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Episode 136 - Chelsea v Ipswich Preview
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Tom and Richard are here to give you their thoughts ahead of Town's trip to Chelsea this Sunday. McKenna's side beat the West London team 2-0 late last year, can they do the double in the capital?
The Daily Ipswich Podcast, part of the Global Sports Podcast Network, is the home of all your ITFC. Join us every weekday for the latest news, build-up and reaction in the club's first season back in the Premier League.
Host: Tom Crack
Guests: Richard Popple
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Ipswich vs. Chelsea: Pre-Match Analysis
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of the Daily Ipswich here on the Global Sports Podcast Network. It's Friday and that means it is preview time for this weekend with Ipswich going to London to play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. One of the few oppositions this season which Town have got a fantastic result against with a brilliant 2-0 win at Portham Road in December so I think despite the fact of how last week went for us, having think optimism for results should be fairly high considering we've got a good result against this side earlier in the season.
Richard Popple's Return and Ipswich's Season So Far
00:00:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
But to help me look ahead to Sunday's action, I'm delighted to say I'm joined by Mr Richard Popple who joins us after a lovely time away in Portugal. How you doing Richard how was your time away?
00:00:48
Richard
It was very nice, thank you. Yeah, good to be back though. Good to be back. Bit of a mixed bag while I was away.
00:00:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no, exactly. We we said before we started recording, obviously, yeah, you missed the the winner, the Vitality away at Bournemouth around this time a week or so ago, and then missed the optimism that me and Rob had had the preview for Wolves, and then you, yeah, obviously missed Wolves. I mean, no, we're almost a week removed now from that game, so we're not going to make make you relive it, but just in terms of like...
Ipswich's Home vs. Away Performance
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Richard
and
00:01:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just thoughts on how it went down and how you're feeling really?
00:01:30
Richard
Yeah. Yeah, I think that, you know, the Bournemouth game, i actually saw a bit of it in in a bar over there, which is which was great.
00:01:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh nice. Cool.
00:01:37
Richard
didn't see the result come through at the end, but saw a bit it beforehand, saw us go ahead. Obviously, that was a great result. And I kind of thought it might happen, just weirdly. I think, you know, Bournemouth obviously having the the letdown of the...
00:01:49
Richard
the FA Cup and playing that extra game and the emotion of that and stuff. And we were very, very fresh. So I thought we might nick it. We did maybe got a bit lucky, you know, Bournemouth had quite a lot of possession, a lot of shots and stuff, but yeah, nice to get a win there anyway, because it's been a very difficult place to go this season.
00:02:04
Richard
And I
Why Is Ipswich Struggling at Home?
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Richard
shared your optimism. I listened to you guys last week and I shared the optimism. I thought, you know, if there's ever a chance to kind of grab the metal and grab the moment, it was that Wolves game, obviously. But it was the story of the season as everybody's talked about and mentioned we've been appalling at home and i think you know for a long time we've been kind of maybe glossing over that a little bit or being fairer than perhaps we we might do because I think realistically that's what's got us relegated because i know it's not mathematic mathematically sort of confirmed at the moment but that is what's us relegated.
00:02:41
Richard
It's that home form.
Ipswich's Strategy and Player Transfers
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Richard
It's just been dreadful and I don't think anyone saw that before the season because our away tally is actually okay. Probably would have been all right in most seasons to to give us a good chance of surviving and you know we've still got three games left to go or whatever away from home.
00:02:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:56
Richard
But the home form has just been appalling. So, yeah, very disappointing. Lots of reasons why i think we lost the game, which you guys have already did discussed and our listeners probably don't want to hear a week a week and on from. But it was just hugely disappointing. And I think it just showed where we've fallen short this season.
00:03:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, very much so. but Why do you think like we have struggled but between home and away? Because, yeah, as me and Rob said, you know the amount of points we've accrued this season on the road, three wins and some really good draws that like you know Craven Cottage, Villa Park, Brighton, that sort of stuff. you know i think if you said that's the sort of results we're going to get this season at the start, you'd think, fantastic, we'll definitely stay enough if we get that i went away. Yeah.
00:03:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Portland Road's been fantastic. We struggled away from home, really, in Championship and League One, didn't we, for the most part, compared to the home, at least. So I think it's been a bigger shock for us this season, has been that home form and just the pattern of each game being almost a 1-0 lead and a 2-1 loss in most home games, isn't it?
00:03:41
Richard
Yeah.
00:03:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
what Why do you think the home form's been like such a disparity in comparison to the UA? Yeah.
00:03:53
Richard
<unk>t I don't know, really. I think there's probably
Chelsea's Season Overview
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Richard
a few reasons, but I suppose from the Ipswich point of view, maybe the pressure has got to them a little bit. i think I think when you don't get an early win, particularly at home, you're you're kind of constantly always looking for it.
00:04:09
Richard
And obviously we had to wait until, when was Chelsea? That was 30th of December, yeah.
00:04:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
30th of December. So nearly, yeah, right to the end.
00:04:16
Richard
So you're waiting five four or five months for that first win. so's So it's a lot. And when you don't kick on after that, and I think you know we had very difficult fixtures after that home anyway, and we didn't kick on and obviously get a second one. So you kind of just start that pattern again. So they' they've never really got any rhythm at home all season.
00:04:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:32
Richard
So think there's a bit of that. But I think there's also the fact that in the Premier League, There's way more away. I think the stats were on this recently. and obviously the COVID season aside, because that was very much kind of like that negated any home kind of advantage, really. and But I think this season, more than ever, there's been more away wins in the Premier League. And I think that's a reflection of how strong the league is, generally speaking. You know, go down to sort of 15th, really, sort Everton, West Ham.
00:04:57
Richard
And you would say that's a pretty strong division. And the fact that, you know, teams are fitter, faster, more powerful, better benches, and they can go 90 plus minutes, which which is what the games do and Ipswich just haven't.
