Arsenal's Really Bad No Good Month

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Jerrell 0:06

Episode 71 Arsenal's really bad. No. Good month.

Christian 0:11

Oh my

Jerrell 0:12

awful for the gunners

Christian 0:14

my God. You, you remember a month ago when we were on top of the world and then we do that thing that we're really good at.

Jerrell 0:23

final

Christian 0:24

Uh, and then we did that thing that we're really good at choking.

Jerrell 0:29

and jinx it.

Christian 0:31

Uh, I don't even know why we drinks it. We were so. We were so, you know, straightforward with it. No one ever said anything that would've probably jeopardize our jinx.

Jerrell 0:41

because it wouldn't have been us if we didn't jinx it. Uh, today is Thursday, April 23rd, 2026. we bring you this podcast from. A, a dark place, but I think, I think we will recover and overcome. We'll see how the rest of the season finishes out. Uh, I'm Jarrell Christian's here.

Christian 1:02

What's up?

Jerrell 1:03

will is out. Uh, we might have to talk him back from the ledge after this pod, but, uh, we have to check in on him 'cause he made, uh, made a lot of promises. He, uh, popped out his chest last week. Had a lot to say. Uh, it backfired I feel for him. It's

Christian 1:22

I feel for us. I, I'm hurting. I'm hurting. We watched the, we watched the game at my place on Sunday. Was it Sunday? Was it sat? It was Sunday. At Sunday, a buddy came over trying to have a conversation with us, and we were just like, we're too busy stressing the fuck out. Um, the only goal we got was off of some Donna Ramma mistake. It was, it was just, I mean, it looked, it looked like we played better in most parts. We were creating, we were attacking, we were moving the ball pretty well. Um, opposed to that bullshit. Pass it back, pass it back again. Pass it back again.

Jerrell 2:01

Well, we'll get into that as we, as we move our way down the list. I got a free Guinness outta that game, so, uh, I can't, I can't be all doom and gloom for me. Uh, a couple dates we had the fa cub semifinals is that will be happening over this weekend along with our Premier League matchups. Um, but we also have socials guys, we have socials, we have Blue Sky, we have x Twitter, Instagram, we have football fellows website ski Do will make sure he's doing all right.

Christian 2:28

Skate at will will make. Better

Jerrell 2:31

Uh, and we have a couple new locations. Boston. I thought Boston would've listened

Christian 2:36

Boston?

Jerrell 2:37

at some point in our history, but no. Uh, new location is Boston, Massachusetts and Leeds. Leeds chimed in

Christian 2:44

Hell yeah.

Jerrell 2:44

week, so.

Christian 2:46

yeah. Good shit leads.

Jerrell 2:47

out to you guys. Appreciate, appreciate the listens. I'm gonna go ahead and run down match day 33. We can run down, I'll run down the games. I'll probably stop at each one and cover a little bit. Um, we, there's only one that, maybe two, not honestly matter, Brentford full in the West London Derby. Not a lot happening here. A zero zero. Um, the, I guess the big thing this week is. I really only pay attention to the Arsenal game. I'm just gonna throw that out there. Uh, but Brentford six straight draws in a row, really needing to get three points to secure the European spot. So it's not looking great for the bees right now, but you're not losing either. So, uh, I guess you'd take it. I don't know.

Christian 3:34

Yeah, this was an interesting game for Brentford. It was, uh, it was one that they. They definitely needed to win if they wanted to be in, in line for some European champions. Now they're tied sitting with Chelsea at 48 points. Um, cherries took one away from them. They're now in seventh with, what is that? What's, what's seventh Give us

Jerrell 3:54

Seventh, is it

Christian 3:55

Conference league.

Jerrell 3:57

Yes.

Christian 3:58

Yeah. So I mean, this was definitely,

Jerrell 3:59

possible eighth. Eighth spot might give a conference what as well, depending on how FA Cup

Christian 4:04

that's crazy. It's all premier.

Jerrell 4:08

Yeah,

Christian 4:09

It was definitely one that probably should have been one. Um, I'm not sure what the remaining schedule looks like off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure there's gonna be one that they wish they had back.

Jerrell 4:18

for sure. I know they play Man City and they play Chelsea. I don't know. I Chelsea.

Christian 4:25

they got Manu West, ham, man, city, Bristol Palace, and Liverpool. So not a easy finish to their season.

Jerrell 4:34

I believe, I still believe, just want them to have more points than they had last year and just have more, most points in Premier League.

