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Advertised rates available through the PenFed Carbine Service to receive any advertised product you must become a member of PenFed, insured by NCOA. [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] Tonight, we talk a bit more done deals and ask before the World Cup kicks off. Can we expect more, eh? No? However, the main event of the show is something a bit different. Having dissected the dark horses last week, this evening we deal with the big sides in England. The teams everyone expects to make the quarter-finance. We won't actually be going through the teams ourselves here in the bunker. Instead, we've assembled a cracked team of serious analysts and myself, who will run for three minutes as to why their chosen team will win the World Cup. The most convincing guests will obtain the trippers backing throughout the tournament. So, let's get ready to [MUSIC] Right, first up is Ryan McTurnan, AKA Ryan McTrippie. And he's going to tell us why South Inger Poulton will win the World Cup. Ryan, your three minutes start now. >> Okay, when I first received the message that I would have to justify how England will win the World Cup, I kind of shot the bed a little bit, but then I watched the game on Sunday and turned everything around. And I, in fact, prepared something that I think will pretty much affiliate my thoughts with how England are going to win the World Cup. >> Oh, this looks lovely. >> Obviously, no one can see this, but- >> It's a flow chart. >> I'll scan it, right? So here we go. >> Yeah, okay. >> So, I was going to try and do some kind of tactical analysis of Hodgson, but too much. I think he's too smart for that and I wouldn't really get it, okay? So, we're going to go straight lines, 442, straight lines. What's going straight lines? Trains, trains, trains are efficient, they're better than buses. No bullshitting on trains, no twist. Straight weld, there is some twist, but they always remain the same kind of twist. So that's where your wingers come in, because they twist in like the bends on a train line, okay? Choo-choo, I drew a little train there. You don't really see steam trains anymore, like dinosaurs, Roy, the dinosaur, Hodgson, a bit offensive, you know? They say that, you know, this is what I have to say. Dinosaurs are badass. You don't fuck with a dinosaur. So, you know, England are pretty badass from that one, and Liverpool are badass. Why are Liverpool about- oh yeah, and I've never seen a dinosaur not win the World Cup. So, you know- >> Flowless. >> Yeah, so Liverpool are badass, right? Why are Liverpool badass? Everyone's like, "Oh, Hodgson, play like Liverpool." So he did, but he didn't like, you know, 433, none of that shit. Penalties, you got Lambert, Gerard, Lampard, Rooney. Basically, to have penalties, you got to draw. Like I did. To draw, you got to draw, and they're going to bore teams into submission. They're not really going to attack, but they're going to defend, kind of, and the team is just like, "Phew, can't be arsed. Play for penalties. Upstep, tricky, Lambert and Gerard, England are going to win every- I predicted that like three points might be enough if Uruguay win the other two games against those." >> Whatever. So, you know, couple of Zeds, sleepy, sleepy, Hodgson, Anagram, H. Godson, he has the power of nature. He caused that weather storm the other day, because he was like, "Kondors are getting on top of me." >> He has the power of nature. >> I call upon you! Kondors storm, right? Okay, he has the power. We are England or Poulton, trial-a-la-la-la, make a stream. He took that too literally, because I can't stay fucking awake watching him. Singing, your vision, last time Austria won, was 1966, when we- England? Yeah, we England won the World of the World of the World of the World of the World of the World of the World of the World of the World of the World. >> [LAUGH] >> England, aye? I don't know if I put that in. >> [LAUGH] >> You, Kip. >> [LAUGH] >> You, Kip. Suarez is a racist. Racist don't deserve anything in this world. Except stoning. In 2014, the year of the horse in the Chinese calendar, nothing to do with this, but I think people forget about that, and I don't hear people talking about the animals of the year anymore. In the Kayla, if he can do a so can Roy Hudson, the KFC, Patrick Stewart, his birthday is on July the 13th, the same day as the World of the World Cup final, Sam Matilisa, and Hendo is bust, last minute penalty, Jared, he's going to score the winner, England are going to win the World Cup. >> [LAUGH] >> Next up is Marco Lopez, aka @footymarkall, and he's going to tell us what his native Portugal can claim the prize. Marco, your three minutes start now. >> Okay, so why could they win? Obviously, one of the key things is the influence of Ronaldo because he's really come to the fore in delivering and qualifying. If you have a look at the way that they came through the qualifying run, he's really come very good in this current run and up all the way into the current Portugal coach. For some strange reason, even though the team lacks its superstars from what we remember of back in the World Cup in 2006, which arguably the best chance they've had, they've still got a very good international record, you look at the way that they've played against, in particular Spain in Euro 2012, I'd argue that out of all the teams at Spain played in Euro 2012, that there was a team that destroyed the most against what was Portugal. And the funny thing is what was Portugal is, historically, tough groups are better for them. So Euro 2000, Euro 2004, Euro 2008, the World Cup in 2010, Euro 2012 have always seemed to have a better run against difficult opposition groups, and I think it's because it just puts the team at a lot of pressure to stop playing well from the get-go. The other thing is, I think tactically, it's ironic, I don't find this Portugal team very creative, but I think in a way that suits them because I think you could find them being very defensively solid, they've got a very, very good back four that sets up very defensively, they've got a young kid, William Caravallu, who could come in and really dominate from a defensive point of view. So their strategy is going to be very much parked the best hit in the counter, which isn't very pretty, no, and they're not going to be everyone's favourite team to watch, but they could be quite capable of, particularly against the stronger teams who they're not expected to do well against, to actually surprise them. So anything is possible, Germany have a couple of injuries, you've got a dream, you've got to look at it and see if it was Croatia '98, Korea in 2002, Uruguay in 2010, why not Portugal in 2014 and maybe, maybe the whole way, you never know. That's quality, Marco, thanks to many of my own, appreciate that, thanks for the feedback. Good stuff, fella. Right, we have Argentina next, the case will be put by Argentinian Scotsman John Ritchie. Let us John, what your adapted nation will win. It's an interesting one, because when I initially looked at it, I didn't think they would and now convinced myself that they will. The reason why I