00:05:11
Richard
And as you say, we've gone ahead countless times at home and just not been able to to hold on. and And really, there's been a few games, obviously, where we've been blown away as well. So, yeah, a combination of things. but it's But it's definitely the reason why we are where we are.
00:05:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely. think we're going to move on from that now because it's a bit of a bleak five minutes,
00:05:27
Richard
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's move on.
Chelsea's Trading Strategy and Fan Sentiment
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Global Sports Podcast Network
wasn't it?
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Global Sports Podcast Network
But second part of the show, we'll be looking ahead to Sunday's game against Chelsea at Stratford Bridge.
00:05:30
Richard
Yeah.
00:05:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll sort of look at Chelsea's side of things and town's side of things. But just some news that's sort of broken in the past couple of days. Obviously, it being Daily Switch, we like to sink our teeth into this sort of stuff. And, you know, me and James kind touched on it on Wednesday's show about you know potential outgoings for summer with us going down.
00:05:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Obviously, the big one, I think, the inevitable one is Liam DeLapp. In terms of the amount, obviously I was maybe expecting slightly more, but apparently with a sort relegation clause in his contract with, you know, a relegation seem certain to happen is that he's now only going to have, I say only, a 30 million release clause with Man City getting 20% of that set on as well.
00:06:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I watch your thoughts on that amount and Mark Ashton saying a few weeks before, like saying we're well protected for Dillap if I assume he wasn't referring to that transfer specifically, but if he was to go well protected financially and stuff, because I think it's only around 30 million profit, 10 million profit, really, if you are look at the amount we bought in for and the sell on City might get. But yeah, thoughts on that Dillap amount breaking, really.
00:06:32
Richard
Would we not get a sell-on as well if we sell him, though?
00:06:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
i assume I haven't seen seen the fine print to make sure.
00:06:39
Richard
yeah i'll Have you not? Oh, right. Sorry.
00:06:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, if you have, then let me know. Yeah.
00:06:42
Richard
Because I think, yeah, City would get a bit of a sell-on. Is it 20%?
00:06:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:45
Richard
Is it? twenty percent is it
00:06:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. yeah
00:06:47
Richard
Okay, fine. So that that's what Ipswich then would only, if it was 30 million, we'd only be taking 24 million, correct, I think? So that's not much profit at all.
00:06:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:57
Richard
So if that is what Mark Ashton's referring to, I'd be very surprised because he's a pretty savvy operator in the transfer market, I think.
00:07:07
Richard
That's his kind of MO.
Chelsea's Champions League Hopes
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Richard
so I wouldn't I think there's something probably missing therefore so it's either a different fee altogether and the press have got it wrong or we've got a hefty sell-on clause in there as well maybe 25 30 so that you know if he goes this time fine but we get a big sell on the the following time my my I think my sort of i don't know
00:07:36
Richard
I think he's probably worth more than that, I guess, by the market sort standards. But at the same time, he's only kind of had one season of of proving it. So you can kind of look at it both ways and say, yeah, maybe he is worth 30 million. But, you know, you look at that Bournemouth defender, what's his name? Dean Hoysian or something?
00:07:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
00:07:54
Richard
Hauston, yeah.
00:07:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. yeah
00:07:55
Richard
Who's apparently got a release clause of 50 million in his contract, which I find really difficult to believe because that, I mean, yeah, i know I know the Spanish leagues and stuff tend to put in these bigger release clauses than the English clubs tend to do historically. So maybe maybe that is true. And and maybe Bournemouth copied that when he came into them.
00:08:14
Richard
But yeah, you can't necessarily say that De Lapp is worth less than him based on the fact that they've both had one impactful season in the Premier League. I would think there was a huge amount of interest in him anyway. i mean, Man United have been touted, Chelsea have been touted. i I think he'd be an idiot to go to either of those two, to be honest. But if Brighton came in for him or someone like that, even Arsenal, who need a number nine, right?
00:08:36
Richard
and That would be a move that would work for him, I think. But yeah, you would hope we'd get more and that Ashton is being pretty coy about it and that there's there's actually a lot of rubbish going around in the press.
00:08:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
Impact of Chelsea's Managerial Instability
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's not nice to see a player leave. It'll be an interesting transfer cycle for him this summer for sure, whether he stays or wherever he goes. Before we go to the first break, another bit of transfer news. and i think it's you know i've I've kind of said, there with we've obviously, bar the lap, and you know i touched on it on Wednesday, maybe Leif Davis you know going to a slightly better, more Premier League like solidified team, so to speak.
00:09:07
Richard
You reckon?
00:09:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
might Potentially, but... The one I was going to touch on here was a player who I really don't think has been the case. It's Jack Clark, because there's been talks with him linked to PSV in the Netherlands.
00:09:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
I really, really thought... Obviously, it's only talks. It's not confirmed yet. But it's surprising to see something like that. You know, of a player like him who I really thought, you know, he struggled this year, as a lot of players have, but him especially. I think a lot of the transfers he made in terms of the expectation he had of him hasn't really worked out so much. So he'd like to maybe the Championship...
00:09:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
If he is to stick around, he can find his form a little bit confidence-wise. And if we do go back up, he'll be better player for it. But are you surprised to hear about talks? And do you do you think he'll stick around or will temptation of top-flight football, were wherever the country is, be enough for him to maybe leave?
00:09:51
Richard
I mean,
Chelsea's Management vs. Arsenal's Approach
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Richard
it's it it seems bonkers, doesn't it, really, based on the season that he's had. i mean, PSV have taken a few English kind of like wingers before.
00:10:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mattaweke would run, wouldn't he, when younger?
00:10:03
Richard
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Rhys Nelson, I think, was there as well for a period of time.
