Man United Couldn't Compete In The Scottish Premier League?!
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Talk Sport Daily. Hello. Hello, mate. Hello, mate. How you doing? Hello, mate. You all right? I'm all right, mate. Why have you got dungarees on today? It's a bit weird, isn't it? No, no. Yellow dungarees are back in fashion, Stinks. Stinks, they are. You know it. What have you got on your feet? Red. I've got red trainers. Why have you got them on?

I watched Rainbow. Before I come out. You look like you're on Rainbow, yeah. You should wear a t-shirt. Who's that? Libby. Oh, yeah. Was it Bungle? Bungle? Zippy and George. Okay, George was the... What was he? Was he a hippo? He was a bear. Who was the hippo? Oh, no, no. Who was the hippie? Hippo. The young ones. That was Neil.

Anyway, welcome to another Andy Goldstein Talks Football Daily Podcast with me, your host Andy Goldstein. Hello mate, hello mate. And Zippy over there. Hello mate, that's me. Now we kick things off today with a full night of Europa League action as Spurs travel to Hoffenheim. And of course, there was an all-British affair as Man United hosted Rangers. Now Stinks, myself and numbnuts O'Hara, we're going to take all of your calls after on the sports bar. It's still going that show, is it? It's still hanging in, hanging in. Martinez playing in here. Manchester United.

And three minutes.

It's hard to deal, we didn't deserve it, that draw at the moment, and then I think it was fair for us to win a game, a game that we already knew was tough. In this moment we start well,

I think the pace of the game helped us because it's different and you can feel it. We tried to do things. We were better with the ball. Sometimes we controlled well in the beginning and then we lost the control for seven minutes because of some bad passes and some transitions. But then I think we created the best chances to win the game and I think we deserved to win. Mate, two terrible teams. Terrible, terrible football match. Two terrible...

What have I just watched? It's all about the result. Knockout football, cup football is all about the result. But Man United fans are looking for a bit more. You're looking for like seeds or a little bit of, you know, that green shoots of recovery. They're thinking, is there something there we can build? Is there something happening? Sad news is, no, there's no green shoots of recovery. That's all about the result. Man United...

This is a side that, and there's many reasons as to why United are where they are and how they are, but the goal that they conceded, what is Harry Maguire doing?

Now, this is his position. This is where it suits him. It's a long way. He sees it coming. He doesn't get a nudge in the back. It's a great goal. No, it's not a great goal. Oh, come on, mate. No, it's terrible defense. Come on. Listen, it's not great defending, but I'll defend him a little bit. No, no. Do you know what? It's a lovely finish with his laces, right? But what is Maguire doing? He gets a nudge in the back, Jay. No, Jay. You know he's there. Looking at that.

I wouldn't have any... I wouldn't put any... I wouldn't put a pound of Cundi money on Man United to go up in the SPL, win the title. Not one single pound. Celtic will give them a game.

Those two teams that were there, they stunk the game out. That was a terrible spectacle. We're still in the stadium. We're being held here. So we are for whatever reasons. We can't get out. But tonight, Rangers, prestigious event. We come here. Are we meant to win this game? You know, are we meant to do it? 600 million versus 50 million? Come on. At the end of the day, we had more heart.

We had more fans because their poor attendance is a shame. I'm only putting on Man U fans who've got a brain, by the way. I'm telling you right now, we'll have more heart to go on and win that game if we had to push a wee bit harder. But our average age is probably, what, 23? Come on. It's a great result for us if we hadn't got this wrong. You'll be. You'll be.

I know we got B. I know we got B. So that's a great result. We weren't meant to win. But listen, we're still holding our heads high. This stadium emptied like they were ashamed of us.

of what they saw at Man U. It was an absolute embarrassment. And wake up, Man U fans. Away home and rediscover your plan because I'll tell you right now, you're going to get relegated. And I'll tell you another thing. The only way you can get European football is you try to win the Europa League. Get a grip. It was disgusting. An embarrassment at the Stretford end, at the Sir Alex end. In the end, it was embarrassing.

