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In, Outs & Sela cups about
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Jo & Iain talk more about the ongoing rumour mills of incomings, numerous outgoings (thankfully mainly fringe players) & this weekends Sela cup & Espanyol friendly match back in church
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00:00:00
Iain
I don't want have Seth White or something.
00:00:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Newcastle United podcast with GSPN. My name's Jo, I'll be hosting today and it is just me and Ian again. I think the last time I hosted it was just me and you, Ian. So yeah we just like doing pods together, don't we?
00:00:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
We just like talking about all the fun stuff that's going on in tune.
00:00:23
Iain
do
00:00:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
So how are you doing anyway?
00:00:26
Iain
All of the fun. Yes, I'm ready to let continue living my dream and spend at least half an hour chatting about what a wonderful time it is to be a Newcastle supporter.
00:00:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
All the fun
00:00:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Wonderful time.
00:00:38
Iain
And it is really, you know, because we're only a week away.
00:00:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh
00:00:41
Iain
We're only a week away from a game at Villa and then it's Liverpool and then it's Arsenal.
00:00:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:00:46
Iain
And we've got the Champions League draw coming in about 10 days. It's very exciting. Honestly, it's great.
00:00:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
It is. it is. All jokes aside, I know.
00:00:53
Iain
It's great. We've got a superb first team. I don't know why everyone is so disappointed, but I mean, i appreciate we need to sort out the hierarchy at Newcastle United and get a strategy back together.
00:01:07
Iain
And then then we could actually move forward.
00:01:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:09
Iain
but But no, this is going to be a great season.
00:01:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
We can. We can. And i I like to believe that too, I'll be honest. and I think a lot of the negativity and anger and emotion and everything like that has just came from the fact that, I'll admit I was one of them, everyone looked to this summer thinking, this is it.
00:01:25
Iain
Thank
00:01:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
We haven't spent much in the last few windows. We're going to smash it. going to get some big names in. Or not even just big names. We're going to build a squad. We've got one player. Okay, Ramsdale's phone loan book.
00:01:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've got one player in Lange, you know what I mean? Not exactly what we expected considering a goalkeeper was not a priority in my opinion anyway. However, that will lead me on to a couple of conversations anyway. So, me and Ian discussed it and we're talking in-out shake it all about. That's what we're calling tonight's pod.
00:01:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because we're going to talk about inns, as in please God someone come in. Outs, how many people are leaving us? More than coming in. And the shake it all about is just talking about the Cellar Cup and the start of...
00:02:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Back in church. That's the main thing, right? We all want to get back to church. um So we'll cut straight to it, right? Let's get it out of the way because it's been bloody annoying. I wish it would just end and I wish they would just complete the sign-in.
00:02:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
But let's talk about Chesco, shall we? Um...
00:02:26
Iain
I don't.
00:02:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is it just, right, Ian, and you've just said it before on the pod, so I will set you away in a second. um Is it just a case of yet another big-name player that we really shouldn't potentially be going after? Kev made a good point the other day that maybe we're kind of batting too high.
00:02:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Me and Nick did kind of bat him back a bit, thinking, well... Yeah, but we were kind of almost promised that this is how we were going to progress. We were going to start going for some of the big boys. So I'm very much on the fence of it. and I was more emotional in the other pod. Like I do keep getting cold, but I am.
00:02:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've probably settled more on the idea that, yeah, maybe Kev's right. And what you've just said was right before. Maybe we are just kind of trying to bat above off station, so to speak, just a little bit too early. And when I say just a bit too early,
00:03:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's got start happening soon, though, man. We can't keep going on year on year and just say, oh, well, you know, we're just a bit above a bit buffo station sort of thing. But do you think the Chesko deal has fell down, along with all the others, because of that?
00:03:22
Iain
ah Yes. Do you want a little bit more than that? I do. i think, I love the ambition. I love the ambition that we're going up and battling for signatures against Arsenal and Liverpool ah majesty and Manchester United.
00:03:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:03:37
Iain
Unfortunately, the fact that Isaac can have his head turned by Liverpool, um i know Liverpool is a great team, but the project that he joined,
00:03:49
Iain
would sustain him through, I'm sure, with a new contract and better pay if he thought the project was going anywhere. I think the whole thing has been undermined a little bit by Mitchell walking out, and by Darren Eales taking his notice in back in September and not being replaced yet.
00:04:08
Iain
There's no hierarchy like there was when there was a very visible plan when Amanda and Murdad were in charge.
00:04:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
hmm.
00:04:17
Iain
That's not there anymore. But I do like the ambition.
00:04:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:04:20
Iain
They're the players that we do need to be, that that quality of player is a player that we do need to be going for. But I think we have kind of demonstrating that principle that if you keep doing the same thing, you're going to end up getting the same result in that we're going up for De Lapp and Jao Pedro, Eketike, Sheshko against teams who have got such a,
00:04:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm
00:04:46
Iain
such a bigger income than we have that they can afford to pay ridiculous wages. And I mean, if it's down to, you know, the transfer fee being the same and and agreed with Leipzig for both Newcastle and Manchester United for Cesco, but then Newcastle are offering him 150 grand a week but um or say 160, they're going to make him the highest paid fit player when he comes in.
