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Episode 403: Matchday Preview: Norwich at Home!
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Southampton – Number 13.. unlucky for some? Let's hope not. Historically games against Norwich come with plenty of goals, what do we foresee here?
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Introduction & Upcoming Challenges
00:00:13
DailySaintsPod
hello and welcome back to the daily saints pod my name is greg and as always today joined by my good friend a wonderful co-host zach and mate the games continue to come out stick fast uh until the international break anyway mate uh how uh you doing how you feeling about this one
00:00:27
Zak
yeah It's hard to remember.
00:00:36
Zak
Greg, would it be an accurate statement to point out that maybe you had forgotten which team we were playing when I talked about how we got Norwich coming up shortly?
00:00:46
Zak
And you're like, yeah, we we'll talk about that closer to the time. I'm like, it's the day before.
00:00:50
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, that's fair. Look, it's hard.
00:00:54
Zak
I'm not meaning to throw you entirely under the bus, mate. What i mean is that it's hard to keep up because it's like you blink and then like there's another three games that have either taken place or are happening. And as a daily podcast, it's mad.
00:01:04
DailySaintsPod
the only one was permits but I was St. Mary's, and that was as much as the brain had retained to be with the brain.
00:01:11
Zak
Yeah, I know. Again, this is the fixture I've been a little bit more cautious of out all the fixtures,
Game Analysis & Strategy Discussion
00:01:19
Zak
right? So, like, West Brom, I think we both had a feeling we'd do better than we did, and we obviously didn't.
00:01:24
Zak
Coventry expected us to do worse, and we ended up, you know, somehow winning. Not somehow. Tactically outwitting and... um Yeah, tactically outwitting and outplaying them a little bit.
00:01:37
Zak
And... people could say that the ref had a bad game and that's probably why, but as far as I'm concerned, the ref had a bad game for everyone involved. So yeah, this is the one I'm slightly worried about.
00:01:45
DailySaintsPod
Yes. Agreed. I was very...
00:01:48
Zak
They can not really come into this game in form. So
00:01:51
DailySaintsPod
I mean, it's interesting that you say that because I kind of have the opposite. I feel like because Norwich are in a bit of form, they're going to come and play at us and we're just going to...
00:01:55
Zak
interesting. interesting
00:02:00
DailySaintsPod
That plays into our hands. That's what we want from a team. And I think that based off of that, like we did against them on Boxing Day, Saturday against Oxford is going to be the game where we struggle, even though on paper...
00:02:12
DailySaintsPod
it's it's the team that we should be comfortably winning. But as we like to say, mate, it's not a game played on paper, it's game played on grass.
00:02:18
Zak
Played on grass.
00:02:18
DailySaintsPod
And if you just take 11 men on the line, that's a lot less grass to get it round, to get the ball in the goal, isn't it? like
00:02:26
Zak
True.
00:02:27
DailySaintsPod
But yeah, I don't know. I think I'm feeling good about it. i mean, it's hard not to feel good about the game with the form that we're in, right? 12 unbeaten, nine left to go.
00:02:38
DailySaintsPod
the momentum well and truly behind us. Tonda and his press are coming out with some some confident lines such as, your home form's tremendous. What do you think of that? Like, well, we go everywhere to win, so it's not really important, is it? It's nice to have the fans behind us, though. um
00:02:58
Zak
Yeah, no, you're right. there is a there is the The confidence is seeping in across the team. So, of course, we're going to be positive towards it. But, um yeah, obviously, my concerns sit around the fact that, you know, they' they even in the games that they've lost, I think it was like, wasn't until the game against Middlesbrough was like the last game they didn't actually score in.
00:03:16
Zak
Tell I lie, against Stoke, Sunday, 4th of Jan. No, I was right. Middlesbrough would make the 31st. I'm doing the thing where we're reading BBC and so you're right, it' this's it's doing it the way that you like and I'm not going to try and remember the exact order. But like I was going through and have a look anyway and and again, like they've been really in form and they seem to be on a bit of a a bit of a comeback and I just think that But you are right, like they have dominated possession in a vast majority of their games.
00:03:44
Zak
And if they come to play that way against us, we will punish them. just depends whether or not we have the personnel to do that, right?
