@@jackbyrne602150:09 we got him. I wouldn’t describe that double handled though, I was looking out for a mug with handles either side like a trophy but I was misled by Gooner humour.
Everton fan and long time slug here. Flav I could bloody kiss you. Hearing a non toffee talk about us so glowingly is a great feeling that we've been missing for years. Whenever we're discussed by fan channels it's always because we're a basket case. You're my favourite guest, hope Jimbo has you back next week...
Liverpool win: Fighting for Klopp Liverpool lose: Klopp shouldn't have said it. Either way there's no way to unscramble that egg and the narrative will always be restructured in hindsight
Flav you should listen to your wife about the parking. You don't realise what a comfort and time saver that is. When you live somewhere where parking is limited you play a game of trying to get as close as possible to your house every time, and ultimately end up feeling more and more resentful when you're forced to park further away. Imagine that grinding you down every day, imagine coming home with shopping and you've got a 2 minute walk and you can't do it in one trip, doesn't sound like much but I can promise you that as you walk past each car that is parked closer to your house than your car is you get more and more annoyed. You'll become one of those guys that looks out the window going "that fucking car is always outside our house!" At the same time knowing full well you don't own the bit of road outside your house but still feeling some kind of petty moral ownership of it. YOU DON'T WANNA BE THAT GUY FLAV I'M TELLING YOU
Regarding the Premier League being overrated: I think the idea of the "big 6" is overrated and generally the idea that the best teams in England would dog walk any other league in the world is overrated. What isn't overrated is the depth. Luton likely finish mid-table in Germany, Italy, Spain or France. Brighton are probably fighting for European spots instead of toiling around mid-table. The top isn't as good as everyone thinks but the bottom is better than any other European league.
Facts. Any honest fan would agree. I always thought the "big 6" was a sub category of the league, because they had a large gap in money compared to other teams.
People forget what life was like before VAR. Every weekend the discussions were about the terrible decisions referees made, there's no getting away from it. People were on their knees for VAR. Why they don't implement the same system rugby use I don't know. How difficult would it be for the screens in the stadium to display the pictures VAR are looking at. Also on TV, the dialogue between the VAR guys and the ref has to be shown. This along with semi-automated offsides I think would fix it. Finally, the idea of 'no one can celebrate a goal because of VAR' is absolute nonsense.
Yeah but it's acceptable that a ref makes a human error in the moment because things are hard to see but it's not acceptable that a video system which sees everything and has time to think makes errors. That's the difference!
"Every weekend the discussions were about terrible decisions" they still are. I think even if VAR was getting things mostly right the game is purer without it, but it makes the game worse and the decisions are still wrong
You have demonstrated very efficiently that you actually know nothing about the premier league games with regards to VAR. The fact that you think it's nonsense that no-one can celebrate a goal makes me question if you've even watched a single game of football since VAR has come in.
Nice to see we all agree. Joseph, mate, watch the Everton Liverpool highlights and tell me no one can celebrate goals anymore. How’s that for knowing nothing
I haven’t got a Solomon is always a classic (Solomon kalou) but I think where real football rhyming is made is when you can prove your dedication to the cause, as an art student I offen find myself in spaces where football fans are scares, but those moments when someone pipes up with a question no one on earth has got the answer to and I smugly reply “haven’t got a Solomon” never cease to bring me joy as the looks of “who the fuck is Solomon” pour in. The real shithousery comes in when you don’t even give the perplexed art snob the satisfaction of an explanation, it’s the perfect reply to stupid questions
Football rhyming slang : back at uni, my mate turned to me and said “turn the Tariq on”. Puzzled I looked around, he said “the lamp”. Of course the Tariq Lamptey.
I bet every member of my family's lives that if Arsenal lose on Sunday that everyone will say we bottled it. But because its Liverpool its "nah I don't think any of you can bottle it at this point, I don't even think the word has any meaning anymore" The mental gymnastics when Liverpool lose, and it comes from neutrals which makes it more perplexing. I seriously have no idea why Liverpool always get a pass
@@gerghghherb880 after we lost against villa everyone was saying we bottled it, liverpool just lost 2 in a row against teams battling relegation and I, at the very least, hear it less, maybe I'm not looking in the right places tho tbf
New bit: where do players sit on the team coach? Can see joey Barton sat at the back of the bus no way near the manager at the front. Likewise someone like Harry Maguire loves a seat near the boss
Nah less of that Sean, this one might have legs. I think Miggy Almiron doesn’t even sit down. He runs up and down the isle like an excited kid. All the other Newcastle players look at him with contempt.
I’m not sold. I’d love to see the lads take on this. I think they’ll agree that wanting to listen to two men talk about people on a bus is not only deathly boring but would only be enjoyed by bus riding window lickers…(like Harry Kane)
Best way to describe it is that the boost of Klopp leaving was what got the players this close. Had he never announced that they wouldn’t have made it this close. He knows that.
Football Rhyming Slang - After taking my dogs for a walk, I used to shout at my to brother to take their “Aleksandar Kolarov’s” implying take “their collars off” - still weirdly proud of that one Jim
I never like to use bottlejob either, but Liverpool going top of the league and becoming favourites, then immediately drawing against the worst United team in years, then losing their first home league game for over a year, against Palace, and to top it off losing at Goodison for the first time in 15 years, is probably the definition of bottling it.
