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EPISODE 101 - REVIEW: Brighton charge towards European places with comfortable win over Saints
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Daily Brighton - Jamie and Joe talk about European ambitions as Brighton smash Southampton 4-0 to keep up their impressive performances
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Introduction of Hosts
00:00:10
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Hello and welcome to the Daily Brighton podcast. It's your boy, TheBigJG, and I am joined by the man himself, Joe Richardson.
Celebrating Victory
00:00:20
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Joe, how are we feeling after an emphatic win on the weekend?
00:00:25
Joe
Get in. This is what i'm talking about. This is what i want to see. ah know we played against relegation fodder, but I mean, yeah when you play in games like that, and okay, we were away from home and they're rubbish, but 4-0, no chances created.
00:00:43
Joe
When we spoke in the preview, we were like, That's what we wanted. We wanted to just dominate and make them have no chances. And that's exactly what we got.
Match Strategy Reflections
00:00:50
Joe
So I'm buzzing.
00:00:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, an absolutely dominating performance, like you say. And I think we took the last game we played against Southampton so lightly and we didn't try against them. We didn't turn up with the intensity.
00:01:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
That couldn't have been any more different to what we saw on the weekend. I mean, some some of the stats. Four expected goals. And like you say, when when you play relegation fodder and teams that are just so below standard...
00:01:23
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so below standard you need and you expect to see emphatic results. And we gave them exactly that.
Southampton's Struggles
00:01:31
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18 total shots to their six, 12 shots on target to their one, 10 big chances created,
00:01:39
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Although, seven big chances missed, but we'll gloss over that one.
00:01:42
Joe
No.
00:01:44
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But they had zero big chances created. Zero big chances missed. And one shot inside the box. I mean, embarrassing from them lot.
00:01:54
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I don't... Genuinely embarrassing from them lot. I don't know what they were doing. But they were they were not not there. I think my Sunday League team could have had a better result against us.
00:02:04
Joe
it's just one of those things where it's like... is this one it's one of those things where it's like when I was speaking to the Southampton guys, they were like, they were sort of, you could just tell they're like so dejected.
00:02:19
Joe
Like they obviously are making the most out of it and fair play to them.
00:02:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hm.
00:02:23
Joe
But like, they sort of was just saying like, how many are you going to beat us by rather than like what the score is going to be? And like how, ah like they are already sort of, their head is looking forward towards the championship and just sort of coming back up afterwards.
00:02:39
Joe
So, I think that it's just like... I know it's obviously quite peak, but, I mean, there's they're obviously going to go down. And it's just a case of the manner in which they go down.
00:02:51
Joe
It's not going to be good regardless, but they just don't... If they end on nine points, that's so peak. That is so peak.
00:02:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh I genuinely don't see them getting up I'm going to give them 15 I think that's tops what they'll get which I think what do we say in our preview that would be the third lowest
00:02:59
Joe
Hmm...
00:03:08
Joe
Third, probably probably around the third third lowest, yeah.
00:03:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
But, I mean, if they play like that, then they don't even stand a chance of getting 15. I don't know where those 15 are going to come from.
00:03:18
Joe
Yeah.
Brighton's Performance Improvements
00:03:21
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I mean, it's the second game in a row where they've been badly beaten.
00:03:25
Joe
Mm-hmm.
00:03:25
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Their goalkeeper has been man of the match, and they've still conceded four.
00:03:31
Joe
Yeah.
00:03:31
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I mean, that really sums up for them. It couldn't be a worse performance from them. But I guess on the on the flip side... An absolutely brilliant performance from us. And we are slowly, like, charging forward. I know we've so forgotten about it now.
00:03:48
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The Forest result was an absolute disaster. But since then, these performances have looked
Europa vs Conference League Debate
00:03:54
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outstanding. It is only three performances in a row.
00:03:55
Joe
Yeah.
00:03:56
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But this is what we've wanted to see for some time now.
00:04:00
Joe
Yeah, 100%. I think I saw a stat about them. ah When they conceded the third, I think it was like the 14th game where they've conceded three goals or something stupid like that.