00:03:48
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
Player Fitness & Home Game Advantages
00:03:51
Zak
Because um we've already talked, you know, you talked about the presser, part of that presser it was obviously we got a fitness update on Ross Stewart and Leo. And the fitness update wasn't an update as to what's gone on with their injuries.
00:04:04
Zak
It was just that they were apparently on the field.
00:04:05
DailySaintsPod
Oh, wait. it was It was the classic manager line, right? It was the, they're back on the pitch and we'll see if they're going to be involved tomorrow, which as we have learned through our 400 episodes doing this show, maybe 400 and a day, means that they will not be involved probably even at the weekend, right?
00:04:16
Zak
Yeah,
00:04:26
DailySaintsPod
No,
00:04:27
Zak
means we probably won't see him on the bench either.
00:04:30
DailySaintsPod
fear
00:04:31
Zak
But you don't want the opponents to know that, right? um
00:04:33
DailySaintsPod
of course, there would be too much information, but at the
00:04:34
Zak
But obviously... Wellington still ruled out, Jay Robinson, the looks of things, still ruled out, both of which are on their way back to a level of fitness that means they can be involved and then have it, you know, maybe get maybe Manning gets a rest at some point, mate.
00:04:49
DailySaintsPod
I mean, like the the personnel from the weekend did more than enough for me to so maintain a level of confidence that there will be you know more than enough to get it over the line. And sure...
00:05:02
DailySaintsPod
on the games in the week, we have tended to look a bit more fatigue and a bit more leggy. But as Tonda said in his press conference, a little by the way, it's crazy actually doing a preview after a press conference.
00:05:14
DailySaintsPod
Can you imagine?
00:05:15
Zak
Yeah, it's been so weird.
00:05:15
DailySaintsPod
the...
00:05:17
Zak
It's been a long time since we've managed to catch that.
00:05:17
DailySaintsPod
as ay As he said in that, the main benefit of being at home is that you don't have to be as careful with your planning around recoveries. like You just have the facilities available because you're at home.
00:05:30
DailySaintsPod
And that, I think, is going to be really what the key strength of having six of our last nine games at home means, is that we're going to be able to get our players ready better, you know on top of the, obviously, advantage of having the crowd behind you and and all that good stuff. But... Yeah, it's hard not to foresee good things. I mean, i guess historically speaking, when you talk about games against Norwich, there tends to be a lot of goals though, right?
00:05:59
DailySaintsPod
One of them is That's the one I like have in my brain.
00:06:00
Zak
Yes.
00:06:05
DailySaintsPod
There's a 4-0 in there somewhere as well.
00:06:08
Zak
Yeah, that would be... that to be fair, you're looking... of The 4-0 was like the Russell Martin game, you know, and that was also... I'm not saying...
00:06:15
DailySaintsPod
I was right at the start of the season, but.
00:06:17
Zak
but was i remember i remember the game because i i was in Southampton but couldn't go see it. um And I was in Seven Bone, if anyone's ever eaten there. Good burger place. but I was in Seven Bone just watching my phone, like, vibrate off of the table because it just consistently was buzz, buzz, buzz, go, go, go, either side. But, yeah, like that... the So the problem whenever we look at historical stats, right, is that so much has changed and so much is different with the the changes in personnel.
00:06:44
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:06:46
Zak
But yeah, I always, I don't know, I've always, or it's a bit a weird one.
00:06:48
DailySaintsPod
But also, that kind of DNA and style does stay true through the club, right? And you know we're looking back as far as January 2017, since the last game we had against them that had less than two goals in. So, you know, it's it it tends to be a ah sign, right? Because both teams want to go at their opponents and play, it gives that opening for for both of them. So...
00:07:15
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, it's it'll be ah right it'll be a tough one. It'll be a challenge. It's not going to be easy. They beat us in December. um But but is how can you not be confident going into it?
00:07:28
DailySaintsPod
you know
00:07:30
Zak
Yeah, I think that that was the problem is we felt that way in December, but you're right. A lot of things are different. And as it stands, as we record this, the...
Playoff Race & Tactical Speculation
00:07:40
Zak
game we're between Norwich, sorry, Norwich, Watford and Wrexham. Watford are currently winning 2-1, which means that this is the time for us to, you know, finally take that place in the the sort of, you know, the playoff places. And then obviously if we can then eventually get a win against Wrexham, hopefully try and cement that a little bit more. But if they drop points in this race...