didn't think they would was because of the larger the defence and the keeper. The keeper is a guy called Sergio Romero and he's probably one you've all heard of, he's said a really dodgy season and league one with Monaco, he's not impressed at all, and I think they're going to let him go. Argentina they've never really been known for good co-keepers and it's odd because everybody else to produce great. So the game, you've got guys like Maradona, Batista, even guys like Diego Simeone, who's probably one of the finest defensive midfielders I've ever seen play, the goalkeepers I can't think of, one that I've made a lasting impression. Defensive they look a little bit unbalanced, I mean they've got Ezekiel Garde, I believe he's now often Bayern Munich, Marcus Rojo, Pablo Zabeletta, they're really great players, but they've got weak lengths such as Di Michaelis, Federico Fernandez, and even now lately, Ezekiel Campingaro, they've all had mixed seasons coupled with really bad individual mistakes. For me as a defensive unit to what you need to rely on all three or four players walking in harmony with the keeper as a unit and for me it's just a side that they've kind of got badly exposed and I think one of the managers will probably target in the tournament. And then if you factor into the manager, you've got a guy called Alejandro Sibela or Alex Sibela and he's someone of a Northern legend, he played for a late Sheffield United and Leeds, but Sibela, he's done nothing of not in the game, he's a bang average player, he's only managed in the Argentine league and he looks like Paul fucking Daniels, everything just did not like about the guy, as soon as I looked at him I think fuck off, you know, not having one with him, but then actually he's not done too bad at the job with the team itself, but then what made me think that he could start winning it was if you look at their midfield, it's a mixed bag, but it's packed with quality, you know, they've got Maskerano, Demeria, Maxiro Dregas, they've got a guy called Enzo Perez who I'm really excited about and they've even got a big player who's a Lazzio on his day and I just think that potentially they can cause team's problems, they'll keep the ball well, they're tactically very, very clever and the interesting thing is that as Maskerano's got an older player and he's lost a little bit of his pace, not much but a little, he's still that mean looking bastard that we all loved, you all remember Max, he's like 50 yards sliding tackles and he's eyes, you know, he was just a crazy bastard and for me he's probably one of the keys in Argentina's potential success and with working with Busquets I think he's just enhanced his defensive play even farther if that was possible, so he's really the key. I mentioned Enzo Perez, 20 seconds, John, he's going to go from strength to strength but the real reason they're going to win is probably, I'm probably a brilliant forward line, they've got Aguero, Higuain Messi, Lazzio, Palsio, they've got all these players and these guys can win games out of nothing and especially very messy and now they're managing to get the best of a Lionel Messi. One brilliant, I feel. If you get the best of a Lionel Messi, they can use that I'm interested in positions, wonderful. Wonderful, John. Brilliant, fella. That's great work. Love you guys. Thanks, fella. Appreciate it. Right next up is Anthony Williams, aka at Going One Local and he's going to tell us why Spain and the Spanish team won't be beaten and will win back-to-back World Cups, Anthony. Right, well, mainly because the last person who scored a goal against them was in the knockout rounds of World Cup was in the Dean to Dan, in the knockout rounds of any tournament, sorry. They've gone eight years without conceding in an knockout game, which is fucking scary when you think about it. I think they've conceded six goals overall between Euro 2008 up until now. So they've got by far the best offense there, even if it doesn't look like it on paper. They've got probably the most medals there, they've got a shit ton of players who've just played in Champions League final, they've got probably the best international midfield of all time, possibly the best international player of the last ten years in any Esther. I don't think anyone's played as well in the tournament as he has over the course of the last decade. He's probably like the best player since the Dan on an international level. The squad has won everything, it's ridiculous. I mean, even now with all the Barcelona players going, I mean, Tiago isn't going, but they've got Coke going, they've got Heavy Martinez from Bayern going, he's won a treble last year, and they're going as backups to Iniesta and Chavi and just all the Barcelona players. They've got Diego Costa going, so they don't have to play that fucking Lumux up front. I mean, it's, you know, right, they've got Kasias, who's basically spent an entire season watching football, but still come away winning the European Cup. I mean, it's faintly ridiculous when you think about how much good shit they've got going on. I mean, the thing that went wrong at the Confederations Cup was they had to, like, put an arbolo who obviously wasn't as good as good football as are. So what they've done, they've got Aspila Queda to go in there instead of him. The thing is, I don't really like watching them because I find they've got so many players that like to come towards the ball, and it gets really condensed, but you still don't get the ball off them. They still don't concede goals. They'll win every game one nil, and they'll end up lifting a trophy at the end of it. Maybe they'll show up in, like, one game, like, the performance against Italy and the Euro. The first half of that was, I don't remember a better international performance. That was, like, crazily good in a final match, and they just taught. Italy was probably the most enjoyable team to watch at the Euro, as I thought, and they just fucking ripped them apart like they were nothing for 45 minutes. And then they did what Spain do, and they just kind of slowed it down to an absolute snail face, kept the ball for ages, and scored two goals at the end. It was like they fucking cuckolded Italy, it was horrible. Well, unless you're a Spain fan. They basically got the rest of football in the chastity belt at the moment. 