Summary
In this episode, the hosts discuss upcoming Premier League fixtures and analyze the potential fantasy football picks. They provide insights on players from Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, Fulham, Everton, Crystal Palace, Sheffield United, Aston Villa, Newcastle, Manchester City, Burnley, Tottenham, and Brentford. The conversation covers discussions about upcoming matches, a review of the league standings, a review of the family league standings, discussions about upcoming transfers and team lineups, and a preview of future game weeks. The conversation covers the topics of live podcasting and technical difficulties.
Takeaways
Chapters
00:00
Introduction and League Update
00:43
Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal
06:13
Fulham vs Everton
08:03
Crystal Palace vs Sheffield United
10:13
Aston Villa vs Newcastle
15:06
Manchester City vs Burnley
20:05
Tottenham vs Brentford
22:10
Discussion about upcoming matches
32:42
Review of the league standings
39:28
Review of the family league standings
43:55
Discussion of upcoming transfers and team lineups
46:36
Preview of future game weeks
47:09
Live Pod and Thursday Game
48:04
Technical Difficulties
Summary
In this episode, the hosts discuss upcoming Premier League fixtures and analyze the potential fantasy football picks. They provide insights on players from Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, Fulham, Everton, Crystal Palace, Sheffield United, Aston Villa, Newcastle, Manchester City, Burnley, Tottenham, and Brentford. The conversation covers discussions about upcoming matches, a review of the league standings, a review of the family league standings, discussions about upcoming transfers and team lineups, and a preview of future game weeks. The conversation covers the topics of live podcasting and technical difficulties.
Takeaways
Chapters
00:00
Introduction and League Update
00:43
Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal
06:13
Fulham vs Everton
08:03
Crystal Palace vs Sheffield United
10:13
Aston Villa vs Newcastle
15:06
Manchester City vs Burnley
20:05
Tottenham vs Brentford
22:10
Discussion about upcoming matches
32:42
Review of the league standings
39:28
Review of the family league standings
43:55
Discussion of upcoming transfers and team lineups
46:36
Preview of future game weeks
47:09
Live Pod and Thursday Game
48:04
Technical Difficulties
Dan (00:04.726)
Hello and welcome to Red Blue, I'm Dan Adams.
Diaz nuts (00:08.348)
I'm Dominic Adams.
Andy (00:10.299)
Andy Adams.
Dan (00:12.558)
I can only apologise in advance for the levels of both self aggrandising and self-loathing that you're going to hear from the other two hosts as we look towards game week 22. Between the boasting and lamenting, hopefully we'll talk about the fixtures coming up, we'll maybe squeeze in the leagues and we will possibly talk about our teams but I make no promises because I believe someone has reclaimed the top of the league.
Diaz nuts (00:36.512)
Have I? Oh wait, no, it's not me.
Dan (00:38.75)
Yeah.
Andy (00:40.51)
Pretty fair, it was inevitable really.
Dan (00:43.102)
Here we go. Should we jump into the first game? And you can build your story around that. And you can tell us about your tale from rags to riches as we talk about Nottingham Forest versus Arsenal on Tuesday evening.
Diaz nuts (00:45.533)
Yes, Mr. Anderson.
Andy (00:57.898)
It's gonna be another Robbie Coltrane style, I think in that one. Arsenal back at home about to tear someone else to shreds I think.
Dan (01:00.93)
What?
Diaz nuts (01:02.043)
OOF
Dan (01:07.302)
Interestingly with Martin Ely getting two goals there at the very end, were they just flukes or is that him looking like his old self?
Andy (01:14.686)
He doesn't pass any of the tests, does he? Like he's going, like how long between calls was it?
Diaz nuts (01:15.053)
No way.
Dan (01:21.985)
Oh, wasn't great. How many awesome players do you both have? I guess is a better question.
Andy (01:28.468)
too, but a sack I feel really bad about.
Diaz nuts (01:32.101)
One, and I feel bad about soccer too.
Dan (01:37.454)
So if people had a transfer and a space or a slot available, what should be, what or who should they be targeting for Arsenal if it's not soccer that you feel bad about?
Diaz nuts (01:37.673)
We offer.
Andy (01:47.81)
in the Arsenal team. I think you should be, you know, the one thing I'm thinking about with the Arsenal team is sodding off Saka and getting Kevin for him. Like that's what I'm thinking with the Arsenal team this week.
Dan (01:57.763)
So you just told us it's going to be a murder and also look like they're back on form but you're like well don't take any of their assets though, like get a Man City asset instead.
Andy (02:04.574)
I think if you're gonna have one of their assets at that martinelli, cause it's cheaper.
Diaz nuts (02:09.923)
You were quite hot for Odegaard last week, weren't you?
Andy (02:13.89)
He did a little bit last week as well, didn't he? What was his points?
I think they did do it, okay.
Dan (02:18.882)
that off.
Diaz nuts (02:19.347)
Uh, let's... He actually did fuck all.
Andy (02:24.446)
No, there you go, he did fuck off. He's not actually, his form almost identically mirrors Saka's form, like one return in the last five games. Yeah, I don't know.
Diaz nuts (02:26.148)
Yeah.
Dan (02:26.883)
I tell you, you did really well.
Dan (02:35.086)
So the one thing that saved my week was the arsenal of defence to be fair. That's something to talk about.
Andy (02:40.79)
Yeah, but not really though, is it? Because a couple of Fluki-Gabriel goals.
Diaz nuts (02:44.232)
Yeah, that's about it. And they had it clean to be fair.
Dan (02:47.25)
And the clean sheet is what I'm talking about. Do you not think they'll likely get another clean sheet against Nottingham Forest on all teams?
Diaz nuts (02:51.849)
No.
Andy (02:52.594)
And then they didn't do it against Fulham the week before, did they?
Diaz nuts (02:56.284)
No, I don't think the dragon's forest.
Andy (02:58.726)
Is that Wyatt Forrest or not?
Dan (02:58.99)
I wonder what the... Or wait, first.
Andy (03:03.012)
I think probably not. I think Arsenal's poor. That's why I've been Duf Zunczenko already. Two Arsenal defenders was too rich for me.
Diaz nuts (03:03.018)
big prospector.
Dan (03:13.866)
I've got Tarsen on the fenders, I feel quite good about it.
Andy (03:14.346)
Yeah. Although I parachuted into a double clean last week, so at least that worked out okay.
and then back out again, because Zinchenko, I feel like he's just an injury magnet now.
You saw Trent was back in the cup though as well, so I think there's going to be some defensive moving around this week anyway.
Dan (03:34.454)
It was a weird one because he came on for bloody noonest, didn't he? Which was odd.
Andy (03:38.558)
Yeah. All right. Anyway, I don't think you don't. I'm not bringing in more Arsenal defenders. And the only midfielder that's like a decent price is what's his name, right? Um, Martin Owen.
Diaz nuts (03:50.424)
You're going to get rid of soccer. Not right. Not this week, obviously, but in the coming weeks.
Andy (03:56.078)
You probably shouldn't though, should you? Because he's got 110 points in the season, so probably shouldn't get rid of him.
Diaz nuts (03:57.6)
No.
Diaz nuts (04:02.169)
and they got Forest then Liverpool.
Dan (04:02.198)
And you know that you should do.
Andy (04:05.746)
You know the thing with Martin Ali, Declan Rice has more points than Martin Ali.
He's a defensive midfielder, not a yoke hard magnet, so it's not great. I mean, I don't think you feel great about bringing in any Arsenal players this week. And then up front, it's like, Ketty is shit and Jesus is shit.
Diaz nuts (04:11.928)
Yeah.
Diaz nuts (04:20.256)
No.
Andy (04:25.982)
So I think they're going to win, but I don't know who's going to score and I don't want their players.
Dan (04:26.114)
So the classic.
