My Biddy Aunt: Skillers

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3:27Pete Donaldson: Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Football Ramble. We're back with my biddy aunt. I'm Marcus Speller. I'm Jim Campbell. And I'm Pete Donaldson. Yay! Biddy aunt.

3:42Biddy biddy. Biddy bidi. Biddy bidi. Biddy bidi. Biddy bidi. Hello and welcome back to my aunts. Today Marcus will be facing off with Jim. Quick reminder that David won the belt against Marcus last week. How do we get the belt off Lucas? I can't remember. Who is Lucas?

4:07Pete Donaldson: I think I'm assuming that the lineal belt, it resets for the start of the season. I see. That is my assumption. We melt that one down. and we throw one into the Thames and then we make another one. But Vish won the big belt. Yes. Okay. Yes. I would think the lineal belt would carry on personally. It's a lineal belt. This probably should have been a meeting. This could have been a meeting. Well, I'm sure we'll figure that out once the belt transfer window's closed. Possibly. Maybe the lineal belt will be VAR'd. Maybe. Yeah, exactly. A little asterisk. Asterisk. Asterisk. If you don't know the rules of my mid-end, they are simple.

4:41Each round, I'll be naming a footballer. One of you will bid how many of that players clubs you can name your opponent that can then raise the bid or challenge you to name them. Only professional clubs count and the player must have made a competitive appearance for that team. If you fail to meet your bid, your opponent scores. First of three points, wins. Today's theme is skill monsters. Skillers. Monster skill monsters. Techers. These are the players who are known for their skill diggery. like what you've done there like what you've done there bruv Marcus you've got to be on first oh lucky me your friend and mine certainly my friend ten clubs Hatem Ben Arthur oh blood come on love it love that man love that man

5:32Pete Donaldson: Hatem Ben Arthur Hatem Ben Arthur that is a tricky one ten clubs you say ten clubs he's floated a boot a boot that's a clue I'm very confident with one of them right ah man three three I think that's law I think that's law I think that is law I think that is law Jim what have you got for us so am I banking on him guessing at some have a little banker or am I just imagine him whenever he'd go no no clues here whenever he'd go on a claw season trip he'd always come back with a little belly. Yeah. So imagine him getting off the train at many European cities and maybe further afield with a little belly coming off the train.

6:23Pete Donaldson: Well, I'm going to go for four. Why not? You're going to go for four. I think that's... I'm going to try and feel this one out. I think Marcus is sleepwalking into this tournament, to be quite frank. Yeah, I've had a sleep. You need to wake up. The defenders aren't walking up yet. You know what will wake him up? A delicious point where he doesn't have to do anything. I know. Yeah. All right then, Jim. Give us a big non-decaf point, please. Go on, and I'll get Jim to name his four. Yeah. All right. So I'm fairly confident he played for Newcastle United. Correct. I think he played for Lyon. Oh, well done.

6:57Pete Donaldson: Well done. Yeah. And being a Frenchman in my biddy aunt, I think Marseille. For three years, that's right. Yes, 2008. 11, that's where he transferred from I need one more then, don't I? Did he at some point play for PSG? He did! Was he at Hull too? Did he join Hull? He did join Hull and Lawn Nice? Nice, he played for Nice I should have gone four Marseille was the one I wasn't sure I should have gone four Not to worry, point to Jimbo That's woken me up Are you walking up? Can you promise the viewing public and listening public that you are now walking up? Do you know what my problem was? It was being too conservative against David.

7:47Pete Donaldson: And I've started on that. So I need to be more of the life. Marcus, not conservative anymore. Sorry, can we have his clubs, please? You can. Lyon, he started at. Marseille, Newcastle, Hull City. Nice, he went to. PSG after that. And then Real Valladolid, Bordeaux. and then finishing back up with a little bit of Lille. Oh. A little bit of the Lille. No. The scores. The Lou Bega of the French League. The scores we've got in the second round is Marcus 0. Jim 1. Oh dear. Jim. Marcus is not going conservative anymore. He's going to come at you with all of his arsenal. So watch out. So whatever you bid, I'm going to do all the clubs.

8:32So whatever you give, Marcus is going to give at least one more.

