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Episode - 91 - PREVIEW FRIDAY - Can the seagulls get a result at the city ground?
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Daily Brighton – Joe and Bless look ahead to the seagulls trip to the City Ground.
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Introduction and Podcast Timing
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Daily Brighton Podcast, brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. It is your boy, Joe Richardson. I am joined by the wonderful Mr. Blessajaramba Hawaisa.
00:00:25
blessings
Yeah, I'm good. Thank you. How are you, Joe?
00:00:27
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Yeah, not too bad. We have got football in an hour, so...
Humor on Timing and Personal Anecdotes
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The timing's not great, but that's sort of just what we do on this sort of podcast. The timing's off all the time. Someone's always late. Finds need to be brought in, like we said last time. um ah Jimmy just got out of court, not for anything that he did, but um we might be taking him back about not appearing on the podcast. So um yeah, it's preview time.
Preview of Northern Forest Game
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We are playing Northern Forest who are third in the league. um How they're third in the league, I don't know, I'll be honest. But yeah, we've got them. Hard opposition.
00:01:09
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And we are just going to give you a little rundown of the game. So segment but one, go ah I think it's best that we talk about our opponents first. And then in segment two, we're going to sort of talk about how we match up against our opponent. And then in segment three, we're sort of going to talk about the predictions and sort of just a little bit of cleanup on what we think
Northern Forest's Unexpected Success
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is going to happen. So bless, not in a forest. Third in the league.
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I know a lot of people, especially in our group chat, a lot of people had them to get relegated in that final slot, I believe, um me being one of them. um what What's happening, mate? What is happening with these men?
00:01:49
blessings
Yeah, it's a weird one. I think sometimes the Premier League just phrasing these weird, weird, weird situations where like, I mean, Leicester won the league. I don't think Forest will win the league, but I did not think there'll be anywhere near the top half. Let alone know where they are at the moment. But I mean, they have been impressive. Chris Wood, you know, he's been a threat constantly this season and you know, the other players as well.
00:02:17
blessings
It looks like a very well-oiled machine, to be honest. And I didn't really even put Nuno Esprita Santa as a sort of top-end class manager.
00:02:27
blessings
I thought it was all right, but I didn't know he was capable of sort of putting the team together like this. So, yeah, it's a weird
Analysis of Forest's Defensive Strategy
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blessings
one for me.
00:02:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it is very odd because um they they signed so many players um when when Steve Cooper was there and
00:02:48
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It felt like Steve Coopie didn't know what to do with the players that he had. And then you fast forward to the start of this season. I don't think they actually brought in that many players. I think they brought in Elliott Anderson,
00:03:01
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um Milankovic, and ah maybe the goalie. I don't know if he was there at the end of last season. um But yeah, they didn't bring in many people. And it just seemed to have worked. Don't get me wrong.
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and I can respect how well they're doing, but for me, when I watch them play, I'm not massively moved by what I see. They will put all the man behind the ball, but their hitting on the counter attack is crazy. But when they're actually forced to play,
00:03:37
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are It's more like the Not in
Forest's Offensive Challenges
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the Forest that you expect. This is probably really offensive to Not in the Forest fans. I literally don't care because you can see it with your own eyes as well. um When they're forced to play, I feel like that's when they struggle. If they go one behind and they're chasing, the they're at risk of holding three or four to be fair.
00:03:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But they are so organised in it's a lot of it is down to like sort of game state and ah it's like okay well when they're chasing the game they're not really not massively used to chasing the game so it's like they're not set up for that.
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And then when, but if they grab one early, they're in their element with sort of just the way that they're they're so organised. The two centre backs are so good at dealing with crosses, which is when when a team is sat back and they're just defending their box, that is literally the exact thing that you need is just defenders that can head the ball away because the ball's going to be put into the box all the time.
Recent Performances of Both Teams
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Marillo I feel like is a lot better dealing with the balls that come in along the ground and then Milenkovic is just a unit who's just on heading anything. He'd head a couple of bricks if I threw out him.
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though I mean, they are, we're both coming off really bad results. They got hit with the five-piece combo like KFC um on the weekend on, I think it was a Sunday.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
ah No, it was on Saturday.