We were top of the league for literally a week or two (by like 1 or 2 points) where ONE draw or loss would put us back down in 2nd or 3rd place in a 3 horse title race. That is not bottling. Bottling is Arsenal leading the league by 10 points for 1/3 of the year (Against one competitor) and still managing to lose the league.
I discovered two things about Flav on this pod. One that surprised me and one that didn’t. I was surprised to hear that he’s vegetarian. I was not surprised to hear he had an air fryer. He absolutely honks of air fryer owner. I bet it’s a Ninja.
Hi Jim, on the note of superstitions I do exactly the same thing. As a Palace fan during the FA cup final in 2016 I crossed my fingers for one of our only corners in the game, which leads to a stunning finish from Jason puncheon and a questionable dance from Alan Pardew in the chaos of celebrating a potentially match winning moment I am knocked unconscious. My dad helps me to the medical area at Wembley where I make a full recovery but as I’m coming round thinking we have one our first trophy ever realise we immediately conceded then again and lost the final our only one in my lifetime. I do believe if I had been conscious and kept in crossing my fingers for the rest of the game we would have won and that’s why to this day whenever asked to ‘cross your fingers’ I outright refuse no matter how important the incident. Fair to say when it comes to health matters it arouses some questioning and outrage to which I simply tell this story. Up the JAFFN!
New bit: Things that aren’t noncey in the slightest but scream ‘I’m a nonce’- like licking your finger in the library before you turn the page of your book
10 points??? flav's a composter with the amount of shite that's getting blown out, arsenal were 8 points clear but city has a extra game unplayed so realistically 5 points
Would say that's the race done. The timing is the killer. If the dip had come mid season and Liverpool fought their way to a 3rd place finish and a trophy people would feel more positive. Absolutely no one was predicting them to go for the league pre-season but obviously once it becomes a possibility missing out is hard.
if klopp didn’t announce he was leaving it would’ve left the club in a terrible spot to find a replacement. it would’ve come out that LFC were looking for a new manager even if klopp said nothing, he said this in interviews
I’m an American Liverpool supporter, I live in an area where you rarely ever run into another English football fan , but I go into work yesterday not long after the final whistle, then walks in a family of Everton supporters all wearing the shirt. As fuming as I was we had a nice interaction nd chat about the game. Wasn’t at all expecting this and it’s cool how a derby can connect people, which isn’t chatted about enough.
Flav your one of the best guests I’ve ever seen. I recommend you start your own podcast in a little shop somewhere and when you’ve managed to get an extra inch out of it I highly suggest you bring it to RUclips so we can bask in the glory of you and sit down to a nice cup of T while it’s a bit Windy outside
Actually spurs were the pear of the fruit bowl, but that mention has given me inspiration. Footballers as parts of an English Breakfast Bacon: (For Everyone besides James) Messi, the undeniable goat Egg: Gerrard, one of the very best, would be the best in every position, incredibly versatile and consistent Sausage: Gascoigne, makes a good meal into a great meal, the deciding factor and pivotal into making the difference Black Pudding: Michael Owen, great in England, shit everywhere else Mushroom: Jordan Henderson, underrated part of the side, still an acquired taste but is very important if you know your way around the plate Baked beans: Busquets, the undisguised heartbeat, watch the plate and you’ll never care about them, watch the beans and you’ll see the whole plate Tomato: Harry Winks, kind of alright at times, but if it wasn’t there, would you even notice? Hash brown: Solksjaer, perfect super sub. Why isn’t it a guaranteee starter? Fuck knows but goes in every time for me
Think James missed the mark on his point about Atwell- He said Atwell could be consciously trying to favour forest with his decision making because he knows he has a bias, which if it was the case still calls into question his ability to referee the game in an unbiased way. The point being made by forest (very crudely) is that when contextual rivalries occur, fans shouldn’t be refereeing their “contextual rivals’” games because they aren’t able to do so without bias. It’s hard enough to referee a game without the added pressure put on yourself second guessing whether the decision you’ve made is influenced by the team you want to win. Think Michael Oliver made a similar point a few years back and said that if Newcastle were in a relegation scrap against Villa, he wouldn’t referee a Villa game.
Football rhyming slang: Whenever there is a bad situation I say ‘this situation is looking Eric’ you can imagine the looks of confusing and then groans when they realise I’m talking about Eric Dier.
Arsenal were 8 points clear at their maximum whilst city had a game in hand and still had to play each other twice. Liverpool this season were 5 points clear whilst city had a game in hand, whilst needing to play city once By definition they are the same thing, there is a mere 3 points difference between the two situations In fact considering the fact that Liverpool fans like to trumpet about having one of the best managers, the best cb, AND best right winger in premier league history, you’d be far less inclined to expect them to capitulate with their experience
Had a rather peculiar dream a few nights ago that involved James, Flav and myself. The three of us were in Flavs made up dream-livingroom in the evening having a few drinks before we were going out to the pub or to see where the night took us. As we were about to leave, James started to jump furniture to furniture in drunken excitement and in the process, managed to smash three pint glasses in different places in the livingroom. Flav let out a huge sigh and started to voice his concern as he had two cats and didnt want them to get injured by the glass while he was away. So we spent the rest of the night carefully cleaning up tiny shards of pint glass. James was not pleased with this and while we were on our hands and knees checking under the sofa, he softly muttered "I'm more of a dog person anyway". Shameful Jim.
