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[@j3f_]

Theo has definitely barely watched Declan Rice play football and is just going off the hype.

[@r4____377]

just a bit weird your so obsessed with a man over a non serious podcast. And you have no basis for this

[@j3f_]

@@r4____377No basis? All he ever does it speak shit.

[@shakeilsash982]

@@r4____377non serious Theo takes it serious and is still delusional af

[@LocalNoob_2]

@@r4____377 just a bit weird you defend a man who doesn"t even know you but you defend him like you are his wife or something

[@colincolin5696]

Typical arsenal fan

[@r6_zeeno825]

Tom is actually the only person with ball knowledge it's insane

[@Bradders-ik3vm]

facts

[@soltea7926]

Just because he says it convincingly doesn't mean it's true, Curtis Jones gets nowhere near newcastles starting lineup get your head out his arse

[@carlkirwan2900]

@@soltea7926That’s not a great shout tbf but he honestly is the only person on the pod with even a bit of ball knowledge, the other 3 literally have not got a clue what they are talking about they’re just biased and get all of their ball knowledge from what they hear other people say.

[@finnoone12]

not in this episode

[@Setherson_15]

@@soltea7926so funny watching after Liverpool’s midfield are cooking

[@DonKelleyIII.22]

Thank you Tom for the respect on Curtis Jones and our midfield. Just because Szoboszlai hasn't played in a prem game it doesnt make him shit

[@Yorkshiregod88]

No one disrespected Curtis Jones. But saying he's better than Joelinton is comical. Curtis Jones plays England u21 were as Joelinton plays for Brazils Men's team

[@zombieruler9724]

If Curtis Jones played for United you'd call him worse then McTominay. He's genuinely as average as they come

[@DonKelleyIII.22]

@@zombieruler9724 Worse than McTominay is crazy

[@Globaltalk__07]

@@zombieruler9724bajacetic clear anyway

[@Runnerboy2012]

@@Yorkshiregod88 Joelinton has two Brazil caps both in friendlies at the age of 26. If I could be bothered I would love to come back to this comment at the end of the season when Curtis Jones is accepted as an absolute baller.

[@andrzej6219]

kdb won a treble and had almost twice as many goal contributions as odegaard. In what way did odegaard have a better season?

[@joshdawson5850]

Odegard matched Lampard record for most non-pen goals in a season for a midfielder. It was quite close between them

[@maxm7365]

@@joshdawson5850de Bruyne also had a rough patch just before and post world cup 4 goal contributions in 14 games still had an amazing season but it’s arguable Odegaard was more consistent

[@utkarshdeshmukh6414]

In the H2H games between arsenal and city, KDB showed how much better he's better than Odegaard on one leg ffs!

[@andrzej6219]

@@joshdawson5850 he also choked in every competition he played, got many goals but his assist numbers were very poor. He really wasnt close to kdb, especially if you consider the trophies

[@ryanschaeffer3384]

They all shit on Lewis for his ridiculous Newcastle takes but that is truly one of the craziest things that’s been said on this podcast. And odegaard is fantastic

[@JTmonarch]

In what world did Martin O have a better season than kdb just asking

[@visheshsonkar5786]

they just look at goals and that's it

[@JTmonarch]

@@visheshsonkar5786 that’s what I was thinking 😂

[@user-vm8ws5nw4q]

Odegaard was absolutely unbelievable for arsenal last season, and KDB was still a level ahead of him

[@visheshsonkar5786]

@@user-vm8ws5nw4q yeah man it's just KDB. But Odegaard had his greatest season ever so congratulations to him.

[@maxm7365]

No one remembers it cos they did the treble but de Bruyne went off the boil post world cup and then was back to himself for the run in he was on track to smash the assist record after the first 10 games and didn’t even match it

[@MrAkz]

theres no way people genuinely believe odegaard is a better player than bruno

[@EA-hz9mg]

They have lost their mind 😂

[@alexmeechan9701]

Bruno didn't even play with a striker last season and he was still amazing. I don't know how these Odegaard comparisons have even surfaced.

