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Introduction and Greetings
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello, hello everyone. Welcome back to Daily Wolves and happy Friday. Happy Friday. My name's Nathan, I'm your host for today and I'm joined by Will. Will, how are we keeping?
00:00:20
Will
Yeah, not too bad. Thanks yourself.
Analyzing Recent Performances
00:00:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, can't complain. Well, can complain actually.
00:00:26
Will
Yeah.
00:00:26
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Wolves are in a rotten run of form but can't complain because it's Friday and well, I'd like to think that we're somewhat looking forward to the weekend despite the the visit of Arsenal and then just to kind...
00:00:36
Will
I'm going to stop you there. Sorry, Nathan, Nathan.
00:00:38
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Go on.
00:00:39
Will
I'm not looking forward. I'm really, really not.
00:00:44
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Look, and as always, we're trying to trying to start off on a high note and then we we'll probably end up um slipping down the slope fairly fairly soon.
00:00:48
Will
Yeah, yeah.
00:00:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
and But yeah, we haven't we haven't caught up with you and I since um the Chelsea game on Monday. Obviously, Chris has been on um recently with ah with Craig from the Arsenal team. And um yeah, just I guess off the bat, can I just get your thoughts overall on that Chelsea game from Monday and where you think that leaves us now going into the Arsenal game?
00:01:13
Will
um Yeah, well, much of the same as I said to Chris, really, at the time, I don't feel like, you know, my my my thoughts have changed too much in terms of lack of optimism.
00:01:27
Will
So that's still there.
00:01:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:28
Will
I just, you know, completely sort of deflated. I think the only player who can have any sort of pride would be Zalgo Mez, you know, but
00:01:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:44
Will
It was just one of those really. I never really saw this getting anything out of it. The same the same as against Newcastle. um You know, when that first goal went in, even when Doc equalised, I just, you know, I never really had that belief in the squad and the players because of their just lack of fight that you see from them.
00:02:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah.
00:02:07
Will
um So yeah.
00:02:08
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um but I mean, as you say, we just we've just not seen we've not seen it throughout this season, have we? um And I guess my my
00:02:16
Will
No.
Reflecting on Past vs Present
00:02:17
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feelings are the same in the sense that as soon as Doc equalised, I thought, well, can we hang on?
00:02:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I don't know if that's the right way to be thinking. I know a few seasons ago, we'd have been thinking, so can we go and get a winner?
00:02:24
Will
Yeah.
00:02:29
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um
00:02:29
Will
Yeah.
00:02:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I mean, just, just, I know you mentioned Jal Gomez. I actually wanted to throw, um, Agbadou in there as well as a player who I think he can hold his head up relatively high.
00:02:38
Will
Yeah, yeah, okay, yeah.
00:02:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, and then Rodrigo Gomez, a bit of energy when he came on, but I was at, I was chatting to my dad today about it and we were really struggling to find, to find positives about it.
00:02:43
Will
Yeah, when he came on, yeah.
00:02:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I saw this, um, I think it's a little podcast or real on Instagram recently of a guy basically saying that wolves play like a Sunday league team.
00:03:02
Will
Yes, I saw that.
00:03:02
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And I really can't shake it.
00:03:03
Will
Yeah. yeah
00:03:04
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It's it's completely rattled me and people that work on to me about it all the time. But basically we, you know, we enjoy attacking from time to time. But really running back isn't our thing.
00:03:15
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We don't like defending corners and marking our men because we've got to get a bit scruffy with it. And we don't like doing that.
00:03:20
Will
Yeah.
00:03:21
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um And then when we get to about the 60th minute, we look gassed.
00:03:21
Will
Yeah.
00:03:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
And yeah, I can't shake it. It's completely rattled me.
00:03:28
Will
but Yeah.
00:03:29
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Um, but I really can't shake that thought that we're a Sunday league
Relegation Concerns
00:03:33
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team. Um, I mean, yeah, it's, it's not a good time, is it?
00:03:35
Will
I mean.
00:03:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I mean, that Chelsea game leaves us like solid stuck in that bottom four because it's starting to, a gap starting to form and we're only outside the relegation zone and goal difference.
00:03:44
Will
Yeah.
00:03:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's just ridiculous.
00:03:50
Will
Yeah, no, it really is concerning. I mean, just on the Sunday league thing, I've mentioned before how You know, my dad and I would be at the games under O'Neill and there's so many times we'd sort of compare it to, you know, like mice and the league team.
