Episode 1364: Neymar Consults Mirror Mirror, Static Messi, Madrid Gluttony, Slating Silva, Situation With Spurs, Solskjaer V Poch
Heedless of El Mago’s starring role in Manchester City’s 9-0 demolition of Burton Albion, Murph continues his one-man onslaught against David Silva.
I will just say this – instead of thinking of “he’s in the top 20” as a random complimentary thing to demonstrate you think a player is good, actually sit and write down the 20 best players of the last 26 years of the EPL. He’s good, but he can’t live with that kind of company https://t.co/3E78ymS6vG
— Ciarán Murphy (@saveciaranmurph) January 9, 2019
The FIFA 19 Team of the Year is an occasion to reflect on how things have gone for a certain very special someone who did not make the team but probably thinks they should have. What might the future hold for players who don’t particularly like to run unless they’ve got the ball at their feet?
Neymar return to Barcelona edges closer after fresh talks with club chief https://t.co/8oL36Nw5Bv pic.twitter.com/Ts4XVEuArB
— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) January 9, 2019
We are joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke to talk about the situation with Spurs. They have won nine of their last 11 matches but are there signs they are beginning to run out of energy? And with Manchester United next up at Wembley, does Mauricio Pochettino have to do something to stop the rumours linking him with a summer exit?
They fuelled Tottenham’s brilliant December run, but last night Moussa Sissoko and Harry Winks started to look tired. Can Spurs re-energise ahead of Sunday? My piece: https://t.co/0ge9CVG04e
— Jack Pitt-Brooke (@JackPittBrooke) January 9, 2019
Plus there’s our latest Dunphy excerpt, Man Utd visit salt bae, and Madrid die of success.
Salt Bae is one of the rare things that can actually make Anthony Martial Smile ???? pic.twitter.com/E5RnpZIUo2
— The Man Utd Way (@TheManUtdWay) January 8, 2019
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“David Silva is Juan Mata with a manager who believes in him”
“what you’ve just said is one of the worst arguments I’ve ever heard anybody make about anything”
David Silva = Second Captains’ Yoko Onohttps://t.co/k7D8QDecRx pic.twitter.com/NOlp7DECMu
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) January 9, 2019
Angry email requests???????
Murph puts a donk on it ?????
And we have the latest in what will, for the rest of 2019, be daily excerpts from Eamon Dunphy on the radio in 1995 ????????
https://t.co/k7D8QDecRx pic.twitter.com/97osGZvEce
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) January 9, 2019
Go to PatreonWe talk to Garry Ringrose about the unique challenge posed by Toulouse’s unusual formation and array of elusive runners, and if being a good defender is as much a God given talent as being a good attacker
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— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) January 9, 2019