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Episode 191: Matchday Preview: Away to Leicester
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Southampton – Is it really our last real chance to get points this seasom? Will it live up to the moniker of El Crapico?
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Transcript
Introduction and Greeting
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome back to the Daily Southampton, part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. My name is Greg Elliott and we're joined by a full Southampton team today. My good friends and wonderful co-hosts.
00:00:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oscar, how you doing?
00:00:22
Oscar
Yeah, okay, thank you.
00:00:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good. And Zach, how you doing, mate?
00:00:25
Zak
Yeah, loving life.
00:00:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good.
Pre-Game Analysis vs Leicester
00:00:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's heating up quite literally as we head into what many neutral fans are dubbing El Crapico as we head to, frankly, probably our most winnable game that remains of the season, right? So, Oscar, how are you feeling heading into this one?
00:00:46
Oscar
Yeah, um think we've got to be, it's probably one of the few games we can go in and I would say we're, well, at least close to being favourites.
00:00:58
Oscar
I'd be interested to see the odds on it. But yeah, looking forward to it. Nothing to lose, so why not?
00:01:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. ah ah To bolster that with a little bit of a statistic, the last time Leicester scored a goal at home in the league was December the 8th. So...
00:01:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
say like
00:01:16
Oscar
Interesting. I did see a fun a fun conversation of people saying, this is the most obvious nil-nil game I've ever seen, to which both Southampton and Leicester fans jumped on it saying, you think we're keeping a clean sheet?
00:01:28
Zak
yeah
00:01:30
Oscar
I think I saw the score minus one, minus one predicted, and I don't even know.
Southampton's Challenges
00:01:34
Zak
According to to Stats Insider, or based on the odds, they're at their predictive analytics model, so ah know take that with pinch of salt, gives Leicester 41.9% chance of winning, us a chance of winning, and the draw a chance of occurring.
00:01:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:34
Oscar
wouldn't surprise
00:01:51
Oscar
you
00:01:53
Zak
so were still apparently predicted to not get the wind
00:01:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, it would be very saints this season to go and concede a handful of goals to a team that haven't scored at home since December. Like, if that's not the sort of streak that we tend to break, I don't know what is.
00:02:09
Zak
Yeah.
PSG vs Premier League Teams
00:02:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Did you see the other stat? I saw it on a a shout-out to the Southampton Australian supporters page, who consistently entertain me when the football doesn't necessarily, but they posted a stat this morning that PSG have now beat more Premier League teams this season than Saints, Leicester and Ipswich combined.
00:02:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
say So that's nice................
00:02:34
Zak
Whoo. just Again, how many more times can I can i re-wrap the same point that this year the bottom of three have been truly the bottom three, right? like
00:02:48
Zak
That's a better stat to sum it up than anything that we can say.
00:02:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
How are you feeling, Henry,
Team Fitness and Morale
00:02:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
to it, Zach? Are you hoping that we can push on and get something out of this?
00:03:00
Zak
I was hoping we'd build last game and then we did a Saints, which is awful. So yeah, I'd like to see us like put a bit. If we know it's our most winnable game up to the rest of the season now, and we have supposedly the fittest squad we've we've had in a very, very long time.
00:03:14
Zak
Yeah, just go and win it, lads. Like, come on. The sun's shining. It's Saturday. It's going to be Saturday. like everyone does Everyone just wants to... i think I think we could all just do with a little bit of a boost, right?
00:03:25
Zak
Especially going into sort of final final closing games against sort of like Arsenal and City and stuff. We're probably... don't know with Arsenal, actually, but probably not going to win those games. just just Just feeling that.
00:03:36
Zak
so So, yeah, you're right.
00:03:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:03:38
Zak
If this is our last winnable game, I'd love to see us just like go and get it. Because... the focus so I think is for everybody is now slowly shifting towards new manager. Also shifting to, you know, this potential sales rumors, which only have spiraled since we covered it.
