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#56 Post match review Vs Wolves / Pre match review Vs Brighton
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Today's episode is combined, join your hosts Vik and Dan to discuss the game that the Cherries played on Saturday, as well as the game that will be played tomorrow. Can we despite the bad record against Brighton take away all 3 points at this away game? Dan was more positive than Vik and went on to predict the 2:3 score! Will Dan be right?
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Transcript
Introduction & Episode Overview
00:00:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello, bonjour, good morning and welcome everyone to our new daily AFC Bournemouth episode. Today, Dan again with me. Hello, Dan. Hi.
00:00:18
Dan King
Hello everyone. Hi Victor.
00:00:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we will be doing a ah well a double episode, let's say.
Line-up Changes: Adams Out, Hill In
00:00:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're going to be talking about the post-match review. um from the game against the Wolves, that we we were left sour after the game.
00:00:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we will actually also do the the introduction, the pre-match review to the Brightons game, which is tomorrow. So, Dan, you were at the ground.
00:00:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I was supposed to be, but it was a last-minute thing that came up, and I had to return my ticket. And... and The way everything went, I'm glad I wasn't there.
Controversial Red Card & VAR Debate
00:01:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right? But
00:01:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know. I don't know. ah what What do you think? What do you think?
00:01:09
Dan King
Ah, we spoke about before predicting the line-up. I doubt you predicted the line-up this time, did you?
00:01:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I didn't.
00:01:17
Dan King
Yeah, well, it goes back to some big changes.
00:01:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
That was a big change.
00:01:20
Dan King
And to be honest, I forgot there was a game mid-week as well on Tuesday. It made a little bit more sense. and And apparently Adams was a little bit under the weather as well, been bit poorly in the week. So he dropped out, found it really interesting.
00:01:33
Dan King
Hill came in right back, um Cook and k Christie in the middle. And then the usual front pairing, well, not front pairing, front group. you've got a Dango, our striker. Then you've got Clivert, Semenyo.
00:01:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Tav ta was a starter instead of Brooksy.
00:01:50
Dan King
And Tav, yeah. Oh, yeah, drop dropping ah Brooks as well. Brooks that might be felt hard done by. And i'll go to back to Tav a little bit later because I do feel like we missed a little bit of Brooksie on the side.
00:02:01
Dan King
I think Tav can sometimes be a little bit more of a risk than Brooks. Yeah. But yeah, so yeah, honestly, and you did miss out. um It was a great atmosphere before the game, going into the game. I felt confident.
00:02:14
Dan King
And then the first 15 minutes was going really, really well. And Vizic just said before, we're gonna we're pressing high, ah cutting out their keeper. um It was just, we're playing brilliant with Semenyu, playing Kluivert in, but it just didn't quite fit over the keeper.
00:02:31
Dan King
um Dango playing Christian. thought, yeah, we're going to win this game, even though I'm always a bit hesitant and sometimes think, well,
Post-Red Card Struggles and Wolves' Goal
00:02:39
Dan King
we keep winning. It's just being a Bournemouth fan, you know, you're not going to win all the games.
00:02:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's expectations made.
00:02:43
Dan King
um And then a major incident happened.
00:02:47
Dan King
ah And I'm just speaking about the obviously the sending off. I was watching it in real time and I was um actually cursing at the ref. from this Obviously, I'm from the stands, which is about 60 yards away, if not more.
00:02:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:59
Dan King
I was like, he's got the ball. It was very clearly he got the ball during real time. um Obviously, the referee blue gave a yellow. Next to my surprise, I looked at the screen, VAR checking for a red card.
00:03:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:11
Dan King
And thinking, surely not. He's definitely got the ball. Obviously, looking back at it, he did get the ball, but it's seen as dangerous play. Now, what do you think, Victor?
00:03:23
Dan King
Do you think it was red card?
00:03:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Obviously, I watched the game from home because I had to... Well, I'm not going to babysit, but I had to do parenting, right? um And the I don't think... I watched over and over. And because I was watching at the telly, I could rewind as well. And at halftime, I rewinded five times to watch it over.
00:03:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he clearly got the ball first. ah And the way the tackle went, his his foot, Zabani's foot, rolled over the ball and hit...
00:03:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
8-0. Now, the thing is, yes, there was a contact and yellow card would have been the right decision. But the tackle wasn't aggressive at all. the time He had no intention of of hitting him, right? It's the same like the penalty, right?