00:05:13
Iain
But Man United are thinking, well, you know, we can put you on 250 and if you get 20 goals in this first season, we'll put you up to 300.
00:05:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:05:22
Iain
Where would you go?
00:05:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know.
00:05:23
Iain
does It doesn't matter that Man U finished 15th last year.
00:05:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know. It's
00:05:28
Iain
You're going to sit there going, well, that 100 grand a week, that is, it's an extra 5 million.
00:05:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
insane, isn't honestly?
00:05:35
Iain
Over five-year contract, there's an extra 25 million that they're saying they're to pay you to put a red shirt on instead of a black and white striped one.
00:05:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:05:43
Iain
So I do think that whilst a lovely ambition I think we've abandoned our tried and trusted transfer strategy of finding these world-class players the year before everyone sees that they're world-class.
00:06:00
Iain
it's It's been fantastic watching Bruno and Anthony Gordon, Sandro Tonali, Sven Botman reveal themselves to the wider football world as being top-class players.
00:06:13
Iain
by demonstrating that when they're playing for Newcastle. We've taken a chance, but we've only taken a chance on those players when we've done loads and loads of research about them. So I think we've snapped the deck in our favour, and that's demonstrated by how many hits we've had and how few misses we've had in the signings since the takeover.
00:06:33
Iain
Why have we abandoned that?
00:06:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:35
Iain
There are loads of players out there that are, I mean, you could argue Sesco was one, but he's... he's he He was on Arsenal's radar. Arsenal were after him. You know, we had Johnny come lately. He's in the Sesco transfer deal.
00:06:49
Iain
It was always Manchester United and i at an Arsenal that were interested in him from the start of the window.
00:06:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
We are.
00:06:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
hmm.
00:06:54
Iain
um But then there are loads of strikers out there that are showing the sort of promise that Izak was showing. Maybe they're not backed up by stats yet, but Izak wasn't backed up by stats.
00:07:06
Iain
That's who we can go in and persuade to come for 120 because we're taking the first chance.
00:07:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:13
Iain
We're stepping forward, being bold. There are still strikers like that out in Europe, all over Europe, that we could still go and get and because there is still more than three weeks of this window left.
00:07:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
who
00:07:25
Iain
But I don't know why, and it's embarrassing that we have persisted. with the tried and trusted Premier League proven player that is who Chelsea and Liverpool and manchester united Manchester City want to buy.
00:07:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:07:40
Iain
That's why we're not signing them. Because we'll get to where they love our and they love what we're going to do.
00:07:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
True.
00:07:45
Iain
They also like the idea of winning trophies every season with these other big teams. And they then they're offered £100,000 a week more to go and join the big teams.
00:07:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Close.
00:07:53
Iain
So they do. i am I think what we need to do
00:07:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
True.
00:07:59
Iain
get the executive in position, get the sponsorship maximised, continue to do well as we are on the pitch, finishing in the top five. Let's have another champion league season next year.
00:08:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:08:10
Iain
Let's go deep this year. Let's close that differential between the 700 million that Man City you make in a year and the 350 that we do. let's Let's close that so five when we're 500 550.
00:08:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:25
Iain
And then we've then we've got more leeway under PSR to be able to pay more as wages. It seems obvious that we've done that wrong.
00:08:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:36
Iain
But I don't know if it's because Eddie Howe's focus has shifted onto running the team since the 6th of July and going in Singapore. But we've made the same mistake more than half a dozen times.
00:08:52
Iain
And we haven't changed what we've done yet.
00:08:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
We haven't. It's like we haven't learned throughout the last two months, to be fair. And like you say, maybe down to the fact that we haven't got the hierarchy in place that we did have a couple of years ago. We haven't got the schmoozer that is Amanda Stavely, who I think played such a massive role. i think we knew she did at the time.
00:09:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
We knew she was going to be important when she left.
00:09:08
Iain
um
00:09:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
All right, Murdad as well. But even he used to say she was the kind of main one in that sense. But um think we almost need that kind of... softer touch so to speak and she was a softer touch between us and the saudis because you know no matter what people still had an issue with the saudis opening and owning us and stuff but she was like the face of it it kind of softened the whole thing um the way she spoke about the project i think she was a lot to do well i think the likes of bruno and that said it was um with convincing them about the project in the past now i haven't got anyone like that anymore
00:09:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Eddie can't do everything. It's as simple as that. Like, people cannot say anything against Eddie. And quite frankly, he must be beyond peed off at what's happening. Because the first thing he said, like we've said at the start the window, was he'd like to get people in early. He wants them bedding into the team. He wants them to gel, this, that, and the other.
00:09:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
None of which has happened. um He's had a languor now for a couple of weeks. He's just got Ramsdale in, who's essentially just covering the fact that Dubs is leaving. But we'll move on to that in a second, because that's obviously the out section of this pod.
00:10:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um... But yeah, if I'm honest, I think, like, we'll just, we'll just move on from that bit.