Dan (04:30.866)
I'd say the classic Andy is of if you've gotten started but you wouldn't bring any in then.
Andy (04:36.495)
Probably I'll start Saka. I'm not gonna be happy about it but I will because I've already spent my transfer and I'm not hitting to get rid of it.
Diaz nuts (04:44.243)
Mmmm
Dan (04:44.276)
Okay.
Andy (04:46.034)
I'm not going to go because he's stupid, but I won.
Dan (04:47.391)
almost there.
Diaz nuts (04:49.902)
Hmm. What I'm stuck on is I have five good midfielders and I don't know which one to put on the bench, whether it should be Saka or Cole Palm.
Dan (05:02.19)
called Palmer. You've got a shite match, don't you?
Andy (05:03.21)
Who are the other three choices?
Diaz nuts (05:05.32)
I've got Rachala Dad against Brentford at home for Spurs. I've got KDB. I've got Gross, who are playing Luton.
Andy (05:10.462)
Mm.
Andy (05:15.722)
Bench gross? This is an easy question. Bench gross. You can't start- Gross up and back up. You're freaking high.
Diaz nuts (05:20.417)
against the moon.
Andy (05:26.15)
And Carl Poehmer's on fire.
Dan (05:29.194)
Yeah, but they're playing Liverpool away.
Diaz nuts (05:29.332)
Literally.
Andy (05:33.33)
I still think Paul and I are in that game. Chelsea, remember, like, aren't they like one, they've only one loss in 2024 or something so far, or like they're undefeated. It's something like that. Like, 24, they've been doing relatively well.
Dan (05:45.618)
Yeah, they lost against Wolves and that was it. Win, win, win. Undefeated 24. That's like a trumpism that is. Total out of context.
Diaz nuts (05:47.116)
And it's January 28th for fuck's sake. What the fuck?
Andy (05:57.967)
I mean, okay, last five Premier League games. Win, loss, win, win.
Dan (06:05.758)
Yeah. Okay, let's move on. So Fulham versus Eridan is the match that's only 15 minutes later. So there's gonna be a bit of overlap there.
Diaz nuts (06:13.741)
Uh... There.
Andy (06:14.881)
Who's gonna have to watch that garbage freaking dumpster fire? Are they gonna have got point deducted again by that game or not?
Dan (06:19.634)
I'm assuming the blue part of Red Blue will have to watch that one.
Dan (06:27.99)
Who's the other club that's getting it? It's not the Forest, isn't it, that's also getting looked into now?
Diaz nuts (06:30.202)
Yeah.
Andy (06:31.659)
or as far as to the other cheetahs. And then Sitsy might finally one day get like some discipline raining down. They've got 117 counts though, so it's probably like taking a while to investigate.
Dan (06:43.278)
be interesting what they do with that retrospectively if anything by the time they've figured out investigating it all.
Diaz nuts (06:48.733)
see the ranges.
Andy (06:49.066)
Probably nothing. Yeah, I mean, City can afford real lawyers unlike Everton.
Dan (06:58.838)
Would you take any players out of the picture? What, why not? No, comma, money down. Right. But would you take any, so out of that picture, would you take any players from Fulham or Everton? Or should we just move on? No.
Andy (06:59.188)
Kevin have that oil from the stove.
Diaz nuts (07:06.587)
Oh, God.
Andy (07:07.404)
I'm sorry.
Andy (07:13.529)
See you in a bit.
Andy (07:20.708)
God no. Absolutely not.
Diaz nuts (07:23.033)
Yeah, film would be the only ones that you'd possibly take anyone from, but no, not ahead of the rest of the town.
Andy (07:28.924)
Are you gonna take from me? I can't even think of you, though.
Diaz nuts (07:32.22)
Willy. Big Willy star.
Andy (07:34.022)
Now, he wouldn't get past any of my midfield.
Dan (07:34.402)
Willian.
Dan (07:40.014)
And that's where he sits.
Andy (07:41.182)
And that's where he lives.
Diaz nuts (07:41.272)
To be fair, Fulham, Everton, Burnley and Bournemouth, they were Everton, Burnley, Bournemouth in the next three fixtures for Fulham.
Andy (07:50.342)
Yeah, but they still suck. Yeah, Fulham suck as much as they suck. It's like a suck fest where they all see who sucks the least like on the day out of those four teams.
Dan (07:50.686)
Okay, but there's still a problem.
Diaz nuts (08:01.388)
There is that.
Dan (08:03.086)
Speaking of sockfests, let's move on to Crystal Palace versus Sheffield United. Tom, resident Crystal Palace expert.
Andy (08:07.387)
Now, this is...
Diaz nuts (08:09.592)
fucking pass. If at least if at least it comes back at any point in this kind of month, I'll be happy for it. But other than that, I've got Anderson in defense, but that's just by default. Yeah, he lost money. He's the one that's bringing down my value. But other than that, no, don't go for anyone.
Andy (08:11.37)
How so?
Dan (08:21.718)
He lost money, didn't he?
Andy (08:29.908)
He was very good. Not anymore. Just like Palace.
Dan (08:33.266)
Mikeo Olise is 25% chance of playing hamstring injury.
Andy (08:38.142)
Doesn't seem high. 25 is less than 50 or 75.
Diaz nuts (08:39.308)
No, that's not what I heard.
Dan (08:42.77)
Historically quite a low number, yeah. Agreed.
Andy (08:45.942)
Although saying that, if it's Jarrett Bowen's knee he plays every week, doesn't matter what the flag says.
Dan (08:51.707)
Again, saving my week. That was good.
Diaz nuts (08:53.464)
Point though, point on Sheffield United. Mr. Brereton Diaz.
Dan (08:59.378)
Yeah, debut, got a goal, played well to be fair.
Andy (09:01.962)
Who did he remind me of? Who was that one that used to play up front for Swansea? Meichu, that's who he reminded me of. Just like lazy wandering around and then he smashes in like a volley. Like he didn't do much in the game if you watched him.
Diaz nuts (09:08.15)
Meet you.
Diaz nuts (09:18.144)
Tell you what though, they've misplaced him because he's in midfield for Sheffield United.
Dan (09:23.074)
Hmm, he plays right top.
Andy (09:25.495)
He is a fantasy. He's from football manager, isn't he? Ben Brareton. But they changed his life now. There's this Diaz garbage on the end.
Diaz nuts (09:28.512)
Yeah. He's a...
Dan (09:29.676)
Yeah.
Diaz nuts (09:33.74)
Yeah, he is a wonder kid. So he's sitting in the midfield for Sheffield United at five mil and plays as a striker.
Andy (09:35.698)
Yeah.
Andy (09:39.922)
He doesn't look like a kid. He looks like a slightly grumpy homeless man. Ha ha ha.
Dan (09:48.668)
I was about to say when you're about to meet you, I was like, there's a slight size difference there, but yeah.
Andy (09:52.67)
Like, kid! He's like three kids in a trench coat.
Dan (09:59.152)
Okay.
Diaz nuts (09:59.365)
He's got the business factory in him. So they've got Palace, Villa, then Luton for the next few games. I think Brereton's going to go on a tear and then he's going to buy himself a razor.
Andy (10:10.506)
I don't think so, I think they're just going to get murdered.
Dan (10:13.494)
Hmm. It's a good set of fictionists though, like you say Dom. And at five million, you know... Problem is... Yeah, but why is he fitting in? You look at mine, it's like Saka, Sterling, Ford and Kulisiewski bow and he's not better than any of those.
Diaz nuts (10:19.7)
as a striker.
Diaz nuts (10:28.472)
That's what happens when you have to squeeze Hound in though.
Dan (10:32.138)
Already got him, what do you mean squeeze him in?
Andy (10:33.406)
Again, Holland is easy. The whole of midfield was less than 9 million except Kevin. Now Sala's gone and Sun's gone, it's easy.
Diaz nuts (10:33.934)
Alright.