00:08:05
DailySaintsPod
Even with whether they you know carry on six minutes left at time of recording, ah if they carry on drop points, even if they don't and go on and somehow score two goals in that time, it's it' in our hands because that game against Wrexham is coming up. right If we win all nine games, we make the playoffs. It's as simple as that. so you know you don't have to It's kind of a nice position to be, I suppose, where you don't, at this particular moment, have to worry about results around us going our way.
00:08:34
DailySaintsPod
You've just got focus on doing what you're doing. and I think that, you know, specifically Tonda and from what I can read of him and the way he speaks is that that's how we feel Yeah, 100%.
00:08:43
Zak
That'll be how he thinks too.
00:08:46
DailySaintsPod
He's just going to want to go in and win every single game and do it that way. That's the easy way, right? You go in and
00:08:51
Zak
All I'm saying is it's nice if things go our way as well, right?
00:08:55
DailySaintsPod
win. Yeah, for sure.
00:08:56
Zak
Cause it's, you know, it depends if you want the poetry of of it being all down to, you know, three or four teams and we end up getting through on goal difference and that's the most exciting thing. Or if, you know, you want it to be cut and dry and personally I want it to be cut and dry.
00:09:07
DailySaintsPod
He's talking about high margins, right? Because meant you know when the games are as frequent as they are in this running, you're talking about mental edges and what more boosts your confidence than sneaking up into the place you're trying to be you know as early as that to give you the bite to push on.
00:09:29
DailySaintsPod
like Yeah, it it can only be a good thing for sure.
00:09:33
Zak
Great.
00:09:35
DailySaintsPod
Right, mate, speaking the of of whether we've got the players to do it, let's ah let's have a little think about our predicted lineups and how we think we'll line up.
00:09:47
DailySaintsPod
I don't know, I can't claim to be someone who's watched a lot of Norwich football this season or if their last games or analysed any of it to know if we're going to be doing some sort of funky, specific ah tactics to to to go directly against them and counter them out.
00:10:06
DailySaintsPod
So for me...
00:10:08
Zak
but even Even if we were, I think that the back ah back five basically remains the same, right? Peretz at the moment is having an absolute stormer and seems to be, you know, I don't think there's any way that he's going to get dislodged by George Long, to be perfectly honest.
00:10:13
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, it has to be.
00:10:22
Zak
In fact, he's ineligible, right, to play against George Long because George Long's on loan from Norwich. So the only thing that would be interesting is who is our backup keeper going to be? Because if McCarthy's still out off the back of surgery, are we going to, you know, we're going to see an under 18, under 21 keeper come up?
00:10:36
DailySaintsPod
Under-21, yeah. I presume so. Or... um ah Yeah.
00:10:36
Zak
put come up
00:10:44
Zak
Yeah, that that's what we got. for We thought this funny, innit?
00:10:46
DailySaintsPod
we...
00:10:46
Zak
Because we went from having 100 goalkeepers to practically one now.
00:10:47
DailySaintsPod
Didn't we bring... in Didn't we bring that other mate Ian on loan to be fourth-choice keeper? Whose name I cannot remember for love nor money. But, like, the it was... in I remember it in the transfers, and, like, we were like, oh, another keeper, that's weird. And Alfie House came out and was like, yeah, he's basically just here so the youth keepers don't have to come out and warm up on game days.
00:11:11
DailySaintsPod
i
00:11:12
Zak
I thought that was George Long, but hey, wait but guess I might be wrong. know Like, I think I'm starting to think you're right. this Ah, that as you can tell.
00:11:20
DailySaintsPod
Long was who we brought in at the start of the season, mate. It's, uh...
00:11:26
Zak
you sure? i thought, ah.
00:11:27
DailySaintsPod
Jamie Jones?
00:11:32
Zak
Are you sure we're in Sonic's podcast?
00:11:35
DailySaintsPod
but It's just, it's come so thick and fast, man. It's just impossible to keep up.
00:11:40
Zak
I still um still have memories of walking to St Mary's with you and me trying to tell you who Ross Stewart is. You're like, who? And this was after we had him for about six months, but he had a game.
00:11:52
Zak
i'm sorry, I have no recollection of this guy once.
