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Episode 105: TRANSFER Tuesday!
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Southampton – The January transfer window is open! What are we likely to see from Southampton? Who are we likely to see leave?
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Introduction and Podcast Overview
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Daily Southampton part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. My name is Greg Elliott, and as always, joined by my wonderful co-host, Zach Finch. How are you doing, Zach?
00:00:20
Zak
Well, on the third time of trying, we've managed to get through the intro, so doing better than we were five minutes ago.
00:00:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:00:25
Zak
Yeah.
00:00:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's it.
Transfer Tuesday Frustrations
00:00:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
We are on our way It is transfer Tuesday, which might be a slightly cheerier episode than the match review.
00:00:34
Zak
It's difficult. I feel like it's got to be more, it's got to be, there's got to be slightly, at least there's more energy energy in us.
00:00:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Although.
00:00:40
Zak
was It's not completely sapped out of us trying like it was yesterday.
00:00:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. That said, it's still going to be many more outgoing rumors than incoming rumors, seeing as our board can't be bothered to have a meeting until I think tomorrow with the manager to deal with their transfer targets. So.
00:00:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I mean, what can you say about the strategy other than that?
00:01:01
Zak
yeah you're such a banter club it's not even funny it's just again you have to laugh because if not you cry yes it's pretty bad isn't it never gonna lie like we we keep joking about who wants to come here and it turns out we've been linked with pretty much nobody
00:01:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's just to update. Yeah.
Player Acquisition Trends at Southampton
00:01:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay. Well, let's start with the one inbound we have had a young Brazilian chap Wellington who signed a pre contract so he knew was coming whose contract is now finalized and secured but is currently injured so continuing with our wealth of signings that keep our medical room busy I mean I wouldn't blame him for faking the injury if he came in and saw
00:01:44
Zak
but Oh, yeah.
00:01:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think he was at the West Ham game from what I saw on social media. So, but in a boot. So, so who knows? It knows if we will see him return to fitness by the end of the season, if he will make his way into the first team or, or if that's another one of these magical signings for the future that we seem to invest so much time in.
00:02:16
Zak
Mmm.
00:02:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
flyn And then, and then the rest of the show is going to be talk of players. Uh, one more. player we've been linked with I guess is uh and I'm gonna butch the pronunciation so I'm gonna apologize in advance but I think it's uh Joachim Kaysander which I think is as good to go as it goes I'm gonna be able to give it uh from Lee from the French third league exactly
00:02:41
Zak
yeah something like that it's know that he's like the under 19 french captain so it's again one of these like we are going to go in for somebody who we don't i guess similar sort of transfer to to wellington almost where we kind of got somebody from the youth squad who who knows if they're going to end up coming into the squad and being good or if we're ever actually going to see them because i wouldn't be surprised if he just plays into the under 23 and Go self-swear, but apparently, yeah, he was the best of the 2006 generation is what he has reported to ab be seen as and turn 18 before making the signing.
00:03:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, that makes me feel so old.
00:03:19
Zak
So five million pounds from Valencia. The center back is scheduled for a medical. So, yeah, like it would be a positive transfer, I guess, but it's one I can't remember if VFC FC with a team that like Sports Republic went in for.
00:03:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm pretty sure it's another one of the Sports Republic teams. Yeah.
00:03:40
Zak
Yeah.
00:03:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
So yeah.
00:03:42
Zak
I don't know if that's the one they got rid of, right? Because there's definitely one that they sacked off.
00:03:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, not sure.
00:03:46
Zak
you remember?
00:03:47
Zak
Yeah, I think i think it is, Valencia's... Valencia's... French... Yeah, so, Valencia's football club, commonly known as, is in the... It's currently 20...
00:03:56
Zak
Yeah, so last season it was 20th of 20th in the league two, so you're right, it is in the other league three. So, yeah, we are we have basically we are potentially looking to side a transfer from one of our sister clubs.
