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Episode 057 - Into 17th Place?! Liverpool Reaction
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Tom and Jacob talk about the 2-1 away loss to Liverpool in todays episode. Could we have got more from the game? Check out the boys conversation to see how they felt the game went!
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Introduction and Overview
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hi guys, welcome back to another episode of the Daily GSPN West Ham podcast. I'm joined by Jacob. Say hi, Jacob.
00:00:15
Jacob
Hello, how are you
00:00:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah doing okay. So we are going to be having a look at the Liverpool game today. What a an exhilarating kind of end to the match.
Mixed Feelings on the Liverpool Match
00:00:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not necessarily in the way that we hoped, but what are your kind of overall thoughts about the game?
00:00:36
Jacob
are I think that we've got ah quite a lot of reasons to to fill fairly um positive off the back of it.
00:00:48
Jacob
and But then also at the same time, um you know, the manner in which they scored both of their goals was very
Defensive Mistakes by West Ham
00:00:58
Jacob
easy. um And for their goals, they they didn't have to work hard at all.
00:01:04
Jacob
The first coming from a sort of inexperienced fullback getting beaten by, you know, the top scorer in the league and then putting it on a plate for Diaz um and the second just, you know, ah bit of aerial dominance.
00:01:20
Jacob
um ah Yeah, we can't be too too upset with it. I think I thought it was going to go a lot worse than that. I thought, you know,
West Ham's Response After Conceding
00:01:30
Jacob
was probably going to be 3-0, 4-0.
00:01:30
Jacob
And yeah, I think that um and yeah i think that looking forward, you know, we can't be too upset about losing two one to the league leaders. um So, yeah, i don't think it's I don't think it's all doom and gloom, really.
00:01:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, ah to be honest, the way that we started, to me, felt so negative. It felt like we came into the game knowing that we were going to concede at some point and we were just trying to make it not happen for as long as possible.
00:02:04
Jacob
Yeah.
Tactical Opportunities and Misses
00:02:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
As soon as we concede the goal, which felt like an an inevitability because every time we did get the ball, we just kind of cleared it and we looked really rushed under pressure. as soon as we did concede that first goal, the game completely opened up.
00:02:17
Jacob
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:02:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
We started playing like a team that felt like we could do something and wanted to go and do something. So it's kind of a double-edged sword. like Obviously, it's brilliant that we've shown the resilience and the fight and we you know we have managed to get the equaliser. Obviously, it's an own goal in the second half. But the fact that we didn't play like that from the beginning...
00:02:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
is very frustrating because i think if we had set out from the beginning of the game in that manner, I think we could have potentially been more likely to get something from the game because it's clear that we could get chances and we created some decent chances. Kudus hit the bar.
00:02:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
The header from Maslow Panos, he should have probably done a lot better with it. So...
Possession Concerns and Defensive Style
00:03:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's good that we have showed positive parts and there were people that had decent games. you know ah don't think Liverpool looked absolutely unbeatable, but when you start the game so, it's not even negatively, just kind of accepting of the fact that we were the worst team, that's what it felt like, which in the Premier League, you just can't do that, especially when you're coming up against the league leaders.
00:03:10
Jacob
No. Mm.
00:03:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
I understand that They are heavy favourites and the likelihood is that we're going to lose the game. But don't go out with our tail between our legs in the first half and just play as if we are going to concede.
Attacking Intent Against Top Teams
00:03:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
We should have definitely put a lot more emphasis on trying to keep the ball and trying to create stuff and not just hoofing it along as soon as we got it.
00:03:40
Jacob
Yeah.
00:03:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because I don't know what the possession stats are in that first like 20 minutes, but i imagine we had very, very minimal possession, to be honest. It's only when we competed that we started to actually try and play with the ball and people started to improve the way that they were attacking and trying to make things creatively instead of playing, i would say, scared is is how we started.
00:03:55
Jacob
yeah
00:04:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So looking at before and after the goal, what what do you think going forward we need to change in order to not play like we did in the first half and to play more like we did in the second half?
Effort Levels After Falling Behind
00:04:24
Jacob
Yeah, I think it seems to be a lot of our sort of firepower and, um you know, attack and intent comes from conceding. Like when we have something to try and claw back, you know, it never seems to be when it's nil-nil and we've got, you know, something to play for.
00:04:48
Jacob
it always seems to be trying to rescue ourselves, sort of going the wrong way about it, um which it seems like it's been for the majority of the season, um you know, finding ourselves in bad situations and then, ah and you know, trying whatever we can to yeah get back into it and more times than not, it not being quite enough to, you know, to get us a point or get us three
00:04:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Van Dijk's Form and Tactical Adjustments
00:05:13
Jacob
points.
