Managers in a Grump, Villa Show Their Class & Rice or Rodri? | EP 55

[@ruaraidhmorrison5879]

Alan and Gary rinsed Micah here and he took it brilliantly 😂 Superb. Don’t get that type of normal conversation a lot these days.

[@noobcoding7279]

It's all we get, everyone's got a podcast these days and Micah appears in most of them.

[@Iceman8888-l9v]

Great chemistry…. Micah is such good value as a pundit.

[@bobbarker3825]

11:17 is just too funny, I love you guys and the banter on this podcast. Deff my favorite podcast right now!

[@Imsoconfusedthesedays]

Idk why but I think it’d be a fun podcast if they did an episode where they all got together in the same room. Love these 3, great show

[@TonyODOnnell-tt8gh]

⚫️⚪️This is the *best footballing podcast , bar none. The chemistry between all 3 of them is so enjoyable & works 💯. Keep up the good work, lads 👏👏👏 ⚫️⚪️

[@THEWIGGLES87]

Been waiting since yesterday for this episode. Loving the podcast. Never miss an episode. This and stick to football are the best out there😊

[@DarthwRath]

34:08 this is exactly why this is the best football podcast. It has just enough football things and comedy. Hopefully you guys will carry on for years and years with this.

[@GameRiot]

West Ham was getting criticised for holding out for 100 million … now look. West Ham fans knew how good he was

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

We sold Grealish for £100 million. One of the best attacking players in the league. Now look at him. Not even making the bench at City

[@ambrosethiik8216]

"Where's that bandwagon, he's just jumped on it".... had me on the floor! 😂😅😊

[@TheYorkshireFrodo]

So good to see all 3 back together finally. Seems like ages since we had a pod with all 3 in the same convo. Love it!!

[@MarkBriers369]

This is great. All 3 of them bring something different to the conversation and the age difference gives it a great generational balance. One minor niggle, Gary, for god’s sake leave your nose alone when you’re talking.

[@OmarBamatraf-d2m]

This podcast made me fall in love with football all over again. The banter is just pure class. Love you Micah.

[@Bluejay165]

Best podcast on KZbin. Much love from Texas!

[@SimonGr8]

I love it too, such a great trio and Dynamic. Greetings from Denmark

[@Sandydnb]

Amazing how quick English players get over hyped. Rice is good but Rodri just won a treble and scored the winner in the CL final. Rice needs to win something first to even be in the conversation. City 4 games without Rodri 4 losses, it's plain to see how valuable he is to the best team on the planet.

[@zuesnastrio3062]

I'm not one to analyse but I think winning a treble with west ham is a bit tougher than with man city 😂

[@zuesnastrio3062]

@@Sandydnb no I'm saying it's harder for Declan to win the champions league, pl and fa cup with fuckin west ham because they are 10 times worse

[@Sandydnb]

​@@zuesnastrio3062ahh I get you now obviously that's true, but Rice is yet to prove it at the highest level, Rodri has already scored winning goals in cup finals or pivotal title winning games. Rice is good but it's far too early to compare him to Rodri. I just think it's mad how quick people forget achievements for current form. Rice is not on Rodris level, yet.

[@syc2543]

Normally I'd agree, and am biased more than a little bit but Rice is everything they say he is. He is Him. Sure Rodri has experience and trophies to back him up and hopefully Rice wins enough with Arsenal to build up his case more than his constant consistent high level performances that he has been having since his WH days but no one honestly watched West Haram enough. He is at The Arsenal now and hopefully they win trophies for his sake, Saka, Saliba, Odeegaard and Arteta's cases.

[@alving4]

I strongly disagree, I don't think you need the trophies to be in conversation. Rice is a very good player , the attitude and drive in him . Does that make Kelvin Phillip better than all the other players as he won the treble 😂?

[@always_outnumbered]

These 3 together are gold

[@NeilCampbell1]

Regarding the half time interviews - I recall a match in the Brasileirão when a fight broke out mid match. A reporter ran onto the pitch and was literally interviewing the guy punching the other player as fists were flying!

[@adamandibi]

This podcast is legendary. Straight banter through out

[@abuakmal9618]

Enjoying my Saturday afternoon (4pm here) with this podcast.

[@HLDN1989]

Pep / City aren't being complacent, the Prem is just much more competitive. His entire time in England he's never had two traditional big clubs (Liverpool, Arsenal) challenging them at the same time like they are this season. City also struggle to go on their classic 12-15 win streak as a lot clubs they used to beat up on (Newcastle, Spurs, Villa, Brighton, West Ham) are well coached, have money and solid at home.

