Can City Sneak Through In The Champions League?
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TalkSport Daily. Hello! Hello, mate. How are you? Hey. Hey. How are you? What? You look well today. You're lying. Said no one. Yeah. Eee. A filthy up one. Happy Wednesday, everyone. Welcome to another Andy Goldstein Talks with the Daily Podcast with me, Andy Goldstein. I'm over there. Hello, mate. A fellow with a beard. Hello, mate. What's going on with the handlebar moustache thing? What's all that about? Well...

I like it, but it's not like Movember. Why are you doing it? It gives my wife something to hang on to. Okay. When she's doing what? I don't know. I don't know. Anyway, Stinks. We begin the Champions League build-up to a must-win game for Manchester City tonight when they face Club Brugge's or Brugge. Depending which way. Brugge, isn't it? Like the film in Brugge. You should see it. It's a good film. What happens here? They go to Brugge. I won't watch it. Anyway, it's on TalkSport 2. Yeah. What, the film in Brugge? In Brugge. Yeah.

Yeah. Anyway, here's the citizens gaffer. No one ever calls him that. Pep Guardiola. Look ahead to the game, Jay. He's going to count. Gonzalo Moss makes it 4-2. It's the end of a terrible night for Manchester City. I don't know the Speck, Speck, tough, tough opponent. When a team is 20, 21, I don't know, 20, 21 games unbeaten, no lose.

It's because they are good. Otherwise, there are no secrets about that. And I saw the games. And I saw the reason why when I play against Aston Villa or play against... They beat them or Juventus the last games or against Milan they play good. And the way they play against Celtic the last goal...

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Now, former Premier League referee David Koop has said that he hid his sexuality during his career, fearing the abuse he would receive for being gay and the pressures of work contributed to his behaviour that led to his sacking. Simon Jordan was left frustrated with his supposed excuses. I'm gay and I have struggled with feeling...

proud of being me over a long period of time. I felt a deep sense of shame. There will be people in society that are unpalatable people that hold unpalatable views, but they're the minority. If you want to steer and skew your life, your judgment, your reaction to circumstances are based upon minority opinions, then that's for you and that's your choice and who's to say that's right or wrong for you.

But there's nothing about what David Coote has decided to say to a red top newspaper that particularly takes me away from the subject matter of his conduct.

His conduct is his own. If he wants to blame it on the so-called pressures of a sexuality that in society now is pretty much not accepted, because it doesn't have to be accepted. People are people. I think the only time people are pretty resistant to things is when they constantly have it shoved in their face about other people's rights and how other people are being done down. We all suffer from self-esteem issues. Everybody has imposter syndrome at times, all of us.

We don't run around getting ourselves filmed taking cocaine and being in positions of great influence and making the most ridiculous observations. And if you now want to attribute that and society wants to afford him that luxury, I don't. I don't give him a pass for it. I'm not that bothered by David Coutt. He's put himself in the eye of a storm. His behaviour, and he can create the backdrop to it. He chose to go into a refereeing profession. He chose to go into an industry that he knows has a certain...

and there are certain challenges about how the industry moves. No one's really tested it. Everyone sits there. All the activists sit on the sidelines saying, we must have this, we must have that, we must have the other. And the reality of it is, we now have a gay footballer playing for Blackpool that will forever be known, not as a footballer, the gay footballer. And his sexuality has become the predetermined analysis of what he is and what he isn't, rather than just being a footballer. And in this day and age, I think, I genuinely believe that most people

don't really care. However, former Premier League referee Mark Halsey believes David Coote has taken full responsibility for his actions. No matter what colour we are, what sexuality we are, we are all one. And we have a massive, massive problem in society today. It's a sick world we live in. And you've got to...

You've got to look at Dave and you think, well done, Dave, for coming out. He's not making excuses. He's taking full responsibility for his actions. Full responsibility. Now, listen, we've all made massive mistakes in our lives. I have. No doubt you guys have.

and everybody deserves a second chance. I went through the same thing as what David has and what Michael Oliver's going through now with the death threats towards myself, my wife and my young daughter at the time and we both, I just battled cancer, my wife has got leukemia and they both wanted us to die of cancer and my daughter and some of the things they wanted to do to my daughter was disgusting and then obviously the next day, a letter,

a letter dropped through the letterbox with a note saying there's a bullet waiting for you. And it's, you know, it's disgraceful, despicable to...

to think that what people can do and sit behind the keyboard and hurl abuse. It doesn't matter who it is. It shouldn't happen. And the authorities and the social media sites have got to do a lot more to protect people. And his former rugby union referee, Nigel Owens, who came out in 2007, believing it would be more difficult to come out in football than in rugby. But certainly I do believe that if I was a football referee,

I think I would have found my journey even more difficult to come out and be accepted. I think the majority of people in football are good, decent people and will accept people

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Now Stinks on to the Championship and Millwall's trip to Pompey, it was on TalkSport 2. And the full-time whistle goes and it's back-to-back away wins for Millwall and Portsmouth who gambled on five team changes at the weekend to rest players assumedly ahead of this game. Well, it's not come off.

for John Masseno and Pompey they remain just above the championship drop zone but Millwall with this second successive 1-0 win on the road go 10 points clear of trouble at the bottom courtesy of a beautifully taken goal 2-2 for Mihailo Ivanovic it is finished Portsmouth 0 Millwall 1 Alex Neil again he's still trying to sort of show that he is a Millwall manager and win over a lot of the

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Now, would you believe it? The latest episode of the TalkSport Transfer Notebook. Steve, can't wait. It's out now. It's out now, Joe. It's out now, Steve. Hold on, there's more. Where is it? There's more, mate. They've got a special guest. What? I'm panting. Where is it? Well, listen, they've got a special guest. David Ornstein. David Ornstein. Yeah, go on. He discussed left wing back Patrick Dorgun. Yeah, go on. Who could be on the verge of joining Man United. Is that it? Yeah. Download it now, Joe.

