S15E22 - Grind And Shine

29:13We ended up winning the game. Bournemouth as well, wasn't it? Yeah, he scored away at Bournemouth as well. He just grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck. But you've got to think about his kind of, to be fair to him, what's kind of gone on with him. It was the ACL. He's come back. Then Matty Cash dives into him and does his ankle. Then he does a racism and misses 12 games. He gets a concussion not long after he comes back and misses games because of that as well. he's just had this it's like he hasn't had the time to really really get up to speed and like you said after an ACL you probably need another year after that to get back to your best but he's had all these other injuries and then the suspensions as well although he was playing Europa League games in that time of the suspension as well so he was playing football because he wasn't banned in Europe so he's had opportunities to get back he just looks like to be blunt his legs are gone like he just doesn't have the energy right the energy to get up and down the pitch anymore so he's doing the simple thing and I just thought yesterday away at Leeds.

30:07I understand why Frank didn't do it but just to give Archie Gray 10 minutes he earned it in the performances. He was probably our best player against Doncaster and then he's come on against Bodo Glimt and then got an assist for the Eagle. He was really livening the energy up on the pitch when he came on against Bodo Glimt. I just thought he deserved it yesterday. Frank keeps talking about Archie Gray so it's not like he doesn't rate him. I guess he's just figuring out the best way to utilize him, but it just feels like he is chomping at a bit. I agree with you, Cal. When he gets on, it's not that kind of...

30:42You made an assumption. We all made an assumption about him, about being a little bit sluggish last year. Towards the end, there was a goal that we conceded where the ball ran away from him in the box. I can't remember. I blots out most of the horror that was the end of last season, apart from Europa League. So I can't remember specifics about the horror that was. but his tracking was slow and it was just slightly off whereas he looks like he's had a new release of life. So yeah, I can't wait for him to get back on, back in. I just think Frank probably likes the security that Ben Sincor and Palinic gives him and that's been his approach since coming back, hasn't it?

31:18Or coming into Spurs, he's like, the first thing we need to do is make you hard to beat. Yeah, I think that's sensible. I don't know, I'm sure most people are saying but I couldn't have another six, seven, eight, nine, first 10 games of this season of conceding just goals every week. Like goals and goals. I can't do it. We needed to cut that out. It was horrible. And it's easy then to get frustrated when the football's not quite there yet. And I'm guilty of that at times as well, but I'd much rather him be doing exactly what he's doing and doing it this way and us having to work something out on the attacking end of it.

31:53You know, after what we saw from Simmons yesterday, I don't think, hopefully that's not a million miles away. I think that's the league now though isn't it as well you look at the league as it is now you've got Arsenal playing their fucking corner long throw terrorist ball Liverpool don't play great football Chelsea don't play great football no none of that's the you know everything's cyclical in football and where it's where it is at the minute the league as a whole is no one's playing good football this is the style now you've got Bournemouth that play good stuff and maybe one or two others but the top teams now they're playing it's fucking entertaining though it's It's been such good fun this first 10 weeks.

32:28I'm loving it, this long froze and all the rest of it. Cal, what are you doing? It looks like you're just scratching your nuts constantly. I can't stop looking at you. Are you masturbating? All right. He's polishing his phone screen. Fucking hell. I'd prefer it if you were masturbating, people. And I'd say great if you just didn't, if you hadn't mentioned it. Sorry. Right? And just the whole game. It was just massive. I feel like I should now. It was just wanking. As we talked about Spurs.

32:53Speaking of wanking, though. I wanted to shoot him after the Rabona, but that chip pass in for Porro, I've never stood. I stood up. I did silence, but stood up from my seat. I didn't say anything. I just stood up when he did that pass. It was fucking glorious. Unreal, wasn't it? It wasn't. You can see there's a special player and the satisfaction we had, the satisfaction we had when we saw the team list or team sheet being shared around, but then for it to kind of work during the game that's really satisfying so Simmons in the 10 a proper winger on the left Odebeer, Tell whoever it might be someone who's a specialist in that position and a centre forward whereas before it was like put Saar put Peravel in there these aren't 10s they're not James Madison they're not Xavi Simmons if we're going to unlock the fences you need you need that specialist 10 in there and that's exactly what Simmons is what Simmons is we all wanted him to play centrally played centrally difficult game at Ellen Road different places ago as we know and he was he was fine he was fine the the Rabona pass I mean it's high risk low reward if it came off yeah it would have been sensational and been clipped up and everything however it was completely unnecessary yeah that was that was the thing I don't mind I don't mind a Rabona if it's there and it's a pass that is you know It's unlikely, but let's give it a go.