00:05:00
blessings
Saturday yeah I was there yeah yeah yeah they got yeah chopped and served to be honest and I think I'll add as well you are correct that after the first one uh when both went ahead you just didn't really see not them for us even you know
00:05:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then obviously we, oh, you were there. Oh yeah, you were there, weren't you? Yeah, of course, yeah. Did they get pieced up, five-piece combo?
00:05:25
blessings
like getting to a near-born skull because they're not used to that sort of game state, as you were saying.
Live Match Insights on Forest's Play
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blessings
So, yeah, it was it was yeah as a massacre.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
So like what what did you, as you were there, what are the sort of things that you picked up just from, I know you obviously just said basically what I said is true, but what ah what other sort of other things did you pick up from going to actually go watch them live in 4k?
00:05:51
blessings
Yeah, I was surprised. I thought they would match ball's intensity in terms of like how hard they work and the running. They have got workhorses themselves. Anderson, I think it was Anderson and Yates who started in midfield. and ah So I was expecting that to be a good battle with Christie and Adams. But yeah, the ball boys outrun them quite easily. um They just could not get anywhere near Justin Cliver. So I think Yeah, defensively, of course, they they could be running around and closing down, but defensive awareness of them two was pretty poor. Like you can literally find Clive anywhere in the pockets and he is dribbling in front of the length of his shoes. So tall, it's quite difficult for him to sort his feet out like you're saying.
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You just call him a donkey in the nicest way possible.
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blessings
Yeah, but I think he's a really good player to be fair.
00:06:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he is a good player. He actually is generally a good player.
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blessings
That was maybe a bit harsh.
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No.
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blessings
But um I think, yeah, they really struggled with that. And also Bournemouth as well caught them on the break a couple of times. um One major thing I noticed is that the ball was not sticking when it went to Chris Wood.
Chris Wood's Offensive Struggles
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blessings
I don't know what what was going on, but he the Bournemouth sent the bats were just too quick. um And they' oh do they they literally just you know buzz around him and pinch off him and it was he was so ineffective and I wondered why they took so long to get um Tara i would I think I was about to butcher that you ready
00:07:16
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ah um abano on yeah that's what I meant. I come in with a save ma because I could see it coming from a mile away. When you said, as soon as you said, I don't know how why did it took them so long too, I was in.
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I was ready. I was actually sweeping it up like um Housing and them man there.
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blessings
um
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Yeah, I'm covering. Don't worry.
00:07:37
blessings
Yeah, so I was i was pretty surprised they didn't put put him on.
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but
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blessings
I think that was the major thing I noticed that ah in attack, they were just toothless. And I think that could be down to the game state being 1-0 down, very quickly being 2-0 down as well.
00:07:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. Now, this is the thing is that like, I don't want to take away any credit for how well they're doing because like, it is, they've they've had some amazing away results as well this
Forest's Counter-attacking Strengths
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season.
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I think, I think they might have gone to Everton and battered Everton, I think maybe, and they've gone to Anfield and beaten Liverpool at Anfield. I think they've beaten top, they've gone to Old Trafford and won at Old Trafford.
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blessings
all chocolate as well.
00:08:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think they've beaten Spurs at Spurs, but everyone's beaten Spurs, um including us. but do you think that, where do you think is that is the the place where they're the most dangerous. Is it a certain player or or do you think it's how the team are as sort of one? Because I feel like the team as a whole is more dangerous and sort of like you just pick out individuals. They obviously have good players, Gibbs White, Milenko Vich, I know he's not necessarily like a threat, but he's a good player, Marillo's a good player, et cetera. But do you think it's just going to be sort of how the game goes rather than like one player turning it on its head?
00:08:55
blessings
Yeah, I think, I think it is definitely how the game goes. I think they want to soak up pressure and hit you on the break. That is their bread and butter, to be honest. So if you are, you know, if you are a possession side like Brighton, now when you do have possession, you need to be well organized and have people in the right places.