00:03:54
Zak
What, like two or three days ago, maybe yesterday, who knows?
00:03:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. couple of days ago, it was Wednesday.
00:03:58
Zak
But all all I know is it's spiraling out of control. So like, yeah, let let's, let's hopefully get a little bit of enjoyment out of what's left in the Premier League. and i think this is probably our best chance to do it. So
Player News: Tallpool & Ross Stewart
00:04:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Oscar, with the you know the team news coming out of the presser that Tallpool's back in training and Ross Stewart survived his 60-minute outing on the pitch and his managed training this week as well.
00:04:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
what Which of those two options do you think we tend to prefer?
00:04:29
Oscar
It's a tricky one. You don't want to push it too far with Stuart, I'd say in one way. At the same time, it naturally makes sense to have him start, probably, and then bring Tallpaul on if he's just coming back from injury.
00:04:40
Oscar
I don't know. It's a tricky one. like When I went through sort of trying to think of the line-up, that was probably the only position where I'm not entirely sure you'd go with it.
00:04:52
Oscar
ah think I think Stuart did enough to earn a starting position for me on Saturday. um you know I know he didn't particularly affect the game that much going forwards, but and by and large had a good game.
00:05:06
Oscar
um um And again, if Paul's just coming back from injury, that's the way I'd probably hedge the bets. I think one thing is for sure I'll be between those two and it wouldn't be Archer for me this weekend.
Strikers and Game Lineup
00:05:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think that if you look at the system and the way we've been shaping up, don't think that plays to Archer's strengths. So I don't think it would be reasonable to chuck him in. that I don't see why you would suddenly throw it all at the wall and start again with a completely different system.
00:05:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, I don't know.
00:05:33
Zak
shall i Shall I tell you what is nice, lads?
00:05:35
Oscar
yeah
00:05:36
Zak
The fact that... The fact that we're talking about starting a game with a striker consistently. And that's that's not having to be like a like a debate of, oh, we're going to play Stephens up front?
00:05:50
Zak
It's just, we're going to play a striker. Which one is it? That's nothing. That in itself, for me, is an improvement on the the last couple of months of what we've had to watch, right? so So I think either of them could theoretically do a job.
00:06:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:03
Zak
I think it would be a fantastic boost for Stuart's confidence to actually go out and score and get a goal. Alternatively, Paul is our top goal scorer. So why would you not want him on the pitch? But i kind of have, I think I would like to see I wouldn't mind either.
00:06:16
Zak
I wouldn't even mind if Archer eventually comes on as a sub, but I feel like if both of them are available, it will probably be a like-for-like swap if we do see any movement in the game.
00:06:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think we're realistically just...
00:06:26
Oscar
Or what about both of them up front together? Smash the ball in the box as often as possible.
00:06:29
Zak
a
00:06:32
Zak
Who are you who you're losing, though?
00:06:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's too many strikers.
00:06:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
We can't do that. Sulemana.
00:06:34
Zak
Yeah, who are you losing at that point? That's the problem. Who are you losing out of that lineup to to have the two strikers?
00:06:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sulemana.
00:06:40
Oscar
Yeah, Suleymano.
00:06:41
Oscar
I'm not sure having two big boys up front will work, but you
00:06:41
Zak
Yeah.
Predicted Lineups and Playing Styles
00:06:44
Oscar
know know until you try it.
00:06:44
Zak
we Are we souring? Because I think that he did all right. like you know I think the only thick criticism anyone could really give him in the Fulham game was, well, other than not scoring, is when he stayed up, which was apparently some referees were like, oh, that's really honest. I'm like, that's lovely.
00:07:00
Zak
If he'd gone down and we got penalty, we have won that game. LAUGHTER
00:07:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Uh, he, he gives up too easily on the press and, or just in general, he's quite happy to pick up the ball and take a player on twice.