Christian 4:44

Yeah.

Jerrell 4:44

For the club. That's that. It's baby steps, right? They're supposed to be relegated according to Tim Howard, uh, new Castle, Bournemouth, uh, Bournemouth on a bit of a hot streak. Uh, to be honest, they were kind of, uh, chilling down there in the mid table. Uh, got hot recently. The three draws and two wins in the last five matches. Bourmouth occupying, they're now occupying that, uh, seven place Euro robust spot that Brentford previously had. So. Brentford, or, sorry, born Myth is, uh, finishing the season strong.

Christian 5:15

Vermouth really believes in ties. I'm looking here at the last, what is this? 10 games they got. Three wins,

Jerrell 5:22

and Brentford tied six in a row.

Christian 5:24

three wins, seven ties. So those, those ties are keeping them alive for European competition. Um, Newcastle, I know Eddie Howe has been facing a lotto backlash here. I think, uh, he started seven Defeats in his first, in his in 10 games. Um, but

Jerrell 5:40

Tough,

Christian 5:40

yeah, it's definitely a tough stretch for Newcastle, but at one point looked pretty solid, but yeah, no, they're. They're sitting 14th right now, so not, not a good stretch.

Jerrell 5:52

uh, yeah, no, um, maybe a manager change. What do you think for Newcastle at the end of this season?

Christian 5:59

Uh, I mean, they, they got the money and they definitely spend the money, so might as well.

Jerrell 6:06

Oh, how out? You heard it here. Football fellas. Let the rumor mill begin.

Christian 6:13

That's how rumors start.

Jerrell 6:16

Uh, relegation battle, uh, le trying to create some space between them and the bottom three, uh, three zero over the wolves. This mathematically eliminates the wolves for what little hope they have of climbing out. Unfortunately, the wolves would be going down to the championship.

Christian 6:32

Yeah. Uh, leads definitely needed. This one. Uh, they, they were in conversation about potentially being relegated. I mean, they're relatively safe. Out of the bottom five they were. They were 15, so, um, definitely one that they needed to win in order to kind of keep their head above water. So it was a good, uh, win for, for leads and wolves. Tough, tough, tough, tough, tough.

Jerrell 6:55

Yeah, leads nine points above the line. The wolves the entire season, uh, never once was outside of their allegation zone. If you remember from the first match day, they lost to man City four zero. So. It was, was a grim season, but in normal wolves fashion, they tend to have a better second half. So hopefully they don't sit in the championship for long. And, and we'll see them. I mean, we still got what, more games with the wolves this year. Uh, moving on. Taught them. Taught them desperate. Desperate for a win.

Christian 7:32

Should.

Jerrell 7:32

late to brighten on a two, two draw Tottenham. Two points below. Safety, uh, really, really struggling. The draw. The draw helps, but it's still not enough.

Christian 7:50

Yeah, no, there's shit, uh, silver, that's the silver lining, uh, for this week is gonna be, yeah, my arsenal choked yet again. But on the bright side, there's only one North London team and there's gonna only be one North London team in, uh, in the Premier League. So that's nice.

Jerrell 8:07

Yeah. Uh, Tottenham has one point in the, in the month of April, arsenal has zero. So Tottenham North London is Tottenham for, for this

Christian 8:18

No wait, wait. Tournament hasn't won a home game, if I'm not mistaken, in the Premier League

Jerrell 8:23

they

Christian 8:24

since like December.

Jerrell 8:24

got one. No, for sure. But they did get a, they have more points in April than they, than Arsenal.

Christian 8:31

Fuck, where are they on the table? Why are you defending them?

Jerrell 8:34

I'm not

Christian 8:35

This is an unbiased podcast and you seem a little biased towards Tottenham

Jerrell 8:39

Uh, it's facts.

Christian 8:41

unbiased Pod.

Jerrell 8:42

Be better. Arsenal.

Christian 8:45

Please.

Jerrell 8:46

Uh, Chelsea and Man United Man United have had a, such a resilient season after firing Ameren, sitting third on the table. Um, just kind of. Get the job done against Chelsea. Chelsea loss have lost seven straight. They have, they have not scored in seven games. They, and that's an all competition and they've fired their manager, uh, heading into their uh, fa cup semifinal this weekend. Uh, Chelsea is spiraling.

