Mo Salah’s Bombshell Interview, Aston Villa Blow the Title Race Wide Open

25:46But he doesn't go on forever. He can't go on forever. No, he doesn't. And this can't go on forever, Rob. This undermining a manager cannot go on at a football club that's underperforming anyway, that needs some sorting out, and then you have your best, most dangerous player really going to the club. It's me or the manager. We'll wrap it up, Rob, right? And maybe this is the start of something very different for Liverpool. Unexpected being the champions. But maybe this is the start of a very different 2.0 from Arna Slott that's going to have a little bit of time. it might you know I think that's a good shout with Anton Semenya plays right side actually can play anywhere is a really is a good age is a good profile of a player for Liverpool maybe it's the start of something else something different two quick and we've spoke so much about it Rob I want two quick little quick ones here how do you feel the fans feel about it and the biggest question of all is does he play again for Liverpool leave that one later how are the fans going to feel about this Rob there'll be a bunch of fans that are with him by the way I think they'll be split I think there's definitely a bunch of fans with him and the fans with him I think will generally not be the younger fans who've known Mo Salah have seen the goals, who've seen was he fourth in the Premier League goal scoring, third I think in Liverpool's history what we've seen 28 goals, 18 assists last season mate, you just don't replace that that easily but there's a line you drop so I think it'd be pretty split.

27:20I think they will believe that Arnest Lott has to do the right thing for the football club because this is about Liverpool first. however hard and difficult it might be, I think in the end the Liverpool fans will come on side. I think Arnest Lott, Rob, it's still fresh enough in their memories of a Premier League title. We were at Amphil to see that atmosphere and that trophy lift, to not think without a title mate, it might be he might be packing his bags. So what you're saying earlier Rob, you feel like he is not going to play again for Liverpool? Well I would say I don't think he'll play again or I've certainly been playing before the AFCON nation, I think that gives everybody a chance that he's away I'm sure this will be communication between him and his age and whatever and there may be a decision on They're going to leave, isn't it?

28:17Why would the Saudi clubs be any different, Rob? Why would they be any different of what they thought in the past that they would do anything to bring Mo Salah to Saudi and their pro league there? So that would seem like the most likely outcome. But it's such a... I mean, again, we've spent a lot of time on that, but it's an amazing story. In my head, I was thinking about, Rob, the only other thing as well is, like, you chuck him out against Inter, or you chuck him out against him and go, go on then. I just don't think he'll be in a right frame. minor play. I don't know either.

28:52We'll see on Tuesday night and we'll see next weekend, isn't it? Liverpool got Wolves I think next weekend, so maybe we'll see that. But yeah, plenty to come more in that saga but fascinating stuff Mo Salah coming out with after the game against Leeds. Let's go to Villa Park, my friend. First game of the weekend. Afton Villa in Super 4, Arsenal ticking along but not quite the top of the table they would like. And some would say going to full Mastinville and end up beating Arsenal 2-1. Yeah, I mean, I think I caught it another durability test. Given the week or so they've had Arsenal, they've had some big games, big emotional games.

29:33We know about Saliba and Gabriel, the best central defensive partnership in the Premier League, are both out. We then learned that Christian Mascara was out as well. So you saw Eurion Timber come inside, Ben White, who hasn't played a lot of football, to the right-hand side. And I just, we were, of course, with Lee Dixon, the former Arsenal legend defender. And I think we both kind of agreed that they were so pulled around defensively. And it's like, you know, going to Villa Park that are on fire, that are in great form, that have got all their main forwards. I think it's probably the best team for Aston Villa that showed up against Arsenal.

30:04And when you got some important players out, annual schedule, I just thought it was a chance that they might get, or I actually thought they'd probably get a draw, but they lost the game and didn't really create enough. No. Any other reason? Like, was there any other signs in the game that Arsenal fans should be... I mean, of course they won't be thrilled that the gap's closed between them and Man City. Yeah. But there's any other signs in the defensive kind of difficulties to worry about with the Gunners fans? You're right. I did the same. I thought they got stretched a little bit, Rob, in areas and Villa can find them pockets.

