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Daily Ipswich Episode 120: Crossover Thursday With Daily Crystal Palace
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On today's show, Tom links up with Dan from the Daily Palace. They assess both sides' seasons so far and highlight both teams' key players ahead of their clash at Selhurst Park this weekend.
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Introduction to the Crossover Event
00:00:02
Speaker
Every club. Every day. The Global Sports Podcast Network. Hello and welcome to the Daily Palace Podcast brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network, as you just heard from our lovely jingle.
00:00:17
Speaker
But today we have a so special show as it is the crossover special as we have Ipswich on the weekend. So we have our special guests from the Ipswich show channel.
Ipswich's FA Cup Journey
00:00:31
Speaker
Tom, how are you doing? How's your week been going so far?
00:00:36
Speaker
Yeah, all really good, mate. We had an FA Cup action on Monday night, so we were able to sort of, it sounds strange to take a break from the league, which I'm pretty sure was the opposite for you in terms of not wanting to take a break from the how well it's going for you guys at the moment.
00:00:47
Speaker
And we had that kind of you know, throw form out the window kind of and mentality heading into Monday's cup game with Forrest and we almost got it done. But in what was our second penalty shootout the season, we unfortunately came up short against, you know, arguably the most, the best team this season in terms of surprise packages and all that. So no shame of losing to Forrest very much. So shame we couldn't get to the court. It's been a long time since we're even in the last 16, to be honest. But yeah, all good.
00:01:10
Speaker
Looking forward to getting back to the league.
Challenges of Promotion and Survival
00:01:12
Speaker
It's been a tough one, but I'm still enjoying the ride. Oh, yeah well, yeah, you're you're in the premiership at least until the end of the season. So yeah yeah enjoy it while it lasts, because we've been in this that boat as well. Not for a while, but we've been in that boat as well. so Which brings up what one of the things we're going talk about today will be of how we think, sort of our individual views of how the season's gone this year and things like that.
00:01:38
Speaker
Then we're going to have a kind of who's who's some of the star players or the sort of unsung heroes for the season and then finally as it is a review into the the weekend fixture we're going to give our score predictions and how we think the game is going to go so let's start start the ball rolling so tom we have to ask the question how do you think the season's been going so far i know it hasn't exactly been brilliant but you are a promoted team so it is kind of expected it's going to be
00:02:11
Speaker
A tough one, essentially. But how have you so found the season so far? but You are muted, Tom.
Ipswich vs. Top Teams
00:02:19
Speaker
I apologise, sorry about that, I'm here now, sorry about that. Don't worry, I've done it plenty times, I think I did it yesterday, so. Sorry about that.
00:02:27
Speaker
Yeah, no, as you were saying that, I think the lot of the last, but coming into this season, the last two years and have been amazing, two of the best years to support push town. like i'm I'm pretty sure for a neutral it was great to watch this as well and the story of like our brilliant rise under McKenna in recent years.
00:02:41
Speaker
You know, coming to a season we knew it was going to be a lot more difficult and it's it's proven to be I'm still, like I said at the top of the show, but I'm still very much enjoying the ride. We have managed to see a few boos echoing around Portman Road after certain results this season against teams you know we may have hoped to get something against, someone against, but you know it's it's still it's still great. and you know I've said many times, my times like this time two or three years ago, were playing midweek games under the lights against Fleetwood.
00:03:04
Speaker
Do you know what I mean? so I think a lot of fans have to realise where we are as a club right now. Even if we do go down this season, we're still very much in a good spot to potentially come back up as well. And yes, results haven't been what we've wanted, but we've put in some good performances there. I think 2025 has been a lot more difficult than what we found the first half of the season, but it's been good performances all round. I think against sides, really, I think we flourished more against sides we necessarily wouldn't have expected to get results against. So we've got two great draws against Aston Villa.
00:03:33
Speaker
great opening day performance I fought against Liverpool, win against Chelsea at home and then away win at Spurs as well. But it's been the the games against sides, like I said, we would have hoped to get some something against.
