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Episode 310: Championship roundup!
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Southampton – We take a look back at another crazy week of championhip action!
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Introduction and Overview
00:00:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome back to the Daily Southampton, part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. My name is Greg Elliott and as always today joined by my good friend, wonderful co-host, Zach Ingo Finch.
00:00:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hey there bud, you alright?
00:00:28
Zak
Hello. Yeah, I'm not too bad. I'm not too bad. Just kind of... Yeah, just trying to vibe it out until Saturday and hope hope for a better game, right? Like...
00:00:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm sure it's going to be fine and we've got plenty of time to worry about that in tomorrow's preview but today I thought instead we would cast our mind back and have a look at another week of crazy championship action because you know we don't say it lightly when we say it's the best league in the world so thought we'd take a look around and uh
00:01:00
Zak
its Some of us don't even say it at all.
Chronological Review of Championship Games
00:01:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
But, uh, look, we're going to go in, everyone's favorite order, uh, chronologically subdivided by alphabetically, uh, because that's the sensible way to do it.
00:01:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Cause I know overall everyone loves that. And, uh, just going to go through.
00:01:19
Zak
Sure. what where do we what What date are we starting from? Because obviously see there's midweek, fool I'm assuming the weekend.
00:01:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah. I'll just have a look at the weekend. Just going start with Friday night's game, uh, and, and look across that.
00:01:28
Zak
that's cool.
00:01:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
So,
00:01:33
Zak
Cool.
00:01:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
First result I've got on the list is, in fact, from our opponents upcoming this weekend, who beat Sheffield you United 3-2. That's Preston, for anyone not following.
00:01:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Their home form's really good at the moment, Preston. they They're doing bits.
00:01:52
Zak
Yeah, but there are a waveform isn't, which is the only thing that we've got as a benefit to talk about tomorrow.
00:01:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's
00:01:56
Zak
But yeah, fair play to them. You know, this is supposedly the resurgence of Sheffield United. They are so-so back, if you believe their fans. the It doesn't really look so-so back. That looks like a little bit of a hangover of whatever the heck happened to them at the beginning of the season.
00:02:14
Zak
Smacking that big old capitulation button, as as we know about.
00:02:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a really strange one. And it's been a really strange talk start to the season for a lot of teams. And Sheffield United are definitely right there amongst that list of teams who, i mean, I think both of us predicted them to do pretty well in the league.
00:02:25
Zak
Hmm.
00:02:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
And...
00:02:39
Zak
Yeah, and so far they are not not as anywhere where they've both been predicted by us. That supercomputer, their fans, probably their players.
00:02:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:02:49
Zak
like I think a lot of people would expect them to do better. I think that they're probably their expectations have been higher than I think what ours have been, which is surprising.
00:02:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's it's a strange one, but I mean, fair play to Preston, a pretty dramatic 3-2 game where, I mean, Sheffield United were 2-0 up in the first 16 minutes. like Like, that is some well-played comeback, right?
00:03:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, that's just a...
00:03:21
Zak
Well, yeah, that's like right like peg one back right at the end of the end of the first half and then run into the second half and score twice in pretty pretty sick quick succession. that is a That is a good team talk if I've ever seen one, right?
00:03:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:34
Zak
And then unlike us, they've been able to do that thing where they've held on for the rest of the game.
00:03:40
Zak
But yeah, I think it sucks for them. It sucks for Danny Ings. LAUGHTER which I shouldn't really be bitter about. He gave us some of the best best football we've had in recent memory, but you know, I must wonder now if when he made that decision to leave for Aston Villa, it was the right thing to do or not.
00:04:01
Zak
But you know, swings and roundabouts.
00:04:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
right uh then we move into Saturday's action so starting with some of the early kickoffs and Coventry still flying absolutely high and uh And beating Watford even 3-1. I mean,
00:04:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
but this Coventry team just is surpassing everybody's expectations, right? They're just flying from strength to strength.
