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The Next One Will Be Nice
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Fish Podcast time, guys. Episode 68. season two, episode 23. It's also Thursday, March 19th, 2026, 7:15 PM Local time,
WillI need more numbers. I need more numbers. We should do, we should do this pot in binary.
Christian (2)0 0 1. One zero.
Will0 0 1.
Christian (2)Yep.
Willit.
Christian (2)What number is this? Pods.
JerrellEpisode 68.
Christian (2)Hell yeah. One away from a good one. One away from the 69 special.
Willthe next one will be nice. Yeah,
Christian (2)Yeah.
JerrellAnd we are all together like one happy family.
Willman. Fuck these guys.
JerrellOkay. And the.
WillNo one tells me how to feel.
JerrellUh, we are the football fellows and we're here to give you football content mostly in England. We talk about other things too, in Europe. Might even talk about Africa a little bit. It, it might come up, it might not. Who knows? Will do We have socials?
Will1, 0, 0, 0 1. That alien's just like, fuck yeah, that's my shit. Um, yes, we do have socials, the football fellas.com. Nope. Football fellas.com. There's no duh. Fucked it up. Um, but the football fellas@gmail.com. Christian, hang on please. The football fellas
Jerrellit.
WillTwitter on Blue Sky. That's damn right. You can ski at us. I'm missing one. We have Gmail. Instagram. Thank you.
Christian (2)Twitter, did we say Twitter?
WillI said Twitter first. I said Twitter first. We,
Jerrelland don't forget, of course, the Patreon and OnlyFans, where you can see Christian slowly recover as he works his way back to hitting the shoulder rolls again. He picked up a little bit of an injury. The content is now just Christian in bed once an hour trying to, trying to shoulder roll, realizing he set himself back about 50 minutes and then, you know, recovering 10 minutes at a time, over two hours. So.
Christian (2)I actually think I got a lot better this week. I'm gonna hold out for Monday and then I'm gonna get back on it. I think.
WillHere.
Christian (2)think chess bongos coming back on Monday.
WillOh shit. Monday. You heard that? Here. Then that would be Monday, March 22nd, 22nd. 23rd.
Jerrellgoes.
Will23rd.
Christian (2)Be on lookout for that OF invite.
WillHmm hmm.
Christian (2)Uh, we have a
Jerrellnew
Christian (2)episode 69 special.
JerrellThey might be, might be interested, and I'm a professional, let me mute my phone. Uh, we have new locations, two new locations. We have Soci, Texas, outside of Dallas.
WillOoh.
JerrellAnd Peter Lee from Durham, England. So is that Australian?
WillNo.
JerrellOkay.
WillNo. Holy bro. I don't know. It's fine. Thank you for listening.
JerrellOzzy, thank you for listening. Yes.
WillAnd this has been the football pose. We're not used to this three man weave. We gotta get back into it.
JerrellWe're not, we're
WillI, I feel like we've been super subbing the last, like, two months between all of us, like taking some time. So this is nice.
JerrellUh, before we get into the Premier League, we did have some news this week from the acon. Um,
Christian (2)It was whack.
Jerrellremember, you guys remember the drama from the ACON
WillOf
Christian (2)There's always drama in Fcon.
Jerrellright?
Willof course. Uh, there was a penalty call. What was it? There was a missed penalty, and then after, well, there's a penalty call that went against Senegal and then Morocco got a penalty. And then in protest of the call, Senegal went to the locker room, came out like 10, 15 minutes later, they took the penalty. Um, BHEM D has tried a Panka wasn't his best thing, and then they ended up winning late. Did it make it to bounce?'cause I don't remember off the top of my head.
JerrellNo, this should have been one zero.
Christian (2)Yeah.
Willso then there you go. That was one zero, but here we are a few months later, about two months later, and Morocco, despite not scoring a goal in the final, your champions of Africa,
Jerrellminute plus, 58 days. Morocco scores three.
Christian (2)I wouldn't return the trophy. I, if I was Senegal, I'd keep that trophy.
WillThis was sneak dropped. Yeah. During the UCL matchups on Wednesday where like I'm going through, it's like, oh man, some bangs going on and they have nowhere Mor Morocco one. I'm just kind of like, so do you still do the ceremony? Does Brahe Diaz does all the hate that hit his inbox? Is that like Luna reverse? Do people send positivity? Um, in wake of that, like there's just a lot of weird things going on with that, but this is the most acon shit I,
Christian (2)Do you think they're gonna do a parade?
JerrellAfraid
Willlike, would you,
Christian (2)Three, eight months after the fact. Probably not.
Willand you're convinced you were robbed, let's say, would you do a parade?
Christian (2)I'm pretty sure all of Morocco had no idea that this was a rule until yesterday. So
Willit's bullshit regardless.
Jerrellover
Christian (2)my thing. If we're going, if we're going after the fact, months after the fact, where it happened was they cited a rule that if you do. Um, if you do leave the match, you automatically forfeit three zero loss. Enforce that during the game because what are we setting a precedent for like three months after the fact that we're making a change af That was a referee's job to, to, if, if that was a rule book, that was a referee's job to enforce it, but they let the game continue.
Willmy understanding. Yeah. So Christian, I think you nailed it and I think it's already a rule, but the ref did enforce it, right? So, um, they're enforcing it after a boardroom meeting two, two months later, and now saying, actually retroactively, the rest of the game didn't matter, I think since you played it and the result was the result. I, I don't think it's something that stands up and there's been like a lot of like shock and outrage just in regards to just kind of like the retroactively applying a rule after you guys played like another like 10, 15 minutes, an extra time.
Christian (2)Where do we draw the line for Mexico? You know, we take away Mar's handball goal. Where do we draw the line? You can't go after the fact.
WillColombian centric examples. I feel like.
