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Episode 254: Matchday Preview: BIG game away at Ipswich
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Southampton – Football is so back! And the games are coming thick and fast. The bookies might have this one down as a battle between two promotion favourites, can we find enough in us to put it to Ipswich and come away with a first away win of the season?
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Introduction and Podcast Aspirations
00:00:10
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 today joined by my good friend, a wonderful co-host, Zach Ingo Finch.
00:00:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
How you doing mate?
00:00:23
Zak
a um rough day, mate, but we're here to talk about football, so let's say look about food
00:00:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mate, that's always going to be better and look, if we can do like a millionth as many numbers as Taylor Swift dropping a new album, maybe we'll be alright, you know?
00:00:35
Zak
talk about football.
00:00:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll be happy.
00:00:38
Zak
I see it's taken over your newsfeed too. Hmm...
00:00:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. It is everywhere. But look, that is not what we're here for today. There
Ipswich Match Preview and Predictions
00:00:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
is football happening again this weekend. The championship comes thick and fast.
00:00:51
Zak
a
00:00:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
And this weekend, we are away to Ipswich in what by the bookies would be described probably as a battle of the favourites to finish for automatic promotion.
00:01:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Could be a key game.
00:01:04
Zak
I don't know, mate. Remember that off the supercomputer said there's a 40% chance of Sheffield United being promoted and thinks that they're going to win by a landslide.
00:01:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Have a feeling.
00:01:14
Zak
So what do we know, mate?
00:01:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I mean, hopefully more than Opta.
00:01:19
Zak
yeah You'd like to think, right?
00:01:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Throw that one out there.
Player Transfers and Financial Dynamics
00:01:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, look, it's... Even way, it's an important game, right? Because you would expect both of us to be there or thereabouts.
00:01:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's...
00:01:31
Zak
Yeah, so it's going to be far more important later on down the line than we think it is, right? if it gets If it gets real close to the wire, this could be a difference maker.
00:01:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm...
00:01:38
Zak
That's not to me to like i try and add drama and flair like week two of the championship, but like you know it it could be. We don't know. you know we could We could end up winning by a landslide. We could end up sixth. Hopefully not.
00:01:52
Zak
But like you know either way, i think whenever you're going to be playing against people that are supposedly you know your rivals in around the sort of, especially the automatic spots, it's important.
00:01:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:02:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, well, I mean, it's another relegated team, right? So it's another team with that theoretical parachute payment spending power. But...
00:02:10
Zak
True, but they're having a bit of ah they're a bit of a harder time than we are, right? Like, we've we've obviously had a couple of bids in for players, but we're not really in a position where we have to sell. And, you know, it's, again, like, I know we keep reiterating this point, but it's about what our players are worth to us. And I'm absolutely so sick of, like, we so I don't know if you you you're not as chronically online as I am, right?
00:02:32
Zak
So you are not seeing the the back and forth about... dithering differences between what West Ham opinions are on Fernandes, right? and And like Everton's on dibbling.
00:02:44
Zak
And there's this kind of, there's this level of entitlement. It's like, oh, well, you know, how how can they charge £60 million pounds for a player when they only got 12 points last year? It's like, oh, okay. So does that...
00:02:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, the trick is that we don't want to lose those players, so are happy to accept a ridiculous amount of money if you're willing to pay it, and if not, we'll keep our player thanks.
00:02:57
Zak
can. Yeah.
00:03:06
Zak
Yeah, it's it's very, it's not even like what i would consider to be to be big club bias, right? Like, I would kind of be in the same boat if we went in for somebody and they ended up, we ended up not getting them because we weren't able to afford them. or I think we've just never really had that experience as a Saints fan most of the time, right?
00:03:25
Zak
Like, you know, that's what that's why it was kind of mind-blowing for us to get Ramsdale last season.
00:03:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:03:29
Zak
And i I don't, you know, and I think, yeah, it would be lovely to, but at the same time, you look at like Man United firing the tea lady, 75 million on a player on top of spending a hundred, couple of million, a hundred million on a player.
00:03:40
Zak
And then you've got these teams like being bothered they're having to pay X, Y, Z. And I'm hoping, you know we can baby baby maybe show that... I know the
Team Dynamics and Strategy Adjustments
00:03:51
Zak
finances are a big part of it, but we can like demonstrate as a team that goes down, you do not necessarily have to lose your entire squad in one go, which is kind of is almost a given that these these teams get picked apart when when you go down. And I think that... you know doesn't we are in a position where that doesn't need to be the case.