00:04:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Perfect. That's the multi-club network coming into play. ah ah look It might be great. It might be a fantastic sign-in for us. We'll withhold judgment. But I suspect at that age that he'll be heading to the other 23s first and to go from there. So time will tell, I suppose. And then the rest of the list I have in front of me are all outbound transfers. And yeah.
00:04:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
let's Let's just start the top and see how we get
Player Movement Discussions
00:04:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
on. Benbrough and Diaz linked with Sheffield United.
00:04:37
Zak
Well, I'll interrupt one and this is my fault because I completely forgot to talk about this. because we We came up with a list because we decided to try and be a bit more organised for today because we are usually atrocious at that. And that is entirely down to me. I'll never put that on Greg. I'm the one that derails us with my rants.
00:04:54
Zak
But I wanted to talk briefly about Koryu Matsuki. He was like one of my favorite Japanese players who went over, who who signed for Saints. I was very excited because he was a prospect, a youth prospect. um obviously, he's been sent off to our Turkish club.
00:05:07
Zak
but He's doing pretty well out over there. He's had 14 appearances. He scored scored one goal in the league. And then in the cup, he also you had one appearances and scored a score to goal. So like we actually have some players that just aren't with us that might be doing better.
00:05:19
Zak
Bear in mind, we've also got Shay Charles doing solidly.
00:05:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know
00:05:23
Zak
so Yeah, it's not, it's the all demon clue.
00:05:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've heard it discussed on I've heard it discussed on other podcasts about saints right about whether we should bring shell jails back and I guess that's a briefly touch on it do you think it's worth ruining his season by bringing him back to this team or
00:05:38
Zak
No, absolutely not. Let him mature in the championship. Let Sheffield Wednesday do really well. If they want to pay us a few bob for him, I'm sure that the Sports Republic will take it anyway, depending on what happens inevitably.
00:05:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
And if not, we get back a well-rounded player for the championship of next year in a position that we struggle with.
00:05:53
Zak
Correct. Like, do we genuinely think we're going to bring him back and he's going to step? Because I feel like putting someone like that so young back into what we describe as the vitoral of the current Saints team. Again, it's probably why they're not going to look to bring anyone in.
00:06:05
Zak
I won't be surprised if like we see one transfer of that, I'm totally honest, because I just feel like the vibe is and that they know we're relegated at this point and are planning.
00:06:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Well, I'm going to circle back to potential plans and speculation on what I think we need to do after we go through our list of uh of outbound rumours let's say so we've seen uh Bemborough and Diaz apparently has a verbal agreement in place between the clubs to go back to Sheffield United initially on loan and then with an option or an obligation to buy uh we surprised by that at all are we worried
00:06:40
Zak
It makes sense. I feel like if I fire was him, I'd have been parked outside Sheffield United Stadium for probably the last couple of weeks.
00:06:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:48
Zak
Hoping.
00:06:50
Zak
It doesn't really surprise me.
00:06:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:51
Zak
It just hasn't worked out here. I don't know if it's because of tactics, man management, his performances, whatever. I feel like he he tried a combination of all of those things.
00:07:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
population of all of above He's been paid slightly out of position. He's normally a striker, right? And we've only ever played him wide, but.
00:07:06
Zak
Yeah, I think, I think Sheffield United have played him on left wing before. yeah, it's just one of those things where like, it's clearly just not worked out here.
00:07:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think I mentioned
00:07:12
Zak
And sometimes that's okay.
00:07:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think I mentioned to you before that, I mean, coming to the club, putting in that amount of appearances and the only thing really of note that he'd managed to do all season was upset the entirety of Newcastle. For many teams would probably considered one of the worst signings in their history, but actually for us, and it might not even be the worst signing of this last transfer window. bit upsetting, isn't it?
00:07:39
Zak
Yeah, you're not wrong mate. I mean like in the nicest possible way to tool pool, I know he's had a few chances this time round but he also had a big run of games under his belt the last relegation season and was unable to score a goal and has yet to be able to score a goal and has had some wonderful chances handed to his feet and head over the last couple of weeks and has also not scored a goal.
