Jack's Encyclopaedia: Goal involvement kings, Thomas Frank's rare wins, and City's European darlings

0:00Marcus Speller: Previously on Jack's Encyclopedia.

0:02Vishal Sinha: This is a huge round. Winner takes all. Big round. Big round. Every English player to score three or more goals in the Premier League so far this season. Dominic Calvallone. Anthony Gordon.

0:15Marcus Speller: Nonny Maduweke. I thought you wanted to be there. Callum Wilson. Oh, he will have done. A douche and a half. Well done.

0:24Vishal Sinha: Out of all the names you could have chosen. James McBurso says you're an encyclopedia of football. A what? An encyclopedia of football. I don't know what that means. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Football Ramble. It's Jack's Encyclopedia. I'm Marcus Speller.

0:41Marcus Speller: I'm Jim Campbell. And I'm Lucian Ahantaraja.

0:44Vishal Sinha: Here we go. Do it.

0:59Jim Campbell: Welcome back to another edition of Jack's Encyclopedia. We have collectively decided that Vish is unbeatable at My Biddy Aunt, so we're back for another round of Jack's Encyclopedia. Just for a reminder, Vish is holding both the belts for My Biddy Aunt and Jack's Encyclopedia, and he's been an absolute nightmare about it. If you don't know the rules, they're simple, it seems. It's a game of categories. I will give a category, and then we will go around each one of you to see if you can give me a valid answer. If you go too slowly, I will press a countdown timer leaving six seconds to answer. Now, Marcus, you are the challenger.

1:33Jim Campbell: Hi. So you are going to go first. Marcus, Christopher Speller against Fertuja. Barry, Hantharaja. I don't remember what your middle name is.

1:40Vishal Sinha: I don't... You don't have one, do you? Is it Barry?

1:42Marcus Speller: It is Barry. Yeah, I thought it was. I thought it was. How did you guess? Yeah.

1:45Vishal Sinha: Yeah. When you're explaining the game, it's a little bit Mallet's Mallet. Yeah? And have you brought your mallet in? It's just my glasses. Yeah.

1:54Jim Campbell: It is, isn't it? that's how they used to do Mallet's Mallet was it not? I can't remember to be honest no I think Timmy Mallet has actually been inscrutable this whole time he has been an absolute kind of bastion of integrity incredibly

2:08Marcus Speller: you'd go straight for the guy with the mallet wouldn't you? you would let's just check him out first

2:11Jim Campbell: that bloke that hits kids with a mallet on telly in general though in general if you're going out tonight don't go straight for the bloke who's got the mallet no absolutely not if you're unaware of Timmy Mallet maybe you're from another country or you're not another era of our generation Yeah, he was a children's TV presenter He had a mallet And he would just hit kids with it A soft mallet A soft mallet So he was the good one Yeah, he was the good one Yeah There we are So there'll be no malleting of children here

2:38Jim Campbell: Someone runs a tight ship

2:40Vishal Sinha: Not on my watch Do you think he's out in Canada?

2:43Marcus Speller: With the seals

2:44Vishal Sinha: He'd become Come on Come in handy there

2:47Marcus Speller: Come on Are they killing seals in Canada?

2:49Jim Campbell: Are they club seals, don't they? I know that they do I don't know where they do it I tend not to keep up on the latest trends in that, if I'm honest.

2:56Marcus Speller: You'd have to be more accurate with a mallet, wouldn't you? A club is you can just windmill. Yeah.

3:02Jim Campbell: Just knocking out seals. A soft mallet would be better for that because it would leave the seals unharmed. It does make the trip seem kind of pointless in the first place, but yeah, you are right, Marcus.

3:12Marcus Speller: That's how you get people into the Winter Olympics. Clubber some seals.

3:15Vishal Sinha: Exactly, yeah. Not seal himself. He could do the opening ceremony. Yeah.

3:20Marcus Speller: He must have done one before seal.

