 Good afternoon and welcome back to the touch line on why to perform microsoft wazike is my name the fan favorite segment the fans on why give a focus on international football with regards to the headlines of the week and the fixtures coming up big match lined up this particular afternoon a few minutes from last speak of course it's Manchester derby united up again a city how that much pun out of course we're gonna be forming the base of that game on our discussion with Jimmy Wajaki big man good to see you how have you been bro I'm doing good I'm doing good long time back it's good to be back on derby day derby day the last time we were here was two months down the line two months beginning of the season yes and the league just looks I don't even know it's not how we thought it will be has it been outside there what are people saying on the street in terms of title beat this particular season everyone is confused people are thinking Chelsea but it's still too early to tell the league can still go anyway because the top four or five anyone we might even have a season where western breakthrough we need I don't know too early to say of course it's too early and we wishing that you know the spectators and those watching they should join the program hashtag touchline y255 for CK Maxwell Mourin also joining us Mourin good to see you it's been a while yeah it's been a while I was here you on sabatical you on sabatical yes I like to take sabaticals one year so as to say always appearing back in November rounds yes I've started my pinditri our season now season now of course big show lined up and of course you don't want to miss this Jimmy yes Javier Nantes big man a former player for Barcelona getting announced as you know the club head coach you know after a string of poor performance there's a ribo showed small showing poor you know results by the team they have decided to bring in former player but you see as always say a good former player rarely makes a good manager is he looking for defying all loads well it depends on the business he does in january because they need to do a lot of offloading and cheap buying but I think if they go the way they've been doing the past if he does what the coaches have been doing previously with the big money signings then he'll end up failing even if he's a good coach he just needs to balance his code get a good maybe seven eight big names and then deal with the academy players I think that's the only thing which will save him get like a maybe a four five year project started because the good guys guys like Aguero all those are old guys need to develop make sure guys like unsufati never miss games to bring in the future of the of the club but former players most more times they'll fail but I'm hoping for the best for him I think amongst all former players who are currently in coaching sofa Patrick Vieira has defied all loads at crystal palace doing very well but looking at you know an endless list of managers currently in coaching and previously playing football they haven't done well lukuna soldier your coach mikaela data even theory was at some point a coach for material impact impact was sucked due to a string of poor performances is Javier Nandes falling into the that trap as well I think one of the reasons why the former players turned managers are not able to do very well at the beginning it boils down to experience remember if you look at a at a coach like Ravi right now he's like 41 years old spent most of his gajia at at Barcelona link span to about 17 years of his of his plane plane life in Barcelona so they they want to transition as soon as they retire and I think that's what brings the the difference the class because of experience but I'm a strong believer that if they are given more time you look at a player like Lampard straight out of Chelsea goes to to try and get some some coaching under his belt he comes to Chelsea he doesn't do very well you look at another player like Steven Gerard straight out of his Liverpool career tries to go and get some some training some coaching under his belt so I think with time with time these are the people we are going to have as coaches of the future I think Shavi has has has done well for himself the club he was he was he was coaching in in Katra has really improved even in terms of their plane style they are the style of football I I was listening to Sant Cazola who actually was playing under under Shavi saying that there's a certain dynamics in that Shavi has brought into into that club so for me it was important that the two years he got in Katra he brings them back to Barcelona I remember Shavi is a player that is loved by the Catalan and I think this is what the fans are lacking they want something that they can associate themselves with they want a player who understands how the free flow style of football in Barcelona goes and I think Shavi is the right man to do this especially after such a small performance by Ronald Coleman and Maxwell as much as these are the unfilled antics that are happening I think it's also good to understand where where are we coming from where where why are we finding ourselves in this dilemma at this particular time Shavi is on the field who is at the at the back there who is doing the background work is it the president what is La Porta going to do is he offering Shavi the supporting needs is he going to give him money to bring in fresh fresh signings in the maybe in January transfer period because you understand that currently Barcelona are in in chaos in every aspect financially I think they are like in one billion or more in debt their players have had to to take salary cuts they have they have had to offload these other these other players they have other players who are said dead on the