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Troy parrot is not Messi.... he is nowhere near the level of Kane..... Ken and co. need to chill out.....

Cienciano wrote: »

Ken delighted Spurs are doing bad, an excuse to rip into Jose again. I love it tbh, long may it continue

Yeah classic Mou-bashing: "I was disappointed with the goal we conceded because we spent half an hour in training working on defensive throw-ins". First of all what an interesting training session that sounds...

Although Mourinho is almost a parody of himself these days, nearly went full Ron Manager in that press conference: "Jordan Henderson...
Wijnaldum...erm...Oxlade...intensity...difficult..."

p.s. that Xavi for Barca piece hasn't aged well...

Why hasn't it aged well? Thought xavi turned it down and will take it a later timepoint. No harm in talking about would he be a future good fit etc.

Interesting chat with Ronnie Close re Egypt. Can't shake the feeling that Ronnie found Ken irritating, I thought detected some tetch.

hankless wrote: »

They'll do whatever Messi tells them to!

Which is why, as they noted on the pod, why Xavi is leaving it alone for now.

Arghus wrote: »

I will say to move to Egypt to take up a new job in 2012 must require balls of industrial steel.

And to be there 8 years later and have written that book, he's a lot hardier than me.

I thought the Egypt chat was weird - clearly a bad place to live (dystonian almost) but your man stays there anyway and he couldn't even say why he was staying he just was. Just seemed a bit "off" to me. I too found myself drifting on it and i usually love the political episodes.

Give me the Egypt chat over Mourinho yawn fest any day! I thought Ronnie gave a fascinating insight into a totalitarian state. This is something SC does so well.

jones wrote: »

I thought the Egypt chat was weird - clearly a bad place to live (dystonian almost) but your man stays there anyway and he couldn't even say why he was staying he just was. Just seemed a bit "off" to me. I too found myself drifting on it and i usually love the political episodes.

Beersmith wrote: »

I listened after reading the comments about him resenting Ken. Tried to listen for it but couldn't detect it at all. Obviously a strange fellow is he is choosing to live there. Good chat all the same

Yerra, I might well have imagined it.

I can't wait to hear US Murph talk about the 49ers now.
I am not being sarcastic just in case, I think US Murph is excellent and I am looking forward to hearing his positivity and enthusiasm on it, we need more of this in our lives.

CiaranW wrote: »

I can't wait to hear US Murph talk about the 49ers now.
I am not being sarcastic just in case, I think US Murph is excellent and I am looking forward to hearing his positivity and enthusiasm on it, we need more of this in our lives.

Yeah, the 49ers hype train is in full flow, hopefully they win it too.

Ken is loving referencing Tolstoy these days.

Roy was talking complete shyte and the Lampard stuff was deflection.

Ole is Roy's buddy, Roy is never going to go hard on him. That's 100% what it boils down to.

Everything else about United is worthy of blame for Roy: the players, the board, the agents, the transfer policy, every previous manager, even the fans from time to time, but the current manager is surrounded by this magical protective bubble that saves him from Roy's ire. It's hilarious how transparent it is.

Though his skill in absolutely dominating an argument like a verbal machine gun, even when completely wrong, is very impressive - and he was obviously holding back. Imagine what he's like when he's in the right and has facts to back his arguments.

Cienciano wrote: »

No way is Ole qualified. We all know Keane is defending his mate. But he went into that argument with his ace in the hole back up point about Lampard knowing he'd get to use it and he used it perfectly. Carragher walked straight into the trap!

But I still don't agree with him but I think his whole mannerism and way of arguing is fúcking hilarious to listen to.

I don't know how much merit Keane's argument really had from a football POV but, like you say, going in there with the Lampard card up his sleeve, knowing he's Sky's boy (and Sky's cosy relationship with Lampard's family in Harry and Jamie Redknapp) and luring Carragher in until he draws out the Lampard and flings it at Jamie was football punditry gold.

corwill wrote: »

Wait a sec, people think Keane came away from that having gained something from it or somehow 'won' the argument? I thought he made an even bigger eejit of himself than usual, but that's just me.

There is a fair amount of entertainment value from the sense that, someday, someone might say something that finally triggers him into swinging for someone else in the studio. I mean, it would be pretty hilarious, as long as no one comes to any lasting harm.

The whole 'debate' sounded moronic