Christian 9:16

Yeah, big win for man Manchester here. They, they were able to solidify their position in the top five. Currently sitting third place, uh, that 3, 4, 5 is pretty close, but I think the top five right now are pretty, pretty set. Sixth place Brian is five points behind the top five, so man with this win, but that one, it was a pretty strong, pretty strong one for them. Keeps 'em above water in the top five.

Jerrell 9:39

Absolutely. Dare I say, man, United in the Champions League next year.

Christian 9:44

Oh yeah, for sure. I don't see, I don't see a world where, man chess, where Manu does not make, uh, finished top five. Uh, especially with the remaining, I mean, other than Liverpool, they have Brentford, Liverpool, Sunderland Forest, and Brighton. So that Brighton game's gonna be interesting. Um, I mean if Manu, if Manu goes to shit and then it's just left on that last game against Brian to see who ends up in, on the fifth or shit, even sixth place. It's gonna be a good game, big game to watch, assuming Manu decides to just crash out for the next four games.

Jerrell 10:19

Yeah, man United is a good example of, uh, one of the Power six teams. Just turning it around. Trust. I would you say trusting the process? I don't know. Maybe finding the right fit. They're, it's clicking, it's working for them.

Christian 10:31

yeah.

Jerrell 10:32

Whatever they're doing, keep doing it.

Christian 10:34

Michael Carrick for the,

Jerrell 10:35

and

Christian 10:36

for the

Jerrell 10:36

burn.

Christian 10:37

Michael Carrick for the win.

Jerrell 10:40

Is he in interim still or they hired him officially?

Christian 10:42

You might still be interim, but I mean, after this run of games, why not?

Jerrell 10:48

Yeah. Why not? Uh, Nottingham Forest and Burnley. And Ingham Forest got four goals to burn. Lease one, uh, pretty, pretty straightforward for forest. Uh, all it is is about separating your position on the bottom three teams, Nottingham Forest, along with leads, uh, taking care of business in that sense. Burnley probably most likely is gonna go down. I think they're still in it technically, but, they're next on the chopping block.

Christian 11:17

Uh, they were in technically until yesterday when Man City beat them. So Man City officially knocked Burnley down to the championship.

Jerrell 11:26

All right. One relegation spot up for grabs. Sorry, Bern. Um, one up, one down. Uh, as it stands, they'll be the only ascended team this year to go down. which is great because I was tired of seeing teams just come up for a year and, and then get a band down to the. Championship. Where are we at next? Everton and Liverpool? The Mercy Side Derby. When I arrived to the Arsenal bar, they were showing this game. Um, they're not as strict in America about supporter bars. So this one was up and sure enough, Liverpool find a way to win the game. It was Van Dyke, I believe, uh, with the go ahead goal in stoppage time and for the three Liverpool fans that were there at the bar. happy for him.

Christian 12:17

Yeah. Liverpool's coming, coming back a little bit. I mean, there's been a lot of questions in the beginning. Uh uh, uh, you know, apart from the two losses at PSG and Man City. Brighton. Okay. No, I I take that back. Liverpool have had a, a tough stretch. They've been able to score goals. I mean, they have about 54 goals for the entire season, but damn, they're, they're just midfield, spotty. They're, they're, they just concede a lot of goals. So, um, it's good to see Liverpool top five, you know, maintain that top five status. Um, you know, you got word of sala leaving at the end of the season, so. Interesting to see how that's gonna affect them. Maybe next year's gonna be one of those, uh, transitional years where they might not make top five, but they still got the pieces. They still got a strong attack. If they can fix their defensive struggles, uh, Liverpool could, you know, be worth watching. But if not, it's gonna be a crazy transition year for for Liverpool fans.

Jerrell 13:12

All right, uh, Aston Villa four three over Sutherland. This one was a shootout. Seven goals in, in all, um, Aston Villa, making sure that they con, uh, continue their progress towards the Champions League spot again. Or to return rather. They're in the Europa League right now. Ashton Villa, huge, huge close to their season, especially starting so rough and unable to find goals. Managed to get all the way up to fourth place and are looking pretty good for a return to the Champions League.

Christian 13:46

Yeah, Aston Villa, um, pretty solid stretch the last few, few weeks. They have, uh, six wins in the last 10 games. Uh, two of them being in the Europa League. Uh, they finish our, their second on the table for the Europa League right now, or they're into Knockout right

Jerrell 14:06

Yeah, they're in the semifinals. They're actually

Christian 14:07

there it is.

Jerrell 14:08

uh, it Villa four.

