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Newcastle United v Wolves Preview
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Iain hosts Kev and Jo to dream big, then focus on tomorrow's massive clash with Wolves, which, given Tuesday's results, could lift the Toon into fourth.
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Transcript
Introduction and Guest Welcome
00:00:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Daily Newcastle. My name's Ian Mackay. I'm joined by two giggling guests. I'm probably laughing at the fact that I can't hear anything when that intro plays in my headphones.
00:00:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I've just got to guess how long it's going to take. Anyway, welcome to you, Kevin.
00:00:26
Kev
hello i'm good i'm good joe's very off putting she's uh is laughing away for me the intro started the intro started and then i didn't actually like hear it finish and it just stopped and there was that weird silence but i think when we uploaded it'll sound perfect
00:00:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Are you all right, mate? I'm going to wipe that smile off your face.
00:00:32
Jo
Sorry.
00:00:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
I will be wiped
00:00:37
Jo
Just stopped.
00:00:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah well that's that's why welcome to my world Kevin that's what I hear every time I'm also well also would like to welcome Joanne who has already been announced as being very distracting stop it Joanne concentrate we've only got half an hour where do you go with that nowhere is the answer because we've only got half an hour or so for us to preview
00:00:57
Jo
I'm very off putting apparently Ian.
Newcastle's Winning Streak and Predictions
00:01:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Newcastle against Wolverhammed Wanderers, which is played, kick off 7.30, bit early, early finish from work for me to get up in time. m Tomorrow night, Wednesday night. But it's a very, very exciting time as the new year kicks into, kicks into gear. Middle full, full midweek programme, which is nice. So we'll have a, we'll have more guys to chase tomorrow night.
00:01:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
because I think Forrest, Chelsea and Liverpool are all playing tonight. But we're sitting pretty. We've won eight out of eight. My first question to you lot, you pair, is how far can we take this winning streak? Kevin, we've got eight out of eight. Where are we going with it?
00:02:00
Kev
I'd love it to be 10 out of 10 because these next two home games I think obviously we're gonna talk about wolves quite a bit but look at now I've looked at form from m2 teams It looks a lot trickier than what I initially thought it was and how long can it last? Let's go I think we'll get to the end of January. I don't, we'll get the end of January. we Just keep winning. Keep winning. We're in good form. We're very, very confident. It looks like a lot of the players have a confidence back and fluidity and our play looked like we're pressing really well. And I think what was really impressive wrote was the cup game against Bromley was maybe we do have a little bit more strength and depth from what we realized. Lewis and Miley looked fantastic. Granted it's against league two opposition. Asula looks like he's ready for maybe more than five, 10 minutes at the end.
00:02:46
Kev
and And it looks like Dubravka might be staying. So yeah, I think we've got to try and aim. I mean, Eddie Howe's answer would be one game at a time, but I think we've got to try and just aim every game possible, every game possible when there's noisy games in the Premier League. Well, I've said that before.
00:03:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, the thing is that he's equaled. if you can beat wolves tomorrow, Eddie Howe will have equaled nine wins on the banks, which is something in recent years that only, Rafa and Kevin Keegan have achieved. So I'm with you, Kev. I think, I think we can go all the way through to the end of January.
Upcoming Matches and Strategy
00:03:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
The, uh, just to, just to be put a bit more detail on that, that's a home game tomorrow against wolves Bournemouth on Saturday.
00:03:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
away at Southampton and then a home game against Fulham. That takes us through to the end of January. Joanne, are we going to end up 12 out of 12? Very Manchester City-like.
00:03:42
Jo
Yes, I did predict and I think it was just because I wanted it obviously to happen when we were five in a row that we were going to make the ten. then had quite an interesting talk on wonderful Facebook where I'd put it and some guy came on and went well if we'll make it a ten surely we'll do eleven because then that's the Southampton game and I had to go back to him and I was like look I'm not gonna lie I've based this on the fact I would just love us to get double figures. I says yes all right I would still expect us to go down to Southampton and get something but then when you look at it and like you've just said I expect us then to then get a result at Fulham so are we going to go at 12?
00:04:15
Jo
Wouldn't it be unreal? Are we asking too much? Are we expecting too much? Yes and no.