00:04:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
The VAR gets the penalty overturned because the player had no intention to play with his arm, with his hand. So this they should have been the same thing, no.
00:04:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
But tell me how many times this season has VAR overturned against Bournemouth rather than Bournemouth's favour?
00:04:32
Dan King
Too many times, i was just looking at a stat sent to me today, would be third in the table if the VAR didn't make the wrong decisions. It's not like VAR getting involved, but actually being identified as making the wrong decisions.
00:04:43
Dan King
Third place, that's massive. um Yeah, going back to that incident and watching it since, and Erola talks about it. They showed the referee only one angle, the angle which looked dangerous. There was five other angles, Erola said,
00:05:00
Dan King
The five-hour angle shows a great tackle. And then is i don't blame the referee. It's the VAR person. Obviously
VAR's Role & Suggestions for Improvement
00:05:08
Dan King
decided. It's re-reffing. It was re-reffing the game, um which VAR is not meant to do, unless it's a clear and obvious yeah error.
00:05:16
Dan King
But then, ah guess, ah just looking back into it, there's ah looking at the IFAB, what the referees have to follow, there is it it does actually stipulate it can still be a reckless challenge and dangerous. It studs up, ah goes over the ball and the ball hits a contact. say Still undecided, but match of the day, if you had an opportunity to listen to match the day or watch match of the day, match the day, you were saying me it wasn't a red card, not red card.
00:05:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah. yeah No one agreed. no one agreed.
00:05:42
Dan King
And then then then you get the Everton decision, Man United-Everton.
00:05:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
one agreed with the Red Cup.
00:05:45
Dan King
I know we're not speaking about that, but exactly again, re-referring the decision. It shouldn't be happening to our smaller clubs. It's just, yeah, the referee on the...
00:05:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sometimes you you get the feeling that the FA is somehow trying to push the bigger clubs to go into Europe.
00:06:01
Dan King
Hmm...
00:06:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's It's so weird. And I was talking to ah to someone after the game um yesterday, you know, and someone someone else who was at the game. And it just it just feels like maybe ex-football players should be doing the VAR rather than, you know, referees.
00:06:19
Dan King
An ex-football player would not, well, it depends which era they come from, would not be sending them off.
00:06:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, not Roy Keane, though.
00:06:25
Dan King
They would understand. but Most of them wouldn't think it's a rhetta card or anything. They think it's great tackle. I would literally say you go to somebody like Roy Keane 20 years ago, that would be seen as an excellent tackle. He's got the ball. He hasn't meant to hurt the person.
00:06:37
Dan King
But he's got the ball. His main motto was get the ball first. He got the ball, made a great challenge. But now it's basically, as Zerola said, it's a four game suspension because he missed most of the game um on Saturday and he's going to miss three more.
00:06:51
Dan King
That's the same as just headbutting somebody. If he turned around headbutted somebody, the justice there just doesn't seem proportionate, really.
00:06:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
ways but that does that affect the the cup game as well I thought he would be able to to play the cup
00:07:01
Dan King
Yeah, he misses a cup game. He misses cup game. He misses Brighton. and He misses Brighton, then Wolves, and then...
00:07:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
but surely they will appeal Bournemouth will appeal
00:07:11
Dan King
Well, they will, but the success rate, and unless you're a large club like Arsenal, is very minor over appealing a red card. the The thing that they could hope, it would be interesting Monday night on Sky Sports when they do the referee review, whether that comes up, because actually the whole motto is not to re-ref, and I do think that was re-reffed. It was a clear and obvious mistake.
00:07:35
Dan King
The referee had the best position. The referee was in a great position to see it. He saw it in real time, and at that time felt it wasn't a foul. Not foul, sorry, it wasn't sending off. However, when you slow anything down, things look a lot worse.
00:07:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think Salisbury has been losing it since seen like five minutes into the game. there they were One of the things that annoyed me, right, and there was one push before and one push after we got the red car from Wolves defender, push with both hands, we didn't even get the foul.
00:08:03
Dan King
On Semenya. yeah
00:08:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that was in front of you, right? That happened in front of you.
00:08:06
Dan King
Yeah. And Semenya does not go down easily. Semenya is the one player I can say he does not dive. He would like to stay up. I've seen players bounce off him.
00:08:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
00:08:17
Dan King
And this player's just two-handed pushed him. Yeah, and then...
00:08:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think it's it's it reminds me a bit of the game against Liverpool when... um um Who was the referee? um Kill me. Darren... What's his name? I forgot.