00:10:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:08
Richard
Fulham's Rhys Nelson. So, yeah. uh, yeah. So maybe, you know, they've got previous with that, with that kind of player, I guess. I mean, to be, from my point of view, sure.
00:10:20
Richard
If you can get a fee for him, i'd I'd be totally fine with the club moving him on. and I think there is going to be a few players that were brought in last summer that will be moved on. not because, you know, with De Lapp, you obviously want to keep him, but you know, you're basically not going to be able to, but I think there's been a few that just haven't worked and I'm not entirely sure if,
00:10:39
Richard
yeah, maybe they'll do all right in the championship, fine. But I think if you're if you're looking to kind of like bounce back in the next couple of years, then you want people that you think are going to have an impact. And I think there's been a few that maybe have proved that they might not be able to, potentially.
00:10:54
Richard
So yeah, he might be one of those in in that camp for me personally. i know other people rate him very highly. i i don't quite have that opinion of him. So I think if PSV or anyone came in for him and you got a decent fee, then I would probably be looking to take it.
00:11:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean,
Chelsea's League Competition and European Prospects
00:11:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
i'm I'm kind of in two minds right now. I think the player we've seen this season hasn't been the one I was hoping we'd get. There's been flashes.
00:11:15
Richard
no
00:11:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's been brief move brief moments, I think, you but when he hit the post at Craven Cottage, which unfortunately did then lead to Fulham counter-attacking scoring. But there's moments like that when you know there's a great player in there, isn't there? But yeah, it's but it's been a shame. So if he does leave, I guess, you know, it's a bit...
00:11:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
money in our pocket for something we didn't necessarily expect. But I think in a Championship, you know, he's proven with Sunderland. He can obviously do a lot better in that league blow. So it'll be interesting. Again, there's a lot of transfer saga. Unfortunately, a lot of outgoings. But, you know, was interesting in coming this summer as well.
00:11:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
But we'll get into that around May time. We'll take our first break now. When we come back, we'll sort of be looking ahead Sunday's game and looking at our opponents, Chelsea.
Challenges in Supporting Chelsea
00:12:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back here on Daily Switch looking ahead to Towns game at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea this weekend. Richard, you know, I'm at the start the season and we were talking about Chelsea. I think one of our league wrap-up episodes for one of the game weeks. And I think it was the first week season and Chelsea had poor performance.
00:12:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
And were both I remember you saying it was like... I can't wait for the crossover. Obviously, it never happened, but just it's been such a madhouse the past year or so.
00:12:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, you know, we we never were unfortunate to have that conversation.
00:12:58
Richard
Yeah.
00:13:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
But is your opinion still of that? You know, I think this season, like, just, again, I'm um'm obviously i'm not i'm fairly certain they are not where they want to be at the club. Obviously, last night they played in the Conference League in Poland rather than and compared to seeing their London rivals in Arsenal beating Real Madrid 3-0 a few days later.
00:13:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
i'm I'm very certain they'd like to be stopping positions. But, you know, potentially getting a Champions League spot, Maybe a bit more solidity, but it's it still seems a bit crazy, doesn't it? Despite the fact there's a slightly more
Analyzing Chelsea's Game Strategy
00:13:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
positive season for them, I guess.
00:13:31
Richard
Yeah, they're just bizarre, aren't they? They're so hard to like work out. i would I would find it very difficult to support Chelsea if I was a Chelsea supporter because it's just so...
00:13:43
Richard
yeah, I don't know. that that the the They have a model of the way that they are player trading, which is a horrible phrase anyway.
00:13:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:51
Richard
And the fear is that more clubs kind of like do it if if these rules kind of like remain in place with all of the feeder clubs and all the rest of it. and So, yeah, I mean, I think in terms of their performance on the pitch, they've actually probably exceeded what I thought they'd do really. They're their' fourth, aren't they? think.
00:14:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Currently, yeah.
00:14:09
Richard
and
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Global Sports Podcast Network
You've got a few games at hand for Newcastle. I think City are playing before them on the weekend as well.
00:14:11
Richard
Right.
00:14:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
so
00:14:14
Richard
But also because the Champions League, because of, you know, the way English clubs are going, apparently there might be up to seven clubs in the Champions League from England next year, which is absolutely ridiculous.
00:14:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:14:25
Richard
Like, who wants that? i i I mean, obviously the Premier League do for money or whatever, and the clubs do for the money, but it's just like, what does that competition even mean anymore? If if if like, you know...
00:14:37
Richard
Villa get in there or Newcastle get in there and having finished seventh and then they get to the final or whatever next year. just think that completely removes the kind of sense of finishing high up in your league. It's just it's crazy. But anyway,
Ipswich's Key Victory Against Chelsea
00:14:51
Richard
so Chelsea will be in the Champions League ultimately next year, you would think, unless they absolutely fall off a cliff.
00:14:57
Richard
So I suppose that's progress, isn't it, for them? Yeah. Cole Palmer doesn't seem to be as happy as he was a year ago. the fans don't seem to be happy with their manager particularly.
00:15:07
Richard
So that will probably change again, but it changes every year. That's just kind of what they do. And that's, that's their model of running a football club.
00:15:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:15:13
Richard
And it kind of seems to work because they just chuck a load of money at it. They make a load of money off these players as well. They clearly have deals with clubs being, you know, buying like youth players for 30 million, which Villa did and Villa are doing a similar kind of thing.
00:15:27
Richard
It's really unsatisfying as a fan, I think. But, yeah, that's just what it is. And they've been they've been that kind of operation for a while now.
00:15:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think that the chopping and changing of managers, like it's it's a different way now, isn't it? Because they were like that under when Abramovich was there, but they still had like success every year. like Maybe a double was like a a poor season for them almost.