8:36Pete Donaldson: You have to go all the clubs. And that's a promise. And that's a promise from him. That's a promise from Marcus. I'm going to bid one more. Nine clubs. Jim. I'm going to do all nine, Jim. Remember that. Yeah. Okay. Ed McGeady. Oh, piss off. Pissed boys on McGeady. Jim. You've got to go all nine. You've got to go all nine. That's all right. I'm going to gobble it up. This is a failure of process. This is. You put an effect on my voice, George

9:11Aiden McGeady Aiden fucking McGeady He's a skill monster, isn't he, Jim? He's a skill monster He's a skill monster Do you know what? Tiki-taka

9:20Pete Donaldson: I'm just quite glad I'm not going first Yeah, I bet you are He's yoga beneath Yeah Has anyone bidded zero before? God, Aiden McGeady Two And even then You don't even know two, dear. No, they're a punt, really. That's a punt. Good. Aidan McGeedy. Aidan McGeedy. You going to go for two, Jim? Yeah. Well, I did promise. Marcus, you got three. You got three. You got three. You got three. Good on you. Are you going to go for four? In the spirit of the game. Fuck it. In the spirit of the game. I don't think you even got two, but fair. Right. Right. So there's one I'm confident with. Celtic. He did indeed.

9:56Pete Donaldson: Now, he played in Russia. Sorry, with the Harlem Globetrotters count. given that Aidan McGeady is a skill monster. True. It was one of the Moscow sides. I'm going to go Spartak Moscow. Oh, Marcus. Marcus, well done. Well done. You just need one more. You just need one more. Now I'm thinking, why didn't I get Jim to do two? You just need a McMorgy. So I've got two clubs in my head. Right. And it's going to be annoying if we're going to be an athletic. I think you're right.

10:26Oh, Felix.

10:27Pete Donaldson: That was going to be one of mine. Was it? Was Crystal Palace? one? No, it was not. Don't tell me he played for Hibs. He played for Hibs. He played for Hibs. He played for Air United. He played for Charton Athletic. And he played for Sunderland. And he played for Preston North End. Everton. For three years. And Sheffield Wednesday. You can see why I went Wigan. It's a very Wigan-y collection of clubs. It is. Well done. Well, I've buggered this. Do you know that Wigan's got a tree in its badge? I've heard. You've heard that. Is it a full tree? It's a full tree. Is it really? It's a full tree. Like Southampton.

11:07And many of the other historied and staried clubs.

11:10Pete Donaldson: It's the only club in Wigan to have a tree in the badge, though. Yeah. Why didn't I go for Hibs? Why didn't you go for Hibs? This is it. 2-0 down. Should have gone 4 for Ben Arthur with Marseille. I mean, this is poor for him. Mate, if Aidan McGeady's coming out as a skill monster, who knows what's coming next? Robert Hoof. that's harsh on McGeady to be fair that is harsh Miroslav closer yeah right Marx's turn come on god nine clubs yeah Ricardo Carisma okay oh piss oh piss piss

11:48Pete Donaldson: I am struggling here ah Carisma is the Portuguese word for Lent everybody oh that's nice I thought it might be the Portuguese word for charisma.

12:02Ricky charisma here. I'm a real skill monster. These headphones are like a vice. It's really stressing me out. As if the weight and importance of this competition isn't enough. I've got to really... I'm squeezing my glasses against my head.

12:19Pete Donaldson: I've got so many clubs in my head. I'm like, did he actually... Did he... Did he... Did he... Did he... come on come on this is a long time come on this is a long time two two two okay right okay okay Jim for the winning I've just handed Jim honestly I can't think look it's the start of the season it's a bad start to the season nobody's set nobody's set oh why did I not go Hibs for McGee I can't believe this his head's still on the bench go on Jim I'll go for three then you have a chance to go for four though I've got nothing I can't believe this yeah I've got nothing don't you want to just do a bit of punting No, because I...

12:58Pete Donaldson: Go on and get Jim to do three. All right, okay. Jim, give us your three, please. I think I could have done a few more, but why not? Yeah. Well, give us some short-boarding. I'll do four then. Yeah, give us four. Do four. Oh, that's very kind of you. Really rub it in. Yeah, why not? Really push the dog dirt into the fibres of his carpet. Absolutely. Okay. Moving on from that, as quickly as possible, he played for Sporting. And Sporting B. Yeah. Are they as? There'll be one, won't they? He played for Barcelona. He played for Inter. He was, like so many, very briefly at Chelsea. Jim Campbell. There it is.

13:39Pete Donaldson: I'm sorry, everybody. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, more from me. Well done. Did he play for AC Milan? I think he played for Porto as well, did he? He played for Porto for over two spells, 2004-2008 and 2014-2015. Besiktas, he played for Al-Hal Ali. He played for Kasim Passa and Vittoria Gimres. Do you know what? The whole thing is I could picture him in that kit with the Besiktas kit, but I couldn't work out whether it was Boa Vista or Besiktas. And that was confusing me. And I was like, I know he played for Chelsea. I thought, I know he played in Milan, but I was like, was it A-Series? Well, that's a terrible showing for me.

