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Tactics Tuesday - Attitudes and persistence
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It's Tactics Tuesday once again! Michael hosts Iain as they discuss Alan Shearer's claim that Newcastle attitudes are the problem rather than tactics. They also discuss what Newcastle need and can afford to lose if they persist with the 4-3-3 and their current playing style.
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00:00:09
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Hello
Introduction to The Daily Palace Podcast
00:00:10
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and welcome to the Daily Newcastle Podcast, where it is Tactics Tuesday. I am Michael Gramslot and I am today joined by one of our very own, the wonderful Ian Mackay. How's it going Ian?
00:00:24
Iain Mackay the Noo
Wonderful Ian Macar. Yes, no, it's going great Michael. Thank you for calling me wonderful.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Match Highlights
00:00:29
Iain Mackay the Noo
You're the first person to do that in December. That's lovely. And we have our tree up. So I am now getting right into Scrooge mode.
00:00:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Festive.
00:00:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh
00:00:40
Iain Mackay the Noo
Because I won't be like that. I won't be like that. Oh good. It's good. Try not to be grumpy about Saturday.
00:00:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I was gonna say I don't think the second half would have helped you with getting into, well, it wouldn't have done you any favors before going into Scrooge mode. That's enough to put anyone off the Christmas spirit.
00:00:55
Iain Mackay the Noo
help Absolutely. Absolutely.
00:01:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
but But... We did speak on the Brentford game yesterday alongside Kev on yesterday's pod. So go check that out. I don't want to repeat what we said on yesterday's podcast. So instead I want to focus, focus, went really jolly there. I want to focus the first part of our podcast on a quote from Alan Shearer on match of the day, where he claimed he really disliked the attitude of players at Newcastle United, particularly in games against the so-called lesser clubs. Would you agree with that statement, Ian?
00:01:31
Iain Mackay the Noo
and I think we've been dancing around that subject nearly all of this season. It is very strange and there is something that means that we can play so well on Wednesday against Liverpool and be unlucky just to draw in my view.
00:01:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:49
Iain Mackay the Noo
I'm following on from having beaten Arsenal, having beaten Chelsea, having won away at Nottingham Forest, where it looks like a corner is turned. If it's a corner of form,
00:02:01
Iain Mackay the Noo
or a corner of fitness that's turned that makes us better. But then we come crashing back down to earth. I couldn't think of of a more straightforward follow-up than playing at home against West Ham.
00:02:18
Iain Mackay the Noo
And to be honest, they really looked truly frightened when we kicked off in that match.
00:02:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:24
Iain Mackay the Noo
And then away at Crystal Palace, a team who have only ever beaten Tottenham all season. which I think is still true, although a draw against Newcastle, a draw against Man City means they're not completely out of form.
00:02:35
Iain Mackay the Noo
However, for those two games, we were absolutely dreadful.
00:02:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:02:40
Iain Mackay the Noo
And I don't think it was, I don't think it's it's injury or a change of tactics.
00:02:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Great.
00:02:48
Iain Mackay the Noo
I think it's down to how the players approach the game when they get on the field. And that if that's their attitude, so probably Alan,
00:02:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:59
Iain Mackay the Noo
Yes, 100% agree there's something up with the attitude in the Newcastle camp.
00:03:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, a hundred percent. I mean, the thing I've noticed is that other than let's say Bruno G or Joe Linton, very few of our players actually tend to win 50 fifties. Now I haven't got any stats to back that up, but it feels like we win 50 fifties 25% of the time.
00:03:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm not sure if that's something we're doing deliberately because of the injury crisis last season. Or if it's just a case of other teams wanting it more than us, but do you think potentially last season's injury crisis is, you know, still in the heads of the players and they don't want to get injured? Maybe because they'll feel like after injuries last season, they'll be letting the club club down being injured again or personal reasons. What do you think?
