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Episode 77 - Review of the 0-0 draw to Brentford
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Daily Brighton – Joe and Jamie G review Brighton’s 0-0 draw to Brentford
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Introduction and New Year Greetings
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Hello and welcome to the Daily Brighton Podcast, brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. It is your boy Joe Richardson. I hope you had a very, very Merry Christmas and well, to be fair, we're not at New Year yet, but we're close. And I also hope that you have a Happy New Year as well when it
Apologies for Delay and Portugal Trip
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gets to it. um I'm joined by the General. He's back from Portugal. Jamie G, how are you, mate?
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Jamie
Oh, I'm all good, all good. I'm glad to be doing the podcasts once again. Sorry to our listeners who are probably waiting on 10 to hooks for us to upload a couple, but you know, Blessings was in Zambia doing God's work.
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yeah
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yeah not not not doing God's work had diarrhea instead
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Jamie
um I was off in Portugal with the fam not doing any God's work. In fact, I was in the opposite of God's work, probably just getting too drunk.
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Jamie
And Jo, we left you on your ones.
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ah Yeah I know, I know and to be fair I would like to make an apology to all of our fans and our listeners because I did promise that there would be five podcasts out and I put out approximately zero. I did not realise how busy I'd be over Christmas. um I am willing to take any flack that is given to me. ah You know what I mean? But I had a good Christmas, it's all good. But we're back.
Brighton vs. Brentford Game Overview
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the games are coming thick and fast the wins are not coming thick and fast and this is what this is we're going to be talking about a bit of a late review of the Brentford game i mean it happened on the 27th wasn't it with the 29th currently so only a couple days out but uh yeah nil nil draw of Brentford at home uh another game with no win But, I mean, there are some positives to take, I think. In Segment 1, we are just going to be doing an overview, going to go over Herzler's comments as well. Segment 2, going to just talk about the chances that we had, because there was a lot. um And in Segment 3, we're going to talk about the Jal Pedro incident um and basically just reflect on his performance and sort of why his form has dipped recently. But we are going to end on a positive. So, Guerra.
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Don't know what you said that your nan doesn't have internet.
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Jamie
said
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How did you find a game, mate?
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Jamie
ah you know you go into these quaint little cafes you get it up on a stream or amazon luckily and there we go got to watch it got to sit through a very entertaining no-no i do have to say Brighton were very much on top we were by far the better side in the first half especially in the first half we played them off the park i felt
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Yeah.
Challenges in Scoring Against Brentford
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Jamie
um but it's that same old problem that we've run into over and over and over again when we play these teams that are I guess lesser than us which might be a harsh thing to say about Brentford because they're a decent team they're probably on par in terms of um club stature and where we've both finished in the last couple of years but It's every time we play one of these teams, we just can't ever seem to find the back of the net. Goal scoring is an issue and it's bitten us once again. We had so many chances, especially in that first half and we couldn't capitalise on any.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah no ah and the the thing is is that this is what i said about like there are some positives is that i feel like overall play was good um But again, in front of goal, it just seems that like some of the decision making is really poor.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Some of the chances ah but like some of these chances are like really good, really, really good chances that you would fancy that ah like but a top end high level athlete to be put in a way basically.
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Jamie
Mm. Yeah.
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but for me it's just that I actually said maybe like so what we haven't done a pod for a week maybe even a bit more I think I might have said a few maybe two weeks ago that like scoring isn't really an issue because we have we actually were relatively free scoring we were okay um why do you think that is though that we are struggling in front of goal because I mean
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Jamie
Mm.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we're missing Danny Welbeck, but he can't be responsible for everyone not being able to hit the back of the net. Do you know what I mean? Like, this is not his fault at all. But what do you think it is?
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Jamie
Yeah um well the thing is you say that we haven't actually struggled scoring and that is true because I think the commentator said during the game and I think if we go through all our games which I'm not going to do think about now or think quickly now um but I think we have scored.
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No.
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Jamie
in every game or almost every game.
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almost they've almost every game.
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Jamie
I'm trying to think of a game where we haven't scored but and yeah there has been like we have scored in the majority of games but we don't score many so like every we might have scored in every game we score one let's say when we lose 2-1 or it's a one-all draw or sometimes they'll know against Leicester they got a thought of one finally.
