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Episode 387: Matchday Preview: QPR at Home!
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Southampton – Another day out at St Mary's, this time QPR come to visit. Can we go one step further and get the full 3 points this week?
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Transcript
Pre-Game Hopes & Reflections
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. How you doing mate? You looking forward to some more football coming your way?
00:00:28
Zak
I mean, I hope it's better than what we saw against Charlton. But yeah, I'm sure sure I'm looking forward to it, I guess. Yeah, that should be fine. It's just we'll be doing well midweek, but sort of i looking at the stats against QPR.
00:00:46
Zak
So I guess it will be an interesting tie to, you know, borrow one of your colloquialisms.
00:00:54
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I mean, look, we beat them in the reverse fixture, which is a good start, right? A good sign of things to come. And we're in a position where, you know, the the draw against Charlton was frustrating.
00:01:09
DailySaintsPod
But overall, our form is on an upward trend. where We're unbeaten in, what is it, six now? Something stupid like that.
00:01:19
Zak
Yeah, I want to say six, like what, four wins, two draws, I think, something like that
00:01:19
DailySaintsPod
So, Yeah.
00:01:24
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, so it's it's the sort of game that we should be looking forward to and and looking to to push on and get another win. but But in the same regard, it's the championship and
Opponent Analysis: QPR & Strategy
00:01:38
DailySaintsPod
nothing's easy, right? look but We talk every week about these muscling games and games we should steam over, but actually it's it ain't all that, right?
00:01:40
Zak
Yeah, this is the...
00:01:49
Zak
but we We last lost to them in 2013. So yeah it would be fitting that we make these kind of jokes and we talk about how we're going to steamroll a team and then they beat us, right? And it's a constant that you'll hear from me is that we should never underestimate any opponent we come against, especially one where we've already beaten them once this season and like Teams are learning, right? Like Charlton learned and they showed that over the weekend and I imagine QPR to be doing the same. They are on a little bit of a a little bit
00:02:23
Zak
of a positive streak at the moment for them but you know ultimately it's a game we should be picking up three points on in my opinion. Should be.
00:02:33
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, absolutely. it's That's the thing, alright? And...
Team Lineup & Strategic Considerations
00:02:38
DailySaintsPod
It kind of feels like some of setting the way for that almost came at the cost of those three points against Charlton Wright, because we saw the minute-saving substitutions that we've come to expect, and I don't know how much of that is down to like fitness.
00:02:54
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:02:58
DailySaintsPod
They can't play more than that, and how much of that is... We've got another game Tuesday to think about, but it's... I mean, Tonda said in his his presser that he's happy with the the way that the recovery has been handled and the the fitness is coming together. So it it kind of feels like it was all with one eye on this fixture that that that took place. So kind of feel like we have to push on and get the result here. Otherwise, what was the point of it?
00:03:34
Zak
Yeah, I agree.
00:03:36
DailySaintsPod
But, sir yeah, don't know. It's just a strange vibe. It's a really peculiar time for games to begin coming in at such velocity and pace, right?
00:03:51
DailySaintsPod
And it's only going become more so of an issue now that we sort of progress through the Cup as well. Another game moved to to midweek off the back of that.
00:04:02
DailySaintsPod
So...
00:04:02
Zak
Yeah, we're better at midweek games now, right? After a while of us saying, you know, we're terrible at midweek games, we can now, you know, probably quite accurately say we're quite good at midweek games. So is it the end of the world? No, not really.
00:04:16
DailySaintsPod
No, no, it'll be interesting. let's so Let's have a little move in then, mate, to team lineups. how How do you think that fitness plays in? Do you think we see like a mostly unchanged XI, or are you thinking we're starting to see some rotation?
00:04:33
Zak
Well, like, left-back, we can't rotate. Because there is no one who's fit other Manning at the moment. and I think it's one of the things where, I know he's not really mentioned them at all, just in beginning of the season.
00:04:47
Zak
It's one of those times I really do miss the fact that Bar Walker-Peters could play on both the left and the right. So when you had something like this, because you know now we have an abundance of right-backs, only one of whom is fit and only because we took him back from Charlton.
00:05:02
Zak
And you know one who is now out for the season and somebody on loan who I don't know if he'll get many chances towards the end of his loan now if he keeps playing the way he is, unless there's an injury, I'm totally honest.
00:05:18
Zak
So, yeah, I think there's definitely a fitness concern. Obviously, we haven't had a press conference yet, probably, if we get one at all. We haven't heard about, you know, if Leo's all right after going down pretty heavy the other day.
