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Episode 108: Match Preview - FA Cup against Swansea
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Southampton – We are against Swansea this weekend, and we preview how we think it will play out!
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Introduction & Upcoming Southampton Game
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Daily Southampton part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. My name is Greg Elliott. And as always, I'm joined today by my wonderful co-host, Zach Ingo Finch. How are you doing, Zach?
00:00:21
Zak
yeah right mate i'm just hoping that the weekend's game will actually not be terrible but it's really hard
00:00:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, yeah, it's match preview time. We're we're coming in pre-presser because the press conference is today as you're listening. So we're, you know, we're clutching the straws.
00:00:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
It looks like the game is going to be the.
00:00:41
Zak
Are we not were not going to talk about the funny story that led to that, where both of us waited for ages to record, because we're expecting the the press conference to come out on the Thursday, and so sat there waiting, going, oh, oh, if they had it, I think they've had it.
00:00:55
Zak
Why are they not having it? That's the new side of it instead. That's for the press conference before realizing that when they said 1.30, they tweeted it like two, three hours, and they had literally said tomorrow. So that shows you how well we're doing today.
00:01:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah, well prepared. Well, look, let's let's talk about Sunday. It's on track, I read earlier, to be the lowest attended game at St Mary's in the last 15 years.
Why Are Fans Reluctant to Attend?
00:01:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Are we surprised by that in the slightest?
00:01:20
Zak
Is anyone, who who could be surprised by that? Like, it's one of those things where, who wants to watch us play? It's not only that, it's like the pricing and the whole culture of, oh, well, you should go and support the boys through thick and thin.
00:01:35
Zak
And I'm like, bro, they're not even turning up for their 70K a week job. Like, I can't, like I'm not paying a ton of money to go, you know.
00:01:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:43
Zak
And like, on top of that, I think you you summed up, you were talking about it. I thought we talked about it separately, where it's like, Historically the FA Cup and the cups are good times to take kids to football and you know Usually be in midweek or or if it isn't the weekend It's like a good time to go right when you're charging like 20-30 quid and then you know Even if the kids tickets tickets are cheaper you still need to pay for an adult ticket to take it take kid best like you're looking like 30 40 quid 50 quid and then you've got like food and
00:02:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
To take am a family of four would be 60 quid
Does Attendance Affect Player Performance?
00:02:15
Zak
Yeah, like, and and it's to play Swansea during absolutely awful form. And like, it's very much like we are the cash cow that keeps giving. And I saw a couple of opinions on this and one of which being, for example, like, Oh,
00:02:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
is is how it worked out.
00:02:29
Zak
you know, it would be, it would be good. You know, we should, we should go like, you know, we've got to help out the club, this and the other. And it's like, Oh no, this really hits them where it's hurt. So it's like, no, cause you know who it hurts the most, the players.
00:02:42
Zak
And I'm like, mate, like this, their job, they're going to turn up either way.
00:02:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:45
Zak
Like there's going to be supporters there either way, but like trying to, I think have a go at people that do not want to spend ridiculous amounts of money. after watching us get so far the lowest points record. And like the last time we played the stage at FA Cup, as we alluded to last episode, we were knocked out by Grimsby. So, you know, although we have a very, very good track record against Swansea, it it seems like it could really be in my opinion, either a nail in the coffin for some players that are playing have played the last year or so.
00:03:17
Zak
Or alternatively, it could result in the entire lineup for the next Premier League game completely shifting. And that's what is exciting about it.
Fans as the 'Twelfth Man': A Cultural Perspective
00:03:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:03:25
Zak
But I'm not going to chastise anyone or make anyone feel bad for not wanting to pay to go and watch ah ah and
00:03:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah well i'll put it out there i'm not going to some mars on sunday i'm gonna be watching from the come from my own home on bbc wales
00:03:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
don don't want to pay that money to go and be this point and also a contribution factor to that decision is four third kickoff on a sundays just not convenient and ah the money' is not convenient it's just not um not feeling it and ah i think our opinion does differ though that you said that it won't affect the players but i think it will i mean when you go out new play football in front of people but extra adrenaline you hear it a lot referred to as the twelfth man
00:04:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
is a big thing and it' be really interesting to see how they cope without it because it's gonna be abundantly clear as soon as they step out onto the pitch how they have
00:04:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
what has happened to the club in the last six months and to the fans to make them feel this way like if you think back to thousands of people clamoring for ticket to get to wembley and the the tickets for the posts wembley party the sort of went in minutes you're probably going to have less saints' fans attending this game then attended that party so it is goingnna and have an impact on the players
00:04:57
Zak
Yeah, but in the in the sense in the sense of, like it should be no so absolutely no surprise as to why.