00:04:19
Kev
Probably, when Newcastle fans, we are probably expecting too much.
00:04:20
Jo
I'm going to see. Yeah of course. But it's it's out of excitement. i don't think like I'll be honest, if we drop any points and any in any of these next four games, I'm not going to be mad at them. Songs have tried, by the way. If they don't try and would drop points, that's the only time I get mad at the team, I've got to be honest. But if we try in the next four games and we drop some points, we can't complain, man. We, just cant we by the way, probably won't, as we know some other people will.
00:04:42
Jo
but
00:04:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes. Yes. I'm not sure that we are. overstretching ourselves if you look at these four games coming up and you compare them to a home game against Aston Villa and a away matches at Manu, Tottenham and Arsenal and let's let's get real you know the yeah the team that will be playing Wolves tomorrow night should be strengthened from the team that won 2-0 at Arsenal we've got Bruno coming back and we've got Fab Shah back into the mix so we will talk about our
00:05:17
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possible lineups in part two, but I just was interested to see what you thought where we thought
Impact of Success and Possible Treble
00:05:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
we could go. I don't think it has to end at the end of January personally, because I think we've then got the the Arsenal game, have we not?
00:05:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
In the Carabao Cup, and then we've got an away match against Birmingham in the FA Cup.
00:05:29
Kev
Yep.
00:05:30
Jo
yeah
00:05:32
Kev
And Birmingham away.
00:05:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's probably,
00:05:39
Jo
That's 14 now.
00:05:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
let yeah, then then we play away.
00:05:41
Kev
We're going to win the league.
00:05:42
Jo
It gets better.
00:05:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Then we play away.
00:05:43
Jo
Or just...
00:05:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, then we play away at Manchester City, which you'd think that might be yeah where you'd probably settle to to take a draw. However, if we can get turned over a lot in recent months, so why not?
00:05:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why not? We can dream. We can dream. So let's just say that we do have a run like that, and we do beat Arsenal, or draw, well get through to the final of the Carabao Cup, and we win at Birmingham.
00:06:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is the treble on?
00:06:12
Kev
Yeah.
00:06:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Joanne, I'm going to come to you first this time.
00:06:13
Jo
Come on, if we go 14 in a row, I mean, that's that's no longer being dreaming, is it? That's like that's some serious business, that man. 14 in a row, like, now it just appears like it's a dream, because we're on eight and we're like, ooh, 14.
00:06:27
Jo
But imagine if we actually make it 14 in a row. I don't know, I'm hyper enough on eight, never mind 14.
00:06:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
So do you think, way in are we in line then? Is it worth, is it worth us digging out the presumably four figure odds that we would get for Newcastle to complete a Carabao Cup, FA Cup, Premier League treble?
00:06:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
It might be the first person who's predicting us to win.
00:06:47
Jo
Well, I've already put one on for the league.
00:06:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:51
Kev
Oh my goodness gracious me.
00:06:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why not? I don't, I don't, I don't see why that half the season left and we're five points behind our Arsenal we've and we've got them to play. Chelsea and Arsenal are throwing points away like it's Christmas and and Liverpool are due to have their period where the wheels come off a little bit and we've still got them to play as well.
00:07:09
Jo
Yeah.
00:07:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't see why not. Why not keep it going? Let's win six the next six and see where the table is then and then we can decide. We can decide having I think be knocked out of the two cups and not picked up any more points when we were just dreaming tonight when we thought about a treble.
00:07:28
Kev
I can, I can add, I can add another little spin and a bit of positivity in the back.
00:07:32
Kev
The Liverpool have forest away in Brentford away the next two. I'm in the back of the So the Champions League games start up again. That's going to distract them by the time we'll get to like, I think we play Liverpool on the 26th of February playing man city three days before that.
00:07:41
Jo
Yep.
00:07:47
Kev
and not that I'm getting excited or looking ahead they're challenging from a title or anything but when that happens who knows yeah imagine sir Eddie Howell wins the league cup the FA Cup in the league and we're going to go all the way back to about I don't know 25 episodes ago now when I'm sat there having a go at the minority in Newcastle fans saying what is going on wanting Eddie Howell and he's sat there being knighted and he's literally got a statue outside of St James's that would be a wonderful feeling
00:07:52
Jo
Oh man.
