Kyle reveals Pep Guardiola’s favourite skill and who he hated marking most.
We’re getting tough on this week’s episode of the pod as Kyle and Browny chat about physicality. Kyle reveals which two Tottenham midfielders used to have bone crunching tackles in training, what is Pep Guardiola’s go-to-skill on the training field and which other Premier League boss still had it when he joined in with the lads.
Browny rates the toughest tacklers he faced in his era, Kyle compares Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly to a former team-mate and explains why Virgil van Dijk rarely needs to go to ground. They also discuss how things can get a bit tasty in a match between starters and non-starters before a game and if players ever tried to injure a team-mate in order to get themselves into the manager’s eleven.
Kyle also names the player he’s found most difficult to mark during his career – and it’s not Mbappé, Vinicius Jr or Neymar. He pays tribute to Manchester City 3rd keeper Scott Carson and did Browny really ask for his own hotel room so he could prepare properly for that Tottenham v Milan legends game?
Don’t forget to check out Kyle and Browny’s Q&A episodes, exclusively on BBC Sounds. In the latest episode, England legend Ashley Cole asks Kyle who is the toughest left back he’s come up against.
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00:00 Intro
01:10 Defending in the Premier League v Serie A
07:30 Playing against Nasri & Clichy
10:35 Myles Lewis-Skelly’s rise
12:55 Why Virgil van Dijk’s a top defender
14:10 What’s VAR like for a player?
15:38 Hardest tacklers
18:16 Toughest training sessions
22:17 Scott Carson’s role at Man City
26:10 Browny’s Spurs v AC Milan prep
24:20 When Guardiola & Arteta got involved in training
28:55 Rollickings from managers
33:10 Get in touch
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8 Comments
Thug of a player that Michael Brown.
Basically every city defender has won more trophies than VVD but as players are any of them anywhere near Van Dijk level?
For me John stones has been city best defender.
Dias is too rash and erratic.
Michael Brown is not made for podcasts. Constant interruptions, sarcastic comments, and sudden topic changes mid conversation.
Couldn’t listen, Michael Brown doesn’t let Kyle speak. Really wanted to hear what he was gearing up to say about Nasri
we need to start requiring liscneces to purchase microphones. who TF is listening and paying Kyle Walker to do a podcast.
Michael wont stop interrupting kyle ffs
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Does this guy know how podcasts work? Let Kyle explain fully instead of showing your desperate need for sarcasm every 10 seconds