00:03:46
Iain Mackay the Noo
I don't think it's, I don't think it's injuries. I think players have knocks and bruises and muscle pulls, et cetera, all the time. think some of the big injuries that we had, we haven't seen the players back yet. Botman and LaSalle had cruciate ligament. They, they legitimately could hold off by being worried about it happening again, but we haven't seen that. I think if you look at some of the other bad injuries,
00:04:14
Iain Mackay the Noo
Dan Byrne has
Post-Match Reactions and Analysis
00:04:15
Iain Mackay the Noo
got, well, he had a ah ah bad back.
00:04:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:18
Iain Mackay the Noo
No one would doubt Dan Byrne throwing himself into a tackle. I think Byrne does what he can do.
00:04:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd agree.
00:04:25
Iain Mackay the Noo
I don't think it's just Bruno and Joe Linton. I think I've been quite impressed with how many duels Lewis Hall wins when he's playing, generally speaking.
00:04:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that's a good point.
00:04:37
Iain Mackay the Noo
And I think Anthony Gordon herring down and closing down the opposition in the first minute and winning a cheer from the crowd, he's he can do it. But I think ah just to there are some games where they they don't step up to do that, and ah and that's down to their attitude. It sounds that if it's as simple as that, it'd be something that Eddie Howe could put right with one good talking to. But ah three or four times this season when we were expecting to turn up and
00:05:12
Iain Mackay the Noo
play the way we've played in a previous match to win a game, we just haven't turned up. And we haven't turned up when there have been substitutions, when we've started badly and then had ah ah had a talk or two a half time, hey it's unfathomable.
00:05:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd agree. And to be honest, you mentioned someone there who I do want to touch on, Anthony Gordon. I mean, to be honest, when I when i heard She-Ra's quote, Gordon was the first person I thought of, which is strange because he was just a substitute against Brentford and he didn't have the worst cameo. He did lose a few 50-50s. He tried to beat his man, but failed most of the time what I saw at least. So going back to She-Ra's quote,
00:05:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Are there any players you think he's specifically talking about when he says the attitude isn't right against lesser clubs? Or do you think it's a general full team thing?
00:06:10
Iain Mackay the Noo
Do you think I should fall out with care at this point?
Palace's Unbeaten Run and Performance Consistency
00:06:13
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Yes.
00:06:14
Iain Mackay the Noo
Because I know what they're saying. I know what they're saying. I mean, it's the whole team that's got to have intensity being our identity. And that's an 11 man approach, which we don't have all of the time.
00:06:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:28
Iain Mackay the Noo
For me, the most glaringly obvious player who suffers from this, who can look like a world beater in one game, I'm thinking back to the match against Paris Saint-Germain, for example, and then turn into somebody who is living up to the reputation that he couldn't even get picked by Steve Bruce to play in the first team of a team that was about to get relegated, is Fabian Charme.
00:06:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:06:56
Iain Mackay the Noo
Now, yeah, Fab Charme, it looks world-class sometimes, but the bottom of the class, other times, with aimless hoofs forward, back to their goalkeeper,
00:06:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:07:08
Iain Mackay the Noo
You know, Kev sings his praises about the diagonal balls of the fantastic ball-playing centre-half that he is when he comes out. He wasn't that on Saturday.
00:07:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, not at all.
00:07:20
Iain Mackay the Noo
He couldn't he couldn't even head a simple ball into the box. He watched it go over his head and onto their centre-half's foot for the decisive goal that put Brentford ahead for a third time.
00:07:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:07:32
Iain Mackay the Noo
So I think he's got two attitudes that he can take to the team with. But it's not just him, is it? It's not just him.
00:07:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
no
00:07:42
Iain Mackay the Noo
it's It's across the board. ah i mean yeah You could just list them. Gordon certainly wants the crowd up sometimes when he's closing people down, but he doesn't do that against Bournemouth or West Ham or Southampton. He's doing it against Liverpool and Arsenal. And that should be a simple thing to change.
00:08:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, a hundred percent. And to be honest, I'm glad you've mentioned Fabian Cher. Um, cause I'm actually going to mention him a bit later in the podcast. I do agree with, you know, I, one thing I hate and I kind of love it at the same time is when a player is going for a tackle, you get, you know, the try and rile up the crowd.
