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Episode 385: Matchday Preview: Charlton
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Southampton –Another game coming up, this time Nathan Jones returns to St Mary's for what is sure to be an entertaining affair..
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Transcript
Introductions and Banter
00:00:13
DailySaintsPod
Hello and welcome back to the Daily Saints pod. My name is Greg and as always today joined by my good friend and wonderful co-host, Zach. Mate, how you doing?
00:00:23
DailySaintsPod
Oh
00:00:24
Zak
Yeah, I'm really good, mate. How are you
00:00:27
DailySaintsPod
yeah, good. It
00:00:29
Zak
Sorry, I took you off guard by not going on a carunt.
00:00:31
DailySaintsPod
did great, yeah? No, it's good mate.
Upcoming Game Excitement and Controversial Behavior Discussion
00:00:35
DailySaintsPod
Another game coming off the weekend, you looking forward to it? Looking forward to coming down to St Mary's?
00:00:39
Zak
I'm very much looking forward to to going with you, and it will be it'll be a nice time. and you know hopefully Hopefully watch a win, get to watch a perpetuate man-child probably get sacked.
00:00:50
Zak
after throwing an absolute hissy fit the other day. I sent you that video, right? everyone Everyone's probably seen the the Nathan Jones video where, like, I remember Hasenhutl getting mugged off, right, for crime when we beat Liverpool, which was actually more to do with him beating Jurgen Klopp, right?
00:01:04
Zak
and And I remember him getting mugged off.
00:01:04
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:01:06
Zak
And then for some reason, like, Nathan Jones' passion is almost seen as, like, right because it's like oh yeah no he really cares i'm like i just it doesn't feel like he really cares it's the kind of feels like he's the kind of bloke you'd have a drink with and then he gets a little bit rowdy and then before you know it he's like trying to fight the entire bar and it's just like man just regulate yourself a little bit my guy But also, say that's why i think maybe people love him, right? Is that, you know, he is very, very outspoken. He's bit of a character. And I can't wait for us to do the season double over him.
00:01:41
Zak
Yeah.
00:01:43
DailySaintsPod
Uh, yeah, 100% for sure. It's, uh, it's gonna be good. It's gonna be good
Team Performance and Playoff Prospects
00:01:48
DailySaintsPod
game. Uh, it's nice coming into this game with, uh, some good form, right?
00:01:53
Zak
Yeah.
00:01:54
DailySaintsPod
Like, we're, what, I'm beaten in four at this point. It's, it's all just, all just coming up saints at the moment, right? Like,
00:02:03
Zak
Yes, again, it's I think we've discussed it a couple of times before. It's just like the weird vibe of like, well, are we still trying to push for promotion? and And then a lot of people, you know, we had we had responses like, you guys should couldn't even beat Portsmouth. You aren't pushing for promotion. And then actually kind of looks like we're now fighting for the playoffs. But the the club and the ownership of the club don't really know if that's what's on the card. So they're now planning for...
00:02:26
Zak
us potentially still be in the championship and potentially getting a playoff run and there's lots of stuff going behind the scenes and there's a lot of conversations as you know because you did an episode on it the other day of contracts that expiring and who you might renew and who we might bring in and i feel like a lot of that has almost overshadowed the fact until we get to game day where like almost all of it's forgotten about instantly which is i think the the best thing about it and uh yeah because of that i'm hoping it'll be like a really nice vibe And, you know, it will be it it won't be a a Southampton somehow losing like 4-0 to Charlton because we've, know, down tools, decided to give Nathan Jones one roll last roll of the dice.
00:02:31
DailySaintsPod
Mm-hmm.
00:03:05
Zak
You know, that's kind of where I'm at.
00:03:08
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:03:08
Zak
There you go. you got You got my rant today, mate, in a slightly different format.
00:03:12
DailySaintsPod
No, it's good. You're right. It's going to be
Charlton's Struggles and Player Impact
00:03:14
DailySaintsPod
good. Charlton, like say, also not in in great form coming in, right? So they lost in the week.