[@colehollander5823]

Also De Bruyne being out for so long doesn’t help he is the best midfielder in the prem, he plays and I think a lot of results are different

[@lawrencebaker1811]

I think the klopp one is an example of a language breakdown. Humour is very different for the English vs. The germans. Those kind of jokes may seem commonplace and inoffensive here but that wont be the same for all cultures.

[@jeremywilliams5107]

The manager interview is formulaic: we played well, deserved more, haven't seen the replays, the lads were brilliant and full of effort, don't want to comment about the ref/VAR/officials, responsability on me, now go away and leave me alone. Perso I'd rather have the pundits reviews directly and get the manager's views later, but they would probably be unavailable ...

[@biniyammengistab6553]

The chemistry of these three is just unmatched!!

[@chrismiller6317]

We (Arsenal) without a doubt dodged a bullet with Mudryk

[@jh4892]

Watching him play makes me so grateful that boehly came in 😂

[@mediacenterman8583]

100%. Trossard is far better anyway.

[@thefacelessquestion3333]

EVERY GAME he makes wrong decisions going forward. Damn

[@DavidChong]

re: Klopp and the 12:30 start thing, maybe he sees those as playing a part in Matip doing his acl? If he sees that as obviously true (even if it isn't to most everyone else) then it makes a certain kind of sense that he would interpret a joke about 12:30 starts as being in poor taste.

[@sherwood9917]

Jurgen probably felt the journalist was making light of an issue that Jurgen takes very seriously. Jurgen's point is not the 12:30 kick-off in isolation, but how little thought is given to player welfare when the schedule is being made. By the way, he doesn't jus say it in relation to Liverpool players.

[@tracyroberts6800]

I'm a Wolves fan and also recovering from a TBI, so I have always been a huge supporter of Jimenez remaining at Wolves. He almost died playing for us, and I don't care what anyone says, he deserved the extra time to heal. The problem with a TBI, you look good, you look like you used to, but the brain 🧠 takes years to fully heal. I'm so glad that he's starting to score... it was just a matter of time.

[@Jaymoney_97]

Does anyone else think its weird how many 12:30 kick offs Liverpool have? I know it stands out more because of the poor midday record they have but they certainly have these fixtures more often than others 🤯

[@andrewharrison7767]

satire alert - their fans don't need a lie in after a long week working

[@elliotokirie3404]

Twice as much as the nearest team with the 12:30 kickoff is not fair

[@PASSION4GAMIN]

What about Everton were out the bottom three, after the victory against Newcastle Utd. We would be 10th in the league without the points deduction. Under the massive circumstances Sean Dyche is a fantastic manager. 💙⚽ Villa has really surprised me this season with the form in the league. I do feel they can challenge for the premier league title. 🤔 I am absolutely gutted for Alan that Sunderland v Newcastle in the FA Cup 3rd round won't be on the BBC for match of the day live. It's for me the best but we miss Wrighty. Still Arsenal v Liverpool is going to be a great game least we got that.🏆 It's really sad that 3.00 kick-offs for the FA Cup don't really happen anymore that was a football tradition for us fans. 😐 Oh Gary's dog Philbert farting was hilarious 🤣 surely the name is after Leicester City former ground. 🤔 I really miss the days we're we had European football coverage on the BBC. ⚽ Can't wait for Euros 2024 the draw was hilarious it had unexplainable noises I'm sure you remember the FA Cup Wolves v Liverpool last season lads. 🤣 I say give Steve Cooper time he has done a wonderful job at Nottingham forest, I can not understand the pressure he is under. Results will happen and they will improve. The answer isn't always to sack a manager.were still halfway through the season. 🤔 I do feel great sympathy for Paul Heckingbotham losing his job at Sheffield Utd. 😐 Maybe they have a chance with Chris Wilder now. 🤔 Great podcast you really brighten my days lads thank you. 😊

[@MitzProductions]

Alan pleased that this was recorded before Everton lol

[@ObiBong_Kenobi]

Love your bants, lads. And footballing knowledge of course 😎💪🏼

[@Medicinemen100]

Still enjoyed the pods but can't beat all 3 together:)

[@sallllsa]

English bias is insane, rodri is clear all day 😂😂😂

[@swyfty84]

Micah. You are a club legend and always will be. I know it was taken out of context. Some journalists need to just F*** off and stop trying to get a story out of nothing.

[@NextStepFitness1]

'Club Legend", crikey must be a low bar.

[@swyfty84]

@scottspeed1000 Not at all. A long-time servant for the club. A quality defender and helped us win the prem.

