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Episode 452: 2 SIGNINGS?!
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Southampton – A big interview with our owner and 2 incoming signings.... are we back to a good time to be a Saints fan? I sure hope so.
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Introduction and Recent Developments
00:00:13
DailySaintsPod
Hello and welcome back to the Daily Saints pod. My name is Greg and as always today joined by my good friend, wonderful co-host Zach. Mate, look, a couple of days of scheduling disruptions and
00:00:27
Zak
Yeah, it's the top
00:00:29
DailySaintsPod
and and now we can't even do part two of what we started because the club keep just throwing news at us. It's it's great, there's so much to talk about.
Transfer Concerns and Player Signings
00:00:38
Zak
Yeah, it's all good news though, like considering. So i'm quite happy with what's come out. I think everyone else would be as well. It really seems to have tried to draw a line under the sand of what we've had to deal with the last couple of months. And you know they say don't fall in love with a lone player.
00:00:55
Zak
And unfortunately, we all did. And then they both had happy endings. Yeah. don't know, it just a real statement of intent for what the next season is going to be.
00:01:02
DailySaintsPod
me
00:01:05
Zak
Because from a fan perspective, I think it's going to be tough. The real kicker is when are they going to announce the amount of money that it's going to cost you to so pay to pay extra to go and see said players in person, right?
00:01:15
DailySaintsPod
Well, I really thought that that spate of good news in quick succession was going to be the trigger point, but I guess maybe they're hoping for for more good news to kind of kick that into to gear, I don't know. I've heard rumblings that mid-July was the scheduled release date from the ticket office. So I guess we'll we'll wait and see. But I guess for those who who don't know, haven't seen Living Under a Rock, of course, Friday morning started rather cryptically
00:01:49
DailySaintsPod
Both Alfie House and Adam Blackmore saying, Morning Saints fans! In a a fairly upbeat, jovial manner. And of course, was not long followed by the announcement of Daniel Perretz permanently signing Southampton on a think it was a four-year deal, was that right?
00:02:09
DailySaintsPod
Which is which is good because... that means presumably we won't need to renegotiate if we go up and puts us in a good position with him.
00:02:21
DailySaintsPod
So that's, that's a good thing, right?
00:02:25
Zak
Yeah, 100%. I think that was what I was most surprised by, considering I reckon there would have been enough interest elsewhere for Peretz to go. Or alternatively, you know, it out by Munich.
00:02:34
DailySaintsPod
Hmm.
00:02:38
Zak
like They had an injury at one point during the season that might have meant that he got recalled. So it's it's really nice to see because like there was. you know as much as As much as a lot of our fan base want to turn around and be like, oh, so you know I want to sign for Southampton.
00:02:51
Zak
That was a real fear after after all this kicks off. they're like There was worry about reputation of damage. And I think you know the fact that P&O of all people have turned around went, well, people still buy cruises, so we don't care.
00:03:03
Zak
And the fact that you know some players that were absolutely key to the the push towards the end have re-signed has been really important.
00:03:10
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:03:11
Zak
And I think, yeah.
00:03:11
DailySaintsPod
Well, that was one of the sort of the key lines through through both the signings. Of course, we'll get to Laranon in a bit as well. But the line of turn down other offers, basically, or other potential interest, wanted to come back and play here because of the togetherness of the team and the connection specifically with Tonda and wants to play in the Premier League with Southampton. And that's great. It's exactly what you want to hear.
00:03:40
DailySaintsPod
And yeah, just fantastic news. And hopefully, specifically so talking about Peretz, that hopefully means good news. You know, with some of the rumours about Harwood Bellis going, you kind of think there's a good back five connection. Hopefully we we get to see some more of it fully sticking together.
00:04:02
Zak
Yeah.
00:04:02
DailySaintsPod
But I mean, it's still a long old transfer window, right?
00:04:05
Zak
It is there's a long old transfer window, and I think you know they're probably not in really that mindset at the moment anyway. right like and why What I mean by that is the fact that what three players have got married in the last like week and a half means that they're not this is a the top of their priority list.
00:04:13
DailySaintsPod
Hmm.
00:04:23
DailySaintsPod
No. It's holiday. You've got to recover.
