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Episode 280: Matchday Preview: To Hull and back!
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Southampton – Without enough time to really process a disappointing performance last week, we are off on the road for another team we really should be beating. Is this the game where it all comes together?
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Reflecting on the South Coast Derby
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome back to the Daily Southampton, part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. My name is Greg Elliott and as always, joined today by my good friend and wonderful co-host, Zach Ingo Finch.
00:00:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
How you mate? You alright?
00:00:28
Zak
Greg, we've had our our tantrums. We've had our terrible takes. We've had Our sadness, our anger, our upset, our making fun of our own fans, making fun of the other fans, and the South Coast derby is over.
00:00:44
Zak
On to the next one. So now we're back, and there's football, and there's football to win, and there's a game to play, and it's unfortunately in home. So how am I doing, mate? Yeah, all right.
00:00:55
Zak
yeah
00:00:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, right it's good. Look, it's exciting. Football's back. We're going to kick on and start this unbeaten run, hopefully. Right?
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Global Sports Podcast Network
i but
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Zak
Sure.
00:01:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Look, let's let's get straight into Hull have conceded 14 goals in their first five games.
00:01:17
Zak
a
00:01:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
So surely we can get a goal against them and get that underway, right? Like, that's...
00:01:23
Zak
and why's In my opinion, as we know, and as we've talked about, it's the most important thing at this point, right? Like we've joked about this for what?
00:01:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:30
Zak
However, it was 300 episodes about making like, we just need to score. And I know it's a
Scoring Challenges and Player Frustrations
00:01:37
Zak
joke, and I know that that's the point of the game, and I'm pointing out the obvious, but it's getting to a point where like it just doesn't ever feel like it it's going to happen again.
00:01:46
Zak
And we've changed the manager, we've changed the personnel, mostly. i What else do we doing what do? look what What can we hope for, mate? I just want to remember what it's like to score more than a goal or two in a game, and it not being from our... I tell a lie, the Northampton game was alright in the end, but...
00:02:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Look, I think that all of the pieces there, in my opinion.
00:02:06
Zak
I just...
00:02:07
Zak
I just... Oh, it
00:02:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
They just need to, you know, wiggle it about until it all fits together and comes into play. And it was never going to happen overnight. We talked about how it was the worst timing in the world for the fixture of such magnitude.
00:02:20
Zak
it was such a bad, bad time.
00:02:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, let's just... yeah Clean slate. Write it right off. It says frustration. Will still is clearly frustrated. don't know if you saw or heard any of the presser, mate, but there was some...
00:02:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
some interesting comments with some some tone that might not come across if you redo it in the text format of, yeah, wouldn't it be great if, you know, Flynn Downs could just pass it to Finnaz and create some magic, but that happens zero times in the game. Or if we could, you know, pass the ball to Tom Fellows and, you know, create some magic, but that happens zero times in the game. So, like, maybe...
00:02:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
maybe we need to work better on finding those passes and just, you know, putting the ball in the right place. Because lumping it up to Cameron Archer isn't going to work. That's not the sort of striker he is. It's like, well, you know, he watches the same game we do.
00:03:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Or maybe he's listened to us for the last, what, 250 episodes where we said the same thing? Like... Yeah.
00:03:18
Zak
Nah, it'll be because we we're one of the first people to put out a profile. for
00:03:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:23
Zak
you Let's face it, we'll Google our name least once in our lives, mate. That would surprise me if you're about move to a new club that you probably wanted to check the temperature what the fans think. Or not.
00:03:33
Zak
Like, he doesn't really seem like that kind of guy that's phased by any of that stuff, to be honest. So... say
00:03:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
is is It's interesting, right? Because a lot I think it it probably annoys... I've
Expectations and Upcoming Matches
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Global Sports Podcast Network
definitely seen it annoy some people that he's like... People call him out for like not being passionate enough or vocal enough.
00:03:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I just don't think that that is true. I just think that he's a very...
00:03:53
Zak
No. nahing
00:03:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
He has a very like steely complexion.
00:03:59
Zak
what What you mean is he's quite a he's quite a stoic bloke, right?
00:03:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
look Yeah.
00:04:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:02
Zak
Like, he he talks and people are like, oh, he talks monotone. I'm like, no, he just talks calm. Like, we've seen him be passionate. We've seen him get annoyed.
