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Jerrell 0:00

It's episode 62. Everybody's here. We're putting out another pod, second pod of 2026. It's February 4th.

Will 0:09

crazy.

Jerrell 0:09

Today's a Wednesday.

Christian 0:12

Woo

Jerrell 0:13

First time we're all together.

Will 0:14

That's what I was saying. Yeah. First time all this year that we're all together.

Jerrell 0:17

Yeah. It, it took what, 35 days. Cool.

Christian 0:21

damn way. That's crazy. This is really the second pod we released all year.

Jerrell 0:26

I think so.

Christian 0:27

I thought you guys probably did last week.

Jerrell 0:30

No.

Christian 0:31

Oh, this is tough. Our, our listeners are in shambles. I don't,

Jerrell 0:35

Yeah. But, but I think the Red Devil. think the Red Devils want us to stay away.

Christian 0:40

that's funny. Oh, they're fucked. They're fucked this week.

Jerrell 0:44

It's over. Now How have you guys been? I know life is life and

Christian 0:49

Work, work, work, got working, heading back to back like 70, 80 hour weeks to try to develop something out here in these streets,

Will 0:58

Let me put those hours into the pot, bro. Fuck your dog.

Christian 1:00

in these utility streets. Yeah,

Jerrell 1:04

How many listen.

Will 1:05

The fuck,

Christian 1:06

many bro. I'm just a humble, I'm just a humble contractor getting caught into meetings with fucking people way above me. And then it's, it's just, it's been fun though. It, it's been fun.

Jerrell 1:17

thing.

Will 1:19

Docs yourself. Do it.

Christian 1:20

Starts dancing.

Jerrell 1:21

the

Christian 1:21

Hell no.

Jerrell 1:22

the thing. Make it work.

Will 1:23

Two weeks ago when I tell you I was locked the fuck in and that fell through, I was, I was locked. I, I was

Christian 1:31

We can still give you that, that access, bro.

Will 1:34

it was, I was locked. Like I, I, I don't all year I have not put that much effort into it. And then outside of that life was life in, I was just kind of like, Hmm,

Christian 1:45

We can still,

Will 1:45

week's not good.

Christian 1:46

we can still give you the recap. We can, you can still

Will 1:49

Glasner. I hope you're doing all right, bro. I don't know. But we're here now. We're here now.

Jerrell 1:54

Are here now.

Will 1:55

the, did we do the intros

Christian 1:57

that work.

Jerrell 1:58

We.

Will 1:58

the

Christian 1:58

Hi to our folks. How about you, Jarrell? I think. I think Will and I rambled a little bit. How? How you doing bud?

Jerrell 2:06

I'm doing all right. I'm excited for this podcast. The knee is healing. It's, it's, it's had got no ice today,

Christian 2:12

Young man?

Jerrell 2:13

Yeah. But overall pretty good. New job coming up in a couple weeks,

Christian 2:20

yeah.

Jerrell 2:20

exciting. Yeah. I love the job

Christian 2:22

Docs yourself.

Jerrell 2:22

great. I won't.

Will 2:24

Give

Jerrell 2:24

won't. No.

Will 2:26

Super Bowl party at? Bleep distant post. The address is B. On

Jerrell 2:31

And that's, and then that's why Trump let have the Super Bowl party of Mar-a-Lago.

Will 2:35

That's crazy. That's crazy.

Jerrell 2:39

Let's, let's get into it, guys. I don't, I

Will 2:41

Let's

Jerrell 2:41

where I don't really, yeah. I don't really know where to start. It's been a little bit,

Will 2:46

a little weird nowadays.

Jerrell 2:48

it's a little funny. The Grammys happen. Yeah. Bad Bunny album of the year.

Christian 2:53

The world is slowly falling apart.

Jerrell 2:57

Of that.

Christian 2:57

No, just, just in general. Look outside.

Will 3:01

I am also at Mar-a-Lago. But there's been a lot of football over the last couple weeks. UCL that's done, that's where we're, we're into the playoff phases. That's a thing. I did not get a chance to kind of like do my live tweeting of the last day's match day unfortunately. But that was lit. I hope you caught it.

Jerrell 3:19

Only is the only unseated Premier League team now.

Will 3:25

New Castle? Yeah.

Jerrell 3:26

Yeah,

Will 3:26

okay. It's okay to be unseed, right? Christian.

Jerrell 3:29

that's five. That's

Christian 3:31

Hey man.

Jerrell 3:31

Premier League teams that are seated. Which is,

Christian 3:33

Hey man.

Will 3:34

Nah. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Let's see, let's see, let's, let's see who makes it to the quarters.

Jerrell 3:38

Yeah. a lot of pressure on Arsenal because they went unbeaten in, in the, in the group stage, stage, round robin, I don't know what you call it, the pot stage.

Will 3:50

They, they, they went ate for eight, right? At the end of the day, obviously it comes down to matchups. I don't remember. Top of my head because I do not have that graphic up in front of me because I'm not as prepared as I need to be. Exactly what their potential draws are after on that playoff phase. But I don't remember feeling any type of crazy stress, which, as I say that I'm gonna knock on wood or whatnot. But they're doing, what is it after the I'm sorry, the lost last No, who last week? Who did we play? Oh my God. After the draw last week at Forrest. And then I think the midweek fixture that they had, it was just like they're alive in all competitions. First place in Champions League, they won eight. Eight for eight. And then in between that I, spoiler ahead of time, we're gonna touch on the carrabelle semi-final against Chelsea yesterday. We are recording February 4th, 2026. And then, resounding went over leads yet earlier in the week as well. So they're sitting still now seven points clear. There were four points clear last week, and then they're still alive in all the compositions. They be in FA cup, they're like round of 16, I believe, or something

Jerrell 4:53

They're doing it all. They're doing it all.

Will 4:56

the doom and gloom we can feel as they had like a rough stretch as we also weren't recording. Manchester United hit some wonder goals against us, which we refuse to record for. That's the real reason we have been around.

Jerrell 5:06

It's a double-edged sword.

Will 5:08

Yeah,

Jerrell 5:08

We have to be, we have to be on air for Arsenal to continue its form.

Will 5:13

Hammer him in.

Christian 5:14

My cousin tried to talk shit. Now just look at the state of the world. This is what you care about.