00:15:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
But they are now having a sort of manager carousel now, but it's completely different, I think, just because there's no solidity, like the backroom isn't there, whereas it was under the the previous regime of the management changes. So i think that's why they've really been struggling.
00:16:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
but Before we get a bit more ahead of Chelsea, I saw on social media, like just before recording actually, there's been a lot of like town goals against Chelsea on this day kind of stuff i've been seeing.
00:16:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
don't know if you remember, it was the FA Cup in 2009.
00:16:14
Richard
Oh, really?
00:16:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
and We were in the championship. We
Ipswich's Away Game Challenges
00:16:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
played them at Stamford Bridge. We lost the game free one but I actually went to that game my dad. and are we we We couldn't get an away ticket. We sat amongst for Chelsea fans. and I think we conceded, but then Alex Bruce got an equaliser from a header and, again, surrounded by Chelsea fans.
00:16:32
Richard
Oh, Alex Bruce.
00:16:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I remember my dad sort standing up going, get it, I was too scared. He was like, get in there. And I was like saying, sit down. I think, you know, it not being a big rivalry, he was kind of allowed to do that.
00:16:44
Richard
Nice.
00:16:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
I imagine if it was like Carrow Road or something, he did that, it would be pretty good quite differently. But, yeah, just seeing that goal coming, oh, we did play him, didn't we? But, yeah, that was a long time ago. Yeah, Alex Bruce, good player for us back in day, thought.
00:16:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, just little Chelsea-Ipswich memory there. But Chelsea, obviously, they've been a bit up and down, home and away.
00:16:58
Richard
nice
00:17:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Unfortunately, you know we are playing them at home. But away-wise, with the exception of the europa league sorry Conference League win last night, they've been winless in their last eight away from home.
00:17:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
But at home, they've won seven of the last eight in all comps.
00:17:13
Richard
Oh.
00:17:16
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So I feel like they're kind of the opposite Ipswich, really, aren't they? In fact, they're much better at home than the ERA away. So it may not be the best time to play them. But, you know, they're not the team they used to be, despite the fact where they are on the table. So i
Ipswich's Motivation and Season Review
00:17:28
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think any any side, like it's the way you look at maybe Manchester United at the moment.
00:17:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Whenever you go to Old Trafford or Southampton Bridge, it's crazy to say nowadays, but you like to you can get result. And i'm are you of that mindset heading into Sunday?
00:17:40
Richard
Well, no, no no no not not we not given our sort of situation.
00:17:42
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Damn it.
00:17:46
Richard
But... Yeah, i know what you mean. I mean, they are they are a Jekyll and Hyde kind of team, really, aren't they? i think, yeah, they're kind of flat-track bullies in the sense that they they normally win the games that they should do at home.
00:17:58
Richard
and They normally take care of business there and you would you would kind of think that they are a very heavy favourites to do that against town. And obviously the Conference League doesn't really affect them because they rotate so heavily that... the players that, you know, would be first choice will be, will be kind of fresh.
00:18:13
Richard
And and the thing is they do have stuff to play for because i i know I'm joking about the kind of like finishing seventh or whatever, but they do want to finish in the top four.
00:18:15
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Mm-hmm.
00:18:22
Richard
And it's really tight. I'm just looking at the table. You're right. Newcastle have got a game in hand, so they could go fourth. They could go three points clear of Chelsea and then Forrest might be drawn back into it. So it's all it's all pretty tight and Chelsea, you know, will want to win the game.
00:18:36
Richard
so it's going to be tough for us. It's going to be really tough for us. And as you say, you know, at home, they are they are more consistent. So, yeah, it looks like looks like a long day for us maybe. But wouldn't it be incredible if we... yeah did manage to get a double over them this season.
00:18:52
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i' I'm hoping for the the pink kit on the weekend because obviously we won't be wearing blue.
00:18:56
Richard
No.
00:18:57
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And our away kit's quite dark as well. So hopefully the pink kit can come out again because I'm always a fan of that. but Before we cut away, I just want to talk about... You touched on there slightly, but the manager, Enzo Moresca, because obviously i think I think this past summer, it was like way after Pochettino left, it did kind of feel was either going to be Moresca or Kieran McKenna going to Stamford Ridge, one of the names at least anyway.
00:19:08
Richard
No.
00:19:18
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And I went Moresca when I was kind of happy because like we've got be holding on to our man at least for another year. But how do you think he's fed? One of the sort of comparisons I like to sort of look at, especially after this week,
00:19:31
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Because he's been very much of like, you play my way or no way. Like, I don't want Michael Kiefer booting it. He has to pass it from the back. And, you know, the way certain players have to run and pass, et cetera. And sort of like,
Players' Futures at Ipswich
00:19:40
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if you don't listen to the way I do things, you're getting subbed off in comparison to, again, I know he's not the head coach, but you saw Arsenal this week, like they've been very drilled, their set pieces. I can't remember the set piece coach's name, but obviously's kind of gained a big reputation at that club.
00:19:54
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And ahead of, I think it Rice's first free kick this past week, he was telling him to cross it and then he said to Saka, just go for it, right ignore the coach and you saw what happened next. That sort of player freedom should still be there and I think Reska, there's an argument he may be sort of hindering him ever so slightly.
00:20:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
It could be a factor as to why they do kind of play quite still football, I don't know what the word is, maybe not as progressive as you know the likes of players like Palmer who are very progressive and like to do their own thing.
00:20:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you see, what's your thoughts on Reska and like that's his sort of style.
00:20:21
Richard
uh
00:20:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
And is he maybe just being a cold and player back ever so slightly, or is it a good way of managing a side?
