Emmanuel Petit On Losing His World Cup Medal, Scholes & Butt Eat BUGS! & England-France Combined XI!

27:11Well, there you go. So what is it? It's got fish skin in it. Salmon. Fish skin. No, there's no skin. Bit of cucumber. It's actually a healthy dish. What's the thing around it there? Rice. Rice. No, I mean like the black thing. It's seaweed. Oh, right. You don't taste it. These are sesames around there. Have a little drop of your wasabi there. What do you mean on this?

27:32Nicky:Because it's going to be good. Is it not very nice? No, it's nice. It's nice enough. Stop moving away. Just get it in. Get yours. Oh, for fuck's sake. Oh, my God. How hot is that? That's disgusting. Oh. Oh. I want to taste that all day. That is fucking vile. It's a bit warm, isn't it? What is it? Chilis or something? No, what is wasabi? It's a pea, isn't it? A wasabi? Have I got that wrong? It's a root, the grate the root don't it My mushy peas don't taste like I'm telling you something now You think I really struck Oh it's a lot of mine Get it in, come on Get it in, come on In one From Bolton man That's scurrying me a bit that Fuck's sake, that's vile It's one of them things you taste all day It's a peckish actually

28:32Sounds nice anyway Fucking nice

28:37Nicky:Strong. Okay. It's on my tongue, that. Something knows in a minute. Oh! Oh, it's coming up now.

28:48Does anybody actually like it? Fucking hell.

28:50Nicky:I like it. Why? It's just nice, spicy. Fucking awful. Well done. Need some more water, please. Fucking hell. That is vile. I don't know how you've done that. I just don't spoon like that. You don't have your nose, ain't it? It's like pepper or something down your nose, isn't it? It's not good. Who eats that for fun? Not a lot. You put a lot on yours there. Well, I mean, if it's up to me, I think we've got a winner between Japan and Mexico and it amazes me. I'm thinking, judging off reactions, you're probably going to go with a, we're not crickets, a grasshoppers. I've lost, the wasabi's done me, crickets.

29:28Crickets.

29:29Nicky:Crickets, yeah. Would you say the crickets have won? Yeah, for me, yeah. Not for me, I love a bit of sushi, so I'll go sushi although I'd actually go and order sushi but I wouldn't really order crickets even though it didn't taste nothing offended well I can't even go near them crickets so I did eat that it was very very warm but I'm going to go 2-1 sushi's won that one right so we've been around the world I want to say we've enjoyed it I'm not sure we have so to wash it down I've got you a couple of good old British vegan sausage rolls see I don't get why did we have to have vegan I don't know I don't know I don't know why they've gone vegan why haven't we just There's a Greggs around my corner.

30:03That looks like a Greggs to me, that.

30:06Nicky:No, no. No. Cold, is it? No, it's like roller coales. It's fake meat, isn't it? I like that. You like it? Oh, you like it. Has it settled the palate? I don't like that. I like that. Just pretend it's a normal one. Let's have a little bite. I'm breaking it off. I'm straight in, lads, are you? I don't think I taste anything like a normal sausage roll. Nice, that. Because none of it being warm. I tell you what You can't eat There's nothing wrong with that Nicky You can't eat cold sausage rolls as well You've got to be warm I'd do the full one of them That's lovely I wouldn't know that would be them No I wouldn't No idea Right Now As we know Fake sausage roll that isn't it I'm all over that I like that You've been too warm So next time you go to a sausage roll To our friends around the corner Yeah Would you be ordering that Or a normal one Would you be ordering one of them Or do you order a normal one Or a normal one What I'm saying is What I'm saying is Yeah, but whatever they gave us, I wouldn't know.

31:03Nicky:Well, why don't the next time you go order that? Because that's better for you than normal meat. Well, I've not been out and bought these, believe it or not. See, he's a lot over here. Half of them are from London, so you know what they're like. Let's get them a vegan one. No, but I'm saying, if you went there next time, would you say, I'll have a vegan one or a normal one? Always go normal. Well, that's what I'm saying. No, but what I'm saying is I was surprised because sometimes you can have some vegan and it's horrific, but they're actually all right. So what is vegan? And what's in that? Is it like plants or something?

31:31I think it's mashed up dandelions and a couple of fucking nettle leaves. A couple of these, I think. Now, as we know, you always follow a savoury with a dessert. I've got you a chocolate apiece, lads. This is, we've got an American here. It's not a normal chocolate. Carolina. They're from these. I mean, they're hot. Carolina. I think they've got the Carolina Reaper going through them or something. He's gone straight in, this, lad. Fucking hell. oh that's the first bin one we've had have you had a go scolsy scolsy I put my tongue in it get it based off mum what's up with you

32:07oh it's my reaction oh fuck yeah oh for fuck's sake is that hot well yeah they look so fucking appetising no because you probably think we're exaggerating you've got to try out I don't eat hot stuff but fucking hell.

32:30Imagine Emmanuel Petit waltzing now.

32:33Nicky:I swear, I'm not exaggerating. Look how much I had as well. You've only took a nibble of them. You've got to have a nibble of one of them. Paddy, try one of them. You've got to, but it's getting worse. Why? You've probably been kind of exaggerating. You've got to try one of them. I'm going to have a fresh one. Just have a full one. Go on, Paddy. Have a full one? You took that much off edge and you... Right. He's still going here. I think we might get him A &E. It's getting worse or... No! Oh, God. I don't know if I can do it, lads. Just bite it. I know. You may as well not do it. That's crap, that Paddy.