00:04:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
for sure
00:05:03
Zak
like One of the things that we don't really have in English football, I guess anymore, is is like this concept of ultras, right? well
Player Motivation & Team Performance
00:05:11
Zak
but Was it the season? after the season were in the championship when Leon were doing really bad and we're watching like Maitland Niles and like Gillette Carr and then like the mascot for Leon getting absolutely torn apart by ultras with sort of megaphones in the stand and we're I think far too polite as a football club and a fan base dude anyway like the Martin Al thing
00:05:34
Zak
you know, it was a banner at the end of the day. It was more that the absolute mood turned sour. But like maybe not having a bunch of play at people there will give them a like, I'm hoping it results in it a reaction. I don't think it's going to affect them in the sense of like, they'll still be able to play the game. Like they managed to do everyone managed to weirdly adapt during COVID, right?
00:05:55
Zak
But it's for me, like they are paid ultimately to do a job. And that job does not automatically entail support. And that's that's what i find that's what I find weird.
00:06:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
no i know i just i think that when you think about it of them as like ah ah humans like what they do is physically taxing or and has a mental strain and when you're looking ah ah for someone to put their rule in that support is the what pushes and aids that mentality to get through that physical wall to go and be better and that's not going to be there and that is a going to be a shock to the system you know there's suddenly going to be playing in front of
00:06:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
the smallest amount of people iss going to be bizarre
00:06:39
Zak
Well, I hope hope that that is an experience that like they can see and learn from, I think is where I'm at.
00:06:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:45
Zak
like
00:06:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
i agree i hope
00:06:46
Zak
you cannot
00:06:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
just hope it doesn't too negatively impact the actual gains but you're right i hope that
00:06:51
Zak
yeah
00:06:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
galvanizes them
00:06:54
Zak
As a fan base, we have been we are we are, I think, sometimes a bit too kind. and like i say that as somebody that it's not really you know I say that as somebody that's quite calm and collected in most interactions I have with human beings and how I come across sometimes on the podcast. But like you've been with me to football, Greg. It's different.
00:07:13
Zak
Different sort of i become almost a different person in many ways like i'm not i'm not saying i'm screaming abuse of the players and stuff but you do start to get infuriated when they're not getting the ball up the pitch and and bits and pieces like that and it's it's just kind of like this this twelfth man. Is something that that is assumed should be your job as a fan.
00:07:33
Zak
And it's like, OK, but then surely there needs to be some take like give and take in the sense of we should expect some form of entertainment and not just sheer misery. And then also, when it's not like we're doing it for free.
00:07:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah hopefully it's a wake up
00:07:46
Zak
So yeah, that's that's kind of that's kind of where
Upcoming Game Lineups & Strategy
00:07:48
Zak
I'm at. So you're right. I probably was wrong in the sense it's not it's not going to affect the players. But what I mean is that The thing that should be motivating them first and foremost is the fact that it's their job. And like I know that from the fact that a lot of them put out in the media is how much their personal ambitions do not lie at this club. And like I hope that you know maybe missing that support, they suddenly realize, oh, maybe maybe you know I should have taken for granted playing in a team where even you know where we would be I was being clapped when we were even 4-0 down after 20 minutes. you know
00:08:23
Zak
But we're all going to have different opinions on it. It's just it'll be interesting to see what happens, I guess.
00:08:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
it will it's goingnna be a weird game if nothing else and that that could go either way it could make it a much more cagey affair or it could really push them on to go and absolutely hammer opposition that really we should be absolutely hammering truths be told based on form which really feels like a proper saints banana skin though doesn't it right
00:08:51
Zak
To one Grimsby town mate.
