WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:04.599 Welcome to the this WEEK'SACA podcast sponsored by skybettaka Freeze, Tom, 2 00:00:04.679 --> 00:00:07.879 Joe and Jake with you to run through the schedule 3 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:10.599 coming up on this episode. Then it is of course 4 00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:13.759 the biggest event on the calendar on Saturday, but enough 5 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:16.559 about Eurovision is of course the FA Cup final. So 6 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:19.920 we're putting together a same game multi to back at 7 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:22.960 an interesting looking at thirteen to one. Please if you 8 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:25.440 haven't already subscribed to the channel to ensure that you 9 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:28.600 never miss an episode, particularly important ahead of the playoff 10 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:31.760 finals next weekend, and remember to keep it fun. Never 11 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:36.280 bet Morgan Afford. This podcast is eighteen plus, please gamble responsible. 12 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:44.759 So we will be talking the FA Cup, of course, 13 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:47.840 and we will have our full playoff episode to come 14 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:49.359 on Monday when we know the finalist. 15 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:53.399 What say it? 16 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:57.960 Say the word magic of the Cup? Yeah, here we go. 17 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:01.759 I was meant to say something. We'll discuss the magic 18 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:04.359 of the Cup and what a magical campaign. This has 19 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:09.040 been warm and fuzzy inside now so magical. Very shortly, 20 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:12.560 we will have the full playoff episode on Monday, because 21 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:14.879 we will know the finalists on Monday, we will look 22 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:18.280 ahead to those three games, picking out our best bets, 23 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:22.280 selections and stuff like that, before we do quick recap 24 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:26.840 on what we've seen so far. It's been a really, 25 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:31.319 really good playoffs. It usually never disappoints sheffields like Bristol 26 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:36.120 City from the neutral's perspective, that was dead and buried, 27 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:39.879 but the Blades absolutely superb in a six nil aggregate 28 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:43.959 win three nil either side. We are recording on Thursday, 29 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:49.680 so we've also had Sunderland Coventry which was we just say, 30 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:51.560 by the way, seconds away from penalty. 31 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:54.000 Anyone who listens to this podcast will know that Tom 32 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:56.319 and myself are not great Frank Lampard fans. And Tom 33 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:58.959 beat me to the anti Frank Lampard gift post in 34 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:02.239 the WhatsApp chat by milliseconds, literally milliseconds. 35 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:05.319 It was absolutely incredible. 36 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:09.120 He said something like, oh my god, he's in tears. 37 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:09.560 He was. 38 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:12.199 He was holding back the I'm just disappointed for them, 39 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:14.000 you know, and the one mine I need, well, I've 40 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:18.159 won everything, so I'm fine. I've just got it for 41 00:02:18.199 --> 00:02:22.240 them more than anything. When he said that, I actually 42 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:23.719 couldn't believe it. 43 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:27.599 He literally said, well, I've had loaded success in my career, 44 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:31.439 so it probably won't hit me as hard. But for 45 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:34.360 them then, I mean, this is big. He's basically this 46 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:35.919 is the biggest nights in their lives. For me, you know, 47 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:39.319 it's just, you know, one of the championships. I'm not 48 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:41.280 really that asked the office, isn't it where he goes? 49 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:43.039 Did do you have your wages come through this morning? 50 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:43.280 Yeah? 51 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:45.159 A few? You're all right? So why have I got 52 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:47.680 Coventry lads coming in complaining that they've never won anything? 53 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:51.240 He needs remarkable, some sort of. 54 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:56.400 Training course about how he comes across, I think, because 55 00:02:56.919 --> 00:02:58.199 by all Accountcy. 56 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:01.199 Is actually a good bloke, but he's not good at 57 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:04.919 giving interviews. Don't say the thing that you really think. 58 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:07.800 Just say what you need to say to not seem 59 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:09.400 like you're coming across like a twap. 60 00:03:09.719 --> 00:03:12.039 If you have avoided this, I don't know how you've 61 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:17.240 done it. But some land with well, not literally, because 62 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:19.919 they did allow, for some reason Coventry to kick off 63 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:22.800 before blowing the full time whistle, which just seemed completely 64 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:28.360 pointless the penultimate touch of the game, as both teams 65 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:30.960 were preparing for penalties. You saw it down on the 66 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:33.479 door out there, speaking to players, making notes and stuff 67 00:03:33.479 --> 00:03:36.759 like that. Some of them get corner. Enzo Lafe crosses 68 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:41.000 it in and Dan Ballard with the most unorthodox header ever, 69 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:45.800 completely misstimes the jump, kind of heads it. It's the 70 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:48.599 back of his neck and then goes in to. 71 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:51.879 Score as well, where you weren't sure if it was 72 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:54.080 in or not. You had Ben for you and crossbar 73 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:55.719 and it came down. It didn't hit any net or anything. 