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save it today carabell League Cup call it what you want milk cup rum blows Cup round two we played the cherries we played mighty mighty Bournemouth um at London Stadium in front of just over 47,000 I believe uh I was intending to go I'll be honest with you some of you watching may have may have been yourself in stadium some of you may have watched it on the wonderful world worldwide web or on the Telly whatever um I was I was sort of arming and aring about whether it go I was my first week back at work I'd had a fortnite off of work and I wasn't too sure what I would need to deal with in the job that I do in in the role that I have at my company um so I didn't know how much time I'd have so I saw waited around and waited to see whether I would be in a position I was always also waiting for one of my sons to tell me whether he was in a position to go he he didn't in the end so in the end I it got to about five half five and I tried to book two tickets one for me one for my one of my sons and we was going to head on over to Stratford now as Fortune had it or maybe not depends upon your point of view I went on the West Ham website and there was some glitch with it I couldn't get tickets and I actually now think in in the in hindsight being perfect vision I actually think that wasn't a bad thing with what I witnessed yesterday because number one I saved myself 20 quid I saved myself several hours of my time getting there getting back the expenditure that that would entail um to watch a game that quite frankly from what I observed on on the telly had all of the interest all of the um the excitement of a conversation with my mother-in-law sorry but it was it was that bad um let's let's I'll tell you what let's let's add add this to to proceedings I've got this little presentation that I've knocked up I like to do these little things to make this seem a little bit more professional and I hope you appreciate that let's just have a little look at see who's in the comments uh usual hope you are well I don't want to sort of like um leave you guys in the chat wondering when I'm going to refer back to you so hello everyone um Colin hope you are well Adrian yes yes um I the sarcasm in that comment is seeping through but I couldn't have put it better myself Adrian um thanks for joining us shy yep good evening to you mate and uh I didn't see the game it sounds like it was a rough watch rough as as a Badger's backside shy rough as a Badger's backside rough as a cat's tongue if you've ever felt a cat's tongue you know what I'm talking about um cat's tongues are quite rough anyway um it obviously finished yesterday one nil as you can see there Jared Bowen with a goal on the 88th minute to separate the two teams that up to that point had been locked into a stalemate not the best showing it has to be said of West Ham United that there is the previous 11 matches now one thing I will say is that obviously that goal from Jared Bowen we all we've all seen it there was no V and I touched on this in the review that I my understanding was there was no V so it proved and in in the the way that that game unfolded in the way that the goal occurred for us that was to our advantage because I think when you look at the replays you've got to say that if that had gone in at the other end I'd have I'd have been asking questions I'd have been saying what bloody hell was going on there that that looked like hand ball to me that really did look like hand ball um however trying to be fair about it trying to be sort of like try try and take a positive out of a negative and and or whatever if you look at the bottom of that little sequence there's 11 matches I know that's an odd number guys but that's just what I arrived upon um that one at the bottom I'm pretty sure I'm correct in saying if Kent watches this at any point I'm sure he will either agree or disagree 26th of December 2017 AFC Bournemouth 3 West Ham United three I'm pretty sure that that was a match that was decided by a goal right in the thighing ERS of the game I'm pretty sure Bobby madley was the was the um the referee or was it Andy madley no I'm pretty sure it was Bobby madley anyway um that's not what was important what was important was that there was we was 3-2 up in the dying EMB of the game on Boxing Day 2017 and we conceded an equalizer right at the death Callum Wilson with a goal which I believe there was two infringements if I remember correctly one was that he was offside two is that it was hand ball there was no V back in 26th of December 2017 so that goal stood with fast forward to yesterday's game and these things you know what goes around comes around guys I'm not trying to be unkind about it but sometimes it goes for you sometimes it doesn't yesterday's game was a tough tough watch it was poor and I'll get into a few more of the reasons why I think that happened in a minute but let's just let's just deal with the the facts of the you know we won one nil in a pretty crap game in a game that was really tough to watch and and sort of a lot of people would say and myself included was basically not too dissimilar to what we were served up by the previous manager there I've said it probably the only thing is that he he has he has more possession than David Moy did but in terms of the entertainment value not too sure that we're seeing too much more than what we said with the previous incumbent I'll be brutally honest now I have to caveat that and say look it is three games it was a League Cup game there were several players that are still finding their feet at the new at a new club all these things so there is a caveat to that I have to say though on the opening three games of what I've witnessed this is not a Pep Guardiola clone and I never thought he was if I'm being honest there was was a few people that sort of tapped me on the shoulder and said listen if you're expecting free flowing expansive football this is not the guy that's going to deliver it really sorry to break it to you it's not and I'm like okay fine tell me more and basically what I've been led to believe prior to a ball being kicked before even there was a preseason friendly that had been played before we played that 22 draw in that training game in Austria against fic faros I was told by someone that watched his teams quite up close is that he's basically David Moyes but someone that will probably play a more possession-based game than Moyes but his teams will be very defensive in their approach to a a large degree and I was like right okay that's interesting so we're we're basically we're going to get a very similar style of football with just a bit more possession and that's basically the gist of it and in the first three games I'm I'm thinking they were bang on um but yeah so that that game there fre fre that on the 20 December 2017 no V it was decided by a hand and and it's come back round again and this time it's bouth that is bit on the ass that was the 11 that they uh look what I did there I I went I went to say David Moyes what can I say um that was the 11 that was put out last night by julen lope and as you can see there it was the same shape that we've seen in the previous couple of games a 4141 formation a bit of a change in the Personnel however now one of the changes was en forced in that originally Aaron Creswell was going to play at left back and then somewhere somehow during the warm-up he sustained an injury now I've led to believe laterally it is a hamstring injury and it's pretty certain that he's going to be at least be