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In a bumper episode, the guys from EPLpod answer the burning questions from the weekend’s Premier League action: who’s the biggest arsehole, Diego Costa or Dimitiri Payet? Just what is going on and off the field at Pep’s Manchester City and does Paul Pogba need a new emoji?
There is also a ‘World EXCLUSIVE’ from Ben’s trip to China, as he makes a desperate bid to keep his place on the pod.
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Dripping with meat sweats, Mike makes his long awaited return to the EPLpod hot seat armed with a defribulator at the ready.
In this mid-week Cup pod, the guys take in the semi final first legs of the League Cup which saw Mourinho’s men continue their rich vein of form after breezing past Hull, while in the other semi final, Saints take a slender lead back to Anfield after a 1-0 win.
In other news, Mike groans about FIFA’s plans to expand the World Cup while Paul delves into the technology behind goal line technology. Conclusion: the robots are coming for all of us!
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With Mike “sick note” MacDonald’s health taking a turn for the worse, Paul and Sir Ben are left to their own devices once again on the EPLpod.
In a weekend overflowing with FA Cup action, the guys discuss plucky Plymouth’s remarkable draw at Anfield, Giroud rescuing Arsenal once again, Millwall knocking out Bournemouth and Man City giving Slaven Bilic a hernia.
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With Mike on the treatment table, Paul and I are left to our own devices on the pod which can only spell trouble.
We take in Spurs’ win over Chelsea which just about keeps the title race alive thanks to Dele Alli, Arsenal drop out of their cozy 4th spot despite a remarkable comeback at Bournemouth and Paul delves into his porn browsing history. Hopefully there’s not too many https://www.tubev.sex/?hl=ko videos on there!
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Ball boys, when they’re not taking a shoeing from Eden Hazard or nutmegging poor old Robert Green, you can guarantee they are carefully plotting their next move on an unsuspecting victim, egged on by their “peers” in the stands behind them.
Step up Tim Cahill, the latest to feel the ball boys’ wrath. Cahill, back in his native Australia, scored one of his trademark headers during a 2-2 draw between Melbourne City and Central Coast Mariners on New Year’s Eve. As expected, Cahill followed up his trademark header by running to the corner flag to do his trademark goal celebration – laying into the corner flag with a few combination punches. Or, at least he tried. You see, the ball boy had other ideas, promptly pulling out the corner flag from the ground before Cahill could land a single punch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfm4sYnK6Qc
Cold blooded, plain and simple.
I’d give the ball boy a solid 7 out of 10 for his party pooping efforts. However, for the gold standard of ball boy contempt he has a long way to go before he can match Cristiano Ronaldo’s ball boy nemesis.
At the Emirates on Sunday Olivier Giroud scored what will surely be the goal of the year. The Frenchmen was obviously very keen to get his contender in early doors, producing his sensational strike on day one of 2017 while the rest of us were rubbing our heads in both disbelief and new years eve inflicted pain.
If like me you have watched Giroud’s outrageous scorpion kick goal about a thousand times already and you still haven’t grown tired of it, then you are in luck as some thoughtful person on the interwebs has threaded together the commentary of the goal in 21 different languages.
The French one is a particular highlight. “Magnifique!”
If that still hasn’t satisfied you, here is Giroud’s goal captured from the stands.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BOx6XcZgGKE/
Oh, and for the record, for me Giroud’s goal was clearly better than Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s. Extra points for kissing the bar on the way in.
For the football manager, the Christmas and New Years period is less about being forced to spend time with family, wearing ugly jumpers and recovering from hangovers, and more about squeezing in as many games of football as possible, in what seems like an impossible schedule. An environment that seems purpose built to get managers fretting much like a turkey on the 24th of December.
After their respective games against Burnley and Sunderland on Monday, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp gave some extremely tetchy and awkward interviews. Managers tend do a terrible job of covering up their utter contempt for the post-match interview but in both these instances Klopp, and particularly Guardiola, looked like they were ready to pounce on their interrogators.
It’s hard to recall seeing a more visibly irritated Guardiola during a post-match interview than the one seen in the footage below following Manchester City’s 2-1 win over Burnley.
"Pep, you don't seem happy that you've won?"
How awkward is this? ? pic.twitter.com/mYKyfu6Xae
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) 2 January 2017
Pep’s anger seemed to stem from the questioning around Fernandinho’s indiscipline having been sent off for a third time in six games, and then climaxed when the interviewer claimed he didn’t look happy even though his team had one. “More than you believe, I am happy. I’m so happy” sniffed Pep, before adding pretty much the most resentful sounding happy new year message, and ducking out of the interview.
Not to be outdone, the normally smiley Klopp laid on the sarcasm extra thick when he had to explain for a second time his thoughts on Sunderland’s awarding of a second penalty during Liverpool’s 2-2 draw at the Stadium of light.
Here's a little teaser!
Click the link in the video or in the previous tweet for the full thing! pic.twitter.com/USWOdrTN0R— BeanymanSports (@BeanymanSports) 2 January 2017
Interviewers, consider yourselves on notice until Klopp and Pep have had chance to simmer down a little. Probably around the time the supply of left over turkey sandwiches has been exhausted.
Mike and Paul from EPLpod ring in the new year by taking part in a lethal game of fusbal, followed by some football chat as Memphis Depay trades his bench warming duties for a dip in a pool, Olivier Giroud leaves an early marker for goal of the year and Chelsea win again.
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With the January transfer window set to open, Mike and Paul from EPLpod pin point the targets your club will be looking to blow their cash on. In other money wasting topics, the guys also discuss Carlos Tevez’ move to China where he’ll be given a money printing machine.
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Song birds Mike and Paul turn EPLpod into a musical as they discuss Mane’s late winner in the Merseyside derby, Jose Mourinho unwrapping an early Christmas present, and their obsession with FIFA – the game.
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