74 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:57.479 Literally, Yeah, but I was like that. 75 00:03:57.840 --> 00:03:59.159 And then you had the period of Ben Wilson, the 76 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:01.479 Coventry goalkeeper, and that's like the moment where he could 77 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:03.719 look and then just couldn't was helpless just watching it 78 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:07.759 in has to be up there with one of the 79 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:11.280 all time playoff moments, surely. Oh yeah, it just it 80 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:14.599 literally did spring. It felt like out of nowhere because 81 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:18.079 by that point games just typically die down and then 82 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:20.639 nobody really wants to lose as opposed to win. It 83 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:23.439 will be a really memorable moment because. 84 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:30.079 It's so late, last second. Basically, like you've described, he's 85 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:35.199 so unbelievably contorted in the way that he gets his 86 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:38.000 body and then just to add to the overall awkwardness 87 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:40.199 of it, he couldn't get his shirt off. Yeah, he's 88 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:43.000 trying so hard to get his shirt off to celebrate. 89 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:45.360 He's one of his teammates got it off for him. 90 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.120 He had his shoulder heavily strategy. 91 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:52.079 Like this someone else just comes and like king it 92 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:54.399 off him and he's obviously massive in his upper body. 93 00:04:56.040 --> 00:04:59.720 So it was brilliant and he was unbelievable for the 94 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:02.800 two legs of the playoffs. And he's second choice. So 95 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:06.920 he's come in for the playoffs because they've picked him 96 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:09.839 ahead of Chris Mepham. So like fair play to him 97 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:12.639 stepping up at the right time of the season. So 98 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:16.120 that game was awful as well, so like he's got 99 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:18.160 at that moment at the end, but the game itself 100 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:23.079 was horrifically bad, which nobody will remember that in the 101 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:24.800 in the history books. So it's great. 102 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:28.439 I've got to deal with an entire red and white Wembley. 103 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:31.959 Okay, yeah, I'd like the smart remarks of people going, 104 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:33.600 I think the team in red and white stripes are 105 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:36.399 gonna win? What Sheffield United then not gonna be wearing 106 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:38.199 the same kit, are they about it? 107 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:39.600 It would be funny though, get the ref in red 108 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:39.839 and white. 109 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:42.879 Well, yeah, it's just clete mix things up. 110 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:44.240 Also, we didn't touch. 111 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:46.959 On this before the playoffs started, but Bristol City doing 112 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:48.959 a pitching masion for getting into the playoffs? Is that 113 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:50.480 worthy of actually cheering against? 114 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:56.279 In my in my column for the playoffs because. 115 00:05:57.759 --> 00:05:59.680 The few people have done reactions to this saying, oh, 116 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:02.560 well they they've not been in the playoffs for so 117 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:04.560 many years and all this in the Bean mid table 118 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:10.839 and blah blah blah. But too much, it's too much. 119 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:13.319 I don't I've never liked it. And the playoffs full stop, 120 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:16.079 you see it a lot of I mean, but it's 121 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:18.959 particularly common because the highest seeded team always plays at 122 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:21.920 home second right, so you get a lot of the 123 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:25.519 history shows the better teams do progress. So you do 124 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:28.000 get a lot of second legs where it's at home, 125 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:29.759 and you get a lot of pitch invasions and people 126 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:32.800 running on. And it's one thing I've never ever understood 127 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:36.160 because it's a great time to celebrate, and yes we're 128 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:39.360 all delighted, Yes we've done it, but it is the 129 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:42.519 cliche you've you've not done it, achieved anything. Yeah, if 130 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:45.920 both teams do it, so Monday night, one team does it, 131 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:48.680 choosing out the other team does it. There's fifty percent 132 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:50.120 of those fans have done it for no reason. 133 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:52.959 Yeah, and that was the case of I couldn't believe it. 134 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:56.920 I was watching it the on Soccer Saturday and the double. 