00:04:12
Zak
And I think that there seems to be a lack of understanding that if a player is worth 60 million watts and you're annoyed about that and can't afford to buy him and won't buy him, that, I don't know, maybe it's just part of the grieving process to like get mad and and throw out arbitrary blame, but it is it's it's grinded on me a little bit.
00:04:30
Zak
But again, Greg, this is because I'm chronically online. And where we've not had to do that,
00:04:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, yeah, look, mate, I'm off this week, so I'm hopelessly oblivious to all of it. And I've got to tell you, mate, ignorance is bliss.
00:04:40
Zak
but it yeah The reason I bring it up, there are reasons. You're right, ignorance is bliss. But there are there is a reason that I bring this up, and it's because like it's less so with Ipswich, right? like Because of the financial position we're in and the strength we've had, we've not really had to.
00:04:57
Zak
I don't think Ipswich are in a sense that they really have to, but like they've supposedly got Omari Hutchinson out the door. That's from Sky Sports Premier League in the last literally last five minutes of us recording this.
00:05:09
Zak
Apparently, Nottingham Forest are close to agreeing a £37 million pound bed but you know bid for him, which might be good for us because they were also supposedly after Fernandes.
00:05:20
Zak
I'm sure there'll be more to talk about on Transfer Tuesday regarding that. They also just lost Broadhead to Wrexham. But then at the same time, Wrexham spent £10 million on that transfer for a guy in the last year of his contract.
00:05:36
Zak
So, yeah, I guess i guess it's it's a bit...
00:05:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's a slightly strange one, Matt. I saw a few questions being raised over that.
00:05:45
Zak
Look, if you're going to come out after a game and say, well, you know, the difference of the bench and then this and the other, they've just got the resources that we don't have and they can just casually drop like 10 million quid on a player that a lot of people are kind of baffled that is they've spent a hell of million pound on.
00:06:03
Zak
I feel like you can't really make that argument, right? like At least when we make that argument against someone like an Arsenal or a Liverpool, they back out with like a £100 million pound transfer. Our like top ever transfer is £17 million quid more than what they've just spent.
00:06:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:18
Zak
So, hey what do I...
00:06:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. And that was Camel Dean Suleyman.
00:06:22
Zak
Yeah!
00:06:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know?
00:06:25
Zak
You're right. But, yeah, it's a bit of a... it's it's It's still that part of the season as well, where because of all these transfer stuff, it's unsettling.
00:06:36
Zak
And obviously, will we take advantage of that at weekend? Or will we get taken advantage of because of that at the weekend? who Who knows? But... Just...
00:06:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd like to think that we're in a slightly more settled position. You know, it's sure Matty's up in the air, but he seems to be more than happy to just plough on and play through that.
00:06:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, you know, the others that are there, maybe there, maybe not there, have just been left out and we seem stronger for it. So I feel like hopefully we'd be in a position to take advantage because we're holding our own.
00:07:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right? we We know those positions.
00:07:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
We can hope anyway, right? That's all we can do is hope.
00:07:19
Zak
No, I'm with you. Like, we should just hope that... that we come out of the window happier than we went into it. right And I know that that that still requires some incomings for us, I think, for our fan base to be satisfied. And I can understand why.
00:07:36
Zak
but I also think that you know keeping hold of some of those key players is important. And I think we seem to be doing a a better job thus far.
00:07:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:07:45
Zak
Or at the very least, if we do don't keep hold of them, they will command a sizable fee.
00:07:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, like Hutchinson didn't take part last week or in the week in the cup though. So is that likely to so properly unsettle them, do you think? Or do you think it's sort of a similar division approach where they've separated that and put that to one side?
00:08:06
Zak
Yeah, well, it's it's the how did we feel about, you know, Matty came on in the weekend, but I'm sure there was a plan in place for him if he didn't. You know, we've not had Dibbling the first two games. I don't know if we'll see him again, realistically. I know that Everton's interest may have cooled, but we're not and entirely sure.
00:08:23
Zak
So, you know, would that have massively upset our squad? No. Do I think that they've probably had a bit more of a... upset due to it, maybe.