00:08:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Uh, I think you're right.
00:08:17
Jo
and
00:08:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think you're right. Now, um, I have one thing is absolutely for certain. If we do win these, these four games coming up before the end of January, which all look super, super winnable as long as, as long as they take them one game at a time, you will not be getting 190 to one for them to win the league, which is what you got.
00:08:36
Jo
That's what I got for the gym.
00:08:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Isn't it Joe? I had to make two 160 to one, but, uh, you know, why not? Why not?
00:08:44
Jo
Drinks on us, you know?
00:08:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
and um'm I am, I'm very, very excited, very excited indeed.
00:08:46
Jo
Party at the end of the season.
00:08:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
And yeah, let's, uh, let's put the wind up Liverpool for the last couple of months of the season by beating them in the Caravale Cup final as well.
Team Changes for Wolves Match
00:08:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm going to pause slightly early then, uh, and I'm talk.
00:08:58
Kev
Let's just get past wolves.
00:09:02
Jo
We've turned. Kev is usually the habit lover.
00:09:04
Kev
I'm really happy, but i just wolves are in good form.
00:09:07
Jo
You know you're scared.
00:09:08
Kev
Wolves are in good form and it it would be typical in Newcastle, wouldn't it, to have such a good run of form and then, you know.
00:09:08
Jo
I know. I know.
00:09:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're going to, we're going to,
00:09:12
Jo
one
00:09:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're going to talk about wolves in part two, Kevin. All right. Let's just have this first, this first part dreaming of something that, by the way, one thing I did here, this is only the second time in history that Newcastle, the treble has actually been on for Newcastle because usually when the FA Cup starts, we're already knocked out of the League Cup.
00:09:37
Kev
Ooh.
00:09:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
It has only happened twice before. So yeah, it should be celebrated and wished for. And wished for all your people who were who were who were getting birthday cakes given to them and the rest of it. Anyone's snapping a wishbone, you know what to ask for. Look, I'm going to pause there and ask Joanne to give us the Zencaster ad and we'll come back and we'll actually talk about tomorrow night's match.
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00:10:06
Jo
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00:10:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Lovely. Thank you very much, Joanne. I feel I must just apologize to all of our lady listeners who tune in in the evening to hear me read the adverts and send them to sleep with a warm feeling that when I'm hosting, I don't get a chance to read any of the adverts.
00:10:35
Jo
Thanks.
00:10:49
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However, if you drop us a line in the yeah in the comments section, I'm more than happy to record your very own bedtime message free of charge.
00:10:55
Kev
Oh no.
00:10:58
Kev
Ian's got ladies swollen.
00:10:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, back to part two.
00:11:00
Jo
It can't promote your bedtime messages.
00:11:02
Kev
There's people driving to work this morning, right? And they've just listened to that for me and they've just swooned. They've just like literally swerved into another car, not knowing what came over them.
00:11:08
Jo
no
00:11:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Uh, man, I tell you what, look, part, part one, part one was one section of my mind in dream world.
00:11:12
Kev
Wow. What a guy.
00:11:14
Jo
what
00:11:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then part two, it started with part two, but, uh, yeah, anyways, part two, we're going to talk about, Newcastle's home game against the wolves tomorrow night.
00:11:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Lots of interesting stuff. We are in absolutely superlative form. Surely Eddie's not going to disrupt a disruptor winning team.
00:11:33
Jo
Oh no.
00:11:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
However, I think he is bound to, as I said, When we beat Arsenal, we beat Tottenham, Fabian Shaw was were suspended for two games. Does he come back?
00:11:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
And if so, who does he replace? And our captain, Bruno, was missing from the Arsenal win. Surely he's going to come back as well. But that'll be up to Eddie, won't it?
00:11:55
Jo
Yeah.
00:11:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do you think, Kev? Where are we going with our team?
00:12:01
Kev
I think you're bang on to be fairfing Bruno has to come back in, and I also think Sean needs to come back in. I think with Sean, it's interesting, because there are some fans talking about, does he stick with Botman and Byrne? Let's face it, they've done very well when they've just been chucked together. However, I think it's a good time for how – he's already started dropping hints, hasn't he? I listened to the pre-match conference today.
