Flavs not wrong; I hear more about Mbappes transfer dramas every year rather than his footballing achievements or great moments he has on the pitch

Flav is correct about Mbappe. I'd even go further with it, all football would be better off if all transfers could only be speculated/discussed/reported on at most 24 hours prior to their official announcements

The ending is pure art. Made even better that I’m 99% certain Flav will have never seen Dragusin play a game of football in his life, whilst calling him the most important transfer in the history of the Premier League

Shouting 'Ole!' when you're passing the ball around while you're winning is nice and clean

Flav spitting absolute facts about how Chelsea under Boehly is NOT the same club that was Chelsea under Abramovich. The sooner they understand that, the sooner the fans will get on board.

Question for the pod! I was watching an episode of the club not long ago, and from nowhere, Rory hit the weirdest flex I think I've ever heard. He says he can create THE BEST whirlpool in a tea/coffee when stirring it, and it got me thinking... What are yours and flavs weirdest flexes? Would be interesting to get some of the weirdest flexes out of the slugs, too! Love you guys!

I was talking to my mate the other day about the Werner to Spurs transfer and I was telling him about the fact Werner had a goal contribution every two games for Chelsea so obviously he wasn't that bad. He then began sniffing the air and said "idk mate it doesn't smell right" so that got me thinking who are some "smelly" players that even with all the stats in the world you just aren't convinced by

Thank god the lads are back. Longest 3 weeks ever

Haven’t finished the ep yet but I’d say Wolves have by far the biggest case for VAR wrongdoings this season.

I'd say 80% of Newcastle fans still back Howe, it's only really the kids on twitter than use this "ceiling" nonsense. He's overachieved and has a lot of credit in the bank, we've beaten PSG 4-1, Man City 0-1, Man Utd 0-3 & 2-0, Arsenal 1-0, Sunderland 0-3, Villa 5-1, Chelsea 4-1, Sheffield Utd 0-8 and apparently having a "bad season". How far we've come! As for him being linked with England, I personally don't see it working. His best attribute is his ability to coach players and maximising their potential, which he wouldn't be given the time to do as an international manager. He has transformed so many of players, every single one has got better under him.

I was just thinking to myself how much I love the random ad-libs of nonsense Jim adds to Flavs rants that slightly throw him off his train of thought and then that very second Flav asks the rhetorical question “and where does the fish stink from” to which James replies “fanny”, never change lads.

I think amid is so common in british news paper headlines! ‘Prime minister announces reshuffle amid tory sex scandal’ for instance

First of all, Jim saying he's having a load of coffee and having a WEE at the end is a lie. Everyone who drinks coffee knows it's not a wee. I agree with Flav RE Mbappe. Genuinely. He's such a bore. EDIT. Also, at 45 minutes (ish) the conversation of Howe is mad. I'm a Geordie and these comments of Howe hitting his ceiling is mental. I'm about to hit the fucking ceiling. Howe has been excellent, he has got players who were bang average or less playing great champions league football. That's not a manager hitting his ceiling. My concern is recruitment/medical staff. It's mad how many injuries we've had that are re-ocurring. The recruitment is lackluster, but we're hamstrung by FFP. Howe isn't reaching his ceiling, Newcastle and what we CURRENTLY have in place is reaching its ceiling. We need to expand on/improve the club whether it's recruitment or medical and we'll smash that ceiling soon enough.

3:42 My cousin when he was about 13-14 got pointed out by an away fan who gave him the "specky four eyes" gesture, holding up his hands to his face as glasses. My cousin was with his dad who just loved to see it and laughed in his face for it. It's just good football banter.

As a Liverpool supporter, im kind of immune about the Mbappe stutf.. #Mbappe23 #Mbappe24 etc..Great player, wouldn't fit the chemistry, break the wage structure.. we already have Jota, Diaz, Nunez, Gakpo all arguably much better fit for us.... honest to goodness...Mbappe can take the circus with him to Real... :D

We are deffo not turning on eddie howe, we knew this season would be a lot tougher, more games, injuries, bans, FFP restrictions, coming out of sponsorship deals made by mike ashley further restricting funding, had a poor run over christmas but this time last season we were struggling to get goals, granted weve lost more games but its a sliding scale, villa have been on fire and made it harder for us to break through into that top 5 again, liverpool having a good season again, west ham playing decent too. We'll be fine, i trust in eddie

Right at the end of the pod, Flav eludes to someone asking for 10 minutes, definitely means longer, what are the actual time stamps for: Have you got a sec? Have you got a minute? Etc. I think “have you got a few minutes” is definitely longer than a couple but anything between 5 & 10. Along with the severity between “have you got” & “can I have” before asking said questions. I think we can all agree that “can I have a word” is right up there.