[@lukedevlin5948]

He’d get more credit if he wasn’t a whiney prick

[@claudespeed672]

Bruno is shite

[@samwised6703]

@@alexmeechan9701 huh? Who was Odegaard playing with? Mbappe?

[@De3dSh0t]

Putting Liverpool as of NOW ahead of Newcastle is a bit crazy since they don't even have a DM

[@callumanderson5883]

Tom Garratt just seems to hate anything Newcastle related, either that or he’s been told to hate on them for views

[@owlkasai541]

Since when does a midfield ‘need’ a DM?

[@De3dSh0t]

@@owlkasai541 since forever

[@gibonufc]

​@@owlkasai541since the creation of football.....

[@devonengelbrecht318]

Got Bajcetic ? Literally Liverpool’s best player before his injury. Thiago can fill that role as well, extremely underrated defensively.

[@utkarshdeshmukh6414]

Saying Rice is better than casemiro is like saying Bellingham is better than Modric. 1 season means nothing in the scheme of things

[@muhammadqasim3587]

But you'd rather have Bellingham right now over Modric.

[@utkarshdeshmukh6414]

@@muhammadqasim3587 That's on paper. Playing for Dortmund and Real Madrid are 2 totally different things. The pressure, expectations, competition is way higher!

[@limi.]

​@@muhammadqasim3587that's just dumb

[@muhammadqasim3587]

@@limi. Yes picking a talented 20 year old CM who started for England in the World Cup over a 37 year old veteran in the last year of his contract and on the verge of retirement is "dumb"

[@dylandd2]

@@muhammadqasim3587You’re picking him for the future because he’s younger and got a career ahead of him. But Modric is 5x better than Bellingham is

[@richardeaves5697]

The ball knowledge that garrot speaks is absolutely world class

[@thomaswillis7338]

He has worse ball knowledge then my blind deaf Nan

[@jayxff17]

@@thomaswillis7338 nah he is actually quality

[@zakj08]

@@thomaswillis7338 he's the only one that isn't brainwashed by the Newcastle fan

[@TallackOfficial]

Not after saying Jones is better than Joelinton

[@richardeaves5697]

@@TallackOfficial Jones is clear in the cm role

[@IttzDiamond]

I'm so glad Tom is on pitchside

[@rockrooster3878]

Dont get me wrong Lewis' head is in the clouds when it comes to Newcastle but its so hard to watch Tom. He must barely watch football or his hate for Newcastle just overpowers any sort of decent football discussion.

[@MickeyMcNoob]

Joelinton is so much better than tom gives him credit for thats insane

[@ryanfox7847]

But not as good as what Lewis make him out to be

[@MickeyMcNoob]

@ryanfox7847 nah joelinton is one of the players he rates fairly, bruno and pope on the other hand 🤣

[@finerz9742]

Yeah but Lewis makes him out like he’s scholes, I can see why Tom hates Newcastle slightly bc Lewis keeps saying they have the most underrated players and also the best players in the world

[@frankdux5693]

​@@ryanfox7847joelinton is literally one of the leagues best players

[@thedunyadoneya2628]

I know he's injured a lot, but its astounding how no one has mentioned thiago, especially when everyones floundering for a 3rd liv mid, and mount and tonali are getting disclaimers for a good season.

[@bendavidjohn]

He’s injured too often to be able to get a consistent run of games together. He’s good when he plays but I’d rather someone not quite as good who plays 30+ games over someone slightly better who barely plays 20 games a season.

[@thedunyadoneya2628]

​@@bendavidjohnbut they based their predictions on disclaimers. "If mount has a good season", "if tonali performs well", you could just as easily say "if thiago stays fit for a while".