00:08:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
The referee... Darren...
00:08:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
I can't remember.
00:08:41
Dan King
doesn't matter. it's It's just the referee's name. But yeah, then, then, okay, we can talk about this ending off forever. We're always going to be hard done by, but let's just move on to their goal.
00:08:51
Dan King
So, you know, Bournemouth are great at pressing when they've got the whole team. It was a real new challenge for a road actually, 10 men. So early on, what do we do?
00:09:03
Dan King
no i
Bournemouth's Second Half Challenges
00:09:04
Dan King
and ah That I would say, and I think if Erola had the chance to reflect on it, it was so disorganised. Straight after the players didn't know what was happening.
00:09:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was. You could see the players who kept changing position. Everybody was covering whatever they could. It was, they did a good job, don't get me wrong, but people were losing themselves. Like i've I've seen Dango playing left back for like three, four times, just being on the left and then Kirk is staying up. And I was thinking, did it all change something? did it just get lost?
00:09:32
Dan King
It was not until half-time when we got to regroup. ah I think their goal was to so too easy. i think defensively that was a mistake from us. And I think that was because we were missing Sabani.
00:09:43
Dan King
I've said from the very beginning, Sabani is our best player. For me, he's going to be the first 100 million player for Bournemouth if we sell.
00:09:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
you reckon?
00:09:51
Dan King
He's on long contract, yeah. I take him. I know Howlson's been in the yeah media at the moment because he's got 50 million, apparent 50 million release clause and all the big clubs are going for him. But anybody who watches him enough and again...
00:10:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it was, it was Hausson who, whom who made the mistake, who missed the ball when we conceded, right?
00:10:08
Dan King
Yeah.
00:10:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was, I, I think because he, he, he'd run out. Usually Zabani is the one who, who, who pushes out, who rushes out, you know?
00:10:13
Dan King
Mm-hmm.
00:10:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, um in this case, obviously Hausson playing with Hill is not, it's not really, they' they're not used to each other.
00:10:23
Dan King
I think Hill was a really interesting decision.
00:10:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:10:26
Dan King
And when I was watching the game, I know we have another game on Tuesday, but i actually, and Tyler Adams is apparently poorly, but came on middle of the game.
00:10:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Because he's stronger and yeah stronger in them in the challenge.
00:10:35
Dan King
um Putting Hill right back, I think may have been a tactical decision because the way they play their goal kicks out walls, every single time it went over the Kuna and the other player over there because, and so that was an out ball.
00:10:48
Dan King
And so by putting James Hill there and said Lewis Cook, he was winning the headers. Yeah. Yeah.
00:10:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
and then yeah Let's go for a quick ad break and we'll be back to talk a bit more about what happened on Saturday.
00:12:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we're back ah with our not very happy faces after Saturday, um talking about how actually the game went and um and what happened, what but was the main reason why Bomet lost. And um we we we we finished about just before mentioning Cunha's goal. Now, it was it Great running to the box. um You know, received the ball, looked at the goal, kept a rush start, couldn't do anything.
00:12:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Class finish. And this is something that I, if you remember, I said in the last episode, ah actually you weren't there, but it was a crossover. So i'm sure you've listened to it.
00:12:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
The crossover with Wolves. And I said to them, to the guys, that if Cunha left, right, if Cunha went to another club, Wolves wouldn't be relegated.
00:13:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
He carries half of the team. What a player.
00:13:09
Dan King
He was brilliant. He was brilliant, actually. He, ah like I said, I listened to that and they reminded me one of the comments, actually, the Wolves fans were saying about the cost of nearly 50 million. So they would have to sell him for quite a big price.
00:13:23
Dan King
um he, he is a very talented individual. He's, I think he's 24, 25. He's growing into it. He's strong. He was able to hold ball, drift past players. Um, and obviously the finish was natural. He's a great finisher.
00:13:37
Dan King
um Yeah, like I said, we defensively were poor at that moment and before that held them out really well. um Yeah, second half, Victor. What do you think of the second half then?
00:13:49
Dan King
Regroup.
00:13:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Second half regroup. ah ah
00:13:55
Dan King
It was the worst.
00:13:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was hoping...
00:13:55
Dan King
It was so game. They were wasting so much time on the ball.
00:13:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
They were wasting so much time and I was hoping we will somehow, with luck, score the goal the way that Chelsea scored against us in 94th minute, but
Kepa's Performance Amidst Team Loss
00:14:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
didn't happen. i To be honest with you, my person, I don't think we had the game to get a draw.