00:11:54
DailySaintsPod
Yes, here we go. February 2016, we completed the signing of goalkeeper Jamie Jones on a contract until the end of the season.
00:12:03
Zak
Oh, no, I remember they started tweeting compilations of like his worst goals that he's let in or something like that. And then we kind of just swiftly moved past it because we knew he was never going to play a game. Well, he might on the bench.
00:12:16
Zak
There you go.
00:12:18
Zak
I hope you've all enjoyed this massive diversion with us. I know that as much as we like to stay informed, sometimes it's hard.
00:12:23
DailySaintsPod
You're right. ah
00:12:26
Zak
Yeah.
00:12:27
DailySaintsPod
a lot going on isn't there but you're right I think that backline stays the same I don't know if we see another rotation for Stevens if that was like a one off um because he was having a scam yeah yeah
00:12:37
Zak
I don't know, Wood was solid the games he played. I wouldn't be really i wouldn't be upset by it, put it that way. Do you reckon Kwon's he gets another game this season?
00:12:46
DailySaintsPod
Probably at some point, mate. There's a lot of games. Right.
00:12:48
Zak
It's true, it's true.
00:12:48
DailySaintsPod
coming it's he'll he'll He'll get minutes, I'm sure. there's ah There's a lot of football to be played between now and the end of the season.
00:12:55
Zak
More potential injuries that can be picked up as well. True.
00:12:58
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, and it's you know it's not like he was dropped because he was bad. it was just that everybody else stepped up their game. so um And then, yeah, I don't know. The middle's where it gets interesting, isn't it?
00:13:11
DailySaintsPod
How many games you played?
00:13:11
Zak
Well, if we're going back to like a traditional part, like traditional, surely you bring in... Well, Flint Downs is playing. ah The fact that they already talked about the shackles being off now, that his yellow card sort of like um like um amnesty has happened, which means that you know that's probably going to be the safest bet you can ever put
00:13:28
DailySaintsPod
Lump on, by the way. It's the freest money you can have.
00:13:31
Zak
Yeah.
00:13:31
DailySaintsPod
11 to 4 to get booked in this game is is basically printing it. ah Just...
00:13:40
Zak
You're right, now that the Shackles are off. Or does that good behaviour from the last few weeks seep through into his game day-to-day now, you reckon? Who knows?
00:13:48
DailySaintsPod
Mate, as you pointed out to me before recording on against Coventry, it was not good behaviour. It was more like...
00:13:54
Zak
and yeah yeah youre yeah You're right. It's the fact that he he quickly shut up on more than two or three occasions, but any other referee that was paying a bit more attention would have maybe decided on that third or fourth time that he almost stormed over to have a go that maybe they would have booked him. So, yeah. Okay. No, I'm wrong.
00:14:15
Zak
um so So, yeah, but...
00:14:15
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, that's the safest one. But yeah, flynn Flynn will be playing. um Charles, I feel like, we'll be playing with him.
00:14:24
Zak
Yeah?
00:14:25
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I don't know. i don't know if we stick with this. Brag. Well, I guess, what was it? What was it against Coventry?
00:14:31
Zak
I don't think so.
00:14:32
DailySaintsPod
Brag Yander?
00:14:34
Zak
i think um i think that I think that that was a thing specifically for Coventry. I don' think it's specifically for the way Coventry played. And I think it was to deal with the the absence of Leo.
00:14:46
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:14:47
Zak
And I think that this would be a perfect opportunity to go back to what we've been doing. Most of the time it's worked because we're coming up against position where we know it will probably work. And obviously then you stick Adozi on the left, you sit Matsky on the right, you put Azaz probably in the middle.
00:14:59
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. Yeah, I agree.
00:15:03
Zak
and I know know you that there's been some criticism, but I feel like unless you're going put Charles or Yander up there, I feel like he starts. And then if Lahren is fit, probably Lahren to start.
00:15:10
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, 100%.
00:15:14
DailySaintsPod
hundred percent
00:15:14
Zak
If Stewart is there, he'll won't he'll only be coming off the bench and it'll be coming off the bench probably late on.
00:15:19
DailySaintsPod
what it's And what do you think? It's Flynn and probably Yander, but maybe anyone have bragged Yander Charles?