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Yeah, think it's just those two.
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Jamie
It clicked even. um
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So, yeah.
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Jamie
and and yeah So I think our biggest problem nowadays is they just refuse to shoot.
Criticism of Brighton's Final Third Play
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Jamie
like They are constantly trying to pass the ball into the net and it is the most infuriating watch.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Jamie
There was a chance in the second half especially where Matt O'Reilly so perfectly teeed up like teed up to him where he could just shoot it first time. He then hesitates, takes a touch, then the all the Brentford defenders piled on him, got in front of the ball to block the shot, and then he has to take another touch and then he has to end up passing it away. And then he's looking around going, why did no one give me a call? No one gives you a call, probably because it's common sense that you should shoot when you're in the box.
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Jamie
and have it in such a perfect position to shoot first time and that's I mean that reflects every Breton passage of play is like that like they just don't shoot they always try and find the extra pass or take an extra touch and it is it is just such an infuriating watch I've said it I've dried it down and I was thinking it during the game that
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Yeah.
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Jamie
Brighton are such a great team, playing out from the back. They're brilliant between the goals, like in terms of the midfield and the build-up play.
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yeah yeah
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Jamie
They are awful, awful in the final third, like ah genuinely terrible.
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yeah
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Jamie
And it's actually becoming painful to watch. I don't know how other Brighton fans feel, probably a bit like me, but it's infuriating to watch.
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Oh well, I've been going on Twitter and other fans have sort of, I mean, they're just, the automatic response in such a bad run of form is just a call for the manager's head, basically.
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Jamie
now ah
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Jamie
And ah yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
And also like, I feel like it gets to every single club has basically gone through it. I mean, even Manchester City are going through it right now.
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It's a blame game, isn't it? You look, you're looking for the biggest scapegoat who, and to be fair, most of the time it's a player. Normally, like let's say, for example, Man City is probably Karl Walker,
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Jamie
Yeah.
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he's getting a lot of stick.
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Jamie
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
But eight if you look at a team like Brighton and for us, obviously such a young manager in experience, he's the easiest scapegoat. I do feel for him because I don't think he's managed to get like a brand, an identity and a style of play.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
And I just don't think that necessarily, I'm not saying to blame all the players. I just think that necessarily, like it's not necessarily his fault. And like he's not, he can't shoot and he can't do these things and make these decisions.
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Jamie
Yeah.
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He just basically is. And also it's not just him. He has a coaching team. It's not him on his own.
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Jamie
Yeah.
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He doesn't turn up to work and he's the physio. He's just shooting coach, goalkeeper, coach, all of that.
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Jamie
if
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Global Sports Podcast Network
He's not that. but I think it's just like a load of things that sort of like have snowballed into what's going on and like a lot of chopping and changing like I always say but now it's getting to a point where you don't need to do it as much but the theme has changed so much and obviously due to injuries or whatever but one thing I did want to speaking of Herzler anyway one thing I did want to talk about actually is the comments he made after the game um So he he did say that sort of like the last five games have been very similar, dropping points and failing to win close games. I am sort of quoting him, but also spitball a little bit. Failing to win close games. But then he said that we just need to sort of keep the faith and keep doing what we're doing and the results will come. What are your thoughts on on those comments?
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Jamie
Yeah I think to your point earlier as well, I don't think the manager is to blame in this. Like I ah know a couple podcasts ago I said he is like he is partially to blame for a bad run of form but in terms of getting him sacked or fans calling for his head like you said
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Jamie
I think it's crazy, way too early and I know we've done a podcast and segments on this in the past where we've called out any Brighton fan that's been on Twitter calling for his head and calling for him to be sacked to reel it in and give him time because he is a very good manager, you can see the principles that he's put in place already and the style of play and to that point earlier
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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yeah
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Jamie
he isn't the one they're shooting like Matt O'Reilly right there in that in that minute in this thing it was in like the 66 or whatever minute it was it's it's on him to shoot her so can't be there shouting shoot you need to take that in as a professional player yourself to shoot in those situations
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Jamie
um But yeah, the comments that you made, it is just been a frustrating spell, quite frankly. Like this is the draw to West Ham, frustrating, but obviously the draw to brent the draw to Brentford I think was the most frustrating of them all because we were so dominant.