Christian 14:10

There it is. My, my app is very not on time right here, but yeah, I mean, they, they still have some, some, some games to play. They're in the semi-finals, like you mentioned, the Europa League, so they still have a lot of game to play. They're not safe for, uh, they're not a, a sure end for the Champions League, um, league, but it'll be nice to see 'em.

Jerrell 14:33

Uh Yep. But getting the job done and, and helping themselves along the way. Uh, Sutherland though is still in striking distance for a, a European spot. Are you surprised by that?

Christian 14:44

Uh, it's, it's unfortunate 'cause they started off high. I think at one point they were second place.

Jerrell 14:50

Oh, yeah. They were up there. Yeah. I think they peaked at second.

Christian 14:52

Yeah. And they were there for quite some time. And then all of a sudden the new year hit and then. They're just having not a great perf, not a great time, not, not a good time for Sunderland fans, but hey, you just got promoted and you're finishing middle of the table. Um, most of like the other Burnley, uh, being relegated with only 20 points. And what am I missing? Who was the other? Leads? Leads? Uh, 15. So Sunderland, I think they, they were the third team to get promoted.

Jerrell 15:21

Mm-hmm.

Christian 15:22

they spent a lot of good money. They got Shaka in. They're able to settle in, in the middle of the, of the table, so it's still a great season for Sunderland. It would've been nice to see them in some type of competition, which, hey, they're only three points away from that, since the, the top half of the table, 10 through five is still pretty close, so yeah.

Jerrell 15:42

pretty close. And with the big match, the big match of the week on Sunday, Manchester City goes two one over the arsenal. Um, yeah, this was definitely a game. This definitely puts a magnifying glass on the Bourne Myth game that Arsenal lost, uh, prior. And you just gotta wonder, even if that was a draw, how is Arsenal looking? Uh, arsenal Falls second for the. It falls out of first position for the first time since match day six of this season, and now they're looking for help.

Christian 16:21

I hate it. I hate it. I hate it so much. I hate this life. Why four years straight? Second place? The last two, well, it's, we're, we're not finished with this one, but the last one, it came down to a game against Man city. Same thing here. Um, the only silver lining I see was the fact that Man City did not destroy Burnley. Like everybody would probably expected. Uh, Holland got a goal in the fifth minute and then was the rest of the game was dry. That when I saw the Holland's goal in the fifth minute against Burnley, I was just like, it's over. They're gonna score 87 more and then we're absolutely not gonna have a chance. Uh, but thankfully. The game yesterday against Burnley and Manity only entered one zero. So I think we're only down by one goal in the um, point differential. Both teams finish,

Jerrell 17:07

Is tied at 37

Christian 17:09

so it's head to head or goal scored.

Jerrell 17:11

and man City is ahead because of Goal

Christian 17:14

Goal scored. So yeah,

Jerrell 17:16

And

Christian 17:17

thank.

Jerrell 17:17

do they do like head to head tiebreaker in Premier League?

Christian 17:22

I believe so. But that would be like towards, towards the end. I saw an article about it, but I don't remember it off the top of my head. All I know is I'm,

Jerrell 17:31

just needs to rip, rip some goals.

Christian 17:33

yeah, but for some reason we can't fucking score 'em recently. And

Jerrell 17:38

all be set pieces.

Christian 17:39

Yeah, and not, not just score. Go back to remember the good old days where we went like 15 games without conceding a goal. Let's go back to that. That was a good time. I was having a good time. Were you having a good time? Uh, but yeah. Interesting, interesting choice. Uh, jota shouldn't get on until like the 80th minute. Um, we had halbert's at nine for the majority of the game. He was able to steal one from Donna Ram. Uh, that was more of a Donna Ram mistake than Halbert's, you know, class. But hey, I'll take it.

Jerrell 18:09

the 92nd rule.

Christian 18:12

Oh yeah, the 92nd rule, the most dangerous time is 90 seconds after a goal.

Jerrell 18:16

That that's what it is. Um, yeah, it was, uh, the, so Man City's a tough team. We know how Arsenal kind of like, they never rise to the occasion. It seems to be the case a lot of times. Um, my only gripe with Arsenal, they played a lot better. It didn't seem like the ball was passing back. They tried to get into attacking positions. It was taking Isaiah off when he, when, when most people felt like he was

Christian 18:39

As they was having a good game. Yeah.

