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Episode 90: AMAD SAVES THE DAY
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Niall is joined by Cormac the debutant to discuss the Southampton escape this evening!
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Introduction of Niall Hannigan and Cormac Dooley
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello, and welcome back to the Daily Manchester United Podcast. My name is Niall Hannigan, and I'm joined by Cormac Dooley. Cormac, your debut on the podcast. Welcome. How are you feeling?
00:00:19
Cormac
Yeah, and ah thanks for having me first off. and now I think I couldn't have picked a better night to have my first night right after that Southampton game. um I was so much and how it was racing the whole time watching that.
00:00:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
so
00:00:32
Cormac
A lot of lot of fury maybe, but thank God for Matt, I said that.
Manchester United's Season Challenges
00:00:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know, I know, unbelievable. I was watching the game going, I can't believe he's going to come on now after us thinking we're actually going to get a good positive result. And it wasn't looking good. I mean, as you said, Ahmad got the hat trick, and 3-1 was definitely ah a bit of a flattering score line at the end of it. But ah yeah, I suppose your first first episode on the on the podcast, obviously, United fan, what what have you made of the season so far? Because, I mean, it's it's been rough.
00:01:07
Cormac
Oh yeah, I know it's been, you know, sore off. I went into the season, you know, thinking, you know, the way we ended last season, the FA Cup win. Um, and you know, 10 high getting a few more signings in. I thought I was really optimistic going into it, to be honest. Um, but yeah, I know it just started rough with 10 high. I mean, to be fair, I thought the players had them down a bit. Um, I'd honestly say the best half of football we played all season was that Palace away again.
Concerns About Relegation and Team Performance
00:01:32
Cormac
and where we ended up drawing. um And then even his last game against West Ham, I thought we we should have beat them and we ended up losing to them.
00:01:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:01:40
Cormac
Obviously, Amarene will need time, will need to get his own players in and system them in. um But yeah, I know it's been it's been rough so far. I think while we're we were sitting 15th there, I think before we won, saw um in a bit of a little relegation battle nearly.
00:01:54
Cormac
um But yeah, I know hopefully we can get a sign and maybe in this January and things start to change.
00:02:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely. I mean, we we always say it can't get any worse, but I tell you, it was it was pretty close to becoming a lot worse there um there this evening. But I mean, yeah, look let's let's talk about the first half. I mean, I thought it was bad over Christmas in that in that Wolves game um and in the Newcastle game, but that was up there in terms of one of the worst halves of performance ever. I mean,
00:02:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
talk about like the the lack of energy, the lack of will to run. I mean, it's easy to get up for all the big games when it's Liverpool and Arsenal, but it always seems to be an issue trying to get up for these games where we should be dominating, and then we should have a lot of the ball, and we should be winning easily. And it's not a sign of a great team that.
00:02:42
Cormac
No, absolutely not. And I think the commentator and match or was watching there, he was saying that Amarene was talking about, he would learn a lot more from this game, from his players and the last two, you know, how would they can form against the lower league club or sorry, lower table club, um, in front of the own fans.
Tactical Struggles and Defensive Issues
00:02:59
Cormac
And yeah, just the first half, the first, the start of it was just so rough. We,
00:03:03
Cormac
We're resorting to playing long balls, you know, up and, you know, Highland, just, you know, only strike her up there. A lot of the ball is just coming back and stuff. And yeah, as you said, we couldn't even make passes, like no one knew what to do.
00:03:14
Cormac
And the energy was just lacking so much. And it was just shocking to see, you know, bottom of the table, Southampton six points, they were, they were dominating us really that first half, like they had us pinned in.
00:03:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:26
Cormac
And I thought Sulemana, the winger for them was causing us so much problems. Um, You know, I taught Yarrow to be fair, done all right in them, even though it was a tough task on night for him. But yeah, I know Southampton, you wouldn't think they'd be bottom of the table, you know, looking at that game, the way they were playing against us at Old Trafford. It was yeah very embarrassing for us to have from us.
00:03:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was, it was a tough watch and as you said, yeah, poor Yaro had ah had a bit of a nightmare tonight. um Big fan of him, but I wasn't expecting him to get cleaned as badly as he did tonight, to be honest.
00:03:53
Cormac
Oh, yeah.