00:04:05
Will
Um, and I don't really think an awful lot has changed.
00:04:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:04:11
Will
I mean, we had a bit of a new manager bounce and we've seen some slightly different ideas, but at the end of the day, if the, the players, I mean, let's be honest, how many of them care?
00:04:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:22
Will
None of them, none of them really care.
00:04:23
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Well, at least they're not showing it.
00:04:25
Will
Do you know what I mean? I know that's a generic, yeah I know that's a generic thing to say but they're either the leaving if we go down so they're not asked or I don't know I suppose, I don't i don't know, I don't know what alternative there is to sort of try and justify such a lack of grit and determination that we're seeing.
00:04:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. And I think the thing that's worrying for me and the way that I think about that, that new manager bounce of Vitor is it just makes me think that it was another fluke.
Managerial Challenges
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I mean, we started to see signs of things, the players changing their attitude and seeing a little bit of that grit that we've wanted to see defensively.
00:04:59
Will
Yeah.
00:05:07
Will
Yeah.
00:05:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
But a lot of them have now, you know, a setback and they've gone back to their ways. And I think I said it at the time, sort of time will tell if Vitor obviously was the right, ah right appointment and whether or not
00:05:12
Will
Yeah, yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
he will completely change them.
00:05:20
Will
Um...
00:05:21
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And it's a hard thing to do because they've built up such poor habits over the past six months under O'Neill that he's almost having to like, you know, he's not really got a time to reset properly.
00:05:26
Will
Yeah.
00:05:34
Will
Yeah, well, to quote Mick McCarthy, you know, he doesn't have a magic wand, you know, he can't just, you know, sort of change, like you said, those habits that have been built up for so long. And I i also, you know, I said at the time about Vittle, he was the cheap option, lest we forget he's been a journeyman of a manager throughout his entire career.
00:06:03
Will
And he was the cheap and easy option for for soon.
00:06:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:06
Will
And, you know, maybe we'll pay the price for that. Maybe he'll be good enough to keep us up. But he's got one hell of a job of and on his hands, you know, regardless of his own personal qualities.
00:06:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:19
Will
um But yeah, I know what you mean.
00:06:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:23
Will
It definitely leaves us sort of. Yeah, like you said, there's that gap starting to appear now and
00:06:31
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yeah and um
00:06:32
Will
Yeah, we're we're in that fight.
00:06:33
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It could, we're definitely in that, in that dogfight and it could get even worse. I mean, the, the news um and I'll kind of transition, transition us smoothly onto the Cooney news.
00:06:45
Will
Yeah, yeah.
00:06:45
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And, um, the ones breaking today, hearing the Nottingham forest are preparing a, a club record bid for. Mathias Cunha with also rumblings of Arsenal being interested and apparently if we if we believe the media um all seem to be um fairly relaxed ah or have a relaxed approach to the situation whereby they think that Cunha will definitely be staying and you know he'll he'll be our player till the end of the season they're confident they're going to get this contract talk over the line but It's a worrying time,
Transfer Rumors and Concerns
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isn't it?
00:07:16
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Well, it's just, it's it's a little bit worrying because he scored 10 goals for us this season and he's been such a massive outlet for us.
00:07:18
Will
Yeah,
00:07:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
um What happens if he goes?
00:07:26
Will
yeah um well a few things on that. First of all he played against Chelsea like a player who was out the door. You know, um do you remember that Lumina cameo when he came on?
00:07:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:39
Will
I think it was against Forrest at home. It was just like, that much it it was just, it was just completely pointless.
00:07:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:47
Will
I mean, on the pitch, um and maybe that's me being a bit harsh on Cunha to say it's similar to that, but you know, I had traits of that at least. um The Forrest thing, I think, is just nonsense.
00:08:00
Will
I think it's pure paper talk. I think regardless of if there's a bid put in, um The figure I saw floating around was a club record of 60 million for them, which I mean, I'm telling myself about nonsense in terms of there's just no way we'd accept that. Having said that, knowing Fosun and Geoff Shee, I suppose, I suppose, you know, stranger things have happened.
00:08:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah we never know we never know i think um the The really worrying thing is I was not expecting him to have that type of body language against Chelsea.
00:08:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
I really wasn't expecting it. it's ah we know We know he's an emotional player and we know he throws his arms up a little bit when he doesn't get the ball or players don't make the run that he wants or whatever else.