15 seconds, fella. What? 15 seconds, wouldn't it? 10 now. Five. I...in summation, then, Anthony? They're probably going to win it again. Well done. Thanks, mate. That's great. Okay, the next nation on our list is the Germans. So who better to ask than an Austrian? Here's Alex Gashir, aka Alex the Great, on why Germany are going to win this World Cup, and he's promised to put down the Yogi Lo voodoo doll while he's doing it. Alex. Oh, Jesus fucking Christ. Thank you very much for that. Why they could win it? Well, the worst part is because everybody would love them to win it, except me, I guess, and that's a very horrible thought. Everybody will tell me, "See, Alex, now you have it. It's the best team in the world, and this laughs for Germany that's going on worldwide at the moment. It's by far the weirdest thing going on." They like even popular in Austria now. There was a recent study where the majority of the Austrians will support Germany at World Cup, which is absolutely mad. And nobody really knows why. I think this whole love started back in 2006, when they showed the world how perfect they can arrange a World Cup and how great they can play, and the buses work, and there's no strikes, and everybody loves it and for me it would be a horrible thing, but of course they can win it, because for me to be a little bit serious, the main reason why Germany could win the World Cup is a classic reason, it's a fucking tournament team. They can develop this thing where they say, "Let's win this, let's keep going, let's beat the first opponent, let's beat the second one." And then they are on this absolutely mental, they developed this mental mentality where they say, "We win everything." Even without a strike in this squad, they can score goals suddenly, even in 20 minutes. So that's the main reason why I think I would be afraid that they could win it. And I have this very smart plan, but the German Federation, the TFP, basically it's all about campable here. Have you heard of this? Campable here? No. This hotel complex where they are living now, and we are staying at least at group stages. Campable here, that means, basically, campable means camp, which is some of the Germans and people into camp, but it's a very smart thing because, basically, this whole fucking hotel was finished, like minutes before the German team arrived. And have you ever been to a hotel that was brand new? Have you ever been there? I've been to one or two, nothing works in fucking hotel, it doesn't work, the shallows don't work, toilets don't work, air condition doesn't work. So, I mean, I read they already got stuck on a ferry on the way to the hotel. So basically, what they do is, like, they live in three or four houses together in this hotel complex, and the older ones, like alarm, earthquake, or clothes, they are like the captains of those houses, and they do this community thing, live together, and they have to fight this new hotel against everything that doesn't work in this new hotel. So somebody says, "Fill it, I can't sleep, you know, I'm allergic to the new paint in my room." And Paul D.M. Shevani gets stuck in the elevator and has to find a way out there, and nobody can hear them, so they have to work together, and somebody's maybe taking a shit and telling Nerf the circuit that it doesn't flush. Alex, it's really pain to me to cut across this. Together, they have to find a solution, you know, okay, brilliant. When they face the likes of Portugal, they say Ronaldo wouldn't get his arm into mate's toilet, you know, he wouldn't do that. That's wonderful, wonderful, okay, right, and we're now going to move on to Italy, and we have a contributor here, actually in the studio, a guest of Italian extraction, Felipino Kecini, and he's going to have a word with us about Italy, so when you're ready, feel three minutes. Okay, three minutes from now, Italy are going to win the World Cup, quite simply because they have the best squad in the whole tournament, and the best defence, and they've arguably now got the best midfield with Variety coming in and really solidifying that midfield right there in the Europeans. And then up front, they've added him only to, and they haven't seen you as well, to play alongside him, and they play in the classic old-fashioned big-man, little man combination and scored 100 million goals against Fluminese last night. Why the Italians always win tournament football? They'll draw the opening game with England, they'll get a score, they'll draw on the next one, and they'll win the next one and go through, probably as runners up, just about getting true, and everyone will be saying, "Oh, this Italian team won't do it this time, they won't do it this time, I tell you they won't do it this time," yet they'll win, and they'll win, and they'll win, and all of a sudden they'll be in the semi-finals, and then all these Italian fans will go to the World Cup because they don't go before the semi-finals. It's against a better nature to go to the thing, but they don't need to be early for stuff like, "We'll be there, we'll be there, we'll be there, they're about, you know what I mean?" The vaults go Prandelli. Prandelli in fairness to him has done an incredible job with the Italian service manager, he's led them to a major European tournament. His performance record in competitive games is excellent, his performance record in friendly games is horrific, as his one-all-drop Luxembourg there, the weekend testifies, and if you think like the English press would be our bad way of hudson over his record of draws before they head out to the World Cup, imagine if he drew Luxembourg or licked him in the lead up to the World Cup, they would have been papers to save her, but anyway, the Italians are all in good fettle and good stead, and there's goals in the team, solid midfield, and then you look at the back four, and of all the teams in the World Cup, this back four is probably the most solid and the most consistent in terms of being defensively strong. The triangle of Buffon, Keelini and Benucci is just phenomenal, like any team would want them in the back four, and even then you look at the reserves, in Syracuse, you have one of the best goalkeepers, most underrated goalkeepers in Europe as well, and they just have quality right away trade. You've got Berzagli as well to come into that side, you've got Bathe, you've even got Marthe who can drop into the back four and fill in as a centre back. You look down, you've got the imperious peer load is Wonderbird, Annie Mount, Sport and that bird, and the looks of a Pacino going into World Cup, in Brazil is going to have a great shout of winning anything, and how nice would it be to see Peeler lift the World Cup at the end of this competition, more than anything for the role-man to the Cup and the whole lot, that's who you want to see, and yes, Trevor, it won't be four times, I think it'll be five times, should have been this one, but anyway, just to correct you on that. I don't say that. Are you willing to get us? So to sum up, yeah, if you're going to win the World Cup, because I said so. Excellent, and just 33 seconds left, and you've got only the ten. I don't need to do anything. Wonderful, thanks a million for that, Phil, that was wonderful, and you can see how much time you spent on it as well, as well. Yeah, so just when you think you're over, right, and Trev, you're not getting away with this. No. So get your pin any book out, and you tell us why the host, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, I'm stuck with the image, I'm going on here, so the home nation will win this World Cup in Brazil, Brazil. That's quality, quality of the host, right, it comes down to some simple things, previous host of one, 1930 year ago, 34 Italy, 66 England, 74 West Germany, 78 Argentina, 98 France, at 6N19 tournaments. Just over 31.5%, almost a third, have been won by major football powers in their own backyard. So history starts, everything already stacked in Brazil's favor. Now, next thing you do