bench like players like continue I I don't understand so it it really has to Shavi in isolation is not going to be able to perform as good if he is given the full support of Barcelona president is given the support of the board is given support of the players and I think the the the exciting prospects in this team if you look at young blood you have unsufati if he gets unsufati fire team that's good for him these are other young players I think Petri gets him fired and that's good they still have Kina Memphis Depart so I think it's a depth it's it's a it's really a depth issue in in balancing of the score remember what what I what I say is is a team that was gradually declining with no proper strategy to uh to to replace the the the players that were that were getting old Javi been one of them uh when he left nobody was uh like a clear cut like for like replacement for him uh the the other players we have left in this code the agent one Jordi Alba the likes of Sergio basket so Jimmy I'm gonna bring you in you know when Javi was a player at Barcelona during his heyday he played alongside world class top notch players of course alongside him andres in yester up front in their attacking department supab uh you know group of players Lionel Messi, Thierry Onri, Samuel Eto, Ronaldinho Gaucho at some point and even the defense Carlos Buyo, Sergio Ramos I don't know what is he supposed to do exceptionally in terms of acquisition of players just like you indicated earlier that whatever he does during january transfer window will determine the success and breakthrough of his stint at Camp Nou what players should he be after um he should look for a lot of the creative players because see um how the midfield game flows well not just depending on the strikers to bargain the goals bargain the goals because if we move back maybe was it 10 years ago when Pep Guardiola took over that team after being a player there and then he came and won the the title with them and see he was playing a more they were all young players they were all in the mid 20s maybe and the ball the ball kept moving keep the ball away from the defenders keep the ball um keep your opponents guessing that's what he needs to do so it gets maybe if you can bring in guys like Rice maybe Declan of Western right now yes which is unlikely but if he can bring in such players yeah i think they'll have a better they'll have a better chance yeah because you know Pep Guardiola Frank Riker during their days at Camp Nou these codes were polished and you know right now even as we speak it's rare to get a prolific center forward like we had in the past the likes of Ronaldinho Gaucho, Thierry Ondri, Wayne Rooney, D.G. Drogba, Samuel Ato currently it's just countable you would mention Robert Lewandowski, Rometh Lukaku, Sergio Aguero, Luis Aging, Luis Juarez maybe I don't know do you think the result of the center forward is called even as he's six taking over well the right now the days of the center forward the old school center forward the days are the days are now gone yeah now it's about every player chipping in about six seven goals in the season give that to all 10 to 10 players in the in the park you know so it's like what list it goes yeah you'll be fine with that you can and then there's always somebody who'll have an outstanding season maybe get the 10 i think that's how that's how to play the game right now i think you're talking from perspective of Manchester City where your coach Pep Guardiola feels three are tagging players up front Jack Greenleash, Ryan Sterling and Wills and Silver and Phil Forden yes so so so you know we've seen us a week where you know several coaches have been relegated you know their services being rendered useless at their respective clubs Antonio Contoso taking over Tottenham where you know nune sprint was act over sing of poor performances but you think Ronald Kuman could have been given more time or his days had been you know i i don't think so i i had a problem last year in august actually when uh ronald kuman was brought in because my question was what is his profile what has he done that this baselona but he was a good manager at everton he was a good manager at everton and brought him what the stature of baselona at this point you want a coach that you will bring in and you promise that this coach is going to deliver trophies either trophies or nothing the only thing that kuman is coming here with is um i was a former player here so i can't 1992 champions league we know it's baselona i want i want champions league as a player not as a coach i want champions league as a player i have coached everton so i'm good for the job but uh maxel as i said uh it is it is more of off the field antics that affect what we see here because when ronald kuman was brought in remember it was the era of um just a battle when his presidency was coming to an end and i felt like this guy didn't really care uh what he brings in anyway because it wasn't going to be his problem his term was coming to an end so when lapuach came in it was now he he was like inheriting uh but from me was messed and so uh that is why i i had a problem in the first place with ronald kuman because his CV uh was not good enough to be uh coaching baselona it is like uh why was nuno appointed uh the coach for tenham what are what are the prospects of this club you know it communicates as much to to the players uh because you didn't sign up uh as mesi as kutiniu as sajaguero you didn't sign up to go be coached by ronald kuman you expect something uh you know a bit world class not ronald kuman so for me but you see i'm gonna put you on the spot over your claims because erik ten hag coach for yag samstadam was not publicly known but you see what he did during yofa champions league i think it