00:04:30
Zak
they are they They are becoming like the Leverkusen story of this year, right? at this point. like Can they go the whole of the season unbeaten? At this point, when you're going up against Coventry, you're going to think...
00:04:45
Zak
twice about that, right? Like, yeah i don't think a lot of teams have gone in with the mentality of we're going to break that streak, right? And that is allowing them to kind of play with that level of, you know, absolute freedom that they want.
00:04:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well,
00:04:57
Zak
And, you know, to get three goals up before even the end of, like, the first half. of And then,
00:05:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, two girls up in 10 minutes just...
00:05:04
Zak
Yeah, exactly. And then then then then a then a third, then a red card for Watford at that point. Watford managing to peg back only a penalty as well says a lot about them. So, yeah, I think it's it's kind of crazy. It's you know showing...
00:05:20
Zak
I don't know if it's all down to Frank Lampard. I'm sure that, you know, I'm sure that he'll say it's that a lot down to him. It'll be interesting to see if he then gets like poached for Chelsea again for like his, what, like 46th tenure of that club.
00:05:32
Zak
So, but I don't know if he'd want to, because I think he's got a really good thing going from a commentary. And I think everyone's been surprised by them and power to him, to be honest.
00:05:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's It's really fascinating, though, because when you look at the game, it was actually, scoreline aside, it was a pretty balanced game, right? Like, apart from conceding two goals early on.
00:05:51
Zak
Yeah, what we we played Watford.
00:05:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
it it
00:05:54
Zak
We played Watford, mate. like they They aren't anything to shrug at, despite the fact that you know they they are they were a butt of the joke for changing managers a lot. They've already done that this season.
00:06:06
Zak
They've brought back an older term manager, but like they have that kind of like physicality to play well in the Championship. So it doesn't really surprise me that they've done well.
00:06:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Coventry quadjure doing the inverse of us where, well, mean, they're doing well for a start, but an XG of only 1.3 and three, i mean...
00:06:24
Zak
Well, that's what it's all about though. It's taking your chances, isn't it? this is why This is why I find it, like I've told you before, this is why I find it a really like infuriating stat because it's a stat based off of like historical.
00:06:36
Zak
When one person was in this position, how many times did they shoot the ball and how many times did it go in the net? Whereas like if you're a team flying with confidence, you know you everything you touch is just turning into silk or gold.
00:06:47
Zak
like When you kick the ball at the net and it just goes in, power to the team, you know?
00:06:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Can you imagine?
00:06:54
Zak
But, mate, we can't even kick the ball in open goal with, like, 50-foot wide open.
00:06:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brandon Thomas Asante
00:06:59
Zak
We'd still managed to sky it somehow. But...
00:07:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Where was that for the baggies?
00:07:19
Zak
Yeah, well, that's just how it works, isn't it? Sometimes a player gets a move and you don't expect it. And then, like, this is what I always find wary about when a player moves and then decides to go back to their original club. Or, like, even in, like, a weirder sense, like, Jude Bellingham's brother leaving Sunderland, who are flying in the in the Premier League now, to go to Dortmund, to then struggle in Dortmund. Like, because there's an assumption that, oh, well, he's, you know the other one did well, maybe he'll do well.
00:07:44
Zak
And it's kind of like, I feel like that sometimes is where players will leave a club And then do really well somewhere else. And then people are like, oh, maybe we should bring it back. And then they come back and do nothing.
00:07:55
Zak
Right. I'm not saying Adam Lallana last season, but also Adam Lallana last season. Like, at least Theo Walcott scored once or twice when he came back to us.
00:08:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
moving on down the list. Ipswich beating West Brom 1-0. Kind of resurgence in form for Ipswich. They haven't... They've sort of been up and down as the season gone on. They're another team that got relegated and were expected to be right up and amongst it. But before this win, with the two games before both losses, just...
00:08:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, it's been a struggle for all all the promoted and relegated things.
00:08:34
Zak
Yeah, like if you look at you look at all the demoted teams at this point, like Leicester are sitting on 17 points, Ipswich sitting 16, we sit on 12. You know, it's not great when you're looking at Coventry with 28, Middlesbrough with 25.