00:08:34
Zak
They remember, though, they have a bit more consistency with McKenna being the manager throughout all of this, right? Like, since... Like, they've had one manager since their last promotion, demotion.
00:08:44
Zak
We've gone through what feels like
Review and Expectations for Ipswich Game
00:08:46
Zak
57. Like... so... like like
00:08:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that's true.
00:08:48
Zak
so
00:08:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Big change.
00:08:50
Zak
So, you know, and as we were talking about in our championship preview would have yesterday championship review first week, which would have come out yesterday, like there's a lot of clubs out there with a ah lot of new stuff and a lot of new people in charge and a lot of new things.
00:08:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
But
00:09:04
Zak
So hopefully, like, we will just be able to catch them with the fact that we are a slightly different team to what they've played previously, even if that team did beat them. You know, no tall pool this time.
00:09:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, that's true. Just a ah ah very similar replacement, potentially, right? I don't know. They looked cagey against Birmingham.
00:09:23
Zak
Yeah.
00:09:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd like to think we look a little bit more together, at least in part against Wrexham. It was, a you know, although we didn't get the the actual rewards until late on in the game.
00:09:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
We we were there or thereabouts and pushing for it and had plenty of chances. So hopeful hopefully we can take that and push on.
00:09:41
Zak
yeah they they they so They spent a lot of time, like the times that Wrexham really came close, they just hit us really well on the counter and Kiefer Moore had ah a really good game, right?
00:09:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:09:51
Zak
Whereas if not, we spent a vast majority of of the game sort of peppering them really and ah ah not in a Russell Martin way of, okay, well, let's pass it around outside the box for a while. There were a lot of shots that but took place. Just really need to start getting them on target, you know?
00:10:06
Zak
LAUGHTER
00:10:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
look, it's all going to come. It's all going fall into place beautifully. It'll come when it comes. just It's just nice to be having shots, to be honest, at this point in the season. It's ah just such a relief.
00:10:18
Zak
Great.
00:10:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, 27, I think it was. 27 shots in one game. Genuinely, I feel like that is more than we had all of last season. Honestly, just it's just refreshing.
00:10:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
But, uh... All right, well, let's... Let's bring it in a bit and get to are predicted starting lineup and how we think that will go. But first, a message from our partners at Pioneer.
00:11:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, and we are back. All right, let's let's start on the back and work our way up, Zach. Presumably, Baz in goal.
00:11:36
Zak
I mean, yeah. And after McCarthy's performance the other day, I think I'm fine with that.
00:11:44
Zak
It's not really like...
00:11:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
You think we're sticking with it think we're sticking with this sort of back three slash back five formation?
00:11:51
Zak
it i feel I feel like we did better it a back four when we played against Wrexham, but it just seems to be how they kind of want to start the game off. And if that's the case, then that's the case in it, really.
00:12:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
I feel like Stevens and Quasi are pretty certain for me the question mark would be Harwood Bellis or Ronnie Edwards.
00:12:12
Zak
Yeah,
00:12:18
Zak
that's the thing, right? Like Will still said, it's like ah ah he's basically got the headache of the fact that he's back in and, you know, seems to be gunning for it. I don't know whether or not, you know, considering they're trying to ease him back to fitness, he's already played once this week.
00:12:30
Zak
I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't start on Sunday. wouldn't be surprised if, you know, we maybe get like, even with Edwards playing two games like three days, mate, wouldn't be surprised if we get an Nathan Wood start, if I'm totally honest.
00:12:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:41
Zak
Just because, obviously, is it even, you know, is it, sorry, left back slash left wing? It's obviously going Manning, right?
00:12:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
a
00:12:49
Zak
like
00:12:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, I'm kind of separating these wingbacks as further up the field.
00:12:53
Zak
Are they no longer the defense for you anymore?
00:12:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
think that the sooner we accept that, the sooner we can stop criticising them for their defensive capabilities. Like...
00:13:03
Zak
That's understandable, mate. I agree with that.
00:13:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, when you look at, I mean, Ryan Manning, for all of his abilities, has always been seen as more of an attacking fullback than a defensive one anyway.
00:13:06
Zak
That's fair.
00:13:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sugawara is basically a winger, as is Wellington and from what I can tell. So, ah ah feel like, you know, we'll we'll call it the central defence and then be further up the park out wide, right? That's...