was season of 2019 2020 so sometimes you don't need to be you know in the knowledge of public domain to be a quote sometimes it's about project it is not about being known i'm talking about uh that guy in the reputation the reputation what have this person done it is better you bring somebody who you know if we bring this one we are going to we are going to have a good prospect he's going to have a he's going to have a project he's going to assemble the team he's going to cognize you know the young players and all but this guy was ever told he tried and failed and this is the same person you want to pick polish and drink to baselona it it wasn't ever going to work it wasn't ever going to work like that and so for me i don't feel like uh kuman deserved more time in in fact it was it was it was due it was long due uh because the the results have been this small uh baselona haven't performed the expectations uh ronald kuman lost the dressing room a long time ago uh he let messy go he wasn't about to negotiate uh he he he so sweat is going back he brought i think that was his hand doing grisman grisman come grisman go i mean there was a lot of mess as much as it was off the field there was a lot of mess that ronald kuman again was not able to control and you cannot be doing that at baselona i mean it's baselona uh you have shavin right now there's a feel good factor in the dressing room and you know when players are enjoying when they are when they're enjoying the training the training sessions it it shows in the field when they are struggling it also shows so um how do you know how do you know they are enjoying the training uh and he hasn't taken charge maybe i know i know i know what you wanted to say that rob is pedigree having been a all-class player he would he would i'm talking of i'm talking of a i'm talking of a i'm talking of a feel good factor you know so uh this players know obviously that shavin is coming in remember he was announced uh late yesterday night was it um he he hasn't even taken charge uh we have an international an international break to come he's even going straight until they play i think espanol for the kata landabi that is when hijabi is going to take charge so but still you you understand that there's a there's a bit of a feel good factor in this code i think that is what matters that is what boosts these players remember the spirits are low this this guy's uh Maxwell have had to cut to to take a wage cut they have had to almost take back all the you know all the criticism that is coming their way and the coach is not able to defend them because he's also not able to defend himself he's not been defended by the board he's not been defended by uh labrata actually he's saying it's a mistake that you about this guy Jim Jim Jim Jim it seems shavi arnandes while he said there's a player kumurin was crashing on talking a lot of positivity on shavi arnandes so Antonio Conte remember he was one of the coaches man united was you know keeping that upzone the event that wleguna soldier is acting now after a few Kanyu dayz tutunam, habu ready acquired his services, and is a new coach for SPARS. How did you see that coming? Well, I don't know how tutunam got him with where they are at and what they are competing for this season. But hopefully he can get Harry Kane scoring, and then the tutunam's problems will be halft if Kane can start scoring. Aun kutufu, I Intonio Conte nii kusimu atu hota kufu. Kusimu Stilli nii na kufu nga, Apu vidi na kaya nukutu ningskamai nanapuka mga nii kweniladida, kufu, kika mnaza d Family Ruming. Nika kusimu na hisha, nisha ya kufu k ignorening nii, na kuhusu kufu kusimu nii kusimu nii kusimu nii kusimu nii kusimu nii kusimaia. But yeah, get some players like Delia Ali firing, get, you know, get Kane in there, get Son back on form properly and Tottenham is deadly. Tottenham is deadly and you've spoken about, you know, the likes of Delia Ali, he's a player who's really not getting regular playing time under even Mauricio Pochettino and even the coach who's been sucked. How strategically well can you utilize such fringe players at this pass? Well I guess they have more of, how do you put this, more fringe, okay but not fringe but Delia Ali somebody who should be playing in the first team. In any other team he gets a first team sport but at Tottenham he doesn't so I don't know get people distracted away from their distractions right now because now most players at Tottenham don't really seem to be focused on the games, they are more of the Instagram footballers now, you know. With players are those. I'm not going to mention people but they seem to be, for fear of victimization speaking anonymity. Yes, but they seem to be more interested in their Instagrams and dating who and who, you know. So if the players' focus can be put on the pitch then they'll be fine. And you remember some time back, you know Tottenham when they were having former captain for the national team, Rambestaz Victor Wanyama, you know, taking charge of that midfield alongside, you know, kina Musa Sisoko then on the defense we have Tobi Aldiabili and Jan Vantogen, I think one of them left and one of them not currently getting enough playing time. So the strategy that Antonio Conte has to come up with, you remember when he left in Tamila and he cited reasons that he was not given enough resources to pipe and purchase players he wanted. Is he likely to come up again as the same? Andra, Daniel Levy? I'm actually excited for Tottenham, if I was a Tottenham football fan I would be so excited now. I want to give a brief history or a brief background of how Antonio Conte has ended up where he is. It started with speculations over the summer when they sat there, the young guy who was taking charge of Tottenham after