00:04:23
Zak
right you've just You've just had Smallbone, Taylor Harbour, Bellis, Adelaide of Cienta all getting married, oh you know all trying to take a break after a real tough end through an extremely busy season.
00:04:34
Zak
like They're going to be taking a little break and that's fine. But that does mean that, yeah, of course there's going to be interest in like Taylor Harbour-Bellis. There always is. Every summer since we signed him, there's been interest in him. right Since before we signed him, there were people that said they might poach it away.
00:04:50
Zak
We're just going to have to deal with what comes. But i still feel that you know goalkeeper was the most important bit. And as Alfie described, was it, Ramsdale as a bag of money with gloves.
00:05:01
Zak
That is now basically confirmed. There's talk around what George Long potentially signing his backup, which, it sure, let's just hope we don't end up with Peretz out.
00:05:06
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:05:10
Zak
that I don't I've not seen enough of him to really give a proper judgment, but I do remember all of the angry Norwich fans or happy Norwich fans that maybe they don't have to deal with him anymore.
00:05:11
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. Well, look, we...
00:05:19
DailySaintsPod
But like we still don't know what's going to happen with Pizzunu. Maybe it's case that he's like the third choice behind Pizzunu and Baz gets time to develop as the second choice and we kind of go from there. Who knows? But it was one of our biggest concerns. When we've been talking towards the end of the season of what worried us about the transfer window, not getting the goalkeeper situation sorted early was one of our biggest concerns. And they've absolutely come out made the statement got the deal across the line.
00:05:49
DailySaintsPod
And as pointed out in the the statements, it wasn't an obligation to buy. It was an option. And, it you know, it still left the choice in in the hands of Daniel. So happy days. And then, of course, later in the day, we get, you know, some more of the phone ringing, some more teasers from the club social media.
00:06:12
DailySaintsPod
some hilarious... I don't know if you saw any of it, mate. Some hilarious comments not understanding what Schwarm is.
00:06:22
Zak
yes
00:06:24
DailySaintsPod
And... And of course, we announced Kyle Lahren signed on a permanent as well. Obviously, like, a two-year deal for for Kyle, but obviously he's...
00:06:35
DailySaintsPod
fairly different part of his career than than Daniel Peretz.
00:06:39
Zak
Yeah, it doesn't really surprise me.
00:06:39
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:06:41
Zak
like he scored goals for us. He had faith in the team. The team had faith in him. It goes both ways. As we discussed, we kind of thought that it was probably one that might happen due to the fact that his parent club dropped down a league. I very much doubt he wants to go back and play in the second Spanish tier. he had such a great time here and started scoring goals again that they he basically got his place back in the Canadian World Cup squad out of it, right? So it doesn't really hugely surprise me that he was more open to it. I think that that was one I kind of expected to be done either way, unless he was of the cohort that
00:07:13
Zak
didn't really want to be involved with us after the whole Spygate thing. And that might even just be that it's a convenient excuse to move on. Right. But, yeah, I feel like he is one of the ones that, you know, I kind of expected, but I'm still extremely over the moon that it's happened.
00:07:26
Zak
And just hopefully that doesn't mean that now it's no longer alone. Like those girls just stop coming. Cause that's always a worry, right? It's not down to them to be clear. Just like the way that the forces of the universe work.
00:07:36
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, 100%. Like, it it seemed... it will Look, when when we signed him as a loan in January, famously, it was a concern, right?
00:07:47
DailySaintsPod
We raised concern and and, you know, stuck with our fairly standard position of, I don't know if this is a signing that inspires me, but judgment is withheld until I have evidence the other way.
00:07:49
Zak
Yep.
00:07:59
DailySaintsPod
And then he comes in, scores with his first touch, a diving header, and it just it just clicked. It all seems good. seems like a great fit. He's clearly going to score us goals next season in the championship to to some degree. And what part he plays in the team... He'll be getting minutes for sure, right? Regardless of of what else goes on. And I guess we'll we'll come round and talk to that in a bit. But yeah, just fantastic news.
00:08:33
DailySaintsPod
A great day of of good news, which is is kind of why I was expecting the the season ticket information to follow not far behind. Because you kind of want ride that wave of
00:08:45
Zak
I think the real
Player Loyalty and Career Choices
00:08:45
DailySaintsPod
positivity.
00:08:45
Zak
issues were put in the dark.