00:08:47
Zak
Again, like a lot can change in a week. It's it's one of the things that is both... exciting and terrifying about this league is that, you know, three days worth of games over the space of seven days can completely change, you know, the trajectory. Look at but how we feel about our team right now and how the club's in crisis and like, I'm starting wonder if we're dramatising it little bit more than we should be because of the fact that it feels feels so much like that because everything's happening in such quick succession.
00:09:13
Zak
But like none of the teams are doing that great. like I guess when it comes to how much money has been spent, like we should probably be higher based on that. But if you could just buy the league, you wouldn't have Coventry at the top, would you? So, you know, simple as that, really.
00:09:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I mean, yeah, a 1-0 win for Ipswich with Clark coming off the bench to score, but for all intents and purposes, they...
00:09:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
They really put West Brompton to the test. like That is a very one-sided game. 0.38 XG for the baggies in that is not but a stat that's going to be inspiring many people, is it? so
00:09:57
Zak
you know I think it's more for me. i always look at how many have had to make plays, i mean how many fouls have taken place as well because it starts to get messy towards the end.
00:10:09
Zak
But like yeah, like fair play to Ipswich. Feel bad for Baggies. We probably expect them to be doing better. But then again, doing better than us. so
00:10:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
i mean that I mean to be fair for for West Brom still floating just in 11th just above Ipswich a couple back back losses in that mid weekend to Saturday rotation but but still with like this pretty interesting run before where they managed to to get points on the board and that's what really counts Right, mate, let's have a little break, have a message from our partners at Bionique, and then we'll get back to it.
00:11:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
All right, mate. And we are back. Next up on my list, Portsmouth's Hayden Matthews bundled it in the back of his own net to give Stoke City their first away championship win in over two months.
00:11:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
LAUGHTER
00:11:42
Zak
me feel better.
00:11:46
Zak
Don't really know what else I need to say. Stoke's still doing pretty well, not quite as where they were at the beginning of the season, but they're still doing significantly better than us at the moment.
00:11:56
Zak
And Portsmouth, as much as they want to laugh at mind the gap, it seems to be the moment, as much as they've got, right? like
00:12:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
one point in it
00:12:06
Zak
There we go. say
00:12:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
yes uh certainly one that made me chuckle that is for sure uh next up on the list uh We've talked at length about sp Blackburn versus Saints.
00:12:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
We are not going on it again.
00:12:23
Zak
Aha. ahha
00:12:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Moving swiftly on. Bristol City 1, Birmingham City 0. Man, Bristol are doing all right at minute, aren't they? Yeah.
00:12:34
Zak
Yeah, fair play to them as well. Sinclair Armstrong's first goal in forever. Obviously, he got a chance against us and remember them talking about that and he was just struggling to get one. And I think there was a lot of pressure on them to... Their forwards looks to stop basically relying on the one, right, to for for more of them to score. So he managed to get a goal away against a Birmingham side that I think should be doing probably better than they are. Yeah.
00:13:00
Zak
I think you would kind of point that out, but again, it it turns out that when you come straight back up from the championship, it's not as easy, right, as people think is.
00:13:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, like, there was a lot of money invested, but also it is a step up. So...
00:13:15
Zak
Yeah, it just takes time to click as well. It's like Furuhashi is, I think, the strike with the least amount or like the most amount of misses, right? with Or at least like should have been converted, did not get converted.
00:13:28
Zak
and know he's up there with like Adam Armstrong. And obviously playing like really, really well for Celtic doesn't necessarily translate well in the championship, right?
00:13:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:13:35
Zak
This is what we're learning. I think vice versa. You know, I think we got very lucky that one of the players we took from Scottish football, like, you know, Virgil van Dijk and Stuart Armstrong and to a lesser extent, Joe Eribo, like...
