CWC In The Morning

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Christian 0:01

That's crazy. What's up fellas? Episode 45 of a top 200 soccer podcasts in the world. We're still up there, right, Joel?

Jerrell 0:12

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Christian 0:13

Good

Jerrell 0:13

Might slowly be rising too.

Christian 0:15

Hey, where are we right now? Are we a top one? 85

Jerrell 0:20

I'll get, I'll get back to you at the, uh, end of the year.

Will 0:23

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Christian 0:23

99 baby. What's up? Listener?

Will 0:27

We're coming for your spot.

Christian 0:29

What's up? What's up? My name is Christian. I'm joined here with William and Jarrell. How you guys

Jerrell 0:34

Yo. Pretty good. Pretty good raining over here.

Will 0:37

wildly hydrated.

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shit.

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Christian 0:40

No, no, no potty breaks during the pod, bro. You gotta, gotta squeeze.

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I got my tube ready, so if I have to go, it just goes right into the bag on my hip.

Christian 0:48

Oh shit, bro. Techno, that's dedication, bro. That's, that's, that's the type of dedication that gets us in the top 200 Stocker

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we got a, we got a email to football fellas@gmail.com. If you, uh, hit us on the line, hit us on our pod, um, as we head up to the end of our first season. Or if you want to talk to me about Love Island, because I'm fucking locked in, let know. We're available. We're well versed. Christian, also, he's on the Patreon and only fan showing nips.

Christian 1:53

One. One at a time. One at a time.

Jerrell 1:57

He shows one on the on the feed.

Will 1:59

that's crazy. One at all times though. You have like a fucking nipple GoPro. Yeah.

Christian 2:06

It's just those like 1980s gym shirts

Will 2:10

There's

Christian 2:10

had absolutely nothing.

Will 2:11

like, these guys are fucking killing it. What the fuck? Nipple

Jerrell 2:14

They're just like, how do I get a pod catheter?

Will 2:17

a pod catheter. Yeah.

Christian 2:19

Somebody's looking at their Spotify. I was like, they haven't talked about soccer once it's been 20 minutes.

Will 2:24

we said football. We said football,

Christian 2:27

Good shit. Good shit. Any new shout outs? Any new listeners? What we got? What we got fellas?

Jerrell 2:33

Nebraska's still going strong.

Will 2:35

yeah. Nebraska.

Jerrell 2:37

Yeah. Omaha. Omaha. But yeah, no, I mean, no, no big shout outs. Been kind of a quiet week.

Christian 2:44

out Nebraska.

Jerrell 2:46

Yo,

Will 2:47

Sh sh.

Jerrell 2:47

I I'm gonna get a soundboard and you're just gonna just hear sounds in the background.

Will 2:51

That's season two. Fucking glow up. We're about to hit, is gonna go crazy.

Jerrell 2:55

We will have actual scripts.

Will 2:57

about to double our nothing's from the heart. Hello.

Christian 3:02

How many episodes per season? We're approaching a full year.

Jerrell 3:06

We are pushing a full well. We did start,

Will 3:08

season.

Jerrell 3:09

about it afterwards.

Christian 3:10

Hey.

Will 3:12

episodes, baby. What's the problem?

Christian 3:15

All right

Jerrell 3:15

Yeah.

Christian 3:15

Let's get into

Jerrell 3:16

Nebraska's listening. Yeah. Club, club World Cup. Yeah. Club World Cup is in full swing. Some teams have already played their second matches. I think only, you know, group A and half of group B played. Any interesting results? Yeah. Honestly by Munich, beat up on Auckland City, but they're the most successful Oceana club. So that they got that going for them. They do have full-time jobs, but they're also like the winningest team in Oceana region. So I, I was like, how do they qualify? They're just really good over there, so.

Will 3:52

that's only real to, oh, go ahead Gretchen.

Christian 3:55

one thing I was really interested in seeing in the club World Cup is to see how the South American teams fend it against pretty much everybody else.'cause like you have, like Boca Juniors is one of Boca Juniors and, and Red Play. They have like one of the most like, their fan, their fan base is just. Crazy. It's amazing. They have an amazing fan base and they travel fucking well. And they're pretty solid teams. I mean, a lot of these players get poached internationally and they come from places like Boca, juniors River Player Flu, me n Flamengo and all that stuff. So I was really interested in seeing how they fared and so far they've been pretty playing, pretty solid, but made us tied against Porto, which I'm

Jerrell 4:36

Out Torres.

Christian 4:38

ku but uh, but yeah, Porto on the other side has been looking trash. They lost to, uh, inter Messi, um, of earlier today. Flu NSAID tied against Puerto Doman river plate. Beat three one against the red diamonds of I'm assuming Asian side,

Jerrell 4:57

Where From what country?

Will 5:00

Argentina.

Christian 5:01

oh yeah,

Jerrell 5:01

Oh, okay.

Christian 5:02

it's uh, Boca Junior's River plate. It's like the biggest. It's a big rivalry in Argentina. You have Mexican teams showing up. Monterey tied against, uh, Internationale, but international has been on a downfall. What else we got? What else we got, Rob?

Jerrell 5:17

Peta

Will 5:18

results

Jerrell 5:18

showing up.

Will 5:19

Porto sitting at one point, I think they have a chance to be eliminated without even playing their next game. Just if, um, I forgot the result that needed to come through I have to But Porto has a chance to be eliminated without even playing well, or like with their result, not even mattering. Um, depending how next round goes.

Christian 5:35

How many games in the first round?

Will 5:38

the

Christian 5:38

Just three

Jerrell 5:38

gotta be three,

Will 5:40

So it's

Jerrell 5:40

a single round robin.

Will 5:41

Cup. How same way how they do it.

Christian 5:43

Okay.

Will 5:43

won earlier off of, they were down one, oh earlier. Messi turned back the clock a little bit and hit a free kick on the goalkeeper short side. Caught the goalkeeper flat footed and tucked into the corner. So, football fan and you've probably seen that dozens of times, but, uh, always special to see it, especially as a mess. He gets up there in age. Other result that kind of stuck out to me, uh, Madrid got held off by Al Hillel and Shabi Alto's first game, uh, they weren't able to get a winner late. Fete Verde had a penalty saved in like the 90th minute I was watching it. I saw that actually live, they got a penalty in the 89th. Um, I joked, uh, to someone I was with, I was just like, oh, well here we go. Club World Cup two. Round Christian. But yeah, fete Verde a shot saved by Yasim Bono. Al Halal couple players running loie of athletic called Madrid fame, uh, Reen Neve, former Wolfs player. Couple pieces on that team that were good, but um, them being able to shock Real Madrid one, oh 1, 1, 1, 1 was a big surprise. I'd say. Outside of that, everything's gone as

Christian 6:42

Yeah.

Will 6:43

With fu. Yeah,

Christian 6:45

so All Hill All was also, uh, something I was really interested in seeing because. All has players. They have really good players and they showed

Jerrell 6:53

have, uh, Benz, right? Does Benz on that team.

Christian 6:57

I don't, no, he, his, um, I don't know. I don't remember off the top of my head, but his jersey colors are black and yellow.

Jerrell 7:04

And yellow, black and yellow.

Christian 7:06

all all Hill Hall. All Hill all has like solid player. They have Savage that they stole a while ago. Malcolm has played in, in pretty solid teams,

Will 7:15

Malcolm,

Christian 7:15

bono who had an Amma, older. He played in, uh, he came from the Spanish League, but he had an amazing previous World Cup. They have,

Will 7:23

to play for Bil. Be Right.

