May 25th has big anniversaries - hoping for more in our future... S4 E31

It’s May 25th and it’s episode 31 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. We are here to talk about our last game - 1-1 against Aston Villa fixture. Thanks for joining us. 

Introduction:

• Istanbul Day

  
  



• Rome ‘77

  
  

Part One - Villa at home:

• The deserved narrative for Villa.. Nothing happened for them in the first 20 minutes

  
  





• xG - 0.9 to 1.5

  
  





• Another time waster team who disrupts the game so much:

  
  





• Shirt grabbing, falling over and OMG the time wasting

  
  



• Martinez 7th yellow card

  
  



• Villa fans claiming that our tactical fouling was a bigger issue 

  
  





• I thought Diaz, Gakpo and Jones looked bright - heard conflicting views

  
  



• Didn’t think Trent or Salah had great days and then there wasn’t anyone else stepping up. Too much through the middle, over the top passes weren’t quite working

  
  



• Referee rant part 4,625: was giving the whistle to a man that Klopp had just punked on national tv the best possible move?  

  
  



• All the big decisions - penalty (can we get one of those), Cash shove on Diaz, red card, penalty, offside goal. 

  
  





• PGMOL - ‘plausible interpretations of subjective rules’

  
  

Part Two - Southampton:

• Chance to experiment?

  
  



• Chance to have one last beer with a crowd

  
  



• How much will we be watching the relegation battle?

  
  

Part three - end of an era:

• Bobby - 361 games, 110 goals; Milner 330 games - heart and soul

  
  



• Ox and Naby salutations muted it felt like. I feel for both of them as it could’ve been so much more for them. 

  
  



• Who do we think might be the other outgoings? Kelleher? Joel? Tsimi? 

  
  



• Connor Bradley is up in the air?

  
  



• New signings - MaCalister? Mount? 

  
  



• Kane - Fallon D’floor

  
  

We will be back next week after the Southampton game to do a season wrap. Thanks to Daz. And thank you for listening.

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