Mourinho left. So Tottenham previously under Levy used to have a role for director of football and when Mourinho came he decided that he doesn't want that he want to take charge of everything. Now the managing director of football goes by the name of Fabio Paratichi. Fabio Paratichi previously was at Juventas and when he was at Juventas he was hacking with Conte actually as one of the sporting executives now. Daniel Levy grabs Paratichi from Juventas to Tottenham then he decides to bring in Amedyoka Coach. I will say that in terms of the profile that is expected of Tottenham now. Nuno Espirito had done nothing, he had tried with moves a bit but it wasn't still spectacular so as to get this role. Paratichi tries to convince Daniel Levy that you know what, let's get Conte from the ward go and Levy was not convinced. He says no Conte is making too many demands and Paratichi goes like it's fine we can have Nuno but at that time remember it is when Hattiken was having the transfer speculations. He wanted to go to city, the deal was not coming through so it was a lot of back and forth. Hattiken is not happening then Nuno comes and it's been a string of small results for Tottenham and so it is at this point now Levy is convinced that we can actually not continue keeping Nuno at this club and that is when Paratichi reaches out to Conte and that's how they get him. If you follow Conte's style of play from Inter Milan, from Juventas, it has always been a 3 man defence. I mean that's the same strategy he utilised actually playing with a back 3, maybe a 3-5-2 or a 3-4-3 something like that. I think if he brings that same style of play to Tottenham because I am certain that is what he is probably going to utilise. He has a defender like Daya, he can utilise them as the central defender at the back there. But Daya is not a naturalist centre back. But that is what Conte does, Conte transitions players. If he decides that he is going to have to be there he is going to play. Because I feel like if you look at what Conte did at Juventas with players like Bonucci and Kehlini at the back he wants somebody who can naturally distribute the ball to the midfielders and this is one of the strength of Daya when he is there. If he plays there either at the back or in the midfield it is in Conte's formation that he gets a ball distributing defender from the back to his midfielders because naturally he wants to play with a back 3. And this is where the advantage comes because if I look at Kehlini Kehlini doesn't naturally like dropping deep and if Conte now brings in the formation of a 3-5-2-3-4-3 this means that he is going to have wing back that are going to be racing back he is going to have a midfield that is a bit full congested that means that Son and Kehlini are not going to drop too deep and I think that is where Kehlini thrives in Son and their exchange of passes so if he brings that formation out properly I think it's at that point now we can have this feel good factor coming back to Trottenham so it's an exciting prospect to see and as much as everybody wants to rubbish the Europa League conference league that was his first game and I think now Conte understands the task that is ahead of him remember Trottenham almost lost their 3 gold lead to that was it because they were playing so I think he understands the intensity of the Premier League at this particular point and going into their game I think they are going to play West Ham next he understands that he has to transition these players immediately and I like what these players are coming out and saying that the dressing room has been experienced in a bit of unrest when there are all these saki drummers but now when Conte brings a quick fix, an immediate fix he guarantees results and I think that is what we are going to have to see now with Conte it might be a quick fix, it might be a short term because obviously Conte is not such a long term project it might be quick and short term but I can guarantee that Trottenham are not going to be finishing our Ukoz G7s when Conte took Chelsea this is where we are getting to see the strength of this coach when he took Chelsea, I think Chelsea were languishing in position 10 and that is when Pep was coming into the Premier League out of position 10, Conte turns that Chelsea into champions you can see the effect he has on teams and not that there was such a brilliant squad in there at the time that the same guys who finished strength, that the same guys who were a bit AG it was Kinajuntere, I think they are still playing so it's a development that we are going to be keeping tabs on and see how it spans out away from matters transfer of managers and firing and sarking and hiring of coaches, Jimmy there is an international break looming I think in the next one or two weeks we have seen how national teams are announcing their squads Jadon Sancho and Yese Lingard players who have been in prolific form just before this season now getting, not getting a call up by the coach for England Gareth Southgate and we have seen Judy Bellingham and Trent Alexander are not now getting a call up at the Three Lions squad can you attribute the omission of Lingard and Sancho to, you know Right player wrong team Yes, right player wrong team Right player wrong team Yes, as I said at the beginning Sancho is not for Manu Sure Yes Is for which team? I don't know, but not Manu Sancho needs somewhere where he's the focus of the team I think he'll do better off there but being at Manu at this moment in time is what is keeping him off the national team and also for them to pull up their socks and whatever the mission that Ole Gunah has they need to see it and be able to leave it but there are players out there who are very well deserving getting spots guys like, again