00:08:46
DailySaintsPod
Unless...
00:08:47
Zak
That's not bad, but it's not bad.
00:08:48
DailySaintsPod
Maybe you think you've got more positive news coming in the pipeline to to hold them off for.
00:08:54
Zak
I think that's what they're hoping, right? And I think that this interview with Dragan has been incredibly open, especially around things such as the renewal of Bree, which I know a lot of people have been asking about since day one, and obviously the office out there, it's just up to him.
00:09:01
DailySaintsPod
Hmm.
00:09:08
Zak
And the same with Ross Stewart, which seems to have irked people up the wrong way. But i think that there is people that you know have taken the view, I saw Adam was talking about it, right, of you've got...
00:09:21
Zak
the fact that he's been out for so long and then suddenly got a lot of interest and suddenly doing really well, been picked for the World Cup squad, means that, you know... there was a lot of question about if we didn't go up, would we have kept him?
00:09:36
Zak
Whereas now, because he's the championship, we've tried to keep him. Is it that he wants to move on elsewhere? it that he hasn't made a decision yet? Because there's the World Cup. There's a lot going on But a lot of people have already jumped to like conclusions about, like oh, we spent so much money on the medical bills and this and the other.
00:09:51
Zak
I'd like to be fair, like me and you are like off off off recording, had a conversation about it. And it does seem a bit sort of suspect, but I don't know. You don't know what's going in the head of these guys, right?
00:10:00
DailySaintsPod
I mean, look, this's there's so many moving parts, right? It's it's not... he's a human who has a life. It's not as simple as, nah, just got to sign because they they paid the medical bills, right? he He is a player who we knew was injured and injury prone when we signed him, right? That was a risk that we as a club decided to take on and weighed out that we would get the benefit from it by sticking with him. and And sure, then he had another setback or a couple of other setbacks since that signing that have
00:10:36
DailySaintsPod
have you know made that even more prominent and more pertinent. but But that was the risk we knew. We knew that he was an injury-prone player. And at the end of the day, there are too many... There are bound to be so many more factors in the decision that he lands on, regardless of what way it is, than...
00:10:59
DailySaintsPod
than anyone or anything we can talk about, right? Like, he's from Scotland, maybe. He wants to move closer to home and be closer to family, right? Like, he's, iss what, 31 now?
00:11:12
DailySaintsPod
So, I don't know. Is he going to want to go through the, you know, frankly gruelling schedule of the championship again next year? Or is he going to want to...
00:11:23
DailySaintsPod
take a slightly lighter schedule and maybe play for like a mid-table team in Scotland or or something. There are so many variables that play into it. And you know we knew the risk when we took him on and and did it.
00:11:39
DailySaintsPod
And so I don't know if he actually owes Southampton anything realistically. Yeah.
00:11:44
Zak
even It's not even even about Boeing. I think it's exactly like you pointed out. like this it's not but There seems to be a question around what like player loyalty is and what loyalty means in football. and what look like i I don't think, from a personal perspective, if I was off sick for a little bit and then came back and then left the business that i worked in,
00:12:05
Zak
that I am owed like to stay for a little bit longer because of that reason, right? Because that's part of the contractual obligation that is given to me when i'm when I work for that business.
00:12:11
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:12:15
Zak
And like it does seem that there is like almost a higher standard level of held-to players that want to stay. And like I think it's just almost that because he's doing so well and people like him...
00:12:27
Zak
that just It's just people lashing out, and that's understandable. And it might be that they they genuinely hold the opinion that, like, oh, we paid for his medical bills he should pay it back.
00:12:31
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:12:35
Zak
and it's like, well, yeah, but sometimes that's just not how things work. And there could be a multitude of reasons why.
00:12:39
DailySaintsPod
No.
00:12:41
Zak
And I think the human element is always forgotten. Like, you always remember about players that don't quite work out in places, right? Like, Angel Di Maria. i always remember people talking about how he was really bad for for United, right? And, and like, a apart a lot of that was simply to do with...
00:12:56
Zak
The fact that he never settled in the yeah UK, never settled properly. in Manchester, never settled properly. like i think his home was robbed a couple of times. like that That side of stuff is is a very much forgotten about.
00:13:09
Zak
And like it's not like I want to constantly shine a light onto it. But when it's irrelevant to the conversation like this, we don't know why they haven't signed. We won't know. right
00:13:18
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:13:19
Zak
Simple as that.