Christian (2)Where do you draw the line now? The, I started with Mexico, uh, Netherlands.
WillOkay. My fault. My fault.
Christian (2)Hashtag still. Still for my me, for our Mexican listeners. Yeah, I'm talking to you.
WillSend
Jerrelllisten.
Willdocs derland uh, fandom and Mexican Twitter is just like our heroes back. Our God has returned as a light creeps in through. I feel so seen. Um.
Christian (2)make something, a rule, who enforce it? When it's time to enforce it, not months afterwards, you can't take this away from Senegal. Senegal's, Senegal's, keeping that cup.
WillWell, I, I,
Jerrellthe World Cup in any way?
Willevery week, every week, all questions asked that I don't have an answer for, and one of these weeks, one of these looks.
Jerrellthe does.
WillI think it's just,
Christian (2)I
Willit's just a,
Christian (2)think.
Willjust a continental thing. I don't think. don't, I, I haven't looked into like if there's World Cup ramifications, but I think it's just a continental trophy. So I think,
JerrellOkay.
WillI don't think it necessarily affects placements. I think it's more well, I, hey, it's not, not my monkey's not my circus, right? But I'm just kind of just like, I think Morocco, that's crazy Christian. That's insane.
Christian (2)It's crazy.
WillWhatever. Um, but no, like, I think it's like Morocco obviously after their last couple World Cups. I think it's just kind of like. It comes into just like the marketing BS of just kind of, well this is the team we wanna represent. Um, headed into like a global brand thing. So having that trophy on top, regardless of what I think is ridiculous, we'll see. You know, we'll see if, um, you know, all the conversations around it and commentary affect anything. I think any reasonable football fan is just kind of like as a neutral, just kind of like, well, if you played the game it should stand. And, you know, the corporate motherfuckers who decide things about football from a boardroom who don't care about the game made another decision. So we'll see how this goes.
Christian (2)Speaking of, uh, bullshit and fifa, did you guys, uh, hear about the interview Tom Brady had when he was asked about, uh, Infantino?
WillNo,
Christian (2)He said, and I quote, he's the man of a pe of the people.
JerrellHe's a boot. Tom Brady's a boot.
WillI mean, Tom Brady fucking sucks, right? So I mean like outside of just like obviously football, but that's me and cloned his dog. I can't fuck with Tom Brady, bro.
Christian (2)Is the man of the people, not the billionaires. He the man of the people.
WillTom Brady. Looks like he would lead the purge on purge night. Like, at least like this man. There's nothing natural about him anymore. It's fine. Um, Infantino famously, today I'm gay. Today I'm a migrant worker, and everyone's just like, what the fuck? The most bizarre speech I've ever heard. So, uh, beef of peace prizes being given out to Trump starts a war. You know, casual things, little things, and Iran Safety might not be. You know, secure at the World Cup. So who knows?
JerrellPeace.
Willthat's what, that'll be a fun filler episode. We do
Christian (2)Saying it's the most affordable World Cup. Meanwhile, it was only. Saying it was an affordable World Cup. Meanwhile, there was only like three tickets sold at the affordable prices Columbia, Portugal sitting in the fucking parking lot is$2,000 a ticket.$2,000 a ticket?
WillDid he buy it? Christian?
Christian (2)No. No, no.
WillI was, I was, I was really hoping you did. I'd be like crazy.
JerrellNo, the parking pass was.
WillUh, no. I think tickets I have seen like for the World Cup, like, triple digit for sure. It might have like a banned people trying to resell
Christian (2)Also, have any of you guys ever been to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami?
Willyes,
Christian (2)Public transportation in the in USA sucks Anybody coming, the World
Jerrellalmost
WillI was like, I went
Christian (2)Rock Stadium.
Willgame with you.
Christian (2)Fucking trying to get transportation to the stadium. That shit's in the middle of fucking nowhere and there's no train. There's go it crazy.
Jerrellup my
Christian (2)It's crazy. Hard rock
Willyou were at the final, I went to that stadium with you, Christian. I know. We're
Christian (2)listeners.
WillNo, you are fine. You're fine. Yeah, no, it's just really funny to us. We're just at automatically. Yes, and indeed. But we're creating content. We're creating content. So this will be on our FIFA World Club. Uh. We'll do a power rink, I'm sure at some point. But before that, we're gonna talk about all the bullshit before we dive deep into it. O over the summer. So Can't wait. Can't wait. Um, we also had Premier League games this week. Should we dive into that?
JerrellYeah, let's do it.
WillNose goes,
Christian (2)All right. Match day.
Willgrabbed his mouse. He even grabbed, he's like, it's me.
JerrellStart scrolling.
Christian (2)Mostly because I don't have your, your beautiful faces up.'cause I switched to the dock. I only have limited amount of monitors here. Um, so match day 30 review, we got Burnley tied against the chaise. We got Brighton leapfrogging against Sunderland. What's
Willno, I did it again.
JerrellWe didn't do
WillI did put in the notes though, so I know exactly what the score is. Wait, other way?
Christian (2)Oh, the, the thank.
Jerrellwe're, we're going outta time, right? We just gonna
Willoh yeah, shit. Christian hasn't been here for the format. Fuck it. He's already going. It says job. Go ahead.
Christian (2)Uh, Bryan Leapfrog Sunderland to, uh, to be in the first, the top half of the table. We got, uh, arsenal taking to town, to Molly Bushels. Um, 2 0 1. We got Chelsea losing to Newcastle who had that on their bingo board. We got Man City tied with Westham. That was, they're choking. They're choking. Hell yeah. They're choking. We got Crystal Palace tied with leads. We got Manu with a good win over the villains three one. We got the tricky trees climbing out of relegation. I think there, there's one spot above relegation, I think only one point below the, the, uh, spurs.
WillThey're even with a four goal, uh, goal differential over, uh,
Christian (2)hell yeah.