is you look at the squad, you have a little look at that squad that's going to be trying to do the job. And under Luis Felipe Scallari's guidance, you've got in the defense, maybe some of the more stellar performers that you're going to see around the place, Marcelo Danyalves, Mike Kahn, Maxwell, Tiago Silva, Dava Luis, big names, Hylenio Ramirez, William Oscar and in midfield and up front, you've got Neymar and Fred and Hook and people like that. Now, in Group A, which is going to consist of Cameroon, Croatia, Mexico and themselves, nobody, nobody can see past Brazil walking through that as the winners. Now, if they do win, they play the second place in Group B, which is going to be probably chilly or the Netherlands, and then after that, they're going to play probably, if you go by the predictions, possibly you're going and are Italy looking likely coming there. So it's hard to see past Brazil making a decent path and a nice little glorious exit for one of the teams that we've already mentioned earlier on. They've got an experienced coach, they've got players of quality who are either in or entering their prime. They have the considerable advantage of playing in home soil with a passionate crowd who's going to be willing them on and Liverpool have seen lately how vital that can be. They are five times champions of the world's biggest tournament. They are natural showmen and eight performers, born to be on stage, born to be the center of attention as the cameras start whirling on the greatest show on earth. So what have we got with Brazil? We've got big fields reassuring a vonkular touch. We've got the calm majesty of Tiago Silva. We've got the soycho bob tansorial splendor of David Louise. We've got the relentless efficiency and shit housing of Ramirez and Oscar. We've got the potential tournament owning of Prince and waiting name are, and we've got the muscular magnificence of Hook's gluteus maximus. It is written. It is Brazil World Champions 2014. Oh, that's quantity Trev. Well done. Well done. Thanks, man. Well done. I like contribute. I enjoy that. I like making sense. That's the first time you've contributed out here. I know. There were ideas of mine. I know. That's wonderful stuff. Yeah, thanks. So now we decide who's going to win the World Cup on the back of that, and my vote definitely is going for Italy. Of course. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know. I do like Alex's, the lad's stuck in the lift. Alex's German soap opera was fucking marvellous. I've been having so much fun. Being Germany. Thinking of Paul Dienschwein, he's stuck in the lift. I'm just, this is the fun. Knocking on the door. Please help us. Oh, wow. And helping each other with the block toilets, this is marvellous stuff. Okay. Yeah. Well, to get around to the discussion. Yeah. Going back, Ryan did make a very good argument as to doing the trains, dinosaurs, and everything else were right. It's hard to argue with that. It's very hard to argue with that. It was very, very logical base. Bringing it around the boredom, the whole lot. There was more logic in a dinosaur taking a train that I'm actually saying, like this England team were going to win the World Cup. That was a hard fucking task. That was a tough task. Imagine if England did win the World Cup. Yes, I can see his fucking head. I can see his move. I can see his move lifting the World Cup. Yeah, we'll win that World Cup. And he'll be like, I can't believe I'm fucking winning this at Roy Hodgson as the manager. Yeah. This is actually shit. I'm packing it in. Yeah. I'm probably packing it in anyway. But seriously, is it something you can even consider? It's not. It's not. No. No. No. Just not. Just no. So England don't look good. They have such a good talented squad. Well, what about Johnny Rogi's shirt of Argentina? How do we feel about that? Do you know what, right? And I'll rant aside on the whole lot. When you look at it, they've won. They've beaten Brazil in Brazil. And they've won. I think they won the Cup of America in Brazil against Brazil in the final. Yeah. And I've got all the teams. They did a one with the most recent experience of actually beaten a Brazilian team with a Brazilian crowd behind them. So, you know, looking at it, and they have Messi, and they've Messi who's coming back on a long injury layoff, like, take everything away, and you just have Messi. They are the team that I suggested I'd like to do as well, just put it away. They're really good. And it does get... It's a great attack. Good midfield. The fans. And Zabelera. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then the keeper like Chris Johnson. Molly, from what you've heard so far of the contributors, who you most swayed by? Well, regarding it, I'd actually like to see you win the World Cup. Strange enough. Yeah. Probably because there's so many Liverpool players in the team, but I can't see that train getting out of the group stage station, to be honest with you. Yeah. Go on to the final. Yeah. Fair enough. Argentina. Yeah. I think that Messi was really other than this. I don't know if I'd say it's weird as well, but that's about this. I don't think they're going to win this. But while the team's mentioned, I think maybe Germany have the best chance of winning this. There's some fantastic young players coming through, you know, the great team, you know, what is there. So, yeah, my pick for the World Cup is going to be Germany. Yeah. So, like, you were kind of forced into having to advocate Germany, and that was, as we know, that's an example of the cruel, twisted mind of Phil Casey. So who would you tend to go towards if you had a choice in terms of? My money's on Italy. Your money's on Italy. Okay. Because basically, I think they, they, the only team that like a good package from the back to the front. They have like some terrific attacking possibilities, and they like a solid defense since the invention of the pizza, I don't know. Italy, I think, especially with front deli, who like changed a lot since he took over in 2000, well, it was two years ago, 2012. In my opinion, they will do it. Yeah. Hard to argue with that, right? I'm going to just ask the two gents. I know of us, you fell in, I know you jokingly said Italy. Would you seriously say Italy as well? No, I, I, okay, I, I think, bizarrely, I think this World Cup for, for, for a boiling down to quite a small number of teams that can win it, I think it will be a straight shoe down in the end between Brazil and Argentina. Yeah. And that's just the way I think it falls. Now, depending on how the groups run and everything that I do think it'll end up as Brazil and Argentina, a passion of Brazil, the crowd behind Brazil will lift their game again, another 10, 15%. And I don't even think Phil Scallari has the, like the best squad that he would have available or the best selection of players, but, you know, they're going to be driven on. And I think ultimately that weight of expectation will be the downfall of them in the final. Right. I think they get that far and then sort of capitulate because of the pressure. I think the pressure is going to be absolutely masculine as they get to the final and the