34:22But it was so much easier just to do it the normal way. The two moments though, Alex, was the looped ball, but the first half as well was where he took the ball, a couple of touches, shifted his body weight, and just slid in a doggy. We've been missing that since Madison's gone. We've been missing the ability to find that through ball. And what Saar would have done, this is not a benefit of, this isn't a criticism of Saar, but what he would have done was put that out wide. rather than trying to go through. What did you say? All I was going to say, I thought Zabby was great. I actually thought he was on the ball, but I was, again, little moaned, but I didn't want him to be taken off really.

34:57I thought, come on, let's try and go and win the game. But I thought he was really good. Yes, and he looked like he's actually finally now adjusted to the pace of the league. He disappointed he'd come off as well, wasn't he? Yeah, you could see he didn't want to come off. He still had it in him, but how good was a doggy yesterday? Good. Yeah, yeah, it was a man of match. Yeah. Man of match, right? Yeah, yeah, 100%. For obvious reasons, was given it, but you would say a doggy? Yeah, a doggy, 100%. What is it? I thought he was great. We know that his final ball, when he gets to the byline, can sometimes be a bit off, but they didn't know how to deal with him because he makes overlapping runs, he makes underlapping runs, he can come into the middle of the park with the ball.

35:36I've forgotten, it's easy to forget because Spence has been so good and obviously a doggy was out for a while, but I've forgotten just how effective he really can be. And he has his moments, and I dare say maybe actually against the top three, four teams, that maybe he struggles more and it might be better with Spence. But against kind of everyone else... His running was quite obviously. He's just so powerful with that running. And just before I forget about Simmonds, because it was nice the way that they were linking up, but one thing that surprised me about Simmonds yesterday in that position, because Leeds were pretty, they were really tight, really tight on Kudos every time he tried to come in to receive the ball with his back to goal.

36:16And they were the same with him. But what's surprising about him is that he was actually able to, and this didn't happen in his last couple of games, but he was right. You were right, Favre. He's able to take the ball, shift his weight a little bit and kind of just get away from it and just get that little touch just to get that pass off. And he was much, much better at that. and it just seemed a lot more fluid with everything. Yeah, I really, really enjoyed watching him yesterday, which is good because I've got his name on the back of my shirt and I haven't got a player's name on the back of my shirt since I was about 11.

36:48Can you show us that again? Well, you... I put it in the group because I was quite chuffed with it and then Flav was like took a screen, zoomed in on the letters and he was like, this can't be right because the X and the A and the V and the I, it was all on thing. but if you've seen his shirt it's exactly how he does it it is it is i was like this is great i can buy fraudulent product this is excellent like this this isn't right and i was like oh fucking hell no because because so the full picture is just for people that don't if that you know just so you have all the information so alex like many people decide to yeah it's expensive to buy shirts if you want them all you know you why not become a you know serve piracy and god knows else what else what huge human right issues that you're supporting here um i got two two player version shirts elite shirts with name number badges on 38 quid so there you go so you tell me who's in the roundabout yeah uh so but on the back it says javi and it was like they've printed that wrong like x is too far away from the a i should have just not said anything and just let him be happy with his shirt yeah this was me after me saying quality of this is really good you know i'm well happy with it.

37:58I was surprised you hadn't even noticed it. That's the thing. And so, and then we zoomed in, but then I was watching, I was watching yesterday and I was like, that's weird because that's exactly how it is on the main shirt. So more for me. Shut my mouth. There you go. He was great. He was really, really good yesterday. And, you know, you mentioned about the, the receiving the ball and just seeming like he's got more space. Like that is a mark of an excellent player. If you look like you've got more time on the ball than anybody else, that isn't by accident it's because you're reading the pitch reading the flow of the ball and predicting where it might be and then already turning into space I'm excited to see him with Solanke yeah because I feel like he it will take away Solanke will come and drop deep and hold on to the ball better so that there's runners past him and then suddenly there's just more happening in that kind of middle to last third of the pitch rather than it just being about creating some space, getting the ball to the wings and putting them spamming crosses in and seeing what happens.