00:10:12
Iain
um
00:10:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think if we are going to talk about any more inns, I want to talk, try a little bit of positivity on who else we could bring in. um So, Jackson is a tough one, isn't it, though?
00:10:22
Iain
Well, they're mentioning, this is it, they're mentioning Nicholas Jackson, whose stats are actually really good, right? And he's double figures.
00:10:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:10:29
Iain
doublebble figures He's actually got a much better record than Didier Drogba had in the first two years he played for Chelsea. And he is still quite young. So if Jackson comes, I'm not going laugh at him. I'm going to get right behind him.
00:10:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
could be worse.
00:10:41
Iain
hope that Eddie can work some miracles with him because he is still raw.
00:10:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:45
Iain
We saw when he got frustrated and knocked Sven Bokmann's ear off with his elbow and got sent off at the end of the last season. but He can get frustrated. So there's ah there's still a lot of learning there that he needs.
00:10:56
Iain
But he's another player. He's another player that is going to end up top dollar. Who else have we got?
00:11:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Unfortunately.
00:11:05
Iain
Oli Watkins, nearly 30, proven Premier League striker.
00:11:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd take them, though.
00:11:09
Iain
He'd be great.
00:11:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd 100% take them.
00:11:10
Iain
um
00:11:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:11:11
Iain
But Villa don't want to do us any favours. We finished ahead of them on goal difference. That's how close we were.
00:11:16
Iain
They are in for Sanu.
00:11:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
But...
00:11:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, what was going to say.
00:11:19
Iain
who is ah who is a risk.
00:11:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:11:21
Iain
That might be an Isaac-like sort of purchase. I don't know if he'd cost fortunes. But, yeah, and if they if we if we can get Watkins in, he'll do a great job for two or three years, but he doesn't have any sell-on value.
00:11:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
It doesn't.
00:11:36
Iain
I have heard mentioned, you know, Munez and Strand-Larsen, because they've played in the Premier League, and Wisser as well. That's a step down from where Isaac was.
00:11:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh God, yeah.
00:11:49
Iain
when we need someone to replace Isaac, what about this German fellow who I keep calling Voldemort, but he's not. He's like that, who has scored six goals in the Under-21 Championship.
00:12:04
Iain
He's 6'5".
00:12:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:04
Iain
He did look really, really good in that final against England. He was a real handful. Now, he's only 21, 22, something like that. And he was going to go to Bayern Munich, but now he isn't.
00:12:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:17
Iain
So that's somebody who we could, because in his head, he's earning his 30,000 a week or whatever it is, because he's still on his under 21 type salary.
00:12:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sort play, we need to look at you.
00:12:29
Iain
And if we offer him 100K, wow, travel his salary, play in the Premier League.
00:12:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:35
Iain
That's somebody who we could go and do a, that that could be a Bruno.
00:12:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
ye
00:12:39
Iain
It could be a, it could be a a Botman that we get for 35, 40, 45 mil. And he's worth double that after the first season.
00:12:50
Iain
and
00:12:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
ye Yeah.
00:12:51
Iain
But I don't know if there's any enough people around to be able to go chasing after us. That's what I think Eddie should have done from the start of July. he could have had his four or five players signed by the time, sorry, from the start of June, I mean.
00:13:06
Iain
He could have had his four or five players signed by the time they came back. And he could they could have all been playing together for six weeks before the start of season.
00:13:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:13
Iain
and It's no good saying that's what should have happened because that's hindsight.
00:13:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's true.
00:13:17
Iain
We've got to deal with what we've got now.
00:13:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:13:20
Iain
But I still think if they can get their fingers out, there are lots of great players that are...
00:13:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, there's still plenty of people available, that's for sure. But the problem got is we're chasing our tails, aren't we?
00:13:28
Iain
There are
00:13:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
So...
00:13:32
Iain
a load of players that will prove that they're very good this season. We need some of them playing for Newcastle.
00:13:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
I agree.
00:13:38
Iain
um I mean, if talking about Inns, we need centre-backs. I like Thao or Chow. who we've been after for ages. He could come in as a
00:13:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, there's still talk of us being linked to him, isn't there? We're in talks, apparently.
00:13:51
Iain
ah like i like this I like the sound of Rodoni at Coventry, who apparently he's under £20 million, but you know Coventry's top man last year.
00:13:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Whatever that means.
00:14:00
Iain
He's 24. ah We need bodies in for the squad. um And we need potential.
00:14:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:07
Iain
I don't think we need to buy ready-made players. They cost too much. And the teams that can afford to pay them twice what we can are after them anyway.
00:14:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. Look, what you've just said there actually is the main problem. We need bodies in. and So I only think the panic's kind of starting to set in now with it being August is the fact that we haven't literally got bodies in.
00:14:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we're still going into the season, essentially, with a paper thing squad. going into the Champions League, the exact opposite of what we said we needed in May. So I think that's where the main concerns kind of stem from, isn't it?
00:14:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Everyone kind of sacked off June because everyone was like, oh, you know, what it's nothing will happen until July when the old PSR rules and more money falls in the pot and blah-de-blah.