00:09:15
blessings
to sort of nullify those counter-attacks. They have got really good ball-carriers, and I never rated him, but Alanga, really good when he picks it up, he can run forwards. Morgan Gibbs-White as well.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
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blessings
They've got quite an athletic midfield who are ready to run around and and do stuff, and then... Go on, go on, go on.
00:09:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, you the thing is, that because you've known me for so many years, you know exactly why I'm laughing. It's because you've gone, the midfielders, like you're talking about their like their qualities and you've gone, yeah, they're just ready to run around. And I think that that is a sign of such an average player, the the fact that you just want to run around like that. Your main trait is just being able to run around.
00:09:58
blessings
Well, I'm trying to be nice about Ryan Yates and Elliot Anderson. What do you want to say? The person's unreal.
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I hate Ryan Yates, man. He's a dead baller, man. I hate him. Can't believe he's he's a captain for
Brighton's Tactical Needs against Forest
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a team that's fun, the Premier League.
00:10:10
blessings
He screams championships.
00:10:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%.
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blessings
i mean
00:10:14
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He's just mouth in, he just runs around. That's his two best attributes, man. And probably leadership, I imagine, because he's got the captain's arm back.
00:10:21
blessings
That's quite nice.
00:10:21
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This is going to come back and he's going to score brace, man. I watch.
00:10:24
blessings
Duh.
00:10:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Has he even ever scored a brace? I watch him score brace, man. Anyway, we're going to move on to Brighton um after this short break. So ah join us on the flip side.
00:11:05
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and we are back it's segment two we're going to be talking about the seagulls and bless i mean we've had it's it's been a pretty topsy-turvy season let's be honest um as you would expect to be fair with a team that is essentially we're not in mid-table really but we kind of are in the grand scheme um but obviously the result against everything was poor ah loads of shots, not many on target, just like in terms of the way we set up and sort of the personnel that we have on the pitch, how do you think that we we
Brighton's Challenges with Defensive Teams
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win this game? How do we turn around after that terrible result at home to Everton?
00:11:51
blessings
Yes, I think it's going to be a really difficult game because if you look at the pattern of that Everton game, I mean, even Hurst has come out in the media and criticised the team for not being able to actually break them down. If we can't break this forest team down, especially nice and early, then we're on for at a sticky game for me, I think. So we need to start really quickly. We need to get our wingers in 1v1 situation and we need um just more quality in the final and the third, especially in front of goal.
00:12:24
blessings
Jarl Pedro has been really quiet at the moment. So we need those sort of players to really, really get the make that mark in the game.
00:12:35
blessings
Obviously, Welch is back. I think this game would probably be better than Everton because that was, I believe, his first one back. So, yeah, we need a bit more quality in front of goal.
00:12:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:44
blessings
And if we can get that goal nice and early on, I think we'll be okay. Because as we were saying, in terms of game state and the way forests approach things, um that could go in our
Key Brighton Players and Tactics
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blessings
favour. However, if it's taken time to break them down, then yeah, we could be on for a horrible counter attack and, you know, all the other issues that come with that.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah The way that they move the ball from back to front is very impressive. um like just it's It's like normally three passes and they're in. and is It it is is a mad one, but I just want to touch on something that you mentioned about when you were in you were at the game against Bournemouth.
00:13:26
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And you said about how Clive Earp was picking up like loads um um like picking up in those little pockets, picking a ball up, he had loads of time. Do you think Jal Pedro is going to be responsible for... Is is that something that is going to suit Jal Pedro? And could he potentially be the key to sort of unlocking That but unlocking the not in the forest a sort of puzzle at the back what they've got going on I think they have like they're either the second best or maybe not anymore, but they were they were the second or third best defense of the league, so I'm curious to see like do you think maybe rutter? Could play because he likes to drop in there even well, but not as drop in there But like what do you think is sort of like the the key for that sort of thing because that sounds like a pretty big Aspect of the game because obviously cliver pulled the strings in that game. I think he he scored
00:14:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Did he score twice or once?
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blessings
um obviously this all yeah i think
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Or he had a goal disallowed. I think he got an assist in there as well somewhere, like unbelievable performance. But do you think that it's going to be Jarpedro trying to replicate that or maybe we'd go with something else?
