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Daily Newcastle - West Ham Preview & Injury Talks
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The team discuss the updated injury list for the squad and our general feelings going into the next week, and we preview our match against West Ham for Monday evening with score predictions!
Host - Nicola Pringle-Adams
Guests - Jo Ayres & Iain Mackay
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00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Welcome
Nicola's Return & Podcast Introduction
00:00:10
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to the daily Newcastle podcast. um I feel like I've not hosted one of these in about four weeks. when Realistically, it's probably about two weeks. But um here I am. It's your host, Nicola. I am back.
Unusual Recording Time & Sunday Plans
00:00:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've got my camera on. My camera is fixed. No technical issues today, hopefully. Touch wood. um I am joined.
00:00:26
Iain
I see you've dressed up for it as well now that you're being seen by the world.
00:00:28
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Go on, Ian.
00:00:33
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Absolutely.
00:00:33
Jo
Yeah.
00:00:33
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You're my dear Drew Glasses. um You've just heard one of my guests. I am joined by um the Don, which is Ian. How are you?
Upcoming Matches & Podcast Planning
00:00:42
Iain
OK, I put my lovely shirt on because it's a Sunday lunchtime, you see. I was going to go out for lunch and I thought, no, I'll i'll save it for the pod. What time is this to be recording?
00:00:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Save it for the board.
00:00:52
Iain
I'm usually in bed at this time on a Sunday.
00:00:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know.
00:00:54
Jo
but
00:00:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we if everyone that's listening, which will be obviously Monday morning, it's recording quite early today, 1230 on a Sunday. Get out of the way. so we can enjoy our um ah Sunday afternoons. And our second guest, my second guest is my girl. It's Jo. How are you?
00:01:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Tender? Are you feeling okay?
00:01:11
Jo
um I'm just a little bit. It's all right. I looked a bit like what Ian's shirt. Look, that's the cat with the cocktail. That was me yesterday until about 6 p.m. me and my friend could barely walk. It was a wonderful day.
00:01:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
oop
00:01:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Jo really lives her best life at the weekend. She loves the bottomless brunch, don't you? um So, guys,
00:01:26
Iain
Thank
00:01:30
Jo
Love it.
00:01:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's a big week by the time everyone's listening to this it's probably Monday hopefully and um it's match day yep and so we've got West Ham Monday tonight whenever you guys are listening to this and then obviously we've got a big one on Sunday so um yeah a week today we are going to be a bag of nerves
00:01:38
Jo
Match day.
00:01:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
so
00:01:56
Jo
Yeah.
00:01:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
I thought we can break this pod up into a couple of sections. I thought part one, we will just go with um how we are genuinely feeling going into our Premier League game onto the cup final. Obviously, we're going to do a separate review of the team, aren't we? But a preview, sorry, for the cup final. But just want to get everyone how we're feeling.
00:02:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then part two, um we're going to cover off a little bit more in depth of the team um because it's been a big week for news for Newcastle. um but we'll start part two of that.
00:02:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, Ian, I'm coming to you first. As a Newcastle
League Optimism & Cup Final Excitement
00:02:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
fan, right this current second, how are we feeling?
00:02:37
Iain
Well, I am a happy clapper, as you know. and So I am still excited for the rest of the season. I think we're in a really strong position. We did that pod last week where we examined that we need seven wins out of this last 11 games, and we all picked that we were going to get at least eight.
00:02:56
Iain
So that would put us in the Champions League. I know we've got a big match next week, and there are one or two bits of news that have emerged that perhaps
00:03:00
Jo
Thank you.
00:03:06
Iain
seeking our chances against Liverpool. But if you remember last year, it was Liverpool's boys who turned up to play against a very strong Chelsea side, and they won.
00:03:16
Iain
So one-off match, cup final, anything could happen. So I'm excited for that but seeing this in a cup final because I'm really old and I haven't really haven't seen um very often.
00:03:27
Iain
But i know I think this match against West Ham is key. If we can win it, that will give a fantastic platform. for the last 10 games of the season when we come back from the international break and we'll know that we've got to win six or seven of those and the very, very winnable games.
00:03:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Lovely. I'm glad you're the positive one.
00:03:47
Iain
i
00:03:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Yeah. Jo, how are you feeling?
00:03:53
Jo
I don't know whether I'm still drunk, but I'm with Ian, I've decided. um No, we're fine.
00:03:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're all happy. We're fine.
00:04:01
Jo
No, um I mean, last time I was three talked, yeah, we talked about a lot wins coming up and we all predicted that we'd beat West Ham, so i'm going to stick with it. um It is obviously a a game that we are expected to win. So let's do it. I appreciate they won their last game, but their last game was against Leicester. So, you know, nothing against Leicester, but they're not exactly in fine form this season. So um I wouldn't exactly say West Ham or any kind of form either. So I think we should be it should be a match. If we turn up, we can take that game.
00:04:28
Jo
We've done it the past, can do it again. I do believe in the lads. And after I had a bit of a meltdown about subjects that we'll cover later off in the pod when they initially happened, i am feeling a bit better about the final as well.
