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Newcastle 4-0 Europe Win Thrill
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The girls from the pod get together and discuss our thoughts on the 4-0 win against USG in our Champions League campaign, we discuss standout players and our thoughts overall.
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00:00:15
Jo
Hello and welcome to the Newcastle United GSPM podcast. and It is back to being a girl's only one. It's been a while, but I know you guys have missed us because we bring the crack. At least we like to think so, right, Nick?
00:00:25
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boy Absolutely.
00:00:26
Jo
um So yeah, we'll get the formalities out of the way. How are you doing, chick? You all right?
00:00:31
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I'm good. How are you?
00:00:33
Jo
Yeah, not too bad, not too bad. um you Just fresh back off a holiday, but few more days and I'm going another one because, you know, who do I think I am?
00:00:39
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Girl's trip.
00:00:40
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:00:41
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don't know.
00:00:42
Jo
Exactly.
00:00:42
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Yeah.
00:00:43
Jo
Next week is the dangerous one. ah Last week was the family one and the sensible one. um
00:00:48
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We probably won't see Jo ever again.
00:00:50
Jo
No, Joel will be a different person when she comes back
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00:00:53
Jo
in a couple of weeks. and It's fine. um Anyway, i'm not just buzzing about the holiday. I am buzzing about the holiday, but I'm pretty buzzing about it last night as well.
00:01:00
Jo
or It won't be last night now. Sorry, because this is going out on Friday. we're talking about Wednesday night's game, obviously, for USG.
00:01:05
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We are.
00:01:07
Jo
um I know what Ian did a post-match like an immediate reaction, which is great. and We are now going do kind of our opinions on the game, break it down maybe a little bit more.
00:01:11
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Mm-hmm.
00:01:15
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Yep.
00:01:16
Jo
um Then again... Ian's probably more detailed than us, so maybe we won't break it down a little bit more. Who knows? ah um
00:01:21
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Who knows?
00:01:22
Jo
All I know is, excellent win. Obviously, as it's all over the place anyway, as we knew, it was and is our biggest ever victory in and the Champions League. A lot of people are like, oh, what about PSG?
00:01:32
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Mm-hmm.
00:01:34
Jo
And we're like, yeah, PSG was 4-1. Concentrate, people. m
00:01:38
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Get the score
00:01:38
Jo
But,
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00:01:39
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right, people.
00:01:39
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Come on
00:01:39
Jo
all jokes aside, um i won't lie.
00:01:41
Jo
I went into that one a bit nervous. um USG was a team that nobody knew anything about. However, if you just do a little bit of research on it, which I tried to do and cram it before we did the preview with Kev, that really they're not to be sniffed at at all. um They've been on an amazing run.
00:01:58
Jo
They seem like a very well-structured club, a very well-structured team until they met Newcastle.
00:02:02
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Mm-hmm.
00:02:04
Jo
um Or did Newcastle just finally click? And this is what we'll be talking about today, obviously, just how great last night was. How very much needed it was as well, I'll be honest. I think we've just needed that kickstart this season.
00:02:14
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Absolutely.
00:02:16
Jo
i'm It's been a bit of a rough start for many reasons.
00:02:16
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Yeah.
00:02:18
Jo
I think you know playing being late of the game with a lot of signings didn't help. And then obviously, unfortunately, some of the new signings being injured straight away. some of the existing team being injured. But again, we can cover all of this.
00:02:30
Jo
So Nick, I'll set you up first. How you feeling just in general? i mean, obviously, happy would be the under ah underlying synopsis there. But go on, talk about ah talk about the game for me, please.
00:02:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Okay. um Very much like you, went into this one um probably a little bit nervous.
00:02:42
Jo
yeah Yeah.
00:02:47
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It's probably the right way to look at it. Obviously, like you say, it's been not the strongest of starts for um we newcastso united um in both Premier League and Champions League.
00:02:59
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:03:00
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Obviously, excuse me, apologies. um So, yeah, I have started to get a little bit, um ah probably impatient the right word, of waiting for the Newcastle that we are so used to seeing from Eddie Howe, um which
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00:03:15
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isn't a cool thing to be feeling because I'm the first one to say, we've got new signings, we've got injuries, you know, we've got players coming back from injury, players coming out with injury, obviously Latino, etc.
00:03:22
Jo
Okay.
