got fired again So for me at the moment now, I don't know if there's anybody that knows what they want and what the direction they want to go because all the players they have is like so young.

50:35The team is so young and don't have no clue about anything. They have maybe two-star players, Kutze, a left winger, and Glock, a midfielder, and the rest of the team is just on Ajax. If I look at them, honestly, I feel like I don't know if I played at this club when I was a young boy. Oh, I know what that feeling is like. All too well. Anyways, you know we like to have a lot of fun over on Extra Time. We've got Frank, Mario, Shaka, and Stevie answering all your questions today. So make sure to tune in. Luster Olney here for La Quinta by Wyndham. Summer mornings move fast, whether you're heading to the job site or catching the first pitch.

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53:00All right. Welcome into extra time. Alexis alongside Stevie and Shaka. We have also got Mario and Frank. The full house. Stevie, do you remember the last time we were on the show together with Shaka? I felt like we in another world could have been a band. Shaka was singing, I was singing, but you were cutting it up on the dance floor. Oh, you never took it. Oh, I took a video, guys. Have a look. Oh, oh, oh. Wait for it. Wait for it. Wait for it. Wait for it. That's Shaka trying to sing. Wait for it. Oh, oh, hey, hey. Wow, wow, wow. Stevie,

53:46Stevie, you're still allowed. Stevie, with those movies, you're allowed to come out with me, man. I'll make sure you go out. Dancing with the Stars? Can you do Dancing with the Stars? Number 10. 10 out of 10. Stevie has the groove. I've got to say. 10. I've got to say. What? I didn't realise I was going so slow. Ah,

54:13boy. He doesn't. He thought about a pamper. Yeah. There you go. Oh, somebody speed up the video. Speed up the video so that we can. Oh, boy. So we can look a little quicker. What you need to hear is Shaka's vocals in that. No, no. We don't need it. Oh, yeah. Oh, at one point, I thought he was going to split. It was truly, truly fascinating. Oh, dear. All right, well there you go. Let's start the question shall we? First question, where will Liverpool finish in the Premier League this season? Xhaka says fourth, Stevie saying fourth. Wow! I'll take four now. Wow, how the mighty have fallen. Frank?

54:56Well, right now, not in the first four, for sure. If they carry on like that, never, never. Where are they going to finish? Yes. Well, you know what? Well, you know, according to what we see, I said no in the first four. So let's say six. Oh, six. Mario? I went from one to four, too, I think. I think they might get a Champions League. OK. I went really quick. I was hoping. I was with Stevie. I was behind Stevie, holding on to him. But Steve, sorry, man. I got to let go. I'm lucky, man. It hurts, doesn't it? It does, aye. That fall from grace. Who finishes third? Who finishes third? Inchester United.

55:41Who said that? Who said that? Let me tell you something. Who said that? If United finish third. Who said that? You will be insufferable. You will be insufferable. I'll take everyone to dinner and put this on Stevie's credit card.

56:02All right. Next question. Oh, and guess what? It's about Liverpool again. Should Liverpool offer a new contract to Kanate considering his poor form or just go all in on Gehi or Schlotterbeck in the summer? Oh, dearly dear. Well, we knew that Gehi definitely did want to go.

56:25Well, it depends on how much money he wants. I mean, you can... If he's wanting silly money, then you would have to kind of say no. And you stick with Kanate. You know, I think we forget. And all the time that Kanate has been with Liverpool, other than last season, he's kind of always... He's always had that little mistake just locking round the corner. Up until last year. Last year was easily his best season. He was reliable, he was strong, he had a great partnership. But this year he's been awful. So if he's wanting silly money, then you can get out of somebody else what he's been given Liverpool.

57:05If you take last year away, you know, Canati's always somebody who, as I said, has... Had a mistake. Had a mistake. As a cliche goes. Yeah. So, that's a tough one. All right. Next question then. Hopefully we're putting the Liverpool stuff aside because we're stressing out Stevie. Next question. Pep reached 716 wins in his 1 ,000th match for Manchester City. What legacy will he leave behind there and where will he rank amongst the greatest coaches of all time? Frank, you want to start first? I can try. I mean, well, he will be simply remembered as one of the best. I mean, but you have to put Ancelotti with him and some others, you know, like Johan Cruyff at the time and some others that have been absolutely successful.

57:59And in Italy, Capello, and I forgot the one from Juventus. I mean, those guys have been fantastic. Even Mr. Guttals from Belgium with Marseille at the time, that was great. But it's true that Pep made a kind of revolution in football around 2010, where the football was maybe stuck in some foot in some side, he developed another one and created something who lasted like 10, 12 years. But De Grau is one of the best. I mean, what a player and what a coach. I think that's the thing. Pep was always going to be revered as one of the best in the game. Yeah. Just from what he did at Barcelona. So you don't have to tee it up with his City record.

58:47I mean, I maintain that that Barcelona team under Pep is the best club team I've ever seen. And as a result of just that, in his first managerial job, he was always going to be spoken about in that rarefied air. Mario, do you want to drop in a two cents? Yeah, no, I think what the guy says, I think the influence, what he had on football, I think that is one of the key things. I think that's why he will be one of the top. Why? because you know like okay Frank called John Cruyff I don't call you on craft maybe only as a coach I think the influence what he had on him and made him play in a certain way when he came in Barcelona and he carried on because he also always talked about him in saying like yeah he was my driving force and he influenced the way I want to play football I want to influence the game by having the ball all the time and controlling everything and he clearly did it in every league he went through so that's why I qualify him you understand and away from all the ones.

