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0:0099 problems but a witch ain't one everybody. Welcome to the Football Ramble Preview Show. A back three or a back four. Sean Dyche knows the score. It's Friday 31st of October. I'm Marcus Speller. I'm Luke Moore. I'm Pete Donaldson. And I'm the Disha Hunter-Argent.

0:24Hello, everybody. It's Friday. We've made it once again. I told you we would. I told you we would. Some people... They doubt you. They do. I don't know about you, man. It's troubling. Let me tell you. It is troubling. Let me tell you. It's a big old Friday today, isn't it, Vish? Yeah. I mean, Friday's always as big as one another, but I suppose it's All Hallows' Eve as well. Yes. All Hallows' Eve. It adds a little bit. Traditionalist. Very nice. Yeah, could have a spooky weekend in the Premier League. Who knows? Anyway, thank you to everybody who has joined our YouTube membership so far. One week in, and we've been blown away by your support.

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2:05Beautiful British pounds. We've been talking about Patreon, we've been talking about dollars, we've been talking about bucks. Yes, exactly, yeah. Great to have the... We've got our currency. We don't. We don't. We will one day. We may not see it, but we will one day. Now, Nottingham Forest host Manchester United on Saturday at 3pm. Manchester United. Vish, they're going for four wins in a row. That's one way of putting it. The other way I put it is, Vish, if this carries on, there's absolutely no reason for you to be on this show. You need to be praying for a Nottingham Frost win this weekend.

2:37So, like I've mentioned this before, but whenever Manchester United lose or win, people message me saying, are you on the show tomorrow for good or bad? And because I haven't been, because I think I wasn't on the show after the Brighton win, or certainly we didn't talk about it, that was it. Someone messaged me and called me the most gutless Manchester United fan he's ever seen. Which is sad, by the way. Absolutely gutless stuff. Let your hair grow, man. I know, yeah. I look those clippers, though. That guy's getting a haircut soon. Imagine if they get to four and they don't do five. Yeah, delicious.

3:11Last minute equaliser. Bruno's got a penalty. He skied it. What is better for the brand, though, for him to cut his hair or for him to keep going? Because when you got to this stage, I want him to keep going. I think the problem is Casemiro's playing quite well Quino and Mbwemo have been exceptional Well he's got a lot of hair so he can do something with it He just doesn't have to go Oh yeah is he going to go completely like Marine Corps Or is he just going to Oh I see what you're saying He doesn't have to shave it all off So I think he should say Mr Amorim This is for you to decide what I do with this And he'll probably go I've got other stuff on I've got no interest in this whatsoever Cover three to back on a hair Is he raising any money for charity this feather he could have done by now I don't know Although actually, I reckon a 3-4-3 is not too dissimilar to...

4:00It's fuller at the top, isn't it? It tapers at the back and tapers at the front if you've got a widder's pig like me. Very nice. But would the three at the front be the tash, maybe? Maybe. That's the goalkeeper. There you are. Well, look, Manchester United can overcome Sean Dyche's Nottingham Forest. No easy feat or mean feat. At this point in the season, it kind of is. I have been we've been talking about YouTube Manchester United fans I've been enjoying how chippy the Man United fans have been like they're starting to well just in general comments why are you not talking about our team why are you not talking about our team and I'm like lads lasses come on now we've been talking about your team enough I think also that hits on a really interesting point because I think a lot of the coverage about Man United has been so vast because of all the struggles and whatnot.

4:54And United's I think online presence and even I suppose my own fandom has been more rooted in dismay and a bit of anger. And so if fewer people are talking about you, in this particular instance, that is a good thing. The way they'll see it is that you only talk about us when we get beat. Yeah, 100%. I think you need to be a bit more perceptive in that situation because actually if you look at the Liverpool game brilliantly the Brighton game Brighton were quite sloppy in the first half but Manchester United made them sloppy and like apart from how it ended up which was a little bit of I was going to say a throwback a throwback to a month ago so there is a level of consistency of play to a point I'm not going to say consistency of form because we'll find out on the weekend but consistency of play you're like oh okay this is quite coherent and not by chance yeah oh yeah I think I still think there's a slight not so much now but there was a slight Grimsbury Town hangover about Manchester United and I was totally on board with it because I wanted to believe Peter well in any given season the Premier League team can lose like that just because well I nearly did well I nearly did honestly but right now just seeing people sort of get you know everyone will talk about Man United I feel like the Man United fans are back and I'm loving it I feel like I'm on a beach I'm sponging some crude oil off a seabird and just everything just getting a little better they're just getting a bit stronger they're about to fly away on behalf of everybody listening to this can I go on holiday with you speak of hair by the way you know that human hair is used quite a lot now in clearing up yeah it's the best sort of kind of material to use to soak up oil so this Man United fan he could do five in a row he could mop up the planet he's the absolute ex-on mobile of it he could clean up the waterways of England he could bloody hell by the way also when we're talking talking about this game specifically from a Man United point of view don't forget from a Nottingham Forest point of view that unquestionably on this Halloween day today Dyches as we speak with Wowne and Stone doing some kind of seance to possess himself with the spirit of Brian Clough we don't want to do this you're bloody doing it yeah he is he's going to walk out with the green jumper on big red nose and be like now then now then everyone I'm the best reincarnated manager as well I'm in the top one he's going to do he's going to do a seance but with like madry beer mats shifting them around the table they're going to play 4-4-2 aren't they of course they are of course they are but even if he didn't want to even if he'd previously planned not to he'd be like right I'm going to beat this bastard you know what he'll do he'll do something a little bit more continental it's a 4-4-2 everyone but I'm going to play Gibbs White he's a little bit behind a little bit withdrawn so it looks a little bit like a 90s Serie A team get him out on the left get him to do some doggies but we are in Britain well of course that was you know Sean Dyche previously said on the overlap wasn't it with Neville and Co said that Manchester United would win more games if Amorim played 4-4-2 and just do the basic stuff.