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um It takes a while for a team to click. So, Yeah, I was getting a little bit impatient, um a little bit worried. Me and Ian spoke about this um very briefly on our podcast, I think maybe Monday or Tuesday night. um And yeah, they USG went to be sniffed at. They have beat some good teams. um Doesn't make Newcastle any different. However, off the back of last night, I'm absolutely buzzing.
00:03:55
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I am absolutely buzzing. um Not only do I think it, well, it was an absolutely phenomenal result um away from home and the Champions League ah midweek game, obviously, as we know, we've came off the back of a real rubbish 2-1 defeat from Arsenal.
00:04:02
Jo
Yeah.
00:04:10
Jo
Yeah.
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um And I feel like it was just the probably boost and lift that the team needed um and the fans um because social media were was buzzing.
00:04:17
Jo
Yeah.
00:04:19
Jo
Oh God, yeah.
00:04:21
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um And, It was really nice to see the team back to the intensity is our identity kind of style play.
00:04:29
Jo
Yeah, absolutely.
00:04:30
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We didn't let up at all.
00:04:30
Jo
Yeah.
00:04:31
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um Obviously, I know we'll
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probably go and to talk about certain players, so I won't go into too much detail. But I thought certain players had their best game for us. um
00:04:40
Jo
Yeah, absolutely.
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I'll go into that, obviously, when you ask.
00:04:42
Jo
Yeah.
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um Yeah, I thought the lineup was pretty spot on. and Ian guessed that from our podcast. he That's what he predicted.
00:04:50
Jo
Yeah.
00:04:51
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I actually thought it would have been probably the same um as the Arsenal game, minus Tino, obviously. um overall, I'm really, really happy and I feel like it it's needed and is a very positive place to be going into Forest game on Sunday.
00:05:07
Jo
absolutely yeah i think and i'm with you um i think anything other than what happened on wednesday night would have kind of trickled in the forest game i know it's easy to say oh no they'll move on it's the next game but it does get stuck in people's heads and they are you know they're human after all the players and i said this to kevin we had this conversation on the part about how
00:05:08
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So yeah, I'm really pleased.
00:05:28
Jo
Almost in the end, as much as, you know, we are fans and we're deep-rooted and we'll always love this club, I really wanted it for the players because, the kind of like you say, they needed it. They needed that kind of lift. And I just thought it was really important to get it. And look, we got it. We were absolutely immense overall.
00:05:42
Jo
And, you know, it's interesting that you brought up social media because social media is always fun, isn't it? um It always brings out the finest of humanity um and shows what cretinous fools we are surrounded by sometimes. um But in general...
00:05:56
Jo
And the USG was a funny one, wasn't it? Because in the build up to it, there was a lot of people going, ah, they'll smash you and this, and the other. um Like I said, we didn't think that we were going to smash them at all.
00:06:02
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Mm-hmm.
00:06:05
Jo
We did not go into this arrogant at all. um But it's interesting because now that we did smash them 4-0, right, that everyone's just like, oh, it's only USG or it's only a team that we've never heard of.
00:06:15
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Oh, so annoying.
00:06:16
Jo
Can you imagine if we had a drawn even, even if we're just drawn, in fact, never mind a loss, right? We'd be like, oh, look, he is money. He can't even beat this, that the other. So that's just social media, isn't it?
00:06:25
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Yep.
00:06:27
Jo
It just brings out all the trolls, all the idiots. And again, this is a conversation me and Kev had because Kev knows how it it'll step back from it and all. And I do not because I will be goaded to death cause i'm just so easy like that.
00:06:36
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Me neither.
00:06:38
Jo
You send out that fish and reel and I will bite.
00:06:39
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Yep.
00:06:40
Jo
it So. Yeah, exactly, girl. We understand, don't we?
00:06:43
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Yep.
00:06:45
Jo
But yeah, it's it's good to kind of laugh about it.
00:06:45
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Mm.
00:06:47
Jo
But going back the actual game, we'll kind of break down like some of the players and stuff. And we've said, like, Ian got the line-up right. Me and Kev didn't predict that line-up at all. and We actually thought they would it would bring maybe Cher back in.
00:07:01
Jo
um And I know why he played that.
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Mm.
00:07:03
Jo
And in a way, you know, I was kind of glad in the end because I watched the match with my dad and he wasn't too impressed with the line-up. And I says, look, you know, give it a chance and whatever. And he was kind of bit wound and he was just like, can you just see anything happening this season? i was just like, yeah, you can honestly see us going on a run of wins.