1:04:24 - this is something I've wanted for so long... Accidental hand balls in situations where a shot or cross in the box in particular should still be a handball free kick, not just brushed under the carpet like it wouldn't be given anywhere else on the pitch. Indirect free kicks would be so entertaining!
Football rhyming slang: me and my mates have been using Jermain Defoe as a term of agreement instead of just saying deffo for years. “Fancy the pub? Yeah, Jermain”!
Got a mate who is a steward at anfield, he’s got the inside scoop about what happened between Klopp and Salah on Saturday. So apparently the players have had these new heart rate monitors fitted to check during the game, and as you both know the best way to take a pulse check is the bumhole. Before the players go out they get fitted up with the device but apparently Salahs is a remote control vibrator which Klopp has exclusive control of. Basically as Salahs coming on he feels it go off and sees the remote in Klopps hand which causes him to go mental, hearing it in the stadium Salah clearly says “I knew it was you that’s the second time now” he also goes on to say ‘munharif’ which is Arabic for pervert. The club are currently handling the matter internally but apparently a similar thing happened with Curtis Jones in October which is what has forced Klopp to leave, the club agreed to let him go at the end of the season to try and keep speculation low.
The lower league team in the FA Cup should get to choose the venue. Play at the bigger stadium for the money or stay at home and increase your chances of going through.
If I need a mate to grab my jacket for me, its always 'Grab my Kenny'. Also, if were going for food out, or 'a meal' if you will, then were going for a 'Heskey'.
Football rhyming slang- me and my dad still say “haven’t got a Salomon” in place of “haven’t got a clue”, referring to former chelsea man Salomon Kalou. I don’t know for sure but I suspect we picked this up from SpencerFC/ fifaplaya back in the day
I’ve got some fun superstitions. When I went to my first palace game as a kid, I was so exited I wore my clothes to bed the night before so I was ready in the morning, we went to on win that game 2-0. Since that day, if I wear my palace shirt to bed the night before a game (footie shirts make amazing pyjamas, I will not be taking criticism on this at this time) we more often than not, get a decent result. I can’t explain it but it’s just what I do now.
Everyone’s forgets how bad refereeing was anyway before VAR. Technology will eventually make the game better we’re just still in the teething period unfortunately
Klopp announced he was leaving because (1) it was going to come out as soon as LFC began its search (or it was about to be leaked), and (2) he said he wanted to give his backroom staff plenty of notice so they could make plans for their family in time before next season. The latter in particular just sums up Klopp as a person and manager- always thinking about others first. It was absolutely the right decision from a human side. As far as a football decision, i think Liverpool outperformed this season because of Klopp's announcement, especially during the injury crisis earlier this year.
Everton finished what ManU started. Shocking results and performances these past few weeks. Feels bad seeing Klopp leave with a whimper even if we were never supposed to be in it at the start.
James, we haven't scored from a set piece since Feburary? We have shown we can break down teams without set pieces. Only had 3 games in 2024 where we haven't scored and they were City and Munich (A) and Villa (H)
I'm having an on going gentle dispute with my girlfriend about cereal. Now I bloody love cereal. Any brand, any time of day. SHE thinks cereal is for kids and old people. I'm 38 years old, so I don't fall into either age bracket. If I buy Coco pops, I'm a child, if I buy Bran Flakes then I'm an old man. I can't win!!! Also, no tomato, double beans is the only right answer. Up the slugs x
On lucky QPR jersey: My team VPS in Finland started an unbeaten streak when my partner got pregnant in the start of July. My boy Hugo is now here and VPS has gone 20 games unbeaten and won 18. The streak must end at some point but I think I can't get rid of the baby at that point.
i get that flav is usually taking the piss but hes actually managed to convince james that arsenal were like 10 clean points clear, maximum was 8 but city had a game in hand so 5, and that was before wed gone to anfield and etihad the two hardest games. yeah some results after werent great but the title was gone after the two games i mentioned and if bottling is losing at etihad then fine but i think thats harsh
I have a slow rumbling debate with my friend who claims he can eat 10 McDonald's quarter pounders back to back. I say can he bollocks. The debate comes when asking him to prove it. I said if he goes to McDonald's and buys 10 quarter pounders and finishes them, I will give him the money for them. He says I need to buy them all first, and he will prove he can eat them. But if I buy them and he can't finish them, which he won't, I have already spent the money. He says he doesn't need to prove it, and if I really want proof I should buy them and he will. We have this debate every time we go for a pint
I couldn't care less about Coventry and that decision against United is the most wound up and fed up I've ever been watching football. Total robbery of one of the best FA Cup moments ever and one of the best moments Coventry fans are ever likely to have I've gone back and forward on VAR since they brought it in but I want it gone now
Klopps announcement was the only reason they got into the title race. Emotion took them far but the poor quality of their attack eventually caught up with them.
in terms of did Liverpool lose it or did Everton take it, both things can be true - Liverpool are miles off it atm and Everton were able to really take advantage of that. I'm a Liverpool fan happy to admit that DCL and the rest of his team spent all evening murdering Liverpool in aerial battles and set pieces, it was quite something tbh.