00:14:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
We... Even...
00:14:17
Dan King
No, they were lucky to miss another chance.
00:14:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
even
00:14:18
Dan King
They had basically an open goal then.
00:14:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
They had, yeah, there it was Munetzi, I think, um yeah, who ran inside. and But apart from everything, I think one of the bright stars from our team was Kepa.
00:14:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think Kepa...
00:14:35
Dan King
yeah I was just about to say that, but I i know you that's probably goalkeeper union. So if you don't know Victor, he used to be a goalkeeper.
00:14:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:14:42
Dan King
me and him used to play together. I wasn't a keeper. But yeah, Kepa, well, isn't he the record fee for a goalkeeper of £80 million? And i'm I wish we could keep him for next year.
00:14:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
i i ah I wish we could hear him, but I can't see Bournemouth paying 80 million for... Yeah.
00:15:02
Dan King
Especially when they're managed. Well, we're not going pay £80 million, but don't know if you saw the Chelsea manager saying they've got keeper issues at the moment, not being good enough.
00:15:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:11
Dan King
But luckily didn't have a recall for him.
00:15:14
Dan King
um It's interesting.
00:15:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know. I know. it's To be honest, it's goingnna be this this is another thing I was actually talking to to to one of the people yesterday about what's going to happen at the end of the season when Kepa goes back, right?
00:15:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because we're going to get back Neto, who we obviously, I don't think we can count on Neto anymore.
00:15:30
Dan King
Yeah.
00:15:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Last season, he's been making mistakes. He went on loan, obviously, clearly not being the first choice of Iriola.
00:15:43
Dan King
Arsenal.
00:15:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I don't know Travers I mean he's on loan in Middlesbrough but Travers did play a few games this season and I think he was brilliant
00:15:53
Dan King
I think he, well, I think Kepa adds a layer of experience onto the team. think it's weird when you watch Kepa live, you're just seeing how he communicates to everybody.
00:16:04
Dan King
He's telling the younger, we've got a young defence, we've got, you've got to remember their age. He is directing a lot of them where to go. Yeah,
00:16:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
but that's what the goalkeeper we should do you remember me right talking all the time
00:16:12
Dan King
yeah wow. i thought I remember you talking a lot. ah Let's just say that, you know. It's not one minute you're the striker or the goalkeeper.
00:16:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:16:20
Dan King
But yeah, Kepa is amazing. a phenomenal keeper, making some great saves. I think they're the this is the first time where I've seen recently where Roderick's made changes and it hasn't worked in the second half.
00:16:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
It hasn't worked.
00:16:34
Dan King
And I thought I am probably the biggest fan of Ryan Christie and he took him off for like 55 minutes and that could be because he needed him for the next game, Brighton. So I understand that.
00:16:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think that was the day decision to arrest him because obviously we know that and and Brighton game is something that we're going to talk about um in the next few minutes. but Because it's scary, right?
00:16:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
but We don't have a good record against Brighton and we need everything we we have yeah for it.
00:17:02
Dan King
for it
00:17:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But yeah, bringing bringing like you know Adams, okay you could see again some change, but...
00:17:12
Dan King
you can't play cook and adams together we've seen it in other games and then you bring alex scott on and i'm alex scott has got so much potential but i'm just not seeing it at the moment i think he makes too many costly errors in the premier league he gets caught out um then you had
00:17:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
Future Strategies & Player Formations
00:17:28
Dan King
yeah They had to take James Hill off. James Hill had to go off because i guess it's first bat time back after an injury and now probably going to have to play centre-back next game.
00:17:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was OK. He did well. he He didn't have a bad game.
00:17:39
Dan King
Yeah.
00:17:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:17:41
Dan King
black Massive throw as well. It's a different dynamic.
00:17:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:44
Dan King
He has a really big throw. um
00:17:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Big throw.
00:17:47
Dan King
They utilised it a lot when he was on loan at Blackburn last year. So I don't know whether game that was another tactic. um Tavernier stayed on the pitch to the whole game. used to be one of Tabernod's biggest fans, but since we've um not had him, I've just noticed we're a bit more consistent.
00:18:03
Dan King
We're a bit more, sometimes the game against Southampton, for example, Tabernod, it was his man that went through and scored and left him, didn't chase him back. And I just saw that a couple of times of not chasing back, not being a part of that team building play.