59:44Look, he's not the only one, because there are more great ones, but he's definitely up there. All right. That's tough, man. We haven't even mentioned people like Zagallo and Reynos Michaels. Sir Alex. We haven't even Sir Alex. Shankly. Rude that nobody mentions Sir Alex. I mean, why haven't you mentioned these guys? It's one of those impossible questions. It really is. It is a tough question. Next one, though, is also a tough question. And we're back to Liverpool, Stevie. Not that long ago, Liverpool were thought to have had one of the best transfer windows ever. Is it time to reassess that or is it still too early to know?

1:00:25Well, again, I always talk about it. The game's not played on paper. And on paper, it was fantastic. Fantastic signings. Some would say maybe not fantastic business with the amount of money. but on the face of it there wasn't one clever clogs coming out saying Liverpool are going to be rubbish with these two signings. Everybody was like, oh no. Give them the title already. I think we did say that. Every single person was going, oh wow. I did say that, I said give them the title already. They have just gotten better. So, yeah, I mean Again, if you look at the age of the players they've signed, once they figure a lot of things out you know, Kerkers is a good football player but he's a young man and it's tough to explain to somebody the difference between playing for Bournemouth and playing for Liverpool it's a world of this and it takes time to understand how to go about it, how to prepare how to get rid of the noise don't listen to it, I mean there's a lot of things So, yeah, I mean, great signings.

1:01:40Nobody can argue, but it's just not working right now. All right. Next question is also for Stevie. Oh, my days, Mr Popular. Stevie, will the Tartan Army... I'm getting pulled here. No Liverpool, though. This one's about Scotland. Stevie, will the Tartan Army be celebrating Scotland qualifying for the World Cup after this international break? Where are you? Aye. Aye. Aye. Where? Aye. What's happening in your group? fired up. Well if they win the two games, they've got to beat Denmark. Denmark at the head. Right. I believe if they beat Denmark and... I can't remember the other team... but they've got two games.

1:02:20If they win these two games, I believe they qualify. Let's have a look. What if they lose to Denmark? Denmark? Well they have to win. They need a spot to go though. They need three points or they need six points? Well they need three points to get in the playoffs I believe. Okay. Yeah. Ooh, Denmark and Greece. Are you home to Denmark? They're away at Greece and then home to Denmark. Ooh, that's going to be a big one. They're tough games. Yeah. But if they beat Greece, I believe they're guaranteed a playoff. But if they beat Denmark as well, then I think they qualify. Come on, Scotland. We've got a chance.

1:02:55Come on, you Scotland. Come on, Scotland. Denmark are the favourites. Come on. We won't even get Frank or Mario because they're used to their countries going to the World Cup. They don't know the struggle that we three go through. You would have waited Thursday. Yeah, waited. We'll see if Jamaica can. But now I've got an extra one. It's the Nunes-Shaka-Histak-Classico next. I know. I'm not talking to you on Thursday. It's okay. Shaq, I would love if Trinidad would go through as well. He's got bothered. Look what he's showing us. He's showing us something. He's showing us something. Oh, my God.

1:03:30Take the dust off it. Take the dust off it. Take the dust off it. Take the dust off it. Did Frank win a World Cup? Did Frank win a World Cup? Why are you talking about qualification? What about that? We don't care.

1:03:47He's got about six of them. One at home, one in his home, one in his car, one in his bag to take away wherever he goes. He's everywhere. Oh, my God. We love him. And some of us are just hoping for qualification. All right, final question now. I was hoping for qualification playoffs. Final question. Alexis and Xhaka. Oh, any bets for the game on Thursday? Oh, yes. Like I said, it's the Nunes-Hislak Classico. So Jamaica play Trinidad. Trinidad and Tobago against Jamaica. Yes. We have to win. We'll only give a haircut. Trinidad have to win. We have to win. We have to win our remaining two games. Have to.

1:04:26And then we have Curacao at home on the 18th, and we have to win that. And I think it would be massive for Jamaica to do that in a moment where we really need it after the hurricane. But if I could choose someone else to go through with us, I would love it for it to be. Is that again qualification you're talking about? Oh, Frank. Yes, it is qualification. I'm going to go. Qualification and playoffs. We talk about qualification and playoffs. I'm trying to get into the playoffs. I'm not direct qualifications. I'm trying to get into the playoffs. He told me yesterday with Scotland you wanted to go through.

1:04:58I want Scotland to go through. No, but I meant from CONCACAF. All right. It was up to you. Everybody would get there. No. No, no, no, no, no. Not our CONCACAF rivals, but Shaq and I are West Indian brothers and sisters. That's right. We're the two only Caribbean nations to make it to a World Cup, so I would love for us to go back, especially when it's a World Cup in the CONCACAF nation. But in UEFA, I would always cheer for Scotland the Brave. One world. One Caribbean. More like this. One love, one heart. Let's get together and feel all right. All right, that's it for this edition of Extra Time.

1:05:38We'll be back taking your questions together and feel all right.

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