135 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:58.600 Checkers like, is that Bristol City. They're on the pitch 136 00:06:58.600 --> 00:06:59.360 at Bristol. 137 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:01.560 It's even worse. Yeah, it's not even the playoffs SEVERI final, 138 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:02.040 it's just. 139 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:05.279 In the playoffs and then we got smash six the 140 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:07.600 biggest defeat and aggregate history. 141 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:13.120 Max, Isn't it The big problem for Bristol City were 142 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:16.480 It's highly unlikely they weren't going to get beaten comfortably 143 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:18.839 by Sheffield United just because of the I mean. 144 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:22.439 It's twenty two points, the difference between literally the biggest 145 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:26.399 gap in history. At the same time then the very 146 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:28.560 short gap between that last day of the season and 147 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:31.519 that if you've got you know, that huge emotional outlay 148 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:34.720 they just got in everybody on the pitch. It's massive. 149 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.120 I think that the two teams that have made it's 150 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:42.199 the Championship playoff final, they've got a big gap. Anyway, 151 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:44.959 nearly two weeks until the final, but they were actually 152 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:47.319 really calm. Chef and I had new for ages. But 153 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:49.759 Sundland you think how last gasp it was, but they 154 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:52.040 were actually pretty There was a few more ons that 155 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:53.360 go on the pitch. They kept trying to get in 156 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:56.399 on all the interviews and one that was having trying 157 00:07:56.399 --> 00:07:58.560 to have a real go at Frank Lampard, basically trying 158 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:00.439 to antagonize into a fight, which was it. 159 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:04.360 You cannot comment where I was that was too far, 160 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:07.560 but they were just the right level. 161 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:11.120 I think back a year and when Bolton beat Barnsley 162 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:14.439 they had a pitch invasion. The players were up drinking 163 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:17.920 beers in the stand and you could see them. This 164 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:20.439 is a bit much when you've got the final to play. 165 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:24.519 And then they delivered the most flat performance when we 166 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:26.879 were all like, oh yeah, Bolton will beat Oxford, They're 167 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:29.199 way better than them, and they never ever got going. 168 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:32.759 So it is a very careful line to tread going 169 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:33.960 into the to the final. 170 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:37.919 Then we've seen we weren't too much about League One 171 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:40.399 because Laighton Oriente Stockport stop for Laton Orange Shoulday was 172 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:43.720 last night. That is an upset Thi's being third on 173 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:47.440 penalties in a game. The first leg was brilliant too too. 174 00:08:47.559 --> 00:08:51.399 It was one one draw on Wednesday night, but an upset. 175 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:53.559 I don't think we were pretty confident. I know we 176 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:55.159 bat Charlton to do it, and by the time you 177 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:57.240 listen to this, Charlton maybe out of the playoffs. But 178 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:02.960 I think the expectation was on risingly Charlton and probably Stockport. 179 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:04.919 If they didn't lose that first leg, they'd take them 180 00:09:04.919 --> 00:09:07.240 back to Edgeley Park and they should win. Hasn't been 181 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:11.200 the case and late in Ora absolutely riding a hot 182 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:13.039 street going into Wembley. 183 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:14.240 Flying, absolutely flying. 184 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:16.519 I feel a bit sorry for Jim because he put 185 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:18.879 up Stockport to him from behind him both legs and 186 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:20.120 they went behind both times. 187 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:23.600 He's even worse the first leg as well because up 188 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:24.720 eighth or something. 189 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:27.120 It was like nearly twenty to one in the first 190 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:30.000 legs stop Port from behind. So yeah, next time, Jim, 191 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:32.720 just back the opposition team back Orient, score first goal 192 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:35.600 and then core quick. Yeah that's that's maybe in a 193 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:36.279 Nichilles heel. 194 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:36.879 That's come back to bike. 195 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:39.000 Stockporks think they've conceded the first goal in the last 196 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:41.159 eight nine games down in the league or something like that, 197 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:42.919 so just leave themselves too much to do. 198 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:46.440 You're completely right, they were. They were really unlucky. 