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Episode 98: BONUS Matchday Preview - Crystal Palace
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Southampton – We travel to Selhurst park on... whatever day it is in this period where time isn't real. How do we think we will line up? Can this finally be the point where we turn it around?
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Transcript
Introduction and 'Crimbo Limbo' Banter
00:00:09
Zak
Hello and welcome to the Daily Southampton by the Global Sports Podcast Network. I am your host, Zakingo Finch, joined by my co-host, Gregory Elliott.
00:00:21
Zak
How you doing, mate?
00:00:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
All right, how are you?
00:00:23
Zak
Yeah, not too bad, not too bad. We're still technically in what we refer to as the Crimbo Limbo, which means we don't have a clue what we're doing when we're going anywhere. Everything's a bit topsy-turvy.
00:00:35
Zak
I'm pretty sure you're...
00:00:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. What day is it?
00:00:42
Zak
Saturday.
00:00:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think that's the date that's been mythically referred to in the plan making process as the 28th, which felt like a long way away.
00:00:43
Zak
um However, you you right a mythic mythical date see this is the thing, like you know as you being a parent, your life is very much around plans of dates.
00:00:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:01:00
Zak
a Mine is usually about based around one specific day. of the week or one specific day of the month where I dread to getting to that point and then finally do a plan right before.
00:01:12
Zak
But you don't care about our lives up that much. we we We probably tell you a bit too much if I'm totally honest. But that's
Excitement and Concerns for Crystal Palace Game
00:01:18
Zak
part of the fun. We are here today to talk about our game against Crystal Palace tomorrow.
00:01:23
Zak
Is everyone excited?
00:01:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
as i ma yeah Yeah, I'm ready for some more football.
00:01:27
Zak
Yeah?
00:01:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's not enough in this festive period, is there?
00:01:33
Zak
There is never enough in this message for it. As I've alluded to previously, my entire Christmas has been the most sport field it's ever been and it's been fantastic. It's been so much fun to be able to watch nothing but football and American football and eat lots of food and see a lot of family and all of that good stuff.
00:01:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm at a time of recording and tomorrow is the day that the darts takes over, right?
00:01:48
Zak
obviously
00:01:53
Zak
Obviously...
00:01:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
so
00:01:56
Zak
I think to be honest, at some point, I'm probably just going to have to lie down because I've just spent too much time doing stuff, seeing people for sure.
00:02:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
this guy's support subscription pays for itself though no
00:02:06
Zak
I think that yeah the darts is a problem in my household because my my wife does not like darts and that I cannot have that in the background unless it's something where she is not in the room. and um' learnt to live with that.
00:02:18
Zak
It's fine. I'm allowed to watch probably a lot more sport than you know I should considering how much I take over the TV nowadays. I say that not because I'm not allowed. It's more that I have my computer in the corner with my two screen setup.
00:02:32
Zak
where I spend the vast majority of my time being the nerdy guy that I am. so So my wife gets to the TV. So when I then take it from her, it's like whatever area she does get, I try and sort of lo slowly hijack all of the technology.
00:02:43
Zak
But either way, I'm very much looking forward to a Sunday game against Crystal Palace. I don't know how I feel about it. I feel like we are in a positive jovial mood, but Palace have sort of gone through not a huge resurgence, but they've got some wins and some draws under their belt recently.
00:03:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
no mate they're in they're not in the best runner form like they beat us but who hasn't oh yeah i worry about we don't need to be bringing up that was a different lifetime Zach we were in a completely different place back then yeah
00:03:04
Zak
No, but... Wait, us mate. Spurs beat us 5-0.
00:03:19
Zak
it it may It genuinely feels like that. like The fact that that's the night that that Russell Martin went is just wild because it feels like 100 years ago and subsequently only yesterday because I feel like we've only had our new manager for like a couple of days.
00:03:32
Zak
ah ah Admittedly, he's only been here what like ah it' be a week at this point, but he's he was only with us at the point.