00:05:13
Jacob
And it's been very disappointing. and And I think, obviously, an even bigger task when it's a team of of Liverpool's quality, you know, going down relatively early and then trying to find a way back in, which we did. And, you know, not really through any kind of amazing work. Obviously, you've got a kind of put the ball in for, you know, to make something happen. But, you know, it was just a massive mix-up at the back. And I think...
00:05:48
Jacob
We both kind of spoke last time about Van Dijk's recent shaky form. um He's not 100% himself. um And yeah, that that I think it's sort of 50-50 him and Robertson who was at fault with that um that goal. But we take it and then you know we just got beaten by some some aerial dominance. And then from that point, you're just kind of with not a huge amount of time left, you're just hoping money your one of your you know big game performers can pull something out um and couldn't on this occasion. So, yeah I think going forward, the emphasis has got to just be starting quicker and actually taking the game to the opposition, trying to pick up an early goal.
00:06:37
Jacob
And then, you know, we can change
Strategic Match Review
00:06:40
Jacob
it from there. We can change the the tactic from there. We can sit on it. um and you know try and keep hold of the ball rather than start slow, don't have much of the ball, concede and then have to work hard, rush things, you know take more chances to try and get back into it because it doesn't work. um I know we've not got quite as much to play for now as we did at the start of the season, but you know you need to kind of is have some pride. You need to sort of have something to
00:07:14
Jacob
take into the new season. um And yeah, I'm sure Potter will be... ah don't think he'll be too disappointed by it. I think there have been games he would have been more disappointed by than this one, that's for certain.
00:07:27
Jacob
um And yeah, I think... What can you say, you know?
00:07:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's just a frustrating one, isn't it? I think going into a game against Liverpool, you expect to get beaten quite convincingly. I think especially how inconsistent we've been this season. So the fact that we did kind of show glimmers of getting something from the game, that makes it a little bit more
00:07:49
Jacob
Yeah.
Player Performance Analysis
00:07:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
frustrating.
00:07:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
OK, we're going to go into our first advert.
00:07:52
Jacob
yeah
00:07:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
And when we get back, I'd like to talk a little bit about some of the specific player performances in this game.
00:08:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:08:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
OK, don't know why the other is playing twice there, but what can you do? So looking at some of the individual performances, I'm going to actually start with Liverpool because all across the board, they've had some really decent um match ratings on a popular football stat website, which will not be named.
00:08:50
Jacob
Yeah.
00:09:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
um just because they're not going to pay us. if they want to pay us, then maybe we'll say their name, but until then, they're not going to get that sort of coverage.
00:09:05
Jacob
yeah
00:09:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So interestingly, Allison was the joint third highest rated player, which for me makes me think that maybe we created a little bit more than i actually thought initially, to be honest, because if you actually look at the momentum and you, you look at the the actual chances created, we created four big chances and they only created
Formation Choices and Striker Utilization
00:09:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
two. so
00:09:30
Jacob
Mm-hmm.
00:09:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
there are glimmers of quality in there.
00:09:30
Jacob
Mm-hmm.
00:09:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's obvious that we have so much more ability than what we've actually been showing when it comes to performances. um Then looking at West Ham, I want to talk a little bit about the formation because i think it's something that I definitely interested I was in favour of starting a striker. I think I made ah a case, which I think is quite a good case for starting a striker.
00:09:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's come out now that apparently Nicholas Fulcroft isn't fit enough to start a whole game. So i do understand if that is true, then not starting him does make sense. But then when we have Evan Ferguson on the bench, continuing to play with Kudus and Bowen up front, I just don't think it's good enough. I don't think it allows for us to...
00:10:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
create chances in a conventional ah conventional enough way to kind of create multiple scoring chances in a game that are repeatable, if that makes sense.
Impact of Strikers on Match Outcomes
00:10:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
On the training ground, I just don't think you're able to practice and train to a system when you're not playing with recognised strikers leading the line. You know, it's Kudus and Bowen kind of making do with what they know as footballers.
00:10:40
Jacob
Yeah.
00:10:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
and obviously they're unbelievably high-level footballers, but they aren't strikers. So they're not going to do the things that strikers do. And the things that strikers do normally lead to...
00:10:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
good quality chances being created and good quality chances being capitalised on. And obviously in this game we've done okay, but I just think maybe if we had had a recognised striker, we might have been able to create a little bit more.
00:11:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
um What are your thoughts on that? Because i know that i'm I'm pretty heavily in favour of starting a striker. I don't know how you feel about that.