00:13:20
DailySaintsPod
And to me, I would love to see Ross Stewart stay. But we talked about like the importance of the club of not just sitting on the fence until the season was over and what that may or may not mean. And although, sure, they couldn't have foreseen that technically their last game of the season was more than five days ago because they got their last game of the season cancelled. Sure, that that is a pretty unforeseeable circumstance, but it was avoidable if you just activated that option before the last game of the season and didn't hold on to see whether we went up or not. And maybe that's got something to do with the decision as well. and And kind of where I'm at is I would love to see him stay. And, you know, we've heard Dragon say that they've made an offer kind of regardless of the the legal challenges over the activation of the clause or not to to keep him to stay.
00:14:12
DailySaintsPod
But I kind of think if if your lawyer is – if you're getting your lawyer to challenge something like that, is probably not from a stance of renegotiation.
00:14:26
Zak
Yeah, that's that's the problem, right? is that the fact that It's either that or wanting to take more time or challenging it for the fact that he wants a better contract. That's the other the only thing that I can think of is that they don't just want to put the add-on through.
00:14:36
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:14:40
Zak
And again, like if they've already, by the sounds of it, have put the offer down to the table, they just need to make the decision, then I very much doubt we're going to probably hear much more on it.
00:14:47
DailySaintsPod
Hmm. And of course, he's away with it in America at the World Cup now, so you know until the end of the group stages when Scotland go out, we won't hear anything else.
00:15:02
DailySaintsPod
That was a mean, unnecessary jab, but it's still funny, isn't
00:15:02
Zak
bit of bait and slightly slightly unfair there mate but whatever Italy didn't make it Scotland did
00:15:10
DailySaintsPod
it? Well, fair enough. I mean, so did Curacao. They're travelling in style, so... A video that has bought me much joy. but yeah, I mean, a really good couple of interviews with the dragon as well. You mentioned, he talked about, uh, James Brie and that he hopes he stays and he's put an offer on the table.
00:15:31
DailySaintsPod
course, like you say, uh, not the sort thing we're likely to hear a decision on anytime soon. Uh, just for the reason that the players are just away, not thinking about football for a bit.
00:15:45
DailySaintsPod
at least until the transfer window opens up. You just don't know. And maybe, Brie will be looking to see what if other options are or see if he can kind of build some kind of bidding war to, to get the best possible value.
00:16:01
DailySaintsPod
Who knows? but hopefully that's, uh, you know another one that we get across the line because of how important he was in particular to to the squad and to what he did in that second half of the season. He was such a key part of the squad and key part of the role.
00:16:22
DailySaintsPod
But yeah, the rest of the interview itself...
00:16:23
Zak
we I don't think we we lost a game with him in the squad, right? up until but From when he came back up until he at the end of the season.
00:16:31
DailySaintsPod
That's crazy. yeah I think you're right.
00:16:32
Zak
So...
00:16:33
DailySaintsPod
I remember being...
00:16:33
Zak
Yeah, like... those This is why, but also he's going to be fundamentally aware that you know if if what we heard about communication during his time away and the fact he got sent away and all that kind of stuff is to be believed, they don't really blame him if not. I just think it's going to be a very, very hard position to fill if they don't re-sign him. That's kind of where I'm at.
00:16:55
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, no, I 100% agree. And yeah, it' is he's been such a key pivotal player and such like a good physical presence.
00:17:07
DailySaintsPod
You just hope that the offer that they've put in front of the table is kind of tasty enough to to match that valuation of how important he is and has been to the team, but it would be fantastic if we could keep that whole back line together.
00:17:25
DailySaintsPod
What a kind of statement that would be in itself. So especially one of the things coming out from the interview as well was that Ryan Manning's asked for a contract extension, which is great news.
00:17:37
Zak
Yes, I agree. i think that's the point that Dragan made, right? like he doesn't really Other than adding additional support to Azaz and another number 10, there is no plans to really massively overhaul the squad apart from replace people that leave.
Squad Stability and Transfer Strategies
00:17:52
Zak
So yeah, ideally we'd want to keep the the back four that have done a solid, essentially.
00:17:58
Zak
But it's just I think it's going to be difficult to do it. That's just where I'm at.
