Araujo Must Sign and Nyoni Impresses Again as Reds Win Another Two! | Redmen Weekly

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Dan Club (0:29)

Hello, everybody, and welcome to The Redmen TV and your latest edition of Redmen Weekly. My name is Dan Club, and I'm here to guide you through some of the best clips from the Redmen TV app this week. We begin with something from the final word show much earlier on in the week when the guys had a good old chat. And why wouldn't you have a good old chat about Ronald Araujo following his Brighton performance? The Ronald Araujo show, as this match is now being dubbed, John, he woke up yesterday and chose violence against the ball, anyone who stood in his way from the ball, he was, and we've said it a few times, how defensively resolute and dogged and solid Liverpool were as a collective yesterday. But he was the absolute main event, the focal point of that one.

John (1:13)

In the first half, his attacking play was what was important to me. He had a really great shot as well, didn't he? But he's a man enjoying his football. And he obviously had a very bad time last year. And suddenly he's probably in love with the game again. And you can see it in his play.

He loves doing everything that he does. I mean, some of those tackles were wild, weren't they?

Dan Club (1:36)

Wild is the word. Yeah, it's interesting. John raises the point there and uses the word love. Actually, Josh, I think that's a big part of this. But, you know, the cop are in love with him. He's got a growing bond with us now. Anfield as a whole, I should say, really. But yeah, his cult hero status is well and truly confirmed. It's more a case of what happens next. But in terms of that performance, what Anfield rightly mentions is attacking impetus. Someone who's able to offer that. He already spoke about how he had a major influence on that first goal. He has that shot, which I think comes from a bad touch, actually, initially. But we're not going to speak down about him. But yeah, generally speaking, just absolutely sensational. The commitment, the blocks, the desire, the tackle, the fight, he gets stuck in. It was everything you'd want to see from a lad alone, really.

Josh (2:17)

Yeah, I think he had something like 11 defensive contributions in that game as well. It's just like things like that where, you know, you can rely on him defensively and then he'll bring that attacking game to his repertoire as well. You know, I don't think he played right back too often for Barcelona. I think he played there a little bit, but I think he was always, he's always been a centre back anyway. So the fact that he's able to play right back, you know, offer so much on the ball in such a fast paced league compared to the La Liga has really, really impressed me. Cause I thought he might take a bit of time to warm up, but then the fans got behind him. He's kind of had that moment mid week where he jumps into the crowd. And I think he kind of realised the love that he has like from the fans and, you know, he's taken up momentum and had a really, really good game yesterday.

John (2:55)

It's easy to forget how experienced he is.

Dan Club (2:57)

Yes.

John (2:58)

You know, he's a very, very experienced football. You know, Captain Barcelona, if you're not a good footballer, you know, and we've got the benefit of that, at least for this season.

Dan Club (3:07)

Yeah, at least for this season. We'll come on to that in a moment. Yeah, but I think, again, to reiterate, I think it's right that we have all now sort of made mention of the fact that he's just enjoying himself again after a difficult season where you think he fell out of love with it a touch, but yeah, he's absolutely back in love with the game and showing it. And I use the, it's cos it's a fact, but I use the fact he's a lone player on purpose, John, because the level of commitment, the face first, defensive, that's something you wouldn't really get.