00:15:26
Zak
i I don't know, I feel i feel probably maybe Charles, um and I think, as i said, if they do decide to do funny 4-1 at the front again, I think that you know you'll get Yander come up there a bit more, and then Flynn will probably drop back and do that, and then Charles, because Charles has also played in that position before.
00:15:46
Zak
That's just kind of, but kind of feel like, again, that was a special setup, specifically in Coventry, to completely outwit them. And Lightning doesn't strike necessarily twice, and there would be no reason, in my opinion, to go back to how it was before, especially if you've got a fit Dozie to step in for Leo.
00:16:02
Zak
And as all we know, if they aren't telling Porcupies and Leo is actually available, ah he's not going to be starting, so he might be able to come on later on, which means that he might be able come on for a Dozie.
00:16:09
DailySaintsPod
these box or maybe Maybe he starts if they think he's got a half in him and with a substitution at halftime.
00:16:16
Zak
Yeah.
00:16:18
DailySaintsPod
ah don't know. I feel like he'll be coming on if he's if he is about the tool.
00:16:24
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, it's a nice position, though, to be in, mate, where, honestly, i the the faith and the goodwill that Tonda has built is that he could name any 11 players in that starting line-up, and I will not be questioning it as a budget decision.
00:16:38
Zak
Yeah, it's not like a, it's not a horrible feeling or shock, right, whenever we look at it.
00:16:42
DailySaintsPod
He could name ah an Alex McCarthy fresh out of surgery up front, and I'd be like, yeah, sounds about right. It'll work. It'll get goal, you know?
00:16:50
Zak
Okay, ah ah I'd like to think that we we have enough like footballing brain and knowledge to know that that that is insanity and something is crazy. But you're right, there is a lot of...
00:17:02
DailySaintsPod
It is insane, but Tonda is just that right level of insane, where even if I question it initially, he...
Managerial Influence & Leadership
00:17:10
DailySaintsPod
I believe he's done it right.
00:17:11
Zak
It's the the opposite of what we talked a lot about with Will Stiller this season, right? Where if it if it comes off, it's genius.
00:17:16
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:17:17
Zak
And if it doesn't, it's not.
00:17:18
DailySaintsPod
Not just Will Stilwell, mate. I think back to all of the managers that that we've had in recent memory. I just think of all of the times Elian Nussi got into the starting line-up. And...
00:17:29
Zak
That's really wild over in Copenhagen. I don't know how. like i feel like it must be a different... like
00:17:35
DailySaintsPod
Watford just made it 3-1 in stoppage time, by the way.
00:17:38
Zak
Perfect.
00:17:38
DailySaintsPod
Absolutely.
00:17:38
Zak
What an excellent update. Thank you, mate. ah So as you said, fate is in our hands, but it is also giving us a comfortable cushion, which is also nice. So, you know, you always need you know sometimes you just want...
00:17:50
Zak
the the grain of the universe to to go with you, mate. that's That's all I'm asking for. I'm aware that it's, you know, i don't think that Tonda is the kind of manager to let them drop concentration because I think that you saw that happen with Russell Martin towards the end of the running and, like, it did result in ah results around us having to go our way a little bit because, you know, we did, we did,
00:18:10
Zak
have a couple of the collapses towards the end of the season. and I just think it's ah a different team now and again, a different manager. And he's won this good faith.
00:18:16
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. Different mindset.
00:18:18
Zak
Well, I think the biggest thing for me is that we had a slump in form when we fought back and we've showed that. And that is a thing that a lot of the other managers haven't, you know, when when Russell Martin had his slump of form at the beginning of the Premier League, did not recover.
00:18:32
DailySaintsPod
Hmm. Well, look, this
00:18:34
Zak
Ivan Juric is like a weird fever dream. And we,
00:18:36
DailySaintsPod
Put it this way, mate, right? but you Whether you want to, you know, however positively or negatively you want to feel about Russell Martin as Saints manager, you know, fine, whatever.
00:18:46
DailySaintsPod
The fact of the matter is, that the difference is, felt like a lot of players called out Russell Martin as a great guy and just a good man, a good bloke.
00:18:57
DailySaintsPod
I don't think I ever heard any of his players call him a genius.
00:19:01
Zak
Yeah, no, you're right. Whereas Flynn calling Tonda a genius is very...