I'll say Rice guys like Ford and all these younger guys who are currently at their club they're showing it that they want it more Yes because Sancho at some point when Sancho was being signed to Manu it was more of the thought of Sancho is a given his number is there already but keeping him out of the this code will make him work harder so maybe next year after the World Cup I think Sancho's problems began when Cristiano came to Manchester United because at this particular point and we have been caught in Sancho for I think the last two years and eventually we were able to get him but when we were getting Sancho for August $73 million we were not ready for Cristiano at that particular point remember I think like 48 hours prior to Cristiano's coming to Manchester United he was being licked with Manchester City and I remember sitting there and almost losing my mind because I couldn't imagine Cristiano in Manchester City so when Cristiano arrives at Manchester United it brings Ole Gunah a bit of a headache because now he was bringing Sancho so that Sancho goes straight into the starting 11 but he is Cristiano and that's the dilemma because you're not going to bench him Cristiano is a natural gold scorer and I think he has proven his worth even at this particular point over and over and over again so I think that is where the problem came in for Sancho because when he came in we were not ready for Cristiano then Cristiano comes and he's not a player you're not going to use so I think it's a bit of opportunity cost for Sancho if I may use that word it's unfortunate that he misses out of the and with regards to player selection former legend Fasunulian Wright said that I've been there where foam is ignored and certain players are guaranteed sports and of course he's citing players like Chris Will Bowen, Ben White, Karl Lager that he's gutted that you know in England those players who are guaranteed of sports while the rest despite their well they also need to bring in the fan favourites because those are the guys who sell the tickets at the gate so there are players who just can't miss from the starting line up and so it's just up to them to work harder but there's no way he'll bench Ronaldo ever because Ronaldo has the worldwide fans he brings in the golds he brings in everything so you have to work hard maybe the rotation is also what could be bringing in a problem because you could have the Premier League team and the FA team you could have one as the focal point in one you could have Sancho being the focal point maybe in the FA and these guys will get enough playing time whereby they'll be able to show their skills well enough to get back to that national team selection because a player like Ronaldo obviously is guaranteed in Portugal as a national team alongside Bruno Fernandez Bernardo Silva Polish squad at the Portugal as well so moving on to other headlines of the week of course a big match is lined up in the next one now also I think matches are done will be united up again in the city remember united was beaten by Liverpool it was 5-5 Pentagon the high five where do you seek to watch that game from where do you want to watch the game from or you hiding the details and you have the jacket in your in your bag a man united jacket so that when you win you will put it on but before we play before we play we are not going close to the jazzy you know Maxwell it's interesting because Oleguna vs Pep in the Premier League in the last four encounters Oleguna has come out stronger one I think like three of those of those meetings so manchesa united is home we will be in ultra for the nevin by now the squad has been unveiled prior to the kickoff so I don't know this just feels like one of those dubbies that could bring a surprise what comes to my mind was that 6-1 thrashing by manchesa city I think it was in 2011 or something because this is a team that can surprise you in the most unwanted ways ever but today if Oleguna is going to step to his three, four, three formation I think we could see something if Kavani starts up with Ronaldo I think the same exact team that we played against Tottenham I think they delivered with the five defenders at the back the only problem is that you have no Varan without Varan Maguaya is going to be chaotic Eric Bile was convincing during Atlanta fixture but Eric Bile is not among Oleguna's favourites he almost never plays do you know Oleguna better play what do you mean favourites why do you have players who are your favourites and they are not delivering let me tell you something Maxwell one of the reasons why Oleguna will never ever drop Maguaya or will never drop one of these other players is because he feels like they are his signings so what happens is that he brought Maguaya in what 80 million and he wants to defend his decision that I brought this guy in and he is going to deliver so he doesn't want to accept the fact that he is not delivering because he feels like this is my purchase I have to have this guy playing and I think that Maguaya is not exactly Van Dijk so I cannot justify his almost guarantee starting in our line up because he messes up games and I think this is where Oleguna has to accept that if I drop him today or in the next match maybe two child in the school see how Bailey and Lyndell of play or bringing tellers on this side and you know I think that is one of his other problems Pogba is suspended Varan is out injured so I think today could be messy actually I will be surprised if CT does not beat us by a minimum of two goals and obviously team sheets are out for united up against CT Deha starting in between the goalpost and of course he is starting in three defenders at the back Victor Lyndell of Erkibaili and overrated Hari Maguaya and then of course at the midfield