00:08:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
But they shouldn't need to do that at the same time You know the attitude of the players is off But I actually think the attitude of the farm base is off a lot as well I think it's maybe the attitude of a club ah ah as a whole Going into these games because let's be honest. We've been guilty of it on this podcast as well We went into West Ham Palace Bournemouth Fulham and all of those games going right we should yeah, we should get a good result and Yeah You look it on paper, maybe we should. league hasn't pined out like that. But maybe we are just a bit too complacent as a whole club against these teams. But Brentford shouldn't have been like that. I think second half, there's no excuse for that. So, you know, that's clearly only a little part of the issue. But what do you think? Maybe the fans are a little bit to blame there as well.
00:09:13
Iain Mackay the Noo
Well, I know Kev's thinking that the negative feeling at the moment is because the fans are so entitled, but I mean, come on.
00:09:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm getting them back onside.
00:09:24
Iain Mackay the Noo
Come on, I don't feel like I'm entitled, but I think I can expect, I ought to be able to be expecting on a home game against a struggling side like West Ham that our players are going to put their best foot forward.
00:09:38
Iain Mackay the Noo
I know they started very, very fast, but then gave some silly goals away and and sort of the second half was once we went to behind, that was it.
00:09:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%.
00:09:49
Iain Mackay the Noo
They just, damn tools, no ideas. So, yeah, umm I do feel entitled to players who I've seen playing games like against Arsenal, like against Liverpool, to put the same degree of effort and creativity and thought into their approach against teams that don't have the same reputation as as the Arsenal's and the Liverpool's.
00:10:14
Iain Mackay the Noo
um And they don't.
00:10:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:16
Iain Mackay the Noo
And they haven't for a long time. I can remember escaping with a four-all draw at home to Luton. That, you know, that's just not us entitled to say we should be expecting to beat Luton at home.
00:10:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:31
Iain Mackay the Noo
St James's Park is meant to be a fortress. We should be expecting to be everybody at home. And we've and we've seen Arsenal beaten three times and Paris Saint-Germain beaten. And the list goes on of those wonderful home games that makes us love this team so much.
00:10:46
Iain Mackay the Noo
But why is it not every game?
00:10:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:48
Iain Mackay the Noo
Why is it not every game?
00:10:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it definitely seems like and it's an attitude thing. But that is where we're going to wrap up the talk on attitude over tactic sort of thing. Maybe that's the problem. Let us know your thoughts on socials ah ah in the comments of the podcast.
00:11:05
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But for now, we're going to go to an advert from Zencaster.
00:11:10
Iain Mackay the Noo
in 30 seconds, Michael, because one of the people who you can't criticize, attitude wise, is Eddie Howe, who is always giving a full respect to every one of the teams.
00:11:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh.
00:11:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:11:23
Iain Mackay the Noo
He's expecting a difficult game. So I don't think he is setting up a complacent atmosphere for our team to turn up and think that they can just roll these guys over. So in defense of Eddie Howe, he never does that.
00:11:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Strong point.
00:11:38
Iain Mackay the Noo
I don't know what else he's supposed to do.
00:11:40
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Manchester City's Tactical Performance
00:12:22
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And we are back. Thank you very much for that wonderful rendition of the advert, Ian. Now, the likelihood is, and I'm sure you'll agree with me on this, is that Newcastle won't be changing our main tactic anytime soon. Would you agree with that? The 433?
00:12:40
Iain Mackay the Noo
it's very It's very effective when it's just deployed with the right attitude.
00:12:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's pretty much here to stay. So with that in mind, if we're gonna persist with this current tactic, we are gonna try and get some tactics into Tactics Tuesday. what do you feel...
00:12:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
is missing from the team other than the attitude when we're looking to break down those teams. Because the low block is something we've mentioned. you know We mentioned it week in, week out. We struggle against the low block. If we're going to break down the likes of, I can't say Palace because, well, we only had one shot, they weren't they didn't play with the low block at all. So maybe the likes of West Ham or Leicester at the weekend.