7:54And to be fair, at the time, I thought it wasn't an outrageous comment, really. But of course, Amorim appeared to have taken it to heart. He was probably asked directly about it in a press conference. He was probably asked directly about it without the necessary context. Yes. And then cried, probably. I mean, to be fair to Amorim, he did say, you know, this is my way. It will eventually come good. And again, looking at the table it's very very slowly but a little bit surely but yeah so Dyche then sort of was a bit like well everything's just taken out of context isn't it you know it's all clickbait stuff I was like you're on the overlap you've got like an hour and a half's chat you know what you're doing by the way Sean you absolutely fucking love it as well don't pretend you don't and also in a way he was touting himself for that job yeah exactly he absolutely was when he thought Amber was going to go but look I think it'll be an intriguing clash between the two.

8:49But yes, Dice definitely will be playing 4-4-2. Now, according to an Ancestry website, Ruben Amorim and Diogo Dallo could be distant cousins. The report states that the Dallo family were a part of a popular circus that travelled around Europe. Yes, men united in the last three years. They don't get into Europe. They've taken a year off this year. They travelled around Europe in the late 19th century, early 20th century. the family finally settled in Lisbon and it's now been reported that Aberim and Dallow are both great-grandchildren of the celebrated circus act Carlos Dallow yeah but great-grandchildren you know when you get into the great-great-great-great-great stuff it's like just anybody you're in Danny Dyer territory aren't you?

9:35you are you absolutely are the family tree is so enormous you're a bit like I mean that's just a whole town I get an email every day saying you've got a new third cousin removed or something which is a bit worrying because I don't know a lot about my dad's family. I do open them just to see how close they are. Who's sending me email? Well, I did the DNA thing. Friend cousin's in your area. I did the DNA thing like about 10 years ago. So that's on file now. I can't commit any amazing points. If you doorstep them, do you just leave it there? Amazing how often people will fall for quite brazen data harvesting techniques.

10:11I never felt like that one. I was first there. Friends reunite. Ancestry.co.uk, they've started adding new places where you can be from. They've analysed and re-analysed the DNA data. And I got an email saying, check out these new places you could be from. More islands. Just more islands. Really? I'm just from Ireland more. Just more parts of Ireland. I thought it was from the sea or maybe out of space. Yeah, I was expecting something sexy, but just more islands. Really? You're expecting something sexy? Really? Because that confuses me. Yeah, there's nothing like a sexy distant relative, is there?

10:44Yeah, exactly. If you look at the dare hard enough, you can make your own conclusions, can't you? All right. Well, maybe, is there a Dallow in your family? I saw a Man Utd fan at this news saying, you know, Amerim and Dallow are related. Just said, it makes perfect sense. Intimating that he shouldn't be in the team, which I thought was harsh. I think Dallow over the years hasn't been too bad. Yeah, he's been a bit clownish recently. Well, they've got their building up. They're a big circus tent, aren't they? It's just who I am. Exactly. It's just who he is, mate. Yeah, you're right, Peter. Is Amerim behind the idea of the circus tent?

11:14Possibly. you know subconsciously it's just all coming out also yeah if you look back at those those mooted plans for Manchester United's new stadium they're a bit circus-tenty yeah the very definition of etc and that should be Manchester United's goal music yes I think we're on quite shaky territory us talking about this well it's also been reported that a Manchester United fan broke into their Carrington training ground this week by pretending he was due to have a trial at the club the young man was apparently demanding a contract from the staff at the club when they realised he was lying he said phrases like I can play in midfield you've got a feel for copy man you do you really do so a bloke breaks into the training ground walks up to the first person he finds and says I demand a contract I can play in midfield and they're going I think he might be a joker where's that contract I was promised do you know what the annoying thing is I read the story I kind of enjoyed it and then it said at the end it is possible he was a YouTube prankster and I was like that ruins it you can't have anything do you remember when like somebody broke into Buckingham Palace and was just walking around.

12:18And you think that's a mad story. Obviously, it's not good. No. But it is quite mad. Sat in the Queen's bed. Something like that. He wasn't having a good time. No, no, no. But I'm saying... The Queen made him a cup of tea, calmed him down, and called the police. Apparently, she was a superstar the whole time. What? Really? She was there? Yeah, genuinely, yeah. She was in the room, yeah. Wow. Afterwards, she was like, we're going to pull out this karate stuff. Yeah. They were a bit like, when the cop was turned up, she was like, tea calmed him down. you really are the ones who should be doing this I don't know if you're you know have you read the first bit of your passport I know ultimately as the monarch the buck does stop with me technically yeah yeah yeah but you are paid very fairly yes I'm not it's not like it used to be back in the day I'm not on the front lines and you've got one job yeah what about those teddy bears out front why didn't any of them stop obviously as Pete says it I don't think he was had a good time they can't move can they or that woman who managed to get into where Robbie Williams was staying and give him a hand job.

13:13How did that happen? Yeah, he told that story. I didn't see that. He didn't see it. He thought it was a cleaner and the cleaner asked whether he wanted to be relaxed. He went, all right. And he said yes. Wow. This is, I had no idea. He said that on the great news show. I'm saying that when this sort of stuff happens, it's either quite funny or interesting. Whereas at the end, if they go, oh, they were a YouTube prankster, oh, that's bollocks. Crap, yeah. The guy used to, speaking to keep up in the main item, The guy who used to go Jump in and get in the photos And stuff He was just doing that For his own fun Exactly I mean he's a prankster But you have to He's letting everybody else Figure out the prank Yeah If you see what I mean Yeah he's doing it For his own He's not kind of Uploading the photos And get a load of me guys I did this Yeah I can't remember That was in Munich That was Yeah yeah I can't remember Who that guy That guy's name But he also did it In the cricket Where he came out To bat for England Yes he did Yes he did That's more honest Very nice We're all into that Yeah Absolutely Do it more Yeah, exactly.