00:07:20
Jo
And I was like, yeah, Dad, why not? he was like, oh, that's just blind optimism. That is blind optimism. I says, well, maybe you've just got to have it sometimes. But sometimes I'd rather be that way. ah can't let myself, as much as I will, react to people's things.
00:07:31
Jo
In general, I'm not a negative person.
00:07:32
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Me too.
00:07:33
Jo
You know what i mean? And I know you're not at all. So... Mm-hmm.
00:07:36
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Do you kind of remember this time? It was this time exactly last season. We were sat on these pods.
00:07:42
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:07:43
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We had more or less, the so but minus the Champions League, obviously, we more or less had the same start to the the Premier League campaign.
00:07:48
Jo
Yeah, yeah.
00:07:51
Jo
Wobbly start, let's call it.
00:07:52
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um very wobbly very up and down games we should have been winning we were either losing or drawing um I think we I can't even remember now and I should have done my research before this but we should have there was games where I was thinking how are we not beating the likes of I think it was still a more I don't know can't remember who it was now and I was thinking Jesus um and then all of a sudden something just went bam and we went on like a a nine or ten game unbeaten streak um
00:07:53
Jo
Yeah.
00:07:58
Jo
Yeah.
00:08:05
Jo
Yeah.
00:08:08
Jo
ye
00:08:18
Jo
yep
00:08:19
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So the week before that, everyone was calling for Eddie to be out of the club. it His time was done. His time was done. And then we go on 10 game and unbeaten or nine game, whatever it was in the end. And it was Eddie's the hero.
00:08:29
Jo
Yeah. Of course.
00:08:30
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Eddie's the hero. We then obviously do wonders in the
00:08:31
Jo
Of
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00:08:33
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Carabao Cup, go ahead and win it.
00:08:34
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And then all of a sudden it was one of the best, most successful seasons of Newcastle's life.
00:08:38
Jo
course.
00:08:38
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So i agree with you. I try and not like we're only in October. Not only that. Yeah, sorry. We're going to start October. Yeah.
00:08:46
Jo
Literally just, yeah.
00:08:46
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The season literally started mid-August. We've already had two weeks off international break. We've unfortunately been, you know, a little bit hindered with injuries. we' not without We're without one striker. We're without a midfielder. We've now got our right back who's fortunately not done as ACL, but is unfortunately ah written unavailable for the next six to eight weeks.
00:09:05
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So think people just need to calm down.
00:09:09
Jo
They do. They never will, but they really do. I know. And, you know, we're not going to say that this is going to kickstart another 9-10 whatever game running streak.
00:09:12
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Yeah. Yeah.
00:09:18
Jo
I mean, how amazing would that be, by the way, if we want to really emulate last season?
00:09:19
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hope it does. Yeah.
00:09:21
Jo
Please, God, do that. um But, yeah, so ah I don't know. But it's just nice that stay positive because, if I'm honest, it's just, for me, watching football or anything like that,
00:09:32
Jo
it's a lot of people's outlet. It's, it's, it's for enjoyment. You what mean? It's where like, as we joke, we're happy place when we go to the match and all this sort of thing. Um, I don't want to go into into any of these situations feeling all depressed about it.
00:09:44
Jo
All right. You can be nervous. That's a whole different emotion that than to be completely negative.
00:09:47
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Yeah, definitely.
00:09:48
Jo
But look, each of us deal with things differently. So, you know, it is what it is on that one.
00:09:53
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Particularly me and you.
00:09:53
Jo
um Well, you know, we're fine, man. We're fine. We've got a different level of happy clapping us. We're just like a bit more emotional with the happy clap and that's all, isn't it? um
00:10:02
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Absolutely.
00:10:02
Jo
But right. Should we talk about some of our players? Because I really want to. um i think obviously we will break soon, but let's just cover...
00:10:08
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Let's go.
00:10:11
Jo
big Nick Valtemarri because there's so much I want to say about this man um people and that's another thing by the way on social media people are all like oh they've sold Azak for this amount bought him for like half of the amount Newcastle have won and this is fans like that don't support Newcastle or Liverpool by the way so I find this hilarious so I'm like oh look at that now that everyone's recognizing that we've actually done a decent deal and stuff and uh but
00:10:16
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love him.
00:10:28
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Yeah.
00:10:35
Jo
you know, let's just talk about him. Can I be honest on that match? It was pretty evident to me that he's not an out-and-out striker in the form of, say, a Callum Wilson or Johan Wisser, who we now have, obviously.