[@BukayoDSaka]

you’re just embarrassing city fans i’m sure most city fan’s wouldnt even agree with you.

[@NextStepFitness1]

@@BukayoDSaka Fans? Plural?

[@swyfty84]

@@BukayoDSaka You 🤡 You're probably an Arsenal fan.

[@AriesAdams-rb5lh]

Actually klopp has explained why he doesn’t like the 12.30pm start.. and one was changed should’ve been 3pm start but FA changed it to 12.30 he has said he’s explained why and not going over it all again..

[@neilito15]

Only issue Man City are having is their better players are getting older and they have not replaced who left in the summer quality wise, it happens.

[@JH-ly6ru]

Love the show, thanks gusy!

[@bwycinowski]

Great chemistry gents

[@gdkillswitch]

I enjoyed you guys. I loved the laugh. Sometimes it's needed in football.

[@providename]

Rodri is levels above Rice and every other DM in the league.

[@warrenbass7350]

I love this podcast,.. you guys are awesome !!

[@filipeventura2729]

Im Portuguese and follow the english media. Its a weekly thing that i see Roy Keanes or Scholes or Neville`s comments on Bruno Fernandes being miss interpreted in Portuguese media. Basically they watch Sky Sports to then publish in portugal that they keep talking crap about Bruno and all the portuguese fans are complaining in the comments (like Man City fans complaining about Micah) but they didnt hear the whole conversation

[@TheSkyOnFire]

4:52 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@md19974]

The reason Man City are bad is due to the absence of John Stones. No other player in the City squad can do what he does. During their treble winning season, Man City were also struggling defensively. The position switch of Stones made them difficult to penetrate.

[@chrismiller6317]

Football Journalists how can I put this as politely as possible bunch of WANKERS The 3 Amigos are back,Brilliant as ever ❤️❤️👏👏👍👍💥💥

[@andyatch33]

Good to see Micah took the tags off his hoody today!

[@jeremywilliams5107]

Nothing about Newcastle getting beaten by Everton, eh Alan? 🎉🎉

[@SimBir08]

This might have been recorded before the game kicked off, I can't see Gary or Micha missing that chance otherwise.

[@mediacenterman8583]

This was recorded before that Thursday night match at Goodison.🤦‍♂

[@johnthresher259]

As pundits you guys are not there to stroke Pep's ego make life easy for Klopp or any other manager. The awkward questions need to be asked and harsh opinions delivered where deserved. Keep up the good work.

[@venniev2302]

12:35 LMFAO LOL damn Alan

[@dannymason5873]

Fulham’s fantastic form 7 seconds talking about Raul? 😂

[@melusishange3471]

On Villa game, let us be honest Villa played against 6 defenders no midfield. The game was gonna go one way.. Rico playing against Luiz, Telemann etc it was not going to end well.

[@daz2891]

Mcginn, Tielemans, kamara and Luiz cost 17.5m by the way 🔥

[@mediacenterman8583]

Bailey was looking like young a John Barnes vs City.

[@lukelewis2976]

Is that Gary admitting to streaming? 😂

[@lorinsmith9898]

I wonder if Alan can explain what each of those knives behind are for?

[@daviddevdariani928]

i do not understand why everyone willingly misunderstands what pep said, he was saying that it is very difficult to win 4 PLs in the row and then mentioned gary , carra and micah, didnt think it was disrespectful, just emphasizing difficulty of winning year after year in very strong league

[@mediacenterman8583]

There was not any reason for him to mention Micah.

[@Arlokit2023]

'my dog just farted, and it stinks' that's the reason why I love this podcast haha!!

[@josht3610]

Alan should do more co-commentary

[@cookie1970red]

Micah's legend status at City has been revoked 😂

[@hinata8097]

Rodri as a Liverpool fan, done it consistently at the highest level in UCL

[@alexroberts2632]

Talk about top and bottom of the table but nothing on Everton spanking Newcastle! Balanced!!

[@frankmcloughlin7076]

Pep's a great coach no doubt. However his grasp of English is a little shaky. To be honest, unless he keeps it really simple, I find his often muddling syntax hard to follow...

[@elliotokirie3404]

As a Liverpool fan the 12:30 kickoff is not funny, every time we play at that time we play bad then combines with that fact that we’ve had more than double the amount of 12:30 kickoffs compared to to other big clubs is not fair.

[@mattford9044]

Always going to protect your players? Alan Shearer,Anfield,Joey Barton?

[@melusishange3471]

I think Pep was making an example to say, Gary and Micah knows how difficult it is to win the EPL, Gary won it 3 times, Micah did it once and Jamie didn’t so obviously he wouldn’t know..

