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Make sure you check it out, like you said, the link is in the description. It's the one-stop hub for betting. If you don't bet, don't check it out. It feels a bit weird to me on this, with only the finals just been a couple of weeks ago. But it feels weird to me on a lot of things at the moment, just because football seems to just finished and now has come back. Bayern Munich obviously will be favourites again, because they were just so good in the Champions League last season. Can you see any of the English teams doing anything this year, getting there, trying to knock them off? I mean, when you record this and talking about this before anything's even started, it's always, you know, you can be made to look stupid very easily. But I think Bayern Munich will definitely be in it. They've got obviously got Leroy Sane in there as well. Hell of a side, we saw that in them winning. The Champions League deservedly show. But when you're talking about an English perspective, you can't write off Liverpool. Because, you know, this is a competition, and they love the steeped in and out of you. They've got, you know, obviously, athletic home. They've done a good number on them last season, in the last season's competition, and knocked them out. So I think Liverpool will always be dangerous in it. It'd be interesting to see Liverpool be Bayern Munich now, because when Liverpool play Bayern Munich on the way to winning it, Bayern Munich were in need of changing their team over. Liverpool, you know, made them look like all men in the end. But then last season, Sane outdid reinvigorated them, reinvented themselves almost, and just looked at totally different side. It had been a much closer and much different match, I think now. But I think Liverpool will do very well in it. I think Manchester City, and now, for me, going into those games after lockdown, and it was just a one-off games. Once they got the real Madrid game off the way, I thought City would have a great chance. You know, this is their time. And against Lyon, they were just typical City. Missed no opportunities, no putting them to bed, and they made mistakes and were punished, and, you know, end up going out of the competition. In a competition, they had a great chance of winning. So for Pep Guardiola, you know, they've been fantastic in the Premier League. They've won a couple on the run and they've finished runners-up last season. For him, with the Champions League and with Manchester City, I think they've got to do the business here. But I still feel like they need to get a centre back in over the next few weeks. Yeah, and if they can get cooler barley in, that would be huge for them. And they could change it. That like hold mess, he would have been all right. He would have been, with Manchester City and Bayern Munich, they are both joint favourites at the moment, 9-2 Liverpool, and they're favourites at 7-1. I think that's about right, to be honest. But I still, I mean, I know Liverpool didn't get as far, and they played probably the worst team for them, they could play in Madrid. I still think, I just don't feel like City are one of those teams that fully embrace the Champions League. I think they're trying to, the club's desperate too. Not sure if the fans are fully embraced because I think there's that thing like us and them thing with UEFA as well, that almost doesn't help the situation. Pep Guardi always desperate for it. You're right, they need to go out and get a proper centre back. I sent, like go out, like in cooler barley is obviously the perfect one. You need to get a centre back that wins your games. So it's great having centre forwards that win your games. It's great having goalkeepers that win your games. You need like almost to play in every key position that will win your game of football. And they haven't got a centre back that can win them a game of football that does everything you need. It's what separated them in Liverpool last season, having that player. I think if they go cooler barley, I think you've got, obviously, Achies coming, but he's going to, I think, Andy said a few times on this, he sees him as a left-back really in big games, and I think you need that. If you're playing tactically in certain games, you don't need Mendy ending up at the edge of the opposition box and getting caught, especially against, may say, someone like Liverpool would break really quickly. And you've got Mendy stuck up itch. So, I'm buying me, you never be like that, the flies they've got. So they do need that to be a little bit more thoughtful above those kind of key games. But a centre back, something to go alongside of the port. John Stones has got about 10 months left on his city contract. I don't think he's not going to be the answer. They're looking for him to go otter Mendy's, got a mistake in them all the time. I think for City, they need to have a couple of players that you almost don't notice in a game, because they're doing their jobs so well. And I think at times they don't have that enough on the pitch. They have these big players that you expect something from all the time, whether they're being a guero or Kevin De Bruin or whatever. And it's almost like when City, I think that was the difference between them and Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich had a team of players that, even if you didn't notice them, so in the final, Thomas Mulder was quite quiet, but he was doing his job brilliantly and effectively, but without having to stand out. And that's where City have been, not gone wrong where they haven't just fully, I think that's what Fenedino used to do for them when he played in midfield, used to do that job. And it was like, I think they haven't got anyone like that at the moment, where Liverpool have got like a midfield full of those players, and actually now by them trying to get Tiago, they're trying to get like a key player in the midfield now, so they're trying to change it up a little bit. For me, I think that's what they're going to do, what they need to do, but about a striker, just very quick. Yeah, and I think they need a striker who's a little bit different to what they've got for me. And I hope they've been like McMartiners from into my Lambo. Something a little bit different. Something different. Yeah, I've got all your usual suspects in there, of course, but not about Chelsea. Well, I was going to say they're 22-1. They've bought a hell of a lot of players. And I think what's good about the Champions League is that they're going into the group stage. You can feel your way through it. You've got enough qualities to get past the teams in there in the Champions League. You get to February, March time, and you get out of the group stage into the knockout. And if they can get to those knockouts and that team's starting to build a little bit of momentum, players are starting to bed in, certainly for that tournament. I mean, for winning the Premier League, it's different because you need to win, you know, with City Liverpool, you need to win nearly every game. Now that's the way it's gone, it's ridiculous. But for the Champions League, it's a little bit different. They can feel their way through that group stage. And no one, you know, if they get to the knockout and they've built into a nice team and they've got the defensive situation, no one's going to want to play them. No, they've got, I mean, adding team over there, to the, you know, to your ranks, gives you those goal threats all the time you've scored. And it's got three minutes into the Chelsea debut, Brighton, didn't it, in the air, friendly, and you scored for Germany last weekend and last time against Spain, didn't it? And where it is, it's a fantastic threat. It's quick, they've got them in there. Obviously, they've got the experience of Olivier Giroux, but they've got some really good players. See, Cahaveth's coming in, you know, young talent, fantastically talented. Obviously, he's got to try to settle in quickly, but he's a threat. He brought Ben Chillwell in, or Chilly. It's flank lamp, of course. He's come in, so give them that little bit of strength at left back. So they've got a good side with some nice players. Zeech is in there, he's a lovely left foot. So if they click, for Chelsea, the real thing will be the goalkeeper. That's a real issue for them. Kepp is not good enough for certainly, not performed at a level you would expect for a couple of years now of a £70 million goalkeeper. Willie Cabellero is 30 odd, isn't he? And he's not, again, he's not the shouldn't be the number one at Chelsea or something. So they've got a bit of a difficult situation in Chelsea because trying to bring another goalkeeper in, means that Kepp is on the bench. No-one's going to pay £40-50 million for Kepp, nobody orders wages. So that might be their undoing. Like the likes of Liverpool were talking about, they've got an end. Manchester City, Allyson and Edison, two fantastic goalkeepers. Byam Munich have got Manuel Nure. So, you know, Chelsea, and nobody went for Oblach or were interested in Oblach. Then they were in serious chance with the Premier League and the Champions League while the goalkeeper's still a bit of a question mark. And, to be honest, I know they brought Thiago Silverin, but he's 35, and he might be signed in Champions League, but I think the Premier League and the Hailey Bailey are there every week. I think you've used his experience the right way in the Champions League. You get a lot out of them. Oddly Man United are the same odds as well, two to one, and I don't see them. You know, I know they built nicely at the end of last season. And they've bought Donny van der Beeking. Obviously, Jadon Sancho has been there in one target. No, it doesn't look like that's going to happen, but I don't know. I suppose it's difficult because Chelsea it's all potential because it's players they've brought in, whereas Man United have already got, like Bruno Fernandez, what they've established into this. I've got that little bit of momentum. Defensively, again, for me, I think the keeper was from gone from being one of the best goalkeepers in the world to just being like, he's not a liability because he's not awful, but you're looking at him now, I'm not convinced anymore. I don't know whether he's took his eye off it or whatever. Then I look at the centre backs and I think, I'm going, yeah. Just looks like a grief tragedy to me, that defence. Lindelof are quite like, but you know, Wambasach is good defensively, not very good going forward. The left bat, you know, looks your place, and things very good to other kids, as much as Williams is it, Brandon Williams. I think