00:04:40
Jo
You know, and you just need the dust to settle in your head a bit about stuff like that. So I'm not feeling as immediately negative as I did when said incidents happened.
00:04:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:04:48
Jo
But like I say, I'll not like kind of spoiler alert or anything. So, yeah.
00:04:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah no, I am with you on that one. It took me, um and this is no genuine joke, I could not talk to anyone that was asking me how I was feeling in work um about Newcastle because I was in such a bad mood.
00:05:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was in the worst mood. It's probably taken me about seven working days to get over it after what happened last weekend.
00:05:07
Jo
ah
00:05:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And I say I'm over it. I'm just less angry than what I was last week. um
00:05:14
Jo
No.
00:05:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're not going to cover off Mr.
Anthony Gordon's Red Card Impact
00:05:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
AG10 in the second part, so we can probably cover him off now um in the first part.
00:05:18
Jo
no
00:05:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
And just in general, how do we think it went down after that game when he walked into that dressing room? Because obviously this week we've been seeing, ah um well, Friday we've seen Eddie in his pre-match sort of press conference um and he spoke well of Anthony Gordon, but in my eyes I could see how seething he was deep down.
00:05:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I know that's just me looking too much into it, but how do we think that's gone down? And it personally, there's been nothing from Anthony Gordon on social media. did say I didn't want to see it, but there has been absolutely nothing from him.
00:05:56
Jo
Yeah, I know.
00:05:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
So how do we think he's feeling? Do we think he's a little bit disappointed in himself because he should be?
00:06:01
Jo
I hope so. I hope he's really mad himself. I'm still angry at Gordon. I'm not going to lie. That bit hasn't settled, by the way, fully.
00:06:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:06:08
Jo
ah No, I'm still really angry about it. I was talking to mate yesterday about it when I was having rant over too many drinks, but She's a Macam though, so she was just like nodding along as I was talking and I'm proper raging about like, swear at Newcastle.
00:06:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh
00:06:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Choose your mates better, Jo.
00:06:21
Jo
Oh, I know, man.
00:06:21
Iain
i think I think this might be a this might be a minority a minority view.
00:06:22
Jo
and Someone's got to be friends with them, right? Bad types.
00:06:27
Iain
When I've watched it back a few times now, i think he's... I mean, he's an idiot for lifting his hands up. When the game stops, there's no need for it. That's the silly bit.
00:06:36
Jo
Yeah.
00:06:37
Iain
But he's really unfortunate in that the lad sort of slipped and dropped down the foot so that instead of him just pushing him in the back, which is what he was going for, he ends up sort of pushing him in the head and the face and the neck.
00:06:51
Iain
So if Van Hecht had stayed on his feet, he might have got books for pushing him, but I don't think he'd have got a red card for it.
00:06:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I
00:06:52
Jo
Yeah.
00:06:59
Iain
The fact that his hands go into his face and it looks like a forearm jab that he's doing, that's why he got the red card.
00:07:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:07:03
Jo
know.
00:07:05
Iain
And he'd just be feeling really, really stupid. I mean, genuinely, earlier this season, earlier this month, he's been so excited about getting into the final. He didn't play in the last one.
00:07:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:07:17
Iain
I don't think that he'll be anything other than totally good at doing it.
00:07:21
Iain
And knowing it's entirely down to himself, he'll be playing himself. So that character for the rest of the sort of up-and-coming professional young man that he was portraying himself as and all of that preparation work that he does and the belief that he has, throw it all out of the window if you're going to lift your hands start pushing people in the face because you're not going to say, oh, shit.
00:07:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I think the worst part for me was the whistle had already been blown and he still reacted that way.
00:07:50
Jo
Yeah pointless, completely pointless
00:07:50
Iain
I
00:07:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, It was just, and I know we've all been in the heat of the moment, you know, when situations in our life when we say things and we do things that are out character.
00:07:58
Jo
a
00:07:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I think the worst part for me was when I watched it back a few times, I thought, Jesus, the whistle's already been blown.
00:08:06
Jo
Yeah
00:08:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, and he's reacted like that. um Very, very, very silly mistake, um which I am sure he is going to be kicking himself over for the rest of the season, to be honest.
00:08:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:18
Jo
yeah
00:08:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's very, very silly. and what does he miss now? So he misses the with this game, West Ham game. He obviously misses the dreaded final and then he misses one after that, does he? Is it three?
00:08:29
Jo
We got off that because it's a break after that, isn't it?
00:08:30
Iain
Yeah, it's Brentford at home, I think, is the next game.
00:08:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Yeah.
00:08:31
Jo
Then we're back at home again.
00:08:35
Jo
that the Brentford home game yet?
00:08:35
Iain
So yeah,
00:08:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:37
Jo
All
00:08:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So, yeah.
00:08:40
Iain
so yeah I bet Harvey Barnes was secretly quite pleased that it happened, because he's got a fairly good chance of starting the final, whereas it would have been struggling to get on unless it was went into extra time.
00:08:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, well, I want imagine.
00:08:52
Iain
um
00:08:52
Jo
right, cool. Yeah, surely he's definitely starting the final, I would imagine, but yeah.
00:08:56
Iain
I wouldn't do that, you see.
