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Match Preview - Fulham (A)
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Will and Nathan give us their thoughts on the mood around Wolves and look ahead to the trip to Craven Cottage at the weekend..
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Introduction and Optimism
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello everybody and welcome back to another episode here at Daily Wolves. I'm your host Will and today I'm joined by Nathan. Nathan, hello, how are we?
00:00:18
Nathan
Hello, Will. Hello, everyone. I'm doing very well, thank you. I'm very, very upbeat on this lovely, lovely Thursday morning.
00:00:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah?
00:00:25
Nathan
So happy Thursday, everyone.
00:00:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, nice and... Ah, I forgot the catchphrase.
00:00:28
Nathan
Yeah, raring to go. Raring to go, Graham.
00:00:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, you're nice and refreshed after the international break, are we?
Wolves vs Fulham Preview
00:00:36
Nathan
Absolutely, absolutely. I mean England won twice.
00:00:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:00:40
Nathan
and Things are getting a little bit colder. It's getting toasty inside the pubs and the flat I'm in at the minute. So, you know, we're just, we're just warming up for a lovely run of wolves wins, aren't we?
00:00:52
Nathan
That's, that's essentially what we're doing.
00:00:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah i mean i i love i love the optimism um you know it's it's certainly there's certainly more of an uplifted spirit um around around us right now i don't know why that is really because um for those of you who don't know we travel to Fulham away on Saturday and the more i think about it after speaking with Chris yesterday
00:01:04
Nathan
Yeah.
Raul Jimenez: Recovery and Legacy
00:01:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
um the less confident i am of us getting anything down there yeah this is true this is true
00:01:27
Nathan
Yeah I mean look I like to start off with a bit of positivity because we're getting straight into it and um actually as the podcast progress we tend to but tend to slowly maybe come back down to reality and with a bit of a reflection on where we actually are in the table at the minute but yeah look I've been telling all my mates we've been beating in three games we we have all the momentum in the world um but yeah I mean Fulham are pushing for European places, they' um they're they're doing really well this season and I mean that one of the headlines I saw in a BBC article recently was Jimenez resurgence or whatever and it but that's not what I want to be reading although I'm very glad for the bloke I'm very glad that he's doing well obviously everything that
00:01:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. o
00:02:12
Nathan
that he represented at Wolves was absolutely fantastic. And it was a shame of the way that his Wolves career sort of came to a stop with his injury and then lack of form or whatever. But my God, bad timing.
00:02:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah ah just on on that note i will never forgive lopategi for not giving him um a farewell appearance at molyneux i remember he was going to bring him on and then chose against it on the what would have been the last home game um for him and as ah in a wolf's shirt and yeah i mean like you said i'm i'm just happy for him more than anything else although um
00:02:48
Nathan
yeah Yeah.
00:02:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
someone mentioned to me earlier they they came up to me just trying to wind me up and said that they can't wait for the trial they cross into him and as to score against us.
00:03:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Yeah.
00:03:02
Nathan
I mean, it adds up. It adds up. You'd expect. yeah We've come to expect it when you come ah up against former players, don't you? And Trowry and Jimenez seem to have rekindled some of their
Adama Traore: Speed and Style
00:03:15
Nathan
links.
00:03:15
Nathan
No, they're both at Fulham.
00:03:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:03:17
Nathan
and i mean Traore I absolutely loved watching him in a wall shirt at times. I mean he was one of the most frustrating players with regards to his end product but every time he got the ball he's just one of them players that you just get off your seat because it's like I don't think he knows what he's doing half the time but it's just entertainment central and
00:03:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Whoa!
00:03:37
Nathan
ah It's the game early on the season where you just absolutely blitzed Kyle Walker when they played City and that type of stuff is just like It's just good to watch.
00:03:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mmm, mmm, yeah.
00:03:45
Nathan
um I just hope he he forgets all of his end products when it comes to a weekend
00:03:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
The way I see it with Traore, and I always thought this, um was from a winger as far as I'm concerned. All I want them to do is knock it past their man and get a decent ball into the box.