14:11Right. So anyway, Forrest away, could be four wins in a row. I mean, look, I'll tell you what, I've had a little look-see at the fixtures here. If they can win that, then they play Tottenham. Yeah. Tottenham at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Where they're terrible. Yeah. And also, Thomas Frank, you know, he was obviously the man who was at Brentford for many, many years and they did enjoy playing Man United. I mean, there's still a bit of a residue of that left, as you saw the other week. There's no way Frank's letting that guy have his hair cut. Absolutely no way. great head of hair though I've got something that I'd like to I'm pleased I'm going to break to you Marcus while you're sitting down and we're doing it face to face it wouldn't be right to do it in any other way and Harry Maguire is a doubt for this game yeah I actually knew that yeah shame we're struggling on Manfully good for you I wouldn't notice that anything's gone wrong talk to me about Luke Shaw yeah well he's he's going to be involved he'll be involved don't worry about that yeah is he going to be involved next summer oh he's going too far now it depends so if you Shaw has been He's doing alright Yeah But as that left-sided centre-back That's right So one of the things that happened in pre-season Is Manchester United got really fit And obviously it didn't seem to come from out at the start But with the way that they have to play Certainly with the ball Yeah I think you've seen that come to the fore a bit now When things are going well, obviously But defensively Like that pack three of Shaw, Maguire and De Ligt Over the last few weeks Has been quite good and Shaw's part in it is really interesting because he gets forward Stepping into midfield He steps into midfield Exactly yeah Having a left footer there especially with Lissandra Martinez who is I think he's about fit for the weekend It just gives you a new like you know a different angle to play passes into midfield and things like that but it just purely depends on whether Thomas Tuchel would play a back three because otherwise I don't really see it He's playing back four Tough shit Shaw Yeah He can still play I thought you were going to say it depends if Thomas Tuchel has even been watching Man United this season and I thought well he must be now maybe not at the start I don't have to worry about any of them but he's not going to flip to a back three just to help out Luke Shaw that would be the only way he'd be seeing him next summer unless you were hanging out with him he gave us his best he gave us my best England moment I think did he really?

16:24oh yeah when he came in the final yeah the goal in the final it couldn't get any better than that it could marginally get better than that it's quite an obvious way I could have got better than that did you switch off? it had marginally gotten better that's five minutes in here we go Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're only playing one half. That's half. Love that. TV off, Bosh. There we are. All right, coming up after this, Bournemouth face Manchester City in a near top of the table clash.

16:58I love a scrambled egg. I love a poached egg. I love a fried egg. I love eggy bread. Ed, what a versatile little figure it is. Where would it be without an egg, eh? Jacob Murphy on eggs there. Josh Murphy's obviously my favourite Murphy. Right. He's pulled up much more strongly in second place, Jacob Murphy, with that stuff. He also, interestingly enough, he has listed the eggs there in exactly the same order that I would put them in preference. Really? Okay, that's good. Scrambled, poached, fried, then whatever else. Isn't that like eggie bread? I like an eggie bread. A lot of managers see that thing recently.

17:34we're going to mention this in a bit but did you see that thing that they had on the Premier League website where they were interviewing managers about what time they woke up in the morning oh their morning routines a lot of them are into the eggs they are I mean it's like protein yeah I mean as Murphy said they're very versatile Guardiola speaking of eggs Guardiola's answer what he does in the morning he was like I go in and brush my teeth I wash my head yeah he washed his head he's lovely he said he cleans his head Cleans his head Yeah Like it's gotten grubby In the night What's he being up to?

18:07Is that an emotional thing Oh yeah I wonder if that's That's just a bit more Clear his head Meditating Yeah Eddie Howe said he gets up At 6.15 And then he gets things moving Oh Eddie Howe Is that a poo? Coffee and a poo I reckon it's a coffee And a cigarette and a poo Yeah nice He doesn't shower Until he gets to the training room That's how he gets things moving He's not smoking Eddie Howe is Notorious for his early starts Isn't he I remember someone did a deep dive kind of long ridden at Bournemouth and he was in the training ground at like 5am. He's into it. Well, he says he's getting up at 6.15 now so maybe he's kind of giving a line a bit.

18:42But there was an amazing Rising Grind, Eddie. There's an amazing Pep Guardiola video that Sky Sports did on YouTube a week or two ago. I might have shared it with you guys where it's kind of styled as questions you always want to ask a Premier League manager. They do it with lots of different managers but the Guardiola one, I mean, he didn't quite get into the territory where he was like, yeah, it takes care of itself these days. But he was saying, A, that his wife dressed him for him, and B, that he doesn't really watch much tape anymore. I used to watch tape all the time when I was young, but I've played all the teams now, so I just don't bother.

19:13I'm paraphrasing there, but he was making it sound like very lower intensity than we'd expect. Do you not find, though, that we really kind of want as much insight as possible? And you're like, what time do you get up in the morning? What do you do? And don't get me wrong, these are quite fascinating little bits, and I quite like watching them as well. It's quite a charming video, yeah. It is, yes. I'm not being all silly about it. but like sometimes we really just like but then but like how do you get out of your car do you know what I mean like there are just some things that they are just normal people it's like yeah I like scrambling because what's happening in modern society is people have got the process and the outcome mixed up yes people now think if you watch someone on like an influencer that does this this and this if you do this this and this you'll get the same result when actually the reason they're doing that is because that's their routine because they're up it's like a variation of the swimmer's paradox.

20:02You've seen that? Like the idea that like if you train and exercise like a swimmer, you'll end up having the body of a swimmer, which is the wrong way around. Top level swimmers have been selected because of the genetics and because of the body they have. It's literally the other way around. People confuse the process for the outcome. So what you're saying is not my fault? No. I never made it. It's the hair. None of it is. It's the hair, Marcus. Yeah, it is. You'd have to do a lot of shaving. So who do I blame then? Marcus, there's a lot of this stuff that isn't my place to forgive. The stuff it is my place to forgive, I do.

