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Episode 78 - PREVIEW: Brighton take on Aston Villa to HOPEFULLY end their awful run of form
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Daily Brighton - Jamie and Joe discuss where Aston Villa can hurt Brighton and vice versa ahead of tonight's game at Villa Park.
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Introduction to Daily Brighton Podcast
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Hello and welcome to the Daily Brighton Podcast. It's your boy Jamie G joined by Joe Richardson. Joe, how we feeling?
Brighton's Upcoming Game: Challenges and Hopes
00:00:19
Joe
Yeah, not too bad man, not too bad. The game is, is later tonight. So it's going to be a bit of a, it's going to be a tough one because then the former on, but you know, a better team, better quality.
00:00:29
Joe
is So the seagulls actually show up for the first time in and about three months, what it feels like three months.
00:00:33
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Yeah. essential
00:00:38
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but i just said I mean the games are coming thick and fast which is kind of a terrible thing for us when we are in such bad form but I guess it could also be a good thing in terms of you forget what's happened before and you just try and keep up the intensity and then hopefully you'll finally get a win and then it's not not the easiest game
00:00:51
Joe
Yeah No
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that we are coming up against Aston Villa very good side Champions League side fifth in the Champions League currently but it is they have struggled more in the Premier League this season than last season let's say and then they have in the Champions League they're sitting ninth only one spot above us so it's a real clash mid table clash at its finest ninth verse tenth how do you kind of see the game going
00:01:19
Joe
Yeah, mid table clash.
Aston Villa's Premier League vs. Champions League Performance
00:01:26
Joe
um I think it would be a tough one. I don't think there'll be many goals in it at all. I feel like with the thing is with Aston Villa is that I feel like they they've do some of their worst like some of their worst stuff has been after Champions League games. I haven't had a Champions League game in a while now. I think the last one was probably it maybe three, four weeks ago, maybe.
00:01:46
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Two weeks ago, maybe three weeks ago.
00:01:50
Joe
so um But obviously they just got battered by Newcastle. But I don't think that Newcastle are in a really good run of form at the moment.
00:02:01
Joe
And that's a little bit topsy turvy. Now, if you go to where we're at at the moment, we're in an awful run of form. um But if you go to before this run of form sort of started,
00:02:13
Joe
we were doing pretty decent against the good against the big teams um so I am hoping for a performance similar to the first half against Liverpool and even the Bournemouth game to be fair well I thought we were really good um ah just it needs to be resolute at the back like it needs to be solid and we need to actually find the net I don't think I don't think we're gonna I don't think we're going to have as many chances as we did against Brentford but hopefully we can actually like take the chances that we do get and that's probably the key to success I think is just being able to actually, I know it sounds obvious but just being able to convert and still be able to sort of fashion those chances here and there and then being a little bit more resolute at the back
00:03:02
Joe
Um, I think is sort of the only way that we really gonna, it needs to be a massive performance boost. I think the the performance needs to go up.
00:03:08
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Mm.
00:03:10
Joe
Otherwise we could actually get pummeled, but hopefully that
Historical Matches Between Brighton and Villa
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Joe
has happened.
00:03:13
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Yeah, well, you speak about getting pummeled. The last time we went to the villa ground, is that what they call it? ah It was a 6-1 thumping, which I imagine all of our fans have and are trying to, at least, forget about. It happened, which was a long time ago, the 30th of September. I mean, that's ah over a year. Solly March was still playing back then, so like that was a pretty Solly March injury. That's how long ago that was.
00:03:40
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ah We did resurrect that last season as well by getting a 1-0 win at the Amex. So it and we we changed that.
00:03:47
Joe
Yeah.
00:03:48
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And that was with Adam Webster in the team. We've been very critical of Adam Webster.
00:03:52
Joe
Very good score.
00:03:52
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want keep He kept a clean sheet against Ollie Watkins, you know? I mean, what a player.
00:03:59
Joe
Did he hold, was he part of the, was he one of the culprits that held six though?