Wides up and put on real man U-fans that can make sense. It was disgusting. First time going to the theatre of dreams today. Was it? It's a sad state of affairs, lads. I wanted to get it in before the championship. Joshua Zergsy, centre forward, Manchester United. Well, I don't know.

I don't know, we've fired these youngsters for multi-million pavage. I'm sat with my Mokwa and he's going, "Yeah, well, it's all about the win." And I disregard it completely, mate. I'd rather watch my gran be in a bath. Chance here for Hoffenheim though, deep cross into the penalty area. Austin thought about coming, stayed on his line. That's a mistake because Mokwa has headed into the far corner and Hoffenheim, with two minutes to go, have a late lifeline.

Hoffenheim 2, Spurs 3. And I think you have to put that down, Scott, as a goalkeeping error. Well, it's just so Spurs, isn't it? Even when they win, they don't win in a really comfortable way. The Spurs fans are still very nervous. But listen, it was a really good first half performance. I thought they were excellent both offensively and defensively. And then you're watching a similar performance in the second half. You know this side in Germany are going to come at you a little bit more.

But what always disappointed me was the likes of Bergwijn and Maddison where they dominated the first half with the ball. Couldn't see them in the second. Absolutely deserved to come back into it 2-1, but then you make it 3-1. Again, is it going to be comfortable? Again, no, it's not. But in the end, they got the three points. I do think they were the better side over the whole of the 90 minutes, but it was just a typical Spurs performance. But they got what they came to do. These players are exhausted, mate, you know.

They're professional footballers who are just 24-7 just trying to recover right now, all of them. And they're giving everything. I know somebody said yes to me yesterday, which I couldn't believe, that maybe they're prioritising one game over another. These guys are giving everything they can. And it shouldn't be dismissed that, oh, you had five teenagers. We're a Premier League outfit playing in an away game in Europe and we've got five teenagers out there. It's pretty much unheard of in an important game, not a dead rubber.

And that goes to show you the load these guys are willing to take on themselves without making excuses. I couldn't speak higher enough for the players that are carrying us through there. They'll get some help hopefully soon with some players coming back. We're in a real good position in Europe, get to knock our rounds home and away. When we get our players back, we'll back ourselves against anyone. The fact that these guys have got us to this position matters and all the players who have carried us through are credit to them.

Now, Man City suffered another defeat over in Paris. But anyway, on the back of that, they went and signed the highly rated Omar Mahmoud. Okay. The very next morning. Now, Simon Floppy, I don't dye my hair with lemon juice while being on a sunbed. You do. I really do. Jordan. I don't stink. No, him. Still backs Pep.

To turn it all around. He's going to turn it all around, Stinks. It's been a great period for Man City. The rest of football has tried to compete and hasn't been able to. It's gotten close at times, but it hasn't been able to do it. I, for one, am pleased that we don't have a dominance. I think the measure of a manager, as was proven by Alex Ferguson repeatedly, was the ability to refresh and replenish. Whether Pep Guardiola has been slightly remiss and not looked at the challenges that he might have had this season. When I listened to him last night before the game, I thought...

I don't know, he doesn't sound very positive. He talks about the fact they've got two games going into this competition and they may only need to win one. And he didn't talk in a bullish fashion. He's wearing the woes. He's showing a degree of vulnerability. But then that comes with everybody. When you're losing, you're under pressure. Would I back Pep Guardiola to reignite Manchester City? Of course I would.

So City are going to go and spend again, Jay. Yeah, why not? Bite yourself out of trouble. But Big Al and Gabby Agmonoha were asking, what about Puzza? I've seen Puzza, mate. I've seen the YouTube. Good player, mate. He can play down the right. He can actually play defensive midfielder or down the middle. When you want to give... No, Puzza, mate. Good player, mate. Good player. PSR. It's PSR.