Christian 7:25

I believe so. Yes. Kuali, which Kuali played pretty well that game. Uh, Celo they have a good team. Money talks obviously.

Will 7:35

Did and Sogi just go there. What the f Christian, you're a Madrid fan. Stop.

Christian 7:39

we don't pay millions of dollars on a transfer fee.

Jerrell 7:42

Get'em all for free.

Will 7:44

millions of dollars. What the fuck do you mean you

Christian 7:47

Yeah. But we don't,

Will 7:48

Agent

Christian 7:49

yeah,

Will 7:49

crazy.

Christian 7:50

we're just really good business folks.

Will 7:53

want to hear about the Club. World Cup. Come

Jerrell 7:55

I, I, I did.

Christian 7:56

done with my, uh, um, I, I do want to give a shout out to Garcia. He's a 21. He came from Garcia

Jerrell 8:02

The award show is next week.

Christian 8:05

He's a, he, he played striker. I, I'm gonna ignore everybody.

Jerrell 8:08

Mm-hmm.

Christian 8:09

another thing that stood out this game was Trent Alexander Arnold, and how Pit, he played really bad for his first game. All Hill Law kind of just passed the ball freely around him. He, he got caught ball watching multiple times. It's a, it's a lot of what

Will 8:23

the

Jerrell 8:23

I've seen that.

Will 8:24

a, the athletic did a piece on, um, just kind of how that press and how unbalanced that side was with like, the position of Rodrigo and how Al Halal was able to play really well out that side where it's just kind of like basic movement. Um, them being able to kind of send the ball inside and then there's like three, four runs there. So Alonzo said it would be like an adjustment and whatnot to go through. But yeah, I mean, that was always gonna be the back. His cre, his creation, um, how he works, um, is special, but he wasn't gonna shore up the back line, so it's not really a surprise. I, I'd, I'd say.

Christian 8:56

Yeah.

Will 8:57

you know, as those pieces kind of come to fruition, come together, I'm sure they'll, they'll get it together. But, yeah, that piece on that like is really nice. I'll share with you Christian, just'cause I know that's like your lens of interest.

Christian 9:07

Yeah.

Jerrell 9:08

Yeah, so I went to watch a video. I was like, oh, lemme see, like there's a video on all the goals scored. I guess it was over the first three days or something of CWC and I was like, oh wait, I clicked on it. As soon as I clicked on, I was like, oh fuck. I'm gonna watch all the Byron musicals, aren't I? Yeah, that's exactly what happened.

Christian 9:26

Friday. B versus Buckeye Juniors is gonna be a really good fucking game.

Will 9:32

after being, when he was asked, Hey, do you feel bad? Nah, absolutely not.

Jerrell 9:36

Hmm.

Will 9:37

So

Jerrell 9:38

They weren't celebrating as hard, I thought. I was like, oh, is Harry King gonna score? He didn't.

Will 9:43

took it easy.

Jerrell 9:44

yeah, took it easy.

Christian 9:45

City's playing at inter Co

Jerrell 9:48

Oh, tonight

Christian 9:49

Friday

Will 9:50

We

Jerrell 9:50

Friday.

Will 9:51

to

Christian 9:51

so

Jerrell 9:52

Tomorrow

Christian 9:53

tomorrow at noon. So if you guys wanna take a very, very long lunch break,

Jerrell 9:58

I cannot,

Christian 9:58

lemme know. Can I?

Jerrell 10:00

yeah.

Will 10:01

you're listening to this, go ahead and meet us there. We'll catch you, we'll do a live pod with, uh, with the guest.

Jerrell 10:06

Come stop by section 19.

Will 10:10

that's crazy.

Christian 10:11

And before we advance, I just wanna hold a moment of prayer for Botta. Fogo. they play PSG tonight, nine R Time, and PS G's previous two game was five oh, in the Champions League final and four oh against ti. Moment of silence for Botta Foggo because poor them, them.

Jerrell 10:34

They already gotta win. They'll, they'll be alright. They can, they can lose one.

Christian 10:38

I don't, I, I think this is gonna be worse than a loss, bro.

Jerrell 10:41

Okay

Christian 10:42

Auckland City thing all over again.

Will 10:44

Disrespecting both the fogo.

Christian 10:46

Where are they

Jerrell 10:47

they beat,

Christian 10:48

are they from?

Will 10:49

Where are they from? You know where they're from? They're from Brazil.

Jerrell 10:54

I mean, they beat the Sounders.

Will 10:56

Was I

Jerrell 10:56

So

Will 10:57

Do you ask me where, where they're from without knowing where they're from.

Christian 11:00

Yeah,

Will 11:01

That's crazy.

Jerrell 11:02

are they, are they not Brazilian?

Will 11:03

thought they were

Christian 11:03

I, I, I'm pretty sure they are,

Will 11:05

They're striker's or they're leading gold score or Igor? Jesus.

Christian 11:10

they are Brazilian

Will 11:11

Seems I killed it. I heard my keep this week. I'll catch you on next week. Peace.

Jerrell 11:16

Transfers. Yeah. Are we, we wanna move on. Transfers. Nothing's going on in transfers, guys. It's all rumors.

Will 11:21

rumors

Jerrell 11:23

rumors. Some rumors not nobody wants Jack ish. I. Uh, ISTs and Testco have not moved from their clubs. Probably not gonna move for a little bit.

Will 11:33

agreeing terms.

Christian 11:36

personal terms.

Will 11:36

Actually I don't even think that's true. It's fine. It's a

Jerrell 11:38

Listen, I was trying to like, find an answer for that and it'd be like, oh, five minutes ago talks break down two hours ago, arsenals pushing along. The deal will be made and I'm just like, what the fuck is actually happening?

Will 11:50

it looked like yore. Now it looked, then it looked like sesco. Now it looks like yore is being still owed by sporting, and then apparently there's a offer in from UUs, but he doesn't want to go there.

Jerrell 12:03

Yeah,

Will 12:03

all over the place. So, a alleged, well, Barcelona, apparently, uh, Nico Williams, he wants to play there. So now it's just a question of just can Barcelona register him and fit him

Jerrell 12:13

they'll find the, they'll find the money.

Will 12:15

have personal terms there, so, um, that's the

Christian 12:17

I think

Jerrell 12:18

They'll, they'll,

Will 12:18

can hard, hard, hard to give you guys right now

Jerrell 12:21

they'll sell more TV rights.

Will 12:22

it opened up again on the 16th. Yeah. I'm gonna start locking it on our transfer corner. So

Christian 12:28

according to.

Will 12:29

there goes the summer.

Christian 12:30

According

Jerrell 12:31

There goes summer

Christian 12:32

44 minutes ago, SESCO's agents are requesting an a release clause in his arsenal contract, which might be stalling some of the, plans here,

Jerrell 12:43

in case of what?

Will 12:45

The

Jerrell 12:45

Why would you wanna leave?

Will 12:48

So yeah. Have more of that kind of aggregated. Obviously we're not going off of sources unless you guys are. Then why the fuck am I going gonna

Jerrell 12:55

Definitely not. I, I see headlines. I'm just like, that's a rumor. Let's add that to the, to the chart.

Will 13:00

yeah. We'll,

Christian 13:01

keep everybody on their toes.

Will 13:03

now, we'll probably try to do focus on done deals and then we'll try sprinkle in some rumors.'cause the rumors really keep my eyes spinning. I was just, I ain't gonna do it.