Jerrell 18:41

Yeah. And my issue is. Yes, you spent a lot of money for, for Eucharists. You also spent a lot of money for ZA, and I think A has been more valuable to Arsenal than As far as goal contributions, now you can argue and be like, Yoris does things that doesn't track on the stat sheet, this, that, and next whatever. But EZ I feel like has brought a lot of impact when he, when he is on the pitch.

Christian 19:08

He.

Jerrell 19:08

see him get subbed out, um, with him, literally what 10 minutes removed from that shot that went off the post a little bit upsetting.

Christian 19:18

Yeah, that's, uh, fucking post the damn post work. Um, who, who was he sobbed off for? Wasn't he sobbed off for, uh, Martinelli? Oh, no, that was my way that got subbed off for Martin, well, as it got subbed on for and the 74th.

Jerrell 19:33

Trusted came on. Yep.

Christian 19:35

Yeah. Um. It's, it's tough. Like I, I, I like the addition of my wiki. I like the addition of, because they, it brings a little bit more excitement to an otherwise I'll, I'll say tactical, I'll say tactical gameplay of Arsenal. Um.

Jerrell 19:52

could say that. I'll say risk

Christian 19:53

Yeah. Uh, I'm not a, I'm not the biggest fan of the whole Tiki toka pep Arta streamline that they try to imple that they implemented in Arsenal. I'm, I'm not a fan of that methodical approach. No. Give, gimme long balls. Give me, gimme something to get excited about. Um, we'll be rolling his eyes right now. Just waiting to respond. Just itching at the moment of me talking shit about Dick Taka and anything that has to do with Barcelona, but it stands, um. Like as a Ma Yoko dish, they, they add a little bit more excitement to it. Otherwise, I, I, I would probably say stale, attacking that arsenal. Um, previous, previously had, it's, it's, it's always a nail biter. Um, it's always just like these random one offs and it hurts. And I just, I just, I just want more creation. I want more excitement in these games.

Jerrell 20:45

no, definitely. And like, do we not have fast wingers? Like is Martinelli not fast? Is menke not fast? Like can play that long ball, I think. I've seen a lot of criticism with like ode guard he can create, but he passes back a lot too. Like

Christian 21:04

There,

Jerrell 21:04

not, nothing goes forward really.

Christian 21:07

there were two instances in the game that I remember, um, where Ode Guard had the ball. And I just internally yelled, let go of the fucking ball. Yo. Kadesh? No, it was Halberts. I think it was Halberts. He had a perfect run. It was a fast break. Order. Guard had the ball, I think it was three, two, and order guard. Instead of making the pass to a running hybrids that cut in between defenders, he held onto the ball. That allowed two more defenders to come up and catch up to him. Ode guard is spending way too much time with the ball. Um, he needs to release the ball sooner. We're, we're having a lot of moments where, where Yoko Dish makes the runs, however makes the runs, and we're too scared to give them that pass. Obviously, don't do it every single time, but fucking try from time to time.

Jerrell 21:55

honest.

Christian 21:56

Yeah. So now what we, what we see a lot, what, what we're always seeing from Arsenal is just like, you see that run, nothing happens. They just keep passing it back or passing to the sides, and it's just like an endless, Ooh, let's try to find that little gab. Let's try to slowly build up. But you have people like Yo Kish, he's a dominant force. He's a big body. If he's making that run, give them the, give them that opportunity. Kai's making that run. Ogar needs to release the board. That's, I, I think, uh, Ogar does a, does a better job at that. Like making those passes. Um, uh, sorry, not, not regard, uh, Zubie Mandy makes a better, uh, job at making those passes, nor Guard does too, honestly. Um, I don't know. It's tough. Speaking of, uh, I don't know if you completely La Liga. I just wanna give a quick shout out to her. For,

Jerrell 22:49

yeah.

Christian 22:50

a trophy. Finally, you had Order guard, Zube, Mendy, and uh, Mary nine left raw. So for a chance to win trophies and they did not win a trophy raw. So,

Jerrell 23:00

It seems to be a trend in European soccer, and BAPE leaves PSG and they win the Champions League.

Christian 23:04

yeah.

Jerrell 23:06

I know Gman hasn't won any, any domestic trophy with And, and the one time that they did, he was over in Barcelona, so.

Christian 23:15

Hey, hey. They're still alive. They're still alive. They, we still got

Jerrell 23:18

No, they are definitely but domestic trophies, they're live in champions league.

Christian 23:22

the, the defensive stalemate that the semi-final is gonna be.