00:04:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
If you drop the decent part of that sentence, every time he got the ball, he got a cross in or a corner, every single time, I don't think he ever really, did he ever get tackled?
00:04:15
Nathan
Yeah.
00:04:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Did he ever see him get tackled in that final third?
00:04:22
Nathan
Rarely, rarely.
00:04:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you know what I mean? It just didn't happen. And as far as I'm concerned, That will do for me. That that will do.
00:04:29
Nathan
Yeah.
00:04:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
he's He's someone who I miss. I really, really miss watching massively. You know, I think of wolves um in in those glory days. And you do just think, or at least I do, of just a Nevers sort of 50-yard ball into the corner.
00:04:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And it looks like try always never get in there.
00:04:49
Nathan
Yeah.
00:04:52
Nathan
But there he is.
00:04:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
And any he would and it's a ball across. I remember as well this it might be really niche um I think it was I think it was just before um Or maybe just after actually his lone spell to Barcelona um Which that happened by the way, what was all that about?
00:05:09
Nathan
Right.
00:05:12
Nathan
Yeah, weird weird episode that was.
00:05:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
um i can't remember who we were playing at home but i remember a ball being sprayed over to his side and for you know for any other player it's going up out over their head he did one of the best first touches which isn't necessarily something you associate with him i've ever seen in my life and it came as a result of the one thing that i always remember about his game
00:05:33
Nathan
Mm hmm.
00:05:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
um was how high he could jump for a man who's so built um but just yeah yeah i mean the power
00:05:44
Nathan
Oh, insane athleticism. Absolutely insane.
00:05:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:05:50
Nathan
Yeah, it's just it's one of them you'll be interested to see at the weekend that I'm sure we'll we'll we'll get an insight from the the Fulham boys and what they think on this. But he He's also a very frustrating player defensively, and I think it's why a lot of managers are reluctant to get him involved in in sort of set structures.
Defensive Concerns and Tactical Speculations
00:06:09
Nathan
um But he can, and Nuno was very good at you know using his strengths at the right times, and we know he's rapid, and in a foot race you're not beating him.
00:06:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:19
Nathan
So it's about using that. I mean, when he played sort of wing back against City, um yeah know beat them away.
00:06:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:24
Nathan
and I mean, look, I'm starting to get very nostalgic at the minute.
00:06:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I sorry, I think he was up front. I think he was up front in that game.
00:06:29
Nathan
Was he up front but didn't he start wing back and then move to up front in the second half just on the counter?
00:06:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe, maybe, because, i yeah, yeah, because it might have been Jota started up front with him in this.
00:06:37
Nathan
Yeah. So, I mean, you know, he used him in the right moments and the bit that I would be worried about as a Wolves, as a Wolves fan is eight nori on that side of the pitch is, we know he loves wandering forwards and he's got all bundles of talent but he's not the most disciplined defensively and if,
00:06:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah Hmm
00:06:57
Nathan
If Marco Silva just gets a damage all the way to weight on the byline or on the halfway line on that right wing, I mean, you know, I dread to think what it would look like him against Totti Gomez in a foot race, but, you know, hey, not that shell.
00:07:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah no it's ah it's ah it's a good point you make but at the same time that could well work the other way um because as you mentioned I know he loves to get forward and is very good and skillful going forward so you know if I'm not even sure who plays right back for Fulham these days um but I
00:07:12
Nathan
Yeah, we'll see. We'll see.
00:07:18
Nathan
Absolutely.
00:07:31
Nathan
That's a good point Castanha Yeah
00:07:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I did think him, but I thought he was injured. This shows how, you know, we we need the Fulham crossover. um But no, um point is, it can work two ways. It's just a matter of, um you know, ah which team is going to come out on top
Key Players and Team Dynamics
00:07:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
of that dynamic. And um all the time we've been going on about it, um it's made me think I'm not sure um you mentioned there was the game that we saw try on a absolutely blitz past Kyle Walker um for Fulham earlier this season and um but I'm not sure how many minutes he's played I know he's played more than he has in previous seasons but it just for me I would
00:08:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, I would give him every minute of every game because it's just such a, just such a unique, like you said, when he was at wolves, such a unique threat that whenever he's on the ball, something's happening.