History being written by the victors is so true in football. If Liverpool score the chances they should score they win the game and the whole narrative changes. Everton could play an identical performance but not win and nobody is saying how great they were. They played well against City but because City won in the end they probably didn't get the credit they deserved. Results set the tone of everything.
The only way to properly use VAR is like in rugby, where it’s displayed on the big screen and a discussion is had between all the refs not just the VAR ref deciding! But alas people won’t want that because they say it will take too long! When in fact it’s already taking ages and they are getting it wrong!
FYI, the biggest gap Arsenal held last season was 8 points and City had a game in hand. Arsenal still had to go to City. Arsenal were outclassed by the best side in Europe there was no bottling!!
I wonder if Flav feels proud or angry that a percentage of his fanbase are arsenal supporters who will consistently go out there way to watch and support him just to make petty comments
Flav saying he doesn’t think Liverpool weren’t good enough is wrong. Two things can be right simultaneously. Everton were good enough but we were also not good enough. Not finishing chances. Not looking like we had energy. Everton had energy and had passion and were more physical
Small team fans hating on United is nothing new I guess, but no one (except Coventry fans, who of course, and quite understandably will) even mentioned a sliver of a doubt on the offside decision. I watched live, and have seen the photos after, and there is nothing to suggest it was anything but. Just cause you wanted it from the bottom of your heart, doesn't mean it wasn't offside. Plus, trying to equivocate this with the Forest debacle where a Luton fan was the VAR and prior notice was given to the PGMOL is incredibly dishonest and petty on you part.
I wouldn't say Everton played "brilliantly." Everton executed their game plan perfectly and Liverpool let them. Everton also played like they wanted it more too, and outplayed Liverpool in desire and fight. I think that's the fairest way to sum up the game.
The English league is the best. The only reason why they went out of Europe is because we've played more games and are in our most busy period compared to the others. We also have a more physical league, which takes a lot out of players combined with the schedule.
Flav us so right bottling means nothing anymore. The only people saying Liverpool bottled anything this year are Arsenal fans because they’re still mad with how everyone was saying they bottled it last season (they did)
Slow rumbling argument: my friend says you can’t be arrested without evidence. We’ve got friends who’s parents have been arrested without evidence, soon to be lawyers, google, the whole “arrested on SUSPICION”, and yet he STILL thinks you only get arrested if they HAVE EVIDENCE. He won’t hear anything else.
football rhyming slang: me and my friends will always say we’re off for a “matt le tiss” when we need a piss and off for a “max power” when we need a shower. not sure how max power has crept his way into my day to day vocabulary
Ultimate power play from Flav, drinking from a mug that quite greedily has two handles and not using either of them.
He just uses it for imaginary trophy lifts
@@jackbyrne6021I forgot to look out for it.. I got distracted thinking about Flavs interest in Sharks. I’ll rewatch it…x
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@@jackbyrne602150:09 we got him.
I wouldn’t describe that double handled though, I was looking out for a mug with handles either side like a trophy but I was misled by Gooner humour.
For me this comment perfectly sums up the podcast. I fucking love this community because of the phrasing of comments like this, made my day that
Everton fan and long time slug here. Flav I could bloody kiss you. Hearing a non toffee talk about us so glowingly is a great feeling that we've been missing for years. Whenever we're discussed by fan channels it's always because we're a basket case. You're my favourite guest, hope Jimbo has you back next week...
guest 😭
Not “James and Flav for now.”. It’s “James, and Flav for now.”
The fact flav predates james on this podcast 😂😂😂
More of this
Liverpool win: Fighting for Klopp
Liverpool lose: Klopp shouldn't have said it.
Either way there's no way to unscramble that egg and the narrative will always be restructured in hindsight
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Flav you should listen to your wife about the parking. You don't realise what a comfort and time saver that is. When you live somewhere where parking is limited you play a game of trying to get as close as possible to your house every time, and ultimately end up feeling more and more resentful when you're forced to park further away. Imagine that grinding you down every day, imagine coming home with shopping and you've got a 2 minute walk and you can't do it in one trip, doesn't sound like much but I can promise you that as you walk past each car that is parked closer to your house than your car is you get more and more annoyed. You'll become one of those guys that looks out the window going "that fucking car is always outside our house!" At the same time knowing full well you don't own the bit of road outside your house but still feeling some kind of petty moral ownership of it. YOU DON'T WANNA BE THAT GUY FLAV I'M TELLING YOU
Car brain. Who cares
@@StokeseyHD Flav's wife
Regarding the Premier League being overrated:
I think the idea of the "big 6" is overrated and generally the idea that the best teams in England would dog walk any other league in the world is overrated.
What isn't overrated is the depth. Luton likely finish mid-table in Germany, Italy, Spain or France. Brighton are probably fighting for European spots instead of toiling around mid-table.
The top isn't as good as everyone thinks but the bottom is better than any other European league.
Facts. Any honest fan would agree. I always thought the "big 6" was a sub category of the league, because they had a large gap in money compared to other teams.
Facts
People forget what life was like before VAR. Every weekend the discussions were about the terrible decisions referees made, there's no getting away from it. People were on their knees for VAR. Why they don't implement the same system rugby use I don't know. How difficult would it be for the screens in the stadium to display the pictures VAR are looking at. Also on TV, the dialogue between the VAR guys and the ref has to be shown. This along with semi-automated offsides I think would fix it. Finally, the idea of 'no one can celebrate a goal because of VAR' is absolute nonsense.