00:08:56
Jo
Unless I've completely misread the room.
00:08:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:57
Iain
I know we'll talk about it next week. I wouldn't start Harvey Buyers. haven't seen enough from him. What I would do would would be just start Willick on the rise. Willick and Joe Linton on those two left-hand picks because Willick was great.
00:09:06
Jo
There's a high chance of
00:09:11
Iain
He was very good when he came on against Brighton as well.
00:09:12
Jo
that. Mm-hmm.
00:09:14
Iain
Super against Birmingham.
00:09:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:16
Iain
So they're the cup matches. Willick needs to kick up the arc because it's a cup game. I'll get him on. But I know we'll talk about that next week and and maybe later in this pod for the West Ham game because it's
00:09:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes.
00:09:27
Iain
Eddie said he's going to pick his best team. Whoever's fit will play. He's not protecting anybody for the Cup final. And I think that's the right way of going about it. Because if we are unemotionally totally honest about it, qualifying for next year's Champions League has far more benefit in the long term for Newcastle than winning the Carabao Cup.
Injuries, Suspensions & Strategy
00:09:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
I imagine some of the lads after this Anthony Gordon incident as you know have taken upon themselves to prove themselves who is where they have taken his place I suppose. um
00:10:01
Jo
Yeah.
00:10:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we shall see. um i think we'll leave part one there because I could still go on about Anthony Gordon for the next 20 minutes of how angry I am.
00:10:04
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:10:08
Jo
but
00:10:08
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um So we'll do the first ad which is from our new sponsor Bionique.
00:10:09
Iain
Thank you.
00:10:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that's that, the lovely Ken's voice.
00:10:54
Jo
Yeah.
00:10:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm glad it didn't do. Yeah, I'm glad it didn't do what done last week and just kept on playing. um
00:10:54
Iain
Did you say ru right now?
00:11:01
Jo
ye
00:11:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, back to part two, guys. um Oh, it has been a week of sulking and it's not been the greatest week for the Newcastle camp. Let's be honest.
00:11:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I feel like every time I've opened my phone, it has just been an injury update, injury update, injury update. And it's just been nothing positive. um So my plan, we're going to spend the next 10 or so minutes sulking.
00:11:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're going to spend it the next 10 minutes sulking.
00:11:28
Jo
Love that.
00:11:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then it is positivity from then on onwards. OK, we're going to spend the next 10 minutes talking about the injury crisis that we've hit.
00:11:33
Jo
ah
00:11:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then it is positivity from 20 minutes onwards after. So, guys, we have had Mr Lewis Hall um out for the rest of the season.
00:11:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sven Botman has been confirmed for surgery.
00:11:52
Jo
and Another Weedabix.
00:11:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've obviously got no answer. Right, leave him alone.
00:11:54
Jo
Sorry.
00:11:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a shame.
00:11:55
Jo
Sorry, girl. He is, though, isn't he?
00:11:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
um He is, yeah. And then, obviously, we've i've covered him already, but we've got no AG10. So we can forget about him for a minute. ah Guys.
00:12:07
Jo
He's actually okay, though, right? There's the positive spin on it.
00:12:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, yeah, let's.
00:12:10
Iain
I'm going to be really positive about it. I am going to be really positive about it.
00:12:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Go on then, Ian. Kick us off.
00:12:16
Iain
Well, I can't be positive about the fact that Lewis Hall is out for the rest of the season because me, alongside Dan Byrne, they've been the two most consistent players in a
00:12:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Gutted for him.
00:12:25
Jo
yeah.
00:12:26
Iain
in a season of more inconsistency than I expected. So that's not good.
00:12:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:12:33
Iain
That's not good. But it is just Lewis Hall who's left-back. That's it. That's who's missing. I know Sven Botman is missing, and he's out for a while. He's been out for 10, 12 months apart from two or three games anyway.
00:12:45
Jo
yeah
00:12:46
Iain
so you know, we've got by without Sven for a long time. Anthony Gordon, he put red card. I'm sure he would have been first name on the team, Seagulls, maybe second if he's asked of it, if Eddie was picking his team.
00:13:00
Iain
But if we're totally honest, he's gone off it in recent weeks. I think he's been brilliant at all. think he's been inconsistent in and out, aiding from games.
00:13:07
Jo
Agree. Yeah.
00:13:09
Iain
Maybe it's time, and we talked about this in the last few weeks, that the first teamers that don't have any competition for their place maybe need to kick up the backside now and again.
00:13:21
Iain
And Gordon having to sit this one out, let's see what Barnes can do.
00:13:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:13:24
Iain
Let's see what Willett can do.
00:13:26
Jo
yeah
00:13:26
Iain
Let's get some competition for him. Make Gordon work really, really hard to get his place back. and I think but if if basically we're going to tackle and West Ham without Gordon playing, without Lewis Hall playing from after choice 11, we should still have too much for them. And we should still have too much for a lot of the teams in the Premier League.
00:13:48
Iain
um
00:13:51
Iain
desperately need to win against West Ham to get a little bit of positivity back to go into the final with Liverpool.
00:13:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:00
Iain
One thing that there has been talk about which I can see is that when everything is piling up against you, you do kind of develop that sort of siege mentality when the rest of the world is against us.