00:18:19
Dan King
Individually, yeah, he can probably score a worldy goal, but it's, I don't know, I'm maybe missing a bit of Brooks there. But
00:18:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
cli ah No, I haven't seen that, no.
00:18:28
Dan King
Clive as well. Clive i felt like was getting into the game. few good little movements. Also had a bet on him to have two shots in the game. He only had one. So I didn't win that one. um Yeah.
00:18:40
Dan King
It just didn't work out. like Then Wolves started, ah they I don't know if you saw it on the TV, Wolves had a sub ready on the side. um The player took about five minutes to walk over there and then they decided they didn't want the sub.
00:18:52
Dan King
So there was is all kicking off on the side, time-wasting. I just couldn't imagine. I didn't understand how it was only six minutes of time wasting because that individual moment, it three minutes.
00:19:04
Dan King
Yeah, they they played gamesmanship.
00:19:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, clearly we lost and then we're we're just going to look for the bad things now. It's it's it's annoying, but it is what it is.
00:19:11
Dan King
Look for good things. Okay, you're positive person, Victor.
00:19:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
I am a positive person.
00:19:15
Dan King
Who is your positive player of that game?
00:19:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um...
00:19:18
Dan King
It's Keppo, isn't it?
00:19:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
We lost this one. Let's win the cup game and go through, right? Because we said it would be crazy to win both and I would love to win both, but i couldn't see winning both games. Now, with the positions at the moment and Wolves needing more than we do, right, to not be relegated, they had to win.
00:19:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
If there wasn't a red card, maybe would have been a draw, maybe they would have won. The game we played, I don't think we had it. I don't know if Zabani's red card affected that, but we just didn't have it.
00:19:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
We just didn't have it. Kirk is... He's usually very good. Kirk was nowhere on Saturday. I...
00:20:00
Dan King
But you can see they dropped back to the halfway line. you With 10 men, they couldn't go with a constant high pressure because walls were good enough to pass out of it. Every time we pressed too much, they just passed around it.
00:20:10
Dan King
You need that leather men to be able to...
00:20:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Wolves played with three at the back. That's what they play. They play with three centre-backs and those wing-backs on the side that, you know, would defend when when they defend, defend with five. When theyre attack they they stay with three at the back. So it's, yeah, positive as well.
00:20:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Kepa being probably ah the MVP of the game.
00:20:33
Dan King
No, I'm going to go challenging that. I think Lewis Cook was. Lewis Cook went from right...
00:20:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you?
00:20:38
Dan King
Yeah, i always I thought when he went right back, he was really good. He was one motivated player. Possession of the ball, tackling. He made a couple of last-minute challenges. um You can see how he's been a captain in lots of clubs before. i've i Lewis Cook this season, for me, has been growing and growing. Whether he's a right-back, whether it's centre-mid...
00:20:59
Dan King
um probably this week, maybe he might be centre-back, but he did play centre-back by the back that end of the game.
00:21:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe centre-back, because we've seen him playing centre-back and it's it's it's it's nothing new. I mean, he's what,
00:21:12
Dan King
Yeah.
00:21:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's it's not really. But Cannavaro was five nine you know, when he played. So it's it's like, you know.
00:21:19
Dan King
um And Laurent, the Martinez from Man United, who went for like 50 million to them, he's 5'8". five eight So he reach just reads he reads the game so well.
00:21:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, Matilda, yeah, yeah.
00:21:29
Dan King
um He's just looking back to himself. He's looking sharp. He was chasing. He played the whole 90 minutes. He didn't stop, even though he was getting really frustrated with the rest of the team.
00:21:40
Dan King
um I think the real fans' favourite yesterday.
00:21:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
consistency I think he's consistent. He he has every almost every game. he's you know He's just being consistent and and and and that's it. there's no there's there's There's not many mistakes from Lewis Cook. And like you say, he can cover so many positions that if a right back goes forward, right he's going to drop and cover that. So he's he's going to play a wide half as a CDM, let's say. so And before we move on to the pre-match review,
00:22:12
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against Brighton. Let's do another quick break, shall we?
Pre-Match Analysis for Brighton Game
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Right. I was glad, to be honest, to see Chelsea not winning because we needed that. Now, at the moment, sitting in the position number six on the table,
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ah having to play Brighton, who is only three points away from us, ah being on the ninth. Going away, always tough, always tough game playing against Brighton.
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Can we change that tomorrow?
00:23:38
Dan King
Hmm. Yes, we can. Look, one thing I feel confident about, we have a great manager. we have We have had lots of injuries, got new players back.
