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Episode 186: Matchday Preview: Home against Fulham!
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Southampton – Pre-Pre-Season continues as Fulham try to be the second team who have been unable to beat us across 2 games this season. How do we think we'll line up? What do we think the score will be?
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Introduction and Reunion
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome back to the Daily Southampton, part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. It has been a while, but we are fully reunited as a full house of the Southampton team.
00:00:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
My name is Greg Elliott, joined today by my good friends and wonderful co-hosts. Oscar, how you doing?
00:00:27
Oscar
Yeah, okay, thank you.
00:00:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Zach, how you doing, mate?
00:00:31
Zak
Yeah, I'm good, mate. I'm good.
Press Conference and Game Expectations
00:00:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good. We are fresh off the heels of a press conference, ready for our weekend fixture against Fulham as our pre-pre-season tour continues.
00:00:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
How are we feeling about the game, boys? Are we but looking forward to it?
00:00:49
Zak
No. yeah that's not That's not because I'm not looking forward to football. it's the If you remember rightly, Greg, last time we played Fulham, I was like, yeah, I think we'll get a Buck tradition. I think it's going to be a high-scoring, fun game, like 5-4.
00:01:02
Zak
And I'm relatively sure it's the game... that has put me to sleep to sleep the most out of every game I've ever seen us play.
Entertainment vs Winning in Football
00:01:09
Zak
I think i'd tell a light I took my brother to a 0-0 West Ham draw about a decade ago, and he doesn't stop banging on about it.
00:01:15
Zak
But but that that was a close second, I think. It was not a very entertaining game to watch, but it was a point. So if we get a 0-0 this week, and it's a point,
00:01:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:01:25
Zak
no longer West Ham.
00:01:25
Zak
No.
00:01:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Who says football's an entertainment industry anyway? It's all a part of winning. What about you, Oster? You looking forward to the game, getting back to this pre-season sort of form we seem to start building?
00:01:39
Oscar
yeah Yeah, I mean, I think so. i think this is the closest to a new manager bounce we've ever had. So, you know, let's ride the wave. he say This was his his only game, or what sorry, his last game in the first interim period, wasn't it, where Juric was in the stands?
00:01:58
Zak
I'm sorry.
Strategy and Challenges vs Fulham
00:01:59
Oscar
So, again, it's that defensive solidity. He brought it in then. He's brought it in again. so So, why not? Let's see what we can do. I mean, we're not expected to beat anyone in this league realistically now.
00:02:09
Oscar
So, if we can nick anything, then it's a positive.
00:02:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely. And it's not going to be much of change, right? We're just going stick with it ain't broke, don't fix it. Stick with the basics.
00:02:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Roll with it. Maybe score a goal and get a win. If not, you i know, nil-nil defence. Fulham seem to struggle against a team coming up with that sort of park the bus mentality, as we heard we heard on the crossover yesterday.
00:02:30
Oscar
you
00:02:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
So... Is that just the the approach or do you think because we're at home we have to be a bit more gung-ho and try and get something?
00:02:47
Zak
I feel like if it was because we were at home, we should do that. We should have done a lot more this season just because we were at home, put it that way.
00:02:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a valid point.
00:02:56
Zak
it's It's a difficult one. As I said previously, like i don't know how much entertainment value there's going to be in tomorrow is is where I'm at. that was That's not, for me, necessarily a bad thing. I think that, i like I've said the entirety of the season since we were,
00:03:12
Zak
sort of especially the latter half of the season, a lot more of it is on the line for the other teams than us. Fulham, not as much as, say, when we played West Ham.
Game Speculations and Predictions
00:03:21
Zak
uh and not as much as some of the other opposition we've got coming up we've got the el crapio derby coming up soon as well that's going to be good fun but yeah it kind of feels like for me it's like a weird interim middling game that gives us just an excuse to try anything or do anything because it's yeah there's there's not a huge amount to play for and i just think just because it's at home i don't think they're going to try and put a show i think that
00:03:46
Zak
He's going to stick to what has worked so far, and hopefully we get more out it. It'd be nice to see some goals. and be wrong like I'm not um'm hoping for a 0-0 draw, Greg. I need you to understand this.
00:03:57
Zak
I would love a win. I am just going off of the past ridiculous record. I'm very aware that the last time I predicted this game, I predicted it horrifically wrong. So, you know, swings and
Team Performance and Comparisons
00:04:09
Zak
roundabouts, mate, innit?