expectation that they're winning in front of their home crowd, might just steal them in the end. Well, I actually, I would have gone for Germany or Argentina, headed as thinking about this. And then I convinced myself there when I was talking because I heard it was just lovely hearing my own, my own opinion, so I'm, I'm, I'm going off of one here thinking about himself. Ryan, if you had to choose one, apart from how to use England, who would you go for? Before tonight, I was pretty sure it would be Germany, it would be a repeat of the 2002 final. I thought it was going to be Germany, Brazil, but Phil put a very good case for Italy forward. Brazil, I can still see them winning it, but they're so, they're not really Brazil anymore, you know, they're very, like I've watched them a few times and I've been very bored, unfortunately, watching. They might win 4-0, but they're very, they're ironically gone. Quite German themselves. They'll win the match. They're hard to break down with the, they'll still get a few goals, but Spain, like no one's really mentioned Spain, but I don't know, I think they'd pick badly in the squad, to be honest. I haven't got enough pace in my opinion, not that, you know, pace is everything, but they don't really have enough, like a genuine option off the bench, like Navas, like he doesn't really fit that Spain mold, but he'll still add something different, but Phil has really swayed me with Italy now, to be honest, has really given me, but I might back with, yeah, I think I will stick with England. Do you know what, that's the perfect way to end up. Okay, let's move on then to our next little sequence, which is our chat about transfers, and we'll speak about deals that are already done or look like being virtually done. It's incredibly unlivable, like in some ways. We've got Emre Cant, the deal is done, we seem to have played a blinder there in terms of value for money and execution, would that be fair to say, Molly? But yes, I don't really know what's for this Emre Cant guy, I didn't hear about him until about a month ago, but going by YouTube, of course, ever since I looked up Mark and Zalas on YouTube, I don't trust that anymore, he definitely looks like at this there, and I know Phil Reeves and that's who loves this guy, but from what I've seen of him, you know, he can play a few positions between defensive midfielders, center back, even center back, and that is something that Brendan Rogers wants in his players, he wants him to be able to play a few positions, so he's only 20, which is, yeah, that means he's plenty wrong to improve still, so all in all, it looks like fantastic silence, the only slide issue I'd have with him is I know we've worked with his age and before, bringing in Nori Sahin and Samid Yesal, but both of these guys are now out of the club for Sahin, back to Darkwunden, Yesal Jain, which corresponds for today, so hopefully this will be toward him, looky really. Yeah, yeah, okay, they're all very fair points, Alex, given your now established love of all things Teutonic, what do you make of this Emre Cant shop and are you excited about the transfer? I'm about 50-50 on Emre Chan, because I think he's a very talented player, I haven't seen too much of him this season because I didn't watch too much Biilever who's in football. My problem with him is, my main problem would be that he didn't make it a Bayern Munich, obviously, which is, of course, unfair because that's a huge squat and a lot of competition in it, but Bayern Munich did not like loan him out to Biilever who's, they sold him to them and had a buyback option, but they normally when they think a player really has it, my idea would be they usually loaned it to another club, looked like how they developed, you know, they did it with Alaba, with Lam, with Kros, so that would be a little bit of a concern that Bayern didn't really believe in him, and somebody on Twitter pointed out to me very white who's like running, he's working for the Bundesliga account in the English one on Twitter. He said that he had a lot, had many yellow cards in the last season for Biilever Kusen and I looked it up and it's like he had nine yellow cards in the Bundesliga, four in the Champions League, and one in the cup and even had like a yellow red one in the Champions League, so that's like 14 yellow cards in one red, second yellow in total, which could be a little bit worrying because the football Biilever Kusen played and the pace in the in the German Bundesliga is a little bit slower than in the Premier League, so I guess that he will take some time to fit in, I think he is a promising player because his very versatile can play different positions, my guess would be that he is like maybe a possible replacement for Lukas, but it won't be like Lukas will be away immediately after the summer, maybe they want to give Lukas time to recover properly and then take a look who will be like the defensive midfielder in the squad. For a play, some very interesting points there, touching on another point, in terms of mentioning Lukas, Ryan is afraid to say that this young man's arrival could be the death knell for Lukas Labour, giving that can or Chan is a central midfielder, a natural DM, but he's also multi-capable. There's been a lot of comparisons drawn between Emery Khan or Chan and Lukas lately, statistically I think that Bolt weighed up in around the same, I think Lukas might have edged it in a few areas, but I mean people are touching on the point that you know if Chan has been booked a lot, I mean he's got roughly the same amount of buckens as Lukas, but he's seven years younger than him, so you can in some way try and coach that out of him, that kind of irrational lunch for it. I have seen a little bit of him and then obviously you know whoever is opinion that I might you know say respect highly Phil and YouTube and he looks you know just some of his anticipation for tackles I thought look quite clean and he does, he waits which I don't think Lukas does, Lukas doesn't wait, he does kind of dive in there too quickly, but I do think that it could spell the end for Lukas in some ways, I mean the only way Lukas works in our team is to play where Gerard plays, you can't have him on the same pitch at the same time, even if you've pushed Lukas ahead, we've seen that it doesn't work, Lukas you know he started in five of our six defeats and he was a sub in the sixth, he started in four of our five draws I think and he was a sub in the fifth or something like that, so I do think that it's time for him to move on because he's won, he's not mobile enough, he can't go past his player, even when you drop him very far deep and don't expect him to go past his player it still doesn't really you know he's drawn fails in when he shouldn't be. I think Chan will eventually probably play there yes you know taken over Gerard but even until then he can play in three of the midfield options that we see in the Diamond and in the 4-3-3, I wrote a piece there a while ago how I think that the midfield will end up pretty much having a job to do in nearly every position that there you know if you put Chan as the deepest Henderson ahead of him and continue