3:23Vishal Sinha: the opening of a winter Olympics

3:24Marcus Speller: must he have

3:27Vishal Sinha: be like a seal out of water yeah should we should we do a quiz oh yeah sorry we're still on sorry about that okay

3:34Jim Campbell: so Marcus you are to go first as you're the challenger here I am so I want a good game this is a this is a nice so do I this is a nice opening question alright or opening round rather every player with 15 or more goal involvements in Europe's top 5 leagues this season there are 19 players. So only domestic goals count. Only domestic league goals, that is. Every player with 15 or more goal involvements in Europe's top five leagues this season, only domestic league goals count.

4:08Do it!

4:09Vishal Sinha: Okay. Not as easy as you might think. No, it's a tricky one. It is a tricky one, isn't it? It is. But there are five whole leagues to choose from. Oh, there are, are there? Okay. Well, I will go start the bidding with Erling Haaland. And you will be correct. It's one of those ones where you think, actually, he's not...

4:29Marcus Speller: Oh, Harry Kane.

4:31Vishal Sinha: Harry Kane, funnily enough, is in there. That was another one I had. Surely. This is going to be one of those. You know on QI, when you say an answer, it's like obvious. Yeah. It's one of those ones. Vinicius Junior.

4:45Jim Campbell: Vinicius Junior is in there, mate. Yeah, why am I so nervous about that? Semenyo Antoine Semenyo absolutely of course he is of course he is Vish says he's so quickly

4:55Vishal Sinha: it puts pressure on you he presses yeah he does press he presses very well I have to say Morgan Rodgers Morgan Rodgers

5:02Jim Campbell: oh come on Morgan he's not in there I'm afraid mate that is so poor so Vish you need to get one terrible start Morgan

5:11Marcus Speller: Kylian Mbappe yeah

5:12Jim Campbell: funnily enough he's in there yeah that was a rather obvious one Kylian Mbappe is in there I can't believe I'll go for the obvious ones surely

5:18Marcus Speller: I was actually going to go with Elisa ahead of that and I thought, don't try and overthink it.

5:24Jim Campbell: Elisa would have been correct as well. I can't believe Rodgers is not in there. He's not in there, mate, I'm afraid. Bad start. So you could also have had Bruno Fernandes, Esteban Lepol of Rennes, Federico Di Marco, incredibly. Fair enough. Igor Thiago, João Pedro, Lamin Jamal, Christoph Baumgartner for Leipzig, Denis Undav, who's having an amazing season at Stuttgart, turned into the best player in the world there, Lattaro Martinez, Luis Diaz, Mason Greenwood Michael Alise Nico Paz or Vedat Mariki of Mallorca so it's only 8 goals and 5 assists for Morgan Rodgers so not too far off but not quite there he's in the fantasy team and he picks up he's one of those so he had a little bit of a slow start didn't he which is costing him in this very specific unique way that he won't care about I was probably thinking along England Thomas Duke so that's 1-0 to Vish Vish now goes first every English player to score 7 or more goals in the Champions League since the 92-93 season.

6:21Jim Campbell: That's 22 players. I will reiterate every English player to score seven or more goals in the Champions League since the 92-93 season. And there are 22 players to choose from with Vish going first. Oh, blimey. Blimey O 'Reilly.

6:38Marcus Speller: Frank Lampard.

6:38Jim Campbell: Frank Lampard is present and correct. You'd think so, wouldn't you? Well, I'll go for Stephen Gerrard then. Stephen Gerrard is also present and correct.

6:48Marcus Speller: Harry Kane?

6:49Jim Campbell: Yep.

6:50Vishal Sinha: You'd have thought so, wouldn't you?

6:51Jim Campbell: Seven or more, did you say? Seven or more. Harry Kane, you said. We've had Harry Kane, I'll let you off.

6:57Vishal Sinha: No, no, that was my, that was it. Get in, Ken! You've let me off. Who have we got now? Who could I say that will be a right answer?