30:37I thought Tielemans was excellent for Villa. Find space in dominating the game. Rodgers' runs were causing problems. As you say, Ben White hasn't played that much football. Timber playing in his centre-back. He didn't look comfortable, Timber, positionally. No, didn't quite look himself. It's going to be different, isn't it? Especially against a team like Villa, who play really well and absolutely brilliantly set up by a manager, Rob. It was interesting, the Ezra one without Trussard. He lets Cash go on the far side. Just thought, as it was on the edge of things again, I saw he had 13 touches in the first half, fewest of any player.

31:18I know that Martinelli and, you know, just wondering if it was anywhere, maybe a little bit more counter-attack pace might have been an option if we not dominated the game with the technical play. Yeah, well, I mean, Trossard comes on and does what he does and scores another important goal for Arsenal. I mean, to be fair, Rob, second half, they looked better. The control of the game was better. Made a few more chances, yeah. We were saying to Lee, like every time Villa went forward, they looked like scoring. Arsenal never looked comfortable at defending phase of the game, but their general play and the way they moved the ball, they looked pretty safe in the second half, and going into the last kind of minutes of the match, it's like, okay, that's kind of a fair result for both sides.

31:59And of all the players, Rob, to be the hero on the day, Emi Buendia, the celebration, what it meant to him, and the difficulty he's had with big knee injury, and he's in and out the side, he's not really a regular starter. I mean, it was an amazing finish, and that Villa Park is, you know, we know what that's like at that stadium. Real fans getting behind the team, making it really, really noisy and that's quite the result and quite the rebound for the manager, Unai Emery, that was so flat, so stale at the start of the season. We couldn't believe, could we, at the start of the season? I could not believe it.

32:29Was it four games with no goals, five games without a win? And just the eye test, looking at them, was like, what has happened to them? I remember saying that on our podcast. What's going on there? So that's something else for a manager to turn that around. We've seen that multiple times when the manager never really fixes it and ends up struggling, struggling, losing his job. So third place in the Premier League right now, Rob, a dramatic late win. What's that, eight, nine wins out of the last ten? Nine wins out of ten, 13 out of 15 all comps. I mean, brilliant work again. I mean, Rob, the thing that sort of take away from Arsenal, and I don't want to harp on the same point of, like, there was a shot at the end, the Buendia shot, that was absolutely the last kick of the game, basically.

33:16You saw the celebrations, you saw, like, Ray have fall to the floor, four or five players fall to the floor. I mean, a bit of a gap that they've had has gone down their three points. It kind of feels like this group are going to have to go and prove themselves again, Rob. I think there was two, three weeks ago, it's like, oh, Arsenal are flying, Arsenal are this. kind of feel like everybody's waiting now, you know, City are closed up, Villa are three points behind, you know, late disappointments, they've scored some late winners and seen the benefit. What's going to happen off this late disappointment now?

33:49Yeah, I mean, next weekend they've got Wolves at home. So maybe it may be, I can't assume anything, but I just feel that their schedule's been really difficult from the Northland and Derby to big Champions League games to Villa Park away. You know, crikey, it's been difficult. Long way to go, mate. There's another 23 games to go. Without your back two. Yeah, there's plenty of time. I still, you know, it doesn't waver my thought about them being the best team in the league this year overall. We'll see. We'll get to Man City actually next chat and how they're looking. But it's certainly pulled it all together.

34:27It's a lot tighter. Two losses now. Those losses, that's another one tallied up. So, yeah, but it was a great game, wasn't it? It was a great game of football, Villa Park. And Villa deserve so much credit and the way that they're playing right now. Absolutely. You and I, and it continues to cause them problems. Shows really what a good manager, mate. You've got a good manager, mate. You keep holding him, you give him time because he'll turn it around. Let's take it to the Etihad City. Against Sunderland, one of the stories of the season. Manchester City 3, Sunderland 0. Diaz with a sort of Vincent Kompany-esque strike from distance.