00:07:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
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00:08:00
Zak
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00:08:05
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00:08:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Okay, yeah, so straight back into it, as alluded to before, the brake tool pull, and I've seen him linked with moves a move back to Turkey, but to a sick task. sort of moving up the ranks I guess in terms of ah ah Turkish clubs.
00:08:51
Zak
Is it his level?
00:08:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:52
Zak
Because he was from Belgium. He played in the Belgian league beforehand and did alright, but seemed to be able to score fine last time round. Are you telling me that he's not getting the service? Because most of the balls we have are going to him.
00:09:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, i I think that is exactly his level and the Premier League certainly from what I've seen is not and I have been preaching that from the hills for the longest time.
00:09:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
despite the outcry from our fanbase. I still don't see what any of the excitement was about.
00:09:23
Zak
I think our fan base wanted to see something different and he offered that.
00:09:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:09:27
Zak
And I think that they this is the same thing that I think about Bela Koczap.
00:09:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:09:31
Zak
I've seen ludicrous opinions of, oh, he's going to shore up our defence at the back when he's played one game all season. barely played the season before and was part of our relegation season, the season before, where he was also unable to stop all of the goals going in.
00:09:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, let's move on to Bellacott Gap.
00:09:46
Zak
He might be really, really good. He might come in and play really, really well, but it's one of those things where like I think that that everyone is just happy to see different players on the field that can offer not what we've seen so far.
00:09:58
Zak
And the problem is is that you know we've seen the same with Suleimana.
00:09:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:01
Zak
Oh, well, if he just gets to the chance, it'll come good. he add how many ninety minutes you know He's minutes now.
00:10:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
This feels like faster than week in, week out.
00:10:07
Zak
probably the worst game I've watched ever, maybe. i Like I'm saying that, we even maybe worse than the Tottenham game. like I don't know how I feel about it. But there's I think there's just a, we have lots of players at the club that have had bit parts or haven't played much at all. And they might have shown a bright spark and everyone kind of just wants to believe that if if whichever manager, whoever's in charge puts that player in, and suddenly it'll click.
00:10:30
Zak
whereas i think that it's actuality the only thing that's ever going to make it click is what martina said in a post-match interview yesterday after manu versus livable where they asked him what's changed and he literally just tapped his head and just went mentality or like you know what the mind is think is what he actually said which is there needs to be a turning point
00:10:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:48
Zak
And the problem is, I just don't think it's going to happen the rest of the season. So I'm of the opinion that the reason that people are so hyped about one of that two is because it's just like they wanted to see a striker that's different in that position. It's the same people that think Ross Stewart is going to come back from injury and start scoring for fun.
00:11:03
Zak
you know like
00:11:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
perpetually injured. Speaking of Bellacott chap then, let's move on to him. He obviously had the move knocked down to a failed medical previously to, two I can't remember exactly which club he was trying to go to. Was it Wolfsburg?
00:11:20
Zak
because I think it was Frankfurt and then he also had a move turned down to Bayern Munich which if I remember rightly was just due to finances and I think that's what is the thing that broke the camel's back and upset him the most.
00:11:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. you Do you see him getting a move This January, I mean, I'm sure he'll be looking, certainly based off the interviews.
00:11:35
Zak
Whoa!
00:11:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
ben
00:11:36
Zak
Based on everything he said, yeah. Obviously, Zurich said he's more part of his plans than not. He's put him on the bench the last two games. i He needs to be playing regular football to probably get the move that he actually wants.
00:11:50
Zak
I don't think he really cares where he gets it.
00:11:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:52
Zak
And I wouldn't be surprised. like i
00:11:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll probably see him against Swansea, right?
00:11:55
Zak
i think
00:11:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Cut-protation.