33:05Nicky:You may as well not do it. Lads, I can't do spice. I keep selling... I can't, but I've just done that. Fucking hell! I don't even can see that. Right, I have...

33:19Nicky:His eyes are watering. Fucking hell, I've literally just took... I wouldn't even see it's a bite. I'm just the skin of it. Why do people eat them? Why? Oh, God. Oh, God. Fucking hell. So, that was England versus USA. I think I know who's won that one. Not really a vegan guy, but I'd set the vegans to roll over them crazy chocolates all day. And also, as well, for all our subscribers, there's always one mate who thinks they can do hot stuff. You go to an Indian restaurant, I'll have a Vindaloo, I'll have a Fahl. Try one of them on them. A full Carolina Reaper chocolate button. Horrific. If you know anyone who can eat them, send us a video.

34:06We'll whack it on the channel. Right, so... And if I go straight to the final, I think we're going to give it to the vegan sausage roll, aren't we, lads? All right.

34:20I literally took a scrape of that chocolate off. I can hardly see a little tip in my bloody tongue. That's how much I like that, look. Jesus, how are you still with us? Is that what you'd bit off? Look at the size of that piece.

34:34Nicky:I'm going to take some of them home for the kids. Just say, do you want a chocolate? I'll leave them on the side. They nick all your nice sweets. We did that with a lad, one of our mates. He's just one of them. You leave a bit of chocolate, he's eating it. And we got some laxative chocolates and put them in a bag of Kit Kats. Why don't we put them on the canteen desk out there? when they're having a brew. Yeah, free chocolates. Put free over it, people are eating, and then we'll sit there and watch everyone keel over. Well, that was Midnight Feast, Powered by Midnight. Built for now, not like the old school bookies.

35:02It's quick to use, simple to navigate, with no messing about. Remember, you've got to be 18 or older, and please gamble responsibly. The guys were talking a couple of podcasts back about Blancum and Barthes when they were at United. Yeah. having a cigarette yeah half to half half to half you know because obviously you know you're a World Cup winner you're a Premier League winner top of the game what a career you've had did you never you know because everyone talks about diet and everything do you think when you're having a cigarette you go should we be doing this lads yeah I remember straight after we won the World Cup against Brazil we were in the dressing room and the fresh president Mr Chirac came into the the dressing room to celebrate, you know, with the team.

35:55And we were in a separate room, the warm-up room, you know, with Fabien. And we were very quiet. We were having a great cigarette. We were not talking at all. And we could hear, you know, the noise, you know, from the dressing room. And we were so happy to be there just together, not talking at all and thinking about what just happened. And I remember, I have another story of Southend Wenger. I'm pretty sure you won't remember it, but I was a game away from home, and I think we won the game away from home, and I was waiting for my teammates, and I was hiding myself behind the bus, you know, just to make sure that nobody could see me, and I was enjoying my cigarettes.

36:47and all of a sudden I saw Arsene came with his eyes like this so he came to me straight said what are you doing I said look what am I doing he said you're smoking I said yes he said you can't do that I said why he said because you're a professional footballer and this doesn't fit you know with the image and I said Gaffer I'm going to ask you a simple question are you happy with me or not on the pitch? He said, that's not the question. This is the point. I'm an adult, you know? Yeah. So I know that the game is over. I'm still, you know, wearing the Arsenal suits. But nobody sees me except you. Yeah.

37:31Nicky:Yeah. I'll tell you a story about one minute. So me and Scolz was United from 11. So the manager knew us from boys. So we'd be in the changing rooms and we'd be like, not drinking your hydration. And the manager would go, drink your hydration, drink your hydration, like going mad at us because he knew us from boys. and we're getting told off for not drinking water. In the toilets, Fabien and Lauren, like this. And we're saying to the manager, Gaffer, we're not, they're smoking there, what do you think? I don't care, they're French, they wouldn't have walked up. They're French, you drink your water.

38:04I would say that, around Europe, when you go to play Champions League, the Italian team, you just see the Italian players all smoking. Yeah. If English players did that. Oh, you'd be dead. Oh, you'd get killed. It's Latin, you know. Yeah. It's the culture, you know, except here in England because the booze can't, you know, I see so many weird things, you know, here in England about the booze.

38:26Nicky:Yeah. I know Lauren and Fabian were unbelievable for us when they come to Man United, they were great lads, weren't they? They didn't speak much English, but just good, really good lads. But what they don't understand is Manu saying the way we drink. Not me, us three, but the way the English drink. I remember seeing Rude Hollett at a golf do, fully enough. he said a word at night in Manchester in San Carlo and he went to the pub next door Mulligan's you people are crazy I always remember Dennis Wise saying when Zola joined Chelsea because there was like a big drinking culture yeah yeah doesn't drink at all but they said they used to look at him and that's what brought you know the changing where a lot of people you know what lads let's knock the beer on the head and they were looking what he was eating and everything else but you know you're going back to that you were talking about Ronaldo before about professionalism when Eric Cantona come to the club we was only 16 17 he changed training completely it was like just full-on Eric yeah train every morning every afternoon in the gym he was like complete professional you go there you train you go home but then we see him he go on the pitch 15 24 doing all his individual work train with the team then after they do individual work and then gym professional but then would like would like to go out for a drink and a good time and fun that's what ours and I to change you know the tradition you know but there's a lot of big breakfast before the training session in the morning chocolate bars you know before the game things like this what baking sandwiches before training you would have had Dr.