00:08:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah but at least there's no inflatable fish or inflatable swans in but involved in the buildup to this game let's be grateful for that okay so we're goingnna have the unenviable task of doing a predicted level and seeing if we can work out what's going to happen after a message from our partners at zencaster so here at the global sports podcast network we spent a lot of time selecting our delivery platform zencaster came out the clear winner with four k video recording from your phone
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00:09:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
okay let's let's give this predicted line up again i don't know if we want to approach this as how we think it we line up or what we want to see lined up how do you how do you feel about is that
00:09:55
Zak
it's It's going to be difficult either way and it's going to be who's not injured and who's coming back from injury and maybe it'll be a chance for, I think it'll be maybe fringe players, but I think it's going to be a chance for him to test out fringe players that he actually wants in the team.
00:10:10
Zak
say
00:10:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
our waste though like shouldn't we as a team low in confidence be looking to gain as much confidence as possible by learning how to win
00:10:20
Zak
ah
00:10:22
Zak
How many points have we got this season, mate?
00:10:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah all right well
00:10:25
Zak
I think he's going to be trying to figure out which players he could do something with out of the ones that he thinks will be left by the end of January.
00:10:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
like
00:10:33
Zak
Because obviously, we haven't this is a transfer Tuesday, but we've already got a incoming, which is exciting. And there are already we did.
00:10:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
to talk about him on transferre tuesday to' be fair it was an expected incoming
00:10:44
Zak
So there are obviously lots of rumors of outgoings. So it's it's where we go we go from there.
00:10:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
how' do you see the
00:10:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
the back lin up he do we stick with this five back or do you think we swap to a four
00:10:57
Zak
He wanted to, I think if you want to take the game to them, I think we should probably potentially go with a thought. And I think we've seen that it's a clean slate for a lot of players.
00:11:07
Zak
You could probably see Charlie Taylor in there. I think that you'll probably see Bela Kotch finally get a game because I know that they keep talking about that in the media. I know there's been conversations with him and since the the new managers come in, I don't really know how the rest of the defense lines up.
00:11:23
Zak
I don't think that, you know, you probably,
00:11:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
even's come back oh he's out injured now for a while isn't he so
00:11:28
Zak
he's out injured from this Tillis a contract which which would surprise me if he decided to duck out at that point
00:11:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah probably yeah
00:11:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
such thing but bellicot chapen wood or beaccot chap and harwood bellis or as bednare's been the sort of de
Speculation on Transfers & Strategy Adjustments
00:11:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
facto captain
00:11:47
Zak
I think Bednarep and give Taylor Harbour Bellis and would a little bit of a rest. I think Taylor Harbour Bellis, you can see him getting more and more cross. could see him being more mistake-prone as the emotions of consistently losing over and over and over is taking his toll. So i would I would give him a rest, quite frankly.
00:12:08
Zak
Who do we see on the right? that's difficult because it's like we've got an abundance of right back, funnily enough. Will we pay Carl Walker Peters and potentially one of his final games for Saints in his actual natural position?
00:12:20
Zak
Or will we shove a Sugawara slash slash Bree?
00:12:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
i think carl walk he is is ah think we probably stickuawarra there
00:12:27
Zak
Yeah.
00:12:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
think carl walk peters gets rested which will be a shame
00:12:33
Zak
Yeah, because he could he could just be resting him up for another team at this point, because things move fast. So yeah, I see Sugawa or Breeze. that's that's kind of That is your back four. And then, do you reckon Downs is back? haven't we have We don't really know until tomorrow. but Or do you reckon we go with this like weird hodgepodge midfield we keep trying?
00:12:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
not sure it don't even know who the answer to midfield is i don't know if it exists in the club
00:13:02
Zak
Well, I think he's a big fan of Uruchukwu, and I think that there's definitely going to have to be some commitment to us playing him if we're going to keep him for his lone spell.
00:13:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:10
Zak
So I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up playing.
00:13:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:13
Zak
I don't think that that Chelsea are that bothered about him being cut-tied either. So I would be surprised if he ends up playing.
00:13:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah rebo
00:13:22
Zak
I imagine Joe Oribo, because once again, who else have we got?
00:13:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:26
Zak
Flynn Downs, if he's in, surely.