Diaz nuts (10:43.817)
I'll be back.
Dan (10:43.946)
and silo's dead for a month.
Dan (10:48.318)
Okay. Well, yeah.
Andy (10:48.614)
Anyway, this is a boring game. Why are we wasting time on this? No one's picking any of these players.
Dan (10:53.938)
Aston Villa vs Newcastle even is the last game. Newcastle. I have a full on plalmouth going on there. Start again. Aston Villa vs Newcastle at quarter past eight. Newcastle.
Andy (10:56.326)
You're powerful!
Andy (11:03.07)
Thank you.
Diaz nuts (11:06.58)
Well, do you, Clawful?
Andy (11:15.57)
I don't think I've got anyone now. Deborah Afkut, but I'm not going to blame her.
Dan (11:16.258)
So.
Diaz nuts (11:21.728)
Yeah. Watkins, Moreno.
Dan (11:21.836)
Watkins?
Andy (11:26.25)
Oh yeah, I've still got Watkins. Yeah.
Dan (11:31.186)
On the Newcastle side, Trippia apparently has felt a bit of a twinge, was that what I read? They're not selling them, not for sale apparently.
Andy (11:35.91)
I thought he was going to buy a Munich.
That's how I know. Okay.
Diaz nuts (11:40.532)
The 20 felt was regret for not signing that contract.
Dan (11:44.412)
Probably.
Um, but Newcastle completely off the ball then is what we're saying. Like no players from Newcastle. You wouldn't want any at all. They are literally 10th. So still in that top half of the league where you could pick players from, but.
Andy (11:58.354)
Jesus, look at the last seven games, they've lost six out of the last seven.
Dan (12:03.691)
Mm.
Andy (12:04.314)
And like, some of them were against like shit teams. Like they lost against Everton, they lost against Luton, they lost against Forest. Woof, I'm staying well away from them. I need to get shot at the Bradka.
Diaz nuts (12:04.679)
Yeah.
Dan (12:16.618)
He's still cheap. Who would you replace him with? I've been trusting.
Andy (12:18.362)
No, I think the big brain play is that Petrovich from Chelsea.
4.5 million.
Diaz nuts (12:27.692)
You're rolling on the Chelsea, aren't you? You're fucking the Chelsea train.
Andy (12:30.27)
How about Chelsea? Dude, let them win four out of the last five.
Diaz nuts (12:35.244)
How many Chelsea players you got then? Just Cole Palmer.
Andy (12:38.578)
I'm hungry.
Dan (12:40.631)
Cool perm.
Andy (12:42.334)
I've only got one transfer a week now. I'm not taking the Dominic Adams approach and burning my team to the ground for points. Some of us play within the rules.
Diaz nuts (12:42.336)
That's it, innit?
Dan (12:48.448)
Thank you.
Diaz nuts (12:53.664)
Nah, real spills.
Dan (12:54.538)
Sanchez out for Los Angeles is back at the start of February so I wouldn't wait till the start till the third of February though so I wouldn't bother with Petrovich that's what I'm saying you're only gonna get three games
Andy (12:58.194)
Yeah, he's got red flag, though, isn't he? Knee injury.
Diaz nuts (13:03.992)
He's pulling the bone.
Andy (13:04.498)
I mean, he's gonna... He's missed five games.
Dan (13:09.674)
Are you saying he's not gonna rock straight back into the team?
Andy (13:12.806)
I mean I'm probably not gonna get petrified but I am gonna get rid of the breath.
Dan (13:16.214)
Yeah, I agree with that.
Diaz nuts (13:18.722)
Yes.
Dan (13:20.707)
So Aston Villa wise, who still has Watkins?
Diaz nuts (13:24.687)
I do.
Andy (13:26.09)
I think everyone does, but I don't want to because he's kind of shit lately.
Diaz nuts (13:29.313)
Yes, agreed.
Dan (13:31.542)
That was going to be my following question is how long we keeping him for because he's not passing the test. He's had, he's gone two to eight one in the past four.
Andy (13:40.134)
If you look at his pattern, he goes, he hits like Bournemouth week 11, two blanks, hits, two blanks, hits, he's one blank into his two blanks. So if you believe like his pattern this week, he's not going to do anything.
Dan (13:55.403)
If I'm into the tarot card style playing of the game where he's got to follow some kind of mystical pattern, then he's fucked this week. Alright.
Andy (14:01.414)
not play him this week.
I might not, because I actually want to play all five of them. It's him or Solanke, I have to decide out of the two of them to play. Because I'm playing all five of them. Karl Porma is Karl Porma, I'm not benching him.
Dan (14:04.875)
against Blue Castle.
Dan (14:11.842)
That's easy for me.
Dan (14:16.338)
I'm benching Sterling against Liverpool so it's Watkins on the pitch for me.
Andy (14:20.062)
Cold-plumber every day, all day, I'm not even captain of...
Dan (14:23.039)
You have your palma.
Andy (14:25.511)
I will. I bet on Carl last week and he did not let me down.
Dan (14:29.462)
It didn't let you down, that's true. Okay, other-
Andy (14:31.934)
Carl Palmer in his last five games, 14-1. He didn't play against Paulus, 18-10. Palmer's on fire.
Diaz nuts (14:37.656)
I'll tell you what, there's only one person that's got better than him for the past six games.
That's for childhood.
Andy (14:49.143)
The other attempt at... Yeah, I should have captained Jota this week. That would have been the even bigger brain play. But anyway, I don't... I think if you go... Yeah, so you're going to play all your players, obviously, right? Like, you're not going to transfer out your Villa and Newcastle. Your Newcastle players, you should probably transfer out.
Diaz nuts (14:49.348)
It's best.
Diaz nuts (14:55.884)
Yep, back to the game.
Dan (14:57.607)
Mm.
Diaz nuts (15:05.941)
Yes.
Dan (15:06.578)
Yeah. What about Aston Villa wise then obviously it's at Watkins, Dummysville, got Marino there. What about do yourself Douglas Louise Andy?
Andy (15:14.927)
No, I got rid of it ages ago. I think Dad hasn't.
Andy (15:19.698)
And I probably would play him against this guy. I mean, you should play the Abbey, you should play Louise, you should play Watkins, Cash against shitty Newcastle, because it would probably be up on them, because Louise never gave.
Dan (15:19.702)
worth having or worth getting rid of.
Dan (15:30.87)
Hmm. Okay, moving on to Wednesday. That's when the second day of the game week kicks off. Man City vs Burnley. That's obviously going to be a stomping or a Robbie Coltrane murder. Questions are, who is getting into the City team and how many minutes are they getting?
Andy (15:44.359)
Absolutely.
Andy (15:51.686)
Kevin is probably back now, right?
Diaz nuts (15:54.676)
I don't know about back, he still hasn't played more than a half.
Dan (15:55.552)
Is it?
Andy (15:59.442)
I think he probably starts again now though, right?
Diaz nuts (16:03.32)
Nope, didn't start in the FA Cup either.
Dan (16:04.118)
See you.
Andy (16:06.794)
Did Holland start in Africa or not?
Diaz nuts (16:08.521)
Nope, didn't play at all.
Dan (16:09.214)
No.
Andy (16:11.613)
Okay, well I feel good. I'm not bringing either of them in this week, so like this was the last week to see what happens for me.
Dan (16:18.698)
I've got Harland. I think he will play. They've got him in training.
Andy (16:23.122)
They don't have to, it's home-boundly though, so if you're gonna let them skip again, this is the one you let them skip.
Dan (16:28.454)
Equally if he wants to warm up with an easy game, it's an easy game to warm up with.
Andy (16:32.478)
They could play one of the ball boys up front against Burnley and beat them.
Dan (16:36.93)
Poor V.
Diaz nuts (16:37.271)
Who's that new on they've got? Bob. Ask a Bob.