he's, I like him, he's a good lad. But that'll be where it is for them. Obviously Donny van der Beaks coming, like you said, he was very good for Ajax. But Dutch players, you never know. Never know, like Forrest comes chocolate. But then when you look at the front three, you know, we look at Fernandez and Pogba. But I still think they need the centre forward though. Possibly, but what I'm saying is, Pogba yn Fernandez were brilliant, when Pogba's honnw, he's fantastic. But you know Fernandez was incredible when he came in, transformed the whole team almost. And then up front you've got Marcial, Greenwood, Rashford, the three cracking players. You might be right, they may need someone who, the way Liverpool are used for me now, as like the focal point, and they have runners often. United don't really have that, they're all runners aren't they? Rashford likes it ahead of him, Marcial likes the dribble, it's a real threat, they haven't really got anyone through the middle. I can see Man United getting to the core quarters, but not better than that. Let's just talk about the Europa League very quickly. That's no favourite at the moment, centre one. Really? Yeah. But then if you look at the teams you were in it though, and actually some of the buys they've made now they finished the season, you can understand obviously this is, you can understand why they would be looked at, because they always seem to do, they always seem to get through those early rounds, really negotiate the early rounds. Using a lot of young players as well. Tot them a 12 to 1, so that's interesting, their second favourites. And Leicester a 25 to 1. See that to me. See I, just on the Leicester thing, I think they'll, because they rely on Vardy a lot, that will be interesting. How they cope with that Thursday, Sunday, every other week. They've only got Ios i Peres, haven't they? In the Atio. In the Atio? Got in the Atio, we've, cnef it. No, no, no, that's what I'm saying. He's not done what he's done. You've got the likes of Villarreal, Roma, Bayer Leivacus and Napoliers, he's been ahead of them by the way. So there's some good old traditional names in there. I think Milan will be really strong in this by the way this season. See, I look at Arsenal and I think, you know, I'm not that impressed with them. I think they've done alright and I think they've finished the season obviously winning the FA Cup and it's great. Got that momentum and he beat Liverpool on the penalty, but he still won it, beat Liverpool on the penalty shield. So it'll be interesting to see what they do, because like you said, it's a tough thing, but Arsenal have done really well. Whoever it is, even when Henry was there, the people were slating him, they negotiated that. You're hopefully quite comfortable. I think Arsenal might be a bit of a Katy Perry this year, full on dark horse. Do you? I do, fair play, fair play. Stress, I mean, if Marino tactically, if they, again now, Marino is brilliant at group stages. Don't forget this is a trophy he won as well at Man United. Group stages, he knows three-linger through, but he could look and go, it might be a stretch getting in the trough four. I'm saying it is, because we don't know. Trophy, don't we? Trophy and a Champions League place, if you win it. Trophy, don't we? That's the thing for that. No, no, but that's what I'm saying. No, but it's this thing called the trophy pass. And Spares want the trophy. Exactly. The one Europa League, the one you won the UEFA Cup, haven't you, before? 82. 82, 82. One of those numbers. 83. So, it's a case of like, if you can, because sometimes what happens when you don't play in the Europa League all the time and you're always going for that champion, and you've never got a chance, sometimes it's not a, you know, if you can get that. And that's on the same boat. I'd love to be in the Europa League. I'd love to be in the Europa League. If they could get that trophy. Oh, yeah. Well, Elmings, if I had won that, then I'd say it would be the new pair. Three trophies in 12 months, it would be incredible. But when I look at the team, our English teams have always got a chance in Europe, because they're strong. Napleam a lan. Dale, Dale, have a good go. I'm just looking at the Spanish teams, because obviously, Sevilla and the Champions in the Guardian. But also, you've got to, but also though, what you've always got to remember that the Europa League is though, the Champions League team is dropping to it. So it makes it. What the odds are at the moment are only odds for right now. Oh, of course, yeah, yeah. Yeah, of course. Can an adder in it? Do you know what I mean? There you go. Lail are in it. Wolfsberg are in it. Lail associate adder in it. So it's going to be, that's going to be an interesting point. Napleam be a shop, because obviously Dave's up. Victor Oshman, he's gone from Leedsrom, on the train. Katsyshawd, he's playing in Europe, and Katsyshawd's looking to bring another couple of inches. The interest, the interest. No, obviously, beginning the season, we're trying to predict things, and we haven't seen a ball, kicked yet, but that's just, that's it. And the transfer window is still open. Yeah, and the transfer window is still open. If you haven't already, click the link in the description to get the odds, check it out. 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