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Crossover Special: Newcastle vs Arsenal
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Iain hosts JD, Rodney and Craig from the Daily Arsenal to preview Sunday's Premier League clash. Will it prove (as in recent games) to be a home banker or will Arsenal reproduce their smash and grab performance at Old Trafford on the opening day of the season.
Much fat is chewed over transfer window performance and the first 5 games of the Premier League. Iain thinks 2-0 again, the Arsenal boys beg to differ
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Introduction and Match Preview
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Craig matthews
No,
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Welcome to the Daily Newcastle podcast. My name's Ian McKay. I'm your host.
Arsenal Fans' Perspectives
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Newcastle won Arsenal three. And I'm making a prediction for Sunday's game. I'm trying to actually tell you. What the facts are that there's me here for Newcastle and I'm joined by three of Arsenal's finest, JD, Rodney and Greggy.
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How are you boys? And thanks for joining me.
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah, we're good. Thanks for having us in. Appreciate it.
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JD
yeah Thank you, man.
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Rodney Gooden
Oof.
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JD
Thank you.
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Rodney Gooden
yeah
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I know, it's a bit tough, isn't it? i i Where do I start? Where do I start?
Arsenal's Premier League Performance
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We will talk a little bit of Newcastle, but we're probably going to talk a lot about Arsenal. But then as a Premier League fan, I'm very interested in Arsenal.
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um Second for each of the last three years. Of course, he could have been pipped for second had we managed to win at your place to the second game from last last season.
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Rodney Gooden
so
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We still remember that. m
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Craig matthews
Mm-hmm.
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It's all right. It's just something we remember, all right, because you never get that close when you're in your castle fan. um First and foremost, we were talking beforehand.
Transfer Window Highlights
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I was very impressed with the Arsenal transfer window.
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JD
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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And then you went and bought Ezi and Hinncapier as well.
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JD
yeah
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You guys must be buzzing with the way you've strengthened your squad. How has it shaped up? who's Who's got into the team and made a ah ah big impression to start with an and who you're disappointed with?
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Rodney Gooden
Ooh.
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Any one of yous?
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Rodney Gooden
I think it's an interesting because I think disappointed, ah i haven't really seen anyone I'm really disappointed with. If there's one disappointment, it's the fact that Piero Hincapie is injured and I was really excited by what I saw in the Bilbao game that six minutes and I'm disappointed in sense that he's not getting more game time.
00:02:05
Rodney Gooden
But for everyone else that we've picked up, I think no, everyone's been really impressive. There's been no poor performances.
Player Performances and Injuries
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Rodney Gooden
There's been a few surprises too. I think Christian Mosquera coming in there and deputizing for William Saliba was probably the biggest surprise.
00:02:17
Rodney Gooden
Came in there immediately after that level four game and I
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It was a a block ah ah bargain, wasn't it?
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah.
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JD
Yeah, yeah, that's, you know.
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Rodney Gooden
13 million. Yeah. and
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JD
Yeah.
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Rodney Gooden
And it's looking like we might need to go back and give him some more money. It's ridiculous. Yeah. Really, really impressive talent. ah Very, very surprised his performances. And I think with Noni Madiweke as well, like I, again, you know, KD and I talk about this too, like both kind of rated him while he was at Chelsea, but you know, there was a lot of kind of kerfuffle with a lot of the Arsenal fans.
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JD
yeah
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Rodney Gooden
A lot of people weren't happy with that signing.
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and
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Rodney Gooden
And I think he was one of the players that came in there, hit the ground running immediately and looks a very different player. So that's been something to really watch and be
Squad Depth Concerns
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Rodney Gooden
impressed by. Yeah.
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but I mean, he looks a totally different player. I mean, you know, Madueke was somebody that we that we were linked with because everybody knew we needed to strengthen on the right wing.
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JD
Yeah.
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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but But they talked about Semenyo and they talked about Alanga.
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Craig matthews
Thank you.
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Seriously, talked about Mbwemo.
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JD
yeah
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There was a long list of players before Madueke. I mean, he would kind of been He'd nearly have been as bad as signing Nicholas Jackson as a centre-forward, which we didn't want to do either.
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Rodney Gooden
ah
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and But Madweke is a different player at Arsenal, a different player for England as well, which is which is where I'm first exposed to how how fantastic he has hit the ground running. But he's got injured, which is a shame.
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JD
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
How long has he out for?
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Rodney Gooden
yeah I think they need to do some scans early next week to really estimate it.
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JD
Yeah.