Dan (16:40.651)
Ask a Bob.
Andy (16:40.936)
Yeah, put us in the front.
Dan (16:46.057)
Um, Kevin Wise, when he came on, who came off for him?
Diaz nuts (16:50.68)
uh unsure possibly folding
Andy (16:53.778)
It's usually- It's usually Foden or Greylish, isn't it? That they take off. This one- although sometimes they take Bilva for-
Dan (16:57.466)
Which isn't good.
Dan (17:01.274)
I'm sure most of us have folding so it's not good that he's going to touch for a minute.
Andy (17:03.75)
Yeah, let me look and see. Fancy foot.
Diaz nuts (17:06.61)
I don't have food.
Dan (17:12.588)
And in other news, I brought in a man-seized offender.
Diaz nuts (17:16.376)
Cowbawker. Yep, you're copying me little bastard. You little bastard.
Dan (17:18.084)
Indeed.
Dan (17:23.021)
Okay, it just makes sense. Yep.
Andy (17:24.042)
How okay?
Andy (17:28.142)
Okay, let's see, what do they say? Blah, blah, where's the city line? They say Petrovic in goal, so he's playing at least one more week.
Andy (17:37.85)
Where's City gone? Here we go. Fantasy Football Scout says Alvarez up front and then Bilva, Ferdinand, D'Arcou as the three behind him.
Dan (17:49.282)
So no Kevin, no Harland apparently. Did they get them on their fitnesses or the injury status?
Andy (17:51.908)
That's what it says.
They don't give you the bench. Holland's 75, nothing for Kevin. The Kanji's 50, but who cares?
Diaz nuts (18:04.224)
Look at us man.
Dan (18:05.126)
Okay.
Andy (18:06.01)
Not even his mom goes. You could pick Gradiol, I think he's still a good bet. They're playing him as a left back now, which is interesting. Yeah.
Diaz nuts (18:11.672)
out.
Dan (18:11.744)
Is he?
Diaz nuts (18:16.448)
Breuner came on for Alvarez at the 65th minute.
Dan (18:22.453)
Mmm.
Andy (18:22.505)
There you go. So just playing it out front basically. Yeah, I mean I think the problem with City is they don't keep clean sheets. They've kept two clean sheets in the last six games.
And if you go back beyond that, it's like two in 10.
Dan (18:32.531)
Why are you saying...
Dan (18:37.174)
Why are you saying Gwadiol out of all the city defenders though? The re- Yeah, Kywalk is 25 points ahead.
Andy (18:39.978)
Good chip.
Diaz nuts (18:40.056)
You should be picking Cal Walker.
Andy (18:42.494)
God deals deep.
Glorious cheap!
Dan (18:48.318)
He's 4.8, he's not that cheap.
Diaz nuts (18:49.644)
He also doesn't start as many games as Cal Walker.
Andy (18:50.342)
He's doing better than the other? How much is good?
Dan (18:52.626)
Aki is 0.2 ahead of him and gets 15 points more. Walker is 0.6 ahead and gets 25 points more.
Andy (18:59.534)
I don't have to explain myself to you two on top of the league.
Diaz nuts (19:02.388)
I'm sorry.
Andy (19:05.894)
Obviously, that thing is correct.
Dan (19:08.492)
I was reading an article about it and someone was saying that Gaudi was a trap effectively. He's not performed as expected.
Andy (19:15.902)
I think he gets points when they get it clean, which is never. I mean, which is why I don't have any city defenders.
Andy (19:23.03)
Kyle Walker, I don't know why you idiots brought him in. You've got blowed into the last two weeks, I think. Because like, you looked before that, you did fuck all from game week 11 to game week 19.
Diaz nuts (19:28.492)
I got his points.
Diaz nuts (19:34.269)
I brought him in and he got points.
Andy (19:37.522)
Well, and he barely, I don't know what, he scraped his points the week before because he played 67 minutes of clean sheet.
Diaz nuts (19:38.868)
that works.
Dan (19:44.694)
Well, it's exactly what you want. It's what happened to, who did I have that actually happened to, which I was quite thankful for. Yeah, stupid. I've got literally about 60 something minutes. Then they took them off and they conceded.
Diaz nuts (19:49.08)
That's stupid, man.
Andy (19:57.298)
I think it's fine. Like if you want Coworker, I think it's fine. But playing 5.4 for him, I think I wouldn't do. Seems like too much for a no clean sheet defender.
Dan (20:05.87)
Fair enough. Moving on, Spurs vs Brentford. Mr Tony is back on the Spurs side of things, obviously no sun. Brian Kuleszewski did not do what he's meant to do.
Diaz nuts (20:12.449)
Fuck yeah.
Andy (20:14.407)
and eating already.
Andy (20:18.482)
He moved the freaking bowl like three times before his free kick.
Dan (20:22.106)
He didn't just move the ball, he moved the foam as well. That's the best bit about it. So anyone looking, oh that's legit.
Diaz nuts (20:25.472)
He didn't move it. He didn't move it, he manifested it. He made it that way.
Andy (20:26.014)
Thank you.
Andy (20:31.41)
No, I think you literally picked it up and then put it down in a different place and then moved it to a different place.
Dan (20:33.536)
It is.
And what I loved about VR came back and said, look, we don't have a way of dealing with this because it's not something we expected to happen. There's no rules about moving the ball and the foam.
Andy (20:47.827)
I don't think I want him yet. But are they, who are they playing this week? Are they playing anyone decent? They're gonna disperse aren't they?
Dan (20:48.18)
Well, from VAR anyway.
Diaz nuts (20:54.316)
Bers.
Dan (20:54.567)
Spurs.
Diaz nuts (20:57.292)
They gotta get a goal against Spurs. Cause it's Spurs with a high line.
Andy (20:59.718)
Nah, I don't know.
Dan (21:00.051)
You reckon?
Andy (21:02.826)
I don't think that, well, they've gotten Buemo injured as well, and Wiss are injured, so it's basically just Tony.
Diaz nuts (21:10.016)
That's all you need, baby. Means manifest destiny, Tony.
Andy (21:13.978)
Nah, I'm good. I'm gonna stay with Cunha.
Andy (21:19.219)
He's Brazilian.
Diaz nuts (21:21.612)
That's a reason.
Andy (21:24.03)
And he's 5.7 million, which is cheaper than Tony.
Dan (21:25.085)
That's amazing.
Sure. On the.
Andy (21:29.586)
Alright, what are we gonna do though? You two play Antonio, I assume. Our weights is close.
Dan (21:33.866)
I don't have Tony. Don't have him.
Andy (21:37.054)
I don't know if I have a way to suppose, like if I had to pick Solanki, Watkins or Tony and I had to pick two out of them, I'd pick Solanki and Watkins over Tony.
Diaz nuts (21:45.176)
Tony is one for one right now. So here's hip percentage off the charts.
Andy (21:50.334)
To be fair, in that game, literally that was all he did was cheat a free kick to the side and then bang it around the post after he cheated.
Diaz nuts (21:57.516)
Not all you did, because you got bonus points as well. So that's all fine for me.
Andy (22:02.274)
Okay, you can keep going with Ivan cheating Tony, but I don't actually think that. I think Spur's my cleanest one, to be honest.
Diaz nuts (22:05.364)
You got three bonus points. It's all good.
No fucking way. No fucking way. I bet you that Forests go for one and I bet you that Brentford's going for two.
Dan (22:11.383)
Mm-hmm.
Andy (22:20.106)
I think that it will be... Yeah, sure, I'll take that back. But I'm not, yeah, you have to get both of them though. Brent, yeah, okay, fine, deal. Cause I feel confident in both of those the other way around.
Diaz nuts (22:27.008)
Yeah, that's fine.
Dan (22:34.846)
Right, on the other side of that match you've got Spurs. So who do you have for Spurs? Both of yous.