Yeah but it's acceptable that a ref makes a human error in the moment because things are hard to see but it's not acceptable that a video system which sees everything and has time to think makes errors. That's the difference!
"Every weekend the discussions were about terrible decisions" they still are. I think even if VAR was getting things mostly right the game is purer without it, but it makes the game worse and the decisions are still wrong
You have demonstrated very efficiently that you actually know nothing about the premier league games with regards to VAR. The fact that you think it's nonsense that no-one can celebrate a goal makes me question if you've even watched a single game of football since VAR has come in.
Nice to see we all agree. Joseph, mate, watch the Everton Liverpool highlights and tell me no one can celebrate goals anymore. How’s that for knowing nothing
@@dan74553 Very strange to see someone so dumb in the wild.
I haven’t got a Solomon is always a classic (Solomon kalou) but I think where real football rhyming is made is when you can prove your dedication to the cause, as an art student I offen find myself in spaces where football fans are scares, but those moments when someone pipes up with a question no one on earth has got the answer to and I smugly reply “haven’t got a Solomon” never cease to bring me joy as the looks of “who the fuck is Solomon” pour in. The real shithousery comes in when you don’t even give the perplexed art snob the satisfaction of an explanation, it’s the perfect reply to stupid questions
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Nosh Worthy comment❤
Less of that
@@mattrimmer4721 less of what?
@@joetucker971 You must be new here
Football rhyming slang : back at uni, my mate turned to me and said “turn the Tariq on”. Puzzled I looked around, he said “the lamp”. Of course the Tariq Lamptey.
Arsenal has never been 10 points clear last year, I don't understand where this perception came from
It's Flav exaggerating it was 8 points with one game played more than City
@@shrisiva4016 so 5 points realistically and that’s the same amount Liverpool we’re clear this season. But agendas gotta run I guess
Imagine flav not having an agenda towards arsenal lmao
I bet every member of my family's lives that if Arsenal lose on Sunday that everyone will say we bottled it. But because its Liverpool its "nah I don't think any of you can bottle it at this point, I don't even think the word has any meaning anymore" The mental gymnastics when Liverpool lose, and it comes from neutrals which makes it more perplexing. I seriously have no idea why Liverpool always get a pass
@@gerghghherb880 after we lost against villa everyone was saying we bottled it, liverpool just lost 2 in a row against teams battling relegation and I, at the very least, hear it less, maybe I'm not looking in the right places tho tbf
20:10 Jimbo eating superchats like Kane eats goals
New bit: where do players sit on the team coach? Can see joey Barton sat at the back of the bus no way near the manager at the front. Likewise someone like Harry Maguire loves a seat near the boss
Odegarrd pushes the assistant out of his sit just to sit next to the boss
Not sure about this one Freddie. Wanting this bit reeks of someone who would sit next to the teachers on a field trip
Nah less of that Sean, this one might have legs. I think Miggy Almiron doesn’t even sit down. He runs up and down the isle like an excited kid. All the other Newcastle players look at him with contempt.
I’m not sold. I’d love to see the lads take on this. I think they’ll agree that wanting to listen to two men talk about people on a bus is not only deathly boring but would only be enjoyed by bus riding window lickers…(like Harry Kane)
@@seanpeek3051 We discussed buffet tactics for like 6 months... it doesn't take much to entertain the slugs.
Best way to describe it is that the boost of Klopp leaving was what got the players this close. Had he never announced that they wouldn’t have made it this close. He knows that.
Football Rhyming Slang - After taking my dogs for a walk, I used to shout at my to brother to take their “Aleksandar Kolarov’s” implying take “their collars off” - still weirdly proud of that one Jim
I never like to use bottlejob either, but Liverpool going top of the league and becoming favourites, then immediately drawing against the worst United team in years, then losing their first home league game for over a year, against Palace, and to top it off losing at Goodison for the first time in 15 years, is probably the definition of bottling it.
We were top of the league for literally a week or two (by like 1 or 2 points) where ONE draw or loss would put us back down in 2nd or 3rd place in a 3 horse title race. That is not bottling.
Bottling is Arsenal leading the league by 10 points for 1/3 of the year (Against one competitor) and still managing to lose the league.
Liverpool have led the league for the most days of any team this year
I discovered two things about Flav on this pod. One that surprised me and one that didn’t.
I was surprised to hear that he’s vegetarian. I was not surprised to hear he had an air fryer. He absolutely honks of air fryer owner. I bet it’s a Ninja.
Who doesn’t have an air fryer nowadays?
Absolutely class bit of kit
Hi Jim, on the note of superstitions I do exactly the same thing. As a Palace fan during the FA cup final in 2016 I crossed my fingers for one of our only corners in the game, which leads to a stunning finish from Jason puncheon and a questionable dance from Alan Pardew in the chaos of celebrating a potentially match winning moment I am knocked unconscious. My dad helps me to the medical area at Wembley where I make a full recovery but as I’m coming round thinking we have one our first trophy ever realise we immediately conceded then again and lost the final our only one in my lifetime. I do believe if I had been conscious and kept in crossing my fingers for the rest of the game we would have won and that’s why to this day whenever asked to ‘cross your fingers’ I outright refuse no matter how important the incident. Fair to say when it comes to health matters it arouses some questioning and outrage to which I simply tell this story. Up the JAFFN!