40:03Nicky:Ruggier we had him with England you remember him England we had him with England for a couple of days We had him in England in 1998. Yeah, a really nice guy. Yeah, nice man. Just as we were talking about the World Cup, I've got to ask you, just as a fan, you know, you're in the dressing room, you're 2-0 up and it's a World Cup final. What said, like, you know, what does the manager say to you? How were you feeling at that moment? Yeah. For the first time I saw Aimé Jacquet, our manager, he became, not crazy, but we shout at ourselves because we are very exciting. That was probably the first time I saw my teammates really exciting at the halftime.

40:48Usually we used to come back in a dressing room, silence, recover, legs up, you know, water seems like this, you know, but no talk at all. But it was, they were very exciting. All of a sudden, Amy smashed the table like this and said, shut up! We are just at the hard time. We have not won anything at all yet. So you have to concentrate because they're going to come back stronger on the pitch with the feeling of revenge. So we had to be very careful. So that was the first time, but you can imagine the excitement surrounding the dressing room. Yeah, so he just had to try and calm his down a little bit.

41:32yeah yeah that was the final where ronaldo brazilian ronaldo had like a lot of problems through the day we heard many things you know and um in in our team we had so many players in italy you know and they were connected you know during the competition so we heard things you know we read something in the newspapers on the radio things like this and we tried to make some phone calls to understand exactly because you know better than me that sometimes there is a world war you know before big games you know try to distract you know yeah do you

42:08Nicky:know from an outsider looking at your team then your team looked to me that you was all good friends and good connection and i imagine you're right you all speak together now still on the phone yeah england was never like that do you know if you look at the the players that we had we had scozy gerrard that was my question all the top players really good like What are you thinking? Do you like to live with Coach United and Chelsea lads all in their own little groups? Yeah, but I think because with England, for me, I'm only speaking about for myself, the biggest thing for me was Man United. And I know it was for Sol at Arsenal, it was for Stevie Gerrard at Liverpool and us at United.

42:43Nicky:There was eight of us sat there having breakfast together and then there were two or three sat there. It wasn't a thing that we did naturally. Sorry, on purpose. It just came natural. I go to breakfast, I'd sit next to my friend from when I was eight years of age so I think when looking at the France team they look like a real, real team do you think that the identity of clubs is more important than the national team? I think because the Premier League was then I think the Premier League was a lot still or not? I think Gareth Southgate changed it I still don't get it you know the question no? why were we so bad?

43:20I mean look at the players you had you know back in the days some of the greatest you know in English history I don't know I don't know if we were though because people talk say we had a good team but you had great players yeah but so did you probably better than us Spain had great players probably better than us Italy had great players camaraderie oh they definitely had better team spirit yeah

43:45Nicky:the rivalry was too much for us if you look at if you look at the Premier League when we was there when we was playing and we'd go one morning to like I said before there was eight Man United lads in that squad so for me that's too many because then straight away the eight stay together and you then start going like that and there's three or four there there's eight here, there's Arsenal boys there I never felt and again it wasn't a purpose thing because I was Sol, one of my best mates we played when I was 14 together Robbie Fowler, friends from England at school boys on the way up I liked all the boys but we just had never had that togetherness and I do think the managers were at fault with that because what they should have done was said right we got us all together get the more bigger player and say well we need some unity because we're not going to win nothing together if you don't get it sorted out but I also think back then the Premier League and it was such a rivalry like Arsenal was the best team I've played against ever like you play against Manuel and Patrick they could outrun you out fight you out play you they were a phenomenal team I mean you talk about Zidane or Ronaldo they're the best individuals but the best team the best partnership him and Patrick Martin Keown Tony Adams it was phenomenal so it was such a rivalry in the league that we was always very much and we was brought up like this we was brought up but funnily enough though we always got on well with our Arsenal players the English Arsenal players Tony Adams when I first got into the squad Tony Adams was brilliant Ian Wright but we got brought up with a mentality from Ferguson that we are it's like we hated everyone we ate everybody it's it's an island we are everybody's against us the referees against us Arsene Wenger's against us he's against us we are an island no one gets on this island and it got into your mind didn't it?

45:35Nicky:you worked! yeah for the national team yeah and that was that's a big thing I noticed I recognized with the French team I always thought is weird and it's a it was a bad thing for us to think like this but it's always brought up I always think why are you talking to them but not we're not we're not playing against them but then you see the French lads all going like this at Arsenal Man United we'd walk it away like that yeah it's wrong it's so wrong it's funny what you say because it's it happened you know during the final against Brazil yeah especially in the second half we saw so many Brazilian guys you know they were shouting like themselves you know fighting you know some insults sometimes you know and it and we knew that our targets one of the priorities are done into this game was uh try to upset them the most and they will become individual on the beach not a team anymore yeah and this is exactly what happened in the summer how did sorry because about the patrick vieira partnership how did that happen because as nicky said patrick yeah yeah because obviously come together, you were unbelievable.