00:13:48
Zak
Ranyama as well, all of them like came really good for our side, probably due to the extensive scouting we did at the time. But there's a lot of play people that will go elsewhere and then sort of like once they once they have to deal with the physicality of the championship, it's a lot lot harder, right?
00:14:04
Zak
But yeah, they've invested a lot into it, but it's it's a hard league. It's not easy in both the promoted sides. Bar Charlton, who will probably get to another point, both the Hollywood-promoted sides sort of firmly mid lower mid-table at the moment, right?
00:14:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, indeed. Interesting. Next up, Derby County 1, QPR 0. Two wins in four days for Derby at home at Pride Park is definitely turn up in form.
00:14:37
Zak
I'm not a fan of draw, draw, draw, loss, win, win for them, considering we got told by Nick that they're rubbish they're the worst to see in the world. And, oh, they're just a terrible, terrible team. And now they seem to be like sort of kicking into at least some amount of form.
00:14:51
Zak
They got more wins than us at this point, mate, which is a harrowing stat to think about.
00:14:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's crazy. Seem to be on this upward swing and doing something about it. it I mean, that's the the joy of this league though, right?
00:15:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
like
00:15:09
Zak
Well, apparently Ben Burrits and Diaz even went close.
00:15:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
eight
00:15:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Wow, that's really impressive.
00:15:12
Zak
Still one of their least rated players, by the way, just in general. But, you know, the fact that he the fact that he seems to be doing slightly more over there means maybe there's a chance he'll leave in the summer to go to Derby or somewhere else, maybe.
00:15:28
Zak
Doubt he's ever going to come back.
00:15:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
movie
00:15:29
Zak
don't know how you feel about it, but, you know.
00:15:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I feel like that there might well be a very good footballer in there somewhere. And he's clearly a player that requires some help with confidence and mentality.
00:15:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
And i think what we have shown as a team at the moment what we've shown as a team at the moment is that we're probably not the place to do that.
00:15:44
Zak
At the moment, he ain't going to find it.
00:15:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
say
00:15:53
Zak
But there we are. It is what it is. you know At least he's having a bit better of a time there, right?
00:16:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, indeed. Right, next up on the list, Hull City won, Charlton won. So, as you alluded to Charlton just superseding everybody's expectations and absolutely flying at the moment.
00:16:17
Zak
we we need to kick on to this like good run of form before we play no for Nathan Jones or it's going be absolutely insufferable when we play them. Like, I don't know, I'm just dreading it genuinely because, you know,
00:16:31
Zak
There was sir criticism of him in the week, like, celebrating, you know, like, they just won the league or whatever. And I kind of don't agree with that, because, again, like, if you're sixth after being promoted, that's really good.
00:16:44
Zak
but I think that's a terrible a terrible take, is to, like, i be... sort of have a go at a team for celebrating like they've won a cup, when, to be honest, some of the wins are they're probably getting probably do feel like they're winning cups. So...
00:16:58
Zak
Yeah, there's like it's it's like when that like the worst person you know makes a really good point, and that's kind of how I feel with a lot of the things that he's been questioned of recently. It's really, really frustrating because I can't really blame him.
00:17:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
bittersweet for me with my other ties to Charlton for sure but a dramatic stoppage time equaliser as well which now yeah that's what we love it's been a bit minutes yeah
00:17:23
Zak
nice to bring those back, innit? been a while. so So many these games, so games this week it just seem to have been put to bed before like, before the end of the first half.
00:17:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Uh, indeed. Right.
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00:18:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
mate.
Middlesbrough vs. Wrexham and Millwall vs. Leicester Review
00:18:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back. So, last few, and there's some interesting ones in here. Middlesbrough 1, Wrexham 1 is one of them.
00:18:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
sir
00:18:20
Zak
Yeah,
00:18:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, it's a game you'd be expecting Middlesbrough who at the moment, or prior to this, sort of also flying high to take away.
00:18:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
But went behind early, called Wrexham.
00:18:35
Zak
yeah I don't think it was through lack of trying either, to be perfectly honest. It's just Wrexham just scored quite early on and then just managed to somehow defend that.