00:08:28
Nathan
reckon yeah
00:08:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Don't know what it is, but there's something.
00:08:39
Nathan
yeah Yeah, I don't think he does. I think um he's a really interesting player to have and Fulham have got an interesting mix because mean you've got Jimenez who we know with regards to his link up play and structure and the work he does for the team is can be absolutely fantastic drawing fouls and all the rest of it.
00:08:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:08:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah smith though as well another one now
00:08:57
Nathan
um But in and around them they've got Iwobi and Wilson and these type of players who maybe you'd see as slightly more creative or definitely more creative than Adama Traore. But Smithrow of course. um But Traore as you say brings that one quality that he's is stronger and quicker than anyone else in the league by a mile.
00:09:20
Nathan
so you know, yeah, why would you bring him off, but then at the same time defensively he's weak, so maybe you bring him on in the second half when teams are tired, when the amount of times we saw that and he didn't just blitz his defences.
00:09:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:33
Nathan
So, that would be interesting.
00:09:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:35
Nathan
interesting I actually actually had a little question for you as well. um I've thought a little bit more about the goalkeeping situation on our end over the international break.
00:09:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:09:45
Nathan
um I mean, if Saar is playing for Portugal, surely surely that's him nailed on for us in goal as well.
00:09:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's not simple.
00:09:56
Nathan
that that was that was I mean ah ah ah don't know if that is actually a question, to be honest, or if we're both for Korean.
00:09:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:10:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
no well yeah you know my you viewpoint on it but i find it bonkers as a situation that we're in in the first place but you know um unfortunately for myself i'm not blessed with the insider knowledge and also tactical prowess of mr o'neill um you know if if um if yeah if if only if only there were more more of him in football um and at the club you know would be in a great position um but to to change my sarcastic tone i'm just going to give out a quick reminder that here at the global sports podcast network we spent a lot of time selecting our delivery platform and zencaster came out the clear winner
00:10:21
Nathan
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00:10:32
Nathan
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00:10:43
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00:11:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
But Nathan, I think it's time that our listeners learn a bit more about um
00:11:02
Nathan
Yeah.
00:11:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
your sort of thoughts and feelings um from a wolves perspective. We've spoken about what we know of Fulham, which is obviously going to crop up in this episode because of how loved him and his and Tri Elvay were with their time here. um but But we mentioned yesterday with Chris, and you mentioned it yourself at the start of this recording, there's a There's a different vibe, at least amongst the Daily Wolves camp.
00:11:33
Nathan
there is
00:11:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
How optimistic are you? Or do you think, like me, that I'm slightly worried that this optimistic vibe has come purely as a result of the international break saving us from watching O'Neill Ball.
00:11:53
Nathan
Yeah.
00:11:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
And as soon as that reality comes back, I do worry that it's just going to be you know smashed straight back down.
00:12:01
Nathan
Yeah.
00:12:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, how are you how do you see it?
00:12:02
Nathan
Yeah, look, I don't want to talk too much about like O'Neill. I think we've we've covered that a lot and we might come on to it a little bit later as well.
00:12:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah.
00:12:11
Nathan
But just as a general thing, I think I am positive because the habit of not losing is a good one and we need to keep that habit up.
00:12:22
Nathan
And I think like the thing that sticks in my head, it's a really weird one. I think Kenny jacket said that when we were in league one or something. and he was saying it about just keeping that momentum when we're in like these little cup competitions and stuff and keeping the atmosphere around the squad as an unbeaten one and those that winning
00:12:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay. Yeah. Yeah.
00:12:41
Nathan
obviously winning habit, most obvious thing to say is that it's a good thing. So, um, I'm positive for the reason that we're beating in three games, but, uh, I'm also recognizing that Fulham are in a way better place squad wise position in the table.