Diaz nuts (22:40.032)
Everyone's got power, no point in talking about it.
Andy (22:43.311)
After I got him I broke up with him.
Dan (22:43.575)
I know, par.
Diaz nuts (22:46.304)
that when we keep saying that everyone's got these players and you don't have them, just like there's something wrong here.
Dan (22:51.71)
No, that's all. I look at.
Andy (22:53.376)
Yeah, look, there's an argument. And then his points are going down and everyone else's are going up.
Dan (22:59.17)
Meh, it's fine.
Andy (23:01.531)
Yeah, I've got Band of N as well. I doubled up in Spurs in defense because I think they're really good. No, he was injured and he came back. He came back. He at the start. Did he? He's not flagged.
Diaz nuts (23:06.248)
didn't make it injured.
Dan (23:09.442)
Yeah, I thought he was out.
Diaz nuts (23:13.356)
I think he came off during the FA Cup game.
Diaz nuts (23:18.465)
Yeah.
Dan (23:19.827)
I need to catch it.
Diaz nuts (23:21.144)
Say what?
Andy (23:21.47)
He's not.
as he's playing on fancy.
Diaz nuts (23:28.264)
Okay.
Andy (23:31.13)
Yeah, I think they're gonna win. I think playing, I think Timo Werner was a shit sign in and he looks as shit as he was last time he was in the Premier League.
Dan (23:38.241)
100% awful
Diaz nuts (23:40.114)
Yep.
Andy (23:42.878)
You know you're native around for him, thank god, we at least dived one bullet this season.
Dan (23:43.016)
and.
Dan (23:47.562)
Took the rest of the chest though.
Andy (23:49.158)
Yeah, sure. Honestly, I would take a bet on him versus Weckhorst as to who'd score first. Like, our team are winner and Weckhorst. He's so bad. Do you see the one shot that he went to take from outside the box? He shapes his body, goes to smash it, and then it's fucking over the top of the stands. Oh, still so bad.
Dan (23:59.638)
be waiting like a millennium.
Dan (24:11.078)
Awful, absolutely awful player. What about Richarlison Andy? Where's he stand on him? I know where Dom stands on him.
Andy (24:18.09)
I've shared with Charles for a few weeks, I just don't have any space for him.
Diaz nuts (24:21.86)
Oh, and how tough that must be for you. After shouting him for a couple of weeks and he's gone, what? 98188, sorry, 598188.
Andy (24:33.682)
Yeah, he's good, but I don't want to get rid of any of the other players on midfield. If anyone was going to go for him, it'd probably be Sackett to be honest.
Dan (24:41.206)
Not bad shots, we've had a fair bit of difference between them as well. About 1-2 million difference between them. No.
Andy (24:43.15)
No, not worth a hit though, I don't think that's the problem. Not worth a hit.
Diaz nuts (24:49.76)
Are you sure? Spurs go Brentford, Everton, Brighton, Wolves.
Dan (24:54.77)
Yeah, so I'll just do it next week if that's the case.
Andy (24:55.334)
Yeah. But yeah, exactly. What you're weighing up is that he's gonna get four points more. He has to get five points more than Saka, right, for it to pay off the hit.
Diaz nuts (25:06.495)
Mm.
Andy (25:08.23)
And I don't know if you will, you know, if he gets an assist, then it doesn't pay off the hit. You basically need him to score.
Dan (25:15.646)
I uh, I have an apology to make to Mr. Richardson by the way. I have an apology to make to Mr. Richardson by the way. I said he was a yellow card magnet. Sounds like he's only ever had three this season. Well this season. One of them was for taking a shot off like a fucking idiot so... Fair play. I take it all back. It's just the perception cause he's a moron.
Andy (25:15.978)
Because that can get to... Hmm?
Andy (25:25.47)
And it's white.
Diaz nuts (25:26.432)
May he take some of his shirt all the time.
Diaz nuts (25:36.8)
There's that.
Andy (25:36.966)
In his whole life, why would he have gods and dens like giving him like mountains of shit?
Dan (25:41.098)
Yep, all over him like a rush. No need for a-
Andy (25:43.27)
He doesn't get any bonus points. No, he hates bonus points. Even when he scores, he hates bonus points.
Diaz nuts (25:47.64)
Because he's the laziest fucking player in the world.
Dan (25:50.858)
Yeah, he's not doing anything to earn them.
Andy (25:53.818)
It would be about, I wanna bring him in for soccer, but I'm not gonna do hits, that's a silly hit.
Dan (26:01.794)
That one is, yeah. No need for it as well, especially when you've got a full playing 11.
Andy (26:06.222)
Yeah, it's a silly hit. I'll do it next week though, probably. If Saka does nothing this week, he's turning into Richelis and then...
Dan (26:12.906)
You know weird metamorphosis under the full moon. The last game of Wednesday is Liverpool versus Chelsea This is it Andy. Get in your grandstand. 3-3 Six goals. I need to check quickly on Paddy Power how much that would get as a bet because I imagine it'd be extortionate correct score 3-3
Andy (26:21.118)
3-3. I think it's 3-3. Yep. I think so.
Andy (26:32.202)
3-3.
Diaz nuts (26:32.697)
They make better odds with Forest and Brentford scoring.
Andy (26:38.462)
They conceded two goals today against Norwich.
Diaz nuts (26:43.06)
Yeah, but the whole Klopp thing, they're just gonna get buoyed by Klopp leaving at the end of the season.
Andy (26:52.382)
So I think Pep wins the league and he goes out on a low note and everyone's happy.
Diaz nuts (26:57.748)
That sounds surprisingly like what my new support would say, Andy. Probably not.
Andy (27:02.154)
I mean, I'd be really happy. Honestly, if that, what annoys me the most is they were doing like a comparison post of like best managers in Premier League history. And they had like Alex Ferguson, they had awesome Wengo, Pep, and then they had that dickhead who won the league once.
Dan (27:21.966)
in the Champions League right?
Andy (27:23.757)
once.
Diaz nuts (27:25.226)
The Mareenio.
Andy (27:27.11)
He's no Jose Mourinho, exactly. That's true, that was insulting, he's Mourinho that they didn't...
Dan (27:30.549)
Oh, from Chelsea time. It was from the Chelsea time, so.
Andy (27:34.27)
They didn't even put Mourinho in there that is, insults into Mourinho?
Diaz nuts (27:37.077)
It wasn't the guy for Chelsea as well. It was not Di Matteo that got the UEFA for Chelsea.
Andy (27:43.462)
No, wasn't it Pops who came in and won the Champions League? Or was it Fat Frank who won the Champions League? I don't know, it was too short.
Dan (27:43.891)
No you got the champs to sleep with
Diaz nuts (27:49.39)
No, it was Di Matteo. It was Di Matteo because then he got... it had been the Mastrogeo.
Dan (27:49.742)
I-I've no smoke, man.
They bend them afterwards.
Andy (27:55.294)
Two champions league, that was who won the Champions League. Yeah, so I don't know. I don't think it's gonna be a positive for them. I think Salah's hard enough to Saudi Arabia in the summer is what's happening.
Dan (28:08.17)
Yeah, and he knows it. And he doesn't want a team without Salah.
Andy (28:11.258)
No salad, my leg gone already. Darwin shites.
Diaz nuts (28:16.104)
No salad, no cry.
Dan (28:18.13)
Van Dijk getting older. Trent getting more selfish. Mm-mm. And they're looking at a full rebuild like we were after their... Class of 99.
Andy (28:18.57)
Yeah. I don't think he wants to do the rebuild again.
Diaz nuts (28:29.452)
Keep building.
Andy (28:30.118)
I mean, they have, well now I think that, like one of my friends at work's like a Liverpool fan and he was like, oh, don't know what's gonna happen. I'm like, trust me, I've seen this movie before when like the amazing coach leaves, like what happens afterwards and it's not good.
