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EPISODE 94 - WILDCARD: Reviewing Brighton's January transfer window
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Daily Brighton - Jamie, Bless and Joe give their thoughts on Brighton rejecting Al Nassr's £90m bid for Mitoma and give us their analysis of the two new signing Eiran Cashing and Stefanos Tzimas.
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Transcript
Personal Anecdotes and Podcast Introduction
00:00:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to a daily Brighton podcast. It's your boy Jamie G joined by the big man, Jay Rich. Joe, how are we?
00:00:20
Joe
Yeah, I know, I'm good, thank you. Got attacked by a book yesterday at work, so yeah, just trying to recover at the moment.
00:00:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a real hard time. Bless can also feel it because he's also been attacked by some year 11s maybe, or had to break up a fight. Bless, have you had any debacle like that?
00:00:39
blessings
ah No, I wasn't involved, so no, I'm
Wildcard Wednesday: Football Transfers
00:00:42
blessings
all good. Still alive.
00:00:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
complete this despair ask ah Well we're back with another Wildcard Wednesday, we are doing our favourite thing, we're talking about transfers, we've ah done it basically the whole of January, we've been talking about players we want to see go, players we think should be brought in, and they have addressed two positions that we did say ah So we're on the right lines, they've addressed the centre back, they've addressed the striker, which we did give our suggestions. They didn't go with any of our suggestions, so maybe that's on them being poor and you know not not listening to the Daily Brighton Podcasts, like the fools they are.
Player Focus: Aaron Cashin and Zimas
00:01:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah But they we are going to be talking about
00:01:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Aaron Cashin, I hope I've pronounced his name right, and the new man in Zimas, but he's been loaned back out to Nuremberg. And then we're also going to be talking about the Metoma saga, because we know the listeners want to have our take on the Metoma saga. So we're going to begin with one striker out, another one in.
00:01:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
but then back out. It's Evan Ferguson being loaned to West Ham, but also the introduction of Zimas, a Greek six foot international from Nuremberg in the Bundesliga too. Joe, you said you've watched him before. What did you make of him?
00:02:04
Joe
he's classed to be fair but obviously the whole thing about a player like that is that he's playing at a level that is like people say that the Bundesliga isn't anywhere near the level of the Premier League and he's played in the second division so I imagine the second division of Germany to be closer to league one than I do the championship maybe be I don't think it correlates the same as it does in England.
00:02:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:34
Joe
um But in terms of ability, like there's a ah literally a gem in there, hence the quite high fee for someone who's in that league. um Fast, relatively quite tall, um great link-up play, which is, I mean,
00:02:54
Joe
considering Welbeck's age and his link up play is sort of what makes sense because he can then obviously come in and sort of do that as well. um Pretty deadly in front of goal.
00:03:06
Joe
And also he's like super young as well. So I think he's 18, isn't he? Or 19.
00:03:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, just turn 19.
00:03:10
Joe
So just turn 19. So I mean, yeah, he's ah he's a class player.
Danny Welbeck's Abilities: Critique and Humor
00:03:16
Joe
He picks up really good positions. um He can drop it. He can actually play. He can pick pick up the ball quite deep and dribble at players, which, to be fair, Danny Welbeck can't really do. I'd say now, I don't know if I've ever really seen Danny Welbeck chopping up players and twisting up players, even when he was at United, really.
00:03:37
Joe
um Yeah it' it is a good sign in but the decision to loan him out they just might not think that he's ready at the moment. Also like it's a bit mad to disrupt a player's seat like a really good season that a player's having to then bring him to the Premier League where we're in a bit of a we're in a rut and we just lost 7-0 to play at the highest level you could basically play I think it would be a bit peak.
Debate: Loan Strategies for Young Players
00:04:02
blessings
be
00:04:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Yeah, bless he's not quite pats and daka and joe there has been basically cussing out ah Danny well bet so not a great start
00:04:12
Joe
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, that was so cussing out.
00:04:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
on the um Okay, you didn't toss him out, but you pointed out some weaknesses.
00:04:16
Joe
ah but
00:04:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
blessers and haven Bless looked at you like he gave you daggers. He wasn't happy through the screen for those is listening at home.