00:11:57
Zak
was shawty. But like it's it's one of those things where I wouldn't be surprised if he did. And I don't really hold any huger will to the guy. like i I don't think that he's got about the way that he's got about everything the most professional, but I also don't think that being completely sidelined for the basis of picking your favourites is a good way to run your club either. However,
00:12:20
Zak
like he doesn't seem to have his head here. His conversation is all about to get a move elsewhere out of Southampton. Use him while he's here, but I wouldn't be surprised if that an opportunity came for him to go elsewhere.
00:12:32
Zak
He wouldn't immediately s snap it up and the club wouldn't also want to just send him away. Like I don't, you know, I don't think he's going to come in the back and suddenly we're going to stop shipping goals for the rest of the season. It would be lovely to think that, but yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if he goes, but you know, it is what it is and at this point.
00:12:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
i yeah right uh speaking of bad signings from the previous window uh maxo cornae likely to go back to west ham i mean as i understand it they actually have to recall him we can't just send him back so Could we end up in a horrible situation?
00:13:04
Zak
I think they probably would take him back to sell, right? Surely, because i think I think they want to take him back and put him out for loan or sell because he's not getting a job here, is he?
00:13:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I mean it has actively been stated in press conferences that the ideal situation would be for him to go back to West Ham.
00:13:15
Zak
I don't know what's going on.
00:13:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just another one that felt like promising
00:13:24
Zak
Another one that's just not worked out is, you know, we we we
00:13:28
Zak
It was a last minute signing. We wanted to get something that, you know, he's had he had a season or two of being really exciting. And then every time he played for us did not really a lot. And then it was part of that team that, what what was it?
00:13:40
Zak
The Bournemouth game, which was the really, really bad Bournemouth game.
00:13:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
i Yeah, and Stoke, he struggled against Stoke, I remember that.
00:13:43
Zak
And since then, yeah, which again, like if you're struggling against championship opposition, that's what it is.
00:13:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:52
Zak
Like it's, I'm not surprised by it, put it that way.
00:13:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
The other loan space being used up, Big Lez, reportedly staying, which is good.
Commitments and Club Management Issues
00:14:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Obviously, partially at fault for the first goal.
00:14:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
against Brentford but there's definitely promise there just I think he needs an experienced head alongside him so
00:14:14
Zak
Well, he's put some stuff out in the media, right?
00:14:17
Zak
He's had in his interview and said that he grew up a lot over the last five months, but he wants to put in a fight and for the manager that's actually willing to play him, which is, you know, I think says a lot behind the scenes of what was going on with the previous regime.
00:14:29
Zak
And regardless of, you know, I know that everyone's anger realistically should be directed at the ownership. You know, some of the, you know, I think getting rid of Russell Martin was probably the right decision. and for the club overall, but also, you know, it gives him an opportunity. I think that a combination of not really playing a lot of games and then suddenly being put into extremely pivotal roles during a time in our season where nobody has confidence isn't great for anyone. But if he's going to put up a fight and actually try and play out the rest of the season playing the best he can, I'd prefer that to somebody who doesn't want to. Or we ruin a really good player in Shay Charles by bringing him back to replace him, you know.
00:15:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
then a room that I have seen but admittedly not from many sources and the main source I found is a Newcastle based newspaper.
Transfer Rumors and Speculations
00:15:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Link in Newcastle with Tyler Diblin. Do you see that one coming to fruition? I'm not convinced by it.
00:15:27
Zak
i I did. I mean, you know, they've taken Liv Remento. They're a good squad. i don't I don't see how any of these clubs will see him as the finished product yet. And I have a feeling that a lot of them will try and offer sums of like sort of 15 to 20 million. And and so we're not going to want to sell him for that. And like we've got into a 2026 with an option to extend.
00:15:50
Zak
they want to give him a better contract to sort of reward him. If you're, you know, I think we've discussed potentially his future for a long time and we've, we've earned an art about it, but like, does he want to get regular club football or not?