00:12:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:12:56
Nathan
They deserve to be where they are because of the performance they're putting in. I think they've got a solid manager. So I think we've we you have we've got our work out, um, ah away at Craven Cottage a weekend.
00:13:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, there's two things I want to pick up on from that.
00:13:08
Nathan
Yeah.
00:13:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
First of all, you know I love to update you about my Sunday league team.
00:13:17
Nathan
Oh, do let us know, go on.
00:13:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Well, like Wolves having a shoddy start to the season, and we went on our own little unbeaten run by actually winning games as well, um to to good opposition, not just the equivalent of Southampton at home.
00:13:26
Nathan
Okay.
00:13:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And we've gone about six games now, technically unbeaten. um I say that because we've been knocked out of two cups on penalties amongst that run which sort of ah my point is it it does sort of um kill the vibe a bit but it just reminded me then when you spoke about keeping up the good habits of well not losing.
00:13:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Of course easier said than done.
00:13:59
Nathan
Yeah.
00:14:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Second of all um you complimented there Marco Silva the Fulham manager.
00:14:06
Nathan
Yeah.
00:14:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I've mentioned a few times now that I had a friend last season um who worked with Fulham amongst the coaching staff in the first first team. um And the one thing that I remember him saying was just about the level of, like, however intense you think Premier League managers are, especially, um you know, the stereotypical fallen tacticians, however intense you think that work is,
00:14:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
double it, triple it, quadruple it.
00:14:42
Nathan
yeah
00:14:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's crazy. um The attention to detail that the those guys go into and go through his is, you know, unfathomable.
00:14:46
Nathan
Yeah.
00:14:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Again, I'm trying really hard not to slack off only whilst thinking of that.
00:15:00
Nathan
I know, youre you're doing quite well. You're doing quite well.
00:15:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah But it just, you know, it goes to Cheryl. I remember him telling me one story of like, I mean, he worked with the coaching staff in the first team every day, you know, training and so on and so forth.
00:15:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was very much a part of it. um Yeah, Marco Silva, like he wouldn't let him sit with the rest of the coaching staff in the dugouts.
00:15:17
Nathan
Yeah.
00:15:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it wasn't just him. It wasn't like a personal thing he was being, but like he was that concise and that efficient with everything, if that makes sense.
00:15:28
Nathan
Yeah.
00:15:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, that attention to detail was so high.
00:15:34
Nathan
yeah
00:15:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
um even little things like like that were sort of thought about and you know there's a method behind all of the madness um that i suppose
00:15:48
Nathan
Yeah, I mean, credit.
Strategic Moves and Player Reliance
00:15:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
we don't see yeah yeah
00:15:50
Nathan
Yeah, credit, credit to him. He's obviously doing a few things right over there and he's got, I think they've made some really smart acquisitions. I think Smith throws a good sign in for them, obviously.
00:16:00
Nathan
um But then when you look at Fulham and Crystal Palace last season, and maybe you look at the size of the clubs and the the last few years in the Premier League, the fact that they can go and get and the sun from Crystal Palace.
00:16:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:13
Nathan
It's a big statement and it's a type of sign in the we'd we'd like to have made, right? So it's that type of thing. I think we're in a position where we look at Fulham and we go as a club where, you know, the last four or five years, fairly comparable, right?
00:16:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:16:28
Nathan
You know, and in fact, we've we've been in Europe more recently than they have, but it's just having the, I don't know, we we want to be where they are basically.
00:16:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, having having some decent ownership.
00:16:37
Nathan
And they've made some ah Look, yeah, maybe it boils down to that, but one way or another, they've come into the season with a better squad and better structure than us.
00:16:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mmm.
00:16:46
Nathan
And you look at that from a wall's perspective and go, why why can't we do these things?
00:16:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:52
Nathan
But hey' we've gone back down this negative route.
00:16:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:55
Nathan
I don't know how this is.
00:16:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, that was you, not me.
00:16:55
Nathan
a Yeah, that was me.