00:04:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:04:10
Zak
We've seen him be wound up. We've seen him celebrate. I think it's just, it is a, we are used to, I think, a bit more flamboyancy, right? And, like, also, he's younger than most people remember.
00:04:23
Zak
Like, he's younger than us, which is mad to think about when...
00:04:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mental. every time we say Every time you say it, I get more and more upset by it.
00:04:31
Zak
yeah But yeah, but it's it's true. that it's It's people, people sort of get really, really, that they take a lot at face value, right? And it's the same thing. were talking about legacies yesterday and, and how we remember all this stuff about Hassan Hoogle. And then behind the scenes, you hear like Charlie Austin be like, yeah, he's just a snake.
00:04:47
Zak
And it's like, oh, that's not what saw. We saw this lovable giant. Like he wanted to come over and put a big arm around the whole of Southampton FC. And then
00:04:54
Zak
had Russell Martin, who was you know a very very charismatic guy. and I think his demeanour with the media was very different. Even more more recently, looking at like interviews with Big Ang, I think I sent you a thing earlier, which was like a guy just doing his beat-for-beat post-match press conference.
00:05:12
Zak
Without just mate at the end of everything, did right?
00:05:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
So funny. So good.
00:05:14
Zak
and And so I think that is is probably what a lot of it is to do with. It's that he's he's quite stoic in in media, and I'm fine with that. Like, that's not what we... I don't want someone that's going to come out and cheerlead and then be rubbish at doing the football side. We've had that before. It doesn't work.
00:05:33
Zak
I
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Global Sports Podcast Network
No, 100% right. and But i don't i don't look so I don't think it is that at all. Like you say, we've seen him get passionate, and I think he does...
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Zak
am.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
you know, love the game and get fired up properly, I think.
00:05:43
Zak
you wouldn't be as frustrated if you didn't care.
00:05:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, exactly.
00:05:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I mean........................
00:05:46
Zak
Frustration's another ah other side to that emotional spectrum, right?
00:05:49
Zak
is that you know if you If you didn't care and you weren't that bothered and they weren't really up for it, you also wouldn't be that annoyed or upset when things go wrong. And I think that you can see on its face during most of that game and, you know, as you pointed out in the press conference, like, it's...
00:06:04
Zak
I guess I don't want to say used the word rattled, but he's he's definitely annoyed by the trajectory of where it's going currently. Just because, you know, I think there was the the quote about Rome not being built in a day, but also it wasn't built on a pile of rubble really got me.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
no
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Zak
um
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:25
Zak
So, yeah. 100%.
00:06:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, yeah. I mean, it's it was very telling. You're right. Frustration is
New Signings and Team Performance
00:06:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
exactly what led through.
00:06:31
Zak
so
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Is it too early in the season to call this a must win?
00:06:36
Zak
Yes.
00:06:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because it feels...
00:06:38
Zak
We said that about Pompey.
00:06:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
reason Look, that is that is playing it down, though.
00:06:39
Zak
And now, from now a week later, you're, you're also there like, yeah, well, that was, that was annoying. You know, we wanted to win that South Coast up. We didn't lose it. That was important. Anyway, onto the next game. It's not must win.
00:06:50
Zak
We said this about so many games,
00:06:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, I'm still really annoyed about the South Coast Derby. I'm just trying not to just spend 20 minutes a day venting about it on here, you know?
00:07:01
Zak
Yeah, but it's it's what we also talked about where in the grand scheme of things, it's one game in loads more, right?
00:07:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's...
00:07:07
Zak
I think that my bigger concern is the fact that so far the only opposition we've actually beaten is Wrexham and they are a newly promoted team.
00:07:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm...
00:07:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:13
Zak
And if we end up beating Carl, unless it's really comfortable, if we scrape a 1-0 win, yeah, the win's important. But, you you know, the reality of the situation at that point is that we will be beating those at the bottom of the table.
00:07:24
Zak
And we want to want to move on from that. And obviously, see the other the other part of it is, again, like one or two days, you know, couple of sessions before the Portsmouth game was all these new signings had to try and bed in. Tom Fellows did a pretty good job.
00:07:41
Zak
If you're a Portsmouth fan, apparently he broke the hand of their goalkeeper. Didn't happen.
00:07:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:07:47
Zak
What happens if you try to take out your own player? aye
00:07:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:50
Zak
Shouldn't be out there. But besides the point,
00:07:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
But that said, if it's that that gets them relegated, Tom Fellows becomes a hero, right?