It does seem that there's going to be a compromise reached. It'll probably be a little bit below what Lecce wanted and maybe a little bit above what Manchester United were seeking to pay. They did look into other options such as Alvaro Fernandes, who they have a buyback option on. I think it's around 18 million euros at Benfica. You could scrutinise the wisdom in letting him go in the first place. But again, that was sort of

the previous regime and there were a couple of other names in the frame there probably still are but it's a position that Manchester United have needed to solve for a long time and Dorgu looks like an impressive talent but he also looks raw and

at this stage of his career and his age and he'd be coming in mid-season and potentially with the Shaw and Malasia situations he would need to hit the ground running. That's it for the full episode of Late Station. Head over to TalkSport Trans-Renovation. Head over to TalkSport's YouTube channel. Oh my God. Or wherever you get your ponies from. I'm going in now. See you later. I'll beat you there. I'll beat you. TalkSport Daily.

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Hi, Gemini. The football transfer window's open. How are my team's stats looking? Well, your team definitely has a lot of star power. Do you think we're going to have a good season? It's going to come down to consistency and a little bit of luck on your side. I'll let you know if we win. I'll be keeping an eye on the scores. Yeah, me too. Now we're talking. Transfer to Google Pixel 9 with Gemini Live today. Sequences shortened. Gemini Live available for ages 18 plus. Internet required. Results are illustrative. Check responses for accuracy. Feature and account compatibility limitations apply.

Deadline day is fast approaching and TalkSport is your home of the January transfer window. I'm Jim White and along with me, Alex Crook, we'll be bringing you unmatched coverage leading right all the way through until the deadline itself on February the 3rd. Every Tuesday and Friday, we'll bring you shows on the TalkSport YouTube channel, but for even more content throughout the week, listen on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. That's TalkSport's Transfer Notebook throughout the whole of January.

Now, England's cricketers have clinched. Oh, that sounds a bit weird. It does, doesn't it? Why have they done that? Hold on, maybe there's more on the other side. Hold on.

Oh, yeah, no, there is. Clinch. A much-needed 26 run. There you go. Hold on. A much-needed 26 run win in their third T20 international in India to trail 2-1 in the series with two to play. Here's our fit watch, eh? Can't wait. No, no, looking forward to the third. You love, well, it's the fourth, isn't it? It's 2-1, so that's already three. I'm waiting for the fifth. No, there's a number before five. It looks like this, like long line. Yeah. Then you go back up to the top. You go sort of right angle then all the way. Seven. Up.

Upside down with a line. That's an L, Stinks. Upside down, seven's an L. Four. Next one. I drew it for you. Round at the top like that and down and then a line. Swan. TalkSportSwan. It looks like a swan. What? It's over on TalkSportSwan. No, no, it's a two. I just drew a two. So it's not on TalkSportSwan, Stinks? No, we don't have anything called TalkSportSwan. No, Stinks, I won't mention the bosses. Get TalkSportSwan.

I'd listen to it. Don't talk swans, Dinks. I'd listen to it. It'll be about people's arms being broken by swans, because that's the only thing you talk about, isn't it? Can they break your arm? No, I don't think it's true. I don't know whether they can, mate. No, I think it's all a fallacy. Good word. Thanks, man. Last ball of the match, then. It's a full toss, and it's been driven through vacant cover, away to the boundary. Bishnoi will finish the match off with a positive note for India, but it's England...

who have won this match and they've done so comfortably setting India a target of 172 they took wickets in the power play three of them and then they continued chipping away not only did they continue taking wickets they prevented boundary scoring

None of the India middle and lower order could get to grips with the bowlers, the conditions and this pitch. And while we felt at the halfway stage that England may have left, 20 or so runs out on the field.

It's actually turned out to be a comfortable victory in the end. You go through this series so far and you look at Mark Wood and Adil Rashid. They've both faced double-figure balls in this game and they've both done exactly the same in the previous games as well. And when that number's 10 and 11 are facing 20 balls, it means you've not got enough. I mean, your batters have let you down a little bit. So, Bermuda's been a bit harsh and have been a bit critical, but I think if you want to be the best team,

I think your batters have to take responsibility and score the bulk of the runs. In the last two games, I think the bowlers have been absolutely fantastic for Josh Botman.

Now, Stinks, we finish with Extra Time co-host Cain Reeves. I've not finished with Cain Reeves before, have you? What? Although, Jay, after what he said, he might be finished. Stinks, I heard about it. He got himself into what you call a pickle. Yeah. With Shabana Hearn about her age. Now, you thought she was over 50, didn't you? Is she not? Well, have a listen to this. Now, you're at the right age to ask this question to, because apparently older women do prefer... Excuse me?

Excuse me? In the context of you and me, for example. So you're a bit older than me. Only ever so slightly. I'm about a day older than you, Katie. Are you really? Oh, no. This is going to destroy me. How old are you? How old do you think I am? Don't say it. Don't be offended. I did think you were over 40. Are you not? Are you not? Shut up. But I mean, like, literally only like 41. Go ahead, break.

Are you serious? I'm 34. 34. Oh, my word, you're only a year older than me. Yes, you're right. This is early breakfast on TalkSport. Excuse me, we need to take a quick break. Ken! You know what I find weird about that? Constance, what? So she's gone, how old do you think I am? So then his brain's gone, oh, my God, I've gone too high. And then he's gone, actually, I think you're an age, but I've come a lot lower. So I'll go in at 41. So we actually think she's like 55. Schoolboy. Schoolboy. You thought she was in her 70s, though, didn't you? 60s. Oh, fine, 60s. Okay.

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