 It is the touch line here on Y244. You have been watching the Bayern Munich National Antemas. They won the UEFA Super Cup and started their season on a high and also what a good way to start this afternoon here on the touch line because it is three minutes to kick off in the game between Brighton and Manchester United. Joining me here to discuss everything on the fun zone is Eric Aganya, who is a sports analyst and also Joe Saina, host of Joe's Dagos football podcast, is here today with us to discuss everything that is going to be happening. We want to start with a bit of a preview of the UEFA Super Cup, but let's just jump in with the game that is going to be happening this afternoon as the lineups are already out. Brighton defeated Newcastle last week by three goals to Neal and now Matt Ryan started in goal, a back three of Ben White, Adam Webster and Lewis Dank is in that and then you've got four midfielder there, Tariq Lampti was the bright star of Brighton last weekend again as Newcastle started us off. Adam Lallana makes his first touch for Brighton and then Steven Alzate and Sallie March finish off the midfield with a forward line of three Aaron Conley, Neal Maupi and Leonardo Tronson as Brighton wish to take on Manchester United in the early kickoff. Joe, big conversation coming up with this game, let's just go into it and say what you make of the game this early kickoff. I think we were talking earlier and we agreed that Solcia went back to his original team that won him games last season, but I guess the big argument would be the inclusion of Lindelof and again we were talking about it saying it's two ways, the pressure on him but yet he's still a good defender, he can still defend. The problem is as you are directly put out there is that he is not playing with an experienced defender who can actually tell him you know what when I go forward you remain behind because again if you look at their gameplay they are very slow, Maguaia and Lindelof very slow, we saw what Zaha did last week. So it is up to now them to understand the communication between Maguaia Lindelof and Machich for this game because Mopley likes playing behind the line and he is a very quick player and if he is a one on one with Lindelof or with Hari Maguaia they will be a problem. If you look again at the creative prowess of Adam Lalana, that's someone that needs to be stopped because once he start getting those balls into the front three it will be a problem for United because we know very well that Bersaka and Luxio will bomb forward so they will leave a gap behind, Machich needs to stay behind to cushion and to buffer Maguaia and Lindelof, that is very important. Eric Bigwan there from Joe Azia has actually put it but now Machich is sticking with the lineup that they had, of the mic you are talking about United sticking with the school that they had last season and people are talking about a lot of pressure being put on Victor Lindelof and it's just one game. What do you make of the lineup? Lindelof comes back with Maguaia and Luxio in that defense, Machich makes a comeback onto the score but social goes on with five midfielders and then Antoine Marshall to be the one point point striker at the front. What do you make of the chances of Man United this afternoon? The chances of Man United are good this afternoon because if you look at that team there is more balance than the first game we played because when Machich comes into the team he changes everything. He has the discipline to shield the defense, he's not tempted to really move forward and like Makhtomni, Makhtomni is good but he has a tendency of rushing forward and then eventually exposing our central defense because the problem with Lindelof as Joe has said, Lindelof is a very good defender. The problem is that he is playing with a defender whom they have the same attributes, they are both slow, they are both poor readers of the game because you find that if you look at the first goal we considered against Crystal Palace they were both pulled to one wing, a cross comes in, it has exposed the central defense and being slow both of them then nobody is able to compliment the other but today at least I'm happy that Machich is in because Machich will sit back and shield. At one given time we've seen Machich being used as a center back by Jose Mourinho in Chelsea so he has that discipline, he can sit back and allow the other midfielders to bump forward. Another attribute if you look at that team, soja has gone for the policy of we will attack you so that you fail to come to us and that's what he's banking on and that's what you see he has brought in young guys who are very fast to come to you so that you don't come and if that is we're able to execute that properly then Machich as a United should carry the day today simply. But also if you look at that midfield, what happened against the Crystal Palace game, they broke the chain of communication between the midfield and the attackers so much so that those passes are not going to the attackers and that's something if Brighton can watch the game against Crystal Palace and realize that if you break the Machich's United midfield there is no communication going forward. Remember Bruno Fernandes is a brilliant passer, low passes, high passes, corner passes but if he is marked tightly there's no way Machial is going to get that ball. Debut for Van de Beek came off the bench scored in the first game for Manchester United. It's a good way to debut but we still need to see his passing prowess. He was brought into Manchester in order to provide those passes that can lead to goal chances or even goal themselves. Yes he scored but this should have been a game to introduce him to the Premier League because if you look at Chelsea for example, Kaivets scored in the middle of the week during the Karabao Cup, introduced these new signings so that at least they can get the feel of the game. Because it's different being a good player