00:11:17
Jacob
Yeah, I don't think that's a bold sort of take to have. You know, I think it kind of speaks for itself. You know, i just looking at ah the stats as well and we had big chances. We just couldn't take them. And, you know, that kind of seems to me like it's calling out for a for number nine to be in there to someone like Falker who can take chances when they come, you know, even with a a slight chance, you know, something comes out of nothing and then he capitalises on it.
00:11:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
All right.
00:11:54
Jacob
That's what we need. um Not to say Bowen and Kudis don't have the ability to do that. It's just about adding to it and trying a different dimension with, you know, what we're currently doing not working.
00:12:09
Jacob
It's fair enough if Falker is not, you know, ah peak fit fitness now, then... now then it's kind of out of out the manager's hands, but, you know, it does need to improve and ah the quality of the the finishing and taking chances and, you know, making the most situations has to improve. um Otherwise, you're going to lose, you know.
00:12:35
Jacob
Liverpool will take their chances when they come, you know, with the with the in-form, you know high confidence team that they've got, that they're always going to take their chances. So that isn't something they would have to worry about.
00:12:52
Jacob
um But in our case, it's been basically the opposite for the majority of the season. Low on confidence, you know not scoring that many goals, conceding loads.
00:13:05
Jacob
um And yeah, I think just having a striker in there, you know it can't hurt our um our chances of scoring, scoring more and taking chances when they come.
00:13:18
Jacob
um Because I think at this point, you know, we've spent most of the season without a striker. um Even though we've, you know, we've got them,
00:13:29
Jacob
um they have been injured the majority of the time. But, yeah, I think we just need to try and finish off as strongly as possible. And I think having a striker in there will definitely help to do that.
00:13:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I just think if we've got, you know, we've signed strikers, we've got one striker that's come back from injury and we've got one on loan who is
00:13:49
Jacob
I
00:13:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
such an exciting prospect. I don't know why we aren't using
Young Players and Future Roles
00:13:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
them all. you know
00:13:55
Jacob
think it was like 78.
00:13:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
um What minute did Fulcric actually come on? It was 78. hope
00:14:00
Jacob
Yeah.
00:14:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
an ea it It seems really counterintuitive to have strikers on the bench and not play them for 78 minutes.
00:14:02
Jacob
yeah
00:14:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:11
Jacob
And he he hit the hit the post in that 11 minutes that he was on the pitch.
00:14:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:14:16
Jacob
So, Yeah, that kind of that kind of shows the influence he can have even in such a short amount of time.
00:14:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:14:24
Jacob
You know, 11 minutes. ah I don't know if Evan Ferguson would have hit the post in 11 minutes or even Kudus or, you know, yeah.
00:14:35
Jacob
yeah
00:14:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
say i also would like to talk about the Goulême situation because there's been quite a lot of speculation about whether he's going to stay or whether he's going to go He's made a lot more appearances recently than he ever did under Lopetegui.
00:14:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's spoken himself about how it's been quite a tough time, but that he's learned a lot and he thinks that he's improved as a player and a person since coming to West Ham.
00:14:52
Jacob
Mm-hmm.
00:15:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
He also noted that Paquette around Emerson of kind of, they've taken him under their wing and they've tried to help him settle, which I think is really positive. um In the cameos that he's made, I think he's looked really positive, to be honest. I think some of the games that he's he started, i know it was, I think it was the Wolves game that he started, wasn't it? um I think it was the Wolves game, might've been the Bournemouth game, um where he didn't look amazing and I think it's really easy to get downtrodden and kind of sad about a player not doing particularly well. But when they're this young, it's going to happen.
00:15:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think you can also say a similar thing in this game, particularly for Oli Scars.
00:15:37
Jacob
Yeah.
00:15:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, he's come up against one of the best wingers in Premier League history and that Premier League winger has got the better of him. So it doesn't necessarily mean that he's a terrific player or he's a horrific player and he's never going to improve and he's not going to learn from it because of course he is he's going to think about the way that he felt when he got beaten he's going to think about what he could have done better and it's also just as a kind of achievement for a young player you know he was one-on-one with with Mo Salah for the whole first half of the game and there was a couple of times where he he did deal with him quite nicely so i think it's a really positive learning experience for him and then looking at Goulême as well it's
00:16:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
trying to be positive about these young guys that are coming through and giving them as many minutes as possible because he has looked really positive in these kind of later game cameos. as long as he looks good and he's having a positive impact, I think we should be bringing the minute that we bring him on earlier and earlier.
00:16:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, in this minute, it's the 78th minute.