00:10:47
Jo
So that's where, in that sense, Wisser is absolutely the replacement for Wilson in terms of the style, in terms of what he will bring this team.
00:10:47
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Yeah.
00:10:54
Jo
And I'm so excited to hopefully and potentially eventually see this 4-4-2 that I've been wanting get from all of last season, doing your heads in a belt.
00:10:55
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
00:11:03
Jo
Yeah, yeah. Or 4-4-1-1. I'd take that, you know, whatever works. um But honestly, to see Valtimari and Visser playing off each other would be unreal because Valtimari's link-up play, his just footwork for a big guy, I know he talked about it, which is it's great in a way because he said all of this, didn't he, when he was signing for us and stuff about how he's he's more than just a tall guy and he's he's quite nimble with his feet and this, and the other.
00:11:24
Jo
We're seeing it. We're literally seeing that boy they dance about with like the ball. And he he is very nimble with his feet. for being six foot seven. he's bloody ginormous man. um
00:11:33
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It's huge. Mm-hmm.
00:11:34
Jo
But I was more impressed with what he did there. know he scored the goal and he scored obviously now three goals for him. But I think it's his overall play I'm more impressed with. um Even if he scores a boatload of goals this season, I think it's his what he gives to the team and what he's going to give to the team. I'm really excited to see what he's going to do moving forward. And again, once Visser comes back in as to how how how is going to utilize the pair of them um and hopefully we do see a of them together i know there's gonna be a lot of rotation by the way so we'll not always see the two of them together but yeah exactly i mean have you got anything else to add about voltammadi i mean i i just think he's a he's a great talent and i think again a bit like when we bought isak by the way isak was a bit of an unknown unknown wasn't he what he wasn't really have the you know the goals and all this sort of thing that he's got now is voltammadi going to be the same reckon
00:12:04
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Of course, yeah, needed. Yep.
00:12:14
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Yep.
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ah da Yeah.
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Yeah, I am ironically was thinking about this yesterday when the game was on. um yeah What was it? I mean, I hate talking about it. I'm not talking about it negatively. I'm just saying... and Before Isak came to Newcastle, only scored, I think, was it six or seven league goals before he came?
00:12:36
Jo
Was it six goals I think in the year?
00:12:37
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Something like that.
00:12:38
Jo
Yeah, nothing really
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Volta Mardy, obviously very much, very similar. um And yeah, i when he first came on, and I'm talking back in August, whenever that, when he first started, was a bit like, oh, I can't really see how he's fitting in.
00:12:51
Jo
Mm-hmm
00:12:54
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But now, obviously, like you patience, I'm a bit like, yeah, he is... He's completely different from the likes of Visser and, you know, like you say, Callum Wilson.
00:13:05
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um And I think Howe obviously knows that, hence why he's now sort of moulded into the team really well. um And yeah, he is exciting. The only thing I'm going to say is, no wonder Bayern Munich, I think it was, were absolutely fuming that we signed him.
00:13:21
Jo
Yeah.
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um Because look at him, he's bloody, he's good. He is good.
00:13:25
Jo
Yeah.
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What was that? Three goals and five for him now.
00:13:27
Jo
Yeah.
00:13:27
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um and five appearances. So yeah, that, I mean, scored on his debut for the Premier League at St. James' Park, scored on his Champions League debut for Newcastle.
00:13:36
Jo
I know.
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Can't get much better than that. um
00:13:38
Jo
I know.
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Can't all be that good, eh, Alexander?
00:13:42
Jo
Oh well. Sucks for you, eh, Zach?
00:13:43
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oh well. Yeah, I'm excited by him.
00:13:44
Jo
and
00:13:45
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I haven't really got much to add. I just think he was, him and another player in particular, well, two other players were in particular were really on fire.
00:13:53
Jo
Yeah.
00:13:54
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um And I am looking forward, like you say, for Wisser coming back from injury and seeing how how that pans out.
00:14:02
Jo
How we get, how they use them.
00:14:02
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um
00:14:03
Jo
Yeah, exactly.
00:14:04
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but Because we're talking about another striker who got 19 goals last season.
00:14:05
Jo
i think
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So, um impressive.
00:14:09
Jo
I know. I think there'll be more pressure on Visser, strange enough, because of that.
00:14:10
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Yeah.