00:04:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
maybe Maybe it was just in the stars back then and the vibes you were getting for that goal fest were the game tomorrow. You just got it the wrong way around.
00:04:17
Zak
I feel like if that's if i's any case around the way that you've predicted things this year, mate, you're on a different planet. Like, i am living i am living solely here on Earth.
00:04:28
Zak
You're off on Jupiter, mate, because there's no chance, you know?
00:04:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, the difference between the two teams is is notable. Gavin in the crossover yesterday was moaning about not being able to string two wins together and had to manage two wins all season.
00:04:43
Zak
it's true Stringing together wins. but that like
00:04:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Two wins was our total of the season so far.
00:04:47
Zak
Good, my word.
00:04:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, don't know. Before we have a break and move on to team news, slight tangential note from some news just before we started recording.
00:05:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Gavin Bazunu's loan spell called off as he's been brought back with an injury. That spell concerns about our goalkeeping situation next season?
00:05:12
Zak
Well, yeah. yeah
00:05:14
Oscar
Yeah, i I think to be honest, when whether he got injured or not, it was it was always, I think, a question of, are we going to look at strengthening there or are we not?
00:05:25
Oscar
They obviously don't feel like Bazzini was ready to play in the Premier League, which is why they went and got Ramsdale. So... maybe that's something we need to look at anyway, unless unless unless McCarthy's going to come and do another ship shift in the championship, which wouldn't surprise me. But I think it maybe shifts our focus to, is there anyone that's available that's not going to break the bank?
00:05:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:49
Zak
That's the problem, right?
Goalkeeping Concerns and Player Loans
00:05:50
Zak
Like, goalkeepers are almost as hot commodity as strikers. And this is the problem, is who's going to be willing to give up you know, their keeper.
00:05:55
Oscar
Yeah. Yeah.
00:06:00
Zak
You never know, might get an honour a cheap at this rate. i don't know if we'll take him at this point, but...
00:06:03
Oscar
were we Were we linked with, or was it just fans linking us with the fella, the Rotherham goalkeeper that went to Stoke? Was it Johansson, the Swedish guy? Were we linked with him, or was that just a tentative fan one?
00:06:15
Zak
I don't know if it was a... I think it was potentially a tentative fan one because I don't think...
00:06:20
Oscar
Yeah. Yeah.
00:06:21
Zak
But I imagine it would probably be something on there. i don't see McCarthy playing role next season, which would leave Buzunu and Joe lovely. And they'd like to have... You'd like to have three keepers. So I can guarantee they were probably planning to go out and get one anyway.
00:06:36
Zak
whether or not Bozzini was going to come back and be the primary goalkeeper is something we've not really discussed. It's kind of weird how we've we've had a lot of conversations about Ramsdale going and almost just knowing he's going.
00:06:47
Zak
Did we all just automatically think Bozzini was going to backfill that slot? but
00:06:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
That kind of felt the like the presumption, and that's why he would go out on loan, right? Because he's probably, when not injured, our first choice in the Premier League without Ramsdale involved.
00:07:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, the reason we signed Ramsdale was because he was injured until at least January. And that is a long period. I mean, as we know, we were basically relegated by that point. So that's a long period of time to go with without goalkeeper.
00:07:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
So...
00:07:15
Zak
Yeah.
00:07:16
Zak
Yeah, it's
00:07:16
Oscar
i think I'd still think there there are questions as to whether he's ready to be playing in the Premier League because he's out of possession stuff. We all know he's good in possession and maybe that's fine for the Championship because we shouldn't have that many games where we're under siege.
00:07:30
Oscar
But I think the question marks are still there around whether he is capable of doing it. when How many more goals would we have conceded with Bizzouna in this season than Ramsdale? I appreciate that's a big shift. sir you know You can't overcompensate for the fact that Ramsdale is very good, but I think it would have been considerably more.
00:07:50
Oscar
sorry I
00:07:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think
Defensive Strategy and Formations
00:07:51
Oscar
think it's an area we need to probably look at.
00:07:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
I agree.
00:07:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's going to be a part of the massive overhaul in the summer anyway, right? It's going to be an interesting one to try and keep on top of, that is for sure.
00:08:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, well that takes us nicely into our our first break and a message from our partners at Bionic.