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Yeah.
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Jamie
And there was clearly something there where we looked the most intense as well. like There was clearly a drive or a passion to try and get the win, which we hadn't seen for a couple of games, I felt.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:36
Jamie
so i think Although the result doesn't shove it, we are trending in an upwards direction. And I feel like if we do, like he says, stay positive, keep the energy up, keep the intensity, the results will fall for us.
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Yeah.
00:10:51
Jamie
And some of those shots that we did miss will go in.
00:10:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think um one thing that I will say is that ah we've come out of this sort of run where everyone sort of thinks it's easy. In my opinion, Brentford actually maybe wanted the easier teams because they're all four away from home.
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They're great at home, um but they're all four away from home.
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Jamie
Yeah.
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And I mean, we did dominate the game. I just don't think that we just, I just don't think we took our
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chances. But now I'm curious to see, I mean, our next game is tomorrow, I think, and it's Aston Villa away.
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And then it's, I'm pretty sure after that it's Arsenal at home. those are the games now where I want to see that sort of like that pick up in okay we're playing with the big boys now so so-called big boys like is this gonna lift performances um is our was our last win man city it can't be that long ago
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Jamie
Oh good question, Joey.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
ah but While you're looking that up, oh yeah Bournemouth, so Bournemouth who are to be fair, if they're up there aren't they?
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Jamie
Former, former. That's lying.
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have
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Jamie
We're only good against the big boys.
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Yeah, only good against the big boys.
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Jamie
Apparently we're only good against the big teams.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
But um yeah, I think you need to just trust him. trust him just to To be that young and younger than some of the players and then to come in and put your philosophy in there and then that philosophy that players buy into that philosophy I think is a massive is a massive step and a massive sort of like a show of his sort of quality as a manager. But we are going to go on to the next segment. You're going to hear from the GSPN ad, and then after that, we're going to come back and we're going to talk about sort of some of the chances and did what what did Brentford do. And yeah, we'll see you after this break.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back for segment two of our review of the Brighton and Brentford game. Jamie G. We had a lot of chances. In fact, you I think you might have actually noted every single one of them down in the sort of prep that you sent me earlier today. um what what What's going on?
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Because we've hit the post pretty early doors. We've had some belabour, had a good shot. We already had a good shot. Solly March had the, at the end of the game, he had that sort of like chance to um sort of like write his own fairy tale sort of like story going on moving like Cody Rhodes.
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Jamie
yeah
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but it didn't really work out. um So yeah, what what are the sort of thoughts on the way that we played and also like the chances that we had?
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Jamie
Well I think, so one of the positives that I did see from this performance and something that we've actually called for I think a little while so I'm glad that Hertzler's taking note of this and it's in CSO.
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Jamie
Got his start, we all think he's a very promising player and he was very much the bright spark in the team.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Jamie
um He was basically involved in every attacking move going forward whether that was ah playing out to the wings or ah being the guy that's actually there to finish off or finish the move off taking the final shot.
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Jamie
He was actually the only one that I know I said earlier we try and pass into the net all the time.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Jamie
In CSO we went, screw that I'm just gonna shoot and he shot so many times including that chance in the third minute where
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Jamie
inches from going in, inches from going in, hits the post guttingly but that was a beautiful play yeah and that was a great layoff by Zhao Pedro as well to tee him off and then in see so on the ins and just curls it onto the post but I think there was a stat there um I'm gonna get it up which I found crazy.
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Yeah.
00:15:15
Jamie
um No player had more shots in the Premier League this season in any game than Enciso had in the first half alone with eight in the first half.
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just in the first half that's insane that is insane no
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Jamie
it Not even Harland in a whole game against Leicester or Southampton had more shots than Enciso had in the first half. but that That is a good stat.
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Jamie
but I think the problem with in CSO, so he hit the post early, then there was about 10 minutes later, Mitoma gets a diag, takes a beautiful first touch, by the way, side note, does anybody in the Premier League have a better first touch than Mitoma when it's like coming cross field?