00:13:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah matty fernandez should be back from suspension as well
00:13:32
Zak
Yeah, so in fact, the only real changes we're seeing in defence. Maybe Ryan Fraser gets a game.
00:13:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:39
Zak
There you go. That's something different and exciting.
00:13:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
the only chain yeah i think if downs is fit he probably gets in over a rebo that line up think matty feranders will be playing for sure um yeah and then and then what do you think up top
00:13:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah ah do we stick with tallpo or we tried something different we finally get this a combination we've been oneing for the longest time with cameron archer in toolpool
00:14:08
Zak
yeah potentially or they pass uh maybe swap out Tyler Dibbling for Armstrong I won't be surprised if he puts him on because I think we'll probably want to rest our 18 year old starlet for his transfer out set out I jest but like come on
00:14:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
with tyler diblelin sort of sat behind
00:14:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah believe that
00:14:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah that makes sense
00:14:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah no you're right i think dblin probably gets rested
00:14:31
Zak
I think Paul needs a goal before he potentially goes.
00:14:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah right someone like fraser who else have we got
00:14:34
Zak
Maybe. phrase is not I don't really know what's happened to him. He kind of disappeared off the face of the earth, right? Like, yeah, OK, he had that one bad game, which realistically wasn't the worst I've ever seen anyone perform in a Saint shirt.
00:14:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
like
00:14:46
Zak
I think he had probably had a worse game, if I remember rightly, at Bournemouth than he did near our house. in in comparison to the Leicester game he just hadn't got unlucky and sent off despite the fact that five minutes previously Leicester have done the same thing but hey ho we're not bitter about things again not like I mentioned the handball at Watford however many years ago that apparently I'm still mad about for some reason and we don't hold grudges here so but yeah like maybe maybe
00:15:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
you think we see bur diazled do you think he's too far out the door
00:15:12
Zak
He's off to Sheffield United, isn't he? I feel like at this point, like it it it suits everybody. I remember I was having a conversation with with with ah a guy on the YouTube comments about it because he was like, oh, we're happily taken back.
00:15:22
Zak
I'm like, yeah, we'd probably happily send him. like We've never really played him in his natural position, but with the confidence that he's got and the absolute lack of anything so far, do do you do we want to waste another 90 minutes putting him in striker position?
00:15:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:15:36
Zak
Are we going to play youth at any point? That feels like Sam Amo is never going to get
00:15:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
maybes now mamo yeah he's i mean he's been in the squad and around cup games in the past so it's definitely not an outlandish shout
00:15:44
Zak
Yeah, it it's one of the weird things, I guess, for me, about Jirik coming in as part of the him coming in and part of the discussion that like was around it with the announcement and stuff was that like their commitment to carry on the academy and like playing youth and stuff, and subsequently still just seems to be dibbling. I was hoping it would be interesting to see if new bloke from France, and like Wellington, when he's actually not injured, if they get in and around the first team or if it is just one of those things where we will
00:16:17
Zak
you know, we haven't got any sort of idea. But this is the other thing is that I wouldn't be surprised if he's trying out what he's got, simply because I imagine he will get at least one or two potentially sanctioned transfers, right?
00:16:29
Zak
I don't feel like you can have a new manager come in and you say zero budget at
Team Struggles & Hope for Change
00:16:33
Zak
all. Like I know that he's used to working with sort of relegation teams and this and the other. But if he's coming into a squad that he knows have resources,
00:16:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:16:41
Zak
if we get an outgoing i imagine we'll see some sort of incoming even if it's absolutely uninspired and not something we care about so with that in mind one of which was a pre-contract agreement from like a year or two ago where the guys probably guys probably signed in signed up turned up was like how's the premiere oh
00:16:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
we talking i we've made two signins this transo window already what more do you want
00:16:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
and what is from autthe club that's not worry
00:17:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah ah right okay yeah i think you're right i think we'll see some fringe players maybe adam lolana gets some minutes but i wouldn't see him starting maybe he'll come on
00:17:15
Zak
Well, also, we've not had the pressure yet, so we don't know if a Rebo actually had a proper injury or not, because obviously he went off early last game.
00:17:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah that's true so
00:17:21
Zak
So that that's the other thing is that, like, what do you do? What do you do at that point? We start shoehorning people into various different positions that they don't know how to play in. It's something like we do quite a lot now. is Again, philosophy is killing football.