38:58So I'm excited to see what he's like with Solanke when he's finally back. Or Mouane, if the leg is ever raised. Well, he's back training. He's been on the pitch for two days, just wasn't 100 % fit for the game. So after the international break, we will have him. You think maybe they'll put him in a, I don't know, a kids friendly or something because he's in the national break now and he's obviously not going to be picked for France and maybe you'll get to play I don't know against the kids kids friendly yeah like an under nine women's women's game or something just get him in there little friendly just you know smash eight goals in against a load of kids and you know kids this episode is brought to you by Google Health stop chasing someone else's definition of health what matters is what's healthy for you Google Health offers a new kind of coach built with Gemini for effortless tracking sleep insights and holistic coaching tailored to you visit googlestore.com to learn more and start a new relationship with your health.

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41:11And it's like, the wings are great right now, aren't they? It's like, you've got Porro and Kudu. It's like, their relationship's really good. And then you've got the other side as well. Odder Bear, you know, he's linking up with Adogui really well and Xavi's drifting over that side. And all we kind of need is that little midfield area to get some cohesion there. And then I think we're going to go. But I agree. You're right, Al. Solanke's massive. I think he'd be Solanke or Mouane. If one of them two can get fit and get clicking, then we're really going. Can I ask you a question, Flav? Because you're someone who puts more stock into things like XG than I do.

41:44There was a big discussion yesterday around this whole leads to XG and Spurs like 0.5 and people saying that we're getting away with stuff. Yeah. I can't look at that game and I can't imagine watching that game and coming away from it thinking, Leeds are unlucky there. But I'm asking you because you were watching it with three other people. No, but I know what you're saying. I mean, I do play some stock in XG, I do. I think it is it gives you an example of the type of... I'm just watching Chevy Simmons or Bono once again. It gives you an idea about how the quality of chance creation, really. But it doesn't...

42:32And typically, more or less, and there is always outliers, but where your XG lands, if you beat your opponent on XG, typically you win those games. That's the typical nature of it. But it's so broad that it's just something to talk about. It doesn't really tell you much. But I mean it more in the sense of, you know, was the feeling, because I didn't watch it with anyone else. I only know from our conversations in our group and our friendship group. But was there a feeling of, God, Leeds are unlucky there today, I suppose. I mean, like I say, the people I was with weren't even watching the game.

43:09I don't even know, again, what I was doing there. But I mean, I spoke to my dad afterwards to get a debrief from him because I was like, I couldn't really follow the game the way I wanted to. And he said, no, we're good for our win. And everyone I spoke to feels like we're good for a win. You've got to remember also is that the XG created by the goal that they scored might as well have been won. He was literally an open goal. It would be impossible to miss that. you know so the likelihood of someone scoring at that point meant that their xg just for that chance alone would have been like 0.9 right so maybe one in a or 0.99 one in 100 players might miss that um so that all really bumps it up so just that one chance like but so for example um the xg generated by uh what's his name brennan johnson's goals last year would have been through the roof but it doesn't tell you that he's an incredible finisher it just shows you where he's where he's arriving and where he's receiving and all the work that had to go in before the ball arrived to him so it's just something that's relatively interesting if you like it but it isn't it's not the be-all and end-all like you know Kudis's goal for example that was all about his industry his run and and as a professional footballer he's going to hit the target from that distance out all right took a deflection it's probably going in anyway so and and also Let's not really obsess about it because we want to see fucking goals from low XG.