00:04:23
Joe
but
00:04:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was shooting some stairs. ah But yeah, Bless, what do you think of him and are you disappointed to see him loaned back out? Do you think he would have been a perfect player to kind of bring in when we are kind of struggling to go up top?
00:04:39
blessings
Yeah, I was a bit surprised that he's going back on loan, um especially obviously with Evan Ferguson going out. I'm sure we'll talk about him as well. But yeah, a bit surprised he's going back on loan. I do sort of understand where Joe's coming from. Like he probably isn't ready and would spend a lot of time on the bench. So to disrupt this season isn't going to benefit his development in the long run. But yeah, from what I've seen with him, he does look quite impressive. um What I really like about him is that he seems like ah just an instinctive natural number nine as well as all the other nice stuff of like good dribbling.
00:05:16
blessings
he ah saw a few low crosses and him getting in front of the defender to poke it in but then also there's bits of him sort of dribbling and showing off those skills as well so he look it looks like a good player and you just hope you just hope and have your fingers crossed that the turning blooms wonder machine of producing these kids are it's still working because yeah i can't really remember the last one that sort of popped off to be honest i mean kyseder and Belieber from there has been tricky.
00:05:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, Minta's not had a great start to be fair as well. And I guess Belieber was, but i that not took a season to for him to actually become any good, really.
00:05:58
Joe
Menté doesn't count because he literally played the new castle. So the scouting had already been done.
00:06:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah but i like you say i think i think this on your point of this guy being a bit of a wonder kid and hoping he's the next one that tony broome has found in like a the needle in the haystack or the golden manure whatever you want to call it so as if that's a saying
00:06:24
blessings
well to know what manure is.
00:06:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, yeah, cow pat.
00:06:27
Joe
Yeah.
00:06:29
blessings
yeah
00:06:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah You find gold in it, you know? That's what Tony Bloom does anyway. But anyway, I digress.
Evan Ferguson's Future at Brighton
00:06:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, I i think he has, i from what, from turning on the highlights package, because obviously I don't watch Nuremberg, I'm not going to pretend like I do, but watching about 10 minutes of him on highlights packages,
00:06:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
He looks so, so good. Like he drops deep, he's picking up the ball, he's running at defenders, like taking it past him. He's so many times I saw him like knock at one side of him and then he'd run round the other side.
00:07:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
He also did so many things like a back heel finish. ah He did like a little messy chip if you, you know, when they go one i'm on one V keeper, the keeper goes low.
00:07:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
He just don't like chipped him.
00:07:15
Joe
we We know what the message it looks like, mate.
00:07:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh it's it's a cyclone i'm not allowed to have the like to be 18 at that point and have like the awareness to do that and just kind of shows like natural instincts as a finisher like you said earlier glass but yeah I've seen him with his first touch like pirouette someone he made even more he is making and continue probably going to continue to make that league look pretty easy for him uh 19 now but yeah i turned it on thinking he was going to be a target man the boy was i shocked uh he looked phenomenal but obviously that does mean
00:07:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Evan Ferguson is out the door as well, and we should probably touch on him. He's gone to West Ham on loan. Do you feel this is make or break for him, bless?
00:08:07
blessings
Yeah, I definitely think that it's an important part of his career now because I fear that if he doesn't kick on, this new lad who's come in is definitely there to take his place.
00:08:18
blessings
um And then what happens to Evan Ferguson after that? um I do recall you guys recording a podcast without me and it was we need to talk about Evan Ferguson. I fear for the worst from now because we need to talk about him again.
00:08:28
Joe
Yeah.
00:08:31
blessings
But this time it's not looking good.
00:08:33
Joe
They want me to literally talking about whether he should go out on loan. Right.
00:08:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:08:41
Joe
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:08:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I said, I think this is the best, op I think I said in the past that I think this is the best option for him because he's rotting on the bench. He's not getting any minutes, not really getting a look in.
00:08:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Can't get in the squad over an older Danny Welbeck, although he has had injuries to be fair, but then he's always injured anyway. So I think West Ham, also in need of a striker,
00:09:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
this could be a good move for him. He's also going to be working with Kudos behind him and Jared Bowen. I think this is kind of a perfect spot for him to be.