00:03:23
DailySaintsPod
Also of means they've had less time to prepare for the game than us. And then, yeah, I mean, loss, win, draw, win, loss before that. So just kind of...
00:03:34
DailySaintsPod
I mean, a bit all over the place, but after their really solid start to the season and climbing their way as high in the table as they did, sort of, you know, lingering down and about in 18th now, it's, you know, not a million miles away from from that drop zone, which is scary prospect, right?
00:03:46
Zak
I, I,
00:03:52
DailySaintsPod
Like...
00:03:53
Zak
For me, as there's a couple of couple of caveats there. so Having seen what Bree has been like since we came back, we basically let them have what I would consider to be one of our best players for a good solid half a season.
00:04:01
DailySaintsPod
Hmm.
00:04:06
Zak
And, you know, I think that they're probably potentially missing that influence. I think that they performed over their expectations early on in the season. And that's the only thing that's really given them a cushion. But...
00:04:20
Zak
the fact that they're not in the actual relegation zone currently already probably means they're doing better than we initially expected them to be, right? And, you know, with Sheffield Wednesday basically confirmed taking up a place more than anything else, Leicester with a points deduction, you know, i think they still got a decent chance.
00:04:27
DailySaintsPod
Mm-hmm.
00:04:35
Zak
And although, you know, we like to lament Nathan Jones, clearly like his galvanizing effect must have done something at the beginning of the season, at the very least. And, you know I joke about potentially him being fired.
00:04:46
Zak
I don't really know what the Charlton fan base feel about him at the moment, but it's what it is. I just hope that if we can get a repeat performance of our last game against him, I'm not really that you know bothered.
00:05:00
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. No, for sure. It's... I mean, that makes it even more interesting, right? like Like, the fact that the score earlier in the season was as emphatic as it was is it's pretty crazy, right?
00:05:17
DailySaintsPod
Like, it was a...
00:05:19
Zak
Yeah, 100%. We had a we a goal from a defender, striker, midfielders, attacking midfielders. had a goal from everywhere. it was it was the first it was For us, it was that kind of... i remember going into that game feeling like, oh, of course he's going to come and do and like beat us and and then like get to get to kind of wave around you know what he was doing. But that was in that sort of five-game run that Honda got the job off the back of, right? So...
00:05:43
Zak
Yeah, it was it was really, you know, we're actually missing one of the goal scorers at this point, which is nuts when you think about it. Because obviously Armstrong's moved on to Wolves.
00:05:49
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:05:52
Zak
But yeah, I just, it's very very different headspace to being coming up against them this time around, I think.
00:05:58
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. It's going to be, I think, a very different game as well, though, especially with them coming to
00:06:02
Zak
yeah
Southampton's Tactical Challenges
00:06:04
DailySaintsPod
our place.
00:06:04
DailySaintsPod
I think it's it's pretty clear to see, if you talked about a Nathan Jones team coming to St. Mary's, that it's... It's going to be organised.
00:06:15
DailySaintsPod
It's going to be defensive. It's going to be tough to break down. is that you know They're going to be looking to to not fall victim to to that same outcome again.
00:06:20
Zak
I
00:06:27
DailySaintsPod
And it and that's the sort of team we've struggled against sometimes to to be not free-flowing, right? So it's going to be an interesting challenge nonetheless. Yeah.
00:06:41
Zak
don't agree with that. I think with obviously change of tactics, certain personnel coming through, couple more options off the bench than we initially had previously, right?
00:06:53
Zak
I think that we potentially got more to be a threat. with what we have now than we probably did then. And I think that, you know, you're right. They're not going to be as shell-shocked as they were when we came up against them last time. And they probably will play significantly more defensively.
00:07:09
Zak
But we're we're going to run off of the back of, you know, like momentum, good momentum as well. You know, one of the best games we've ever seen, which wild.