00:04:13
Joe
That's an outrageous stat. And that about what you're saying about building on the form, we are really in in a position here where we can... um push for Europa League, yeah, 100%. Like, we could. I think it would be a hard task, but we could definitely do that.
00:04:32
Joe
I also see a lot of our fans um online, on Twitter and that, saying like, oh, I'd much prefer Conference League over Europa League. Well, I just don't get that.
00:04:43
Joe
I don't i don't get it.
00:04:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't get that.
00:04:45
Joe
It doesn't make sense.
00:04:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
I...
00:04:46
Joe
you you've You've had a taste of the Europa League. Just because the team's young... Like, you have to also realise that I feel like a lot of players take the Conference League for granted. Unless they win it, I feel like they ah feel like they were saying, oh, there's more chance of us winning the Conference League than there is the Europa League.
00:05:03
Joe
But, I mean, but if yeah if it's there, why play for the Conference League if you can get into the Europa League? Do you what mean?
00:05:11
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Yeah, I'm not right.
00:05:11
Joe
What's the point?
00:05:14
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I don't think English teams should be in the Conference League. I've said it before, haven't I? Like, the standard. Chelsea are in it now. The standard is just so... It's embarrassing. Chelsea are playing their B team against... was watching on Thursday.
00:05:29
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It was Shamrock Rovers versus Mulder that was watching. was like, what are the...
00:05:33
Joe
Why are you watching that?
00:05:33
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No! I don't... Yeah, it was... it
00:05:37
Joe
Gara, go outside more, bro.
00:05:37
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It was on those TNT where they switched all the goals.
00:05:39
Joe
Come on.
00:05:40
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But like that the Europa League is still winnable. I think the only reason you'd want Conference League is because it would be such an easy trophy to win. ah say that, but if we do get in it and we don't win, feel free to clip that up.
00:05:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah isn't good
00:05:56
Joe
ah
00:05:58
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That would be an embarrassing moment. But like Europa League, i I fancy our chances in that. The way we're playing at the moment and so how young our team is and the way they only keep getting better.
00:06:10
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Like we're in a good position, a to get Europa League and to also compete in Europa League against these other top European clubs.
00:06:19
Joe
I think that the one thing about the Europa League is that but with the new format, teams don't drop into it anymore.
00:06:28
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Mm-hmm.
00:06:28
Joe
which I don't think they do anyway.
00:06:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:06:30
Joe
And with that, you have it every now and again where a team sort of has like a couple... Because in the
Brighton's League Position Analysis
00:06:36
Joe
Champions League, in a couple bad games, you could be like really struggling.
00:06:41
Joe
And then once you get to a point where you're relying on other results, teams like... Barca and all that to like sort of thing can drop into that, like, into those Europa League positions.
00:06:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
00:06:52
Joe
And that's when it sort starts getting a bit worrying. But you don't really have that anymore. Yes, there's more teams. Also, the games are so random. I don't know how they work it out.
00:07:03
Joe
It's mental. All it is is it's just, how can we get as many big games? There has to be, like, one big game a week, almost. um Normally, the one that they just whack on Amazon. So, like, I feel like...
00:07:16
Joe
um And i don't feel like Brighton would necessarily have that where they're playing like just these mad teams every week sort of thing. So, yeah, I just think you should aim for it and then do it. Do you what
00:07:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, they are...
Game Highlights and Player Performances
00:07:32
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I think England gets five Champions League spots this season.
00:07:33
Joe
mean? I don't it's confirmed.
00:07:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think... And then I think, at this rate, I think sixth, seventh... get Europa League, maybe even eighth, if I'm not mistaken.
00:07:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
So um off that point, we are only three points behind sixth, seventh, which are Bournemouth and Chelsea. Bournemouth we play tomorrow night.
00:08:01
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And then Aston Villa, we're only two points behind. Newcastle are sometimes... are quite inconsistent. Nottingham Forest, the team that comfortably beat us, they're dropping. They're dropping some results as of late. So, like, it's all to play for.
