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Episode 056 - 2-2 A good result? Bournemouth Reaction
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Tom and Jacob discuss the frustrating 2-2 draw with Bournemouth, trying to decide if it is a good result for us. The boys look at specific players, starting line-up and end with a look forward at the scary prospect the Liverpool game coming up this weekend!
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West Ham vs Bournemouth: A Promising yet Frustrating Match
00:00:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello guys and welcome back to another episode of the Daily GSPN West Ham podcast. I'm joined by Jacob. Say hi Jacob.
00:00:16
Jacob
Hello, how are you?
00:00:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm doing okay. Obviously the the most recent fixture that we have seen West Ham play is West Ham Bournemouth at the um London Stadium. Give me your thoughts about this game because in my eyes it was promising and also frustrating at the same time.
00:00:34
Jacob
Yeah, I think in some ways, I don't think we can be too disappointed about what we got. um
00:00:46
Jacob
the the team in the first half just didn't really show enough.
Player Highlights and Performances
00:00:52
Jacob
um And Evan Nilsen scored and then and then things basically had to change into the second half.
00:01:01
Jacob
um Well, we picked it up a bit and we looked a lot more dangerous and, you know, great see Falker on the score sheet. um Just all round, like, you know,
00:01:15
Jacob
Kudis getting an assist, Ward-Prowse getting an assist, Falker getting a goal. it's all It's all positive stuff. um The cameo we got of Gil Hermé I thought was was good as well. I think everyone would be in agreement that that sort of 10 minutes he was on the pitch was the best we've really seen from him.
00:01:38
Jacob
um Not that there's been a huge amount, but it does seem like He's starting to you know become in favour in Potter's team. um and yeah i'd I'd like to see him kick on and I'd like to see him get some regular minutes now you know with Koudis not really hitting the levels we would sort of expect of him.
Missed Opportunities and Bournemouth's Strong Show
00:02:08
Jacob
um you know that That place is possibly up for grabs. so you know, it's it's not a ah bad problem for us to have. um Frustrating because realistically we could have got more, but at the same time, Bournemouth Bournemouth have been very good this season and we've been the opposite. And, you know, it it's a game like that where you think, you know, the the lesser teams that we've played this season, we should have we should have taken more from them because we come again come up against Bournemouth and we expect not really to get anything out of it. And then we we do and we play fairly well.
00:02:50
Jacob
And we look back at those previous games where at the start you thought we probably should have won them. You know, there's not really a reason why we shouldn't have won those.
00:03:00
Jacob
And yeah you know We come to a team like Bournemouth where they've picked up plenty of points and are sitting quite nicely in the table um and we cause them problems where realistically we should have been doing that against you know the lesser informed teams. um But the next challenge is a lot more difficult. But I'm sure you'll come on to that anyway.
Game Outcome and Season Implications
00:03:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think the way you describe it is frustrating. It's kind of the story of our season, isn't it? Like, so much excitement, quite a lot of hype, so much positivity, and then it just doesn't work and we get ourselves in into bother by conceding early.
00:03:35
Jacob
Mm. Mm.
00:03:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
and show heart and resilience and managed to claw some points from games where, you know, in the first half, it looks like we probably don't deserve any. So this game is definitely exactly the same as our season has gone.
00:04:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
If someone had asked you before the game, 2-2 draw with a team that's relatively in form, how would you have felt if you could have been given the chance to take that result?
00:04:12
Jacob
That's difficult because I think where where we sit now, a point really does very little for us. you know We're kind of, at this stage, fighting to be as far away from the bottom three as possible.
00:04:31
Jacob
um At a point, ah you know when you look at the team you're you've just come up against, you take a point away,
00:04:42
Jacob
it's good but at this stage what does it actually mean to us like very little just maybe a bit of pride that's about it you know we got a if this was the kind of thing we were doing earlier in the season we'd probably feel more obliged to celebrate about it um whereas where we are now it's kind of like well If we lose,
Defensive Struggles Compared to Moyes Era
00:05:05
Jacob
we lose. If we draw, draw.