00:03:56
Cormac
yeah
00:03:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And then, yeah, I mean, Dibbling putting on a bit of audition for, for, you know, for United once again. I mean, he was brilliant in that.
00:04:06
Cormac
He was.
00:04:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
and away fixture at the start of the season but then again tonight he was brilliant um really exciting player and you're dead right I mean they were passing us off the pitch like it was it was pretty hard to watch um the midfield was nowhere um and and it was kind of I suppose It was pretty obvious when he took Manu off at halftime. um Big call. I mean, bringing on Anthony, it's not as if you were you're full of hope, I suppose, but it it couldn't get any worse than than the performance in the first half. But why do you think that is? like I mean, the the players kind of give it the big one after the Arsenal and Liverpool game, saying you know that they've switched their mentality and all this. But then at home against Southampton, they just can't seem to bring that mentality and attitude into a game like that.
00:04:50
Cormac
Yeah, I don't can't really put my finger on it to be honest, but I think this has been a common team, like even the last few years, um you know, we'd have good results against the top table teams.
00:04:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:00
Cormac
And then, you know, we'd have some shocking results at home, like to lower league clubs. I mean, this can probably name any lower league club right now. And at some point in the last few years, they got a result at all Trafford.
00:05:12
Cormac
But no, I mean, i'm I'm not sure really what it is. Like if it's something in the dressing room, not right. Or some leadership accountability needed. Um, but yeah, no, it's just not good. Not for you neither. Really. I mean, yeah, as you said, like the midfield was just getting played through menu.
00:05:27
Cormac
I mean, I'm not sure really defensive mid is suited for him to be honest. I think he thrives more a bit like in the Bruno role, but in this system, like you can only kind of have one.
00:05:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:37
Cormac
Um, and honestly, I was thinking, yeah, when men went off, I was like, God, I love to have my communist still like someone just to go in there. You know, or just legs, like some energy because you know, it was, that they were dribbling by too easily.
00:05:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah.
00:05:48
Cormac
And, um, I thought it would go to, to be fair, start the game very well. Um, but even him, he was at times was out of position and yeah, I just, Southampton had so much free run in front of that defense and yeah, we're causing all sorts of problems.
00:06:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. And once again, conceding from a corner, I mean, madness, like it's just, it's just every game.
00:06:07
Cormac
Oh.
00:06:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
It just seems to be so easy for players. Um, and I think I have done the first time they scored from a set piece or a corner all year. Um,
Question: Is There a False Narrative of Improvement?
00:06:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
but just sums it up, I suppose.
00:06:17
Cormac
But, oh yeah, I know it's, I mean, yeah, just anytime someone gets a corner against us now, you're fearing for your life pretty much. Like, I mean, it's just, yeah, that call, I know I went, I think went down a little girl's day on goal, but even like, I think dibbling beat Martinez to the front post.
00:06:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:33
Cormac
I mean, yeah, it's just the same, same goals were conceding. Like it's, I don't know what the stats exactly are, but surely we have to have the most like conceded in the premise here. Like it's. I don't know this, I don't know what to work on in training but it's clearly not working like...
00:06:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we're going to need a bit of that Arsenal set piece coach, I think.
00:06:49
Cormac
No, it's actually, yeah, yeah, yeah, get one in, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
00:06:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, but i yeah, I was, I don't know, I put out a tweet earlier earlier on in the week um um on the channel. And it was basically, you know, what in the news, it was like, oh, you United have turned the corner.
00:07:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's like, well, we actually haven't won a game in six games, like, you know, at at the end of full time. um And these are the games where, were expected to win the next five or six all-winnable games and that's when you'll kind of know if the team has turned the corner. I just couldn't believe it like it it was just honestly the 20th position and they just came with so much confidence to Old Trafford like and yeah I mean thank god for the second half and thank god for Ahmed Diallo because that that could have been absolutely horrendous but ah
00:07:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, it could have been it could been more than 1-0. I suppose they had a couple of chances where Anana pulled off some brilliant saves. um And you know he's he's had a couple of errors himself this year, but he's also pulled us out of a lot of holes.
00:07:49
Cormac
No absolutely and honestly going into the game I kind of want to see Altai by India get another one just because of his great performance and the other day but you know I had a phenomenal game those
00:08:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep. Yeah.