20:33Clearly it is my place to forgive today. But anyway, Bournemouth in second, travelled to fifth place, Manchester City. Bournemouth, bloody hell. I wouldn't say they're on the verge because I still think Arsenal are going to take it. But Bournemouth, they've started like a runaway freight train. We enjoyed them last season when they were playing like this. Do you remember when Liverpool went to Bournemouth last year? It was maybe around, whenever it was like November time or whatever, and it was like, ooh, it was like, can Bournemouth give Liverpool a bloody nose? and of course Liverpool end up winning with a great Mo Salah goal and they pull out their quality.

21:03But Bournemouth, genuine talk of Champions League and all that kind of thing, I'm intrigued as to see, will they have the inevitable drop-off in the second half of the season or has Iriola and other squad kind of learned it? Because the way they play, Vish, it's high octane. They're full of beans, as I often say. It's very impressive how he's playing and I wonder if they can just sustain that. It's early days and we can just enjoy them. But there'll be, I think, a fair few people will think they're going to turn up at Man City and they're going to come away with something. Yeah, I mean, if they do, it'll be the first time they've come away from there with anything, even a point, in the Premier League anyway.

21:41But with Man City, I know Guardiola is keen to kind of talk them up and say we're in a good place. They're not the Man City of... No, no. Last season, maybe, but... And similarly, this is not the Bournemouth of previous seasons, even last season. I think the thing that I've been most impressed with, and we've talked about this before, is the players they've lost and how they've been able to rebuild. And a lot of that is from things they already had. So like Sanessi coming back into central defence. And most of their losses have been at the back. I think because they've clearly got a level of continuity that has allowed them to have an impressive start despite those losses, shows that there's been a lot of learning from what happened last season.

22:26So, you know, obviously it's early, but it feels signposted that Iriola has an idea of what to do when that situation arises. And in this situation for this weekend, he's got to look at Man City and be like, well, as, you know, as has been the case in their defeats this season, if we stop that big bloke with milk around his lips and a tumble bone in his back pocket, we've got a great chance. Villa showed them how that could be done and also similarly by the way that's not going to work every time I just want to say for the record but it was effective what they did I don't want to be silly the other side of it is like when Villa had the ball they made sure to hit them quickly and out wide Bournemouth have I think better players to do that than Villa you know you've got Semenyo in incredible form I don't know if Kruppi's going to start because I think Evan Nilsson's back but if he does it's been outstanding really and the fact they've been able to like change their midfield too whether it's like Tyler Adams or Adam Scott or Cook and Christie they clearly have plug and play and options on the bench or in reserve so they can approach this any which way they want even in game as well so I mean it's the kind of game that I think Guardiola despite not watching as much tape will really enjoy but he might not by the end of it so if Man City win it will be the classic thing Luke of Guardiola coming off the pitch they've won and he's going I just love the way they play football but if they lose he won't be quite like that I mean I agree with everything that Vish has just said and if you look at leaning a bit more into that point about them losing players which they have done in a big way important players as well but Irioli's got to be right up there as one of the best coaches in the league it's not that he's able to adjust it's not just that it's just that they're still able to play so well and they're able to adapt and adjust in game and I just, the story of their season last season was, I think people would sort of say that they started really well and then they kind of tailed off.

24:28It wasn't actually that. They started quite average and it was the middle part of the season that were brilliant. So they were brilliant from like November to February and then they kind of became very inconsistent again and dropped off and ended up finishing like up and mid table. You know, if you're, if you're the coach who wants to improve every year, which I'm sure he does, they need to do better than that. They need to be replicating what Basie Forrest did last season but not the end bit. But so far, there's a chance for that. There's absolutely no reason that they can't go to Man City and get something because I think Man City, they're obviously a good team with good players and they've got players coming back as well, City.

25:00But they are incredibly reliant on Erling Haaland. I mean, we talked yesterday, Pete Jim and I, about how City were able to score goals with returning players in the League Cup, which would be a big boost to them. But they're clearly super reliant on Haaland. And Bournemouth are a brilliant team and above Man City in the table. so it'd be a really good game this obviously you mentioned Antoine Semenya who's been absolutely magnificent I also mentioned Adam Scott who is the actor in severance and I meant Alex Scott yeah footballers would be primed to be severance if you were looking for a that's mentality monsters isn't it yeah if you're looking for a profession to be severed footballers it would work well with I think that happens now at the age of like 14 probably does yeah do you think Mikel Arteta's been severed yeah possibly oh yeah definitely do you think there's a few managers I think would be like what I'm wondering yeah I think his home version of himself is equally as boring also just really likes football but as a fan is that what it is yeah yeah Guardiola went I want to be severed all the time so that's not really how it works okay fine but yeah so Antoine Semenyo has been reported that Asamoah Jan former Sunday Baby Jet eh?

26:10Baby Jet Baby Jet what's his nickname oh is it oh sorry it's his nickname baby jet And his business name as well. Yeah, he had Baby Jet Airlines, didn't he? So he did. How's that getting on? Pete, you must have flown them. He certainly made a lot of money in Saudi and then China, so he could probably rent a 747, couldn't he? You quite literally flew on, and that's why it's no longer a business. I just want to say, I don't think just renting a 747 and having your own airline is the same thing. It is. That's exactly how they start. You've got to provide other things. Nope. So no pilot. You rent everything else.

26:41You rent everything else. But you've got to be able to show a working business model, surely. You've got to have a safety certificate. Look, look, look, if you want to fly in European airspace, yes. But there are some places where I'm sure... That's how Branson got started. It was a different game back then. There's an aviation influencer who quite recently just rent... I think he's renting an all 747. And he's just started... Because he loves playing so much, he just started his own airline. A mate of mine is a pilot and he freelances every now and again for companies like that. Yeah. Man. Yeah, so I suppose you can have an airline It can be bought in, pretty much everything you can buy Yeah, you can say you've had an airline I mean, the big problem here is Asamojian was accused of murder not that long ago So if you're going to look for somebody who's like, you know, you want to be mentored by Like someone who had to go out on a press conference saying that he did not murder two people on a jet ski Was it a baby jet ski?