35:04since Cavalli all from a corner kick, and then Foden scores a header after a brilliant bit of play by Ryan Shurky, the Rabona. Luke O 'Neill came on late and got a red card for something. Horrible challenge. I don't really know what he was doing there. I think that's not the first time this happened to him as well. But Manchester City, mate, the shadow kind of looms large again without maybe them being at their very best. Well, I'll tell you what, mate, they aren't far off their very best in terms of attacking and goal scoring, right? A few weeks ago we said, you know, Erlen Haaland's goals, there's got to be other people to step up.

35:43Well, it's happening. Phil Foden looks like a different player. Looks like a different player. Looks like he's going to score in every single game. I think the goals from chipping in from different areas, of course, helps when defenders come forward and score as well. You look at the numbers, Rob, right now. Goals for, after 15 of all the teams now, 35 goals. Next best, I believe, is Arsenal with 28. So that side of the game and the big man up front, they're going to score enough goals to win a title. The thing that's been holding them back and we've questioned is the defensive side of things.

36:14All I would say, Rob, if they find a way to figure that out and to improve it, and Rodger will help when he's back, which isn't for a little while yet, I think, then Arsenal should be worried. Then Arsenal should be worried because right now I am saying, well, they give up so many chances. And that's still recent. The last week is still recent. 5-4, winning against 4. So that's still there. All I'm saying is if they get better on that, then they could go on a long run of winning games and score on a lot of goals. Again, it's a big if, and maybe they can't. Maybe they're always going to be vulnerable.

36:50Maybe next week they're going to concede goals when you expect them to. But right now, second place in the league, two points behind, scoring a ton of goals. They're best players in top form. They're winning games easily again, Rob. Rob, they're winning games easily. And when City are purring at their best, they can win games, you know, and not get a sweat on. And this was one of those games against Sunderland. And by the way, we know how strong Sunderland are. Yeah, Sunderland ain't in a bad outfit. So, you know, with a five and difficult to play against. I also thought, Rob, that we kind of, and we mentioned it a little bit a couple of weeks ago, like we had the Doku day, didn't we, where it was like, you know, against Liverpool, he was brilliant.

37:29And we've had a Foden days and they seem to be coming around. It was a bit of a Cherky day, and it was interesting, Rob. So I read a couple of things off the back of the game, looked at Pepsi, what I'm saying. It was really interesting, one of the first things he said about Cherky, and then he brought Savino on, he talked about how he needs them to keep working hard for the team. He said, despite the talent, the talent is the bit that they can do and I can't teach them. They have to come in and work hard for the team. And it's almost like, to your point, I know that we're going to score goals the 35 already they will score enough goals to win a title he needs to have players who will do the other things to make sure that they're not conceding the best teams always do some of these young players probably are not quite at that level yet where they switch straight on and they're going on to win it Rinders maybe still working with these guys it's whether that can also click into place pretty quickly We'll see.

38:27But, yeah, it's a silly team. They're up here, and if they're two points behind you, mate, you've got to start slightly looking over your shoulder. But next we can see an interesting Arsenal at home to Wolves, which you would think is a home banker. City away to, I think, away to Palace, which is never an easy place to go. So, yeah, in the space of a day, that could look a little bit differently. I think that's going to be this league, mate. I think this league this year is unpredictable. No one runs away with it. There's tough games up and down this league table. Wherever you look, there's no gimmies.

39:03Of course, there's the odd blowout. City beating Sunderland pretty comfortably. But, I mean, the other games, Villa beating for Arsenal. You know, the Liverpool game, the games where you might expect the big boys to win, they are not winning. It's that competitive, the league, which makes it great fun for everybody. And, of course, you never know what's going to happen and who's going to come out on top. OK, mate, let's take you to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium where Tottenham don't win at home. And I think it was the first win, yeah. The 16 attempts for Tottenham to beat Brentford Thomas Frank against his old team, 2-0 with Charleston with the first goal in Xavi Simmonds.

39:38I guess his first goal for Tottenham, lovely run through midfield, and they backed off him, put it away nicely. Bit of a boost for Thomas Frank after a little bit of the sort of stick they've had, you know, the last week or two. It was a Spurs team, I believe, with a little bit more proactive, looking to give Simmons a little bit more license in midfield. I think Archie Gray did particularly well again. I was just reading a couple of people saying that, you know, he's one that they've got to try and find a way to keep him in the team. A bit more proactive when he gets the ball, wants to play forward.