Comparing Jal Pedro to Clive
00:14:34
blessings
i think bournemouth um first approached that bournemouth game with a lot of confidence and i think they'll look at this brighten game again with a lot of confidence going into it because they have had a good season i think they'll look at the five-nil loss as a one-off
00:14:48
blessings
So I would imagine they'll set up the same and approach it the exact same way as they did against Bournemouth. So that space should be available. However, the only caveat to that is, you know, if you do get opportunities in those areas, you're only going to get two, maybe three until they actually patch it up. Clive had got about d had two or three and each one would was pretty deadly, to be honest. The shot scored and obviously the assist as well. So Yeah, we need that quality to be early on and to happen in the first sort of opportunities. He does get that chance because it will, we will get a chance to do so. He will get a chance to sort of exploit that. Um, he just needs to make sure the first one is the one that really counts. Um, but the job Pedro compared to Clive as well, they're, they're quite similar in the way they come to the ball and, you know, dribbling skills and ability to beat a man. So.
00:15:47
blessings
Yeah I don't see why Jean Pedro can't sort of replicate that kind of performance that Clive did to be honest.
00:15:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
hundred percent yeah um ah I'm curious about the about the winger choice here because I feel like now we have a couple of wingers who are more on the technical side so for example you're Gruda and then you have the athletic sort of more almost dynamic I think is like a good word word to aggressive sort of mitten minte and I mean Matoma sort of is a bit a bit of both depending on how he feels really but do you think that you'd be better off with a minte or do you think to go at is it Moreno the left back or who's the left back trying to think it's Aina on the right who's the left back yeah I think so
00:16:37
blessings
yeah yeah I think it is marina but then he only came on last time when I was there
00:16:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, yeah
Choosing Brighton's Right Winger
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so whoever's a left back, lodge do you think it's best for it to be sort of that dynamic aggressive wing or or do you think it is better to have a more technical player like Geruda who is more...
00:16:44
blessings
now
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Global Sports Podcast Network
when ah It's more of a low, I feel like it suits a low block more having a player like Grudin than it does having someone like Minthe because obviously the space isn't really there for Minthe to go and attack that area but he's been playing well so what do you think would be the best idea for that?
00:17:16
blessings
Yeah, I don't know. I think we haven't really spoke about Greeter much, but I'm actually going to turn this towards you because I'm not sure.
00:17:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not really, no.
00:17:24
blessings
I don't know what you think. I'm not sure about him.
00:17:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think he has immense talent. um But it is the thing at the moment with us is that there's a couple of man who are like, we've signed players who um they we've signed a lot of young talented players, but they're they come into a team with loads of young talented players. So if it was like, say for example, O'Reilly has come in, and Wiffle wasn't there, and Ayari wasn't there, and it was like Milner and Belabor, you could see that sort of pathway for O'Reilly.
00:18:06
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um Obviously, he was a bit more of a higher profile sign in than sort of the others. But with Gruda, he's come in, can play out there. We already had a Dhingra.
00:18:18
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We already signed Cosio Dubri from Arsenal. Like there's a lot of, ah there's a lot of, um even Samiento,
Squad Rotation and Young Talent
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like in CSO, Bernonotti, like all of these players can basically play all along that.
00:18:26
blessings
Yeah.
00:18:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
but it's just hard because like ah that's the thing with him that annoys me the most is that it's like he's trying to get everyone time but to be prolific in the league you need to have a set team it needs to be basically this is going to be the team play your way into that team but this seems to be more like okay we have this squad let's use all of the squad all of the time but i feel like that doesn't
00:18:53
blessings
yeah
00:18:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
I feel like that doesn't translate to a team who's not got European football. And do you know what I mean?
00:19:04
blessings
Yeah.
00:19:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it is hard for him. I feel like it's hard for almost any, apart from Matoma, it's hard for any of them to get like a run of games in really. Because Minthe's coming now and then he's played two good games, turned up late, now he's not playing.
00:19:18
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And then does he then grew to plays? He's like, oh, second playing. And then now it's going to be Minthe again. Do you know what I mean? It is very hard to get. I'd like for him to have one position and just get a solid three games out in that position and then you can sort of judge. But I feel like he's had but really good moments.