00:17:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:17:33
Zak
If you didn't tune into World Card Wednesday, you should. Greg absolutely destroys the idea that we should be building around a specific philosophy of football and I was here for every minute of it and enjoyed every minute of it.
00:17:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah sentiments shared by ma latisier a day later as well so just inspiring the good causes
00:17:52
Zak
ah ah Yeah, sure.
00:17:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah ah right we' moving swiftly on we're going to come back with some score predictions after a message from our partners at the global sports podcast network
00:18:03
Zak
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00:18:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
all right let's get to it score predictions bear in mind pompey beat this lot for nel last week
00:18:29
Zak
then that's right.
00:18:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
are we doing
00:18:31
Zak
Let's go five nil because like, I just can't deal. I can't live in a world where Portsmouth are beating teams higher than us when they're essentially going to go straight back down to league one. We're probably going straight down into the with de the championship.
00:18:42
Zak
but Yeah, like what why not? i like To be fair, like historically, we always seem to sort of win against Swansea, which is why you're right. It has the potential to be a massive banana skin. and Last time we lost to them was 2017.
00:18:54
Zak
Admittedly, we've only played them five times since then. But four of those were wins, and one of those was a draw. And to be fair, we don't really usually score a massive amount of goals against them, which is usually 2-3.
00:19:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
from but last year
00:19:10
Zak
Sorry?
00:19:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
boxing day twenty twenty
00:19:12
Zak
from Boxing Day last year as well and obviously it would have been the Russell Martin Derby, right?
00:19:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
with five mill
00:19:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:19:19
Zak
So I feel like there would have been more emotion and more ability to fire up. But I think Zurich needs something under its belt, right?
00:19:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
you think there's a chance that do you think there's a chance that they rotate as well like
00:19:30
Zak
Well, how are they...
00:19:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
championship hold league they got a lot fixtures coming up
00:19:35
Zak
Yeah, the thing is, it's like they're mid-table. They've had draw, loss, win, win, loss, loss. So they've been a bit all over the place. I don't really know hugely what they're fighting for. It's not like potentially playoffs, but that kind of seems a bit far-fetched. So I don't know. Maybe after getting battered by Pompey, they want to like, I don't know, put the sword to a Premier League side would be good for the confidence.
00:20:03
Zak
so yeah I don't really know how they would set up but I feel like you need to react after having a loss like that and obviously they managed a result but it's got to be you
00:20:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
worth bearing in mind that next week the ah on saturday early kickoff they've got the the derby against cardiff as well
00:20:24
Zak
Yeah, but it's one of those things where do you want to come into that game, the flying high confidence of beating a Premier League team? And that's kind of where my brains. It's the same thing with you saying.
00:20:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah premier league team that potentially is there for the beat in as well right like it
00:20:36
Zak
Yeah, you know, you if you smell blood in the water, well, everyone does when they play us at the moment, right? Like every one we've had on the podcast for sort of crossover episodes, it's been sort of, oh, well, maybe I'll give some of the little bit more respect and, you know, we'll go 2-1. And then there's some people that have just been brazed and been like 3-0 and ended up being 5-0, Alla Brentford.
00:20:58
Zak
So, like, everyone can smell beating us in the water.
00:20:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
the
00:21:02
Zak
And if you're a Swansea team that, like, wants to kind of get in a really high confidence performance just before you have your, like, your derby, beating a Premier League team would be good. And, again, like, we will slip up in situations like this.
00:21:15
Zak
But I think the best thing for Jurok and the team would be to go out and and kill them with confidence and actually get a win in front in front of the crowd or not like it shouldn't be if they want people to to be in seats come the rest of the home games you know you you put a performance like that all of a sudden somebody goes well maybe next week would be better and they turn up right like it's the and it's also this the hope that kills you is the tagline of both up my podcast and your podcast and my life mate so
00:21:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
and that's the it was yeah
00:21:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:21:44
Zak
it's a It's an extremely apt part of being a Southampton fan,
Final Predictions & Closing Remarks
00:21:48
Zak
I think. But for for me, like as you said, do you pout the best 11 instead of rotating?