00:16:40
Jacob
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:16:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's make it the 70th minute, give him 20 minutes, see how he does. And if he does well, give him half an hour. And then if he keeps doing well, we can continue to increase his minutes and increase his prevalence in the squad. Because right now, he's really a bit part player when ah think in his mind, when he signed, he wanted to be someone that can make a really positive impact. So,
00:17:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I want to see more of him and I'm just happy that he has been showing positive signs when he has come on because there's quite a lot of speculation about him leaving in the summer. So I really want him to stay and I want him to want to stay and I want him to play well for West Ham.
00:17:11
Jacob
Yeah.
00:17:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
So yeah, that that's all good.
00:17:17
Jacob
It's definitely.
00:17:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's go to our second advert. When we get back, I want to look a little bit at the league table and look forward to our next game against Southampton.
00:17:36
Jacob
Okay.
00:17:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:17:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, we've had the same thing happen again.
00:17:55
Jacob
Oh.
00:17:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brilliant. We're not playing two at first. Okay.
00:17:59
Jacob
Oh, well.
00:17:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
So looking at the Premier League table, this is something that me and Jacob were talking about just before we start recording.
00:18:03
Jacob
Mm.
League Position and Team Morale
00:18:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
If we had a better goal difference, a win in our next game would put us potentially up to 13th.
00:18:06
Jacob
Mm.
00:18:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
with some other fixtures agreeing with us, which I think shows how we are still very much fighting for a decent place in the league table. You know, on I know on paper, it doesn't necessarily look like there's anything to fight for, but from an overall perspective, if you're talking about finishing 17th or finishing 13th,
00:18:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Finishing 13th doesn't look like a completely catastrophic season when if we don't move anywhere from where we are, if we won space by relegation, that's an unbelievably poor season, really. If we're being honest it with ourselves.
00:18:45
Jacob
Mm-hmm.
00:18:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know there's no real danger of us going down because the teams below us are so poor, but we can't continue finishing in this league position because how do we ever expect to keep the talented players that we have? you know They want to be playing European football and that's what we want as a club. So,
00:19:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
We need to improve. What do you think needs to change in the last six games of the season for us to try and reach that kind of 14th, 13th, 12th league position?
Strategies for Next Game Against Southampton
00:19:18
Jacob
That is very difficult because it's it seems to
00:19:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I know it's not necessarily one fix, is it?
00:19:22
Jacob
yeah be something that we've kind of scratched our heads about for the whole season. What is it that we need to do differently that we didn't do in the last game?
00:19:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:19:35
Jacob
Or do we need to try to get more out of this group of players which on paper is you know a talented squad and shouldn't be you know, fourth from bottom at this stage. i think I think just taking our chances, I think having a game like this now,
00:20:00
Jacob
um
00:20:01
Jacob
you know, playing Southampton who were who are already relegated, ah i think it's ah it's a great chance for us to actually rack up a couple of goals
00:20:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:20:13
Jacob
um get a bit more confidence in us and take it forward, basically. um i think anything other than three points from this game is ah you know it's not good enough.
00:20:25
Jacob
um There's no reason why why we shouldn't be you know winning the game. um And I think everyone else who will be sort of thinking the same thing as well. I don't think Southampton fans will be feeling hugely confident. I don't think they've felt confident about any game they've into. um And we've got dangerous players who can who can do brilliant things at times. But yeah, I think being clinical is going to be very important. And I think
00:21:00
Jacob
They will give us chances, that's for sure. um And we just have to be able to take them. If you know if we away with more withdraw from this game, I don't think anyone's really going to be satisfied with that at all.
00:21:15
Jacob
um you know We need something. If we can you know have chances against Liverpool, then then we should the be beating Southampton quite comfortably.
00:21:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I agree. The one worry for me is that now that they are relegated, are there some players in that squad are thinking, if I want a move away, potentially to stay in the league, I know that we're interested in quite a few.
00:21:40
Jacob
Potentially to us.
00:21:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, i know that we're interested in about four Southampton players.
00:21:42
Jacob
Yeah.
Player Motivation and Necessity to Win
00:21:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Are they going to want to personally put in a really solid performance as a kind of audition for potential suitors in the Premier League?
00:21:53
Jacob
Hmm.
00:21:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think especially this game, you know, it's players that are literally auditioning to join the club that they're playing. So they're going to want to put on a good show. So... all of the the staff and the players and everyone around the club can see firsthand that they maybe are good enough to stay in the Premier League. That's probably the one worry for me, but I completely agree with the fact that we have to get three points in this game. It's inconceivable for anything else, to be honest.
