Player Ultimatums, Superstitions & Fantasy Football Standings

14:26Alan Shearer:What a finish. First time. What a finish. No messing. Men into the top corner, no chance. We were all watching it together with my lads, Leicester fans, obviously. And we just huddled and huddled and cried and everything. I mean, it was just such a beautiful moment. Unforgettable. The miracle, the miracle of our footballing lifetime. What's this one?

14:52Gary Lineker:Oh, boys, come on. I take you. Newcastle, Verne, Everton. Yes, Everton, Micah. Oh, my God. Talk us through the island, please. At the Gallagher end as well. I mean, I don't even know why I hit that shot. It just sort of... Because you're greedy. I just did it. And yeah, as soon as I hit it, I just knew where it was where it was going I think that was well yeah it was definitely my best goal I think so technique wise that is a great goal

15:26Alan Shearer:you can actually hear it at the net that's powerful

15:29Gary Lineker:definitely our best goal guys look at that it's like a you didn't put fade on it you didn't put bend on it but you didn't it was like a placed draw a little gentle draw yeah oh wow Yeah, I enjoyed that one, boys. Probably my best one. Loved it. Oh, the proper game. The best of last. Sergio Aguilar. Look at that. You've never seen anything like this before. Manchester City. Big Knicks. His first for the league title. Mancini saying, I can't swear. F you, F you, F you to all the players. 10 minutes before this moment everyone calls it the empty hand everybody not a chance it was full the sound the atmosphere was electric what a moment

16:25Alan Shearer:must have been incredible listening to that from the bench Michael I was closest to the fans so yes

16:35Gary Lineker:that probably is the most iconic moment in Premier League history isn't it definitely look at this though look at you know what's so good about this? Look, it looks like he's going to shoot early. It looks like he's going to shoot there. The extra touch. And then to go near post. What a goal. Oh, only Aguero could do that. If that fell to anyone else in a City team to take the shot first on, and that was the difference, Aguero. What a player.

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20:23Alan Shearer:Welcome back to the Rest is Football question and answer episode with Micah Richards, Alan Shearer and me, Gary Lineker. There's one here, Alan, for me and you. Actually, probably apply to Micah more than either of us two, but see what you think. For Gary and Alan, how do you bounce back after not scoring for five games in a row? You must have done that a lot, Micah.

20:50Alan Shearer:yeah that was as long as it got I used to do I mean I'd do stupid things you know when you're in a bad run rather than worry about not scoring not scoring not scoring I used to do I used to get my hair cut I used to get my hair cut as well not anymore

21:11Alan Shearer:I'm not going to get any bolly jokes because you can't do that anymore no no genuinely If I went more than maybe three games without a goal, I'd get a haircut. So if ever you saw me with long hair in my goal pictures, you'd know I was in a really good run of form because I would never get it cut if I was going well. You could say that's a superstitious thing, but I think what it is, it's shifting your mindset. So, right, I've done this now, fresh, here we go again. It's something different. I know it sounds bonkers and it doesn't make any difference at all, but just do something a little bit different not in terms of your finishing and all that sort of stuff I mean I never really worried on the pitch and it was often it was just one of those things the team weren't playing well or you'd have a bit of bad luck or you know and then you score a goal that might come off your arse and go in the corner and then you'd be on a goal scoring run again but yeah how did you deal with the odd bad run that you had?

22:09Gary Lineker:I don't know just lose hours of sleep at night that was it Did you? Did you? I've always sat up and thought, when's it going to happen? When's it going to change? But I never did anything dramatically different because I knew eventually they were going to come back. It was just a matter of when. I'm thinking the next game, is it going to be now? Come on, please. If it didn't happen that one, then it was back to that. Come on, went and practice finishing maybe a little bit more. But it was only really with England and in my early days at Southampton that it was prolonged. England was nearly two years and Southampton was, I don't know how long.

22:42Alan Shearer:but the thing with England two years sounds ridiculous doesn't it but that's actually you know if you've probably been injured for some of it it's probably like a dozen 10-12 games or something but they're spread out aren't they so it's a weird thing I didn't do anything

22:55Gary Lineker:I tried to do anything different I just maybe finished a bit more thinking just to brush up on when I do get the chance but no not a lot does it affect you though emotionally do you doubt yourself or do you just go into every game thinking I'll score to get you know maybe get a bit more stroppy, maybe get a bit moody. It's not like you are.

23:17But what about pundits? Sorry to keep the question going, but pundits, did what pundits say matter?

23:25Gary Lineker:Not a jot. In fact, I probably stopped listening to when I didn't score. It's great when you score and hearing all the praise and people saying how great you are and how well you've done, but when you haven't scored for two or three games, then probably didn't listen to them. But it didn't, it wouldn't have bothered me, no, not that much.

23:43Alan Shearer:I can't ever remember any punditry in my day, Michael, beyond World Cups and Euros. Okay, you must have the paper clippings with the ratings. It was the newspapers, but with newspapers, what I would do, I think Alan did say, if I hadn't scored, I wouldn't look at them. If I had scored, I'd buy every fucking paper. Yeah, yeah. That is true. That is true. You should buy them all. Ooh, look at me. Confidence. Confidence is key. Confidence is everything in football. Really, really significantly, massively important question here from Craig Fairley. Custard creams or bourbons? Custard creams. Custard creams.

24:23Alan Shearer:No, no, I'm bourbon. Bourbon cream, guys. No, bourbon. Yeah, I love chocolate. The bourbons. Will you dunk your biscuits in your tea as well, lads,

24:32Gary Lineker:and dunk them in there? Oh, yes.