00:05:30
DailySaintsPod
Thank you.
00:05:31
Zak
So I wouldn't really be surprised if he'd get swapped out. But, you know, Stephens and Taylor Harbour-Bella seem to be fine. So I would maybe say defence probably unchanged.
00:05:42
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I think with the defensive line...
00:05:42
Zak
Maybe quasi instead of Stephens.
00:05:44
DailySaintsPod
No, I think with the defensive line, it makes sense to keep it structured, keep it solid. It's the foundation you want to build the rest your team on. I think with the presser, they kind of put out like a press conference, but it was very clearly recorded straight after the Charlton game, presumably because of the like quick turnaround and the travel.
00:06:06
DailySaintsPod
So... So it was like, yeah, talking all about the game on Tuesday, but you're right. No actual like substance or fitness updates on things like Leo.
00:06:16
Zak
Yes, we we have these sort things.
00:06:19
DailySaintsPod
So, but I mean, that could in itself be, be a strength, right? Coming in without, with a bit of an unknown as to what we'll line up as is going to hamper their preparation, presumably.
Midfield & Player Booking Implications
00:06:33
DailySaintsPod
What about the the middle line then? So Charles coming off at 60 minutes and Yander coming on for him. Cam Bragg coming off for Downs. Downs now on nine yellow cards, critically.
00:06:50
DailySaintsPod
Right? And I think it's think it's after the Sheffield Wednesday game at the weekend that the the card amnesty occurs. I don't know sure. I can't remember the exact dates, but...
00:07:00
Zak
I do not either, if I'm totally honest.
00:07:02
DailySaintsPod
is Is that the kind of thing where you like you sacrifice him in this game to make sure that he definitely is playing like the next three?
00:07:02
Zak
say
00:07:13
DailySaintsPod
Because it's a three-game ban if he gets the tenth, right?
00:07:18
Zak
Yeah, I probably would. If it is literally... a I can't i remember if the Amnesty works like that exactly. if it If it means that he misses one game and gets to participate in three, I probably would. Because again, if you're going to have to swap out a player...
00:07:36
Zak
the middle of the park is where we have the most options, right? Uh, you know, between Bragg, Yander, Charles, you know, where maybe we might even see on the bench, who knows, but yeah, I think that, you know, he was substituted immediately after that yellow card the other day.
00:07:53
Zak
don't know how much I would trust him to maybe not pick up another one. Uh,
00:07:57
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I mean, he yeah i mean we it's a running joke on this show that him getting booked is like the safest bet in football, right?
00:08:07
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:08:09
Zak
happens.
00:08:11
DailySaintsPod
So I have of just done my research and yeah, it's the...
00:08:17
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I don't know. I am still not clear because, you know, as with all of these things, kind of deliberately ambiguous, right? Yeah. Yeah.
00:08:27
DailySaintsPod
it's
00:08:27
Zak
know I don't know. just think it's a thing that I'm not going to lie. We don't really think about and we shouldn't have to think about because we shouldn't have players that pick up this many yellows, if I'm totally honest. Especially where some of the yellows that he's picked up have not been for...
00:08:40
Zak
like you know Some of them have been really like, oh, thank goodness, that's such a that foul stopped us from losing the game. And other times, it's just like, why why did he do that? We're 20 minutes in. but It's not...
00:08:49
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, or or, I mean, petulance is a a word that springs to mind, right? i think I can think of at least three of his yellow cards this season that have just been his hot head and his mouth running that have got him into trouble, right? Like,
00:09:05
DailySaintsPod
mouthing off at the referee, get a yellow.
00:09:05
Zak
I guess,
00:09:07
DailySaintsPod
It's something when it starts to top up to this amount that, you know, could have a serious impact, especially like you say, he's been one of those quality pieces in that midfield for us. So, so for it to not be the case, uh, if you know it's it would be a two match ban, uh,
00:09:29
DailySaintsPod
yes, it's crazy.
00:09:32
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, i don't know if I don't know if that comes into the mindset, though, of of like team selection. but it So it'd be before the 37th game. So actually, i mean, that is two games after Sheffield Wednesday. I don't see us leaving him out for for that long. And frankly, I don't see him going that long without picking up another booking. That's the crazy thing, right?
00:09:32
Zak
Either way, to to your point, though,
00:09:58
Zak
No, I'm fine. And so, yeah, that that says everything you need to make, in my opinion.
00:10:03
DailySaintsPod
yeah
00:10:03
Zak
Yeah, again, if he plays, cool. If he doesn't, cool. I'm kind of happy with whoever.