00:03:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:37
Zak
you know he he it was It was two weeks. It's been two weeks, but yet so much has happened, yet nothing at all because the results have pretty much been the same. but So how do we line up and how do we play against Crystal Palace? How have we done historically?
Historical Matches Against Crystal Palace
00:03:52
Zak
So we have technically not beaten Palace in the league since 2021, which was a 3-1 win under Ralph Passenhutel with two goals from Danny Ings and one from Che Adams. And to to age everyone and make make them realise how long ago that actually was, Ben Teke scored for cap for Palace.
00:04:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Wow.
00:04:13
Zak
That's how long. We have also beat them the last couple of years in 2023 in the FA Cup. A 2-1 win under Nathan Jones, which I don't remember that game at all.
00:04:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Battling.
00:04:25
Zak
James Ward-Prowse and Adam Armstrong scored. Patrick Vieira was the manager of Palace at the time. saying yeah that's that's then The last couple of games, our last game against them was a 2-0 loss under Sellers when they had Hodgson and Eze scored twice.
00:04:40
Zak
so Palace are one of the teams that I think I'm most surprised are where they are in the table this season, similar to Wolves, I think. And we have, like again, a weird run of form against Palace.
00:04:53
Zak
So I don't know how confident I am, but also hoping we can still ride off of the positivity.
00:04:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
it feels like one of the teams that we should be targeting to get points from in this resurgence so it feels like if we don't get anything from this game it's a real let down after also not getting anything from West Ham.
00:05:02
Zak
100%.
00:05:14
Zak
I think I'd agree to that. They seem to, regardless of where we think they should be, or where I think they should be, they are around us and should be a team that we try and we try and target. And, you know, we've seen what we can do a little bit more now. Players have got a couple of days of rest, but, you know, it seems like we can, if we can kind of get going, get into gear, if we can just get that first goal under the Zurich rain,
00:05:43
Zak
I think that that would be, I know this is what we kept
Team Dynamics and Player Speculations
00:05:46
Zak
talking about previously. I know you said a lot, Greg, when we had Archer, it was like, if you can just get that first goal. Yeah, I think think that's it. That's it. Because you know we we're clearly getting we can clearly move the ball into the right areas now, which is something I just thought we were incapable of doing under Russell Martin. It felt like we were never able to get the ball into the right place. We we have shown we we are capable of doing that.
00:06:08
Zak
It's just who are going to be the personnel that lead the charge to do that for us. And, you know, if if we if we start to fall in love with players that do that, are they immediately going to go back to their parent clubs in January?
00:06:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
now
00:06:21
Zak
I.e.
00:06:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:06:22
Zak
Ukechukwu, a player that I have given.
00:06:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah big blas come in good i don't think he's in I don't think he's at risk of going back to Chelsea if he starts playing good ball because Chelsea have 53 million players already.
00:06:24
Zak
and
00:06:34
Zak
This is also true, but they might load him out elsewhere because he's not been getting the minutes they wanted.
00:06:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Also, but he's going to become a part of the fold. He looks happy, he looks good. I think it's a good position.
00:06:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Matty Fernandez as well, I don't even think we actually talked about him in the review yesterday.
00:06:48
Zak
We didn't.
00:06:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
but just consistently still one of our best players.
00:06:53
Zak
Well, this is.
00:06:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's just crazy.
00:06:56
Zak
This is the thing, and I can say this because we're not on a crossover, but every time we're asked on the crossover about how amazing Tyler Dibbling is, the the player that I am consistently referring to as the player that I don't want anyone else to look at is Mattiez Fernandez, because like I noticed a couple of the commentary guys speak about Skyla Carr.
00:07:13
Zak
He's a bit of a shrewd bargain for the Saints, sort of like 15 million from sport in Lisbon. He might looks like he might come good. And I'm almost kind of, you know, I know that Tyler Dibbling is one of our own and is is, you know, been a bit of a sensation for us this season.
00:07:26
Zak
But Fernandez is one of those ones where I'm like, plate if you want to spend all your time and you want to put 45 million pounds into an up and coming English player, go for gold. Just leave Fernandez alone.