00:08:18
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And I think I'm looking forward to the end of the season because the way we're kind of going, I think the the big tell and the big game is coming up tomorrow against Bournemouth.
00:08:30
Joe
100% win that and then we could be cooking.
00:08:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, genuinely. ah And on that note, we're going to be talking more about the actual performance against Southampton in this next segment and hearing why we're so high on the Seagulls.
00:09:18
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And we are back with a Daily Brighton podcast. God, what a little funky tune that was. It's snazzy.
00:09:25
Joe
Can we please get onto JBG here for not doing his ad reads, please? It's been so long.
00:09:29
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he
00:09:31
Joe
He plays a different one every week, honestly.
00:09:31
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I don't need to. I don't need to.
00:09:33
Joe
Yeah.
00:09:36
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Everyone else does a better job than me. You know, you've got to know when pass on the baton to better people. I'm just here to talk about the mighty seagulls, the Albion. And i said it was four nil.
00:09:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
mate, it could have been six, seven or eight.
00:09:53
Joe
yeah
00:09:53
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Like I said, their best player was Ramsdale. And the amount of good saves he actually made before we got our goal even. Like there was a Ruta chance. ah There was an a Minta chance, a couple of those early on.
00:10:06
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Mitoma chance, where he, a little cross goes wide and he's about two yards from goal, taps it wide.
00:10:08
Joe
Yeah.
00:10:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
But then we finally did get the breakthrough. It was João Pedro. and sit down Ramsdale sit down Ramsdale yeah just a little play through by Ruta those two linking up quite well and then it' just a little chip over Ramsdale what a beauty Jai
00:10:21
Joe
Yeah. Yeah.
00:10:33
Joe
Honestly, like the it's so funny because Ravsdale got put on his ass like three, four times in that whole game. I'm pretty sure um minte Minto, Minto, Matoma chipped him as well.
00:10:45
Joe
And then Minto's cut back and put him on his bum as well.
00:10:45
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yeah
00:10:48
Joe
And then he's somehow missed. But um yeah, it was a, it was a really good goal.
00:10:53
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We'll come along that one.
00:10:55
Joe
they There was, there was just gaps everywhere. And to be fair, Jao Petro is a pretty accomplished finisher. So the, the chip is pretty nasty. And, and Do you know, i think if anyone needs a goal in the team, I think it is him because he has sort of, there's a been a lot of questions asked about him.
00:11:12
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Yeah.
00:11:15
Joe
um It does definitely seem to be a thing of like, um when we say a player's not doing very well, they all of a sudden start playing well, especially when I say it.
00:11:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we should start.
00:11:24
Joe
And I literally said it, I said it like, I think it might have been in the preview or something like that.
00:11:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
We should continue doing it.
00:11:30
Joe
And yeah, it's it's just, I mean, he's got a goal and assist in this game. And I mean, it's We need more of that, especially in this run-in, i think.
00:11:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm. and and I think he did get, well, it depends what stream you watch, but um depending on what stream it was, my stream said he got man of the match. So we'll we'll give it to him.
00:11:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:11:53
Joe
the
00:11:54
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But yeah, with the goal the assist, and so it was a very good performance, A very good performance, I felt, um in terms of like the link-up play that he had.
00:12:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
but I'm going to jump forward to the third goal where Matoma just runs through on goal. And that was really indicative of like how we played those two goals. You mentioned the gaps. were there although like basically all game.
00:12:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it was like the runs from deep they couldn't deal with. So like that one, Ruta just plays and like he starts to Pedro starts deep, Ruta plays him through, and then he's basically in on goal.
00:12:22
Joe
No.
00:12:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
The Mitoma one, a ball from Adam Webster just gets played, breaks the lines, all the way up to João Pedro, just flicks it on.
00:12:40
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Mitoma's run from like really deep, and they just... gave him acres. Like, the sea parted and he was just through.
00:12:45
Joe
Yeah. God of honour, mate. Yeah.
00:12:49
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They thought he was Noah. I hope I've got that a Bible passage right.
00:12:51
Joe
the
00:12:54
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Is that right? I need to bless him.