00:07:21
Zak
And then, okay, a kind of all right FA Cup performance where we sure did get another FA Cup game. Everyone looking forward to going to Fulham!
00:07:32
DailySaintsPod
recently confirmed as at midday on a Sunday as well. So enjoy your early morning, guys.
00:07:35
Zak
Which apparently has upset literally the entirety of the fan base, right? Like, no one seems to be happy about that fixture.
00:07:39
DailySaintsPod
I mean, look, from a perspective that football should be played at three o'clock on a Saturday and not midday on a Sunday when you have to travel, it's kind of fair enough. But it could have been worse. At least it's only Fulham. It's only up in London. It could have been a much less convenient away day. That's for sure.
00:07:59
DailySaintsPod
But...
00:07:59
Zak
For sure. But yeah, we've we've obviously... So for me, I'm feeling i'm feeling good about it. I think we we come in feeling a bit more positive. I think that, ironically, the point that i made last time, which is, oh, we've got this little bit of point of positivity. This is when we bottle it. This would be a a problem. I don't know how... draw really isn't kind of enough for where we want to be at the moment. you know if we If we get a win, kind of potentially, if all if if results go our way, we could like get...
00:08:27
Zak
higher up the table but it draws just kind of will just to continue to stagnate in the kind of area we are which is around sort of 10th 9th 11th so yeah i think it's going be an important game but then again we've kind of already established that every game up to the end of the season is important at this point right uh i just i just i just wonder how much of it's going to be the the game and how much of it's going to be other stuff surrounding it right that's That's kind of the stuff that, that's kind of the thing i'm I'm interested in a little bit, probably more than I should be.
00:08:45
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, definitely.
00:09:01
Zak
That's my own fault. But yeah, I think, you know, we we still don't have any player news because of course, it's it despite recording on a Thursday afternoon, we we still haven't had a press conference, Greg, right?
00:09:02
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:09:12
Zak
As far as I'm aware, which means that, you know,
00:09:14
DailySaintsPod
It's Conta's least favourite thing of the week. He likes to do it last before he goes home. It's fine.
00:09:19
Zak
Yeah, so it's 100% like rather than just getting...
00:09:19
DailySaintsPod
We're fine with it. It doesn't...
00:09:21
Zak
It yeah either gets out of the way in like a Wednesday morning or
Lineup Strategies and FA Cup Considerations
00:09:25
Zak
it's going to be Friday afternoon, which makes our job slightly harder because we basically have to guess players off the basis of we think they're fit, often with a press conference or game having happened after a press conference from last time around.
00:09:26
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. Like 3.30. Yeah.
00:09:39
Zak
So yeah, I guess we'll get to that favourite bit that we all love talking about, Greg, that we can kind of do a little bit more of now, which is...
00:09:46
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, let's do it. well let's let's Yeah, well, look, I mean, it's going to be an interesting team sheet when it comes out because...
00:09:47
Zak
Talk about team lineups, right?
00:09:55
DailySaintsPod
I talked earlier in the week about your balance and you're taking your viewpoints back. And when you take that step back, you realize we also have a game Tuesday night next week, right? Against QPR. It's another three game in seven day period coming up.
00:10:10
DailySaintsPod
So, so it'd be interesting to see how much some of the players that were rotated into the squad in the FA Cup game have, have sort of set their mark, right? And set the standards to whether they're going to be in. I don't know if if any of them have really quite done enough to misplace anyone who who isn't out for any reason other than injury, but I don't know.
00:10:37
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:10:38
DailySaintsPod
I mean, all being well, we've heard, obviously, Wellington and Bree both being looked at, right? Or... And...
00:10:50
DailySaintsPod
Flynn, was it, who was also being talked about in the post-match stuff from the FA Cup that he'd been you know effectively dosing up on painkillers to be in a position to play.
00:11:01
Zak
Yeah, I don't know if...