00:13:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know going forward how are we going to who would we potentially need to bring in what type of player would we need to to break down those teams the only player we've got missing is Sven Botman could it be defensive stability or does it lie elsewhere
00:13:39
Iain Mackay the Noo
It lies elsewhere when you're taking a team like but Lester on. I think who do we need to get? I think all season we have in fact probably all of last year as well.
00:13:52
Iain Mackay the Noo
We've lacked someone to play on the right wing that matches the quality of who we've got to play down the left wing. and We saw
00:14:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes.
00:14:03
Iain Mackay the Noo
when England played in the Euros, having Trippia playing at the left back kind of diluted any attack going up the left hand side. And that made us very easy to defend against because the opposition knows where the danger is coming from.
00:14:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. 100%.
00:14:22
Iain Mackay the Noo
I think certainly since giving Trippia has fallen out of the team, we have very little going forward on the right hand side. So, yeah, I would say that we need to we need a winger who can give the same sort of threat down the right as either Gordon and or Barnes do when they're being backed up by Lewis Hall and Willick stroke Joe Linton down the left. We don't have that on the right hand side, so that would definitely help.
00:14:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:55
Iain Mackay the Noo
I do think though, Michael, that we've got the players in the squad who should be capable of dismantling a team with a low block. I mean, we did it 85 times last year and it was the same squad.
00:15:08
Iain Mackay the Noo
So I don't know what's happened this year.
00:15:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:12
Iain Mackay the Noo
Maybe it's that attitude thing. maybe Tenali coming in the team has disrupted where Bruno thinks he should be playing. I do think the pair of them are playing between them.
00:15:24
Iain Mackay the Noo
One of them ends up 10 yards too far back to be putting those fantastic balls in between the lines that that can break through.
00:15:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah i agree
00:15:35
Iain Mackay the Noo
Bruno needs to trust that Tenali can do his number six role and allow him to play a proper number eight role. And if Bruno's got the ball five, six yards outside the box, then he'll find those passes.
00:15:48
Iain Mackay the Noo
But I don't think he gets there often enough or early enough at the moment.
00:15:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah I'd agree.
00:15:53
Iain Mackay the Noo
for him to do that. So maybe, maybe we need a right winger and we need to start trusting the other members of the squad. One player I haven't seen yet this year, by the way, who can do that is Lewis Miley.
00:16:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%.
00:16:10
Iain Mackay the Noo
And I think he is getting fitter and fitter. and and I know he's only 18, but he he can see a pass. We've got to find a space for Lewis Miley to come and play.
00:16:22
Iain Mackay the Noo
a significant part in these games. and you know Saving him when they're playing Liverpool and some arsenals makes sense. Let's let's start him on a team that is going to give him the ball and let's see what he can do. I want to see Lewis Smiley starting to make a proper name for himself in a way that Kobe Main, who has, or Cole Palmer has, because I think
Looking Forward: Palace's Confidence Boost and Upcoming Matches
00:16:47
Iain Mackay the Noo
think he's good enough to do that.
00:16:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's an absolutely fantastic shout with Lewis Miley. I think we all saw the potential that he had last season. And he was up there the Sky Sports conversation. So when they were talking about who's going to be bigger, is it going to be Kobe Manu? Can't remember who the other one was, relevant name. then Lewis Miley. And I think a lot of people underestimated Miley then. But you know he's going to be one of those players that goes to the very top. But one of the things I did want to mention, maybe on, is if you remember last season,
00:17:18
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When Miley was also playing, one of the things we struggled with a lot, and the game that immediately comes to mind as Nottingham Forest, when Anthony Alanga kept getting in behind with Eats, was Armoured Field pressed up quite high, and we didn't sit. So the back four were a little bit more isolated against those pacey wingers, and Dan Byrne in particular had a horror show of a game.