00:07:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
But once he's done that, if any of those times they get as much as a foot on the ball, he just gives up and doesn't chase it back. It's, and that upsets me. yes
00:07:24
Oscar
Yeah, valid.
00:07:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. All right. Well, uh, We'll talk a bit more about predicted lineups. But first, we've got a message from our partners at Bionique.
Team Strategies and Defensive Issues
00:08:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, and we are back. Okay. So other than the option up top that we've already potentially discussed, Zach. Unchanged going in?
00:08:21
Zak
Yeah, why not? but I mean, it's it's working. it's It's got us the most points of return we've had in a significantly large amount of games. Again, I think that a lot of the the mistakes at the end of the Fulham game were trying to switch defensively and trying to hold on to ah slim draw.
00:08:41
Zak
And i think, you know, we got we got bitten by that, but i wouldn't really want to change the way we've played the last couple of games if we've got the better results and the better sort of the more enjoyable-ish to watch in comparison to the last couple of months. So, yeah, I wouldn't change a thing, really.
00:08:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
What about you, Othena?
00:08:58
Zak
don't
00:08:58
Oscar
don't yeah i don't think I don't think it was a conscious change, I think, to go more defensive.
00:08:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
More of the same?
00:09:02
Oscar
I think it was just a psychological thing. I think that's what Rusk sort of alluded to. And an issue we've had in the past few years, remember um particularly, I think it was, was it Hassan Houto or maybe some under Puer where we'd go 1-0 up and then we'd just drop deeper and deeper and deeper.
00:09:16
Oscar
I think that's that's like probably more what it stemmed from, but I don't think that's a necessarily personnel issue. probably combined with other teams being able to bring on better players. We shouldn't have that too much with Leicester in the 70th minute. i wouldn't I wouldn't have thought that they're going to bring on someone that you're just going be like, oh, wow, they'd start for us easily.
Consistency and Opponent Frustration
00:09:35
Oscar
And they're coming on after an hour and when our players are all stuffed. So I would agree. i don't think, you know, I said a few weeks ago, we need a bit of consistency. Let's just try and build a bit of consistency on the solid base.
00:09:48
Oscar
He seems to have done that well. And look, we're in games. And alluded that point earlier. We're in games. Yes, we're not quite getting over the line, but it's against teams that are better.
00:09:59
Oscar
He basically came out and said that we're going to look to frustrate teams. That is what he has to do. You know, that's what the remit is when he he came in, is to make it more solid and and to see out the season. And it's not an easy job, but he has made it more solid. So I'd like to stick see more of the same and Again, maybe Ross Stewart coming in or having a bit more of an option up there suddenly fuels a bit of the fire to then nick and another goal and win it by the odd goal who are there. But yeah, I wouldn't change it beyond that if unless it's enforced, which it doesn't sound like it is at the moment.
Downs & Uga Chugwui Partnership
00:10:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. And, you know, this dynamic duo partnership of Downs and Uga Chugwui just seems to go from strength to strength. So but why is it taking this long in the season to get to that point?
00:10:47
Zak
Because when we saw it under Martin, mate, me and you both agreed, but back in the early days of the podcast, every time we saw it under Martin, it just didn't work. And we only liked seeing one of them a time because of that.
00:10:55
Oscar
Mm-hmm.
00:10:58
Zak
But in recent times, having both them together, it's just started to click and work. So...
00:11:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
think that's just because of the bit more freedom rather than the sort of imposed runs from midfield flick on sort of nonsense that we saw from Martin.
00:11:12
Zak
Could be potentially that. Could be the fact they've got to know each other a little better behind the scenes and all that kind of stuff. Like when you're trying to shove two people that don't know each other to suddenly you know you cover each other and all that kind of stuff. It's going to take some time to the bed in.