00:07:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
He looks like he's really, he's really a critical part of our midfield.
00:07:38
Zak
That's kind of where I'm at.
00:07:42
Zak
Mm.
00:07:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
And actually, like last season, Flynn Downs played that critical role in the midfield for us. And ah it feels less so this season.
00:07:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
It feels like Fernandez has really been the one carrying that weight for the, basically the entire season so far. And yeah, he's just, he's so creative.
00:08:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
and so involved in our build up to creativity, but also really solid. It's, yeah, I mean, he's the first name on the team sheet for me.
00:08:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
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Zak
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00:08:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
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00:08:34
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00:08:57
Zak
Right, mr Mr. Greg, what are your predicted leavens? So obviously Rambo and Gold, right?
00:09:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's got me.
00:09:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't want to see Alex McCarthy playing golf for us again this season.
00:09:11
Zak
For a long time.
00:09:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I love Alex McCarthy. that's he He's fine on the bench.
00:09:16
Zak
Perfect.
00:09:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, Rambo, I don't see us changing from this back five. Would Howard Bellis and Bednarek really have been solid last couple of games.
00:09:21
Zak
Yeah.
00:09:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
They've looked like if they've got their system and their organization down as a back three.
Debate on Defensive Lineup and Player Status
00:09:32
Zak
this is one of the things that I'm so obviously I don't think I don't know if we've discussed it we might have we might not have as I said it's the umteenth of december at this point I think we might have actually discussed it off the podcast but obviously we've we've had news come out around armel bellacott chap giving an interview and I kind of don't know how I feel about the fact that realistically it seems like he just wants to get back into the Premier League side to move to a bigger club He has apparently been told that he is part of the new manager's plans, yet wasn't in either the squad or the subs, by but he was in the stadium. I know that I saw that there was like fan photos with him and I think he was sort of in the back room, so might just be a fitness thing coming back into the fold.
00:10:14
Zak
The problem that I have is who do you replace with him? Because you're right. Ben Wreck is but by the looks of it going to be our captain maybe going forward. And I think that'll probably be the right move. It's the longest serving in the club who I think actually cares. Yeah, he had his little weird spell where he went to Villa for a bit, but he realized that that wasn't the case. And it's just signed a new five, six year contract or whatever with us. You know,
00:10:35
Zak
Taylor Hartwood-Bellis is, for me, one of the first names of the team sheet every week.
00:10:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:38
Zak
And he clearly cares about the club, plays well, as you pointed out, is really adapted to the new system and in the one game we've seen him in.
00:10:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
100%.
00:10:45
Zak
And and ah Nathan Woods finally got his chance, and he's playing well also. I don't think he really made a mistake. I'm sure he got the yellow one.
00:10:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't think he's really put a foot wrong really in the scheme of things.
00:10:57
Zak
No, not not to the level.
00:11:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think that it will be Nathan Wood that potentially gets rotated out, but I think it will be more of a rotational thing than a permanent solution.
00:11:06
Zak
Because that's the thing, because I know a lot a lot of people, I think the other thing that you maybe need to, everyone needs to temper is their expectations. Like, Armabellah Kochap hasn't played since what? Like, when did he play against Cardiff, I think?
00:11:18
Zak
He's not played since then. He's not played in the under 21s. He had a couple of appearances for his for the lone club he was at last season before getting injured. And before that, it was the relegation season privacy, where he had a couple of good games, but also had some long term injuries out. So it's kind of like, not only do I feel sort of sort of like I don't really understand where the hype comes from, that he's going to be like the best player in our sort of defence.
00:11:44
Zak
But also, I feel bad for the level of expectation of a player when they come back because there's kind of a similar thing to Paul Onomachi, right?