in Ajax in that league and then coming to the Premier League and also saying that you'll be a good player and you'll play to the system. You need to be in the system first of all. I think what the coach is trying to do also is trying to protect Van de Beek from the English press because if you bring him too soon and he doesn't perform the pressure on him will be so high that he will not be able to perform even eventually. So he's easing him slowly into the game. The debut was good and he scored the confidence is high. So bring him in the second half, let him get a custom, win some games, remove pressure from Manchester United, let him come in slowly. But being a munch to United, they will always be pressure. No, they will always be pressure. I work on that pressure. There's one thing Ericu have got to talk about. Martin Kiyon, the former Arsenal defender, was one of the key players of Brighton last week, Tarek Clampton. He says, I've not seen anyone in Europe play as well as Tarek Clampton so far this season. I'm giggling at things he is doing. He has been phenomenal and is leading the way. What key is Lampty for Brighton from last weekend's match against Newcastle and coming onto this match? He is the star player in Brighton if you look at in terms of all round because as a football player you need three major important things. You need the technique, you need the insight and the good communication which he has all those three things and then he has youth on his side and very very confident. So he is really a key player for them and if the trend continues, three, four, five games into the Premier League, him giving those performances, maybe Brighton will not have him in January. Even then. They will not. The transfer window for the transfer ends in the next nine days. He reminds me of, if you remember Dembele when he came into Tottenham, the way he could glide on the pitch. He said to pick out the key pass, he can still have the pace to run at the ball or with the ball and also run off the ball which is something very important for that kid and also in the position that he is in. Remember something Brighton is not a big team. Okay, but just like Southampton, just like Lester, but Lester now is growing in Stature because of we are in the Premier League, it will produce those lively players that yes will be snapped up by the big teams, but it's the impact they make. And for this season, I think he will be very important for Brighton's progress. Joe Sayena, host of Joe Dunn. Podcast here in studio with us and Eric Aganya as sports analysts as we dissect some of the big matches that are coming with this afternoon here on the touch. Another big match. Can it be a two out of two for Crystal Palace and Everton as they head on to the match today? The Eagles defeated Manchester United in March day one, three goals one. They are going against Everton who have actually two out of two after defeating Tottenham in their first match. They also won their second match by a whooping five two. How good is Everton Eric when you look at the way Carlo Ancelotti is putting on that team? The team that is playing on the field is having a great reflection of the coach, a very composed and experienced coach. And Everton on paper and on field, they are very good, it's a very good team. The same applies to Crystal Palace. They also have a very experienced coach, they all did actually in the Premier League. So it will be very interesting to see how these two coaches will set up their team. But I think in my opinion I think Everton have an edge in terms of now individual players on the pitch who can change the game. They have Rich Alson, they have Calvin Levin who scored a heart trick last time. They have Hermes Rodriguez. That is the key player in that midfield. They have the call from the one they signed from Motford. So you see that from the midfield going forward they have very good players. Crystal Palace have a tendency to rely so much on Zaha. When Zaha doesn't show up on that particular day then Crystal Palace are in trouble. Today I will put my money on Everton. Everton. When you look at Crystal Palace, when you look at the front three, let me not disregard the midfield. But if you look at Townsend, Bashuwae, Zaha. It's scary. It screams pace, screams execution. You see you saw what Zaha did to Manchester United. You saw what Townsend did to Manchester United in terms of bringing in their assists now. Now with Everton if they are going to play three at the back they will have a problem. Because the movement, the wing backs who are going to play also as the wingers at the same time are not running back. Trust me on one side Zaha on the other side Townsend they are going to cause destruction. And then now Mishi Bashuwae. Mishi Bashuwae is one of those underrated strikers I've ever seen. Don't also forget there's also, there's also IU who can come in. Who last season provided most of the goals for Crystal Palace. So now you're looking at an attacking Crystal Palace under Roy Hodgson. And they believe very well that they can make, they can win these games coming up. Because two on the trot, six points, you know, over six, six points for a possible six points. So you're looking at it as it's just gaining momentum, gaining momentum. And that's something that Manchester need to be wary about. Because the last game they played, yes, they were saying that it was our first game we were back from training. We were still a bit lethargic. But now if you don't pick up points against Brighton, the park will clear, the park will clear very fast. But for me Everton Crystal Palace I'm looking at a very high draw because they would be goals for sure. Eric, you look at, when we're looking at the preview of these matches since 1934, 1935 is when Everton won. Back-to-back games in the season start. But the calmness of the club for Mosheery to go for Carlo Ancelotti. And Carlo Ancelotti is a champions league winner. One of the best players