Fútbol Fellas

Back-to-Back

• Season 1 • Episode 25

Share episode
Jerrell:

This transfer window open yet,

Will:

We don't have to talk about transfer window, bro.

Jerrell:

but is it open?

Will:

Yeah,

Jerrell:

Yeah episode 25 transfer windows back

Will:

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Jerrell:

Gotta get that sweet sweet transfer news

Will:

Not you springing it on me. Please, sir.

Jerrell:

Oh, no. All right. We'll get around to it. We'll do a summary Next episode.

Christian:

There's been some movement.

Jerrell:

Oh, there has been movement. Yeah hitting them with the hezi. How's

Christian:

with the movement.

Will:

Yeah, they got Jade and Philogene. Kvarch Skellige also got signed right after last week. I was just like, yeah, not so far Not not a not a lot going on and then shit started moving a little bit. So

Christian:

Yeah.

Jerrell:

how's you guys week? It's been rainy everywhere In florida, it's even snowing in florida.

Christian:

Yeah. I wish it was snowing here.

Jerrell:

I don't know about that.

Christian:

I could definitely use some

Will:

this is some

Jerrell:

Use the snow Forged from home grew up in south florida

Will:

had

Jerrell:

really needs

Will:

for 15 minutes

Jerrell:

Really needs that snow though

Will:

We're back!

Jerrell:

All right. We are back. We are back. Yeah

Will:

We're back! We're here! We're

Jerrell:

back back episode 25. What is this our

Christian:

quarter

Jerrell:

quarter century? Yep. There you go

Will:

a fucking dummy because I'm over here. It's our Jason Giambi pod episode. But yeah, Quarter Century is way better.

Jerrell:

Alright, let's, let's get into it. Match day 22. A lot of things happened, a lot of games were played. Anybody want to volunteer for the results or I can run through it?

Christian:

I can go

Jerrell:

Going once? Okay.

Christian:

tips. Are we just going straight into the match 22 results? All right, let's do it. Let's do

Jerrell:

Yeah, let's do it.

Christian:

Hello, everyone.

Will:

Wait, guys! No foreplay! Hold up!

Jerrell:

Nope. Nope. Nope. We're here.

Christian:

Alright, running back.

Jerrell:

4Play was asking about transfer news.

Christian:

That's crazy.

Will:

Just a wham bam thank you, ma'am. This is the ten

Jerrell:

It's rough from the start, yeah.

Christian:

Yeah, we just All three of us just finished our 12 hour shift, so we're a

Will:

So I know what you're thinking. Why are we posting two episodes the same day? Don't, don't ask questions. Don't ask questions, just submit to your overlords. Yeah,

Jerrell:

We just appreciate that you listened to both of them.

Will:

Yeah, what the hell? We were doing wildly different angles here. I'm like, appreciate your overlord. Trill's just very thankful, Christian's just blessed. Enjoy that. yeah, we're back again. We were already back, but we're back again. You just didn't know it. We're, we're here now. And so now that we've, we've bullshitted around for a minute or so now, Christian, now that you've whined and dined me, now you can go ahead and enter my ears with some match date.

Christian:

did not like the enter my ears comment. That just sounds very family guy that one episode anyways match day 22 results We got new castle versus burnmouth one four. That was a We got, I remember last episode, which the listeners will hear five seconds before this episode, we were talking so much shit about Newcastle got it. And then I think you did mention that we just fucked them up because we, we, we gave them our, our, our,

Jerrell:

No, I have faith in the Cherries.

Will:

like, I was talking that, that much shit. Damn.

Jerrell:

Always, I've always respected the Cherries.

Will:

Now with the sizzling,

Christian:

Yeah.

Will:

carry

Jerrell:

Yeah.

Christian:

All right. Liverpool beat two zero first Brentford. Van Nistel got booed as Leicester City lost to Fulham zero to West Ham United lost to zero to Crystal Palace. Fucking Arsenal. God

Jerrell:

there, easy there.

Christian:

Arsenal tied against Aston Villa even after being up 2

Will:

The league's not dead!

Christian:

Molly Bushels and her Toffees beat Tottenham with 3 0 in the first

Jerrell:

Go figure.

Christian:

Manchester United beat 3 1 Brighton and Hove. We got the Tricky Trees beating the Saints 3 2 and unfortunately, there was some voodoo magic and Ipswich lost 0 6 to Manchester City And then we got Chelsea beating the Wolves 3 1. See,

Jerrell:

Alright, let's just jump into it because I know it's on everybody's mind. Let's just talk about the Arsenal game and how just devastating that one was.

Christian:

it's my fault for believing. So I was watching the game. and then I saw we were up to zero and I was like, I can start getting ready for the day.

Will:

Mickey.

Christian:

then, yeah, that's what happened.