00:09:11
blessings
Yeah.
00:09:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Working back with Grand Potter, who was the guy that brought him through the Academy, if I'm not mistaken. um And yeah, I think this is a good sign. Jo, what do you think?
00:09:25
Joe
um i'll be honest i actually think it's quite lucky um because like if you actually look at like sort of the wider context of west ham season i don't think that if they sat there if they don't sat their manager i don't think he comes in if antonia unfortunately doesn't go through what he went through he probably doesn't come in also if rockwell wasn't asked he also probably isn't coming in do you know what i mean so but then potter's gone now and then um
00:09:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:55
Joe
obviously of what unfortunately happened to Antonio happened and Fort Crook is indeed asked. So I feel like everything has sort of worked in the favour of that like loan
Exploring Loan Opportunities for Players
00:10:06
Joe
move happening. um But I did see like very contrast of reports. So we made that podcast about we need to talk about Evan Ferguson, we made that podcast off the back of hearing that he was going to be loaned out.
00:10:20
Joe
like a week or two later I saw reports saying that he's not being loaned out anymore so I feel like it was a very awkward opposite put opportunistic sort of like thing and bless his right he needs to kick on because he was in a really awkward situation where so he'd just come back from injury so he had that sort of working in his favour in terms of there's still like a player in there my opinion he should be sort of well past those injuries now but especially like maybe like the big ones that have sort of kept him out for so long but the performances haven't matched haven't really been coming through at all so when we put that podcast out they were talking about like Celtic and Rangers he can't go to Celtic and Rangers like he just can't like you can't because you're gonna go there and he probably will bag a ton of goals but then he's gonna come back and be like well I don't even know if he would at this the way that he is at the moment but
00:11:19
Joe
you're going to come back and then you'd be realizing that you're not playing against these man-like every week. So I do think that the it needed to be a higher end championship team.
00:11:32
Joe
So um Sunderland just picked up a player from Liverpool, Jayden Dans, on loan. They already have Isidore and are they top or are they like second or third?
00:11:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think they're like, yeah, they're in the top floor.
00:11:43
Joe
They're in the top They're in the top three, isn't they?
00:11:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:46
Joe
Yeah, top three or four. So like he needed to go to a team like that, I think, rather than go into like a Premier League side, because he's not going to play Ipswich because Liam Dunne's better than him, like, currently, as he just is.
00:12:00
Joe
Do you know what I mean? Like, he could have went to Southampton, but he just would have had a Tory time. Do you know what I mean?
00:12:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
no
00:12:05
Joe
Because Southampton, I know they won last week, but Southampton has. So like, it it was really like a ah if something came up then I feel like they were like okay let's pull the trigger on it sort of thing but he needs to play regularly and he needs to start turning his form around otherwise he is just going to end up in a like either on a string of loans or he's going to go to like Saudi or something.
Fan Engagement: Ferguson and Zimas Discussion
00:12:30
Joe
i
00:12:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's sounding good.
00:12:32
Joe
but
00:12:33
blessings
tell you i've got a question for you um i don't know it fit this one feels a bit of a weird one i think that there's probably more to the story than what we know do you think like there's anything beyond the scenes like maybe they fell out because it it just seems like a weird one because that
00:12:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
He has to find one.
00:12:50
blessings
If you go back maybe when, right before Evan Ferguson's injuries, he was probably seen as like, you know, one of the biggest gems at Brighton, like well-kept. He was like, you know, we're not selling him.
00:13:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:03
blessings
Remember when there was talks of a hundred mil and it's, I mean, it's been what, maybe 24 months, but how have we got here?
00:13:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
and yeah yeah
00:13:10
blessings
Surely there's something behind the scenes.
00:13:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, I don't think there is, I think it's genuinely like performances on the pitch have been, and when he has got the chance to play have been so below par. He hasn't impressed me at all at any time he's played. I think he's had that one snapshot which was a very good finish and that's basically all I can really think of him doing and contributing towards our season so far. And then I think the other thing is the injuries have played a massive factor in his price going down and down and down.