44:39It's a shame that it happened to Chelsea, but Caicedo's go yesterday. That's what you want. That's what the game's been missing for fucking years since these wankers like Pep Guardiola come in and reduced everything to statistics and numbers and let's get this ball as close. Don't cross. No, no, we're going to pass it around until we can engineer a good opportunity to shoot a goal. Fine, do it. If that's how you want to win football matches. as fans we want to see fucking screamers from 30 yards that's what we want to see like so yeah fuck xg kudos is who we want to see as fans because i'll tell you what yeah like i he has some moments of frustration like there was one where he held on he managed to keep hold of that ball in the second and the first half on the right hand side um after being like fouled about three times four players around him he still managed to keep hold of it but you could just see in his mind it was like well I've done you once, fucking kick me will you, I'll come and do you again and he went and just kept going back and forth and I was like pass the fucking ball but that's what I want, I want just being able to just use his body strength, just get that little touch away and you're like suddenly he'll just emerge out of this cloud of four players and he's still got the ball and it's fucking brilliant, I love him, they think they've had their pants down we've had their pants down The best one, the best we've talked to that was, you've had our pants down to give us a blowjob.

46:04He's mustered. He's really good. So good. I think that was the thing about yesterday. I wanted to say that actually was, because again, I'm not moaning, but a lot of our goals this season have been corners and own goals. They said yesterday that own goal is our top scorer, isn't it, this season? Yeah, well, that's the other, just quickly on the XG thing is own goals count as zero. Yeah. So if you're not counting that as well, then they actually would have gone higher anyway. Sorry. No, that was just all I wanted to say. A lot of our goals this season have been kind of scrappy off corners and stuff like that.

46:34But obviously Bergweld's goal against West Ham was a beauty. But it was just really nice yesterday to win the game, win away from home, but to score a couple of ripping goals as well just made it even sweeter as well. And even tells. I know the deflection makes it look a little bit sexier, to be honest. It just pinged up in the air and goes over the keeper. It was just really nice to win a game with a couple of ripping goals. Do you want to see what Justin Cochran tweeted after the game? Oh, well, okay. He went, unbeaten in seven games, 14 points from seven Premier League games. A good start, lots to work on.

47:06But the mentality and character show gives you foundation to work from. The supporters were top today. The boys felt the support. I meet up with England next week. Lots to look forward to. that's the England shit yeah how about you just stay and coach the players he's giving me that energy that of that guy that's like I break my day down into hours so I've got 24 days in a day he gives me that sort of energy like he's on LinkedIn posting random fucking shit 24 days in a day yeah you know that guy I don't know you've not seen him on but the joke's on you Cal because over a year he's going to kick your ass yeah I see it yeah some fucking no neck cunt on Instagram look at me I break my day down into 24 days.

47:50But I think he summed it up quite nicely there. I'm so calm and content about Tottenham at the minute. It's a really nice place to be. I have the frustrations in the game, but I don't sit on Monday morning when I'm driving to work thinking, fuck you now, I won't do anything. You know, just on that moment,

48:12watching the game live, everyone has these moments where you just explode or you just feel so frustrated and any agendas that you have for certain players start to creep to the surface, don't they? Everybody knows. What are you laughing at? I'm still thinking about Spooky apologising to me.

48:36I think about it most days. Poor Spooky. I love Spooky. Sorry. It's your fault, Al. You upset him so much. Can you imagine what you was... You don't know what you did. I didn't do anything. This is the point. Can I just say, on the reaction stuff, if you watch anything to do, and I know they're content created, so it's mental, but you watch the reaction to Liverpool losing yesterday and the fact that they've lost three games on the track and the fact that Arna Slott is a pussy now and that Mo Salah's a ghost. All of this start and they've just won a Premier League title and every fan base does it so I know we all kind of have a go at each other and maybe have a go at ourselves sometimes for being some reactionary but it is the nature of this sport 100 % and if you're still like that three days after a game then you've got a problem yeah in my opinion alright let's do some do some questions from Twitter and then we'll wrap this up yeah but great goal great celebration loved loved loved the goal from Tel as well and like T mentioned it earlier is that while obviously there are criticisms of Tell and he's feeling it and Thomas Franklin talked about it and pushed him towards the away fans to get his flowers.

49:59I remember Son doing something similar with Brennan Johnson. They feel it, right? Which is good. You know, which means they're hearing. We're not just, there is a bridge between the players and the fans but it can go overboard and there's nothing that we can gain by generally by absolutely slating this kid who is obviously popular in the squad. Anyway, Sean Cray says, all I keep hearing is most Tottenham fans are unhappy. Most fans are losing patience with Frank. But most Tottenham fans I know are absolutely fine with how we're doing. Do the supposed disgruntled majority appear on your timelines?