00:11:02
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:11:03
Zak
The thing is is, I don't know how much of the conversation around everybody being on painkillers and stuff is is to do with setting the expectation that it's going to be an incredibly rotated side for the FA Cup, right?
00:11:15
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:11:15
Zak
And also just giving all of them a break. Because it wouldn't surprise me that some of them are taking painkillers with, again, having games, three games in a week. Some of them on their way back from injury. Some of them still trying to build fitness from a return from injury beforehand as well.
00:11:28
Zak
So, yeah, I think you' you're right. This this one is it's not as clear cut as it would have been. Right. Whereas pre whereas as previously, we were quite sort of like, oh, well, it's going to be this person, this person, this person. And then we' we'd end up essentially filling that 10 minutes with, well, what about this person? Which is ironic because a lot of the time we would discuss what about the idea of a dozy coming on? Edna Dozie was a person who did pretty well you know in the FA Cup, did pretty well in the game that he's appeared beforehand. Very surprised that for the amount of time he's been out, how how well he's played since coming back into the side.
00:12:01
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:12:06
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. That's crazy.
00:12:09
Zak
But yeah, so I think that... there is going to be ample opportunity for people to step in. And you're right, there but might not be an opportunity for people to displace the, like, you know, the Sienzas or whatever.
00:12:21
Zak
But of all of the the the sort of, like, the frontline we have, there's a lot more options. And that's why I think that we'll actually probably do a little bit better
00:12:31
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, absolutely. i mean i mean, how do you see it lining up then? the Back to the the game before, back line of Harwood Bellis, Stevens, Bree and Wellington?
00:12:46
Zak
I think if Stevens is fit, yeah. I think if Wellington was one of the ones that had an actual knock, and if he does, i wouldn't be surprised if Manning steps in. But that is the...
00:12:58
Zak
That is the group I'd prefer, if I'm totally honest. But I wouldn't be surprised. I think, you know, they were talking about managing Stevens a little bit, right? And he also was struggling a little bit. But I would have, you know, Bree, Taylor Harbour, Bellis.
00:13:11
Zak
Would it be weird that Bree's going to play Aix Charlton? Yeah, a little bit, I guess. It would be interesting to see the dynamic there.
00:13:16
DailySaintsPod
I mean, maybe that's an even a additional motivating factor, perhaps. I mean, yeah. There's definitely room for some needle there, which will be interesting.
00:13:26
Zak
Yeah, so, but yeah, if if not Stevens we've done alongside Taylor Harbellis, maybe Kwasi did it right in some struggles, but I think it was probably just being out of the flow for a really long time.
00:13:38
Zak
And also, you know, just in a team that I think a lot of them struggled because obviously a lot of them hadn't played and unfamiliar
00:13:39
DailySaintsPod
Hmm.
00:13:48
Zak
What's the word? like Cohesion, chemistry, all that all that all those buzzwords
Midfield Strength and Team Depth
00:13:51
DailySaintsPod
m That's it.
00:13:51
Zak
we usually use when people basically just don't know what their mates are doing because they haven't played football with them in ages.
00:13:58
DailySaintsPod
That's it. It's important to to gel. Yeah, I mean, to to me, the back four picks itself.
00:14:01
Zak
That's the one.
00:14:05
DailySaintsPod
Moving up the field... these sort of two holding midfielder roles that we we've been playing with and looking at, I really feel confident that any of the four names yeah that are likely to fill that position would be absolutely fine.
00:14:21
DailySaintsPod
Right.
00:14:22
Zak
Yeah, great.
00:14:22
DailySaintsPod
Uh, brag with an excellent performance in the cup last week.
00:14:25
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:14:26
DailySaintsPod
Uh, Flynn really coming into his own again. we know how important of a good player he can be in this league.
00:14:29
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:14:33
DailySaintsPod
Shea Charles, since he's come back, looking really bright and and really good. And Yander didn't you know have his best game in the first half against Leicester last time we saw him.