Jerrell 13:11

Yeah. Man. United trying to offload, uh, Marcus Rashford. He's been linked to Newcastle and the Spurs. I saw that one floating around and, uh, Rafa to Liverpool, maybe Arsenal, who knows? Uh, Luis Diaz is agreeing to leave Liverpool if 60 million is met and Al Bes tried again to get Anthony on a$20 million bid

Will 13:39

I

Jerrell 13:39

with

Will 13:40

to

Jerrell 13:40

a huge sell on Clause. They wanna sell'em for 80. I don't know, again, rumors, I just see numbers everywhere. It's just flying around real quick.

Will 13:49

Rain Man over here.

Jerrell 13:50

Yeah. And then real bees one's trying to get goats knee back, but I feel like their offer's extremely low. 20 million with, but they're trying to finagle like a huge sell on clause. Uh, I dunno.

Will 14:02

be like a loan deal through next year and then an obligation and then probably sell on. So yeah, for him to go there just with like wages and the Manchester United try to get money back. It's gonna be some weird financial accounting.

Jerrell 14:16

We want money back, but we don't play him when he is here

Will 14:19

Manchester United with

Christian 14:20

Barcelona going for a Swedish kid.

Jerrell 14:24

What?

Will 14:25

go on

Jerrell 14:26

Yeah. Which, which one?

Christian 14:27

Rooney.

Will 14:29

Barge. Oh yeah. Rooney Barge. Yeah, he is like a, he is like a little wonder kid a couple years ago, but

Christian 14:35

I thought you guys were about to hit me with a, we just talked about this.

Will 14:39

No, no. This is all you,

Jerrell 14:40

Not on the list.

Will 14:41

Barcelona also, I think it's like Cardoso Ella from 16-year-old, so it's fine. We'll, we'll,

Jerrell 14:47

Yes,

Will 14:47

next week. It's fine.

Jerrell 14:49

slow Newsweek, but team grades. We do have team grades and we're gonna do all 10.

Will 14:54

We're gonna give you the bottom 10 here. Well, the top 10. Sorry.

Jerrell 14:57

The bottom 10.

Christian 14:58

top 10.

Jerrell 14:58

We're gonna recap the bottom 10 for you guys.

Will 15:01

We're gonna do it in reverse this time. See if

Jerrell 15:03

Revised, revised grades.

Will 15:05

yeah.

Christian 15:07

All right. Do you wanna

Jerrell 15:08

All right.

Christian 15:08

off this one? Jarrell. This is, I feel like this one's for you

Will 15:11

he was

Jerrell 15:12

Who,

Will 15:12

honestly, the next

Jerrell 15:13

who is it?

Will 15:13

too.

Jerrell 15:15

Who is this one?

Will 15:15

Buzz

Jerrell 15:16

Uh, Brentford number 10. Top half of the table. Brentford.

Christian 15:21

Half.

Jerrell 15:23

Yeah. Top half of the table.

Christian 15:25

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I just, I just clipped your wings on that one. My, my apologies.

Will 15:30

that Ted is slightly above. 10th place is better than

Jerrell 15:35

Where do you, where do you put 11?

Will 15:37

Yeah, it's the top half. I'll go off King

Jerrell 15:40

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Top half of the table. Great season for Brentford, uh, Wisa and.

Will 15:44

A plus. Nothing to see here.

Jerrell 15:46

Bmo. Yep. Both contributed 20 goals, well, 20 and, uh, 1819 goals. Uh, so huge, huge season for them. Had a push to get Europe later in the season and they'll be losing the full and everything like that. But for everything that Brentford has done this season, it's an A, it's an a, it can't be anything less for me. When, when you take this club, it's only been in the Premier League for the past. Four seasons. Getting into the top 10 is huge and creates a little bit of staying power. The conversation next year might be a little bit different after they literally got gutted. The hive is now empty boys. That will be, that'll be discussion in a different episode, but it's an A for this season.

Will 16:26

holes in your hive. What did you get full him last week? Do you remember?

Jerrell 16:30

What did I get for'em?

Will 16:31

Yeah.

Jerrell 16:32

C

Will 16:33

That's crazy.

Jerrell 16:33

plus.

Will 16:34

That's crazy. That's crazy. Full of

Christian 16:37

There's zero bias in his a.

Will 16:39

him a c It's fine.

Jerrell 16:41

Yeah, but that's Brentford rival, so

Will 16:43

Is it okay Brentford

Jerrell 16:44

yeah,

Will 16:45

gonna give him a

Jerrell 16:46

so West London rivalry

Will 16:47

they had a really strong start of the season and then you

Jerrell 16:49

B for Bs.

Will 16:50

exactly. That's what I was going for. He caught it. Um, some quality results, uh, leaky out the back despite how prolific their attack was throughout most of the seasons. So it would be a solid bee. They had some weird flip-flopping energies where they couldn't lose at the GT tech. And then they just started losing at the GT Tech. So I'm gonna give them a B. A B for the bees. Also, they lost Thomas Frank. So do you guys have any coach

Jerrell 17:12

But that is no,

Will 17:13

Gerald said that's after the season

Jerrell 17:16

that's the season son bitch.

Will 17:18

didn't. We I guess we had some conditional grades for Spurs. You're right, it's

Jerrell 17:21

We did, but it was based off of their, what they did this season. And then we, we, we appended it after he got fired. So

Will 17:29

doing a, a lookup going forward, so you know, I'm gonna go ahead and say I'm

Jerrell 17:32

that's for the preseason rankings and outlook. I'm scared. I'm scared for, I'm scared for next season

Christian 17:40

He hasn't met too.

Will 17:41

Second. He said they're finishing second next season. Christian, where where you got the beast?

Christian 17:46

I think I'm gonna give him a c plus. I, I, I, I feel like,

Jerrell 17:50

hurts.

Christian 17:51

for like a top six, top 18.

Will 17:54

I mean, it's against expectations, right?

Christian 17:57

everybody

Jerrell 17:57

finished, they finished 15th last season, so

Christian 18:00

everybody should expect to win the cup.

Jerrell 18:02

Okay.

Christian 18:03

That's the mentality you gotta go in with. So they did not win the cup. Yeah, I was, I was ready for them to come in second, bro,

Will 18:10

I, okay. It was two episodes

Christian 18:12

their boys.

Will 18:12

you remember what you gave the tractor boys two weeks ago?

Christian 18:15

I don't remember an a a plus.

Jerrell 18:17

It was last week actually. He,

Will 18:19

a cup.

Jerrell 18:19

he ran through, he ran through it last week.

Will 18:22

Christian missed that of it, so That's crazy.

Jerrell 18:24

I think he gave him f plus

Will 18:25

football fellows get amnesia. That's crazy. All right, cool. Burn with

Christian 18:29

Whoa. I didn't explain why. Hold on, hold on, hold on hold.

Will 18:32

your

Christian 18:33

yeah, so it was, yeah, so they went from a relegation battle last year, I believe, or they were close.

Jerrell 18:38

15th.

Christian 18:39

15th. How close were the point? It, it doesn't matter, but yeah. Uh, their, their main player last year was what? Yoni. And it was like their first, uh, season without him.

Jerrell 18:47

The gambler, they call him.

Christian 18:49

Yeah. And you, like you said, and Bueno. And we second combine. Really good upfront. They were spotty on def defense, defense every once in a while, but it was a transitional year. Good, good for them. It, they. They're a secure Premier League team. I think they play well enough to say in, in the mid table and there's, there shouldn't be worry for relegation if they continue to play like the way they've been playing.

Will 19:10

Can we clip this for next year? Can we

Christian 19:12

Damn.

Jerrell 19:12

Yeah, sure.

Christian 19:13

them?