00:23:50
Dan King
i think we can change it. I think the defeat might actually make us want to do better. To be fair, Brighton, when they were at the home game against us, were one team this season where I've seen them outplay us.
00:24:03
Dan King
They were great, actually. Yeah. A few concerns, say obviously Sabani not being there. Sabani is a massive miss. I am have that concern.
00:24:14
Dan King
um I also have the concern of who's going to be playing up front. Is Evan Elson going to play up front? He was on the bench. We haven't even mentioned him.
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Now, we didn't mention, yeah, that Evan Ilsen was actually on the bench against Wolves um and he went to warm up and because being on the bench, obviously, I was expecting to see him, but I don't think he was feeling it yet.
00:24:35
Dan King
Maybe, again, saving for this game. This is what I'm hoping for. I do think we'd miss that deadly striker. I know Dango's done amazing. and You can't, no one can, but Evan Nilsson's just a little bit more clinical. and I'm feeling positive as long as we can get our back four right. So who would be your back four?
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Well, first I have to mention, well, about Zabani, right? So before he got, this is his first red card for Bournemouth, right? And I think before that he had only two yellows since he signed.
00:25:08
Dan King
Yeah.
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um but Since he signed for Bournemouth, right, this is a funny start that I always like to to to remind our listeners to, right? So now it's it's it's been 63, 65 games since he arrived to Bournemouth.
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He played 64 games.
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Correct me if I'm wrong. 63, he was a starter. 1, he came off the bench.
00:25:33
Dan King
ridiculous.
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he's he i mean and And looking now that he will have to miss, I think, I just want to see him, how he will be playing when he comes back. I don't want to see a change, right?
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Because being consistent and playing every game for 90 minutes, ah whether it's a cup, whether it's a Premier League, and playing on that level is just brilliant.
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And yeah, if the day comes that he will go, because his market value at the moment is around 35 million, um I would like to see him going for 100 million. I'm not going to lie.
00:26:06
Dan King
He's not going for £35 million.
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Yeah.
00:26:08
Dan King
He's on a five-year contract. He had the Liverpool director watching watching the game. As soon as he got sent off, he walked out. Richard Hughes was there. I know probably for Kirkers or for Howson, but I know how highly they rate him.
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and Right, so back four, back to back four, right.
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Dan King
The number one centre-back.
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um
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I think you were right about Howzen and Cook. Obviously, Kepa will be in goal. Howzen and Cook are centre-backs.
00:26:36
Dan King
that Really? You don't think it would be a Hill?
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Hill will be playing on the right.
00:26:41
Dan King
No, I think it's going to change change it around. I reckon it's going to be Hill centre-back, Cook-right-back.
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You think Hill centre-back and Cook right-back?
00:26:48
Dan King
Yep.
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Right, okay. Well, let's see who's going to be right. um Left were Kerkers. We might be seeing Soler on the bench now because he's back from the from the national commitments.
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Dan King
Yep.
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um
00:27:02
Dan King
Kirkos could go centre-back.
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them
00:27:04
Dan King
kirkka's good go sentback Dango left back.
00:27:07
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No, Kerkers cannot play centre-back. No, he cannot play centre-back. he He cannot. No, he... There are players good can, but Kerkers cannot. And... um Yeah, so CDM's.
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Adam Christie has got to be done.
00:27:23
Dan King
Yeah.
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Now, the trio in the middle. Semenyo will start.
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Is Sinistera fully back at all?
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Dan King
He's on the bench.
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Because he was on the bench.
00:27:33
Dan King
Yeah, he's still not fully fit. He's not fully fit.
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He's not fully fit.
00:27:39
Dan King
I think he would have came on over otherwise. think there's a lot of debate about why he didn't come on.
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So I think then...
00:27:44
Dan King
But maybe he's left for this game.
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client se many
00:27:46
Dan King
Maybe he's left for this game.
00:27:48
Dan King
I reckon it's going to be Semenyo, Brooks...
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Brooks and Klivert and then Dan go up front.
00:27:54
Dan King
I think it was a game plan. The Rodgers looked for the next... Because it's a really short turnover. you Imagine he played Saturday, Sunday's rest, Monday's pre-prep for the game.
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And then playing Monday rest, yeah.
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Dan King
So they've probably done the prep for this game. um And now they've got to think about Sabani. But yeah.
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Yeah, so so we are, yeah. the The only change that we would make is obviously me thinking that Cook is going to play centre-back, Jenski will ride back, and you think the other way.