00:08:41
Will
and No.
00:08:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
But this was sort of 90 minutes of him walking around acting like he's Lionel Messi and really not putting a shift in. And we already know that his his um you know sort of
00:08:59
Will
Yeah.
00:09:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
work ons as a player would be that work rate element of it and that defensive shape stuff and you know if you contrast Cunha, Cunha's work rate to Jal Gomez it's just night and day and that it it should be a given that the 11 players that are on a football pitch representing Wolves are given 100% and unfortunately at the minute we're not getting that and
00:09:16
Will
Exactly. Yeah. Yeah.
00:09:27
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it doesn't even look like they're trying to look like they're given 100% and that's just the worrying part is there's no this doesn't seem to be any accountability um but to be fair to Pereira he is coming out and you know he's not letting it slide but to be honest I don't even know how I feel about that because coming out and slating the players I don't know if that's the right approach because Gary O'Neill didn't really do that Gary O'Neill did it in a bit of a sort of
00:09:30
Will
No.
00:09:36
Will
no
00:09:50
Will
Yeah.
00:09:55
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sly way, whereas Vito Pereira is coming out quite bluntly.
00:09:59
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um But I don't know how much good that does because I don't know about you, Will, but I watched the game. I know Kunia's body language is bad. Everyone's seen it. I don't know if it needs another layer from the manager.
00:10:00
Will
Yes, yeah.
00:10:11
Will
a I think it's a tricky one because I think, you know, the managers are going to be asked those questions. You know, um and I suppose in a way, you'd like to think in theory that honesty is the best policy, which, it you know, appears that that's what we're getting, but whether or not it is actually the best policy.
00:10:33
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Yeah.
00:10:36
Will
I do get what you mean. I mean, I think that feeds into, you know, I said ah earlier, he's been a journeyman of a manager and it's clear to see You know, if he's not someone to mince his words and it's clear to see why he's not been able to stay at one club for a you know prolonged amount of time.
00:10:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:10:55
Will
But ah do I don't know. I think
Manager's Approach: Help or Hindrance?
00:10:58
Will
i think whether or not it's does this it does the players any good. He's not wrong in what he's saying.
00:11:06
Will
um So I suppose, you know, you can't really fault him for it.
00:11:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:11:11
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No, i guess I guess not, I guess not. and before Before we continue chatting about our journeyman um manager, Just wanna give everyone out there a quick reminder that here at the Global Sports Podcast Network, we spent a lot of time selecting our delivery platform. Zencaster came out in the clear winner. With 4K video recording from your phone and AI editing that automatically removes all those Ums and Rs, it's super easy to start a podcast that sounds great and is delivered efficiently. If you're ready to tell your story, check out the link in the show description to learn more. Now, talking about Vitor Pereira, the journeyman,
00:11:47
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Arsenal are travelling up to the Midlands on Saturday and he's got a big big job on his hands preparing for this one because um
00:11:57
Will
and
Arsenal Match Preview
00:12:00
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to be honest before the Chelsea game I thought perfect time to play Chelsea away from home right?
00:12:04
Will
Yeah. Yeah.
00:12:05
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They're on a bad run of form but clearly even that doesn't help us um and Arsenal okay their last three games they haven't done too badly they've um just beaten Dino Mo Zagreb in the Champions League 3-0 at home so they've got a little bit of momentum but again they're not having the best season they've ever had and they're relying a lot on certain pieces of play set plays notably and but I don't know if that podes well for us to be honest
00:12:30
Will
Yeah.
00:12:33
Will
No, it certainly doesn't. I mean, it takes me back to the Ipswich crossover, I think. Was that O'Neill's last game in charge?
00:12:44
Will
I think it was, um when I remember them
00:12:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, you're right. Yeah.
00:12:49
Will
Ipswich guys saying that they hadn't scored ah from a set piece all season and I remember bouncing off Totti's head in the last minute so needlessly giving away a corner and I just had my head in my hands in the last minute of the game as as they went on to score from that because I just knew you just knew and by that same logic with Arsenal being so good at them
00:12:56
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yeah
00:13:10
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Yeah.
00:13:15
Will
well I suppose by that same logic they shouldn't score one against us but it's us so it's just bound to happen um you know I think with or without set pieces I just you know I really struggled to see how we get anything from this I mean if you think when VTOL came in you know and we had that we had that United game at home
00:13:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:39
Will
And I mean, you speak about body language language and, you know, um, that, that mental state and the fight.