of course he is playing Bruno Fernandez alongside Scott Maktomini then Luke Shaw and Aaron Bang Bissaka on the flanks then Fred also at the middle and Greenwood and Cristiano Ronaldo up front oh my goodness this is a Shambolic squad but let me get to you know man just a CT squad Jimmy's team Ederson of course starting Stones and Ruben Diaz at the back of course Kyle Walker and Joak and Silo right back left back respectively in the midfield we have Ilke Gundogan Rodri Hernandez Bernardo Silva then up front Jesus Debraina Philforden this is five million favor of CT Jimmy this is five million favor of CT by the legend can we all agree can we all read from the same script this is given if I was passionate about betting unfortunately I have never placed a bet I don't know how to do it I would have said five million in favor of matches of CT do you agree? I see more three one but at least at least you agree with me that it's a beating Athara beating for united you've had the team sheets for team sheets the strength in your squad the strength where should I start because up front is starting Jesus Philforden Debraina but now it seems Jaggrilish is not starting yes but I think we shouldn't even be too worried about the front the back is where it counts because I think Ronaldo will have to get in a few shots there Edison just needs to keep calm breathing because there's no way there's no way they can get more than two shots in with the back line that we have unless they find today's one of those games where stones decide he was on the pitch but he was not because in the back line I think is the only weakness there for me but going up front maybe Jesus needs to find the goals he's not my best forward man in the team at some point you might see Marez introduced here but yeah I think if Edison holds Ronaldo away then the game is okay because he's the only threat that will be there from Manu but I always tell people even Ronaldo has not been a threat to teams you've noticed even in as much as he's been scoring those goals are sort of he's being sort of an opportunistic forward Ronaldo we see today is not Ronaldo we saw two years ago the guy is that six years old I know you not want to agree you not want to agree but Piwali Ronaldo was Piwali was bought for commercial purposes as much as it was bought for commercial purposes Maxwell I think we must agree that Cristiano has dug Manchester United out of deep pitch this season the reason Laguna still has his job you agree two goals against Atlanta and it was last gaps man it was second half last minute injury time first half injury time and it was exciting but we cannot continue playing like that so I think one of the reasons why you want a striker in your team is to bring goals it doesn't have to be pretty it doesn't have to be the Muhammad Salah style I mean we just want goals Cristiano out of all these strikers I've seen here Jesus Forden I think he has he has more shots on the goal more goals than these guys combined so I don't know I feel like if Cristiano is able to get us those tapins and those goals in this game the guy is that six years old I don't expect Cristiano to start dropping in deep and sorting out the likes of Fred but if he gives me goals I'll tell you for sorting he will have failed his papa's end one of the men who is happy to have Cristiano in this team must be Ole man because he is literally holding his job is literally holding his job he knows those spots he doesn't need to work too hard he knows just where to go and find the ball for the tapin so Jimmy Manchester City looks like they are the title favourites this particular season of course alongside Chelsea Liverpool but where do we place our investment who do you think is likely to carry the season because Liverpool you can club didn't was not actively involved during transfer positions because he retained his squad of course most of his players that played for him last season were retained still with him and we've seen what most are like of doing alongside Sadio Mania upfront can we get scared of Liverpool as well yes very very very much because Liverpool is as you have seen Liverpool just pull it out of the bag whenever wherever I mean despite the state of Manu to give Manu 5 that alone is an accomplishment it doesn't really show how bad Manu is but how good Liverpool are you know that Manu rated sympathizer can I tell you something I was somewhere watching that football match you know some of us who who sometimes take this for the liquids but just like two bottles then I had to give an excuse that you know this is not my brand I will only take one because you could not withstand I could not withstand the run but had only united was going through so you were saying something yes but it will be very tight at the end it's probably going to be one of those seasons sorted out by the gold difference at the end because Liverpool Chelsea Manchester City well for Liverpool they will probably be brought down by their draws because at some point they will have to give us like 10 10 consecutive or something with spaces of 1 or 2 again small teams and Brentford so at least City will lose such games like Palace how we did where they were just not there but then Liverpool the draws keep adding up and that's what's going to hold them back and so Chelsea with how they win a lot more so I think Chelsea I'm a city fan but I'll say Chelsea we need to watch it for Chelsea what has been the secret for Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge I think one of the things that has worked really well for Tuchel is the gelling of the players he found at Chelsea you remember when Lampard couldn't bring in players because there was this ban on transfers for Chelsea and then when it was opened he literally bought