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Rodney Gooden
But the story we heard when the injury news came out was it could be up to two months, could be a bit shorter than that. We'll find out next week when the kind of real diagnosis comes out, but it's probably going to be a fair few games. So a bit disappointing.
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Rodney Gooden
I guess you could say one positive is Saka's now just come back, but I don't really like the one in, one out policy. It makes me want to wrap Saka up in bubble wrap.
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JD
Yeah.
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Wow, that's...
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JD
yeah
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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Yeah, but that is the that is the power of the squad, though, isn't it?
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Rodney Gooden
yeah
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And that's what you've done.
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Rodney Gooden
True.
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You've not just improved...
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JD
That's what we needed.
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I'm not sure you've improved a lot of the quality of the first-team squad, although Jokeres is a player didn't have in that first-team squad, centre-forward.
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JD
why
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah.
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But you've certainly improved the depth so that you could take it ah an injury or two and in your stride without
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Rodney Gooden
hmm
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without it affecting the line-up. Now, I'm a little bit sympathetic about what happened to Maduike,
Impact of Key Injuries
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but what about buying a centre-forward, paying twice as much as he's worth, and sending him off to play an international game, and him coming back with a six-week knee injury before he's even trained with the squad?
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Rodney Gooden
hmm
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Because that's what we've done with Wissler. Apparently, Wissett and Jacob Ramsey, who managed a half before Sean Longstaff, of all people, crunched his ankle and put him out for two months. They're both due back at the end of the second international break.
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Rodney Gooden
Hmm.
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JD
wow
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But between them, we've seen him play for 40 minutes. and Not to worry. We made other signings. We've got a good squad.
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Rodney Gooden
Hmm.
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Our depth is there as well.
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Rodney Gooden
Hmm.
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and what about What about you, Craigie? Who's the best of the eight signings in your book?
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Craig matthews
might awaken mascara
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Yeah. Yeah. They have been fab. They have been really, really good.
Season Start Overview
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So, how the how's the start of the season? Just to encapsulate for the Newcastle listeners, if they don't know, Arsenal have stuffed Leeds and Forest at home.
00:05:29
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They were, I don't know if you'll agree with this, as a neutral watching, you quite fortunate to win at Old Trafford. I thought that was a really good game.
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Both teams played well. um Controlled the game against Liverpool and ended up losing it.
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:05:44
Rodney Gooden
Yep.
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We all know what that's like.
00:05:46
Rodney Gooden
Yep.
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and then And I escaped, I think, with a point last week at home to City, which was a strange game. Neither team seemed to want to go for it.
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JD
yeah yeah
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So watching a game for an hour and a half where both teams are standing off each other is odd. How are you? Are you pleased with 10 points after five games?
00:06:05
JD
um Yes and no. Yes and no. Because I think at Anfield, I take a point any day of the week. you know we we We haven't won there since. I think since Duwabi was playing for us, I think, and Kozola scored that goal.
00:06:19
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Right.
00:06:20
Rodney Gooden
Mmm.
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JD
I think, was that 2012, I think? Is that... the
00:06:22
Craig matthews
2012, yeah, it's 2012. Hmm.
00:06:23
JD
yeah turning to us and off um
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It's more than 10 years ago,
Tactics and Performances
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definitely.
00:06:25
JD
yeah Yeah, so a point at Anfield, I'll take that.
00:06:28
JD
City, the City game was a weird one because I knew would be some sort of yeah tactic masterclass from Pep and Arteta, but I didn't know it like that.
00:06:32
Rodney Gooden
Mmm.
00:06:38
JD
like I didn't think you know that Man City would sit back and then you know we would have chances in the game and we didn't really we didn't really take our chances. But on paper... Would I take a two points, um a point from City, a point from from Liverpool? Yeah, probably would.
00:06:54
JD
I probably So I'm not terrible at it, but we could do better. If we want to win the tie, we've got to do better.
00:06:57
Rodney Gooden
yeah Yeah.
00:07:01
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Is that the same for you two, JD, Craigie?
00:07:04
Craig matthews
Thank you.
00:07:05
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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What is it? A six six out of ten? It could have been better, but it's still it's okay.
00:07:09
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah, I think so. I
Mixed Feelings on Season Start
00:07:11
Rodney Gooden
think it's not horrendous, you know, it's by no means saying that we're completely written off, but I do feel that in those two games, Liverpool and City, I think best of the best. I agree with JD. I would have happily taken a point, a nil-nil draw, maybe a 1-1 at Liverpool. But I think the City game, we maybe could have gone out won that, you know, if we'd had maybe a bit of a shift in tactics, maybe shown a bit more ambition there. And I think I'd be happy with that result.