00:18:03
DailySaintsPod
yeah I think that think that you can you can clearly look at the the run we've been on and establish that if that you know if we can keep that entire team together and play for another season, then there's no real reason that it can't be successful and at least be pushing for top end of the playoffs. Very tough championship next year, and we'll get we'll get to that.
00:18:26
DailySaintsPod
Not today, but but in the build-up. But... There is going to be movement. And i I don't know if I agree with his and analysis that but that's the only position we need. I think if you're looking as a team, a collective team, as like a starting XI, would agree. But I feel like fullback is still a position of concern for me.
00:18:52
DailySaintsPod
Unless he's... you know, part of what he's talking about is replacing presumably Yola or if he's expecting Roslev back.
00:18:58
Zak
Well, yeah, but this this is the thing, right? Like, replacements, like, Roroslav is not to be replaced. He's probably not going to go, so he should be in the game. But, like, if Bree goes, there'll be replacement for Bree.
00:19:08
DailySaintsPod
Hmm.
00:19:10
Zak
I assume if, you know, when he alerts contract ends, he means that they're a replacement for that. Or he's left it openly ambiguous for that reason, and basically is what the message more of...
00:19:21
Zak
that interview that I took away isn't necessarily talking about the incomings. It's more letting everybody else know who wants to buy our players that we don't really need or want to sell them. So if you do want to buy them, you're going to have to fork out the money. It's not going to be a simple case of, you know,
00:19:39
Zak
Like, it's just going to be easy because of everything that's happened to basically asset strip us, right? And, you know, which which does seem to be the case of some of the teams that have come down from the Premier League, right? Like, West Ham have been eyeing up, what, half our squad at this point? Which is baffling, considering we had two members of our squad in their squad when they came down. Now I know that no no one in West Ham are going blame, like, Matty Fernandez or Carl Walker-Peters for going down.
00:20:03
Zak
If anything, it's ironic to watch them now go through the same saga with Matty Fernandez that we did. But obviously going...
00:20:08
DailySaintsPod
seen Mati Fernandes linked with Real Madrid for a big money move.
00:20:11
Zak
Yeah. Yeah, like, i I'm not really...
00:20:13
DailySaintsPod
We have a sell-on fee as well, so that that that kind of works out really well.
00:20:15
Zak
okay So Exactly, but that' that those are the kind of things that, you know, but they're already starting to now look at our squad to take players from there, and there might be players that are tempted. We just have to see what happens.
00:20:28
Zak
But I genuinely see it as more of a bargaining chip. They're like, just so you know, guys, I don't actually plan on selling anyone, so if you do want me to sell anybody, you need to actually, like, be competitive about it.
00:20:40
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:20:40
Zak
Or you still care as us.
00:20:41
DailySaintsPod
And
00:20:42
Zak
LAUGHTER
00:20:43
DailySaintsPod
a very like strong leadership CEO stance if you think you're a Premier League player, stay here and prove it, and you'll get the opportunity next season then, won't you? It is...
00:20:58
DailySaintsPod
it' it's almost kind of old school in approach, right? It's not the it's not quite the touchy-feely approach that you get from some leaders these days. I love it and I'm here for it. And i mean, look, clearly at least a large percentage of the squad agree and agree with that approach, agree with, you back-tonder.
00:21:23
DailySaintsPod
yeah I don't want to read anything into it too much, mate, but, but Leo Sienza liked the post on Instagram of, of Perrette signing permanently.
00:21:24
Zak
Well, we don't know. We don't know, at the same time...
00:21:34
DailySaintsPod
And.
00:21:34
Zak
It's so funny that you start this podcast talking about how, like, well, we can't possibly imagine what's going on in other people's personal lives and what what might motivate them to do stuff. And you're like, well, he's liked the tweet. That means staying.
00:21:45
Zak
Like, I'm pretty sure Fernandes and James McHugh has liked everything of every player that came but you the year they left.
00:21:46
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. But, uh,
00:21:51
DailySaintsPod
I'm just saying that Southampton is a beautiful place to settle down and enjoy your newlywed experience.
00:21:52
Zak
There we are.
00:21:59
DailySaintsPod
it's It's great. I'm sure he's going to be really happy here. a
00:22:05
Zak
I'm sure i'm sure if you exclusively live on Harbar on the 6th, yeah, that's not too much of a problem, mate, but...