00:16:03
Zak
If he does, probably worth staying here. If he's decided that he wants to make a money move and go elsewhere, then maybe he'll go elsewhere. Maybe Sports Republic will sell him, but that goes back completely on the rest of their BS philosophy where they fired Russell Martin, which is apparently all about what about the youth.
00:16:20
Zak
When was the last time you saw a Sam Amu, mate?
00:16:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
all yeah why That's the drum we're gonna keep bagging, honestly. Ludacris. Okay, and one final one from the list before I pivot segment three into some discussions. Karl Walker-Peters, if we're gonna sell him for anything, this will be the window, otherwise he's gonna walk away for free at the end of the season. Which of those two outcomes do you think is more likely?
00:16:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know the contract's been on the table and he hasn't signed it yet and there's i don't see any reason why he would no yeah agreed what's that benchmark do you think
00:16:52
Zak
a he He's not going to sign it. We're not staying up. I doubt he's going to go to the championship. If he goes on a free, he'll have a bigger selection. It depends entirely on and where he's at. If he wants to try and put in the effort to the end of the season and say he's done the best he could possibly do as a servant to the club and saw his contract from start to finish happy days. If an offer comes in that Sports Republic deem acceptable, I wouldn't be surprised if they they let him go and then it will be down to him.
00:17:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you think even as low as like 5 million does the job because it's better than nothing at the end of the season?
00:17:26
Zak
Maybe. It would be really, really sad, but also, like, I don't think that they've... that if If I'm Kyle Walker Peters, have of the club ah done enough to convince me to stay here?
00:17:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not even a little bit.
00:17:39
Zak
No.
00:17:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
no ill work If Karl goes in January fair, I don't have no bad words to say about him.
00:17:40
Zak
Not even slightly.
00:17:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's still consistently one of the only players that puts in 100% when he's on the pitch and you can see the frustration in him when you know these these games happen the way they are.
00:17:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
and yeah if If he goes in January it's it'll be sad for sure but I wouldn't at all be surprised and I wouldn't blame him in the slightest. say
00:18:07
Zak
No, that's that's kind of where I'm at. It's more a sort of ah of sadness more than anything else is that. Thank you for staying for as long as you have. I guess you could have easily gone.
00:18:20
Zak
before we went down to the championship and you helped us out a whole bunch there, adapted to any new manager he's come under quite quickly and and done his best regardless. And I feel like there's a lot of people that criticise me, oh, he's bad. i'm like I feel like if you look at most of the balls that have actually ended up in the box for the last couple of games, maybe even year, it's been balls delivered by him. So to kind of call him, you know,
00:18:43
Zak
to kind of call him out and say that he's he's not trying I think is a bit ludicrous but yeah I'm with you mate if he goes it would be sad but I bear him no ill will and will always thank him for being a what can you call a fantastic servant for the club
00:18:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely. Okay, after the break I want to pivot it to some speculation of our own about what we need, but first a message from our partners at the Global Sports Podcast Network.
00:19:09
Zak
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Future Signings and Departure Concerns
00:19:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, so if if all the rumors are to be believed, and you know, some of them are stronger than others, but potentially we're going to see Toolpool go and Kornay go and Breren Diaz go. Now, whilst that collectively amounts to not a huge amount of input, that is three of our forward players, one of which who has been our main forward player for the last three games, for better or worse. So,
00:19:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Surely we need to sign something up top to fill that gap. Right.
00:19:59
Zak
What do you mean you've got Archer? There's Suleimana there, Adam of Armstrong.
00:20:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:05
Zak
And then in the midfield is probably where we need to shore up where, you know, as much as I think it would be better for Shay Charles to stay at Sheffield Wednesday, I wouldn't be surprised if they did decide to draw him back and then you've got that extra option in midfield.