00:16:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, you know, I'm, um, well, I'm gonna go on.
00:16:57
Nathan
I know. I know. I know. I was speaking to myself here. I was speaking to myself here. What I wanted to say on a positive, or go on.
00:17:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, no, you go, you go.
00:17:04
Nathan
ah Well, just to kind of bring the mood back up, um there's been a lot of stuff about Cunha and his, like, Christmas antics with Jal Gomez. Don't you see? They had a little snow fight the other day. um And, yeah, top quality entertainment, obviously.
00:17:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, I have seen yeah
00:17:18
Nathan
I do think Jal Gomez would eat him alive with his jujitsu skills and stuff. However, what I did want to say about Cunha is um I saw a stat. He's been involved since the start of last season in nearly 40% of our goals.
00:17:32
Nathan
um 39% of our goals since the start of the 2023-24 season have come from Cunha and that is like, I didn't quite realise, I mean obviously if I'm watching games I know how good he is and I know oh we love him but I didn't realise statistically that that was also the impact.
00:17:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:52
Nathan
um And at the same time, it's a great thing and it's great how well or the impact that he has, but it is worrying that nearly half, I mean, not I'm stretching here, but nearly half of our goal contributions are coming from a single player.
00:18:05
Nathan
um But yeah, I guess I've managed to twist it into a negative again, but you know, Kuna's doing well for us.
00:18:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
no i i get your point and i mean he is just unreal he is unreal and this is it you know we've spoken a lot about fulham and their quality we've been very very complimentary and we do have to keep reminding ourselves which is frustrating we do have to keep reminding ourselves that we have quality too um But just just on a few of the things you mentioned, I wanted to just ask you just quickly, um Anderson, who they signed from Palace, as you mentioned, I'm sure pretty sure he was part of the last Fulham team with Mario Lemina that got relegated.
00:18:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just want to know what your thoughts are on him.
00:18:49
Nathan
Yeah.
00:18:52
Nathan
um
00:18:55
Nathan
I don't, I've, if I'm being completely honest, I've only watched four games, maybe two or three, four games over the past couple of years where that he's been on, you know, if it was Monday night football or or whatever, one of the live games for when he was playing wolves. And I think he's a, he's very nice on the eye to watch. Like he's obviously got, you know,
00:19:18
Nathan
good ball control. He's comfortable playing out from the back and he's a very elegant player.
00:19:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:19:22
Nathan
I think elegant is the nice word of the centre-off and um it's chalk and cheese if you compare him on the ball to
00:19:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
Lineup Speculations and Defensive Strategies
00:19:28
Nathan
some of our centre-offs.
00:19:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
don Don't don't drink tolty into it.
00:19:31
Nathan
I'm not i'm not i'm not bringing Doc Martens into it, don't worry. But the sometimes defensively he has moments of like lapses. it I mean the Fulham lads might be able to fill us in a little bit more in the next episode but he he sometimes doesn't seem as strong as maybe he could be defensively um and I don't know he's he's ah he's a big lad so potentially that is more of a mental thing but I do think that obviously he's a very good center off he's doing very well but there's stuff to exploit I mean you know
00:19:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:20:05
Nathan
these these are beatable and he makes mistakes and you know, yeah.
00:20:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah that's what i want to pick up on because i've seen a hell of a lot of hype around him as a player over the past few seasons being this brilliant like he said ball playing center half and yeah he pings a good pass out so did connor cody do you know what i mean um i just think he's some somewhat overrated which is weird because i do from what i've seen in terms of like little things in his game um
00:20:22
Nathan
Yeah.
00:20:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
in terms of probably more the mental side i do sort of want to like him i like a bit of that but i just think he's a little bit overrated or maybe overhyped um yeah
00:20:34
Nathan
Yeah. Yeah.
00:20:41
Nathan
Well, I think if we look at it this way, um in the summer, Crystal Palace fought really hard to keep hold of Mark Waihe. And Anderson was the one who went to Fulham with, I mean, look, I don't, obviously we don't know what's going on behind the scenes, but with what seemed like less convincing and obviously Anderson's been there before and, you know, but Mark Gray, apparently there were big bids coming in from Newcastle for him.
