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Nicky

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1381 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

So we played indoor football and handball for four or five months.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

And it was the same team.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

Football and... Which is where your big famous... Exactly.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

So I learned all that.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

Star.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

I don't think it has a name.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

But we played handball and

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

Handball's a quick game, I don't know how familiar you are with it, but it is a quick game.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

So goalkeeper is equally important to the team as in ice hockey, for instance.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

But what you do, I mean, you can reset the game all the time.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

Even if it's a goal scored, you can throw the ball up to the halfway line, they can restart, even if the team is still in your half.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

So it's very, very fast, very quick.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

And what we used to do was, you know, and if somebody had a shot, I would either save it or go wide and get the ball quick, and then the wingers would already be up there.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

So that kind of counter-attacking.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

Good practice for you.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

Yeah, it's easy wins in handball because sometimes it's really difficult to score, and it's a very physical game.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

So those were the easy goals to score.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

And because we were the same players playing football in handball, we kind of...

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

That came into the game.

The Good, The Bad & The Football
Peter Schmeichel: United Need Xhaka, Carrick Deserves The Job & I Should Never Have Left United

So when I came to United and I had players like Ryan and Andre, and Sparky, by the way, it was, I mean, I get the ball, come for a cross, I would look where Sparky, I would literally just throw it.