the Italy has ever produced comes on to Everton. And the club is now calm. You don't get a lot of noise or a lot of speculations coming out of that team. Is it that time you'll see Everton coming back even to the David Moyes days when they are fighting for the champion European positions? Yes, this season I'm really looking at them as fighting for the top six. Reason being they have an experienced coach with Carlo Ancelotti, a calming figure and then there's no pressure from the club. They've been performing, they are comfortable as at the meet table. So anything above the meet table, above number ten, it's a big plus. There's no pressure on the coach, there's no pressure on the team. Then they have a coach again who is able to attract the big names. Because look at Carlo Ancelotti, he has won the champions league several times. One twice with Desi Milan. I think he did it with Rihanna. He's been a champ, he's performed. His track record speaks for him. So if he picks up that phone call and makes a phone call to a player, the player would like to play for Carlo Ancelotti. And those are the players who are going to enjoy the football because yesterday we saw what Rihanna said at British Sport. He said that yes at Manchester United we won trophies but the pressure was high. At West Ham more of the same but at Leeds United it was all about us enjoying and that is the best because they got I think to the champions league semifinal. That was the best times you can have as a player and to have a coach as Carlo Ancelotti on your side, you don't have that a lot of pressure for trophies. When you enjoy the game is when also you will perform with the team. And then the fans, you saw Hamid said he chose Everton because that is a place where he will be loved. He will not only be loved, he will be idolized because of what he will be able to do with that. You saw a fan coming in and giving him a gift after the game, the first game. He will give his best to that team. He is really going to enjoy and many other players who are going to come in. So I think Everton may be the surprise package this season. We are going on with Crystal Palace there and Everton. West Bromwich versus Chelsea today are we going to see three loss in a row for West Brom because now they are going against Chelsea and Chelsea also needs that win to kickstart the season. Back in 1996, Slavan Belich played in the same team with Frank Lampard on your side and he has always said the ambition of Frank Lampard has been pivotal from West Ham to Chelsea to not becoming the Chelsea manager. Now, he is trying to introduce a new style of football in Chelsea which is fast paced. It is unfortunate for West Bromwich this afternoon because the organization of Thiago Silva at the back with the likes of Katzuma is very important. They are signed by the name of Mendy Mendy who can now give Kepa a run for his money by not showing him that there is competition for this position. Going forward, you are looking at how Kanti has been playing. You are looking at how he holds that midfield. Going forward, what police it has been doing. And I am mentioning to you these players disregarding even the new recruits because if you look at that spine of Chelsea and if you look at the players it is a team that this season is not going for anything less than top three. I believe. And if Liverpool, let me not even say the big teams, if Man City and Liverpool are not careful, Chelsea is going to take this title and it starts with a win again today at West Bromwich. It is unfortunate that West Bromwich had to face Chelsea. Now they have a good team but unfortunately I see a Chelsea win. It is the touchline here on why two FIFA fans are not at the moment I am Robert Rosolo. I am joined by Eric Aganya as sports analyst here on why two FIFA and Joe Sayena who is the host of Joe's Dagot football podcast. Time is not on our side and we cannot talk about all the football games that are there in the English Premier League. But let's go with our remaining 10-15 minutes and talk about La Liga and specifically talk about Barcelona because this week at the end of the day Luis Suarez has left and he is headed to Atlético Madrid for 5.5 million. Can you believe that? And even Messi came out and said at this rate nothing even surprises me anymore at Barcelona. Eric, let me put it to you. Luis Suarez deserved a testimonial match at Barcelona. That is another way to lose one of your best players. Luis Suarez has done a lot for Barcelona since the time he left Liverpool for Barcelona. The way he has been treated is really a shame to football in general because it is not inspiring to the other players who are still in Barcelona because if you can do this to one of your greatest what will happen to me who is still giving my best to the team and I believe Barcelona will come to regret because Luis Suarez will punish them. Now that they are in the same league he will punish them and him joining up with Diego Costa and Diego Simeone on the touchline that is fireworks. But that aside I think Kumaan is being set up to fail from the beginning because you are losing influential players at a very fast rate and you are not losing them in a good way you are losing them in a bad way. It doesn't inspire confidence and morale to the remaining dressing team. And Barcelona will be kicking off the season tomorrow alongside Vila Rial which is coached by Fuma Asano coach Unai Emery and they will be looking to make an impact on that game as they come but let's look at some of the problems Barcelona is going to have. Joe let me start with one from what Erika actually talked about making the dressing room, having the dressing active and coming on tour. The key question will be how will Ronald Kumaan convince Lionel Messi to be the leader in that dressing room and actually start the season on our high because this is a player for I think a tabulent two months it has been war between transfers me I am going I am