24:35Alan Shearer:I don't drink tea anymore. I used to dunk. I like to dunk

24:39Gary Lineker:custard creams yeah bite round the edges just oh lovely I don't eat that no more I'm on a diet no drinking no fatty foods

24:50Alan Shearer:really you're doing well I've lost a bit of timber guys you're melting away melting away if Arsenal go on to win the title is Micah going to celebrate oh my god great question what what sort of nonsense is that?

25:09Gary Lineker:All we're looking for is a yes or a no, Micah. It means, are you going to enjoy it and celebrate? My allegiances are with Manchester City. That wasn't the question. The question was, if Arsenal win the league, are you going to celebrate?

25:23Alan Shearer:No, I'm not going to celebrate. Are you secretly going to celebrate? Nope. No. Will you have a couple of custard cringes? Are you lying to us, Micah? Nope. Man City through and through. You know this, guys. Andrew Jackson one thing you would change in VR that could be implemented quickly and improve the game for me he's offering his own solution here a 10 second limit on full speed only can't decide on screen decision stays 10 seconds 10 seconds that's not time to look at a replay I don't mind that you know what mine is mine is just change it to an appeal system two appeals a half or one appeal a half and if you if your appeal is successful, you keep it.

26:08Alan Shearer:Simple as that. Stops all this nonsense about whether it's enough of a foul, not enough of a foul. Stops them looking to try and find something to disallow a goal. The team that makes the appeal have to say exactly what they're appealing against. So-and-so push so-and-so. So-and-so handboard it. Not just find us a reason to disallow a goal. That for me will transform it and that will happen. I tell you now at some point. It has to.

26:35Gary Lineker:Well, I would go back to what they told us. Maximum benefit, minimum interference. Not the nonsense we've got now.

26:43Alan Shearer:But the trouble is with that, Alan, it remains the same. You're still going to have, is it enough of a bad mistake to change it or is it not? And that will always have different opinions on that. there'll still be mistakes with an appeals system but if you say that's it it's not it's either a foul or it's not a foul it's not whether you've got a judge whether it's enough of the foul

27:06Gary Lineker:we're not going to re-referee they told us remember that we're not going to re-referee nonsense so all they ever do is re-referee yeah I agree with yours guys I think eloquently put it that would be nice actually we have that at Ballers League appeals system don't we and it works a treat so yeah I'll go with Gus good man

27:27Alan Shearer:a question from Christina can Alan and Micah give us a tour on what's on the walls behind them I know you're not at home Micah but you know what is at home when you are at home because currently you're in a hotel and Gary can you talk about that painting behind me yeah I mean that's a painting I bought a long time ago and a previous house and I can't remember the artist's name unfortunately what's behind you Micah I mean, not now, but when you're, nothing's behind you at the moment. At home, you keep a few trophies. The Man of the Match trophy you won in... Yeah, Man of the Match trophy. There's a Premier League title.

28:10There's an FA Cup trophy. There's a League Cup trophy. It's just the, you know, the stuff that I've won. I also have my England caps as well. Not just full. it's under I think it's under 16s Victory Shield days I've got there what else do I have and a few Legos that I do with my son yep

28:33Alan Shearer:and a big arse

28:39Alan Shearer:wee Alan talk us through your pictures and photos I think the one I'm right

28:43Gary Lineker:is the two girls when they were my mascot in Newcastle with me when I walked out as captain you think what do you think what do you mean you think it was the two girls well yeah Yeah, that's when I walked out as a captain. Oh, double check. I'll have a little bit. Yeah, this one straight behind me is a lovely letter of the Queen Elizabeth and Philip for my CBE. CBE, CBE. And other ones are just tops, yeah. What's that one behind you in the England? The one in the England one is... Top corner. That was, Micah, that's actually one of my favourite photographs. It was when I was just about to take a penalty in the 98 World Cup, Argentina.

29:23Gary Lineker:And I was absolutely shitting myself. And I looked over and saw all the family and I'm trying to pretend that I'm brave and like shrugging my shoulders, but I'm actually breaking it really.

29:37Alan Shearer:Actually, one of my favourite pictures is in an England kit where I am actually literally shitting myself. But anyway.

29:49Alan Shearer:Right, before we go, I mean, we mentioned it at the top of the show. It's actually, we've got the results for the end of November fantasy football, you know, to give a shirt away. We've got a Mexican shirt that is signed by Rennie Aguita, me, and Dunga. No, Dunga. And the winner is, the winner is, with a total points of 295 in the month of November. We're doing it like that now, remember, because otherwise it's going to be the same person every month. Many congratulations to Gilda Gunas. His name is Johnny Duncan. So well done, Johnny. Obviously an Arsenal fan, I would imagine. and he was seven points clear of Itcan name of the team, Max Edwards-Strijewski.

30:42Alan Shearer:So bad luck to Max, but maybe next month, keep going. So we'll find a way to get that prize to you. Can I ask you, why is Dunga signed a Mexico shirt? It was all about Brazilian Dunga, right? Yeah, because I was in Mexico when we got the signatures and it was at the World Football Hall of Fame and they were also inducted. So we didn't know what shirt to get. Do we get a Brazilian shirt? But we thought as it's Mexico City, we'll get a Mexico shirt. So that is the reason. And yeah, so we've got photographic evidence of it as well. But I know you'd take my word for it. You wouldn't. So, okay. Thank you very much once again for your questions.

31:26Alan Shearer:That's it for this episode. Goodbye from me. Goodbye from me. Goodbye from me.

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