50:36I haven't seen a huge majority of people unhappy. I haven't. I haven't either, no. My timeline is very... I just don't... I always mute Spurs Reddit although there's lots of cool shit that gets posted on there on Spurs Reddit but I always just find myself muting it because it's just a bit shit and I don't as I've said a couple of times before What the opinions? Yeah I just mute the whole sub to be honest I just mute the whole sub so I can't be bothered with all this I've never been on it I don't understand how Reddit works so maybe I don't I like I do like Coiz I think there are some mental stuff posted on there and it's fucking every day there's something about who it's on mate he's fucking gone he's not a player anymore he's gone go and post it on LAFC anyway um but but generally i i quite i quite like like going on there really it's more measured than twitter but the point here is sean is it twitter isn't real and isn't representative of the whole fan base or wider society it's a mental poisonous cesspit of a platform yeah and the more you spend on it the more you'll be frustrated plus there's algorithms that are at work constantly to give you stuff that you're lingering on, that you're engaging with, that you're replying to.

51:47And the algorithm doesn't go, this is winding Sean up. The algorithm goes, Sean's engaging, let's give him more of it. So, yeah. It feels like it, doesn't it? It feels like it does know. Sean's fault, basically. Yeah, it feels like it does. This is winding you up, isn't it? Watch this. Look at this. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, like it's evil. So just get off Twitter or stop replying or mute anything you disagree with. That's what I did. I created the world's best echo chamber for myself. Anytime someone says anything remotely, I disagree with Shemitah account and never see him again. Yeah. Yeah. No, Twitter's a scum.

52:23Craig Emanuel says, does Kudus get a stall placed behind the goal each game or does he just find a spare one? I legit was about to ask that question because when you were talking about this, because if you watch the monster cam, Tel grabs the stall and put it in it. So I'm like, if they put that, is that their stall? Yeah. is it they've definitely pre-planned it because Tell runs over first to get it away from you I know where it is yeah what he knows where he knew where the stall was wasn't he yeah they ran straight to the stall I don't know whether I like that what like preparing the celebrations a bit cringe but also although I do want it to be their stall I want it I want it to be I want them to be carrying it under their arm as they get off to the bus like I think I mean I don't don't they always plan the celebrations I don't know makes me feel a bit did you not like it when Madison and Son do you remember when we were not Madison Ericsson or Dele would do all the yeah but there was no props in that no that was the sappiest thing we've ever seen at Tottenham I was full in Dele at that point so I didn't care I loved anything that boy did I loved you can't say you can't say that they sat on a stool was a bit cringe yeah props I've always had a problem with props and celebrations I would imagine they were just requesting a club but you know what it is he's got an actual stall that's from Ghana that's carved in wood.

53:44Yeah, I appreciate that. You can't have that there. Just imagine getting off the plastic. He's got his Beats headphones on, his little Louie wash bag and this plastic stall. Little plastic stall. They must have got it from somewhere because I doubt they took it with them because that would be too much. But they must have just found a stall in the road somewhere and just took it. They were not happy. This is what Craig says. He says, surely there isn't always a spare one. Has someone been carrying this stool to every game for the last two months on the off-chancey backs? Great question, Craig. Britt Cardi-Bree says, the Lewis family put their money where their mouth is in January.

54:28Who do we buy first and in what position? Semenyo, Semenyo, Semenyo, Semenyo, Semenyo. Yeah, he's just unbelievable. In every position. He is fucking incredible. him and Wharton are the two just absolute standout incredible players which I still think there is a chance that they might want to come to Tottenham can I say something to you so we've turned down this 4.5 billion pound bid for Enoch they're ready to back the club in the way that we hadn't been back with Daniel Levy I don't think we can spend 200 million pound even if we had the cash in January because of PSR rules. But if we could, and they just went to Palace and went 100 million, Adam Morton, we'll have him, thank you.

55:18And 100 million on Semenyo, thank you, we'll have him. That's the kind of club you want. That's what we're talking about. It will never happen, but that energy behind that kind of transfer, that's what we need. Yeah, I couldn't agree more. I just think we could win the league if that happens. If we get taken over by the right people and there's money to be spent, then we've got just as much chance as anyone because of the room and where the club is now. The argument has always been, well, will that ever happen? But I mean... It will happen. I mean, I was gutted about the DJ not getting it because when he was firing out like 1.2 billies everywhere, Ricky and I were the most excited we've ever been.