00:05:07
Jacob
You know, it is it makes very little difference. And if we win, then we, you know, we're happy because it's kind of showing signs that it's improving. um But yeah, it's just a bit sort of, what can we, we can't really be overjoyed by it can we? But at the same time, to nick a point against, you know, fairly informed side, know,
00:05:32
Jacob
you can't be too unhappy with it and you know, you can't do any harm to the players morale and confidence. So, and that's something we definitely need for the, for the upcoming games that we've got, you know, cause they don't get easier today.
00:05:47
Jacob
Let's be honest.
00:05:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, it's not at all. It's just tough, isn't it? You know, it's such a competitive league this year. I think every team has such quality. So when you're not bringing your A game from the beginning, you're going to get punished.
00:05:56
Jacob
Yeah.
00:06:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
And the way that we have been starting so slowly this season, mainly under Lopetegui, but we have seen it a couple of times under Potter, which I don't necessarily blame him completely for. You know, it's when it becomes a kind of systemic issue that repeats itself.
00:06:16
Jacob
Yeah.
00:06:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's not a surprise when it happens under the new management because it's the same players, isn't it? Like he's not really had a chance to bring in many new players other than what Ferguson, who I think is a really good addition, but not even really, you would say much of Graham Potter's influence because he's not really been at the club long enough to dictate fully what he wants.
00:06:21
Jacob
Well.
00:06:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, ah January transfer window isn't a time for massive upheaval anyway. yeah, I think just looking at the the game in general, it's just, yeah, I think my buzzword is going to be frustrating.
00:06:42
Jacob
Hmm.
00:06:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
The way that we scored so quickly in the second half and we were able to actually punish Bournemouth shows that we do have the quality.
00:06:48
Jacob
Mm-hmm.
00:06:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's just not working. um Okay, we're going to go to ah an advert now and when we get back, I'd like to discuss a little bit about how we set up and some of the players that we played because I think I've kind of...
00:07:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've got an idea about what we need to do to start improving, and I'd love to hear you
00:07:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
yours.
00:07:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, so looking at the actual stats of the game, before we get into line-up and how we feel about that, we have more possession. So we had 56% possession compared to their 44%. But we had an expected goals of 0.69, and they had an expected goals of 2.12, which is pretty crazy, really.
00:08:01
Jacob
Mm. Mm.
00:08:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
you think about having more possession, but having, you know... over 50% less expected goals created or or chances created. it's It's just really poor. I think this that leads quite not quite nicely onto my issues I had with the way that we set up from the outset.
Striker Solutions: Ferguson or Fulkrug?
00:08:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
We need to be playing with a striker. I think when we have players who can play as strikers, you know, we've obviously spoken about Evan Ferguson before in this podcast.
00:08:31
Jacob
Mm-hmm.
00:08:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've seen the reoccurrence of Fulker coming off the bench and playing really well. I think we need to be playing with a striker. We just don't look coherent enough in attack. It seems like Bowen and Koudis, when they top, they... play up up top they Don't do all the things you want a striker to do and they get into the habits of doing things that they do as a winger. So they drop back, they try to contribute a little bit more, they want to get on the ball, which obviously is brilliant for build-up and they both work really hard defensively. But when it comes to attacking and looking to create chances and...
00:09:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Committing to being an attacker, I don't think having those two as the two strikers is anywhere near good enough when it comes to chance creation and it comes to goal scoring. Because...
00:09:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
We just don't look kahun enough without a spearhead. So that's why, for me, I think we need to stop trying to play with those two up front. I think Jarrod Bowen on his own sometimes, if he's supported well enough, can work. But you know when we've got Evan Ferguson and Fulkerig now, who's now fit, when we've got those guys on the bench, we need to start them. like Why do we bring Evan Ferguson in if we're not going to give him enough minutes?
00:09:52
Jacob
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:09:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
It would be such a shame if he goes back to Brighton having barely started a match, you know? And I think he has the quality to provide if we do give him a bit of time.