Jerrell:

Hehehe.

Will:

M I C K E Y! Mickey Mouse Clubhouse motherfucker. I, I was the same way. I was happy. felt joy. It was Christian Message in the group chat, what's happening? I was like, I felt joy in my life and Yeah, and

Jerrell:

And I was 2 1 at that point. And I was like, okay, cool. At least we have the insurance goal.

Will:

yeah, a lot of the

Jerrell:

Cash,

Will:

Reared

Jerrell:

Oh, not insurance.

Will:

I really felt Arsenal really controlled most of the game. I thought they were, obviously wonderful finishing. Ollie Watkins with a amazing strike off of Ollie and

Jerrell:

Yep.

Christian:

Yeah, both goals are amazing.

Will:

I think I was crying to Christian one day when I saw him I told him I was just like I feel like all the results last year where we were edging out a win like that Manchester United result late, a couple other results just it's just not it's just not happening right now And this is fine. is fine. This is fine, right?

Jerrell:

four back on the table. I might be wrong on that. Four, six back on the table. That's six.

Will:

hand that Everton

Jerrell:

Tied with four.

Will:

for liverpool.

Jerrell:

Yes, and also tied with forest at 44 points.

Will:

Yeah, so we're Like the same area we were, what, end of November? Where we're just

Jerrell:

nothing has changed.

Christian:

Yeah.

Will:

Liverpool has gone through a little bit of a slide where at least they're dropping points. A little, a little disconcerting, but we'll see how it goes.

Christian:

It's, it's a little tough. I'm talking about the good things, at least about the game. I know we, we, we let two goals in after the 60th or something like

Will:

It was like the 60th, 68th, yeah.

Christian:

yeah. Two quick back to back goals that hurt, but shout out to throw us out, man. He's a, he's a old, young man. He was the one that crossed it in for both of Arsenal's goals. So shout out to throw us out on that one.

Will:

Great game, almost almost cherry on top with a chance for a late, late finish one on one with the goal that went just wide. Felt everything dropping me. I was just kind of like but I couldn't be that upset with just all the creation He was doing in lieu of no Jesus no soccer or anything like that. So

Christian:

Yeah. We're waiting on that big transfer news for a nine.

Will:

Yeah,

Jerrell:

We'll keep waiting,

Will:

touch on that. They've made inquiries into Leipzig because I think they want Benjamin Sesko, but they're not trying to load him out or move him mid season. It sounds like summer business. Alexander Isak also high, but a lot of teams just you know, guess, I think I said something about like just money, like not slowing up and Arsenal's like long term planning versus short term and splurging now versus later on this show. We'll see. Arteta did say, he's just yeah, we're probably going to need a little. They'll, so something. I'm hoping for some, that decisive striker, there's still time. February 3rd, I think the window closes so

Jerrell:

Oh, I think a couple more weeks. Burnford losing in extra time is also

Will:

straight to the bees. Yeah. I love it. Yeah.

Jerrell:

Yeah, Nunez. Braced in extra time. Yeah,

Will:

Mm-hmm Mm-hmm

Christian:

Yeah, off the

Jerrell:

pain.

Christian:

too late goals. I was, I was very hopeful. I thought it was I thought they were going to at least tie that game.

Jerrell:

It was in the hive. It was destined in the hive. But nope, not to be.

Will:

Yeah.

Jerrell:

Pulls away again didn't

Christian:

they scored

Jerrell:

shows by the top of the table.

Christian:

like in the 80th minute, something like that.

Will:

It was 91st, 93rd. Mm hmm.

Jerrell:

They were both that they were both

Christian:

back to back

Jerrell:

busted

Christian:

hurts.

Will:

hmm.

Christian:

hurts.

Will:

And said, another one

Jerrell:

wide

Will:

top. Yep. Busted wide open indeed. Yeah. Just tough result. Yeah. Tough back to back. Cause you're hoping at least, Hey, we tied. They tied and not, not quite, not quite, not quite. So Liverpool maintains that, that, that six point lead over Arsenal. They also maintaining that six point lead over who everyone had. Yeah. fours, 90m fours, they go up 3 0 against Southampton. They end up finishing 3 2 as Southampton's come, comeback fall short. They stay bottom of the table with 6 points, 1 win, 3 draws. Their season's looking kind of cooked, but Nottingham Forest tied at 3rd just off goal differential at this point we're 22, sorry, Nottingham, did, yeah, picks and posts, Freaky, Freaky Forest, 22 games through, so shout Forest! Heh

Jerrell:

For sure definitely. Yeah, I think I had them 17th on this season

Christian:

think we all had them like bottom

Jerrell:

towards the bottom Yeah, I actually think I had them but like well 17th is threatening relegation. But yeah, they were definitely down there I

Christian:

for

Jerrell:

had

Christian:

straight. It's

Jerrell:

Shows what I know.