00:08:31
Oscar
Thank you.
00:08:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, and we are back. Okay, time to throw some predicted lineups out, and this might be the easiest segment of the week this week. Oscar, do you see any reason to to change from from last week at all?
00:09:04
Oscar
No, I don't think so. unless Unless there's any injury concerns, I think keep building, get a bit of consistency, get a bit of solidity, which is you know said from fairly early on the season is that you've got to build off a strong defence. You've got to build off solid foundations.
00:09:22
Oscar
And we seem to be starting to find that, whether that's because we're playing players in their correct positions or players are starting to come back from injury and Jack Stevens has come back in and he's played quite well, to be fair to him.
00:09:34
Oscar
And the Oguchukwu and Downs together, you know, I've said for a while, I think that could be a more, slightly more physical dynamic midfield than having a small bone in there.
00:09:47
Oscar
So if it were me, I would be, I'd be looking to keep it the same as where possible. You know, obviously injuries permitting. I don't know, has he said anything about injuries or?
00:09:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Again, it was supposedly no fresh injuries on the back of the presser, but hu any smoke and mirrors could be happening there, let's be honest. So you never know. you can't take it at face value.
Striker Performance and Goal-Scoring
00:10:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Zach, do you think, though, that five at the back and two holding midfielders is just too much skewed to that sort of park-the-bus-nil-nil style of play?
00:10:23
Zak
the No.
00:10:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Or, I mean, have we just not got enough forward options that are actually enough quality that maybe sticking that mid-10s on the pitch isn't?
00:10:30
Zak
you You said it yourself, mate, that you never thought at the beginning of the season that Paul Onolacci would be our top goalscorer. And he's only realistically been playing since January. so What else are they meant to do?
00:10:44
Zak
Again, defensively shoring us up was probably one of the most important things.
00:10:45
Oscar
Thank you.
00:10:48
Zak
We were shipping like three, four goals a game under Juric. I know it would say worked out. It's not like two goals per game, but but there were there were some horrific ones where we would just gag absolutely capitulate. I don't think... we We've tried the let's play all-out attacking football in the Premier League most of this season under various different managers. it hasn't worked properly.
00:11:08
Zak
am fine with us being defensively shored up. I don't think it's skewed towards not having chances. We we had a lot of chances the last game. We just didn't take them.
00:11:19
Zak
That's what a lot of our problems are, is that they are confident, shy in front of goal. No one really, you know, a lot of Paul's goals have been accidental. A lot of his attempts have been accidental. He's getting better, I think, personally.
00:11:32
Zak
think he'll probably do all right for us next season.
00:11:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
The last couple were on purpose, right? There was that really good header.
00:11:37
Zak
Yeah, like that's that's what I mean. is like There seat this seems to be a lot more now as well, like as I said, over time. like first First goal definitely like felt very accidental. Lots of the ball being chucked into the box and when it's gone near the goal, it's felt like it's been accidentally passed there rather than with purpose.
00:11:54
Zak
We've seen it start to get a bit more purposeful over the last couple of games. Again, it's still not going in, which is massive part of our problem throughout not just this season, but many seasons prior.
00:12:05
Zak
so yeah i don't think so I don't think that it's necessarily the way we shape it up. I think it's just the fact that we're really bad at scoring.
00:12:12
Oscar
Is this how far we've fallen that we're trying to debate whether our striker is intentionally actually trying to score the goals that he is or not?
00:12:23
Zak
it's It's mean, isn't it? i don't I think that, yes, he is trying to score goals. It just looks ridiculous sometimes, the way that he's attempting it.
00:12:29
Oscar
i know what you mean. Yeah, no, I'm agreeing with you.
Team Morale and League Standings
00:12:32
Oscar
I think it just, whether the goals he scores were intentional or not is probably more the way of putting it. To be fair, I don't, I also don't think like there's a bit of a nuance between 3-5-2 and a 5-3-2.
00:12:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:12:44
Oscar
Playing three at the back or five at the back, whatever way you look at it, isn't necessarily defensive. If you think who's, who's been our most creative player probably for the last three years, realistically, certainly,
00:12:56
Zak
God walk a piece.
00:12:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
well
00:12:57
Oscar
last year, Kyle Walker-Peters.
00:12:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:59
Oscar
He created our goal on Saturday. I wouldn't really call him a right-back.