46:43When I think of the great Arsenal team, I think a lot of people will think Adams, Keown, Thierry Henry and Robert Perez. I always think Vieira Petit. It was brilliant. It's funny because I spoke so many times with Patrick and every time we had to play against Manchester United, people used to talk about the battle, the rivality between Ro Keane and Patrick. But we were agree on one thing. There were so many great players back in the days at Manchester United, but there were two players in particular that we had to keep an eye on them all the time, just like the milk on the fire, you know?

47:33Nicky:That's a good saying. Because that was you and Giggs. thank you because Norm I always say that you are probably one of the toughest midfield players to play against because you used to do you were able to do anything you wanted on the pitch you can be tough you know winning the ball you can you have the vision you can make decisions by yourself you're a great passer great movement great technical skills well I've got him right there He just wanted to kick you on the pitch, you know? Do you know what though? It's the same when you played against Arsenal. I always thought there was a team that was very similar to us.

48:20Because they could win games in all different ways. They could be tough, they could be physical, they could win a scrappy 1-0. And they can play absolutely brilliant football. Patrick, you start flicking it over your head and stuff. Manny with his left foot, great left foot. It was just so hard to play against.

48:37Nicky:Do you know when you pick football teams, I know we're going to talk about the England against the French, but if you look at Arsenal in their heyday and Man United in their heyday, there's an argument. So you could argue every single one. Who's the best? Siemens, Michael. You could argue that. Who's the best? Patisse, goals, Keane. You could argue it all. Everyone's an argument. There's not many eras where you go like for like in a team. And that was one era where you could not really pick one out of each two you'd say both teams were team men if you know what I mean you see where he walked in the presence the sign yeah I always remember that score I remember Arsenal team they were like oh fucking massive and you sit there in the tunnel you go you can see that when you see you line up against each other you're like oh dear you've got me in Scalzi like I just think that it was like I always judge a football team that you could and we were brought up so what we were proud of in our team was if you wanted to outplay Arsenal they would outplay you you want to outfight them they would outfight you you want to outrun you they would outrun you any way you want to put a football game on a pitch they could beat you it's amazing as well the best partnerships I don't know if Manning might tell you something different you don't really work on it it just seems to come together so was that the same with you and Patrick?

49:59well Patrick you know he started his career at Cannes south of france and i was midfield player but he used to play often as a central defender when i was raised in monaco so it was very very close both cities and i used to play we used to play against each other and i remember him you know because i thought who's the tall guy behind so powerful you know he's played with such maturity you know intelligent and then he went to milan and then he signed for arsenal and i remember because when i signed for arsenal i make a radio show you know and it was we are on live and he spoke to me and he said i'm so exciting to play with you but i couldn't imagine uh the relationship we we we will have you know on the pitch and um like a piece of coin he was tall i was smaller than him i was left footed he was right footed i used to play long ball division he likes to run with the ball and I think we were very perfect like yin and yang

51:09Nicky:perfect lads just stop the podcast this is the great thing about us doing this during the World Cup breaking news Manchester United will be filming the upcoming season for Amazon Prime all or nothing and it will be released next year so that means you're going to be filming all the way through this season doesn't it and come on TV next year is that extra pressure Sean Carrick that as well yeah probably but do you know what for a fan they are brilliant to watch I watched the Arsenal one City did one not for the player like the player and the manager probably won't like it but for fans watching it but yeah City did it as well it's amazing watching people like Arteta what he's like and it was you learn a lot of stuff we did it during the World Cup in 1998 it was very famous afterwards I've not seen that is that on the line can you see that it's core les bleus dans les yeux that means les bleus yeah into your the eyes oh we actually do something at Salford which is slightly different level than the world we do we have a YouTube channel that's interview players interview managers all the time they're in the dressing room you don't see that in any club Joe it is what the fans want nowadays whoever the manager or the players I would not like it but the fans want so much as a player I can't think of anything worse Who edits your Salford one?

52:31Just the people who do it. Because there's got to be things that I said sometimes, you go, can't put that out there. Oh, yeah, of course there is. It's always looked at. The manager has to clear it, because there's stuff at half-time, you're bollocking people or whatever. I've only seen bits of the City and the Arsenal one. It's brilliant. Is it a real fly on the wall? You get to see loads of stuff where you go, wow, I can't believe they let them see that. Some of the stuff I tattered in, I thought was brilliant. Do you know what, though? It doesn't really... Everyone films everything anyway, you see team talks people are filming it with the phone anyway for the apps and everything I can't wait to get a camera into the shower room yeah get a little bit so hard get a little bit so hard in there that's not going to be on Amazon Prime he's got three days tripod oh that's why he's so good extra foot Let's talk about France The Tips is one of the favourites For this World Cup How are you feeling yourself?

53:37Confident But not that confident I think we are one of the favourites Obviously For many reasons But I think we I think we are not the best team We probably have some Really good individuals among the best actually in the World Cup but collectively I think we have weakness I would say the fullbacks for example are good but not that good I think in midfield as well Koundé isn't really a fullback we have Malagusto and Koundé and we have Dean and Hernandez left back and Anandes for them. Yeah, and in midfield too because we change statically, you know. Didier Lechon used to play with a 4-3-3 and now we are playing with a 4-2-3-1 and the biggest guns are up front, you know.