saying how is he going to do how is he going to convince Messi that we can take Barcelona forward. I believe by changing the playing system I believe by pushing Messi forward to even be more of a striker and telling me know what not only will you be the captain you will be the leader getting the goals Suarez is gone we have Koteño we have Griezmann we will put Koteño and Griezmann on each of your side you play center that is the only way you are going to lift up Messi's Messi's attributes in the game not only attributes but also his morale to play for Barcelona I mean three weeks ago he was already linked to Manchester City Manchester City had a very good offer for him on the table and the condition was he was going to play alongside Aguero that even Pep was ready to restructure the formation so that Aguero and Messi can play up front so I believe that is the key but if you look at now the spine of the team if you think about Barcelona you think about Vidal, Piqua, Messi Suarez Messi the two parts of that backbone has been removed what have you replaced them with you let Arthur go to bring him Pranik Pranik from Juventus what have you how Vidal has gone Vidal is the best utility player you can keep in your team yes he does not start every game I am telling him he will get in the 65th minute and he will make a difference in that game if you need to close out a game so that you don't consider a lot of goals Arturo Vidal will do that for you and now the problem is he is gone Piqua can do that good that you have brought him the playing units because I was going to put you now where are the defenders because Barcelona is selling Semedo he is gone to Wul and he is a young player who will be there to make that difference and you remain with Gerard Piqua Umtiti they are likely also that he is going he is old I think Umtiti is 29 Gerard Piqua is 32 you have got Jordi Alba who is also 31 is that a way to make up your difference that is why I am saying I don't understand because when Kuman was coming in I was really excited because he was trying to bring the average playing age down but you look at their exits but they are no interest because if you are losing you are supposed to bring in players players who can replace the players you have left and as Joe says they are those players that may not give you the 90 minutes they are those players that may not give you the week in week out play but they are very influential in the dressing room Arturo Vidal is loud Arturo Vidal will rally his colleagues and tell them hey we are winning this game we are such kind of players you are remaining with the booskets who doesn't talk he is very good at what he does but he is not the player who will rally the other players look at the defense Barcelona naturally they don't have a very strong defense since time immemorial but when they don't have a strong defense they have very good attack the attack this time is not as good as it's their worst actually and Ronaldino in one team that attack is scary and Messi in one team right now you don't have those players so the opponents will not fear coming for you and Kuman is in trouble serious trouble he is in trouble it is the touch right here at Y254 on Facebook we are actually streaming why are you watching us from we have got some of the reactions of our fans watching from outside we have got some of the reactions from Lukome Bungama County we have got some of the reactions especially Zileza Asenol it is very fresh and Asenol is actually making some good strides we are going to talk about that there is a possibility of Torreira moving to Atletico Madrid and Pate coming on to that side we have got Masinde Evans Ropa Rosora watching live from Soi and Ronald Juma watching Kuman James is one fan we have got to bring on to Y254 who is ever a touchland yard fan watching from Mombasa and this is Liverpool 2-1 that is the game that will be coming away this weekend for the biggest game of the day and Liverpool were finding Maneno was it to disappoint against Asenol let's shift gear before we talk about that let's come back here with Joe and finish off this conversation the question will be as you have rightly put it other teams will be coming for you Villa Rialna has Onay Emery Sevilla has Lupe Tagu you saw how good they played against Bayern Munich Atletico Madrid has really strengthened and they are also good to play Rial Madrid cannot be left behind there are times when now the dominance of Barcelona will be put to test my friend it's not your time now go back and go back to the drawing board and come back with a better team I'll make a very good comparison to our favourite team Manchester United there is this idea of rebuilding there is this idea of we had players we have the lights of Swain Steiger we have the lights of Di Maria from when Falcao was there at some point we are the best players at that point but again the rebuilding process started Barcelona has to be ready for that Barcelona has to understand that this season they might even finish number 3 because the way Rial Madrid is going to play the way Atletico Madrid is going to play the way Rial Sociedad is going to play with David Silva the way Villa Rial we have talked about they are going to play Sevilla how they played against Bayern Munich it is a time that Barcelona has to do two things they either remove the cash in the next nine days so that because the next nine days the transfer window will be closed and get the players that they need or they stick with the lights of Atsu Fatsu who send a new contract to the release close over I think 4 million it was 400 million 400 million and see you know what we are going to rebuild our team with these young kids the likes of Ricky Koi in the middle of Busquets Younger Brother who has come back and is also defensive midfielder and build with the idea that Messi is going to lead this team and not conquer Europe not conquer Spain but rebuild this team because in the rate they are