Will 5:21

I just said, can't we talk about something that's real? Can't we talk about the socioeconomics? Yeah. And his cousin said, fuck you.

Jerrell 5:29

All say United STRs looking really good next game against Tottenham.

Will 5:34

and we jinxed it

Jerrell 5:36

Yeah. Yeah. That's what

Will 5:37

and we

Jerrell 5:38

we do. That's what we

Christian 5:38

No, that's what condom's good for, bro. Just like ran meeting randomly. Teams that really need it, that could have probably used better English, sleep deprivation is a thing.

Jerrell 5:48

so also works.

Will 5:50

So I guess, do we wanna act like we've been here and just cover the last, I don't know, week match, day 24 and maybe some caribou maybe that that's on the dockets this evening?

Christian 6:02

Yeah, because the other match days, we did it on our Patreon, so you know, we did float it.

Will 6:06

Patreon where you can also get the address for Darrell's annual Super Bowl party. The address will not be changing most likely. If you, if you subscribe this year, you're good for until he moves. So

Jerrell 6:19

Yeah.

Will 6:21

just, just a weird guy from fucking was that place in England? We, that we have our Hartford Shire. You're not weird, dude. We're weird.

Christian 6:30

Both can be.

Jerrell 6:32

But you already alluded to it, arsenal had a big game against leads. I saw a report where it was like, this is why Arsenal will win the league. Some reporter out there just jinxed it'cause they dropped four points on and forged goals on on leads. I was like, Hmm, maybe beat, maybe maybe beat man City and then we'll talk.

Will 6:48

Tough honestly tough scoreline because I thought leads played pretty well, especially compared to, the la their last fixture at the Emirates, they lost five. Oh, I thought leads all in, all played pretty solid throughout, but then just kind of like some moments of madness laid and they couldn't get at the end of their chances. Huge win for all things considered. As we alluded to at our Patreon, we talked about not the best. know, run a form in the league the last couple weeks. So a huge win for them a get right game, if you will. Going back into lure.

Jerrell 7:19

Reaching, reaching back the wolves.

Christian 7:22

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Will 7:23

the fuck?

Christian 7:24

Just moved on straight.

Will 7:26

tell me not. What are you talking about?

Christian 7:28

Arsenal. My Looker had an amazing game on this one. Aka got injured in the pre, much pre-match warmup, I believe. And like my, my looker wasn't supposed to even start, and he just had an amazing game. He had part of the first two goals, one that might've been an own goal, was credited to him at the end, I believe. But yeah, man good game for Malke, even though he was not expecting to start.

Will 7:48

Yeah. And you got goals from all over. Zubie was the goal. Yo Kadesh was able to get to go. Jay Zeus was able to sneak one late, all around just solid performance from them. And once again, I'll always emphasize, and punts try to say it's boring when the way Arsenal controls the game, but if there's no danger, you don't give up goals, you give yourself a platform to win. And we see that, especially in the Champions League and we'll touch on a little bit, but very professional performance against Chelsea yesterday.

Jerrell 8:13

All I know is, is that the pundits are arsenal haters.

Will 8:17

All my officer haters Sherell said

Jerrell 8:20

We have wolves. And, and the cherries. The cherries beat the wolves. Two zero. We thought the wolves were gonna turn a corner. Guess not.

Will 8:27

it. It's been a, it is been a two game losing streak. They went, they got, they got a draw, a dub, a draw over three match days and you thought, hey. But here we are. It's match date, heading into Match week 25. And we're still on panda wash. That's right. Leeds having a chance to break Derby's record of least amount of points in a season as they look,

Jerrell 8:46

Is that 1311?

Will 8:50

11. Like a fine establishment in Miami? Yes. I don't know if there's any chance that they, they're not mathemat, they're mathematically eliminated from winning the league. They cannot win the league. They cannot win. The league confirmed. Yeah. That's ma mathemat. They could win out and everyone else somehow loses the rest of the year. They're fucked. But yeah, they're cooked. They're the league just forfeits the rest of the year. Like everyone refuses to play and solidarity do for leads. It's. It's been about what the season's been been for them. Junior Carpe, he had a goal in the first half. A late goal from Mout as wolves was trying to eek it out. But yeah, wolves are depressed.

Jerrell 9:26

Ws wolves are going down

Christian 9:28

Yeah. Sucks to be the wolves right now. But shout out to the cherries though. Like they just, they just lost a man. He just departed from a FC burn moh. And then just cherries out of nowhere, just have a dual of 19 year olds groupie and Ryan, who both scored. Ryan being, I think in, in stoppage time. Groupie's about to become, I think he just needs two more goals and he's gonna become the 11th teenager to hit double figures in a Premier League season. So that's, that's pretty big. So shout out to the cherries to being like the recruitment staff. If for the people that missed our.

Jerrell 9:59

'em in the summer.

Christian 10:00

Our transfer window on our Patreon. Ryan was just picked up during the January window.

Will 10:06

who was picked up?

Christian 10:07

Ryan, R-A-Y-A-A-N, Brazilian,

Will 10:11

Alex Scott scored the second goal.

Jerrell 10:14

Yes,

Christian 10:15

For, for the Cher Cher.

Will 10:18

Yes.

Jerrell 10:19

score in that game.

Will 10:21

They

Christian 10:22

Oh, my bad. Ryan for.

Will 10:25

Cherry.

Christian 10:25

Ryan provided the assist for for K's

Will 10:27

Ah, got it,

Christian 10:29

So that was the involvement. My bad.

Will 10:31

Christian loves him a teenage Brazilian. what else we got, drew?

Jerrell 10:36

Brighton.

Will 10:38

I'm glad you appreciated that, bro.

Christian 10:40

That was funny.

Will 10:40

Yeah, Everton. Actually, I was able to catch this on the Gold Rush. That Peacock provides pretty solid coverage. Yeah, met with the goal in the seventh minute of injury time to break Brighton's heart and to continue positive results. Jack Grish also looks like he's done for the rest of the season as he'll return from his loan from Man City at the end of the season. So good season for him. Good big moment, good result for Everson Everson who. year, spent a lot of the season, bottom of the table, and now they're moving into, they're above 500 American terms, I'd say, but they've been higher mid table throughout the majority of the season. So big, big point for them on the road. Amex has been not the easiest place to get a point from throughout the season

Jerrell 11:21

What does Go's role become now going back to Man City, just.