00:12:23
Kev
press conference and he's already saying about he has to be careful for what Botman he did kind of chuck him in at the deep end played two full 90 minutes had Bromley off he needs to just manage his minutes a little bit more so I think that's him hinting maybe at the fans maybe a little bit for for Botman he's probably already had the conversation with Botman or Botman already knows and But I think that's him hinting of, let's just be careful with Butman, Bern's done nothing wrong and Bern and Shaw have got us this far. I mean, we are, you know, in Dreamland, that part one when we're talking about, you know, the treble and potentially pushing Liverpool if we keep this form going, which, by the way,
00:12:58
Kev
I know we are getting a bit carried away, but it's not beyond the realms of possibility to win the next three or four. Exactly like we said in part one. So if we are doing that, man, I think it would be very harsh to disrupt Sean Byrne since that's been the partnership pretty much all season and so far. And I think Botman's got to be patient, get his way back in. And what I think is really going to be tough for Eddie is That season we finished four fourth when it was Botman, Shaw and then Byrne was a left-back.
00:13:24
Kev
I don't think Byrne's ever gone back a left-back now for two reasons. The main one, he's been a amazing, and absolutely fantastic.
00:13:31
Jo
so
00:13:32
Kev
It's sent a half and the second one is Ian Schurt, Lewis Hall.
00:13:36
Jo
Yes.
00:13:36
Kev
So, there is absolutely, there it is, there it is, there's absolutely no chance and is Byrne going back a left-back.
00:13:37
Jo
Show it in.
00:13:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely. Have you seen that all right? There he is, the boys.
00:13:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Totally, a totally unlicensed Newcastle United product, but hey, some of them are just so funny you've got to have them, haven't you?
00:13:51
Jo
You too.
00:13:52
Kev
Yeah I agree.
00:13:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, you've done the centre halves there, Kev. That's fabulous. I'm going to switch across to Joanne and ask if Luna comes back. Who comes out of the midfield?
00:14:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is it obvious?
00:14:08
Jo
Well, yeah, you've got to go back to a three of Big George and Ollie and Bruno, haven't we really?
00:14:08
Kev
I think it is.
00:14:12
Jo
That's got to be the starting three in the middle again.
00:14:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you don't think Lewis Miley might have made a pitch to get a start.
00:14:17
Jo
oh look he was great don't get me wrong but no is my very quick answer on that no I don't know I don't think he would expect to either to be fair you'll be on the bench and I would like to see him come on and get some minutes as the kind of game goes on but no I don't think he should start at all and Bruno's got to come straight back in and I would drop Botman for Cher based on exactly what Kev's just said I'll be honest because let's get real Botman wouldn't have came in and played all those minutes if Cher wasn't suspended anyway
00:14:18
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and so
00:14:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
swear
00:14:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's true.
00:14:45
Jo
so yeah he's he's had a lot more minutes and he would have expected to coming back from injury put it that way
00:14:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think Shah has got to come back and I don't think he can reward Dan Byrne for being the player of the season so far by leaving him out. I think I agree Shah Byrne and Botman on the bench. But I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't get a more than just a little 10 minute cameo from Miley.
00:15:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know, uh, you know, Bruno's had a couple of games off or a game off, but we finished at 10 o'clock on Wednesday night and the back out again, sat at the lunchtime to play a very tough match against Ormers.
00:15:23
Kev
you know That's going to be when there might be some changes.
00:15:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, could easily be some game management there. Here's hope we can get two or three ahead and then he can rest to gnarly and bring Miley on for the last half an hour.
00:15:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
That would be lovely. I'd love to see that. Anyway, our opposition, Wolves, not the pushovers that they were in the first part of the season anymore. The change managers five games ago.
00:15:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think they are unbeaten in that five. so No, sorry, they were unbeaten in the first four.
00:15:50
Kev
We've lost one, one in the last five.
00:15:52
Jo
So just forest here.
00:15:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
They look like they got stuffed against Forrest, but I watched that match and it it was tough. They had a number of chances to equalize and take the lead, with none of which they took.