00:13:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I think they suck think they started the, if you're talking about like the the office or like the Tony Bloom and whoever's running the the club and making these decisions, I think they're starting to have the realization that he might never become the wonder kid that we all think he is. But I'm actually in disagreement with Joe in thinking, I think the Premier League was the right move just because he needs to, it's a good move for Brighton to find out is this is this kid like Premier League level and then because yeah like you say if he went to Scotland and scored like 20 it'd be like right well yeah but I was thinking like he needs to I'm thinking if he goes why is that West Ham now I think if when he's at now that he's there I think he needs that move to kind of build his confidence up
00:14:24
Joe
I did say that he was supposed to go to the Premier League but there was just nothing on, basically.
00:14:28
blessings
Yeah.
00:14:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
and then just get some bags and goals really and see and then Brian can see is he everything we kind of thought he was going to be all those years ago that's kind of what I think but um yeah tell us what you guys think in the comments are you sad to see Evan Ferguson go do you think he'll thrive at West Ham and then also let us know what you think of Zimas after you've watched the highlights packages we all have
00:14:55
Joe
I hear it to be fair.
Erran Kachin's Transfer Analysis
00:15:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
and we are back with a Daily Brighton podcast. Now it's time to talk about a position that we have said we desperately needed, and we spoke about him on the podcast yesterday, and it is the centre-back position. We have brought Erran Kachin from Derby, who currently sits 23rd in the championship, like bless alluded to yesterday, but I would say they have an average defence in the championship. There are teams sat in eighth like Norwich that have a worse defence than Derby. And like I said yesterday, he's never underperformed a 7.2 rating. So that's not too bad, guys. What do you think? of Now that you have watched some highlights, although there are minimal online, what what do you think of the transfer?
00:16:36
Joe
god bless i let you go man
00:16:37
blessings
John? Yeah, I feel, Jamie, you really want to be excited about something, don't you?
00:16:42
Joe
the
00:16:44
blessings
No, but basically, from what I've seen, again, the package of highlights are not um ah not great. But um from what I've seen, he's got a really good range of passing with his left foot. He's actually quite mobile as well, which is quite which probably suits our high line.
00:17:03
blessings
um he is a threat in the box, which I was a bit worried about. Obviously, he his height is slightly shorter than you know your average 10.5. But he's quite stocky as well, so I don't know. He looks OK. Again, my only concerns are where he's coming from. um So it's just the case of, does the machine still work? Is he going to outperform what he's already been doing and step up to it? And how ready is he? Because Derby to the Premier League is a big jump.
00:17:34
blessings
um If you look our next game, he's going to be up against Nicholas Jackson. If that is that if he's um to start, is he going to be able to deal with that?
00:17:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:17:43
blessings
Because again, Jackson is probably not the best strike in the Premier League, but if he's running ragged around you, then it's not a good start, is it?
00:17:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, that is true. And you're saying I want to get excited about something. One thing I will say, ah because there were minimal highlights on cash-in, I did float around the Derby Twittersphere and on a couple of their TikToks, they I absolutely love him and they are like gutted to see him go.
00:18:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
I what i've wrote something like, to be fair, their team is probably very bleak sat in 23rd, so they've got to have one good player.
00:18:13
Joe
They've got a love summit mate, honestly.
00:18:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
But they they were like making videos with like heart emojis saying ah how much they loved him and it was a goodbye. but
00:18:29
Joe
Goodbye.
00:18:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's so ah One guy wrote, I hope this isn't goodbye forever. And that tells me everything, you know? They love him, so he must be decent.
00:18:37
Joe
That's so cringe.
00:18:41
blessings
I'm sorry, but if he ever goes back to Derby, then he's terrible.
00:18:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
you
00:18:44
Joe
Yeah,
00:18:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:18:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
True. Joe, what are you thinking about it?
00:18:49
Joe
oh my um yeah I guess like.
00:18:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is it an upgrade over Dunk? Surely.