Willnow. Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Christian (2)Uh, we got Liverpool and dispersed tying and we got. Wolves somehow clawing back from a two zero, uh, law, uh, thing. Can't, can't think of words right now, but yeah, the cherries, they couldn't do it tied against the wolves.
JerrellExcuse me,
WillThe bees.
JerrellThe bees couldn't do it.
Christian (2)The wolves couldn't do it. Neither of them could do it. Neither of'em gotta win.
WillI think Christian's having a stroke. Holy the shit,
Christian (2)A little bit.
Willyou okay?
Christian (2)A little bit.
WillWe're good. We're good. We're so back. We're so back. This
Christian (2)Hell yeah.
Willthis is what I'm here for. Yes sir.
JerrellTerry's couldn't do it either.
WillSo should we do it in reverse order?
Jerrellthat was top to bottom. The top to bottom.
WillOh no. Well, I guess we can, we can do the old format. We can touch base on like just a couple games each. I guess
Jerrellyeah, let's do that. All right. Arsenal and Everton. Quick question. Where does Arsenal rank outta of the 20 teams in open play goals?
WillI'm a, what is it, like 45 goals they scored. So go ahead and give me top four. Top four. Give, give me second.
Jerrellwanna give a position
Christian (2)Open play goal.
JerrellOkay, second? Yeah. Open play goals. Yeah.
Christian (2)Define open play goals.
WillLike not from a set piece, a dead ball situation.
Christian (2)Gotcha. And we are second in that.
WillThat was my guess.
Jerrellthis is guess.
Christian (2)Oh, that was your guess. I was like, there's no way we're second in that. I wanna say we're, we're closer to the middle of that table, if not bottom half if we're. Let me actually, lemme look at the goal.
WillI was prepping today, we're leading the league in goals. So we have 61 goals, so I know we have something dumb, like
Christian (2)Oh, that's crazy. Okay.
Willso I'm like 45. Still more than most teams have scored
Christian (2)That's fair.
Willjust kinda like,
Jerrellthird in open play goals in
Christian (2)Can you, can you do that in a factor of percentage of overall goals?
JerrellUh, I don't know the
Willyou want 25% of their goals are from set pieces.
Christian (2)Yeah. Yeah, that's, that's kind of what I wanna say. And compare the percentage based on the other teams.
Jerrelluh, regardless of the fact that, I mean, they.
WillI did not have the fucking power rankings ready this week again. Holy shit. Sorry. It just clicked. My coach was talking about now I'll be like, there's your homework baby. I want a grad in style percentage thing. And then meanwhile, I've been talking about these power rankings for two months. It's crazy. Next week.
JerrellHas, where is it? Who's first? Oh man. City, I believe. I'm still waiting for it to load. I had it on my phone like yesterday. I was like, this is
Willcity has scored 60 goals this year, so I mean, that makes sense.
JerrellMan City has 47 open play goals, Arsenal's tied with Man United 30 fours. You're not. Wrong. Will did say second, but they're tied because they're a game. They have an extra game.
WillHmm. Mm-hmm. Mm.
JerrellYep, yep, yep. Uh, 34. So how many did you say they scored in total? 61.
WillUh, yeah, that some, some that one of these numbers don't make sense,
JerrellHmm.
Willbut No, I trust your numbers more than me. I was like,
Christian (2)61. So 34 open field goals out of 61. So.
Willwe there. No, someone I, maybe my numbers are wrong. I'll double check the table, but I'm just kind of like, I'm pretty sure we scored 60'cause we've only given up, like was our goal differential was like 39. I
Christian (2)Yeah, we have 61 in favor. We've given up 22.
WillWe scored 20. I get why people are upset. I actually understand why people are bitching about all these set pieces. I, it's, it's valid, don't get me wrong, but that is a big number. If you ask me how many set peace goals we scored.
JerrellAnywhere.
WillYeah,
Christian (2)50% of our goals came from set peace goals. It's crazy. We're going off of the 34, right?
WillI'm so confused.
Jerrellplay. Yes.
Christian (2)Yes.
Willthen 27 have come from dead ball. Well penalty suit. That makes sense. Fuck him. Fuck him. Left it hella late. We didn't even talk about it. Um, but, uh, yo Kadesh, he gets a equalizer. He poach or he gets the first goal late in about the 89th minute, he poaches him after Max Doman. He's just a boy. Um,
Christian (2)He's a man.
Willsit
Christian (2)He's a man with that com.
WillSit, crossover to end, copy it. He chest it, then dicks it front of the goal where yo Cade hits the finish. You guys did not respond to my commentary. It was like that was the dick assist for me. Um, and then Doman late, um, Everton trying to get a, uh, counter, he kills two Everton uh players, one with a dribble, one with a header. Um, well dribble off of his face I guess, and just kind of tapped it in for a beautiful moment. Arsal win. And then later on, man City. Cannot, cannot drop in more points. Yeah. So, I mean,
Christian (2)It's embarrassing gonna be us.
JerrellMassive for westtown, massive for wills, catfish.
Willbig, big moment, big moment. Um,
Jerrellkeeps you believing.
WillI mean they did enough, at least for one side of the table for me. So, but also a huge point for them. Both things considered. They had opportunity with how results went too. Um. Lose that tie breaker. So now they have a chance to move up depending on how, if they're able to get a win next week. Um, nine Ham, forest, liver, uh, spurs. Um, they're gonna be playing next week too, so there's a chance for them to move vertically on the table with the wind. So big, big week for big result and still a big week upcoming for them.
JerrellAbsolutely.
Christian (2)play next week, I think. Let's see.
WillAston Villa Villa who's on a wobble.
Christian (2)Oh yeah. It's a tight relegation race. You mean? You got three teams, four teams. Between leads and westham. There's four teams fighting. Fighting to not be the 18th member to get relegated here.