00:10:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I also think the same for Fulcrum, to be honest. I think he's shown his quality when he comes on. He's made so many good cameo appearances when he's come off the bench. Obviously, in this case in this game, he scores a brilliant goal.
00:10:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
A proper, like, big centre-forward striker pedder, which... I think it was it was really nicely taken and it just shows that he has the quality to get us goals. And we can't always rely on Jarrod Bowen because I think this year we have shown that when we have lost our strikers, it's just not enough to...
00:10:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
try and will him into to getting goals and getting assists because you look at every other Premier League team like this game is a perfect example of that Evan Elson gets two goals I don't think he necessarily had the most brilliant game overall to be honest but he was in the right place at the right time and he's a good finisher so he scored their goals Overall, I think there were some players that played okay and some that weren't as good and some that were good. you know I think Bowen had a really good game.
00:11:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
I really like Kudis in this game, actually. I know that he hasn't had as fruitful of a season as you would like, but him getting the assist, I'm i'm really happy about. James Ward-Prowse I thought was really good. Wan-Bissaka again, I think we're relying on him quite a lot and I think it shows his quality and how well he's playing.
00:11:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
So just generally, I'm not really unhappy. Just think we do need a ah a system change or a formation change because we've just not looked good enough without striker.
00:11:28
Jacob
Yeah, I just think we need to play to our strengths as much as possible.
00:11:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:34
Jacob
you know When you've got two big physical strikers like we've now got, we just need to play to that. you i we As much as we can rely on Bowen when we need to,
00:11:54
Jacob
When you've got a German international striker sitting on the bench, you know, waiting to come on obviously he's not, ah he probably still isn't at 100% peak fitness levels, performance levels.
00:12:09
Jacob
That's understandable that, you know, he does need to be eased in a little. But you can see that the immediate impact when he comes in. He causes...
00:12:20
Jacob
a lot more issues for defenders. You know, they're constantly having to look over their shoulder for him because he's such a handful, you know, set pieces as well. You know, you get a ball on a plate to him, he's not going to lose a huge amount of, you know, jewels in the air.
00:12:41
Jacob
It just doesn't happen. Like, he he wins a lot. He's not going to do loads of running and he's not going to put in, you know, thousands of kilometres like Thomas Suchek does or, you know, even like probably not even as much as Antonio does because he does his own fair share of of tracking back but he just has that threat that we've lacked for a lot of this season and the same with fer Ferguson, you know, they're not, I think, I think Ferguson's a bit more mobile um obviously probably just due to his age and
00:13:20
Jacob
he's I don't think he's quite as big as Falkeruk, but you know he's he's a different ah different option for us. um And I think it might be a bit too far to to say to try them together. I don't know whether how that would work. I don't know whether that would be bit overkill. you know i think maybe we would lack...
00:13:43
Jacob
some creativity around them maybe if they we just had two like lumps up front just getting balls into them constantly i don't know how that would work it might work and it it probably would have worked under david moise but now i think yeah i think it's just about utilizing to be honest you know we've got quick creative players and we've got we've got you know good finishers who can score goals, you know, on an international level. So we have to play to that, really. And then hope that the defence just sort of stops leaking goals and, you know, because at times it feels like in order to beat the opposition, we're going to have to outscore them.
00:14:33
Jacob
It doesn't feel like we're going to hold them off really well and we're going to take the few chances that we get. It feels like, oh, we're going to concede this game.
00:14:45
Jacob
How we going to score two goals so that we win?
00:14:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:48
Jacob
Like, that is not the way you should be thinking about it.
00:14:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:50
Jacob
But i'm I've thought about that way for for so many of our recent games, going into it thinking, right, well, we're going to concede at some point. So how where are the two goals going to come from to get the three points? And
00:15:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:15:07
Jacob
It's just been a combination of sloppy defence and not creating enough at the other end. and you know You're going to get loads of draws and you're going to get 1-0
Effective Use of Strikers: Past and Future
00:15:18
Jacob
defeats all the time. you know i think now's the time to so go out there with the but the best possible team that we've got.