00:14:13
Jo
It's like, I'm not saying there's no pressure on Valtemaric because he is obviously the the record sign and all that. But at the same time, with Visser being Premier League proven and obviously having a really mint season last season in, let's get real, and also not as strong Brentford side, look, more is expected of him.
00:14:26
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Mm-hmm.
00:14:28
Jo
It's as simple as that. But, i you know, again, we'll keep the faith. We'll think he can deliver. And again, let's see how the two of them work together. either literally together or whether they're replacing each other. i don't know. It gives her just so many options, and that's what I love about it.
00:14:38
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Yep.
00:14:41
Jo
um I am, I'm honestly really excited to see how this kind of moves forward throughout the season, I'll be honest. So I think what we'll do is we'll obviously break down and we'll cover some other players in a second.
00:14:46
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Yeah, me too.
00:14:51
Jo
We'll just do Ken's dulcet tones now for our advert, and then, yeah, we'll kind of talk about the rest them there, yeah?
00:14:51
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Mm-hmm.
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Oh, it's me. Yeah, I've got press to press the play button.
00:15:01
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Sorry.
00:15:01
Jo
It's done, yeah.
00:15:42
Jo
Right, welcome back. Sorry about the little blip. It's a bit like Laurel and Hardy, I think when me and you are together, it's just like, yeah, but we'll work well together, but then we're just, yeah, we're just a little bit of comedy joy.
00:15:48
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Honestly.
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Basically, to explain to everyone what's happening is I am logged in on the host account, even though Jo's supposed to be hosting because she couldn't send an invite and then I'm in control of and I forgot.
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Anyway, it's what it is.
00:16:05
Jo
it's it's not because i'm special by the way i know how to send invites just so anyone listening knows that i don't know how to send an invite my laptop is i'm playing ball yeah exactly i don't know to type any of course and they got to take over something like that anyway um right okay didn't you i was looking at you there was like cheers mate like yes let's go thanks babe
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very sorry, I didn't explain that very well.
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Basically, it wasn't working. and Oh, God. Sorry, mate.
00:16:21
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Yeah, it made you sound so stupid there. Yeah, sorry about that.
00:16:27
Jo
um Right, um' um I'm moving swiftly on so that I don't look as stupid.
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Let's go.
00:16:31
Jo
It's all right. um I think I know which other players you're going to talk about, but I'll i'll i'll i'll set you away because I think I know what you're goingnna do. um Who would be your, well, maybe an obvious one, but who would be your standout one and who do you think had their best game, as you mentioned previously, oh at the start of this project?
00:16:49
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um Right, I'll answer that question in two parts. So the person who I think had the best game for us um yet was Alanga.
00:16:56
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:16:59
Jo
Yeah.
00:17:00
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um Finally felt like he came into his own a little bit. um I'm not saying that i haven't been impressed by him and in the games that he's played for us previously, but he's not done a lot for me.
00:17:13
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And I'm a bit like, oh, is he struggling?
00:17:14
Jo
Yep.
00:17:15
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to Again, it takes time. It does take time for players to fit in. So I'm i'm not I'm not taking that away from him. There has been times where i'm a bit like, well, you haven't done much. And, you know, I've seen you do more when you were playing for Donnell Forest.
00:17:26
Jo
Yeah.
00:17:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Again, two very two different teams, two very different styles of play. So I understand it takes a while.
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Jo
no
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um But I thought yesterday he was Sorry, when people listen to this, Wednesday. um I thought he probably had his best game in a Newcastle United shirt. um Quick, controlled, composed.
00:17:47
Jo
Yeah.
00:17:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
creative I just thought he was good i thought he was great um yeah very impressed
00:17:50
Jo
No, he was. I absolutely agree with you. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, i'll go along with saying... It's not that I've been disappointed in him, but you're right. He just, again, it's just one of those, he hasn't quite clicked.
00:18:02
Jo
We are a different style of play. He's more used to the kind of counter-attacking football. We haven't kind of been playing that. And think because we've been a bit disjointed as well, ironically, he hasn't been able to adapt because I think, because we do often play that high-pressing football and whatever.
00:18:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's made him yeah
00:18:16
Jo
But so it's more about not only him adapting to us, but us kind of getting back into our rhythm as well. it Like we've said, you know, if we're a few games in now and we haven't been all over the place.
00:18:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:18:25
Jo
That's a bit harsh to say that, but we haven't just been ourselves, have we really? There's just been just that underlying issue.