out of the city game not that he would have started I'm pretty sure but he would have been involved on the bench could have been an option depending upon how the game unfolded that's now out the window so okay um that was a last minute hitch but this was the bit that I'm sort of looking at and any of you guys if you want to sort of like Get give me your thoughts on this um please do because I can't work it out he put Aaron Wanaka at left back and I was like what I could have understood it if you didn't have a left back sitting on the bench but I bring to your attention the substitutes there he is second from the bottom on the right hand side of that slide Defender 33 Emerson last time I checked he was a left back I don't understand why the manager saw fit to put a right back at left back now having said that of course Wanaka in my opinion despite the fact he was being played out of position was the best player on the pitch in Clara and blue there we go um our best player was a right back playing at left back ladies and gentlemen I don't understand though why he was there to me the switch was very very simple it was to put Emerson at left back um instead he's put Wanaka at right at left back he's put kual in because kuel I'm pretty sure was the one that wasn't going to start if I remember correctly um it was going to be Wan Baker at right back and it was going to be Creswell at left back and the manager made the change to say NOP we're going to move waca to left back and we're going to bring Vladimir kuow in right and I just sit there and look at it and go that doesn't make any sense to me if any of you guys have any clue please try try and let let me know what what he was thinking because I don't know um kilman had a great game against Palace okay fine I can see what he's doing there he's he's keeping the confidence high in the player um obviously brings in Todd ebo now I thought he looked okay there was a couple of times he got forward and he was he was quite high up I got to say for a center back there was one point in the first half where he was playing at right wing it was it was astonishing and Thomas such was dropping back as an extra Center back it was like we had three center backs at times when tobo sort of like was in position kilman was in position and you occasionally had it and I kid you not it was Thomas such that was dropping in I saw it and I'm sure any of you guys that was either Wasing on a Telly or was actually there might have noticed this a few times certainly in the first half when tobo was playing that Thomas such was sometimes dropping in as the third Center back now that's a bit of a weird one on me because I sit there and I go well hold on a minute if anyone was dropping in it should have been Alvarez shouldn't it didn't make sense to me bit of a strange one but there was a couple of times that I noticed tobo getting quite high up the pitch and like like I say there was a couple of times he was actually a supplementary right winger bit odd but there you go nice touches on the ball I thought his acceleration he there's a couple of times he got on the ball and he did this sort of like pouette 360 and then accelerated away from the player that was facing him I thought that showed a good bit of skill couple of little things I sort of got looked at and went not too sure but look it's his it's his first start in clar and blue so we'll wait and see I'm sure that in future games he will look a little bit more certain of himself we then had Edson Alvarez playing as the defensive Shield he needs to get minutes under his belt he needs to get a little bit of match fitness match sharpness back about him he's obviously been out injured for a while so he came in as the defensive Shield then we look now here's the elephant in the room the two Central midfielders ahead of Edson Alvarez James Ward prous and Thomas such now am I shocked that Thomas such started no no because I said in the match preview that when I gave my predicted 11 I actually went yeah I think he will probably play whether you agree with it or not but Ward prow now that's the weird one for me because I sit here and I go everybody thinks he's out the door everybody thinks he's gone probably he thinks he's gone I think he's gone you lot probably think that he's going to be on his way before the transfer window shuts right so everybody thinks that he's on his way and he played last night and I'm I'm sitting here and I'm I'm scratching my head and going but why because if he's possibly going to be someone you're going to sell what if he' have played last night and got an injury right so there we go so what happens then is that that's now one player that you can't cash in on that's one player that you can't shove out the door and free up a squad place to bring in someone waiting in the wings I don't know maybe like a Carlos cair or someone like that how about that so now that's another player that you can't move on now fortunately I believe that he didn't get an injury but the fact of the matter is you took a risk and I think that that's completely ridiculous um what are you going to learn by playing James War prow there there's been a number of people that I've seen that have done their match reviews and um I'm going to reference two of them directly Gonzo on Hammer's chat and Nick on Clara and booze and they didn't say anything that I didn't disagree with in that that is a Midfield three that that those component parts didn't work last season now Edson Alvarez has to play okay that that is absolutely certainty so of these three Alvarez has to play right now such okay I can kind of get that he's got certain elements of his game that mean that he's a useful tool weapon to have and I'm not saying that James Ward prow isn't a useful weapon to have but he's you know those three don't really work they're not there's not enough Mobility there's not enough craft there's not enough um invention they're Pro they're very syy you know the the free players are fairly similar in a lot of their attributes so I'm not too sure playing those three as as your central unit actually works none too much um but that's just me I I thought it was a really strange move putting jwp there um and I know what you're saying there shy just to get your comment up you think he could be staying and you're not convinced he'll sign another we'll sign another player and you may be correct you may be correct but the the word is that we've got the deal for Carlos C pretty much all agreed it's just a case of partly to do with finances but in the main it's to do with the fact that we need to free up a squad place for him to for Carlos aair to then jump in and occupy so if the one player we could get rid of just supposing was James Ward prow because I'm hearing that Southampton now are making noises that they would like to take him back possibly on loan But whichever way it would come about that would free up a squad place if he was the only play player to go if it was loan to Southampton or whatever and then he played last night and got injured that's that chance gone brilliant so the Carlos cair deal is gone now Carlos cair I think gives us the invention and craft that we could have had with last night I think if we'd have had Carlos cair in the squad last night he plays in that Midfield Trio you know somewhere in place of either Alvarez such or Ward prow I would say Ward prow personally and he gives you that little bit of invention that little bit of Craft um we didn't have any of it any of it and I just I think he took a massive risk there for me um Bowen