00:15:29
Jacob
At this point, we we are basically pay playing for pride. We're playing for Graham Potter's sort of approval for next season um and you know potentially players getting replaced, getting let go of. so yeah, not very positive, but what can we do?
00:15:48
Jacob
We just have to keep taking them as they come, I think, at the moment.
00:15:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think it like when you look at most of the games we've played this season, like i completely agree. How many games have we actually dominated this year?
00:16:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Genuinely, off the top of your head, how many do you think?
00:16:03
Jacob
Yeah.
00:16:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
mike Maybe like three or four?
00:16:07
Jacob
Well, ah I'd say like ah you know our average sort possession has gone up and our ah just
00:16:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:18
Jacob
ah yeah just having the ball in general, I think i think that's definitely gone up. It's just it it makes absolutely no difference if you don't do anything with it. And what we we've we's not done enough, like
00:16:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah exactly yeah
00:16:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:16:30
Jacob
in In that case, it basically suggests that you know David Moy's method was more effective because, I mean, at the end of the day, that a lot a lot of those players are still the players that he chose.
00:16:44
Jacob
But it doesn't necessarily mean having the ball more, you know, 10% more than you did the season before means that you're going to score any more goals, basically.
00:16:55
Jacob
and
00:16:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I completely agree.
00:16:57
Jacob
particularly when you chuck a bunch of players together who
00:17:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:17:01
Jacob
who haven't played together before. It's just just not how it works, is it, unfortunately?
00:17:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
It feels like the the thing that we've been saying for so many years is oh, we need a really good striker. If we had a really good striker and we've tried so many strikers, you know, we we've gone all over trying to find the guy that can be the next striker for the you know the foreseeable future.
00:17:12
Jacob
Hmm.
00:17:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
How many strikers have we signed and been really excited about and they've turned out to not be good enough or they don't want to stay for enough time to maybe prove that they are good enough or, you know, just
00:17:32
Jacob
Yeah.
00:17:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
just do okay and then end up moving on anyway. you know um
00:17:38
Jacob
Yeah.
00:17:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're now in the position where we have two strikers that I think are two of the best strikers that we've had in a long time. you know So when the issue is that we're not scoring enough and we've we've got more possession but we're not getting enough goals and we have these guys that are on the bench and we're not starting them for some reason and then one of them comes off the bench and scores, it's like surely we need to be playing these guys.
00:17:47
Jacob
yeah
00:18:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
They have to start. And I get that the Fulcru stuff is he's been injured, so you maybe don't want to rush him back, which I completely understand. But also at the same time, we're kind of running out of time to be able to work out if he's actually going to be a good player for us.
00:18:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because you could quite easily imagine that if he doesn't get the game time and he doesn't prove himself, he could quite easily move on in the summer. Because he might look at it as like, it hasn't quite worked out.
00:18:24
Jacob
Yeah.
00:18:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've been injured. I haven't played enough. I haven't. really made the impact that i want and I'm getting older and I don't want to be here. So I think we need to try and give them as much game time as possible.
00:18:35
Jacob
yeah
00:18:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Kind of similar with Evan Ferguson. Slightly different because he is alone and we're not actually guaranteed to sign him. But if there's any chance of making him want to come back, if he's good enough, obviously, we have to firstly see if he's good enough for us to want him and secondly, give him the game time to make him want to come back because he doesn't want to sign somewhere and just sit on the bench. That's the reason he left Bournemouth.
00:18:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, not Bournemouth. That's the reason he left Brighton. Sorry, B-Club's got Bournemouth on my mind. um So, yeah, it's frustrating. I think we have to start starting a striker. It brings the best out Bowen because it takes the emphasis off of him, allows him to have more of a part um more of an impact kind of all over the pitch.
00:19:09
Jacob
Yeah.
00:19:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think that's when he ends up thriving going forwards. I think that's when he gets his his best goal numbers. I think if you look at it statistically, maybe don't quote me on this, but he's probably got his most goals when Antonio has played up front because...
00:19:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Antonio does so much of the kind of dogged work at the spearhead of the attack, it makes room for Jared Bowen.
