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Paul and Ben join Mike in the EPLpod studio to dissect the weekend action which has left Pep Guardiola hoping Jesus will save him, while Chelsea march on unrepentant.
Elsewhere, Liverpool are looking for their own saviour after Swansea win at Anfield for the first time in the league ever, Wayne Rooney robs an old man of his honour and Arsene Wenger can expect some time on the naughty step after getting pushy with officials.
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Where has it all gone wrong for Manchester City? On the field Pep has been left scratching his head and gazing into the abyss, while off the field City are facing questions over possible doping. Mike and Paul leave no stone unturned in order to get to the bottom of this developing story. However, it’s likely that the only way we’ll know for sure is if a drug test is carried out for the Manchester City team. If you’re not sure on what doping in sport is, it is essentially the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs which will give those using them an unfair advantage over other sportsmen not using them, regardless of technique or fitness levels. There are five classes of these banned drugs, including stimulants and hormones. Regardless of the type, doping ruins the equality of sports and is a form of cheating. Therefore, due to the severity of doping, various drug tests are usually carried out routinely for athletes to ensure that doping is not occuring in any sportsmen. This is where Countrywide Tesing comes in handy, with various drug tests, including a hair follicle test, available for sports teams to use on their members. This is an efficient way of handling drug misuse.
Elsewhere, plucky Liverpool scrape by Plymouth in the FA Cup and Manchester United top the table. The money table that is.
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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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Bungling TV pundit Paul Merson was on fine form over the weekend when he gazed into his crystal ball and made predictions for three FA Cup ties.
Merson, with brazen confidence picked Everton, Stoke and Bournemouth to all gain victories and progress into the next round. However, as you can see in the video below, if you had taken up Merse on his expert tips you’d have been left with a return of precisely zero.
Unreal pundit. pic.twitter.com/IO6ulVryLk
— Kristian (@SFC_Kristian) 7 January 2017
If there is anything to learn from this, it is to bet against Merson rather than with him. Considered yourselves warned.
How do you say wet willy in German? If, as is very likely, Emre Can’s English classes failed to cover that very particular phrase, he was likely blurting it out at the referee in his native tongue, after being on the receiving end of one at Anfield on Sunday during Liverpool’s FA Cup tie against Plymouth.
Facing a team three tiers higher in England’s football pyramid, Plymouth’s Sonny Bradley sort to try and put Liverpool off their game, making inroads with his index finger rather than with the ball at his feet, much to Emre Can’s dismay.
I think Emre Can has an FA cup admirer #Plymouth #LFC pic.twitter.com/eNyE1qNQvm
— Fabian (@Germantleman) 8 January 2017
And the German’s ear would prove to be the only thing penetrated as Plymouth remarkably held on for a 0-0 draw, earning a much deserved replay at Home Park in just over a weeks time.
Next time round, I’d recommend Emre Can comes armed with ear plugs.
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.