everybody who was available in the market now the problem was he couldn't get all these players Jelyne, Timovana, Kaihabard he couldn't get all of them into the school at the same time and that is where it went so wrong for Frank Lampard now Tuchel comes in and finds players that are trying to understand each other that have worked together for quite some period it's just sort of bringing them together and being able to gel them and I think when you have players working for the coach when you have players putting out performances for the manager I think it turns out well when these guys are training you can see the sort of charisma this guy has even on the training page even beyond and one of the other advantages I feel like Chelsea has not been struck by injuries so much this so far in the season I think only Lukaku has been injured Kante had an injury here but besides that relatively his code has been able to maintain fitness and this boils down also to the training mechanism the coach is utilizing because if you always find players and are talking injury and are chasing them really that also tells more about the style of training that they are doing Tushel has really brought out what Chelsea exactly means they have not had Lukaku in the last three games and these guys have been winning three meals, two meals I feel like this is just the rights code and the right players for the style of play for Tushel and for me besides being a Manchester United fan and oh sympathizer without as the title feel rights somewhere in between things have gone here well but for me I would out of Chelsea as the title feel rights for so far and even going for Of course United up against City at 330 East African time Brentford the newly promoted side will be playing host to Norwich and so is Chelsea up against Burnley Crystal Palace after causing an upset against title favourites Manchester City Martin Wanderas and Brighton up against Newcastle during late Kiko Fista you've seen the reports at Newcastle United and you know the money that has been pumped at the club and you know the prospective players they are looking for acquiring I've seen them getting linked with almost every polish every body are they the new city in waiting you remember when city came on board after you know they take over in terms of investment the Arabs had pumped into the team Newcastle is it a team to watch? the names I've been hearing I think I'm hearing more older people so I don't think we need to be worried about them that much but if you remember city what city did they signed a lot of young guys 23-24 who pushed the club all the way through the decade basically with Agüero Silver Company Tourade they had Fanandinho all they signed in young guys who were able to push the club a lot further that's why all of these guys left on free transfers and no one cared because after serving after serving those 7-8 years guys had fulfilled everything they were there to bring but now Newcastle need to if they can figure out the same model they'll be fine just not don't sign people for the quick fix where we're just all looking for say a mid table finish this season try and get into the Europa next season and then nothing they need to build that squad proper even if it's getting rid of everybody currently there bringing whole fresh new blood but they need to get a sustainable project not just buy players was it a good decision? yeah they weren't gonna get anywhere with how they were and with the quality of the other teams right now they weren't going to get anywhere but then that also came with the fact that was it Mike Ashley was not willing to spend any money on the club he just wanted a club that will maintain position so hopefully now the Arabs are looking for a club to win and so the coach will be a big part of that but the previous coach I think he was doomed by Mike Ashley all the way from the start so it was not undoing but the undoing of the management it's more well the problems of the club with the owners not really the manager I feel like Newcastle are getting so many things so wrong even at this point because as much as the Arab money is there I remember even going into this weekend's game they still not managed to get a proper coach they tried he turned down and I think that was messy because it was done publicly and it was a bit uncomfortable when the guy was leading out his team into a game and he's been asked all these questions about Newcastle and his movement and he literally said he's not aware so I feel like one of the lady representatives for these Arab guys Amanda I think she's handling the whole business find the money is there and we are feeling it but they haven't been able to take control properly out of this so Newcastle still under their care take a manager and so far have been this small and I don't expect anything to change and they are targeting most of United players let them go we need to release ones what I feel they are also targeting Eddie Hauer for the job he's been an attract since he left Monmang yeah he has that was like what two seasons ago actually Mike Ashley wanted Eddie Hauer before he took Steve Bruce and for me with all this money I don't think players are going to feel like we could have gotten Eddie Hauer when we had Mike Ashley where we still getting Eddie when we have all this money that is where attitude start because they feel like they deserve a better coach they deserve a more world class and unite your country here to raise the standard because why would they settle for less so as to say if they could have gotten Hauer a while back why not now but I feel like the fund base at Newcastle will start rambling like they did when they had Mike Ashley but for me Newcastle is going to need about 2-3 seasons to just put a project