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yeah
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Jamie
like a long diag and he just drops it dead every time.
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what's right
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Jamie
Did that about five times in yesterday's game. That's a call out to any other daily podcast listening. Call, send us, send us your competition for Metoma.
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It's not going to be like Jack Harrison is it?
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Jamie
ah he The Everton boys get in contact.
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Yeah, that was supposed i get that you know they're not getting a contact about that I don't think.
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Jamie
ah but Yeah, then ah in CSO has like a header, like it's a very scoreable header and that was...
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Oh, is this from the Jar Pedro Quick Free Kick? Where he like spreads it out to...
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Jamie
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Yeah.
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Jamie
Spreads out, metoma touch, cross in and you're just thinking kind of anyone, anyone but in CSO and anywhere but at the keeper.
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Yeah. That's a big chance. Yeah. Anywhere. of the Yeah. But they're straight at the key point.
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Jamie
Yeah.
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I think it's because he has a couple bodies near him. I think he he's only little, isn't he?
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Jamie
Mmm, it's good.
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I think he just bottles it a tiny bit.
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Jamie
Exactly, yeah.
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He's like, as if I just get it on target, no one really can...
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Jamie
Hopefully it'll go in, yeah.
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and but Yeah, hopefully it will go in, but no one can really then ask questions. If it goes wide, then it's an issue.
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Jamie
and she said yeah
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I reckon he's just gone, please, just let me make contact and it'll be on target.
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Jamie
ah
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Jamie
And please, yeah.
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He probably doesn't even care if it goes in, but...
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Jamie
And please don't let me get concussed by Ben, me and Nathan Collins.
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Yeah. he
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Jamie
epi
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I wouldn't want to go try and win headers again, spend me and Nathan Wallace because they'll sacrifice their whole life just to win.
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Jamie
Exactly.
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Jamie
yeah
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But you know, ah ah some of the, like I said, um at the top of the episode, a lot of the chances were such good quality.
Analyzing Missed Opportunities
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I think, I mean, like, um apart from like the belabor one where he sort of just had a ah pop shot from like really awkward angle, great shot by the way, but like,
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that that you can sort of it was also a good save like that you can sort of be like okay fair enough but like the inciso both of the inciso chances um like they need to be put away you don't need to be finessing that into the inside netting even if it's like a couple yards to the left you'll be all right like do you know what i mean because you're so close to goal and like the header anywhere and literally anywhere other than it can even be a little bit to the left of where he headed it and i think it probably goes in
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Jamie
Yeah. No.
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Jamie
It's going in, yeah.
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But the chance is the chance quality is so good, but I've got it up here. Like stats wise, 24 shots, but 7 on target and a 1.31 XG is terrible.
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Like, yeah, that many shots at that
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Jamie
That many shots. Yeah.
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So that many shots at such low quality, which is normally going to be ah in terms of XG, which is a little bit fugazi. Like you can't really 100% guess it, but normally any sort of amount of bodies in front of it are really, um like really like lower the XG because obviously it's so much easier to block it than it is to get it through someone's legs and then it goes to the bottom corner.
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Jamie
yeah
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But like, I just think that you'd much rather so a lot of a lot of pundits and stuff say like, oh, um and we saw it in the game against Liverpool, actually.
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a lot of big teams and a lot of teams that are like good teams, elite teams, are going to have very few shots on their worst days, but they're going to punish you and they're going to take those opportunities.
00:19:33
Jamie
Yeah. Okay.
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And um after you sort of get like they get one that can really snowball and I feel like when you play good football like we do but the chance quality isn't really like apart from a couple the chance quality isn't really there and also the ones that are good chances you're not taking them it actually has a negative effect in terms of yes you're playing well But you are also sort of just dangling the fruit in front of the opposition to be like, we're not taking our chances.
00:20:11
Jamie
Hmm.
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You can do something here sort of thing. And obviously we haven't even spoken about it. But after those chances, I'm pretty sure um Whistle went through and scored and it was tight as well.
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Jamie
Yeah.
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But that is exactly I mean, how many shots did they have? They had eight free on target. And I take it that doesn't take into consideration Whistle's shot because he was offside.