00:08:00
Cormac
The double save was just class in that first half, like, I don't know how he said that second one. And yeah, I think what he had nearly five saves, I think in the first half, he was really just keeping us in it.
00:08:11
Cormac
But yeah, Southampton, as he said, like they could have had a good few and ran away with it really and had us in a hole. But when Anna did keep us in it and done similar to what they had done for years for us, just keep us in games, then we managed to find the result in the end.
00:08:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:24
Cormac
um But no, it was absolutely phenomenal performance for one. And he has, as he said, had Some moments this season, but you know, that's what the quality we expected to get when we signed them and he was yeah it was superb tonight.
00:08:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no, absolutely. We'll take a quick break there and we'll be back with yeah a bit of a recap on the second half performance. so
00:08:51
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00:09:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, we mentioned Antony coming on at
Ahmad Diallo's Impact and Player Performances
00:09:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
halftime for Meno. This was shortly followed by Xerxes and Collier coming on as well. I thought, do you know what, Antony naming the headlights, Garnaccio pulls it across the goal, Antony open goal, slides, kicks it into the keeper's hands.
00:09:35
Cormac
oh
00:09:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was like, this poor man, honestly, I can't catch a break.
00:09:36
Cormac
false
00:09:39
Cormac
know No, no, he can't catch it. I mean, he didn't need to slide at all. I don't think like it was literally just extend your right foot out and you tap it in.
00:09:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:09:47
Cormac
Um, oh yeah, it was, I thought that was in like, I was nearly celebrating already. And yeah, literally a pass back as the commentators were saying it was, um, yeah, no, it's just, I can't catch a break.
00:09:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:58
Cormac
And they actually, they popped up the stats, I think five goals and 60 games for us now. And three of those came in the first three. And he had that amazing stare for us. Like it's just, we pay like so much money for him.
00:10:09
Cormac
And yeah, he just, confidence doesn't seem to be there at all. And yeah, I just, if he's missing those chances, I mean, I don't know what ones he can score really is.
00:10:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah It's one of those ones where it's like impossible to do if you try to do it again. like Honestly, it was at the tightest of angles cuts it back into the keeper's hands. um ah Yeah, and it wasn't looking good. And I mean, even Garnaccio's in the first half, there was another sitter. like I think in a way, I don't think he was expecting the pullback because Huyland waited to the last, last minute, and it was brilliant play from him.
00:10:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think he just lost concentration because it was such an easy finish. Um, but I just felt like he wasn't expecting it. But I mean, that that's been, that's been happening all season for us with, with the missed chances.
00:10:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, you mentioned the performance against West Ham. They got 10 hags sacked and we all remember Dalo's chance in that game, but it just seems to be ah a running theme in the team.
00:10:59
Cormac
Oh, jeez. Yeah.
00:11:03
Cormac
Oh, absolutely. And yeah, I mean, I thought as well, Highland was going to shoot that, to be fair, and it was a great pullback.
00:11:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:08
Cormac
And yeah, Garnaccio really just put it a decent bit wide, to be fair, from where he was. And even you've seen how frustrated Highland was kicking the post right after that happened. And even to be fair, a few minutes after, Menu had another chance.
00:11:20
Cormac
I thought he was going to shoot again, and he pulled it back, and just to know, and they cleared it. But yeah, no, it comes down just to the chances. I mean, look back all season. I think that Brighton game we ended up losing where Garnaccio pretty much had a score, but he hit Xerxes on the line and it was called for outside.
00:11:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's it, yeah.
00:11:35
Cormac
like just swear We've had so many things like that happen this season. and um yeah Even going back to that West Ham game, Garnaccio hit the crossbar, I remember. It wasn't the easiest of chances, but only should we score.
00:11:48
Cormac
There's just games now where we could have easily gone the other way and we're just not scoring. I think Garnaccio is our top scorer this season in all the competitions with eight goals, and he's not even having like the best season himself at all.
00:12:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, half number against Barnsley, probably.
00:12:00
Cormac
i let's Yeah, apparently, exactly. and yeah the where We were getting seven earlier, you know so do you really even count him there?
00:12:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah. No, I remember that game. I was like, you know, we're back now. We're back.
00:12:11
Cormac
I think we're all thinking that, yeah.