Will:

I want, I want to find the motherfucker, and if you have proof, I want your grandmammy there, a birth certificate showing the date, and a newspaper of the day showing that it was the day of who had Nottingham Forest anything Top 6 related. Honestly, before the season, cause, I don't think Nottingham Forest believed it,

Jerrell:

they're just like, what are we doing here?

Will:

professionals, dammit.

Jerrell:

Holdin on, hopefully they'll get Champions League. Season's still How long can we keep saying the season's still long? Heh heh heh.

Will:

as we're more than two games out of first place, that's,

Jerrell:

Heh heh heh.

Will:

refuse to believe the league is dead.

Christian:

so we can, can we do that for a medium? Because they have two games. In fact, they got six points with a game in hand. So I'm gonna go with the season is medium length remaining right now.

Jerrell:

Medium rare?

Christian:

Medium,

Jerrell:

Medium rare, maybe?

Christian:

remaining. Yeah. Yeah.

Will:

somewhere around there. So there's still a good chunk of season. A lot can happen, guys. Y'know?

Jerrell:

for sure.

Will:

Y'know, Mo Salah still hasn't been re signed. Van Dyke still hasn't been re signed. TAA still hasn't been re signed. Y'know? I'm praying for their downfall. I think the vibes are off, believe it or not. Darwin Nunez coming off the bench, does he really enjoy that? Maybe when they win, but, y'know, fuck it.

Jerrell:

I bet he enjoys it when he gets a brace.

Will:

What other games caught your eye this week? Cause I, I, I'm not being depressed today.

Jerrell:

Nah, it's fine.

Will:

Speaking of depressed actually, I'm gonna skip ahead.

Jerrell:

Tottenham fans?

Will:

sir Yes, sir Spurs continue to not do anything anyone expects ever down 3 0

Jerrell:

Yeah,

Will:

First

Jerrell:

15th on the table. Oh my god.

Will:

hmm. Mm hmm

Christian:

I was reading up on it. Apparently coach randomly decided to go out with a four, three, three, which is not a usual formation for them. As soon as they went out, they just gave up three goals in the half. So it's tough. It's tough

Jerrell:

He said, fuck it, we're playing Everton. What's the worst that can happen?

Christian:

lose

Jerrell:

Jesus, all right. Who does Tottenham play next? They play a top of the table team. That's how they're going to get there. Get back to their winning ways. Leicester City. Nope. We're going to fucking lose on Sunday.

Will:

Leicester City they're on a seven game losing streak. So I mean something's got to give right?

Jerrell:

It's got to give. Yeah, it's

Will:

thing

Jerrell:

not.

Will:

is just their goal differential is still positive for the season. They're plus 10 so yeah, looking at

Jerrell:

Does it happen that in the Man City game?

Will:

Hey, it counts. A bucket's a

Jerrell:

Yeah, it does.

Will:

Around teams Everton, negative 10 now Doubt, negative 10, West Ham, negative 16. So those are the teams that are like, sandwiching them right now at the table. So I'm just kind of like, what the fuck? So upsetting.

Christian:

Negative 35 for southampton.

Will:

It's, know, we don't talk

Jerrell:

it builds character. It builds character.

Will:

I think it deflates at some point.

Jerrell:

Send out the subs. Chelsea

Will:

deflating Oh, go ahead, Dro.

Jerrell:

getting back on track with winning over the wolves 3 1.

Will:

Yeah, the

Jerrell:

I think

Will:

from

Jerrell:

they needed that.

Will:

2 6 result they had earlier in the season, where it just goes this way, it goes that way, it goes everywhere. So yeah, their first win in six.

Christian:

goal you get a goal

Will:

They're back to fourth. Get right game. I think that's what we refer to it Dro?

Jerrell:

Yes, get right game. Man City also had a get right game. No, didn't they? Yes, yes. Ipswich Town. Yeah, that's

Will:

them.

Jerrell:

that's a hell of a get right game.

Will:

of fact, Christian, go ahead. Wha Wha How was that for you? What are your thoughts? I don't know.

Christian:

was as I mentioned in

Jerrell:

I think that was worse than the first time.

Christian:

Like I mentioned in last week's pods, Ipswich had a game and then they had only three days to recover to play against Man City. It's not fair. They had the sniffles. I still believe in my Tractor Boys. They're, they're, they're not, they're gonna be top 16. Top 16 in the

Will:

I don't think so.

Jerrell:

Okay, so they got to go through the wolves and Everton to get there and possibly Tottenham. It might also be Tottenham down there. Yeah, right

Will:

team race right now. I got, they're going to catch up to Everton.

Jerrell:

At 20 points.