[@bendavidjohn]

@@thedunyadoneya2628 Well Liverpool are actively looking for a 3rd midfielder to sign, even if Thiago stays fit I think his best days have passed unfortunately.

[@thedunyadoneya2628]

​@@bendavidjohnif thiago stays fit, he'll get in the 11, no doubt. Doesnt matter who has to make way for him. And im a liverpool fan.

[@sliferchris2292]

What's the saying “Availability is the best ability” He's incredible when he plays but that's also when he can play. Would rather have an average player that is fit and can play most games. Then a good player who is going to be injured for most of the season.

[@andybarr1065]

Casemiro played more games (51) last season in all competitions than in any other season in his career. Myth that he doesn't play enough. Rice is a really good player but he is not better than Casemiro. If casemiro was at any other club, including Arsenal the narrative would be different and everyone would be sucking him off. Class player who made a huge difference last year.

[@gibonufc]

Joelinton was Newcastles second highest rated player last season....ahead of bruno,isak,wilson and just behind tripper

[@Sam_SH14]

4:01 Tom is too funny 😂😂

[@DVZA17]

Am I the only one that thinks the Spurs midfield of Bissouma, Bentancur and maddison could cook under Ange ?

[@fifaclips9379]

Agree

[@samknightley4173]

Love the content lads keep it up. Big up reev

[@colincolin5696]

It’s mad how people say Casemiro over rodri based on his ucl stats, he’s a class legendary footballer but right now he’s not as good as rodri but still probably top 3 holding midfielders in the world..

[@harrydifelice7693]

Agreed. Casemiro is class but Rodri is just on another level to him right now.

[@EmTom44]

Everyone sleeps on villa midfield. McGinn-Kamara-Luiz-Ramsey went so under the radar, basically ran every game last season!!

[@dw9652]

Not against Newcastle on Saturday

[@harveyblissett8308]

@@dw9652and where are they now ?

[@dw9652]

@@harveyblissett8308climbing the table mate dw

[@kenpang8375]

Szoboszlai, Mac allister and seven up.

[@karmaascendant3936]

This has actually aged like milk 😂

[@kenpang8375]

@@karmaascendant3936 Yeap..

[@gianfracoshola587]

tom has had an absolute HOWLER with that newcastle opinion🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@keshavviswanathan4623]

and now?

[@Johnvoke1]

Casemiro played 51 games last season in all comps (more than rice) but Theo says he hasn’t played 😂

[@HiThereHypocrites]

Another L take incoming

[@zoot8378]

It's obvious Tom is the only one on here that doesn't only watch arsenal

[@rupert2402]

Doesn't watch them at all if he thinks Bruno had a better season than Odegaard

[@alex_badawy]

@@rupert2402he did though?

[@rupert2402]

@@alex_badawy 23 goal contributions to 16 mate

[@areyoudeadman]

@@rupert2402 That doesn't matter G/A are not everything, if you want to go by stats Bruno created the most goal scoring opportunities last season, played the most mins and consistently gets 20 G/A every season hes a better the Odegaard.

[@mikibv8007]

And that is not as swayed by the English bias (which I always think is fair, I usually favour southamerican players). Theo and Reev are just too much at times.

[@Fraser1929]

Can’t get my head around the Bruno and odegard comparison and the partey and Casemiro

[@TageChe98]

Going to be another painful watch

[@LocalNoob_2]

theo is bound to be beat up on the street by somebody soon

[@Tomza_T]

Some very good football knowledge on display

[@mxb9934]

saying ødegaard had a better season than KDB is genuinely outrageous

[@maddoxpohlar4797]

Casemiro vs Partey. Partey had 5 more games played. Casemiro more goals, more assists, 1 less clean sheet, more blocks, more tackles, more clearances, less goals conceded. not even close

[@jonbon6843]

Theo: "Odegaard had a far better season than Bruno last year, check the stats" Bruno stats for Man United 22/23: 14 goals + 15 assists Odegaard stats for Arsenal 22/23: 15 goals + 8 assists