00:13:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:43
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Yeah.
00:13:47
Will
You thought then you thought that was the turning point, didn't you? You know, um, and yeah, when another big team comes into town, um, this time around, and I just, all of that already seems to have just yeah been drained really.
00:13:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:14:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we can't we can't keep having this conversation about resetting standards. Like these are these are the basics of football and we keep saying it but we shouldn't be on here talking about the wolves and saying that the effort isn't there, the body language isn't there.
00:14:23
Will
Yeah.
00:14:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, okay, that can happen because you've had a bad run of form and they're all humans at the end of the day but we've been saying this from the start and then you've had that reset with a new manager and then we're saying it a few games later again that just to me doesn't it i don't understand it is so unprofessional from the players and it's not something i i ever expected to say you know if we go back a few weeks when we were talking about the bounce that vito pareira got out of it and
00:14:32
Will
Yeah. Yeah.
00:14:51
Will
Yeah.
00:14:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
As you said, i mean we're hoping to see that body language improve, but if it doesn't improve away at Chelsea when they're on the back of a really poor five game run, but like when is it?
00:15:04
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And especially when you see us nick you know nicka goal which was arguably a bit lucky before half time,
00:15:04
Will
Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
and you know you think right okay you've got half time again that's another point to reset get those standards remind everyone that you know we're away from home at Chelsea this isn't easy we're gonna have to give it everything and then second half we're seeing players just wander into the box and tracked and the very basics of the game which involve effort and using your brain a little bit just not there it's just i don't know we're we're i know we're going down another rabbit hole of negativity but it's
00:15:33
Will
Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, exactly um And you know more than anything I hope that we're wrong, but I just know that when we're not um And something we've started to see again um That's coinciding with this is the fans
00:15:40
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It's quite hard not to get out of it, isn't it?
00:15:59
Will
sort of, I suppose, um well, negativity, negative atoms towards Jeff, she and for soon.
00:16:05
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Yeah. Yeah.
00:16:08
Will
And I mean, if we do you end up going down, it is purely because of them.
00:16:14
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Yeah.
00:16:16
Will
It is their fault. full stop you know um and so rightly so fans because there's just you look at the nosedive that the club has done in terms of its trajectory in the last just five years and it's crazy it's absolutely crazy and
00:16:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:31
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Yeah.
00:16:36
Will
I'd love to be a fly on the wall in some of their meetings um because I don't know how they've decided that all we need season ah what this January is a centre back, just the one. And if you were going to do that, you know if let's say if that was our budget for whatever reason, which it shouldn't be, but let's say it hits, I wouldn't have spent it all on one centre back considering
00:17:01
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Yeah.
00:17:02
Will
you know, just how weak we are across the board. Obviously the centre half was the triality, but when AgriDU came in, you expected to see one or two more bodies ah along with him. And it doesn't look like that's going to happen, especially um as well when you look at I know the Ipswich have bought in, I think, three or four players.
00:17:24
Will
Now, they're not necessarily you know world beaters, but they don't have to be for a relegation dogfight.
00:17:25
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Yeah.
00:17:31
Will
You just need you need some experienced heads and some quality, much like a few years ago when Lamina and Dawson came in.
00:17:42
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Yeah.
00:17:43
Will
We need that again, but just the fact that we're in this position again, Like I said, it's only thanks to Fosun and yeah, sorry, I know that's a complete different story, but it's just, yeah, it's hard to ignore.
00:17:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
to No, no. Yeah. I think you' you're, you're dead right. And it, It does have a, ah just a general sinking feeling to it.
00:18:02
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You know, the captain of the ship, Fosun in this situation is, it just reminds me a little bit of that 2012 season. um I mean, I was only 11 years old, but from m from my dad's anger and various friends of ours, we we figured that if things were, things were sinking and sinking pretty quick.
00:18:12
Will
Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:20
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But I think um something that that had me thinking a little bit recently, and I follow the wolves, um
00:18:21
Will
and Yeah.
00:18:26
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official channel on YouTube. And they often put the sort of throwback games on there. And they did a throwback game, which was back to, I want to say 2020 now. um I can't remember the exact year, but basically it was the new note era. And, um, we had the likes of Willie Bali at the back, um, your pal, Ryan Bennett, um, kind of Cody, obviously. And then the midfield of Nevis Metinio front three was, um, Raul Jimenez, Jogo hotter, you know, all the household names that we have.