40:11But, yeah, good win for Spurs. And Xavi Simmons getting his first goal, I think, was important, Rob, for him because, obviously, he's come in for a lot of money. He hasn't quite hit the ground running. Yeah, I mean, it's just what the doctor ordered. I mean, it was such a big game. We talked about the potential atmosphere at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, given what they've had to endure in terms of their home form. The last Premier League home win was the first game of the season. That's a long time coming. But this was surprisingly good, surprisingly confident. Fair play to Thomas Frank. He's come out fighting a little bit.

40:41He had a lot of criticism, a lot of personal stick. Some of the things that he said, of course, were the booing of his goalkeeper. And there was no drama, Rob. There was no drama there. really controlled front foot, attacking football. For me, I'm like, please, please, let's keep that similar. I know there's going to be some rotations with European football coming up again, but the structure of the team, Kulamuani was, I didn't see it coming, but he was pushed out to the left-hand side. To the left, wasn't he? And let me chuck in my underappreciated performer because I put my hands up. I have underappreciated, and we have given a hard time to Xavi Simmonds.

41:18This was a breakout game for Javi Simmons in a performance that I didn't see coming. He has got a lot of stick. I've certainly given him as well. We've seen very little consistent excellence from the player. But this game, determined. He won his tackle a couple of times for his goal. He makes a good run. He's got good pace. The weight of the ball across for the first one for Richarlison was really, really good. So, I mean, he's a simple pick for me this weekend. Rob is underappreciated because, yeah, I haven't been thrilled by what he's done, but we'll always give credit where credit's due. We'll always say, oh, you know, fair play.

41:54Maybe, you know, he's got more than what we've seen so far. Obviously, he has. It was a big fee, but that's a breakout game for him, Rob, and I can't tell you how different he'll feel about himself. Can you imagine going into a new country, you know, maybe a dream to play in a big club in the big Premier League and him getting a bit of stick and like, you know, where's this guy from? And to have a game like that is such a big deal. That buys him weeks. That buys him weeks of credit. Like, we know what he can do now. He's a young player, a great sign of what he can do, a great game for him. So I've got to give him tip of the cap and give him my underappreciated performance this weekend.

42:33Yeah, I like him, a goal and an assist in the game, actually. And obviously, I think it's important. it looks Rob so much better when he's in the 10 doesn't look so good when he's in that outside positions he can't get involved in the game he looks like one of them who picks his rhythm up from the ball being around him and having it played into his feet so yeah it's a good shout and we've talked about the difficulty of technical players coming in the Premier League and making a mark so yeah good breakout game for him and I'm sure Spurs fans are looking forward to see more of that over the coming weeks tell you who's fans are looking for more of the coming weeks, Everton my friend another 3-0 win against Nottingham Forest, Sean Dyche against his former team Milenkovic with the own goal, Tiena Barriar, boy he got himself his first Premier League goal mate, couldn't be more delighted exactly, fair play and Keenan Dewsbury Hall my friend let me chuck this one at you he came on the show the other week and he was talking about his dream would be to play for England.

43:39I think there's just a few too many top-class midfield players. But I tell you what, continue to do what he does, and between now and March, Mr Tuchel might just take a little look at him. Well, I mean, love his form. Love his form. Took a while for his career to really get going. This move's a brilliant move for him. I think we've talked about Ily Manin Jai on one side, Jack Greenish from Kiernan Dewsby Hall. We haven't slept on this guy. We've pointed him out before because we know the sort of player that he is. He's a bit more robust than the average number 10. And he's making things happen.

44:12And as a number 10, making things happen means you're producing goals and you're producing assists. And, I mean, Everton, Robby Earl. I mean, David Moyes. I mean, I think we've had him underappreciated. Sixth in the Premier League, aren't they? Sixth in the Premier League, mate. When he took over, right, that club was on its knees a little bit, struggling to Sean Dyche. He rescued them. And even in the first two weeks, I remember him saying, this is not where we want to be. We want to be at the other end, looking at those European spots. And I'm thinking at that point, yeah, love it. And of course, that's the right thing to say.