Wasn't he meant to find Wayne Bridge? Must be nice, wasn't it? City, a bit of trouble and get to spend near enough 100 million again. Again, with the greatest respect. Why can't Arsenal? Yes. I don't get this. That's the frustrating thing for Arsenal fans. They're probably thinking like, Kanye, why can't we go and pay 70 million for him now? We need one. It could be the difference with Arsenal maybe winning the league or winning the Champions League. He's such a good player. Talk Sport Daily.

Now, as much as it pains me to say, Jason, Liverpool may look quite... You know what, mate? A little bit dull. They're okay. They're not stunning. Effective. Oh, yeah, you slagged them off, didn't you? No, I didn't slag them off. Stinks. Stinks, I didn't. You did. I heard your show, mate. Stinks, I didn't. You said they were boring. Did you say they were boring? Bit arsed, that one. Did you say they were boring? Bit arsed, that one. Did you say it? Bit arsed, that one. I'm going to be frightfully rude and ask you again. Did you say they were boring?

Might have done. Liverpool leg end, Sammy Lee, who had no legs ironically, thinks slot's time at Liverpool reminds him of someone else. I just want to point out he did have legs, but you meant in the middle of the part he couldn't run. Sammy Lee! Sammy Lee!

He thinks slots can't live on minds of someone else. Sammy Lee! Sammy Lee! Yeah, good tune, that. Yeah, good tune. Yeah, you know, I was a big fan of Jürgen, but I'm now a big fan of Arne. And I have to say to you, it takes me back to the days you boys mentioned in the 70s and 80s when the great Bill Shankly left and we all thought, well, what a massive void that is. And then, lo and behold,

Bob Paisley steps into the breach and, you know, and that was seamless. You know, now the thing about, the different thing about that is that Shanks had actually set that up, you know, because he had the back room, staffed the boot room, you know, whether it be Bob Paisley,

Joe Fagan, Ronnie Madan, Roy Evans, Tom Saunders. That was the, if you like, the future plan, you know. But this is different because obviously every one of Jürgen's backroom staff went with him. And Arne has come in with his own staff. And I have to say to you, it's been refreshing, you know. And again, I'm a big fan of Jürgen. Still am. But I'm also a big fan of Arne now for a number of reasons, not just because he's Liverpool's manager, but what he's doing, the way he's talking. I listen to all his pre-match interviews.

comments, his post-match conferences. And again, he doesn't talk in cliches. He's very honest, very forthright, very, very similar to Jürgen. Now, we told you the other week that Chris Eubank Jr. is fighting Conor Big Ben. Stinks, he's done this last week, mate. What? No one knows. Are you my producer? You've got it wrong again. You've got to get this right. Cut this bit out. No! 15, 25, 30 years ago, Stinks!

Honestly. These are the kids of them. No. No, these are the kids. That's Junior. I've got dad jokes here about being... What? What dad joke you got? No, you're right. Sorry. Cut that out. We'll cut that out, otherwise you'll look stupid. Well, the man who lost at Eubank Junior is Liam Smudger Smith. He joined White and... Oh, I don't really die, mate, but I really do flop my head. Jordan. And wasn't complimentary of Junior. It's so cliche and it sounds crazy coming from my mouth because he's just beaten me and he's stopped me, but...

I don't rate him as a very, very good fighter. I don't. I think he's very athletic. I think he's been blessed with good genetics and athleticism over the years. His fit is tough. He's durable. Ability-wise, I don't think he's got the ability to win a world title, certainly not at middleweight. I think it's more of a 50-50 fight now because of the last two years. I think Chris has...

I don't know if Chris's body's breaking down. You're seeing him sparring with knee pads on, elbow pads, elbow braces on. I feel the weight is starting to get to Chris because he's mentioning the weight. When he was over in Sard, he was mentioning the weight before the fight. You know, at press conferences, he doesn't usually do that. So I do think it's a bit of a culture fight. I've said that I'd probably edge towards Chris on points, but I wouldn't be surprised either way. TalkSport Daily.