going I am saddened if they can meet with Atletico Madrid Suarez is going to destroy them single handedly Joe Sainat the host of Joe's Dagon football podcast here on Y254 and we are still hanging out with Eric Aganya now let's shift gears with the remaining minutes and talk about the biggest match of the weekend it will be Liverpool vs Arsenal a repeat of the community she will finally win against Liverpool let me put just there how do you think the match is? the simple as that early in the season so early in the season that nobody expected this but we saw Chelsea Liverpool last weekend so that's a big one here Liverpool Arsenal I think how it will go it will depend on the coaches because remember they are meeting twice in one week and I believe no coach will win the two games so it will depend on the priorities of the coaches and I believe Atletico would like to beat Liverpool on Monday so that for two things one for a statement that we are coming for the Premier League one day it was not a by chance it was not a fluke that we won it our intention we want to make our intention known from the beginning and then the second one will be to slow down Liverpool because remember last season they took off and went I would like that to happen because if Arsenal is beaten on Monday then Liverpool may run away with the Premier League early enough and that is trouble because a club now has the experience to be able to maintain that moment until the end Atletico if he prioritizes the Premier League then he will beat Liverpool on Monday and lose on Thursday because I don't think he can win either coach or the manager can win both again seeing the young managers are really doing well against the established managers we saw what Olegana did to pay plus we saw what Atletico has been able to do to clop we saw Lampard beating the big names so it will be an interesting challenge but what I believe is that the choice of the coach and I'll put my money on Atletico going for the Premier League in the FA Cup and the Community Shield there was no Thiago Alcantara he came on last weekend 45 minutes set a new record of the highest passes I think 75 complete passes in just 45 minutes to Liverpool if he starts on that midfield is Arsenal in trouble or not? They will be in trouble because now that will be I think a fourth source of goals this regard for Minos the contributions by Trent Alexander-Arnold and Robertson and now look at what Thiago is going to do if you give a player like that the opportunity to control the game from the midfield able to sport Salah, able to sport Mane able to sport for Mino Arsenal are going to be in trouble and this is because Arsenal are known for pushing for pushing their defenders very much ahead and at the same time it can create a possession type of game that the midfield of Arsenal will not be ready to cope and are not ready to cope Mandis game is critical for Liverpool because Liverpool has done everything needs to do but now they want to get to the 20 mark the 20 holy mark that the likes of Manchester United have been chasing the likes of Newcastle have been chasing and I'm talking about Blackburn the teams that have won the Premier League before Arsenal and the Invisibles so now he wants to prove a point that he is going to make Liverpool the most prestigious team in the United Kingdom so how is he going to do that he is going to go for this years Premier League again but to my pundits point my fellow pundits point Arsenal has to slow down it's not going to be Chelsea to slow down Liverpool so even going to be Man City or Man United it's going to be Arsenal because Arsenal has introduced that first paste game that we used to marvel and as he says Thiago Alcantara is bringing something different to Liverpool we have known Liverpool to be a threat when the wing backs come forward and they have been playing long balls Thiago Alcantara if he looked at the Chelsea game when he came in he confused the whole of the Chelsea team because now they are not bringing those long balls he takes the short passes now they are coming through the midfield through the midfield and he has given them another outlet and another dimension of the whole team and it will be really interesting to see how Arsenal will be able to handle that on Man United and it actually reminds me so different actually it actually reminds me of the Barcelona Real Madrid game I think it was in 2012 or 2011 where they were walloped 5 nil no no was it 5 nil or was it 7 nil by Barcelona and the idea of playing the passing game from the midfield to the attacking what Shavi and Iniesta could do is something that Thiago can introduce to the likes of Anderson to the likes of Gigi to the likes of Milner also and Naby Kater I believe that assimilation can happen let's leave it at there 22 minutes 22 minutes gone in the game between 27 in the game between Brighton and Manchester United 00 at the moment Bruno Fernandez had a yellow card on the 22nd he wasn't given a penalty do you expect a win? Brighton United I expect a tough game for Manchester United but they will work for the points Eric one question I have to ask you next week will be the just one question I'll have to ask I never had time to talk about is the impact of the fans because Manchester United is a team that is known to rally behind they have rally behind the fans to actually perform Liverpool the same and without fans it's a big one for Manchester United that's why we finish off here on the touchline today some of the other matches that will be coming away we've got Crystal Palace versus Everton West Brom Chelsea will be coming away then Burnley versus Southampton in La Liga it's half time between Alaves and Getafe Valencia and Huyska will be at 5 Elch and Real Sociedad at 7.30 and then at 10 pm will be Betis playing home to Real Madrid that's why we finish off here on the touchline good afternoon enjoy the rest of your viewing and follow us on all our social media platforms