00:14:38
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:14:44
DailySaintsPod
But having had time off to recover, i mean, really, i think that's the first drop in form we've seen from him you know since he started making his way into the first team.
00:14:55
DailySaintsPod
So we'd be happy with any combination of that, right?
00:14:59
Zak
Pretty much. like Again, whoever really plays. like We keep forgetting Romayu's there as well. He had some minutes. He put some good blocks in. or Rather bopped up in the midfield than having to worry about putting blocks in. But, you know, road back to fitness, it's kind of weird that that's even an option. I very much doubt we'll probably see him on the bench. Maybe we'll see him midweek. Who knows? But, yeah, I think the fact that you've got Bragg Downs Shea and Yander all as potential choices for that midfield.
00:15:27
Zak
It's like, it's the one position I never, I'm never really worried about. And it's always one of the positions that I'm always really weirded out by the fact that whenever we get to a transfer window, we are always seemingly linked with another midfielder and never ever any players for positions we actually need.
00:15:40
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:15:43
Zak
So that's always fun.
00:15:44
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. But yeah, I mean, it's nice. It's nice to be confident in that depth, though, right? and And it's good.
00:15:50
Zak
Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:52
DailySaintsPod
It's good position to be in. And yeah, any combination of that, I think I'm happy. I think possibly we see Bragg and Downs.
00:16:04
Zak
Yeah.
00:16:06
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I think that...
00:16:06
Zak
Interesting.
00:16:08
DailySaintsPod
you know perhaps part of Yander's performance will will sort of show show through. And maybe he he won't immediately make it back in. But like say, with a weak rest and and time to get back into that headspace, maybe he just slots back in and that's that's absolutely fine.
00:16:28
Zak
Yeah, I don't really mind either way, if I'm totally honest. As said, like it's just a position that I don't have much of a concern about anymore. And it's a position where pretty much any of those players, I think, can step up and not just be disrespectful to Charlton, but also like against Charlton, probably not really worried who starts. So maybe would be a good run out for Bragg.
00:16:52
DailySaintsPod
they're Moving forward even further, I guess the the collectively the front four.
00:16:58
DailySaintsPod
This is, I guess, where it gets a bit more interesting. Presumably Sienza, if it starts on the left, with with at least the comfortable option of coming off for a dozy later in the game, you would think.
00:17:04
Zak
Yep.
00:17:10
Zak
Yep, probably.
00:17:13
DailySaintsPod
Ross do it start up front because we look,
00:17:15
Zak
I'd imagine he'd start, yeah.
00:17:16
DailySaintsPod
Better with him? Yeah.
00:17:17
Zak
I mean, again, like, you know, you got, it' this it's the combination of, you got feel for Archer and also be annoyed that he's not making the impact that he wants. But i just think that, you know, considering with the, it's the league and we really care and we want to get those points in the ball board.
00:17:33
Zak
And I don't really think they're going start him in a 10 again anytime soon. so yeah.
00:17:37
DailySaintsPod
No. Azaz slotting in behind him kind of makes sense.
00:17:43
Zak
Yeah, that should that could also that could also make sense. I mean, like he had a cameo during the FA Cup, one of the first team players that did actually get on the pitch at the time. and Yeah, as long as he's actually firing, he scored twice against him last time around.
00:17:58
Zak
So i wouldn't be surprised to put him in against a team that he's actually scored against, maybe that will grow the confidence a little bit.
00:17:58
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, absolutely.
00:18:06
Zak
But I like the fact that you know we do have options if he decides to you know throw a bit a stinker.
00:18:13
DailySaintsPod
Azaz, for me, is one of the players who I actually think will benefit from playing against a team with, for lack of a better term, playing with like a low block, right? Because his his game is too...
00:18:27
DailySaintsPod
or the best part of his game is finding those gaps and finding those passes. So, you know, when you're looking and working hard to break down a team in that way, he, what he offers is, is much more suited to that.