00:22:05
DailySaintsPod
hope. But
00:22:13
DailySaintsPod
but yeah, I mean, other than that, good interview. i think... Solak really represents himself well when we do hear him do these interviews and hear him speak. think he comes across well if slightly like disconnected from the day-to-day running. That still comes across.
00:22:37
DailySaintsPod
right Clearly...
00:22:38
Zak
Yes.
00:22:39
DailySaintsPod
involved enough to, you know, watch every game and understand it like we understand it, but it just feels like maybe not quite as aligned in some areas, but.
00:22:48
Zak
We're still disconnected, and I think some of the the key things that that came out, I like what you said, like but you don't know how much of it's just word salad for the media specifically is the other thing around it.
00:23:00
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:23:01
Zak
But like the fact that he's like, oh, yeah, no, I wouldn't allow any of this to go on in my organisations, that, and the other, is kind of like, well, it did, and you... said that before and it has before and you've done this before and like like I can kind of give a little bit of slack for the the owner owner chip problem the the biggest thing that I think that I take away is that there's been such a such a weird like positive response to it and yet still a complete hatred of Sports Republic, which is the entity that he owns and set up.
Fan Perception and Club Management
00:23:28
Zak
And it's so strange that he's been able to put himself in a position where he's disconnected himself from the things that people hate, despite the fact that thing that like that's the entity that he created to manage this.
00:23:30
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:23:41
Zak
Very bizarre.
00:23:41
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:23:42
Zak
find I find the psychology side of it fascinating.
00:23:42
DailySaintsPod
But it's, I think think what the people don't like were, I mean, particularly the personnel, is it Kraft and Ankerson, right, who come in with this, like, big technology-led thought path, which, i mean, is is all but
00:23:44
Zak
but
00:23:59
Zak
Well, that's not really going away, is it? They were talking about like an AI strategy.
00:24:02
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:24:04
Zak
So you can't really say that it's going completely.
00:24:04
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. there are little look There's some of that.
00:24:08
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. I mean, I don't know, mate. I feel like if AI can beat half the population of football manager, maybe, maybe there's an opportunity there somewhere.
00:24:22
DailySaintsPod
Uh, It's, yeah, in like you say, you don't know how much of it was just because it was prepared and and presumably part of this like crisis legal team that they've had in at the club working through it, but But it came across very well. when And like you say, the effect has been been pretty wild. There's been quite a lot of positive feelings and vibes towards it.
00:24:44
DailySaintsPod
And it's good. it's It's important to get that some of that positivity back heading into the new season.
00:24:49
Zak
just Just being able to, like... As Saints fans, being able to enjoy being a Saints fan again is nice. Now, that doesn't mean that going to shut up any of the people that bang on about everything outside of the club.
00:25:00
Zak
Like, I saw, can't remember, some people giving flack to, I want to say, one of the journalists up north for one of their local papers, having almost an entire segment about Southampton, about, like, the the continued fallout of Spygate or whatever.
00:25:15
Zak
And you're like, guys, please, like, it's... it's been It's been like almost a month. You also lost both the semifinals and the finals. And you can debate for years whether it was down to the cheating or not.
00:25:26
Zak
But ultimately, like just move on. like Please stop talking about us. Or the fact that Sky was talking specifically about us head of scouting going, which apparently, we i don't think we really talked about that much either.
00:25:38
Zak
But apparently that was like a planned thing. That was always going happen. It was just weird.
00:25:41
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I mean, that's exactly how it came across to me. It's not...
00:25:45
DailySaintsPod
itless
00:25:45
Zak
Yeah, which is also why it's weird that like you know we've had some really good signings and that's been ignored.
00:25:50
Zak
And the reason when people go, why has that been ignored? It's because they don't care anymore because it's not interesting. And World Cup's about to start. Which is what you also pointed out when I was proper stuck, like head in the, not even head in the sand, head in the mud of whatever was going on. You're like, will forget in a couple of weeks. And like that's kind of where we're at now where, you know,
00:26:09
Zak
You've got the start of the World Cup and some crazy friendlies and an absolute screamer scored by an American who had absolutely no right to score it. And, you know, like that's what I mean is that that those bits have already moved on and it's kind of nice that if we're slowly being able to reclaim it ourselves.