[@n4ht4n80]

We aren’t complacent, just wait til pep starts 4 centre backs, de bruyne rodri Bernardo midfield, grealish back on the wing. If we’re within 10 points by new year I still think we’d do it. So hopefully everyone writes us off and says we’re complacent

[@nikiguymer5840]

Give rice a few more years and you can hope he can be as great as the most complete (holding)midfielder in the league

[@cyberverse4928]

Klopp was upset about how many 12.30 KO Liverpool have had and rightly so, they have had around 13 now compared to the next highest team who are Spurs I believe on 5

[@g-e9513]

Yeah 2 and a half odd hours must make a massive difference to professional athletes!

[@bidders77]

Shame city couldn't Keep hold of luiz, would be brilliant as an opposition for Rodri when hes unavailable

[@Delts_The_Photographer]

Big Meeks will always be a legend

[@hjc9912]

One way to look at it is that Villa are 4pts off the top. Another way to look at it is a fully-fit Villa squad (barring Mings and Buendia) are only 5pts ahead of a Spurs team with 9 players out and only 6pts ahead of a Newcastle team with 13 players out and Champions League football to deal with. Villa have been brilliant, but the teams you'd expect to finish above them have had some really bad luck so far.

[@thewellandvalley2103]

You’re not mentioning the fact that Ramsey and Moreno have been out for the whole season too, and only just starting to get a few minutes. They were our left side in the second half of last season when we had top 2 form on points won. Villa are the real deal this time round and just haven’t moaned about injuries as much as other clubs. We have also been playing European games where Tottenham have had a nice rest during the week.

[@hjc9912]

@@thewellandvalley2103 Newcastle were 2nd on boxing day last year, above Man City and they only just got over the line for 4th come the end of the season- and they had the best defence in the league and only lost 5 games all season. I understand if you're a Villa fan you're going to be buzzing at the minute because everything's going so well, but you're not "the real deal". A few weeks ago Spurs were "the real deal" until one game where it all fell apart and suddenly they're in freefall. The point I'm making is in my opinion Villa will likely go through their sticky period that Spurs and Newcastle are in now and at least one of those teams with players back fit will likely close the gap, but that's not a knock on Villa, it's good to see different sides challenging.

[@theman328088]

Hey , Just out of interest who do you support? I'm a Villa fan btw

[@oliverandrews1352]

Yeah that's a bit of a stupid take. Villa have had more than 2 injuries and Spurs haven't had 9 players injured all season, their main injuries are quite recent and they had them fit majority of the games so far.

[@hjc9912]

@@oliverandrews1352 Obviously they haven’t had those injuries all season. My point is Spurs were top, they suffered injuries and 5 games later they’re 6th. So when those players come back you’d expect them to improve. Newcastle had about as hard a start as you can get (including beating Villa 5-1), then had the Tonali incident, then a stupid amount of injuries while playing Champions League and they’re still only 6pts off. Villa are doing amazing and I fully expect them to finish top 6, it’s just unrealistic to think this form is sustainable for the rest of the season

[@petergrainger3435]

Rice or Rodri... or Gundogen thats Man Citys problem. Forget about Haaland it was the later that dragged City over the Title line last year and they was happy to just let him leave .

[@aarthisridhar7492]

Gundogen has always been pivotal in the last part of the season, can’t wait to see how city manage this year without him

[@gdkillswitch]

The headline should be "Pep's Grill" 😂

[@shearer6932]

its such a great show

[@n4ht4n80]

Genuinely, and people will say I’m lying and we think we’ll win every week, most city fans were expecting to lose on Wednesday. With how villa are playing and their record at home, not just Rodri but also grealish who I think are the top 2 for ball retention in the team along with Bernardo silva. I knew it would be a long day. We’re so dominant because we hold on to the ball and never lose it and wear teams down but this sort of smash and grab football ere playing with foden doku alavarez and haaland as a front 4 who are all destructive players but not necessarily great for ball retention ( barring foden) just isn’t working. It leaves Rodri and usually the back 2 vulnerable when Akanji is on the edge of their box and we’re just getting destroyed in counter attacks. I think the main issue is playing Alvarez in midfield, he’s an unreal player but he’s a back up striker and he’s not good enough to be in midfield. Said it so many times that grealish should be in midfield with foden and Rodri. My opinion is that pep promised Walker and Alvarez more game time in order for them to extend their contracts because bayern were sniffing round for both in the summer and now he’s worried bout them becoming restless and moving on but they should both be dropped for the time being