00:14:12
Iain
I think we saw a lot of that in the season where we finished fourth and we certainly didn't have an Anthony Gordon or an Isaac playing up the front for us in that season.
00:14:23
Jo
Sure.
00:14:24
Iain
And we still qualify for the Champions League. So, yeah, it's a shame for Lewis Hall.
00:14:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh,
00:14:30
Iain
He's been super. Anthony Gordon is a match winner and we're missing those two. um Ben Botman is head and shoulders above our best defender.
00:14:40
Iain
We've missed him all season. and So, yeah, there's Not good news, but I don't think it's the end of the world at all. Certainly not doom and gloom that people talk about. It's not even worth going down to Wembley if they've got tickets for the final.
00:14:54
Iain
Come on, get a grip.
00:14:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
God's sake. Dramatic.
00:14:56
Jo
That's ridiculous. Don't go too far.
00:14:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is ridiculous.
00:14:58
Jo
I'll take those tickets in.
00:14:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll take the ticket.
00:14:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:59
Jo
i was going to say, anyone selling them?
00:15:01
Jo
Don't be stupid. But yeah.
00:15:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Jo, do you agree?
00:15:05
Iain
so um
00:15:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
How are you feeling?
00:15:07
Jo
Yeah, I mean, great point on Gordon, I'll be honest. um As angry as I am with him, he hasn't been great recently, has he? So, and again, we'll have talked about multiple times how other people stepping in. So it is the chance. I really, really do want to see said people that you've just mentioned there really step up and show us why they shouldn't, for example, just bring Gordon maybe back in straight after his ban. You know what i mean?
00:15:28
Jo
Imagine if they play a blind and it keeps Gordon out, then tough.
00:15:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:15:31
Jo
And that would, you know, that's, I like it like that. I like, Strong competition, which we haven't had in the squad. and The main on the injuries, I've got to be honest, a bit like what Ian said, we haven't even had Botman most the season anyway.
00:15:42
Jo
So he isn't the miss that like Hall is. Hall, to me, i was so gutted, man, like pretty much all of us were, let's get real. um is Him and Byrne, like you've just said, are being pivotal to us.
00:15:54
Jo
And I think it was just the sadness of he's not going to get to play in the final, which would have been lovely for him. We are good for him as well as us, you know what i mean? um But he had seller in his pocket as well. So it's a bit of a just a kick in the teeth for us that we did. We just felt so safe in the knowledge that, right, we're going to go down to Wembley and he's just going to have sell in his pocket again.
00:16:11
Jo
and know it's not given, right? But we felt quite safe in that knowledge that we've seen him do and we know he can do it.
00:16:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
kept them quiet though.
00:16:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:16
Jo
So yeah, he did.
00:16:17
Jo
Oh, very much so. um So I'm just gutted that he's not going to get his chance. He's been amazing for us. And I read something that basically it is something apparently he could have kept playing with, but they decided for the sake of his career that he wouldn't and he go down to get an operation and be out.
00:16:30
Jo
So it' it's it is the sensible thing to do. Absolutely. But it just shows that some players would play through that. and not try and save the... I mean, he is so young.
00:16:41
Jo
They're doing the right thing, aren't They don't want to cause any future issues and let him be, unfortunately, a bit Weedabix-like.
00:16:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:47
Jo
And I'll be honest, on the Bottman thing, I'll just touch on it briefly. I don't hate the guy. I'm not a huge fan of him. I never have been. think me and Kev were saying that we just don't think he's the Rolls-Royce that everyone claims him to be.
00:16:58
Jo
i think he's a great defender.
00:16:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
no
00:16:59
Jo
There's no denying it. But we so have not seen enough of him, in my opinion, to give him this Rolls-Royce tag. um
Club Responsibility for Player Health
00:17:07
Jo
i want him to be i so want him to be this rolls royce but now i fear not only is he not getting the opportunity show us this full rolls royce status but he's just man what's he's either got no look or he's a big guy that's very delicate i don't know what the heck's going on but like it just look at him you'd never believe like i don't know but that's true yeah
00:17:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I have to disagree. Yeah. I have to disagree, but I don't know if it's just because I'm biased because I do really love him. um But I, on the Sven Botman thing, I, and I'm going to just put it out there and people will disagree.
00:17:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
And this is why it's great to have this platform to have people's opinions, obviously.
00:17:40
Jo
Yeah,
00:17:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
So please, if anyone agrees or disagrees or has their own opinion, shove it in the comments because I'm really interested to see on how people feel about this. But I will wholeheartedly say that the club needs to take a bit of responsibility with so um accountability, sorry, with Sven Botman because
00:17:54
Jo
yeah.
00:17:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
pet and Me and Michael put our opinion in when we were talking about this in the group chat. I think people forget the of how, um you know, how key Sven Bottman was to our squad before he went off of his ACL injury.
00:18:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it came out that the club allowed him to play um on an injury, which ended up being a whole lot worse for Sven in the end because then he's had, what, the last nine months out?