New bit: Things that aren’t noncey in the slightest but scream ‘I’m a nonce’- like licking your finger in the library before you turn the page of your book
Or people who run their finger around a pint glass in the pub 😬
On the football rhyming slang, I personally love “lube them softest cheeks” for Ruben Loftus-cheek. Cheeky yet professional
10 points??? flav's a composter with the amount of shite that's getting blown out, arsenal were 8 points clear but city has a extra game unplayed so realistically 5 points
Can’t be rattled by flav, the comment alone is him winning, and deservedly so. Class A wind up merchant.
Would say that's the race done. The timing is the killer. If the dip had come mid season and Liverpool fought their way to a 3rd place finish and a trophy people would feel more positive. Absolutely no one was predicting them to go for the league pre-season but obviously once it becomes a possibility missing out is hard.
if klopp didn’t announce he was leaving it would’ve left the club in a terrible spot to find a replacement. it would’ve come out that LFC were looking for a new manager even if klopp said nothing, he said this in interviews
I’m an American Liverpool supporter, I live in an area where you rarely ever run into another English football fan , but I go into work yesterday not long after the final whistle, then walks in a family of Everton supporters all wearing the shirt. As fuming as I was we had a nice interaction nd chat about the game. Wasn’t at all expecting this and it’s cool how a derby can connect people, which isn’t chatted about enough.
Flav your one of the best guests I’ve ever seen. I recommend you start your own podcast in a little shop somewhere and when you’ve managed to get an extra inch out of it I highly suggest you bring it to RUclips so we can bask in the glory of you and sit down to a nice cup of T while it’s a bit Windy outside
Actually spurs were the pear of the fruit bowl, but that mention has given me inspiration.
Footballers as parts of an English Breakfast
Bacon: (For Everyone besides James) Messi, the undeniable goat
Egg: Gerrard, one of the very best, would be the best in every position, incredibly versatile and consistent
Sausage: Gascoigne, makes a good meal into a great meal, the deciding factor and pivotal into making the difference
Black Pudding: Michael Owen, great in England, shit everywhere else
Mushroom: Jordan Henderson, underrated part of the side, still an acquired taste but is very important if you know your way around the plate
Baked beans: Busquets, the undisguised heartbeat, watch the plate and you’ll never care about them, watch the beans and you’ll see the whole plate
Tomato: Harry Winks, kind of alright at times, but if it wasn’t there, would you even notice?
Hash brown: Solksjaer, perfect super sub. Why isn’t it a guaranteee starter? Fuck knows but goes in every time for me
Think James missed the mark on his point about Atwell- He said Atwell could be consciously trying to favour forest with his decision making because he knows he has a bias, which if it was the case still calls into question his ability to referee the game in an unbiased way. The point being made by forest (very crudely) is that when contextual rivalries occur, fans shouldn’t be refereeing their “contextual rivals’” games because they aren’t able to do so without bias. It’s hard enough to referee a game without the added pressure put on yourself second guessing whether the decision you’ve made is influenced by the team you want to win. Think Michael Oliver made a similar point a few years back and said that if Newcastle were in a relegation scrap against Villa, he wouldn’t referee a Villa game.
Football rhyming slang:
Whenever there is a bad situation I say ‘this situation is looking Eric’ you can imagine the looks of confusing and then groans when they realise I’m talking about Eric Dier.
Arsenal were 8 points clear at their maximum whilst city had a game in hand and still had to play each other twice.
Liverpool this season were 5 points clear whilst city had a game in hand, whilst needing to play city once
By definition they are the same thing, there is a mere 3 points difference between the two situations
In fact considering the fact that Liverpool fans like to trumpet about having one of the best managers, the best cb, AND best right winger in premier league history, you’d be far less inclined to expect them to capitulate with their experience
Had a rather peculiar dream a few nights ago that involved James, Flav and myself. The three of us were in Flavs made up dream-livingroom in the evening having a few drinks before we were going out to the pub or to see where the night took us. As we were about to leave, James started to jump furniture to furniture in drunken excitement and in the process, managed to smash three pint glasses in different places in the livingroom. Flav let out a huge sigh and started to voice his concern as he had two cats and didnt want them to get injured by the glass while he was away. So we spent the rest of the night carefully cleaning up tiny shards of pint glass. James was not pleased with this and while we were on our hands and knees checking under the sofa, he softly muttered "I'm more of a dog person anyway". Shameful Jim.
1:04:24 - this is something I've wanted for so long... Accidental hand balls in situations where a shot or cross in the box in particular should still be a handball free kick, not just brushed under the carpet like it wouldn't be given anywhere else on the pitch. Indirect free kicks would be so entertaining!
Loved the guest appearance from the spurs fan, appreciate a man who’s willing to put sensible football takes ahead of comedy in a podcast
The rant about the Coventry offside was really strange. The offside was close, but there's no doubt it was offside.
The biggest sign of an elite JAFFN pod is anytime Flav shows us one of his animals, chicken or Frank I'm not fussy, it's rare but its gold
Football rhyming slang: me and my mates have been using Jermain Defoe as a term of agreement instead of just saying deffo for years. “Fancy the pub? Yeah, Jermain”!