00:19:30
Jacob
Mm-hmm.
00:19:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I think Nicolas Fulgrove isn't a million miles away when it comes to physical profile. Obviously nowhere near his mobile, but he is physical and he is really good in the air, which i think Antonio was both of those.
00:19:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
so So yeah, I definitely think we need to start a balance striker. like Okay, we're going to go to our second advert now. When we get back, I'd like to look ahead, have some Liverpool discussions.
Preview: Strategies Against Liverpool
00:20:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, Liverpool, league leaders on 73 points. I think the only positive that we can have going into this game is that they are coming off of a loss to Fulham.
00:20:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
And if i think about it in my head, I can quite easily kind of reason my way to making me feel like we could potentially get something out of this game, which could be slightly naive and maybe a bit optimistic.
00:20:36
Jacob
Mm-hmm.
00:20:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
But... this previous loss to Fulham shows that they can be beaten. So am I completely insane for thinking and that? Or do you think there is maybe some like semblance of us getting some points from this game?
00:21:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's not, that does not fill me with, with hope when you just, when you just sigh.
00:21:05
Jacob
um
00:21:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um,
00:21:11
Jacob
Yeah, I don't know what to say really. I think um
00:21:16
Jacob
I don't think you're completely insane. I do think you're maybe partially insane.
00:21:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe slightly. Yeah. yeah
00:21:22
Jacob
um And there may be certain factors that play into our favour. You know, they've had to play more games than us.
00:21:34
Jacob
um I mean, they've got obviously got the home advantage, which is something against us. And I think if we're going to get anything from it, it's purely going to be um down to them not being able to take their chances and us taking one of the few chances that we actually get because i can't really see it going any other way than either that or they're going to wipe the floor of us, basically.
00:22:06
Jacob
And it it's hard to say it like It's hard to actually think that's what's going to happen you know long before it's even happened, before we've seen the line-up. or But nothing about this season kind of suggests that this is going to be a good result for us. um
00:22:26
Jacob
Yeah, bit depressing. um And anything we do potentially get will just be a bonus. So, you know, if they do, if we come away from a draw with a draw from Liverpool, then fair enough. Like, that that's a little bit more of a celebration than it is against Bournemouth.
00:22:43
Jacob
You know, no offence to Bournemouth, but At this stage, like there's really no reason to celebrate that. um And we'll see.
00:22:55
Jacob
We'll see. don't know. um I think you may be slightly insane for for what you've said, but I like your optimism.
00:23:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:23:04
Jacob
um
00:23:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
maybe.
00:23:05
Jacob
I think it's either going to change within the first couple of minutes of the game.
00:23:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. my
00:23:11
Jacob
You're going to be like, oh, no, what did I say that for?
00:23:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:23:14
Jacob
um Or you're going to be like, yeah, you know what, i was right. ah I knew something was going to happen for us and it did. So we'll see, won't we?
Mindset and Opportunities vs Liverpool
00:23:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. The way that Graham Potter has to pitch this to the players is we've got absolutely nothing to lose. You know, the threat of relegation is, touch wood, not something that is actually a realistic kind of threat.
00:23:31
Jacob
Not really.
00:23:40
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You know, so
00:23:41
Jacob
Yeah.
00:23:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
we have to try and play positively. We have to try and attack.
00:23:46
Jacob
Mm-hmm.
00:23:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
We can't just sit back and absorb pressure and try and break on the counter-attack because that just isn't going to be fruitful for us at all. I think one thing, another kind of way that I can reason quite a nice match-up in my mind is if you imagine Nicolas Fraudkrog playing for Germany, him coming up against you know either France or the Netherlands,
00:24:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think you're not you're not dissatisfied with the the idea of Fulcroft coming against Van Dijk and whoever his centre-back partner would be, or Kunate for France and whoever his centre-back partner would be. So,
00:24:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
In my head, I kind of am relatively okay if Fulcourt starts with the prospects of him getting a goal because he is such a good striker. He's an international-level striker for Germany. you know That isn't something to be sniffed at.