00:14:49
Iain
Yesterday
00:14:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
So when there was no movement there, everyone... naturally is just getting worried that we just don't have enough people. It's as simple as that. and we don't, no matter what quality at this point, by the way, whether it's a superstar, whether it's just some random kid that we found abroad, um, whether it's Ollie Watkins, whether, you know what i mean? It's, it's probably as well bringing nobody in and that there lies the problem.
00:15:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
And one more thing I'll touch on with these acts. I'm about bored of speaking about that man. I'll be honest. Um, is what's just happened today. Was it today that he did the family day or yesterday? So how had, yeah, so he had the full squad in, all their families, the stuff all over social media, them playing games at the training squad and lovely family environment, kids running about.
00:15:17
Iain
yesterday
00:15:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
So Isaac was banned from that. And then he was told that he still had to train. So everyone left and then he had to come in for training on his own. I mean, fair play, by the way, because what he's done kind of you know, you have to push him out to a degree.
00:15:37
Iain
Thank you.
00:15:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
But if he's still with us come next week, I'm sorry, like, that's like a huge, huge rift. How on earth is he going walk back in that training room? Not the training room, sorry, the dressing room whatever.
00:15:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know. i just That's just a rift through the squad that we don't want. We've loved over the last few years that the squad have been so united. Everyone loves each other. they They're a bit of a close-knit family as they keep talking. And all of a sudden, is's this massive rift through the squad caused by one player.
00:16:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
So this is what I don't like about the exact situation. Now it's got the point where Liverpool aren't coming back in for them.
00:16:08
Iain
Well,
00:16:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
We can't sell them. We literally cannot sell them because got no one to replace them with. So it's just got this horrible little bubbling point, hasn't it? They're...
00:16:19
Iain
I think it's possible.
00:16:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
it
00:16:20
Iain
I think he's friends with them all. They'll understand where he is. They'll understand he's probably been moaning about not being offered a contract since Paul Mitchell told him he isn't getting a new contract.
00:16:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:31
Iain
So they'll probably sympathise with his situation. If he comes back in and Liverpool don't make another offer, because we don't sign a replacement. He's got a World Cup year to play to get into the Sweden team.
00:16:43
Iain
i thinkll I think he can join. I think he's friends with all of the team. I think they'll understand the situation he's in.
00:16:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:16:49
Iain
I think the crowd are the ones that will not understand. But then, you know, if he scored five or six goals in the first half a dozen games, he'll be back onside.
00:17:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he starts giving that to us as well. You know, his little celebration. That'll be all turned on the fans at that point, won't he? So he'll be like, well, screw you, Lopman.
00:17:06
Iain
Yeah, yeah.
00:17:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
You've slagged us off all summer.
00:17:08
Iain
it's still it's It's doable.
00:17:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:17:10
Iain
i'd much rather, i'd much rather you know, sign a replacement, sell him to Liverpool and get that cash in so that he can go crazy in this last fortnight of the transfer window and bring in some really good centre-halves and midfield players because we need them.
00:17:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
True.
00:17:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
True.
00:17:26
Iain
We're desperate for them.
00:17:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
We do.
00:17:28
Iain
and
00:17:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
We do.
00:17:29
Iain
Because, you know, if we've done 55 on Alanga and whatever it is, 40 for Wisser, um, another 40 for chow, let's say, then we're going to run out of cash without selling somebody.
00:17:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know what's going to happen there.
00:17:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. don't know. I appreciate that. um Look, we've spent probably longer than we needed to talking about the inns, considering there is no inns. But never mind. We've blabbed on.
00:17:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I'm going to play an ad, and I think what we'll do, we'll just do a two-parter, because otherwise this pod's going to go on forever. So, first part was a massive in.
00:17:58
Iain
Right.
00:18:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
The second part's going to be the out. I'm just touching on the cellar cub, because to be fair, there's not a lot talk out there. But anyway, here's the ad.
00:18:19
Iain
you
00:18:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Wonderful. Right. Outs. We've done the ins. There is no ins. Let's do the outs because there's actually loads of outs, isn't there? um ah True, we did.
00:18:54
Iain
there are There are quite a few outs and we did touch on the Alexander Izak out thing a little bit there. I don't really know if we have to we don't need to have to talk about him too much.
00:18:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
We kind of mixed up the ins out and outs. So we'll talk about the real outs.
00:19:05
Iain
um
00:19:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, we're not talking about Azak anymore.
00:19:06
Iain
But I do think that I think i think we need to sign ah an Izak-like replacement before we can sell him.
00:19:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm bored.
00:19:12
Iain
So I think every day that passes it's more likely that he will be reintegrated back to the squad and you know we'll have to see
00:19:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
do.
00:19:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's got no choice.
00:19:22
Iain
How we get on.
00:19:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. He's still under contract.
00:19:24
Iain
Oh, they're
00:19:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Tough. Yeah, exactly. Right. So, the first one, and probably the biggest one out of all the outs, is Dubravka. So, there's mixed feelings on Dubravka across the fan base. Personally, I've never had a massive hatred towards him. I'm not going to say I'm his biggest fan, by the way.