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he roughly I actually look that up, yeah.
00:04:07
Joe
Cause I, cause I'm, I think in the six one only what cause go out tricks.
00:04:11
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yeah only what kids got a hatchet and assisted one that was that's that was where he started this tear of just terrorizing the league um um but yeah you mentioned we we should kind of be strong at the back it's interesting villa obviously been so renowned they're kind of in a striker up and down and like what's what's it called the seesaw of which one do they play they've got two top strikers
00:04:20
Joe
Yeah.
00:04:34
Joe
That's a roulette.
00:04:38
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yeah yeah is
00:04:39
Joe
Yeah.
Aston Villa's Striker Dilemma: Watkins vs. Duran
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luckily for them makes their decision easier that John Duran's been suspended for ah right yeah thing but falling over he's been suspended for three games so it will be Watkins again probably don't know that's a good news for us maybe that maybe he enjoys playing against us he's gonna lick his lips at Lewis Dunk probably gonna have him on toast
00:04:46
Joe
Slipping.
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Joe
Yeah.
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Joe
Pause.
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yeah
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yeah
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Joe
ah To be honest, ah ah thinkg I think it might be a little bit better to be Ollie Watkins and John Duran.
00:05:11
Joe
ah John Duran, is just he's just a nightmare man.
00:05:12
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He's on fire.
00:05:14
Joe
i like that like i've never so I don't think I've seen a striker who has better ball striking ability than... so the The technique that he uses um when he's hitting the ball is just insane.
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o
00:05:28
Joe
like And when he wants to put his foot through it, he's taking layers off the ball, mate.
00:05:33
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da
00:05:34
Joe
Is that hitting the bar? The goal's moving out of the ground. It's insane. And like, the thing is, is that when he when he's like, you can actually, he's not a donkey.
00:05:45
Joe
That's the thing. don't get Don't get twisted. He's not a donkey. The only donkey thing is that when he fell over and so studied on whoever it was, he's that's he was being a donkey then because I've never seen anyone fall over in like four stages before.
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yeah
00:06:00
Joe
And like, not only has he like stood on him once, Mike tried to fling his leg out to stop from like surfboarding him basically and then he just studied him again so like it definitely wasn't a red card there's no way but but i think ah yeah but it's a good thing for us that he's not playing yeah yeah yeah but yeah it's good he's not playing
00:06:13
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No. Hey. To our delight, it was a red card.
00:06:21
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ah yes yeah i think he has His form is actually kind of worry like was worrying me going into this game, so the fact that he isn't playing is a good thing. i think and Watkins is not a bad replacement to have, so yeah I think he'll still cause problems.
00:06:37
Joe
Mm-hmm.
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um another They haven't actually been that good going forward this season compared to like how they were last season last season It felt like they were scoring week in week out this season.
00:06:47
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They scored less than us They're on 26, which I think kind of sits in the middle of the table ah in the prem so I don't know whether it's like teams have maybe found them out or maybe they're just conferences inside and I think
00:06:54
Joe
Yeah.
00:07:03
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Maybe the drop-off in performance that Ollie Watkins has kind of seen this season has been part of the reason that they haven't lived up to all. They haven't scored as many goals as they were last season. That's what I'm thinking. like maybe cause i um Every time
Morgan Rogers: A Threat to Brighton?
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I watch Villa, Ollie Watkins seems to not be doing what he was last season.
00:07:25
Joe
I think i think for you touched on it before we started recording that you think that they seem a little bit more resolute at the back. um But obviously sad saying that coming off a 3-0 loss in aircraft.
00:07:38
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Yeah.
00:07:39
Joe
But I think the the the issue there is that obviously like if you want to be a little bit more um like a little bit more solid at the back, like it does take a ah little bit away from your sort of like attacking prowess.
00:07:55
Joe
Oh, sorry. And um the the thing with them is that like, you would like to think that, like, but everyone says, oh, defense wins you leagues and stuff like this.