27:33A baby jet ski, there we go So presumably this story is emerged because he needs an alibi just out of training yeah I was with Antoine Semenyo every minute of every day he was accused by a very terrible tabloid newspaper and a lot of online tittle tattle but they basically said that it was some kind of to basically cast a spell to improve his football playing like a kind of like to kill his friend so he could have a better football career which would be a strong gambit Well, because it's not true, is it? Oh, it's not true. And you know it's not true. I loved what John's done since he's retired because he's done exactly what quite a boneheaded, like, single bloke would do.

28:19He's gone straight away, airline, boxing promoter. Then a bit of tennis. Bit of tennis, nice, that's all right. And unlike us, he's allegedly dabbled in the occult. Well, I mean, he's having a positive effect on Antoine Semenya, it would appear, because he's sort of mentoring. I don't really like him seeing the thunder. Do you not? Yeah, but if Antoine Semenyo is the one who's talked about it, then fair enough. But if Asomai Jan's muscling in, I don't like it. Also, whenever I like on my algorithm, the training videos from pros come up, more often than not, it's Antoine Semenyo. Yeah. Like, banging goals in.

28:56Yeah, with both feet. Yeah, he's outstanding. I wonder, like, what is his... Where is his ceiling? And, like, what is their... in my head, I was having a conversation with a mate of mine about this the other day. There's a little bit of Mane about him in my mind because actually you think if he goes somewhere else, he's clearly so driven that he might just hit... You know, obviously Mane was brilliant at Southampton and then he went to Liverpool and I was like, oh, I didn't know you could get that much better. Yeah, I know what you mean. And I feel like that with Semenyo. Semenyo could go, I mean, as you're perhaps, you know, suggesting, when he moves on from Bournemouth, because he will in this form.

29:37And Bournemouth have been pretty sensible. They've signed him up for another contract. His price is only going to get bigger. And being at that club, it's a very wise thing. And that was one of the things actually in this chat about Jeanne and Semenyu. Apparently Jeanne has been saying, just stay here for a bit because you're going to play your football. You're going to prove to everyone how good you are. And then you really will have your pick at the clubs. Because there was no transfer saga with him last summer. This coming summer, so this coming summer, it's a while we've got to get past the winter first but next summer you would imagine that they'll be going in for him his name was touted when there was you know was Salah going to go or stay at Liverpool and all that his name was him and Brian and Boomer were really the two front runners to kind of replace him really that's where he could be but the style of football he plays he could go Barcelona do you know anywhere you want that's amazing he's also come up the hard way as well right oh he has he's got a similar kind of career path in terms of rejections and going into lower league clubs and going on loan at like, in some cases, like semi-professional clubs.

30:40It's like an Everett Jeze type journey. It's amazing to think that, because I totally agree with you guys about his ceiling, but it's amazing to think that someone could turn out for one of the world's super clubs who's also spent time on loan at Bath City. It's just a mad thing. Yeah, no, it is. But it's a shame three years ago he made his debut for Ghana. I know. He was born in Chelsea. He was. And we'll know surely when Asamoah Jans had a true influence on him in his career when he turns out wearing the number two shirt in a forward position. Totally like that. Was it two or three? It was three.

31:12Okay, three, yeah. But I thought out of respect he'd be two. Maybe two, yeah. That's true. Now, Luke Moore, yesterday you compared Liverpool's form this season with Manchester City's from last season and to emphasise the comparison further, both teams' poor run of form came after beating Southampton. Did they get the Southampton bug? Maybe they did. It's very contagious. Maybe that's what we'll steal. It's very, very contagious. There's a really interesting parallel though, because City with the reigning champions obviously last season, they went for a run of six defeats in eight Premier League games, drew one and won the other.

31:47If Liverpool draw against Villa on Saturday night, they would have lost six of their last eight games in all competitions with one draw and one win. So it's basically exactly the same just a month earlier. So the parallel is quite strange really. And don't forget, The season after Klopp won the league with Liverpool in 2020, they had a catastrophic February in the following season where they lost six out of seven games. So this exact kind of run has happened to Liverpool before as champions. It's worth remembering that. Well, it was, yeah, because people were saying, are they even going to qualify for Champions League?

32:19And then that headed goal by Alisson Awaita, was it West Brom? Yes. You know, got them going again. So, yeah, you're right in saying that. they're obviously playing Villa themselves at 8pm on Saturday by the way the statement of Liverpool you see it's been revealed that employees in Liverpool's ticket office colluded with touts to resale passes for games at Anfield very nice at significantly inflated prices as long as the clubs aren't making money as long as ticketmaster or whoever is not involved aren't making money I think it was a resale website regardless but I mean yeah is that sincere This is like Wicked work This is I mean this is not That long after All that stuff Was found At FC Porto Of course The Chelsea stuff As well Recently yeah And that was just The former defender No I'm joking Yeah Mind who you buy from But I always get The sense from these stories They're just kind of like Oh We needed to do that Do you know what I mean Like Clubs and bands And companies Like they Seek to make As much money as possible And certainly with this kind of like, you know, mad ticket pricing that most kind of forms of sort of family entertainment have kind of got to.

33:32You do sort of think that they're only annoyed about it and they're only sort of, you know, putting their lives behind it because they should be making that money, but it's just some dude who works in the office. So for Ramble Live shows, are you going to stand on the street corner by them? I'm telling you, give me a DM. Get it nice and cheap. No, it's for an inflated price. It's exactly the opposite. This is why no one flew in your chair. The very best inflated pricing. I'm all for a cheap flight, but that is too cheap. Only you could come up with undynamic pricing. Not enough fuel in this plane and the prices is through the roof.