7:08Jim Campbell: That is the name of the game. Anyone listening at home, that is what we're all about. Yes, indeed. Going to need an answer soon, mate. Andy Cole. Andy Cole is correct. Anthony Gordon. Anthony Gordon is obviously correct, yes. Got 10 this season alone. David Beckham. David Beckham is there.

7:28Marcus Speller: Marcus Rashford.

7:29Jim Campbell: Yep.

7:32Marcus Speller: Jude Bellingham.

7:34Jim Campbell: Jude Bellingham is correct.

7:36Marcus Speller: Alan Shearer. Oh, bloody.

7:38Vishal Sinha: Yes, obviously Alan Ruddy Shearer. Michael Owen? Correct.

7:45Jim Campbell: running low now well as I say there are a decent amount left

7:50Marcus Speller: Danny Welbeck

7:52Jim Campbell: it's there bloody yeah fair play it's there I just thought

7:55Marcus Speller: United and Arsenal surely well not surely maybe hopefully yeah

8:00Jim Campbell: but you were correct Marcus we're back over to you

8:05Vishal Sinha: Paul Scholes oh it's correct oh

8:09Jim Campbell: Scholesy why did I worry about that over to you Vish Danny Welbeck scored exactly seven goals fucking hell

8:15Marcus Speller: Oh, man.

8:15Jim Campbell: By the way, so that's very much an Indiana Joneses hat one there.

8:19Marcus Speller: Theo Walcott.

8:21Jim Campbell: Theo Walcott, you say? Correctly. Bloody hell.

8:26Vishal Sinha: How's Theo in there?

8:27Jim Campbell: How many left? Oh, Theo Walcott scored more goals in the Champions League than Ronaldo, original Ronaldo, 15 versus 14. So how many have you got left? He's trying to buy time, but I'm going to let him do it. There's one, two, four, five, six, seven, eight players left. Nine players left.

8:44Vishal Sinha: Raheem Sterling?

8:44Jim Campbell: Raheem Sterling is there. That's really nice.

8:47Marcus Speller: Well done.

8:48Jim Campbell: This is a good round. You're doing well.

8:50Marcus Speller: Why can I not think of any other English players? Oxlade-Chamberlain. Oxlade-Chamberlain, he's there. No way. Yes.

8:58Jim Campbell: This is a good round. You're doing well. You're doing really well. Phil Foden. Phil Foden is there. Well done. Grealish? No.

9:09Vishal Sinha: Surely I will win this round with Wayne Rooney. Correct. Yes. Fucking hell. when I thought of him just about five seconds ago I was like don't say that one fish don't say that I almost

9:20Jim Campbell: I almost said that there was there are some big names still in there but I thought that might be too much of a clue especially for the Man United fan yeah exactly scored a hat-trick on his debut in the Champions League do you know who I

9:30Vishal Sinha: so I nearly said and I thought he let me down last round I nearly said Morgan Rodgers

9:34Jim Campbell: yeah and you would have been wrong yeah seven goals in the Champions League yeah well because he scored

9:39Vishal Sinha: a hat-trick against Celtic was it I think he scored against It's a wrong answer.

9:43Jim Campbell: It wouldn't have played enough games to get that. The players you could have had are Bukayo Saka. So I had Saka down. Jadon Sancho. Oh, Sancho. Which is slightly surprising, but you factor Dortmund in. They were Dortmund, yeah. John Terry. Ooh. Peter Crouch. And Teddy Sheringham.

9:55Vishal Sinha: Crouchy and Sheringham. Yeah. Two Man United players. Sheringham, I'm annoyed. Well, I won the round, I was always lucky. But I'm a bit annoyed I didn't say Sheringham. But Saka, I had Harvey Barnes down. I don't have a question. Yeah, yeah. That would have been wrong.