Willyeah. Leeds had a tough day at the office against Palace. Um, Calvert. Lewin, he missed a penalty. Um, and then they go down a man and, but they're able to hold on for a point. Um, but they've gone six without a win. As well. So they're, um, kind of finding, playing themselves back into a relegation battle when we looked like shit was sweet over there. So they still have work to do on the season as well.
JerrellI saw a stat and someone was like, the Spurs haven't won. League game since Charlie Kirk was alive.
WillWhat I was gonna ask someone, I don't know why I
Christian (2)Do you think of both?
WillI be like, that's crazy. Why do y'all laugh? But I.
Christian (2)What do you think of?
JerrellIs that true?
WillYeah, it's been a while.
JerrellThat's crazy.
WillIt's been a whi. Um,
JerrellRay Charleston's scoring fucking goals that don't win them games.
Willmean, it was a big result at Anfield. Deer trailing, they get a, they get to, they gotta let go of Liverpool's. Just been looking bad. Um, they were able to, you know, get a, get right. Um, midweek and champions league against Gala se we'll get there. Um, yeah, but Liverpool has like, not looked very convincing over the last couple weeks and, um, what was it? They, the doctor telling him memes were out and the doctor did not get them right at home. So, um. You know, Liverpool as well. They, they, it's very important with all the expenditure they did over the summer, um, for them to, you know, qualify for UCL and they're, they're also playing themselves into like a little bit of a wobble where it's just kinda like, fuck around. You could find out, you could find something interesting. So.
JerrellOh, they're finding out. They're finding out. I really wanted the three points for Liverpool, but not to be had. I wanted that, uh, three-way tie. For 16.
Christian (2)Yeah, Liverpool's an interesting spot'cause they're holding onto fifth place right now with 49 points. They're not, they're out of Champions League running currently. Have a fifth with U, with the Europa League. So.
Willcoefficient's probably set for, um, for Premier League, um, I think like when I actually looked into immune drill, talked about a little bit, I don't, I don't think the numbers really even like. Premier League were not to win anymore games, which I mean, spoiler, they didn't do so hot in UCL this week. Um, they'd be able to still, uh, qualify, um, for the one of the spots that get the 5, 5, 5 teams plays.
JerrellSee, tell me
Christian (2)So many people.
WillI mean, how'd they do? What happened? Actually, I leave this corner for you, drew.
Jerrellthey drew to wolves, but I'm, I'm just, just Europe in general. Just getting to
WillHe's like, I don't even wanna talk about it. Hey, Europe counts, bro.
Christian (2)I mean, they're not too far behind. They got 45 points,
WillNo. Yeah, they're looking good.
Christian (2)only two, 2.2 games away from Liverpool.
WillI mean, the, the, the, a win at home against Wolves when you're up too well would've been great. It would've really, you know, you could turn some, some, you know, some doubters under achievers into believers, you know.
Jerrellever. No, but wolves are, wolves are hot right now and I didn't think we'd be saying
WillWhat the fuck did he just say? No, they,
Jerrellare.
Willthey, they, I mean, yeah, for what it's worth, I mean, it's, it's good that they're getting these results eng ga under Edwards, but it is funny the way they're going about it too. Yeah. So.
Christian (2)Yeah, the wolves in Westham both have had probably the best last five games. Out of the bottom five teams, you got ham that has four losses and a draw on their last five games. They've definitely been the worst. Wolves are the only team in the bottom five, bottom six, with at, with at least two wins in their last five. So wolves are hot. They're coming out, they want out of reation.
Willso was it after match day 25, they were sitting at eight points. Over the next six match days, they're able to get nine points, but. talking about they had a game against what city? Liverpool. I think. Villa Arsenal or whatnot. Um, and they're just off the top of my head, so, um, great streak of games. Does it change anything for them? Probably not, but, um, it is good that they're able to kind of turn it on and, you know, hopefully they're back, um, after next season. Um, you know.
JerrellTo win the last, what? Seven. They'd only get 20, they'd get 21 points, but
WillUh, we're asking for a lot.
Jerrellyeah. Yeah.
WillYeah. And like, they're not mathematically limited, like if they, you never know, but,
Christian (2)Believe.
Willyou know, let's get 19th place first. They're catching up to, to Burnley pretty well and burnley's looking well, pretty well cooked, so, uh, we'll see. But yeah, that relegation battle at the bottom between the teams that, uh, mentioned earlier, um, is gonna be kind of where the crux of the interest. Um, this side of the table for me is gonna be.
JerrellDefinitely, um, with forest. Just another team that's just down there, forest and Fulham Forest, like really needing some points here, but ended up getting one against Fulham. Uh, how's that looking?
WillYeah, I mean they, FOMO didn't even like play too well, but for just didn't look like they had goals in them at, at home. So another missed opportunity. It felt like, especially now with the pressure this week, um, you know, I think they have spurs on the road, um, for what it's worth. Um, especially Spurs look pretty good in midweek, we'll touch on UCA bit. Um, but, um, the, another missed opportunity. I mean, you know, obviously that's gonna be the conversation a lot when we talk about these relegation spots. But for us over the last couple weeks with like teams just getting a point or whatnot, have had a chance to kind of put their stamp on this race a little bit and you know, it's a coin for it feels like at this point. So, um, yeah. Yeah.