00:11:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:50
Zak
Like, we kind of came back and we we didn't quite understand the hype. And I think that in certain aspects, he's definitely lived up to it. As I said, he's blown the roof off. But, you know, I don't think there was that level of bad taste in your mouth around him not being in the side as much as a player that said that his sole ambition is to get first league football like you know first team football to basically just immediately leave I can't work out if they're sort of I can't work out if they're if it's refreshing to at least hear someone be honest about playing for us in the sense of they want to just they know it's a stepping stone or it's extremely disrespectful or maybe a bit of both but where I'm at is yeah it'll be it's difficult for me in my head to see who we would move
00:12:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah to learn
00:12:35
Zak
to let him in. But if he does come in, as you're right, he puts probably forward and he plays really, really well.
00:12:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah I think it'll just be rotational and I think it'll probably be for wood and I think it'll be fine There's going to be a point, you can't expect to have the same starting 11 every game when games come thick and fast like they do.
Player Injuries and Lineup Impact
00:12:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we're going to need those fringe players and I mean, centre back is somewhere else we're struggling with and that's what we bring Jack Stevens back.
00:12:57
Zak
But that's it's nice, right, the potentially.
00:13:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I don't think anyone really wants to see that.
00:13:03
Zak
You never know because I feel like he was supposed to theoretically be back today, but apparently he's picked up an injury.
00:13:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
He is no longer suspended. so
00:13:11
Zak
So, yeah, apparently it was some sort of injury in training, which it might just be.
00:13:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
good Yeah.
00:13:15
Zak
Who knows? There's no point speculating on that stuff. But like, I think that having potential competition for the setbacks would be good as well, because you have to raise your game to get into the side. And that's where some of the forward players baffles me that they're not staking their claim when they got on the pitch because
00:13:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:31
Zak
You know, there's a couple of players that have put in really, really poor performances and haven't even made it onto the bench. And yet others that are getting on and starting and bits and pieces.
00:13:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
but yeah If we do see Bellacott chap, I don't think he'll be from starting line up.
00:13:41
Zak
So you reckon he stays left?
00:13:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think that back three stays the same. I think Walker Peters stays in. I think, I think so. I actually, no, I think, I think he'll go, I think we'll go right and bring Manning on because I think Yuki probably won't make the starting level.
00:13:53
Zak
You don't think he'll go to the right and have man in on.
00:14:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
We might see him off the bench, but I mean, I really like Yuki, but he's got a mistake in him.
00:14:09
Zak
Yeah, that's, this is the problem.
00:14:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
and he's proved that time and time but this isn't the first time that he's done that either so yeah yeah yeah you you no i think manin's actually been
00:14:10
Zak
Like he's done the something like that, right? Like his forward plays good defensive play pretty bad. And the problem is, is that the forward play isn't good enough to warrant the defensive errors.
00:14:23
Zak
And I think that, you know, he was shipped, he was hooked immediately when he made an error and the goal was conceded last game for Brie. I just don't think for me, Brie outshines Walker Peters.
00:14:34
Zak
And I think Manning and the left is better.
00:14:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
fantastic for us so far this season.
00:14:39
Zak
weird right really really odd no one thought that would happen and i'm I'm all here for it though like he's played solidly and I just feel like the universe is against it at this point
00:14:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Bafflin doesn't make sense. No. Yeah. and then, yeah, probably big Les, Flynn Downs, Matty Fernandez, leaving two upfront.
00:14:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe we see Archer and Toolpool that we have been asking for for so long.
00:15:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
i don't I don't know, I don't know if we'll see Tallpool start because we've seen, we've seen previously that he doesn't really have 90 minutes in him and then he played 90 minutes against West Ham.
00:15:10
Zak
He was knackered mate after 45 minutes.
00:15:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I don't, I'd be very surprised if we see him start the game. But you know, I still think we'll probably see him feature later on.
00:15:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:15:29
Zak
Why do you think Armstrong doesn't get the start?
00:15:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
to you know I don't know he we didn't really talk about it in the review of we miss so much he yeah yeah he he does a lot of work off the ball Armstrong that um that you might not get credit for or see a lot of if you especially if you're watching
00:15:38
Zak
the problem The problem was is there was a lot to pack in for 20 minutes. and the we also there was like Because of the six substitutions, there were significantly more players to talk about.