Will 11:26

out transfer out or loaned back out. Yeah, I don't. I don't, I I think

Christian 11:32

Just doesn't fit in there. Yeah.

Will 11:34

Yeah. I think, yeah, and we'll see it too. Obviously we'll touch on Man City and, as we're back to our regular recording times Guardiola also rumored to be out and they're trying to line up replacements as well for him as and whatnot. But they also had a healthy window getting Marge Anton EZ Christian talked about Man City. I just don't feel like there's any space on those wings for Grish. And honestly, I think this season in Everton has shown more of the qualities that he had back in his like West End days than like you haven't really seen while he is at City over like the last few years, especially last year, obviously I don't think he did at Ankles or Assist, at least in Premier.

Jerrell 12:11

Awfully quiet.

Will 12:14

He said, sucks to suck.

Jerrell 12:15

Did not. How dare you?

Will 12:17

fault, my fault. Hearing

Jerrell 12:18

Probably word my

Will 12:19

My fault. My fault.

Jerrell 12:21

Christian. Anything to add to this one?

Christian 12:23

Nah, nah. Shout out to Molly Bushels.

Jerrell 12:26

Chelsea did over West two.

Will 12:29

Jesus

Christian 12:30

Shit was crazy, man. Two zero at the half,

Will 12:32

was crazy. Can't confirm. Yeah.

Christian 12:35

two zero at the half. Chelsea gets booed off by their own supporters, and then just three unanswered in the second,

Will 12:42

Definition of that, me was just like, I'm not gonna lie, they had us in the first half, right?

Christian 12:46

pretty much.

Will 12:46

West Ham, I don't really have much to this. Yeah, you're playing on the road, Sanford Bridge, but it's a collapse, right? Two goals. First half Ccio, Summerville, Gerard Bowen in the first half. And then it just gets turned over. Zo Fernandez with the ultimate winner in the second middle of injury time.

Jerrell 13:01

Speed.

Will 13:02

let's hand they're in a relegation battle. It looked like they were gonna be able to get a huge, huge result for them. And know, they're playing a quality Chelsea team, but you're up two goals on at half on the road. You just wanna hanker down and do it, get it done. And instead they losing. That's the reason that they're sitting, I believe, like 18th on the table.

Jerrell 13:20

Yes.

Will 13:21

Yeah. This is why I don't Back.

Jerrell 13:22

when you, when you acknowledge Chelsea, then they slide and the next game is against the wolves.

Christian 13:28

Chelsea's doing really well.

Jerrell 13:31

Okay.

Will 13:31

do so hot. Yeah, I mean you're,

Christian 13:33

Just so they slide. So they slide.

Will 13:36

oh, okay. I get it. This was a bit my fault. Liverpool Newcastle four one. Newcastle's doing really well. Because they're sliding now. Okay. Fuck me. All right, cool. Anthony Gordon strikes first for Newcastle and then it all comes crashing down. tka. He gets a brace in two minutes in the 41st and 43rd minute floor. Inverts. He continues with what's been a pretty solid run of form as it looks like he is more or less acclimated to the Premier League and Liverpool win at four one in a game that wasn't particularly close after the dope.

Jerrell 14:08

Nah, definitely different from the first. From the first bout where we literally went to the last kick of the game

Christian 14:17

Yeah. Heavy criticism on Florian works to start off the season, but yeah, he definitely had a solid game.

Will 14:22

Ain't do shit. I'm sorry.

Jerrell 14:24

I told you he was a bum.

Will 14:27

Sorry, Chris. Can

Christian 14:28

what do you

Will 14:28

now that's, once again, that's ll this time. That's not me putting words in his

Christian 14:32

He got a, he got an assistant a goal in this game. He had a pretty solid game. He had a solid form.

Will 14:37

Phrases. He, he wasn't doing much the first I don't know, like four months of the season. So it's

Christian 14:41

yeah.

Will 14:41

alive,

Jerrell 14:42

The Liverpool should be higher.

Will 14:45

deliver, push. Say it again.

Jerrell 14:47

Should be higher in the standings on the table.

Will 14:50

No, fuck him. They, as far as I'm concerned, the amount of fucking dark, magic bullshit they did last year with all the last minute goals, that shit just regressive to me. They're still a solid team. They have a lot of investment in and. They're dealing with injuries to esoc and they're bringing new players in. They, I think they just a little less lucky. I don't wanna say lucky, but I think they just regressed to the me they were kind ofri riding like a dangerous, like line with a lot of like last minute,

Jerrell 15:15

Wow.

Will 15:16

solid winners. Like it was like a bit last year and now they're just, they're still beating teams that are high on the table. They just had a slide, so'em.

Jerrell 15:25

Are you calling the Kansas City Chiefs?

Will 15:28

That's, I don't, I don't. Go on, go on, go on. This is our pre-up bowl episode. I'm, I'm here for it. what sense?

Jerrell 15:37

The Chiefs last year had a lot of close wins undefeated, I think in like scores of with margins under three. So Liverpool kind of like had the same vein. I don't know. I don't know where I'm really going. I'm looking for, I'm

Will 15:51

You're

Jerrell 15:52

looking for that, that, that comparison for our Dallas, Texas listener

Will 15:55

No, that's that. That's fair. I can see it that now that you've expounded on it, but it's yeah, when you ride light, like

Jerrell 16:01

thin margins.

Will 16:02

or whatnot, you're like, yeah, at some point, you come back down to earth unless you just got it like that, I guess so. But

Jerrell 16:09

the money that's spent to now lose on these margins.

Will 16:12

the fix is in

Jerrell 16:14

Fixes in place Your bets. Place your bets.

Will 16:16

for the bees,

Christian 16:17

they said, park,

Jerrell 16:18

the bees. The bees what Villa? points total.

Will 16:23

Easy dub.

Christian 16:25

I'm never worried. 27 shots from villains. It's like our, it's like our Tuesday games, bro.

Jerrell 16:32

artillery.

Will 16:33

Fuck you mean

Christian 16:34

It's

Will 16:34

hatches

Jerrell 16:36

Yeah.

Will 16:36

the clean sheet? Yeah.