00:20:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:16
Zak
they buy I genuinely, I'm struggling to believe, us bringing in anyone genuinely. Because like again, when we discussed it before, who wants to come into this? like who who And the only people that we would bring in who would want to come into this right now are going to be people that we're then stuck with when we go down. That's kind of my mentality around it. Because if you're picking to go to a club that's this this tanking this bad, unless you know you're going to go ah ah join essentially a championship club and you want to be part of something.
00:20:49
Zak
No idea what, because we don't even know if the manager is going to be here at the end of the year. like what Who comes in, unless it's a young lone player, unless you know we we or we do like a classic Saints, to be like, we've managed to take Broja off of Everton and bring him in as a striker, because we we love we love like bringing back old players.
00:21:08
Zak
or like you know this is This is where I'm genuinely baffled as to like what what we're going to bring in.
00:21:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Yeah.
00:21:14
Zak
because the unless it's going to be it's going to be some really outlandish names from Italy that none of us have ever heard of, that Juric is aware of, that he thinks that are gettable, that are someone that would happily play maybe in both leagues, might be you know players that have worked under him beforehand.
00:21:31
Zak
they will be have to be deals that are extremely shrewd and not cost a lot of money, which to be honest is probably what's caused a lot of these problems in the first place. We did a big statement signing with Ramsdale but then we filled up the rest of the team with basically a bunch of, as we discussed before, players from teams that were relegated and extras and that's resulted in us having a bunch of teams that, a bunch of players that now have been relegated twice in two years and a bunch of extras who don't play. My heart would say you need to show up someone up front and you need to show up someone in midfield and you need to get good signings that will be aware of the situation and want to stick it through for next year.
Signing Strategy Debate
00:22:12
Zak
That's what my heart would want. But my like head says we are going to get some random Zurich signings that if they do well, happy days, if they don't, they're probably not going to be as bothered because they're going to get them on the cheap. That is how I see it playing out. I don't know where you're at with it.
00:22:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know. I feel like we need at least, I mean, if, if tool pools go in and the way we've been using them, we need someone you can aim the ball at, which is not really any of our forward players at the moment.
00:22:40
Zak
How do you know they're not just banking on Ross Stewart coming even know what injury he's currently got at this point.
00:22:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Well, because, because his legs are made of sticks. I don't know.
00:22:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's just.
00:22:55
Zak
I swear him, Smallboat and Stevens at this point, just we're we're being told they're being injured and I'm like I have have no idea what their problems are but I guess you know maybe that's meant to be private but
00:23:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
look I just hope they pay our medical room staff well because they are one of the most overworked teams in but maybe in the Premier League and purely of our own downfall as well like not not because we're particularly injury prone or like have been hit with a massive injury crisis but we just sign injured players like that is or injury prone players like Stuart Lalana Juan Larios still on the sidelines somewhere, right like this Willington lads come in the set loud light new blump Yeah, I'm fully with I'm fully behind it if you want to replace it with Don Ballard and Sam ammo for the rest of the season You've got my full back in and it doesn't matter like
00:23:35
Zak
Yeah, when you're talking about attackers, though, as well, like, remember, we've got a daisy online that we could bring back. We've also got players online, like, they brought back Don Ballard. I very much doubt they'd put him up top, but why not? Like, at this point, you even said yourself, mate, just stick the kids out.
00:24:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
if there's a difference between ah ah sticking out the first team and them not putting an effort in and getting bad five nil and sticking the kids out who at least put that all into a game and you know if they got run all over at least you know it's a Premier League experience of some description I don't know I don't know what the answer is
00:24:24
Zak
i I don't think any of us do. And I think this is the problem is like usually you'd be able to to pick some targets and be like, this is who we should go in for. And you know we can all lament the idea that Liam Dilapp went to Ipswich instead of here, whether it was down to finances, whether it was down to vibes.
00:24:39
Zak
like you can't There's no it no point crying over spilt milk.
00:24:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good night.