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

Bruno played about 60 games

[@doom6144]

he's better than odegaard only in diver and moaning

[@shahfc7585]

Odegard in prem got 15 goals and 8 assists, Bruno got 8 goals and 8 assists

[@arthurpanjaer8415]

@@shahfc7585Bruno only had 1 goalscorer in front of him. Odegard had 3. I’d love to see how he’d do with weghorst in front of him

[@patrickhall9309]

Bruno's first season for us is something odegaard could never do the amount of goals and assists he got was ridiculous and no one will come close in the foreseeable future

[@callumanderson5883]

Curtis Jones getting into Newcastles midfield is a horrible take🤣

[@TonyTynebridge]

Jones over Joelinton needs to be reported to PETA

[@aidentaylor6072]

He’s better than joelinton. His summer and end of last season was class. Don’t get mad just my opinion 🤷‍♂️

[@Gamesandlights]

​@aidentaylor6072 talking shit mate your just as bad as garret the carrot

[@c0p0g]

@@aidentaylor6072 In no reality is Curtis Jones better than Joelinton.

[@frankdux5693]

​@@aidentaylor6072stay off drugs mate.

[@nightgazer5780]

Rodri and KDB are the two best midfielders in the world, and Bernardo is in that conversation. They have a genuinely insane midfield

[@nicholas6630]

Where would you rank Liverpool now with Mac10 Szobo and Caicedo?

[@RhinosaurGaming]

City, United, Arsenal, Newcastle, Liverpool Casemiro > Partey Mount < Rice Bruno > Odegaard

[@dsalb2146]

casemiro is below average on the ball mount is just shite and bruno has no ball retention it’s probably the 2nd worst midfield out of them 5

[@stocktonorr4698]

Coming back to this after 7 months and Liverpool is arguably the 2nd best midfield

[@clauslarsen8971]

I'm 95% sure that Theo didn't watch Declan Rice play for 1000+ minutes last season. He's only basing it on hype and Arsenal signing him. He's so overrated. And Mount wasn't a starter for England at the world cup. A 19 year old owns him

[@kurtg1349]

not any 19 year old though mate lmao

[@deangreen2567]

“A 19 year old”. Go on.. say which 19 year old it is.

[@billystorrs6054]

​@@deangreen2567Bellingham.

[@J14will]

Odegaard was one of our only good players during the poor spell at the end of the season. Single-handedly rallied us in the Southampton comeback

[@adanpoghosyan2707]

As a Liverpool fan, i think we should appreciate even without right now a CDM, the trio Mac Szobo Thiago

[@garymaidman625]

Now that Liverpool have signed Caicedo. A midfield three of Caicedo, Mac Allister and Szoboszlai is scary good.

[@nehalcm]

lmfao

[@garymaidman625]

@@nehalcm what's so funny?

[@nehalcm]

@@garymaidman625 oh boy you really don’t know

[@garymaidman625]

@@nehalcm nope, I've seen a lot of Szoboszlai, he has the potential to be as good as KDB, Mac Allister is a WC winner and is better than Enzo and Caicedo was a beast for Brighton along with Mac Allister last season. Liverpool have the best attack in the league and now arguably the best midfield.

[@Hesukdyjjom]

Newcastle lives rent free in Toms head

[@coreycoupe8176]

this is always a tough watch when you’re all debating football, and it seems tom is the only one that genuinely watches and understands football🤣I mean, we can’t whinge, the content from you boys is always class but, wow

[@shluglez4128]

Lewis has genuinely driven Tom mental , Curtis Jones would be sent out on loan if he was at Newcastle

[@LumpShorts]

He'd walk straight into their midfield when fit

[@shluglez4128]

@@LumpShorts Did you forget to take your tablets ?