00:13:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, that's a more positive way of thinking about it than a back five anyway, right?
00:13:33
Zak
the start of
00:13:37
Zak
i I think that that is a positive more positive way of thinking about it. i also think it's probably a more accurate way of thinking about it. Because, like again, the back five thing makes a lot of people think that we're we're setting up to be really defensive.
00:13:50
Zak
And I don't think we've really shown that to be the case. or Otherwise, we wouldn't be getting hit on the counter half as bad as we have been so far. so
00:13:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe our captain and centre-back wouldn't be scoring at the back post in the 96th minute, right?
00:14:03
Zak
Yeah, maybe it wouldn't be always the defenders that are bailing us out. you know like um boy Even under our last couple of regimes, mate, it seemed to be them as well, right? like Taylor Harbaugh-Bellis got a few goals, so I say a few, like all of like two in 14 or whatever we scored, but still still a few.
00:14:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I
00:14:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
mean, that was enough to be up there last season. That's the problem. yeah, I think that Manning... I think it's probably earned a start.
00:14:27
Zak
Yeah.
00:14:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
I suspect still Sugawara on the right. Although we did see a Charlie Taylor appearance in the week.
00:14:32
Zak
I don't
00:14:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
So maybe. Maybe or three.
00:14:37
Zak
know. Does he really play at the right? I've not really... i thought he was primarily left and centre. So I'd be surprised to see him there, but also... Maybe even like Ronnie Edwards on the right, because if James Breeze is still out injured, I think.
00:14:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Who knows. Hmm.
00:14:50
Zak
We're we having to record this before the presser, because pretty sure the press is today, in this ah this afternoon. So if we wanted this out for today, we've had to kind of do a little bit of guesswork. But I feel like some stuff you could already read between the lines. I doubt Dibbling's going to play.
Attacking Strategies and Player Performance
00:15:04
Zak
I feel like we'd have heard about it by now.
00:15:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:15:07
Zak
Joe Aribo, I very much doubt he's going to play.
00:15:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:15:09
Zak
Adozi's probably not going to play.
00:15:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah. Yeah, 100%.
00:15:12
Zak
Breeze probably out injured still.
00:15:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, if we're moving up to the midfield, I feel like Downs, Shea Charles and Ryan Fraser is the combination we're going to see, right?
00:15:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's that sort of middle three.
00:15:24
Zak
Yeah.
00:15:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was working.
00:15:26
Zak
Yeah. seems so seems It seems to it seemed to work, Shane Charles and Downs, you know.
00:15:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Fraser was putting himself a bit.
00:15:32
Zak
i just Again, I really feel like Downs needs to watch his head a little bit, because um um of otherwise we're going to end up with a lengthy suspension again, because what's that? like you know We've only had two games, he's already had two cards, and one of those he came on late, so...
00:15:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
think you have to worry about it until it gets to five, right? So he's got a few more in the bank. Front three, Jay Robinson.
00:15:54
Zak
I think that he, yeah, I think he'll be back in.
00:15:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Damien Downs.
00:15:58
Zak
i don't know if he'll start him again. i think that, you know, you might you might see some, I don't know if Stewart finally gets a look and I know if he's over his illness, the kept man Northampton, but obviously, like, maybe Armour, because like we, I think you've said before, like Armour and Archer kind of do similar things and
00:16:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. Hmm.
00:16:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:16:19
Zak
and but yeah I think we need a a target man so maybe downs would make sense.
00:16:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah i think if you're taking jay robinson as the sort of creative quite happy to cut in or go out and so try and create stuff i think what we've got although they they are
00:16:34
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:16:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
different profiles of players but you can kind of group them together in that Damian Downs and Ross Stewart are more likely to work as target men and be able to be hit in that way and Armour and Archer are both happier running on or running in behind and receiving the ball in front of them to run on to and I just think
00:16:50
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:17:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
you pick and choose one from each of those sections in any combination is how I would like to see it go. But, you know, we saw
Transfer Rumors and Team Focus
00:17:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Archer and Armstrong last week and, I mean, having that much pace on the pitch to run at defences, there's a lot to be said for that too, right?
00:17:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, put the pressure on put the press on and and get something that way.