00:03:45
Speaker
We've really struggled and I think that's what's, if we do go down, that's going to be the reason. We said at the start the season that we needed to make Portman Road a fortress as it has been, even in our dire years, it you kind of was that to be honest, but this season it just hasn't been that. And you know,
00:03:58
Speaker
Games at home against the likes of Everton most recently, which was so heartbreaking, Southampton. At that point of the season, you guys, when you know before you found your feet, I think that point of the season, it was seen as a potential relegation battle, but you guys kind of eventually found your feet and managed to soldier on there. But at that point, that was very much a game we saw as we could get something.
00:04:18
Speaker
And we didn't. And that's, I think, really could do us over. But I'm still very much enjoying it. Premier League football is great to see. remember when I was much younger, we were in the Premier League and our first season back was incredible and our second season was not.
00:04:30
Speaker
But, you know, I'm be where we are now. And I'm still very much enjoying it and looking forward to this week's game and the few ahead before we may go back
Palace's Resurgence and Management Strategies
00:04:38
Speaker
down to the second tier. But you never know. Walls may slip up. we've still got to play them.
00:04:43
Speaker
Yeah. Well, that kind of half leads me into my next question. With... basically the home straight of the season, the last 10, 11 games, depending on schedule. Do you believe or do you think you can still survive? Because it is only five points.
00:04:58
Speaker
So it is still doable, but I had a look at your run. It's going to be interesting. You've got to kind of get safe by... April ish before you kind of start running into sort of the top six because looking at our one we've got five of them back almost back to back or within but two or three weeks of each other so yeah do you think you can stay up or is it going to be kind of going to the last last minute
00:05:26
Speaker
Yeah, i think i mean I still believe we can. like it's It's ridiculous at this point to not believe it. Yes, the gap has increased. We said around a recent podcast that if it does grow over more ever more than this, then it may be difficult.
00:05:37
Speaker
I think, and you know, it's it's not a huge flag to sort of raise and wave around, but I think we have been the best at the three promoted sides this season in terms of quality on the pitch. So, Hampton, yes, did get result against us, but the majority have been pretty dire.
00:05:51
Speaker
Leicester's off-field antics have very much impacted him on the pitch. I think we have a very cohesive backroom staff and the players are very like happy to play for the badge and stuff. And I think we could, you know, we we've we've we've got a result against Wolves only this season. There's no reason to say we can't do it again.
00:06:06
Speaker
Mateus Cunha's out for three games. know one man doesn't make a team, but that is quite massive because I did kind of think if he does... leave in January where he was linked to Forest and I think Arsenal as well. That may have helped us out greatly. He's out for three games. His first game back is actually against us in four games time, which he'll probably quite motivated to do, but you never know.
00:06:25
Speaker
In the last two seasons, we've got back-to-back promotions at finishing second place in League One and the Championship. At this point, or maybe a few few weeks prior, we weren't in those positions. We were about five points, six points behind in both those scenarios. And yes, obviously, we were playing much better football in those leagues, but we still would to rely on teams above us to slip up, and they did.
00:06:44
Speaker
So that's something that I'm still very much hoping will be the case. But you never know. You never know. I'm enjoying it whilst we can. i will say, if I mean, I don't want I'm not saying this too much. If we do go down, and again, hope you don't, we've got quite a good team for next season. I think Barley and Dillap and maybe a couple of other guys, most of the squad's still going to be there.
00:07:02
Speaker
And it's a very good team. We beat Coventry in the FA Cup, who were on a fantastic run of the championship, eight wins out of our last nine. We spanked them with our second team 4-1. So most of those guys will be down at the championship if we do go down. So that'd be quite interesting to see.
00:07:14
Speaker
But hopefully it doesn't come to that and we can get a few more results and walls can slip up and we can have another year in the Premier League. I kind of want you guys to stay up. I like Ipswich. Yeah, it's always been one everyone seems to say that.