14:20Pete Donaldson: Let's get some goals on the board This is Man United losing To Hull City That's what it is That's what it feels like Doom and gloom Sorry yeah I'm the man I'm the man Man United Jim is Arsenal Alright well Shall we do a couple of rounds of fun? I'd love that You'd love that Try and launder your reputation a little bit Jim You're going to kick this off With Seven clubs the great Jean-Pierre Papin Jean-Pierre Papin a few semi-professional clubs you don't have them in there because that's not the game I can do four you got four for Papin? I believe so I remember I could probably do three just from the Dean Winders Hall of Fame show we did on him once yeah what a striker I'm surprised get him to do his four you sure I've not got anything in whoa yeah have you turned to drink I think so may I strike you yeah please I can't yeah right okay that Aiden McGean thing has ruined me yeah I got really lucky with that McGean has wiped your brain so bear that in mind Mark because I only got a point there I should have gone four with Ben Arthur yeah you should have gone four with Ben Arthur so here we go How many clubs Are you doing by the way Four Sorry four Okay So he obviously Played for AC Milan Oui He's another one Who was at Marseille Oui Yeah I had them Also at PSG I think at some point Oh I might be wrong there No Bayern was the other one I had Was he at Bayern He was at Bayern Yeah He was at Bayern So I had those three And the Presumably there's Other French clubs I didn't have Another French club He played for Valenciennes He played for Club Brugge He played for Bayern Munich, Bordeaux and Guingon How do you say Guingon?

16:20Guingon

16:22Pete Donaldson: Grateful for the point though Yeah, there you go Yes Actually I had those three There's another French club or two in there Hey, I'm off the board On the board On the board, off the mark Come on, give me that goal difference Alright, you could turn this into a respectable 3-2 I could Yeah, on paper Yeah 11 clubs, Marcus Alright Narnie Narnie Narnie Narnia Narnie Still playing? 11 clubs Could move Could move whilst we're recording before it comes out What has happened to my mind? That's what I'd like to ask Narnie Narnie Oh Narnie

17:14Oh my goodness

17:15Pete Donaldson: there are odd clubs filling my mind here I'll go four four yeah I that's not bad I'm going to let him do his four that's not bad I'm going to let him do his four yeah let Marcus do his four yeah okay let's start with one I definitely know Manchester United correct 2017 2015 I think he started sporting he did start sporting and did a late spell as well yeah he did

17:44Pete Donaldson: Did he also play for Benfica? Oh no Oh dear Oh dear It's a 3-1 rout 4-1 4-1 rout Lazio With Lazio in there Played for Lazio He played for Fenerbahce He played for Valencia Played for Lazio Do you know what? I had Fenerbahce I had Valencia Lazio So here we go It starts to tail off after Lazio So I had Benfica Valencia And Lazio Written down And I thought It's two of those three It's two of those three and you picked the one pissing Ben Figg it's Aidan McGeady all over again it's Aidan McGeady he's got in your head got in your McBrainy how very frustrating Orlando City he played for Venezia he played for Melbourne Victory Adana Demispo Estrella de Amadora and he's currently playing in Kazakhstan for FC Oktober is he really?

18:29well get a load of that

18:29Pete Donaldson: he loves the game he loves the game well a good hammering for you Jim a solid hammering an early season hammering that's the thing it could have gone either way but it didn't it went in Jim's favour Not on the form you're presenting right now. It went one way and you're good for that defeat, I think. I think I am. Threw it away. I think I need to go away and have a bloody good think. Aidan McGeady is right in the sort of the dark ages of my memory. Do you know what I mean? Older than that or more recent than that. I remember that. I could have been really... I should have got you the name too.

19:01Pete Donaldson: Yeah, you should have. I'd have got that very wrong. I'd have said Wigan as well. Yeah. Are you sure he didn't play? Well there we are Jim We have had to re-edit before That's all I'm saying But David didn't play Yeah For Wigan Athletic You've heard it here first Yeah Well there we are What a victory of you Jimbo Yeah Enjoyed it You'll be pitbulling your way Through the whole weekend I'd imagine Yeah And you deserve it Thank you very much for listening To the Football Rebel Part of the A-Car Scrodinger Network Jim and I will be joined By Luke Moore on Monday To react to all The weekend's football Have a marvellous weekend Get your pitbull on And we'll see you On Monday

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