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Hello, Welcome back to the football post cast here on the Racing Post.

Thanks so much for tuning in.

Once again you join myself.

Jack Grieve with Racing Post Sports Mark Langdon and Dan Charles in the studio with Paddy Powers Brian McDonald to preview ALOF The weekends footballing action hopefully give you a good steer on the betting advice.

Thanks for joining us, gents.

Let's get to see you.

Bye.

I'm I'm very tired.

You might see the bags under my eyes, but all for a good reason.

I was at the top man versus Norwich City F A Cup clash last night.

Before we get into talking to the lads about spurs, I do just want to mention in the racing post dated Wednesday, the March 4th 2020 certain Down Child did tip up nourish city to qualify at 5 to 2 so down well done on that And it's a brilliant out read every day.

So please to pick up a copy.

Why be so confident on marriage?

It's a part of it is that I watch Norridge against Lester, and they are.

They are aside.

I think that's probably a little bit unlucky to be is The Drifters are a decent side, but I got a lot of it is down.

So being a Spurs supporter and watching spurs regularly, you know, since since the injuries, that's a cane on son, there's so little threat now run everything so disjointed.

If you're going to make any progress when you've lost your two main attacking fresh, you need to be tied at the back on.

You know what?

We're picking different personnel, different formations seems to be weak too weak.

There's there's no stability there and then to compound it.

Well, what I wasn't expecting is that he's gonna switch the goalkeeper as well on played form instead of guys on eager.

So now it's Ah, I mean, let's be honest.

Norris didn't even put their their strongest team out.

Its top scorer team, you puking on the bench and still I thought, just about deserve to go through, really, After all, apart from the spoke at a fast start and finish the 90 minutes.

Well, after Norridge equalize, maybe no Rich sat back dispersing to be stung.

Interaction.

But I fought for the bulk.

And again, No Richard about So it Brian, I saw I mean, the prices last night nurture quiet, sort a decent price.

Were you shocked at the result?

No, it definitely wasn't shocked.

Tottenham, I think we were talking before we went on a date with Giant Autumn.

Have looked in seriousness very recently, especially what's on and cane out up top.

They haven't being themselves at the back Norwich as well.

They are bottom of the league.

They're obsolete.

They're definitely, you know, probably one of the best Bottom side team's.

Ah, but bottom of the table teams that we've seen in recent years, you know, they play great football.

Um, you know, they've seen their performances.

I've been good this season, but the results just haven't haven't gone their way.

Yes, definitely, definitely not a shock.

No, Mark.

I mean, we often saw Associate also would have a very toxic atmosphere off the pitch.

Only despise look slightly off.

Not the race is on the pitch.

But we saw Eric dire at the end.

We are overly shore with the circumstances there, but things not quite right.

It spurs.

Absolutely.

No, no.

I mean, the Champions League final appearance was supposed to be the springboard t bigger and better things.

And so, you know, um, I suppose one further step along in the pocket e no rain.

I think one of the big issues that something of God is that they weren't quite sure what the problem was when they sat for Latino, you know, they felt like it was or where he's falling out with the players on Dhe, maybe maybe add to extend.

So then maybe did have to go.

But then, you know, maybe should have been back in the summer to allow him to get rid of the place.

He didn't want them to bring in the ones that he did one.

Then if you bring in Joe San Marino place completely different style of football, I think you've then got to back him and sort of, you know, if he if he wants to bring in a number nine target man center forward, for instance, then he has to be allowed that to play the football.

That he wants to play on Dhe.

I think you coming back to the It was the problems that Spurs where we went a lot deeper than just pocketed.

I know this team looks, Ah, really run its course and haven't swiftly sort of being able to regenerate the team.

And then the fans are Some of them don't want Marine, you know, in in the first place.

Some of them are having a pop it Daniel Levy.

Some of them were at the place.

There's no kind of, you know, when it was awesome.

Bangor I'll most people focusing, right.

It's time for finger to go.