00:17:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Could it be that Tenali and Bruno are sitting 10 yards deeper when they're trying to play that number eight role as a as design because of the lack of pace that we have at the back?
00:17:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
is it a fear Could it be a fear of opposition on the count now or am I maybe looking into it a bit much?
00:18:00
Iain Mackay the Noo
Well,
00:18:04
Iain Mackay the Noo
just think it well I think you need one person to cover it. I don't know if we need two, certainly not against not not at home against Leicester. I just think Bruno has made his name as number six and Eddie has described why Tenali can't get into the team because we've got one of the best number sixes in the league. Trust Tenali. He's a world-class player. We've not seen it yet.
00:18:28
Iain Mackay the Noo
because we've not played him and in the right position. He should be number six. Bruno should have the shackles taken off and play 10 yards, 15 yards ahead of him.
00:18:39
Iain Mackay the Noo
It delivers him into the attack far earlier, where where he could really hurt teams with a range of passing.
00:18:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Cut.
00:18:47
Iain Mackay the Noo
And if ah ah they're both hanging back, that's why we're a man short when it comes to breaking down these teams in the low block. And that's why we're struggling to do it.
00:18:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, to be honest, absolutely. I think when you look at sort of games we've had this season, and a lot of the goals we've conceded have been because of that individual error, those individual errors. And I think that is because we're playing maybe five, 10 yards, just a bit deeper. So teams can come on and press with while last season we even with the injury crisis,
00:19:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
we were still trying to attack teams and we're still trying to play good football. I mean Eddie Howard said in almost every interview he's done this year we're going to attack teams and I don't think anyone's going to question that but ah we're at the position at the moment when when we're attacking teams we are very susceptible at the back but one thing we mentioned earlier right winger I will note first half against Brentford It was so good having a natural right winger in the natural right wing spot in Jacob Murphy. He's not a fantastic player. He's not going to get into the in England squad, despite me saying at the start of the season. and And he's not going to be he's not the answer in that position. But even a player of his talents ended up picking up two
Transfer Rumors and Club Interests
00:19:59
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assists having what I thought was a really good game. So could you imagine the players we were linked with in the summer? Noni Madawake,
00:20:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
I can't really say Johan Bakayoko because I know less about him than I did Yankuba Minthe when he signed. But that Harvey Barnes profile of the signing seems to have fit every box for the right winger except him being a right winger. It's almost as if they've got a a checklist, ticked everything off, got to his position at the bottom and gone.
00:20:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
he I'm sure he'll be able to play on the other side and it's it just doesn't seem to have worked but a Bowen or a Kulesevski in that position, both players who've been linked with.
00:20:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, we'd be title challenges this season.
00:20:48
Iain Mackay the Noo
Umuemu.
00:20:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Buemo, I mean we saw at the weekend how good he is.
00:20:52
Iain Mackay the Noo
Umuemu or Semenyo.
00:20:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, Semenyo's the most recent shout, isn't he?
00:20:56
Iain Mackay the Noo
Or Semenyo, he's a fabulous player as well.
00:21:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he's the most recent shout.
00:21:01
Iain Mackay the Noo
Yeah.
00:21:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll be honest, I don't know much about him other than this season.
00:21:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
and What do you think about him?
00:21:06
Iain Mackay the Noo
no no, that's true. Um, I like him. I mean, he's, he looks dangerous when he's playing for a bonus, isn't it? He's scored a few goals, he's fast, he's direct.
00:21:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:20
Iain Mackay the Noo
and That's just what we need, isn't it? And yeah, I don't want it i don't want to disregard the contribution that Jacob Murphy made either against Liverpool or against Brentford.
00:21:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, he was good at it.
00:21:33
Iain Mackay the Noo
I think it just double underlines that when you've got that balance and you can attack down both wings, even if you are attacking with a championship winger, then it makes you doubly dangerous.
00:21:47
Iain Mackay the Noo
So yeah that should be top of the shopping list, I think. I don't know if we need another striker. We've got EZAP. We've got Wilson, who should be fit. And we've got Osseola, who's had six months training.