Will 19:13

Christian

Christian 19:14

Did I fuck

Will 19:15

Yeah, that's crazy. I saw Jarre,

Jerrell 19:17

not competing for.

Will 19:19

I saw, I saw Jarrell with a, just a line with sweat. Go down, as you said. That's crazy. There's no world

Jerrell 19:26

A Jordan Peel meme where he is just sweating.

Will 19:29

There's no world where they're looking at allegation next year. I'm gonna hold you to that, bro.

Jerrell 19:33

That's fucking crazy.

Will 19:35

crazy.

Jerrell 19:37

16th. They finished 16th last year. Sorry, not 15. Little bit off.

Will 19:41

Christian believes that's a, I like it.

Jerrell 19:44

They kind of won a trophy. Next. Number nine, in Christian's eyes are officially in the top half. I don't know. Born myth, Michael. B Jordan's team

Christian 19:53

chair?

Will 19:53

Say it one more last time. I wanna leave it in this season of the of the pod,

Jerrell 19:58

born myth.

Will 19:59

the tell me. Tell me what happened to the cherry.

Jerrell 20:02

Huh? The cherries sizzled out.

Will 20:05

gotta leave it. We gotta leave it in this half of the year. We gotta do it. Carry on bud.

Jerrell 20:10

Yeah, the cherries, they're all right. Where do I, where do I wanna put'em? 12th, last season, move up to ninth. I, they really crashed out towards the end there. Like, I think they peaked at fifth and we were talking Europe for the cherries podcast, or KRS fucking sent them to the shadow realm and they just, it just went horrible. I think they, yeah, they had two points and. Six games towards the end there. C plus better than last year, but couldn't finish this season. So c plus for the, the cherries. Go ahead guys.

Christian 20:48

Uh, cherries. I'll, I'll, yeah. B minus I, I'll give'em a B minus because like we said, there

Jerrell 20:53

More than brentford. Hmm. All right.

Christian 20:56

higher than Brentford,

Will 20:58

That's Fucking

Jerrell 20:59

Hear you out. I hear you out.

Christian 21:00

Yeah, it's at, at one point we

Jerrell 21:02

I actually tied in points

Christian 21:04

we we did talk about burn moh. Uh, how high did Brentford get this season?

Will 21:08

That's crazy. Hurt people. Hurt people. That's crazy guys.

Jerrell 21:11

what the.

Will 21:12

guys. Guys. Keep it together,

Christian 21:14

No. At one point we did talk about burn moh of like, oh, they, they have a chance for like a European spot without all this. Who gazy. Well, if this happens, if this happens, if this happens, then the bees make it.

Jerrell 21:25

I got for that. Thanks. But

Will 21:28

been going on? Not

Jerrell 21:30

did not. Christian did not enjoy that.

Will 21:32

bringing the stick out. No, I think we enjoyed it. He's just

Christian 21:35

it was funny.

Will 21:36

they, he, he's, he's saying that it, and

Christian 21:38

yeah.

Will 21:38

me the fuck up if I'm wrong. But he's saying that they were more secure, their positioning than, um, there was some gymnastics that were needed for burn, uh, Brentford to potentially end up, um, in a similar location, is what he's saying as far as Europe.

Jerrell 21:53

When I came to up with the scenarios, Brent Brentford and Bourmouth were in the same spot, so it is equally as many gymnastics.

Will 22:00

I'm gonna go ahead and

Jerrell 22:01

Bournemouth played themselves out of Europe.

Christian 22:03

No, they definitely did. They definitely did.

Will 22:05

for a while, I think Was is pretty much what we're saying, right?

Christian 22:09

Yeah. I think they, they, they beat they beat the Saints back in February and then since then they've just been super fucking spotty. They lost to, oh shit. They beat fucking Arsenal. Goddammit.

Jerrell 22:22

Yeah, you don't remember that one?

Christian 22:24

uh, they lost to Ipswich.

Will 22:26

I'm

Christian 22:27

couldn't, they just couldn't really get any wins. I, I think because of how high they got and how consistent they were at one point, I think they do deserve that B minus. They were a fun team to watch. And I remember in the beginning of the season was it the cherries that, like for four games in a row, they scored within the first minute, or like within

Will 22:43

the

Jerrell 22:43

That was Brentford.

Christian 22:44

I was the B brentford. Oh.

Jerrell 22:46

Yeah.

Will 22:46

bitches looked the same.

Christian 22:48

yeah. All these, all these B teams.

Jerrell 22:50

These,

Will 22:50

That was crazy.

Jerrell 22:51

these red teams, man. Yeah. So you wanna reevaluate your brentford grade?

Will 22:56

literally pulling up the pod power rankings just to see. So, since I gave the bees a b for the bit, um, I, so Darrell, it's not, it's not a shot necessarily, but there was a period of time during the season where burn myth was higher up on the table. Both

Jerrell 23:10

No, for sure. They, they, they peaked at five. I know.

Will 23:12

teams outperformed our expectations on the season. So, I'm gonna give, I'm, I'm gonna go ahead and meet at a b just, and I just,'cause I can't go above B plus, I wish I didn't shoot myself in the foot, I guess in post. Yeah. So I'm gonna give the B'S a B minus so I can give burn myth. Uh, I'll give burn myth a B minus as well. With the expectation being dealt early on where it's just kind of like between them and Nottingham Forest. We were talking about both teams. It's just like, whoa, is there a chance that one of these teams do something we are not expecting? They did play themselves out of it with their performance more in the second half of the season, but. Um, all around a solid season, all things considered for them, um, in our expectations for'em. I think we had them finishing around like 12th on average on our like preseason rankings, BS 15th as well. Um, actually when we were talking about it. But all things, all things considered, I think it was a solid season for them. The only thing that's kind of leaves a bad taste in kind of dos a grade is there, there was like a feeling of like, what if for a while. They're kind of similar to nodding him for, so I'm gonna give'em a solid B minus as well,

Jerrell 24:11

Fair, Christian, you got the next one. Number eight,

Christian 24:15

On up to the seas. I think I'm a.

Jerrell 24:18

dium.

Will 24:19

just all the throwbacks to all the episode

Christian 24:22

The Wolf scenario. I think I'm gonna give Brian a b on this one. I, they were top at the table after match, day one, I believe. Um, and then they've

Jerrell 24:33

Can't take that away from him.

Will 24:35

I was there.

Christian 24:37

Did Arsenal ever top the table?

Jerrell 24:39

Absolutely not.

Will 24:40

not hurt people today, guys?

Christian 24:43

hurt. I'm an fan of Hurt. Haven't won so long. I was trophyless last season. Everywhere. Everywhere I

Jerrell 24:51

wasn't

Christian 24:52

it hurt. But yeah, I think I'm gonna give'em a solid b they never dropped below 10th place, I believe this season. They've been, they, they've been floating around that time and, and I, I think they have, uh, they've had a new manager this season, if I'm not mistaken, but

Will 25:06

Hartzler. Something young man. Forgot I can't pronounce his name'cause

Jerrell 25:10

YMCA.

Will 25:12

thank you, drew.

Christian 25:13

Yeah. And then, uh, the, they were what, four points away from a European spot. it, they had everything to play for on the last, last match, last match day of the season. I think they, they did pretty well. I think they, they deserve that beat.

Jerrell 25:27

That's fair. Look at brighten a b plus I. No, no, truly, I don't. I didn't really watch them. Not really, I didn't really watch them. So it's just kind of hard to just be like, oh yeah, this, that, and the next, but I'm just like, yeah, B plus,

Christian 25:40

beats.