00:11:24
Zak
Maybe the fact that they've just bedded in a little bit better. Not really sure, but either way, it's it's a stark difference to like when we were seeing them play together at the same time at the beginning, and then we almost had Ugacuk we sent back to Chelsea, it wasn't for the fact that you know they they didn't have already 100,000 defensive midfielder players anyway, and the fact that he actually started to become more vital.
00:11:49
Zak
But he even said himself, like he's grown up a lot, and He's changed, you know progressed as a footballer whilst playing for us. and So yeah, they just they complement each other a bit better than they used to, I think iss is the other sort of potential reason why. But it's just my two cents.
00:12:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think that makes sense. and And obviously Matty Fernandes has got to be the first name on any team sheet, right? Because he is, in my opinion, far and away, the best player we've got and had all season. So there's not even a debate to be had there, is there, Oscar?
00:12:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:20
Oscar
No, no, I don't think so. I ah think there was I can't remember who it was, but someone posted ah ah an image other day of Fernandes' ratings this season on who scored. And I think every single one was above a seven, which for Southampton is an achievement this season, but most of them were high sevens and eights. And to achieve that in a team that have been as woefully bad as we have is pretty impressive.
00:12:43
Oscar
So yeah, I think first name on the team sheet and do everything we can to butter him up and keep him. I don't see it happening, but, you know, why not? So, yeah, first name on the team sheet for me.
00:12:53
Zak
Will we see
Strange Player Transfers
00:12:55
Zak
Grom back again, you reckon, this season? Or do you reckon his career is literally over at Southampton now? Because that has got to go down as one of the strangest transfers. Because he he did play a game for us and wasn't terrible.
00:13:07
Zak
obviously, I think that they said they wanted him to play in that Matty Fernandes role. Then I think he had another game where he like started as a striker for whatever reason.
00:13:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:14
Zak
then And then they were just... That was it. and I occasionally see photos of him on Instagram out and about in never Southampton put it that way so
00:13:24
Oscar
It is bizarre as to why, if Juric said he sees him in that Matty Fernandes role, of all the players, he's the one we're least likely to not play.
00:13:35
Zak
so strange
00:13:36
Oscar
So why would that be the player that we signed? Unless that was literally lastminute.com, all they could get, and the only player willing to get him.
00:13:42
Zak
the only person that had any interest in us at all is this guy who is like his team is bottom of the French League and just wants a bit of game time and we've managed to provide him with what like a solid 60 minutes
00:13:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, the upsetting part of that is, Zach, that as strange as that transfer is, it probably doesn't even crack the top three worst transfers this season. and So...
00:14:06
Zak
i You're right, because he's like I said I didn't think he was a bad player. I think he's just not as good as Matty Fernandes.
00:14:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:12
Zak
it wasn't It wasn't quite as bad as the, like, Cornet, where, you know, his cameo in the Bournemouth game was pretty much the only thing that I remember seeing, and that was an atrocious game.
00:14:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah the the
00:14:22
Zak
So...
00:14:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think that it speaks volumes that we've not even seen him in or about the bench.
00:14:29
Zak
Yeah, like, it's the fact it's the complete non-mention.
00:14:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've seen players like Jay Robinson come in and get minutes. So that probably tells you where he is in the pecking order.
00:14:39
Zak
and Again, it's probably because he has no intention of staying here. We have no intention of signing him. And I can't work out if he was a Juric pick or, yeah, like a lastminute.com. we We found this guy who was willing to come here. We need to sign somebody so it doesn't look like we're not even trying to stay up.
00:14:55
Zak
i just it's just It just seems there's a lot to that that's incredibly bizarre. And like we've had our, as a club, fair share of strange transfers over the years. And I've discussed a few of them over time. Sort of like, again, like the...
00:15:07
Zak
I remember if he was is was a Finnish defender or Farrow Islands, that 4N guy, who came in the same day as Pochettino and never played.
00:15:13
Oscar
Oh, Marty Caceres.