00:12:55
Joe
ah I think so. No, nose that's Noah's Ark.
00:13:00
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Oh, no, it's Jesus where it where the sea parts and he grabs the fish, isn't it?
00:13:04
Joe
Is it? don't know. I'm not really.
00:13:06
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We need bless.
00:13:07
Joe
Yeah, we do.
00:13:07
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Sorry if you're listening, bless.
Brighton's Tactical Execution
00:13:09
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By the way, sorry if you're listening, bless.
00:13:11
Joe
Phyllis is going to be like, this guy's an idiot.
00:13:14
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No.
00:13:15
Joe
Doesn't know holy book, mate. ah Yeah, but honestly, the defending from Southampton was so poor. like And we a with Herzl's philosophy of attacking, a lot of it is like trying to find a space in the middle.
00:13:32
Joe
And then when a team just gives you that space all the time, I feel like that's when you see... like yeah I feel like we saw what Herzl wants attacking-wise because they were letting us just do it.
00:13:45
Joe
Whereas most of the time you won't probably see it because, okay, they sort of know.
00:13:45
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Yeah.
00:13:49
Joe
um I'm sure their manager knew what was going to happen, but then he was just like, look, the players aren't really doing anything here. So they're just doing whatever they want. So, you know they're just going to get punished every time.
00:14:01
Joe
But, yeah, no, it's another really well-taken goal. Ramsdale chipped again. Ramsdale renegade it again. um We love to see because I actually hate Aaron Ramsdale. So ill just think he's such a goon.
00:14:10
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he said
00:14:12
Joe
But... um No, I think he'd get distracted by like pigeons on the pitch and stuff. so Oh, did yeah, he did say that.
00:14:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, he said that, hasn't he, before?
00:14:19
Joe
Yeah, he's an idiot.
00:14:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
He said he gets distracted easily, that's why he, like, jives with the fans.
00:14:21
Joe
Yeah. Hmm. Hmm.
00:14:25
Joe
yeah yeah
00:14:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
And gives them abuse.
00:14:26
Joe
<unk>s an idea
00:14:28
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But another one, and I said we were going to touch on it, the the runs from deep, the Minter miss. ah A, brother, how? how how does you How do you miss that?
00:14:40
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But that's another one where he's just used his pace to just sprint past... Who was it? Walker Peters. And Walker Peters is no slouch.
00:14:47
Joe
and
00:14:49
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you like He's probably there one of their quicker players. But he just sprints past him. And then Gomez plays him through. And then the fake shot puts the Ramsdale on his arse and also sends Walker Peters flying.
00:15:02
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But then you really just have to finish that. I'm not to lie. Use your weak foot.
00:15:06
Joe
yeah
00:15:06
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I know doesn't a weak foot. come on
00:15:09
Joe
is The thing with that is that I don't know have you've seen a clip of him when he was at Feyenoord.
00:15:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
What? What?
00:15:15
Joe
there's one clip where he rounds the goalkeeper and there's another defender. And then he actually cuts back onto his right foot and then walks the ball in And then... Or it might be the opposite way around. So he goes onto his right foot, cuts, and then goes to his left foot, taps it, like walks the ball into the net.
00:15:32
Joe
And then as he's run off to celebrate, the defender's fuming because it just feels like it's such a disrespect. then he runs over and pushes him.
00:15:36
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yeah
00:15:39
Joe
And, like, i felt like I was seeing that again. But, I mean, to... Do know what? I just really like Mente.
00:15:46
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and what
00:15:48
Joe
I think there's a really, really good player in there.
00:15:50
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there is yeah
00:15:50
Joe
and ah ah But I also think that he's very raw and he's a little bit of an idiot. But I love him, obviously. But, yeah, put that away, big man. You need to do that, obviously. I want to see you slapping a badge and telling you're going to stay even though you weren't linked to go anywhere.
00:16:04
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the I mean, it is... I feel like that's like youthness. Him missing that.
00:16:11
Joe
Yeah. Yeah.
00:16:12
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It was like very cocky.