Jerrell 25:41

11th last season. Eighth this season. So an improvement and competed for Europe, really up until the end. So B plus.

Will 25:51

I'm gonna give them a B minus. Actually, they were, um, after match day, seventh and sixth, uh, 15th, they were still around seventh and then run by February. They were kind of sitting around that 10th range and they were able to jostle and kind of finish eighth. But they had a strong start. I remember they had a little bit of undefeated run early on in the season, but then they kind of just middled a lot of the rest of the season, um, with some tricky situations with red cards and whatnot late. So I'm gonna have him as a B minus team as well, just because. They're, they started relatively strong and then they kind of finished, kind of just inconsistent for the rest of the season. Couldn't maintain like that heat they had early on in the season. So I'm gonna give'em B minus. With the caveat being, they were missing like some key players. Matt, uh, I remember like Medal Riley, uh, took that weird injury and like a cup game early on and new coach, new young coach as as well. Um, so they're figuring things out a little bit of a transitory year, but I'm gonna give'em a B minus just because it was okay. It was all right.

Jerrell 26:46

It was okay. That's just okay.

Will 26:48

Okay.

Jerrell 26:49

not again. Forest is next.

Will 26:51

I'm gonna give them, even though they didn't get year, I'm gonna give'em a plus, um, nine in

Jerrell 26:55

Oh, they got, they got Europe.

Will 26:56

They did.

Jerrell 26:58

Yeah, they got conference league. They got the third tier.

Will 27:01

don't recognize it. Um, but Be, I don't recognize it for me close, but no, I mean, good for them. Good on them. That right. But finishing in seventh, I don't think, I think we all had them as potential reg relegation candidates.

Jerrell 27:13

yeah. They were fighting. We had them fighting for their lives. I.

Will 27:16

lives. Meanwhile, we were fighting for our lives against them. So yeah, nine hand fours, I'm gonna give him an a plus. I don't think anyone saw this season going this way for them except maybe whoever was in the locker room. Some late results pushed him out of like a chance for UCL qualification. But this season outside of you know, a little bit of a disappointment towards the end. And that might've also been our curve being like, oh, they're pretty much locked in there. Right? There's

Christian 27:39

Yeah.

Will 27:39

that they drop. I'm

Jerrell 27:40

Absolutely.

Will 27:41

a high point total of them. 65, I think this is the first time seven teams have finished with 65 or more points in a Premier League season, and they finished a point back of fifth place, Newcastle. Um, nine Ham Forest, I'm gonna give you a plus just because I, it was a magical season. There was a little bit of a deep breath in, but I imagine as a Ingham Forest fan that this was a delightful season to watch. So hopefully they can keep it going next season.

Jerrell 28:06

Yeah, I'm in the same vein as you. I'll give Nottingham Forest an a. I mean, they sat, they peaked at three and they sat at three for like 14, 14 match weeks, 13 in a row. So huge. They got a little fatigued towards the end and slipped off, but like nothing short of impressive for what Nottingham Forest did. They beat Liverpool early on in the season as well. Not a lot of teams can say that this season. So yeah, huge. Nottingham Forests, NA.

Christian 28:33

I am gonna give them also an a plus. Last season they, they were one spot away from relegation fighting for their life. They were literally led by the Holy Spirit this year with Nun Santo. He made great signings. Malkovich was really good. He turned Chris Wood into like a really, really good player. They were just an effect, an effective squad. They, they had pace up and down the wings. They had a, uh, a good striker in the box. It, it, it, it was, it was fun to watch and not to mention the millions of different ways we try to say tricky trees, freaky trees, f freaky forest. It's just, it, it was, it was fun watching. I, I don't think I would ever be like, like, I can't wait to watch that, that, that Nottingham Forest game. But this year I caught a few games and they, they played really fun. I think they were the most, they're definitely the most improved team this season A plus. They deserve it.

Jerrell 29:22

Awesome. Number six. The villains. The villains.

Christian 29:29

Stop

Jerrell 29:30

villains. Okay. Season for the villains. I mean, I guess with recent history being considered, they've been in the top 10 for a little bit. Uh, they give them, they're a b season for me. Uh, they had their champions league. They had a pretty decent run. I believe they made the quarterfinals. Yep. So good run for them. Uh, managed to finish sixth domestically, so still play in Europe, although it's the Europa League. They. They had a, a good season. Like they, they created some staying power. They're, they're competing. They know that they need to be a top 10 team and compete for these European spots. Aston Villa, what, like three years ago was just kind of, just not good

Will 30:10

Mm-hmm.

Jerrell 30:11

for a while. There would be, I, it would be higher if they had that. Their struggles are more recent, but be average for Ashton Villa.

Will 30:19

I am gonna go ahead and give them a b plus, just because I think they were able to effectively kind of manage, um, UCL competition, which I think we all had as just kind of like, well, are they gonna be able to do it? A lot of transition with John Duran dealing with, um, kind of him in, and their mid-season signings for me were also impressive and, uh, we're able to push them, um, towards that sixth place finish. They couldn't get to fifth off goal difference, but were able to tie with Newcastle, at least on points. The signings of Danielle Mullin, uh, Rashford, uh, cio yeah, late in the season in January, I think really pushed them to and push. They were able to put, even though that first leg didn't go the way they wanted, um, were able to put the fear of God in PSG with the, you know, conviction, persistence. They showed, um, late. As well in the quarter final. So I'm gonna go ahead and push them. Um, I'm gonna have Aston Villa. I'm gonna give him a b plus just for being able to manage Europe. Um, go through like kind of a couple tough portions of the season relatively finished strong while juggling, um, pieces within the squad.

Christian 31:15

I'm gonna give them enough for shipping Dunan to fucking Camel League.

Will 31:19

How's he been doing? And also, I don't think we should call him Camera. Lee Cook? No. What? Matter of fact, cook bro. You cook.

Christian 31:28

No, but I, I think a b is pretty fair. Um, you did mention the mid, the midseason signings rashford since you played really cool, um, really well for them. Loan players, so it's interesting to see how they're gonna, they're gonna rebound and, and see if what signings they make to, to replace them.'cause they had a big impact on them. I think there's questions on Ali walk-ins feature there. I'm not entirely sure. I think there's a little, probably a little contract battle on the,

Will 31:53

I

Christian 31:54

Not too.

Will 31:54

between that and then like him having the battle for like his starting place, he wasn't in love with, he's looking, moving towards his last contract again. So he went from John Duran pretty much to rationed late in the season.

Christian 32:05

Yeah,

Will 32:05

there was just some beef there. He's a little bit older, profile 30, so I don't think he wants

Christian 32:10

yeah,

Will 32:11

know, fighting when, especially when the numbers show. He's one of the most effective strikers in the Premier League. So

Christian 32:17

yeah. And I think, they also about to lose their goalkeeper?

Will 32:23

Emmy Martinez, I think

Christian 32:24

Oh,

Will 32:25

I forgot who he was trying to push to, but I think they want to pick up 40 mil from him, which for a 3-year-old goalkeeper goalkeepers, obviously age a little bit different. But I think

Christian 32:34

yeah,

Will 32:34

that they were pushing for, that. He was trying to push, I. I don't remember the team off the top of my head, but he was trying to move into,

Christian 32:41

yeah,

Will 32:42

waters.

Christian 32:43

Yeah. But yeah. I think B is fair. They, they, they got a European championship spot for next season. A lot of questions going into the off season. If they do end up lose losing these key players, um, it'll be exciting to see who they bring in to see if they're able to still keep up with the top, top finish.