00:18:22
Jo
yeah
00:18:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then again, there is a reason why he walked straight back in the to the first team. There is a reason for that. um And I think people forget how key he is to us. Now, what i will say is it's nice to see that with the Lewis Hall situation, that they won't allow him to play on it to cause future issues.
00:18:40
Jo
Your lesson learned, isn't it?
00:18:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because now what we are seeing is Sven Botman has played on a you know a bad knee.
00:18:42
Jo
Yeah.
00:18:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
um they allowed him to play he's then gone for ACL surgery he's then come back now his other knee has gone and because obviously that one has compensated for the one that he for when he played on the bad one I know I'm speaking a lot of word vomit here um and now he's out for the next I think he's been confirmed next eight weeks or so which pretty much to me is writes them off for the season to be honest I don't think yeah 10 or 11 I don't think we're going to see him for the rest of the season either and
00:18:58
Jo
Yeah.
00:19:07
Jo
I mean, there's only a few games left after that, isn't there? Yeah. like Yeah.
00:19:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm going to be honest, for both Lewis and Sven, I feel really gutted for them because I feel like they really deserved to play in the final, particularly Lewis Hall. um You are right, we haven't seen enough of Sven this season, but from what I have seen of him, I think he's come back and proved himself. But that's my opinion because I personally think he's so key to the first team squad. um That's not me saying that I don't like Dan Byrne and Fabian Shah at the back. I will personally say that I think Shah hasn't been great.
00:19:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:19:39
Jo
Not at all.
00:19:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I'm a little bit, annoyed, well not annoyed, i think I'm a little bit scared to see them two at the back when I feel like Sven would ease that pressure off a little bit. um
00:19:51
Jo
Cher needs to be much more on it than he has been, hasn't he? And that's where we can be honest about players.
00:19:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he's
00:19:54
Jo
You know, but we love Cher, but the last couple of months, man, he just hasn't been right, has he?
00:19:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
off it. he's
00:19:59
Jo
Like, yeah.
00:19:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, he's been off of it.
00:19:59
Jo
Yeah.
00:20:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And yeah, that's where I'm at with that. um And again, for Lewis Hall, I feel gutted because I feel like, um you know, Thomas Tuchel's first England squad call-up is coming this week and
00:20:12
Jo
and
00:20:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Paul Lewis is probably going to miss out on that when he did definitely deserve his place.
00:20:12
Iain
I
00:20:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I am, he would have a hundred percent been in um
00:20:15
Jo
He would have been in.
00:20:16
Jo
Yeah.
00:20:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I do think he's going to be, you know, England's first choice for a left back in the coming years. So i feel, I feel gutted for him. I feel really sad for him, but it's nice to see the club are taking a bit of accountability and not allowing him to play because obviously lesson learned from Botman, I suppose. So yeah, it's a bit of sweet feeling, I think. Yeah.
00:20:41
Jo
It is.
00:20:41
Iain
i was going to where I was going to make that point that look at what Bottoms has done playing through an injury and where he is.
00:20:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:20:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly.
00:20:49
Iain
So it's definitely the right thing to do. One thing which is not mentioned with Louis Hall isn't playing. I was quite impressed with how Pino Livramento played at left back, particularly up against a nippy little winger like Minter against Brighton.
00:21:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. yeah
00:21:04
Iain
um So I'm sure he but he'll be challenged if it's Bowen that he's up against West Ham tomorrow. um
00:21:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:21:15
Iain
But one of the good things, if it's him who's there in the final against Salah, is that he's right-footed. And Salah, I think, is at his most dangerous when he's cutting in, which means if you're a right-footed player, that should be an easier tackle block, et cetera, to make than if you're a left-footed player.
00:21:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:29
Jo
Yeah.
00:21:33
Iain
So, you know, i don't think all is lost, as I said, but the doom and gloom that
00:21:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
Preview: West Ham Match & Team Strategy
00:21:37
Iain
has been out by, not just by,
00:21:37
Jo
yeah.
00:21:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know. I agree.
00:21:40
Iain
but on social media but by some of the that are tearing their hair out wondering why we're bothering to book a bus to get down there it's just way over the top I'm quite hopeful it's a one-off game one-off game you know
00:21:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:21:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:21:55
Jo
ye yeah
00:21:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Agreed. Agreed. um Right. Let's leave part two there. um Joe, I think you've doing the Zencast driver, aren't you?
00:22:05
Jo
I am chick, yeah. Cool.
00:22:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, let's go with that and then we'll come back.
00:22:09
Jo
Here... Oh, sorry. Just started reading it.
00:22:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Go ahead.
00:22:13
Jo
but Go ahead. Thanks. um Here at the Global Sports Podcast Network, we've spent a lot of time selecting our delivery platform.
00:22:18
Iain
Thank you.
00:22:20
Jo
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00:22:31
Jo
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00:22:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Lovely, lovely. Thank you very much.
00:22:38
Jo
Thanks.
00:22:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're welcome. um Right, part three is positive now, guys. We're not allowed to be negative. It's positivity only.
00:22:47
Jo
Cool.
00:22:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Even though weren't actually that negative in the last part, that was quite good.
00:22:50
Jo
Now we're fine.