00:28:21
Dan King
Tavernier not to play? having to play the whole 90 minutes.
00:28:25
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Yeah, so he I don't think he will start. I think Brooksy will start. I think Brooks, Kluivert and Semenya and then obviously Dango front. If if somehow Evan Nilsson won't be fully fit and then maybe Evan Nilsson starts up front, I would love to see that.
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but Everybody would love to see that. Obviously, do not forget, people do not forget that Dango has scored, is it four or five? Five goals as a striker, right?
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One hat trick.
00:28:49
Dan King
Yeah.
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Dan King
Yeah.
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Since Evan Nilsson and Uñar got injured. So, we still have faith in Dango. ah But we need something. We need something different.
Brighton Game Predictions & Hopes
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Dan King
Yeah, we do. I just, I think for Dango to work, we need to be high pressing. It needs to be Semenyo and whoever, Brooks or Tavernier, needs to be pushing far. What we did, what happened against Liverpool when Dango was up front, he was, the others weren't pushing up so highly. So he had to do back to goal and try and do it all on his own. He couldn't do that.
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Dan King
When he's on the last man playing behind or the balls into the box, he's really strong at that. There's so many times in that Wolves game, like, just cross it, just cross it, because Dango can leap higher than a kangaroo.
00:29:35
Dan King
He's got...
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He's got a massive jump, yeah.
00:29:37
Dan King
a Yeah, he has So, and he's he's good in the air. So what's your prediction?
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So, well, considering the last time we beat Brighton away was 2019, correct me if I'm wrong, um and it was a good win, it was a 5-0 win, right? it'd be You probably were at the game, I don't know.
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um
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Oh, boy. I'd say nil-nil, tough game, nil-nil.
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Dan King
It's not going be a nil-nil. We haven't got the defence. We're not going to keep a clean sheet against them. They've got a strong... We've got Matoma. Matoma, did you see his goal the other week where he touched it?
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Yeah. Oh, that's creamy, yeah.
00:30:14
Dan King
I think he's a great player.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:30:15
Dan King
That's why they put £70 million bid in for him in Saudi Arabia got rejected. I also like Pedro. a Yael Pedro is just...
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Oh, Joe Pedro, yeah. But is is he back on?
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Dan King
yeah
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Because that was he was injured.
00:30:28
Dan King
He scored. He scored last week in the last game for him against Southampton.
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Well, they won't fall in the other side.
00:30:34
Dan King
Yep. They've also got Rutter. He's...
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Ah, Jorginho Rotter, yeah.
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Dan King
But
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You don't know whether the guy is going to go left or right. That that guy has got two same feet. It's crazy.
00:30:44
Dan King
at least we've Christie or Adams. I feel confident to stop them. um Yeah. What we did wrong last time, and I'm hoping, I think, if Ty Adams plays, he'll be the fix.
00:30:59
Dan King
think last time we made play Cook and Christie against them in centre mid. Not Cook and Christie. i don't think k Christie didn't play. And we needed somebody. Gael Pedro dropped in before this the front front line and he dropped in between defence and midfield.
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some So that was the 2-1 win at the Vitality you're talking about.
00:31:17
Dan King
Yeah. they be Who played in that centre mid there?
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ah was Cook and Adams.
00:31:22
Dan King
Yeah, it's Christie.
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So Christie wasn't.
00:31:24
Dan King
That was just a guess.
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And this is what you say.
00:31:25
Dan King
You can't
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you can't you can't put Cook and Adams to play together.
00:31:28
Dan King
you can't
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No, because they're both more defensive.
00:31:31
Dan King
Well, they're both, I think, Christie can play a tighter situation with the ball. Christie can turn.
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Yeah, he can turn.
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Dan King
I
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. He can turn. He's quicker.
00:31:39
Dan King
i think, yeah, it still always baffles me how um Scotland never play him as the starting centre mid for them because what he does is possession he's got the highest possession turnover in all the leagues.
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Oh, Christy.
00:31:51
Dan King
and Yeah, out of all the leagues.
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Yeah, but but they look at look at now. So so look what you wrote. So obviously, you look at those three players. lie the The one that's most defensive is, I would say, Adams.
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Dan King
Yeah.
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Right? hard to fold them And let's say he plays ah he plays as ah as a holding CDM. Right? Cook is more box-to-box player. right where he can also cover play as a wide half and cover maybe the sides if the the wide backs, the the right and left back, run forwards.