00:18:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I struggled.
00:18:31
Jo
And then we haven't been able to see games out and just stuff like that.
00:18:34
Jo
So it's just been, it like you said before, frustrating start the season. So it'll just have had a knock on effect with whoever we've signed as well. But again, goes back to the fact that we had a very late window. We pretty much spent most the window with no signings at all.
00:18:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, let's not even talk about it.
00:18:47
Jo
um Obviously, Alanga did come in, so he's had a bit longer than the other guys.
00:18:51
Jo
But really, in the grand scheme, Eddie talked about at the start of the window, wanting all these... all these months of preparation stuff and you end up having what a month. Well, for the Lange, sorry.
00:18:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:01
Jo
And then not even that with the likes of Ultimati and stuff. Cause, and again, they went straight off international duty. So that was a bit harsh, wasn't it? Um, so no, I'm, I 100% agree with you on the Lange side of things.
00:19:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, exactly.
00:19:12
Jo
I think the other, did I ask you, what have just said? I've completely lost my brain now. Um, did ask you who I thought was the most impressive overall? So not best game.
00:19:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Yeah.
00:19:20
Jo
Who would you have said was your most impressive?
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Global Sports Podcast Network
and Yeah. um Ciao.
00:19:25
Jo
Yeah, he's good man.
00:19:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
i I honestly... ah ah
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Global Sports Podcast Network
let's just check another 40 million at um ac milan by the way just to say thank you because what a sign and that's going to be and maybe another 40 million just to say thank you for tonali as well because um well i mean jesus
00:19:33
Jo
don't know. He is. He is mind. I know. I don't know. I had 10 months away from him due AC Milan, keeping there some little bit of secrets.
00:19:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
well yeah true true true true yeah i know let's hope that doesn't come out but uh
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Jo
here
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Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Yeah, I feel like, that's how you pronounce his name. I always ah like i keep hearing different pronunciations of it, so I never know which one's the right one.
00:19:54
Jo
Ciao, yeah. Yeah. It's definitely ciao, don't worry.
00:19:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, but um ah yeah that centre-back pairing, by the way, and you're going to laugh, and I know I was going be oh, you're so biased towards Mr. Bottman, would be the centre-back pairing that I start every game from now on, as well as that front front three.
00:20:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
um but That's just what my opinion.
00:20:15
Jo
You're not biased, Chick. It's for future.
00:20:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:18
Jo
It's for future.
00:20:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just
00:20:18
Jo
It's all right. I'm not going to call you out on it. Don't worry. It's all right.
00:20:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just generally, I mean, as long as Botman can stay flipping fit, but I just think them two, I'm not saying the others don't work well together at all.
00:20:25
Jo
Yeah.
00:20:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
or You know, we know they do. We've seen proof that they do.
00:20:30
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:20:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
i just feel like this pairing, they just bounce off each other really well and trust each other really well.
00:20:37
Jo
Yeah. You know do.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
And yeah, I just thought Chow was, I just thought he was really, really impressive. um And I thought that a couple of games ago as well. and But this game in particular, I thought, yeah, he was um very, very good.
00:20:46
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:20:50
Jo
Chow to me has got a lot of similarities to the one that I'll always be biased for is Shae. Because ah the way I was watching Chow play, he's very calm, collected, skillful, can play some cracking balls.
00:21:03
Jo
So they have got these similarities, except obviously Chow's got age on his side. So as much as we love the likes of Cher and that, we've got we've got to take that aside from the fact that they are ageing. You know, we've got a very ageing back line and to a degree when you look at the likes of Trips.
00:21:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely.
00:21:17
Jo
He was a top-down given another one-year extension to, by the way, which is, um i don't know I don't know what I think about that.
00:21:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:22
Jo
I'll be honest with in mind. I know. um you've got burn is he 33 now and then you've got share who's 33 34 can of keep up anymore but the point is they're like mid-30s man it's the end of their career we cannot have that back line as much as they've been solid for us we'll love them we'll never not love them by the way but ciao and bottom of the future and what's great about them being the future is is that like you said i think they work so well together man and if bortman can stay fit please bortman don't be like wilson
00:21:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's all yeah
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Global Sports Podcast Network
So well together.