obviously worked hard he you look we didn't learn anything that we didn't already know about Bowen um we weren't going to Somerville was the interesting one for me I wanted to see something of Somerville and I thought he looked he looked bright in patches but I do think that he was he was kind of hamstrung by the fact that he had and this is not me to do Waka down but Waka being a righty on the left common sense tells you that his movement is going to be from outside to in yeah um which means that that's going to affect the supply of the ball to Somerville because obviously if we're playing from Back to Front the supply from Somerville is probably come from the the left back because obviously it's the player that's behind him makes sense so I think that that fact that waca kept having to come inside come inside come inside did kind of disrupt the service that Somerville was going to get but okay you know it is what it is I still think it was a bit of a Dar move putting W Baka there but as I say that's not a reflection on Waka that's me just saying that you put a right back at left back and you had a left back on the bench anyway um f Krug he got the starting birth I thought that in truth um I mean he had one good shot that I think got deflected and went past the post um for a corner from memory it looked like it was on its way um powerful shot but he didn't really offer that much I don't think that you know he he's basically he looks to me like he's just basically a Target man um and and that's just my assessment and that assessment may change in time but that's what I'm seeing he's basically a Target man um so that was the West Ham 11 that's the starting 11 obviously you can see the subs we had Antonio pitar kadus mavropanos giler fod Rodriguez Emerson and Irving like I say Emerson's the one I just look at and I'm just baffled how he didn't start once Creswell went off um with pregame that was the lineup That Bournemouth put out not really too much to say they played a 4231 with Netto in goal back four of Smith sessi hson and Hill Christie and Scott were the defensive Shield pairing in front of them you then had Sinister era left utara on the right and Taver Central playing just off of Daniel jebon now Daniel jebon I'm just going to give you a little bit of interesting information if anyone doesn't know who Daniel jebson is Daniel jebson whilst he was playing at Sheffield United um he was born in Canada but he has played um age grade football for England and januel jebson when he was at Sheffield United previously he was the player who I think he still got this record he's the youngest player to score a Premier League goal on his debut I think I was in a chat where I said he's the youngest player to score a Premier League goal it's not he's the youngest player to score a Premier League goal on debut so there you go as I say born in Canada but he's uh he's got I think a Jamaican father English mother um and he came over to this country at about 13 or whatever and he has actually played age grade football for England um that was their lineup so you know as I say the game itself was a bit of a dog with fleas now you can look at the stats and I've got the stats up if anyone's interested in them um if you want to use the stat stats as some sort of argument I always think you can use stats to either prove or dispel what you want it to prove or dispel you can make it fit your narrative do you get me you can look for things like you can look and go oh well we we had more shots than they did yes we did um you know we had more um EX it well we didn't have more expected goals we had more more shots we we didn't miss any big chances you could you could sort of turn around you could prove you could use any of these stats to prove or disprove that one team was better than the other um if we use the itest ladies and gentlemen I think that Bournemouth were very very unlucky and I'm not just talking about the goal um like I say the goal had more than an element of luck and I think if that had had if we'd have had V in the stadium um that goal gets choked off I'm pretty confident of that now that Jared Bowen it's it wasn't a maradon type goal look the ball is fizzed across by cudas in the dying ambers of the game and it strikes him and flies in um I I it's not Bowen's not cheated there let's let's get that out there he the ball's hit him he's obviously he's going in the back of the net now realistically what do we expect Jared Bowen to do would would Jared Bowen go go up to the referee and say oh I'm terribly sorry sir um but that ball seems to have struck me on the arm and I think you'll find that in the rules of association football that gold shouldn't count dear boy it's not going to happen and let's be brutally honest if that had been down the other end then Evan Nelson who came on in the second half if that was Evan Nelson in the 88th 89th minute and the ball hits him like that and flies in the back of the the net do you honestly think that he's doing anything other than running off and celebrating with his fans of course he is and so like I say that's the truth sometimes it goes for you sometimes it goes against you we got the LA rubber the green last night and as I say those stats can paint a picture and like I say I have got them up there because some people do enjoy looking at the stats and and drilling into the finer details but on the ey test ladies and gentlemen we were very very fortunate last night we led a Charmed Life I actually thought like I say couple of telling things for me we played at home and our best players in my opinion and you may agree or may disagree our three best players were our left back our left-sided Center back and our goalkeeper so Aaron Waka Max kilman and Lucas fabianski in my opinion were our three best players last night they were our standouts so our goalkeeper our left back and our left Center back defensive players were our best players at home in a cup game against and it's not like we were a sort of like a lower ranked team against a higher ranked team we should be the better team I believe I think that's a reasonable expectation I don't think it's an unreasonable expectation to say that West Ham United against Bournemouth at the London Stadium and let's be honest when I think most people looked at those St starting 11s I think most people looked our starting 11 and went he's gone quite strong he's gone quite strong and I think you then contrast that with the Bournemouth 11 and I think most people would look at that and go he's not bothered about it is he he's he's I think he's gone a little bit he's gone a little bit weaker than I'd have expected so again not unreasonable in expectation for us to go into that and go yeah we we should we should put this lot to the sword we didn't we were very very very fortunate as far as I was concerned I don't think we really got going at any point I think we possibly looked a little bit better when the substitutes came on but I thought that we we really labored I thought we really struggled and I'm not quite sure um like I say three games in as I say I will caveat that and just say that look it's early days but I can only go on what I've seen I I don't really see that this is distinctly better than what came before it um it may well improve I'm sure it will I hope it will but on the basis of the three games that on this that's all I've got to go on ladies and gentlemen I'm not seeing it I'm not seeing it and I I say I was warned that this manager this is the way he will play this is his default setting he will play a defensive