Jerrellis funny looking at the bottom of the table and seeing like Tottenham struggle, and then you're just like, is where teams have to capitalize, but. We're still talking about the bottom four teams and capitalization is not
WillI mean, I mean, what I will say, I mean, and I, we, we'll, we're gonna touch on a bit. Obviously the first matchup against that let go went crazy with the bringing in Kinsky and the miscues he had. But I mean, you're able to steal a late goal, um, get points at Anfield at all, which I think we probably would've bet. There's no way they're probably going like, lose this game by two, three goals. And while they didn't, um, you know. past Athletico. Um, they were able to kind of be on the front foot a lot and were playing with a lot more passion than I've seen over them the, from the last couple weeks. Um, Koani had a goal, uh, Chave. Suman probably had like one of his best per, um, performances in the shirt. So there's pieces there. Hopefully they can ride, you know, these results. Um, while they're not end of the day, it's just like, hey, one point and, you know, you're still eliminated to have the Champions League and you're probably not back next year, obviously. Um, hopefully that can light the fire that they need.'cause for the last like three, four weeks, it just felt like the sky was falling and the para, they had no parachute and shit was just real bad. So, um, let's see if they can build on this.
JerrellAll right. Is there any other games you guys wanna talk about for Premier League or do we wanna jump into Champions League?
Willwe touched on it a little bit, but, uh, Manchester United continued their impressive forum. Sko, uh, he, uh, he scores Bruno Fernandez. He picks up his hundredth assist Castro, in a Una sko. So, um, outside of Castro, you're still, you gain from, uh, your new transfers, uh, later in the year, uh, Manchester United. They're comfortably sitting in third right now. Um, Villa continue to wobble, but yeah, I mean,
Christian (2)I would love to.
Willthey're just doing, what was it?
Jerrellyou wanna see your assets pay off.
WillYeah, I
Christian (2)I thought you meant love to see Manu at the top of the table was like, no.
WillUh, well, and I mean, when you still compare, like even Castro, you're seeing like, just kind of, it's funny how you put these square pieces in, square holes or, or whatnot and these circular pieces and circle holes and people do their job well. Um, Castro got a lot of, he's gotten a lot of criticism over the last couple years about while he is older, he doesn't have the past a legs under it, but he's been decisive and, um, you know, maybe not like the best CDM in the world, but they're putting him in positions to do the things he does well and you're seeing that pay off. Um. Rumors around the team that, you know, players wanted me to be bought back next year when it seemed to like he was like foot out the door earlier in the year. So, um, you know, shout Michael Kerik, um, say what you want, but just this run of form has been huge considering what we were on. 10 Hack Am and watch like since we started the pod. Pretty much, I think this is the best they've looked at Aim Point, so.
JerrellNow we don't have to talk about Man United so
Christian (2)And I think Cato is, uh, isn't he linked to enter?
WillOh, I'm not, I'm not super locked in on that rumor, but I wouldn't be surprised. I mean, he can, he can be quality in the right system. I think Saturday out wouldn't be the worst thing in the world for him, honestly. So, uh, we'll see.
JerrellCome to Orlando City.
Christian (2)We can use some defense.
WillI fucking hate his face. My unprofessional since like, we were younger. I was like, you ever see guys and you just like see their face? And you just wanna, you just wanna hit him. That's always been Castro for me. I don't know why. great player, don't get me wrong, but it's just like, just, I don't know, professional. Um, yeah. Anyone else you guys wanna talk about or we can move on to UCLI.
JerrellI am ready to, to jump over to Europe. All right. We had our second leg.
WillI wanted to see if Christian was gonna be like the Trumps.
Christian (2)I failed you.
WillIt's okay bud.
Christian (2)I think I hit a,
Jerrellhad our second
Christian (2)I hit a note on that one.
Jerrellmost results went the way we expected them to.
WillOh yeah, brother.
Jerrellcouple surprises
Willtwo, baby. Oh, we're so back,
JerrellThat's
Willso irrational. Yeah. National. Yeah.
JerrellGalata coming in with the one goal lead wasn't enough for Liverpool. Galata traveled. Right?
WillYeah. Yeah. Everything's flipped pretty much.
JerrellUm, Liverpool gets four goals, wins on aggregate four. One, uh, At Atlanta did not have fun against Spider
WillAt least it's over. They said. Yeah.
Jerrellwow. That's insane. Okay.
Christian (2)Aggregate is just ridiculous.
JerrellAthletic and the Spurs had a little bit of a shootout. Spurs trying to come back and overcome their deficit, but they ended up falling seven five in aggregate.
Willlooked good
Jerrellyeah. Yeah. Okay. Uh, Barcelona. They, yeah, they beat the brakes off of Newcastle.
Willfirst half. After the first half it was two two. I very much was like,
Christian (2)I thought it was three, two after first half.
WillMaybe, possibly. But Anthony, Ilana, he scored a brace in the first half to keep them even. Um, they were shouting out. They were just like, all they need is to recreate the magic from like 1992 before any of us were born. When insert name off the top of my head, I don't remember, scored a hat trick to upset Barcelona. I was like, that's crazy to say to me, well, I'm so stressed. And then, yeah, Barcelona just. Just the goals kept on going and
Christian (2)Yeah, Lopez.
Willlooking for results and they just couldn't maintain. Yeah,
Jerrellthree
Willthere's a couple of great team goals. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Sorry, Joe, this is your sec. Sorry.
JerrellA has a banger against Lever Cuson, arsenal Downing Lever Cuson two zero in that game. Winning three one on aggregate Boto Glint cannot hold on to their 3.0 lead against sporting falling. Five three on aggregate sporting scoring all five of their goals in the second
WillYeah.
JerrellUh, PSG dismantle Chelsea eight two on Ag and you know. Man City was like, I got one more in me. Fall into real Madrid. Five one on aggregate.
Christian (2)yeah.
WillSilva catching a red. As much as like, I'm not a fan of real Madrid. Was very satisfied. I'm not gonna lie, because anytime I think of Man City, I think of just Bernardo Silva just being like, yeah, some bullshit. This week we're just complaining. So I'm just kind of like, you know what? He caught the red and I was just kind like my biggest ops, I just want no one to go through. So
JerrellIt was a, was a red for,
WillBernard Silva picked up a red in the 21st and then I think. think
Christian (2)It was a, it was an obvious, uh, handball. Yeah,
Willobvious handballs and rail Madrid in the Champions league is insane. But yes,
Christian (2)it's not my fault. The other teams cheat.