Christian:

is 15th, that's crazy.

Will:

He's Drell, you're not just making things up. What the

Jerrell:

I'm not, it's, it's weird to say, but yeah, 15th on the table.

Christian:

gonna beat the wolves.

Will:

have so much talent, just no, it's fine. It's fine.

Christian:

Ipswich, right?

Will:

I think it's going to be Wolves down. I think Everton probably clears and we'll see, but I think it's somewhere between Wolves, Ipswich, Leicester for, or fighting for that staying up. But like we said, a lot of season left. Everton with the game in hand as well. I

Jerrell:

He's in his meeting.

Will:

Everton, yeah, once they, if they get that result, we're anticipating against Liverpool in their replay, they're

Jerrell:

Yeah.

Will:

points clear. That sounds nice around this time of year. So

Jerrell:

Who's been doing well recently? Crystal Palace. Crystal

Will:

Yeah,

Jerrell:

Palace has been doing well. They, they were struggling before Christmas time and. They've really upped their season, 12th on the table,

Will:

yeah

Jerrell:

than Man United, West Ham, and Tottenham.

Christian:

Yeah, they're on a six game unbeaten streak, so shout out to them. That includes a

Jerrell:

but not better than the Bees.

Christian:

That's crazy.

Will:

Their run of form has been better than the bees,

Jerrell:

That's true.

Will:

up up a lot of ground from that flat start started the season where I think was after What seven match days they were sitting around like one or two points So what they've been able to do to turn around I won't mention As in or at least a leaving or anything again I talked that to death on the pod but shout to them able to get some results. Westam united david moise is out my catfish is no longer catfish. I think they're just bad. They bring in gram potter former chelsea and brighton coach and it looks like You Graham Potter has some work, on his hands because I don't know what reinforcement they're realistically looking like. They just got rid of Jaden Philogene. No, where was that villa? I'm gonna work on my transfer shit. Thank you. So a lot of pieces in there right now for West Ham. But they should be safe from relegation end of the day. So just probably not the highs that I was personally hoping for. And I guess they're, they were also looking for an East London.

Jerrell:

Yeah, I think, yeah, they're safe.

Christian:

one move so far.

Jerrell:

I guess everything is fine.

Will:

not a lot of liquidity. You want to spend the right money for the right player at the right price. And usually a lot of the times in Windows, you'll see one piece go and then little bit of a domino effect. But a lot of places just standing pat looking for the right deal. I honestly don't know what West Ham really needs to be Better, at this point. I thought, I thought they had the talent coming into this, I know they're dealing with cause they were working on a different style of play and what not, it's just, this, this is not what this was supposed to be,

Jerrell:

yeah, it happens, right? It happens. I don't know. Are transfer windows usually in the wintertime? Are they usually active or is this about par for the course?

Will:

This is a more down year if you're listening to these back to back, you're fucking insane. But you, this transfer window are definitely money's not moving as much as they have over the last four I think you're seeing the effects of like psr on a lot of a lot of teams a lot of teams performing where they're Expect to be or other teams just like for instance Like even like chelsea just like dealing with like that they have wages on so for them to bring someone in or like arsenal bring someone in you need to get a Be able to sell someone or whatnot arsenal was looking at like maybe jesus has a movable piece or whatnot and chanko's rumored that he might be moving out and whatnot, but lot of teams are just, you got to send something out before you can make those moves. And with the spending in the summer or whatnot, a lot of teams are kind of like, more in place right now, unless you're PSG, because money's not real. City did get Omar Marmouche out of Eintracht Frankfurt. I think they had for a deal that's a roughly like 80 million pounds. So pretty much to replace Julian Alvarez, who just left, who, God, I feel like Man City would really benefit from Julian Alvarez being able to play for them as well, there is movement going on, just not as active as other, other windows, but it'll definitely never be as active as the summer.

Jerrell:

Gotcha. Okay. Okay. And the other premier matches we wanted to talk about, we can also talk about Champions League as well since that's the The round rob, not round robin, but group

Will:

to go

Jerrell:

plays coming to a close.

Will:

United, we've talked about, the adjustment in a lot of the year, but Brighton winning 3 1 at Old Trafford comfortably their Ruben Amorim broke a TV after the game. Lot of talks about just how the team's underperforming. say, Hey, I might break another one. So as he continues to try to break through and whatnot but just, turn that TV off, you could say, Hmm.

Jerrell:

Can't wait for that halftime show.

Will:

Yeah. But yeah.

Christian:

form right now. It's it, you gotta see how, how well they can turn it around, but Man U's not, they're not, they haven't been able to get anything together.

Jerrell:

Yeah, I think we, I mean we talked about it before.

Christian:

They even have negative goal differential too. Ayy,

Jerrell:

just going to continue to struggle. Didn't they offload some talent too? They sent who did they send away? Anthony?