00:20:30
Richard
I mean
Chelsea's Inconsistent Performances
00:20:30
Richard
I think he's trying to make them more he's trying to coach them isn't he and obviously trying to make them a more solid you know consistent outfit because I think you know Cole Palmer obviously had a worldie of a season last year and he's that kind of like maverick player
00:20:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:20:47
Richard
but he's not quite backed it up. he's He's had a decent year, but he's very much tailed off in the last few months, I would say. and I think, I don't know, I just don't, i don't think those type of teams really exist anymore unless you have a real outlier a player like a, know, a Messi or whatever. But I don't, I don't think he's quite at that level. So i think,
00:21:06
Richard
Yeah, you know, he's a he's a coach that wants to kind of like have that solid kind of base the whole time. A bit like Arteta, right? You know, you can see the comparisons. They both work with Pep Guardiola. They both want their teams to play in these kind of like structured ways. They want, you know, these high press. They want to be flexible so that they can fall back into a, you know, banks two
Potential for Improvement Under Moresca
00:21:25
Richard
banks of four and stuff defensively and things. Yeah.
00:21:28
Richard
So I get it because I think he he wants Chelsea to be a consistent force over a period of time. The difficulty for him is that Chelsea's model with managers isn't to give them loads of time to get it right.
00:21:40
Richard
So, you know, Arteta conversely has had five years at Arsenal to get it right.
00:21:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:21:44
Richard
and arguably still hasn't, Maresca's not going to get five years at Chelsea, is he? So, unfortunately, I'm umm not entirely sure it matters what he kind of does, to be honest, because he could win the Conference League this year and he could get them into the Champions League, which really should be deemed a successful season, but it still might not be enough for him to keep his job.
00:22:04
Richard
Yeah. which is kind of like what who who they are. And I think, you know, he's clearly a good coach. He's clearly somebody that, you know, I think he's he's got the better out of people like Fernandes in midfield, who's had a much better season, I would say, than than in previous years for Chelsea or previous year and a half he was at Chelsea.
00:22:23
Richard
Caicedo's
Ipswich vs. Chelsea: Game Strategy
00:22:23
Richard
had a better season as well. So there's there has been a more consistent structure to their team. But because they've brought so many players over the years and, you know, the swapping and changing of them and inexperienced players as well,
00:22:34
Richard
you know, it's been hard to kind of like build up that base, which they kind of need to be successful really.
00:22:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think they they remind me a lot of us in one way and in terms of the fact that you still don't know what their best XI is.
00:22:48
Richard
No.
00:22:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
And for us this season, a lot of that's been injuries. But also, you know, we again, I'm not equating us to Chelsea in this way, but we signed a lot of players as well this season. Obviously, coming up, it was, I think for us, we there was a relatively decent excuse of not knowing your best XI because we brought in so many people. But with them, you know, with sort of wanting to...
00:23:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
be that sort of top four, potentially the title challengers, like who they expect to be as as a club. Like with that amount of players, it's hard to do so. And yeah, I'm pretty sure that must be a head scratcher for a manager. I think he has managed the squad depth as well as he can compared to the previous regime.
00:23:19
Richard
Yeah, I think so.
00:23:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
He kind of did come in was like, look, it's my way or the highway. I think that having a conference league helped because it was a competition, you know, where, you know, you saw a lot of players, young players who...
00:23:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
may not be expected to play Champions League football just yet. So given that sort of opportunity to sort of run about, keep the
Chelsea's Home Advantage
00:23:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
squad happy and everyone getting 90 minutes does help. But obviously you now see with the Conference League, like they had Cole Palmer played on Thursday night. So they are starting to bring in those first team players. The harder the game goes on. i say the harder the game is on. It was against, no offence, Legio also, and they won quite comfortably.
00:23:51
Richard
Yeah.
00:23:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's not really that that thing, is it? But it will be interesting next year when, if they do get the Champions League, because I think a lot of the first team players in this scenario this season will find missing out Conference League, like whatever, like give, you know, Tyreek George and Josh Ashpong a run of help. But, you know, when it comes to Champions League next season, if they do get it,
00:24:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
your Palmers and Fernandes and Caicedo is going to want to play those games because that's the games to play, isn't it, as a top-flight player. So that'll be interesting how they manage that, but that that's a Chelsea problem to have. We'll see how they manage it if they do get it.
00:24:22
Richard
Well, i've also just seen as well, like we were you know joking about the seventh place or whatever, but their fixture list are after us is tough in the league.
00:24:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, tough. Yeah, it Yeah.
00:24:29
Richard
They've got Fulham away, Everton at home, but Everton are a good side now, obviously under Moyes. And then they've got Liverpool, Newcastle, Man United and Forest to finish the season.
00:24:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Flipping heck.
00:24:39
Richard
Yeah, so
00:24:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it'll be
Ipswich's Potential for Success Against Chelsea
00:24:39
Richard
it's so hard they've got a hard run.
00:24:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
very difficult. and Yeah, I think it's one of those things on paper, as the league goes on, yeah you wouldn't expect, if you if a Chelsea fan saw it at start of the season, oh, Forrest, last game of the season, easy. Not anymore, after how how amazing they've been. and like I think a lot of people, including myself, i would like to see Forrest get that spot because you know we seem to, every year now, be getting an anomaly of a team making it. and okay i guess Newcastle wouldn't be argued an anomaly because the amount of money they've invested recently in them.
00:25:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're a big club, but it was a bit of a surprise. But i think Forest will a big, big surprise considering how close they were getting relegated last year. be interesting if they can make that.
00:25:13
Richard
Yeah.
00:25:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll take our next break and we come back. We'll sort look at the town side of things ahead of Sunday's game.
00:25:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're back here on
Ipswich's Strategy and Player Dynamics
00:25:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
the final part of today's show. Richard, as I said at the top of the show, this was one of the few, this the only home victory we've had all season was against Chelsea. And it was also a clean sheet, 2-0 win.