00:22:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I suppose we better cover off um our Monday night game. We are the Monday night football this week of we are taking a trip to West Ham. um They have already beat us 2-0 this season, so let's hope we go there for a win.
00:23:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So I thought How are we feeling going to face West Ham? Obviously, I think all three of us said that this is a game that we should win and are expected to win and we need to really win.
00:23:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So, yeah. So how we feeling? Do we think, um well, obviously, there's going to be a few changes, obviously, to the squad. How do we think he's gonna he's going to go with the line-up? um Do we think it will be the same of what we're seeing against ah Brighton last weekend?
00:23:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Joe, you kick us off.
00:23:35
Jo
um I think he'll do his normal 4-3-3 I don't want him to for the final I'd love to play his normal 4-3-3 in this game and then go to like 5 at the back you know like 3-2 wing back sort of thing um just because it worked so well against Arsenal I think it could yeah yeah because it it just can work so well against Liverpool as well but that's a different discussion um West Ham I think he'll stick with his normal set up um with the force changes that he's going to have obviously as well so yeah
00:23:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:23:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bit like Arsenal game. Yeah.
00:23:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:00
Jo
Trips at right, Tina at left. And then like Ian said, it could be a mix.
00:24:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:24:03
Jo
We could be starting Barnes on the left, or we could be trying the whole Joe Linton, Joe Willock kind of balance over there as well. So...
00:24:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
They do play well together.
00:24:11
Jo
I don't know how he's going to play it. They do. That's what i mean. And I'd happily have them two together, to be fair. So I don't know what I would like to see more, I'll be honest. Because in a way, I do want to see if, for example, they put Barnes in and he stepped up.
00:24:22
Jo
That would be a nice thing to see. Because again, Barnes has been hit and miss when he's played. Granted, he hasn't exactly had a lot of starting games this season, but he's been very hit and miss. He hasn't proven himself how I want him to prove himself in certain other games, let's say.
00:24:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:24:33
Jo
So... In a way, I wouldn't mind him being played against West Ham just to see if, almost one one last chance before the final, if you don't step up against West Ham, you're definitely not playing type of situation um in Wembley.
00:24:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Agreed.
00:24:44
Jo
So, like, I'm sitting here full of threats, obviously, like I've got any control. um But that's how I would tell them. I'd be standing the dressing room right now. I'd be like, look, mate, you can play a day.
00:24:56
Jo
But if you don't put in, yeah yeah like, bugger off.
00:24:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah.
00:25:00
Jo
Don't even bother coming down to Wembley. Extreme. But yeah, yeah, um ah that's what I'm kind of expecting. That's what I would go with is is more my kind of point on that one
00:25:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay. Ian, do you agree? Or what would you do?
00:25:12
Iain
I agree. i think I think if he doesn't start Barnes down the left, then where's Barnes fitting into this team?
00:25:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:21
Iain
Barnes is on the transfer list for the summer if he doesn't start him.
00:25:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Agreed.
00:25:25
Iain
And I do hope he does start him and I hope that he plays very well to try and win back a first-team squad place, as it were. Because ah if if he decides that Willock and Joe Lytton on the left is the way to go, then I don't see...
00:25:25
Jo
Yeah.
00:25:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:41
Iain
Barnes substitute for Murphy on the wrong side, which can't be right when he's a 40 million player.
00:25:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:25:50
Iain
one sort of One thing that he might try and accommodate is Callum Wilson's fantastic 15 goals in 12 games against West Ham, or it might be 12 in 15. It's a brilliant record he's got against West Ham.
00:26:01
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:26:02
Iain
They might start Callum Wilson at centre forward and Alexander Izak playing down the left, because we can see how devastating he has been when he's done that. And we did play a couple of away games season four last when they were set up like that.
00:26:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:26:16
Iain
I mean, they worked really well in tandem together. Remember a fabulous goal against Brentford that they combined to score. One thing we've not mentioned, which will be up for grabs, and my vote goes to the 36-year-old Martin Dubravka.
00:26:32
Iain
Newcastle's number one goalkeeper now. He could start Pope, and it'll still be Pope as the best stopper in the yeah in the Premier League, which is what Eddie quoted a fortnight ago.
00:26:45
Iain
De Bravka made some very good saves against Brighton just so that he can do it.
00:26:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
He did.
00:26:48
Iain
And his distribution is so much better. But I think if it was me, I'd start De Bravka.
00:26:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's no argument for me here. It has to be Dubravka.
00:26:57
Iain
What do you think, Joe?
00:26:59
Jo
Yeah, 100%. unoper Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:27:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I've said this for weeks.
00:27:01
Jo
We've had this conversation, haven't we?
00:27:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, there's absolutely no argument for me who should be in goal.
00:27:06
Jo
Yeah.
00:27:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And it has to be Martin Dubravka for me. The only thing I'm going to say is right on just on the back of your point, Ian, am I the only one in the whole Newcastle fan base that cannot see him
00:27:10
Jo
Yeah.
Should Wilson & Isak Start Together?