At the moment, there's a dispose fans are having to go in a few different directions.

So you getting fans argue of each other over whose fault is and stuff like that.

It's not great, great atmosphere.

I mean last season, when they run, tailed off and let's not forget, like from about February onwards, there form has been like it has Bean mostly season.

It was because they have no preseason is because someone being away internationals it was because of the Champions League run.

It was because they were playing Wembley, maybe it wasn't.

Maybe it was just discordant gone.

People realized it.

But for me, the biggest biggest negative that I've seen in recent times is the fact that Walls were favorites to win.

It spurs on Sunday.

You know the market there.

It tells you a lot about what you know, what's going on, that Spurs and what's going on the walls.

And so you know, for toppling to be considered outsiders are home to wolves.

Shows how father full.

Yeah, we're checking on Sunday the over lunch and you were saying it's strangers of Spurs fans.

Be going corner place.

Good football lights.

Expectations of change.

You go.

You go to spurs now sort of fear.

Ignore Ege and one deer in Cantwell and Southampton, or that they're a good team.

God suit back against them.

I mean, this team is not built to sit back lot.

Morino wants them to defend what and invite pressure on the North.

The crowd of being used to and the players have been used to getting after teams from the off, and I think it's very difficult for the for the fans, particularly to just watch a team now not gonna press Norridge on the edge of their area and actually, you know, be probably 20 yards further back thing the most modern things are.

So if Marino wants to play that way, he needs to get players that can do it, cause this lot can press in the way that we were in the early years of the positivity.

Or maybe in the last eight months of rain as well, so that maybe it's not necessarily his tactics being.

His tactics are different, but probably would have had the place to to play that way anyway.

Yeah, for sure.

Yeah, well, don't know, Rich.

It's all music to my ears.

I promise to stop gloating, although definitely credit to them.

Marriage penalty.

Take some of the best set of penalties have seen for quite some time down.

Just a quick mention for the other F A Cup fixtures.

We've seen Liverpool exit the competition.

Would we make of that?

I never felt not just for this season, but for a couple of seasons.

Now they the clock is that interested in the domestic cups and you kind of thinking I actually went with little one blow my own trumpet about the nourish tip.

I got it wrong with the Chelsea.

Liverpool were matching tip Liverpool to winner.

I thought maybe it would go with him or, you know, maybe we're at least two of them from free.

Go over slightly stronger team, especially after the Watford result.

But is it turned out what we were strong?

The side in the throes.

Bree The first shows rematch.

I just felt that, you know, when you plan a way to Chelsea, you do need to go virtually full strength, Really, you know, to get the job done.

Henderson's obviously a miss it on my own for them, but I think there's a danger.

I mean, we'll get onto it later.

We talk about Liverpool, balm of, Of, of Overplaying that I think that they are capable of playing a lot better without in the show in the last two games.

Great stuff, Brian.

Let's go!

One last mention of the F A Cup.

What was the key takeaway of the of the last round for you?

Yeah, we'll work Even we're keeping city short of 4 to 6 in the air, right?

America, Liverpool robs me, knocked out.

I just wantto torture on a lot of Dunn was saying there I was very.

I'm not a Liverpool fan, but I was very frustrated at a club that they didn't play the full Strand team.

You know they have.

They have a team well equipped to win a trouble and I just know happy to a livable and club, especially have taken the F A Cup and look at the teams left.

Arsenal attend to wonder They play Sheffield United away in the next round.

It could easily be in a semifinal.

Dave.

They've done well in this competition.

In the last couple of years, I'd be looking at them each way.

We're keeping see short.

But I look at our A 10 to 1 gross stuff.

Let's get onto the Premier League.

Then it's the Saturday midday fixture on Bt Sport.

Liverpool take on born meth Brian's show.

The odds for this one please Liverpool are 1 to 5.

The draw is 5 to 1 on Boer Matar 11 to 1 where you seeing the value in this one?