34:09Well, anyway, whether it's Liverpool or Man City or Bournemouth, they are all ultimately chasing Arsenal, who are top of the league, who travel to Burnley at 3pm on Saturday. Arsenal gave 17-year-old Andre Haraman Anus' debut in the Carabao Cup this week. he previously made a few made a few heads turn when he some said he pretended to be Marcus Rashford's brother I mean on a technicality there's a slight similarity look at what's but there was somebody was had a phone out or whatever in the stand and said are you Marcus Rashford's brother and he just went yeah yeah he was joking very much he was joking he wasn't trying to break into Old Traff and be like give me a contract on Marcus Rashford's brother he doesn't need one because of all the clubs you want to break into and get a contract but if you are actually a player, it probably wouldn't be Maynard.

34:56Yeah, he usually doesn't look anything like him, but somewhere in the eyebrows maybe, I think. Yeah. Also, he's 17, man. Do stupid stuff. It's fine. Yeah. Yeah. So what? Yeah, but he's not doing stupid stuff. He wasn't in a bag and trying to pretend. Fine. He was going to try to hire a car. Yeah. He is legitimately, though, the cousin of England rugby captain, Mauro Itoji. Which in itself was a claim to fame. You know? Yeah. Absolutely, yeah. Did he use that one then? Well, he wasn't asked about that one. He's Lions captain as well, wasn't he, Bish? Was he a nice captain? I think so I think so Fish knows all that different sports and stuff Yeah Yeah he was Yeah Yeah because there was a lot of He's a multidisciplinary Traditional rugby fans were quite angry Yeah Of course they were Is it because they had legitimate concerns about the economy Alright coming up after this a non-league goalkeeper scores a peach

35:54Fulham versus Wolves Saturday 3pm 20th against 17th How's this in here? On behalf of the entire listenership how's this in here? I think sometimes we can talk certainly me round into really wanting to see a match and I think I think you're going to do it You ain't going to see this one Pete because you're a Laura Biden citizen Sorry Yeah It was another set of Friday Sun Mirror Daily Mail headlines that there's a crackdown on illegal fire sticks but you actually go down oh these are the areas that they're cracking down on illegal fire sticks and then the rest of the thing is it's the people who supply them rather than the people who actually use them so they do every single piece also they're relaxing it for a couple of games over Christmas aren't they?

36:33they're going to suck you in the fire stick? no they're relaxing the 3pm blackout for a couple of games over Christmas ah ok nice well there's only one match on Boxing Day apparently that's right that's exciting that's right is that exciting? see so interested we are in Fulham v Wolves yeah talking about Boxing Day fixtures but have you put this in the running order out of a deep-rooted concern for your beloved whites? I think I have. Yeah. Yeah. I haven't put it in the running order. No, you're part of the process. I might have objected as if you're not. Well, you know. A Fulham win would put Wolves at least eight points away from safety after only ten games of the season.

37:08That's an interesting way to frame this section. Yes, sir. How would you like to frame it then? Yeah, go on, Fish. How does it go the other way then? What happens if Fulham lose? Fulham, they are... Well, they're in 17. You'd have to say in an early relegation battle. If Fulham lose to Wolves, then Wolves will be, what, three points behind Fulham? It might have to be. Yes, exactly, yeah. Great. But look, we saw Vita Pereira getting a bit antsy with the Wolves fans and them getting hurling abuse to him. We wondered if it was going to explode at some point. I tell you what, I mean, if they were to be beaten here, because this is a game, the Wolves are thinking, okay, Fulham are, I think most would agree that Fulham are a better side than Wolves.

37:49It's a good time to play them though. But it's a good time to play them, exactly. They've got a lot of injuries as well. They don't seem to have, you know, anybody to play up front at the moment. You know, Jimenez is Adele, Jimenez is out. Fulham are not in a good place, as Pete says. If they were to be beaten, Wolves, and to be beaten badly, I mean, the atmosphere, you could argue, is already toxic. It would really, really turn. But a win though, suddenly, suddenly the picture changes. It becomes interesting down there because if Wolves beat Fulham, you know, you'd be spot on. We probably think, as a group here, that Forrest are better than they've shown.

38:19Yes. And I've just seen West Ham. Yeah. They are. They're giving a lot of teams, you know, Fulham included, a bit of hope. I actually think West Ham, so at the start of the season when we do our predictions and everything, we have to think about which teams are going to be relegated. I thought, and we did say, and it was partly informed by Dave Cartlidge, but we kind of were convinced by him that Sunday would be fine. And then you start thinking about which is the club that's not been promoted. It's going to be in trouble. And I thought it'd be Brentford, which has been totally wrong. But it does really, really look like West Ham and Wolves are in big trouble.

38:53But this is why Fulham have got to sort it out sooner or later. Because you start looking at the sides in the lower half. You know, you mentioned Brentford there. Well, they're looking good. You know, Newcastle are not going to get relegated. Brighton aren't. I'd be very surprised if Everton, especially under Moyes, would. No, no, no, no. You know, so really you're looking Leeds, Burnley, Fulham, Forest, West Ham, Wolves. Well, again, Forest now Dyche is in there. I don't think it's going to be scintillating and particularly great. It's probably not going to get worse. I'd be very surprised if they were to get relegated as well.

39:21I still would be, I keep saying this every week, I still would be surprised if Fulham are relegated. If I'm saying that in January, you kind of go, no, you're in a scrap now. And there was also a bit of a sliding doors moment as well because there was a lot of talk before Forrest eventually appointed Daesh that Maranakis was a big admirer of Marco Silva. And the only thing that he kind of balked at was having to shell out, because they've gone through so many managers, shell out the compensation. It was up there about 15 million or something because Silva's got a big contract. I mean, if Forrest had taken Marco Silva, I mean, no silver can have his head turned.