00:07:25
Speaker
Everybody loves Ipswich. You have no like and no ill will against you. It's like, or very little anyway, one or the other. Yeah, Leicester has kind of annoyed some people left, right and centre.
00:07:37
Speaker
Nobody really likes Everton. So things like that. So is there any questions you want to ask me sort of about Palace season or any other so of questions you want to ask?
00:07:50
Speaker
o but when when did you like as As I said, when we played you guys, yeah, when when we played you guys start and I think it was like November, December time, like I said, I think it was November, something like that. Yeah. yeah At that point of a season, as I said, no offense where you guys and now, but it did seem like on paper, potential relegation scrap because it was quite a poor start from you guys.
00:08:09
Speaker
What's been the switch? Because obviously, you know, you had a good second half the season last year. it's it seems It's definitely the case again now. what what When was the switch? why Why has there been a switch? And who have who but what's the reason for that, you think?
00:08:22
Speaker
We don't know, actually. We've been kind of asking this question for the last few months of why it suddenly switched on. I think it's just sort of more the teams kind of come together. the system is starting to work.
00:08:36
Speaker
So some of the players that didn't weren't having the best form have been kind of slightly rotated out. It also helps that Mateta... started scoring on a regular basis. Also kind of helped that Eze didn't try and take the entire team on by himself.
00:08:50
Speaker
Because one of the many of my gripes at the beginning of the season was
Recognizing Standout Players
00:08:54
Speaker
Eze trying to score a worldie all the time. He'd get to the 30 yards out or something like that, the 18-yard box, and just shoot.
00:09:04
Speaker
He's got three or four other players to pass to. He decides to shoot instead, gives the ball back, and then we're in the same problem. And kind of at the beginning of the season, we were, well, kind of making a lot of unforced errors.
00:09:17
Speaker
So we weren't getting beaten by teams, but we were sort of conceding, like losing like one goal here, one goal there. But there were points where, I think Liverpool was one of the key ones where we could have been four or five nil down by sort of in the first 20 minutes by just Jota by himself.
00:09:36
Speaker
He was so open. And for some reason, he just got lucky. Man United could have done it to us, but it was an unbelievable performance by both keepers to keep them in. So to a point, I have no idea why we're now on a sort of this insane run, because we've been trying to figure it out on the podcast for the last few months.
00:09:58
Speaker
It kind of helps that we've had a really good away form. It's, I think, one of the best in the league at the moment, but our home form is absolutely dreadful in comparison. So which we don't understand either because it's the same team, same formation, same everything.
00:10:16
Speaker
But for some reason at Sellers Park, it's just open season. So to answer your question, I don't rightly know. It's just suddenly switched on.
00:10:28
Speaker
It's a good problem to have, isn't it? Yeah, it's a brilliant problem to have. I don't know. Yeah, yeah. Very jealous of that problem, that's for sure. Yeah, but I think home-wise, again, not to equate us to you guys in terms of points and stuff, but we found it much more difficult at home this season. we've we've Our best results and performances have definitely been on the road this season. So you've given me a slight bit of hope heading into the weekend, just from what you said there.
00:10:49
Speaker
Oh, yeah. The same thing when I was talking to Fulham. so very much like, oh, yeah, cheers. You're at home. So, yeah, we're going to field them with confidence. Yeah. Is there anything else before we move on?
00:11:02
Speaker
Maybe just quick thoughts on the manager, if that's one. yeah i think Glasner was, you know, he's kind of unknown quantity, i think, to a lot of casual football fans. like Just thoughts on him as a boss and, you know, was there ever a point the season, again, like I said, with that poor start where thought his name could have been on on the chopping block because usually like bri that winter period is where managers could go, isn't it?
00:11:23
Speaker
so There definitely was a point where there was a lot of murmurs that he had about two or three games in sort of to get a result but the board stuck with him because i i think at the time there wasn't a lot of options so because at so palaces level we're not pushing for any titles it's very much trying to get into mid table is our main priority so you're not going to attract sort of the likes of sort world-class managers or even things like that. I think at one point, Gareth Southgate was considered mainly because, well, he's an ex-Palace player and he just got off the England job, which was still fairly successful, even though he played, really you would say, relatively boring football, but he got results.