type of football it will be slightly more possession than Mr moy's like to employ it will be a bit more um it'll be a bit less um time that we're sort of like seeing our our boys running around the pitch without the ball but it's not going to be you know it's not going to be Brazil 1970 it's not going to be Barcelona 2011 it's not going to be France 1998 or Spain 2012 or anything like that it's it's going to be pretty very similar to what's come before it what can I tell you um and then of course and then I'm going to I'm going to reference it because obviously we get the we get the win the final whistle goes as I say the goal was a bit of a a fluke it sort of like flew in and then this happened we had the draw and the first two balls out wouldn't you know it Liverpool and West Ham now this I still don't fully understand right um and maybe there'll be people in the live chat that can help me out they're probably some more intelligent people than myself that have worked it out but I just sort of sit there and I go I I don't understand it I maybe it's me um maybe someone's going to need to really sit down and explain it to me but this draw malar of the of the carabal cup now um where we had this situation where six of the seven European teams right were kept away from each other for starters so Chelsea could sorry not Chelsea um so Aston Villa couldn't play Arsenal um Manchester City couldn't play um Tottenham for example they had to be separated and of those six European teams of those six four of them got home draws isn't that fortuitous isn't that nice isn't that jolly good we'll keep them apart and 2third of them will get a home draw whoopy Doo and what's the reason for that well it's because we've made the champions league and the Europa League bigger right okay why did you have to make them bigger oh well basically it's because these teams these these very teams a couple of years ago threatened to jack it in in the in the Europa League competitions so basically to Plate them we had to do this mucking around with the tournaments to make it bigger and make it more money and this that and that's the other thing they want more money and then you turn around and say well if you want more money what we're going to have to do guys is we're going to have to play more matches oh no that means that i' you know I could get injuries and stuff like that hello hello you want more money guess what you're going to have to play more games it just goes with a territory but then like I say off of the back of it you then get the League Cup turning around and saying don't worry what we'll do for you you guys that basically caus this situation to unfold the Catalyst for this what we'll do is we'll help you out we'll keep you guys seeded we'll keep you guys away from each other and four of you guys four of you six we'll actually give home draws to just like that it's fantastic and then Liverpool comes out first brilliant who are they gonna get West Ham Jesus Christ are you for real are you for real I think I saw someone put on I'm going to find it right and there's a group that I'm on and I didn't have this stat until they put it on and I went wow that's incredible and that's not just bad luck there's something else going on there let me find it um let me find it because I looked and I just went that is incredible and that is more than just and I can't find it now guys so please bear with me something like and it was to do with the teams that we've been drawn against in the last however many um League Cup matches and it was it was just ridiculous um and you looked at it I looked at this stat if I can f here we go right so listen to this ladies and gentlemen right and I haven't checked I haven't fact checked this but this this message is um it says in the last four seasons we've had nine carabel Cup draws Lincoln Arsenal Liverpool Manchester United man Manchester City Tottenham Blackburn Bournemouth Liverpool so out of that little list there's nine teams there Lincoln Arsenal Liverpool Manchester United Manchester City Tottenham Blackburn Bournemouth Liverpool nine teams out of those nine teams seven of them are Premier League teams right and six of those Premier League teams are the so-called big six wow wow you've got to be kidding me I mean that's not just bad luck there's something else going on there I mean I don't I'm not conspiracy theorist I don't believe but bloody hell that is ridiculous now You' got to ask the questions we we have we have we you know upset someone you know what what have we done did we sort of break a mirror did we did we all collectively 62 half thousand of us go under a ladder or something Jesus Christ you got to be kidding me that is ridiculous anyway I'm going to have a look at your comments Now ladies and gentlemen I've been having a little bit of a rant I wanted to get it off my chest as I say I saved it up from last night we did the draw and I was I was very good I I kept a lid on it and I said to everybody you're going to need to tune in tomorrow because if I get it off my chest now it makes tomorrow redundant and I kept a lid on it and I think I did quite well to do that and I've now got the frustrations of both the match and the subsequent draw off my chest so let's see what you you've said I'm the worst YouTuber I'm not too sure whether you are there might be some that would say that it's the very person that's responding to this message um rather than the person that submitted it I agree Baka needs to play it right back he's nowhere near as strong even though he was still very good as I say despite the fact he was played at a position he was our best player um but don't think he should have been there quite frankly kilman and Waka look great for us hoping they keep it up hopefully they will ly L says Barry hope you're well Barry um JW we've already done that one sorry I'll move on shy do apologize um such is great if you like playing with 10 men every match but scores a goal every couple of games well there's obviously something because there's been now two different managers that have basically said he's your first pick maybe not said it in words but certainly in Deeds Mr Singleton how are you um play excess players in the 23s that that's one thing you could do um Barry says a Girl Wants Madrid needs to needs to transfer to have a chance he's turned down wolves isn't he I heard that it's our it he had because they've got Lauren Blanc is the manager they've got Karen benzar and goo ke and there was another player I did it on the video yesterday so basically the point is is that they speak French which is obviously the language that is the mother tongue of NAA um I'm wondering whether he wants to maybe sort of go there but he turns around and says he wants to go to a big Club well I don't mean to be funny but we got you from stad Renee we didn't get you from Barcelona mate what the hell do you think you are um you're a half decent Center back but bloody hell you want to go to Madrid so does everybody I got news for you everybody wants to go to Real Madrid but maybe maybe maybe not everybody's good enough um shy says I thought it was strange that there was no V I think it's weird I think it's weird I think it comes in in the quarterfinals but in the FA Cup and I know they're two different competitions I know that but they've got this thing I'm sure where they if you're a Premier League club and they have V in the Premier League so you have to have certain bits of kit at Premier League grounds to have V AR um you do it at at Premier League grounds now you could turn around and