00:07:31
Rodney Gooden
I'm comfortable right now because I think some of the performances and some of the, you know, signings have really kind of hit the ground running and been impressive. But I do feel of those first five games, yeah, maybe I'd give it seven, eight out of ten.
00:07:42
Rodney Gooden
It wasn't a ten.
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JD
Yeah. Yeah.
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It wasn't 10, To be fair,
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Rodney Gooden
It could have been. Yeah, yeah. It wasn't like Liverpool.
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well
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah, and there you go.
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but to be fair
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Craig matthews
Mm-hmm.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
To be fair, Liverpool will get 10 for being spawny, don't they?
00:07:52
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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Really. their
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JD
yeah
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Because their performances are not 10 out of 10.
00:07:55
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah.
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Everybody's had a chance against them.
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Rodney Gooden
Yep.
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Their winners have come in injury time in all five of their games, which
Newcastle's Defensive Record
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I think you can't keep doing that. Someone's going to catch them. Someone's going to catch them all.
00:08:08
Rodney Gooden
yeah
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Anyway, fingers crossed someone catches them out. We don't want it to be finished by bloody Christmas, do we?
00:08:13
Rodney Gooden
yeah
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i
00:08:14
Craig matthews
Mm-hmm.
00:08:15
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We've got says six points out of our first five games. We were disappointed not to get anything out of that Liverpool game. That was heartbreaking.
00:08:23
Rodney Gooden
yeah the
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JD
Yeah.
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um
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Craig matthews
um
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Got a very... 1-0 win against Wolves. A lot of new players betting in. Pleased to get a goal.
00:08:31
Rodney Gooden
in
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Because our other three games have all finished 0-0. So, this year, before Bradford scored on Wednesday, it's only Barcelona and Liverpool that have managed to score against us. um I think we've got the lowest shots faced.
00:08:49
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in the Premier League
Newcastle's Defensive Strategies
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this season.
00:08:50
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah. Wasn't it five five matches in the league and what four clean sheets?
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But it's be hard.
00:08:54
Rodney Gooden
So I said, yeah, you've been defensively pretty solid, actually.
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JD
Yeah, something like that, yeah. Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah, we are. We are. and The reason for that is that Schauer and Byrne are pretty strong in defence anyway.
00:09:03
JD
yeah
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
but But we've bought... Bottman seems to be back to full fitness. You might remember from the season before last. He is a Rolls-Royce when he's back up. And we bought Chau, a German, from AC Milan.
00:09:19
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who is looks really good, does things like, instead of knocking the ball back to Nick Pope, he does a Cruyff turn and beats the centre-forward and then comes forward with it, which we haven't seen for a while. um But yeah, so ah I think defensively we were fine, but we started to get very worried about not being able to score in four.
00:09:36
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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ah We scored two against Liverpool and a goal. So the two home games we've scored, none away from home. But it did looks very exciting when we watch them on...
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against bradford Now, I know it was only Bradford, but I think we had 27 shots.
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JD
Oh, wow.
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So really,
Scoring Challenges for Newcastle
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we should have scored more than four.
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Rodney Gooden
yeah
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um And that is all without that relative centre-forward. So when Whistler comes back, yeah, we're hopeful. We're hopeful.
00:10:02
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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Look, um that's opening the opening to the season and transfer windows finished. Let's hear from Ken and we'll get into some something about the actual game tomorrow.
00:10:26
Craig matthews
Thank you.
Rivalry with Arsenal
00:10:55
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can I did a podcast with Nick Britton, who... At the end of that said, every time I hear Ken do that advert, I need a shower. And you know what he means, don't you?
00:11:07
JD
It's
00:11:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh dear. Part two.
00:11:11
Rodney Gooden
yeah
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Now, having discussed how good both defences have been this season, I'm going to say this because I'm hoping that, you know, sods law will mean I'm completely wrong, but it doesn't look as if it's going to be a goal fest tomorrow.
00:11:18
Craig matthews
Thank you.
00:11:25
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Q or three all draw, that'll be good. Um,
00:11:27
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:11:29
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Now, that when the crowd gets up at its new hill, it gets very tense. But I do think that just in recent years, maybe since Howe came to Newcastle, the Arsenal-Newcastle games, whether it's at your place or our place, they have an extra edge.
00:11:44
Rodney Gooden
yeah
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And we love winding Arteta up, asking him if he's going to cry all that, you know.
00:11:48
Rodney Gooden
yeah
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JD
and
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ah And so I join in as well. We're all like it. What happened? Why is that? Newcastle Arsenal become so... Not bitter, really, because it's all done in good fun, really.