00:08:07
Joe
But like, for them, taking away, I mean, they didn't even really lose much in terms of like attacking personnel, I don't think.
00:08:15
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No.
00:08:16
Joe
I think, or DRB left, but he was at, but he was, he was out of favor, like pretty early on in the season.
00:08:17
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He moved to DR, but he was...
00:08:21
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Yeah.
00:08:23
Joe
And then, I mean, who else even is there like zany olo doesn't count really does it oh yeah leon bailey oh yeah leon bailey
00:08:26
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Well, the thing is, I reckon this is what's reminded me. Leon Bailey, he was like a revolution for them last season. And his partnership with Ollie Watkins and this season, Leon Bailey has gone back to Leon Bailey that we've all actually known to known to see more often ah in the last couple of years. like I think last year was probably just was an anomaly, maybe.
00:08:55
Joe
Yeah, well, do you know what it was? It was when he started cussing out the Jamaican national team is when it started going downhill.
00:08:59
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he yeah
00:09:01
Joe
I think that that's the issue for him.
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The curse.
00:09:03
Joe
But like, yeah, but he also had a really good like connection with Olly Watkins. And now I think that Olly Watkins is sort of like in and out of the team, because he is trying to essentially give them both ah sort of like John Duran, because John Duran's like 22 or something like 21, 22 or something stupid like that. And like, I think the rotate but the rotation to give him a chance because he's obviously proved that he can do it at the highest level. um Can he do it consistently? ah And when Ollie Watkins is dropping off or if he's injured or whatever, John Duran's taken those opportunities.
00:09:41
Joe
but I don't know if he has the exact same link because they are quite different Olly Watkins and um John Duran. um john ah John Duran seems like a player who will fashion the chances for himself whereas I feel like Olly Watkins needs a really good service to sort of thrive and without Leon Bailey being there obviously that takes away from Leon Bailey's sort of assists and that's obviously makes you look so much better and then um obviously it's also taken away from the goals for Oli Watkins as well.
00:10:07
Joe
So I think that like those sort of like, you see the drop off in those two, but then the emergence of John Duran to sort of come to that sort of like, okay, this is one of the best young strikers potentially in Europe.
00:10:08
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Mm.
00:10:21
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Mm-hmm.
00:10:22
Joe
um And I think it has been, it's obviously a good thing, but also I think you like it's also like taken away a little bit they're more sharing the goals out now than it was just sort of like Ollie Watkins um creator god basically
00:10:35
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Yeah. he it Yeah I think in the next segment we will be talking about some of the players that are a threat for them this season and that have really come on and I think we all know who we we're talking about in terms of a certain Morgan Rogers and the the threat that he poses for Brighton so stick around after this ad break.
00:10:47
Joe
yeah
00:11:28
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And we are back with a Daily Brighton podcast. ah So
Rogers and Tealemans: A Dynamic Duo
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let's talk about him. So I guess we both think the the exact same thing. The biggest threat that they have and the one that will probably cause us problems in this game later today will be Morgan Rogers.
00:11:46
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Jo, what have you seen from Morgan Rogers and but what do you like about his game?
00:11:51
Joe
I'm not gonna lie, what haven't I seen from Morgan Rogers, to be honest, he's a killer, mate, honestly. he's um I just spoke about one of the best young strikers, potentially, in Europe, and I think you've got another, ah maybe, well, I don't even know what you'd want to call him, really, sort of like a 10, isn't he? So, like, one of the best sort of attacking midfielders in Europe as well, one of the best young attacking midfielders in Europe. and its sister He has this tenacity about him um incredible ball retention, but not in the case of like, obviously you have ball retention in terms of like Sergio Busquets where he doesn't lose the ball, but he also isn't progressing the ball running forward.
00:12:24
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Hmm. Hmm.