that I'll take turns in one dropping back to going forward I think eventually that's what we will kind of see like I'm not gonna say total football because it'll sound like a wanker so I'll just say that, I'll just say that you know we're not gonna have I think eventually what Rodgers was aiming for in the front and in the midfield is where you know you put them in a position you say right well don't say there yeah I'm not I don't want to have to pick a player because he has to play there yeah as good as Stevie is for us and as good as his passing is in some ways and you know he has to stay there and I think eventually when Stevie you know sadly starts to remove himself from the team and will have a midfield where it's not like you know okay I have to stay here because I can't run 10 yards you know I can't make this tackle here it'll just eventually be this kind of you know fluidity fluid machine in my opinion so I'm really really excited for him because you know he's only 20 right as you know people have said Rodgers can mold him now into the ideal midfielder he wants and I really really really can't wait to see him playing for us now. Excellent well another man that's been spoken about now as if it's almost a done deal and I have been out of the loop and slowly dying for last year's announcement tomorrow again there's an announcement tomorrow again wonderful so I'm going to I'm going to ask you better Molly and becoming known as the love child of Jabbi Alonzo and Steven Jaira there on Twitter and we talked about him last week in a bit of detail but one night in Istanbul do we look like we're going to have our last decent quality left full back yeah and plus I think we know how young this guy is I think he's only something like six months older than John Flanagan that's absolutely amazing how young this guy is and what he's already achieved in in football and I've seen him play a few times for Seville and he's definitely a Rodgers type signing he likes to attack pretty much from from the left to last but he's also quite good defensively he stands his ground a lot he doesn't jump into tackles that easily he wins the ball quite well he doesn't get many bookings he doesn't commit that many folds so he certainly looks like a player for the future and on top of that you know Real Madrid wanted him Chelsea wanted him many now he didn't wanted him so fresh fact alone the fact that we got him it's definitely exciting to have this guy on board yeah yeah it is nice to be in those conversations again all right for sure Alex is the amount that you're aware of very much or what would be your opinion on his what looks like him in the rival I don't really know much about him I saw him obviously in the Europa League in like two or three games I don't really follow the Spanish League very often sure so I can't really comment on him I'm basically I'm happy that we get the new is this like really happening I mean this is for sure because my last information was this maybe hold up it was like to the rumor but if this is like really happening then we get a very good customer Alex basically from from what I heard the the fields actually agreed with Seville last Thursday but they held off on completeness because they were dealing with Barcelona with the whole Rachaelich deal they wanted to move Rachael to John 1st I think to get the player from Barcelona in exchange for that as well so by the time suppose listeners have listened this part he's either signed we look great or he hasn't signed or else he signed in 40 hours we can take it back there'll be some quick editing though he's signing in 40 hours I'm just happy to be we get a last bag in I think I think it was a good season regarding left back but but still it's good to get some I mean the big question is what happens to to to I forgot his name who's in Rickery yeah but I think if if somebody's happened something is happening on on on the full back situation then then we can only like profit from it so I'm up for it I hope it works if the guys were like that good like everybody says and he's young and is attacking full back then he'll therefore fit in my opinion but you never don't just on on it like again it comes back to Jose Enrique and Moreno we got to keep in mind that we have Champions League football next season and you're going to need as many and very capable premiership footballers and the one thing I know everyone Enrique is not everyone's cup of tea but he he's more incapable of playing against the lesser teams in the actual league and if you've got Moreno who's a young kid who's coming in from Spain and is adapting to a new league whatever he'd probably more comfortable in playing in the actual Champions League and say look if Enrique can come back and do what he's doing he's an agreeably mad bastard and he does it just afraid Phil is going to say he'll learn something off Jose and as I can eat it Instagram and yeah he'll learn top as photos but but in all seriousness like if if Enrique and Moreno where your two left falls going into next season we'd be stronger at left fold than we have been in a long long time and I also think it would be to John Flanagan's betterment if he went to his natural side and was able to develop his attacking game on his moral natural side and haven't always cut in on his right fault because he is predominantly right footed and given well good of a job that John Flanagan did I like I hate bashing Glenn Johnson yeah yeah we've done but in reality like you look at Flanagan and you look at Johnson I would have more faith in John Flanagan playing a match if we have Moreno playing because he's going to bum on so much down the left hand side yeah that you can sort of alternate you won't necessarily want to play with two bum and on fullbacks in some games you want one to hold out line maybe a bit more defensively and be able to get back in quick to avoid being caught in transition really especially with other things that's going on wisdom I know we're talking about wisdom coming back but there's also talk that wisdom we go back out in loan again from another season with a premiership side and to Troy develop on and if you look at it logically what they're saying they're going to run Glenn Johnson's contract down as opposed to offering a new deal that maybe gives wisdom another season to develop fully with it with a false with a lot of understanding yeah yeah yeah Ryan Suso is rumored to be in talks with Porto now should we take a leaf out of what we mentioned this earlier on Munich and Barca who tend to sell with a low buyback clause given that he's in the last year was kind of a very talented player obviously I mean a lot of people have cited his lack of mobility but I mean I don't know if it's that much of an issue like you know he's very quick feet he's a good passer probably probably doesn't suit at this stage so if he does you know what people have doubted Rogers and the committee you know quote unquote that they're transferring incoming but I think their outgoings have been pretty fucking great I can't really not one what I say was a bad move in my opinion even the loan moves or he said oh you know if we only had Beringy