44:45And that's what the fans want to hear. I didn't think that we sat here after 15 games, more than a fair chunk of the season done. And they're in sixth spot, Rob. They're close. They're four points from third place in the Premier League. It just shows you what a positive and experienced manager. I tell you what, a new stadium does give you a boost. we played in a new stadium, it was magical playing in a new stadium in those initial seasons and the story Everton continues to be so positive when the Everton fans, Rob, for decades it seems have been upset and disappointed with the drama at the club.

45:18And let's not forget mate, their best player Jared Brunthwaite hasn't been fit. And they've had striker issues. The strikers haven't been great. And they found a way to get the goals the wide players' potential. I mean, I don't think he could be happy if he was an Everton fan. If somehow David Mullis can take these boys back to European football, I mean, that would be remarkable. Absolutely remarkable. But yeah, continue to go well. Everton 3-4, it's nil. Bournemouth nil, Chelsea nil. Chelsea just dropped off the pace another game where injury again to Liam De Lapp. I think the big news was Cole Palmer was backing the team, Rob, which is good news.

46:02Apparently, obviously, he's still fighting his feet. I think 60-odd minutes he came off the game. But Chelsea just dipped off a little bit. Probably both teams, actually, just slightly below their best at the moment. Yeah, tough to see this in detail in those windows where the game was going on, wasn't our main featured game. I looked at it. When I looked at it, I thought, Cole Palmer, I know, seemed to give the ball away quite a bit. I mean, understandable. He's been out for a while. The Dillap thing's tough to take, isn't it? You know, if you're living with a lap and you've had some issues...

46:31It's like a shoulder injury or something now, isn't it? Yeah, holding a shoulder going out. It doesn't look great, they're saying. It doesn't look great. It doesn't look great. And this is maybe the whole thing with Chelsea where, you know, sometimes you watch them play and you're like, wow, what a team, what fight, what grit, on top of the youthful skill that they buy in. And you sort of think, wow, they're going to be there or thereabouts. They have a couple of games, Rob, but they don't really show up, don't play well. The rotations are many. and the new players. I mean, maybe this is all part of learning, growing, which we know they're doing that.

47:02I just sometimes when you see them play so well, you're like, oh, here they go. Then here they go. And then you take a couple of steps back. So again, didn't see it in full detail to be super critical or the real insight of the story of the game. But the results just say, particularly the way that Bournemouth are going, Rob, nah, it's not a great result when you're Chelsea and you want to be right up there. The fifth place right now, as we see here. So, of course, they're in touch. There's a long way to go. It just shows you how... If you want to be a title champion, Robert, it's so hard, isn't it, this league, to show up week in, week out with different players and you're going to go there and win.

47:39Against opposition like Bournemouth and Villa and places. These are decent teams. Brentford, all of them. Difficult. Newcastle, there's just so many difficult games. Let's go to Newcastle. James Park, Newcastle 2, Burnley 1. Guimara's with the Olympico from the corner kick straight in, Gordon gets a penalty and then late on Burnley get a consolation with a Gian Fleming penalty another defeat for Burnley I think that's 6-7 or something for Burnley things not going particularly well Lucas Perez with the red card Newcastle, well, got the win and I think as importantly got Johan Wiese a couple of minutes and it does seem that after all this time they might finally get another striker on the pitch, which will be an absolute delight to Eddie Howe and the Newcastle fans, I would think.

48:28Yeah, absolutely, Rob. They've missed that. They've needed it. Vultimata's done pretty well, but he's got a new into it, and it's a pretty emotional club, Newcastle United, and sometimes that takes a lot out of you. We know there's good options in the wide areas. We know that the central midfield of Newcastle is some of the best in the Premier League, and players that have come in, Lewis Miley, Jacob Ramsey's to come in, apart from your Brunica Maris and your Sanjo Tonali and your Joe Ellington and Joe Willicks. It's a wow-rounded squad. And a run of wins and results is what they need. They're in that group, Rob, right now where it's mid-table, the 11th, but they're only four points to fourth.