Christian 16:38

yeah, that's, that's the biggest difference there.

Will 16:42

We've got an, at least we've got exactly one. I'll never forget Ryan got a clean sheet and I was so happy for him. But yeah, Aston Villa fair to say that they were a little unlucky. They had a goal denied by VAR as well earlier in the game, but at the end of the day,

Jerrell 16:57

Yeah.

Will 16:58

was down to man for from the 42nd minute on. So you gotta find a way to do it at home. They couldn't. You know that this might be a fixture that Villa looks back on end of the season and they see us just kinda damn, we missed out on something. Whether first place or even they're not fully secure, obviously for a Champions league spot, their sports team match days left. This might be one of those results that you look back on and it haunts you almost hey, fuck it, we're Arsenal fans. What was it reminiscent of Arsenal Fullham two years ago in Craven cottage on the buildup there. Yeah, we'll see how it goes for them,

Jerrell 17:28

So going Unbe at home in 2025, Villa has won once. At Villa Park this year, and they've dropped, they've lost two games at home this year, so

Will 17:41

Hmm,

Jerrell 17:42

tide has changed. Interesting.

Christian 17:45

what menus next. Somehow sneaking into the top five right now.

Jerrell 17:50

The United Strand is strong.

Will 17:52

What a roller coaster of a fucking game, right? Cast Miro. Oh. Go for it, bro. Take it.

Christian 17:58

I said that was crazy, but yeah. Cato haven't heard that name in a while. Yeah. SESCO almost had a

Will 18:03

Brazilian. Yeah.

Christian 18:06

s Cisco almost had a goal of seconds into like him being subbed on when when a cross was headed his way. But it ended up being a lot more dramatic after that Lum scored twice at stoppage at the end, and then it just took a very, very, very last second goal. From Cisco, was it Cisco that scored the game winner still?

Will 18:23

scored the winner. Yep.

Christian 18:24

Yeah. Just a rollercoaster of emotions there. Man's just really, he's having neck pains from all that hair. So two more games. The next one's probably gonna be the toughest one they have against Tottenham. And then I think it's Westham.

Jerrell 18:36

Westham. Yep.

Christian 18:39

It's is gonna be,

Jerrell 18:39

go,

Christian 18:40

be

Jerrell 18:40

they go to

Christian 18:41

toss up for will's. Catfish at that point.

Jerrell 18:43

What do you wanna see more? You wanna see the United Strand cut his hair? Or do you want Westham to win? If, if United Beat Spurs, of course.

Will 18:53

I'm gonna go ahead and go on record and say respectfully. I don't give a shit about this man's hair length. I,

Jerrell 19:00

Wow.

Will 19:00

I'd rather see West Ham win brother. Like what the fuck? This pod is built off, like 20% of us is talking about the

Jerrell 19:08

Hopium.

Will 19:08

of the stress of coaches for Manchester United. So what? Michael Carrick comes in and everything just turns around. Shit's sweet. Two Wonder goals against Arsenal. Two weeks ago you think, I forgot that you think I'm gonna be rooting for these fuckers for some guy who across the pond That I don't know. No. Bless him. Because they're across the pond

Jerrell 19:26

They also,

Will 19:27

other.

Jerrell 19:28

they also beat Man City, which.

Will 19:31

Okay? Okay. What have you done for me lately, Eddie?

Christian 19:34

Means nothing.

Will 19:35

guys. Fuck these guys.

Christian 19:38

Ed

Jerrell 19:39

alright,

Christian 19:39

have you done for me, ed?

Jerrell 19:42

have to keep growing your hair.

Will 19:42

United, like one of the singularly like most powerful European powerhouses in the world, or West End. Gimme Westham, dude. Like

Jerrell 19:53

I even say the most

Christian 19:54

Yeah, we hate powerhouses.

Jerrell 19:56

United Strand, an individual.

Will 19:59

He's a fucking front runner. Okay. And honestly, the hair growth probably good for him in the long term. He'll be all right. Let's reset the counter. He can do something funky with his hair. Let's see how, let's see if he's really willing to ride or die for his team. Westham in two weeks.'cause we know Spurs is gonna fuck it up for me.

Jerrell 20:17

Okay, we'll revisit in two

Christian 20:19

That's crazy. We talk more about this man's hair than Manchester United.

Jerrell 20:22

Yeah, we do. Because I don't.

Will 20:24

was thinking while we were talking about it, it was just like, we're less a EPL podcast and we're more like United Strange watch cast. Yeah. It's damn, this, here's, here's looking long

Christian 20:34

This man's neck. There's no way

Jerrell 20:36

It's just,

Will 20:36

It can't take much more herniated disc.

Jerrell 20:39

it's crazy.

Christian 20:42

Crystal Palace

Jerrell 20:43

Oh, no. Crystal Palace.

Christian 20:45

the tricky trees ended up in a one one draw.

Will 20:49

As Nico Williams gets a red card right before the half, not that Nico from Spain. The other one Morgan gets white early, early goal. In the fifth minute, Ismail Asari, he is able to equalize. Crystal Palace Gets a point. They're held by Ted Mann Nottingham for Nottingham for riding back to back draws at home. Considering. You know the circumstances around the one against Arsal and this one, a man Down, I think they take it crystal Palace. Did we, did we fly too close to the sun too soon? We haven't had a chance to talk about off our Patreon. But it's just been a really tough fucking month for them.

Christian 21:23

Oh yeah, they're, they are not doing well. I do not see a green bar in any of their last seven games, but 10 games. Yeah. This, this is tough. They got three draws and seven Ls in the last 10 games. They're not having a good time.

Will 21:38

Yeah. And then Oliver Glasner as well. We didn't get to cover it, but with I thought Ameren had a good crash out at the end of his reign with Manchester United Glasner, he's already been rumored to go out. He's confirmed he will be out. He had some, a fiery post game conference earlier in the month. Just referencing just the lack of investment. He's done a great job as we talked about, winning first major trophy. You're dealing with losing ois. You lose earlier in the season. Then you lose marga. He the day before game. There is youth on the team, but pretty much just the investment in isn't matching what's out. Glasner had great words for the players that. He does have, but just, it looks like the alignment between coach Ambition and the board's ambition aren't in lockstep and he'll be leaving at the end of the season. So I thought this season would be a year of great change for Crystal Palace. But it looks like it's gonna be rocking into next season. Definitely the team to watch to see if they're able to sustain what has been like the greatest run in their, club's history with their trophy and started this half of the year.