54:43We have so many options and it's ridiculous the talent we have up front. So what don't you like, don't you like in the midfield? Tchoumene and Rabiot? If we play against a talented team, you know, collectively that can control the ball, you know, the rhythm of the game, you know, just like Spain, for example, or Portugal, that kind of team, even England. I was going to say, what team worries you then? Yeah, so that could be something dangerous for us because in transition, I think we can be hurt, you know. This episode is brought to you by Google Chrome. You think you know a browser, but Gemini and Chrome, that's new.

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56:45This episode of The Good, The Bad and The Football is brought to you by TV Licensing. And chaps, I've got to ask, when the World Cup's on, do you like to have a get-together round at the house or do you go to a mate's house? There's always one house everyone congregates at to watch the game. When I go to my mate's house, I just watch the England game. Does your mate do the sort of opens up the patio doors and you sort of spill out into the garden? French doors. Oh, very fancy. load of beer load of pizzas what pizza do you go for?

57:14Nicky:I get an Hawaiian pizza I love an Hawaiian with pepperoni on and why have I never done that? seems so obvious now I want to ask you about your rules for having a World Cup party are you happy with everyone talking and up on the feet? I couldn't have people at my house watching the football it would do me I didn't I like to watch it and even going to a pub I don't really like watching football no you don't watch it do right got some quick fire questions for you Shoes on or off in the house? Off Correct Coasters With my wooden table Yeah of course You just get stained I'm a coaster man Yeah Not really Renieros just rings everywhere On every bit of wood What's the most annoying thing When you're watching The game with other people You say you don't like Watching it in the pub When you're stood next to someone Who has no idea about football What they want to tell The professional footballers What to do And you go Oh Why are you just running here And you're looking at them going Honestly mate You couldn't run from here To the corner shop So just sit down, drink your drink and zip it.

58:10Nicky:Because I wouldn't be telling someone how to change a boiler if they didn't know how to change a boiler. Very angry about that. That's happened to him, that on it. No, when you go to a pub, seriously, I'm obviously exaggerating, joking, but it's the only profession in the world where everyone's very good at it. Yeah. I think football's around sports that pretty much everyone's had a go at it. Everyone's played it at school. As opposed to all sports. And everyone's, if it weren't for me injury, I could have made it. And if it weren't for this, I'm looking at him thinking, you're 35 stone, mate.

58:39Nicky:You're telling this young lad who trains every day where to run. And he's sat there like that going, just run up and down here. He's thinking, if you ran to that door, you'd be about to attack, so just zip it. Well, there we go. Remember, if you're as excited as we had to watch the World Cup this summer, you can watch it live on ITV, the BBC, or BBC iPlayer. You're definitely going to need a TV licence. A TV licence covers you to watch over 400 TV channels. Plus all the live sport on streaming services. Plus everything on BBC iPlayer. To find out more go to tvl.co.uk forward slash pod. This episode is brought to you by Expedia and Las Vegas.

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59:57we're doing a combined 11 I'm going to give you a couple of names and it's up to you three to discuss who gets in the team and you've got to forgive my pronunciations here I'm going to help you you'll do well to understand this even the English ones La Pantone La Pantone Pomme de la Frick that's what it is this is Pantalon Pantalon Pantalon I just said that Pantalon Pantalon No not Pan Pan Pan Pan Pan Pan Ta Ta Long Pan Ta Long Right There you go Pan Ta Long I went a million miles away You said Pantillion or something I said Pantillion Pantillion Pantillion Le Pantalon Do you want to look up at the sea?

1:00:48The Pants The Pants Right let's start with the goalkeeper Pickford Versus Maynan Mignon Mignon Mignon Mignon Mignon Mignon I love this because you get the we're always arguing about are we all choosing pronunciation yeah yeah Pickford Mignon for me it's Mignon Mignon right okay then who we having just Pickford for me

1:01:15Nicky:I don't think there's a lot in it yeah I'd say Pickford I'd go for only because he's played a lot he's English and he's English it's an island

1:01:29why were you picking no it's a manual yeah it's a manual right okay right back we've got Rhys James Jules Koundé James James James definitely James I fed James centre back Mark Gehi William Saliba Saliba Saliba yeah Saliba yeah okay John Stones down is it Upamecano

1:01:53Nicky:Upamecano Upamecano Fuck you Upamecano Are you translating it? For fuck's sake I think that's a difficult one Upamecano It is a difficult one You're right Both totally opposite players I love John Stones I love John Stones He's not been fair I'm going to go Upamecano Out and out defender Upamecano Upamecano Right okay Are you making note of these chaps yet? O 'Reilly Hernandez O 'Reilly O 'Reilly Definitely Yeah I think he's going to have a good World Cup You know Yeah I hope so I really do He impressed me a lot this season With the ball In control of the game He's very powerful I don't think he's very good defensively Scores goals as well Rice, Rabiot Rice Can we change those guys?