coming off the bench or if we only had whoever coming off the bench like for all we know we could have them coming off the bench he was all those games will finish fifth like you know football doesn't work like that unfortunately but obviously logically doesn't really work like that at all but I think if he goes you know I'm fine with it putting a buyback clause yeah if he develops his game I mean he could easily well not easily but he plays that number 8 role for the Spain under 20s and under 21s he plays him beside a midfielder deeper and I think you know he could be very he could be good there I mean if Joe at like he's no bigger no smaller than Joe Allen really like and or Phil Catinio so look I think if he goes you know he's had a he had a good few months in Spain and there's a question marks over his eh what's the word I'm looking for attitude and so I think all in all if he goes I'm not going to cry about it and I think a buyback clause yeah why not if it's worth the point but I don't know Porto probably seven for 70 million or something in three four years Alex where do you stand the whole two saw the bay it's a difficult one because basically because of the season and how great it was we we made I totally forgot about it yeah I think about it but if you remember the season before and the talent he showed in some games you think would it really make sense to sell him now wouldn't it make more sense to give him like another year on loan or maybe even like only half a year and then try to to get him in get him in it's difficult because basically only because a player is like you know talented and we think it's it's a good attacking player doesn't necessarily mean he fits the system and fits the way the other players play and maybe we like already have too many strong young players and if we want to get somebody in on that position we maybe need a little bit more experience so I don't know if the door is already really closed as far as I know there's a rumor as well still but it's a tough one I can't say I wouldn't mind him having him in this quad next season some games at least you know in the cup games but and bring him maybe on in some games but I can't really say if you like it's somebody to bring on in the 70s minute now which is the player now that we need to really change the game and yeah the reason why I think since then we go is probably the emergence of Tashira and Rogers is over the course of the season and the one thing I was about to share it even in the game that it came out against for them the one thing he has over Suso is he has pace and coming back to what you say if you're going to play a player that can play in the eight like Coutinho the one thing that Tashira has more than Suso is pace he has he has the technical ability he has goals in his locker as he's done over the course of the season with 21s and before when he come and show the part of the sport and Lisbon ranks and you just wonder just like again when Rogers has looked at him he's probably looked at and said I've got two players that are very similar level and very similar age group I know one has gone out to Spain and done it but in terms of the pace he can play with the pace that I want the teams to play with he actually isn't as quick as maybe I'd like to see in the midfielders that I have and you know what for what I'm going to use Suso over the course of the season I can actually use Tashira in that position and if I sell Suso and get the money in it means I've got more money in the transfer a kitty to maybe to bring in the looks of somebody looking a Lexus Sanchez forward down the line if they become available or or pay an extra three million for whoever I want to get in if that's what it's going to cost me again looking at the Moreno deal if we wanted to pay 15 million actually we're going to pay say 20 million for him instead right maybe those those the millions that we get for Suso on a small day with a boy back clause in it means that we can actually do the other thing we've got to keep in mind as Suso's coming into the last season of his contract so if we don't if he doesn't renew us which his agent has said he has no intentions or renewals because he doesn't think he's going to get enough game time then we have no value come the end of next season what about that idea of selling with a low buyback clause yeah I look I'm on for it again young players can develop a different at different places and if he goes out and has two phenomenal seasons wherever it is whether it's Porto whether it's Valencia or somewhere like similar and then we have an option to buy him back for six seven million quid you know we could save ourselves maybe 15 million trying to replace him absolutely you know again I'm just going to keep you on then we go to Molly with this thought you're never a backwards about coming forwards and being definitive when you come to talk about football in general now where do you stand on this idea of the World Cup is almost up and running when it tends to get up and running deals tend to go into closed and doing that an awful lot of the players were looking at certainly are present at that World Cup does that mean that once the balls start getting kicked in anger we can just take our hand in relax for the three or four weeks and prepare for the next at the Lancelot well again traditionally you don't see many players that are at the World Cup completing deals while they're at the World Cup because they're in camp and teams don't like to release them to do medicals because it takes their focus away from the games and the games come with such quick succession over such a small period of time if you tried to close the deal and there's only three days between your force and your second game you won't want to release the player for that and so for me I see as soon as I thought if we didn't get a deal closed for a player that's at the World Cup by the weekend gone then we weren't going to get a deal closed on the likes of Lalana or Shakiria whoever we're being rumored with and for that reason I don't see a sign in any player that's at the World Cup and now until that team is eliminated from the World Cup molly is that fair enough that the rush that's on we seem to be in a hurry to do business is because enough lot of the guys that we're looking at are going to be involved in this tournament yeah I see that points is quite true Trevor and not only that we're probably worried that if we wait until after the World Cup you know players like Lalana or Shakiri they could absolutely shine at this World Cup and that means the price goes on that means you pay more after the World Cup but I don't think our business will end while the World Cup is on I think we've targeted these players who are due to World Cup and we're looking to pick them up before they go because of that reason just so the value won't go up but I think now that the World Cup kicks off I wouldn't be surprised if a couple names came out of players that are not going to the World Cup that we're looking to pick up yeah yeah okay okay I think we should wrap it up at that stage and we move on to the final little sequence of our show which is