00:19:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
so far but it's just ah in such a short period of time and it's like oh he's done really well for 10 minutes here because he got 15 minutes he had a good five minutes here and he played 10 minutes so but i don't know he's definitely ah one one for the future i feel um but once he gets used to the league i think he'll be all right um Anyway, we are going to go on to our um predictions and et cetera in
Match Predictions and Dynamics
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Segment 3. So you are going to hear from our partners at Sengcaster, and then you will hear Segment 3 afterwards.
00:20:35
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And we are back for the third and final segment. um So where do you think this game is going to be won and lost? Bless.
00:20:46
blessings
Yeah, I think um where Brighton will find joy will weirdly also be, if it's like a chaotic game, I think we've got quite athletic players like Ruta, Mattoma, sorry, Minte, who can dwell on the counter attack as well. So um what I mean by chaotic is if they catch us, this is sounds bad, but if they catch us on the counter attack and we've transitioned the ball and then we're counter attacking ourselves,
00:21:16
blessings
that could sort of suit us but you know then that turns the game into a basketball match which i don't think will win so i'm trying to i'm thinking out loud now um yeah i think we need to get our best players who can beat a player 1v1 in 1v1 situation so the metomas the mintes
00:21:23
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yeah
00:21:38
blessings
britain get them in 1v1 situation and we need to get the board to jalpedra as much as possible.
00:21:45
blessings
I think that's our route to victory.
00:21:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%.
00:21:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm going to set say the same thing. off I think that ah feel like is the key is to basically stretch them as much as possible to give those dangerous players the sort of space that they need, similar to what you said.
00:22:03
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And then with Jal Pedro, I'd sort of dislike him to sort of be able to read where the game is stretched and if the left back and the left centre back are sort of a bit stretched sort of go into that space there and etc basically and then work the ball into the box of Danny Wellebeck to round it off I think is obviously it's easier said than done but I feel like it is the way forward the one thing that I think would be what I could see happening to be honest with you is
00:22:35
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loads of possession and then just getting hit on the counter and hit on the counter and hit on the counter, hit on the counter, over and over again.
00:22:39
blessings
Yeah.
00:22:42
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And like, that's just what, that's just what, that's the idea of what Northern Forest do. And I think that if they're not gonna, they're very clinical on the counter. And I feel like if they do get one or two, it's not gonna be very long until they score, even if they don't score those like first two or whatever.
00:23:00
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And it's it's a bit different against some of the other teams where we struggle to break them down because the threat going in the other way isn't as high. But this time, you're going to get punished if you're going to not take opportunities.
00:23:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I can imagine that after the first opportunity, second opportunity, third opportunity, if they're not, if they're good and they're not, we don't score, I can just literally see that just tipping the momentum.
00:23:24
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One good save from sales, fans get up. Literally, I can just imagine going down the other end, Chris Wood, bang, and he's weeding away into the corner. So I do want to come to you quickly with some predictions.
00:23:34
blessings
yeah I'm gonna go for a 2-2 draw
00:23:36
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What is your prediction?
Podcast Conclusion and Optimism
00:23:44
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That's so weird. That's so weird. I also, I'm going to go for a 2-2 draw. I was thinking about it beforehand and I'll just, um, I'm actually going to go for, um, I'm going to go for, uh, belabor and jalpedra.
00:23:59
blessings
love
00:24:03
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Bit of a random shout out, but I'm going to go for those two. And then for them, I think it will be Gibbs white and wood. So if you want to put any bet builders on, hit me up and you will definitely lose money, but it'll be fun. um Anyway, ah ah have you got a signing off message for them? Bless.
00:24:21
blessings
yeah uh big man whelves is back everything's gonna be all right everyone all right just let's just relax and watch a man do his thing
00:24:31
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And on that note, it is time to end this episode of the Daily Brian podcast. We are closing in on episode 100, 10 left. And um yeah, we will see you very, very soon guys. So have a lovely evening and yeah, be safe out there because this storm is beating up the bins and everything. So we will see you next episode.