00:07:53
Zak
Yeah.
00:07:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
So that's what you've heard about.
00:07:58
Zak
Well, I don't think ah ah anyone a anyone's the wrong word.
00:08:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't think anyone who is not a this hysterical Pompey fan thinks that that was actually deliberate reaction.
00:08:11
Zak
Yeah, but I was thinking more that you wouldn't celebrate and an injury being the reason as to why a team goes down, right? That's never nice to see in any sense of the word.
00:08:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:08:20
Zak
But but
00:08:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
We would still celebrate it going down though, so that's the important.
00:08:23
Zak
Oh, yeah, but but not the reason why. but yeah, so I just think that the problem is is that because of the temperature of the club over the last, like, year, two years, right, it means that where we're not seeing things turn around as quickly as we'd wanted to, of course there's going to be, like, discourse. And that discourse then becomes vocalised, and then it's vocalised even more when, you know, the result from the South Coast Army is less than what why everybody wanted it to be. you wasn't the worst possible outcome for sure. But also say
Football Philosophy and Predictions
00:08:54
Zak
as far as like we're concerned, you know, I don't think somebody commented on one of our TikToks talking about how the discourse and like differences between the Saints and Pompey fans were probably went with a game plan. We're happy. Absolutely over the moon. We're not.
00:09:06
Zak
And then some people point out, well, we spent 60 million quid. I'm like, yeah, it's day one. Like I don't think anyone, we all of the players that we bought or whatever were not 100% ready to go from day one.
00:09:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:17
Zak
Most of them haven't even been in the league. spoken the language, you know, it's, there's things that will, I think that we will be okay. I just don't think it's a time to panic. But I think the problem is, is that by saying, is it a must win?
00:09:30
Zak
We are then perpetuating that narrative of, oh, we're already at a stage where everything's panicky. No, but I think it's important as a show of intent that things are moving on to be them.
00:09:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:09:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, the reason so I bring it up, mate, and the reason I say it is because historically, Hull, a team we do very well against in the last 10 games, seven wins, one draw, two losses.
00:09:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
A team that have shipped goals for fun so far this season, and not scored huge amounts, it has to be said, uh, but you know, are more than capable. So it should be an open game.
00:10:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
But if you look slightly beyond this fixture and beyond whole, if you ignore the Carabao cup, because let's face it, no one cares. and you know, focus on the league, our next two games and Middlesbrough and Sheffield United, which are going to be scary, scary pictures.
00:10:19
Zak
Yeah. but you that And that's what I mean, is that Hull we would lose to and then we'd beat Middlesbrough because that is the most Southampton way of doing things, right?
00:10:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Uh,
00:10:28
Zak
that That's genuine genuinely... and The thing is, obviously, you don't want it to go that way, realistically. You want to take nine points out of all of them. It's a shame that they got rid of Sellis before our game against him, right? But... You know, I don't know if Chris Wilder can turn things around that quickly.
00:10:42
Zak
If it it's just the manager of the room, that would be insane. ah ah But, yeah, I just, I don't think it's necessarily must win because the fixtures we've got after are hard. We talked about how the fixtures we were going to have at the beginning of the season were going to be hard as well, especially with, you know, we played Ipswich quite early on.
00:10:58
Zak
They were arguably what we considered to be promotion rivals, right? ah ah Looks like Leicester's more and taking that crown at the moment, but.
00:11:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:11:06
Zak
yeah I just don't think that... I just don't want to hit that big red button any time yet. but I know that we probably should have hit it a lot earlier in the Premier League season. and but But this season, I don't want us to be like, we're six, seven games in be like, well, we need to win this fixture or everything is over.
00:11:25
Zak
Like, it depends. What you want to see is actual signs of progression. And I guess for a lot of people, a win would mean that sign of progression. But like, if we get a draw and then a silly mistake is made, oh, don't know. Now I'm talking myself around, so maybe we do need to win it.
00:11:41
Zak
Yeah.
00:11:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Alright, look, before before we get to some predicted lineups and take a little break, on you know I love a little spiel from my stats website.
00:11:49
Zak
Oh, good.
00:11:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, first of all, the the stat on the page that jumps out at me is the percentage chance it gives Hull of keeping a clean sheet, which is 10%.