Player Performances & Impact on Strategy
00:10:08
Zak
i think that as long as...
00:10:12
Zak
as long as whoever gets on and plays their best and we they have a good game is all I kind of care about, right? Like we don't want another sort of, when Yanda played against Leicester and didn't have a great game. But I'm not really concerned about who whoever plays in the middle of the park.
00:10:30
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, no, I agree with that. It's a nice, we talked about how the nice position, the sort of depth of that position brings. So it's it's good. yeah I think you're right. Any of the, I'd probably go as far as to say five names that you name in that midfield, right? Shea Charles, Flynn Downs, Cam Bragg, Caspiander, Oriol Romelu. You're probably not going to be too upset about any of it. You'll be happy to see the name on the sheet.
00:11:01
DailySaintsPod
What about Finnazaz? Didn't have a a performance to remember against Charlton. I don't know.
00:11:11
DailySaintsPod
What do you think? think he he keeps his place? Do you think he gets rotated out for, don't know, like Jay Robinson in that position or something?
00:11:16
Zak
I don't know, because I still don't stillt know if we know if Jay's fit or not. But Jay scored last time out against KPR, to be fair.
00:11:28
Zak
Like, he's not had... the best game recently. he had some really good stats against QPR last week. We played them, but just I just, I know, like, we've talked about this so often with how potentially hot and cold he's been and what we kind of would expect more of. And yeah, I just expect more of him.
00:11:52
Zak
And at the moment, I don't know what's going on, but like, for me, it was part of, the problem we had attacking on Saturday the English Charlton, right?
00:12:04
Zak
And again, like, four shots, not single one of them target. It wasn't really, it doesn't spring... he's not playing with confidence right now and that is very very obvious and i'm really hoping that that like purple patch of form he had wasn't just it because like we were we finally saw the player we expect when we signed him and he's gone missing again and like maybe swapping him out for somebody else's you know slightly better the problem is is yeah you're right who maybe move Charles up there and
00:12:14
DailySaintsPod
night
00:12:32
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I don't know. it's It's a really strange one. You're right. like There's clearly a quality player in there, but he's clearly so... I don't know. I don't know if it's confidence-based or just... but Like, if there's something that these teams that he's come up against and struggled against where they've just, like, figured him out before before he gets there or something and it throws him off. Like, I don't...
00:12:57
DailySaintsPod
It's really hard to to sort of put it in into perspective because, generally speaking, he's got such good vision forward of of what's happening to him. but But just none of it seems to come up. The stats for for the Charlton game were, I mean...
00:13:20
DailySaintsPod
if some play some of the other players who are you know in in in the eye as they are sometimes had those sta statistics statistics, it would be cool for arms, right? Like, oh I should never play again. And I don't really think that should be the case, and I don't think it is the case for him, but...
00:13:40
DailySaintsPod
something needs to to sort sort itself out and get either him into form or, yeah, just bring something fresh to that position. i don't know. I don't know if it's Jay Robinson. i know that but that we've seen Matski coming in on for Tom Fellows on the right more often, but but when we brought him in, he was seen as more of this sort of number 10 style attacking midfielder.
00:14:03
Zak
Yep.
00:14:07
DailySaintsPod
don't think the answer would be to bring Cameron Archer into play number 10 because we tried it and it didn't work.
00:14:10
Zak
No, we saw that. It was terrible.
00:14:13
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:14:13
Zak
Yeah, I think it's frustrating and it's upsetting. I think I've said this lot of times that like he gets constantly pointed for, not even really criticism, just like we just think we need something different.
00:14:24
Zak
That's kind of more where where it's at.
00:14:25
DailySaintsPod
Hmm.
00:14:27
Zak
it's It's annoying because, again, like when you you show you can do it, it's it's more frustrating when you don't, when you stop doing it, right?
00:14:37
Zak
And and like, at least with some players, like there's not that level of expectation on like Jay Robinson, for example, because he's young, because he's coming through still, because, you know, he's going to have a mistake in him every so often.
00:14:37
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:14:48
Zak
And not that he's really put much of a foot wrong from what he's been asked to do. But like with Azaz, it's because he's kind of a big, a big money, one of our big money signings, right, for this this season.
00:15:02
Zak
And it's kind of almost like a temperature gain just to how well a game is going to go, right? If he's having an absolute stinker, unless you're going to replace him with somebody else, you know?