Jerrell 23:26

Can't wait. Can't wait. And the final match of Match day 33 was the Crystal Palace West Ham, zero, zero draw. Just defensive effort. Um. Westham needing, needing to get some space from Tottenham. A win would've been preferred for them, but they get a draw. They only go two points ahead, forcing Tottenham to try and win somewhere. But, um, Palace settling into the middle of the table, seems like they always do. Um, and just kind of staying in the course.

Christian 24:03

Uh, big game for Will's, catfish here. Westham definitely needed a win. Um, they're only two points clear of Tottenham, so, uh, you know, they probably wished for a better outcome, but it, it, they weren't able to pull it off on this one. They got five more games. Um,

Jerrell 24:20

more.

Christian 24:22

and yeah, with.

Jerrell 24:24

And with that, yeah, take it away, Christian. We're on relegation Watch now.

Christian 24:28

We have a relegation watch on our hands, folks. We got two people, two people, two teams already down. Burnley and Wolves are, have been mathematically eliminated. Um, we have the bottom five here with leads with 40 points game in hand. They, uh, they've already played 34 games. Forrest with 36 West Ham, 33, and TUM with 31. I think the magical number to get to is 39. I know leads, I just said leads are at 40. Um, but the reason I include them is because they have a very influential rest of the season. Leads have a a Chelsea game, which, hey, that's still pretty influential for the top of the table. Um, if they end up beating Chelsea, Chelsea can be held out of European competition. Uh, they're playing against Burnley, so burnley's already mathematically eliminated, so might as well go out with a bang that won. That. Game's really not too important. I think leads are definitely safe. They, they're above, uh, the 39 point threshold I magically kick 'em up with in my head. Uh, but on match day 37, they are playing against tum. Uh, they're going on the road. So, you know, maybe Tum can get some last second, uh, help from their fans. Sorry, my dog is chewing on her pajamas. Lemme get this away. Then they got Bryan, which again, very influential game. Bryan is sitting currently in sixth plays when the Euro UA for qualifications. So it's gonna be a big game for them. Uh, Bryan is gonna wanna win out and finally, oh, where did it go? I have it here. And finally last match, match day 39. They are,

Jerrell 26:05

38.

Christian 26:08

match day 38. I didn't do math correctly. Um. They're, they're away at Westham. So leads play both the Spurs and Westham who are currently tied for 17th and 18th place. Leads play a big, big, big role, not only in how the top of the table lines up, but can potentially decide who gets relegated. So, um, leads fan. I know we got some new leads. Listeners, you can fuck shit up. Go out with a bang, make shit fun.

Jerrell 26:40

Do it for the love of the game.

Christian 26:42

Yeah. Uh, so very interesting situation for leads. It's gonna be fun watching all their games and just pretty much how it affects everything else. Uh, moving on to 16th place here. We got the tricky trees, freaky forest, however you want. Uh, we, we haven't referenced them in a while. Um, but yeah, no, they're sitting 16th to 36 points. I think. One more win, and they're able to, and they're able to clinch. Not being relegated. Probably clinched that 16th spot. I think they hold strong to that 16th spot. Um, but again, they're still not out of danger. Spurs have 31 points. West Ham have 33 points. There's, what is it? Uh, five games left. So 15 points up for grabs. So anything can happen. Um, they do unfortunately do have the toughest remaining schedule. They're away at Sunderland, which, you know, they have a very strong attack. They press really well. So Sunderland is definitely not gonna be an easy game, right. Uh, followed up versus the villains. After the villains, they play Newcastle, which, you know, that might be potentially their easiest game with, uh, Newcastle sliding so much recently. Then they got third place menu, second to last game, and then they finish off with the cherries. Sue. You know, the cherries have, as we've unfortunately seen, can steal some points. So forest, although relatively safe, they're still not completely out of danger. They need to win at least one and tie another one to potentially be for sure free. Um, from relegation. Moving on, we got, we ham, this, this is where it gets tight. We ham's 17th with 33 points. Um. The last team to get relegated is gonna be between these two teams. Unless Tricky Trees just decided to lose absolutely everything. Um, the remaining schedule they have, they're playing versus Everton at Brentford. And then this is where it gets crazy. They play Arsenal and if there's one thing Arsenal does is they play down to whoever they're playing against. I was watching some, uh, coverage and the recap of, of some games and some pundits have Westham beating Arsenal. It's a trap game. I will be so upset. So upset.