19:49 out of context flav, ‘I’m a nonce’ 😂😂

“Get help” & “nonce” for writing an ‘S’ from the bottom 😂😂😂

I have a samism. My mate brought his new girlfriend to the pub the other day. He introduced her to us and then she walked to the bar to get some drinks. When she went I proceeded to wind my mate up and put the idea in his head that she might fancy me over him now that she has meet all his friends. He came back with “she wouldn’t shag you with a 10 foot barge pole mate “ I couldn’t stop laughing and his mistake and it put a weird image in my mind of me, his girlfriend and a 10 foot barge pole. Disturbing

Great way to start 2024, can’t wait to ‘catch up’ next episode

As a Liverpool fan I just roll my eyes and laugh at the whole Mbappe thing (as I think nearly every Liverpool fan older then 12 does) like we have the money to bring him in, not to mention EVERYONE knows he's going to Madrid. The only reason this is even a story is for the media to generate cheap clicks on articles and it's been going on for years and it's so tiresome.

The important thing to remember with the drausin transfer, is that he's choosing to be a Spurs rotation player. It's not just someone choosing the lesser club because they will get constant playing time. Romero and VDV are both young and will start when healthy/not suspended.

You two together is so much fun

Funny that James said Lutons version of going for it is getting Andros Townsend Sr (which is weird btw anyone else notice that?) And Man U's is Antony when the difference between them is only monetary as ability wise its a toss up

Good clean fun at the football: Newcastle's chant "N and an E and a W - C , A and an S and a T - L - E, U and N - I, T - E -D, Newcastle United... FC!" has for years been a chant that has been a source of good clean fun. The afforementioned ellipsis before the "FC!" elicits a pause of disputed duration. Though it usually lasts for around half a second, its undetermined length predisposes less rhythmically gifted Geordies in the crowd to be unsure of when to unleash their "FC!". So, while the rest of the chant is mostly uniform, the "FC!" is asynchronous. In time, the crowd has become self-aware of their meager execution of the "FC!". Rather than making a concerted effort to ammend their disorganisation, fans instead decided to worsen it to a comical degree. Now, you can expect an "FC!" a half-second from the rest of the chant... and another a second later, and occasionally, when an individual is feeling particularly comedically inclined, perhaps fifteen seconds later. Always, it is ejaculated with gusto. What started as a facetious source of self awareness has now remained a staple of good clean fun at St. James' for many, many years. You'd think it would get old, but hearing a belated "FC!" will never fail to draw a smile and a light-hearted roll of the eyes from the Newcastle faithful.

“This is great podcasting, how I write an S” 😂😂

The best part of the pod was the S convo, iconic. Love it.

The only place left for nice football content now that FD is almost gone

Check out for 6 months now I'm backlogged checking in again for a clear out up the lads happy 2024

At this point Mbappe is more a Kardashian than a football player

Flav spot on about turtle boy, get him in the sea

Brain melted when Flav does an S from bottom BUT a 5 from the top 😂

love the philsophical debate of the hand gesture. This is why im subscbruibed to JLA and Flav the weeeeeeeeeh boy.

Clean football fun: Singing "cheerio, cheerio, cheerio" to an opposition player who's just been sent off or opposition fans leaving early when you're winning On an away day mocking the home atmosphere "is this a library? is this a library?" or "what a shitty, what a shitty, what a shitty home support" etc. Great laugh.

Seed the FA Cup! Lowest ranked team are then guaranteed a big team and big pay day as a reward and the big teams can field 2nd squad. Plus mid teams can play each other and have a better chance to advance!

Good clean fun: Was watching Northampton Town in a match about 15 years ago, core memory of my childhood. Opposition had a corner at our home end and their striker had the audacity to pick up our keeper's water bottle and take a swig. Got loads of abuse for a moment, then just got booed for the rest of the game any time he took a touch for being a water thief.

That unsubscribe thing from James 😂 couldn’t agree more. I spend more time emptying my inbox than reading actual relevant emails.

Example of good clean fun has to be the entire stadium shouting “ohhhhh your shit arghhh” when the other teams keeper takes a goal kick

I neeeeeed to know where Flav's watch is from! Loving it

Gotta agree with flab Mbappe has felt pretty irrelevant in club football for awhile now. Will go down as the greatest World Cup player ever when he retires, but likely won’t come close to winning a balon d’or until he wins another World Cup. In club football he’s done close to nothing

You guys got the tone of the "wanker" bit spot on. A sharp and quick wanker with a harsh "you fucking" before it, is not a term of endearment, but a nice, slow, well paced, "waheyyyyyyyyy...wankahhhhh" 100% means the opposite fans secretly think you are infact, allright.

Good, clean, fun: When you're playing on an overcast muddy Sunday, the opposition's defensive midfielder wipes you out on a borderline free kick tackle. On the floor, he helps you up and gives a warm smile and says "I was going for the ball, honestly." then carries on with the game. You want to punch him for potentially being condescending but your conscience stops you because it was good, clean, fun.