00:25:17
Zak
They have an argument about it for a while. They maybe pick one off of their list of random people they've seen in YouTube clips. Duric picks somebody he's worked with previously who could maybe do a stint in a Premier League club, and that's who we bring in. If we're lucky, we don't lose players like Matty Fernandez and
00:25:37
Zak
struggle in here, Jack Ragger. Anyone else? We don't want to lose Tyler Dippling, maybe.
00:25:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Tyler didn't get what Peters is gonna be out of the door either way so look Adam Armstrong will do a job for us in championship next season if he stays Cameron Archer I see huge promise in and he's not quite fulfilled that yet but I would argue more so than any of the rest of our attacking line so
00:25:42
Zak
If he matures. Yeah. and yeah so So this is the thing, right? Is it's like trying to...
00:26:02
Zak
So so here's ah ah here's a random wildcard boomerang to throw at you, mate. Should we have kept Shay Adams?
00:26:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
but I think people look back with rose tinted glasses because he took 10 chances to score a goal every time, at least minimum.
00:26:14
Zak
Where he said it, glasses? There it is.
00:26:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just don't think that he was the decisive striker that we want.
00:26:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
better the devil you know maybe but also he wasn't very good even in the championship so people see that as a big mistake but i really see that as a big wage off the book that i mean arguably nobody's scoring goals this season so maybe someone who could score a goal sometimes is the answer but
00:26:54
Zak
Right, so what I'm hearing is Broya, Ings, and Nathaniel Kline to replace Karl Walker Peters, perfect.
00:27:03
Zak
true I joke mate, like I think whatever, hopefully we can be excited about, you know, even if it's an unknown, we had an unknown come in who no one really knew in Matthew Fernandez and he's turned out to be a brilliant player so far this season. and You know, but that was one in 10.
00:27:20
Zak
Maybe if we're sending three off, one in four might be really good. Who knows? we've Again, we've got a lot of lone players that might come back to the club and do a solid for us next season as well.
00:27:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
I had a conversation on the weekend with one of my friends that deeply upset me when we were talking about how poor the recruitment's been he was talking about some of the players that we were linked with and he's like it feels like the idea is there but we're just like one off the mark because don't forget we were linked with Goncarlo, Ramos and Gackpo.
00:27:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Imagine having them in the front two and that's just sad.
00:27:50
Zak
we We have been, don't get me wrong, but also at one point, do you remember I told you that we were linked with Quincy Proms, who subsequently ended up going to the Russian League, and I think when was going to be arrested for, what I say, drug smuggling in Holland, and then instead went to Dubai on a training camp and then got arrested there for running someone over. So, s swings around about sweet.
00:28:14
Zak
Sometimes we don't get all of the golden gooses, but sometimes there are people we go for, but it's probably a good thing we didn't get them. Just anywhere in the middle would be nice, I guess, right? ah right? ah Just maybe maybe lessons will be learned. Maybe they won't be. We aren't in control of that. We can only talk about
Wrap-Up and Next Episode Tease
00:28:32
Zak
what's in front of us. And it just, for me, doesn't look like the January transfer window is going to be as exciting and other than the fact that we might get rid of some of the players that Clearly their time has come to an end here, you know?
00:28:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Hmm.
00:28:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, we tried to make it more positive.
00:28:49
Zak
Much to ponder.
00:28:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Uh, we did what we could.
00:28:53
Zak
We might have some more information come next Tuesday about incomings, and we can talk less about all of the players that are potentially leaving, unless you're really excited about all of the players that are leaving because of the way the season has gone.
00:28:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:29:07
Zak
So theoretically, Greg, it might not be a positive for us, but for some of our listeners, they're like, yeah, I hate every single one of them.
00:29:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I'm in this positive. Yeah.
00:29:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
thank very much for listening to us anyway. We'll be back tomorrow with Wild Card Wednesday. I think I've got something lined up and yeah, thank you very much.
00:29:22
Zak
I'm very excited.
00:29:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
As always, we look forward to seeing you tomorrow. We will see you next time.