00:12:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good stuff. but ah yeah so I mean, what was it? I suppose 15 minutes from the end of the time, maybe 10 minutes, then you're like, no, it's it's actually happening. like we're We're actually going to lose this. And then the magic man pops up again. I mean, it was only going to come from him. The only person with a bit of spark about them throughout the game, throughout the last few months for us, playing with a likeness and a freshness and a youthfulness, but so much quality as well.
00:12:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, you know, there's a difference between just being able to kind of take on players, but like his dribbling is unbelievable. The decision making is normally brilliant. And yeah, I'm a Diallo. I mean, what a man.
00:12:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Incredible stuff.
00:12:54
Cormac
um I don't think we can praise him in all fantasy. He said it all the attributes to have, and even his work rate is absolutely superb. like i mean Even yeah for that last goal, he scored just rushing in pressure and hardwood bellows, and then yeah he gets rewarded with an easy goal.
00:13:09
Cormac
His quality, you could he was he was right, as you said, the only player really. Every time he got the ball, he was driving at the fullback, he was causing Kyle Walker Peters all sorts of trouble.
00:13:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:19
Cormac
um and yeah The quality, it's kind of rare to say, well He's like the one player, I think when he has the ball, you feel confident, he's going to do something maybe, maybe Bruno as well.
00:13:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
so true it's So true.
00:13:31
Cormac
Um, but like there's like, you know, and Gurnach has the ball. You don't really think he's going to cause too much, but every time a mad has it, you think he could do something special.
00:13:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:40
Cormac
I mean, yeah, to get a hat trick and what the last 10 minutes there was, um, you know, absolutely unbelievable. And yeah, it's players we need like that at the club, you know, who can reach down and do it by themselves almost now at this stage.
00:13:52
Cormac
And. yeah no just i had I think he's a lot of United fans favourite player so far this season.
00:13:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, there's not a lot to choose from, but it's a he definitely is.
00:14:00
Cormac
yeah That's very true.
00:14:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I mean, it's he's just so likeable as well, isn't he? Like, he just every time he scores, it's like it's the best feeling in the world for him. And that's what you want as a fan. You want to see someone that is, you know, playing for a team that you support and like absolutely loves it every time and has that passion that comes across.
00:14:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because I mean, this this squad has been kind of through through the ringer, I suppose, in terms of we're thinking that that they could probably do better for the managers that they've had and stuff. So it's great to see a player kind of put that into it and and be able to back it up with quality. And I think the point you set around him actually looking like he's going to do something useful. There's a lot of players that look like they're always fighting with the ball when they have possession. Like they just can't seem to get proper control of it. but He nearly is, he's nearly faster with the ball, that type of player where he's, he's just so comfortable with the driving up players and he's not just pace. He's also a great technique as well, because I mean, Walker Peters is no slouch either. So, you know, to be able to give him a bit of a run around this evening is no main feat. And yeah, it's just, ah
00:15:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, he got everything he deserved. I mean, the third goal, like, it's just his work rate. We've seen that happen so many times this year from him. I mean, the Spurs game and the League Cup, when he was chasing down Forster, like he was just getting us back into the game on pure effort and pure will and determination, um which is something that but the team in general lack.
00:15:28
Cormac
No, absolutely. And I think, you know, that's the number one thing I think a lot of us fans look for is, you know, to play for United and, you know, all the history behind the club. The least we ask is to work your hardest, you know, and hunt and hurry every ball.
00:15:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:41
Cormac
And yeah, I mean, it's, there's a lot of players, you know, who just don't seem very disinterested when things don't go their way. Like, I mean, we can name a few names like Marcus Rashford, I think, because, you know, Dean being kind of the headliner of the recent years. um I remember last year when we played like Newcastle, I think he was up against Tino Libermento and Libermento had a field day. Like any time Rashford lose the ball, he just kind of stopped and sulked a bit. And it was not like, you know, he lost the turnaround and sprint back. And yeah, Mads complete opposite, you know, his work right. He's just tireless. And I think that can, you know, go on to other players there as well around them. And they see him doing it, you know, a young kid, um,
00:16:19
Cormac
you know, it hasn't been there that long doing
Expectations for Upcoming Matches
00:16:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:16:21
Cormac
this stuff and they can learn something from them.
00:16:24
Cormac
But no, I said, very likeable guy. I'm actually living here in Sunderland and the locals all love him. Like I say, anytime I say to me, you know, the fan like asking about sport, they're like, oh, like we miss a bad so much from a season he spent here in Sunderland.