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Christie plays a deep-lying playmaker. Simple as that. And Christie can carry the ball, can play the passes, can turn around because he is quick. right And reminds me of back in the days, lots of Matthaus.
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He used to play a role of a deep-lying playmaker. Oh, my God. Everywhere.
00:32:44
Dan King
It's just, say, that's the That's the key to it. And maybe Aurelis listened to this and thought exactly the same as us because he realised we missed Christie that game.
00:32:55
Dan King
And that's why he came off at 60 minutes to keep him for the Brighton game um ready for this game because he is a key piece to this jigsaw piece. i'm I'm going to be a bit more confident than you, OK?
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Right.
00:33:09
Dan King
I think we're going to have a bounce back, OK?
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Please, please do.
00:33:11
Dan King
And it's not going to be, I reckon... 3-2 to Bournemouth.
00:33:17
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Oh, so two, three. Okay.
00:33:20
Dan King
And the goals going to come from, okay, we're going to get a Clive at Penelty and Dango's going to score again. And then we're going to get a David Brooks goal. That's just my prediction. That's what going putting on.
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Dan King
And then it i it's near the end. It's going to very, very because we don't have the experience of Zivani and there we might they might be pushing, but we're going hold out. That's my confident post.
00:33:43
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And 3-2. Yeah, well, you might you might actually go and put a bet builder, right? You might win some crazy money. You never know.
00:33:48
Dan King
I might do. I might do. But going by my betting history, it's not going very well.
00:33:53
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yeah You know what's funny?
00:33:54
Dan King
Sorry, wife, if you're listening. Yeah.
00:33:57
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what One of my friends, right? One of my friends, he he plays almost every game. Like, he skips every sixth game. ah But almost every game, he puts the Zabani and Kirkes will get carded.
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He didn't put against Wolves. And both of them got carded, right?
00:34:10
Dan King
Oh, no.
00:34:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he was like, Now, my question is for you, right? This is the first game. Well, one of one of the... No, i think I think I did miss another one, but I can't remember.
00:34:22
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So it's the second game that I missed this season. Bournemouth hasn't lost in the last 15, right, before this one. I haven't been to the game. I haven't been to the ground.
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Bournemouth have lost.
00:34:33
Dan King
So it's your fault.
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Do you think that could have affected? Because then I'll have to go to the cup. And if we go through, we will see...
00:34:43
Dan King
Well, I'm looking for excuses. i'm usually blaming the i can blame the referee. can blame you now. um Yeah, maybe maybe they they just didn't reckon see you in the crowd and thought, oh, we're not going it a full tempo because I know that you give them a bashing and if they don't play very well.
00:35:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, they did they get all kind of, um yeah, Serbian swear words and all that. so
00:35:07
Dan King
think Yeah.
00:35:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
And only Caracas understands them, though. um ah But no, no, no, no. Let's leave jokes on the side. um Hopefully that's not the case. I will do my best to be to be at Vitality ah for the next game.
00:35:22
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Again, family commitments didn't allow me to travel to Brighton. I'd love to, and Tuesday would be the perfect. Yeah.
00:35:30
Dan King
Not for me, it's a school night for me.
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but doesn't look like.
00:35:33
Dan King
Those who don't know, I lead a school, so I can't turn up to my primary me school that teach at and yeah not be there. but A little bit ropey after.
00:35:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. You can always turn up with Bournemouth's calf.
00:35:46
Dan King
I could, but no, I, yeah.
00:35:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right. And on that note, I think it's time to finish today's episode. Thank you so much for joining me, Dan. Um,
00:35:57
Dan King
Thank you. Up the cherries.
00:35:57
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been lovely to see you.
00:35:59
Dan King
um
00:35:59
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Up the cherries.
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Heads up.
00:36:00
Dan King
Again, 3-2 Bournemouth.
00:36:02
Dan King
Here we go.
00:36:03
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Heads up. um And yeah, we we we still need to dream about Europe because it's still possible.
00:36:09
Dan King
Even if it's Europa Conference.
00:36:10
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It's still possible.
00:36:13
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I'd be the happiest man with that. To be honest with you, I'd be the happiest man with that because then we would be able to maybe do something rather than getting battered from the bigger teams. So...
00:36:13
Dan King
i'm go any
00:36:24
Dan King
Can I just remind me how many big teams have we been batted by this year?
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um
00:36:29
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well let's leave that for another episode shall we see you later dan thank you
00:36:33
Dan King
Yeah. All right. See you later, buddy.