00:18:53
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And we were playing Arsenal at home, and we beat them 3-1, so we went 3-0 up in the first half and through Neves free kick, absolutely right over the wall, beautiful.
00:18:53
Will
Yeah.
00:18:58
Will
Never's free kick. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:19:03
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um A hotter goal, and then ah a Matt Doherty header. Now, when i what I was doing when I was watching this video is I was looking at the Arsenal squad, looking at the Wolves squad, and I was thinking of the players that came up, you know, and they had a Kochelny at the back, they had a Papadopoulos, Montréal, Maitland, Niles was there right back on the day, and Bernt Leno in goal.
00:19:07
Will
yes.
00:19:20
Will
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:19:22
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They had these players where we were in, you could have a decent conversation at the time about half the wolf squad getting into the arsenal squad.
00:19:33
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Now I know it might be a bit of a reach, but you could could have an argument about, you know, at the time, ah shack Shaka was in their midfield and he was playing quite poorly.
00:19:36
Will
No, yeah, I think about you, sir.
00:19:40
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You could have an argument about Neves being ahead of Shaka.
00:19:41
Will
Yeah.
00:19:43
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you could have an argument about Bollie being ahead of Papadopoulos or Kachelny on his way down.
00:19:48
Will
Yeah.
00:19:48
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You could definitely have an argument at the time for how well Doc was playing to be a better wingback than Maitland Niles.
00:19:49
Will
Yeah.
00:19:54
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Now, if we fast forward to the present time, I don't think we can have conversations about many of our players getting into other teams. And I was having a chat with my dad about this um today.
00:20:07
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And the only one who really would, in our minds, I mean, Cunha goes without saying, so we'll we'll move them to one side.
00:20:07
Will
Yeah.
00:20:14
Will
Okay, yeah, yeah.
00:20:15
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But Jal Gomez was one that I was throwing around. A club would probably go right, 23-year-old, plenty of bags potential, work super hard, and can fit pretty much any system.
00:20:26
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But i was ah we were really struggling to find another player whereby if you went back a few years, we'd we you'd throw five names out there, wouldn't you?
00:20:26
Will
Yeah.
00:20:30
Will
There's...
00:20:33
Will
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, no, 100%. 100%. Um, it just goes to show you, I think the only other one that I can think of would be eight and early, even though he's, uh, you know, I don't think he's been at the races for us this season.
00:20:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:47
Will
I think he's perhaps something of a luxury player, if that makes sense, but you can definitely see him at a sort of, you know, an arsenal or something, you know, but, but yeah, realistically, it is only Koonya who, who you can,
00:20:52
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Yeah.
00:21:06
Will
you know, 100% make that case for, um, but yeah, as you know, just as you said, like decline from, from that, some of the names you were throwing ah around.
00:21:06
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Yeah. Yeah, it was just a bit of a gone.
00:21:22
Will
And I remember seeing people online, you know, slate these certain players at times, but goodness me, what you do to, to go back and have that now, you know, I mean, we all knew that we were.
00:21:33
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Yeah.
00:21:37
Will
sort of living the dream as Chris would say but you really really don't know
Comparing Eras: Nuno vs Now
00:21:42
Will
what you have until it's gone and not just when it's gone when you have gone so far um yeah
00:21:48
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Yeah, I think it's, yeah, it's just one of them reality checks. Um, and the, the tendency is always to think that the grass is greener.
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And especially when we, you know, we had Europe and finishing in the top 10, two seasons on the bounce semi-final of the FA cup. You're thinking, gosh, we can get used to this.
00:22:07
Will
Yeah.
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Let's kick on. And I guess it is the club's responsibility to try and kick on from there. And one bad decision leads to another and another. And then all of a sudden you're in. You're in a place where you're in the place that we are now.
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um
00:22:20
Will
Well yeah, your main viable is the Ipswich, you know.
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00:22:57
Will
Every day, yes.
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So, but the thing, another of them my really positive thoughts, as of recently, um was was Ipswich are obviously only in the relegation zone um on goal difference, so they have a negative, I think they have an extra negative four on us or something because they got and beaten and beaten pretty badly by City.
00:23:18
Will
like city yeah yeah
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um the The one thing about Ipswich that they've got and that we really don't is no one expects them to stay up. They are the smallest club out of the three that came up and they have, I don't know, they have the bit between their teeth in a sense that they are out to prove everyone wrong.