00:15:16
Zak
know, we had... I remember the name of the guy. When Osvaldo came in, we had, like, that ex... Was it, like, Real Madrid or somebody? Car... He was it was like a left-back and he never played.
00:15:27
Zak
He had like ankle injury forever. Played like three
00:15:28
Oscar
o mar
Grombach and Transfer Comparisons
00:15:29
Zak
games.
00:15:29
Oscar
caas
00:15:30
Zak
That's the one. um Caceres, yeah. Like we've we've had some of these like really, really bizarre, strange transfers where no one's explained. I also want to say like Yuan, it's not Yuan, the the guy who played up front, the Spanish guy, is a little guy.
00:15:43
Oscar
Huanmi.
00:15:45
Zak
yeah Yeah, exactly. And you're kind of like, maybe he played like seven or eight games, but still, there's just so many of these strange transfers that I would be absolutely fascinated to have a documentary going into each one of these and what the intentions were and then why it all fell apart.
00:15:59
Zak
Because, yeah, Grombach is just another one.
00:16:01
Oscar
Florian Gardos would be another one.
00:16:03
Zak
Yeah.
00:16:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:04
Oscar
I think Huanmi's going to doing quite well now.
00:16:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
i i think the answers to those questions would do more to upset you than anything else, Zach, to be honest.
00:16:11
Zak
Oh, that's fine.
Critique of Transfer Strategy
00:16:12
Zak
I lived my life in perpetual misery, mate. I
00:16:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
was Was it our famous black box system we had back then? It probably just like random name generator.
00:16:23
Zak
would be surprised.
00:16:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, just like, just
00:16:24
Zak
Data-driven, yeah?
00:16:25
Oscar
That is what the frustration now is that with a Sports Republic, I think the thing we all thought was of anything, the transfers should be pretty spot on, given what they've done. I mean, again, I had my reservations when I... Yeah, but when I knew some of the stuff, I think, yeah, I think it just goes to highlight Brentford and the good work that they did. And maybe it was more to do with the stats and the system they had with, think it's Alan Knutson in charge, that it was more to do with that than maybe Ankersen.
00:16:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
but Yeah. I mean, you just have to see that those statistics and numbers spat out Nathan Jones as the best in Europe. So that probably tells you everything you need to know about the the system they use.
00:17:08
Zak
Beautiful.
Predictions vs Leicester
00:17:09
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00:17:45
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Okay, and we are back. Oscar, I'm going to throw you under the bus first today. How are you feeling? Are we going to win?
00:17:53
Oscar
I'm going for a win. um I'm going, as I say, I don't think it's going to be a cagey tie-fair. think it's both teams scrapping to try and win. What have either team got to lose, really?
00:18:04
Oscar
Neither team are capable of keeping a clean sheet. So I've gone for a 3-2 Saints win.
00:18:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
3-2, that's a lot of goals.
00:18:12
Oscar
Yeah.
00:18:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
where Where are they all coming from?
00:18:15
Oscar
that That is a good question. I hadn't fought thought that far ahead. I sometimes do this and then forget we can't actually score goals. so But I'm going to go with Ross Stewart to get his first, Matty Fernandes, and then Tullpool off the bench at the end to score the winner and send the away end into ruptures.
00:18:36
Oscar
And Yannick Vestergaard to score a goal as well. Because why not?
00:18:40
Oscar
Typically.
00:18:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
It would almost be poetry in the worst kind of way. ah ah Zach, how about you? how are you feeling?
00:18:47
Zak
I feel like there's going goals. I don't think it's going to lot. I think it's going one-all draw. It pushes us past the threshold of the better points total. It's not quite the win that I would want or the win that we'd really want.
00:18:58
Zak
I think it would probably be a fair sharing of the points across two of the worst teams the Premier League had to offer this year. like to see Ross Stewart get his first goal.