1:02:39Which one? Declan Rice? I would choose Declan Rice Rice and Tuamini With Adrian Rabiot Instead of Anderson and Tuamini Alright Okay then right okay so those two together do you two agree on that yeah Bellingham Cherky that's a tough one I love Cherky different players different players do you know what you know what Cherky is is exactly what England miss yeah just a brilliant stylish football he can win a game do you know what we left them players out of the squad you think of Phil Foden possibly a little bit like that Cole Palmer England have gone they feel like they've gone all strength and power sometimes in these big games you need someone with a brain inspiration inspiration somebody clever and that's Cherky Cherky is special will he start?

1:03:26he's special no he won't start he won't start the game will he? that's how good they are

1:03:31Nicky:Bellingham then I'll go Bellingham I'll go Bellingham only because I don't think Cherky will start I'm a huge fan of Cherky so I will say Cherky ok what are you saying? you've got the deciding he's got something special he has the different players or the different people they shouldn't be next to each they should be playing with each other he's unpredictable this guy he's still picked one I'll just go Bellingham because I think he'll score more goals but I think Czerk is a brilliant footballer because he's English too

1:04:08who's put these together fucking stupid honestly put them in the right positions at least this is a tough one Saka Alise Saka Elisa Elisa all day long it's not even close you're not sure I love Saka I love Saka but Saka Elisa is unbelievable Saka two years ago yeah did you see he's actually there Elisa

1:04:29Nicky:yeah it's phenomenal he could be a star he was unbelievable against the PSG in the first leg yeah for Bayern Elisa then all three of you yeah Rashford Dembele Dembele Dembele oh Paul's having a little think here No It is Dembele But I just I don't know where he plays Do you know what I mean Is he a centre-four Is he a wide player Look he's brilliant This is This is something different You know with the national team Because He's number 10 Yeah The guy up front Used to stay in their position Now I think Mbappe does that now For months now We've seen so many movements You know And Dembele can play striker and then all of a sudden he would be on the right flank it's the same with Mbappé he could be on the left and then all of a sudden he would be as a striker they change with the movement you know and he's a Ballon d 'Or but he always seems to come off in games as well he doesn't play 90 minutes a lot does he no but he scored important goals as well this season it's Dembele and the final one

1:05:41Kane Mbappé I want to hear you but first Mbappé He's my favourite player I think he's the best player in the world

1:05:49Nicky:You can't not go for Mbappe I mean especially what he did last World Cup Yeah Kane's phenomenal at what he does scores goals if I had to pick one I'd pick Mbappe Yeah it's hard to pick but I would say Mbappe Yeah He's always he responds always Big game player Big game is always there Yeah Hat-trick in the World Cup final How do you get an hat-trick in a World Cup final and not lift the cup Yeah Ridiculous Ridiculous that's like do you think that'll still sit with him that obviously losing a World Cup final he's going to it's going to sit with you but just scoring an athlete you can't enjoy it I think it'll give France extra motivation as well because it was so close last time that big chance was it Colomani Colomani yeah when he missed it yeah well the combined 11 France win 6-5 I can't see past France I know Manu will probably know him better aren't there but when I saw the front four do you know how do you think they'll go with it you know the heat and the altitude and stuff obviously english boys are a lot different but you think it will affect them a lot as well the heat yeah everything like that oh they'll be okay we've experienced that you know yeah and the weather condition can be very tough sometimes you know i remember the world cup in 2002 in asia it was so hot humid 80 humidity you know i remember you know straight after the game I lost seven not kilos but water you know it was very difficult you know I remember we played Nigeria in 2002 at the World Cup when you sprint you can feel you know your throat is burning we played Brazil in the quarter final we couldn't go outside to warm up warmed up we had to stay inside me and Scors ginger red hair I do think genetically that could be an advantage yeah 100 % Do you know what's interesting?

1:07:43Before I say this, I'm going to caveat this, but I've got to say it. I'm with three Premier League winners, three international footballers, and people are talking about the water breaks in the World Cup and you three have played in those temperatures, right? When I was in Turkey last week, me and the lads had a kickabout, right? I'm just saying. We played 10 minutes. I was fucked I was and I really brought it up and that's just some lads having a kickabout but what I'm saying is like you can't get your head around how difficult it is in those temperatures it's horrible but now we're talking we are talking about heat but Mexico yeah altitude yeah 7000 it's even worse yeah no the thing for me which is strange look at Germany 7-1 they played with the roof on in the stadium with Urcon now that's going to be an absolute pleasure