listeners questions and our first one is from Connor who wonders if Brendan could run on to a pitch during a match and kick any player who do you think it would be now I know I have a character's box and kick and sit in England man yeah so who do you think Phil if you had to pick one who do you think he's gonna go? Who do you think Brendan secretly has? No no no no who would Brendan kick it's not it's not about your desires who do you think there's a little bit of gripe going on there a little bit of unspoken niggle perhaps? Gailphie Seagerson, remember he took the money instead I could remember? Very good yeah very good and he other shouts on the line there from Moly or Alex? I think Pepperina I think he would make him peppy and I'll kick him especially after that good boy let her and now he seems to be stuck with him we know where to send him yeah I think he might be under some there next one's from Lucy and Lucy asks what's the best John Travolta film she said she can't decide between face-off Paul fictional Greece I don't think necessarily any of them would be in my hair in my top shouts for a John Travolta films Alex if I had to put you on the spot what would you pick? For me it's blow out that Brendan Palmer yeah it's pretty brilliant isn't it it's pretty brilliant Ryan what would you pick if you had to pick a John Travolta movie Greece yeah you're going Greece I mean can you justify that from the ranks they don't understand fuck that sardina fever oh look at my head face offs a pretty good movie okay so I do like face-off put him sorry no favor for me it's what what what what oh the darkness you know what it's like you know what it's like you know it's just in half you know it's like you know you know Bee Gees you know yeah oh you heard it here first that was just gorgeous enough on a spoiler but you've got really fucking dark shit at the end of that film yeah and his brother is a priest like yeah ah it's layers yeah it's brilliant okay right and the white suit and the white suit sells it for you oh man have you ever tried a white suit or a light colored suit I wore a white suit before you didn't actually quite confirmation oh no brilliant brilliant brilliant the only time you ever looked in a pair of spots I couldn't get a little bit of it I need some help here and Sam McGuire's asked a question Sam says what do you recommend for man flu and maybe you can or you can't notice but I'm dying slowly in front of you all here what do you recommend as a quick fix for man flu and he sheds it's not only beloved to be honest yet there's not a bit of loving after men flow okay right right right for 30 seconds of love in equals I know pressure all next question is from Gray and Gray asks Ryan what is more annoying when you're at the football the fat lad with the drum or the twat blowing a horn is it I presume this is like the English you know brass I guess so one of those one of those because you know the Germans and the Turks it can bang the shit out of a drum and it sounds great and well they're not irritated although I don't know I'll get some winnets you know what you know you know you know fuck a manolo the Spanish drummer lad with his with his hat and his drum that he bangs all the time no is he a character I should know yeah yeah he's being like he's at every single Spanish game ever and they show the show I'm open to in the stadium with his bass drum boom boom boom I thought I was a Colombian guy you know no he wasn't he the board man I do think I think it has to be the horns because when you're watching a match lasting you want to hear it's like and you will you're going here like and sponsored now yeah I know but you get like and if you get it proper like you know yeah drum is much that plus how do you plus England playing hodge ball that's that's that's pretty hard I want someone to be so bad if I had that I would do to do to do it didn't whole crowd went charged the whole will be brilliant at the start of our match I think they do that nice hockey or something right now is asking us next one he asks us he says I sometimes wonder what makes dumb people don't does anyone have the insiders to how they got that way does it does it evolve can you become more dumb over a period time do you think yeah you think so I am no joke yeah I think you can if you watch enough of certain TV shows I think you can definitely you can no I'm not even being funny like I've genuinely I have definitely felt a period of my life from like I'm actually going to be a fucking taker here watching this yeah and I've actually I proofread you know as a job and my spelling has gone worse so I've started proofreading I actually I'm all exposure to I'm afraid that I'm developing this X yeah that is a genuine show because I have lately I got called up with a grammar police on Twitter for like 30,000 plus tweets followers and I was like oh my god I can't believe and it was it was me plugging my article and I got called up with a grammar police so I actually I'm a bit concerned that I'm getting too overexposed to proofread that's some nice insight there I always talk basically if you if you're looking around the room you're trying to figure out who the dumb person is it's probably you it's not because the room is empty mode Alex see that we be a conversation yeah for sure what where do you stand this whole idea of growing dumb or Alex you think it's a possibility or do you think you're just bored with it depends on where you live okay very good no I think that was bought on I think if you like to yeah the question I can only agree if you like watch a lot of dumb television shows you some they wake up and think like what happened I'll tell you it is I don't think you're watching too much TV alex glass question and you which would you rather do another horrible horrible choice for you try to get the world record for be covering which I presume means literally covering them up or eat a pair of huddies jocks after a day in the jungle so basically basically you've got some sweaty hudgy jocks that you can you know just eat chow down or or you try to cover the maximum at the bees in moral record history I'm a bee man yeah that's it's simple I can't do this but here okay I'm but still hope that if I don't move that the bees wouldn't like really recognize that they're sitting on me so strategy I take the piece okay excellent thanks a lot what you take to be right that's brilliant thanks a lot okay lastly some admin then a big shout out Astro park as ever if you want to play for over seven-side football get on to them and book your game on www.astropark.ie I cannot stress how good in a slippery way the World Cup previews which have been published on the website are we've got a couple more to go before the big kickoff and Thursday including one for me I'm talking about group G we've had some great articles also in from our new and existing writers over the past week with more content so please keep coming to the site and reading what you can say there lastly we aren't going to record a pod next week as it's World Cup week and some of us aren't even in the country so we are going to issue 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