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But, I mean, why is this so why is it so spicy now?
00:12:08
JD
I know why.
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Any clues?
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JD
I know why.
00:12:10
Craig matthews
Bruno, Bruno, your captain.
00:12:12
Rodney Gooden
Yeah,
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Craig matthews
Your captain. your cut
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Rodney Gooden
yeah it' to be fair, he's quite the character, isn't he?
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Craig matthews
It's him and Trippier, them two, every time we play against them, they're always physical kicking, leaving their studs on players.
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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Craig matthews
So, would say them two.
00:12:27
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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Craig matthews
Them two start up and they get, even the League Cup game last season, I think them two, they get into us straight away.
00:12:32
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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Craig matthews
As soon as you get the ball, boom, tackle. So, I think it's them two that are, yeah, right up the players.
00:12:36
Rodney Gooden
yeah
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JD
Yeah.
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Rodney Gooden
yeah
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Global Sports Podcast Network
that's I get that I get that I mean i don't think it's a one way street though is there there was I can remember Havertz coming in on Sean Longstaff about 20 yards outside our own box and it got ball going out for a throw in and Havertz went through him like he was trying to cut him in half and
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JD
Yeah.
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:12:57
Rodney Gooden
yeah
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Lucky boy to stay on, we thought.
00:12:59
Craig matthews
out of the
00:13:00
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And i think I think you guys thought as well.
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah, no, I'll rub it up.
00:13:02
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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So, yeah. so But it can't just be spicy tackles because because, you know, I mean, let's be honest, Trippier and Joe Linton and Bruno, they do that every week against everybody.
00:13:11
JD
Yeah, they do.
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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JD
They do. Yeah.
00:13:14
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i don't know. We were thinking when we discussed it, it's a little bit because we went a lot of games with the same record against you as we have against Liverpool and Man City where couldn't We couldn't buy a goal even, let alone take a point.
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But in recent seasons, we've been
00:13:29
Rodney Gooden
um
Historical Losses and Impact
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quite competitive, certainly at St.
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James'. But even last year, when you got down to the League Cup first leg semifinal, we won there.
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Craig matthews
Mm-hmm.
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Which is unheard of.
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JD
yeah
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So I'm just wondering if that might be maybe where the up starts and start to get too big for our boots. Or maybe you're a little bit, these guys should know their place and not come here and start kicking lumps out of us at home.
00:13:55
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What do you think?
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Rodney Gooden
ah
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JD
For me, for me personally, for me personally, why don't we like Newcastle? I remember that that that that season where we had to win that St. James Park to get top four.
00:14:08
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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JD
We lost.
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Rodney Gooden
Oh, yeah.
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JD
Lost.
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Rodney Gooden
Just missed out the Champions League.
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All right.
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JD
And Barry Neville was killing us.
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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JD
And Arteta looked like he wanted to he literally really what he wanted to cry. For me, that day, I did not like Newcastle.
00:14:17
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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JD
I don't like St.
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Rodney Gooden
Fair.
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JD
James' Park on that day.
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I'm sorry.
00:14:23
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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Sorry.
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JD
I'll never forget.
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um
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JD
I was sold out.
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That happens, though.
00:14:28
JD
It was on a Sunday.
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I know what you mean.
00:14:30
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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and I mean, because we've won once or twice against you, I don't mind Arsenal now. But we never used to get anything.
00:14:34
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:14:35
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i used to hate them. But I hate Liverpool now because we still can't win against them. Or we did in the Carabao Cup final.
00:14:39
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, of course.
00:14:41
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But they just keep scoring last-minute goals to beat us.
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Rodney Gooden
Yep.
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JD
you
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of Their place and our place. So frustrating.
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
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So we really hate them now. Kev's always hated them. Anyway... Have you got any injuries, suspensions, or full, well, no Madweke's out, anybody else is out, or how do you think you're going to line up
00:15:00
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, there's a few that we've got her
Injury Updates and Match Impact
00:15:03
Rodney Gooden
unavailable. I think Odegaard is still a concern, but I think Arteta said in his press conference on Friday that he's going to train with the team and he'll see if he's available for selection that weekend.
00:15:12
Rodney Gooden
We know, again, last time we beat you at St. James' Park, Odegaard was present. He was scored in that game too, so we'll see.
00:15:17
JD
yeah
00:15:17
Rodney Gooden
you know It might be a huge boon if he is fit and ready for that one. We know Madaweke's out. Jesus is out. Havertz is going to be out as well. Hincapie is probably still nursing a groin injury, so it's probably at least four players that we're not going have readily available to But yeah, other than that, we've still got most of the squad.