00:12:29
Joe
Whereas Morgan Rogers has this mad knack of running with the ball. You can't get it off of him. He's strong, low centre of gravity. He can twist and turn everything. And with Morgan Rogers, I think, but like as soon as he gets that, he has some end product, but as soon as he gets that end product up to like that sort of next level, we're seeing why the potentially, Karl Palmer is going to be shaking at his boots, mate, because Karl Palmer sort of got all of that on lock already.
00:12:53
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to
00:12:57
Joe
Whereas like Morgan Rogers, I think has physically is um is quite is a bit better. um But I just think that We saw it with Dam's Garden against Brentford and Dam's Garden, let's be honest, he's not the the quickest.
00:13:10
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Hmm.
00:13:13
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Yeah.
00:13:13
Joe
Morgan Rogers has the pace and the strength on him probably. me Dam's Garden was twisting up bare man.
00:13:21
Joe
I think he ran past Belabor, which is Warion.
00:13:24
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yeah Dunk.
00:13:25
Joe
Yeah, Dunk, but to be fair, I think a couple of men could run past Dunk.
00:13:25
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Just put it to the sort of dunk ramp after it.
00:13:30
Joe
I put a couple of men that I know down the local, I think, um and then like it's just ah he against Man City, that performance was insane for Morgan Rodgers.
00:13:31
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ah okay
00:13:41
Joe
And I just hope that Hursler obviously identifies this. I mean, he obviously is going to know that he's a good player, isn't he? But like I hope that there is some precautions taken. the thing that Another thing that I wanted to touch on about Morgan Rogers is, Morgan Rogers is such a handful. And I think he takes away a lot of the sort of interest towards Tealemons. But Tealemons is the creative player where he is, basically, wherever he is on the pitch. And Morgan Rogers sort of just hassling and running around and keeping the ball. It just sort of takes away from like any sort of eyes on
00:14:17
Joe
telamans who he has probably won like final ball. He's up there. I'm not going to lie, he's up there.
00:14:22
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Yeah.
00:14:23
Joe
um The one, I don't know if it was Duran's goal or more or Morgan Rogers goal himself, but there was one pass he did in the Man City game, which was insane. Took like four players out of the game.
00:14:34
Joe
and um the two of them they don't necessarily like they have synergy together but it's like it's not even like meant to be that way it's just sort of the way that they naturally both play um sort of just complements each other but like without them sort of linking up or anything like that and With him being able to drive and to create stuff on his own, and then Tealemans is there to be able to sort of pick players out, it's a really deadly combination. And that that's the area where I've sort of highlighted for this game to sort of be like, okay, this is where there's danger. So like, I'm looking for that, I'm predicting that Morgan Rogers goal or Tealemans assist, or even maybe both. If it happens, then obviously send me money, everyone.
00:15:21
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this is Yeah, I mean, some stats here. Successful dribbles, Morgan Rogers and in the top three of league with 34. Chance is created, he's created 27 in the league, which I believe is in the top five or maybe 10.
00:15:39
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So yeah, um he's he is a threat all round. And like you said about Dam's guard running through our midfield and just having that space,
00:15:42
Joe
yeah
00:15:46
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This is where Morgan Rogers thrives. It's such an old school football is what Morgan Rogers reminds me of. He has like so much freedom and so much he plays with like such a skill. You don't see I think Pep Guardiola's kind of taken, and there's this big conversation about Pep Guardiola taking out any fun or creativity in players now.
00:16:07
Joe
Yeah.
00:16:08
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Whereas I feel like Morgan Rodgers still has that in him.
00:16:12
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Like, he is still so good on the ball, close control, dribbling is just insanely good.
00:16:12
Joe
Yeah.
00:16:15
Joe
Hmm. It's probably why he left City. He was at City, wasn't he?
00:16:20
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Yeah. hes Yeah, yeah. He probably left it.
00:16:22
Joe
He said, nah, bun this, mate.
00:16:24
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Yeah.
00:16:24
Joe
I can't even do anything, mate.