00:18:57
Joe
Well, I don't know because I'm not watched. I imagine so, but like I've got what really these are just for context for. um I know a lot of the people listening to this are really like try to find and the way you found it, mate. If you, if you have send the link, but like, I don't know where you find these highlights, but I watched the highlight only highlights I found were two minutes long. And it was actually go from a set piece, go from a set piece, left foot, diag, go from a set piece, slight tackle, like diag, diag.
00:19:26
Joe
sly tackle. That's basically all it was. And you can't really gauge much about what the player's like when those are the sort of any things you see. I'll be honest, it's always good to have a fret in the box from set pieces, but I'm much more concerned about how he defends set pieces. You can't all just be Gabrielle, do you know what I mean?
00:19:49
Joe
so Like it obviously, my biggest issue isn't even that he's come from Derby because I mean, you can sort of come from anywhere and be right.
00:20:01
Joe
Do you know what I mean? Like, or you could be really good, come from anywhere. It doesn't matter. It'd be good enough. You're good enough. But the, my biggest issue is the fact that I feel like he's like the fourth or fifth option of players that I've seen us like link with, um, sort of over the from even from last summer, all the way through till now.
00:20:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. Hmm.
00:20:18
Joe
I feel like he's like the fourth option. So like, what does that sort of say about, about that? And i I'd like to, I want to be positive. I imagine he's actually going to probably come in almost as soon as I reckon he'll start if he's fit properly. Cause he's obviously going to be matched fit because he's been playing it like we, like every two twice a week, basically, but it's more.
00:20:44
Joe
oh is he going to be given the chance in the FA Cup and then basically see where he's at and then dunk again under in the prem and then sort of be like okay let's bring him on um sort of vibe and yeah I just
00:21:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:04
Joe
you just You can only wait and see. I know there's such a boring answer, which I don't normally give, but like you can only wait and see. I don't know enough about him. to sort of With Simas, I know a bit more about him, so I could sort of give a bit more.
00:21:16
Joe
But with him, it's just like the only thing I've heard is that our boss literally said he's decent, and he supports Darby.
00:21:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah well that's i was gonna allude to that i think
00:21:24
Joe
so
00:21:25
blessings
yeah We should have brought a bond.
00:21:27
Joe
Yeah, 100%. But our boss said he's decent, but our boss also supports Darby, so you'll have to question You have to question it already.
Brighton's Decision on Metoma Bid
00:21:36
Joe
So, you know what I mean?
00:21:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
i think uh also pre-game i think um hurtsler said i don't think hurtsler knows much about him he said he met the met him on like
00:21:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
the fright like last Friday and then he said he knew it was someone that Tony Bloom and the scouting department were looking were looking at for like a couple of years so that's at least some so they were looking at him potentially when he was in league one last season uh didn't pull the trigger and then I guess kind of kept tabs on him but one thing you did say there is that he did a slide tack well that's the one thing I noted and that kind of like all of his highlights packages are basically slide tackles. I watched a video of him as well also saying he loves a slide tackle. That kind of fills me with a bit of fear though because the players in the Premier League are way more techie, are way quicker and probably stronger that
00:22:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
the they could either ride a slide tackle that he has and then be thrown on goal if he goes down too early then it shroed shows like a lack of pace or athleticism i also think you could if you go into it deeper that's
00:22:50
Joe
A little bit.
00:22:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
like especially when you consider his size, like it I feel like he used a slide tackle to try and recover ah from a being in a bad position or getting done somewhat and it worked in the league one and championship but without working the prem, I'm not too sure.
00:23:01
Joe
No, I didn't.
00:23:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah The other guy, ah bless, McConville, your guy has gone out on loan to Norwich as well. That'll be a good experience for him though.
00:23:19
Joe
I didn't even know that.
00:23:20
blessings
now he's gone on the permanent
00:23:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
permanent oh i thought it was a loan oh yeah oh my god
00:23:23
blessings
yeah
00:23:25
blessings
yeah i thought this going to be a scolding of how wrong i was
00:23:28
Joe
To be honest, to be honest, I spoke with the scout that we had on. So with our friend Jamie, and he said that he's just not moved by him at all. Like even for that level, do you know what I mean? So that like, I mean, I don't know too much about him, but like, it's all good and well. Like you hear so much about young players training with like the first team and like, I know he's been on the bench a couple of times, but The benches in the Premier League are fat, so like and we also have no players in that position. so
00:24:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I...