00:16:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:16:38
Cormac
I think it's hard to not like everyone who he's played for all the fans just love him.
00:16:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. No, absolutely. It's great to see you. Good stuff. So we'll take another break here for another ad and be back with, yeah, I suppose looking forward to to the weekend against Brighton.
00:17:03
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00:17:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mentioned earlier I was kind of eyeing up these next five or six games where on paper they're winnable like we kind of came through a bit of a tough period um of fixtures there. um It concerns me more after that match now this evening based off that performance. Yes 3-1 very flattering score line but we watched that game and that was ah that was a tough watch.
00:17:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
um what What we're an hour after the game now, what's what's your mood going into the weekend and going into the the next few games? Because you know it should be it should be one where we should be looking to get all three points.
00:18:12
Cormac
Yeah, I mean, I think the hope can only really be just pessimism. I mean, it was, I mean, if if we hadn't ah got that win at the end, we'd be a allowed, I think anger and we are at now, but yeah, the fact of the matter is we played the bottom um team at the table and they outplayed us.
00:18:29
Cormac
So, you know, I don't think you can really be too much hope or have too much hope going into the next one.
00:18:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:35
Cormac
The only thing I can think of is maybe, you know, as a wake up call to them all and they really, you know, have a decent training. um, sessions the next few days and kind of go out there with a point to prove and, um, yeah, give the fans, you know, something to actually cheer about.
00:18:49
Cormac
Cause I know the whole night tonight, the fans were getting very, very on top of them and you could hear a lot of like groan and a jeer and coming from the stands.
00:18:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:18:56
Cormac
And yeah, you know, we should be expected to, you know, nevermind the top table teams, but like Southampton, we should be, you know, battering at all traffic and the facts, the fact we even had to like scrape the result out, like we did is, it's just not acceptable really.
00:19:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know. Yeah.
00:19:11
Cormac
um So yeah, know hopefully you can just give them a bit of kick in the air and they can you know go on and hopefully get a few wins because we really need them now. We're yeah getting dragged down into a relegation battle almost.
00:19:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, now you're dead, right? And yeah, I mean, it's a good point you mentioned about, like, it was so bad. Like, it was it was really, really bad. Like, for anyone that didn't get to watch the game, you're the you're one of the lucky ones, I suppose. Count yourself as one of the lucky ones. um It was pretty rough. and We mentioned that it's kind of a flattering score line, but um yeah, if if that had stayed 1-0, I mean, the knives were out, I reckon, tonight. um Considering how much the expectation had changed over the last couple of games, like, and it goes back to that point that you mentioned earlier about Amram.
00:20:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
saying that he's going to find out more about the players after a night like this. He definitely found out a lot about them tonight. I mean, pretty much all of them except for Ahmad. Honestly, it was very, very difficult to find someone that kind of stood up this evening. um And it was kind of, let's just give him the ball and hope for the best here. um Especially when even after it was 1-1, it was like, let's just get the ball out to the right and see if he can do anything. And he works a bit of magic with a 1-2 with Erickson.
00:20:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's It's just not good enough from ah from a the size of the club and the amount of money and investment that's been put into the team. ah it's It's a tough one because it's very hard to put your finger on what it is um and and whether it's a confidence thing or whether it's ah just a mindset within that team because it's not always been the same players. There's so many players that have come in and they just seem to have, as soon as they come in, there's like a shadow over them within the club and they just find it really, really hard to perform.
Transfers and Tactical Limitations
00:20:57
Cormac
Yeah, I know. I hear like a lot of, a bit of a curse like coming to, you know, you that I know we had the whole like number seven thing, i even like Mason Mount now, like ah we spent what 60 mil on him and he's just hasn't even been playing for us really.
00:21:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah.
00:21:11
Cormac
But no, yeah I mean, we've had a ton of different players come in and the fact that we even have to rely on a man is just like, it's fairly sad to be honest.
00:21:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
crazy.
00:21:18
Cormac
Cause you spend like what 70 mil on Highland, you have Anthony there, 80 plus mil, you know, as Eric say, we just brought in for like 40 mil or something.