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ah
00:16:26
Joe
I'll just have to pass the ball to Harlan. Well, obviously, he wasn't there then, but like, that's this whole thing.
00:16:28
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it
00:16:31
Joe
Is it like I'm just a system player now? So let me just go enjoy myself elsewhere.
00:16:33
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yeah ah Yeah. Luckily, Aston Villa grabbed him when he wasn't a robot.
00:16:40
Joe
Yeah, yeah.
00:16:40
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That's basically what it turns out to be a robot.
00:16:43
Joe
Where was he in the championship?
00:16:45
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Lincoln. Oh ah Championship Middlesbrough and then he was linked he's gone from Man City then he got loaned out to Lincoln then he was at Middlesbrough last season or two seasons ago and then made the switch to a villa.
00:16:47
Joe
Oh, mid is when I say yeah. Yeah.
00:17:00
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I think there was a team in between that as well but I'm not actually sure.
00:17:04
Joe
What a fine that is, mate.
00:17:05
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Yeah what a find.
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That's a sign of season.
00:17:07
Joe
Give that, so give that scout a, I mean, to be fair, the scouts probably gone.
00:17:10
Joe
Used to play for Man City.
00:17:12
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yeah Man City's Academy, tick.
00:17:13
Joe
Eason, yeah.
00:17:15
Joe
yeah literally yeah
00:17:16
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But yeah. I feel like the thing thing with Morgan Rodgers, he drops into the midfield as well, picks up the ball and then drives at you. Kind of like like you said, and you touched on earlier with Michael Gdamsgard did against us with Brentford.
00:17:30
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He picked up that ball in that little, in an area space and then started driving at us and no one could tackle him because of close control. This is where I kind of, the only way to kind of mitigate him or like to
00:17:39
Joe
Yeah, literally.
00:17:43
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make sure he doesn't do much throughout the game. I think Belieber will just be tasked with like being the Anderer Herrera where he just doesn't leave him alone and just like your sole duty will be to mark Morgan Rogers and make sure he doesn't touch the ball as much or to tackle him or clamp him as soon as he does get the ball.
00:17:53
Joe
the
00:18:05
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That's kind of the way I see because we saw Belieber against Brentford play a much deeper role. He wasn't He wasn't that advanced forward because he had Matt O'Reilly by the side of him, and then in CSO in front, so he was that proper CDM, the holder.
00:18:20
Joe
Yeah, it basically can't to be fair.
00:18:22
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yeah yeah So that's what I kind of, I see that happening again.
00:18:25
Joe
Not with him too.
00:18:27
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I see Belieber being tasked, because he's the only one that can also match him physically. Belieber has that burst of pace, he has the strength, he has the height as well to kind of keep Morgan Rogers at bay, at least I hope anyway.
00:18:41
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ah ah another one Another player I want to touch on is, and this is a player I feel gets zero love for Aston Villa, so I'm going to use our podcast to
00:18:50
Joe
It's not John McGinn, is it?
John McGinn: Villa's Underrated Asset
00:18:52
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It's John McGinn.
00:18:53
Joe
Right.
00:18:53
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Mate, this guy is class.
00:18:55
Joe
You've lost me.
00:18:57
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He's actually so underrated. He's one of the most underrated players, because no one rates him, because he's Scottish, he's small, he's stocky, and he's called John McGinn.
00:19:04
Joe
He's got a fat head.
00:19:08
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Not really the the player you look up put on paper.
00:19:10
Joe
He throws ass into defenders more than ice spice.
00:19:13
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His ball retention's mad. Like, you actually can't get the ball on him, off him, because he throws ass on players.
00:19:20
Joe
He actually reminds me of James Miller a little bit.
00:19:22
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And I can see that ah because it's the running.
00:19:23
Joe
Like, yeah. Yes, yeah.
00:19:27
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He is such a menace, like such a harasser. Wait.