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Jamie
No, yeah.
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but like, they they've created, off eight shots, they've created 1.7.
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Jamie
Mm-hmm.
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So like, and that whistle a goal, which obviously it was disallowed, whatever, but that's clinical finishing. Like that is clinical football. It was a couple of passes and they were in and they took their chance. Okay. It was offside, but it was, it was very, very close and we were a bit lucky, but like, that is what I mean. Like that's the difference. And I feel like that's what Herzler means in his comments that we spoke about in the first segment where he was like, have the faith and hopefully like,
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what we've seen with that and what you see with sort of like the elite teams would will start to sort of come to fruition for us and I think that that's sort of what we should be aiming for.
00:21:20
Jamie
Yeah, 100%. I think but to one of your points a bit earlier, the the way that they threw their bodies online and that affecting XG, that's something that they you could obviously see in the game, that they were throwing their bodies on the line. They had men behind the ball. And that comes back to what I was saying earlier. When you take too many touches around the box and you don't shoot first time, it gives them time to get back.
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Yeah.
00:21:47
Jamie
and that's why I would just love to see more people be like in CSO I guess and just have a crack because if they have a crack then anything a ricochet a deflection can go in if you're and the players clearly have enough quality to have shots at goal but they just don't seem to
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Jamie
I guess have the confidence to be the one to take the final shot unless apparently you're on CSO and then he has of as many shots as he wants. It did come across a bit towards like the end of the first half and CSO was forcing it so much.
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Jamie
He like really wanted that goal because he clearly messed up too and that's where he just started having cracks from here, there and everywhere.
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Yeah.
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yeah
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yeah
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Jamie
But Matt O'Reilly also had a great chance, which was a fleckin' save.
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yeah That's why he took the the first touch and then hit it with his right foot, yeah.
00:22:39
Jamie
oh and a Yeah, stands up defender, drops the little shoulder, passes it, and just fucking gets his tips to it.
00:22:50
Jamie
And then the other thing, the other one, this is what I'm saying, shots, and even crosses in this instance I'm about to talk about, couldn't just go in through potluck. The metoma, where he just whips a cross in, hits Rosville.
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Jamie
What's his name?
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but
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Jamie
Roslev. So close.
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what of
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Jamie
but real time where where it hits and deflects off of Rosalev and Fleckin gets last unbelievable save by the way where he just flicks it yeah and he got injured because of it yeah serves him right for keeping it out yeah I played him he was great very yeah great against us to be fair but yeah so many chances and to your point earlier we just need to
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Is that when he like just flings his leg at it? Yeah. That also injured him, yeah. To be fair, he's actually been decent this year. No, well, this season. Yeah, no, he's actually decent, yeah.
00:23:42
Jamie
Uh, get better XG, I guess, and one of them go in.
00:23:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. yeah guess I hate XG as well, but like sometimes it does actually paint a little bit of a picture for you as well.
00:23:47
Jamie
Yeah.
00:23:51
Jamie
Yeah.
00:23:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Especially if you didn't watch the game, like any of the listeners who didn't watch the game, like XG paints a tiny bit of a picture. Anyway, enough of all that nonsense in the lot. So we're going to go, you're going to hear from our partners at Zancasa.
00:24:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
And in the final segment, we are going to be talking about a little incident with ah Mr. Pedro, Mr. norughty Naughty, Naughty Jal Pedro. And yeah, so we will see you after this break.
00:24:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back. Final segment, Jamie G and Joe Richardson, we are back. So I'm actually going to tell the listeners what I've got here on the prep.
00:24:49
Jamie
Okay.
00:24:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
So Jamie does the prep most of the time because he's the sweatiest one and he has no life.
00:24:54
Jamie
Okay.
00:24:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
But he's got here, Pedro thought he was adding some silver. Should it be a red?
00:25:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he's got some stuff off there after the underneath this that I can't repeat. but um yeah So I'm going to start by i'm goingnna start on this one because I think this is hilarious. um we had So against West Ham, we had the Stupid Yan ah horror challenge, because that was actually awful, um which I didn't even get to speak about on a podcast. But it should have been a red card 100%. He's literally spun his shim pad around his leg. That is insane.