00:24:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
So actually thinking about our scoring goals...
00:24:43
Jacob
But then, does he does he does he win as many duels against Van Dijk and Canate as he does against like, Halson and Zabani.
00:24:55
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Devonnier. Yeah.
00:24:58
Jacob
Like, that's the that's the thing.
00:24:58
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Probably not. Yeah.
00:25:00
Jacob
Like, the aerial battles, Van Dijk is going to win the majority of those.
00:25:06
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Mm-hmm.
00:25:06
Jacob
That's the thing. Like, as good as we think Falkerig is, and, you know, he might prove me completely wrong and he might win, like, 90% of those, you know, headers and he might be able to take the ball down loads and play it off to Bowen and play it off to Kudus. But it's just the the quality that they have.
00:25:29
Jacob
I know Van Dijk in the most recent game had a bit of a shaky one and didn't quite look himself. So maybe he had Falkridge on the back of his mind. um And, you know, he was had had a sleepless night without that one. But yeah.
00:25:47
Jacob
yeah
00:25:49
Jacob
I think...
00:25:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
it Do you think Rodrigo Muniz is a better striker than Nicolas Fulcourt?
00:25:50
Jacob
Yeah,
00:25:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because he's scored against them. Is Sessegnon better than any of the players that we have?
00:25:57
Jacob
that's good point.
00:25:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is Iwobi better than any of the players that we have?
00:26:00
Jacob
Yeah.
00:26:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
like You look at the players that have made the impact for Fulham. You wouldn't say they are objectively much better than the players that we have. you know I know that this season have been much better than us, but just like just looking at player-wise and on a ah one-off game basis, we definitely can get a result here.
00:26:11
Jacob
No.
00:26:20
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And I think that's how we have to approach it it. has to be, look, there's no expectation to get anything, but don't feel like it's already done because it isn't.
00:26:23
Jacob
Yeah.
00:26:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Liverpool been really good this season, but they are not perfect.
00:26:29
Jacob
Yeah.
00:26:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
We definitely can get something.
00:26:32
Jacob
Yeah.
00:26:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
There is a world where we come away with a 1-0 win and we're like, oh my God, that was brilliant. you know like the game against Newcastle only in the season I think is something that is so telling of that no one would have expected us beat Newcastle before we go and we play really well and we dominate them we might have to slightly rely on them having an off day but you know sometimes you need that sort of luck obviously realistically I'm not massively confident but I don't think it's like completely done dead and buried if that makes sense
00:26:47
Jacob
Mm-hmm.
00:27:03
Jacob
Yeah. Well, let's hope they have that same sort of mentality that you've got and then
00:27:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Get me in the changing rooms.
00:27:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll give them a little pep talk before the game.
00:27:10
Jacob
yeah
00:27:13
Jacob
i'm sure that would go down well. Yeah, I think we might win the league.
00:27:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
They'll be like, who is this guy? Who is this guy?
00:27:21
Jacob
I think that's a good time to wrap it up. What do you think?
00:27:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah, I think so.
00:27:25
Jacob
Okay.
00:27:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
well do you Just quickly, do you want to do a little prediction?
00:27:29
Jacob
um Alright.
00:27:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm going to say West Ham.
00:27:32
Jacob
I... Okay. I'm
00:27:41
Jacob
i'm going to say 3-3.
00:27:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
That would be amazing. I'd love that.
00:27:46
Jacob
I think it will be a bit of a goal show.
00:27:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
A bit of thriller.
00:27:49
Jacob
I think Fulkeruk is going to just maybe bag a hat-trick and then Areola is just going to let in three P-rollers.
00:27:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, God. Yeah, maybe. I know Mo Salah's going to smack him in 30 yards probably, isn't he?
00:28:02
Jacob
um
00:28:05
Jacob
yeah Yeah, he might well do. um But, you know, what can you do? All right, cool.
00:28:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, not a lot you.
00:28:13
Jacob
um thanks for watching this episode of the daily gsbn westland podcast say goodbye tom
00:28:20
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Goodbye, guys.
00:28:21
Jacob
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