199 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:50.720 Well they were unlucky, but their equalizer was a massive 200 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:52.519 deflection when it looked like they were going to lose 201 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:55.279 in normal time. They should have won it in extra time. 202 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:57.679 But there's only so long that he can keep getting 203 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:03.000 away with conceding for so fair place Late and Orient 204 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:07.480 it's a massive achievement for them. I remember when they 205 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:10.840 made the playoff final in League one, Oh God, aging 206 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:14.879 myself now, it'll probably almost fifteen years ago under Russell Slade, 207 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:19.159 and it seemed like that was their one chance to 208 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:23.840 get into the championship and then they just dropped down 209 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:26.200 through the divisions after that, all the way into non league. 210 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:29.960 So he kind of feels like this is going to 211 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:35.799 be their chance again. If they don't get into the championship, 212 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:38.759 squad probably gets picked apart. They've made some brilliant loan 213 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:42.240 signings this season, they've got a fantastic manager who probably 214 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:46.840 gets poached, so there's every chance it's now on. 215 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:50.759 Ever for them, let's move on because I say we 216 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:53.480 will talk full playoffs on Monday, because I do want 217 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:58.519 to talk about Saturday's main event. It feels like I 218 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:00.720 don't want to kind of have show, you know, do 219 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:03.039 this old It was better in the olden days because 220 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:04.279 it wasn't even like this when I was growing up, 221 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:06.960 but it felt like the entire day was dedicated to 222 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:10.799 the build up to the event. It was like everyone 223 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:14.639 kind of stops what they're doing from nine am all 224 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:17.159 the way up to the start time. It's all kind 225 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:20.399 of people are watching all day on television and Saturday 226 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:25.159 of course feels like it's dwindled a little bit in 227 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:28.320 kind of recent times, but in a couple of years 228 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:32.000 ago did quite well. Interest has peaked again and that 229 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:36.600 is course at the Saint Jakob Taller Hall in Switzerland. 230 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:41.200 Eurovision is on Saturday night, I mean finals, well last night, yeah, 231 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:44.080 and tonight of course. Just wanted to get any if 232 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:46.559 we've got any tips for Eurovision, any insight? Well, what 233 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:48.720 are we back in here because presumably we're all gonna 234 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:49.080 watch it? 235 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:52.960 Yes, yeah, Well I was listening closely this morning to 236 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:57.120 the like the updates from the semifinals on Radio one 237 00:11:57.200 --> 00:12:01.000 on my drive in and forgotten the name of the 238 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:04.000 British entrance, but they were saying that it's helped them 239 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:05.600 because of performing at the semi finals. 240 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:10.200 I heard this, Yes, qualification, it has. 241 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:14.240 Helped them performing in these five six thousand capacity venues 242 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:16.639 because people already know the words to the song, which 243 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:22.159 I don't know the name of. But that's about as 244 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:23.759 much as I can tell you. 245 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:28.039 I don't even know remember Monday with what the hell 246 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:28.759 just happened? 247 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:29.720 There we go? 248 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:31.000 I should have known that. 249 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:33.480 I don't even know it was happening this week. 250 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:37.639 I thought, were you not a regular Eurovision watcher? Parties? 251 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:39.159 No parties? 252 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:40.759 But when when I was really young, you used to 253 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:43.399 stop over with you used to record it on the BCR. 254 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:45.120 I used to watch it in the morning. That was 255 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:47.840 my memories of Eurovision. But since then it's just kind 256 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:49.279 of fallen by the way they do that thing. Have 257 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:52.720 you seen that recent trend on? Someone did it? 258 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:55.320 The first one I saw was a Leeds fan did 259 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:58.000 it for their lad or whoever it was saying, You 260 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:00.279 know that has to go to bed quite early, so 261 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:02.799 I'll put the result on and I'll leave it, slide 262 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:04.240 it in a note under the door, because my dad 263 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:05.840 did it. Did They used to do that for Eurovision, 264 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:07.720 so you'd wake up in the morning and you go, oh, 265 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:08.480 Sweden again. 266 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:11.240 They've done not now, but it would it would be 267 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:13.919 a somewhat clash between what do we watch first, the 268 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:16.200 recorded match of the day or the record of Eurovision. 