00:15:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
sort of on the TV, but he does so much work off the ball pressing and just running at players and just making a nuisance of himself, which is good. But when he's on the ball, it just doesn't and anywhere near what he did last season.
00:16:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Unfortunately, um, he misplaced, I think through a three passes, uh,
00:16:17
Zak
Well, that's the thing, as you pointed out, as a as a person that watched it on TV today, you know, I had the opportunity to go, but today, whenever I watched the game, we're doing lots of recording at weird times, guys, sorry. When I watched the game, like, obviously, as you pointed out, I'm not really watching a lot of the off the ball stuff going on.
00:16:37
Zak
especially i I know that the stadium views are very, very different. And when I've been with you, we've ended up seeing, you know, like I said, well we saw that argument between Stevens and Lumley and lots of, lots of bits and pieces. So I don't, you don't really see it as much. So the problem is, is the things that I did see was in driving forward, but not really getting anything with it. And I think the one point that stuck out in my mind was him who fit it back to Ramsdale for what seemed to be the most ridiculous reason from about the halfway line. And and and because of that, yeah, I'm kind of in agreement that you're not, you're not really going to see him much.
00:17:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
he does ah He He really does do a lot off the ball, which I think he's going to be valued by Djuric because he's a high pressing, high pressure manager. And I think that that work will go noticed. But I don't know if ah don't know him and Archer together really works. ah But then also, I don't know who else you put up there with Archer that would play that same sort of role that you'd want alongside him.
Fringe Players and Match Impact
00:17:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
so
00:17:31
Zak
What fringe do we reckon any of the fringe players will get a chance because we've I don't even know if Maxwell cornace here anymore I've not we've not seen him like even in Yeah, but like I just we've not really seen I'd obviously you pointed out talked about so the mana in the last episode and that was kind of I don't really understand where all the new managed all the managers seeing
00:17:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean he couldn't have played today if a even if he wanted to because he was against his parent club.
00:17:59
Zak
what they're seeing, but I think, you know, Brereton Diaz didn't even get in the squad last game. So this is the, yeah, but this is my point. It's like, so maybe we'll have to trim up and find somebody.
00:18:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you know, maybe, I mean, obviously it comes down to what the new manager sees in them in training, but actually Brereton Diaz and Cameron Archer as a central forward duo doesn't sound like the worst thing in the world.
00:18:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
I feel like Brereton Diaz has some holdup in him that I've seen from what little he has managed to do for us this season.
00:18:26
Zak
Ultimately, we just need to get goals, right?
00:18:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Archer, we really think benefits from that with someone to run off. So.
00:18:37
Zak
Well, we'll get some score predictions under our belt based off of absolutely nothing apart from the thoughts of our brain. So we are much more of a Vibes podcast than that that a stats podcast um after a word from our sponsors at the Global Sports Podcast Network.
00:18:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
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00:18:55
Zak
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00:19:14
Zak
So
Lineup Predictions and Game Outcome Speculations
00:19:14
Zak
yeah, back to it. I guess you know we talk about score prediction. We talked about sort of what we think the lineups are going to be. I'm pretty much in agreement with you. I think you know i only think that my only real change would be potentially Archer from at you.
00:19:28
Zak
And that's only because I saw him absolutely exhausted. So I'll roll over to yourself, mate, for the first score prediction.
00:19:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:19:36
Zak
What do you reckon?
00:19:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay. So if we look historically at the stats, this is not a high scoring game, but this this is one of my stats websites, right?
00:19:45
Zak
Is this your AI website? Good, good, perfect.
00:19:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
But we look at, look over history and it's not the highest scoring game. Uh, there's like a 41% chance of it being over two and a half goals. supposedly, but Palace do score at home pretty consistently. So 31 31 Saints.
00:20:08
Zak
Your same score prediction as last week. Last week, last game.
00:20:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:14
Zak
Both of us were wrong, though.
00:20:16
Zak
To be fair, you had 3-1 to win. I had 3-2 to lose. Ended up 1-0.
00:20:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:22
Zak
So I thought I'd go with history that time, and it ended up being you know shows maybe we defended better than we actually give the guys credits for. But aye i'm I'm potentially going to go with a 2-1.