Jerrell 29:05

don't.

Christian 29:06

Notice how none of these bottom five teams play, man, city. I hate it here. Um, then they got Newcastle and then they finish off with leads. So again, leads can make things really, really interesting towards the end. And then finally, our last relegation spot currently in 18th is shit with 31 points. Our docket, literally, I have notes for every team. And then the only note I have for Spurs is shit. Um, not a bias podcast, sorry. Um, but yeah, their remaining schedule isn't easy either. They're playing the, the bulbs, they're playing the wolves, then they're at villains. Then verse leads, which again, leads show up again. Then they're at Chelsea and versus Everton Spurs do not have an easy final five. It's gonna be a tough stretch for them. It's not looking good. I mean, there are only two points at in the relegation zone. They, they could, if, if, if no, I, I, I'm trying to see Westham. Westham has a easier schedule other than, well, no, they both have a, a, a fairly, fairly similar schedule now that I'm looking at it again, so it's gonna be a fight to the end. It would've been really nice to see Wes Hammond Spurs. Go against each other and match day 38, but that, that's who we're watching. And finally, I already said finally for the Spurs, but you know, honorable mentions as always, we have Bern and Westham. They have officially been mathematically relegated. They,

Jerrell 30:40

you meant wolves.

Christian 30:43

sorry, yes. Bern and wolves have officially been, uh, relegated mathematically. But the f funnest thing is match. Day 38 is Burnley verse wolves. So that's the game we're gonna be watching. Last place?

Jerrell 31:00

last place on the line.

Christian 31:01

Yeah.

Jerrell 31:02

is the worst? and then also the Chelsea match. Chelsea leads that does a FA cup semifinal match that won't affect the Premier League.

Christian 31:09

Oh, okay. So I, I skipped one of them. Which one?

Jerrell 31:13

Uh, Chelsea Leads, you said it was a Premier League match? It's a FA Cup semi panel.

Christian 31:20

my five. I forgot leads. I already have 34. They have a game in hand. On, on the rest.

Jerrell 31:24

Yeah, no. All good. Um, we did have a couple matches, um, Wednesday, April 22nd match, day 34, due to scheduling conflicts and things of that nature. Uh, man City gets a one oh win over Burnley Holland scores in the fifth minute. Uh, he is the golden boot leader right now. I think his lead is three goals. Three goals or two goals. I'm not a hundred percent, but.

Christian 31:46

Igor, right, Igor.

Jerrell 31:49

Thiago. Yeah. lead on you at Thiago of Brentford, uh, Bournemouth and leads. Bournemouth's kind of surging right now. Leads, as we said, are trying to create a lot of space between them. In the bottom three. Those two split the points. Uh, two, two and Brighton beat the brakes off of Chelsea. Chelsea fires their manager after this match. Chelsea has not scored a goal since March 11th. They'll go. Maybe not. Who knows what happens this weekend. But so far, Chelsea's projection and not score a single goal in the month of April,

Christian 32:19

Damn

Jerrell 32:20

kind of looking like Villa in the first couple weeks of the season. Uh, we have Champions League as well. Champions League, semi-final. Uh, everyone's match to watch on the 28th will be PSG verse. Byron, if you love. Football, watch this game because on the other side you have Athletico Madrid versus Arsenal. And if you like watching brick walls, you can watch that one.

Christian 32:44

park the bus versus park the bus. I love it.

Jerrell 32:48

So, uh, it's really defines you who you are. When, when you go back to work on Monday and someone asks, which game did you watch? So, so we have that going. That's the first legs, and then we have your Europa League and conference kind of grouped together. First legs kickoff on April 30th, Ashton Villa will play in Nottingham Forests. The Europa League and Crystal Palace will play Shaar SK in the conference league. Uh, both those teams, both those three teams looking to find some hardware before the season's over. And Christian, we only have seven matches on seven Premier League matches this weekend. Do you wanna tell me who those are?

Christian 33:31

Hell yeah. Did you brush over the FA Cup semis?

Jerrell 33:36

Did I miss it? I did

Christian 33:38

You did miss. Okay.

Jerrell 33:38

semi-finals, April 25th. It will be Man, city versus Southampton. It could have been Man City Arsenal, but we won't get into that. It's South Hampton. They deserve it. Uh, and April 26th will be Chelsea V. Leads. Uh, so do you have any picks for these?

Christian 33:53

South Hampton.

Jerrell 33:55

All right.