together properly with all this money and bring in acquisitions I think just a few decent players in their squad maybe Kalaam I don't see how they are going to retain all these other junk of players so for me they need to start getting things right from the Wadgo and that will be tested by the kind of manager they bring in then for me that is a mid table position 13-14 finish for me for this season and for as long as they are not getting a proper coach Jimmy sometimes you rate the caliber of a coach in the manner in which is fumbling with formations like Oleguna soldier today is 3-5-2 Pep Guardiola is 4-3-3 it seems like you are not missing Mantos city was not affected because up front using false 9s Kevin De Bruyne Ryan Sterling looks like he is a French player at city because most of the time nowadays he is not being used at the team front 3 is now your option nowadays is it working in favor of city I mean it seems to be working because the goals are there in this season we have gotten some 4-5-6 goal games so the lack of that center forward does not seem to be affecting us but then at some point in the season we will feel it because at some point like last season it was just one nail slim victories we need that person who will step up week in week out and just bring them in short you need the Cristiano yes if we had Cristiano I would be saying champions league is ours right now actually I was tearing up that Cristiano Ronaldo might have opted for united because of the loyalty and having played for the team but if he was at city I think city will be guaranteed of 2 trophies champions league because right now he is at the team that is being poorly utilized poorly getting supplied with the ball today he is starting with Mason Greenwood up front and that is a boy who has been competing with him he is not passing the ball to him I mean he must be mesmerized because Mason Greenwood has grown up idealizing Cristiano so he sort of feels like he needs to outdo Cristiano just for the feel good factor as Jimmy said we have these instagram footballers and sometimes I feel like Mason Greenwood is one of them because remember I'm also having a problem with his attitude I do not understand why Southgate sits down he gives you an England call up in the senior school and you just blat until he declines because he was called up for England and he declines sure he declines he said that he had a meeting this family who are assuming is the 19 year old girlfriend and said that he is not ready for a senior call up for England so for me that is sort of a let down and when you have now Mason Greenwood in the context of Cristiano he needs to outdo him with that and this is not the first time anyway because Greenwood is sort of what I can call a selfish player because when he gets the ball he doesn't think pass so for me that is where we are having this problem but I don't want to cast a bad spell to this game so let's just see how it pans out I wouldn't mind that way because you're looking for it we go above city anyway looking at Manchester City I was surprised over the summer when they let Sergio Aguero go and they didn't get a replacement in part because I feel maybe they were looking forward to getting Hurricane they were sure Ken was coming they were almost certain but the deal didn't go through so Pep Guardiola is finding himself in sort of a strange position where he's used to having so many players to select from and now he's having to rely on a force nine for a striker I feel that could be one of the problems Jack Grilish came in I used to like Jack Grilish when he was at Aston Villa but Jack Grilish they brought I'm not certain which one this is because he's not been firing as expected so the brainer again his form has not yet picked and he's the one leading the attack over there so I don't know Pep is finding himself in some sort of a strange position where he's not having a headache of player selection because all his players are firing but so far for me that has only been the problem because he didn't get a replacement for Aguero So someone is tweeting Taira Zwayaki is your uncle right? Yes Until he's taken my photo he posted it on tweet and he's saying Maxwell Waseke is on right now on Y254 hashtag touchline dude you are on fire Jimmy is so good and I really like this lead on today's show seems like a lot of interest are coming Now apart from Shavia Nandes there's another one I haven't seen her before she's blessed she's also blessed with humour loving the show Buddha Taira Zwayaki of course tweeting this from Gong and it's good to see him talking about what he also talking about right? So city as we wind up the show you are passing shows final submissions in terms of would you tip Manchester City today Manchester City Manchester City all day you had said 3-1? Yes 3-1 for Manchester City Phil Forden will get a goal I say cancello and a random goal will come So Maureen yourself obviously you are looking for a united victory For me I would love to say that we are going to win this game but Maxwell to be honest we are going to get a 2-0 defeat by city and it's just so unfortunate 2-0 defeat by city and it's so unfortunate Oh my goodness on that particular note I wanna wind up the show touchline has been the program starting 1 and of course ending at 3pm next Saturday same time same place we own keep talking to us and keep joining the conversation Y254 CK Maxwell and Y254 Channel at touchline Y254 Tosoro of course he predicted 2-0 in favour of city while Jimmy predicted 3-1 in favour of city for the investors outside they are disclaimer their predictions do not necessarily reflect the position of Y254 but individual positions anyway it's been an honor doing this because let's hook up again next time be blessed and keep safe