[@LumpShorts]

@@shluglez4128 common sense if you take off the one-season-tainted Newcastle glasses

[@Yorkshiregod88]

​@@LumpShortsCurtis Jones has played well in about 10 games in his life

[@Things-Just-Happen]

Tom W tbh, Curtis jones this season would walk into Newcastle and proved this season

[@HDH01]

why don’t pitchside upload their full podcasts w videos i’d enjoy watching that, more interesting than listening on podcasts/spotify

[@FBNKS]

Does anybody have the link to the super 6

[@Chidi_jc]

Rare Tom L ibr when he said about Liverpool having a better midfield den Newcastle

[@SwiftGamingDk]

Why didn’t bajcetic get a mention doesnt he start for Liverpool?

[@noahdowns1574]

did i just hear theo say odegaard had a better season than kdb

[@fffeftfyyughffffh8696]

Tom=no ball knowledge as a toon fan that was stressful

[@ssxcrypticz6348]

As a nufc fan he is saying Bruno carry’s our midfield but Joelinton isn’t just as big of a miss or bigger

[@nicholasting4323]

Tom Garrett is the guy who gets knifed or punched on the street because he runs his mouth too much

[@Al_o_bri]

The Bruno vs Odegaard conversation is hilarious and embarrassing. Bruno has been a top 3 player in the league since he joined. Not even comparable

[@user-cu6iu8kr1v]

Toms a prat willock last season was better than Curtis jones has ever had

[@GazC_LUFC]

I wonder where Liverpools midfield comes now with Caicedo

[@SlimClipper]

Rice > Rodri. Rice > Casemiro.

[@teeeeeemps1833]

This guy and Joelinton is a greater obsession than Piers Morgan and anyone that doesn’t reply to his messages within two minutes

[@CoryJT]

My Top 5: 1. City 2. Man Utd 3. Arsenal 4. Newcastle 5. Liverpool

[@pabel3222]

Tonali in champions League final when did that happened?

[@padfooteee]

James Maddison, Yves Bissouma, Rosrigo Bentancur

[@fifaclips9379]

Better than Liverpool’s

[@reecegibson7208]

Where was the shout for Aston Villa. Douglas Luiz is great. John McGinn is so good under emery and I mean tielemans will do a great job in their system

[@daanbullen9919]

liverpool is in there, szoboslai, macallister and thiago alcantara

[@carlkirwan2900]

Funny how they rave about Declan Rice like he’s the best midfielder in the league for winning the Conference League last season, but Mac Allister literally won the World Cup and then finished 6th with Brighton and they go on like he’s just an average player 😂😂. I’m no Liverpool fan but come on, give credit where it’s due.

[@RM17EDITS17]

Tom has earned my respect completely right on most things but some of his takes are shocking

[@bilalalli9601]

Is there a pitchside fpl league?

[@dud3710]

Theo needs to check the stats on Bruno vs odegard. Bruno had more assists and goals in all comps. He also had more assists in the prem. and that was a bad season. Also played every game.

[@naremaswanganyi5353]

So shocked no one is talking about Thiago🙆🏾‍♂️

[@limi.]

not shocked at all... He is very talented but he started 18 PL games last season, That's just not worth the discussion.

[@coachmarv7631]

Does pitchside have an FPL league also?

[@valzor2562]

casemiro is better then rice, and the stats actually say bruno is better then odegaard. Id take bruno over odegaard every single day of the week, hes a better player, a better captain and does more for the team the odegaard does for arsenal. saying liverpools midfield is better then newcastles though is lowkey a crime.

[@Falconjt179]

Tom having a rough day in this clip

[@jordanspencer18]

Villas midfield pisses all over Newcastles and Liverpools, Luiz, Kamara, Tielemans, McGinn & Ramsey

[@JNM781]

Tom says people drop when shit hit that fan so by logic other midfielders like Bruno didn't get get the fan working because why didn't they do better?

[@georgepoyner559]

Surprised Villa didnt get a sniff, Tielimans, Douglas Luiz, McGinn, Kamara, Ramsey.