Dan (28:46.034)
And you get the old fan, the fan favorite, whoever, because it's Alonzo, isn't it? The look in it. There will be TV genre.
Andy (28:49.506)
Stevie Gerrard can't wait, cannot wait, like people have already blocked, who was he managing, was it Villa in the Premier League where he got sacked? And it was Emery that came in. Yeah. And he was like literally, wasn't he like the worst statistical manager in Premier League history or something before he got sacked?
Dan (28:57.778)
Yeah. And they went to ranges.
Dan (29:08.354)
There's no way they bring Stephen Jarrett in.
Diaz nuts (29:10.662)
I think Frank Lampard probably gave him a push for his money.
Andy (29:11.107)
Can't wait.
Drew, Matt Frank, Anstey. You know the funny thing though with United, like people would slay in Solskjaer's coaching team, and then isn't like the two of them, that McKenna's like top of, Ipswich are like top of one of the divisions, and like Middlesbrough are like doing really well with Carrick as well now. So it was really Solskjaer that was the problem, not the coaches.
Diaz nuts (29:33.816)
That's all that smile needed.
Dan (29:34.732)
So it's got microcarriac in.
Andy (29:37.354)
Should I get my, hey Michael Karrack's a good manager? Apparently.
Anyway, back to local, like I only have Jotun, I'm probably going to buy...
Dan (29:42.871)
Hmm
Dan (29:50.082)
So obviously he did really well last week, like really, really well. He was a make or break player for league differentiation last week. But was that a fluke or do you see him doing it again? Like I've heard rumors he's not even going to start this week.
Andy (30:02.762)
I don't know, it's a fluke. He's got, he returned the last three games in a row.
Diaz nuts (30:06.528)
The fuck are you hearing, rumors? You're like... You're hanging around Anfield? Fuck it up.
Andy (30:09.952)
On the grapevine, I'm serious.
Dan (30:09.966)
I was coming here and that's all the great fun. I'll listen. Mom and gay, I'll listen. I'll listen to these things. You know, I'll listen to these things though.
Andy (30:17.485)
I was telling you this shit.
Dan (30:20.394)
You don't wanna know? I can't share my sources.
Diaz nuts (30:21.28)
Yeah.
Andy (30:23.5)
They're going to not play their best player from the previous week against Chelsea.
Diaz nuts (30:29.036)
Fucking yagging, clop on the phone, honey. Eh, clop, are you playing this week?
Dan (30:29.573)
What's the scout saying? Yeah, do you? What do you think, fucking Vincent, did he quit?
Andy (30:31.666)
Yeah.
Diaz nuts (30:35.98)
Hehehe
Andy (30:37.286)
I'll be like, hey, how you doing? And...
Dan (30:40.916)
Yeah, I tell you, you can't play him.
Diaz nuts (30:44.428)
Oh Christ.
Andy (30:47.436)
Yeah, I think he's going to play. I think he's probably going to score because Chelsea defensively is still shambolic. But so Liverpool, so it's going to be an entertaining high score and draw.
Andy (31:00.362)
They're going to play that amazing song for whoever is at Santa Beca.
Dan (31:00.558)
3-3 by the way is a 30 to 1.
Andy (31:07.006)
for 3.3.
Dan (31:08.588)
Yeah.
Andy (31:10.41)
I quit on that, it's not bad.
Diaz nuts (31:12.352)
Put 30 good in it Dan. There you go, 30 squared.
Andy (31:14.728)
Yeah, there you go.
Dan (31:18.05)
I would have 30 quid on it, that's a bit excessive. I could put like a fiver on it and get 100 quid out of it.
Diaz nuts (31:23.571)
Yeah, but you would get nine, hold on a second. 900 right? 30 times 30. Or is it 9000? Fuck me I'm going to have to get a calculator right now. Oh it is 900.
Dan (31:31.214)
I put a 5 on it to get 155 panned out.
Andy (31:36.366)
We're not a math part bastard. We're a button part bastard.
Dan (31:38.17)
Yeah, that's a good thing. It's a good thing when I'm podcast. Other Liverpool players except for Jota, would you have Trent? Oh, even though he cost a bajillion.
Diaz nuts (31:40.992)
I did have it right to start with, it was 900.
Andy (31:47.762)
Yeah. I would now, yeah. I do kind of want him.
Dan (31:54.634)
Why? What's changed from the last six weeks of he's too expensive?
Andy (31:57.606)
It depends on how they play him, but like, in that Cup game he was basically playing as a winger.
Dan (32:03.529)
Ooh, that could be tasty.
Andy (32:05.15)
So if they start doing that, it's gonna be good.
Diaz nuts (32:05.256)
Not as good as a baritone up front playing from a midfielder.
Andy (32:11.462)
Thomas isn't a football manager.
Dan (32:12.034)
Hmm... From 10 years ago. It's not ChampMamze, it's 1.3.
Andy (32:16.882)
Yeah, I was going to say, he's no longer a wonder kid, he's 24.
Diaz nuts (32:22.21)
Damn it.
Andy (32:23.498)
He's a wonderful man.
Dan (32:23.608)
Chelsea side of things. What a man. On the Chelsea side of it, obviously, Palmer, we've talked about the goalkeeper situation. I don't think it's worth digging into because it looks like he's going to be ditched in February. Anyone else we want to talk about for Chelsea? Not really. Okay.
Diaz nuts (32:43.03)
No.
Andy (32:44.746)
Cal Pullman is good. You want Cal Pullman? If you haven't got him, what are you doing?
Diaz nuts (32:48.687)
Let's talk about them. Let's talk about twice. Oh my god, Danny, for fuck's sake.
Dan (32:49.102)
I don't have him. I don't have him. I don't have him. I don't have Palmer. I don't have Porro. I do have Watkins and I don't have Tony. Yeah. Just living dangerously. Is that our role?
Diaz nuts (32:58.028)
Don't have Watkins. Oh, you do have Watkins, okay.
Diaz nuts (33:05.804)
roast on a bake.
Andy (33:06.598)
I mean, it's not interesting. It's just like losing, like bleeding points every week. It's like a hemorrhage at this point.
Dan (33:12.726)
Nah, I don't think it's that bad. I'll show you how I survive. I'll show you how I survive, we'll see how we go. West Ham vs Bournemouth is the first game on Thursday. I guess not a whole lot to talk about there. Don't think anyone's taking anyone but Bowen from both teams.
Andy (33:18.636)
We'll see.
Andy (33:29.338)
No, it's lanky. I'm gonna slanky, right?
Dan (33:32.115)
Oh, sorry, yeah. Apologies.
Diaz nuts (33:33.967)
How's Bowen's knees doing today?
Andy (33:37.234)
Find the role, find...
Dan (33:37.651)
Look at that, look at that. Make him fat, well marbled.
Andy (33:43.329)
Just ignore whatever it says the stylus is because it's wrong anyway and they're gonna play it. Mois will play it into the ground.
Dan (33:49.326)
It's like that, what's the football meme with the boy Scott Sterling? It's like that, they'll keep putting Bowen out there even if he's on crutches. Just throw that bow in my face. He doesn't. He's old school that way. And then obviously Salanke for Bournemouth is a given. Last game then on the Thursday is Wolves versus Man United.
Diaz nuts (33:56.933)
keep smacking them in the face in the bar.
Andy (34:01.54)
David Moyes doesn't care.
Diaz nuts (34:01.892)
Uh, no.
Diaz nuts (34:15.416)
It's a tough one for my new.
Andy (34:17.802)
It's not a great game. Chan's injured though, which is good.
Dan (34:21.462)
Yeah, that is good.
Diaz nuts (34:22.962)
it will.
Andy (34:23.848)
or he's in Asia or whatever. That's where he is, isn't he?
Diaz nuts (34:27.336)
The issue is that Neto's come back though and he's looking just as sharp as before he left.