And I think Liverpool will get back to winning ways here and obviously they lost in mid week.

They last against Atletico last week as well.

I think club will go full strength, though.

We saw that he rested players against former, um, sorry against child seat during the week.

You obviously have an eye on that medical next week as well, but I think they're strong enough mentally.

I think club will get it into our heads that they do need to get back to winning ways.

Before that Atletico Game formats, we tipped him here on the podcast to be valued team to get relegated.

Last.

A couple of weeks ago, they were 6 to 4 door No.

4 to 7 to go down.

They've lost their last five away Lee games.

If you look at their fixture list coming up home games against Newcastle and pilots, they're probably the only games that they'll go our favorites.

And so they've been slightly better going forward recently.

They've just King coming back from injury.

Junior Stanislas as well.

They will probably be able to create a couple 1/2 chances like West harmed it.

Ah, I don't feel last week, but I don't think it'll be a walk in the Park River bill.

But I think that they'll get back to winning ways So I'll go with livable wind and under a tree and 1/2 goals as well and even money.

I just, if you wanna have a look, a stash bed, just a quick showed over Jefferson Irma for warm and he gets a carrot in nearly every second game, 11 yellow cards and 20 tree appearances this season, and there's 2 to 1 out there on them to get booked.

He scored last week and he didn't get booked.

So I have a look at him.

The yellow card markets, 11 yellow cards and 23 that some gang mark.

This is a good opportunity for Liverpool to get back in.

The groove is now, I think so.

I think it's quite an important game for that.

I mean, they are, you know that they're going to win the league, but I think they they need to get the ribbon back ahead of this game against Atletico and usually you'd think in this situation before Champions League game now maybe would be a time to rest players.

But I think they need Thio be at it really quickly and I think awful be demanding, like getting back to the kind of performance levels we saw before the winter break out.

She doesn't want come back from the window break firing on all cylinders.

They usually absolutely batter balm off.

You have a look at the last five games.

It's ever been free, new or four in all of them.

So I mean from my correct score stabs, I'm just gonna have a couple of goes free.

Nor for no, I respect the fact that balm of, of, of picked up perked up was an attacking unit with Josh King back.

I think he does make a a difference to them.

You know, he's a quality player that magic tonight we're trying to buy.

But I I just think that the form of our team that are on a different kind of level below Liverpool we've only drop points is not forgetting to permanently games all season, so I mean, you'll be comfortable.

I picked up a park that, like that is very nice, Dan, We saw Liverpool's performances, you know, near the start of the season, and almost they were just punishing teams.

I mean, it was relentless.

We haven't seen that so much in recent weeks.

Give us a quick kind of run down on Henderson them because I know you were alluding to him earlier.

Yeah, I just I think it's easy to get a narrative sometimes on one player on the they've played.

We know they did miss him against what foot in that match, but he's not the sole reason why they've gone from within 18 games and rode to suddenly lose in three nil that I understand that not been playing fantastic before that There's a couple of games before they when they've lost one new attract Letter Co.

And the game is no rich when they when they narrowly won one there when he did play, still still off it.

I think it's a little bit more of a mental thing if you like and might.

Maybe they've just taken their their foot off the pedal a little bit and I totally agree with Mark.

I think this is a game.

They're gonna look it.

They're not gonna want three poor performance he's going into.

You could argue now that this game is their season.

Now let's go Madrid they're gonna win the league so the season whether they can have a chance of getting a spectacular double you know, could be defined by by.

This came and I think he's gonna want a really strong performance of fast starts.

You know, you look at the way they played against what fell in Chelsea on.

I don't think Boomer gonna be able to cope with it as well.

You look a defensive record, no clean sheet.

In the last 11 Premier League games, I've always been a little bit.

We could a backboard, nothing.

Ever since they're coming t the Premier League, they rely a lot on their strikers to get them out of trouble.

And I just think Liverpool, Even without Henderson here, there's a There's talk that he's actually backing is coming back to training.