00:21:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:27
Cormac
Like we're spending big money on all these other attackers and, you know, can't even like do it. Um, to be fair though, I thought Xerxes when he came on was, was pretty good. Like I thought when he kind of drew dropped deeper and was kind of having a few link up plays and stuff, I thought he, he complimented the attack noise and I was allowing a mad to kind of get on the ball a bit more. Um, but no, as, as he said, like it's just, it's, it's not acceptable really. I mean, it's, I don't know what's going on, but no one can really outperform. I mean,
00:21:57
Cormac
It's hard to think of like the last sign that we really had that came in right away and was like just playing like amazing like that for the money we paid.
00:22:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:05
Cormac
To be fair, I would say like Maserawi this season, he wasn't a lot at all, but like his first two performances, even up to now, he's so consistent. in Like I think his average match rate and it was like 7.4 or something for a good wife.
00:22:17
Cormac
um Phenomenal, but yeah, I think the problem is just consistency. We need consistency out of these players and you can't just be, you know, playing good one week and then two or three games. You're not really doing much. It needs to be as consistent as often.
00:22:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah. And and that reflects on the table. I mean, where where we are, where we could have been even further after this evening. um But yeah, I mean, the amount of money that's going into the squad. um The Muzzrari points interesting and as well. Like, it's nearly, he's playing in a left wing back roll or right wing back roll. And you're just like, yeah you you want, you really you need someone else there if you're going to play this system properly. Because when you're looking at the back five,
00:23:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
It looks like a back five we were pinned in in the first half. We couldn't get out at all. Ahmad was basically playing right back. like um and And hopefully when we kind of get more experience with that system, that they'll be able to change the kind of profile of player in those roles and play further up the pitch because Southampton were putting us back into a back five. And if they're putting us back in, anyone can really. um And then your two deep line midfielders are coming to get the ball and then you end up having about eight players all you can throw a blanket over them.
00:23:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then the only option then is to kick it up the hole. And there's just the same pattern that happened every time in the first half. um Just very frustrating to watch no other team really plays like that.
00:23:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know why we can't seem to adopt other principals as other teams, but it's pretty, pretty tough watch at times.
00:23:42
Cormac
Yeah.
00:23:47
Cormac
No, absolutely. And yeah, I think good point there about like adapting, you know, did we really have to play like the fight back against Southampton tonight? Like I like, I know it's a system and all, but like you'd like to see a bit of adaptability, like playing Southampton at home, maybe we go a foreback, pushing other attacker in or another midfielder and we just kind of keep them pinned all game. But yeah, it was the opposite. They had us pinning. We couldn't get out and anything.
00:24:11
Cormac
And yeah, you know, it's a great point about like Mazzro is a fullback. He's, he's a great defender, but yeah, going forward, especially on his weaker side on the left, like, what can you really do?
00:24:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:20
Cormac
You know, um, you know, you miss a player there, kind of like Luke Shaw, um, when he's fully fit, like bombing up and down the wings, getting good left foot balls. And, um, you know, even when Dalo was playing there, like he hasn't been as strong on that left side going forward at all.
00:24:33
Cormac
And yeah, you really look like to get like a true wing back in, like someone like, you know, a frim pong for fired ever, who's in, who's. you know, phenomenal in a position like prize in a position like that.
00:24:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:43
Cormac
But, you know, I think it does have to do with Amory getting in the players he wants. He kind of has to make do with what he's been given at this time. And not too sure if we'll get a signing in this January.
00:24:54
Cormac
It doesn't look too likely to be honest. Um, but yeah, hopefully I guess we can just survive until, until the summer and he can get some players
Podcast Conclusion and Future Optimism
00:25:03
Cormac
in there.
00:25:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no, absolutely. And we've we've mentioned before on the podcast about the the kind of wingback roles being very specialist positions. And there's there's only a couple of kind of outstanding players in the world that kind of play in those positions and and they're not going anywhere. So, um yeah, we're going to have to try and and figure something out with them. but Yeah, look, Cormac, we'll leave it there for this evening.
00:25:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Thanks very much for joining me. ah Great first episode. And yeah, that could have been that could have been an absolute disaster for your first episode this evening.
00:25:33
Cormac
okay
00:25:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I'm glad Amad pulled it out of the bag for you.
00:25:40
Cormac
Cheers, thank god we got the three points anyway I can sleep a bit easier tonight Cheers
00:25:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good stuff. Get you in the next one.