56:03in like talking about billies yeah so the the cost of the club would have been 3.3 billion and there'd be 1.2 billion pound allocated to spend not just in like on everything right but and these guys had no like they weren't like bad guys these are baddies like these are these aren't meanies like these are these are just you know tech bros yeah yeah crypto guys um i i um it's funny that because i've got a mate who'd be listening to this alex and he knows about crypto he writes articles about crypto you're heavily invested in it right um and i said well are there people out there because four point i know people i know people have made hundreds of millions on bitcoin 4.5 billion feels like a lot for cryptocurrency as someone who doesn't really understand it all and he was like mate that's literally a drop in the ocean there's people so wealthy from from bitcoin and other things who got in early adopters and and then this is like chump change for them and if there's 10 of them putting money in it's nothing anyway so the guy brooklyn surname has escaped me dj yeah i don't think it's brooklyn dj i think he's a serious businessman all right but he's took a profile he's in a uh like a baseball cap with glasses and he's doing like thumbs up which anyway he's tweeting and i've tweeted him and said mate can come on the podcast let's talk about this because he's being and he's like 100 when the 2.7 is done which is apparently when the declaration of the bid or the pulling out of the bid or something, it's like a final formal piece where information gathering has been done.

57:38I'll talk after that, which I didn't really, I wasn't sure about what that meant because I thought it'd been rejected out of hand. Anyway, there was lots of nonsense, wasn't there, coming out about him. It was like an unsolicited bid in the press and he's just come back with receipts and was like no it wasn't here's here's documentation this is the tour we did around the stadium this is these pictures from meeting rooms where we were he just had the evidence that they'd been talking to the club for a while um anyway he i tweeted him said would you come on the pod and he's like yeah after that i definitely would and i'm like that i mean that would be sensational could you imagine how interesting that would be and now he's deleted his account or he's lots of his account deleted all his tweets.

58:19So I don't think it is happening, ladies and gents. I just think he did a stadium tour like everybody else and then knocked up a document on Word. Oh, look what I did. It's all made up. Nah. I hope he's not listening to this, Cal. Oh, sorry, Brooklyn. I would still like to interview him. So Brooklyn, the offer is opening if you are listening. Cheers, Cal. I won't be on. Don't worry, Brooklyn. I won't be on. I'll be barred for that one. Yeah, Cal will not be there. It'll be on the lab anyway. Okay, what else we've got? One final thing. Anything else here? The Hunmin Theory says, what's your starting 11 once all the players are back?

59:03Defence is the same. Midfield is Paulinha. Is Madison? Is... Is... Sarr? Madison over Xavi? Yeah. Or Madison in the 8th. No. Xavi on the left, Madison in the 10th. Really? Yeah. Fuck off.

59:27Xavi 10, Madison on the bench. I don't think... I've kind of forgotten all about Madison because it's a bad injury. And we're asking that of where he is in his career. He said if everyone's fit, that's what he said. It's going to take a year. Yeah. I was defence would be the same yeah Udogi I'm assuming what we mean instead of Spence on the left back and then I'd have Paulina I'd like to see Bergvaule still Paulina and Bergvaule with Simmons Kudus Solanke oh fuck I can't believe I'm going to say it but yeah I still I think I'd go for Tell over Odebert. Fuck off. You want to see Tell, I think Tell's best position is on that left wing.

1:00:18Yeah, yeah, he's not a striker. I think we'll prove it. But the answer is definitely Madison centrally and Simmons on the left. That is the answer. I suppose, yeah, if... It's got to be your answer if you feel so strongly about Tell. Relax. Sorry. In a magical world where you wave a magic wand and Madison is the player he was, right? Because I love Madison. I thought he should have won Player of the Year last year for us. I thought he was our best player overall over the season. So I'm not digging him out. But if you wave a magic wand, yes, he plays 10. And I get it. Yes, you probably would play Simmons on the left because it's just about getting as many of the best players in as possible.