00:19:04
DailySaintsPod
That's a level of... He has achieved a level of buy-in from the players that I have not seen in the longest time as a Saints fan.
00:19:14
Zak
But sometimes that's what you actually need is the idea that the plan is going to work to make the plan work.
00:19:14
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:19:18
Zak
and Sometimes it works accidentally, right? And this this is why, like, the theatre of, like...
00:19:21
DailySaintsPod
how much um what with the start the season did we talk about belief and confidence and and all of those things mindset and mentality yeah like it' exactly he's don't know the right level of crazy to to get that across and and get that buy in and ah I'm here for it fully fully bought in tonder all the way
00:19:30
Zak
scar tissue and all that kind of stuff, right? Yeah. On
00:19:47
Zak
through all the way, mate.
Game Predictions & Closing Remarks
00:19:49
DailySaintsPod
So we're going to go with your favorite segment, mate, stats analysis and AI summaries.
00:19:49
Zak
it
00:19:54
DailySaintsPod
You know we love it.
00:19:55
Zak
Yay! Greg, I have a feeling it's going to say over two and a half goals.
00:20:00
DailySaintsPod
crazy. I mean, look, this picture since in this fixture's instance, it might even push the boat out and go over three and a half, mate, let's be honest.
00:20:01
Zak
Just ah just a little feeling I've got.
00:20:07
Zak
Oh, come on now.
00:20:07
DailySaintsPod
the Look, 21 matches in the data set available, obviously one of them being in this season. ah Nine wins for us, eight draws, four wins for Norwich, so historically speaking,
00:20:21
DailySaintsPod
You know, likely to do pretty well out of the fixture. Obviously, Norwich's form coming into the game.
00:20:25
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:20:29
DailySaintsPod
Very good. One loss and four wins on the bounce. Good for them. Our form, obviously impeccable. 12 unbeaten in all competitions, two draws, three wins in our last five. ah just Just good formal round good goals sco in form form.
00:20:48
DailySaintsPod
ah Like you said earlier, Norwich not only been winning games, but have been winning games by multiple goals.
00:20:56
Zak
Yes.
00:20:57
DailySaintsPod
So, you know, beat Preston 2-0, beat Sheffield United 2-1, lost 3-0 to Leeds, so that's interesting.
00:21:06
Zak
Yeah, that was one of our FA cut though. We don't know if... Yeah.
00:21:09
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I don't know rotated that was. That's all part of it, but...
00:21:11
Zak
yeah
00:21:17
DailySaintsPod
Getting to the AI summary, it suggests that the prediction is, oh wait, a Southampton win, likely 2-1.
00:21:31
Zak
I hate it. I hate it so much. Again, if this is the same AI that was like Sheffield United, definitely going to win the championship, 70% chance. Hate it.
00:21:41
DailySaintsPod
ah Look, both teams to score, yes, look solid given both teams' profiles and Norwich is a wave on reliability.
00:21:41
Zak
ah Good.
00:21:47
DailySaintsPod
Over three and a half goals is possibility. So there you go. High volume of all is expected.
00:21:53
Zak
Over three and a half goals is a possibility.
00:21:55
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:21:55
Zak
Interesting. So that says to me, mate, before even ask the question,
00:21:57
DailySaintsPod
and
00:22:00
Zak
Win 3-1. There you go.
00:22:01
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, 3-1.
00:22:02
Zak
Yeah, 3-1, I think.
00:22:03
DailySaintsPod
they why do they go Where are those goals coming from?
00:22:05
Zak
I would like to see Azaz score a goal because it's been a hot minute. I would like to see Matsky score a goal. And you reckon maybe a goal from a defender? Maybe a Taylor-Harvard-Bellis header? Why not?
00:22:20
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:22:21
Zak
That's what I'm saying. I've already said it now. It's on paper.
00:22:24
DailySaintsPod
What's the script of the game? going 2-0 up, conceding one and then putting it to bed? Or are we going 1-0 down?
00:22:29
Zak
Or yeah, two double up, concede one and then put the last one in and then kind of get over the mine. That's I'm at.
00:22:36
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. All right. I'll take it. I'll take it. Look, oh yeah I don't think I agree with you, mate. i Look, we talked about crazy in relation to Tonda.