00:25:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
right So, okay, my cat has just terrorized all of my setup, love that. um So, this one, I think, if, I generally think, if he makes contact with with him, right, he might not play football for like 10 games, I'm not even joking.
00:25:54
Jamie
it
00:25:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because he has swung his elbow back so hard, he wants to cause damage, like serious damage.
00:26:02
Jamie
be
00:26:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I'm not Jal Pedro. I don't know what he was meaning to do. Well, I don't know if he was meaning to hit him or he was meaning to like sort of threaten to like get off me sort of thing. Regardless, I think that that is mental. that he's They've checked it and he's been cleared by it. It's insane. in so Because if he hits him, right, I reckon he literally is getting like a 10 game ban for that because that's bad.
00:26:31
Jamie
I think if he hits him, Yarmuluk isn't playing for 14 months. He's got a broken nose. He's in dust.
00:26:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
but the Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah yeah
00:26:41
Jamie
And he's actually just seeing, you know, those that animation where you see ducks above your head. That's what Yarmuluk's doing after this. If he makes contact, that is the most savage Elba.
00:26:55
Jamie
I don't know what Muay Thai camp he's doing in Brazil. in your season, but Jesus, calm it down, Jel Pedro, because that was mental.
00:27:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:27:06
Jamie
And the fact that he actually got away with it is crazy.
Debate on Jal Pedro's Role
00:27:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
He got away with it, and your arm got booked as well.
00:27:10
Jamie
like
00:27:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Please tell me you think that's a red card, by the way. I know we disagree on this podcast a lot, but...
00:27:19
Jamie
um attach I was actually going to come on this podcast, right? And so come on and say, I don't reckon it's a red man. Just really hold it down. Like, no, stick up for our boys.
00:27:33
Jamie
It's not a red. as The right decision was made. I don't think I can stick up for that. And I was i actually made a note, like you said, the notes earlier.
00:27:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
no
00:27:43
Jamie
Has the game gone too soft because that was even checked by VAR?
00:27:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
This is not work. This is not work. This is not work football. This is... Sean Dye should be clapping this.
00:27:53
Jamie
yeah
00:27:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
this isn' This is not utter work nonsense. I just think it's awful officiating, to be honest with you.
00:27:58
Jamie
is is And even though he doesn't make contact, is the that has to go. but he He has to get sent off for that.
00:28:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's so bad. His performance wasn't good either, really, to be honest with you.
00:28:09
Jamie
No, his's his performance was so... I just don't know what's really... um we We actually said this a couple of pods ago. I don't think maybe it was me and Bless that did it.
00:28:21
Jamie
I don't think he should be a soul striker.
00:28:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, no.
00:28:24
Jamie
I don't think he can play as the lone striker. I think he needs Danny Welbeck, which is such a crazy thing to say.
00:28:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
We all need Danny Wilbert.
00:28:34
Jamie
Danny Welbeck
00:28:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
We all Danny Wilbert.
00:28:38
Jamie
and him have such a good connection and they constantly lay each other off and such good interplay between them, especially around the box. that they thrive off each other and without yeah ah without Danny Welbeck or anyone kind of around him that does a similar job to Danny Welbeck then he's nowhere near as good.
00:28:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:29:02
Jamie
um But yeah that's that's kind of what I feel about his performance. I thought it was very there were moments like the the teeing off of in CSO that's kind of what you'd like to see like usually it's Danny Welbeck tees him off and he's the one that finishes it um so if you could see that happening with Danny Welbeck in the lineup that would go in right and if it was Pedro having the shot I feel that would much more confident that would go in
00:29:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, moments.
00:29:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:29:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
yes
00:29:30
Jamie
um But yeah, he had those flashes moments, he had touches ah in and around the box where he's playing like nice two-touch football, but he kind of also goes missing.
00:29:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
he does he's a I feel like he's a little bit of a luxury player a little bit like not even to cuss him out but like because the luxury players are the ones that like they can change the game just sort of like that I don't think that he's he can have his moment where he will just change the game but like I don't think it's there at a consistent enough rate
00:29:41
Jamie
He is, yeah.
00:30:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
to sort of be like, at that next level, he definitely has that next level and that it will come eventually.