00:13:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I think that's fair.
00:13:04
Oscar
He is more playing as a right-winger and Ryan Manning you know can get forward and can deliver. So it's not necessarily a defensive formation.
00:13:15
Oscar
has always seemed like that. And I suppose if you look at it on the face of it, five defenders and two holding mids. But it frees a bit of space up. So look, ultimately, if it's working... I'd take us drawing 0-0 versus losing 3-0 all day.
00:13:31
Oscar
If we can grind that point out.
00:13:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
but Honestly, based off of the days out I've had at St Mary's this season, nil-nil almost sounds refreshing, which is horrible say.
00:13:40
Oscar
Also, if you keep it at 0 at one end and you've got someone like Paul Onuatu at the other end, you never know. You might just be able to bounce one off his head in the last minute.
00:13:49
Zak
Craig, mate, this is just like vindication for you being like, are you really gunning for a nil-nil draw? And I've just pointed out, if we had all those nil-nil draws that I was talking about at this point, we'd be past that record.
00:13:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Weirdly, 18th.
00:14:01
Oscar
Ooh.
00:14:01
Zak
Yeah, we wouldn't stay up, but we'd be less depressed about it.
00:14:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I
00:14:03
Oscar
yeah
00:14:04
Zak
but
00:14:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
want to briefly, before we head into the break, touch on something outlandish I saw on some of the socials.
00:14:14
Zak
good.
00:14:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
if we If we beat Leicester and they don't win until but then, we go within four points of them. So does that mean that it's actually like a very real possibility that we don't get relegated in 20th?
00:14:23
Oscar
well
00:14:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:14:28
Zak
Maybe. I mean, mate, your head's in the cloud would right now.
00:14:29
Oscar
Maybe not.
00:14:32
Zak
Like, this is dream-worthy sort of speculation right now. But you're right. If Leicester continue to do what they've done so far, which is terribly, and I think they broke that scoring record of not scoring at home for like four months, right?
00:14:47
Zak
Like with their draw the other day. so But if we if we were to beat them then get a couple of draws here and there, maybe maybe in in a crazy dreamland. The problem is if we end up on points difference, i don't know if you've seen our goal difference this season,
00:14:58
Zak
But we ain't beating them on that. So...
00:14:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't need to have seen the physical number, mate. I've been there for most of that.
00:15:04
Zak
It's really bad when it gets past the But when you're in the then... I'm sorry, Greg. um sorry greg
00:15:12
Oscar
Baby steps. Goal number one. Let's get a point. Let's get one point.
00:15:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:16
Oscar
Get that done. Next step, let's hunt Leicester. Get after them.
00:15:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:20
Oscar
Next step, let's get after Ipswich.
00:15:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes. and it yeah It's all part of making this sort of pre pre-season period a much more fun experience. It's already arguably been part probably the most enjoyable part of the season.
00:15:25
Zak
okay
00:15:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
did specify it
00:15:40
Oscar
Also, I don't know if you saw today that Jamie Vardy's retired, so I don't know if that will...
00:15:40
Zak
the and I did. Yeah, but he but that might mean that he comes out and scores a hat-trick against us, because again, I'm still not not a fan ever since he injured Virgil van Gogh.
00:15:47
Oscar
a
00:15:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
wasn't retirement.
00:15:48
Oscar
Yeah.
00:15:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
he did yeah it did specify it wasn't retirement
00:15:55
Oscar
Oh, sorry, yeah.
00:15:55
Zak
Yeah, no.
00:15:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's leaving Leicester but not retiring.
00:15:56
Zak
that
00:15:56
Oscar
He's leaving.
00:15:57
Zak
He is leaving Leicester and hopes to continue his career, despite the fact that he's 38. And I feel... i What a great player. However, that retirement video... Sorry, not retirement video. Non-retirement video.
00:16:10
Zak
Bless him. That is a man who has had lots of media training and paid attention to none of it.
00:16:17
Oscar
Thank you.
00:16:19
Zak
Long may it continue. I also looked up the goal difference. Do you want to know what our current goal difference is? Just out of interest?
00:16:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know if do exactly, if I'm honest. I think it might ruin the day.
00:16:26
Zak
I think you do. I think you do. It's going to make you laugh, Greg. It's going
Reflecting on Past Seasons
00:16:30
Zak
to... Minus 54...