I agree with Flav's take on Mbappe, and I have to say I care about him even less than you may think. However, I still don't care less about him than I care less for Neymar. There's nothing in the world I care less about more than Neymar... I would pay to NOT have either of those players at my club. Note: I've just heard the bit about Flav's 'S'. You disgust me.

I've always been called weird for doing my 6's from in to out instead of out to in. Drawing a S from the bottom is definitely not ok though!

Amidst is definitely a transfer headline classic not so much amid

My mums team Darlington essentially went to the wall because of the owners bad money management and speculation by building a white elephant stadium. They had to start again at the bottom of the football pyramid with the club now fan owned and run. Isn't the only difference between them and Everton or City the fact that they could break the rules to get themselves out of the debt. So they did the same thing but one did extra cheating to get out of it and the one who didn't cheat but had the same spending model was not just kicked out of the league they were in but sent to the very bottom to essentially start again. Surely those who can afford to start again should start again and those who can't survive that punishment have a lesser but equivalent punishment at their level.

It’s worth remembering the ‘apparent’ reason Chelsea were so successful under Roman was the money used through off-shore accounts and £1.6b(?) he put in of his own money. They will never be that club again, unless they want to face the same allegations and likely punishment that awaits them (hopefully removal from the EFL)

I agree with Flav. Poch was brought in to help shape all the young players that they have signed. Chelsea are no longer a team that HAS to win titles or else they sack the manager. They're in a long rebuild and have overturned almost the entire squad. If they sack Poch, you're restarting the rebuild with a new manager who prob doesn't want the current set of players. Poch has already improved half of the squad, just needs his forwards to score. That will happen when Nkunku is fully fit.

When I look at the amount of money that Chelsea have spent on players, to me they haven't changed at all. The only difference is that there doesn't seem to be a plan apart from buying young players. It's a different road to take instead of buying proven players but their buying power is exactly the same, and their (lack of) patience is the same too. They've started a project but expect it to be a quick fix.

Don't know a single Newcastle fan that actually thinks we're better off sacking Eddie and looking elsewhere, absolutely mental🤣

As a newcastle fan we’re absolutely nothing on Eddie at all, fully behind him and back him completely

Could point reductions be done in a different way? You could have a point reduction is a percentage of your total points at the end of the season, or it’s a sliding scale on position in the league at the end of the season with the top teams facing harsher point reductions than those at the bottom. I am an idiot so I might be looking past an obvious reason this wouldn’t work

Great shout by Flav😂

When Palmer misses a hattrick of sitters including an open goal from 5 yards how can it fall back onto Poch

2024 of to a confusing start with Flav speaking some sense

good clean fun for me was when villa dominated city this season when ever city got the ball the whole of villa park sung , we want our ball back . that was class that was

Flav is a career of unpopular opinion. So this is beautiful 🙏🏼

9:30 As a Liverpool fan, unofficial fan accounts have been touting Mbappe transfer links for at least 3 years and it always makes me laugh; there's no way that Mbappe would fit into Liverpool's wage structure. The more that you look at the transfer the worse it gets: the wage structure issue; personality issues and the subsequent effect on the squad; four players can already play left wing -- all fairly glaring problems. He's an incredible player but I can't imagine him playing for Liverpool and I'm perfectly fine with that. I agree with Flav honestly 5:47, I just don't care.

For me, they bought Dier so that he can keep Kane company and nothing else

My wife calls me out on my S writing. BOTTOM UP BOYS, RISE UP!!!! Bottom up, my boys!

Gets on my nerves that Flav likes Rory. He's obviously a snooty prick. And he's also Chelsea. Typically those statements are the same thing but in Rory's case, he manages to find a new level of snooty prickery.

People write letter O clockwise which for me is weird given how you write a, c, d, g etc.

I actually agree with Flav’s point that punishments for breaking FFP rules should be equitable and not equal.

flav with the keith haring drip 👀

I need to know where Flav got that mug

There's a real simple solution to the replay issue. If a Prem team plays a lower league side, have the lower league side always play at home and they receive a majority of the revenue. Would the Prem teams reject this? Of course. However, would they rather lose a bit of revenue from one game or lose 7 players to muscle injury?

Don't think the gap between bottom three and rest is that major when u have Southampton and Leicester in the championship, the issue is championship sides hiring managers with connections, getting a bunch of premier League loanees, jumping the gun on promotion above other teams that have built better and then falling out the league when they all go back to their parent clubs

Flav's correct-Chelsea are now a different club, unfortunately their fans don't see it

my good clean fun is having a (very) hard football chat

Newcastle fans aren't turning on Eddie. Anyone whos actually been to a game knows they aren't. Any actual level headed fan knows its been an unlucky season with injuries and with the Tonali crack. We still have championship players starting and playing for us, we finished 4th last season. A top 8 finish this season would still be progression given 2 years ago we were fighting for our lives under Steve Bruce.