00:12:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
ten percent so So, you know, this little Footy Stats AI is is expecting at least one Southampton goal. And And ah the you know the nice little spiel for me is Hull City are poor home at home, while Southampton are average away.
00:12:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Previous matches have averaged 2.3 goals, and both teams to score happens 50% of the time. And so
Tactics, Lineups, and Adaptability
00:12:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
they are thinking Southampton with a minus one handicap is the the one to go for. So...
00:12:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
mean, that's promising reading.
00:12:38
Zak
yeah
00:12:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's better than all the times I read it last season, where all of our form was very poor.
00:12:43
Zak
how How would you feel, though, if we won the game and ended up being like Jack Stevens and Taylor Harbour-Bellis scoring, for example? And no...
00:12:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
It depends. I would be frustrated. Okay, that really depends, because if Jack Stephens and Taylor Harwood-Bellis score and win 2-0... But we've had 43 shots.
00:13:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Then fine. Here's what it is. Like, it's going to happen eventually. If Taylor Harwood, Bayless and Jack Stephens are the goal scorers of a 2-0 win with two shots on target that were the goals, something in this system isn't working.
00:13:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, we need to find out what that is. and And look, maybe some of those questions and answers can be preempted with our thoughts on team lineups, which we will get to next after a message from our partners at Bionique.
00:14:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, and we are back. Let's talk about predicted lineups. Zach not predicting anything mental like Alex McCarthy starting goal this week again, are Just get that one out of the way.
00:14:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:25
Zak
To be honest, it got to a point towards the end, it was just fun to wind you up with it.
00:14:30
Zak
um um No, it's going Bazzini, right? like It's the league. but Maybe he'll play him Tuesday next week, but it's going to be Bazzini and Go, surely.
00:14:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
After keeping a clean sheet, surely we stick to this four at the back solution to try and fix our attacking woes.
00:14:46
Zak
Yeah. Well, yeah, that's what you said he wanted to do from a start. He just didn't have the personnel. Now he's got the personnel. Why would you go back to, you know,
00:14:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Rorschlev done enough to stay in for you? Is the back four unchanged? I feel like it probably is.
00:15:01
Zak
I feel like it probably is. I would like to see Gillette start at some point and just see what else he can offer.
00:15:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:15:07
Zak
And I don't think that he should take Manning's spot. I think that Borislav had struggled in the game of Akes-Pompey. Just to do with Nihad.
00:15:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I've seen it said that he was put one-on-one against Pompey's best player, though. So...
00:15:21
Zak
Yeah, exactly but exactly. But the problem is is that he struggled with it. And it's Pompey's best player. What happens when he comes up against, you know, Sheffield's best player or Leicester's best player?
00:15:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
i mean, based off position in the league table at the moment, mate, if he comes up against Sheffield's best player, he's probably got the best of them.
00:15:28
Zak
That's
00:15:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh.
00:15:36
Zak
Yeah, but remember, you know, they were planning to lose 5-0 every game to so until they brought back Chris Wilder. At least that's the conspiracy theory that I'm going to tell. of it's good
00:15:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:48
Zak
ah ah But yeah, no... I didn't think he did anything majorly wrong. He didn't really create anything massive either. But at the same time, it's because he was concentrating on the defensive duties, which arguably is what you want from your defenders.
00:16:02
Zak
know that's not really what their roles are anymore. But yeah, I guess I'd like to see Gillette at some point just to see why he can offer different. But i would have be i would I'm not going to be disappointed when I see Rojas Levin in the starting line. I'll put it that way
00:16:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
To be honest, you I don't really have a huge amount of criticism for any of the back four that, for me, stops them starting this week. I think it worked pretty well.
00:16:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, a clean sheet comfortably. know that that goes from a lot about the game, but, I mean, we haven't said that a lot for a long time. Even the season where we did well, that was not something that was common, right? A comfortable clean sheet. So, it ain't broke, don't fix it.
00:16:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you think Shea Charles and Flynn Downs together in the middle is working? Or is likely to click into place and work?
00:16:51
Zak
I mean, the time being, if it's not working, swap Shea Charles out. No, keep Shea Charles, sorry. you Swap out Flynn for Caspianda. Something a bit more, you know. we We need better passing forward.
00:17:01
Zak
Like, you said that's actually what Steele talked about.
00:17:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. 100%.
00:17:04
Zak
Like, that's all we need.