00:15:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
okay
00:15:33
Rodney Gooden
So I think that's not going to affect the lineup too much. You'll probably see a setup quite similarly to how we set up in previous games.
00:15:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:39
Rodney Gooden
i think the question is really going to be, If Odegaard's fit or not, because if he isn't, I know for one, I'd like to see Eze in that right side at number eight position. If he's not there.
00:15:46
JD
Really?
00:15:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
All right.
00:15:48
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah. If Odegaard's not fit, i think I'd like to see Eze kind of play there. And also if Odegaard, he's been out for a while. So even if he is fit, I could see Arteta maybe playing Eze and then you rotate. If with the game's going well, you kind of rotate maybe at the hour mark, get Odegaard
Lineup and Strategy Speculations
00:16:02
Rodney Gooden
in there, build up his match fitness again. I could see that.
00:16:05
Rodney Gooden
But because Newcastle is such a physical team and yeah, you guys stifle us with that mid block and your defense is so robust. It's a real battle in that midfield. And so to maintain possession, I could easily see him do the usual Zuby, Rice, Marino.
00:16:18
Rodney Gooden
And I know there's a lot of Arsenal fans are not going to be happy with that, but I could see Arteta doing it.
00:16:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was going to say Zubamedi is usually the number eight is he not in midfield or he is he further back six right okay
00:16:24
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:16:28
Rodney Gooden
Zuby's are dedicated six now.
00:16:28
JD
Nah. Yeah, thanks. yeah
00:16:30
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, Zuby's our lone six now. But again, there's also a question. Again, your midfield is so physical. And we've seen that Zuby in the Liverpool game as well. There's one chance that Van Dijk had, you know, distribution error out to Zuby. Van Dijk mustered him off the ball as well.
00:16:44
Rodney Gooden
Zuby's physicality when he's caught and isolated, you know, might come into play here. I still trust him because that's why he's been playing for the majority the season. But it's true, you know, I think there's going to be battles in that midfield and team selection will really depend on how much Arteta views winning that physical midfield battle as a priority.
00:16:51
Craig matthews
would you
00:16:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hi.
00:16:59
Craig matthews
you would you an old garden
00:17:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Zubamendi
00:17:03
Rodney Gooden
It's
00:17:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
fooled me into being a number eight by scoring those two fantastic goals that he did.
00:17:09
Rodney Gooden
it's true.
00:17:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
that That was a great, great strike.
00:17:11
JD
That bully.
00:17:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
What a strike.
00:17:13
JD
Yeah.
00:17:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Plus, that might be the best strike I've seen this season, actually, the Superman first one.
00:17:16
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah.
00:17:17
JD
Probably, yeah.
00:17:17
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:17:18
JD
Probably, yeah.
00:17:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. So, have you not had your Brentford man? Has he not come in to stand in for his compatriot?
00:17:25
Rodney Gooden
He played he played Port Vale.
00:17:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is he?
00:17:26
Rodney Gooden
He started Port Vale.
00:17:27
JD
Yeah, it was yesterday.
00:17:28
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah. So he did in Port Vale's game.
00:17:30
JD
Wednesday.
00:17:31
Rodney Gooden
And then I think he did in pre-season too, but he was injured for the very start of season.
00:17:31
JD
Yeah.
00:17:34
JD
Yeah, it was.
00:17:35
Rodney Gooden
So he was kind of started out, just came back again versus Port Vale.
00:17:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right.
00:17:39
Rodney Gooden
Craig, I know you were asking, would I start Norgaard as well? I think there's an argument for it. Physical, but i yeah, this is what mean.
00:17:43
JD
Nah. Nah.
00:17:45
Rodney Gooden
I think there's an argument for it. Would die Probably not. But I keep him as an option. I said, if Zuby starts struggling, you might want to have the experience and the physicality of Norgaard. If you start getting bullied by Gimurais, Tenali and the rest of them, man. So I said, fair enough.
00:17:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
But he'll be four three three It's 4-3-3 every week with him, isn't it?
00:18:03
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah, usually.
00:18:04
JD
Yeah.
00:18:05
Rodney Gooden
That's it. In possession more than four.
00:18:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
See, i in my predict my predicted line-up, I've got absolutely no idea now.
00:18:06
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, boom. Go on.
00:18:11
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:18:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've got so many options.
00:18:11
JD
Really?
00:18:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we so we played five at the back when we went to Leeds.