00:21:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:07
Nathan
And they've obviously targeted him as their main centre-off and we're going to keep this guy.
00:21:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:12
Nathan
Because full of my rivals, you know, they're exactly so.
00:21:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, there's caps in as well, wasn't there?
00:21:16
Nathan
It's um I think when I when I when I mentioned that signing and full of making good signings, I think it's more what that signing represents, I guess, the fact they're able to go and poach a starter from from a club that's fighting down the bottom or sort of mid table down the bottom as well.
00:21:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:21:30
Nathan
But, yeah, I would tend to agree with you. I think he, at times, does seem overrated, but if I'm being completely honest, I haven't watched him enough to to give a full, full verdict. um He does look better on the ball than Totti Gomez, though, so that that is the amount of, I can say.
00:21:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
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00:22:26
Nathan
Every day
00:22:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But yeah, again, I think we've we've been too complimentary. I've started to get this vibe as much as there's positivity. It's been very Fulham, Fulham, Fulham.
00:22:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Which I know it's the Fulham preview, but you know, um I'm here to change that. Although, having said that, they have opened up a lovely new stand at their ground, the Riverside one.
00:22:51
Nathan
With a hotel?
00:22:53
Nathan
Oh yeah, yeah.
00:22:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I saw a TikTok
00:22:55
Nathan
You're thinking of going for a little spa treatment though, are you?
00:22:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, but I saw a TikTok of some person who loves it because they can just run straight past the river instead of having to go down through the park. It's just not going to affect my life at all there anyway, but it looks lovely. um Anyway, yeah no um so you alluded earlier um to the fact that you expect to see SAR in gold, which I think we all agree, so a complete waste of 10 million.
00:23:11
Nathan
We're still talking about Fulham here.
00:23:23
Nathan
Yeah.
00:23:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you, Gabby. um
00:23:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
But how else do you see us lining up? Are there any surprise inclusions that you would pick if you were in charge or is it pretty straightforward?
00:23:35
Nathan
Um,
00:23:40
Nathan
I think momentum's massive and you know when we're talking about habit of winning and habit of staying unbeaten, I think you want, don't change your winning team. You've just won 2-0 at home, kept a clean sheet for the first time this season.
00:23:54
Nathan
I think it's it's so important that the players that are part of that feel
00:23:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:01
Nathan
you know, get that momentum and get get that opportunity to go and do that again.
00:24:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:05
Nathan
So I would say, but my logical mind says just keep keep the same squad, um keep the same starting lineup. I mean, we've heard that Santi Bueno's got a bit of a, is it groin or thigh, some for something going on there where he came back from the Uruguay you require camp a bit early, but yeah, same here.
00:24:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I'm hoping he's rested enough.
00:24:24
Nathan
But um I mean, there's no players that I think I'd want to see other than the ones that started against Southampton, to be honest, I think, and I just really, I want Strandlarson to go and annoy their centre-afts as much as possible.
00:24:38
Nathan
And hopefully we see Cunha on form again as well. So yeah, same, same really.
00:24:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah, no, the only player that I'd make a case for, again, Chris and I spoke about is Gonzalo Guedes, who's been heavily linked, I've seen reports, I don't know how verified they are, um of a return back to Spain, I think it was back to Villarreal.
00:24:44
Nathan
What do you think?
00:25:02
Nathan
Yeah.
00:25:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
It might have been Valencia, actually, I think he's played for both, it was, yeah, it was one of them, um due to his lack of game time, and I think rightly so, because whenever we've seen him,
00:25:06
Nathan
Somewhere with a V, yeah.
00:25:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
to be fair to the laddies given a good account of himself so yeah he's the only player I'd make a case for probably in my opinion um instead of Serabia again Serabia we talk and we do see it in glimpses of the creativity that he offers um but I think you know
00:25:17
Nathan
He has, he has, yeah. Yeah.