Will 33:01

I, I

Jerrell 33:01

Villa

Will 33:01

I think

Jerrell 33:02

Villas is Europa.

Christian 33:05

Is that an, uh, a European championship?

Jerrell 33:07

Uh, I think it's a Champions league.

Christian 33:10

Oh no, I said

Jerrell 33:11

Oh,

Christian 33:11

championship.

Jerrell 33:12

okay.

Will 33:12

Yeah. Vlo got, got like the extra like knock like a high B for me just'cause of, uh, the transfer dealings. I was just like, damn, arsenal can never in January. And then, um, yeah, the UCL, uh, the showing good fight in both stages. They finished top eighth if I'm not, if I remember in like that, uh, group qualifier stage, whatever it's called.

Jerrell 33:33

De seated or whatever. Yeah

Will 33:35

yeah, whatever the fuck. Yeah, I can't wait to do it again next year though.

Jerrell 33:38

it's gonna be different,

Will 33:39

yeah.

Jerrell 33:41

I swear.

Will 33:41

Newcastle. First UCL team. Yes, sir. Newcastle, uh, finished fifth 66 points. 21 point, uh, 21 Gold, gold differential. This is for me, and you know, obviously it aligns with the UCL uh, spots, but just like, kind of like where the cut above was as far as the league was. Um, with like, you know, maybe like further degrees, but Newcastle pretty dominant. A lot of the season. They figured out some goal scoring stuff where it won their first trophy in what, 50 plus

Christian 34:07

60,

Will 34:08

the pot notes.

Christian 34:09

60.

Will 34:09

When they won the car about cup, um, upsetting liver pool, if I remember correctly. They're back in Champions league after removed from it this year. So for Newcastle it's a pretty solid year all around. I'm gonna go ahead and give them a, a minus with the car about cup. Uh, I think pushing back into my a, my, my A territory, so it's them. And Nottingham Forest, who I've given these, I think so far this year. So

Christian 34:32

Yeah. Uh, no. I agree. Newcastle, they, they had two realistic goals and, and an amazing home kit. I just wanna remind that that

Jerrell 34:42

I, I see it sometimes. I'm like, do I wanna buy this? I think I wanna buy this.

Christian 34:46

if it wasn't Newcastle, I'd own that jersey just'cause of how nice it is. But despite that, despite that, like you said, they, they got back into into the Champions league. They, they finally, finally got a trophy. It's a interesting style of play. I don't know if they're, they're worried about losing some of their top players, but,

Jerrell 35:04

I think ES has been like thrown around here and there, but

Christian 35:08

couple years at this point.

Will 35:10

since they have

Jerrell 35:11

he wants to go to.

Will 35:12

Since they, since they have like that transfer thing where like there's pretty much like a Newcastle tax where anytime they try to do business they are taxed just because like Saudi funded.

Christian 35:23

Yeah.

Will 35:23

they're also reluctant to let go of players unless a player moves forces their way out. So obviously Esoc talked about Bruno Gima over the last couple years. Another target of Arsenal that we didn't touch on but was, uh, Anthony Gordon, um, with his ability to run behind offered like different layers, but it's kind of hard to do business with Newcastle unless you directly hit their asking PI price, just because they have a hard time, especially with Premier League teams, like doing business with them because there's just like a tax on top of them.

Christian 35:50

Yeah. But I, I think a, just because of what they accomplished and a minus is pretty fair. They had a rough patch in the middle of the season, but they, they were able to. Finish strong to secure those positions. So a minus,

Jerrell 36:05

Yeah, definitely an a I think. If the rough patch was more towards the beginning, that's just me. They kind of like peaked at three and then they fell under 10 for a minute. Uh, and then they came back up. Yeah, winning the Kara about Cup is huge for them. They just fought their way back, got back in the Champions League. Newcastle's just one of those teams towards a Fringe Champions League team now. So making it back and winning a trophy along the way gets you an A for sure.

Christian 36:32

sorry.

Jerrell 36:33

All good.

Will 36:34

Sounds similar to the next scene we're talking about Chelsea, Chelsea Blues, uh, finishing

Jerrell 36:39

More trophies,

Will 36:40

points. Oh yeah, fucking conference league. They won that. Which honestly, if they didn't, I'd just be like, what the fuck? You outspent every either Your club valuation is pretty much outings everyone else. But, um, yeah, Chelsea for me, uh, solid year, they started off really strong. Cold Palmer went cold mid months, so they kind of mirrored Newcastle's for'em a little bit.

Jerrell 36:59

fucking subzero.

Will 37:02

uh, UECL, but I thought Meca did a good job in general. Juggling his squad size, size his squad size, um, was able to win, like, the good amount of games won 20 games on the season and just kind of like give them a direction, which with where Chelsea was the last two seasons and all the jokes we bought about all the transfers they're doing and just bringing in guys and moving around. I thought, I think that was important. So them being able to also finish and forth is just even greater boon. So I'm gonna go ahead and give Chelsea a b plus. They. They were strong throughout the season. So yeah, B plus for Chelsea, uh, shall blues.

Jerrell 37:37

Go ahead, Christian.

Christian 37:39

yeah, I think, uh, b plus for Chelsea is pretty fair. They finished with 69 points outta Newcastle,

Will 37:45

Nice.

Christian 37:46

noise. Uh, Enzo did a fairly good job going into a team that had, what, fucking like 77 million people on the roster. I mean, when you have, they

Jerrell 37:57

Some supporters were on the roster.

Christian 37:59

It, it's, it's crazy. That's crazy. It's crazy how many people they had in Renzo to come in and be like, all right, I gotta choose. He pretty much was able to choose school from a, a really good team. There was a point where they were considered, uh, in the beginning of the year where they were considered like, all right, they, they, they might be a, a solid contender. And then they, they had a pretty, uh, like you guys mentioned, a, a tough, tough back end of their season. B plus B plus is pretty solid. They do gotta offload a lot of players, though. To see who, who ends up getting cut? Nico Jackson's also someone in the highlight,'cause he was very hot at some points, and then he was also not very hot at some points. He, he, he missed a lot of easy layups, I would say.

Will 38:39

Mid-season really kind of fucked with the form he was showing for his staff. I felt

Christian 38:43

yeah, so Nico Jackson was a, a good standout apart from, uh, Cole Palmer, which everybody talks about, but shout out Nico Jackson.

Jerrell 38:52

I give Chelsea an A minus. They want a trophy too, outside of the Spurs

Will 38:57

of

Jerrell 38:57

who also won a trophy, they got a D minus. But Chelsea,

Will 39:01

they.

Jerrell 39:02

uh, they get their Europa whatever conference league trophy, to complete their trophy case of. European trophies, the Infinity Gems if you will, and they get an A. They get back into Champions League, which is huge for them. Top four looked a little shaky, doubted it a little bit, but they finished strong. Chelsea's back, they got Champions League Football a

Will 39:27

And now we're moving,

Jerrell 39:29

everyone's favorite it.

Will 39:30

the citizens. Okay. Christian going crazy. Go off. Yeah.

Christian 39:35

man, city F.

Will 39:38

Okay. I

Jerrell 39:38

All right.

Will 39:39

it. I thought you was like, man, city and just awkward silence.

Christian 39:43

more like Man, P am I right?

Will 39:45

Oh shit. The citizens. cool. So we have an F from Christian. Go ahead.

Jerrell 39:51

Where do you put man City? A team that's won four times in a row and then finishes third. I think you just give him a b. To be honest,'cause they're still there. Like we thought they were gonna slip, their lowest position was seven and even still, that's not even so bad.