00:30:00
Jamie
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
00:30:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I just think that like, he's definitely, I think he struggled the most with Danny Welbeck, apart from Bless, he struggled the most with Danny Welbeck not being around.
00:30:11
Jamie
yeah Yeah.
00:30:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I mean Danny Welbeck got injured and then blessed went to Zambia so he generally can't deal with it at all.
00:30:17
Jamie
It's crying. try yeah
00:30:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah he actually is but like I just think that for him he needs to have someone that he could play off and not be the person that needs to be like he doesn't need to be the focal point he needs to be sort of like the support to the focal point.
00:30:35
Jamie
on the luxury player, I think he's like our version of Foden. You know, when your team's thriving and your team's doing really well, he's the one that'll take it to the next level.
00:30:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:30:47
Jamie
But when your team's doing poorly and you need the results and you're slugging out games,
00:30:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:53
Jamie
He won't be the one to take the team on his back and the lead a charge. i hope I hope that kind of makes sense for listeners as well.
00:30:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I get you. Yeah.
00:31:02
Jamie
And I hope they kind of see that too. I don't know how you feel about that.
00:31:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I think he, like, you know what, like, I i understand the Foden shout, but also Foden's been kind of terrible this year.
00:31:14
Jamie
Yeah.
00:31:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I think he's actually harsh on Jal Pedro. But in, but like the season beforehand, like, what, that's probably his best season he's ever had in a Premier League field photo.
00:31:16
Jamie
Yeah.
00:31:22
Jamie
yeah
00:31:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
So like, somewhat in between that, I think, it's like, you're right.
00:31:24
Jamie
Mm.
00:31:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I think um he reminds me a little bit of like a Filippo Coutinho.
00:31:32
Jamie
Mm.
00:31:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
because when Coutinho was in the league he would play minutes and minutes and minutes on end without doing anything and then he would just sort of pop up and be like yeah I'm gonna do something now and like I hate to even compare but like do you know that Lionel Messi thing where you must have seen a clip where he's just walking around a pitch
00:31:51
Jamie
Yeah.
00:31:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
as soon as the ball is anywhere in the area where he can affect it, he's gone straight away.
00:31:56
Jamie
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:31:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's active straight away, but most of the time he's just walking around. You're allowed to do that sort of thing.
00:32:02
Jamie
Yeah.
00:32:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you know what I mean? When you're that good. To be fair, he does have tenacity about him and also a very ferocious side, apparently.
00:32:11
Jamie
he said
00:32:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
am but
00:32:12
Jamie
Mm.
00:32:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just think that like he he needs to he's that player where the commentators go, when when when your team's struggling, they go, oh, he needs to get on the ball more. you know that we need They need to play for him a bit more. Oh, he needs to maybe get him on the ball and he can test this player.
00:32:31
Jamie
yeah
00:32:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think that's what he is. um But once he can start sort of doing it on a bit more consistent level, then obviously you'll see the brilliance of what Jal Pedro actually is.
00:32:33
Jamie
you
00:32:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But hopefully that's not, I don't think he has many much time left at the club, to be honest with you.
00:32:47
Jamie
Yeah.
00:32:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Won't be January, don't get me wrong. But but in the summer, I think people are going to be fishing around for him, um which is obviously a shame.
00:32:48
Jamie
Nah.
00:32:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
But ah there are a lot of players that can play in his position anyway that we already have. but i just hope that i just hope that like he picks up his form because we really need him now if we are to make that late push i think we really really need
00:33:09
Jamie
Yeah and I feel feel like teens will be fishing around for him unless he gets done on assault charges for whoever his next opponent is whoever holds him back from a run next time.
00:33:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah
00:33:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
But one thing that I wanted to, just before we go, I just wanted to touch on something that's very positive. Solid March. um I'll be honest, I don't know when the last time he played was.
Solly March's Return and Team Hope
00:33:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm actually going to look for it. But what are your, just before I go on my search to look for when was was the last time he played, what are your thoughts on him coming back? He almost had his fairy tale ended, but I just wanted to get your thoughts on it because it is a very, is a very special moment for Brighton fans because he's a local lad and everything.