1:08:43Nicky:let me just translate Urcon Urcon Urcon Urcon Urcon Urcon he's played in England for donkey's years he's not played at bottom Urcon I do think it's an unfair advantage that it's got to be hasn't it because we've all played at certain temperatures yeah but both teams play in it no but what I'm saying is whoever's playing in a different atmosphere a different stadium in the same group it can't be fair not in a different group sorry I think it's the same for both teams no but I'm talking about the bigger picture so if you're going to score if you've got to get a point in the last game for example to get in that one of the third place positions there's eight isn't there so if you're in one of the third place positions and you're playing in Dallas or you're playing in Mexico for example and someone's playing an air conditioned stadium in Florida it's a lot of better chance I think conditions even if you have the roof on or off is going to be different in America and Canada it's so big yeah but they've still got the drinks breaks yeah they're still having them every game even if it's not yeah yeah that's what I mean you like it I don't well I don't it's not that I like it it's not that I like it it becomes I can see like probably health and safety wise it's probably necessary I don't like them stopping the game it's becoming like a basketball it's in quarters now not halves who was the team who scored against Caruso Caruso it was 1-1 it was 1-1 and then they stopped that game and it sort of ruined the floor but touching on that right if it's a water break they shouldn't come off to get instructions the manager should stay in the middle of the pitch and the water boy should go on with drinks that's a good show because it's becoming like basketball it's quarters not halves yeah they're coming off for five minutes yeah they're coming off at five minutes the minds are talking to five minutes and then get information leave me in the center circle and get two water boys going on the waters that I wonder how we dealt with this you know before yeah you just got on with it you know you need to get you know foul you know yeah you go and drink and that's it what's the point we all know that it's because of commercial reasons can I ask one more thing about France do you ever look at your medal where is it I know why you're asking you heard no no no just because we're very jealous of you because you've won the World Cup so I wanted to know what your medal is I lost it I wanted to bring you you lost it what come on guys did you piss me up so much I have no idea did they not I'm sorry I tried to find them because I moved so many times, you know, the last five, six years.

1:11:08Can they not make you a new one? When I think about that, I can't sleep anymore.

1:11:15Nicky:Tell FIFA, buddy. I feel so sad for you. I didn't know. I really didn't know. It happened, you know, because I forgot everything. Last December, you know, I did something, you know, it was a signing session on live, you know, pictures, things like this, you know, in Paris. And the guys, you know, who organized that at the end, they said, do you still have items, you know, shirts, things like this? I said, no, I gave everything to charity. What about medals or trophies, things like this? I said, yeah, I have the World Cup trophy, European trophy at home. He said, what? At home? I said, yes. You have no idea how much it costs, you know, on the market?

1:11:58I said, what do you mean? and he said, that could be probably between one and two million. I said, what? For your World Cup medal? Yeah, not just the trophy. So I look at him and say, are you serious? He said, yeah, yeah, yeah. The market has been huge now since 10, 15 years now. So I came back home, I took the trophy, and I went to the bank. Wow. Put it in a safe. And I wanted to do the same with the medal. So I came back home and I was looking for hours, you know, where are they? You know, I was becoming crazy. So I went to the removal stuff, you know. I tried to find everything, you know. When did you remember having it in your hand then?

1:12:48That was years, years and years. Premier League medals, League One medals, FA Cup, French Cup, things like this. Everything's gone. How many Premier Leagues did you win? Wow. Just one. All your medals? Fucking hell, that's sad. World Cup, European, everything. Someone, somewhere must. Mine in the bank. Yeah, mine in the bank. Maybe I will find them somewhere, you know. I hope so. In a box, something. I hope so. Me too. You don't have to work then. You can just sell your medals. But I think... You don't have to come here to Manchester.

1:13:21Nicky:I think FIFA should replace that. I do. Only because there's no way you can sell it without anybody knowing. someone's going to know if you sell it it's money's medal the only problem is because it's not the original one it might not be worth it but it doesn't matter because he's not going to sell it anyway so at least he's going to keep it no I'm not about the medal now your medal's the original what you get from the game yeah but you can't find that no that's what I'm saying the World Cup one you know it's big like this you know like gold I think that'd be worth more than 2 million I think you're going for but we have the you know the trophy personised the replica with our name you know is the date and you've lost that as well no no I've got it in the bank oh that's good oh good so so god that's mind blowing all the medals got someone somewhere must must know where that is hope one day they turn up in a bag somewhere in the attic or somewhere like that I hope so yeah yeah I hope so but you know and do you know what it'd be one of them that if say one of them made their way to like a little charity shop and you're in there and you picked it up you go oh it's obviously a fake put it back down and it'd be the real medal you know what I mean oh Emmanuel that's made me feel a little bit nauseous I am very sorry I didn't know no just like the shirt you know I had three shirts we all had three shirts you know for the walker final and I gave them straight away after the game my mother came did you not swap with a Brazilian player no no no why was this oh I got one two weeks ago two weeks ago from oh my god Brazilian I loved him when he was a player he used to play for Barcelona he won the World Cup in 1994 Romario Romario I did a podcast with him he was in Paris such a nice guy and he gave me his shirt I was like a kid in front of him amazing player what a player this fact about yourself Emmanuel has blown my mind And I have no recollection of this.

1:15:23Not the fact that he's won the World Cup. You just like this bit. The World Cup comes second to this, lads. Classic programme from back in the day in the UK, The Bill. You were in it. Yeah. How did that come about? Well, I'm not going to lie to you. I didn't know that it was very famous. It was kind of tradition during the Christmas time, you know, for family. And we got kind of the same show, you know, in France. But I tried to ask my teammates, the English ones, wow, you're going to be part of it. It's huge, you have no idea, it's very popular, so you have to do it. So I did it. It was an honor for me because I'm not an actor.

1:16:10I'm not Terry Cantona, you know. But I said, okay, I'll do it. So it's a small part, a really small part. it was in hospital I was with a flower I think a rose and then I say a couple of things we need to say were you playing yourself yeah but what else 1998 can I do anything but for your information after that they had to stop Bill it finished after that oh dear did you two ever get asked appear in any telly shows no don't think so What about you?