Will 40:09

they, they showed some get, get back rest of the season. They definitely, this is a atypical man city team. I had them like, kind of like BB minus range kind of in my head. But they were able to kind of like take some poor results. The, they have games that mattered down the stretch and we were able to get results against

Jerrell 40:24

they got results in all of them. Yep.

Will 40:26

So, um, I'd say it's a b uh, maybe B minus if you're a city fan, just because you know, you're measuring it against your past successes over like

Christian 40:34

Yeah.

Will 40:34

Near decade. But I'd say it's a, it's a solid B is always gonna be a transition year. Obviously changes with KDB. Gray Lodge looks like he's gone. You lose your. Balon the winter, uh, Roddy, uh, in September you're able to push through, you finish three points back, uh, uh, of Arsenal despite, you know, having a very subpar season for them. Look to retool over the summer. Um, I'm sure we'll get a different iteration for them by August, September. You know, removing the bias aside, I, I'm actually a little excited to see how Citi looks coming into next season. There's a lot of moving pieces over there, so I'm gonna give'em a b. For Citi it's underperforming year, but a lot of teams would've loved to have the year they had. So I'm gonna go ahead and give it a

Jerrell 41:14

For sure.

Christian 41:16

Yeah, they

Jerrell 41:16

BBB.

Christian 41:17

decent signing with Mamoosh. Mamoosh has played a few games. They sent him in January. He. He has some talent. So like you said, it's, it's gonna be interesting how they reorganize over the, the, season here.

Will 41:29

Yeah.

Christian 41:29

I thought they signed, they had one more player.

Will 41:32

picked up

Jerrell 41:33

And the one that only matters. Number two,

Will 41:38

yeah.

Jerrell 41:39

north London forever.

Christian 41:40

McAtee had a good season too, and he was fairly young

Jerrell 41:42

Arsenal. Who? Wow. Somebody else take this one.'cause I don't know where to put them. I don't know what grade to give Arsenal.

Will 41:50

do you wanna start really, really cold or do you want me to start optimistic and So Drew can meet us in the middle somewhere.

Christian 41:57

Why, why, why, why? I'm not, I'm not the optimistic kind.

Will 42:04

que.

Christian 42:05

No. It was a disappointing season. And it's tough to say. Disappointing when you're constantly. always the bridesmaid. Never the bride. And that's how it feels like to be an Arsenal fan because what the fuck, guys, like so many, so many draws, so many draws. And it reminds me of the previous World Cup qualifier, where Colombia, all they did was fucking draw. Fuck it. Even this season, all we're doing is fucking drawing. We can't get a fucking win. And it's, um, it's just transferring over to Arsenal. How many draws did we have This, this season? Like 87. What's up?

Jerrell 42:45

14 draws.

Christian 42:46

14 draws.

Will 42:48

projection fc, but go off King.

Christian 42:51

14 draws. This season we just, we put away a couple of those. We would've had at least some type. with Liverpool. It, it, Liverpool ran away with it. I I, I haven't given a grade yet. Right. I'm gonna go with a C I'm gonna give them a C this year. Yes. They've had injuries. Yes. They've lost a lot of good players. Yes. We had no nine shut. Shout out Mary. Nine. He, he, he played pretty solid.

Will 43:15

but okay.

Christian 43:16

Yeah. And also the fact that they didn't sign anybody mid, uh, in, in the January window knowing we had stop calling me people. I don't know how to, it's, it's fucking WhatsApp.

Will 43:29

out his phone number and they're just hitting him up now.

Christian 43:32

It's WhatsApp. So I can't like silence it without hanging up and I don't wanna be rude to hang up. So I'm just, I just check my phone. yeah, it was the fact that they didn't sign anybody to try to get better. They're, they, it, they were just like, Hey, you cm, you're a nine now. And it, it, it's, it was a very disappointing year. We didn't win shit. We're, it's another trophyless season for Arsenal. And again, second place. I'm tired of it.

Jerrell 43:57

Okay.

Will 43:58

Drew, you wanna go? Or?

Jerrell 44:00

No, no, no. Bring the energy up a little bit.

Will 44:02

So, um, yeah. Wow, Christian, uh, the expenditure was done mostly in the summer and, you know, obviously it can change just depending how this summer goes. But all in all, let me, let me temper it'cause I was gonna go higher and I. I'm gonna give it a b plus. I was think I'm somewhere between B plus a minus. The disappointment for this team had, it has nothing to do with what was occurring on the field. It was more just kind of like in the boardroom. Despite that the solution shown on the pitch throughout all of our injuries that we dealt with, we'd had no socket for four months at a time. We had no auto guard for three months at a time. We had no nine for the majority of the season. Gabriel Zeus went down, our whole back line went down. At some point we rediscovered Jakob Ki Kiwi or, um, the importance of no, we're seeing some solutions being provided from the academy. Um, and that's without even talking about what we were able to do in UCL, where yes, we did not beat PSG, but we had some magical nights against Real Madrid. I'm gonna give it a b plus. Yes. Um, we happened to run into the fact that Liverpool refused to drop points until the end of the season. We had

Christian 45:05

We were just playing for fun.

Will 45:06

And some disappointing, uh, red cards and games. Um, I will stand by the fact that some calls are finicky. It's not, it doesn't really matter, but the direction and identity that's shown from this team even when they have games that aren't going their way. And I felt like that was shown kind of in Europe in the UCL and whatnot. I thought all things without some key players there. I thought, what minus a trophy to like validate it. I, the direction's still there. The style of play's still there. Yes. I think they need to add a little bit more of a di dimension to break down some low box and be able to play a little bit more direct at times. But I, I'm gonna stand by it. They didn't get bossed by anyone all season. If you look at their goal difference, I think the only time that they were really out of a game was a second leg of their care about final. They lost one or two, a couple games by two goals, but there wasn't a game that Arsenal wasn't in this season. Least amount of goals given up in the Premier League. Underperformed in front of goal, but that all things considered is just, you take, you need a little bit of luck to win some championships. They came in second. I still think it was a solid season as far as the direction of where we expect the team to go. So yes, reinforcement needs to be done in the transfer market. We need to get that nine, finally get a real killer in front of goal. But the variety of solutions that were shown on the field by these players mi while missing key players it's a b plus for me.

Jerrell 46:24

Yeah, I echo a lot of that. Uh, it's gonna be a b top four in Champions League is huge with the roster that you're able to put out. Again, all those injuries soka out, Martinelli out. The nine is out. So they, they stumbled in the beginning with those red cards. It was kind of tough. Got some draws, got some unlucky results. A big thing with Arsenal this year was just kind of getting those leads and selling those leads, either I think they didn't outright, no, they sold against the cherries late, but a lot of them just resulting in those draws. We expect more. It was 74 points. The draws are tough, 14 draws is tied second most with Crystal Palace. So gotta find ways to finish those games. But on the flip side, you only lost four games. So with what Arsenal had to put up with on the field with injuries and luck? I think second is honestly a, a pretty damn good result.'cause other teams who've taken injuries like that, I don't think, I don't think they're finishing second. A B for Arsenal North London forever. Last one guys, the Reds.

Will 47:30

And he's

Christian 47:30

This would be a lot cooler if you guys chimed in

Will 47:33

We, I mean, we had no

Christian 47:35

whatever the weather.

Will 47:37

okay,

Christian 47:38

It's been raining so hard.

Jerrell 47:40

Liverpool, the Reds Anfield.

Will 47:42

if it's just Premier League, it's a a plus, right?

Jerrell 47:46

Mm-hmm. For sure.