Will:

They're working on sending him to rail about this, but I don't think it's formalized yet,

Jerrell:

Gotcha.

Will:

but that's on me. Cause I, I'd have no, I, I escaped my room for the transfer window and I've been enjoying that. So I'll have a more conclusive. I'll hit you with the full month for the third episode that we have dropping after this. Stay tuned. I'm kidding.

Jerrell:

Oh yeah, get ready. Here it goes. This is a fucking football fellas marathon.

Will:

I'll be a free elf eventually, but yeah, I'll Outside of that a lot of I feel like a lot of the results are like part for the course you see Some correction. I think I think I'm good on this this slate of games. Honestly, I think we touched on everything too. So yeah

Jerrell:

I don't want to say, I think one of these podcasts somewhere, I was like, Ben, United will be happy if they get into the top 10. And Will told me, no, that's shooting too low. It's looking more and more realistic. Top 10 being the end goal.

Will:

I don't, I feel like you wouldn't be happy if you're them, but yeah, there's seven

Jerrell:

No,

Will:

them and Fulham, but you're also saying this year and we were, we were in between over the last couple of months, but a lot of teams outperforming that we thought, Nottingham Forest, we mentioned earlier Newcastle around where we expected exactly Burnmouth Villa hovering still around eighth and, Brighton, Fulham, to Gerald's credit, Bradford, the B's doing well as well. So not South Hampton, they've really cratered, but you're seeing a lot of teams able to get a result week by week. So I feel like that's like a theme that we've seen throughout the season and some traditional empowers also just floundering.

Jerrell:

We just need Liverpool to flounder. Make it a little bit more competitive.

Will:

Gerald, you think Bradford finishes ahead of a Man United end of the season?

Jerrell:

Yes, I see that.

Will:

a bet in there somewhere. Okay.

Jerrell:

Yes,

Christian:

what you're willing to risk it.

Will:

We'll just get loser wears a B suit. Yeah, outside of that.

Jerrell:

where do I lose? I have

Will:

in a B suit anyway. I'm gonna be like, wait, and you're just like, yeah.

Christian:

It's going to be a bigger

Jerrell:

a bee catcher and she's gonna have a big old net

Will:

Clean B. Outside of that, there was also some Champions League this week, Match Day 7 over there. I don't know what you guys were able to catch up on. But two games I wanted to highlight just from Tuesday specifically. If you wanted to see a tactically sound game at Letico Madrid being able to overcome a red card to get a result against Byron Leverkusen who also got a red card later, but they were down, they were down one after he scored a goal, and then he got an existential red later in the game Julian Alvarez with a brace after Pablo Barrios in the first half picked up a red, so they're down a man, they're tactically sound, win a tight game 2 1 late. In the Champions League, that Let It Go special. And then on the flip side, if you're just a fucking sicko, Watch that Barcelona Benfica game. I was telling Christian like a fucking crackhead after that. That game was not If you're a coach, there's nothing you want to say that's really nice, because it was just an up and down game. But if you're a crackhead like myself, Barcelona Benfica, Weird fucking game. There was a Ongo from Araujo Vangelis Pavlidis, He got a hat trick in the first half Rafinha, he scored a goal just for standing in the right place, that's a goalie, took a Took a, took a goal kick, hit him in the head, placed perfectly. It was a bizarre fucking game all around. So if you get a chance to watch one game, there was a red, late red. It was a downpour monsoon. Fantastic game all around. And, my bias, Barcelona qualifies for the knockout stage after a couple of group stage exits in the Champions League. I think it's a great format.

Jerrell:

Everybody's happy except for man city who are the first team out on the table

Will:

teetering. We're at Club

Jerrell:

Yeah,

Will:

bring it home!

Jerrell:

is that who they play for the eighth game?

Christian:

Other notable

Will:

Yeah, next week.

Christian:

PSG beating man city, man. City's two, two, and three record here. Through seven games other notable Bayern Munich got surprised by Feyenoord Feyenoord.

Will:

The pride of the Netherlands!

Christian:

I thought that was an ax.

Jerrell:

Not him.

Will:

both Dutch,

Christian:

yeah.

Will:

rivals. Feyenoord's not gonna say AX is better than them, fuck that. till I die. What else we got, Christian?

Christian:

Let's see. Just because it's fun to say Celtic beat up on young boys. Let's, ah,

Will:

NEXT beat up on breasts.

Christian:

that was the other

Will:

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Christian:

That took advantage of breasts, even though breasts wasn't good form.

Will:

I don't think I liked hearing that sentence, actually.

Christian:

Good, good, good form from breasts, but it came a little short this time around.