269 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:20.519 They always got the vote. What would give me a nation? 270 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:25.159 I want a Eurovision with no insight and knowledge? Who 271 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:27.759 are we backing to win Eurovision Italy? 272 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:28.559 Oh? 273 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:32.279 Okay, one hundred and twenty five hundreds hundreds. 274 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:35.639 If you get to each way, it's usually a nation 275 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:39.840 that's got no kind of like political leanings, isn't it. 276 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:42.360 You have to go for a sayer one that everyone's like, yeah, 277 00:13:42.360 --> 00:13:44.080 they're all right, because. 278 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:46.000 If you do, if you're doing televote, yeah, there's a 279 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:46.759 lot of block voting. 280 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:52.399 So I'll go somewhere. Scandinavian Sweden. Sweden are the favorites, 281 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:53.159 so you're in. 282 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:56.320 You knew that another favorites. 283 00:13:56.440 --> 00:14:00.039 I promise no nobody takes a dislike to Sweden and 284 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:04.879 do this well and abba famously Eurovision entrant. There you go, 285 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:07.759 open for anyone to put quiz team if you want 286 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:09.879 other We did fail to win our local one a 287 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:11.320 few weeks ago, which still stings. 288 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:15.080 I'll take the Dutch the Netherlands eleven to one bit 289 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:17.320 of each way value. Bit of interest. There we go. 290 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:21.159 We will actually talk the FA Cup, of course, we'll 291 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:23.360 have a little break, get our thoughts together, and we'll 292 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:31.480 pick out a little multiple for the final. Next Saturday 293 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:34.039 is the FA Cup Final. They are taking it seriously 294 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:36.240 in the Premier League. No other games on that day 295 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:40.320 to kind of ensure full focus is on it. Of course, 296 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:44.320 can't build a multi game backer for the game. But 297 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:46.440 what we're going to do is see what kind of 298 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:48.879 picks we have, what kind of fancies we have, put 299 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:50.879 together a little multiple for the game. Well house it 300 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:53.039 in the usual kind of place for you to back 301 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:56.080 as Crystal Palace, who are the home team take on 302 00:14:56.279 --> 00:15:01.159 Manchester City. Thoughts on this game? Oh my god, you're 303 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:04.480 going thoughts on this game? How do we think it's going. 304 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:09.120 I'm feeling a bit bad because I made my thoughts, 305 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:12.080 like really clear to Tom earlier in the week that 306 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:15.399 I really really want Crystal Palace to win, and then 307 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:19.320 I remembered the next day that Tom's got man City 308 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:19.879 in the outright. 309 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:24.159 I'd like, Vinyl, I mean, I'm a romantic, I'd like 310 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:25.320 we don't. 311 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:30.200 From a this Week's Acer Sporting Live perspective, then it's 312 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:32.919 a it's win win, isn't it? Because Jake's got it 313 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:35.320 in and outright that he put up in the quarter 314 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:38.799 final stage Crystal Palace to win and Man City up 315 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:44.120 in the outright, So Nail, that's worked out pretty well. 316 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:50.440 But bother with this, it's it's really, it's really hard. 317 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.960 That's what I was saying to Tom the other day 318 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.840 is I actually struggle to think of a game, like 319 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.360 a Major final where I'm not rooting for a team 320 00:15:57.399 --> 00:15:59.399 that's not my own team as much as Crystal Palace. 321 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:03.919 It's it's really They're really a really really likable team 322 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:09.759 for lots of reasons because they're not a traditional big side, 323 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:14.120 haven't ever won a trophy, major trophy, that haven't got 324 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:17.000 a big stadium. They've had loads of players that they 325 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:19.039 pluck from the EFL that you feel like you know 326 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:21.360 because you've been watching them play against. 327 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:22.000 Your team for years. 328 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:27.759 And they've got a manager that has come in from 329 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:33.279 Europe played a really like smart style of football and 330 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:39.519 like turn them into a team that can legitimately threaten 331 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:42.360 big opposition. But it is the main thing for me 332 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:46.240 is the the leaning towards the thefl that they can 333 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:50.159 take Michael Alisa make him amazing for them to buy 334 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:54.559 Munich and then well as A becomes the focal point 335 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:56.799 of the team exactly the same. 336 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:58.679 So the same next year Romanesque as well. 337 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:01.960 Exactly, it's definitely hunting Ground, Adam Warton and another one. 338 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:06.960 So there's so many players like that. I just really 339 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:09.240 like Pallace and I think they'll make a really good 340 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:09.720 game of it. 341 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.359 Yeah, I am obviously rooting for Palace. 