Jerrell 22:40

Do

Christian 22:40

Yeah.

Jerrell 22:41

they s him sooner?

Will 22:43

I don't really think there's a reason to. I mean

Jerrell 22:46

I.

Will 22:46

hey, it is what it is you're going through at the end of the year, and I mean what they're running into is they barely have enough to of like healthy professional players. They have their youth academy to. Suit up week to week. That's been like his biggest complaint. You're losing your team captain the day before a match day when they sold Mark Gay. You dealt with losing EZ before a match day earlier in the season, of course, but still. So it's just kinda like a lot of change. They're trying to get reinforcement. I forgot who they picked up in the window and that's my bad, but it's just not matching their outlays and there's just like a lack of a lack of coverage. We always talk about just how thick. The fixture is for the season Crystal Palace. You're seeing in between injuries and everything, they're struggling to feel the full match day teams, which is a shame considering. Couple of positive results over Man city winning them FA Cup last year. You got some European games this year. This could be a platform for your club to be. I think we primarily joke just like Crystal Palace, when they leave 12th Place, that's when they lock in. But we expect them there. And they were in European places, for the first half of the season. It looks like they're crashing down, down to Earth pretty, pretty tough. So I don't think you let'em go.'cause it's just like to what end? You can bring'em an interim. But you have to look forward, right?

Jerrell 24:02

Yeah. We will see, are we worried?

Will 24:05

Fuck it.

Jerrell 24:05

Are we worried? Are we worried for, for the rest of the season? Sitting 15th at 29 points,

Will 24:10

be pretty Them to get relegated.

Jerrell 24:13

has 20.

Will 24:15

Yeah, nine points up 14 days. They should be all right. They've had a tough, like batch of their schedule. I've if West Hand beat Manchester United and Crystal Palace doesn't win anything over the next two weeks, I'll talk to you again.

Jerrell 24:28

Cool, cool, cool. The Spurs, they can't, they can't win, could definitely draw and they drew against man City. They can't win

Christian 24:39

Yeah.

Will 24:39

like it's

Christian 24:40

League games that they won.

Jerrell 24:42

It is a good result. Yeah.

Christian 24:44

Yeah. There's no way they, they should have won. Like they were down two zero. They were down two zero at the half. And then Slan with a fucking I did you guys,

Will 24:51

also Buddha halftime and Dominic Slanky. Yes. Scorpion goal.

Christian 24:56

that was a crazy goal.

Will 24:57

Yeah, it stung.

Christian 25:00

Nice. I see what you did there. Because Scorpion, because Scorpion sting and,

Will 25:05

yeah.

Christian 25:05

yeah. Okay. That, that was good.

Will 25:06

Yeah, we're in peak form. We're in peak form. What was that drill?

Jerrell 25:10

Also at 29 points tied with,

Will 25:11

are they getting relegated?

Jerrell 25:13

Who knows.

Will 25:15

okay. I like, that's a power six bias.

Jerrell 25:18

If you had to pick one, I think Palace would go down more than the Spurs would.

Will 25:23

don't know Thomas Frank looking like shit. At least I liked what I saw for Crystal Palace at some point this year.

Jerrell 25:28

Yeah. Thomas Frank is in over his head.

Will 25:31

Take. No, now there's no going back to the

Jerrell 25:33

You can't take him back. We've moved on

Will 25:35

it's a

Jerrell 25:35

Keith.

Will 25:35

the club. And then our last match day of the week our Monday game, cinder Lynn Burnley ended three. Nothing. Burnley. It's been real. It's been good. You're here for, a few more months. It's a good run. We'll build on this and Cinder Lynn, we'll see you this weekend I believe and fuck you guys, but great run for the Mexican Twitter going crazy. They're sitting eighth on the table with 36 points tied with Brentford sitting at seven. shit.

Christian 26:00

They were second at one point, and here they are,

Will 26:02

oh, at there talking about Brentford, I was like, what did I miss?

Christian 26:06

Yeah, man. Eighth after just being, just being ascending to the Premier League. Sitting at eighth is pretty comfortable. They're, they're fun team to watch. They play really well and it's unfortunately, but they burn

Will 26:17

I have to say nice.'cause you gave it to me. Uh uh But yeah, similar is the eighth on the table. This has been a fantastic SE team season for a team that's ascended. Skipping ahead in the preview Arsenal center, and I think Granny Chaka is out for this tie, which is. You would've loved to see him in the Emirates again considering what he meant to that team. But should be fun on Sunday. But, we'll, I guess we'll touch more on that in the preview.

Christian 26:40

It would've been a shocker.

Jerrell 26:42

We had care semifinals.

Will 26:45

Yeah, drew. Tell, tell me more about that, because I'd love to hear more about, about the Carou Cup and move on from this trauma in my life. What the fuck all fuck it. I'm gonna, I'll take Arsal. You take me and say Arsal and Chelsea one. Oh, Kai ARDS pointed at the badge as he got like a late winner as Chelsea was pushing. Chelsea didn't really have any type of danger in the game. I think they had one Enzo Fernandez look, but besides that it was pretty calm considering it was a one gold tie. I was able to catch this at work because, this is what I get paid to do. And honestly, arsenal, they got the goal really late that sealed it, but that match control through the roof, especially considering it was like shifted pieces as well. Ke in that goal. AADE obviously still starting as sock is out and whatnot. Heavily ro rotated team, professional job at on the home Turf, so they head to Carib about final

Jerrell 27:43

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Man City. Yeah. They, they, they cruise through Newcastle.

Will 27:49

new Castle's. No good bad week. Yeah.

Jerrell 27:52

Yeah, it was that one I did watch, and once they got the first, they got the first one, like under 10 minutes. I think I missed the first goal. I was like, oh, the game's on, logged in. And then, and as soon as I logged in, it's man, Citi could get another one. I was like, when did they score?

Will 28:08

yeah.

Jerrell 28:09

one got outta h really quick.