00:18:13
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:18:17
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:18:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
But actually, we're trying to duplicate the five at the back in the semi-final, i think, which worked really well at your place
Newcastle's Formation Debate
00:18:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
because because we could we could press and break really, really quickly.
00:18:25
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:18:29
Rodney Gooden
Yep.
00:18:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, it's a lot harder without Isaac being the front pivot. If I'm honest, we've got to learn how to do that in a different way. Of course, a Langer might start. He's got pace to burn, um, to be, to be able to sit off and do that.
00:18:39
JD
Thank
00:18:39
Rodney Gooden
True.
00:18:39
Rodney Gooden
True.
00:18:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I don't know. My first gut feeling was that we would start with the five at the back to be super safe. But then the more I think about it, I don't know. it might, we might be four, three, three, and just go man to man. Like we did good at pressing man to man.
00:18:58
Rodney Gooden
yeah hmm
00:18:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, um, Yeah, we've got a lot of, you know, Gordon's going to come back this one. know we talked about injuries. and we've We've got Whisser and Ramsey out, but the rest of the squad is pretty fit.
00:19:11
Rodney Gooden
hmm
00:19:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Jacob Murphy's apparently managing his Achilles, but he didn't play on Wednesday, so presumably he's all right. ah But I don't know. I can't even guess what the line-up is. I mean, it we're only five games into the season, so I've not really got flavour for it. Eddie Howe is always 4-3-3.
00:19:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
uh, always with the two wingers, but with Liveramento and maybe Hall as wingbacks, we can be quite attacking with five at the back and those two come in.
00:19:39
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:19:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I can't help you. If you were taking notes to pass on to, uh, Arteta, I can't, I can't, I can't give you any clues as to how they line up.
00:19:44
Rodney Gooden
Do I tell her? Yeah. ah
00:19:50
Rodney Gooden
ah
00:19:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, which is nice.
00:19:51
Craig matthews
e go you know
00:19:51
JD
Yeah.
00:19:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
i which is nice. Yeah.
00:19:55
Craig matthews
yeah
00:19:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um,
00:19:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm going to pause there and we'll get onto some predictions of how you think the game's going to go. and obviously three quarters of that, three quarters of part three is going to be Arsenal, isn't it?
00:20:02
Rodney Gooden
Okay.
00:20:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's just fair.
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00:20:14
Rodney Gooden
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Match Outcome Predictions
00:20:56
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3. Welcome back. and Predictions.
00:21:00
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How do you think... I'm going to go from left to right. JD, you were here first, so you get first shot. How do you think this game's going to unfold? And you've got about 90 seconds. Go.
00:21:12
JD
Um, it's probably going a boring game to be fair. Um, it's going to be a low block from you guys.
00:21:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:21:18
JD
We're probably going make much chances, not that much chances. And, um, yeah, I don't, I don't see it being a, an end to end game. If we do win, I'd probably say a one, no win.
00:21:28
JD
If we, well, you get a lucky goal early on or late on, we're going from a corner or maybe sack a pass or a goal. Um, yeah, probably won't be an interesting game to watch one. Probably probably miss. Um,
00:21:40
JD
I'll probably take a point, you know, in this game. I just don't want to lose it.
00:21:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
so are you're gonna go for
00:21:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Are you going to go for score prediction? Get it in early?
00:21:53
JD
I'm going to Well, one-0 to the Arsenal. Go One-0 to the Arsenal.
00:21:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
the You guys will have to be creative then.
00:22:02
Rodney Gooden
Ha ha ha!
00:22:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
what idea How do you think it'll go, Rodney?
00:22:07
Rodney Gooden
i think I think very similarly as well. I think for my score prediction, I think same situation. I was thinking a 1-0, if it gets really crazy, maybe a two one But I don't see it being a crazy game.
00:22:13
Craig matthews
Thank you.
00:22:15
Rodney Gooden
And I think because you've got some issues in attack as well recently, I think, yeah, KG 1-0, similar to that. I think you're going set up low. You've always stifled us with that kind of back five and also that kind of physical pressure in midfield too.
00:22:27
Rodney Gooden
think going be difficult to play through you, difficult to create as many chances. And again, always a tough game away from home. I think KG battle up until maybe towards the end of the game, And I think maybe there might be a spark of Arsenal creativity, I'm hoping.
00:22:40
Rodney Gooden
And then, yeah, we can nail that. But history would show that it would probably be a 2-0 defeat away and we'd be devastated.
00:22:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
how
00:22:46
Rodney Gooden
So I'm praying we can break form.