00:12:10
Speaker
So he was kind of in the the talking point, but There were points where you were kind of thinking, we might need to change manager, but I'm very glad that they didn't pull the trigger because I'm very much of the, you need to give these managers time. You can't just keep swapping and changing because it takes probably about three or four months for them to get their system in.
00:12:30
Speaker
Just look at Man United. They got rid of one manager, i'll bring in a new one, and the problem hasn't changed in the slightest. So sacking your manager is not always the best option, but any of these scof guys think it's Just a quick fix.
00:12:44
Speaker
quick Quick plaster, quick band-aid to any problem. but So i'm I'm glad that we stuck with Glasner. As a manager, I'm really impressed with the way he kind of motivates the team as well. So he'll get the best out of what you would probably consider fairly average players.
00:13:03
Speaker
We don't have sort of any world beaters or anything. They are top quality players and they know exactly what they're supposed to be doing and when. It may taken a while for the system to get going, but they know what they're doing.
00:13:15
Speaker
So yeah i'm just I'm just glad we've got we've kept him for a while. He knows how to win a trophy. So him being out the first team for every single cup game is also encouraging.
00:13:29
Speaker
Instead of trying to put out reserve team, the rest and da-da-da-da-da, he's actually going for it. So I'm all for Glasner at the moment, but that can all change very quickly as it is football.
00:13:42
Speaker
Is there anything else or should we move on? think that's all good, mate. That's all good for the moment. Okay. And on that, we're going to take a quick break and thank our sponsor here. And after after the quick break, we shall then start talking about some of the star players of the season.
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I did have to keep an eye on that, I think. But we are back. This is the Daily Palace podcast. we but This is the crossover special with Tom from Daily Ipswich team.
00:14:55
Speaker
So next on the agenda, we're going to sort of kind of sing the praises of some of our star players of the season, or even so give a shout out to some of these unsung players.
00:15:07
Speaker
So start with, as you are the guest, Tom, do you want to give your list to some of the star players or anybody you want to give shout out to or praise that has not been given so far?
00:15:20
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. i think, you know, it's not it's no surprise that the first name I'm going to mention is Liam DeLapp. you know we We signed a plethora of players this summer. I think that you know when you move up a league, it's it's kind of expected now, especially when we're not a team that's been in the Premier League for a long time.
00:15:35
Speaker
So we i think we obviously were the most busy coming into the new season. That was to be expected. And I'll be i'll be honest, signing him coming into the season, we needed a striker. I'm a big fan of George Hurst, but we needed another striker to be there for him as well.
00:15:48
Speaker
Coming into it, I wasn't like... oh my God, we've got like this world beater or this potential world beater and this young English striker now. Because he didn't really set the championship that far away. Obviously, you know you're coming from City's academy. There must be a good player in there or a potentially good player in there.
00:16:04
Speaker
But he's just been fantastic. I think it's not just his goal scoring that you know he's provided you know without him. Who knows where we'd be this season? it's not just his goal scoring that really, really impresses me. It's his pace and it's his strength and it's his physicality.
00:16:18
Speaker
think that's one of the things he gets praised for mostly is that he's really sort of brutish on the ball and loves a good run. Like if he picks up the ball around the halfway line, a bit of open space, he's going to charge at those centre-backs when they're backtracking.
00:16:30
Speaker
And a lot of goals have come from that this season or chances have come from that this season. And it's just been really great to have a striker like that who... like I said at the top of the show, if things don't go well for us this season, I don't really expect him to be with us next year because he's on double digits this season. He's been one of the top strikers in the league this season, potential replacement for Harry Kane in four or five years' time if we're looking that far ahead because I think most other English strikers nowadays, you know, if you look after Kane,
00:16:56
Speaker
You've got the likes of Watkins and a few other guys at that. They're approaching 30 now. The lap's very much not in that bracket. So I think if you're looking for a successor to potentially beat at the Euros in the UK in a few years' time, could very much be that guy.