Jerrellthe other teams,
Willthat by highlight clip. I'm gonna have preloaded for you from last decade's. Gonna go crazy, bro. I watch.
Jerrellah, alas, the toothbrush army will not be moving on, but they had a great run.
Christian (2)Fucking a toothbrush army.
JerrellYeah,
Willbeen through this.
Jerrellsupporters section. They bring toothbrushes to the game.
Christian (2)Oh, that's pretty fucking dope.
JerrellYeah. Uh,
Willthe terrible towel, but for teeth,
Jerrellabove teeth.
Christian (2)teeth in me.
JerrellTerrible teeth,
Willterrible. Teeth, towels. Yeah. Um.
Christian (2)Shout out to
JerrellArs
Christian (2)a quick, shout out to Mohammad Sah here. Sah got his, uh, up to his 50th goal in the Champions League. So shout out to Sah after like a, I don't know if you guys saw his goal, it as like a beautiful curler, um, right there in Anfield that got him up to his 50th goal.
JerrellHis compared to assays.
Christian (2)I'm go, it's Sah because, you know, it's, it's a 50 mile marker. It's, it's not just like the goal itself, but also like the. Like it's, it's a milestone. Anytime you, you hit a beautiful goal for a milestone, you gotta give it a little bit extra.
WillUh, I, I will say that, uh, by Love Cussons, uh, goalkeeper, I don't remember his name. Was it Kovi? I could, I could be wrong. Um, uh, he was having a great game for them and the two goals that Arsenal were able to score were spectacular goals, and I think that's really what it took. But it was just another example of the way, um, you know, I think Lever Houston tried to play a little bit more open with Arsenal, and you could see kind of just the advantage that they had, especially once they scored. Um, that first goal, um, essentially, so, um, yeah, very professional performance.
JerrellDidn't have their chances. It was, uh, very good goalkeeper on both sides.
WillYeah. Yeah. So,
JerrellOkay. Uh, any other things we wanna add to this Champions league
Willum.
JerrellDo you wanna tell us who plays in the quarter finals, how those matchups are
WillYep, I'll get there. But, um, I did wanna say, uh, shout Victor Osman, um, very class player and uh, I think he was dealing with the forearm fracture. I don't think it would've changed the result too much once Soly got that first free kick, it really just felt like Galatis today was just doing their best to hold on. But, um, I just wanted to shout him out just'cause he's, he's, he's class, he's so, so good. Um, and you know, whether he is in Galatis today, who took him in after Napoli or if he finds a new home. I will be watching Victor Osman as much as I can over the next couple years.
JerrellWhat is this country? What country
WillUh, he plays for, he's Nigerian. Yeah. Yeah.
JerrellOh, they're not in the World
WillNo, absolutely not. Um, so that being said, um, we have our UCL quarter finals there, here, boys. Um, the first lakes played March, April 7th and April 8th. So we're a few weeks away. So we'll dive in a little bit deeper as we get closer. Um, but the matchups are PSG, Liverpool Rematched from last year's round, a 16 tie when Liverpool came. Came in first. PSG escaped through their league, their knockout phase matchup, and then won the whole fucking thing. But those ties were fantastic. We have probably tied the route Rail Madrid versus Byron Moch Rail Madrid. You can't beat tradition. Byron Munich probably the best on form team in Europe right now, outside of maybe
Christian (2)I'm not worried.
Willdo it. So,
Christian (2)not worried.
WillLet's see, I think, I think I saw something like Madrid's won, like hasn't lost to them in like their last 11 matchups or something
Christian (2)Hell yeah.
Willlike crazy. So
Christian (2)Not starting now, baby.
Willyou better
Christian (2)starting now.
WillWait, knock on that. Barcelona, Leddy.
Christian (2)The wood.
Willagainst the, the Dick, um, Barcelona let play. Um. Is it since when, uh, Barcelona Leddy, uh, match up from the semi-finals Barcelona, all Ls maybe don't go down four. Oh, in the first like, and then Arsenal Sporting Club, the Portugal. Um, out of the teams left probably arsenal's, preferred foe outside of Bodo, Glint maybe. I was really rooting for them for the long game. And those are your quarter final matchups. What are we looking forward to?
JerrellUh, PSG hasn't lost to a Premier League side in a knockout round past two seasons.
Willokay. I was just like, go on. I was like every, I was like, how did we miss that?
Jerrellnot
WillOh, yeah. Well, they won last year, so that makes sense. Yeah.
Jerrellbut still,
WillNo. Yeah. Yeah.
Jerrellthis season, so, um, revenge game for Liverpool maybe. Hopefully you would think. Do they show up? I don't know. Are you less confident in this Liverpool team or from last year or
WillAbsolutely.
JerrellPSGs looking
WillAbsolutely. Because last year was it,
Jerrellfavorite?
WillPSG kind of hit like a run of form that second half of the year. It was my dumb ballet was on. But I feel like that structure's still there and you're kind of seeing it. I mean against Chelsea. I thought Chelsea did a good job in the first leg of just kind of like trying to eke out with them and then you, we kind of saw that there's kind of levels to this and PSG just had more to give. Um, obviously they've been on a wobble this year in week to week last year, I think we kind of had an idea of what we expected from them. And then this year, and we have an idea of how they like to play. And just so you haven't seen it coalesce until like. really solid run of form outside of like those first like what, six, seven match days of the year. I swear it's not a bit, um, where, you know, I feel like week to week we don't know what Liverpool we're gonna get in, especially after, you know, that poor performance at home against, um, against Spurs. You hope that over the international break and you know, the next couple weeks they find some form.'cause if not, this could, this could be bad in my eyes.