say well that means that you've got this competition where you've got two essentially you you've got the Haves and the Have Nots if you will and that is true but if you're going to use VA you either use V you or you don't but you obviously can't use it I'm not being funny if you had um Sutton United playing Gander Green Lane right you're not going to have V at Gander Green Lane what's the reason because it's a bloody non-league football ground or they League 2 now um I think they I think they got relegated I think they're back down into the the Nationwide or whatever they call it the vanarama um you know tier five they you're not going to have V at Gander Green Lane because the ground is not equipped for it so have it at the Premier League grounds by all means I understand that but then they don't do it in the in the caribel cup very odd I I think it's really weird shy Mandy hope you are well um I'm not even too sure he'd get in that mate he's probably he's he's got ideas above his station I think it's a load of old nonsense myself um ladies team yeah you're probably right may maybe maybe that's what's going on there um what we got so Barry says um n wouldn't make the men's team he ain't good enough as I say I think he's got ideas about his station mate if he thinks he's going to play For Real Madrid he's got another thing coming I got news for him everybody wants to play for Madrid mate but there's just it's just not for everyone what can I say so Collins coming he says uh he played at Aaron Waker at left back because he wanted to rest Emerson for Saturday Aaron Waka some play time for um sorry um AWB some play time for a WB will play on the right Saturday it was to give him minutes I get that but I just think and I understand that his plan was rest Emerson give Aaron waca some minutes Etc and I and I understand that plans have to be changed and be fluid if you get a a bit of a curveball thrown at you which was thrown at him when Creswell got the hamstring injury pre-match and the sensible thing to do would be to go look okay I know I originally intended to give you the night off Mr Emerson unfortunately Mr Creswell here has got got himself injured so you know I'm going to have to play you um what would have been the problem in starting Emerson at left back after the crestwell injury having Wan Baca at right back getting that game taken care of and getting into getting straight into the flow of it and and maybe we looked we would look a bit more fluid maybe some ofil would have got a bit more service maybe then some of you were getting more service would have got more out of for crug these things all sort of dovetailed together I don't know look it's a sliding doors moment it's all hypothetical but I just think you got to be prepared to you can't be sort of like oh okay well look I I get that you want to rest Emerson but Jesus Christ it didn't work um NF I think is is Mandy um uh that's exactly what Barry said there NAA girl he he refers to was NF um Adrian jebon was also third in Canada's 2023 yo-yo com now that's a great little factoid Adrien that's a great little factor and it's those little things I love those little things I love can't spell his name well mate honestly um what the previous manager couldn't even say his name and he bloody chased him for about a year and a half and spent 35 million on him and all he did was call him Nathan aard I mean Jesus Christ I mean I think that's quite disrespectful you know you you've spent all this money on me you've you've chased me for a year and a half and you don't know my name um us says for a minute I felt really sorry for bouth then I didn't yeah I mean look you know they played better than us I believe not they didn't play like Prime Real Madrid um they didn't play like Prime Brazil 1970 I do think they were the better team in the 90 minutes do think the goal was fortuitous but as I say it's one of those where well once upon a time they had a really lucky break against us and we had to take it on the chin and now it's come round and their managers on the touchline moaning about oh well if V was there yeah you know what if me if me granny had nuts she'd be me Granddad do you know what I mean it's one of those um Barry says then they go they then they go to the seaside ain't all bad exactly that exactly that they can go and get fish and chips on the prominade and they can sort of wander up and down it's very nice Bournemouth um you can't do that in Stratford so much p and mash though we got P Mash in Stratford p and mash um they do like to be beside the seaside they do indeed gaty we need to go back to 442 that was held best times back in the day I'd you know I'd like to see that I really would 442 I'm not too sure how that would work out and there's only one way to find out isn't there Colin you people turn around and say and that you know 442 wouldn't work in the modern era how you know how do you know um you know what usual I'm not even too sure but I wouldn't be shocked if it was one of them top six Muppets that was involved and as I said on the the draw last night my thing and it's m miss that says it and she's absolutely right get the balls into like the machine that you have to do the national lottery you put it in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 from 1 to 32 press the button you get the arms Spinning Round And it spits the balls out so then there's none of this nonsense about hot balls cold balls indentations raised edges and all them conspiracy theories you can just put them all in there set the thing running it spits the balls out and you go Champion that player goes against or that team goes against that team and d and that's it it's completely random um balma fans wear hankes on their heads fair enough it mate honestly yes and that's the answer to every single question in life why do things happen why do things not happen it is usually invariably tied in with money why do things happen because they will make money why do things not happen because they'll lose too much money that's pretty much every the answer to every question in a nutshell ladies and gentlemen Ricky hope you're well it's been rebranded the corrupt cup it's strange that no one has ever mentioned the draw changes before it was sprung on us last night as if they knew of the backlash I didn't know of it until I think it was the day before the draw I'm I'm with you Ricky it was like what what's this oh didn't you know we I'm sure we told you I'm sure it was in the I missed that memo I really did um and wear flat caps apparently um perhaps they would like cor cor cor get it yeah I see what you did there Barry I like it um let's hope the fourway team supporters choose to boycott buying tickets plus the two home teams too and all choose to watch the games in the pub instead not going to happen Ricky it's a very nice idea and it's not one that I don't think has Merit to it but it will never happen and I rather suspect in your heart hearts you you know that's true as well um usual says I wear I wear a rather expensive hairpiece of by Stanley of Paris I swear you'd never notice we I I'll have to sort of examine that one we we we meet over at Stratford and have a pint um a Bobby Charlton says Barry I'm I'm not a million miles away from that myself mate I got to tell you Ricky says I can see a scenario where we sell no one and bring in no one and this is the squad until January apart from Zuma listen if it is we can't turn around and say that we haven't been active I got to be honest with you um whether it's a good window we'll only really know once there's