39:49Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, that could have been catastrophic for them. Well, we'd have got Dyche. Maybe he would have. You have to be like that, yeah. I don't think... Is there ever been a worse cultural fit? I don't think that would be a good fit. Yeah, Shaw Dyche is just like shucking olives in the bin, turning his nose up at Hummus. What's all this, Buck? Yeah, but he'd turn and be like, God, have they got cake in the side? Yeah, yeah. Weirdly, I could see him in a hot tub. Yeah. With Warner Stone. Yes. Absolutely. Yeah, that's true. Tiny little pair of speedo. Yeah, but this is a huge game though down there.

40:21And as we've sort of mapped out. Fulham have to take the game to Wolves. They really, really do. I mean, you saw them against Wickham. Okay, they got through. But Silva's pissed off already. I mean, he was pissed off with the way the recruitment went in the summer. It didn't kind of happen. Got a new champagne partner. As the club keep trying to remind him. they announced that in the summer didn't they big announcement coming later today oh no the chefs yeah lovely new signing as well they tweeted about the chefs as if they were genuine new signings who's this Michelin fella he sounds great is he capped he's a modern is he capped for the French national team yeah he's putt a bit of weight so yeah Silva just needs to remember the champagne and then he perhaps cheer up but you know if this was the final league standings Fulham would be safe they would be and everyone will be happy but you have you have like ideas in your mind about clubs because obviously when you do this show and you talk about lots of different teams you can't go forensically on too many and my constant feeling about Fulham is that they tend to overlook these little games and they pump themselves up big time for the big games so they gave a good display against Arsenal they narrowly lost against Newcastle away it's a big game it's kind of not that surprising and they beat a rowdy Leeds at home.

41:45Yeah, but do you know what? It was a very fortuitous own goal. The best performances I've seen Fulham at Craven Cottage have been against Liverpool and stuff like that. They were good against Brentford, but Brentford, I think if that game happened against Brentford now, it wouldn't end up the way it did. Fulham, they won 3-1, they went a goal down, but it was very much, oh yeah, we're better than these, we're going to come back and they comfortably won it. Like I say, Brentford wouldn't be having that at this moment in time. So this is a huge game. They can't overlook it is what I'm saying. And I'm worried.

42:13Are you going to be there? Of course I'm going to be there. Yeah, shouting, singing. Whispering. Whispering, yeah. I think being worried is sensible because I feel like from what I've seen of Fulham, but generally from what I've seen of Fulham, they're basically like the equivalent of pace setters in a long distance run or even like sparring partners ahead of training. They do a really good job of testing you, but they're not there to beat you. I feel like with the Arsenal game, yeah, they gave a good account of themselves. they didn't really do anything in the final third that is the problem there they shifted the ball around nice, they had a few interesting moments in the middle of the park but ultimately they didn't do anything they didn't really lay a glove on Arsenal and I feel like that is their problem, everything looks nice but there's no cutting edge the only thing to counteract that is and I'm sure a lot of Wolves fans are listening to this going, yeah that's all very well but we are utter shite do you know what I mean but I feel like playing that way Fulham need to just be a bit more have a bit more bastard about them basically they do can I bring into the mix the idea is there any kind of dissension among the fan base that he's not starting record signing Kevin that he refuses to start him is he not fit or something well I think he's a bit he's still a bit raw he's a bit green yeah but he's got an X factor he does which is why I think you bring him on and he's so quick yeah but there's something to be said isn't it about bringing a player on like that and to give everybody a bit of a lift and I think that he's getting used to the league and so on and so forth.

43:43Some people would say bollocks to that, get him in there for the reasons you've just stated. I mean, he does like a little trick. He's very much got that sort of, as you say, that X factor but I think there's just a little bit more honing to be done. And there's no place for a wide forward who's all trick and no end product at Fulham. That's very much not the tradition of the club. Don't start that. Is he coming on for Iwobi or Traore at the weekend? Iwobi's a good player. Come on. Yeah, I mean... Awobi's much more functional at Fulham. Awobi's... I would prefer him more centrally, actually. Yeah, I totally agree with that.

44:14And he has been played more centrally in the past. Yeah, but with the emergence of Josh King... He's been playing off the left for Fulham more recently. And that's because of the emergence of Josh King. Which I think, again, is a player you've got to put in there who you would think could have a lovely old time with that Wolves back line. But at Newcastle, he played all over the left because of Milsmith Road started in the hole. And neither of them did anything. Yeah. Well, chance to do something. Exactly. Tomorrow. Now, of course, with that game, being a very important one down there, gives, say, Leeds United a chance to give themselves a little bit more distance between themselves and the relegation.

44:46And they travel to Brighton for the Saturday kick-off at 3pm. Teej on Discord, one of our good Discord people, has shared a clip with us. Now, this was, again, going back to your managers on the Premier League website where they were talking about how many eggs they like in the morning or how they like them or what time they get up. I like mine with a kid. That's nice. I like mine with a handy, as Robbie Williams may say. Coming on that, That's fucking red meat for you, that. Yeah, I was going to say. I don't like to see it when Marcus... He's down at the end of the desk talking about hand jobs and you're not going to get involved.

45:15What's happened to you? I know, you're in the cup chair. There's nowhere for me to go. I've mentioned the hand jobs and then run away. You're not the cup chair now. I'm in the cup chair, I'm just watching, yeah. I'm the answer, you coward. Yeah, exactly. But anyway, so for some reason, I think, yeah, talking about morning routines and people talking about shower, do you have a shower before you go to work or do you have one after you get in or both? And a lot of them said both, actually. I suppose if you're on the training ground. Close in the summer. Big time. Daniel Fargo just goes, yeah, I shower three or four times a day.