00:33:43
Jamie
Oh. Yeah. Oh.
00:33:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
so
00:33:50
Jamie
Yeah, I mean the whole stadium stood up and cheered when he did come onto the pitch. He had like 10 minutes out at the end and what a moment. I think it was 433 days since he last played, 14 months, which is crazy.
00:34:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is insane.
00:34:06
Jamie
The guys obviously battled through so many injuries, especially the latest one over his career and then this latest one was his longest and the one that he actually said at after the game was the most challenging and it was difficult to be out um so long after the game and ah that chance at the end I wanted to get on this so badly that's why I left out of the last segment but oh it was written in the stars
00:34:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
That actually was, yeah, it was.
00:34:36
Jamie
Oh, Solly March could have put it top bins. He was left in acres of space. So much time with the final kick of the game, basically, to just welly it into the goal where and be the much needed goal to take us to the to get us out this slump and oh he just skied it and he said after the game that he probably had too much time probably thought about it too much and you could see that actually as he's like lining up for it he takes a touch it's a decent first touch and then he's like waiting
00:34:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:35:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:35:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's hesitating and hesitating, yeah.
00:35:14
Jamie
Yeah, it's thinking, why is no one closing me down?
00:35:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:35:18
Jamie
And then he takes another touch. And then you're like, yeah, you might have screwed it here. And then he's waiting again. And you're like, no, no, no, just shoot the ball.
00:35:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:35:26
Jamie
And then still no one.
00:35:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
I thought he was going to curl it. I thought he was going to curl it into the corner, but he's just, he's just trying to, he's gone, do you know what?
00:35:28
Jamie
I thought he was going to do that.
00:35:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
I can't get this ball on the control. I'm just going to hit it and put my laces through it and see what happens.
00:35:33
Jamie
and yeah
00:35:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
The last time that he played was October, 2023 was the last time he played.
00:35:41
Jamie
Wow.
00:35:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's it, Shane.
00:35:43
Jamie
Wow.
00:35:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
So that is a very positive thing.
00:35:44
Jamie
Bye.
00:35:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I hope he can stay fit because to be fair, that is I mean, he almost didn't make it. to That sounds like he died. He almost like it almost was two years that he didn't play because obviously 23 to 20, 25 would have been when he come back.
00:36:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
But luckily got in just beforehand and hopefully he can come back and maybe like I hope he can like he can contribute contribute to the team because I think it's really important for
00:36:11
Jamie
Okay.
00:36:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
him to he understands it so much like when you're local you understand it so much he understands the club better than anyone so I just want to see him be able to contribute to the team and stay fit is the most important thing and still get minutes but I don't want him to be rushed back if he's I don't want to see him start in next game basically you know I mean but ah yeah for his own sake yeah anyway it's been a pleasure to be back
00:36:27
Jamie
yeah yeah no yeah but for his side yeah yeah i've loved it oh i've missed it a whole week out
00:36:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
garra It's been a pleasure to be back. yeah um We've even gone a little bit over time. We've even gone a little bit over just a just a waffle because we're back and we're staying back.
00:36:48
Jamie
its
00:36:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Yeah, you'll see more posts on social media hopefully even though I think ah Ben, shout out Ben by the way. Everyone shout out Ben. I think he's going away, so but hopefully something is sorted out. um Let us know what you think about everything that we spoke about. Social media, you lot have been popping off on a social media recently, which we are really appreciative of. Guerra, goodbye message.
00:37:15
Jamie
Yeah, thanks for tuning in guys and we will not leave you hanging for another week again.
00:37:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, we weren't. Just a heads up for next week. um So this will go out, or well, the day that it's filmed, so today. and um And then the crossover, because we play Ask a Bit of Tomorrow, hopefully we're going to get a crossover out tomorrow. So there'll be a crossover on Monday, then a review on Tuesday. And then I think it should be probably another crossover. And then Yeah, so it's going to be a little bit topsy turvy, but it's going to you're still going to be getting your podcast back.
00:37:46
Jamie
mmm... hectic season.
00:37:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're even going to get um one on a Friday and then hopefully you'll get one sort of in the coming days. But anyway, thank you very much for listening and we will see you soon. Peace out.