you know we've got a body of evidence to analyze it with so once we've sort of like maybe watched us play for 10 games maybe got into January something like that um then I think we'll start to have a better understanding of whether the business that we've done is actually good or not as the case may be Ralph coats now that's interesting cuz I um no am I getting his name muddled up there was a guy that used to work at a company that I was at many many years ago and I'm sure that was his name I might be I might be misremembering um as Europe is still happening in January is the FA Cup going down the same route of the corrupt cup maybe Ricky maybe it is and they're just not going to tell us until the day before the draw for the reasons that you just alluded to because as I say I swear to God i' not heard a Dicky bird about it about all this nonsense about oh we're got to keep the top six away from everybody else and you're going to give give them away from each other so we're going to seed it and it's all to do with this and that and basically what we're doing is we're getting on our knees and we're we're sort of pulling down the trousers of them yeah okay fine and we're putting it on our mouth and yeah okay fine great brilliant um Michael says the whole team was rested was like a preseason friendly what theirs um certainly not ours mate I got to say I thought we were pretty strong last night welcome along thanks for coming um as we did not see Antonio in the cup will he start against Man City or will Bowen play as our Striker both are possible um I think we need to give um fkr another go whether it's against City or not I don't know um I'd like I'd like to see for get another go I'm not saying he looked like Prime Ronaldo R9 but you know um I think he needs to be given another look at the corrupt cup we got our usual draw yeah as as I said earlier mate the stats the stats are what the stats are and you can make your mind up whether there's some Shenanigans going on um shy says if they did Rob then the corruption of the draw couldn't happen yes yes possibly why it will never happen shy um but possibly why it should yeah I think we're on the same page though that's probably what should happen um plenty of Channel flip flopping this evening oh I see is he has he been diving Here There and Everywhere as he he's uh no no Channel loyalty uh Michael I'm only kidding mate that's the beauty of YouTube is you can sort of dip in and out and you can always come back and it's it's there for you so it's not a problem mate I will forgive you um you're trying to put some pun it's out of a job Mr Singleton um I'd like to have that gig I couldn't afford the pay cut that's all I'm going to say um Pitts hope you're well the efl corrupt cup hash theix is in you know it Colin says gatesy we have to get a at least a pacy Striker for krin so too slow um he's not blessed with Pace but I don't think that you know necessarily pace is is always is a thing that you need to have um it depends upon your skill set I mean sheringham for example never had Pace great player I know it's a different era but there are there are players that can have no Pace but they'll use the other weapons that they've got the other tools in their tool kit um to to their advantage yes played for Burnley and spuds bastard of hair or lack of it I'm going to look a little bit later thanks for that usual do appreciate it um I knew the name come from somewhere and actually while I was thinking after I sort of said it um it was it was reg coats was a guy that used to work for a company I used to work for um fall krook will fall over and score the winner says Barry Ralph coats yes I the name does ring a bell um I paid Jakey boy a visit with usual did you tell tell Jakey I said hello I haven't seen him for a little while um tell him I pass on me best and I'll have to talk to him soon um Ricky says surprise surprise no mention of the corrupt cup backlash on Sky Sports News well there wouldn't be um or talk crap this afternoon this evening why would be half of the people that they employ are connected to these clubs let's be honest you look at it you've got Keane you've got Ian Wright you've got um Jermaine Gus you've got um Gary Neville oh oh hang on there's a pattern here there's there's not too many Mark Noble there's not too many times you see Ginger Collins um occasionally you might see C and coal pop up but that's a fleeting fleeting thing um all it is all it is this lot are just full and I apologize for my dog barking someone's knocked at the front door so she's kicking off um these people are just full of players ex players that are just ingrained in these top six clubs that's it that's all it is um and they won't Rock the Boat they won't say anything about it Ricky you know it I know it it's ridiculous um evening Darren hope you're well um for the same reason that I didn't talk about this on the draw last night the the match yesterday I didn't talk about that directly on the on the draw um I'm going to dodge that question Darren and I'm going to answer it by just simply saying tune in to the West Ham massives Manchester City preview which just in case anybody is interested and I hope you are because I would be a little bit mythed if people are watching me and have subscribed to the channel and are saying that they wouldn't be interested in knowing this information um we have currently got the Manchester City preview on Friday what that's tomorrow of course um at 6:30 so make sure if you haven't done so you've subscribed to the channel and you've hit the Bell icon and that way when we go live you can have a notification you can come and join us so I'm sure you already have Darren of course um but if anybody's watching and we've got 28 people watching and for you 28 please make sure you dropped a like on the stream because that is really the Catalyst for us to get the the stuff that the channel kicks out out there to people that otherwise wouldn't get it um and as I say Darren if you come back tomorrow 6:30 onwards West Ham massive as you go to I will answer that question then right now I'm going to give you a politician's answer and I'm going to dodge it sorry um you know if we beat the pits Man City away in the next round yeah they'll they'll probably do that yeah it's it's like I say when you look at what we've had previously in this cup it's you got to ask questions um you know I remember what we beat we beat man city um didn't we on penalties and I think no no I'm misremembering it was last season it was arsenal we beat Arsenal 3-1 and everybody's going yay Liverpool away was the next one and you just sat there and went Jesus Christ really um they'll they'll find a way like I say let's be honest we're we're going to be hard pressed to get past them at anfield we know it but if that if we did yeah you're probably right Michael um says majority of pundits are Burks yeah and they're all top six ingrained like I say all of those pundits you look at talk sport you look at um Sky Sports you look at TNT Sports you look at Amazon Prime you look at Radio 5 live everywhere you look and there are players in the main that have very very strong connections to these top six clubs the man United's the man cities the Liverpool the tottenham's the arsenals the Chelsea they're all there they're infiltrating the media and they very very subtly massage people's opinions and get people look over here look over here no but we want to look over here no no no no no look over here smoke and mirrors diversion tactics all that [ __ ] um hits uh says nice one gaty free