00:17:22
Zak
True, but and we need to start
00:17:27
Zak
we need start scoring goals and Ipswich are going to be one of the stronger teams. like We can't can't expect this game to be a walkover.
00:17:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:17:34
Zak
that's That's one of the problems, right? and just Just briefly, I know this is slightly off topic, Greg, before we pick your last, who you think is going to be in in the team. Did you say about potentially small bones to Ipswich?
00:17:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
I did see that he was potentially on his way somewhere. I didn't realise he was lined up with Ipswich, but...
00:17:53
Zak
Yeah, so i've seen I've seen that's one of the things that's rumoured. So that was but that that'll be interesting for Saturday, just to see well if anything changes.
00:18:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is he still injured?
00:18:06
Zak
Not to my knowledge, I guess we'll find out this afternoon, but I don't think he's going to be involved anymore.
00:18:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's still out right. Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
potentially, I mean, depending on how much honesty you put behind what you find out in a presser, let's be honest. we We learned last season that's not 100% the case, but yeah, I don't know.
00:18:23
Zak
Yeah, but that's because that's because russell Russell Martin played that game a little bit. Ivan Juric
Building Confidence and Team Atmosphere
00:18:27
Zak
said yes and no in a three-minute conversation. And Rusk was Rusk, so...
00:18:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I think that... I think honestly, so far at this point of the season, without a huge amount to go on, I think I'm happy with any three of those five playing in any combination at the moment, until we see what works properly and what doesn't.
00:18:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
um um I'm happy with any of it, and I would like to see some of it starting to gel together nicely.
00:18:57
Zak
yeah Yes, agreed.
00:19:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
It would be nice to see Damien Downs get a goal, Cameron Archer get a goal and just hit the ground running, start building up that momentum and see them become um um vicious goal scoring threats.
00:19:12
Zak
I don't know if yourself if it was because cause our face wasn't on that clip about the Damien Downs miss. I think that people thought we were being a bit more overtly sort of annoyed about the Damien Downs miss.
00:19:26
Zak
To be clear, like, yeah, it was nuts. It was probably the miss of the season so far. But also, i still back the guy. but I feel like we haven't, you can't judge somebody like, yeah, okay, he's missed two tap-ins two games in a row.
00:19:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, right. Like...
00:19:40
Zak
It is what it is. We still won both of them.
00:19:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's going to come. Right. Let's be
Score and Match Predictions
00:19:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
clear. Based off of what we have you know been talking about and seen all of last season, he takes shots.
00:19:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's enough. Right? Eventually, they're going to go in. And I think that very much once one goes in, he's going to bag a handful more.
00:20:02
Zak
Yeah, that's that's what you hope.
00:20:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just...
00:20:03
Zak
But yeah, I think, i think you know, to to to be clear, where we we believe. There you Greg.
00:20:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Fully, I'm fully behind it. I hope that everyone on the team scores every week. That would be fantastic. But yeah, I'd love to see goals for him and for Archer just to to get the confidence flowing and really start to see some sort of goal scoring threat from our front line.
00:20:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
That would be nice, wouldn't it? What position that would be.
00:20:32
Zak
That would be nice.
00:20:34
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00:21:11
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Okay, and we are back. As act as is tradition. I'm going to throw under the bus first, mate.
00:21:18
Zak
Oh, of course you are.
00:21:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
How are you feeling about this?
00:21:21
Zak
the The problem is I'd like to be positive and say we're going to get another win because, again, it'd just be a really good start. And we beat them twice last season. No, we didn't beat them twice. We beat them but the second time around through the first game, right?
00:21:33
Zak
Because that was a game that...
00:21:36
Zak
Did we lose them first game?
00:21:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah we got four we got Yeah, we got four points from him last season.
00:21:41
Zak
i'm still I'm thinking about the other game that we lost them like last minute in the championship, which feel feels like it was a nightmare. so So yeah, like the and again, they're slightly unsettled for everything going on.
00:21:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:53
Zak
We're not quite settled with the way that our team plays and the way we're set up. So they they're going to have that experience advantage over us, right? in a similar way to Wrexham did, right? but You heard Ken on our podcast literally say about it.
00:22:05
Zak
Like, he was like, this is exactly how the game is going to go out. This is exactly how Parkes is going to line up. And they did. They played exactly like that. So we're going to have to contend with, you know, that there is going to be a way that they they decide to play against us. so However, I'm still confident for 2-1 still.