00:17:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:06
Zak
And the guy, that's the guy's role.
00:17:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
but she
00:17:08
Zak
So, I don't know why.
00:17:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's been...
00:17:10
Zak
It's just weird.
00:17:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's been that way every single time they've played together, right? We seem to be lacking that throughput to get it to get it forward. don't know if they're just like ah both focused on sweeping, or don't know why it doesn't work.
00:17:18
Zak
Yeah, but then also when Downs was out,
00:17:23
Zak
I don't
00:17:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
like On paper, it should be such a solid physical midfield pushing the line forward, and it just on grass it doesn't work. and i don't know I can't figure it out. out
00:17:35
Zak
know, but... Some of the... I think somebody pointed out at some point as well, I don't think it might have been, don't know if was the Northampton game or another game, but one of the games that Flynn was off, Flynn was away ill, and we brought in, like, Wee Man, like,
00:17:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
against what food
00:17:48
Zak
Watford, yeah. so So talking about basically like, you know, one of the reasons that Shea struggled in midfield is he basically got bullied by a lot of the other Watford midfielders and didn't have Flynn there. And that was what Flynn did off the ball. But then obviously when they're together, okay, well, they might be able to stop, but then they can't get forward enough. So I don't really, I don't really know what the solution is, but I think that maybe just test out.
00:18:10
Zak
You've got all the personnel now You've got these different,
00:18:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
like lot I like what you say about Kasper Yander. I'd like to see what he can do. He could you know potentially slot in and do hopefully both of those things and be a little bit of that defensive coverage, and but also pass the ball to a Saints player that can create something.
00:18:28
Zak
figure out what partnership works because at the moment that was not working.
00:18:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what we're hoping for. Yeah.
00:18:31
Zak
How long do you want to spend trying to click it together? If you can test something out, if put in Yander and it doesn't work and you decide, okay, well, actually, you know, or maybe switch out Shea for Flynn, but I think Shea's been one of our better players in most of the games we've had.
00:18:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:18:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I agree.
00:18:47
Zak
So that's what I do, but I'm also not a football manager.
00:18:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Finnaz has done enough to keep that sort of number 10 that he was brought in for.
00:18:56
Zak
i I guess so...
00:18:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
was it was quiet on the derby day, but then also wasn't getting a lot of service either, so...
00:19:00
Zak
the
00:19:03
Zak
He was quiet. I think a lot Middlesbrough fans says that that happens in some of those games. It was his second game for us. It was a big occasion. Okay, you know, if all of a sudden he goes missing again for a couple of games in a row, then yeah, you'll swap him out. But why not try it again?
00:19:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, keep going. And like many changes to the front three.
00:19:23
Zak
not? Why not?
00:19:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, I think Fraser and Fellows were arguably the two best players on the pitch last week, so I wouldn't swap them out. Stick with Archer, or bring on Armour, or stick Stuart up there.
00:19:37
Zak
Well, it depends if they're going to play to his strength, right?
00:19:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
What's the rule with that?
00:19:41
Zak
like That's my biggest problem.
00:19:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:42
Zak
like I would say you know if Fraser doesn't start, I'd like to see Sienza start. The reason I say that is that they've been doing and lot of media around him this week.
00:19:55
Zak
don't know if you've noticed. like We're talking about how you know he's really, really hungry to get in the game. And I think we'll still talk about him as well.
00:19:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:01
Zak
so I wouldn't be surprised if they want to give him his first start at some point. know However, I think you're right, it's going to be difficult to dislodge Fraser. But the problem is, is that if we end up having the exact same starting lineup as last week and we do the exact same things and nothing is produced from it, like, i you're going to have to change something at some point.
00:20:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:20:19
Zak
That's my only concern, is that if we keep everything the same as last week...
00:20:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's something I would like to see but I didn't really see last week because I think the changes came far too late. I'd like to be a bit more proactive about getting something going and getting it working.
00:20:29
Zak
Hmm.
00:20:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it feels like a game that should be there for the taking for us. So so hopefully we can take advantage of that and push on.
00:20:40
Zak
Yes.
00:20:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
And like I say, if... if it's a one nil goal game that like bounces in off of a defender's face, but we've had 47 shots on goal, then I'm still going to be happy enough that we've tried. Like for me, it's about creating those chances, even if none of them really stick yet.
