... fine in the first half, weren't we?

I, I, mm, I, I would say we were, like, I, I...

To be honest with you, I would say we were reasonably poor at times in the first half.

Like, that first 10 or 15 minutes, Villa were on top of us.

They had corner after corner after corner, and they should've scored really.

Um, but we did have a couple of chances.

Nico Williams was one that was put over the bar.

Yeah

The question is, Chris, was it a good performance? Was it a bad performance? Was it in the middle? What did you make?

It was an okay performance.

Yeah.

But against a team, a wounded Spurs who have kind of, you know, lacking confidence, they haven't really found their feet.

They have a lot of change in the door.

You should be doing a bit better, I think.

And I know that, look, we've changed our system as well.

Chris, anything from you before we go?

So if you can get somebody who knows Glasner's system inside out, it feels like something you push for.

Oh, yeah, and, and just to go on Tuesday, we, we were miles off it.

Like that first goal, there was so much space in the right-hand side.

Um, you know, obviously it was a transitional turnover from Calamonda, but like there was so much space on, on Williams' side.

I've just felt like the last two games, the two wing backs, they've done reasonably well, but they've made mistakes along the way, but they're not used to playing in a, in, in, you know, this, this formation.

So they're huffing and puffing up and down the pitch, and Ait-Nouri's getting really far forward and there's so many moments in those games where I'm seeing the space in those wing back positions on transition and th- they just can't get back.

Like you can see them trying and you just, you kind of, that has to be part of sort of the back three as well.

[laughs]

Bye.

End of the game, full time, one-nil for Leeds.

Yeah, what can we say? I've been here before, seen this type of thing before where we, uh, we lose in the last minute, like last year against Liverpool, Everton the year before.

Newcastle the year before that I've seen it so many times but I'm not going to panic I'm not going to hit the panic button wasn't a good performance midfield was getting bullied that first 20 minutes our strikers and our finishing was terrible hopefully that now pushes us to do some business in the window Leeds came out they did well they looked like they were setting their system but we we had patches in the game we were pretty good I think we relied on long throws and set pieces a lot but no I'm not going to panic I know it's look we've got a couple of rough games ahead of us you know Liverpool away Spurs I think we've been at some point in the future but hopefully we can right this wrong on Tuesday and then go on to Liverpool a bit more points but yeah no not great today and we definitely need a wing back because Olaena was blowing near the end and then he came off for Nets and Williams switched to the side and we just need we need that option and we need a striker as well but look it's just one of them you just yeah I'm just thank God it's the beginning of the season if it wasn't I'd be fuming but I am pretty angry at the same time I just think the performance is really poor we're gonna have to we're gonna have to do way better than that like we just are and I'm hoping we can and I believe we can I'm not gonna hit the panic button yet don't care there's no point I feel terrible right now like everyone does and I'm angry but there's no point in hitting the panic button just yet long way to go

It was good, wasn't it, Chris? It was quite, it was quite emotional actually.

Uh, it, we...

I actually found it very emotional.

I think, you know, I, I didn't, you know, obviously what you, uh, you guys last night were talking about him and his send-off and, you know, what he's done for the club and stuff like that, and chatting about other things.

Like he, there was a moment where I think he covered his face because I think he was getting emotional by the crowd singing his name, and I just thought that was great.

The players lifting him up, like that doesn't happen, you know? It's, it's very rare that you have a c- a guard of honor for a player and then lifting him up and stuff like that, and that's coming from the players, the fans, the hierarchy.

Everyone loved Taiwo.

So yeah, um, feel, feel free, Chris, to weigh in on, o- o- on that market if you want, and then we'll probably start to wrap things up.

You, you want us to go to 50 million and then you, you draw the line, do you?

Yeah, I, I do.

Like obviously, look, people are gonna say we can't just fork out loads of money and go into a bidding war.

I'm not saying that we do that, right? But we do need this other position filled.

Schlager looks good.

I mean, I fell asleep to highlights of him and Bergvall the other, the other day.

[laughs] It's that kind of, it's that kind of summer where the transfers come in and you start watching the highlights and you start dreaming and it's mad.

Palace.

Um, Chris, how do you reflect on Vitor's, uh, time and exit?

Yeah, look, I think the European stuff, I mean, I, I suppose I always base things because we, we go through managers [laughs] like no tomorrow.

I always just look at the results.

And if you look at what he did in Europe in terms of the knockout phases specifically, like, you know, he got us through where we needed to be.

You know, he, he did.

He took over when we were just about to play Fenerbahçe, uh, in that playoff and then got us through that.

And then obviously we had a tough gig against Midland in the middle of a relegation battle at the time, and he, he had to back his second side to, to get us through that as well.

That must be a big pull, mustn't it?

One.

Um, the thing is, Arsenal didn't score many goals, right? And I know...

I don't think Jakara's got up there, so I'm not gonna say him.

Uh, I'm gonna drop down to, ooh, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.

Gosh, 13 goals.

It's weird.

Liverpool, all their attackers were gone out of it.

What were your thoughts? Now you, now you reflect-

So if it is just City, you don't think that we're potentially, um, cutting City out by g- by going so high? Y- y- you think this will end up with Anderson going to, to City ultimately?

I think that they will come back in again, and then I think we will accept the next round.

That's what I think will happen.

Um, I, I also think, and, and not to get too nostalgic about it, but I saw a comment in there, um, suggesting that Anderson's the most complete midfielder we've had since Roy Keane, and they're absolutely right.

And like obviously being Irish, I know a lot about Roy Keane, as with most Irish people.

We've seen him a lot.

I've watched him going up for Ireland in many games, saw him rip it up for Man United over the years.

Mm.

Are you angry at the players or not?

I'm angry at...

I mean, because it's some of the second string that we've seen this season haven't always stepped up.

I know recently they have against Chelsea, and I know they have in recent weeks.

And we've actually been on a 10-game unbeaten run, right? So I'm not going to throw venom straight away at anyone.

But when you see Morato starting, and five starters is a big deal.

For a team that are struggling with relegation, battling team like we are five missing five key players who would start Aina, Murillo, Sangare, Gibbs-White even Hudson-Odoi makes a bit of a difference I know we've been playing better without him recently but that doesn't change the fact that we might still need him missing five key starting players that would all start is a big deal.

I'm putting you on the spot there, but how it's been and where we go from here.

sorry Aston Villa beating Spurs good job this isn't live and then Scott Parker has left Burnley so that'll be quite useful for them to get an interim manager bounce with Michael Jackson and then West Ham have got Brentford so big big weekend ahead again how are you feeling about it?

I think, look, we're nine unbeaten now, right? So we've gone and taken the head off Sunderland last week.

We've got a brilliant result with quite a few missing, as you said there today, Dan and Doijar, Cunha, Murillo, Eina going off at some point, obviously Sangare, missing some key players there.

Really not a massive amount of squad depth tonight as well.

And we've managed to get a 1-0 win against an Aston Villa team who are in the top five and have Emery, right, who's a very, very good manager.

pulling the strings and this is the trophy that they want to win.

So I'm confident in this team because we've now kept the momentum going.

But yeah, do you see that positive narrative? Because I know you think about these things a lot.

Chris.

No, you're okay.

I, I, I think what's important, and look, I'm...

You, you know me behind the scenes, Matt, I'm always really panicky during games and messaging you stuff at half time at the Burnley game last week, and I'm always like that.

But I think today I'm actually gonna be a little bit more positive and just look at the reality of it.

That table you have up there, right? I looked at it just before we came on, and it's just the simple facts.

Those grouping of the last five games, the first game everyone drew, so no one gained points on anyone there.

Mm