Will 28:11

Yeah, that you knew it was gonna be a tough game strip script outside of the history. Was it Newcastle? I think I forgot they hadn't won at City Ground in I forgot how long Mar Moose scored in the seventh and by like the 32nd minute grinds, he scored the third goal. It was pretty much cooked, but yeah, I think it's just a bad matchup and it just says a lot about Newcastle's just looked wildly depleted. Also dealing with, I believe Bruno Gima just still out, if I'm not mistaken.

Jerrell 28:38

Yeah, he was out. Yep.

Will 28:40

God. So he's been like the engine of that team, paired with alanga and paired with Anthony Gordon. But there was no joy this week. And the carrabelle champions go down, go down,

Jerrell 28:50

Done.

Will 28:51

up a carrabelle final that I will be, I think this is the most locked in I'm gonna be for a carrabelle final. Ever March 22nd. Arsal, man, city, Wembley. Who? You got guys?

Christian 29:03

the fuck.

Jerrell 29:04

London forever.

Will 29:05

Too soon. Oh, okay.

Christian 29:06

There's only one right answer in this pod. It's Arsenal

Jerrell 29:11

he said, he said.

Will 29:12

is seven weeks from now and I've seen us go through wild waves of doom and gloom, but of course we're gonna pick Arsenal and I can't wait to talk about it

Christian 29:19

I. I'll choose Arsenal during doom and gloom.

Jerrell 29:23

Rain or shine?

Will 29:24

gonna clip that. I'm gonna clip that and remember that for sure.

Jerrell 29:28

Arsenal's. First appearance in the Kara about Cup. Since do we know

Will 29:34

2020.

Christian 29:35

More than one year

Jerrell 29:37

Since before I started watching them.

Christian 29:40

since before the pod.

Will 29:42

Me doing an impromptu last Google. Guys, if you can talk over my typing. Me.

Christian 29:47

LL is gonna input like elevator music during this section,

Jerrell 29:50

Yep,

Will 29:51

just, just drop

Christian 29:52

just like

Jerrell 29:53

20

Christian 29:54

it, technical problems.

Will 29:55

oh. I accidentally binged it. That's my fault, guys.

Jerrell 29:58

Ooh, no

Christian 29:59

That's crazy.

Jerrell 30:00

damn

Christian 30:00

Now we are really having technical difficulties here.

Will 30:04

This podcast bought to you by Bing.

Jerrell 30:06

No, absolutely not.

Will 30:09

Drew,

Christian 30:10

The check.

Will 30:11

out for a lot of checks. Okay. I need you to be cool. So I could definitely let you know last time they won the Caribelle Cup. 2017 18, which actually I think that might be right'cause I think our last FA cup was 2020, which was our last trophy.

Jerrell 30:26

Last trophy, only trophy, right? Was that before art?

Will 30:31

2020. That was Arto,

Jerrell 30:33

Okay.

Christian 30:34

The last time we had a trophy.

Jerrell 30:36

2020.

Will 30:37

Rainer, shine, doom, or gloom, right? Christian, right bud? Buckle.

Christian 30:43

17, 18 and we lost to Man City three zero.

Jerrell 30:46

Yeah,

Will 30:47

What's up?

Christian 30:49

It's

Will 30:49

this ain't that and that ain't this bitch. I'm strapped.

Christian 30:52

nine years later, 9, 8, 9 years later. Same final

Will 30:57

Yeah. Last time was 2018. Yeah. We got, oh, we got, we got a good dicking.

Christian 31:01

Yeah, it was, I wouldn't say good.

Will 31:03

check drill was the problem. You

Christian 31:06

Oh, what are we demo?

Will 31:08

Oh shit.

Christian 31:09

Oh my God.

Will 31:11

I guess I

Jerrell 31:11

I

Will 31:11

get a new job, but yeah, I'll touch more. We'll touch more on the fixtures. As we get closer we'll talk about things. But obviously alo Man City, it's always a fun tense of air, typically, so we'll see.

Jerrell 31:23

can't wait.

Will 31:24

March.

Jerrell 31:26

March one?

Will 31:27

22nd. sir. Lock it into your calendars guys. So we're hanging out February 22nd for the North London Derby and March 22nd for that. your other plans even though Christian's not there. So Christian, figure it out. Catch the flight. I don't fuck. Ah, next week we have two match days. We have to cover match day 25 and 26. We're double stuffing it like your favorite Oreo match. 8 25 we have leads. Nottingham Forest Arsenal, Sunderland Man U versus Spurs, the United Strand. Does he have a chance burn?

Jerrell 31:57

Yeah.

Will 31:58

Villa? Yeah. Yeah, indeed. Firmly versus less Fantastic marketing, by the way that this man's just, I feel like his whole persona is just gonna be ruined if he gets his haircut cut. That's why I'm root for the failure. Boom versus Everton just a high fade keeps the top Ws versus Chelsea. what should be a barn burner? The Molly News Revenge game. I still remember last year, I still remember when they said I forgot who it was. It might have been Wick who was like, yo, Molly knew was fucking buns. And then they beat their ass. This is their time now. 11 points coming soon. Newcastle v Brentford. The Busy Bees look to Sting Brighton versus Crystal Palace and Liverpool versus Man City. Music to my fucking ears.

Jerrell 32:38

I do wanna say that like the United Strand came along and we, around the same time we did the podcast, kindred.

Will 32:46

We get haircuts though. And he's more popping. How bad. How bad do you guys want this to work? Okay. Ready to

Jerrell 32:54

If he his

Will 32:55

it.

Jerrell 32:55

hair, it might flip our way.

Will 32:58

We should we should do what they did in my, in knocked up when the dude, I think he lost the bet and he just grew his hair out for a year. Let's see what happens, guys. We

Jerrell 33:05

Oh, man.

Will 33:07

chins out, and then we just,

Christian 33:08

If we lose the car about cup.

Will 33:12

I believe you can draw.

Jerrell 33:13

I

Christian 33:14

If we lose a car about cup, Joel won't cut his hair for a year.

Jerrell 33:19

I can't do that.

Christian 33:21

Will will cut his hair. Won't cut his hair for a year.

Will 33:23

will, will, will cut his hair and Christian. Christian can only cut his hair cut by either me or Drill.

Christian 33:30

My manager won't allow that.

Jerrell 33:33

a.

Will 33:33

am your manager.