00:22:21
Zak
I just can't see us having another clean sheet. I
00:22:26
Zak
love Love that to be the case. I'm not going to say that it's going to be anyone's fault, Greg, this time. Because the last time I did that, I was looking pretty egg-faced by the end of it.
00:22:36
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I will take that.
00:22:37
Zak
But yeah.
00:22:38
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Who's scoring goals? 2-1.
00:22:40
Zak
I would like to see Downs bag two. I think that, you know, if yeah if if it's flowing, if it's flowing, then let him get two in a game.
00:22:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah? Bryce?
00:22:49
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Nice. And who's scoring first? Saints-Root switch.
00:22:52
Zak
Probably hit Switch.
00:22:54
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Alright.
00:22:55
Zak
bit a bit of a Bit of a lack of concentration away from home.
00:22:56
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Interesting. interesting Just sticking with the fighting back from behind mentality that we grip.
00:22:58
Zak
First time away from home.
00:23:03
Zak
I just can't... I can't... I can't see...
00:23:07
Zak
I can't see a scenario where we go oneilla up, they then score, and then we get back another goal. I can see a scenario where we go 1-0 down and then really dig in to get those last two goals.
00:23:15
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yeah
00:23:20
Zak
That might change as the mentality of the squad changes over the season. Still very early doors is where I'm at.
00:23:26
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Interesting.
00:23:26
Zak
What about you, ma
00:23:28
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I'm feeling 3-0.
00:23:30
Zak
mate? What are you basing the clean sheet on there, mate?
00:23:34
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Just gut feeling and vibes. Just pure. I'm feeling like it's all going to come together.
00:23:40
Zak
You've taken my vibes for the Northampton game, and that wasn't great. When I said 3-0, I like definitely...
00:23:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
but gonna be It's going to be probably a slightly cagey affair, I imagine. It's still early point the season, still unsettled in both camps, but we're getting there a bit.
00:23:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're starting to feel our way in. I'm thinking an early goal from whoever starts, maybe Cameron Archer. then...
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It'd nice to score a set piece, wouldn't it? Header from a corner for Harbour Bellis or something. And then, yeah, Damien Downs to get on the score sheet. 3-0, just comfortably 2-0 up at half-time. And then just about six or seven minutes into the second half, just put the game to bed.
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And just easy, comfortable watching, because that's what we're used to as Saints fans. Just comfort all the way.
00:24:35
Zak
I just think that you're getting Ipswich confused with Sheffield, mate. As in Sheffield United, to be fair. when
Closing Remarks and Listener Engagement
00:24:41
Zak
Wednesday, they surprisingly good start to the season, considering where we expected them to be.
00:24:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Look, I'm just feeling feeling really good this season. I'm feeling good about it. It's going to be a nice 12 o'clock kickoff on Sky on Sunday.
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going to be sat down with a non-alcoholic beverage, unfortunately, because there's still Dad running around to do it on Sunday. But... sir A nice big glass of orange squash watching a nice comfortable Saints win.
00:25:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do Sundays get any better than that?
00:25:15
Zak
Nah, not really. ah ah That's perfect, isn't it? That's what you want.
00:25:18
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Yeah, that's the dream. That's all we can hope for. Three goals, clean sheet, season done. Two games down, 44 wins to come. Mate, it's just the way it's going.
00:25:31
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just Just how I'm feeling.
00:25:34
Zak
Fair enough, mate. Fair enough.
00:25:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Alright, well, with that high level of positivity, it feels like a wonderful place to wrap up and call it day. Thank you very much, everyone, for listening.
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Let us know on the social media and on the comments. Your score predictions, how do you think it's going to play out? We are on X, we are on Facebook, we are on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Blue Sky.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Hit us up, let us know. Do you think I'm delusional for keeping a clean sheet and three goals? Or do you just think that's not enough? Maybe it's going to be a nice five or six. Just put that stamp on the season.
00:26:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let us know. Thank you as ever, Zach, for joining me. Regardless of what happens the weekend, we will be back Monday to talk about it.
00:26:15
Zak
Thank you, mate.
00:26:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's going to be a win. there's nothing There's nothing else to it. We'll be back to celebrate our win on Monday. Until then, we hope you have a wonderful weekend and we'll see you Monday.