00:21:58
Iain Mackay the Noo
He must surely be getting ready to to play. i don't I don't know if we need a center it forward, not without selling a center forward.
00:22:04
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100% yeah.
00:22:08
Iain Mackay the Noo
Yeah, that was it. Right wing, right wing, right wing, right wing, right wing. and a replacement for Shah.
00:22:14
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Well, I think...
00:22:14
Iain Mackay the Noo
Oh, sorry, Ken. We better not do that.
00:22:18
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we've wrapped up our transfer... Well, our hopeful buy list, shall I say, not the transfer list. We're going to go to an advert from the Global Sports Podcast Network before actually getting into a transfer list potentially.
00:22:31
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00:23:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Beautiful, thank you very much Ian. Now, I wanted to build on what we mentioned in the the previous part and let's be honest, PSR is going to be a pain and it's probably going to be a pain every transfer window for the rest of both of our lives. have but I wanted to ask your opinion on what players you believe are Newcastle's most saleable assets in January. Now we've touched on a couple, but we've only used 19 players this year, the least in the Premier League. So we haven't really got much room to manoeuvre. But what names, if Newcastle persist with a 4-3-3 and how we're playing at the moment, who do you think we can afford to lose?
00:23:46
Iain Mackay the Noo
Right.
00:23:47
Iain Mackay the Noo
Either, and I don't know which one would be my preference, I think either Anthony Gordon or Harvey Barnes.
00:23:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh.
00:23:58
Iain Mackay the Noo
I don't know that we need two left wingers. If we can't sell Barnes, sell Gordon.
00:24:05
Iain Mackay the Noo
Barnes is a good player. He's very good. And he doesn't get the chance to play for us. He's not had a proper run in the team. Uh, Andy Gordon would release the bumper cash that we need, I think to strengthen our team. It's really interesting that we've used 19 players out of our squad of 25. That is six of them that haven't even made it onto the pitch yet. I know one or two of them will be injuries, but if you, if it's a proper squad game, you need all 25 of those to be in with a shout of ah ah starting.
00:24:40
Iain Mackay the Noo
and we don't have enough players that are in with a shot of starting.
00:24:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean there's only so many gold keepers you can play. ah
00:24:44
Iain Mackay the Noo
Yes. so okay to So I know that's a bit controversial. and i would I would sell barns really. I would prefer to sell barns.
00:24:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh yeah.
00:24:55
Iain Mackay the Noo
I think we've got strength in midfield and I want a route back into the first team for Lewis Miley.
00:24:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd agree.
00:25:04
Iain Mackay the Noo
So Sean Longstaff, If he's pure profit, yep, I don't mind Sean Longstaff being sold for a decent price.
00:25:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
I agree.
00:25:15
Iain Mackay the Noo
And much as it pains me to say it, because they're one of my favorite players, but Joe Willick.
00:25:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, you've got
00:25:24
Iain Mackay the Noo
I'm not sure Joe Willick is a first team choice.
00:25:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think I've wrote down a few names and you've got three, well, you've named four and three of them, I've agreed with straight away. I think Longstaff is one of those players that you could probably get 15 million for off someone in Serie A, maybe La Liga or even a Leicester. I mean, let's be honest, they've bought Oliver Skip, I think it was for 15 million and Harry Winx, they ended up bringing in for around the same price, it might have been 20s.
00:25:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
shawn longstaff's better than both of them he's you know so in that case he's probably worth around 15 20 million just because he's a little bit older and willock he'll always have great memories i think it's over three years so it'd be 60 i
00:26:03
Iain Mackay the Noo
If we we sell them at 20, if we sell them at twenty I believe the way the rules work, we can spend 100. Is that right? Something like that.
00:26:14
Iain Mackay the Noo
if that's If I understand that correctly, is it?
00:26:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
think so but
00:26:21
Iain Mackay the Noo
I think it depends atens on the length of the contract that you buy the new player on.