00:19:09
Zak
think that'd be lovely. And again, it would be like Jamie Vardy scoring. Just out of spite. Okay. like spke
00:19:14
Oscar
yeah
00:19:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
on his farewell tour now, trying to prove to, you know, other the Premier League clubs that he's still got it in him, so.
00:19:21
Zak
Yeah, well, maybe.
00:19:22
Oscar
my My one concern, I suddenly thought this was Stuart, is he suddenly comes into a bit of a bit of half form towards the end of the season and it deflects away from the club that we don't need to sign a striker for next season.
00:19:36
Oscar
So I'm just hoping that that, you know, I want him to score, just not too many.
00:19:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:40
Oscar
Yeah.
Hopes Against Arsenal and City
00:19:41
Zak
i just but Somehow I think you'll get your wish coming in true, Oscar.
00:19:45
Oscar
Yeah, that's true.
00:19:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Alright, well, I... It's not going to surprise any of you that i'm going to be predicting a win today.
00:19:53
Zak
Shocker.
00:19:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Shocked across the board, I can see, but I think two one is a reasonable scoreline. actually think we're probably going to concede first and just show a bit of mentality and a bit of fight back that we've not really seen the rest of the season. So maybe that is really crazy. but But actually, I think we tend to play but slightly better when we concede than when we score.
00:20:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
So but i'm hoping that that will sort kick us on. And yeah, I think Mati Fernandes will score. one Yeah, Ross doing it.
00:20:24
Oscar
So,
00:20:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why not? let Let's get him a goal. Let's do it. and Now that we've all predicted that, he probably won't even get a minute in. That's the way it tends to go. But yeah, it feels like a game we should win.
00:20:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
So let's hope that it's just not that piece of hope that ruins our weekend, right?
00:20:44
Zak
just remembering that they beat us like 5-0 with the championship. some Somehow, just because they've been as bad as us, we seem to think that that didn't happen. But there we are. Hey-ho.
00:20:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, but times that are a lot different from then, Zach.
00:20:59
Zak
Look, the sun will be shining. It'll be the weekend.
00:21:04
Zak
Why not? Why not this game?
00:21:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:21:06
Zak
why why why Someone's got to come out on top of El Crapio. And I said, even if we get a draw, it's it's a win for us. So, just just like either of those outcomes.
00:21:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:16
Zak
Either of those outcomes.
00:21:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
get the three Get the three points... March on to to our next home game against Arsenal.
00:21:21
Oscar
Thank you.
00:21:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it doesn't matter then, does it? It's all irrelevant. <unk>s It's all completely done for the year.
00:21:31
Zak
Look, they they might be...
00:21:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
It really does become pre-pre-season.
00:21:35
Zak
They might be so upset, depending on the outcome of the the games they've got coming up, mate. As in Arsenal, we might end up beating them. Who knows?
00:21:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Imagine four games left, 12 points on offer.
00:21:46
Zak
like They're not winning the league this season. Everything's going to go into the Cup. If they get knocked out of it sorry if the the you know the the Champions League, if they get knocked out of that, it's going be pretty deflating.
00:21:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're right.
00:21:56
Zak
Then it just...
00:21:56
Oscar
So that would be nice to maybe go into it with no nothing to lose, both of those games against Arsenal and City.
00:22:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:02
Oscar
Why not just see what can happen?
00:22:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just complete rubber matches. Yeah.
00:22:05
Oscar
Yeah.
Conclusion and Social Media Engagement
00:22:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's it. All right. Well, that is just about all we've got time for today. Oscar, Zach, thank you very much for joining me. Let us know your score predictions in the comments or on the socials. We are on X, TikTok, Instagram, Blue Sky, YouTube, Facebook.
00:22:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think that's all of them.
00:22:26
Zak
Good job.
00:22:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah. Let us know how you think it's going to play out. Is it going to be that boring 0-0 or is it going to be an explosive game of real championship quality?
00:22:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll find out and we'll be back Monday to discuss it, whatever happens. But until then, have a good weekend.