00:17:09
Speaker
I'll be proud of him wherever he goes, to be honest, unless Norwich grew up and he ends up joining them or something. But apart from that, would be great to see. And he's just just been brilliant. I think it's just it's but been a better professional having a really quality striker and one you can be dependent upon. The only issue with him is that you know We've had to depend on so much, the goals haven't really come from anywhere else, apart from a few scattered here and there.
00:17:30
Speaker
I think in terms of, again, you know he was obviously the first name to mention. I'm pretty sure if I was to ask you, he probably the first name as well. I think in terms of other names who've been standout, it has been few and far between, unfortunately. I think for me, if we look at defensively, one name who I really was not expecting much of this season, who's been there the past year or so, is one of the few players we have with a bit of Premier League experience coming into a season, which was Axel Twanzobi.
00:17:54
Speaker
you know United's Academy before, was at Villa for their promotion campaign, was with us for a bit last season as well. Came in, I think, half through season. Didn't really set the world like they were championship for us and was kind of one of those players you just kind of thought it's good to have on the team sheet, but it never really like hoping he's in the team. He's unfortunately injured. He picked up an injury against Forrest in the cup in the week, but so you won't have to worry about him on the weekend, but just such a reliable hand.
00:18:17
Speaker
And he's pretty shown this season to me, especially that you can have all these great young players and these like championship stars that we've, we've brought in a lot of this past year, but just someone who's like level-headed and confident. I think he's shown that for his quality, unfortunately gets injured way too much. And I think that,
00:18:32
Speaker
has kind of scuppered him a bit this year. But he's he's been great. He's really, really been fantastic. They've definitely been the the two best for us this season, I think, for sure. I think in terms of unsung heroes, difficult because, as said, it's not been the greatest of seasons, unfortunately. I think there's one player who I'm a big fan of who hasn't necessarily been given much of a chance, but is very much still a big sort of favourite amongst the fan base.
00:18:54
Speaker
You probably won't be that too familiar with him. It's Nathan Broadhead. He was a big player for us in the Championship, scored quite a few important goals. but hasn't really got much of a chance in the Premier League this season, unfortunately. There was talks from maybe of having a fallen out with the staff early in the season.
00:19:11
Speaker
The few games he started and come off the bench, I think he's just really confident. He's played internationally for Wales. I know Wales aren't in that Gareth Bale and Ramsey era when they were really good 10 or so years ago, but he's still like a quality proven player in my opinion.
00:19:24
Speaker
And he'll very much be there for many years, I believe. And it's just a shame hasn't been given much of a chance. But, you know, unsung hero doesn't necessarily, usually it's the case that they haven't been able to perform as best as you'd like to think they could. And that very much has been the case of Broadhead this season. so They're the three for me, I think, this season. Like, we'll get into Palace in a sec, but, you know, from an outsider's perspective, like, I assume Liam Dallap is your man in terms of looking at someone who's been standout for town this season. It has, unfortunately, been slim pickings, hasn't it?
00:19:50
Speaker
Yeah, because I was going to sort of say Dilap as one of your star guys, because I think the first time I ever heard would him on him was the football manager game, going through the air Man City Academy was the first time I ever heard of him.
00:20:03
Speaker
And it's like, oh, okay, this guy could actually do something. So, yeah, when we were doing the Palace Ipswich pre-game thing, I think I probably brought him up as well as probably the main threat.
00:20:17
Speaker
You just... you're not exactly filled with a lot of talent a lot of you guys do you you're going about your business well and things like that it's just none of them are particularly standing out all that much especially from an outsider but yeah on the palace side besides from the usual uh betetta gay he and as a kind of thing though the ones that everybody knows i think so some of the star players for me at the one of the moment, at least at the moment anyway, has got to be Will Hughes.