[@n4ht4n80]

Even Arsenal fans would take Rodri over rice. I honestly never saw the English over hyping thing until recently with Bellingham and rice. Both have started unbelievably but they’re talking about Bellingham being one of the greatest to play the game and All this, he might get injured and never play again or never score a goal again it’s so early to say but because he’s English we have to assume they’ll be the best thing since sliced bread

[@jamiecollins6832]

U 3 are brilliant

[@joeheaton7607]

Alan at the end 🤣

[@robsally5225]

I love this show ❤

[@MatthewEvans-l2b]

I have question for Alan and Gary U say strikers can't get there missed opportunities out there head(no wonder jesus (arsenal) is always so miserable) bar couple strikers in prem there misses well exceed there goals how are they still getting game time?

[@MatthewEvans-l2b]

Matt Bristol

[@TheBurdenOfHope]

I love the pod but you’ve missed the mark on Klopp and Mikel Arteta. Liverpool should not be playing first this weekend when they played last this week. Klopp has called them out - the PL doesn’t like it and singles Klopp out for doing so. Mikel criticise the refs, they don’t like and gets singled out.

[@macurlyfries]

Gary show us your dog let it be apart of the podcast I can here it wimping

[@FPL-LARD]

my dogs just farted it stinks.....🤣🤣🤣🤣 brilliant show again

[@samodonnell1489]

Considering we’ve just had a player’s season ended, I don’t think it was the wisest thing for the journalist to say to Klopp

[@chrishunt112]

No1 football pod.

[@War_Piglet]

no wonder there are wars with the way some journalists conduct themselves. ✌

[@n4ht4n80]

United have had the criticism because they haven’t won a game convincingly in the league yet. United fans will tell you that too. They’re outplayed by every team in the league and that’s the worry. Yes they’ve had a couple last minute winners and 1-0 wins to cover the gaps for the time being, but they themselves will know if they play how they do they won’t be near the top 4. But I don’t blame ten hag for being happy cos it’s the closes he’ll get to us this season ;)

[@CharlieKayne]

where's the liverpool chat?

[@ThomasSloan-kz9fu]

I hope City got complacent . and hope they've fallen off but coming up 2nd best against them the most in recent years they are like this in the first half of the season then they just don't lose after Christmas and catch you up again

[@strickers07]

I think your highlighting what makes pep and klopp different they create the us against the world mentality by doing this in press conferences and with you pundits.

[@garymckeon5410]

so alans answer to mica at 19 mins is no lol

[@Adamm357]

The FA Cup TV schedule is a disgrace to be honest. People complain about there being no money in the lower leagues, and then they just ignore the non-league clubs for TV. This is why "the magic of the FA Cup" is a complete myth.

[@annbuckley8749]

I’d love for Micah to disclose how much he is paid by Manchester City

[@3meeds275]

I love Micah but recently he’s been on the fence with City and Arsenal 😅

[@bryanmorrison2396]

Aye he's a boyhood gooner n a city pl winner n they made him nothing wrong wae that

[@MattRaisbury]

Micah spending £600 a week on haircuts is an insult to the hundreds of thousand people who don’t earn that in a week, and can barely afford to live. Gone down in my estimation 😔

[@thefacelessquestion3333]

"gone down"? Because he told you. Many ex players and players spend a lot but because Micah is open about it he's a bad guy?

[@thefacelessquestion3333]

You eating 3 times a day is an insult to people in Africa who can't afford one meal.

[@BL4CK0UT17]

Go and cry.

[@1nematombo]

"There's the headline - "RICHARDS SLAMS GUARDIOLA FOR SELLING HIS BEST PLAYERS!" like a true reporter 😂😂😂

[@ChrisGillucci]

The answer to Rice or Rodri is Super John McGinn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@CrystalArrowFilms]

No mention of Everton? Just swept Alan’s boys 3-0 and Micah and Gary don’t take a swipe 🤨 Also would be in 10th place without the points deduction.

[@BG_MKY]

to all the arsenal fans that actually still think there gonna sign douglas luiz . yall clearly didnt hear his responce when asked in a interview luis said "they can buy me on fifa"

[@williamhargrave9202]

Brilliant😎

[@DYL2020]

Rodri’s still the best for me and I still fancy City to win the league, things change so quickly in football I say City beat Luton 5/6-0 and people will say they’ve found their rhythm again

[@CasinocrazySlotschannel]

*My Dog Just Farted* 🤣🤣🤣🤣 29:34

[@darrylkemp3253]

Around this time every season the same pundits say man city are in crisis etc and by may they always win it