Sign of a good pod: Jim doing that laugh where he takes his headphones off ever so slightly and leans back in his chair
Signs of a good pod:
When Flav says "it's a bit like porn innit?"
Got a mate who is a steward at anfield, he’s got the inside scoop about what happened between Klopp and Salah on Saturday.
So apparently the players have had these new heart rate monitors fitted to check during the game, and as you both know the best way to take a pulse check is the bumhole.
Before the players go out they get fitted up with the device but apparently Salahs is a remote control vibrator which Klopp has exclusive control of.
Basically as Salahs coming on he feels it go off and sees the remote in Klopps hand which causes him to go mental, hearing it in the stadium Salah clearly says “I knew it was you that’s the second time now” he also goes on to say ‘munharif’ which is Arabic for pervert.
The club are currently handling the matter internally but apparently a similar thing happened with Curtis Jones in October which is what has forced Klopp to leave, the club agreed to let him go at the end of the season to try and keep speculation low.
The coventry penalty should never have been a penalty. Things evened themselves out, honestly lads, don't worry about it.
Yes it should
Sign of a good pod: This weeks guest Flav
The lower league team in the FA Cup should get to choose the venue. Play at the bigger stadium for the money or stay at home and increase your chances of going through.
If I need a mate to grab my jacket for me, its always 'Grab my Kenny'. Also, if were going for food out, or 'a meal' if you will, then were going for a 'Heskey'.
23:21 amazing flav as always
Really liking this new guest think you should keep him around and add in some trumpets
Sign of a good pod: whenever Flav sticks a beanie on. I feel like once he’s got cloth on his head he becomes even more of a menace
4 years running, what an unbelievably loyal guest
Football rhyming slang
Whenever someone asks me a question and my answer is a definite no I will always respond with “that’s a Yaya Sanogo for me”
Football rhyming slang- me and my dad still say “haven’t got a Salomon” in place of “haven’t got a clue”, referring to former chelsea man Salomon Kalou. I don’t know for sure but I suspect we picked this up from SpencerFC/ fifaplaya back in the day
I’ve got some fun superstitions.
When I went to my first palace game as a kid, I was so exited I wore my clothes to bed the night before so I was ready in the morning, we went to on win that game 2-0. Since that day, if I wear my palace shirt to bed the night before a game (footie shirts make amazing pyjamas, I will not be taking criticism on this at this time) we more often than not, get a decent result. I can’t explain it but it’s just what I do now.
Outrageous burger genius, Flav. Mind blown
I like this flavor guy on the podcast. Mr. Fighting Cock who you had on last time was something else
Football rhyming slang:
“Can you get the milk out the Wayne bridge?”
Leading on from the lukaku one, for car keys, surely the El Shawaarys
Everyone’s forgets how bad refereeing was anyway before VAR. Technology will eventually make the game better we’re just still in the teething period unfortunately
Klopp announced he was leaving because (1) it was going to come out as soon as LFC began its search (or it was about to be leaked), and (2) he said he wanted to give his backroom staff plenty of notice so they could make plans for their family in time before next season. The latter in particular just sums up Klopp as a person and manager- always thinking about others first. It was absolutely the right decision from a human side. As far as a football decision, i think Liverpool outperformed this season because of Klopp's announcement, especially during the injury crisis earlier this year.
Sign of a good pod, when Jim whips out the white board to write down to options that definitely can't be said
Sign of a good JaAFFN pod is Flav is the guest
Everton finished what ManU started. Shocking results and performances these past few weeks.
Feels bad seeing Klopp leave with a whimper even if we were never supposed to be in it at the start.
Can we have a weekly segment where Flav eats magic mushrooms and then reviews an aspect of the beautiful game?
James, we haven't scored from a set piece since Feburary? We have shown we can break down teams without set pieces. Only had 3 games in 2024 where we haven't scored and they were City and Munich (A) and Villa (H)
I'm having an on going gentle dispute with my girlfriend about cereal. Now I bloody love cereal. Any brand, any time of day. SHE thinks cereal is for kids and old people. I'm 38 years old, so I don't fall into either age bracket. If I buy Coco pops, I'm a child, if I buy Bran Flakes then I'm an old man. I can't win!!!
Also, no tomato, double beans is the only right answer.
Up the slugs x
Just listened to the white teeth chronicles again. Still absolute madness what a story.
Not rhyming slang - but when talking about a woman’s features we call them Chebereche Ezes
Cheers to your boys James. From a city fan 🦊🍾
On lucky QPR jersey: My team VPS in Finland started an unbeaten streak when my partner got pregnant in the start of July. My boy Hugo is now here and VPS has gone 20 games unbeaten and won 18.