00:20:50
Speaker
He's been, since the Man City game, he's just turned it on. I don't know where he's suddenly become an actual playmaker instead of just this bruiser in midfield.
00:21:01
Speaker
He's starting to sort show a bit of leadership in in the midfield as well. A really sort of good mentor for Wharton and probably Deveni, who I'm expecting to do fairly well once he probably gets a little bit more of a shot in the first team also a good shout out you have to shout out to the goalie you've got to give him every once in a while Dean Henderson has kept us in so many games he has done some absolutely phenomenal saves I think even one against against you guys in the Ipswich where he caught it between his legs on the on the goal line so he's done that so many times this season so
00:21:36
Speaker
And goalies don't get much of a shout-out. they They get blamed if things go wrong and then get ignored if they get a clean sheet. So they're only heroes when it's a penalty shootout. So you've got to give it to the goalie every now and again. Appreciate your goalies.
00:21:50
Speaker
That's all I say.
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00:21:51
Speaker
Just remember they're there. But you've also got the likes of Munoz who's kind of started to grow into a real threat down that right wing as well, especially getting some of the goals.
00:22:03
Speaker
But yeah, Munoz, I think largely that's why i said most of the most of the rest of the team have, yet again, they've been solid once they've started to sort of settle in Lacroix's been pretty solid.
00:22:18
Speaker
He's been also a bit of a driving force in the team. He's always getting the crowd going, especially at the end of the game. He'll go and sort of start chanting with them and start signing autographs, et cetera, et cetera. But those probably be my sort of,
00:22:33
Speaker
hears of stars and unsung heroes. Is there anything else do you want to ask me, Tom, before we move on? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I mean, just obviously you've mentioned Mateta there and I think, you know, obviously he got a goal against us earlier this season and, you know, he's very much, I think, one of the most standout players up front in the Premier League this this season for sure.
00:22:56
Speaker
in doing that has very much kept your, one of the biggest signings on the bench, hasn't he? In the form of Eddie Nketiah, like, you know, yeah obviously left and the Emirates to be more of a difference maker. And, you know, there's another striker who's managing to be fantastic and keep on the bench. Like, is that, is that good problem to have though? Having like, you know, primarily proven striker on the bench as well. And how has he fared and how has he viewed amongst Palace fans? Cause is he happy in the position he's in as well, do you think?
00:23:22
Speaker
Probably not sure if he's happy because he probably came in thinking he would be either a strike partner with Mateta or kind of playing off that attacking central midfield role being sort of linked up with Eze.
00:23:33
Speaker
But it hasn't clicked for him, at least for a while. He's started to now. We've got one in the FA Cup and he got another. He got his first lead goal against Villa just before it as well.
00:23:46
Speaker
So... He's starting to come along, but it's more the thing of we paid quite a bit for him and he needs to start performing because he could start to be considered what essentially be considered a dud for the price we paid for him and the reputation he came with from Arsenal being this tricky winger, sort of very sort of technically gifted player. And it just doesn't seem to be clicking for him.
00:24:14
Speaker
But yet again, as I said, with the manager, these guys do need time to sort of settle into a team and things that. So if he's not doing that next season, then I think we start having an issue.
00:24:26
Speaker
You get one season leeway, essentially. So he's not performing next season, and then I think he'll probably be either loaned out probably to the championship, which I don't think he wants to do, or we'll try and move him on and probably lose a bit but on him.
00:24:41
Speaker
But yeah, it's It's just one of those weird situations. It's nice to have a guy with that experience, but if you're not doing it, then we are going to look somewhere else.
00:24:52
Speaker
And while Mateta may not be around for probably a week or so through sort of concussion protocol, this might be his opportunity to try and get something.
00:25:04
Speaker
So we'll just kind of have to yet again, wait and see. Hopefully he does start performing or at least trying to get some assists and start to get, say, half an hour or so under his belt instead of playing the last 10 minutes just of when Mateta's sort just to keep him fit so if he can get some actual game time I think he'll be fine but it's it's definitely getting that is there anything else or should we move on to the last section I've got one more as well, just in terms of... Because I think in recent years, you guys have really... like yeah Some superstars have really emerged in that team. You saw the sale of Elyse last season.