00:19:33
Joe
yeah ah the the feet yeah that's the
00:19:36
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but better
00:19:37
Joe
the The thing with him is that like i think that he's he's just sort of there to like keep every everyone in check and he's just there to be like, I'm going to set the example by the way that I play and then I'm going to shout at people.
00:19:45
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Yeah.
00:19:51
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yeah
00:19:51
Joe
And when I get the ball, I'm not going to do anything crazy. I'm just going to get it, keep it.
00:19:57
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plays it on.
00:19:57
Joe
Let's keep it ticking. I'll let Tealemons give away the ball.
00:20:01
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Yeah.
00:20:01
Joe
I'll give ill let um Morgan Rodgers run around with the ball and lose the ball maybe here and there, whatever. But I'm just going to run around, be a pest, and I'm just going to keep it ticking. And you need that in every team.
00:20:10
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Yeah, I mean, that's probably where Morgan Rogers has that freedom to kind of, because he knows John McGinn's behind him, gonna beat it.
00:20:13
Joe
Oh, yeah.
00:20:17
Joe
Oh, Nana's also there. Oh, Nana's also there to like sweep things up.
00:20:20
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Oh, yeah, no, no. And
00:20:22
Joe
so
00:20:22
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Yeah, and Bubakar Kamara, I think, started playing now as well more frequently.
00:20:27
Joe
Well, they can't have all of them on the pitch at Zator.
00:20:28
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the Luckily for us, no. they so They can only pick three of them.
00:20:32
Joe
Yeah, you can't have that many, mate.
00:20:39
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You watch, you watch still tonight, they'll actually put them in.
00:20:41
Joe
You Yeah, what's this on her hair? See, Megan's on the left for some reason.
00:20:43
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But yeah,
00:20:47
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he'd still do a job that's the mad thing i reckon he wherever you put him he'll do a job because he's just a pest like you say uh but yeah he's and like you say he he keeps things ticking he's until it's mad that he's been he's actually playing and thriving in the champions league as well so shout out to me good yeah
00:20:49
Joe
Yeah. Yeah. He is.
00:21:05
Joe
Yeah. Yeah, i'm way here as I say.
00:21:08
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Fair play to you bud, but in this next segment we're going to be talking about how we can hurt them this time and if we can hurt them.
Brighton's Strategy Against Villa
00:21:43
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And we are back with the Daily Brighton podcast. So, Joe, it's not been a good run of form lately, as we touched on earlier.
00:21:49
Joe
Yep. No.
00:21:52
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And I also want to touch on the last 10 that we've had with Villa. We've lost five, drawn three, and only one, two. That that one nil in the last game we played.
00:22:02
Joe
Yeah, the one in the last one. Yeah.
00:22:03
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it So that's good. too We've got the upper hand recently on them.
00:22:05
Joe
yeah
00:22:09
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ah But yeah. Where can we hurt them if we can?
00:22:14
Joe
ah I think for for me, one of the things that ah I think might play into our favour is I don't massively think that their defence likes to, if Dine is playing, I'd like to target him because I think Dine is pony to be honest with you. um But I just think their defenders don't really like being pulled around a lot, sort of that sort of like quick interplay around the edge of the box and stuff, which we're quite good at. I don't think they like it.
00:22:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:22:42
Joe
um I do think that Jal Pedro is going to have to buck his ideas up a little bit because he's going to need to put in some sort of performance where and also Matoma I don't think is getting criticized enough for his performances because the output is not quite there and like it's all good that he's sick and driven and he can do it when the ball gets pinned to him diagonally he touches the ball down really nicely but like I mean I don't really care for it too much as long as you you need to be showing me something a bit more here
00:22:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nah.
00:23:09
Joe
um we need to have that front four sort of firing. I want to see NCSO picking up really awkward positions for their defenders and putting his chances away please. For the love of God put the chances away um and I think that's really the only way that we are going to hurt them to be honest with you. I think that if we can get that ball moving around the edge of the box and sort of maybe even hit them on the counter or every now and again, something along them lines, I think is probably our only chance here.