00:19:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
But you know it is? He's done a great job for us over the years. All right, there's been some issues. All right, there's been the odd time where all of a sudden people are like, oh my God, not Dubravka playing. But the majority of the time, he's been a solid keeper for it. I think he'll be a miss.
00:19:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know how much of an upgrade Ramsdale is from Dravka, but please God, Ramsdale, come in and prove me wrong on this one. um But yeah, it's I think it's always weird when you've had a player for that long to see them leave sort of thing. But seven and a half years, he's gone to Burnley and he says that he's got some links to them anyway.
00:20:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah personally don't know what these links are. um But he seems happy enough and that's the main thing, right?
00:20:16
Iain
Yeah, yeah, there's a little bit of money coming in from because it's an undisclosed fee. It's not a free transfer, ah which is good.
00:20:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
It is. ah know. Don't know how much now.
00:20:23
Iain
ah but i'm ah I'm a massive fan of Dubravka. and Him having a yeah Balkan name was the only way I persuaded my missus to come and watch Newcastle the first time.
00:20:36
Iain
ah So she's a big fan of Dubravka. 179 games he played. That is a lot of games.
00:20:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
It is.
00:20:43
Iain
and And i thought I think he did well. I mean, you know, he was a great goalie. Him, along with Wilson, kept us in the Premier League. during the Bruce years.
00:20:57
Iain
So, well done, Martin. Thank you for you and all of your service. And I hope you have a...
00:21:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was?
00:21:02
Iain
You know, it's nice that he's got the number one jersey at Burnley. So, he's going to end up with a full Premier League season.
00:21:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
e
00:21:09
Iain
He's approaching 35, is he? Or 36? And just to ah just to hopefully um cheer you up, Dubravka was good last year when he came in for Pope.
00:21:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
thirty five like
00:21:22
Iain
As good as Pope, really.
00:21:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
he was
00:21:24
Iain
Ramsdale is definitely a cut above Dugravka, I think. I know he's been in three different teams that have got relegated. But, you know, that's not down to him.
00:21:36
Iain
ah When he was playing at Arsenal in that season that they finished second and he was in competition with Raya, or was it the season before he was in competition with Raya, which is three years ago, he made the Premier League team of the season.
00:21:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
True.
00:21:51
Iain
14 clean sheets.
00:21:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
He did. You're right.
00:21:54
Iain
He's an excellent goalkeeper. He's played for England, so he knows Pope. He knows all the guys that have been in the England squads with him, like Trips.
00:22:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:22:04
Iain
and I think he'll bet in really, really quickly. And I think he's proper competition for Pope because he's much, much better with his feet. There are some fantastic reels on YouTube of the long-range passing that he's got to pick out somebody on the edge of the opposition box with a ball.
00:22:24
Iain
that bounces once and then gets volleyed into the top corner. So let's see that happen a few times, Aaron.
00:22:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's see that happen indeed.
00:22:31
Iain
And he can definitely be the number one.
00:22:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, you can. You take that jersey. That's absolutely fine. um The other one was our Greek keeper, which I refuse to ever try and say his name because I always absolutely annihilate it. So yeah, the Greek keeper, that was ah record signing.
00:22:45
Iain
Do you mean Odysseus Vlachidomos?
00:22:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
on, say it.
00:22:49
Iain
Do you mean Odysseus Vlachidomos?
00:22:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, look at you. Yes, that's the one. um
00:22:54
Iain
Sort of.
00:22:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's away on a season-long loan to Spain. So I can't remember which ah team it was. um But I was just reading it earlier on and it's completely gone out head. I just know it's in Spain somewhere.
00:23:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
But apparently it is a season-long loan. It's not a sale. So that's another keeper gone.
00:23:10
Iain
Yes.
00:23:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
But then again, we've got about 50 million keepers. So it's fine. We can just start like dishing them out. Yeah, it'll be fine.
00:23:16
Iain
Yeah.
00:23:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've still got plenty on the books.
00:23:17
Iain
yeah He remains our the most expensive goalkeeper signing by a stretch.
00:23:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nuts.
00:23:23
Iain
I think it's twice as expensive as any other goalkeeper we've bought in Newcastle's history at 20 million or whatever it was.
00:23:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nuts.
00:23:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep. Yep.
00:23:30
Iain
Crazy. And we were there. We saw the half of football that he played for Newcastle.
00:23:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
We were...
00:23:35
Iain
against wi AFC Wimbledon in last year's Carabao Cup third round.
00:23:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, dear God.
00:23:40
Iain
Fancy that.
00:23:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep. Fancy that indeed. Right, so two keepers out. Another one which really was always going to go anyway, so fine for him to go and thanks for your services, but Hayden's left.
00:23:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Isaac Hayden. um Again, you know, he was he was out of contract.
00:23:54
Iain
Yeah.
00:23:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was going to happen, but it was nice to see that he has found another club and he hasn't just kind of went by the wayside sort of thing. Because again, nothing against the lad.