00:16:14
Joe
yeah
00:16:14
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And that's like... immaturity I guess, coming through in his game. And you mentioned... I didn't i didn't know about the Ferdinand one, but this isn't this isn't the Eredivisie, mate. You need to just bury them because Ramsdale did make him look a mug after he very much embarrassed him because Ramsdale got a little finger to it.
00:16:24
Joe
No.
00:16:27
Joe
No.
00:16:33
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so ah And then we've got to mention... the The second goal, because I've skipped past that one, and it was Ruta pressing. And this is exactly, I've jotted it down. As soon as I watched it, i was like, that was exactly what we didn't do in the first game.
00:16:49
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We did not hound the defenders. Like, they loved playing out from the back. This was back when they had Russell Martin and they were just basically giving teams goals. And we gave him so much time, so much freedom just to knock it about in the back the last game.
00:17:06
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And this time, there was so much more intensity, and we were onto them and forcing them to play it long. And when they didn't, like this one with Ruta and Ariba getting it stuck under his feet, Ruta just hounded him, got a little nick, Minter's pace got onto the end of it, and then a lovely little cross and a tap-in.
00:17:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what we should have been doing the law the last game, and it's good to see that they've actually brought the intensity of this time.
00:17:34
Joe
Yeah, if there's one player that's going to do it, there's Ritter, isn't it? I feel like...
00:17:37
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Exactly.
00:17:38
Joe
And also, like, feel... Did he take the ball off Joe Rivo, wasn't it? And, like, Joe Rivo went a foul. He's literally... i think he's just slipped, to be honest with you.
00:17:46
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Yeah.
00:17:49
Joe
And then it's funny that you said about Minte with the weaker foot because he's actually crossed it on the right-hand side with his left foot. And, like, that could have just gone so wrong. But, you know, i mean...
00:18:01
Joe
A player like Ritter will love that in terms of like when you press and you win the ball, um a lot of the time you're not going to score from it necessarily.
00:18:12
Joe
But getting your reward and being the one to put it in the back of the net after taking the ball off the pressing high and sort of getting your reward for it will just make him want to press more. And in his post-game as well, they interviewed Ritter and they said,
00:18:22
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Exactly.
00:18:26
Joe
like, is it, is Europe a possibility? And he was like, smiling. And he was just like, I mean, I believe in my team. So yeah, which I love. I love that.
00:18:35
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Yeah.
00:18:35
Joe
Again, another example of Ritter just understanding it. Do I mean? Like, don't give me this like PR ah stuff where it's just like, um oh, like, I really, all that matters is the three points here.
00:18:42
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you
00:18:45
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One game at a time.
00:18:48
Joe
Well, yeah, obviously.
00:18:49
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Yeah.
00:18:49
Joe
But like, jar mean? Like such boring answer. not Nothing is going to hurt for you saying, yeah, I expect want us to get into Europe. Obviously, you want to get into Europe if you're footballer. So, yeah, I really like him.
00:18:59
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Yeah. And I'm not like... yeah I mean, he had his day with Ariba, because even mentioned it in the early minutes, where he just... He got the ball, then just drove from that the halfway line with Ariba on his like shoulder, and then just powered him, ah like powered away from him.
00:19:20
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Shrugged him off like he wasn't even there. Then he got into the box, turned him. Like, it was just, he was great yet again. Like, it's, there's no, there's so many times I can go, what great performance by Ruta, especially like this year, like this actual calendar year.
00:19:27
Joe
Yeah.
00:19:35
Joe
Yeah, definitely. Yeah.
00:19:37
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That's when his performances have really kicked on and he's actually starting to prove himself on why we spent £40 million on him. um
00:19:44
Joe
Yeah.
00:19:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
I guess we might as well touch on the last girl while we're here. Pinchwood, a man that we you especially have been unsure on of what his best asset is, picked up a goal, which is always good to see.
00:19:52
Joe
Yeah, yeah, 100%.
00:19:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
His first goal since September as well.