[@chrisboult8918]

kamara, douglas luiz and tielemans/ ramsey / mcginn is clear than most of these, do you lot only know the 'big 6'?

[@yaserthamer504]

"Show the stats" in all comps bruno has more then odegaard in everything 40 g/a>22 g/a, more chances created, more big chances created, more key passes, more through balls, more expected assists, better defending attacking and pressing stats. Theo is so clueless

[@Helix504]

Curtis Jones does not get into the Newcastle midfield, I honestly don’t think he gets into the Brighton team who will finish around 8th

[@davidthegoliath1]

Why do so many people complain about their opinions but continue to watch them?

[@harrydifelice7693]

Theo acting like Rice was better than Casemiro last season is comical. Granted, Rice helped West Ham win a European trophy but most of the season he was scrapping it out in a relegation fight while Casemiro was probably United's most important player in a greatly improved season.

[@bendavidjohn]

Tom is on one today.

[@ContenttClipss]

Completely agree with tom

[@Kbdvlogsfan]

Rice didn’t carry us at all last season, he wasn’t anyway near his best until the final 2/3 months of the season when the team started working better together

[@e1ghazi914]

Unbiased Luiz kamara and tielemans are better then most midfields

[@JSealy93]

Curtis Jones is litter and the fact Tom thinks he’d get into the Newcastle midfield is ridiculous. He’ll do anything for a nibble out of Lewis!

[@elshaarawy9255]

10:27 UCL final ? Tonali? He was milan player

[@leeharwood9624]

People clearly dont watch newcastle and joelinton , joelinton is one of yge best cm in the league fact watch us play and tell me im wrong

[@James-bd1ew]

Hate to say it as a united fan but liverpools midfield is class with caicedo macallister and szoboszlai is clear of Newcastles

[@Rmwinn85]

Joelinton Newcastle first name on teamsheet

[@eleazarbeltran6463]

Where’s Tottenham midfield. It’s up there with Newcastles tbf, Hojbjerg, Bentacur, Bissouma, Maddison.

[@fifaclips9379]

Easily up there

[@EEE-CEE]

Theo ‘Let’s go off trophies’ for Rice. But Arsenal players ‘stats stats stats’ yeah nice trophies 👍

[@Brooks_.]

Curtis Jones walks into Newcastle’s midfield 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kieranbuttigieg7302]

How do brighton not get a mention when last year they had the second best midfield?

[@malakai0321]

Macalister left

[@malakai0321]

And trossard

[@kieranbuttigieg7302]

@@malakai0321 they signed dahoud as a replacement who is a very good player imo

[@EA-hz9mg]

@@kieranbuttigieg7302u haven’t even watched him 😂😂😂

[@kieranbuttigieg7302]

@@EA-hz9mg I havent watched a whole season of him but I do see the occassional dortmund game and was never obviously bad when playing

[@EdwardAVFC08]

Kamala and Douglas luiz underrated

[@soggywafflez3024]

can you play super 6 outsidr the UK??

[@lukemurdoch2761]

Theo’s meat riding for rice is getting out of hand now

[@Azza-10]

City coming first

[@Geoorge_17]

Rodri x KDB x Bernardo Rice x Ødegaard x Rapist Tonali x Bruno G x Joelinton Allister x Szoboszlai x Jones Casemiro x Rat x Mount

[@jonn1720]

If United forwards could finish Bruno would undoubtedly be seen as better than Odegaard. Dude also creates the most chances in the league.

[@thomasbell1785]

With caicedo confirmed and lavia pretty mutch done chelsea are surely higher

[@gavinmccullum4088]

Theo “ Martin Ødegaard had a better season than KDB last season” Meanwhile KDB won the treble and Martin Ødegaard won nothing.

[@ryanmcallister4317]

It amazes me how this podcast is so successful yet everyone is so unbelievably bias towards their own clubs. Feel bad for Tom man