00:18:51
Zak
Yeah. Great.
00:18:55
Zak
great
00:18:55
DailySaintsPod
you know, when we think back. So that'd be good. And then on the right-hand side, I guess the the most interesting interesting part of the front line, Fellows obviously getting taken off at halftime against Leicester, not having a great, probably few games, to be honest, I would say. is He's not...
00:19:12
DailySaintsPod
quite been the spark that we've known him to be whether that's just fatigue from the play in as many minutes as he has up to that point because it was a lot or or what who knows but do you think he comes back in or has Matski done enough to stake his claim on that right hand side or or is there someone else you think might slot there
00:19:30
Zak
i think he i think he I think he has, and I think maybe it it's just time to give fellows a bit of a rest, right? There's been a lot of sort of lot of pressure on him since he came in, and rightly, he's put in a couple of good assists and stuff. think he hasn't quite got his goal yet, obviously, because you keep predicting he's going to score. But yeah, Maskeen's done really, really well.
00:19:49
Zak
i think that if you know he deserves a shot at I think we said that we saw that early season. and kind of were a little bit bamboozled that he just didn't really appear under Will Still at all, despite showing up really good in the preseason. And I think it's taken a little bit of time, but I think he's shown why he's into the team now and I think that having an option of a fit fellows off the bench to kind of storm into the latter half would probably actually be in my opinion more terrifying to come up against than you know having to deal with what he would offer coming on at start because I feel like you know kind of showed at Leicester that he's feeling that he's being a bit leggy
00:20:34
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:20:36
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. Coming on against tired legs with a for a player like that who likes to run at people, are always going to be a bit of an advantage as well. So, yeah.
00:20:44
Zak
but Just give some give something extra.
00:20:46
DailySaintsPod
again Again, though, genuinely feel that in that position, I'd be happy with either choice, which is great.
00:20:52
Zak
Yeah. Strange to say.
Player Opportunities and Team Dynamics
00:20:54
DailySaintsPod
Just fantastic.
00:20:54
Zak
three we Do we reckon Jay gets a run out anytime soon anymore? Or now that kind of a dozy's coming on the left? And, you know, it it kind of seems like I don't want him to entirely become the forgotten man. But as we said, like, I think it's just the pecking order. He is lower down it.
00:21:10
Zak
It's got to be frustrating a little bit, though.
00:21:11
DailySaintsPod
yeah, I think we'll see.
00:21:12
Zak
Yeah.
00:21:13
DailySaintsPod
I think we'll still see Jay utilized. Uh, I think that, I think that he's been used in that position to come on in place of Leo because he's another player that, that likes to dribble and try and take players on, uh, albeit in a completely different way than Leo, if we're sort of looking at it,
00:21:16
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:21:32
DailySaintsPod
analytically. But I think his position is much more suited to that of a number 10. So we could see him rotated in for Azaz as a different option.
00:21:43
DailySaintsPod
There's definitely a place for him.
00:21:45
Zak
Yeah, but I think I'll probably be better as well, right?
00:21:48
DailySaintsPod
m
00:21:48
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. right
00:21:48
Zak
actually give him Actually give him an opportunity to thrive in the position that he's probably going to be better at playing him.
00:21:56
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, exactly. and And like you say, with the Matske and Fellows on the right, we've also seen Jay put out on that side to do a job.
00:22:06
DailySaintsPod
And, and you know, a a depth of two is not really a depth either. So it's it yeah i think there's going to be opportunities for Jay in this season.
00:22:12
Zak
No, that's also...
00:22:17
DailySaintsPod
and And hopefully, like you say, opportunities that would just... give him the opportunity to shine a little bit more than he has been because it' it's really hard to be the player replacing the player on the pitch who's dragging everybody else up the pitch, as Leo so often is for us, right?
00:22:33
Zak
Nice.