00:24:07
Joe
I reckon you've spun away on one of the Academy defenders.
00:24:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
the don
00:24:27
Joe
Is the Relabti gone or is he staying?
00:24:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah
00:24:29
blessings
ah you stay enough
00:24:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
so that yeah We will touch on that in this next segment after this quick ad break.
00:24:32
Joe
Well we're talking about two Relabti.
00:25:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back with the Daily Brighton podcast. But before we talk about the Daily Brighton's favourite player of Tariq Lamptey, we've got to address the elephant in the room, and that is the Metoma saga. Everyone wants our thoughts. I've been going all over social media and they all want to know what we think of the 90 million euro bid that got rejected by Brighton for Metoma and I guess we'll we'll kick off with you, Joe, because you wrote in our chat first. What do you make of it?
00:25:36
Joe
so Sorry, i was I had my camera off because I'm refusing to go on camera. if we took go about to eat lamb too So when we do to speak about him, I will be going off camera until the segment is over. um Basically, withve with that whole thing, I can't remember where we were or if we were like just before we were about to film or if we were out together and we spoke about it a little bit. I think it might have been on Friday night. Did we speak about it then?
00:26:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
or last Wednesday after football maybe.
00:26:04
Joe
ah last Wednesday after football, I think we all spoke about sort of like what our opinions are on it.
00:26:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:09
Joe
And I just, ah loads of it's really divisive. Like it's split fans opinions so much. I just think you have to take that bit. But I know loads of people say, oh, he's so important.
00:26:23
Joe
But like, okay, he's important. But he's also 28. He's not playing well. And I know it's the only thing I'll give you is that it's the end of the window. But there are many better wingers out there that you could get, especially with that sort of around that fee, even like at a younger age. We're acting as if Materma is the best winger in the league. He's not busy, let's be honest. He's not the best left winger, sorry. He's not the best left winger in the league. And left wing is actually is a lot weaker than like the right side, for example.
00:27:00
Joe
I think there's players out there that are better. I think there's players out there that could be better sooner than, like, what? Matoma must be good at, like, 26.
00:27:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
And the thing is, yeah, we've got a dingra on the bench.
00:27:12
Joe
Do you know what I mean?
00:27:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was probably, he probably read the news and was thinking, this is my chance.
00:27:19
Joe
Yeah.
00:27:19
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They surely gonna accept this and they didn't.
00:27:20
Joe
He got a guess. Yeah. No.
00:27:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bless what are your thoughts as well.
00:27:27
blessings
Yeah, um' um' I'm with Joe on this one. You've got to take that pee. That's a lot of dough. um
00:27:35
blessings
ah but The thing is, he's so frustrating because he is the one in the team we sort of rely on. We have relied on in the past to provide that spark, that special moment. and start the season.
00:27:50
blessings
It has been Jean Pedro quite a few times, but we've not really seen it from Matoma. And the amount of times I've said on this podcast, we need Matoma to kick on now. We need him to kick on now.
00:27:59
Joe
Yeah.
00:28:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:28:00
blessings
He just hasn't been as good as he has. ah had He has been in that that one season. and Like 90 mil, take that, stick a dinger in there until the end of the season and then plan to buy ah and another left-winger.
00:28:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:28:12
blessings
That would have made sense to me. um I don't really understand it, to be honest. I don't know if they see Matoma's fortunes turning around, but it's been, you know, we're halfway through the season that we haven't had a lot to shout about from Matoma.
00:28:26
blessings
So a bit of a weird one for me.
00:28:28
Joe
Have you got my time to start, Scarra?
00:28:29
blessings
Take the dough.
00:28:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's ah he's got five goals, three assists and 21 starts.
00:28:36
blessings
Yeah, three assists. That's stinging.
00:28:38
Joe
yeah
00:28:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah i mean he's also yeah i think we all agree he's not being as good as he was last season and especially the season before that one thing that just shocked me is like we don't turn down these offers like i just was shocked so that they we turned it down at 60 million euros or whatever they offered and then
00:28:58
Joe
Yeah, I would have took that personally.