Then Stinks, Eubank Junior's brother, Ben Shalom, joined your Drive Time show to talk about the tooks and cooks of the fight. What are the tooks and cooks of the fight? What do you mean, the tooks and the cooks? Tooks and the cooks. What are you talking about? Give me that bit of paper. Mate, honestly. I know there are people that have cut men in the corner. They can't call them tooks and cooks, mate. T's and C's. What? Terms and conditions. What do you mean, T's and C's? Tooks and cooks. Jay, you made yourself sound like a right cook. Let me ask you some questions. You can only answer with one word, either the word Eubank Junior or Ben.

Question number one, whose name is first on the poster? Eubank Jr. Okay, question number two, who walks out first? Conor Benn. Question number three, you don't have to answer with the words Benn or Eubank Jr. Is there a rematch clause in it? There is. There is a rematch clause. Okay, and we don't know the venue yet, is that right? Or we do?

i think you'll know in the next 24 hours wow that's 24 hours or maybe the next 10 seconds maybe 10 seconds or maybe yeah okay yeah yeah okay any clues is it london

i think i've already said it's london i think i've already said it if i'm honest yeah i'm delighted it's happening in the uk because this is this is something for british culture and it's going to be an unmissable event it really is the numbers that we're seeing coming through is just phenomenal it's bigger than i ever even imagined it could be i remember doing khan brook

And that was big. That was massive. And on the night it was huge. But this, for some reason, I think it's the cross-generational. You've got the young teenagers buying into the current fighters of today all the way up to the guys that were watching the first two fights. And it's just massive. And both fighters happy to fight in North London, Ben? Listen, yeah, I'm sure they would be, yeah.

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Talk Sport Daily. Finally, it's time to find out what's been grinding. What? Gabby Abonahor. Mate, honestly, you go back 25 years ago, mate, you wouldn't want to see what's running. Hold on there. Say a bit more, sir. His gears. Sounds even worse. Obviously, firstly, it's got to be Jamie the Chunk O'Hara. It's at

Absolutely 1 million miles off it. Spending all his money on fancy holidays and 10-year-old Range Rovers. One week he's in Dubai, the next week Ibiza, the week after the Alps. What's he doing? Get back to work, mate. Save your money so you can buy another nice car, a nice car that people want to nick.

Telling porkies about the police pulling you over because you got a nice car. Oh, it is you. You're a clown, O'Hara. You are a million miles off it. Next, Monaco. What on earth is going on over there? Claiming that they're their own country when they're not even bigger than talk sport towers. Charging absolutely obscene amounts for anything.

A one-minute cab was €20. A chicken milanesi was €36. A normal pizza was €25. On top of that, the Monaco Grand Prix is probably the most boring one around. Monaco, I'm sorry, you are miles off it. And finally, Alan, the word resilient. Is that right? That's better. Let me spell it for you, Mr. Brazil. R-E-S-I-L-I-E-N-T. What a ridiculous word, though.

The definition of it is able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. Strength, strong. Yeah, but I'm not willing to withstand it, Al, to be honest. Put a G in there, give it some oomph. No more messing around. The English language, you are miles off it. Well, that's it, gang. That's it. We'll be back today at 4pm alongside Darren Bitt.

Here he goes. I'm building up sticks. I'm back on the sports world with numbnuts. Is that rubbish still going? Yeah, it's still going. The rubbish is still going. We were there. Another one of these Talk Sport Daily problems. Our first thing in the morning is make sure you hit five-star review button. Kiss, thrash, shatter, pat. No. No. No. No on it. No on it. Give it a good old wink. Give it a kiss. Give it a lick. Make sure you give it all the loo. Give it a good old thrashing. Okay.

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