00:23:38
Joe
I think we're we're not outgunned, but we're probably a little bit, I mean, they're so close to us to the table, you can't even really say that, but if they turn up, right, we'd need to be at our best to be able to match them.
00:23:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. Hmm.
00:23:53
Joe
And if they turn up and we play like we have been, we could get absolutely hammered. um And then we're going to have to come on here and cuss out all our players.
00:23:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:02
Joe
like The three of us are just going to come out here and just end up cussing out Lewis Dunk. You know how it goes. It's a vicious cycle. We're 78 episodes in now.
00:24:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:24:12
Joe
And when it's a when the results don't go away, we we come here and it's a witch hunt.
00:24:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Hopefully it won't be a witch hunt come tomorrow.
00:24:26
Joe
No.
00:24:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah But yeah, like you say, I feel like our front four need to up their game, like especially finishing wise. ah One thing I did want to point out point out and say in yesterday's podcast is one player I thought did really well, and I think it was only a second start this season,
Brighton's Lineup Changes and Criticisms
00:24:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Gruda.
00:24:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
I thought he was actually very, very good.
00:24:50
Joe
Yeah.
00:24:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know he was up against King Louis Potter, who isn't a fallback. But Louis Potter didn't have a clue what way Gruda was going to go.
00:25:01
Joe
yeah
00:25:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
right Whether it was going to be to the byline, or whether he was going to cut in and shoot, or play a pass to Enciso, which would have never simply go wide.
00:25:09
Joe
yeah
00:25:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
I thought Gruda was very bright when he came on. And then like I think he was he's been much better like just in yesterday's performance than Minta and Dhingra have been.
00:25:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I think I would love to see Bruta get another start, get another go at it.
00:25:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I want to see, I don't know whether, I've actually seen this online, right? People calling for Ruta to play over Pedro.
00:25:29
Joe
Yeah.
00:25:39
Joe
Ooh.
00:25:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
How'd you feel about that? Up top, because, yeah.
00:25:40
Joe
Well, to play through the middle is basically the same thing, isn't it? I don't really...
00:25:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
It is basically the same thing, but we won't have the attempt temper tantrum of Zhao Pedro up top.
00:25:46
Joe
Yeah.
00:25:51
Joe
Why don't, why don't we just put, why don't we just, um, like, uh, I guess that wasn't really work. I think you see, so nice. I would actually go my front four would be, um, hege like it would be Gruda in CSO.
00:26:10
Joe
Gruda, Gruda, Gruda in CSO, Dhingra, and, um, Dhingra on the left, and then, um, probably Ferguson.
00:26:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:21
Joe
But the only thing is, is that, like, uh, Jalpedro, like, it would either be that, or it would be Ferguson up top and Jalpedro in behind, uh, uh, some sort of variation on that, basically.
00:26:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:26:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:34
Joe
I don't want to see Ruta on the right. I don't want to see, I don't want to see a Dinger on the right. So that, I don't, yeah, I don't want to see, I mean, he's good to come off to stretch at the end, but like, ah yeah, I need to, I just want to see something, mate.
00:26:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, don't see Minter on the right. Yeah.
00:26:50
Joe
I need to, I need him to come up with something that's going to work because I keep defending him and saying like, oh, he's, he's getting cussed up by all the fans. They're telling him to go bring the Zerbe back.
00:27:01
Joe
What? These things deserve people to want to come back after. He's been complaining about spending peas for like a year and a half and then we get rid of him, he leaves and then the next person we come in, out of spite, we just spend 200 minutes. He wants to come back, we've just taken a mickey out of him.
00:27:21
Joe
But yeah, it needs to just be, it needs to be a change. It needs to be something that we can go forward with for these upcoming games. And then when Welbeck's back, he can just seamlessly fit in. Do you know what I mean?
00:27:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
hmm i think i'll go my front four i'll go my front four gruda in ceaser he showed a lot of light in the performance against brentford i am kind of i'm gonna stick with matoma although he like you say his output needs to improve like i
00:27:45
Joe
Yeah.