00:29:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah point
00:29:03
Joe
and
00:29:03
blessings
you to missed out the extrale then
00:29:05
Joe
yeah no you know i would If I didn't know about the X and 30 that's coming, I would have took that one.
00:29:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:29:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's Well, I was like, okay, they rejected that one. I was thinking, yeah, but that's when I was like, oh, it's like towards the end of the transfer window, maybe that's their reasoning they don't want to sell in.
00:29:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Then they came back with 90, 30 more, just a massive overpay, in my opinion, for a 27-year-old.
00:29:31
blessings
You'd have missed out, dude.
00:29:31
blessings
Extra flirty, then.
00:29:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
And this this is coming from a Metoma fan.
00:29:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
I am a bit of a fanboy for him, have been for a while. So if I'm saying it, take the money, then they should have taken the money. I just cannot believe. they Tony Bloom who loves money and then reinvesting it into more youth players and like children from Paraguay or whoever it might be. thirteen Young adults from Paraguay.
00:29:58
Joe
She must have young adults!
00:30:02
blessings
but
00:30:03
Joe
ah
00:30:03
blessings
but The fact that you went in and said something else, you just made it worse.
00:30:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
with
00:30:06
Joe
a
00:30:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:30:06
blessings
Anyway.
00:30:06
Joe
yeah yeah
00:30:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, I was shocked that they just didn't accept the deal at all.
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00:30:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm going to play devil's advocate because I knew you two weren't going to be on um the side of like keeping him. The only thing I can think of like why we kept him, and this is going to seem so franchise-y, like American football-y and like American sports-y,
00:30:33
Joe
don't say about the Asian market please you've never been to Japan
00:30:35
blessings
Those are the shirt spots.
00:30:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm gonna say about the Asian market. like he drew He attracts such a fan base from Japan. If you go over to Japan, they apparently say Brighton is their favourite team because of Metoma.
00:30:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think about the money that he generates from shirt sales every season. I don't act the figure on me and this is pure speculation.
00:30:59
Joe
I was gonna say, that's convenient.
00:30:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I can imagine it's a... I can imagine it's a fair chunk.
00:31:04
Joe
I imagine so, I imagine so.
00:31:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's all I can say. So like every season, would it be worth, like in that three year deal that he's not at our club, would that be £90 million pounds worth of like shirt sales and like Asian sponsors, like Brighton team going over there for our pre-season friendly?
00:31:22
Joe
he's not He's not bringing in 90 mils worth of
00:31:25
blessings
Yeah, he's not plugging the team to go over to Japan, mate.
00:31:27
Joe
No, no, he's not Cassano Ronaldo, mate.
00:31:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, I mean,
00:31:29
Joe
He's not Lionel Messi.
00:31:31
blessings
Yes, they went there pre-season.
00:31:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
We went there pre-season, we sold out every single game. So, he's not a fan of me.
00:31:37
blessings
And you're saying that's the Matoma Effect.
00:31:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's the Matoma, of course. Do you think if Matoma wasn't there, we would sell out the games?
00:31:45
Joe
You're making it out like he's a Japanese Michael Jackson, mate.
00:31:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Trust me, trust me. Honestly, it's like Usain Bolt going over to...
00:31:52
Joe
so of this on a beateless may It's mate. It's a little stunk in retirement.
00:32:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's like Usain Bolt going over to Jamaica.
00:32:00
Joe
I get what you're saying. I do get what you're saying, but like, ah my the the only thing I could see is that, may I don't know if um the Saudi teams do it this way.
00:32:11
Joe
I imagine they do because obviously anyone can do it that way. But like, they must have offered it in like madness or stormers or something.
00:32:17
blessings
Yeah.
00:32:18
Joe
Because I've heard bare rumours that these men are not paying up the fees that they're saying they're paying up. It's like all cap, basically. um And especially like their wages and that. It might just be John Henson, but it just loads of people seem to go out there and seem to enjoy it but like oh I say enjoy it like Ronaldo loves it Ronaldo loves the Saudi league um but yeah but like ah they must have said like okay get like we'll give you 10 mil now and then we'll just give you 10 mil over and over again for nine years
00:32:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's the biggest fan to refer.