00:18:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bye.
00:18:43
Zak
for a really, really long time. Obviously, they'll probably be more upset that they they got, you know, i feel like for Middlesbrough at that point, that draw probably felt more like a win, right? Because if you go with the entirety of the game, one deal now, nil down, and then you manage to sort like pip a goal at the last 10 minutes, that always feels better.
00:18:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:19:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:19:00
Zak
But again, like they are one of the ones that are struggling more. But I think that some of the players that have you know come from elsewhere into the team are doing really well. i e Like Windass rightly scored, coming from a volatile Sheffield Wednesday team into the the Disney Plus football club that everyone knows and loves now.
00:19:22
Zak
But yeah, i don't think it's going to be is easier for them to get promotions as they thought, right? Like, you know, you kind you go off the back to back to back.
00:19:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
that
00:19:30
Zak
so you're going to do a couple of years, probably a year, my opinion, before they end up quite getting.
00:19:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, think job one is stay up, right?
00:19:35
Zak
Hmm.
00:19:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
But they seem to be they seem to be out there or thereabouts. I don't think they're going to struggle and do the right of the bottom in some results.
00:19:47
Zak
Yeah, like they're not it's not like they're getting battered every single game, right? like It's not like there they're in no sort of crisis.
00:19:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:54
Zak
They're just struggling with the way that things are going. And if you actually look at the the bottom of the table, it's it's all teams bar maybe Wednesday you'd be expecting to be higher.
00:20:05
Zak
The only team that kind of sits in the place you'd expect is Oxford United. But like the rest of it, all of these teams that would probably you'd probably expect to be down there are replaced with like Norwich,
00:20:15
Zak
Wednesday, yeah Sheffield United, Blackburn Rovers, and unfortunately, us at the moment. But that's going to change. Don't worry about it. That's going to change, I'm sure.
00:20:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah It certainly is.
00:20:24
Zak
But yeah, like you'd expect them to do well. They didn't. Fair play to Wrexham. They're giving a go of it. At least you can't say for lack of trying.
00:20:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, indeed. Next up, Millwall 1 Leicester 0. And again, another relegated side struggling. But to be fair, against a team that at least I said was going to do quite well this season.
00:20:46
Zak
Yeah, you you're right. They've won seven. and you know They're doing doing really, really well. I feel bad for Will Smallbone. I don't know what happened to literally all of our midfield players, but every single like you know that's him him and Shea Charles, both out of hamstring injuries.
00:20:59
Zak
like I don't know what pre-season they did. Pre-season training they did to get a couple of games into, I say a couple of games, but like over 10 days into the season to both have the same injury kind of happen to them.
00:21:13
Zak
But that's some that's some weird voodoo. I feel bad for the guy, right? Because...
00:21:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
yes indefinite it is a shame for sure especially when you're sort of hitting that run of form four wins on the bounce for Millwall now so just just kicking on right they're just doing doing the thing and sticking to it none of them have been like
00:21:19
Zak
For sure.
00:21:32
Zak
Yeah. and so Somehow, Vestergaard's still playing football as well. For Leicester City. Just thought I'd throw that out there in case anyone didn't realise that Vestergaard was still there. But, you know.
00:21:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
baffling, genuinely baffling. And then next up, Sheffield Wednesday won Oxford 2, but a game sort of steeped in more emotion than the result, right?
00:21:55
Zak
Yeah, 100%. We've
00:21:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
All of the fans pouring back into to Hillsborough after their boycott in the week.
00:21:59
Zak
butve almost got rid of... ridiculous Chancery chairs. They had the the viral like match halftime match information thing right with all of the like getting rid of Chancery.exe.
00:22:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:14
Zak
yeah As people that work in tech, I highly enjoyed the joke more than just normal because I'm a nerd like that. but yeah it's it's just I guess it's nice to see that they can at least recover from that.