00:24:02
Iain
Well, he's been out...
00:24:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was just
00:24:05
Iain
he got a five year He got a five-year extension to his contract or something, didn't he? um And he's been out on loan for the last three and a half of that. So the mistake was to extend his contract by so much because he was a useful player for Rafa.
00:24:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Three. Mm-hmm.
00:24:21
Iain
I mean, you know, he was the Sandro Tenale for a season or two there, holding midfield, et cetera.
00:24:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was.
00:24:31
Iain
But yeah, I mean, lots of good service, but yeah, I'm pleased he's got
00:24:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:35
Iain
sorted because that's one salary that we won't be paying.
00:24:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, might have go.
00:24:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely and then it was one that you mentioned before which I forgot about was Joe White young Joe White's gone out on loan as well hasn't he so see what comes of that but you made a great point before the pod started that really where has he gone to sorry Leighton ah
00:24:49
Iain
Outer Orient
00:24:54
Iain
Orient I think, Leighton Orient.
00:24:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
right okay but you made a great point didn't you about the fact that really the fact that we're sending him out and not really considering a lot anyway yes alright he's been on the bench quite a few times and did he get some minutes for his Celtic did he say because didn't watch that game
00:25:09
Iain
He came on against Celtic, yeah. I thought he looked to all right. I thought he did okay. and
00:25:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:14
Iain
But, you know, maybe maybe they know that Division 1, Division 2 is about his level and it always will be. ah
00:25:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:23
Iain
Harrison Ashby hasn't gone anywhere.
00:25:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
He hasn't.
00:25:26
Iain
He's still in the first team squad.
00:25:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I've seen him in a lot of photos as well. It's mad. He's he's been all over the first team, like the social media and stuff. So it's interesting that he's almost been highlighted to a degree.
00:25:34
Iain
Yeah.
00:25:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we'll see.
00:25:38
Iain
Yeah. The other one who I'm looking forward to see, and I think he will get lots of minutes, um and i I'm not that worried about it because I've seen enough of him to quite like him, is Alex Murphy.
00:25:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
See what's happening there.
00:25:50
Iain
centre-half stroke left back.
00:25:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right, okay.
00:25:52
Iain
and I think he will do a job if we only sign one centre-half being back up for the... Because I think we need two. and We've got so got such a string of ageing centre-backs that are half-crocked most of the time anyway.
00:26:06
Iain
Who knows if Lascelles or Bottman is ever going to get back to what they were like.
00:26:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:10
Iain
and
00:26:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
True.
00:26:11
Iain
So I think Alex Murphy but will be a regular ah regular player this year. Just watch. They'll announce that he's being sent out on loan again tomorrow. But I thought he looked quite good.
00:26:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, did you see that and unreal own goal he scored against um Arsenal, i want to say.
00:26:27
Iain
Oh, yeah.
00:26:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, it was a blinder.
00:26:29
Iain
Yes. that's
00:26:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll hand it to him. It was a well-taken goal, man. Just the wrong end of the pitch, dude. Need to go the other way, but you're fine.
00:26:36
Iain
Well, it was just the wrong so just the wrong side of the bar, that was all.
00:26:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's all right.
00:26:40
Iain
You could see what he was doing. and He was covering.
00:26:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was a...
00:26:42
Iain
He was centre-half, I think.
00:26:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. and so
00:26:44
Iain
Whoever the left-back was had let that fella in at the back post, so he was trying to cover for him.
00:26:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
True.
00:26:49
Iain
I don't blame him for that.
00:26:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know. Just got a joke about it, haven't you, really? But it was indeed a cracker of a goal. um But yeah, wellll we'll forgive him. He's still young. um Right. That's it for the outs, isn't it?
00:27:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank God, because we really can't afford to lose anyone else.
00:27:01
Iain
That's it for the outs.
00:27:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
but Let's not see any more outs there.
00:27:04
Iain
you want a quick Zencastr advert?
00:27:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
We don't want to see my outs. Oh, go on, because you're dying to read it, aren't you? Go on.
00:27:09
Iain
I am dying to read it.
00:27:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:27:10
Iain
um It's a contractual obligation, of course. But here at the Global Sports Podcast Network, we spent a lot of time selecting our delivery platform and Zencaster came out the clear winner.
00:27:22
Iain
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00:27:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well done. And another point of Zencastr I will point out is it also removes long pauses, which you had a nice convenient little two second pause right in the middle of that sketch, but it's fine because the listeners won't hear that. It'll take it out.
00:27:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
There we go. We should add that.
00:27:52
Iain
Oh, did I?
00:27:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
but ah It's all right though.
00:27:54
Iain
That must have been while I was while i was swapping pages.
00:27:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
They won't know. I'm just mentioning it.
00:27:57
Iain
Great.
00:27:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was. You were shuffling. um Let's talk Cella Cuppa and Espanol. So, Espanol on Friday night. And then we've got the Atletico doubleheader because the women and the men are playing on Saturday.
00:28:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, um...