00:20:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:37
Zak
because I reckon they'll go 1-0 up and maybe we'll get two back. And I'm basing that entirely off of the fact that the last game we played, we definitely should have scored some. And I think that Archer can score those goals. Whether or not he'll have the hold up, who knows? Maybe him and Paul get on the ball at the same time on this pitch for the same time. It'd be lovely to see. So, yeah, that's kind of where I'm at. Like, I don't really know. Historically, we've always struggled against Palace for some reason.
00:21:07
Zak
feel like they would be better off having us as rivals than Brighton, but to be perfectly honest. To then again at the moment, I think anyone having us as rivals, actually tell a lie, anyone having City as rivals, which I know is mean that you know we shouldn't also jump on the making fun of City train, but it's just so easy.
00:21:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's funny, though, isn't it?
00:21:25
Zak
You can only win so many things in a row without every team not liking you.
Cautious Optimism for the Future
00:21:28
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we we were We were not bottom of the form table in November because of them.
00:21:29
Zak
It's just how it is.
00:21:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, what more can you ask for?
00:21:35
Zak
Oh, good times. So yeah, so I say what 3-1 for you, 2-1 for me.
00:21:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:21:41
Zak
I reckon Archer have both those goals.
00:21:42
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Mattie Fernandez, I reckon.
00:21:44
Zak
Yeah, you think he's fine again on?
00:21:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, Mattie Fernandez with the goal. tallpool
00:21:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
in Cameron Archer.
00:21:49
Zak
Risky mate, risky. That's nice. Nice. I like it. I like it. they're all They're all players that deserve a goal in them, I think.
00:21:54
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and I don't know, I saw too many forward players, maybe I need to, I've been off Tallpool, Harwood, Bellis, Henner, it's got to be, we we can't get that many goals and not have at least one of them come from the defence, because it's
00:21:58
Zak
yeah you've You've separated it off.
00:22:07
Zak
That's just not how we work here this season.
00:22:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
not realistic,
00:22:10
Zak
I don't know, I'm actually looking forward to the game. i'm not not I don't have a sense of unbridled fear and and worry because that's what happens.
00:22:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:21
Zak
I'm always the opposite of you. You get close to the game and you're buzzing and you think you're going to win. Or I get close to the game and we'll be like, oh no, am I going to sit through 90 minutes of hell again and get more and more annoyed and upset? And that's usually what happens.
00:22:31
Zak
so
00:22:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just I can't tell whether this positivity that I'm feeling towards it is really coming from like writing it off the season or because I really feel truly like there's change coming. I think it is the latter and I hope it is the latter but also Maybe it's just because it doesn't matter. Championship will be fun.
00:22:53
Zak
Yeah like I think you know you've seen Zurich previously take teams up from Serie B to Serie A hopefully he'll stick with us if the if the games go well you know who knows my only fear is that I have this weird vision in the back of my mind that he does really well with us and we we just about get relegated and then he stays with us for half the championship and then we He does like, you know, Hollis Corprand at West Brom and just leaves us halfway through for a more exciting Italian opportunity.
00:23:21
Zak
That's my only fear. But the fact that I'm able to think that far into the future and have such a positive sort of vibe around him is is nothing but a good thing, in my opinion. So with that, we'll we'll roll into
00:23:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely.
Closing Remarks and Listener Engagement
00:23:33
Zak
the game.
00:23:34
Zak
Thank you very much for joining me today, Greg, as always, mate. It's it's good fun.
00:23:36
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but A of pleasure.
00:23:37
Zak
Obviously, thank you to all of our wonderful listeners. Catch us all on all of the social media, Twitter, TikTok, we' got sorry, X, Blue Sky, Instagram, TikTok, never gonna get used to that. YouTube, anywhere else that you might find people posting about things they make. And if you fancy giving us a review, please, please go. We really enjoyed you know some of the comments over the festive period, it's been lovely. yeah, have a wonderful day, everybody, and hopefully we'll get a Saint Twin on Sunday.