00:32:52
Joe
So that that's the only sort of way that I could feel like you'd reject it.
00:32:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:32:54
blessings
yeah
00:32:55
Joe
But like, if there's slapping 90 big ones on the table, mate.
00:33:01
blessings
Large ones.
00:33:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
For 27 year old.
00:33:01
Joe
Mate. No, I'm leading over to... I'm taking it all, man. I don't even know, I honestly don't even know who you'd buy instead, but you could buy a couple man next, four, five man.
00:33:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
who are
00:33:13
Joe
It's Karl.
00:33:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, oh yeah, yeah enough.
00:33:13
blessings
Four.
00:33:14
Joe
yeah
00:33:17
Joe
oh
00:33:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
i Yeah, genuinely. ah so i am I am shocked. i hope and the other The only other thing is, like I don't think this would have been the thinking, but Drucken, this is what the commentators were saying when we played Forest. Is it because they thought well or they think we're in the hunt for like one of the Europa League places?
00:33:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
maybe even Champions League because it's so tight out there, I'm thinking there's no chance we're getting Champions League, Europa League is a stretch, like conference league is we're still in contention for, I'll give us that, but we could probably do that without my time really.
00:33:54
Joe
do Do we get, so do you know this whole thing of us getting in the fifth Champions League position?
00:33:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, we're panting.
00:33:58
Joe
Do we get a fifth Champions League position, an extra conference and an extra Europa League or just a Champions League?
00:34:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, just Champions League too.
00:34:05
Joe
But it moves everything down one.
00:34:06
blessings
Yeah, I'm observing that, yeah.
00:34:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think so.
00:34:08
Joe
So like would that be ninth?
00:34:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
So 8th place, 9th, 8th would be, yeah.
00:34:10
Joe
Get eighth. Okay.
00:34:14
Joe
We can get eight, but we'd have to be unreal for the rest of the season.
00:34:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
So that's feeling content.
00:34:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:19
Joe
How many points are we off eighth?
00:34:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Be off.
00:34:21
Joe
Does anyone know?
00:34:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let me check.
00:34:22
Joe
Can we get a look? This is, this is literally, we're just going so rogue right now, but I need to know because...
00:34:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
is it We are three three points off Aston Villa, so we're not out of it, but our form is terrible.
00:34:32
Joe
Well, no, we're not out of it at all really, but the form is awful.
00:34:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
none No, no, we're very much in the race, but our form is awful.
00:34:39
Joe
How many teams below us are also in that same race?
00:34:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
If you count, well, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace have, they're in 12th and they're they have 30, they're only four points beyond us.
00:34:45
Joe
Crystal Palace.
00:34:51
blessings
They're in good form too though.
00:34:53
Joe
Yeah, they are a good form, but that's peak, mate.
00:34:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
They are Man United have five points beyond us.
00:34:56
Joe
We have to cancel the pod if they get it, consciously.
00:34:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh no, that'll be tough.
00:35:00
Joe
We literally can never come on the internet ever again. Some of the things I said about that man is peak, mate.
00:35:07
blessings
Mateta as well is banging them in. there The things he said about him.
00:35:09
Joe
Yeah, he is actually.
00:35:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:35:11
Joe
nah you were cussing out Mateta the other day when we weren't on air mate you were cussing him out that's so funny but yeah he actually is banging hard to be fair still a donkey is a good he's a good he's a good donkey yeah all right can we end the pod now mate because this is
00:35:23
blessings
could do with him.
00:35:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
and well let's not big them up too much
00:35:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
For the sake of our listeners and for the sake of our mental sanity.
00:35:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think ah that that's our take on Mitoema anyway. We won't touch on Terry Glamity not being sold. ah
00:35:43
Joe
Yeah, Bontory Lambda mate.
00:35:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
we And on that note, lovely speaking to you both as always. It's been Jamie G hosting the pod, follow us on all our socials, keep tuning in week in, week out, day in, day out actually. And that's been Blessed Chobamba. That's been Joe Richardson. See you next time.