Christian (2)Yeah, the PSG midfield is gonna be way too much to, it seems like it's way too much to handle for Liverpool at the moment. Um, I, I, I don't see an issue with, uh, PSG. Advancing on this one.
JerrellUh, Yoker is playing his former club
Christian (2)It doesn't matter. They got Luis Suarez now Colombian Striker, our nine for the World Cup if it happens.
WillUm, no. Yeah, I mean, that's crazy. I was just like, what did he mean by that? Um, yeah, you're right though. Um. I think this one is the one that I'm most calm about, where I'm just kind of like, I'd be very surprised. This sport, this is Sport Inc's first quarter, final, um, if I remember correctly, and if I'm not mistaken, ever, I could be wrong though. That sounds wrong, but I could have sworn I saw that. But, um, I don't expect them to progress against Arsenal. Um, sporting club, they had a tough time against Bo Glint. Um, they were able to get those goals late and eek it out after, um, getting like an early second goal in that second half. Christian mentioned, or Jarrell mentioned that all their gas goals came in the second half, but I'm not expecting them to run up the score and honestly, I feel like if Arsenal is able to score three over both legs, I don't know Sporting is gonna have the firepower. No disrespect to Luis Suarez, the Colombian one. Um, I don't know if they'll have the firepower to break through. What Arsenal's been doing all season Arsenal, arsenal. lost three games last week. Right. lost three games all year. So I'm just kind of like, I don't know if Sporting Glue has a, has it in them to kind of bring out the upset, but I think this is the matchup I'm the most calm about.
JerrellAll right. And that's Champions league. That'll be April 7th and eighth. The first leg. Christian, you wanna give us the match? Day 31, preview.
Christian (2)Hell yeah. Match day 31. We're almost done fellas. We're almost done. And we're
Willis never over.
Christian (2)we're gonna hoist.
Jerrellseason
Christian (2)Hoist
Jerrellone starts.
WillOh
Christian (2)trophy. You heard it here first. No. Jinx. I believe
WillWe're trying choking. You said
Christian (2)I never said that.
JerrellHe said city
Christian (2)day.
Willhe said about No, it's fine. You're right.
Christian (2)Match. Day 31. Preview. We got the chais versus manu. We got Bryan verse Liver pool. We got Fulham versus Burnley. Everton versus Chelsea leads against Brentford. We got Newcastle versus Sunderland, Aston Villa, Westham Spurs, Nottingham Forest. What do you guys think? What's a, what's a good one? I'm, I'm really excited for
Willa Spurs game,
Christian (2)that. Spurs. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. That Spurs game all day.
Willthick. Yeah, that shit looking tantalizing. Uh, what I've learned is anytime I expect anything from them, they let me down. So I'm just like, Hey, go out there. Have fun. You know, the worst thing that could happen to you is Spurs force tie if you don't win. So.
JerrellAnd then let's not forget the care about Cup Final Sunday.
WillYes, sir. 1130.
JerrellCity. It's at
WillWait. Yes. Yes, it is. What? Where are we at, boys?
JerrellI know a spot.
Christian (2)Wait, what day is it?
Willlike mentally. It's Sunday.
Christian (2)Oh, this Sunday.
WillYes.
Christian (2)Oh, right after d and d baby?
Willit's at 1230. We're cooking.
Christian (2)Hell yeah. Hell yeah. I mean, we're already gonna be in that area, so Jarrell, where are we going for the game?
Willthat's why when Ryan was like, oh yeah, we can start later. I was like, and early, bro.
JerrellWell, the place we went to last week was pretty chill, so it,
Christian (2)I don't want chill. I want stress.
WillWe, we'll see what time we finish.'cause it might just turn into Rell. We're going a mile down the road.
JerrellOh, okay. That's on Paramount, right? I got you guys.
Willone of us has it. Yeah. I think Christian has fair amounts. Thank you. We all ha hell yeah. We're cooking so we'll.
JerrellPrime video, I got Paramount.
WillThe, the post d and d jog to re's
Jerrellyou guys are jogging.
Willget that anxiety out. Yeah. I would be fucking stressed rather.
Christian (2)So, yeah,
WillIt was crazy'cause I was like, yes. Since we
Christian (2)you got handlebars on those bikes.
WillHey bro, you
JerrellYes,
Willgot you right here. Just
Christian (2)Unicycle handlebar
Willthe heat.
Jerrellyeah, just stack up on the cycle.
WillBut no. Yeah. Should be a great final, um, man city, obviously they just got dropped out of the UCL. Um, they're gonna be looking to, what is it? It's probably like one of their last chances for silverware on the
Christian (2)because they're not.
WillLeague's not going there. Yeah. Thing things right now are not leaning their way in the prem. Um, nine points back game in hand. So they pretty much have to, it's getting close to, they can't drop any more points the rest of the season. They've been dropping points like each of their last five games almost. Um,
Jerrellnumber? Will
Willnumber off the top of my head. Hold up. Wait a minute. I got this 84. We're at 69, so we need to, we still need to win. Like,
Jerrell70.
Willyeah, we still, we still need a good amount is 70. No, it's more right, because they're at.
JerrellOurs at 70 lowest
WillI
Christian (2)70 points.
Willand they're at 61.
Christian (2)Yeah,
WillOh, okay. I'm drunk. So 82 is the number. So they still have to win what, four or five of their last? Seven, four wins and a draw.
Christian (2)we got the cherries. Ooh. Ooh. Four 19. We play Man City.
WillYep.
Jerrelllow, what is the lowest title? Uh,
WillI think it was like 74.
Jerrell75.
Christian (2)Two of our last three games are against.