00:21:52
Jo
um please stay fit because he is good like it's undeniable don't worry I'm not going to rip you for it it is um we just made him need him not be made of glass that's all um and then we will be a-okay um because again we've got the likes of Tino Young and got to keep a hold of him Hall that's a cracking back for Tino Chow Botman Hall look at that like come on man and they've got years ahead of them
00:21:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
So good.
00:22:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah absolutely
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Global Sports Podcast Network
we can keep yeah yeah if we can keep them years and also ah think Hall and Tino you're looking at England's future as well um 110 as we all have said um but yeah that back four if that if they we can keep them all
00:22:23
Jo
Oh God, yeah.
00:22:27
Jo
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
relatively fit. We know we're going to pick up niggles here and there, but if we can just keep them all relatively relatively fit, yeah, it's probably one of the strongest backfalls in the Premier League.
00:22:31
Jo
who
00:22:39
Jo
It's true.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Just saying.
00:22:40
Jo
And it's it's beautiful to say, I'll be honest, because it's got a lot going for it. Because like you say, now we've got that kind of age on the side as well.
00:22:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:46
Jo
Because as much as we had that stability with the legs of Shia, they don't have the age on the side.
00:22:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:22:50
Jo
So you always saw it coming to an end sort of thing.
00:22:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:53
Jo
But you know what it is?
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:22:54
Jo
I'd love us to keep those players though.
00:22:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
100%.
00:22:55
Jo
They're still going to be great backups. And you know what mean? we
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Global Sports Podcast Network
one hundred percent
00:22:58
Jo
If we can continue to stay up where we are staying, if we can continue to keep being in Europe year on year, whether it's Champions League, Europe or whatever, we're going to have these influx of games that we're going to need a big squad for. So keep these guys on as long as, please see out your careers with us. I'd be more than happy to see any of them that we've just talked about stay with us until the end.
00:23:16
Jo
um But no, honestly, you know what is? It's just so nice to see it. and talk about, like, and just be positive instead of clutching at straws looking for positive things. But then we were like, oh, I know we're lost, but we don't have to say that.
00:23:29
Jo
everything was Everything just worked on Wednesday night.
00:23:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
good.
00:23:32
Jo
It just, it did.
00:23:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, good.
00:23:34
Jo
And, yeah, and just ah just thank you, man, because but from all of us fans, because we were nervous. We were. We've talked about it. Like, and what what would you have predicted, by the don't know if you heard and Kev did the predictions for the full team.
00:23:48
Jo
um Kev predicted, well, we did 3-1 for Ian. um
00:23:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
obviously yeah I was going to say 3-2 yeah you know me very well put
00:23:52
Jo
Kev did Michael. he said He said Michael would have said 1-0. I did you, and I said you would get really excited and said it was going to be a goal fest, and I said 3-2. Yeah. Oh, well, there we go. You see, I know you.
00:24:05
Jo
Exactly. um i think Kev took one one and then I went for 2-1. Because I said, at the end of the day, I'll never predict a loss. I did say it was 2-1, but I feared it would be a draw. But there we go.
00:24:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
it at 4-0
00:24:15
Jo
Not one of us, and I bet there wasn't many, if any. Yeah, predicted 4-0. Come on, then. But yeah, it's a in the end, like we were like wanting more.
00:24:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
good score line that
00:24:25
Jo
like I watched it with my dad, but my mom came in, you'll laugh, and she sat and she was just like, typical person who knows nothing about football, by the way, sat next to us and she went, to well, you must feel really sorry for the other team because they must just feel like walking off the pitch.
00:24:36
Jo
I went, oh yeah, ma'am, because that's exactly what you can do when you're playing a game of football or rugby or anything. You're just losing by a few be like, screw this, I'm off.
00:24:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
why is that such a mum thing to say
00:24:44
Jo
And I know, honestly, and then she topped it off with, well, could they not? they don't have to, because we're obviously pushing and pushing and we're kind you know trying to get a fifth. Well, do they really have to score anymore?
00:24:55
Jo
Have they not just pushed the team enough? I was like, absolutely not, ma'am. I was like, we're in a league format.
00:25:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not how it works.
00:25:01
Jo
It's a whole different. So I was like, ma'am, please, you're going to have to leave the room, man. Honestly, in ah she's yeah she's been a pretty good wind-up over the years, I'll be honest.
00:25:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
So funny. Brilliant.
00:25:09
Jo
like so um
00:25:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Love that.
00:25:11
Jo
But yeah, look, We're happy and we can be a lot happier, I think, going into Sunday now.