Christian 33:35

My manager's manager won't allow that.

Will 33:37

Marie's fine with that.

Christian 33:39

Managers, managers, managers wouldn't allow that

Will 33:43

I think they would. I'll, I'll keep extending out the ladder, but I don't think it will affect anyone. You work from home, you're good, bro.

Jerrell 33:51

He's gotta turn on his camera

Christian 33:53

at times, but I usually,

Will 33:54

you,

Christian 33:55

I do hats.

Will 33:55

the effects,

Christian 33:56

I wear hats.

Will 33:56

Yeah. You wear, look, you have solutions. I was gonna say, I'll get you a bald cap. We

Jerrell 34:00

where the Google Eyes filter.

Will 34:03

Worldwide

Christian 34:04

Match day 26, we got Chelsea versus Leads, Everton

Will 34:08

I'm

Christian 34:09

versus the cherries, spurs versus Newcastle West Ham,

Will 34:14

a mid off.

Christian 34:15

west Ham V. Manu. We got Aston Villa V Brighton, crystal Palace, v Burnley. That's gonna be. They're both soccer right now, so that, that should be a fun game. It's always,

Will 34:26

on Crystal Powell's name, bro. That's crazy.

Christian 34:28

it's always fun to see two teams that are in really bad form.'cause oh, who's gonna be worse? We got Man, city v Fullham, the trick trees versus the wolves. Speaking of bad teams we got Sunderland. We got Sunderland v, Liverpool, and correct

Will 34:44

the ll,

Christian 34:44

me if I'm wrong, did Sutherland

Will 34:46

Yeah.

Christian 34:47

Sutherland beat Liverpool earlier in the season?

Will 34:49

Huh.

Christian 34:50

Suland, take the first game against Liverpool.

Will 34:53

Seems about right. I

Christian 34:55

Four points for Sunderland. You heard it here first and then some, some, some team versus Arsenal.

Will 35:02

Darrell's existential existential crisis derby. I'm so excited for it. He shows up in a bee costume with a Brentford jersey with a arsenal jersey with another Brentford jersey

Jerrell 35:11

I always have to split it, so it's like if the home team is the team I go for, for, so I'm going for.

Will 35:17

That's crazy. Darrell,

Christian 35:19

This man,

Will 35:19

we have championship aspirations.

Jerrell 35:23

Yeah. I have two teams.

Christian 35:24

are you? Wait, wait, wait. Why are you a Brentford fan again?

Jerrell 35:29

I like the, I like, I like the bees. I just like,

Will 35:32

you were a Ludin talent fan.

Jerrell 35:34

yeah, I was like like the name. It's just great. And then there's literally a

Will 35:39

you,

Jerrell 35:39

logo.

Will 35:40

was a Ipswich fan. Sorry, I'm

Christian 35:41

Yeah, it's, it's the tractor boys,

Will 35:45

Yeah.

Christian 35:46

the sound. They make goal even though they barely scored.

Will 35:50

I hardly knew'em. Yeah.

Jerrell 35:51

I spend time getting acquainted with Brentford too, so yeah, I do Brentford and I'll be going, I'll be cheering for them on February 12th.

Will 35:59

Christian, you're also technically have two teams. They're just not in the same league. Technically you have three, three teams, but that they're also in a different league.

Jerrell 36:07

Sutherland's team year.

Will 36:10

Oh, I thought Rio Madrid was Christian's team this year. I remember the UCL quarterfinals last year. You piece of

Christian 36:14

I used to, no. I used to be able to watch the Premier League, unbiased and just enjoy the games, and then fucking Will comes,

Will 36:22

could.

Christian 36:24

will, comes up to me. He is like, Hey bud, we're fucking rivals everywhere else. Join Arsenal. That's literally the pitch. And.

Will 36:33

And no, no, it wasn't. And then you were like, no. I don't know if I, I was like, no, hear me out. They have a project. They, they have a vision, bro. I,

Jerrell 36:39

I'm curious.

Will 36:39

lot of work, huh?

Jerrell 36:41

didn't convince you to pick Arsenal, who would you have ever picked a Premier team? Team and what team would you have

Christian 36:47

Absolutely no, I would've just enjoyed I would've probably just enjoyed every game, but it's always gonna be a fuck man city,

Jerrell 36:54

That's a

Christian 36:55

Because the devil, someone understands that reference. But yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Will 37:02

Man, city.

Christian 37:03

Man. City fan.

Will 37:05

No shit.

Christian 37:05

Yeah. And I was like, can't do it.

Will 37:07

there's a, there's a reason. There's a reason things happened the way they did. I

Jerrell 37:11

So funny,

Will 37:12

with weak constitutions.

Jerrell 37:13

much shit.

Will 37:15

And it's funny'cause I feel like realistically, like I, I'm kind of like, I'm obviously like pep pep. And Barcelona Coach holds a special place in my heart. And, but and honestly, there's something to be said. Maybe we'll do a man city wrap up just depending if pep leaves or whatnot. But I still gotta hear about them fucking charges, bro. I feel like they literally were just like, we are closing this. Never talk about it again. Okay, bye. And that was it. We spent two years waiting for it and nothing happened. They just started spending more money in winter. It's crazy.

Christian 37:44

Closing up on Arsenal. When I watched Premier League, I wasn't necessarily, I, I, I watched it unbiased and I really got to like individual players. I was a big, I still am, I'm a huge measured Oze fan. And he played really well when he played for

Will 37:58

Where else he play?

Christian 38:00

before them a raw Madrid.

Will 38:02

It's the, it's the, it's the cam to Arsenal's

Christian 38:05

but I don't follow every player that I don't, I don't, I don't follow every player that leaves Madrid. I really liked Oze when he played for Madrid. So when he left, I was just like,

Will 38:15

you.

Christian 38:16

fuck you.

Will 38:17

He was great. He is. He is fantastic.

Christian 38:19

paid the, the salary for the mascot.

Will 38:23

Yeah. That was a PR rep move, but yeah. he did pay for OSAs.

Jerrell 38:28

I was trying to get into the Premier League. I was, I was like, will, what about Chelsea? And Will was like, oh, they're owned by the Russian oligarch. I was like, not Chelsea then, and everybody Arsenal, but

Will 38:39

I def,

Jerrell 38:40

my.