00:15:10
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:15:14
Zak
And I do genuinely believe, like, one of the reasons he was one of the senior players to be brought on in the FA Cup was the hope that he would score a goal and boost his confidence a little bit more. and get back to kind of those those sort of like scoring ways. And, you know, maybe there is too much pressure on him. Maybe you're right. Maybe the system doesn't suit him to the best of his ability all the time. But all I'm saying is maybe we just give somebody else a shot there. That's all.
00:15:41
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. Yeah. It'll be interesting to see what comes out. Fellows we talked about as well in the Charlton game and the game before, right? Not also in a bit of a cold patch, truthfully.
00:15:54
Zak
Yeah.
00:15:55
DailySaintsPod
Better against Charlton than against Leicester, for sure, by a long way.
00:15:58
Zak
Yeah. Very, very true.
00:16:00
DailySaintsPod
but
00:16:01
Zak
Apart from what he actually stacked it inside the box for three or four times.
00:16:01
DailySaintsPod
But should have shot first time instead of tripping over the ball. Yeah.
00:16:06
Zak
Yeah, you're right.
00:16:08
DailySaintsPod
just Yeah, did I don't know. Do you think he gets back as a start or or maybe have Matt's on that side?
00:16:14
Zak
Yeah, I think so. I don't think we're going to change it, if I'm totally honest. Maybe, depends how tidy it is. Maybe it depends.
00:16:20
DailySaintsPod
Hmm.
00:16:23
Zak
I don't think it'll be necessarily for performance. I think it'll be, if anything, due to fitness. And that might be why we keep seeing Matt's get on the right and not on the middle, right?
00:16:30
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:16:32
Zak
It's just that Fellowes is the one that's struggling for fitness more than it's at. And that means...
00:16:36
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I mean, he played he's played a lot of minutes for us this season.
00:16:37
Zak
Yeah.
00:16:41
Zak
Yeah.
00:16:41
DailySaintsPod
He's played so much football, and for the type of player he is, the especially when he was in that wing-back role, just running basically the full length of the pitch time and time again. look it's got a It's got to take its toll at some point. And yeah, you're right. Maybe that's a factor as to why we've not seen sort of the best out of him.
00:17:05
DailySaintsPod
Obviously, you say Leo, presumably if he is fit and not taken too bad of a knock from that hit, will be back in the starting lineup.
00:17:14
DailySaintsPod
but
00:17:14
Zak
Yeah, for sure.
00:17:15
DailySaintsPod
But if he's not, you'd expect at this point, I think, Sammy Odozie to get a start.
00:17:21
Zak
Yeah, potentially.
00:17:21
DailySaintsPod
I think he's done enough.
00:17:22
Zak
I don't think I'd be upset by that either.
00:17:25
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I think that... I think that we've talked a lot about how kind of the flair of Leo is, has the ability to bring the team up. And, don't know he's got a bit of that about him too.
00:17:38
DailySaintsPod
Not quite to like the same,
00:17:38
Zak
Yeah.
00:17:42
DailySaintsPod
not quite with like the same ferocity as Leo. I i think is how I'd describe it, but he's got a bit of a flair about his game and there is quality there. And we've seen moments of it in his sort sub appearances.
00:17:56
DailySaintsPod
it's always harder to judge off of a substitute appearance as well. So yeah, I think that he, in that he's done enough to, to justify naming him if Leo's not going to be ready to play, which, which, you know, it looked like quite a hard knock.
Striker Options & Game Predictions
00:18:12
DailySaintsPod
So, so maybe that is going to be the case. We'll just have to wait and see.
00:18:18
Zak
Yeah, I agree.
00:18:20
DailySaintsPod
You think Ross Stewart will be fit enough to start again, or do you think we just rotate
00:18:26
Zak
I would rotate Laron in just because, you know, we saw him grab his hamstring a couple of times at Charlton and we don't want to risk that and we know what happens if we play him three times in a week and we do have another striker and, you know, it's
00:18:38
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:18:42
Zak
interesting that neither of you or me are thinking like, oh, so maybe they're going to play Cam Archer. That's just not even an option at this point, right?
00:18:48
DailySaintsPod
I just think we tried that and it didn't come off. I wouldn't don't necessarily think that Tonda maybe it would have written him off quite as much as as we seem to have, but just I don't seem that naming him in the starting line-up
00:19:04
Zak
This
00:19:12
DailySaintsPod
is going to boost the confidence right of of him or us, I think, at the moment and the way he's been playing.
00:19:18
Zak
is...
00:19:19
DailySaintsPod
I could see him coming off the bench for whoever starts, Stuart or Laren, because you know both both players of those bringing up their minutes right with the eye on the game on Saturday as well.