Will:

Was it Sahin, coach of Borussia Dortmund. He got fired after Bologna, Bologna. Beat Borussia Dortmund 2 1. They've lost four straight games, underperforming in the league. I think they're like 10th in the Bundesliga. And also, yeah, losing to Bologna, who I think had two points or something coming into the matchday. They will be having a new coach. And

Jerrell:

was struggling last year too in their domestic

Will:

but they made up for it by going to that weird final,

Jerrell:

That's just, this is true.

Will:

the way but

Jerrell:

Yeah. But that now that manager's out and so is Ten Hag after he won their domestic cup. So pattern that they really value these cups, these, these final appearance,

Will:

the UCL final, so I think that saved him a little bit more But I think Dortmund just wants to win anything at this point storied history and yeah, just not not getting the results you expect so And then the other game, Club Bruges, Juventus, 0 0 tie, and I think everyone will be rooting for Bruges next week.

Christian:

What does Rouge play next week?

Will:

Man

Jerrell:

density.

Will:

Yes, sir. Yup, chance, chance to see, if they go home. You you obviously expect Man City to go through, but at the same time, you didn't see them on the outside looking in at this point

Jerrell:

Yep, first team out, psg had struggled, they took care of business came in city to stay alive Give themselves a buffer real madrid had a little struggle, but it was Middle, I guess you could say middle of qualification table

Will:

yeah,

Jerrell:

take out the eliminated

Will:

pretty secure now.

Christian:

Yeah,

Jerrell:

Yeah

Christian:

I

Will:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Christian:

You got anywhere from Atleti down to what is it, Celtic? They're within four points of each other. Five points of each other. Three points of

Jerrell:

from from eight from eight.

Christian:

Let's

Jerrell:

oh, let me see

Christian:

Leti in fifth place with 15 points all the way down to the Celtic in 18th with 12 points.

Jerrell:

Oh, yeah

Will:

Yeah, I

Jerrell:

Good stuff.

Will:

Third currently in the table with gold, different differential. They're only three points up on 13th Place breast. So anywhere from there. Arsenal's gold differential, they should save them from really dropping realistically, but a lot of

Jerrell:

Yeah, gold differential. They should go if they lose gold differential should be like put them at eighth You Because I don't see any other teams making that up. Unless they actually

Will:

playing

Jerrell:

it.

Will:

Barcelona or whatnot, so that would be as tricky result for them. So no, it was gonna be a fun match day, I felt like coming into this format that like. If there's any stakes, obviously it will be this last day where you're at the very least like maybe Expecting someone like man city or anyone to potentially drop. Wild but at the same time, you know Just all the movement that you can see in all the different matchups that can come to fruition through this weird fucking math. Um Uh, I think that should be interesting. So 18 games of soccer being played concurrently next week 3 p. m Eastern time so get your goals

Jerrell:

Ooh!

Will:

goal last little show whatever you're

Jerrell:

What day? Wednesday?

Christian:

Oh, Real

Will:

p. m.

Christian:

versus

Jerrell:

Wednesday 23 AM.

Christian:

No,

Jerrell:

me.

Christian:

it's Real Madrid versus Brest next

Will:

HE SAID I LOVE BOTH OF THESE THINGS! WHY?! Why god, why god, do I have to suffer? Yeah, should be fun, should be fun. Yeah, I'm definitely, I don't know how, I'm gonna try to see if I can lock in for that. But yeah, UCL! We're finally getting to some games that potentially matter and then you're gonna have the knockout Playoff round. I think it's like mid feb. So two weeks after that about yeah, I think we're

Jerrell:

Oh lord.

Christian:

A lot of mid table matchups. So we got Lille versus Ferenud. It's,

Jerrell:

This is what they promised us. This is what they promised us. Highly competitive. All right.

Christian:

Arsenal got Girona next, next up. That should be a hopefully

Will:

you

Christian:

wood, fairly

Will:

I was like you motherfuck

Jerrell:

He said it! He

Will:

just

Jerrell:

it!

Will:

never learns Never he refuses to learn you did say knock on wood at least It's fine. It's fine

Jerrell:

Not in this economy.

Will:

This economy swap cool. So Yeah, that's the UCL matchup. We'll have more on that next week, but I think we'll be recording right off the heels of some resolution, so we'll just have our heads spinning as we try to make sense of what the fuck happened over a two hour period. Outside of that, I think we're, are we, we're curtailing

Jerrell:

each get

Will:

this week.

Jerrell:

six games. We each get six games.

Will:

I want the breast game. Christian, you get a different game.

Jerrell:

Damn, sorry Christian

Will:

I take what you love.

Jerrell:

I shouldn't guess the Barcelona game.

Will:

Sure, yeah, have fun. Matchday 23 preview? Who wants to give it to me?