00:27:53
Joe
this says is is he's on he's on the He's on the hit list.
00:27:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly.
00:27:57
Joe
oh gaa yeah I know it's not all about him but I need GA immediately.
00:27:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
he's He's next on the witch hunt, to be honest. I don't see any more. I don't see any more from him. He might be added to the witch hunt. And um then.
00:28:08
Joe
I need goals or assists now.
00:28:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly. And then I'd put router up front. I i want to see Zhao Pedro trying to earn his spot back and because I feel like just below par performances, we can't keep going letting him get away with it.
00:28:23
Joe
Yeah. Yeah. Because that 100 mil that we're going to be asking for in the summer is going to plummet.
00:28:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, if he keeps putting up these performances.
00:28:30
Joe
If keeps trying to elbow people and stuff. then
00:28:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly. Bench him just for trying to assault someone on the pitch.
00:28:37
Joe
so Do you know what's mad though?
00:28:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what I'd say.
00:28:38
Joe
Clubs will be looking at that as well. I'm not going to lie.
00:28:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:28:41
Joe
i I mean, we have friends that are scouts.
00:28:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm. They look at everything.
00:28:44
Joe
it's Yeah, they look at everything, mate.
00:28:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
They look at personality.
00:28:46
Joe
Yeah, personality, mate.
00:28:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly.
00:28:48
Joe
Yeah, I think that ah don't think that's a great look. You played Pony and then you tried to kill someone on the pitch. I mean, it's not it's so it's actually a terrible look, to be fair.
00:28:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
but And I think with Rooter up front, you get much more intensity. And we know that Villa love to play out from the back and like pal Torres great on the ball.
00:29:07
Joe
Hmm.
00:29:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Constance is actually very decent on the ball as well.
00:29:10
Joe
Yeah.
00:29:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Deo Carlos, I think he's built. I don't know whether who plays over him or Constance. I think Constance sometimes plays it right. um But Deo Carlos, I think he's been pretty decent on the ball as well, although he is not as good as I thought he was going to be, to be fair.
00:29:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I think Ruta would then be able to just cause them problems in terms of just pressing, being the energy, being kind of a nuisance, and same with in CSO.
00:29:32
Joe
Hmm.
00:29:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that's where that where maybe we can get something out of that, just pressing them up high. But yeah, that's what I think.
00:29:43
Joe
Hopefully. ah think ewicon' been her fortnight I I'm not gonna lie.
00:29:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah but is it
00:29:48
Joe
With Aaron Ramsdale and Dominic Solanke.
00:29:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think we're
00:29:51
Joe
I believe so.
Players' Off-Field Antics and Podcast Conclusion
00:29:52
Joe
I don't know. He was cussing out Dominic Solanke on Fortnite.
00:29:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
on live street.
00:29:56
Joe
Yeah, I think so, yeah.
00:29:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Alright, wow.
00:29:57
Joe
What's matey that has no posture? Danny Ahrens.
00:30:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Tony Evans, oh yeah.
00:30:01
Joe
Yeah, I think they were all playing together. ah Hopefully soly still in the mindset of Fortnite, mate.
00:30:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Wow.
00:30:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Exactly.
00:30:06
Joe
We need something, mate.
00:30:07
Joe
As you can tell, we're desperate.
00:30:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
We need hope. we shall we need I just want to see a couple goals go in and then I'll be happy.
00:30:10
Joe
Yeah, we're sitting home from anywhere. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:30:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
And on that note, we will end this podcast. We look forward to watching tonight. We hope you all you look forward to it and we hope we get a win tonight. So fingers crossed and we'll be back tomorrow with a review of the Brighton Aston Villa game and back on Wildcard Wednesday to do some fun more things.
00:30:36
Joe
Some fun more things.
00:30:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
some fun little things. And on that note, see ya later!
00:30:41
Joe
Foul out.