players to leave ASAP as there's still time in this window to make more improvements in the squad I I agree I think that like I say I I think we need to get some certain players out um I think we all know who they are it's just the question is the problem we've got is that we've given them such sort of like great deals to get them in at a time of need and the example I'll use is Danny ining we was in a relegation battle we needed someone to score goals we brought in Danny in to do that now he hasn't done that in the main but he did do two goals in that season that we were struggling with relegation that we went on to win the conference League later but at the time we brought him in for the relegation struggle we was in now we brought him in and if you believe the reports he's on 120k a week he's got another year left of that we're trying to kick him off out the door the people are turning around to him saying well we'll give you 40 Grand a week Danny well he's not going to take it is he I mean let's put it this way right let's say you are on your job and you're getting 50k a year just suppose and you may or may not be um let's just suppose you're getting 50k a year in your current employment right and you get offered another job you get you get put out of work or something happens or whatever and then you get told you can get another job for 23 you're not going for it are you unless you absolutely have to and these Premier League footballers don't absolutely have to so he can sit on his ass for the next however many months and he can he can get the 120k literally for doing nothing and and and we've got unless we've put some sort of clause in that we can sort of go and you're now not a West Ham player but let's be honest why would he sign up to a contract like that in the first place we was in such desperation and that's why we've got players now like in like cor like Zuma like agar like James W prow all these players that we want to get out the door and the problem is is we've got them on such great contracts because we wanted them in we were splashing our knickers to us come to us and what's happened now we want to get them out and they're like no I don't particularly want to go n for oh I want to go to Real Madrid so does everybody mate so does everybody but guess what you're not good enough if you were good enough you'd have already been at Real Madrid by the time we wanted you and guess what you wasn't you was at stad Renee stad Renee what have they ever done cool um Ricky says what's our record of long balls played in a Premiership match I think we'll smash Smet versus City on Sunday um only if we've got the ball for long enough Ricky um I'm not too sure I know we've seen more possession in the in the first couple of games I'm not too sure we're going to te too much possession in the game on Saturday but we'll wait and see um Talk Sport and five live are useless I you know what but they're the only sport channels around but I I just find them so patronizing half the I mean I told you no I didn't right okay right I'm gonna I'm going to slightly I thought I'd said this on this channel I haven't um for those of you that don't know and I'm going to give it a plug okay um some of you may or may not know what I'm about to divulge I do I help to produce a um a bit of content on Hammer's chat and you may not realize this because it's not necessarily on Hammer chat's um YouTube channel okay so they have a patreon channel you might seen that they mention this from time to time now if you are a patreon there is something on there called Overland and seaword and there's three of us that do it there's me there's Michael Levy Jr and there is uh sat and sat's got and Michael have both got their own respective YouTube channels as well and we're all West Ham patreons as well West Ham um hammer chat patreons all West Ham fans all in different parts of the world okay so um I I've lost my train of thought I wasn't talk where where was I going to go with this did you ever do that where you start rambling and then you sort of get to a point you go what the [ __ ] was I talking about um there was a reason why I was mentioning this um it wasn't just to do a a plug it was it was oh do you know what that do you know I did that this morning I you know it's probably Alzheimer's or something like that I'm probably in so much trouble when I get older um because I I phoned someone this morning one of my Engineers right this is a funny story I phoned one of my engineers and he wanted to tell me something and I I obviously phoned him to tell him something and me being polite I let him go first and by the time he' finished telling me what he was telling me I went I can't remember what I bloody phoned you about now it was clearly that important and clearly what I was about to tell you guys was was that important what was it I I went down this this rabbit hole for a particular purpose do you ever do that do you ever go in a room and you walk in it and you go what have I come in here for why am I here what's going on and you walk out and you go oh that was it I I was coming in here to get a pair of slippers or something like that it's ridiculous there was a reason why I was going to tell you as I say it wasn't it wasn't a Shameless plug there was a reason why I was going to reference it anyway I might as well just go with a plug if any of you guys guys aren't subscribe aren't uh patreons on Hammer's chat maybe you might want to consider it because there is a very good extra little bit of content that you can get and amongst it you'll find this ugly mug looking at you doing something called Overland and seaword with my two friends sat and Michael um but there was a reason why I was mentioning it it wasn't for a plug I'll have to go back and watch this and I will I will jog my memory which has probably gone to the dogs um that is ridiculous I can't believe that's happened um usually I'm quite coherent and now I've completely gone um even the ones that played for other teams only talk about the top six also it's like they've been it's like they've been infiltrated it's like they've been indoctrinated and hypnotized and they're just like you must talk about oh that was it that was it it's come back to me he come back to me right okay so um I knew it would so I said on on the um the podcast that we do on on Hammer's chat patreon um Overland and seaword go and have a look um I I turned around and said that I found something I was listening to talk sport I was driving on Saturday I was actually going to see Michael sing in actual fact he's really good singer Michael um so we went to um the Royal British Legion in Lon um quite coincidentally um Nick from clarent booze was there as well as John and a few other people that that I know happy amoret she was there um so we was all sort of having a nice little chat and whatever but on the way there I was listening to talk Sport and it was Jamie O'Hara and it was Jason cundy yeah those those pair of legends of football those pair of um journalistic heavyweights broadcasting maestros that they are um great footballing careers that they had especially Ohara um so anyway they turned around and there was there they had a I'm pretty sure it was they had a West Ham fan on that was talking about Palace and transfers and this that and the other right and he turned and Jamie O'Hara I kid you not and some of you may have seen listened to this at the same time I did he turned around and he he turned around to West Ham about West Ham excuse me and referred to Little Old West Ham I kid you not quotes