00:27:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
starting Callum and Alex Alexander-Eysak at the same time I also don't think I know I know it's worked but I just I had oh god I'm this is not going to be this is not what I needed to say and I'm gonna have to say it but I the same feeling that everyone has about Callum Wilson every time he steps on the pitch I have that same feeling about Alexander-Eysak um there's an underlying issue that I love Alexander-Eysak don't get me wrong but I feel like every time he steps on the pitch I'm like oh my god I'm so scared in case you get injured
00:27:20
Jo
I don't think he will. He can, and he has, it's worked. But, yeah, I don't think he will. Yeah, yeah.
00:27:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
because he's like, there's always little niggles with Alex under his head, do you know what
00:27:49
Jo
I need, well, um i was wanting them protected, I'll be honest.
00:27:52
Iain
He's only had...
00:27:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
mean?
00:27:55
Iain
this year This year, he had a broken toe, which he played he played through either side of.
00:28:01
Iain
He only missed two games or something, or three games at the start of the season. I know they missed him because he had a tight groin, but that was precautionary, and he came back and played against Brighton to come off after an hour because he felt some stiffness.
00:28:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:13
Iain
That's how they're managing it. But he's bright and breezy in training, ready to go again. I don't think he's made of glass.
00:28:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I'm good. No, that's what I mean.
00:28:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:28:20
Jo
Yeah.
00:28:21
Iain
ah don't I don't think...
00:28:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I just like panic because I'm just like, we need to protect him.
00:28:26
Iain
um I think it might start...
00:28:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:27
Iain
and The reason why he won't do is that there's not a third one but because he won't play Ocelos.
00:28:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Agreed. Okay.
00:28:32
Iain
I mean, I think Ocelos would come on after an hour for Murphy every single game having seen what he did when he played right wing against Birmingham.
00:28:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
great
00:28:39
Iain
We need some unpredictability like that. um
00:28:43
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:28:43
Iain
And Murphy seems to go for an hour and then fade. He does. Apart from the games recently where he hasn't appeared at all. It's only because his kick's been put in to get washed at the end of the match that you know that he was playing.
00:28:57
Iain
um So yeah, let's mix it up a little bit. Let's try some of these things. Osler was not ready, but he's had a few games now, and he looked I think he looks a powerful, fast, skillful player.
00:29:10
Iain
And he's 21 now, is he?
00:29:11
Jo
yeah i want to see more of him like i do yeah does
00:29:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think so yeah he is unpredictable to the point where I think he's that unpredictable even he knows he doesn't know what he's go to do
00:29:13
Iain
He's got to be given a go.
00:29:22
Iain
I know, but then you end up with him cutting in against Bromley and scoring probably the best goal of the season.
00:29:22
Jo
look a bit scatty doesn't he yeah give him a chance he hasn't okay
00:29:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what I mean. I'm for it. Put him on. I agree. I'm sorry, Joe. I know you're not goingnna like this comment, but Murphy has yeah it not been up there over the last couple of games and probably, as again, needs a rest. He probably just needs a rest, um which is totally fine. So, yeah, bring him on. Put some unpredictability in the squad. um Yeah.
00:29:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Interesting. And that wasn't me saying, and by the way, that I think alex Alexander Isak is made of glass. I just panic when he comes off because I'm like, this is just not what we need to see.
00:29:52
Jo
it
00:29:53
Iain
Yeah.
00:29:54
Jo
We're just scared of losing him, I think.
00:29:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:29:55
Jo
Oh, we really, that's all that is.
00:29:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
um skeptic ofly I think that's probably what it is. I think I've become attached to him. I've got attachment issues. um So he needs to stay protected and fit.
00:30:05
Jo
dear.
00:30:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Let's talk about West Ham.
00:30:08
Jo
Yeah,
00:30:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
They are coming off the back of a, um I think it's a 2-0 win against Leicester. And then before that, a 1-0 win at Arsenal. I mean, we've all been there. We've all beat Arsenal. Woohoo. Easy.
00:30:18
Jo
it's easy, man.
00:30:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Easy.
00:30:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:30:21
Jo
Easy job.
00:30:22
Iain
yeah
00:30:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm all for it. um Let's just give West Ham, obviously they, well, I say new manager, that he's been there for a month ago now, but got a new manager. um They're not having the best of seasons, obviously at the bottom of the table. I think i think they're think we can probably say they're maybe just about safe from relegation, but I'm not too sure.
00:30:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And we're sitting in the top half. um Any players you guys are worried about? I
West Ham's Form & Key Players
00:30:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
think there's probably one or two for me. Ian?
00:30:48
Jo
yeah
00:30:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Ian?
00:30:50
Iain
I think ki pick the facing a West Ham side at home, they're at home, not away, with a much better manager than they had when they came up to St.
00:30:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:00
Iain
James' Park and won 2-0.
00:31:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Agreed.
00:31:03
Iain
They're in much better form than they were when they came up and won 2-0.
00:31:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:08
Iain
And I sat and watched that game. We were dreadful that night. I mean, we had some good ideas, but we just gave up for the whole of the second half almost.
00:31:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
We were really bad.
00:31:16
Iain
Once they scored a second goal, And we did gift wrap the first one, but we've been doing that. We gift wrapped Tottenham Forest's first goal for them.
00:31:21
Jo
no
00:31:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep. um
00:31:24
Iain
and So, yeah, so I think it'll be really tough.