00:16:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then Forrest killed him twice on the break in the second half. And it looks a bit over one sided three nil away win, but that was just a really professional, typical forest job. And after man city in February, by the way, we've got forest coming back to St. James's. So I think that two wins in those two games. And I really am going to start dreaming about winning the league title. who are you most worried about in this wolves team then? Joanne.
00:16:35
Jo
Is Kunya still out, isn't he? He's not playing.
00:16:37
Kev
No, Konya's not banned yet.
00:16:37
Jo
Is that right?
00:16:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Kounya will play. Kounya's back.
00:16:41
Jo
Oh, he is playing like Kunya.
00:16:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:44
Jo
oh that
00:16:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, when we talk when we talk when we talked to the Wolves guys last night, I was surprised. Kounya is not one of their front three.
00:16:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's a midfielder that sits as an advanced number 10, but he's not in that front three. But yeah, go on. Kounya, I agree with you.
00:17:00
Jo
no
00:17:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Kounya is a surreal danger man.
00:17:04
Jo
It was sticking with the front, I'll be honest, because I was going to say that He Chan, he seems to... He's a strange one, I haven't seen enough of them, if it's so funny, because obviously, I know you said you watched the Forret Wolves game, I didn't, and I don't watch a lot of Wolves, I've got to be honest, so anything I know of any of their players is purely off highlights and stuff, so he seems like a bit of a nippy player, don't know too much about him, but enough there where I could be concerned, he's getting goals.
00:17:19
Kev
hmm huang huang hicam
00:17:26
Jo
So, I don't know, maybe him.
00:17:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
um,
00:17:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's the one that they would change, I think. They've got a couple of young kids that that are doing really well on either wing, whose names escape me. This shows some brilliant research, doesn't it?
00:18:01
Jo
i
00:18:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
What about you, Kev? Can you remember those two guys that I'm thinking of?
00:18:02
Jo
Well, the tomato as well.
00:18:03
Kev
after and I've I've watched quite a bit ah ah quite a bit of Wolves. I actually quite like Wolves' team. There's a lot of players that I think are very underrated.
00:18:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:11
Kev
You've got the two full backs, Aitnuri and I know against Spurs, I watched them against Spurs.
00:18:15
Jo
Yep.
00:18:17
Kev
I played like a five at the back, and that sometimes causes us problems.
00:18:18
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:18:21
Kev
and It gives Murphy a lot to do, especially if Aitnuri, the left back, or the left wing back, I should say, and is going to bomb on like he does.
00:18:21
Jo
Yeah.
00:18:29
Kev
He's a very good technical player as well. Samedo, Joe mentioned very briefly before, he's got a lot of pace and in a very good cross on him at times, the cross either goes absolutely miles into the rosette or it seems to be like a echomess cross, there is no, doesn't seem to be much consistency there but definitely a danger man. I do like Cunha, I think he's he's just an unbelievable player, I'd love him at Newcastle actually, if Wolves were to go down, fingers crossed we do, we could maybe pinch him off them.
00:18:56
Kev
and And like you said, you've you've got you've then got Huang Hee Chan, who is in really good form. You've got Burn Larson, who is... I'm not as worried about him. This could be famous last words, but you've got Big Dan Burnet with Bach, who's a very physical centre-half. And obviously, Larson is a very physical centre-half. He's a bit of an old-fashioned throwback, isn't he? A big man with you know decent feet for a big man. I've heard that chucked around with him before. so
00:19:19
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I do remember him sailing past Dan Byrne for their goal when we beat them 2-1.
00:19:23
Jo
Heh heh.
00:19:23
Kev
Yeah, not going to happen again.
00:19:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
We were rather fortunate to beat them 2-1 at their place early in the season.
00:19:25
Kev
Not going to happen again. Not going to happen again. What I think is important, I think where for me, the game where we could hurt them is probably their defense.
00:19:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:19:33
Kev
You've got Dawson, Bueno, Dougherty. They're very gettable or get atable, just making up words now in my opinion.
00:19:38
Jo
Yeah.
00:19:41
Kev
Their midfield look strong, but again, am I really going to worry about their midfield? They've got Andrei, Brazilian at national, by the way, very good center midfielder. Alongside Joe Gomez, who again, pretty much came in and picked up a mantle from that old Wolves team when they had Mutinho and Neves, Gomez is kind of a new breed of them.