Jerrell:

I'll give it to you. All right. All right, here we go. Wolves versus Arsenal. Bournemouth versus Nottingham. Brighton takes on Everton. Liverpool versus Tractor Boys. Southampton versus Newcastle. Man City versus Chelsea. Should be an interesting one. Crystal Palace versus the Bees. Tottenham versus Leicester City. Aston Villa takes on West Ham. And Fulham versus Man United.

Will:

got me, Christian. Tell me your boys got me. What do you mean? You said you believe in them.

Christian:

they done to deserve

Will:

This is their moment. Anfield!

Jerrell:

Oh, yeah. Sounds

Will:

you? Yes, it's a bounce back game. They lost at home, so they're gonna

Jerrell:

like the beginning of the season.

Will:

gonna win on the road.

Christian:

Alright, I believe. Choo choo, that's a train. Goal! That's what we decided

Will:

That is attractive. Goal! Oh man, it's the podcast that no one

Jerrell:

Didn't know you needed.

Will:

for. Goal! They think it's a tractor, just, it's okay. Crystal Palace bet Brentford should be pretty fun, considering me and Jerome have a half bet going right about

Jerrell:

Yeah. Brentford needs all of it. Are they? Is Brentford home? Hang on.

Will:

no, no, no, they're playing a palace.

Jerrell:

Oh shit.

Will:

So just

Jerrell:

Can't win away.

Will:

format purposes, I always put the home team on the left.

Jerrell:

Gotcha, okay

Will:

So Arsenal wrote,

Christian:

the Cherries is going to be a pretty solid game too.

Will:

Yeah, that should

Jerrell:

the giant colors.

Will:

That should be fun. But they're both giants. And then Arsenal, they have a chance for a get right game. They're headed back to Molyneux re so reverse fixture from their opening game of the season. No surprises this week, right guys are good. We all

Jerrell:

hope not no on wood

Christian:

Got you covered.

Will:

Thanks

Jerrell:

Thanks.

Will:

But yeah, I

Jerrell:

Can't wait for toddling to lose to lester city.

Christian:

We skipped Man City, Chelsea. That's, that's going to be a pretty

Will:

I was gonna say that's

Jerrell:

That's an entity

Will:

the week, right?

Jerrell:

Game of the week. Ah, the game's all right. Oh

Christian:

a game of the week for me.

Will:

keep that energy chief.

Christian:

It's a 12. 30 game. Oh, we're going to be Ball, Zeep, and Gasparilla.

Will:

Okay, so between the breast

Jerrell:

boat

Will:

and the balls deep in Gasparilla that's two strikes.

Jerrell:

Yes, it

Will:

But yeah, I mean It's fine. We're gonna put the tractor boys first. We're gonna have time. We're gonna have time, we're gonna have external batteries. It's all good. But Man City, Chelsea they're playing at the Etihad. Any expectations on that? Is it, is it a wash? Who, who are you guys leaning towards in that game? I think that's probably the most interesting fixture of the week. From

Jerrell:

is interesting. It's tough, but I'm leaning Chelsea, Chelsea over Man City. Yeah,

Will:

Both?

Jerrell:

margins. I was probably most likely going to be a draw,

Christian:

Yeah, I think I'd, I'd, I'd enjoy more Chelsea wins. Just just this.

Jerrell:

But not too many.

Will:

There it goes. There it is guys. You heard it here

Christian:

Man City, bro. They haven't stayed humble, you know.

Will:

Yeah, chelsea also was on a slide not not as big of a slide but losing six straight man city obviously Just lost up in down game. They had some reinforcements bought in signing vito rice I think they had a gun another center back as well So they're trying to bring some stability to that team, but we'll see But yes, it's off the strength of Christian saying he'd feel more joy of Chelsea when I feel like it's gonna be like a fucking Cheeky City result at home. So we'll see we'll see really needs the fans to really come through for them and I know it's a fanbase that has been criticized before from outside and inside. So we'll see if what the environment's like there as they are currently sitting, what, six on the table, correct?

Jerrell:

Man City's fifth if they win them and Chelsea switch places. Yeah, they'll be back. We'll see. We'll see if they're trying to. Their focus is on Champions League or beating Chelsea. I don't know. I feel like sometimes that plays into matches as well. Where are you gonna put your eggs? If you can get the Chelsea result, if that's even possible.

Will:

Rouge knocks Man City out of the fucking thing, are we getting jerseys? Out of the UCL, are we getting them jerseys? I was like, I don't even, I don't think I've ever seen one in real life, but

Jerrell:

Yeah, what does it look like? I

Christian:

that lets

Will:

and black with vertical stripes. Let's see.

Jerrell:

have a lot of red jerseys, so

Will:

like an inter jersey, just

Jerrell:

okay.

Will:

like a club brews jersey. I got you

Christian:

Lucas.