Andy (34:34.122)
I don't know, if you're gonna play them, probably this week's good while we've got no wiring.
Diaz nuts (34:40.82)
that but yeah.
Dan (34:42.899)
No wine glass.
Andy (34:42.999)
Wow, no way. I mean, I don't have any United players, I don't really need to care. And I am going to play Cunha because United are terrible at the back and he scored in the cup.
Diaz nuts (34:54.38)
That's one thing I always feel terrible about, is not having coon you.
Andy (34:58.374)
Yeah, CUNY is good, 5.7 million. Hmm, very good.
Dan (35:01.342)
Not enough slots. Not enough slots in the world. Is that another one that I don't have him? You're gonna get me in trouble again.
Andy (35:06.566)
Probably. I mean, I don't think he's... You've not missed that much with him lately. Oh, actually, I guess you have. Since I've had him, actually, he's done pretty good. But he had a 5 and a 12 in the last three weeks. That's not bad.
Diaz nuts (35:07.631)
I probably should have.
Diaz nuts (35:19.956)
It's the third slot of upfront as you've got. So you've got Watkins and Solanke and it's whether you've got Cunier or Tony or Wood or Halland.
Andy (35:28.35)
But Cunha is like the enabler. Watkins isn't an enabler because he's nine million.
Dan (35:28.558)
Holland.
Diaz nuts (35:33.522)
No.
Dan (35:35.434)
Watkins is feeling like a liability of recent to be honest.
Diaz nuts (35:39.536)
This year's I got in on him when he was 8.4. So we're kind of tied into him.
Dan (35:44.732)
I was in 8th grade.
Andy (35:46.438)
Yes, I'm at 8.7 so I can get rid of him. I think the problem is like Kunya's on the first six strikers for 5.8 million now, which is nuts.
Dan (35:58.526)
Yeah, I just don't know. Tony would probably who I'd bring in if Tony does start turning it on, just not to waste the money effectively, but then there's also the point that I start saving transfers because isn't there a pile of double and blank game weeks coming up in the next three.
Diaz nuts (36:10.264)
Tony.
Diaz nuts (36:15.244)
That there are, Mr. Adams, that there are.
Andy (36:18.514)
Week 25 and 23. No, sorry, 25 for City. They've got two home games. City have got Chelsea and Bramford both home in game week 25. So you want to have KDB and Harland in for 25.
Diaz nuts (36:23.488)
29 is also going to be one.
Dan (36:23.606)
Mm-hmm.
Diaz nuts (36:34.32)
You've got blanks in 26 and you've got doubles in 25.
Andy (36:40.838)
I might do my wildcard into 25 if that's the best week. And then do the thingy in 28. Anyway, we gotta finish this. We've got no time for tragedy. We haven't even finished this week.
Dan (36:46.571)
Yeah, I think so.
Diaz nuts (36:49.023)
There you go. Yep, yep, yep.
Dan (36:55.742)
That's last match.
Andy (36:56.778)
Oh, is that the last one? Okay, never mind, we have a strategy.
Diaz nuts (36:57.312)
So that was last match. So Game Week 26, Game Week 26, the blanks are Chelsea and Liverpool and Luton and Spurs.
Dan (37:00.355)
But...
Dan (37:04.956)
Yep.
Dan (37:08.598)
That is a free hit week. That's a free hit written all over it.
Diaz nuts (37:11.657)
Not so bad.
Andy (37:11.754)
That probably is my free-hit week. I don't know though, because there might be worse ones later in the season.
Diaz nuts (37:19.66)
There will be bigger ones.
Andy (37:20.11)
Isn't it usually like, Game Week 30-something is usually like the worst one? Where there's like three teams with unemployed people.
Diaz nuts (37:25.196)
Gameweek 29.
Dan (37:27.606)
Go again, it was Spurs vs Chelsea Liverpool wasn't it? So realistically that's one one, it's only three players realistically. I've only got one Liverpool, one Spurs, one Chelsea.
Diaz nuts (37:31.808)
Yeah, it's only three plays. Chelsea Liverpool, I suppose.
Andy (37:33.928)
No, I've got-
missing four players in that game.
Diaz nuts (37:40.78)
four outfield players as well.
Andy (37:43.214)
Yeah, so I need to, but I'll be, to be fair, I'll probably be changing some of my team before that week to get more city players in.
Diaz nuts (37:49.708)
But yeah, so that's about your right. The gaming 29 slash 30 is the big one because that's when the FA Cup sixth round is.
Andy (37:58.958)
Yeah, so you don't want to blow it for the one before. You want to basically you want to get rid of... Yeah, I probably will get rid of... I'll probably get rid of Van de Ven for a player who's going to play. And then that takes me... And then I'll probably get rid of Jota for Sun or something. Jota for KDB or something that we... I don't know. We'll see. Not a this week problem.
Diaz nuts (38:01.792)
Get out of this bludge.
Dan (38:20.698)
Mm-hmm.
Diaz nuts (38:21.336)
Hmm. Well, the issue is leading into that, right? So like 25 is the double game mix of Brentford and city double in 25. So if you want to capsize on the city and the other one's Liverpool.
Andy (38:32.946)
Yeah, but one of Brentford's games... It's a waste of people in the game. Yeah, so really you just want city, you want three city players that week basically.
Diaz nuts (38:42.868)
Yes. Yep. And Tony.
Andy (38:44.498)
You want probably, I want Ferdinand, Kevin and Harland for that week, for 25.
Dan (38:45.166)
before you go through.
Dan (38:53.57)
Foden and Kevin, I just, I want to see in the next couple of weeks who's getting hit with the rotation because they obviously all can't play. That's the concern.
Andy (39:03.134)
I mean, Phil's played pretty much 90 almost every game of the season so far.
Diaz nuts (39:07.98)
That'll be Alvarez that takes the hit.
Andy (39:09.99)
I get the offer as the edit will bend for him.
Dan (39:12.738)
If that's the case, great. Then yeah, I agree with those three, but I just want to make sure. Okay.
Andy (39:17.01)
I don't think you want to waste a City Defender for the double. But you two already did so.
Dan (39:23.088)
Shall we look at the league Sunday? I'm sure you're very keen to.
Andy (39:28.422)
I mean, we've already spoiled the surprise, the amazing surprise for the listeners that I'm back top of the league again. And I'm like, oh Billy, I just noticed this now. So at 10 is all of the great, then Moha Kioska at 9, Billy Gould at 8. Me knocking Billy down the league, sorry Billy, sorry. On the same points in the game decided I was better than you were.
Dan (39:35.202)
Funny for you.
Dan (39:38.698)
Hehehehehehe
Dan (39:54.803)
Sorry, not sorry.
Andy (39:58.178)
And so I'm in seventh. Yeah, I think that's how I made the decision. And then Alan Sinclair is in sixth, Conor Gunn in five, Hobie Mill at four, Aaron Mill on third, Steve is in second, Tobias Scott opening up a bit more of a gap with 79 points this week. That was a shit ton of points. And he had, what did he do? Did he cap Chota? No, it's just like amazing. Yeah, Palmer, Martinelli, Gordon, Concer, Gabriel, basically.
Dan (40:00.049)
Just on personal merit.
Dan (40:18.134)
get lit.
Diaz nuts (40:20.844)
Captain Farmer.
Andy (40:29.)
I'm Para.
Dan (40:29.47)
Okay. Moving on to the family league, the one that matters and it is all change. I think everybody has moved positions. So now at the bottom of the league, we have my eldest with 37 points in the game week for 1-1-1-2. Then we have Dominic on his wild card having scored 63 in the game week, but plunged down to 1-1-3-0. Then it's myself in fourth with 39 points in the game week with 1-1-3-7.
Dad has moved up to third. I did a minus 12.
Andy (40:59.481)
Few minus zero.