00:25:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Really, really big night, I think, as I said yeah on the show the other day, regardless of how the season's gone, it's a great memory to have that that night, especially around Christmas. It was a nice, feel-good game for sure. played a really, like I think, aggressive level of football that, and, you know, it it's a style of play I really like see Ipswich play.
00:26:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, I've put this in my notes as, like, it may be a rhetorical question, I may not actually be asking you this sincerely, but I feel like, was that the level we should have had all year? I know it's it's hard to say against the top side like that, but, you know, that sort of reckless way of playing, it was like, you know, that was the Ipswich I recognised a lot in that game at December last year, and I think that's why we won the game.
00:26:26
Richard
Yeah.
00:26:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Chelsea but are very poor away from home, as I mentioned, their away record, but
00:26:34
Richard
yeah
00:26:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's it's It's a shame we're not going to see that side. We haven't seen that side all season, but you know I think that game around Christmas showed that that team is capable, isn't it?
00:26:44
Richard
Yeah, and the Villa game as well felt a bit like that, didn't it?
00:26:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:48
Richard
with the cut with With the sort of chaos is the correct word. Yeah, I agree with you. I think we've we've not brought that intensity to games enough, it feels like, certainly for for long periods of the game.
00:27:00
Richard
And it kind of goes back a little bit to what I was saying at the start, where sides are so good now in terms of like the squad depth and things like that, that They're able to push on or come back into games in the last 20 to 15 minutes. i mean, Chelsea didn't that day. But as you said, Chelsea have been pretty poor away from home. And I think they are one of those sides that you can you can get at them because they don't really change the way that they play.
00:27:22
Richard
So their tempo is kind of fairly similar, really. and Whereas Ipswich, you know, on that day, we we did really bring the intensity and they and they didn't really handle it very well. I also think Hutchinson had had his probably best day of the season game of the season and that was probably the period of the season where he was playing well and I think
00:27:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:27:42
Richard
you know not maybe to the Jack Clark level, but he has had a disappointing season, I think, for for the most part and has maybe struggled perhaps a little bit more than then maybe we would have hoped for or expected. Again, he's really young and he's got a load of talent and it's his first time in the Premier League properly.
00:28:00
Richard
and But, you know, that day showed what he is capable of and I think it's about, for him and a few other of the younger players, it's about finding that consistency again on a bit more of a regular basis. But yeah, that's what you want to see from from a town side, right? that's That's where I think we could have hurt teams a little bit more this season and leaves you kind of wondering, you know, a little bit why we've not managed to to bring it, particularly in the home games.
00:28:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's been, I think, you know, it was kind of like an unwritten rule to not mention relegation season. But I feel like
Ipswich's Future Prospects and Squad Changes
00:28:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
there's a lot of what-if moments this season. And, you know, I don't think, you know, yourself, Hamilton and Leicester could have had many what-if moments for season because it did kind of feel the right was on the wall.
00:28:31
Richard
Yeah.
00:28:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
But for us, there's been something like, oh, no, just kind of missed out. But one of the things McKenna mentioned was asked after Saturday's game last week with how things have gone now, it was like,
00:28:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Will motivation be an issue now? And he obviously pointed out, you know, got a trip to Stamford Bridge, then Arsenal coming to Portham Road the week after, then we go up to St James' Park. Do you think motivation will be an issue but with with Sunday's game?
00:28:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Or like, is a trip to Stamford Bridge enough to motivate any player to put in their best foot forward and go for the win?
00:29:06
Richard
It's really difficult, isn't it? I mean, the motivation should be there because they're professional footballers and like, you know, you don't want to be embarrassed and you and you should be going out to be competitive and try and win games. But I think that defeat to Wolves last night week would have really, really hurt.
00:29:21
Richard
And, we you know, seeing the response will be interesting and and I'm sure quite illuminating for the powers that be in terms of like the plans for next season and stuff, because you do want to see a response and you do want to see some pride and, know,
00:29:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. Hmm.
00:29:32
Richard
You know, at the moment, we've only got 20 points and that's not a particularly good record. So we want to try and get as many points as we can but before the end of the season. So we're not remembered as like one of the worst sides to come up and all the rest of it, which I don't really think we will be. But, you know, a couple of wins kind of guarantees that you won't be thought of that way.
00:29:50
Richard
And I also think for some of the players, like they are playing for their... for their kind of futures at the club to a certain extent and certainly playing for their kind of like value at the club, I think.
00:30:02
Richard
So, yeah, i think I think the next few weeks are really important for for kind of everyone really, because it it has to be about the bigger picture of kind of like moving forward.
00:30:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you have any ja names there who you think might be playing for their show a bit more than others?
00:30:17
Richard
I mean, I don't necessarily mean as in like, you know, if they play badly, they're out the door.
00:30:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, I
00:30:21
Richard
But I
Ipswich's Relegation and Rebuilding Plans
00:30:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
get what you mean, yeah.
00:30:22
Richard
just mean, there's just got to be some pragmatism about it. You know, we are going to have to shift the squad around a little bit. And there are some players that you might think, OK, well, if we get a decent bid for them, maybe Jack Clark, you know, maybe one or two others. I don't know.
00:30:36
Richard
i don't know. i mean, De Lapp obviously is one that's going to go. Phillips isn't going to be around. Yeah. mo dicks but I'm not sure if you're going to necessarily get a bid in for him and maybe his wages are going to be low enough that you keep him around anyway.
00:30:49
Richard
But yeah, but those those, I think Clark definitely, I mean, I'd argue a couple of the defenders, maybe I'd i'd i'd sort of,
00:30:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:59
Richard
think about moving on potentially, but we'll do our squad audit at the end of the season, I'm sure.
00:31:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:03
Richard
But I just think from the club's point of view, they invested a lot of money.
00:31:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:31:07
Richard
So they have to think about whether, you know, how much they need to recoup in the summer to be able to go again. And, you know, where the, where the squad has kind of like been wanting a little bit this season.