Will:

I just don't want our

Jerrell:

Yeah, I am. 2025 Is

Will:

don't know belgium accents and I feel like it's really inappropriate when I do them So you saw me about to start but I was like no I am growing this year. It's 2025 To my fellow brewers, we got this

Jerrell:

that a thing? Have you seen the movie?

Will:

what

Christian:

The boogers?

Will:

No.

Jerrell:

It's Colin Farrell. It's a pretty good movie. It's

Will:

Good Bruiser 2.

Jerrell:

actually a pretty fun movie. It's worth a watch.

Will:

In Bruges,

Jerrell:

It's

Will:

check it out.

Jerrell:

got what's his name, Ralph Finis? The guy who played Voldemort in it as well? What's his name?

Will:

you just say his fucking name?

Jerrell:

Is that his name?

Will:

Not the other one.

Jerrell:

Oh, yeah, I did.

Will:

That's crazy, bro.

Jerrell:

I ain't scared of no ghost

Will:

out here. He did fumble crazy, actually. Now, I know, hey, we're a soccer podcast, but fuck it, right? Why didn't he just stab the baby? I just don't understand why he had to go so hard with the VODKA DUMP! It's a baby. In retrospect, Voldemort? Pussy.

Jerrell:

because he's because he's stunting on him

Will:

Huh? He didn't

Jerrell:

He's stunting on a baby

Will:

hubris bros is stunning like my daddy. that's tough, fucking trash, anyway, so we're back again. We've gone back to back. We've hit it. Another perfect podcast, Anything else you guys want to touch base

Jerrell:

They just they keep getting better

Will:

Each one. Week by

Jerrell:

each and every one,

Will:

wearing a shirt for this one. Christian

Christian:

cold

Will:

Christian also said he wants winter and this man has a jacket with a neck. Covering like Christian looks warm.

Jerrell:

there's no shirt underneath

Will:

No, just like Alehouse, just like Dave's birthday.

Christian:

your house, yeah?

Will:

It's five sweaty guys wearing jackets with nothing underneath.

Jerrell:

Listeners are just like, what the fuck do they do outside the podcast?

Will:

Find out on our

Jerrell:

Whoa,

Will:

Once again, plug socials. Why, we just plugged in the last one. You can find it in that, in the one we just played. But, the football fella's on

Jerrell:

we'll plug them again. Yep, Football Fellows, everything

Will:

about to

Jerrell:

except for X.

Will:

us. I gotcha.

Jerrell:

Red note, red note.

Will:

It really fucked me up when Fonzie actually was speaking, said it in Chinese while we were at the thing.

Christian:

wild.

Jerrell:

Oh

Will:

he easternized

Jerrell:

I missed that part.

Will:

But next week, so episode preview, so we'll have a review of match day 23. We have the group stage 18 finale that we'll try to put together. It's been a little while, so we'll do our preseason power rank update and then a quick preview for following match day. Sounds good.

Jerrell:

Do the Pick'ems return?

Will:

The Pick'ems can return. Potentially.

Jerrell:

they don't, if they don't, I'm still, I'm still top of the table.

Will:

I feel like, we'll, we'll, we'll discuss off camera. I feel like the sanctity of the Pick'ems were ruined as we went on holiday a little bit, but, we'll figure it out. We'll figure it out. Might have to turn it into a two season Pick'em, who knows. But,

Jerrell:

Oh yeah, the second round robin.

Will:

yeah, pretty much. We're gonna do the Swiss style Pick'em. Jor El said, fuck off. That being said, Jor El just dropped for some reason. Christian looks amused. Christian looks at him and says who killed my friend Voldemort did? Jor El just got Avada Kedavra'd.

Christian:

he might be the only one that can stop the recording.

Will:

Oh shit, he's back. No, I can hit stop.

jerrell_30_01-23-2025_184238:

The hell.

Will:

but then he sent you back. Oh no, what do they call it? When they teleport, but it's not called that. This has been

jerrell_30_01-23-2025_184238:

Portkey. Portkey. Portkey.

Will:

Jerell has a cool Wait, portkey?

jerrell_30_01-23-2025_184238:

It's called a portkey. Yeah. No.

Will:

Oh, alright.

Christian:

out

jerrell_30_01-23-2025_184238:

read the book.

Will:

Early February. But yeah, anything else you guys want to add on?

jerrell_30_01-23-2025_184238:

No. Go bees. Bring it home. Get the OA win. Please. For the love of God.

Will:

Once again, that is what the sound of tractor means goodbye. Goodbye. It's over.

jerrell_30_01-23-2025_184238:

All right. See you guys later. Next week. Thanks for the tip.

People on this episode

Contributor

Christian

Co-host
Contributor

Jerrell

Co-host
Contributor

Will

Co-host