00:22:25
Zak
like They might end up doing like going the way of Reading where they go down
00:22:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:29
Zak
and then have to struggle in League One for a little bit, but they'll probably be happy after the turmoil. And it's not for a lack of trying. You know, that they give it a go each time, right? Like, it's just that it's got to be a weird play, especially if you've not been paid for ages.
00:22:44
Zak
That's got to be odd.
00:22:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:22:45
Zak
But obviously... obviously
00:22:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's such a strange position for them to have to be in and deal with. But, I mean, fair play to them for for sticking with it.
00:22:55
Zak
Yep.
00:22:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:22:56
Zak
Lumley having another game before I think the termination of his loan took place. His seven-day loan. I think that was his last game.
00:23:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
think it I think the stats were... The streets will never forget Joe Lumley, seven days, two games, zero clean sheets, one epic slide tackle.
00:23:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:13
Zak
but that We didn't get to talk about that what when he he crunched that player breaking almost his like leg in half, but apparently was not penalised for it whatsoever.
00:23:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
i But yeah, but nevertheless, a decent win for Oxford.
00:23:24
Zak
And also, remember former Saint Jan Valerie still there as well?
00:23:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
they
00:23:32
Zak
Yeah. I said it boosts their survival a little bit.
00:23:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
They need it, right? Yeah.
00:23:36
Zak
It's probably not too much, but they have the same amount of points as us, mate, which is...
00:23:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:40
Zak
some Unless you think about it, the better.
00:23:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
And last but not least, Swansea 2, Norwich 1. what What's happening to Norwich this year?
00:23:53
Zak
Apparently, apparently when you bring in the coach from Bristol City, and...
00:23:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is...
00:23:59
Zak
don't know. It very much, for me, feels feels like... that we'll still think, right? Like, it very much feels like he he was a good coach. He helped Bristol City do really well.
00:24:11
Zak
Bristol City have now kind of kicked on without him anyway. You know, he was somebody that we we were potentially looking at. He gets brought in to a Norwich side and and then, yeah, just hasn't really done that well. I saw that there's, like, reports of apparently...
00:24:24
Zak
the the owners flying over. And I was like, oh, for crisis talks. And it's like, oh, no, to show support for him during this during this time. But like, you know, yeah, like Josh Sargent wasn't doing too well and hadn't managed to score, but he did, you know, he managed to at least assist in this game.
00:24:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Must be nice.
00:24:41
Zak
But, you know, Swansea beat them and we know, well, we played against Swansea. So we know how easy it was to like,
00:24:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:48
Zak
playing against Swansea, we didn't score against them, but didn't really feel like they were going to score at any point either.
00:24:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. No, but a good win for them, right?
00:24:55
Zak
And it seems similar in this... Yeah, it's a very similar situation where they've just like hit him on the counter and managed to get a win.
00:24:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
We should have up the table further, so...
00:25:02
Zak
And it really solid win for Swansea City. Compiling the pressure onto Norwich you know makes it a bit better for us, right? Also, the Swansea.com stadium is an awful thing to call your stadium.
00:25:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:25:14
Zak
I'm really sorry for that side note but stuff like that man the Bet365 stadium the Swansea.com stadium like at least at least Hillsborough still has the name Hillsborough do you know what mean
00:25:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Mate, I remember that it was once the Friends Providence at Mary Stadium, so i guess it is what is, isn't it? it
00:25:34
Zak
yeah you're right
00:25:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's one of those things. And that's it. That's the end of the list. That's the end of another crazy weekend of championship action. One that, outside of the Saints game, was was good and exciting and one for us to forget about very quickly and move on to the next one, hopefully.
00:25:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
But look, that's all we've got time for today. Zach, thank you very much for joining me and thank you everyone for listening. Let us know in the comments and on socials what do you think was the best game of the weekend?
00:26:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Love to hear it. Love hearing from you. Can't wait to see it. And, you know, it's a question where none of the answers are going to be the Saints one at least.
00:26:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
We will be back tomorrow, though, to look forward to our game against Preston with a match preview. But until then, have a great day, everyone. We'll see you then.