00:22:47
DailySaintsPod
ah I think that we've got to have a shout-out for Daniel Perez in goal, who ah is absolutely mad for clean sheets and will do just about anything to achieve it.
00:22:54
Zak
Yeah.
00:23:00
DailySaintsPod
So, I'll take it.
00:23:02
Zak
got to wait until he does something crazy that unfortunately does have a bad effect. That's that's what I'm worried about.
00:23:08
DailySaintsPod
ah well I don't see it in this game. i um'm I'm feeling good.
00:23:11
Zak
No.
00:23:13
DailySaintsPod
I'm feeling win. I don't know. Yeah. don't i
00:23:17
DailySaintsPod
yeah
00:23:17
Zak
right.
00:23:18
Zak
Confident. Jeez.
00:23:19
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I just think we're going to come in and just absolutely, i think we'll I think we'll score one, I think it'll be 1-0 at half time and then we'll just put the boot in in the second half and just cruise just cruise through.
00:23:28
Zak
Okay, okay.
00:23:34
DailySaintsPod
It'll be like opening the floodgates.
00:23:34
Zak
Interesting.
00:23:36
DailySaintsPod
I think, look, let's have,
00:23:39
Zak
You're predicting three goals in the front of you, mate. you right?
00:23:42
DailySaintsPod
yeah, well, we leave.
00:23:43
Zak
It's the last time you saw three goals in front you.
00:23:46
DailySaintsPod
Not when Saints scored them.
00:23:51
DailySaintsPod
a
00:23:52
Zak
Uh...
00:23:52
DailySaintsPod
ah look Yeah, that's that's that's the final game. I think let's have let's have a Laron goal in the first half. Let's have a dozy goal.
00:24:04
Zak
Interesting.
00:24:07
DailySaintsPod
Then Harwood-Bellis header and then Cameron Archer off the bench.
00:24:17
Zak
It's going to be like fellows, mate, where you're going to keep predicting it and then you're just going to curse the man forever. ah think you're going to need to understand that you're taking some responsibility for the bad voodoo you're doing here.
00:24:28
DailySaintsPod
Look, I like the energy when he comes on. and i be in its own What do you mean I predict us to win every week last year in our worst season imaginably possible?
00:24:30
Zak
I know, no, I know, but it's is this your energy that i don't trust with the predictions.
00:24:41
Zak
Yep. And then every single week this this year, you've predicted Tom Fowles is going to score, and then you've watched him shoot, and you've realized that was a horrible mistake to make.
00:24:50
DailySaintsPod
stop doing that.
00:24:53
DailySaintsPod
I'll stop doing that. Look, he'll get his goal at some point. It'll come.
00:24:56
Zak
Hopefully.
00:24:57
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:24:58
Zak
but then Then the song makes more sense, right?
00:25:00
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, absolutely. that's That's the only reason it matters. You know, right?
00:25:05
Zak
Oh, mate. It's going to be By the way, he done another.
00:25:06
DailySaintsPod
Look, good vibes. Head into it. I can't wait. I'm looking forward to getting down to the Mary's twice in a week. What more can you ask for? ah
00:25:13
Zak
yeah there you go.
00:25:14
DailySaintsPod
My wife's looking forward to the peace and quiet as well, I'm sure. She's sick of me shouting at the TV week after week. So it's going to be very good. Nice Wednesday night under the lights.
00:25:25
DailySaintsPod
What more could you ask for? i But no, mate. Look, everyone, thank you so much for joining us. And as always, Zach, thank you for bearing with me through this slightly chaotic, slightly rambly episode.
00:25:36
Zak
Thank you, mate.
00:25:38
DailySaintsPod
But we we got there. Let us know in the comments in socials your school predictions and how you think the game will go. we are daily saints pod. Absolutely everywhere. X blue sky, Tik TOK, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, everywhere. He's up.
00:25:56
DailySaintsPod
Let us know how you're feeling, what you're thinking. Uh, we love hearing from you. it, it brought us all day genuinely. Uh, however, the game goes though, we will be here to talk about it. ah And we will cover it in detail, I'm sure, with another slightly crazy late-night recording. Until then, though, have a wonderful day, and we will see you then. But most importantly, come on, you saints.
00:26:26
Zak
Wait.