00:25:42
Speaker
And I think you know we saw last summer of the amount of guys you had in the England team Whitewater and Gahey. There's another one. Escape me. Eze, sorry. And, you know... Eze, come on, you can't... Yeah, I apologise.
00:25:55
Speaker
But do you see... Because obviously, the Elyse sale did kind of feel a bit inevitable last summer. are you guys at a point now where you're kind of expecting, I think Gahey and Eze potentially, but in doing so, yes you're going to bring us some money and get some so get some sales through that.
00:26:12
Speaker
But in doing so, you're weakening your team very much. So it's, and like, you know, it's going I think could be a hard area to be in, in terms of like not becoming a selling club and then just, yes, they've given you some great years, but you know, you you lose those, it's going to be very, very difficult in replacing them, isn't it?
00:26:30
Speaker
Oh, definitely. but But this is the nature of football. Whenever a good player comes out of one of these middle teams, the top six is going to come knocking. It's the problem. You're probably going to have the same situation so in the next couple of months as well of your star players are going to get picked up by some of the middle teams things that. But we have the problem of they're going to bigger clubs, which they really can't say no to.
00:26:55
Speaker
So Gehi, I do expect to go in the summer. Be that to Newcastle, I don't expect so. Chelsea, probably, but it might be probably a bit more likely. They're buying back all their young players, aren't they?
00:27:10
Speaker
Yeah, well, that's what they do. They've got them for a while and then they'll flog them off later. But yeah, Eze, I expect probably the same thing. I think there seems to be some kind of verbal agreement that if Spurs or somebody comes knocking, that they are going to at least consider it.
00:27:26
Speaker
But where Spurs are in the table now, I think that would be a downgrade. So I think if somebody like so City or Arsenal come knocking, I think might be a little bit more favourable for Eze.
00:27:40
Speaker
But wait we're always going to lose players. it's one of the It's one of the things of being really good at finding championship talent, which we have a sort quite a good reputation for.
00:27:52
Speaker
So they kind of They get their chance at in the Premiership at a middle club where there's less pressure. so not going to get potential of relegation or maybe in the case of Palace.
00:28:04
Speaker
So they get to show off their talent. And then they get picked up by sort of the top six. It's just the way it is. I really, really hope we can keep them. But my head says we are probably going to lose at least one of them.
00:28:18
Speaker
Probably Gahey more than Eze. But I'm definitely expecting to lose at least one of them.
Match Predictions and Conclusion
00:28:25
Speaker
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00:28:34
Speaker
And then we'll get to the main event. We're going to give our score predictions and how we think the game is going to go. right. so oh this Hang on just one second. We'll be right back.
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00:29:06
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00:29:20
Speaker
We are still here with Tom. And we are now going to get to the main event. The reason we are here, the score predictions and how we think the game is going to go. So as a guest, Tom, I think you should go first.
00:29:34
Speaker
So score prediction, what do you think it's going to be? Yeah, I mean, whenever I do these predictions, especially this season, it's kind of been a head and heart scenario for me, just seeing how the season's gone for me.
00:29:47
Speaker
I think yeah like it's going to be a difficult game. Every game's been very difficult this season. We're getting to the point now where, especially with at any point, is is it is a plus. We've had a really poor 2025. Looking at the form table from January 1st, we are with two points.
00:30:02
Speaker
You guys are third with 16 points level with City. So it is it is a big golfing class in terms of form, that's for sure. But as I said, we have been, I expect the performance to be there.
00:30:14
Speaker
I think predominantly with the exception of some shaky games against Liverpool and City a month or so ago, i think we've we've kind of put our best foot forward, especially away from home. I think we've looked a lot better.