00:31:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:31:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah. I think it's going to be really interesting, I think, these last few weeks. There's still narratives that I think are quite intriguing as the season comes to it.
00:31:25
Richard
Yeah.
00:31:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's player motivation, performance, and all that sort of stuff. You mentioned points. i don't want to be like a proper Debbie Downer, but is yeah the way the past week's gone. But just talking about we're we're on 20 points right now. I did see it come the other day that our lowest ever point total, I think, and in the top flight anyway, i'm not sure altogether, but we had 25 points in sixty three sixty four season.
00:31:48
Richard
Really? Okay.
00:31:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
which was our first season without Alf Ramsey, which shows how important he was, yeah two years just after winning the league. So we've got, you know, it's not, it won't be, I don't think that damning, because I think we have been putting some good performances this season, but we're five points adrift of equaling our worst ever tally. just say Do you think we can get away from that one? Like six points out of what, six games left, is it?
00:32:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Seven games?
00:32:11
Richard
Yeah, I do My bold prediction is I think we will beat that total because there's a couple of dead rubbers really before the end of the year.
00:32:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:32:19
Richard
Not necessarily the next three, which is obviously Chelsea, then we've got Arsenal, then Newcastle.
00:32:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Arsenal, Newcastle.
00:32:25
Richard
Yeah.
00:32:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah, Arsenal, they're not playing for anything in the league potentially anymore and they'll be focused on Europe if if things go well in Madrid week before, so you never know.
00:32:29
Richard
yeah
00:32:35
Richard
Yeah, exactly. So they they'll be playing midweek next week and then we've got them on the Sunday. So yeah, you never know.
00:32:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah.
00:32:40
Richard
And we'll be at home.
00:32:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
It'll keep spent.
00:32:42
Richard
Then their away form's not particularly very good either recently. So there might be a point there potentially.
00:32:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:32:47
Richard
But you know you look at the final four fixtures, Everton, Brentford, Leicester and West Ham. I could see us nicking a couple of results there. So yeah, i think I think we'll get more than 25.
00:32:58
Richard
What about you do you do you?
00:32:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, lovely stuff.
00:33:01
Richard
Are you positive with that or...?
00:33:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think so. mean, yeah, those last four games, those games we had them against the season. I think the Brentford one was one of most entertaining games of season. So I'm looking forward to playing them again.
00:33:13
Richard
Yeah, it's great.
00:33:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
They've had a pretty poor way from all season. Their home form really, really saving this year. So, im yeah, I'm looking forward to that. there's's There's certain games in there. Leicester, obviously, is the one that stands out. They've been so bad at home. I know we've been bad at home as well, but, you know, they I said on Wednesday's show, they last and if you haven't heard that their last time they scored at home, Gary O'Neill was still the Wolves manager and Russell Martin was still the Southampton manager. So,
Ipswich's Final Season Push
00:33:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
in terms of them scoring at home, it's not been easy. So, i hopefully we can do something there. I think we got we got a goal there last season, and so we can get one or two again and get a point or two. but yeah, I've been...
00:33:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
and It's a game to be excited for, for sure. do i want to get your thoughts on this because i asked James the other day as well. and I know, obviously, people might have heard this already, but I'm just interested in your perspective of, with with you know the three who, yeah most of the three went up, but the three are going down.
00:34:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm very much of the opinion that, despite the fact, yes, we are going down, we're in a much better spot than the other two, I think, especially Leicester, who are going to have a big old overhaul next year. like do do you share that sentiment in terms of, like I think, you know we're not getting relegated from the Championship, we're getting relegated from Premier League, which I think, you know,
00:34:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
we would have been very surprised have been the case three or four years ago. Whereas, you know, Leicester and Southampton are up and down, up and down now, and it's going be harder to keep on that core players, which comparison to us, i don't think will be the case. like do you Do you think there's more reason positive for us in comparison to other two?
00:34:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know it's still, it's it's it's it's a small thing to be happy about, but, you know...
00:34:38
Richard
I mean, I think if we keep hold of McKenna, yeah.
00:34:44
Richard
relegations can can go one or two ways really, can't they? You know, you can either really bounce back quite quickly or or you sort of really flounder and, you know, look at Luton obviously this season and stuff.
00:34:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:54
Richard
So I think they they can really knock the stuffing out of a club. I don't think that's going to happen to Ipswich because, yeah, we've not really suffered one season.
00:35:05
Richard
well, I suppose down to League One wasn't that long ago, but like we were not one of this magnitude, I suppose, from the Premier League. And obviously the fact that we are getting parachute payments for the first time ever and will be key and how the club uses them will be absolutely massive. So,
Optimism for Ipswich's Future
00:35:20
Richard
yeah, I think so, because obviously Leicester and Southampton are now in that kind of like yo-yo situation.
00:35:25
Richard
But if they get their managerial appointments right, because they'll probably change again at the end of the season, what they are already, right? I mean, Southampton guy's already been announced.
00:35:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:35:32
Richard
that He's not going to be there. So they that might give them a kickstart or it might not work out. I think for us, continuity is the key because I don't think our squad is still as good as theirs, to be honest.
00:35:45
Richard
Certainly Leicester. I think Leicester probably have a better squad than us on paper.
00:35:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:35:50
Richard
But yeah, you know, if Leeds come up and and obviously Burnley, and sorry, Sheffield United, then a couple of big clubs will be out of the way. And you would fancy our chances to be pretty competitive if if we manage to keep hold of McKenna. But I do think there will be five or six changes to the first team next year at the start of the season.
00:36:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, there's one name, like, you know, if McKenna does find his way out the door this summer, there's one name I really want. I'm going on a tangent here rather than a Chelsea privy, but I think we're kind of in that sort of mindset now.