Christian 33:56

please. South Hampton. They can't get more trophies. They at.

Jerrell 34:01

crazy though? South Hampton was so bad last year for the Premier League and they're in the semifinal for that fake cup this year.

Christian 34:07

Yeah, but still Please, please, south Hampton. Do do it. Do it for us. Please man. City can't get in trouble. And Chelsea leads,

Jerrell 34:20

Isn't that

Christian 34:21

let's

Jerrell 34:21

how that change?

Christian 34:22

fuck it. Leads, leads, fuck. Fuck it up. Leads. Yeah.

Jerrell 34:25

hasn't scored, so why

Christian 34:27

It is an April game, so hell yeah.

Jerrell 34:29

April game

Christian 34:31

Eh,

Jerrell 34:32

brings goldish Chelsea and April showers, I guess. I think that's how it goes.

Christian 34:36

I think so. I've heard that before. And moving on to Match Day Trend, Quatro, uh, we have Sunland versus the Tricky Trees. We got Fulham v, Aston Villa West, ham V, Everton, wolves, V shit. Liverpool V. Crystal Palace. Arsenal V Newcastle, Manu v Brentford. Who you got? What, what, what? Other than the Arsenal game that we're gonna probably hate watch and just lose our nails over.

Jerrell 35:03

Because it's Newcastle, right? Um, there are actually a couple of good matchups here. Uh, wolves. Can just, you know, continue to demoralize Tottenham. That, that looks like a fun match. Uh, to be honest, Liverpool Crystal Palace, and for the past couple years, past two years, I guess you could say, has been a banger of a match. So that's a good one. Arsenal Newcastle. Well, Newcastle for some reason, always likes to fuck on Arsenal when it matters most. So we'll see what happens here. And United and Brentford tend to be. Good game as well. So we have quite a few, quite a few games going on here That definitely peak my interest. What about you?

Christian 35:45

Uh, I'm, I'm, I'm just gonna hate watch Arsenal for the rest of the season, dude. Um,

Jerrell 35:49

That's fair. And you're gonna hate watch when they win the league, right? Because I'm not done jinxing it.

Christian 35:55

we're fucked. We're fucked. It's over. Uh, what, what day does Arsenal play?

Jerrell 36:04

Uh, that might be Sunday. I will pull that up

Christian 36:07

post d and d Hate Watch. Let me know.

Jerrell 36:11

Oh, wild. Saturday, Saturday at 1230. Every game is Saturday except for Brentford and Men United. That will be on Monday. So

Christian 36:22

oh. It's free. Sunday,

Jerrell 36:23

uh,

Christian 36:24

Sunday's my sports day. What do I do?

Jerrell 36:26

Sutherland and Forest are tomorrow at three. Maybe we should put the times. Nah, I'll do it later.

Christian 36:35

I'll fix it in post.

Jerrell 36:37

as a note, match day 31, makeup game for Man City and Crystal Palace will not be till May 22nd. So yeah. Um, man City still with that game in hand really won't get resolved basically till the end of the season. Is there anything else you have for our fans, Christian, before we conclude this perfect pod?

Christian 36:58

Thanks for listening. Remember to ski down will to help him feel better about the arsenal. Shit. Um.

Jerrell 37:04

He will appreciate it.

Christian 37:06

He will appreciate all the skeets bring buckets.

Jerrell 37:10

ski at him or you ski on him?

Christian 37:12

Both just bring buckets,

Jerrell 37:13

Oh, damn. Buckets.

Christian 37:16

but

Jerrell 37:17

and to do that you can hit us up on our socials. We have Twitter, x Blue Sky, Instagram, and our website. There are many ways to skeet at us. Um, you just gotta do it,

Christian 37:30

here's our consent.

Jerrell 37:32

you, I guess we've been saying it every week, so if you don't know by now, now you know, talking to you leads

Christian 37:40

I'm very wary of anybody wearing a trench coat around me from now on.

Jerrell 37:44

no.

Christian 37:45

You said I could

Jerrell 37:47

I, I would've just been, I

Christian 37:49

in general.

Jerrell 37:49

before Florida, man.

Christian 37:51

Oh man.

Jerrell 37:54

And that's it. And we'll see you guys next week. Maybe we'll be crying. Maybe we'll be happy. Maybe we'll just be melancholy, but who knows? You got you. Gotta tune in to find out.

Christian 38:03

Hell yeah. Peace.

Jerrell 38:05

you guys next week. Peace.