Andy (41:03.614)
Well, Jesus Christ. And then in half your plays, still didn't play, did they? Ha ha
Dan (41:09.298)
Yeah, that was the worst part of it.
Dan (41:14.154)
I missed it. I think I missed it by a week, unfortunately, of people returning when they were said they were going to return. So.
Andy (41:19.338)
I forgot about that. You brought Howland in and hit for it and then he didn't play. And then it was like, who else didn't play that you brought in? Was that you? That was the other one? Brute.
Dan (41:23.182)
a week early. I'll give you the full story. I took out Chan, Sala, Sun and Isaac and brought in Kulasevski, Bowen, Sakha and Harland. And only Bowen and Sakha played, scoring five points and Isaac got a goal so he would have had six points. So a net loss of 13 points.
Diaz nuts (41:27.)
Cool, Sevski.
Diaz nuts (41:47.16)
Uuuhhh...
Andy (41:47.512)
Oh man.
Dan (41:49.214)
Yep, that was foolish and stupid and won't be happening again.
Andy (41:54.574)
No more minus 12s, he's done now. He's off the gear. Ha ha ha.
Dan (41:57.806)
Well, that's it. I'm in fourth with that minus 12. So I got 39 in the game week. Obviously would have been 51. Still not a great score for 1137 overall. Dad is in third with 66 in the game week for 1160. Eli dropped down because bless me, forgot to change his team. And he was literally gutted about it. Like we nearly had tears.
didn't realize when the cutoff was 38 points in the game week for 1165 and then 11 points ahead is Andy with 69 in the game week for 1176 and honestly the difference is myself, Eli and Noah didn't have Cole Palmer that was the major difference in the points and what shook up most of the table well only you captain Cole Palmer, everyone else was a
Andy (42:34.835)
Nice.
Hehehe
Andy (42:47.37)
and David Captain Copeland.
Yeah, and to be fair to the listeners, I said I was going to on last week's podcast and did.
Dan (42:56.49)
You did? You did. Everyone else was a mix between Watkins, Saka and Tony.
Dan (43:04.418)
Grant, it seems.
Andy (43:04.606)
So now, all you dipshits know which host to listen to.
Diaz nuts (43:08.556)
To be fair, and this will be the only point where I say something nice about Andy, the transfers I've never seen someone go so far up with regards to the total points difference of a transfer before. Because obviously Sun and Salah got zero points in that week and the two people that Andy transferred in were Diego Yota and Cole Palmer. So you're plus 29 on his transfer.
Dan (43:32.334)
Yeah, it was incredible.
Andy (43:35.623)
I think that's good.
Diaz nuts (43:35.768)
That is it. That's it now, done.
Dan (43:36.014)
The photo is pretty good too.
Because the rescue team was pretty average, but those two saved you for sure.
Andy (43:43.29)
If only I had Captain Jotoh, because that was the toss-up between those two. Well, could have been even better.
Dan (43:50.974)
What does your team look like for this week then, Andy?
Andy (43:55.754)
It's the same except I've got Van... no, I'll just pull it up. You know what I was thinking by the way, City have two home games. Is this the triple Erling Haaland week in 25?
Diaz nuts (44:06.142)
Mm-mm. Not straight off the back of an injury.
Andy (44:10.41)
Could be, if he plays this week and plays next week, doesn't he have two weeks before it? Get back. If he starts 90 and 24, I'm absolutely gonna triple cap him for 25. I'm gonna play right as of today, Arreola and Goal, obviously, because I'm not playing de Brancourt or Waitavilla. And then Saliba, Poro, van de Ven, Foden, Saka, Jota, Palmer, Bowen, Watkins, Cunha right now. But-
Dan (44:10.486)
Let's see what we place in that sublimation. Yep.
Dan (44:28.803)
Thank you.
Andy (44:38.578)
I may bring in Solanke for somewhat. I don't know. I haven't decided yet. No, no, he's on the bench right now. He's first on the bench, Solanke.
Dan (44:42.994)
I thought you were already doing your transfer there, aren't you?
Dan (44:52.215)
So.
Diaz nuts (44:53.98)
I am Vicario for spurs and goals. Then I've got three at the back with Walker, Astupin and Emporo. I've got four across the middle with Richarlison, Saka, De Bruyne and either Gross or Palmer, still thinking on that. And then I've got Tony Watkins and Salanki up front.
Dan (45:15.747)
Nice.
Diaz nuts (45:16.384)
Alex Moreno is first sub or whoever the midfielder that doesn't get the floor sliders.
Dan (45:23.722)
Yeah, and I've gone, areola in goal. I've got Walker, Saliba, a stupinant across the back. I've got Kulasevsky, Sacka, Bowen and Foden in the mid. And then I've got Harland, Solanke and Watkins up front. And where I'm, as Dom would say, where I'm swithering is over. I've got Gabriel as my first off the bench. Um, and I've got Sterling as my second off the bench, but I don't think either of those would supplant anybody.
Diaz nuts (45:51.042)
Oh.
Dan (45:54.017)
and the team.
Diaz nuts (45:55.406)
If I were to bet on anything for a Liverpool-Chelsea game, it would be that Sterling would do something, just because he's playing against Liverpool.
Dan (46:03.262)
Okay, but out of Kulasevsky, Saka, Bowen and Foden, who would you take out for?
Diaz nuts (46:09.792)
cool as Sevski because it didn't start last week.
Diaz nuts (46:16.424)
Is he back on to start this week? Did he play in the, the cup at all?
Dan (46:17.076)
fit.
Dan (46:25.399)
There you go.
Diaz nuts (46:27.072)
the Bible.
Dan (46:28.81)
That's it. They've sold me. All right.
Dan (46:36.37)
Yeah, must be. Must be tomorrow night.
And then after that, so we have, well, we have this week, but then immediately the next game week kicks off on Saturday, 3rd of Feb. So we have like Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, pod on Thursday or Friday, and then we'll strip back into it on Saturday for another game week.
Diaz nuts (46:58.924)
There you go. Can't say far enough.
Dan (46:59.562)
All of them at the same time.
Diaz nuts (47:09.088)
Isn't it a live pod all the time?
Dan (47:10.623)
So the Thursday game is West Ham, Bournemouth, or Wolsey. So I guess we can pod. And you'll hear Andy's pain live.
Diaz nuts (47:27.821)
there.
Dan (47:28.158)
8.15 UK time.
Diaz nuts (47:30.856)
I'm 15, Central European, in the evening.
Dan (47:33.618)
Yeah, Sunday, 8.15 in the morning, yeah. What a fucking stupid question.
Diaz nuts (47:39.976)
It's the commuter match, obviously.
Diaz nuts (47:48.928)
We have a couple of minutes left.
Dan (47:50.841)
Yeah, it means. Cool, that's us.
Diaz nuts (48:04.252)
Yeah, it still says record, nevermind.
Dan (48:05.298)
My show is recording 99% uploading
Diaz nuts (48:09.912)
to change for a stop record.
Dan (48:10.39)
can make it stop now.
Diaz nuts (48:14.86)
You know, the body presses stop.
Dan (48:14.986)
I can't, we haven't got a stop button. We don't have stop buttons.
Diaz nuts (48:22.028)
Press the stop button.
Dan (48:25.419)
I'm sorry.
Dan (48:32.124)
I'm sorry.
Dan (48:37.64)
I don't know what you want to think about that.
Diaz nuts (48:42.194)
It looks like you're not recording Andy.
Diaz nuts (48:49.439)
Let me just put it in the chat for you. That you should look up.
Dan (48:58.446)
There's nowhere we can click stop, there's no stop button. You do it and then it just goes.
Dan (49:08.514)
Do we leave?
Dan (49:13.75)
Oh yeah, fuck it. Yeah, fuck it. Fuck it, leave it. That's the way to fix it.
Diaz nuts (49:13.783)
I think we meant us, not you.