00:20:00
Kev
And and alongside Andrei, they're quite a good midfield pairing, but again, It's home at St James's, I'm not going to be worried about midfield because we've got, you know, the three golden boys in at the moment.
00:20:07
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Thank
00:20:11
Kev
I think what worries me is if I play five at the back, I could restrict Gordon and Murphy.
00:20:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
you.
00:20:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:20:16
Kev
And I'm also thinking we can get at their centre-halves, especially with these acting the form he's in. If you can get a dose in Bueno and Dr D, come on, they they're the ones we've got to be targeting.
00:20:22
Jo
Yeah.
00:20:26
Kev
But they could be very dangerous on the break.
00:20:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, yeah.
00:20:27
Kev
It stinks of Forest last season. This game stinks of Forest last season and because they look very good on the counter.
00:20:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think Dawson's out, by the way, from what they said last night. And instead they've got, an Ivory Coast international, but they've picked up from Ren for 15 million euros, six foot five looks quite nippy, quite strong. They chucked it in them and they won in the FA cup on at Bristol city.
00:20:53
Kev
Yeah.
00:20:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Uh, and he performed very well. So that, so that it's, it's a disrupted back five or central three, but they have got a new kind there.
00:20:59
Kev
What, yeah, what, what I find amazing about wolves is how, however, wherever you are, like you look at the bench as well, you've got like Rodrigo Gomez. He looks a very good player, very clever. I like Bella God, Bella God's tricky, but again, he's very hit and miss.
00:21:13
Kev
Tommy Doyle. I liked last season. Haven't seen much of him this season with them two midfielders. Wolves on paper have a very good team. And I think that's why I'm a little bit like, Oh, we could hurt us.
00:21:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:23
Jo
Yeah.
00:21:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, this is a, this is, this is the danger.
00:21:23
Kev
we could it's It's just their defense. I feel like their defense is their weak, weak, weak link in the minute. That's where we've got to try and hurt them.
00:21:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
The defense was apparently O'Neill was playing people out of position. Lamina moved back to play center a half and he's not even a defender. He's a midfielder when there were fit center half sitting on the bench.
00:21:40
Kev
Mm hmm.
00:21:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
and now They never got, they never got hammered in that first part of the season. They were always in games. I think, yeah, I think we should have too much speed and pace for them to be just sort of like holding out, but then you'd say the same about the West Ham defence, wouldn't you?
00:21:57
Kev
yeah
00:21:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not that I want to put a downer on everything. So, yeah, they've got plenty of players who can hurt us. Of course, there's one player who's already scored a last minute winner for Wolves against Newcastle at St.
00:22:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
James's Park, and I was there and it made Jim cry when he was only 10, I think. That was so what do you call him? Doherty. It's called a header at the back post in the injury time for them to win, which was dreadful.
00:22:20
Kev
if Yeah.
00:22:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
I nearly cried. But yeah, he's not going to... Lightning doesn't strike twice, does it? I'm going to pause there. Wolves, we're scaring ourselves just thinking about how many good players they've got. So we're not going to talk about them anymore.
00:22:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
What we're going to do is ask Evan to give us the GSPN advert.
00:22:41
Kev
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00:23:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you for that. I care if you froze through that and all I heard was podcasts at the end of it. So you came back just in the nick of time.
00:23:11
Jo
I heard it all.
00:23:11
Kev
Fantastic.
00:23:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Otherwise, I'll be sitting here.
00:23:12
Jo
You're good.
00:23:12
Kev
yeah
00:23:14
Jo
It's recorded.
00:23:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good. m Right.
00:23:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Who wants to dive straight into predictions or have you got any more observations that you'd like to make about our game against wolves?
00:23:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you think the wheels would come off if we did? If we did somehow get turned over, or a boring one-all draw or something tomorrow and a disappointing performance, is that the end of the good run, or or or are we able to have a blip and come back?
00:23:39
Jo
No.
00:23:39
Kev
Yeah.
00:23:42
Kev
No, I that but think we're we're more than capable of coming back.
00:23:42
Jo
Yeah.
00:23:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do you think, Kev?
00:23:45
Kev
I think we've already had a blip and come back. I think we've shown we already can this season.