The streak must end at some point but I think I can't get rid of the baby at that point.
i get that flav is usually taking the piss but hes actually managed to convince james that arsenal were like 10 clean points clear, maximum was 8 but city had a game in hand so 5, and that was before wed gone to anfield and etihad the two hardest games. yeah some results after werent great but the title was gone after the two games i mentioned and if bottling is losing at etihad then fine but i think thats harsh
I have a slow rumbling debate with my friend who claims he can eat 10 McDonald's quarter pounders back to back. I say can he bollocks. The debate comes when asking him to prove it. I said if he goes to McDonald's and buys 10 quarter pounders and finishes them, I will give him the money for them. He says I need to buy them all first, and he will prove he can eat them. But if I buy them and he can't finish them, which he won't, I have already spent the money. He says he doesn't need to prove it, and if I really want proof I should buy them and he will. We have this debate every time we go for a pint
I couldn't care less about Coventry and that decision against United is the most wound up and fed up I've ever been watching football. Total robbery of one of the best FA Cup moments ever and one of the best moments Coventry fans are ever likely to have
I've gone back and forward on VAR since they brought it in but I want it gone now
Klopps announcement was the only reason they got into the title race. Emotion took them far but the poor quality of their attack eventually caught up with them.
49:40 that’s interesting because half a cap of magic mushrooms is street slang for black tar heroin. very interesting flav
Whenever I really want us to score from a set piece i turn to my mates and say "I've see these go in" think it has worked about twice
in terms of did Liverpool lose it or did Everton take it, both things can be true - Liverpool are miles off it atm and Everton were able to really take advantage of that.
I'm a Liverpool fan happy to admit that DCL and the rest of his team spent all evening murdering Liverpool in aerial battles and set pieces, it was quite something tbh.
“Had a cap of shrooms last night” 😂
The Union’s greatest general mentioned on football’s greatest podcast. America up 🇺🇸
Never heard a worse impression of a Coventry accent, James 😂😂
History being written by the victors is so true in football. If Liverpool score the chances they should score they win the game and the whole narrative changes. Everton could play an identical performance but not win and nobody is saying how great they were. They played well against City but because City won in the end they probably didn't get the credit they deserved. Results set the tone of everything.
The only way to properly use VAR is like in rugby, where it’s displayed on the big screen and a discussion is had between all the refs not just the VAR ref deciding! But alas people won’t want that because they say it will take too long! When in fact it’s already taking ages and they are getting it wrong!
For the record, the most points Arsenal were ahead by last season was 7, not "10 or 15 points"
FYI, the biggest gap Arsenal held last season was 8 points and City had a game in hand. Arsenal still had to go to City. Arsenal were outclassed by the best side in Europe there was no bottling!!
Yeah Rooney saying get on with it now, but you saw his tweet about 12:30 when he was a player.
Hot take: Flav’s takes are always right, from a Liverpool fan
I wonder if Flav feels proud or angry that a percentage of his fanbase are arsenal supporters who will consistently go out there way to watch and support him just to make petty comments
I absolutely love supporting Coventry. The ups and downs have been second to none.
Potential new bit: spending the last 15 mins of the pod searching for future bits
Flav saying he doesn’t think Liverpool weren’t good enough is wrong. Two things can be right simultaneously. Everton were good enough but we were also not good enough. Not finishing chances. Not looking like we had energy. Everton had energy and had passion and were more physical
1:06:12 my wife and I say “Jermaine” to each other instead of “defo” (definitely) 😂
Mateta is him 🔴🔵🦅
Small team fans hating on United is nothing new I guess, but no one (except Coventry fans, who of course, and quite understandably will) even mentioned a sliver of a doubt on the offside decision. I watched live, and have seen the photos after, and there is nothing to suggest it was anything but. Just cause you wanted it from the bottom of your heart, doesn't mean it wasn't offside. Plus, trying to equivocate this with the Forest debacle where a Luton fan was the VAR and prior notice was given to the PGMOL is incredibly dishonest and petty on you part.
im a united fan, also wanted coventry to win by the end if it. felt like we'd robbed them unfairly...
I wouldn't say Everton played "brilliantly." Everton executed their game plan perfectly and Liverpool let them. Everton also played like they wanted it more too, and outplayed Liverpool in desire and fight. I think that's the fairest way to sum up the game.
The English league is the best. The only reason why they went out of Europe is because we've played more games and are in our most busy period compared to the others. We also have a more physical league, which takes a lot out of players combined with the schedule.
Footy Rhyming Slang; at work we have to make cardboard bales so we regularly refer to them as Gareth's
Flav us so right bottling means nothing anymore. The only people saying Liverpool bottled anything this year are Arsenal fans because they’re still mad with how everyone was saying they bottled it last season (they did)
I love the joke that flav is just a recurring guest, it’s the same as in a funny show called On Cinema
Slow rumbling argument: my friend says you can’t be arrested without evidence. We’ve got friends who’s parents have been arrested without evidence, soon to be lawyers, google, the whole “arrested on SUSPICION”, and yet he STILL thinks you only get arrested if they HAVE EVIDENCE. He won’t hear anything else.
Watching this after full time, Jim did you wear the shirt?
Think Jim looked really handsome in the pod today, bro is glowing
The fact that 3 teams go down nearly every year shows the prem is clearly of the second league which proves the prem is a good league
i think it speaks bad on leagues when you have teams like Union Berlin Girona getting into champo spots year one into their promotion.
Does James know that Ben White’s first goal against Chelsea on Tuesday was Arsenal’s first goal via set piece in 2 months?
football rhyming slang: me and my friends will always say we’re off for a “matt le tiss” when we need a piss and off for a “max power” when we need a shower. not sure how max power has crept his way into my day to day vocabulary