00:22:34
DailySaintsPod
Like, it's... That's not easy shoes to fill, so it'll be good for him to get on in in different areas and and sort of make that. But that's one of his strengths as well, is that he's a very useful utility player in that sort of attacking quarter on any of the positions you want to put him, really. So, yeah, there'll be time for him.
00:23:00
DailySaintsPod
And that's it. That's that's the full 11, right? I mean, we can predict the substitutes as well, right? Probably see a Dozie come on Probably see Laren come on.
00:23:07
Zak
Probably. Probably. And either fellow Zolatsky, depending on who who's about at that time.
00:23:09
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:23:12
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. and and And probably one of the midfielders out for one of the other midfielders, right? Like, probably someone like Yander coming off and Charles coming on or or vice versa.
00:23:20
Zak
Yeah, depend depending on who's the most tired.
00:23:25
DailySaintsPod
So, yeah.
00:23:26
Zak
Perfect.
00:23:26
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. That's
00:23:29
Zak
We got this thing down, mate.
00:23:30
DailySaintsPod
see it.
00:23:30
Zak
We should just sit in the dugout. No, no, thanks.
00:23:32
DailySaintsPod
Nailed it.
00:23:33
Zak
i I'm all right.
00:23:35
DailySaintsPod
Right, let's let's move on. Let's have a little look at what the what the AI thinks. You know we love to...
00:23:39
Zak
Oh, God.
00:23:41
DailySaintsPod
Look, I've
00:23:41
Zak
You're ruining my life for this drivel.
00:23:46
DailySaintsPod
got to be honest, mate. It's not summarising a great deal. it's
00:23:51
Zak
Perfect. Well, it it doesn't have as many historical stats to go off, to be fair.
00:23:52
DailySaintsPod
i mean, look, historically,
00:23:55
DailySaintsPod
Historically speaking, we've played Charlton eight times in the data it has available, four wins, three draws, and only one loss. So, i mean, that bodes particularly well.
00:24:03
Zak
One of those is in the Johnston's paint trophy, mate. Like, it doesn't count.
00:24:10
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, look, obviously beat them 5-1 in November, and actually the game before that, the last time we played them, that it's got available is 2011. So, I mean, what history can you really draw from it to summarise?
00:24:27
DailySaintsPod
But based off the form, it is suggesting... Both teams to score Southampton to win is is the bet.
00:24:35
Zak
ice Yeah, I'm kind of in the same boat, which is shows you how positive we're being recently.
00:24:37
DailySaintsPod
So, yeah, I think that that's probably fair. I don't know. I'd probably actually back us to keep a clean sheet. so
Match Predictions and Player Motivations
00:24:55
Zak
Yeah, it's a cycle.
00:24:58
DailySaintsPod
What are you thinking? hey feeling? How do you see it playing out?
00:25:00
Zak
Shocker. 3-0, Azaz, Laren, Stewart, all a goal apiece.
00:25:07
DailySaintsPod
Yeah?
00:25:07
Zak
Azaz because he's scored against him previously.
00:25:07
DailySaintsPod
Come
00:25:09
Zak
because I'd love him to get another one, especially up northern.
00:25:12
DailySaintsPod
on.
00:25:13
Zak
Second half, substitute appearance.
00:25:16
DailySaintsPod
Hmm.
00:25:16
Zak
And Stewart because we need to keep, you know, he needs to keep proving he wants another contract, right? He's already come out in the media and been like, yeah, i'd love to stay here. So it's like, okay, back that up,
00:25:25
DailySaintsPod
nice Yeah, that's that's what we want.
00:25:26
Zak
Just score some more goals, then people will start to have their minds changed and then maybe, like, you know, stay from your hamstrings together a little bit better.
00:25:27
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:25:35
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. Well, look, we talk about motivating factors and mentalities a lot, and if that's an additional one, great.
00:25:35
Zak
Where are you at, Greg?
00:25:39
Zak
Yeah. Fine by me.