Willit was, uh, the dude who was bitching about Arsenal being the worst Premier League side he's ever seen, ever, like you won with like 74, 75 points. What the fuck are you talking about, Paul Scholtz or some shit? Was it me and you?
JerrellMenu. Yes.
WillI'm,
JerrellMenu
WillI'm locked in some of the time.
JerrellYeah. Man. United's like three game or three season Champions was like the, the lowest totals Premier League they had 75, 78, 79.
WillHey, that was a dub end of the day. But, uh, yeah,
JerrellOh, and 80, I think they went four. Uh, four. Four, uh, four
Willthe most points that Man City can finish with will be 85 points. So Arsenal needs to win at least. in a draw. Um, that number goes down one if they get a win against man City, April 19th in a month. So, um, we're looking at five, at least. Um, five in a draw gets the job done as well over the next seven games. So
Jerrellis the average points required to win the title historically? Premier League Only Christian.
Christian (2)What was the.
JerrellThe average points required to win the title historically, premier League Only, well said 82.3, is
WillEight eight, two 0.8. We'll call it 83. It's crazy. Chris just said, gimme the over.
Jerrell81 0.3,
WillGood shit.
Christian (2)lower, haven't
WillYeah.
Christian (2)in a long.
WillDamn. We gotta bring back the, we gotta bring back free kicks when we just have random questions and or this or that.
Jerrellthis or that. All right. Any more shout outs guys, before we close out this episode?
Christian (2)Not a, not a shout out, but I do have wanna get your guys take on Namar not being caught up for the World Cup.
WillYeah. Uh, I,
Christian (2)Enclo did say previously that if, uh, Namar was healthy, he was gonna call him up.'cause usually when, when, when it comes to the World Cup, you. Like every team always has that one person that's, you know, aging, but still like a, it, it's more of a symbolic gesture. More of a symbolic team. The problem with Brazil not really a problem, um, is the fact that they just have so many weapons and to say no to one of those weapons for that symbolic gesture. Me personally, I think they should have caught him up. But then you're gonna have the arguments who.
WillI.
JerrellIs he.
WillI think that's what the other part, the other end of it too, where it's just like he's been running into so many, you know, injuries and whatnot, where I think over the last few months he did have a knock, but he's been like slowly getting himself back up to like a semblance of form. Um, after, like he, when he first went back to Brazil and he had like, I forgot if it was the Achilles or knee injury. Um, but um, I think he just hasn't hit that stride and also been like, maintained that health or whatnot. So, I mean. be tough unless he just really lights it up, um, over like the last couple months. But, um,
Christian (2)I think countries have already started releasing their.
WillI thought it was just, uh, this is the last round of like for friendlies and then it'll be later on. I,
JerrellBut, uh, Igor Thiago did get the call up
Willgood friend,
Jerrellnational team,
Willgood friend. Yeah. But, um. Sat you, I, you want whoever's most deserving to be there sat in a sense. Just that, you know, obviously, you know, we always have our biases when we're talking about, you know, different players. But Peak May Namar was different. Um, like when he was like kind of at the peak of his powers, he was, he just, there's not anyone really like him to in my eyes. So, um, sad to see. But, um, we'll see. We'll see what, uh, Brazil looks like coming into this World Cup. Still high expectations, I don't think.
JerrellCan you still be called up?
WillI don't think, I think it's just the call up was for the last round of friendlies, but I thought how I understood it was that, you know, this last round of friendlies is gonna be more in line with what the team will look like and also the last opportunity for players to be able to like outside of, in their league, kind of show their fit. So it's not a good omen that he is not being called up for this.'cause I don't know what Santos even looks like the rest of the year.'cause I thought Brazil played on like a different schedule, but I could be wrong.
JerrellHe just feels like a guy who likes to break tradition.
WillNo, he's, he's just a vibes guy, you know? He's just, he's just the best vibes coach ever.
Christian (2)All he needs is a pack of,
WillHey, chill bud. We're good. You're not playing, but you're my best friend. I, he's really good at that. I don't understand how, yeah,
JerrellSantos
Willthe cut too.
JerrellNamar
Christian (2)oh, after that loan season, how, wait, didn't andrick just get injured?
WillI don't know how serious it was, straight up, blah, blah.
JerrellWayne Rooney Sparks debate saying, Namar is not world
WillThere's still one phone. Who's that? That
JerrellWayne Rooney.
Willat 34 after like all his injuries, probably not. not a hundred percent, he's not at the list. Namar is not a hundred percent his capability. If he can be at 100% physically, he can be there. Namar could be at the World Cup. Namar has to keep working, playing, showcasing his qualities and maintaining his good physical condition. This is from Hilti on Monday, so three days ago. So it's not completely impossible. I think he just wants to see him healthy and obviously he'll have to be comfortable coming off the bench behind. Um, Vinny and Nia, who will probably be leading, uh, the wings. Yeah.
Christian (2)34. He's not even that old.
WillHe is not even that old, but it is just kind of, yeah, the health and just kind of like the lifestyle, how that catches up, um, catches up or whatnot. But at, yeah, at his peak, like, whew.
Christian (2)So heavy flopper, oh my back.
Jerrelland three matches. He has four gold goals and assistance. Last three, he's doing well, so hopefully it continues.
WillYeah. Not that I'm watching every Santos, I think he started off like kind of like tepid and then he's kind of picked up a bit more as
Christian (2)was playing.
Willhe helped saved them for, that was like part of the issue, right? That he is like trying to do so much for, you know, like the club that bought him up, that he's also running into like
Christian (2)Yeah.
Willinjuries and not a hundred percent. So kind of, you know, sometimes you have to listen to your body, but, and this has been the World Cup corner.
JerrellYeah. right guys. I think we did it. Perfect podcast. We have been the Football fellas. Thank you for listening and we'll catch y'all next week hopefully
WillI don't know why I did that.
Jerrellon good vibes.