00:22:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
You look at the the teams that we have to be, and it has to be the relegated teams. We cannot be losing points against those teams.
00:22:26
Jacob
Yeah.
00:22:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
If you want, if we've got any ambition of rising up the table at the end of the season, having some sort of little push, we have to beat them.
00:22:36
Jacob
yeah
00:22:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we need to go into this game really positive. We need to attack them and we need to capitalise on chances early. I think if it gets to like 60, 70 minutes and we're having to make changes and we're having to bring people on to try and get goals, yeah, we will get the points, but I don't think it will be a massively positive thing towards the end of the season, kind of push up the table because how are we going to have any sort of confidence when the team that's put out to start the game can't actually beat a team that's already relegated and, you know, one of the worst Premier League teams in history, you know?
00:23:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
So,
00:23:10
Jacob
yeah
00:23:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm optimistic. I'm just also aware that if it doesn't go well, it's going to look really bad and other teams are going to revel in the ill fates of West Ham. And we could be, if we lose this game, we could be the one that saves them from being the worst team in Premier League history, potentially, which isn't really something that I want to be a part of to be honest. I want to stay out of it, just get the points and leave them to their very sad
Key Players for Next Game
00:23:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
season. um Looking at what you think is probably the most important factor or the most important player for us in this game, who do you think it is?
00:23:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
i don't want to say...
00:23:51
Jacob
That's difficult.
00:23:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was going to say Bowen, but that's like the classic. Obviously, it's Bowen.
00:23:55
Jacob
Yeah.
00:23:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Other than Bowen, I hope that it has a good game, personally.
00:23:58
Jacob
a
00:24:01
Jacob
I think I'm just trying to think. match-up-wise, who might end up being important for us in a particular duel.
00:24:14
Jacob
um I think someone like
00:24:20
Jacob
Thomas Socek, to be honest, is who's springing to mind.
00:24:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:24:26
Jacob
I think he he's been one of the few players that has... done things to lift the team spirit and stood out amongst them when nobody can seem to score a goal um and I think if if we're gonna score think he's likely to get at least one of them um if he if he starts he didn't start last game he did don't think he played at all actually but um I think he will this time.
00:24:57
Jacob
um I think is his aerial ability, his hold-up play and just his engine that he's got, I think yeah it's always ah you know ah bonus to have him in there.
00:25:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. lot right yeah
00:25:11
Jacob
um And I think he he will pop up with a goal. So, yeah, I think he will be important.
00:25:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Okay. Right.
Predictions for Southampton Match
00:25:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just before we finish, I want a quick prediction.
00:25:23
Jacob
and crime um I am going to say
00:25:28
Jacob
three one
00:25:30
Jacob
ah don't think we're going to keep a clean sheet just because that is just classic us.
00:25:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:38
Jacob
um And i think
00:25:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:25:43
Jacob
i think it will be
00:25:46
Jacob
a 1-1 in the first half, think I think we'll score early and I think they'll they'll get one towards the end of the half and then we'll come out and finish them off.
00:25:58
Jacob
That's kind of what I think going happen and also what I hope is going happen. um So, yeah, if we get a clean sheet, that would just be a bonus. But based on what we've seen, I don't see that happening. But we'll see.
00:26:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah, I guess it will. I'm going to go with 2-0. I think
00:26:17
Jacob
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:26:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a ah game that we dominate. We look like the much better team, but kind of similar to what's happened quite a lot this season. We aren't necessarily able to capitalise on as many chances as we create.
00:26:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think we definitely create more goals. I think we dominate possession. i think we look much better, but don't necessarily score as many goals as we could, which I think is something that... after the game, we might look at and be like, oh, could we have done more?
00:26:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Could we have improved our goal difference slightly? So, that's what I think. I also would love Evan Ferguson to start this next game, to be honest. I don't see any reason why he wouldn't.
00:26:49
Jacob
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:26:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, he's... someone that scored many goals in the Premier League. So I think giving him the opportunity against a team that's already relegated seems like a relatively good time to try and get him some confidence get some goals because that's something that we, that's the reason that we wanted him because he can score goals.
00:27:08
Jacob
yeah
00:27:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
So if he leaves West Ham having not scored any, that's going to be a really bleak, a really bleak transfer and that has probably looked like a ah failure as a transfer. So, I would like, I think Bowen will score first in the first half and then Evan Ferguson will score in the second half.
00:27:27
Jacob
Sweet. All right. Well, thank you ah very much for watching or listening to this episode of the daily GSPN West Ham podcast.
Conclusion and Listener Thanks
00:27:36
Jacob
Say goodbye, Tom.
00:27:37
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Jacob
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Jacob
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