00:25:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
with the creativity that Fulham have as well that we spoke about. um I can't see us matching them in that style, not um given our current form.
00:25:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, I know you say you're beaten in three, but in the grand scheme of the table, I think we're going to have to take it to them a bit more physically.
00:25:55
Nathan
Yeah.
00:25:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like you said, Strandlassen putting himself about and Cunha hopefully um playing off that and finding the back of the net for us.
00:26:00
Nathan
Yeah.
Predictions and Final Thoughts
00:26:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I think Gueda's might offer something a bit bit more direct.
00:26:12
Nathan
So, so you would go, you would go Guedes instead of Sarabia. You wouldn't go Carlos Forbes or, or
00:26:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
no i'd go greatest i do like forbes um but i think he's our sort of you spoke earlier about the idea of bringing Traore on um when there's tired legs.
00:26:30
Nathan
Yeah.
00:26:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think it works the exact same for Forbes. As Chris mentioned yesterday, I think, I don't know if it's just for Wolves or when the Premier League full stop he's clocked the fastest speed or something like that.
00:26:43
Nathan
Okay.
00:26:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, he's a quick lad, he's a quick boy.
00:26:45
Nathan
Yes, yes.
00:26:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I just think, I just think Gwenis deserves it. um Which, you know, but like I said yesterday, I didn't think I'd ever see him in a wolf's shirt again, so to be saying that, he's got to have been doing something right.
00:26:55
Nathan
No.
00:27:01
Nathan
Yeah.
00:27:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
but yeah either way I'm predicting or at least I expect or want to see want more than anything else to see a rigid performance because we just can't keep leaking goals like we have been against a Fulham team that have been scoring goals how they have um so just on that note then it's time it's time for the big question what are your school predictions for Fulham away?
00:27:15
Nathan
Yeah, agreed. Agreed. Here we go.
00:27:31
Nathan
um I'm going to go with one all draw. i
00:27:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah I
00:27:38
Nathan
I concede the fact that we will most likely be conceding to Jimenez and as in a Dalmatri cross.
00:27:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
know where this is going see
00:27:47
Nathan
um So, you know, we sort of bank that at the start. And then hopefully we come back with something and and score as well. I've been trying to predict this the whole time, but Strandlassen at the back stick.
00:28:00
Nathan
from across from Gonzalo Guedes. Go on. You heard it here first.
00:28:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:28:03
Nathan
That's it. That's...
00:28:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
i was seeing it i was seeing it the same way in terms of the score line and i do fully expect him and us to score as well um just because it's wolves um but i see i see kunya adding to that 40% and being the man to pop up i'm seeing something i'm seeing something similar to his goal against villa away i'm seeing it outside the box into the bottom corner
00:28:21
Nathan
Okay.
00:28:30
Nathan
Okay, we're going for specifics yeah, okay, okay Yeah, okay, well, I hope you're right Don't I don't I don't I know we usually do the the usual line, but I don't don't have any extra thoughts no I
00:28:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah that's just that's just what's in my vein i can i can see it um but yeah i mean with that being said Nathan do you have any final parting words to conclude today's episode well um i'll let you do the ah usual line just after i give Fulham another compliment which is that they have got one of my sort of favorite anthems if you could call it an anthem which is uh i'm pretty sure they play london calling by the clash as they come out onto the pitch i'm pretty sure they do um and that's just been in
00:29:14
Nathan
Oh, do they? I didn't realize. Oh, yeah. I quite like high-ho wool ramps and silver lining, you know. I quite like it. I quite like it.
00:29:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
doesn't do I tell you what I do like as you can probably tell I mean the listeners can't see that I've got a big Led Zeppelin poster behind me but I do like the Led Zeppelin that we play before before kickoff anyway anyway we're speaking of Led Zeppelin we're rambling on yeah thank you
00:29:35
Nathan
Yeah, okay.
00:29:39
Nathan
We are, we are, we are.
00:29:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:29:40
Nathan
And I mean, Fulham don't have the best say in the football, which is obviously out of darkness, come with light.