10:08Marcus Speller: I get lost in teams and areas. that's why that's why I said Welbeck Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain

10:13Vishal Sinha: Oxlade-Chamberlain was a shout I thought I didn't expect that one

10:15Marcus Speller: I was basically done then Blimey Wayne Rooney

10:19Vishal Sinha: Wayne Rooney

10:20Jim Campbell: but it's funny how that sometimes happens Yeah

10:28Jim Campbell: It's one all between Vish and Marcus I'm going to give you a fair warning here I enjoyed that round a lot so perhaps I neglected my duties as the resident bastard with the button here so I'm going to be getting on the button a bit quicker from now on Marcus hello you're starting in this round the starting 11 of both teams during Arsenal's 5-3 win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the 2011-2012 season that is of course 22 players they each started with 11 so 2011-2012 season oh bollocks I hate these ones the starting 11s

11:08Vishal Sinha: of Arsenal and Chelsea

11:10Jim Campbell: and Chelsea at Stamford Bridge Arsenal 1-5-3 quite a memorable game

11:13Vishal Sinha: for that reason I remember the score line let's see if I can remember the players Robin Van Persie Van Persie correct

11:24Marcus Speller: Theo Walcott

11:27Vishal Sinha: Theo Walcott was also there you know and this is where I have fallen foul of very obvious players who happened to have one game injured that season and blah-de-blah-de-blah. John Terry. John Terry has not let you down on this occasion. That word not. I didn't appreciate that in that sentence.

11:48Marcus Speller: Petr Cech.

11:49Jim Campbell: Petr Cech was in goal that day. Who else would have been there?

11:54Vishal Sinha: Frank Lampard.

11:55Jim Campbell: Frank Lampard. Absolutely.

11:58Vishal Sinha: I've been burned so many times with this. You have. You can't worry about it.

12:02Jim Campbell: You can't worry about it. Andre Santos. Andre Santos. That is an absolutely outrageous shout, and it's correct because he scored the fifth. Of course he did, yeah. Juan Mata? Juan Mata. Yes. Oh, I can see him on the document there.

12:18Marcus Speller: Wojciech Szczesny?

12:19Jim Campbell: Yep. Smokey Wojciech. Well played.

12:24Jim Campbell: Lauren Koscielny? This is an exceptional round for both of you, I have to say. These ones are really difficult. They're really, really tricky, and you're both smashing it. Bosingwa? Jose Bosingwa. was also on the pitch, yes. Bloody hell. Going to need an answer from you soon, Marcus. I'm just giving you fair warning. You will need an answer, won't you? Yeah, I'm going to button you.

12:46Vishal Sinha: Didier Drogba?

12:48Jim Campbell: Didier Drogba. Oh, it's happened again, Marcus. Didier Drogba was not there. Piss off, Didier. So Vish, we need an answer from you for you to win this point, if you're able to do so.

13:03Marcus Speller: Murtasaka?

13:04Jim Campbell: Per Murtasaka. of course Fish can win the point Permo Sacco is there Didier Drogba yeah that's a surprising one so the other players on the pitch were Aaron Ramsey Alex Song Ashley Cole Boo Branislav Ivanovic Daniel Sturridge Mikel Arteta Fernando Torres Jovino Joanne Giroud Jonovi Mikkel and Ramirez but that was an exceptional round

13:25Vishal Sinha: do you know what

13:27Jim Campbell: the only other one

13:28Vishal Sinha: I was going on an hour with David Luiz and he wasn't there so

13:30Marcus Speller: I think that's one of Van Persie's best Premier League games I've re-watched the highlights of that game many times because he was that good

13:39Vishal Sinha: but I remember the Andre Sandals goal because Cech goes the wrong way

13:43Marcus Speller: and he beats me in the left that's right but I couldn't remember

13:45Vishal Sinha: A if he started and B his first name

13:50Vishal Sinha: blimey okay so quick score update it's 2-1 to Vish

13:53Jim Campbell: Drogba was playing it for Chelsea around that time wasn't he did he come back?

13:56Marcus Speller: had he come back?