Will 38:41

I definitely was just like, they're owned by a Russian oligarch and they just throw money so they can get talent without any real direction. But yeah, sure, if you wanna do that, I'll eat you forever. No, no, no middle grounds for me.

Christian 38:52

If you do that, I won't go to your.

Jerrell 38:53

nah, I don't really agree with that either.

Will 38:56

Yeah, the arsenal thing was organic, but I always do find, find it funny that I chose to, I was just like, Arsenal's gonna be my team this year. And shit was sweet. I'm not gonna lie, when, when I tell a motherfucker, when you become arsenal of fan, know, 2022, whatever, it was just like, ah. So when we started winning, I was like, to be fair, I became a fan of them this summer, like before I sat down for that first match day and I was locked in, and then it, it all went well. So if anything. Was it Arto or was

Jerrell 39:23

Tell him, just tell him you watched all or nothing. really inspired you.

Will 39:27

I, I found out about all or nothing after I picked the arsenal. After I picked Arsenal, I was like, this is the team. This is the project. I can see it, and then I watched that and I was just like, oh, I'm super locked in Jersey. I gotta get my boys in on this. So if you haven't seen it, watch it. It is, it is it is fantastic watching. I might rewatch it now that it's been a couple years removed,

Christian 39:45

Now we had this wonderful conversation about Arsenal. I just wanna,

Will 39:49

go back to your N strand.

Christian 39:51

Call it back to what have you done for me, ed d?

Will 39:54

who Arsenal top of the table

Christian 39:59

we were

Will 39:59

through,

Christian 40:00

at one point last year, I believe.

Will 40:02

what the fuck, what happened through gloom or dom

Christian 40:05

No, I'm still here. Gloo. I'm just saying, what have you done for me?

Will 40:08

care about final on deck.

Christian 40:10

Bang.

Will 40:11

Eight, eight of a in the UCL playoff phase, which, hey, but you, they also played hitters, like they played Byron, things like that. Playoff don't have to worry about that till March. Huh?

Jerrell 40:23

said they don't make the final for champions. They're gonna get clowned so much.

Will 40:27

I don't think they will, honestly.

Jerrell 40:29

Oh, there are people praying for Arsenal downfall for no

Christian 40:31

As long as they come

Will 40:32

I

Christian 40:33

with Arsenal, what they either need a, a prem trophy or a UCL trophy. All the other stuff care about, like those are nice cuts, but like we, we we're.

Will 40:41

feel like that's a very fan point of view, and you hear that about the caribou, but like for instance, you saw Wesley Fofana. After they got knocked out, we LF was crying. There's players like that. Were just devastated by the loss. So yes, obviously the main ones, U-C-L-E-P-L FA Cup means so much being a chance to play in Wembley. Honestly, for a lot of people it does mean a lot. So I'm not gonna say hey, it's the same weight, but it definitely,

Jerrell 41:05

Trophy trophy.

Will 41:06

in March I feel like can go a long way towards, propelling you and giving you that platform. But even getting that far, considering the last couple years. Woes Arsal downfall, the depth. And we've been, I don't think we've seen like throughout the season a consistent lineup. It's been just a lot of rotating out a players what's working or whatnot. And we're alive in four competitions, a final in one, UCL, we will see how it goes. That can be a crap shoot

Jerrell 41:30

Beautiful thing to see.

Will 41:32

and despite honestly pretty dog shit, before leads, form of games. It was like, what? A draw in two losses or whatnot, or two draws and a loss. Still now sitting, seven points clear. All I'm gonna

Jerrell 41:45

Seven point.

Will 41:46

plenty for me lately, Christian. They're giving me hope.

Jerrell 41:49

Six points square.

Will 41:50

ways that West Ham could not.

Christian 41:52

Six points clear, but yeah.

Jerrell 41:53

Yeah. Six points.

Will 41:55

I

Jerrell 41:55

He's gonna, he's gonna go

Will 41:57

I rounded up six ways. Clear. You heard it here first. We're fucked. We're fucked.

Jerrell 42:02

Yeah. There was a graphic where it's oh, an arsenal's been top of the table at Christmas time. They've never won the league. I'm like, it's crazy.

Will 42:08

Like I saw that it's okay. That last year's price is not this year's price. We fin bi guys. I'm telling you.

Jerrell 42:17

Yeah, I believe you guys seen that into Stranger Things yet.

Will 42:22

No,

Jerrell 42:22

Oh, okay.

Will 42:23

still have the last episode to watch

Jerrell 42:25

Gotcha.

Will 42:26

there is, was gunner sores in it?

Jerrell 42:29

Sure.

Will 42:29

gutter sours should have been the main bed at the end. I can tell by the way you said it.

Jerrell 42:35

And that's a

Christian 42:35

Another perfect podcast.

Will 42:37

Oh, there it is.

Jerrell 42:40

a thing

Christian 42:41

We didn't get off topic once.

Jerrell 42:43

Yeah.

Christian 42:44

we threw in a few fuck Tottenham in there subliminally. It was a good pod.

Jerrell 42:50

we're, we're pretty reserved on taten them outside of the fact that like they can't win at home. But that's that's fact.

Will 42:56

I was pretty up on them the last, like last year and this year and they, now, it's just until it happens, we're gonna give them the Manu treatment and now that's happening for them, but I still don't believe in them. Catfish.

Jerrell 43:08

On the

Christian 43:08

Are you fourth without being able to win five in a row? Buns. Another perfect podcast, fellas. It was great.

Jerrell 43:17

Follow on our social Twitter, blue sky, Insta, the football fellas. We'll, we'll be here next week I think, guys,

Will 43:25

week Match day 25, match day 26 coverage. And then we'll also be doing previews. For the UCL leg. One ties excited for it. We missed the last two match days, so we're gonna go really fucking hard on this, on this playoff phase, right guys?

Jerrell 43:41

Yeah, I'll get my best intern on it.

Will 43:43

Oh, fuck me. All right, awesome. This has been the football fellows. Anything you guys wanna add?

Jerrell 43:49

No. I think I'm pretty good.

Will 43:51

Nip? I'm gonna make that shit my ringtone. I'm gonna make that when I get a text. N not responding

Jerrell 43:57

Later.

Will 43:57

D Lou.