00:22:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh ah Well, watching the first five weeks of the Premier League, it might come down to who's got the best long throw in, won't it?
00:22:57
Craig matthews
Thank
00:22:58
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:22:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think you're very, very threatening from sort of set ball, dead ball situations.
00:23:06
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
Key Players and Expectations
00:23:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
But that said, Dan Burns playing like he's made of bricks and he's 10 foot tall.
00:23:13
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:23:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it'll be close. It'll be close. And I think it'll be dead ball situations that that turn it. Unless Alanga gets everything right and we can see him race away.
00:23:25
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, nice break on the transition.
00:23:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because if he gets away from if he gets away on the halfway line, um you'll have you'll have to be on a motorbike to catch him.
00:23:27
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:23:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do you think, Craigie?
00:23:33
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:23:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
How do you see the game turning?
00:23:36
Craig matthews
I think you guys look the score first, maybe 2-1 win, Arsenal win.
00:23:41
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:23:42
JD
wow
00:23:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
2-1. Well, that would be more entertaining to watch than 1-0, of course.
00:23:46
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah, definitely.
00:23:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah isn Excellent. and i I don't know how we're going to line up. I know Arsenal will be robust. ah Do you think it'll be Saliba and Gabriel at the back?
00:24:00
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, it's got to be.
00:24:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're fit now. What about Saka?
00:24:02
Rodney Gooden
going
00:24:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is he match fit now? he He had a run-out against Port Vale, didn't he?
00:24:06
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, I think that was partly due to get his match fitness up so he can start this game as well.
00:24:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:11
Rodney Gooden
So, yeah, I think he'll start tomorrow on Sunday.
00:24:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
He destroyed us in that aberration of a game in the middle of all of this last three or four years where he won 4-1 and we were looking to get the one. ah It was Saka who it was who run ran that show.
00:24:22
Rodney Gooden
I was at that game. Yeah. yeah yeah
00:24:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So he's someone who we're always a bit wary of. And I don't know, Jokeres. Is Jokeres the centre forward that wins you the league title?
00:24:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I like him. I like him. He's a good old-fashioned centre-forward to me, but he's got a little bit more to him about that. love the way he cut in and scored a Harvey Barnes-type goal against Leeds, I think.
00:24:46
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:24:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Was that the first goal against Leeds?
00:24:53
Craig matthews
Yes.
00:24:53
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah, that was his first and then the pen after, yeah.
00:24:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:24:54
JD
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:24:55
Rodney Gooden
Yeah,
00:24:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. How's he shaping up? Should I be worried about him?
00:25:00
Rodney Gooden
ah
00:25:00
Craig matthews
yes
00:25:01
Rodney Gooden
yeah i i yeah I do think so. I think the issue with Jokeres is there are some weaknesses in this game that need to be tightened up. But I think really the biggest issue is there's a lot of runs that he makes and a lot of kind of kind of what attacks that he makes that a lot of our midfield and kind of wingers aren't seeing.
00:25:16
JD
yeah
00:25:16
Rodney Gooden
So he gets a lot of he got quite considerable lack of service in some of these games. So the question is, like do you need to be worried about him?
00:25:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:22
Rodney Gooden
Yes. But if he's not fed, then you can just sit back and relax. I need to make sure he's fed.
00:25:26
JD
Yeah.
00:25:27
Rodney Gooden
And if he is being fed properly, he'll be one to watch in that game.
00:25:31
JD
Yeah, I agree.
00:25:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Of course, you know, ah in yeah Newcastle, we want Jokeres to score at least 30 goals this season.
00:25:32
Craig matthews
you
00:25:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not on Sunday, by the way, but at least 30 goals this season. Because he'd be first-choice centre-forward for Sweden at the World Cup then.
00:25:44
Rodney Gooden
ah
00:25:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
they'd have to have That other fellow would have to sit on a bench and just watch it, wouldn't he?
00:25:45
Rodney Gooden
yeah So you can bench Yeah.
00:25:48
Craig matthews
ah
00:25:48
Rodney Gooden
True. Yeah.
00:25:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why not?
00:25:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why not? Alanga playing, Isak watching from the sidelines. To be fair, Sweden have started so badly on their World Cup campaign, they'd be lucky
00:25:52
Rodney Gooden
yeah
Final Predictions and Closing
00:26:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
to qualify to get there.
00:26:00
Rodney Gooden
true
00:26:01
JD
Yeah.
00:26:01
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:26:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
So that might that might be my only consolation. my um My prediction for the game is, again, tight and cagey. I think you will do a bit of a sitting off rather than going all out gung-ho as well.