13:57Jim Campbell: yeah because they won the Champions League the next season yeah I think the thing with maybe this is something to keep in mind Drogba had a lot of time out injured didn't he it's time with Chelsea I'll remember that for next time you're gonna have to so okay Vish it's your turn for the fourth question every team that Thomas Frank won or drew against during his time at Tottenham Hotspur that is 20 teams and that is of course in domestic and European competition

14:21Marcus Speller: won or drew against

14:23Jim Campbell: won or drew against

14:26Marcus Speller: Manchester United

14:27Jim Campbell: Manchester United yep correct Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers are in there

14:35Marcus Speller: Man City.

14:36Jim Campbell: Man City. Man City, yep.

14:37Marcus Speller: Blimey.

14:38Vishal Sinha: So they ruddy well did. Doesn't sound that bad when you put it like this. Not that bad, no.

14:45Vishal Sinha: Bode Glimt.

14:49Jim Campbell: Ooh, this is a lot of silence for a podcast, isn't it, Fish? You might want to be getting your thinking cap on here.

14:55Marcus Speller: I don't know, Brighton?

14:56Jim Campbell: Brighton, yes. Oh. Well done. That thinking cap is good. You can tell me where you got that. Very well done. Marcus, we're over to you. You are. I've got an itchy trigger finger. Yeah, you do.

15:11Marcus Speller: Use it.

15:12Jim Campbell: Yeah. I'll use it on my own time, actually. Which is round about now. FC Copenhagen. FC Copenhagen is correct.

15:23Marcus Speller: Burnley?

15:25Jim Campbell: Burnley is correct. They drew and win. Drew and win, drew and won against them.

15:31Marcus Speller: Drouin Windsor Yes Mountbatten

15:35Jim Campbell: Blimey You alright there Marcus? No Marcus is shoving two fingers into his mouth Leeds United Leeds is correct they beat Leeds again this is a very good round very good round

15:47Marcus Speller: West Ham

15:48Jim Campbell: West Ham are in there yes they beat West Ham stayed away from West Ham I'm going to have to insist that you get your thinking cap on soon though Marcus

15:59Vishal Sinha: here comes the button I could have the wrong side Athletic Bilbao I've got the wrong Spanish side you do I'm afraid who was I think Villarreal

16:13Jim Campbell: yeah you could have had Villarreal you could also have had Borussia Dortmund Brentford, Crystal Palace Doncaster, Everton Eintracht Frankfurt, Monaco Newcastle United, Slavia Prague and Sunderland

16:26Vishal Sinha: as soon as I said Athletic Bilbao I knew it was wrong Oh so frustrating

16:31Marcus Speller: I was Holding on for dear life there Yeah

16:33Jim Campbell: It was You pushed him And you got a point You know Could get another one I managed to make it 3-2 last week Can you do it again Let's see if I can do it We're playing for pride here You know And you love Cracks are starting to appear

16:45Vishal Sinha: I knew You love playing for pride as well

16:48Marcus Speller: This would be your favourite round It will be Knowing that it's gone And you have lost it But we have to do this anyway Yes

16:54Jim Campbell: You absolutely love it Don't you Love it Love it all Look at his face come on then ok right so Marcus it is your turn it's the final round Vish has won it's 3-1 you've got the chance to affect the goal difference I can let you have this in your interest appreciate that well let me have it then let me have it yeah so that would be meaningful wouldn't it so every player to score four or more goals for Manchester City in the Champions League era that is 16 players so every player to score four or more goals for Man City in the Champions League era Marcus Spellart you are going first Erling Haaland Holland is in there Phil Foden Phil Foden is in there too Raheem Sterling Yep

17:33Marcus Speller: Aguero Yep

17:36Jim Campbell: Bernardo Silva Bernardo Silva Is there De Bruyne Kevin De Bruyne Yep David Silva David Silva Absolutely

17:47Marcus Speller: Who are the

17:49Jim Campbell: Cast clues mate What?