00:21:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like,
00:21:02
Zak
i think it's I think the key point point there, mate, that i think a lot of people worried about is it's the yet, right?
00:21:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:21:07
Zak
It's the how long until yet starts to be, it goes in because.
00:21:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
But that's the thing, like accidentally winning something like that or accidentally getting the goal like that in a game where you're putting the pressure on and deserve it might literally be enough to light that spark, right?
00:21:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like it it can be the difference, the confidence. All of a sudden you're on bit of a winning streak now. And, ni know you know, we were disappointed by the draw to Pompey.
00:21:35
Zak
Hmm.
Creating Opportunities and Fan Expectations
00:21:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
but it's not a loss. Like it's still a game, not lost, right? We're still building momentum, building points.
00:21:41
Zak
yeah
00:21:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
And so hopefully we can, can kick on beat hole. And then, you know, Liverpool Liverpool games kind of neither here nor there to me, but it'll be interesting to see how seriously it's taken.
00:21:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, and, you know, if we can get a couple of goals against their kids as well, you know, it can very quickly turn itself around and, We've definitely got the talent there that we should be posing an attacking threat pretty consistently in this league.
00:22:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
just Just got to get it working. Just got to get it clicking.
00:22:14
Zak
I agree. I just, I don't know. I don't what, is it just time? Is it mixing around the personnel?
00:22:26
Zak
I don't really mind which it is. i just think that there's going to be an expectation soon we start to soon see results.
00:22:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%.
00:22:33
Zak
As I said, I don't think it's a must win, but
00:22:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah But like say, even if that... Yeah, it's not must win, but we've got to see something, right? We've got to see us pushing on and creating those chances for sure.
00:22:40
Zak
yeah
00:22:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right, let's let's move on to everyone's favourite part of the show and get some score predictions. But first, a break and a message from our partners at Zencaster.
00:22:56
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00:23:13
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00:23:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Uh...
00:23:25
Zak
Oh, wouldn't he not.
00:23:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
are you feeling this going? How you feeling this going? what's you thinking?
00:23:30
Zak
I would like see, if it's not going to be like a three or four, I'd like to at least see like a comfortable 2-0 win with goals from like forward players. That's what I'd like to see.
00:23:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:42
Zak
don't really mind where it comes from. just don't want it to be our centre-backs from...
00:23:49
Zak
desperate 97th minute attacks, know, it might be that I know that Wim still utilises set pieces a bit better and that's gone well for us considering we were like the last team in the Premier League to score from a set piece last year.
00:24:03
Zak
But yeah, I think that it would be it would be good to see some of the fruits of that labour. As I said, I don't mind which forward players score the goal, I'd just like it to be some forward players.
00:24:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
that's fair I think that's reasonable I'm gonna say
Concluding Thoughts and Listener Engagement
00:24:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
three one yeah
00:24:22
Zak
Yeah.
00:24:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just I don't know if I see back to back clean sheets yet yeah so 3-1 is just the 2-0 of a team with a ropey defence right look
00:24:29
Zak
I mean, to be fair, it was like Baz's first one in a long old time.
00:24:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
look Cameron Archer with a brace and Tom Fellows with a goal. Why not? let's Let's get him. Get the ball rolling.
00:24:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what i want to see. Just a nice comfortable win. Cozy Saturday afternoon. What more could we ask for?
00:24:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
All right. Look, that's sir that's all what we've got time for today.
00:24:57
Zak
Lovely. Okay.
00:25:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
So let's hope that both of our predictions sort of come to fruition and we get a decent win. Let's... get a nice exciting weekend out the way and do it that way and come back on Monday and and talk about how good we were and all of the hundreds of chances we've created. That's, uh, that's what we want.
00:25:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's do it. Uh, thank you, Zach, as ever for joining me. Thank you everyone for listening. Uh, let us know in the comments or on the social media, your score prediction. What do you think the score going to be?
00:25:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're on all the socials. We're on Facebook, X, blue sky, Instagram, Tik TOK, YouTube, Facebook. I think I already said, but I'll say it again. Anyway, Let us know. how do you think it's going to go?
00:25:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
you looking forward to the game? Let's hope so. Let's go on up and beat whole and do it comfortably. Let's hope. We will back on Monday to talk about it, regardless of the outcome.
00:25:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
We always are. Thank you very much joining us. Have a wonderful weekend, and we'll see you then.
00:26:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.