00:21:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:21:54
Zak
I think they don't we don't have a best 11. So that's why I think we'll rotate, is it gives him a chance to see people that he hasn't risked putting into a league game. But I think that we need to do something to have a moment this season that isn't art utterly depressing because it keeps fine they keep being ways to find new lows. right like That Spurs game was somehow worse than the 9-0s. And I think that the Spurs game followed by that 5-0 loss to Brentford are actually worse than both of the 9-0s combined. like We had reactions to them.
00:22:29
Zak
you know, weirdly with one of the 9-0s, as I always like to laugh about, Lester bought half of the defending like team that let those goals in. like you know that's not and it And also there were red cards and bits and pieces, so there were like reasons for it, whereas just down in tools is against the team who had not won away from home this season. It's just like, mate, really? Is that where we're at now? So I think we need a reaction. I think that this is the perfect time to show it. And I'd just like to think that maybe even if even from a personal perspective, if they don't care about the fate of being at the club anymore, right surely if you're like, I want to be put in the shop window,
00:23:12
Zak
you need to put in some performances to put it be put in the shop window. They're not just going to buy you off the back of like, you know, if if not, they're all going to get championship suitors at best. And if that's what they want, then happy days. But like, just like for a sake of pride, they need to do something. And I think that maybe with a bit of rotation, there'll be players that are out to prove themselves.
00:23:32
Zak
Maybe I've been wrong about Bellacott Chapel this time. Maybe he's going to come in, put in a solid performance, we'll have him for half a season, he'll do better and then leave on good accord. I'm kind of at the point where like I'm fine with it now. Brentford's really killed whatever part of me.
00:23:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:23:48
Zak
but We're still even, but I'm not remotely hopeful, but like, and so yeah, I think it's an insane score prediction at five nil, considering we've barely scored any goals, but also like they need to do something and this is a perfect opportunity to do it in low risk where the expectations are nothing, right? The expectations are zero, but I will also point out that, you know, we conceded quite a few against Cardiff at the beginning of the season.
00:24:14
Zak
when we played in the Carabao Cup.
00:24:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:24:16
Zak
So it's not like it's always going to be playing sailing.
00:24:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
street
00:24:19
Zak
And that was, you know...
00:24:20
Zak
Yeah. How do you feel, mate?
00:24:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
there we go
00:24:22
Zak
What did you all say? Yeah, there you go. by My crazy prediction, 5-0.
00:24:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah well i mean i feel like i have to stay on brand and i can't be less optimistic on that so
00:24:33
Zak
It's shitting me out of the fact that Pompey scored 4.
00:24:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
anyway it's a heartbeat it's a heartbehead situation head says to one because a clean sheet is too optimistic but heart says nine ni why not let's turn the tables go one better and ten i be cry
00:24:51
Zak
My by heart, by the way, although my heart, as you know, is five nil. If you want my actual proper prediction that I covered up, it we scrape by with a one nil win that is really, really bad.
00:24:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
it
00:25:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
can definitely see it and a really like
00:25:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
boring terrible ga like nothing's happening
00:25:04
Zak
Yeah, boring, terrible game where he notices one or two players that he wants to put in the Premier League team that we next play.
00:25:11
Zak
And then the next game we have, as long as it's not five nil, happy days.
00:25:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:25:18
Zak
It's only like, what's our next couple of games? Like Manchester United, Newcastle.
00:25:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:25:23
Zak
it's fine. We might beat Man U to be fair.
00:25:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
ow pack yeah looks like they're there for the taking ah ah so that might be our point all right well that's might maybe as positive as we can muster to finish on if groni so
00:25:37
Zak
My apologies.
00:25:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
but the lingering hope of optimism that remains
00:25:38
Zak
it's
00:25:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
we will we will wrap it up there you've been listening to the daily southampton part of the global sports podcast network thank you very much for listening zack as always thank you for joining me
00:25:52
Zak
Thank you very much, me.
00:25:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
give us a follow on all the socials youtube x blue sky twitter that is x that's fine tiktok is what i mean all of them we're about we post loads dropped your school predictions in the comments last night you feeling in more or less optimistic than us feel like i might know the answer a thank you very much and we will see you on monday to discuss how we got