Will 47:47

Yeah. I'll give them an A plus regardless.'cause they were pushing in, I think as soon as someone mentioned quad, that's when they got dropped out of UCL and they lost to eventual winners. PSG, who caught a burner Besides that, they made a carrabelle final. They were in the, weren't they in the semis recorders for FA Cup.

Jerrell 48:04

They got, they got knocked by Plymouth in the FA Cup, I think.

Will 48:07

It's an a, I'm a hater. I'm kidding. But, um, all in all, Liverpool ran away with it. Um, I, we mentioned earlier just like, Hey, this is the first time there was so much parity in the league with as far as like high point values and the league and Liverpool removed themselves from all of it by like December. They just kind of carried first place throughout the season. Handled pressure accordingly. And they, we also got a wonder season from Moala for like the first, like through February where it's just like every time they needed something they were able to get from Virgil Van Dyke looking refreshed with that back line. And they're doing it all with the new coach Arn slot who inherited obviously Juergen Klos team and all those expectations handled it swimmingly. A plus Liverpool winning their, uh, another league ti title, their first with their new coach and their first one outside of COVID. And, what, 20 years? Some shit like that. But it was a fantastic season and the style of play is just, they were demonstr demonstrably better than everyone else in the league for. A large part in that, um, is shown by their 45 goal differentials. So shout out Liverpool, fantastic season. Um, they loosened pieces, but they're also able to maintain pieces. I know off season doesn't count, but foreign inverts coming to that team splashing that big money is terrifying to see. And they're, it, they're not done yet, it seems in the transfer market. So Liverpool a plus and they're building something a little spooky over there. So shout, shout, shout the threats.

Jerrell 49:27

A plus Liverpool November 2nd, they took the lead in Premier League and they, they didn't let it go. So yeah, they're

Will 49:37

us have any fun. Yeah,

Jerrell 49:38

not at all. They

Will 49:40

it's

Jerrell 49:40

were just,

Will 49:41

No. Yeah.

Jerrell 49:42

yeah. Mo Moala is just like, I am inevitable. And when the game was on the line and when it mattered, he found a way to find that late goal more times than not. It was just, you could not find a way to stop Liverpool. A few teams did not. Him in the beginning, found, found a win, and even Fulham did when there was still a chance for arson to close that gap. But then after they locked up. The championship when such a statement too. Five one over Tottenham. Then they just took the foot off the gas and they just played, they just played teams for fun at that point. But a plus for Liverpool. Yep. Semi, semi fun or finals for a car about FA Cup. They, I know they got bounced relatively early for their expectations. And then Champions League, it is what it is, but with such a dominant performance domestically, uh, it can't be overlooked. A plus.

Christian 50:38

Yeah, you kind of have to give Liverpool a plus. They, they had a. Station?

Will 50:42

would be like, you kind of have to give Liverpool a D. Like I really thought, are they gonna stay even and be like, I mean like, come on. Were they even that good? Carry on, bro.

Christian 50:50

No, it, it has to be an a plus. Like, uh, you move on from a coach like Jorgen clap and you're just, you're, you're terrified. You, you w what, what does, uh, moving on from Jor Klo remind you of as an Arsenal fan? The horrible downfall post we, we, it's, it's when you lose such an amazing coach, the following seasons are a little terrifying. And our swinger came in and they, and he said, hold my dick. I'm gonna actually do, do you one better. And he ended up winning a, a team. They took advantage of man city, uh, slipping. They took advantage of Arsenal being Arsenal and getting in second place. And they, they won, they won the league. They finally, they were able to celebrate in front of their home fans, which they weren't able to do it back in 21, as we mentioned multiple times. But e even they, they've for example, I. They're, they're their midfield, which was questionable. Previous seasons, like they just, they had an amazing midfield and they were able to control the game from the back line to the middle, to the front line. It, it was just an all around solid team. You have Ryan Berg who played sensational throughout the season. Um, McAllister had a, a lot of solid games. You have gpo when you have players like, um, Lucho and Moala GPOs still there. Another person. You have to worry about it. It was just, it's, it's just an overwhelming team. Like who, who do you focus on when every single player there is pretty solid? They, they're, they're losing Todd this this off season. Um, I don't know if they were able to replace him yet, but

Will 52:18

they're

Jerrell 52:18

Still early.

Will 52:19

Carkey from Be moh. I think they're looking around like 40 mil. I forget pounds or euros. I get them mixed up, but they, they are lining up what they wanna do, essentially.

Christian 52:29

yeah, they, they. Again, from defensive line to midfield to the up top, Liverpool was just sensational every step of the way. And as much as we'd like to kid ourselves, that Arsenal was in the fight. They never were, Liverpool ran off with this and they just didn't look back. They were even going,

Will 52:46

shit wasn't cooked until March. So I mean, speak for yourself dog.

Christian 52:50

nah, nah bro.

Will 52:52

as long as we kept it within around eight ish, that we'd had a chance if, as long as we beat them in May, but then we dropped points around then I was like, well, well, so I believed.

Christian 53:03

Nah man. Um, and then, oh, they're he didn't necessarily have like an amazing season for them. He did not have a good season for them. Darwin Nunez, which they, it was a, a pretty big signing a couple years back and he hasn't been able to, to progress in the Liverpool. I think he, if I'm not mistaken, is he not going to Napoli? Is that a done deal or is that a rumor?

Will 53:24

He is rumored right now with Napoli. I think Leverkusen might be in, if we're talking rumors, I think Liverpool might try to, might, might, might be turning the Esoc rock too, which is terrifying. So yeah, so, but think the biggest thing is just like they're looking to spend in ways we haven't seen since they spend on Virgil Van Dyke and they bought in Allison and they bought in like a lot of key pieces and it looks like they're transition but also re-upping to kind of maybe be scary. For another, like, I don't know, like five years.

Christian 53:56

Yeah. They were able to keep sala.

Will 53:58

is crazy. Yeah. So

Christian 54:01

Able to keep sala. They were able to keep Van Dyke. They sent you, signed Van Dyke, right? I'm not, Going crazy.

Will 54:06

we'll hit the Liverpool co corner in our transfer corner next week.

Christian 54:10

Yeah, it's, it's what, one more can we say about the police? There's,

Will 54:15

right now. Yeah.

Christian 54:16

it's terrifying. It's.

Will 54:18

Christian Christian's head down. Yeah. Yeah.

Christian 54:22

They might go back to back.

Will 54:23

Christian looks traumatized right now. Ru he

Christian 54:26

Oh, yes. Is also out. Yeah. No, all, all they're missing is a thought. All they're missing is a like, oh my God,

Will 54:34

All right, so

Christian 54:35

I hate it.

Will 54:36

oh

Christian 54:36

I hate it.

Will 54:37

has been the football field. Is there anything else you guys wanna shout out? Christian, you, besides Liverpool? Ah, it's our award show. We got. We really gotta come up with that. That name. Yeah. Yeah. Email us some categories. Oh yeah, the dress ups gonna be crazy. Yep. But we'll have, um, some end of season awards. Maybe we'll do a very late 11. Hmm. Who knows? Page break. Darrell. Um, and then, yeah, outside of that, this has been the football. If they'll just hit us up on those socials. I'm not gonna plug them again. We love y'all very much.

Christian 55:07

Rewind the podcast.

Will 55:09

Hell yeah. Darrell say, bitch, I'm the plug. Hey, hey, this has been the football fellas. We will see you next week for our season finale Boys. Woo. More of the show no one asked for, but you'll continue to get most weeks. All right, we'll catch you all next week Piece.