unques Little Old West Ham Tottenham supporting Jamie O'Hara right and sitting opposite him is Chelsea supporting Jason cundy didn't say a word didn't say a word didn't pull him up on it just you know Ohara says Little Old West Ham and C H like Zippy I want to talk Jeffrey I want to talk no he he kept quiet right kept quiet five minutes later a Lester fan phones in Lester fan phones in and starts talking about this that and the other um and Ohara turned around about leester and went oh Lester bless him was it Lester or was it ipswitch it might have been ipswitch I'm pretty sure it was Lester it might have been if switch but whatever it was one of the teams that have been promoted that play in blue let's go with that right whatever he turns around and says bless him about Le I'm sure it was Lester and [ __ ] C sorry my language cundi turns around and and jumps straight down O'Hara's throat and says oh that's very patronizing very patronizing Jamie and I'm I'm sitting there going have I missed something here because two minutes ago this chump turned around and said Little Old West Ham and he never said a word didn't say a thicky bird now all of a sudden he's turning around and saying oh Leicester bless him and he can't wait to jump in and I know Leicester aren't a top six Club but the point is is that well you were patronizing a West Ham five minutes ago and that was perfectly acceptable no problem at all but you two Chumps that have got big connections to two top six clubs and you've got a broadcasting career simply off of that fact let's be completely honest if Jamie O'Hara had had a big connection with I don't know Southampton and Candi had a big connection with um Plymouth Ary do you honestly think that they would be sitting getting a living off of talk sport no neither do I um Ricky says they're all creaming themselves over the wonderful new so-called Champions League draw that has taken place it's all computerized now and I'll tell you what that's all bent don't worry about that that's all bent that will be rigged to to help people sort of get as far as they can and get as much of that as they can he's a gravy train don't worry about that um Darren says we'll tune in tomorrow for my answer please do appreciate it think our traits for a business is done you're right no one will leave because of the wages why what would they I mean you know in In fairness to them they've got a contract we didn't presumably have a gun against our heads they presumably didn't have a gun against their heads it was all signed and it was all um consenting on all side we're all consenting the adults in the room you agree to this I've got give you this fine sign on dotted line fine we get to a point in time we'd like you to leave now but I'm on 120 Grand a week and I quite like it here no no no we we want you out the door because we've got a player that we've lined up that's going to take your place it's not my problem I'm quite happy here I'd like to pick up 120 Grand a week for the next next 12 months if you don't mind because that's what's in my contract no no no we we we're not going to play you we'd like you to go so so let me get this straight so you're not going to play me yeah that's right and if you're not going to play me and I don't go anywhere you're you're still going to have to pay me 120 Grand a week aren't you yeah but we'd like you to go no no no I don't think you understand you you are contractually obligated to pay me for the duration of my contract 120 Grand a week is that correct yeah okay so and you're saying you're not going to pay me uh you're not going to play me excuse me um you're going to leave me on the bench or maybe you're not even going to put me in a squad is that right yeah but I'm still entitled to that 120 Grand a week yeah yeah yeah um you want me to leave yeah where where do you want me to go well would like you go to Southampton how much is Southampton looking to pay me um they're looking to pay you 40 Grand a week so you want me to go somewhere and they're going to play me um and you want me to go there on a third of the money and or I could stay here and do nothing and get played three times the money that I'd get at Southampton is that what you're telling me well yeah not my problem get stuffed that's that's where we're at that's what we're dealing with um that's also a corrupt draw now it's all aimed at getting top dreams to the semis and the finals give it five years it will be the Super League that's why this all came about this is why the the the carabell cup now is screwed and you've got all this nonsense where you've got six of the seven European teams getting seeded in the European in the caribel cup um they can't play one another four of those six have got to be drawn at home it's just all weighted in their Direction um shaky says I'm on their Patron and the West Ham way are you on the WhatsApp group shaky are you on the hamers chat WhatsApp group because if so then you and I have probably crossed paths on there and I don't even realize it um bless your grams you've been talking to shorts Dak haven't you you've been talking to my friend Happy hammered don't call her carrye she gets the right hump with that did I just say that out loud I'm terribly sorry I shouldn't have done that I'm very sorry sorry Zippy coming out um Ricky says Villa in the Champions League but you never hear their fans singing We Are Premier League champions so might as well um tell it is the is the Super League you're you're right you're right um more thought for you listen I I know mate what can I say but they just wind me up um and I need something to rant out I guess um listen shy maybe shell out shell out for a couple of teers up I'm not too sure when I don't know if it's mild addicts or addicts when you can get um our particular bit of content but I what's the worst that could happen it's a couple of Bob extra you could do it on a trial and you could always drop down if you fig think we're crap can't you um but have a look have a look um maybe so look I'm drumming up a bit of castom for them I'm not on an earn out of it it doesn't it doesn't affect me directly but there are a couple of good lads of Gio and Gonzo over at Hammer chat I like them a lot um and they gave me the opportunity to do something for them so I jumped it and uh so if any of you guys are subscribers on to patreons excuse me on Hammer's chat then you you'll find find us over there um and if you don't then maybe consider it if you if you if you listen to this and you think actually I I want to see a little bit more of this then then that's where you're going to find a little bit more um you're also going to find me I'm also doing a few bits and pieces on the West Ham Network you might have noticed um who who little car don't call her little she gets the she gets the right she was wearing on Saturday she was wearing like um is it platforms or high heels or whatever obviously us blokes don't wear that um trainers pair of flipflops slippers whatever you know bare feet she's wearing these these [ __ ] excuse me um these high heel things she was still a short ass she was still a short ass I still thought she was she was kneeling down or she was in a hole or something so um football is repl with cliche stereotypes and tropes while every supporter's aspirations are predicted on biases you're you're probably right um Champions League draws just finished tonight uh yeah my my son got no interest in it it's a load of old nonsense please do shy please do um she's not little 4 foot 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