00:28:11
Iain
Well, what I think I'm going to have to try and do, and it might just be me that does it, although if you don't go, as you were explaining, you might not go on Friday. um We need to review.
00:28:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll be very drunk, though, Ian. Don't ask me to come on pod.
00:28:23
Iain
Okay.
00:28:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm going for a bottomless, man, the girls.
00:28:24
Iain
Well, we need to we and review we need to review Friday and we need to preview Saturday.
00:28:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Don't...
00:28:29
Iain
So we'll probably have to try and do a pod, a bonus pod on Friday night to come out on Saturday morning.
00:28:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Saturday morning, yeah.
00:28:36
Iain
So how do you think we're shaping up for Espanol?
00:28:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, that's good.
00:28:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, Espanyol, be honest, and I thought this regardless of who we're going to sign, by the way, it wasn't going to be the game. Saturday's more the showcase game, isn't it? um Obviously, he's going to mix the teams up on both days. However, I do see that Saturday's obviously taken a bit more seriously, being the Cellar Cup.
00:29:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So, there might be a lot more the youngsters on Friday night, maybe. um It's a strange one, isn't it? When you have back-to-back games like that, the players can't play full matches, naturally, but as I say, the Seller Cup will be a priority.
00:29:10
Iain
but
00:29:13
Iain
What he would be hoping, I think ah think the first 11 that plays in both games will be assumed to go all of the way through to the end because they've been building their minutes haven't they so they want to get a 90 minute under their belt before the following weekend when they've got 90 minutes against Aston Villa away from home so what he would have liked to have done is to have had one team to play against Espanyol and a different team to play against Atletico
00:29:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:29:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Technically, yeah.
00:29:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:29:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nope.
00:29:48
Iain
but I don't know he's got enough squad members to do that. I think he might have to have people that are coming on as subs on the Saturday that played on the Friday. Or we'll be delving into the under-18s as well and seeing players that we've never heard of, which is not iss not what we wanted.
00:30:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
well that's, yeah.
00:30:08
Iain
Indicative, though, of um of how poor this transfer window has been because Howard would have wanted for at least four more first-teamers in there. He'll have Alex Murphy.
00:30:21
Iain
He'll have fair Park, Sun Tzu Park, I think he's called, this winger who is South Korean wonder kid who, I don't know, I hope they put him in the first team.
00:30:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
He looked kind of tidy to be fair. He's got bit of skill, hasn't he?
00:30:34
Iain
He'll look good when he's come on.
00:30:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:36
Iain
And if we're short, why not?
00:30:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely.
00:30:39
Iain
But yeah, so, do you know if um there are any injuries coming out of the
00:30:48
Iain
singapore to her because bottman didn't play did he he limped off on one game is he fit have we heard
00:30:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I haven't heard anything though. i haven't heard either way, I'll be honest, no. um Like i said, I don't know, I think the Friday game, will we'll see more kids. By the way, Ian, can you turn your laptop or something?
00:31:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because all I can see is a big layer of sunshine.
00:31:08
Iain
oh sorry i'm gonna just sit over this way then now it's all right as the sun goes down here in sunny yorkshire
00:31:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's alright. I mean, I just want to see you when I'm talking you, that's all. That's better. it just like All I could see was like a beam of light coming across the screen. um No, you're fine.
00:31:20
Iain
right
00:31:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sorry, i do digress. um So yeah, Friday I do expect to see more the kids because I expect, like you're saying, you want to get some 90 minutes out with some people and the 90 minute games will be more of a priority for the Athletical Game, I think.
00:31:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that's where you'll just play. It's got the bigger audience, let's get real, it's sold out. um Friday night from what I've seen Looks about 30,000 or something If that So he's not really going to push vote out
00:31:44
Iain
Well, the fans aren't... We made a joke about it at the start of the pod. The fans are so battle-weary from this transfer window.
00:31:56
Iain
We've just had disappointment after disappointment after disappointment.
00:32:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mmhmm
00:32:00
Iain
Then we've had three losses and a draw in the warm-up game so far. So you understand, I can understand, because kind of felt it myself ah at times, why you sit and think and go, we're nowhere near ready for the new season.
00:32:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:32:16
Iain
I mean, the guys who are there, have done all of the training that they should have done. And we have got, you know, but we've got 18 or 19 of the 25-man squad that we want to approach the Champions League. So there are some great players there.
00:32:30
Iain
That's enough to get through the first few Premier League games, which are big games. And if we can pick up some results in them, we'll start this really exciting season positively. Why not?
00:32:42
Iain
We should do it. But I can understand why people are thinking, ah, it's a Friday night.
00:32:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
I it.
00:32:45
Iain
I can't be bothered going.
00:32:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah got it
00:32:48
Iain
so It's only £20, so if I could get there, I would get there.
00:32:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was the add-on game as well, though, wasn't it? It was like the so like the way they sold it, to be fair. And the tickets have been like, I've had my tickets since they were sold. And we're talking over a month ago. So really, I get what you're saying about the whole battle weary thing. But at the same time, these tickets have been on sale for like a month.