00:26:25
Zak
And like, that doesn't stop all of the feelings that were felt.
00:26:26
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:26:28
Zak
And I think that as Drayton pointed out in that interview, like people are allowed to be angry. People have right to be angry. You know, caller heads have prevailed. You know, seen a lot of people say, oh, there's a lot of people that are being hypocritical.
00:26:38
Zak
And like, it's not hypocritical to have a reaction in the moment and feel an emotion and then calm down and feel other ways about the emotion. Right. Like, I think that especially with the way that social media, especially like our podcast is as well, is that it's live and at the time of these things happening.
00:26:54
Zak
And those will be in our initial reactions. But on reflection, we can kind of, you know, see things through. Like, again, I'm still, I still feel weird about everything that's going on. Like, but it's starting to feel more like it's looking at it. It almost feels like you're looking at it through like a glass window from the outside, as opposed to what it was like a while ago, which was like horribly in the thick of it with, you know, abuse being thrown left, right and center.
00:27:18
Zak
Whereas now it's kind of like, okay, well this is just going to become part of the banter, but we just got to hope that lessons have been learned. But if they wanted to come out and, make us feel good and promised us that.
00:27:30
Zak
They they definitely have managed it so far. right And I think that those two two, what I would consider to be very marquee signings. And if you can get a couple more contract extensions over over and done with, I'd be interested to see you know who they're looking at for the new number 10.
00:27:46
Zak
It will be, for me personally, when we're doing transfer,
00:27:49
DailySaintsPod
I actually have seen some of the rumours circling already, but not all of our time last year learning to pronounce Sperzian's name is going to go to waste because he's in the rumour mill again.
00:27:59
Zak
No, we're not. No, no, we're not doing it again. He's about to apparently sign for a Saudi club. Like I'm not doing this again. I'm really sorry. where where I am at with this kind of stuff specifically is that I think that there's going to be a lot of people we're linked to that we end up just not signing, or there's going to be a bunch of people we're linked to that we end up just signing for the Academy and, uh, then nothing else like comes of it.
00:28:07
DailySaintsPod
but
00:28:26
Zak
Uh, Yeah, that's that's kind of where at. We're still reportable, but all the ones that are like, you know, that there was the one from, can't remember which team it is, the the one from Spain, where like we played against him in one of the friendlies, pre-season friendlies last year, and they're talking about bringing him in already, and supposedly he plays in Sienzo's role, despite the fact that he's not...
00:28:42
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:28:46
Zak
There's not even a rumour as to where as of yet, other than West Ham, but that's everybody. And I'm kind of like, well, if we've said we're only bringing in a number 10 and we're only replacing people, I don't know how far up the list some of these players are going to be.
00:28:55
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:28:56
Zak
But either way, just enjoy the time currently being a Saints fan where it's not absolutely
World Cup Excitement and Future Plans
00:29:01
Zak
terrible.
00:29:01
DailySaintsPod
That's it.
00:29:03
DailySaintsPod
Right, we got... atler
00:29:03
Zak
After a season of joy, we're slowly back on the upwards trajectory, if it feels like.
00:29:08
DailySaintsPod
hit ma look At time of release of this episode, right we've got three days until the actual start of the World Cup and six days until the insanity of the transfer window actually opens.
00:29:22
DailySaintsPod
and It all just starts to get real again, doesn't it? It's all going to be good stuff. we're gonna be I'm going to be up at four o'clock in the morning watching the most ridiculous World Cup football games.
00:29:35
DailySaintsPod
it's going to be great. so I'm back to enjoying football again, and the club the club did a good job to turn that around, because I didn't think they would, especially this quickly, but but the vibes are back, at least partially, and that's what matters. But it's good, mate. It's all good stuff.
00:30:01
DailySaintsPod
All good stuff.
Conclusion and Fan Engagement
00:30:03
DailySaintsPod
Right, that is just about all that we have got time for today. we will be back tomorrow to conclude our end-of-season coverage and our end-of-season awards. So stay tuned for that. Of course, the the player of the season and all of the big ones left to do.
00:30:22
DailySaintsPod
but until then... Why not let us know how you're feeling? Are back to looking forward to the season again? you still dubious?
00:30:32
DailySaintsPod
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