00:36:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
But there's one, the one name like I was really intrigued about if he went last year was Liam Rossiniar, because he's done, again, he's done a fantastic job at Strasburg.
00:36:28
Richard
Interesting.
00:36:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Again, i was so surprised Hull let him go. And he's, I know obviously Strasburg got a bit of backing from our opponents this weekend in Chelsea because they're one of their umbrella teams, so to speak. But he's shown what fantastic manager he is and it's a shame he's doing so well because I thought if McKenley's he could come over the door And he played for the club as well for one season on loan, 29 appearances. Actually played against Chelsea, I think, that that season in the FA Cup.
Ipswich's Tactical Decisions and Game Predictions
00:36:53
Richard
you are coming out with some superb stats tonight.
00:36:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mate, I got notes coming up my rear end for this game.
00:36:58
Richard
That's great.
00:36:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Before we wrap up, just look at, don't have to predict the 11, but you know I think in the Bournemouth game especially, a lot of us said it was kind of a rogue 11, and then they kept the same for the first time all season, actually.
00:37:11
Richard
Yeah.
00:37:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you see us keeping the same 11, or do you see the likes of you know Davis coming back in? I think if Philogene, obviously you know he's not a nailed and starter, but could we see him coming back in or anyone else? Change advice?
00:37:23
Richard
Yeah, I don't know. i was really pleased. I mean, they they obviously had to keep the same line up really for the for the Wolves game. And obviously in the first half it was working. Yeah, I don't know. i think we could maybe see the same.
00:37:35
Richard
Well, is Davis back?
00:37:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
He came off the bench against Wolves, logic to Tate, he should be back for this game.
00:37:38
Richard
Oh, he did. Yeah, i did. I've forgotten it has done really well. Yeah.
00:37:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he has, yeah.
00:37:45
Richard
But it would be what sort of message are you sending, I suppose, if you're keeping Davis out of the team? Because long term, he is your left back, right? What you hope anyway.
00:37:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:37:56
Richard
So I think Davis probably comes back in. Other than that, I don't know. I mean, Ben Johnson... It depends. he He might be useful in terms of like being being able to slip back into a back five sometimes, right? So maybe maybe he keepes but keeps his place because of that. Obviously, as a Broadhead aficionado, I was very pleased that he got starts in both of those games.
00:38:19
Richard
I'd still keep Nathan Broadhead in the team. And yeah, Ncso's been a bit of a but of a handful and and I think probably warrants his place. I don't think Clark's getting ahead of him. i don't think Filagene's getting ahead of him on current form. Hutchinson, you could argue, could come back in But again, have those three done that much wrong? i I'd suggest not. The only one would be maybe Hutchinson comes in for Johnson if you're looking for a slightly different kind of, you know, set up.
00:38:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
What about Phillips in the middle? I know it's not the most exciting area of the field, but you know, he's been straight away.
00:38:49
Richard
No, I wouldn't bother. I wouldn't bother because i i don't I don't think that's...
00:38:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:38:54
Richard
The club kind of know where they're going to be a little bit. Okay, maybe you wait until it's mathematically whatever, but Calvin Phillips is not going to be an Ipswich Town player next year.
00:38:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:39:02
Richard
i i'd be amazed if he was. So... I'm not sure why you would. I know i know you're trying to you know win games and be competitive and all the rest of it. And sure, he's got a role to play, but I think generally speaking, I would play Morsi and Cayuste.
00:39:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah. I'm in agreement. with Just any any any sort of centre-back alteration because you saw Burgess and O'Shea, I'm very much in mind to keep that. Did see, obviously, that the Burgess-Girona link this week as well.
00:39:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
We should have an outgoing, which I really hope is not the case because he's been fantastic as well.
00:39:33
Richard
Girona.
00:39:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Man, you've been...
00:39:35
Richard
I could actually see, I could see Burgess picking up a good move, you know, actually.
00:39:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, he's been...
00:39:39
Richard
I think, I think he's, yeah, he's had a good year.
00:39:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:39:43
Richard
He basically just has had a decent season and and he's a, yeah, fully fledged international now. So I could,
Final Thoughts on Ipswich's Season and Future
00:39:48
Richard
I could see him going. And if you got maybe, you know, five or 6 million for him, that's probably good business, right?
00:39:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, I'm in agreement that. Before we go, score prediction, Richard. Obviously, tough game. We did get a win against them, but half past week's gone, and they're good at home, aren't they?
00:40:03
Richard
They are. do i I mean, I'm just going to go a bit gung-ho.
00:40:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Go on, then.
00:40:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not as gung-ho as 10th play scripts at the start of the season.
00:40:13
Richard
Come on you you didn't need to bring that up.
00:40:15
Richard
bring that I underestimated the league.
00:40:21
Richard
Gung-ho. Chelsea haven't been scoring very much recently.
00:40:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, it's it's it's very much 1-0 for the most part. Yeah.
00:40:28
Richard
Yeah, apart from in the Conference League. So I don't think they can...
00:40:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. and they And they struggle as well when it's a side spot, because they will obviously be having most ball. They struggle when they have to pass around and the creativity is not there without a quality number nine.
00:40:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's why Palmer struggled as well, I think. 1-1.
00:40:43
Richard
Yeah, for sure. Let's go 1-1. Yep.
00:40:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
I like it. I'll go the same. Why not?
00:40:51
Richard
okay
00:40:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. We'll be wearing our hopelyly our pink kit. be right away from home. that's that's a good omen for me. So yeah, why not?
00:40:58
Richard
ye
00:41:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Lovely stuff. Well, that's it for today's show. We'll be back on Monday with a recap of the game, usual format as well after that with Wednesday wrap-ups all that sort of stuff and previewing Arsenal later in the week then. But we hope you'll a great weekend and we'll see next time.