00:26:09
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:26:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah maybe to draw us out. And we might well get a little bit tempted on that. But you know what, Newcastle are, they'll press really high, waiting for Raya to give us a free gift. He's done that a few times at St.
00:26:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
James' Park.
00:26:27
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:26:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
And if you play through that first press, we'll be very quick to drop back to 5-4-1, trying to win the ball back off you, um and maybe try and hit you on the transition there.
00:26:36
Craig matthews
Thank you.
00:26:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because Gordon down the left, Alanga down the right.
00:26:42
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:26:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
He might play Asula centre-forwarders as quick as both of them. And scored twice against Bradford. ah We've got a lot of pace. And I think that's how we will get through. So, score predictions.
00:26:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll go for 2-0. Because like you say, history repeats so often, doesn't it?
00:27:01
JD
Wow.
00:27:01
Rodney Gooden
It's repeating itself.
00:27:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
2-0.
00:27:02
Rodney Gooden
OK.
00:27:03
JD
That.
00:27:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
A 2-0 Newcastle win.
00:27:03
Rodney Gooden
OK.
00:27:03
Rodney Gooden
Oh.
00:27:03
JD
Wow. Hey,
00:27:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
which is two Which is one goal more than I did when I did the ah preview with Michael last night.
00:27:07
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:27:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I think we'll win. I think we'll win.
00:27:10
Rodney Gooden
um
00:27:11
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:27:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I don't think Arsenal score. Because I think we just don't concede goals these days.
00:27:16
Rodney Gooden
Wow, okay.
00:27:16
JD
you to get the school feet up.
00:27:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:27:18
Rodney Gooden
Wait, wait.
00:27:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
i've condemned us I've condemned us to a 4-0 home defeat now by saying that.
00:27:18
JD
You need to get school.
00:27:22
JD
Yeah, you need
00:27:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
God.
00:27:23
Rodney Gooden
Wait, so Ian, if it's 2-0 for you, I said, who the scorers?
00:27:26
JD
to get the school.
00:27:26
Rodney Gooden
Is it Alanga and Gordon then? Is that who you're going for? it No Voltermade.
00:27:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
i will I think go Gordon will score because he always does against Arsenal.
00:27:34
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:27:34
Craig matthews
Thank you.
00:27:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then Valtemada is a... Valtemada's excellent. You'll be surprised me see him.
00:27:40
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:27:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
He looks a little bit like and looks as little bit like a Peter
00:27:41
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:27:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
who hasn't been introduced to the rest of his team members at the moment.
00:27:47
JD
Yeah. Yeah, it
00:27:48
Rodney Gooden
fair
00:27:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
But there are flashes. You watch the full games, there are flashes of some superb touches. so And any like like you were talking about, Jokeres, he's fantastic at laying the ball off.
00:28:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
And the other players haven't twigged yet.
00:28:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
But when they do, when they do, that will be so slick. I don't know if you saw the goal against Barcelona, but that that must be one of the swiftest moves from
00:28:07
Rodney Gooden
Hmm.
00:28:13
Rodney Gooden
Hmm.
00:28:14
JD
was cool. Yeah.
00:28:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've seen all one-touch stuff. Valdemar the key at laying the ball out to to Murphy to get the cross in.
00:28:23
Rodney Gooden
Hmm.
00:28:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
So ah i want to see more of that. And, you know, I know it was only Bradford, but I was really excited by the different shots and approaches and who was creating.
00:28:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we played quite a strong team. Bruno and Joe Linton played the full 90 against Bradford.
00:28:39
Rodney Gooden
Hmm. Hmm.
00:28:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah So, yeah, I'm hoping that we're going to have a... I hope we'll get it through. getting through more than you would expect. So I'm going to go for 2-0.
00:28:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
But that's only because you three have all picked an Arsenal win, and I have to be picking a Newcastle win, don't I?
00:28:55
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:28:55
Craig matthews
Thank you.
00:28:59
Rodney Gooden
Go back your team, yeah.
00:28:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Look, I'm goingnna i'm going to wrap it up there. It's been really... You've been very kind, by the way. Three of you could easily have ganged up on me and not let me say anything.
00:29:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I must thank you, JD, Rodney and Craigie, for joining me. And we'll be tuning in at half four. can't get a ticket for it, of course, not for love the money.
00:29:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
and We're tuning in half four on Sunday to see how we get on.
00:29:22
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:29:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Commiserations, boys.
00:29:31
JD
yeah
00:29:31
Rodney Gooden
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:29:34
JD
Oh,
00:29:37
Craig matthews
yeah