00:23:47
Jo
Yeah.
00:23:49
Kev
And and and again, i was I was probably overly positive during that blip and now you're in lots of people listening who are Newcastle fans. Look, what whatever happens against Wolves, I can personally i know that Eddie Howe will be prepared.
00:24:04
Kev
He will not take Wolves lightly. He said in the press conference again and today, But Pereira's really got this Wolf Squad playing now. And that's what made me look at the Wolf Squad. And I was thinking, oh my God, how are they 17th? They have an unbelievable squad. What's been going on there? But again, there's more of an insight on that on yesterday's episode with but the Wolf crossover. So look for me.
00:24:25
Kev
I think we will win still, but I don't think it's going to be as easy as everybody thinks. I think we'll be a level of expectation tomorrow at the stadium with the so-called casual fans of, well, we can beat Tottenham away. We can beat my new away. This is Wolves at home. We're going to battle them, but it's a very dangerous game. and i think It all depends on how they approach it. If they approach it and try and hurt us on my counter, a little bit like Nottingham Forest did last season, I could really cause us problems. I'm not saying it would beat us and I'm not saying we wouldn't be able to cope with it because we are very good and we're in good form ourselves. and But that could really hurt us. But personally, I think it's their back line, like you said, and talking to the Wolves guys.
00:25:02
Kev
It's been disrupted. We haven't got any sort of partnership or link up really there yet. And we're halfway through the season. So can we make the most of that? Can we get EZAC dropping in between the lines, running up them center halves, Gordon on one side, Murphy. and but I think that could cause them. That's where the game is going to be won or lost for me. How much work do we create for their center halves? If we create a lot, I think we'll win. If we don't do enough, then I think we might be maybe in a little bit of trouble. But that's why I think the game is going to be won or lost tonight.
00:25:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think I'm still right in saying that Wolves have conceded more goals than anybody else in the Premier League.
00:25:32
Jo
Yeah.
00:25:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's how bad their defence has been. But they have also scored their second or third highest scorers as well. So yeah, I agree Kev, I agree with what you're saying.
00:25:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Are you going to give us a prediction after your little monologue there?
00:25:52
Kev
Yeah, I'm gonna go... I think we will concede eventually because I think we've got too many good forward-going players. But I think we'll have enough about us. I think we'll win 2-1.
00:26:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Who won? Excellent. Before you get a chance to do your prediction, have a chat, by the way, Joanne, I'm going to say from last night's pod, my prediction was 3-1. So you can't have that.
00:26:15
Jo
Never.
00:26:15
Kev
shock no it didn't go up for a free one did he the original Michael gone where's his twin brother
00:26:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Michael's prediction was a 4-1 because he thinks we'll have way too much up front and Ezax on fire.
00:26:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know. I had to check. I had to check it was Michael.
00:26:27
Jo
Who swapped Michael?
00:26:29
Jo
What's going on?
00:26:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
I had to check it was Michael. I think he was abducted by aliens.
00:26:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's been abducted by aliens.
00:26:35
Jo
Did he get a lobotomy for Christmas?
00:26:37
Jo
He got...
00:26:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, Joanne, how do you say, what's your prediction for this game?
00:26:42
Jo
Well,
00:26:46
Jo
Well, I'm a bit like Kev, I'll be honest. ah like Look, the first part of this pod was great. like We went into Dreamland, we started talking about winning like 14 and beyond and all this sort of thing. and And it was beautiful, it really was. But we'll have got a more sensible heads-on. and I do think we're still winning, but yes, I'm not one of those fans that's gonna go into tomorrow's game and think it's gonna be easy. I don't think it's gonna be easy.
00:27:07
Jo
they'll take it to us they'll want it's almost like i think some teams might want to almost beat us and want to prove a point now because we're on such a run they want to be the team to break the run i know that sounds daft but yeah it might not sound that daft at the same time yeah um i've got to admit kev
00:27:17
Kev
Yeah, definitely.
00:27:21
Kev
Doesn't sound good.
00:27:23
Jo
I was going to say 2-1. The other alternative would have been 3-1, but I never want to take 3-1 because it's always Ian's bet.
00:27:29
Kev
Goal 3-2.