00:19:59
Joe
Yeah, 100%. Yeah, see, to be fair, it was just calamitous to defend him, wasn't it? And it just dropped to him and he volleyed it into the corner.
00:20:06
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Yeah.
00:20:08
Joe
um Or whatever, half volley, whatever. Into the corner. And again, it just sort sums up everything, doesn't it? More desire, which Herzl had said in this post-match as well. He was just like, we showed more desire every every second ball, every first ball, all that stuff.
00:20:22
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you
00:20:24
Joe
one That's literally the foundation that you need to build
Player Performance Evaluation
00:20:27
Joe
on. is that you need to just have the desire first and then things will happen afterwards. you know what mean? Like, you... When you're winning all your duels, not even all your duels, but when you win most your duels, your first to every ball, you're hounding constantly, like, it just wears teams down and you will get rewarded for it eventually. And we haven't seen that at all times this season, especially against, sort of lesser opposition.
00:20:56
Joe
and when we we've seen it today and you can see what that does to a team that is in a bad moment, like current, well, having a bad season completely, but like they're, they're not having their way at all.
00:21:09
Joe
And I mean, every metric here, like part, every passing metric, um even like, look, Jules, 59 Jules won, 54% ground aerial Successful dribbles, 67%. Do you know what I mean? like
00:21:28
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Yeah.
00:21:28
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Yeah.
00:21:28
Joe
Compared to their 36%, 39%, 46%.
00:21:29
Joe
Do you I mean? like it just It shows, and the result also shows that.
00:21:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:21:38
Joe
So, it's literally you just class. probably 100%.
00:21:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think it's such a good confidence booster as well. like I know we said that, I said that about the FA Cup game against Chelsea. i said that was the confidence booster we needed.
00:21:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
But this is just another one where and we've shown at least when we're playing at our best level, look how good we can be. And hopefully that does continue. ah Into this final segment, we're going to talking about some of the star players and looking forward.
00:22:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back with the Daily Brighton podcast. Joe, hit me. Who was your standout player?
00:22:49
Joe
Hello. ah think I think I'm actually going to pick on Joe Pedro, I think. i feel Just because terms of the narrative narrative of this podcast recently and the continuity of this podcast, I feel like he needed a big game.
00:23:10
Joe
Goal and assist, bit of confidence, going into the sort of like last 10-odd games. And I mean... When he's on it, he's spectacular footballer.
00:23:20
Joe
He actually just is.
00:23:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:21
Joe
he he is a is an immensely talented footballer. And he actually has a bit of everything. Like I said really early on on these podcasts, he has a bit of everything. And like he can show that when he shows that, he is a bit of a level above when he's at his best.
00:23:40
Joe
um And I'd also like to shout out Matoma as well just for these these performances. ah the money that they were asking for Saudi, I think has gone up and up and up.
00:23:50
Joe
I think we're at 350 mil right now.
00:23:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:23:52
Joe
um And again, playing with confidence, looking like the Matoma of old. And like, I feel like all of these players currently, especially the attacking players are sort of coming into their like form now.
00:24:07
Joe
um blue And it's in such a good moment for us to come into form now. So yeah, shout out to basically all the attackers.
00:24:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you touch on Matoma. Five goals in his last seven. And that is... We were talking about like his output before, I think, maybe at the start of the year, saying it's not living up to scratch.
00:24:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
And maybe even when he was linked with Saudi, we were saying it's not really up to scratch. He needs to...
00:24:33
Joe
Yeah.
00:24:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
have more output. Finally, we're starting to see it. And we all know that the capability is there. Maybe he just needed the interest from Saudi to bring out of him and people doubting if he was actually worth 90 million.
00:24:43
Joe
yeah
00:24:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
um the Jury could still be out for some, but for us, we'll say yes.
00:24:54
Joe
Yeah, 100%.
00:24:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
And for the Bryan fans, he's 90 million to us.
00:24:56
Joe
Yeah.
00:24:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe in your neutral perspective, he isn't. But to to what he means to us, probably.
00:25:03
Joe
Do you know what I think is a good way of putting it? I think he's worth 90 million in Saudi terms.
Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks
00:25:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:09
Joe
but Because their whole thing is about building a league around the name.
00:25:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:13
Joe
um Don't get me wrong, obviously, spectacular footballer, but 90 million is a mad price tag for almost anyone. but It doesn't even matter how good they are at this point.
00:25:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:23
Joe
But like I feel like Saudi money is decent. If Darwin Nunes, if apparently they offered like 60 mil for Darwin Nunes, then obviously, I know what they're smoking out there, but it it it must be the matter.
00:25:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:25:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
said yeah yeah
00:25:36
Joe
They must think Matomas is just said coming across. So...
00:25:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
and But to your original point, I'm also, because I'm glad you went down that road with ah Pedro, giving him your man of match, because I was also going to give him my man of match, just because we've we've pooed on him a little bit as of late we've said his performances of does he even want to be there his performances haven't been great he's coming off the bench and like we're seeing flashes here and there but never a consistent performance and today or saturday it was like the first time for a while that i saw it all come together and him actually put in a great performance my other man since you've taken that one
00:26:03
Joe
Yeah.
00:26:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
This could be controversial because he missed so many chances. But, Minter.
00:26:26
Joe
Yeah. yeah
00:26:28
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Yeah, he was brilliant.
00:26:29
Joe
yeah
00:26:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
So he completed the most... He had the most successful dribbles in the game. And I'm not lying. Carl Walker-Peters, who I think is one of their better players, couldn't live with him.
00:26:39
Joe
No.
00:26:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's why I've picked him as like the man. Because I think one of their better players couldn't live with him. His pace, him running at him. um And if he does finish, put away his chances, he has a hat-trick.
00:26:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
And... and oh fair that is if if buts and maybes is that the saying uh if buts and coulda woulda shoulda yeah but like he was brilliant and then he had 10 touches in the opposition box he was constantly threat as well and yeah just needed to put away some chances i haven't actually looked at his xg i probably should because
00:26:59
Joe
Yeah. Yeah. ah It's hindsight, isn't it? Yeah.
00:27:17
Joe
yeah ah I think for him, if you roll back to the game against Manchester United, I think second game of the season, second, third game of the season, he actually was pony in that game.
00:27:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
the
00:27:31
Joe
But every single time he got the ball, he went at Dallow every time.
00:27:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:36
Joe
Every single time. And don't get me wrong, Dallow was really good that game in terms of like stopping him. But I feel like... oh you know what? The last thing a Southampton defender needs is a Donnie who you don't really know he's going to do what he's going to do.
00:27:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:52
Joe
Just going at you time and time. it It doesn't matter if you tackle him, clamp him, anything. Just going at you and at you and at you all the time. He can go on the outside. he can go on the inside, which is such an underrated trait for a winger because a lot of wingers don't do both.
00:28:08
Joe
um
00:28:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:09
Joe
And I think that if he keeps up and sort of hones it, like sort of refines the edges of his game, then that we've got a proper serious player on our hands.
00:28:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. And can I just get a little mention? Because I've jotting it down here. Don't want to make my time meaningless.
00:28:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
But um Adam Webster had the most completed passes of the game.
00:28:32
Joe
It's Adam. Yeah. Yeah.
00:28:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that is when you know Southampton, you've had an absolute disaster. If Adam Webster has the most completed passes into the game, he also had nine passes into the final third.
00:28:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, that's when you know you're cooked, as a club.
00:28:50
Joe
That's crazy.
00:28:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, Adam Webster's performed against you.
00:28:52
Joe
That is crazy. He's moved like Pirlo. He's mad. That
00:28:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was the king of the the second assist today. Brilliant.
00:29:03
Joe
is honestly mad.
00:29:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Top performance.
00:29:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, on that note, hey, shout out Adam Webster. We have crapped on you a lot, but it's good to see that you're actually coming through. Maybe we need to continue so then he doesn't drop these standards.
00:29:05
Joe
Yeah, shout out to Adelwebson, man.
00:29:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, that's been everything from us. Our review of Brighton's demolition of Southampton. And we will see you next time.