00:19:36
DailySaintsPod
you kind of think that 60, 30 between them, i mean, they'll probably need that, that third option. So yeah, I don't know. I think, I think you're right. I think Laron will get the start and I think we might see him come off in the 65th ish minute for, for Archer.
00:19:55
DailySaintsPod
And hopefully that'll be at a point in the game where Arch will get an opportunity to to do something, but not with the pressure of it meaning much, right?
00:20:05
DailySaintsPod
like Like, if he can come on and score, if with if we're 3-0 up and he can come on and score a 4, that's kind of like the best case scenario for everyone, right?
00:20:05
Zak
Yes, I'd really like it if by that point we put it to bed.
00:20:14
Zak
Yes, although I agree wholeheartedly. think that that's kind of what we all want to see. And, well, I don't know if everybody wants to see him on the pitch, to be honest, but he's a Saints player and we we don't want to do too much experiment too like much experimenting so late into the season at this point.
00:20:33
Zak
Like considering where we are and what we want to do and what we want achieve, what the the board's aim is,
00:20:33
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:20:38
Zak
I feel like messing about too much with, oh, maybe we'll put this person in here. You know, that's why they did all in an FA Cup game and still didn't quite go to plan. So you're right, if we do see him, it'll probably be as a substitute and it will only be, think, if we've done enough to see it over the line. If not, it'll just be Ross back on, wouldn't it?
00:20:59
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. I mean, look, it'll be be interesting to see... how how much the third game of the weekend factors in. It's kind of... It's interesting, right? Because the third game of the week has been sort of historically where we've struggled more than the other two.
00:21:18
DailySaintsPod
But with all due respect, the third game this week is Sheffield Wednesday, who, I mean, sure, if you you'd look past them and take it easy there, you know, not not unlikely to be in a position to fulfil that banana skin position, but also already relegated, still in minus points.
00:21:40
DailySaintsPod
You know, do we know the ownership situation. It's kind of... No one likes to see it, but it it's the situation is what it is. So kind of feel like this is the game maybe you have to put more effort into to to get the win than that?
00:21:57
DailySaintsPod
I don't know. How do you feel? Is is that sort of too reductive?
00:22:02
Zak
No, I agree.
00:22:04
DailySaintsPod
right. Cool. Right. The the chat.
00:22:06
Zak
Sorry, I know that usually you expect me to not, but no, I agree.
00:22:13
DailySaintsPod
That's fine. Right, mate. Like you history on our side when you look at results for this fixture. of the last nine matches we've played against them, six wins, one draw, two losses.
00:22:27
DailySaintsPod
Like you say, all the way back in 2013 to find the last time that we lost to them.
00:22:35
Zak
That was the Premier League as well.
00:22:37
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. Crazy how time's going to go.
00:22:42
Zak
Gaston Ramirez scored in that game.
00:22:45
DailySaintsPod
lot That is insane. But...
00:22:50
Zak
Park G Sun played QPR. Sorry, just having my own absolute mental breakdown over that. Gouli was still on the bench.
00:23:01
Zak
Punching started. Yep, sorry, Greg. Sorry.
00:23:03
DailySaintsPod
But look, I mean, look, they've they've held their own this season. i guess they are... there or thereabouts where we maybe expect them to be from our pre-season testing or pre-season predictions.
00:23:18
Zak
I don't know. Didn't we put them like 10th to 12th, right?
00:23:20
DailySaintsPod
But yeah, and they're, you know they're currently 13th directly below us.
00:23:22
Zak
There
00:23:25
Zak
you go. There you
00:23:27
DailySaintsPod
So, but they, they've had, they had a good run of form earlier on in the season.
00:23:29
Zak
geniuses we are.
00:23:33
DailySaintsPod
They're kind of hot and cold at the moment. It would seem kind of, uh, maybe had some tougher games in, in recent memory, but their away form is, is pretty good. Three draws and a win away from home in their last four. So,
00:23:51
DailySaintsPod
It's not, like i said, it's it's a championship match. It's not one that we can just immediately write off and say, yep absolutely nailed on win, right? Like anything could happen.
00:24:02
DailySaintsPod
And that is kind of both the blessing and the curse of this league, right? is It's it's very difficult to to level your expectations based off of the the uncertainty.
00:24:07
Zak
Yeah, exactly.