1:00:55Tell is not a left winger by any means at all. He's a championship nine. And he's a nine. That's what he is. I think if we see minutes from him in that nine position, that's absolutely fine. But I think Madsen isn't going to be that player for another year at least. I forgot about Kulisiewski as well. It's Odderbeer on the left, I think. Until we get someone better. Can Deky play on the left? No, no. He's a right winger. He's going to be the perfect replacement for Kudus, I think, actually. Because he's got that strength. To replace it? You mean like when they rotate? To take minutes from him, yeah.

1:01:30I think he's going to be perfect. I don't think he's central. I've never... I don't... It's hard to find a standout game where Kulisiewski's been great in the middle. He's a great footballer. I think he's really good. Think about games in the middle where he's played in the middle where you think, fuck me, that was a great game. First season under Postacoglu, there are some examples, but yeah, I agree. I mean, we're sort of convinced by it because he keeps saying it, but perhaps a performance. You're probably right, it is Madison. It probably is Madison on the left, but I'd worry about Madison and Simmons that close together, if that makes sense.

1:02:09I'd worry about the middle of the part and going backwards, but yeah. I think the next step is 100 % going to be a left winger and a number nine. Yeah, 100%. Number nine is a standout, isn't it? Mourani, I still think, because we've just not got to see anything yet. He had 15 minutes and then he got a dead leg and we haven't seen him since, but he got one and two at Juve. He's a good player. There's a good player in there and he's definitely a number nine. Yeah, we don't know what we've got yet. Yeah, that's it with him. if he comes into the team starts playing number nine and gets some goals I've got a feeling he's going to be fucking unbelievable I just think the Premier League is perfect for him particularly this Premier League this season I think it's perfect for if you're ever in doubt just go back and watch that Frankfurt compilation it gets me so hard every time I must have watched it about five times in the last week since he signed even the Juve one you know there was last 19 shops compilations.

1:03:08His last 19, he scored every one in two and he was scoring them left foot, right foot, loads of headers. I was just like, he's going to be perfect for the Premier League. I think he's going to do well, but we haven't seen it yet. Sorry for that. That's it. That's it. That'll do. Thank you very much for giving up your time on a Sunday morning, boys. You're welcome. Let's go and roast dinner. We had a roast dinner chat last. What are you saying? Well, I'm the same as you, isn't it? So I cook, you know, I go the same route, my little veggie one. Yeah, but do you corn roast? I do enjoy a corn roast.

1:03:45It's all right, isn't it? It is all right. It's not really bad. Yeah, it's okay, but I also make quite a nice little, you know, nut roast myself. Okay. But so how religious are you about it? So you're having gravy from the chicken? No, no, no, I don't do that. No, I make my gravy. That's so good, mate. It's really good. It's so much better than Bisto. So, well, I make, yeah, I use it from the, just the juice from the apple, from the apples, from the vegetables and stuff. I can make my own gravy without red wine and stuff. It's enough. Cal, you having a roast? I'm a man of leisure. I'm on my own.

1:04:16So, what are you going to do? Pot noodle, probably. Look at him. He's just such a fucking slob. Hot dog. Honestly. That was my greatest, my greatest, I think my greatest ever interaction with Cal ever in my life is, he went, I'm just, I'll be with you in a minute. I'm just having some lunch. And I went, what, what, what are you eating at lunch out of curiosity? And he just posts a picture of a fucking hot dog. That was his lunch. A fucking hot dog. And then one's out of a jar. Yeah. Tinned potatoes. Oh, I lived. That was in lockdown, wasn't it? And me and you was probably recording three podcasts a day.

1:04:52Like wrestling, boxing, doing anything, anything, just to talk, just have someone to talk to. Cause it was lockdown. And yeah, I was like, I ate like a pig. lunch and there's just this little white plate a hot dog with some ketchup on it and a bun and I was like that's what you're what are you six that's your lunch it's good isn't it why don't you download Battlefield if you've got nothing to do might do Battlefield I do need it is that a gay place I've nearly finished Hogwarts Legacy now so I need we play Battlefield 2042 so do you fancy that alright I get that yeah but I've got to go because the race starts in a minute love you all what race F1 Singapore just get on my set it's the flame it's the flame cock it's the flame it's the flame cock a cab it's the flame It's a fight.

1:06:03Cook. It's a fight. It's a fight. Cook. The Cargo Chutland.