00:16:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh.
00:16:35
Zak
As opposed to Liverpool with plus 44.
00:16:39
Oscar
What was our goal difference in the season when we had the 9-0? Or was that in the cup? it wasn't.
00:16:44
Zak
Less.
00:16:44
Oscar
When we lost to Leicester.
00:16:46
Zak
Significantly less, because I remember we went from sort of like minus 11 to sort of minus 20 overnight. However, not as bad as where we're at now. But then again, we are also joint the worst team of all time.
00:16:54
Oscar
No.
00:16:57
Zak
sorry There you go. It could be worse. we don't At least we don't have like a star player who we love desperately who has held up the club on our shoulders for the last 10 years' leave. That happened last season.
00:17:08
Zak
but
00:17:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
you say it was at minus 54?
00:17:12
Zak
Minus 54.............
00:17:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
To put it into context, I know that it was the season where we had like that four-game period where it looked like we were never going to concede a goal again. But the year we finished sixth, only conceded 41 total. mean...
00:17:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
we only coneded forty one total
00:17:29
Zak
Do want to our total, how many we've conceded
Podcast Break: Message from Zencastr
00:17:31
Zak
this season, Greg? Battle upset even more.
00:17:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
iveen That just surprises me that we've scored 24 goals. Oh, God. Yeah.
00:17:39
Zak
you you're not wrong.
00:17:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
well
00:17:46
Oscar
how bad would it have been without Ramsdale we would have hit triple digits
00:17:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
that all
00:17:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
go
00:17:49
Zak
Minus eight.
00:17:51
Zak
Triple digits and breaking more records, mate. That's where it have Let's face it.
00:17:54
Oscar
has that been done before
00:17:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:17:55
Zak
I don't know, but it would be something for us to do. We've already broken a bunch of others. There you go. Look, Greg, I'm not going to fool you with positivity, but I will tell you that we're not the worst at stuff.
00:18:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, well, look, that's almost positive.
00:18:08
Zak
That is my positivity.
00:18:09
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We'll take that. Okay. Well, that leads us nicely into a break and a message from our partners at Zencaster. Here at the Global Sports Podcast Network, we spent a lot of time selecting our delivery platform, and Zencaster came out the clear winner.
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00:18:47
Oscar
just Just quickly before we jump onto that, I've got a table up with the worst goal differences
00:18:48
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School producers...
Historical Goal Differences
00:18:52
Oscar
in Premier League.
00:18:53
Oscar
We are currently fifth on there with minus 54.
00:18:55
Zak
Oh.
00:18:59
Oscar
Sheffield United from last season, their goal difference was minus 69, which is tied with Derby from that season. They conceded 104 goals.
00:19:12
Zak
Oh, okay, maybe it could be worse.
00:19:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
i and yeah
00:19:15
Zak
I don't know.
00:19:15
Oscar
How did they get more points than us?
00:19:18
Zak
They
00:19:20
Oscar
Bizarre.
00:19:20
Zak
they had they had they had players that could score, i.e.
00:19:20
Oscar
Anyway, sorry.
00:19:22
Zak
Ben Bereton, Diaz, Cameron Archer.
00:19:24
Oscar
and
00:19:24
Zak
We stole both of them, and it didn't work out for us.
00:19:24
Oscar
Yeah.
00:19:27
Oscar
No, it didn't.
Score Predictions and Strategies
00:19:29
Zak
So, Greg, you were saying, my friend...
00:19:31
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yes the positive part of the show over to score predictions for the weekend uh Zach, let's get out of the way first. What what are you feeling, mate?
00:19:41
Zak
No, no! Woo! Go for a solid no goals either side of the team. No one's going to get a goal in. It's going to be really, really fun. going to have lots of chances. There's going lots of, ooh, if only they'd actually shot it at the goal instead of over the bar.
00:19:56
Zak
And yeah, that's going to be it. think i feel like we've got enough we've we've done enough before to keep them out. I think that we're probably slightly defensively more shored up at this point. There's points to prove. And again, a point for us puts us over the record, which as much as they say Rusk and the players aren't thinking about, the fact that you keep getting these sort of like Taylor Harbour-Bellis coming out alive, of course we're allowed to be criticised. We're terrible at the moment.
