May 12, 2023

Another encounter with a Manchester man S4 E29

1 hour 11 minutes

It’s May 11th and it’s episode 29 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin. We are here to talk about our last game - 1-0 over Brentford and then look ahead to the Leicester City fixture. Thanks for joining us.

Part One - Brentford at home 3rd at home in a week, but the next to last - lots to consider:

Before we talk about refereeing, let’s talk about the line up and the approach

Salah - ties the Gerrard record for goals. He’s been quietly brilliant.

TAA, big chances. A defensive performance - Jurgen 15/16 set pieces.

Brentford’s tactics - xG - 0.2. Response to Taylor or an over reliance on set pieces?

Ball in play - 43 mins, 10 secs - lowest for the Reds since records started in 2006

Leads to another Greater Manchester man conversation:

Every 50-50, the cards - Alisson! 19 fouls - the most since Klopp’s 3rd game in charge. Gakpo’s comment that it influenced how they played the game

Part Two - the National Anthem stuff

Only the usual suspects seem to be upset - Piers Morgan (‘pathetic’)

Eurovision looks way more fun

Part Three - Leicester and is this race really on?

FiveThirtyEight has us 29% to get Champions League - was 9% on Friday.

Leicester have over 3xG in their last 2 games, but their defense looks shot.

We have got the second phase corner thing looking good. 15? goals from corners, Leicester are the worst in the Premier League defending corners

Uniteds - Man and New - need 3 wins in 4 - for Newcastle 2 is probably enough

Elsewhere - the miracle of the Amex Community Stadium

We will be back sometime next week after the Leicester City game. Thanks to Daz.

If you enjoyed the pod, please share it with a friend. Follow us @FirstStateKopites on Twitter – we only tweet and retweet from sources we think are credible. Music is courtesy of Hypenotic – they are a Welsh electro-pop band – https://hyperfollow.com/hypenotic

...more