00:25:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're all
00:25:16
Jo
You know what I mean? I mean, I wasn't not happy about going into Sunday. likes so I do believe we can do a job over them. But at the same time, as always, never, ever assume that we're going to smash them either because that's the it'll bite when the backside won it.
00:25:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
good.
00:25:27
Jo
so
00:25:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly. ah Exactly. Exactly.
00:25:30
Jo
But, yeah, I mean, is anything else you've got to say, Chick? I think, as I say, I think I'm pretty much covered in. Is there anyone anymore else you want to shout out? Or think we've covered everyone really, haven't
00:25:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
think the only other player we haven't spoke about, but I think it's more so because he drops like eight out of 10, nine out of 10 performances weekly, he goes a bit unnoticed.
00:25:44
Jo
I know going to say.
00:25:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Mr. Tenali. um
00:25:48
Jo
Unreal, isn't it? So casual.
00:25:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just, yeah. Can we please lock him in for like a seven year contract extension or something?
00:25:54
Jo
Forever.
00:25:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because, um like because i I don't want another ESAC situation next year, whenever it is that he needs to start looking at his new contract.
00:25:54
Jo
Yeah. Double his money. Lock him down.
00:26:01
Jo
i don't think he would.
00:26:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just, I just need that locked in because i
00:26:05
Jo
Yeah.
00:26:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
i yeah I'm going to bloody love him. I absolutely love him. um
00:26:09
Jo
He's unbelievable mind, isn't he?
00:26:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's unbelievable.
00:26:10
Jo
Like, out of the three of them, I know we all love Bruno, right?
00:26:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:26:13
Jo
But in terms of the talent, if you had to pick one person, I'd have to pick Tenali.
00:26:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, yeah. He is just so cool and collected.
00:26:19
Jo
I would. Heart and soul Bruno, but talent Tenali.
00:26:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
100%. Yeah. yeah um Yeah.
00:26:25
Jo
You know what I mean, so...
00:26:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
I cannot take away from him. He's just so good. And I feel bad for him because obviously, but obviously we can appreciate how good he is, but I think because he's so good pretty much every game, very rarely has ah has a bad game.
00:26:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
And if he does, you know it's bad.
00:26:38
Jo
Yeah.
00:26:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:26:40
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:26:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Yeah, I just feel like he needed a little shout out um because I just ah just love him. I think he's great. um So, yeah.
00:26:46
Jo
Yeah, it was similar to when we bought Bruno, wasn't it really? Because Bruno was obviously, again, the standout kind of star at the time. And now he's being surrounded by better players, which is great for us as a team. And I'm sure he loves it as well.
00:26:58
Jo
But then it became like the point where Bruno was expected to to just produce this magic every game. And he's not going to do it every single game because it's just impossible, man.
00:27:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Every game, yeah. No.
00:27:06
Jo
But yeah, so I think Tonali, like you say, that's bang on. is He's now being the one that's almost just overlooked because it's expected. But yeah, absolutely deserves all the recognition, I'll be honest.
00:27:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:16
Jo
So, yeah. Our little midfield maestro that he is. Bless him.
00:27:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
He is. Yeah. Thank you, AC Milan.
00:27:21
Jo
but Oh, no. Exactly, yeah. We're not giving them any extra money because, like I say, they did rob her a bit because we didn't really have them for a whole season. But, you know, we'll get over that bit.
00:27:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Very true. Yeah. OK. Yeah.
00:27:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll take that back.
00:27:31
Jo
but
00:27:32
Jo
Yeah, yeah, exactly. they've They've had the money that can deal with it.
00:27:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
They've had it.
00:27:35
Jo
um
00:27:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
They've had it. Yeah.
00:27:36
Jo
Exactly. Right. On that note, um I'll say to her, we'll do the old soccer jingle. And, yeah.
00:27:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sack her.
00:27:44
Jo
I'll not be seeing you guys until after Ibiza, so it'll be a couple of weeks before I see you.
00:27:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh.
00:27:47
Jo
So um I'm off again drunk because that's just what I do.
00:27:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, Jo's off again.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Off on a jolly.
00:27:52
Jo
love it.
00:27:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's what she does. So it wasn't me and the boys.
00:27:56
Jo
I know. Sorry. how sorry in advance.
00:27:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, it's fine.
00:28:00
Jo
Cool. All right, chick. It's been a pleasure as always, and I'll see you in a couple of weeks.
00:28:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
See you later.