00:20:17
Zak
they They know about it. They're thinking about it. I think that for them, would be a massive morale boost. And I think that we've only got really a couple of opportunities left to do it. We've got this game, probably Leicester. I can see us getting battered by Everton. I can see us getting battered by Arsenal. I can see us getting battered by City. So...
00:20:33
Zak
Like, we we really need to take the chances where we can. And my incredible... I think that the chance that we get, my credible prediction for this weekend, nil, nil.
00:20:44
Zak
Un pois.
00:20:47
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Alright, well, it's lost.
00:20:51
Zak
Sorry, Craig.
00:20:51
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Oscar, Oscar, give me the good news.
00:20:52
Zak
Spicy.
00:20:54
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What are you feeling this weekend?
00:20:55
Oscar
I've gone for a 1-0 win.
00:20:58
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Nice.
00:20:59
Oscar
I'm backing Rusk and Lallana to be managers at the club for the next 10 years, building on this solid solid foundation they started with.
00:20:59
Zak
Spicy.
00:21:08
Oscar
No, not quite. But I think, you know, they have started well. They've had a bit of solidity. You know, Fulham, realistically, have they got a huge amount to play for still? I don't know. I can't pretend to have looked.
00:21:19
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they can potentially still qualify for Europe in the because the eighth place can mean Conference League because European coefficients.
00:21:19
Zak
Thank you.
00:21:23
Oscar
Okay.
00:21:28
Oscar
It's just one of these nuts things up to like 10th.
00:21:32
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Yeah.
00:21:32
Oscar
Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, I think there obviously is more on the line to a certain degree for us in terms of getting that one point. They need to have... so i think I think it's possible. We've been a bit more solid recently.
00:21:46
Oscar
We can nick a 1-0 win. I'm going to go with a goal from a stat that I heard this week. The highest scoring Polish player in Premier League history. Yanni B. I'm going for a 1-0 win.
00:21:58
Oscar
Yanni B. To make it 10 goals he's scored.
00:22:00
Zak
Interesting.
00:22:00
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Yeah. where Where's that goal coming in the game? Are we having like an exciting last minute winner are we having the most painful, drawn out one in the future?
00:22:08
Oscar
I reckon solid first half, 0-0, and then 60th minute he's going to score, and then we park the bus for the rest of the game.
00:22:14
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Oh, that might still be too long. I don't know if I can take that. I don't know that's...
00:22:20
Oscar
Yeah.
00:22:24
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My blood pressure.
00:22:25
Zak
Thank you, Greg.
00:22:25
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will we go Look, I'm feeling positive. Like, we're going to build off this momentum.
00:22:28
Zak
Shocker.
00:22:30
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i I know that none of the other managers we've had this season have been able to string two performances in a row together. So, like, the history books tell us that we're going to capitulate and lose 3-1.
00:22:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I'm just getting different vibes. I'm thinking think we'll go up early. i think i think we'll go up early And then I think it will be really uncomfortable until like the 83rd minute.
00:22:59
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And then we'll just get that second goal and it will still be really uncomfortable, but at least we'll have two. just, just the vibe.
00:23:06
Oscar
All three of us have gone for a clean sheet.
00:23:09
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Yeah.
00:23:11
Zak
Yeah, I mean, but that that shows you how much has changed since the departure of both Juric and Martin.
00:23:11
Oscar
How many have we had this season? Yeah.
00:23:15
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but Yeah. Yeah. The delusion levels are high, that's for sure.
00:23:15
Oscar
yeah
00:23:20
Zak
Oh.
00:23:23
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Look, who knows what's going to happen tomorrow. I'm excited. Hopefully it's going to be a nice sunny day.
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00:23:28
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Get down to St Mary's, get back to the action, and hopefully see something better than we've seen the rest of the season because it has been dross.
00:23:38
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so
00:23:38
Zak
Hmm.
00:23:41
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Get us back into winning ways, let's hope. The pre-pre-season continues. We will be back on Monday... with our review whatever happens be it good or bad until then thank you very much guys for joining me thank you everyone for listening drop your score predictions in the comments or send it to us on the socials we we're on Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Blue Sky X, YouTube Instagram I think I said it twice that's fine
00:24:11
Zak
That's...
00:24:12
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Let us know. Send it to us on there twice. Perfect. Until Monday. Let's hope Saints don't ruin our weekend. Go on, boys.
00:24:21
Zak
Woo!