342 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:15.119 I'm on Palace, but I just think that it'd be 343 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:18.440 really really nice change if both Cup competitions were won 344 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:20.960 by teams that weren't part of the established so called 345 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:23.599 Big Six. Obviously we've had Newcastle beat Liverpool. It'd be 346 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:25.799 great if we had Palace BATC and it would be 347 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:28.720 a massive like fuck Q to the teams that wanted 348 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:30.359 to finish eighth as well, because that would mean they 349 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:32.799 don't get an European football and Palace have gone straight 350 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:34.799 into the Europa League, and I think that'd be really 351 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:39.920 really good just to get someone else involved in Europe that. 352 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:42.799 Probably deserves it. 353 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:46.519 I think over the last was it like twenty odd 354 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:49.519 games they have been the top five, top sixteen based 355 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:53.359 on the points collecting in the league. I just think, yeah, 356 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:56.039 I like the fact that the FA Cup has such 357 00:17:56.920 --> 00:18:00.279 an important Obviously the trophy is important, that the prize 358 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:02.680 when he's minimal compared to some of the other trophies 359 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:04.559 on offer, but the fact that you do get qualification 360 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:06.960 to the Europa League. I like that fact because I 361 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:09.400 think it does if Pallace were to win this, get 362 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:11.119 into Europa League and then kind of kick on from there, 363 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:12.480 I think you're going to see the mid class of 364 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:14.160 the prem and maybe even the top of the Championship 365 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:16.440 starts to take this Cup really really seriously over the 366 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:18.079 next few years. And it's just going to make it 367 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:20.519 even more. It's gonna the magic's going to come back 368 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:23.720 even more. So, Yeah, I'm rooting for Palace. It's going 369 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:25.640 to be difficult, but to be fair, I've got more 370 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:27.640 question marks about City ahead of the game than I 371 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:30.039 have about Palace. You know exactly how Palace is gonna play. 372 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:32.480 You know how they're gonna line up with City. You 373 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:36.319 know last week Caji came in alongside Dias and I 374 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:38.160 thought Guardiol has been playing center half, been doing a 375 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:40.640 great job against alongside Das. They looked very, very good 376 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:44.240 and obviously the left back o'riley's been playing really really well. 377 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:48.720 Does Foden start Bernardo Silver played central midfield last last week. 378 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:50.240 I think that'd be a problem if he does that 379 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:52.119 is he going to play at all. There's so many 380 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:55.200 question marks around City and their team selection, like Harlan factor. 381 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:57.920 They've been on this really good run City without Harland 382 00:18:58.039 --> 00:19:00.559 and then Harlan comes in against Southampton and obviously City 383 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:03.200 should have won the games greatly enough chances, but firing 384 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:07.319 a blank. You know, would they be better playing more 385 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:10.319 fluid without Harland? I'm not too Obviously is a brilliant striker, 386 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:12.720 but so many question marks, whereas Palace you just know 387 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.880 exactly what you're gonna get. 388 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:16.839 It feels like the last time, one of the last 389 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:18.640 time is going to see this City team in its 390 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:21.160 current form, isn't it. It feels like it's gonna be 391 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:24.039 a huge summer turnover and a core group that have 392 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:28.599 been there for so long. De Bruyner particularly. It's kind 393 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:30.720 of the last time we're going to see it in 394 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:32.240 this form, isn't it on the big stage? 395 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:36.079 Yeah? Very odd, Yeah, it is it is. I think 396 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:38.400 they're already starting the development as a team. 397 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:42.839 The movement. You know, they've moved again tactically from being 398 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:46.359 quite a direct they're very very slow now and possession 399 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:48.960 and I think that's going to play into Palot's hands 400 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:51.119 and Palace. They fared well against the season they were 401 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:54.400