00:33:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
So really, we weren't feeling as bad about a month ago.
00:33:06
Iain
Yeah.
00:33:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
where Really, we weren't. But point is, they announced the Seller game, didn't they? Like the Seller Saturday. Women at one o'clock, men at four. There was no talk of the Friday. the the ticket sales went mental for the Saturday pretty much sold out when that happened they announced the Espanyol game so people were like hang on a second man because the last time they did it they did a two-day one and you could buy it as a package couldn't you so they haven't done it this time they've done it I mean I have got tickets for both but we'd already bought tickets for the Saturday and we're like oh go on then we'll do the Friday um so obviously see I'm just waiting to see whether I'm still going on the Friday because like I said my my friend's daughter's very poorly unfortunately so that
00:33:21
Iain
sold out straight away yeah
00:33:31
Iain
yeah
00:33:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
might put the kibosh on that but again there's way bigger things so that's more important i'll still be going out with the girls during in the day so that's why i can't come back and do a pod i've got to be honest ian because i'll not talk sensibly because obviously i talk sensibly all the time
00:33:56
Iain
He's gladdened.
00:34:00
Iain
I know. Michael will be around, don't worry.
00:34:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
he loves it he loves it as well
00:34:03
Iain
Kev will be changing nappies. Nicola will probably be as drunk as you are on Friday, I should imagine. But never mind.
00:34:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
This is what us girls do.
00:34:10
Iain
We'll get something done.
00:34:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's fine. um No, I mean, yeah, it's a strange one, isn't it? But I'm a a bit torn on the... about people going to the match because it's also one of those that there's a lot of chances for people to go that never get to go to the league game.
00:34:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I know it's not the same as the league, by the way, before anyone wants to shoot us down. It's not the same as watching league match. It's not the same as watching a competitive cup match. It really isn't. But if you're that desperate to go and watch Newcastle,
00:34:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
go and watch them they're at home there's tickets a lot of them and like you said before it's cheap the kids tickets are next to nothing the adults are like 20 quid or something um but yeah anyway that's that's my opinion on anything i go to all the games i got all the friendlies i got everything but i might be a little bit obsessed but i don't know
00:34:40
Iain
Thank you.
00:35:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Go if you can, in my eyes. Because, yeah, the getting into a league match, I appreciate it. It's hard. So, um unless you're a witch like I am, as Ian likes to call us, so get to go the mall.
00:35:12
Iain
Yes. I can't, which is a shame. Otherwise, I would be. But, you know, I'm relying on you getting me the tickets to go to at least 16 of the 18 league matches anyway.
00:35:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know.
00:35:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I will try my witchcraft, yeah. I'll get you.
00:35:24
Iain
and
00:35:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh dear me right we shall wrap it up there and it's been lovely um we've done a wonderful another 35 minutes of bambling on so sorry in advance if anyone has got bored i'm sure you haven't because if you're still listening now you've stuck with us so thank you very much um go on then
00:35:28
Iain
Okay.
00:35:41
Iain
Can I just make a prediction? Because I want to start the new season with Newcastle beating Espanol 3-1.
00:35:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
nice it's gotta be done right
00:35:48
Iain
Because it's it would be so daft if we didn't mention it and then they actually did win 3-1, wouldn't it?
00:35:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:35:53
Iain
So, yeah, I'll say 3-1.
00:35:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Go on then. Yeah, I'll give it that. I'll go 2-0. Go on then. We'll do a 2-0. And because I won't speak to you before.
00:35:59
Iain
So you think we're both saying we're going to win?
00:36:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, man. oh yeah I'm sick of the negativity. you know I know I've moaned a lot, so I've got no right. But I kind of do have a right. I'm fine. um But no, I want to stay positive. We'll beat Espanyol 2-0.
00:36:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Atletico, we're going to win 2-1. What you say Atletico?
00:36:16
Iain
Who wins?
00:36:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because I'll not speak to you before then.
00:36:17
Iain
Lovely. No, i well, I think will be Spaniol 3-1, and I think it will be a one-all draw against Atletico. They're a good team.
00:36:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, someone has to win it though. So what we're going to do, are we going to win an extra time penalties? Someone's going win the cup.
00:36:33
Iain
know the the Right, there'll be penalties. We'll win on penalties.
00:36:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're going to win a penalty. so Right. Okay. Cool. I like that. Okay. So in that case, it's probably going to be you doing some kind of post-matchy thing tomorrow.
00:36:42
Iain
Hmm.
00:36:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
if we can get someone else to join you, fantastic. Otherwise, i personally will see you next week. Okey dokes.
00:36:53
Iain
If it is just me, I guarantee it won't be 37 minutes long.
00:36:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know, like Ian, you've done a half an hour before on your own, so let's go.
00:37:00
Iain
Well, yeah.
00:37:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know you can talk.
00:37:03
Iain
not not Not reviewing a friendly game, though, but, you know, what can you do?
00:37:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
You never know what's going to happen tomorrow night, to be fair. um Right, I'll let you go and I'll see you next week.
00:37:13
Iain
See you all.
00:37:22
Iain
Right.