00:24:16
DailySaintsPod
the, the AI spiel in front of me, i as always, that we love, uh, the safe angle being, Southampton to win, uh, with a higher XG at home, meaning that they are are likely to scoop the points. Uh, three plus expected goal benchmark, uh,
00:24:37
DailySaintsPod
but over one and a half goals is the favoured odds.
Predictions & Betting Insights
00:24:40
DailySaintsPod
So, yeah. I mean, that's that's pretty conclusive. That's slightly more than the 2-1 it normally predicts, right?
00:24:49
DailySaintsPod
So...
00:24:49
Zak
Yeah, well, which is funny because the last sort of what, last games we had against them, 2-1, 1-0, 2-1, 1-0, 2-1. So the first time that, you know, it's like, actually, we think, well, I guess if it's 2-1, that's three goals, right? So...
00:25:06
DailySaintsPod
Interestingly, on the little note section, it says, if you're weighing risk, don't go for over goals, go for over seven and a half corners. So, mean, take from that what you will. I read that as not great at shooting. I don't know.
00:25:26
DailySaintsPod
But don't know, mate. What do you think? How do you feel the scores are going to lie when the the game finishes?
00:25:37
Zak
problem is I went three no last time and it was 1-0 draw. And I reckon it would I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up similar to the last game where ends up as a 2-1 win for us. just can't I just don't see us keeping a clean sheet at the moment. We seem to struggle. We we managed one or two.
00:25:52
Zak
And then, yeah, after the last game, it's like, again, we we know that Paretz has got that style of mistake in him. We saw it again almost happen at St Mary's the other day. yeah, I'd be happy with 2-1.
00:26:03
Zak
Maybe more.
00:26:03
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:26:04
Zak
I'd like more. Because then maybe, be yeah, as you said, you know if if we score three and then Cameron Archer can come on and get a fourth, that'd be wonderful. But I'm going to go with an optimistic prediction for me at 2-1, mate.
00:26:16
DailySaintsPod
right. I'll take it. Where are those goals coming from?
00:26:19
Zak
I would like to see Kyle Lahren score a brace and put us up to at halftime.
00:26:23
DailySaintsPod
Okay.
00:26:26
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:26:26
Zak
That's what I would like.
00:26:28
DailySaintsPod
I'd be even happier if my seat gets picked from the Brace Yourself competition from midnight, but there we go. That's... Good stuff. No, I like the sound of that. I'm there for it.
00:26:39
DailySaintsPod
Do you know I'm not feeling too dissimilar to you, if I'm honest, mate.
00:26:43
Zak
Yeah.
00:26:44
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I mean, I think it's a a pretty reasonable shout, but I'm going to say 2-0. I just... I think that... the focus is going to be on on seeing out a game and pushing on and getting that second goal, hopefully pretty quickly after we manage to get the
00:27:04
DailySaintsPod
I don't know whether QPR are going to come with to play a bit or have a low block. I mean, looking at their...
00:27:10
DailySaintsPod
last results, three of their last four games have finished nil-nil. So, maybe that is a sign of of things to come.
00:27:20
DailySaintsPod
But, I don't know. I fancy a couple of goals. So, let's, yeah, stick with 2-0.
00:27:26
Zak
Cool. Sounds good.
00:27:28
DailySaintsPod
And, yeah. Yeah, why not? Karl Lahren, both of them. Sure. That sounds good to me. It'd be nice for him to... So like that would be like, what, four in four games? That would be nuts, right?
00:27:42
DailySaintsPod
So...
00:27:42
Zak
Yeah. That'd be really good for us.
00:27:44
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. Good stuff. But look. Let's wait and see. It's going to be a nice night out at St Mary's. Hopefully the weather won't be too horrible. It'll warm up a bit.
00:27:56
DailySaintsPod
Fingers crossed. If not, it's just got be Bovril, isn't That'll keep us warm. But look...
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00:28:02
DailySaintsPod
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00:28:17
DailySaintsPod
everywhere. Hit us up, let us know. we love hearing from you. Uh, and I can't wait to see what you think is going to happen. Uh, but whatever happens, we will be here to talk about it after the game.
00:28:31
DailySaintsPod
Uh, and, uh, be it joy or despair. Uh, it's all just part of that wonderful rollercoaster ride of being a Saints fan that, uh, we all know and love. So, uh,
00:28:44
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, we'll be here to talk about it for sure. Until then, thank you everyone for listening. Thank you, Zach, as always, for joining me, mate.
00:28:52
Zak
Thank you, mate.
00:28:53
DailySaintsPod
Have a wonderful day and come on, you saints!
00:28:57
Zak
Wee.