17:51Marcus Speller: Since when? Yahya Torre Yahya Torre is there

17:54Vishal Sinha: That was going to be one of mine

17:59Vishal Sinha: I don't know if someone has said his name already maybe I'll stay away from that one then okay interesting which one am I going to Edin Dzeko

18:06Jim Campbell: Edin Dzeko oh Pat Bonner

18:10Marcus Speller: I literally just written that down

18:14Jim Campbell: so Marcus you went first you've got the opportunity to tap this in now Vish to make it 4-1 to round the goalkeeper and then maybe do a little dink if you want why not there's no one there

18:24Marcus Speller: Yeah, what would be a funny answer to this?

18:29Jim Campbell: The wrong one, to be honest.

18:31Marcus Speller: Come on. No, I've got to be all the time.

18:34Jim Campbell: I'll be the judge of that.

18:40Marcus Speller: Tevez. Carlos Tevez did not manage that.

18:44Jim Campbell: So, Marcus, you are back in play. I'm back in play.

18:47Vishal Sinha: I'm not sitting with anyone.

18:50Jim Campbell: I'm going to have to give you the button soon, Marcus. Yeah, you are. Yes, I'm going to have to do it right now.

18:59Vishal Sinha: Jack Grealish? No, there's no way he scored four. You know, he's a specialist in failure.

19:05Jim Campbell: Yeah, Jack Grealish is not there, I'm afraid. So Vish is back in play again. Isn't he ridiculous? He's not a prolific goal scorer.

19:12Vishal Sinha: I know, I know, I was just sheer desperation. It was a silly answer. Silly, silly, silly sausages. Vish.

19:19Marcus Speller: Oh, Ilkay Gundogan. Ilkay Gundogan is correct.

19:22Vishal Sinha: Well played. There you go. So that is 4-1. It's the Villarreal Athletic Bilbao. That's thrown you. That did me. That did me. There we are.

19:30Jim Campbell: You could have had Alvaro Negredo which would have been a deep cut to be fair.

19:34Vishal Sinha: Is Jesus Navas in there?

19:35Jim Campbell: No, he's not. Gabriel Jesus. Gabriel Jesus is in there. Ferran Torres, John Stones, Julian Alvarez, Leroy Sané. Alvarez. Sané I was going to say. And Riyad Mahrez. Riyad Mahrez. Oh, Riyad Mahrez. Actually, Tevez never scored in the Champions League for Man City and Dzeko got three goals. the stupid thing I was doing was

19:53Vishal Sinha: I couldn't remember if someone had said Raheem Sterling and I spent a lot of time going, did someone say Raheem Sterling? You said it first, yeah. No, I said Haaland first. Well, you said it. But anyway, another comprehensive victory for Vish.

20:04Marcus Speller: Didn't feel like it. He had to work for that one.

20:06Vishal Sinha: I will take that consolation.

20:08Marcus Speller: Yeah, it relied a lot on you not being very good. But other than that, it was...

20:12Jim Campbell: I have no defence. I'll tell you though, Marcus, I've been in this situation myself and we've all been in this situation in terms of sort of fluctuating form in this game. the difference between the mindset was clear today Vish is comfortable and you're sat over there having your own little existential crisis if you can get out of your own head I think you can turn this around

20:29Marcus Speller: get out of your own head and come into mine I will do yeah plenty of room it's very dirty there

20:34Jim Campbell: look I gave it a good go

20:35Vishal Sinha: the menu is exceptional it is don't have to take your shoes off

20:39Marcus Speller: I'd advise keeping them on

20:40Vishal Sinha: I do appreciate that well thank you very much for listening to the Football Ramble part of the ACAR's Creative Network we'll be back on Monday to react to all the weekends football make sure you're following us on socials at Football Ramble and subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. And if you didn't see our live stream earlier when we were responding or reacting to the Champions League draw, you can find it on YouTube, Football Ramble. Get involved there as well. I think I can hear Pitbull, everybody. Have a wonderful weekend. See you on Monday.

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