00:27:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:27:31
Jo
No, I don't want them to score 2, man. I'm not predicting that. like And then Michael's took 4-1. I honestly don't believe it's going to be 5-1, so I can't go 2-0 here.
00:27:39
Kev
1-0.
00:27:41
Jo
No, I reckon they will score. I reckon there's going to be goals on each side, I do reckon.
00:27:45
Kev
You have 2-1, I'll go 3-2.
00:27:45
Jo
but But I reckon it's going to be 2 on where we'll go 2-0 up and then they'll score. So it's going to be like a... And then it'll be squeaky bum time because we'll start thinking, oh, is this the game? That's going to be the one, but we'll not. We'll see it out. So that's kind of my prediction on how tomorrow's going to go.
00:28:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think it's Brentford again. I think we will go three up after an hour and coast and they'll get a last minute one. That's what I think.
00:28:09
Kev
Oh.
00:28:10
Jo
I mean, I'd prefer yours, by the way.
00:28:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
but you know, you know, Michael had some, uh, East with the last three times we played them, we've won all three and we're an aggregate score of six goals to one.
00:28:13
Kev
I prefer Maegels, 4-1 would be amazing.
00:28:15
Jo
Well, true. Yeah, actually, yeah, it is a bit better.
00:28:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we should, we should be favorites.
00:28:29
Kev
This is a different wolves orb, it's a new manager bounce.
00:28:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
We are, we are good favorites.
00:28:31
Jo
I'm going 2-0. Right, they're not scoring. I'm going 2-0. There we go. I'll be different. 2-0.
00:28:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
So Joanne's going 2-0 and Kev's had about four goes, so he can claim whichever one it is that he was right. And that's all right. We like to give Kev as much of a hand as possible, you know. He just need all of the help that he can get.
00:28:49
Kev
I need all the help I can get here.
00:28:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, look, they're trying to buy a bus and a carer to get Kev out to the coast one weekend in the summer.
00:28:55
Kev
Please donate to the Kev Fund. That's what's coming next.
00:28:58
Jo
Go fund me at the end of this pod.
00:29:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
It'll be lovely.
00:29:07
Kev
Yes, please, people.
00:29:08
Kev
Any help would be much appreciated.
00:29:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
not not Not before the summer though, because he'll be watching the Newcastle matches before then. um um Thank you very much indeed for your input, Kevin, and for your input too, Joanne.
00:29:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
That was fun. I hope our lovely listeners thought it was fun as well.
00:29:21
Jo
Thank you.
00:29:23
Jo
It was.
00:29:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
A big hello to everybody listening in from America. We're now growing quite strongly transatlanticly.
00:29:32
Kev
usa let's say U.C.
00:29:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we are more than welcome. to invite us to any city in the United States for us to host our podcast from there. We'd love to come and we'd love to come and see you.
00:29:46
Jo
If anyone's rich and want to fly yourself...
00:29:48
Kev
And would love to come and watch and watch an NFL game.
00:29:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Fly us out.
00:29:52
Kev
NFL game would be amazing.
00:29:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right.
00:29:53
Jo
Particularly the Washington Redskins, by the way, people who are absolutely smashing at the minute.
00:29:56
Kev
No, Philly Eagles, Philadelphia Eagles.
00:29:57
Jo
Don't you dare start! Oh, we're big rivals then.
00:30:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right.
00:30:01
Jo
Didn't realise he liked the Eagles.
00:30:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
We yeah we're looking for an American.
00:30:02
Kev
Rob Beagles.
00:30:03
Jo
Revelation there, Kev.
00:30:05
Kev
then
00:30:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're looking for an American hairy godfather to pay for five flights for us to come and do our podcast over there with you.
00:30:11
Kev
I've had a different podcast now.
00:30:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
That'd be great.
00:30:14
Kev
I feel like I've been transported from daily Newcastle to like Amazon Wishlist Podcast.
00:30:14
Jo
Why is he hairy?
00:30:20
Kev
There's an idea for a podcast.
00:30:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. A wishlist podcast. Anyway, thank you very much all for tuning in. Here's hoping our three positive predictions, one of us is right. And we, we go nine out of nine onwards and upwards.
00:30:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
We will be back to review the game tomorrow.
00:30:44
Jo
Thank you.