00:25:41
DailySaintsPod
more Bring it on. 4-1. full one
00:25:48
DailySaintsPod
is sir
00:25:48
Zak
Sure. Sure, Greg.
00:25:50
DailySaintsPod
look i think I think that it might be 0-0 at half-time.
00:25:50
Zak
Sure.
00:25:56
Zak
Interesting. And what, you think they'll go one up and then we'll batter them or what?
00:25:57
DailySaintsPod
And I think...
00:25:59
Zak
Yeah.
00:25:59
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, no, I think that we will score twice. I kind of think that once we score, the floodgates might open a little bit and lead to four.
00:26:10
Zak
yeah Because of that way, they'll have to do something.
00:26:12
DailySaintsPod
And I just, I've got a horrible feeling that we've seen in in lots of games recently for Peretz that he's he's prone to to a questionable decision.
00:26:13
Zak
so
00:26:25
Zak
Got Boric-esque mistake in him, yeah?
00:26:29
DailySaintsPod
And it just kind of feels like it's coming where one of them is going to actually result in something bad. So that's what I see.
00:26:36
Zak
Yeah, it's not ideal, is it?
00:26:40
DailySaintsPod
for one Nathan Jones crying at full time and getting sacked at St. Mary's for the second time in his career is just seems seems right, seems fitting, seems like how it's going to go.
00:26:53
Zak
Let's see if he gets red carded. That's where I'm at. I feel like, you know, it's it's going to be a bit more of a hostile environment coming to our plate slightly.
00:27:01
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, look, I mean, look, he took...
00:27:01
Zak
And that usually a thing I would say massively about St Mary's. However, when it comes to, you know, don don't ever underestimate our hatred of ex-managers that we feel like screwed us over. Even if I have alluded to in past episodes, that I feel like maybe he wasn't given any freedom whatsoever.
00:27:18
Zak
And maybe by the time he realized that he needed to do his job like his way, it was far too late. And
00:27:24
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, look, he didn't help himself in that scenario, and he actively antagonised
00:27:28
Zak
no, let let's just say that our brand does not match up with his, right?
00:27:32
DailySaintsPod
So, yeah.
00:27:32
Zak
Like his...
00:27:33
DailySaintsPod
and Look, in the in the reverse fixture, it was put on record that some of the yeah a abuse he took is going to be what going to be. He is not... the most level headed of characters in that situation.
00:27:50
DailySaintsPod
So yeah it could be combustible.
00:27:50
Zak
no
00:27:53
DailySaintsPod
You're right. Uh,
00:27:55
Zak
Maybe it won't be. maybe but Maybe he'll turn up, know he's going to get wound up, keep himself calm, go off normally and no give no crazy post-match interview about how it's really unfair that we are a team with so much means and so much better and and he's had to fight for for his right to party, whereas we apparently have just been sat on our millions and millions of pounds that clearly every single ownership group has spent on loads of players, right?
00:28:23
Zak
Because, you know, we are
00:28:24
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. And mate, look, a pig just flew by out the window there. Crazy. of
00:28:32
DailySaintsPod
Right.
Listener Engagement and Social Media Promotion
00:28:33
DailySaintsPod
That is all we have got time for today. So thank you everyone for listening. And as always, Zach, thank you so much for joining me. Let us know in the comments on the socials,
00:28:43
Zak
you, mate.
00:28:47
DailySaintsPod
your score predictions, how you think it's going to play out. How many are we going to put past Nathan Jones's child? Uh, let us know. We are daily saints pod everywhere and on everything on X blue sky, Tik TOK, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, hit us up. Let us know. We love hearing from you. Uh, and while you're there, why not drop a like and subscribe? It goes so far to helping us out. And we love seeing all of your interactions. Uh,
00:29:16
DailySaintsPod
However it plays out at the weekend, we will be back to talk about it as always. But until then, Saints fans, have a wonderful weekend and we'll see you then.
00:29:28
DailySaintsPod
And come on, you Saints!