49:05So, again, I think this is going to take maybe a few more weeks to shuffle out a little bit. This is so tight in there. But Newcastle, they're miles better than 11th. And I think you're going to see it over the next weeks now with players back available. and I think the team will fly up the league. Absolutely. Let's go to Craven Cottage and you and Dick are working on the game today. Fulham 1, Palace 2. Like, Gaye, Header is the winner and Ketje with a smart finish for first. Harry Wilson with a beautiful goal for Fulham. Lovely, well worked. I mean, very Marco Silva in his build-up. And then to Gaye with the winner.

49:49we almost shouldn't be surprised should we they cut a pass to fourth in the league with Oliver Glasner mate and what this team do despite selling big players and not having all their best player Munoz not available today they become better they get the job done mate I mean they're just in a winning winning it's a habit isn't it football's a habit and they're in a winning habit they're finding ways to win they didn't have anywhere near their best team they were on they were kind of like happy to to drop off the game a little bit in the second half and play on the counter. Fulham are in the losing habit a little bit.

50:21They're playing good football. It looks like it's going to go to 1-1 and then a set piece comes in and Marguerite climbs in between defenders and wins the game for Crystal Palace. It's like, oh, there they are again. That's another three points. And, you know, look at the table. It's like, wow. You know, Crystal Palace after 15 games, a fourth spot. Again, it's super tight. But they're just a durable team that are well-organised. Oliver Glasner's done a remarkable job there. Just talk a little bit about Glasner, Rob, because we know his contract's up. We know that, I believe, my sense would be that he's a little unhappy with the sort of finances that put his way in terms of...

51:01Yeah, the ambitions of the club. Ambition of the club and making it better and being in Europe and pushing on. Almost feels like, I think he came out with a really telling statement recently where we got in Europe and then started wanting to save money when we should be spending money and that's the way to improve. Is it going to be the ambition thing that's probably going to mean he moves on more than anything else? Yeah, I think so. I think so. I don't know. It just feels like if you're a Crystal Palace fan, well, I'm sure you're actually in utopia right now. If you're a Palace fan, Rob, I'm not sure it's ever been better.

51:35It's never been better. You just won an FA Cup. You're in a Champions League spot right now. You're having a brilliant season and you're seeing some really good football and some great players come to the club. is just, you know... So is there a way, if the football club and the ownership and I know Stephen and some of the staff, the owners there, if they could find the money, the kind of money that Glasner would want, do you think they could persuade him to stay? Yeah, I think they could. I think they could. I mean, he has to be a special feeling in the bond that he has with this club after what they've done in the FA Cup final and everything else.

52:14But they've got to invest in the squad. He wants to take the club further forward. If you're a manager, I mean, everybody would be the same. We've done brilliant with what we've got. Come on. Like, we've got some revenues coming in for this run. Let's push on without being crazy because, you know, we don't get into trouble. But if they guarantee him some more money, two or three new players coming in, then he might send a new contract. They've got good recruitment, haven't they? They've bought some good players in the past. Yeah, because the recruitment department is good for the most part. but if they don't rob it they'll fear of losing him and he won't sign a deal and in the summer there could be a ton of jobs open, big jobs and they might lose him so it'd be really sad to see that so yeah, the club and the owners have got a job to try and keep him happy And I can't move any further than for my underappreciated form of the week my friend and it'll be somebody who you won't mention nobody ever mentioned, his name is Tarek Mitchell he plays left wing back for Crystal Palace, and he continues, mate, to go from centre-centre.

53:13I thought Graham Lassau picked out today a couple of times, well, he did exceptionally well. Remember this kid at 21-22 playing under Patrick Vieira? He got his first England call-up, then he got his first cap, was voted Palace Young Player of the Year, homegrown, come through the academy, and three or four years on, he's still part of the squad, he's developing under Glasner, plays every week, by the way. You know, you like durable players. He plays every week. he's improving in the last the attacking third of the pitch which wasn't his strength he's a better defender but he's improving we always talk about the backs of Ian obviously Gaye and Laquire and Richards and we talk about Munoz on the other side and we talk about Wharton and we talk about Soar and we talk about Mateta and guess who we never talk about?