00:26:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:27
Iain Mackay the Noo
You get a new player in for 100 million and and put them on a five-year contract, you would go you'd be able to spend 100 million on a player with a five-year contract if you bring 20 million in.
00:26:38
Iain Mackay the Noo
So yeah, as long as that's what we do, sell to a long staff. I don't know if we're bringing much in, but I think Almoron is ready to go. I think Jacob Murphy is certainly very replaceable, probably by one or two of the kids that are coming through in the under 21s.
00:26:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
100%.
00:26:57
Iain Mackay the Noo
Enel Kraft, Kraftu, you know, solid squad player, but is he this year's Paul Dummert? I think he is. So there's quite a few. There's quite a bit of wood to get dug out there. If we're going to bring players,
00:27:13
Iain Mackay the Noo
be challenging to start for each of these matches. I wouldn't like to see Willard go, I wouldn't like to see Barnes go, but but we need to do something to change it.
00:27:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, a hundred percent.
00:27:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
A hundred percent. I think we saw Mince and Anderson leave.
00:27:27
Iain Mackay the Noo
And they are the there the more palatal ones to go.
00:27:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we saw Minton Anderson leave because we didn't, the club shit just didn't want Gordon, Isaac or Bruno to go. And I think if you're going to avoid selling those three, you probably are going to have to say goodbye to the likes of a Willick or a Harvey Barnes, maybe even a Callum Wilson.
00:27:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
we're reaching that stage of the season where, I mean, we'd have to replace them, which is probably going to cost even more money what we get for him. But Callum Wilson, a club that's down there at the bottom at the moment, wolves don't need them for sure. Ipswich don't, maybe a ah Southampton or someone like that, looking at their goal score and going, you know what, we need a proper poacher, someone that can just put the ball in the back of the net. Maybe they'll look at a Callum Wilson and go, it's worth the risk.
00:28:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
maybe even trivia getting them off the wage bill although I do think that would be a bad move personally I think trivia brings a lot to the squad that we don't see and to be honest based off what we've said early on the pod I'd assume you agree yeah yeah
00:28:26
Iain Mackay the Noo
I hope Trippia can get back to the levels that he was at 18 months ago. I don't know what's been going on in his personal life that seemed to affect it this sort of 10 months ago and he's been injured as well but you know he's still getting picked for England for the Euros and ape and and so good that he was playing out of position for England. We've not seen him this year and there's so much comes through him if he's If he's still at the same level as he was, he should be he should be a regular starter, I think.
00:29:02
Iain Mackay the Noo
And I think Tino would understand that as well.
00:29:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I agree.
00:29:04
Iain Mackay the Noo
If he's if he's doing the natural progression and age is catching up with him, then fair enough. But I think you then have to cut him free and let him get some money in for him while we can.
00:29:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%.
00:29:18
Iain Mackay the Noo
He's an honest man.
00:29:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
A team in Saudi Arabia would probably go from.
00:29:19
Iain Mackay the Noo
Him and Eddie, him and Eddie will know where he is. you know and And I don't think either of them would hold the other to ransom.
00:29:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, very much.
00:29:30
Iain Mackay the Noo
So sort that one out, Eddie.
00:29:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, absolutely not. Yeah, I think Trippia being one of the first players in under Eddie Howe. I think they've both got a massive amount of respect for each other.
00:29:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
And if once, if Trippia says he wants to leave or Howe says, look, I just don't think you're at that level anymore. I don't think either of them are going to hold it to ransom. And let's be honest, the Saudis took Jordan Henderson.
00:29:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm sure they wouldn't mind splashing a few pound on air on Kieran Trippia. But that
00:29:59
Iain Mackay the Noo
Okay.
00:30:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
is all we have time for today. We've gave our thoughts on who maybe could leave the club. If you've got anyone that we didn't mention, maybe an alex Alexander E. Zacharo, Bruno Gamares or a Joe Linton, I don't know. That's what you've got to tell us. So from now, it's goodbye, but we will see you for Wild Call Wednesday tomorrow.