00:30:26
Speaker
The only area for me I think really that's kind of reared its head, unfortunately, the past week defensively is from set pieces and and crosses. You might notice that in this game because we conceded three set pieces in that game against United a week or so ago and we really should have got something considering that it went down to 10 men and we took the lead and we were 2-2 going into the game. Anyway, lest we said about that game, the better, to be honest. So we will definitely concede like we we do. We barely kept any clean sheets this season. We brought in Alex Palmer from West Brom after...
00:30:55
Speaker
The Murich experiment dramatically failed and our other keeper Walton went injured. So I do expect her to concede a goal. I'll be happy with a 1-1. I think that's that's the best in go for. I think it's hard really to predict a win outside of facing either Everton or Wolves become near the end of the season now. Or Leicester and Wolves, sorry, I should say.
00:31:14
Speaker
Because, you know, we've unfortunately shown we can't hang with many of the top sides of season. And like as I said, January onwards this season, you have been one of the best teams. So you've got to give your respect there and expecting a win against opposition like this really shouldn't really be that. I mean, obviously it is let mean not great in terms of what happened to him, but with Mateta, most like said, under concussion protocol, I don't expect to see him this weekend. and Maybe he'll be wearing a mask and he does, but after that horrible tackle or foul, I should say, from the Millwall goalkeeper last week, having your main man up front out of action, I think hopefully may fill us with a bit more confidence defensively.
00:31:50
Speaker
But I'll say one all. Just, you know, I've still got to be confident. I said at the top of the show, we've got to pick up points somewhere. There's 10 games left now, I believe, after this weekend or a or nine or or something.
00:32:02
Speaker
I think it's 10 or 11, depending on the schedule. Yeah, something like that left. So, yeah, you need all the points you can get at the minute. it Exactly. So here's hoping for a point and a wolf slip up with whoever they're playing, which I believe may be Everton.
00:32:18
Speaker
Yeah, as you said, you're not as good at home and we're slightly good away. So I hope that'll help as well. Where where are you at predictions-wise? I think you should be fairly confident. I'm fairly confident, especially as we've got one of the best form in the league at the moment.
00:32:30
Speaker
But on the other hand, home form is absolutely atrocious. We've won the last couple of games, one being Villa, which I don't know i don't know how we won 4-1. I really don't.
00:32:41
Speaker
I'm absolutely flabbergasted by that one. And Millwall, it's an FA Cup game against a slightly lesser... league team so we were expected to win that one obviously weren't expecting the events of that game but we've talked about that one enough on this podcast we'll probably do it a little bit more but i'm fairly confident i'm thinking something like 2-1 win for palace uh we're not the greatest when it comes to defense we do tend to give up goals we've had few clean sheets but that was mainly sort of
00:33:15
Speaker
January and sort end of December, we had a good few clean sheets. So we might be able to keep one, but I'm always going to think we're going to concede at least one. I think it would be a very slow start from Palace. We generally don't come out the blocks full throttle.
00:33:33
Speaker
I would expect the goals to be sort of second half, probably 50th minute fifteen minute on i expect sort of yeah we're you front on the counter something like that or sort a nice build-up play but it's not going to be all guns blazing it's just going to be relatively methodical in the first half make you wear yourself down and then we'll suddenly switch it on in the second half and it'll be a completely different team so i think that's probably how it's going to go and that will be my score prediction of sort of 2-1 not overly comfortable but
00:34:06
Speaker
we should do it all right at this. You should. Palace at home. So anything can happen, especially if you watch that Everton game couple of weeks ago.
00:34:17
Speaker
oh my God, that was one of the worst Palace performances I've seen in a while. So yeah, anything can happen at Sellers Park. So on that, I think we will wrap it up there. Thank you, Tom, for coming on coming on for this conversation, the crossover event. These are always fun. I love doing these. It's a It's fun getting to know some of you guys. And on that, yes if you've gone this far, please give us a like on YouTube, five stars on Spotify or you are Apple or wherever you get your podcasts.
00:34:53
Speaker
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