45:44Yeah. So I'm thinking, one of them is because he's washing Pep Golo's head for a while. But do you know what I mean? Why does his hair look so greasy? Yeah, exactly. I thought that. Because he's always just come out the shower. Yeah, maybe he just doesn't wash his... It's just wet. It's just wet. That's what it is. It's just constantly wet. No, but you get that. So in the morning, fine. I get that. And then you kind of go... Got a train in. Yeah. Train. Shower after the hour. Get home. Get home. He's got a home gym. Lovemaking, probably. He's German. Absolute daytime lovemaking central. Well, 100%.

46:13Yeah. Daytime lovemaking central. Skyfuckers in flight. Exactly. Woo! Have a good afternoon delight, Vish. Hey? You can't, in Germany, if you turn the telly on at any time of day on any channel, it's pornography. It's hardcore European street pornography. Listen, it's who we are, yeah? Listen, Mark. Listen, mein Freund. It's who we are, yeah? What we don't realise is that people queuing up to get into Burgheim are doing so I just need a bit of light relief I'm just going to go into a dark place and sit down just change the scenery any time of day any channel in any German place people used to think that though back in the day Germans are dirty some people need to be punished exactly that's Barker himself no it was Klopp it was Klopp Germans watching and frankly who cares so he does need to shower a lot but what I'd be worried about you guys coming on this what I'd be worried about is that if you're having four showers a day you are probably removing a lot of the natural oils you need in your skin you're going to get a lot of dry skin and you're putting your pants on slightly wet just for time reasons and you're going through pants because they're going to get rot we cannot accuse Daniel Fargo of putting on wet pants you can't accuse him of not tailing himself properly I'll tell you what you can do though the laundry bill will be astronomical because you're not realistically going to put dirty pants back on after a shower.

47:38So he's going through four pairs of pants a day. Don't reckon he's wearing pants. I reckon he's a Daniel Talca. I reckon he's a Daniel Talca. He's German, he doesn't wear pants. Have you even, since the 90s... Been to Germany. No, no, no. No, have you, since the 90s, have you even seen any talcum powder? Yeah, but I use talcum powder. Do you still? In the summer, yeah. Good idea. Yeah, whereabouts? Up here? Up here? Down there? Both those places. Both those places. Yeah, and you want to know where he's... You've got to look at it on the YouTube. I don't want to think of yours all dusty down there.

48:04Fish, do you even know what talc and powder is? Yes. Okay, right. Well, you don't ever use it? No, I did, but I haven't used it for years. I haven't seen it for years. Have you tried the wet talc that you put on baby's bum sometimes? No. Wet talc? Yeah, it comes out, I get cream, and then it just suddenly just starts to dry, and it's just talc. What an invention. What an invention. Well, there's a darker truth behind talc and powder, isn't there? There's a class action lawsuit happening against Johnson & Johnson because of some carcinogenic ingredients in their talc. They had to pull it all, and they've got a new recipe out now, which thankfully isn't carcinogenic.

48:33But I do use Tahoe Compel occasionally, particularly in the summer. Good. All right. Top tip for everybody. Now, before we go, a non-league goalkeeper scored a 98th minute volley during the week. The goalkeeper was Ryan Hamer of Charnock-Richard. That's the name of the team. And the goal secured a tool draw with St. Helens. But go and check that out, everybody. It's a lovely one. The headline described it as a scissor kick. I watched it and I thought that was generous because there was no need for that. just say he scored a lovely volley yeah because it was a bit sort of it's a bit of overreach isn't there yeah but it was kind of it was slightly unorthodox only slightly though well it's great news but it caught the top corner it's great news for the wonderful people of Charnock Richard which is right near Chorley in Lancashire isn't it because up until now Charnock Richard is only really known for probably the worst service station on the motorway network is that right it's off the M6 it's not got a long drop like French ones no no no no come on yeah yeah I was going to say this is Saddy this is Brittany yeah a robust hatred of the French is the only thing not this country again by the way and you can start there watch your beef with Charlie Richards or German TV yeah it's a very poor service station Pete right and I think what doesn't help it it's a welcome break they're usually pretty good standing well it's an unwelcome break for me it was what doesn't help it is if you normally if you're driving up northbound there sooner or later you're going to get to T-Bay which is the best service station in the country so it's being compared against some pretty stiff competition there's a Ramada there's a KFC there's a Burger King Waitrose and partners It's just very very down at heel Tesla charges coming at your bum It's just I mean it should be better Think of the towns it's near It's kind of in between Preston, Liverpool, Manchester and obviously Bolton and Blackpool are there But Preston, Liverpool, Manchester I mean it's football heritage there Should be better Should be better The football fans of that part of the world deserve better Ryan Hamer has done his bit to put Chartres on the mat for the right reasons is what I want to say With a suspected scissor kick Yeah So yeah something we can all get behind Something else we can all get behind is Jack's Encyclopedia.

50:32Yes. It's me versus Luke versus Vish. It's an absolute colossal tussle. It really is. They wanted to call WrestleMania, wasn't it? They wanted to call WrestleMania that, didn't they? The colossal tussle. The three big heavyweights of the game, I'd say. I'll tell you what. Well, Luke, you're still a lineal champion of both Jack's Encyclopedia and my biddy aunt. My biddy aunt belt is safe. Unless you want to put it on the line as well. I left that at home. Oh, did you? Yeah. That's interesting. I left that on the mantelpiece, mate. Fair enough. well you've earned the right to do so Jackson Cyclopaedia will be available to listen to later today so make sure to subscribe to the Football Ramble in your podcast app so you never miss an episode and of course Jackson Cyclopaedia not only is it good clean British fun it is where the weekend truly lands Germans could never they could never come up with a game like this could they?

51:12no exactly yeah indeed yeah not without their tops off anyway exactly they'd be removing clothing and all sorts and it would be very unsavoury thank you very much for listening to the Football Ramble part of the ACAST Creator Network As I said, we'll see you later for Jackson Encyclopedia. And remember to check out our brand new YouTube membership. Thank you, Vish. Thank you. Thank you, Pete. Fairly well. Thank you, Luke. Thank you. See you later this afternoon, boys. Hurrah!

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