53:57Tariq Mitchell my friend we don't talk about him you're right and he's a little diamond who probably gives the manager an ounce of trouble and on a weekend when we've seen what troubling players can do in a dressing room, he gets on with his job and I just thought, a little mention for somebody who never ever gets a headline. No, it's very good. It's very good and when this is the time to mention players like that, Rob, because you're right people don't talk about him but when a team's doing so well, right, there's reasons why it's doing well and different parts in the team are doing their job really well and you're right, we talk about so many other players in this team and he was involved today Rob wasn't he I think with some of the goals on that left hand side he's involved in the build up play so yeah I like it I like it not a spectacular player but under a good manager doing his thing on the left hand side and you know he's got a great engine goes up and down doesn't mind a tackle good defensively yeah like it and Palace I mean you've got to like the Palace story right now couldn't like it anymore let's go to Brighton for the last game Brighton won West Ham won not the most exciting game but goals came in the end.

55:07Bowen with a lovely finish after the ball from Wilson got played through. And then Ruter scores late on for Brighton. There was some doubt whether he hit his hand, come off his hand before he shoots Rob. But off the knee to the hand, he knocks it in and goes to Vier. Not a handball was clear. So I know Nuno wasn't too happy about it, but 1-1 about the right result in that one. Yeah, I was disappointed with Brighton really, Rob. You know, another team that when you look at them at the table, I was like, wow, you know, I think they were fifth going into this weekend. And West Ham at home, struggling a little bit.

55:40The manager of West Ham that just wants to stick to the basics. He's going to invite you on a little bit. You're going to get plenty of the ball. Just expect more tempo from Brighton. And notes here, very poor performance in the first half from Brighton. Second half, it livened up a little bit, you know, particularly when West Ham scored the first goal. It's like it needed West Ham to score to shake Brighton a little bit. and I mean there's a horrible it looked wet and windy didn't look like there was a full house there maybe because of the weather I thought they were better with the subs on again teams are having to rotate a little bit I thought Danny Welbeck was as poor as I've seen him a little bit so yeah I mean it was a fair result and this is what Nuno does Rob he grinds, he's grinding you know he's played fight they'll grind their way out I kind of feel like they've got enough in grind, in quality and sort of the balanced few young legs coming into the team as well, I think.

56:35Pots, etc. But yeah, a bit disappointing for Brighton. A 1-1 draw. Alright mate, we sort of wrap things up. There's one big game left tomorrow. Wolves play Manchester United. Rob Edwards looking for his first win as Wolves manager. I mean, couldn't do it at home to United, could he? I mean, it'd almost be this season wouldn't it? Story of this season. Wolves get their first win of the week at home to Manchester United. That's tomorrow, it's 3pm on USA Network. I know you and Lee Dixon are working on that one. We've got a bet on it, Rob. We've got a bet. We've had bets. We've done match predictors all the way through the weekend.

57:07Okay, well, how are you going? We're very close. He's leading by a little bit, and our result prediction tomorrow is Lee Dixon's gone Wolves-0, Man United 2. I've gone Wolves-0, Man United 3. So, I win the money. If it's 3-0, I win the money and we're jumping around a little bit. Take my money off Lee Dixon. That would be amazing. Nobody taking a Wolves win? nobody taking the giant leap of a Wolves win Robert just won't be happy listen mate, great weekend when Arsenal lose and Man City win Villamain Palace are also in the top four we had an Olympico and a Rabona to enjoy headlines though were Mo Salah's his very personal, very public rant against a club and a manager we'll have to wait and see how that one all plays out but we'll be back next week that's Sunday, December 14th when Arsenal host Wolves and second place fourth as Man City travel to Crystal Palace.

58:00But for now, I'm Earl. He's Musty together with the two Robbies. Thanks for watching and listening. Be safe, stay healthy. It's a good night from me. And it's a good night from him. Good night. Good night.

58:26We'll be right back.