00:31:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
True.
00:31:28
Iain
I think Bowen is in fabulous form. He's going to have to be washed. What?
00:31:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
wash Yeah.
00:31:34
Iain
and
00:31:35
Jo
It's not dirty, god.
00:31:35
Iain
Kudus, as a player, I really like Kudus, but I don't think he's in terrific goals going form. I think he's on a bit of a drench.
00:31:43
Jo
Yeah. Yeah.
00:31:46
Iain
But, you know, Newcastle, historically, are quite good to turn up and let strikers get back into form against them.
00:31:51
Jo
yeah
00:31:52
Iain
I remember Evan Ferguson getting a hat-trick for Brighton.
00:31:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, know.
00:31:56
Iain
Yeah, yeah. All of this pain that I carry with me. It can't be good for me. So, yeah, Tudor and Bowen. No Antonio, of course. He's still recovering from his car accident.
00:32:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep, that's true.
00:32:09
Iain
Paqueta versus Bruno in midfield. Is Paqueta still playing for them? but think he's been I been first choice to connect with Potter.
00:32:15
Jo
Is he? Because didn't play against stem Leicester.
00:32:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
He didn't play against Leicester. I think he is still playing for them though.
00:32:19
Jo
And he wasn't even on the bench. is is it's Is it not because of his investigation? He's not suspended or anything, is he yet?
00:32:26
Iain
Not yet,
00:32:26
Jo
That investigation, it was gambling going on, isn't it?
00:32:26
Iain
no
00:32:29
Jo
But he wasn't even on the bench against Leicester. don't know what's going on there.
00:32:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um... the He has been in the press this week, though, hasn't he? press. um
00:32:37
Jo
Well, that's because of the betting, isn't it?
00:32:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah No, he definitely... He played against them for for Brentford. He definitely played against them against Brentford.
00:32:42
Jo
Yeah, I've just checked on the Leicester game and I know he didn't start but he also definitely wasn't on the bench either.
00:32:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Maybe... yeah
00:32:46
Jo
I'm having look.
00:32:53
Jo
Kind of though because sometimes as he see he appeared well against us last time unfortunately.
00:32:54
Iain
Well,
00:32:57
Jo
ah um
00:32:58
Iain
London Stadium is a bit of a happy hunting ground for us, I think so, isn't it? You can remember John Joe Selvey scoring in a 3-1 win.
00:33:02
Jo
It is though, yeah.
00:33:07
Iain
um I love that Isaac Slob from outside the box where both him and the goalkeeper are standing watching it drop in with the hands on the hips.
00:33:16
Jo
Brilliant.
00:33:17
Iain
That was a 5-1 win, wasn't
00:33:18
Jo
That poor keeper man. Poor keeper.
00:33:21
Iain
so
00:33:23
Jo
No.
00:33:23
Iain
you know And I and to remember a 2-2. What was it last year? I can't remember what happened last year. um I know it was with a 2-2 the year before, so we do do quite well there.
00:33:32
Iain
and
00:33:32
Jo
Oh, yeah.
00:33:33
Jo
We score goals.
00:33:33
Iain
i think I think if I'm going to get on predictions, because I think we ought to do that at some stage, I do think my 3-1 is, because I'm going for a Newcastle win, let's say that we get the free goal for Wilson whenever he ever plays at West Ham, premium.
00:33:35
Jo
I'm sure.
00:33:44
Jo
It's ripe for it, Ian.
00:33:53
Iain
and we win 3-1.
00:33:56
Jo
Nice.
00:33:57
Iain
It's
00:33:57
Jo
Lock in.
00:34:00
Jo
Yeah.
00:34:03
Iain
think
00:34:04
Jo
Sorry, Ian, come
00:34:04
Iain
come in so many times recently, why would I change it?
00:34:12
Jo
on. Yeah.
00:34:17
Jo
um Just ah a side note, like who we're worried about. I wouldn't say worried, but like, Sochek to me is also a one that we should watch. No, it's fine. That's the only one I had to say really, because Bourne is always a natural one. I'd still love to have Bourne play for us, to be fair, but don't think that's going to happen anytime soon.
00:34:32
Jo
um Score-wise, I'm going to go 2-0. I don't want them to score. I'll go 3-0.
00:34:39
Iain
What, because I'll have a clean sheet?
00:34:39
Jo
Yeah, but... Yeah. yeah
00:34:43
Iain
Because I'll have a clean sheet.
00:34:45
Jo
Dubs is going to be back in goal and we're going to absolutely solid at the back.
00:34:45
Iain
Yeah.
00:34:55
Jo
It is.
00:34:55
Iain
OK.
00:34:59
Jo
It's it. Saulted.
00:35:04
Jo
Don't know what's going on.
00:35:04
Iain
We will yeah we be doing a well be doing a review, won't we?
00:35:05
Jo
You might see us if you're lucky.
00:35:11
Iain
We'll be doing a review, even if it's just Michael talking to himself at midnight.
00:35:13
Jo
There'll be some review coming out at some point. Yeah. Yeah.
00:35:17
Jo
but
00:35:19
Iain
Bye.