1:16:49Nicky:I got there, only because of where I'm from. It was filmed there. It was called Shameless. Remember Shameless? Of course he did. Of course he did. Is that your full family? Or just you? Just me, because that was actually filmed on the road. It was a very rough... Close to here, actually. Close to here. Did they ask you to be you, or were they doing it? They wanted me to drive through, and then someone shouted something at me. Yeah. And I was like, no, no chance. It's like... You should have done it. No, because when it was getting filmed, so the first year was really successful this series and the second year they went to a big nice fancy studio it was all night but the first year was just no chance you just don't go there so literally it was one of them ones where I just said no thanks it wasn't for me oh I'd have liked it what about you Paddy have you been on TV shut up there's never any respect in Chucky sure yeah it's only asking a nice question you know I feel as though I've got one up on you because I've been on the telly and I've played football so you know you could argue i'm a i'm a double threat guy i wouldn't i've done a bit of singing i'm a triple threat oh you won't go and you're a porn star right so at this part of the show and we've got you on as a guest so we're going to do this is the first time we've done this we're going to play a game called fan elite fortunes okay so we've surveyed our viewers with some of football's biggest questions and we want to see if you lot can guess the correct answers so this is what fans of the podcast, our subscribers said, you've got to guess which was the most popular answer which player that Tuchel left out of the World Cup was the biggest mistake Palmer, I think they might say Harry Maguire, but I don't agree with it, Palmer yeah I would say Maguire as well the answer is Harry Maguire 44.4 % second place Cole Palmer 14 % Morgan Gibbs White Phil Ford and finally Adam Wharton how far this is again this isn't your thoughts this is what you think the people have voted how far do you think England will go I reckon they said semi-final I reckon they say final quite a final Emmanuel's done it Quarter final 40.9 % Semis was 25 % Winning it 18 % Manager You'd most like to go for a pint with Current Current Current Premier League We've had a few with Michael They might not necessarily still be at the club But it'll be this season Just gone Pep No you've got to think What the fans are I'll have a drink with him That's what I'm thinking Alright I'll care then Jurgen Klopp He's not in the Premier League this year He didn't say that He just did Well actually or Well they've been in the Premier League this season Ah ok You'd like to go with them So it's going to be Pepin isn't it People are going to say They're going to say Pepin No when you see this one I think you'd think Oh no Right yeah Sean Dyche

1:20:08Edio Edio The answer is Sean Dyche second place Pep then Carrick Emery and Daniel Farr he's got a pub named after him outside the Burnley Ground is it the Lord Dyche or something is that what it's called something like that

1:20:26Nicky:it used to go in didn't it now finally the last couple of podcasts Emmanuel has been very controversial we've had this big debate on the best way to cook an egg okay Paul Scholes was steaming his egg Nicky Buck was boiling his firstly before I reveal the question and the answers how would you cook an egg there is a rule when you cook an egg the three minutes rules you don't know it is this for a boiled egg? three minutes, six minutes, nine minutes what's this for? soft, medium, hard so if you do a three minute soft boiled egg do you take it straight out and eat it or do you put it in ice water first?

1:21:10I put it in ice afterwards I'm glad we've got someone on from France a little bit of classes I love to cook I love to cook this is what I do for my kids they cook have you ever steamed an egg? no really it's disgusting oh well that's Paul Scholes I've got to say it was a very delicious egg wait a minute my egg won oh yeah? yeah it's boiled no no no it's steamed steamed boiled come on we've had this what was the best egg?

1:21:40Nicky:well man the question is wait for 60 minutes 60 seconds 60 minutes versus boiled one came out on top boiled all day long well we know all right yeah i agree yeah but it's tight one was 51.9 percent the other was 48.1 percent yeah the one that came out on top boiled that's quite obvious that's because people haven't heard of the machine that's why he brought the the steam machine in where you put the eggs on top in a hole like this out of the water and a little bit of water and then it doesn't don't touch the egg he steamed my I put mine into the water so you bought a machine for that yeah okay the machine speaks to him it speaks to him it goes your eggs are now steamed Paul no it doesn't say that's it that's it I went and bought one mine are the best thing ever oh yeah it's easy it's easy what's your signature dish if you want to impress someone someone's come round to your rice at food I'm very good making sauce you know sauce yeah oh we know sauce yeah i'm a northerner we have sauce on everything uh cheese sauce or meat sauce with pasta you know with wine and things like this i've got to say i was expecting a bit more than a bowl of sauce my daughters you know they are quite old now but every time they used to come home and they always ask me you know daddy daddy make some pasta please oh fantastic do you do a stilton cheese sauce yes oh i love that very nice have you had it what's wrong with you have you never had a stilton cheese on a stick on a stick on a stick on a stick on a stick on a stick a stilton cheese sauce is absolute and they do it at a doctor latte sauce we have actually understood Manu better than we've had a stick yeah absolutely no respect on this show where's my fucking things here they were like this as well on the pitch Emmanuel thank you very much for coming on thank you guys thank you brilliant part thank you that's all for this week's episode of the good the bad and the football powered by midnight the betting app that's built different we'll be back on Thursday at 6pm to react to England's opening game see you then

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