There's definitely diminishing returns on slowing down your tossing gesture for cleanliness 🤣

Half Samism from The Fighting Cocks very own Rick: “James Maddison is the Summer of the Signing”

Completely with FLAV on Mbappe. Bore off honestly

The epitome of good clean fun at the football is hitting the opposition goalkeeper with the classic ‘ooooooooooahhh you’re shit aaaaaahhhh’ before he’s even had a look in.

I’m with flav. This may age like milk, but I desperately do not want him at Liverpool. He’d destroy everything we have going for us and make it about himself, one dimensional and 700k a week… I’m good ta.

It’s easy to say that about Chelsea and tbh I think we are being patient. I think all we are asking for is to see we’re moving forward but you can’t see any progress what so ever that’s what the problem is

Jim: I’m trying to keep the revenue up Flav 20 minutes in: I’m a nonce

Everton got punished for not paying tax

I'm with Flav on the Mbappe transfer. There is only 1 team that he can go to and that's Real Madrid. I'm a Liverpool fan and I find it crazy that Liverpool fans think this is possible they might sign Mbappe, there is 0 chance of him going to Liverpool, 0.

I’m listening to the protection of Eddie Howe, and you can make the exact same argument in the protection of ETH. Curious to see if you will as I continue watching. The only difference is that instead of a 17-year-old in midfield, we are counting on an 18-year-old . Oh and Manchester United is higher on the table and also won a trophy

Depending on the severity of clubs breaking rules regarding spending to much and such, they should be relegated to either the Championship, League 1 or League 2. They should get a points deduction in the current season then in the next, be dropped down. I like Flav's take on this

S growth, beautiful stuff

Chelsea have a scattergun approach to signings.Taken too many risks

I can tell you that Newcastle fans are not turning on Eddie. The Majority of fans love him and still want him here for the long term. The few piping up doing the whole Eddie out thing are always in the Minority.

I write my S’s upside down like Flav. Nearly 30 and only realised it was weird a few weeks ago when a co worker told me they thought it might be a serial killer because of it. Relieved to find out I’m not the only one

You & me .....me & you.......got those for Christmas from the inlaws now hes stuck them on the outside of a crap drawing of his dog also got that for Christmas from his niece who everyone calls Picaso.

Bang on about mbappe there Flav 👏

Doesn’t happen very often but singing your support is sh*t at a testimonial good and clean fun

Would you rather go for it and get townsend or Anthony though?😂

With the wanker gesture to away fans, it’s a fine line between good hearted fun and aggression. If it any point you find yourself moving up onto your tip toes in pure anger while doing it, you’ve crossed the line. Height of arm also important. If your hand is rib height or lower, it’s good clean fun

Mbappe should do a January loan to the Premier league at a Sheffield United sort of team if he plays well keeps them up best player ever if it all fails we'll it's not his fault the teams shit

Everton did not gain a sporting advantage. It’s something to do with the stadium

One week ban (please just one week will do): a long term injury to one of our players

Been saying since start of the season when everyone was saying arsenal will win or challenge for league.... they will fall out of top 4 this season

The lads are both right and wrong about Chelsea. Flav is spot on about Chelsea fans needing to just face the reality of where we are and adjust our expectations. What they aren’t spot on about is Poch. Poch hasn’t been awful but there are consistent issues that he refuses to rectify. The misprofiling of player has been ridiculous. The refusal to deviate from Colwill at LB or enzo and Gallagher in their positions is ridiculous. He got the same complaints at PSG. He was playing Kimpembe at LB and Veratti 10, almost identical to Colwill LB Enzo 10. He doesn’t look like he’s evolved tactically since 2017/18. Yiu watch Chelsea and the same issues persist every game. Caicedo is playing alone in midfield. Enzo is running in behind from 10. Levi Colwill is overlapping. It doesn’t work. Also, you look at the players we have they’re all very gifted technically, they need a different type of tactical approach. They need a De Zerbi or Slot. That style of football, high dominance, high possession, intricate football. Most importantly they need someone that can profile them right. That’s why De Zerbi works for me. He’s used parts of this squad to its best levels in the past and plays the style of football this squad is built for. Anywho it’s just 22 blokes running around for fake points and some tin. Night boys x

Good clean fun... singing and waving goodbye to a player who's been sent off for the opponent.

Could Chelsea be the next Blackburn

Good clean fun: the obligatory “you’re shit-Aaaaaaaaah” when you’re sitting behind the opposition goalie taking a goal kick

Any person making noise about Howe leaving simply aren't Newcastle fans I'm afraid. We're entering the 2nd phase of the project which is fleshing out the squad to compete in Europe and on 4 fronts, eddies the man