00:23:30
Will
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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And yes, I don't think they've got the greatest quality. I mean, clearly if they're below us in the league this season, um but they've just got an extra little bit of something that even though they've been beat 6-0 by City and they've had some really poor performances,
00:23:58
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There's still a tiny bit of positivity in the Ipswich camp.
00:24:00
Will
Yeah, yeah.
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And when I ah don't have many Ipswich friends, but when I do see Ipswich socials, there's bits of positivity. They're still screaming and shouting ah shouting about Dalap as they should. They're still trying to...
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I don't know. There's just there's something there and you can't blame them. They're in the premise.
00:24:20
Will
Yeah, yeah.
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It's been a long time coming for them but their traje trajectory or they're looking upwards in a sense where it was our natural instinct because of our recent history, we're looking down and I think it's just those two mentalities is what it's going to come down to.
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I think we're at a point now and I think we've spoken about this a little bit as well that we're just hoping that they're going to continue being worse than us.
00:24:43
Will
yay yeah yeah yeah 100 percent is that possible because this i think this has to this has to have been this has to have been the most depressing the most depressing episodes that we've done and you know what yeah i don't think i don't think anyone can blame us i mean
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and and it's just an awful place to be to be in, really. But, um I mean, nevertheless, let's try and bring bring this mood back up again a little bit. um ah I don't know, I don't know, but I'm speaking... I'm trying to speak it and trying to speak into existence here, Will.
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I don't know. I don't know.
00:25:13
Will
You've just less speaking about Ipswich Town, which no disrespect to them. As you said, a couple of seasons ago, if we were doing this podcast, we'd be talking about qualifying for Europe and, you know, um, sort of, you know, I remember, I remember even at one point in the Bruno large, we were pushing for top four, you know, it's just, ah, yeah, it drains
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Yeah.
Fan Frustration and Management Critique
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Will
you.
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Will
It really does drain you, doesn't it?
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Yeah. It does. It does. And to be honest, I'm, I'm starting to get sick of my colleagues and everyone around football is just starting to wind me up because it's just, oh, it's, good if Koonie goes, you'd be in trouble, wouldn't you?
00:25:44
Will
Yeah.
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Like, yeah, mate, we would.
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Will
Yeah.
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Will
Yeah.
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Cheers for the reminder.
00:25:51
Will
Yeah.
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um So, with with all that optimism, um we're going to move to some predictions for Saturday's game, which is a ah three o'clock kickoff at the Molyneux, where we host um the now-informed Arsenal. How do you see the game playing out and who do you see being, and please concentrate on the positives here, Will, we're doing our best. um Who do you see being our key players in that one?
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Will
well i do i do have a slight theory that could work in our favor in the short term at least um because kunya vs manchester united was one of if not the best in individual performance i've seen in a wolf shirt for a long long long time he was not just outstanding but
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sense Sensational. Yeah.
00:26:49
Will
yeah he was head and shoulders above every single player on that pitch um and if the rumors are true um you know about his contract which on a little side note the the issue seems to have been about inserting a relegation clause or you know a What do they call it?
00:27:09
Will
A release clause for if we get relegated and a different one for if we stay up.
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yeah
00:27:13
Will
If that's all he's asking, I don't understand why there's an issue and that's not happening. If it's the fact that his head's turned by a potential move away, which, you know, I hate to say it, but it could well be true.
00:27:26
Will
um By that logic, I'm hoping that he'll want to put himself in the shop window a bit. and really have the crit in between his teeth, albeit for a different reason than we'd like him to.
00:27:41
Will
um But he like I said, it could work in our favour.
00:27:47
Will
Having said that, sorry, sorry, just having said that, um I think even if that is the case, we're going to need something really, really special or for Arsenal to just have a complete and also off day.
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Yeah, yeah, I... Now,
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I think Arsenal have had a few off days as of late. ah The one that springs to mind is um where they played Brighton away.
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That's their most recent away game that I can think of where they were um quite poor i mean the other one was in the cup against united but not obviously went to pens or whatever but yeah away against brighton where they just didn't seem to get going and brighton really got in their faces and we need to try and look at those games and think right we need let's try and replicate it um that but the worry is is that the whole of this podcast we've been talking about our attitude and and willingness to fight or or lack of So, yeah, you just hope that Vitor can somehow get them up for it.
00:28:12
Will
Yeah.
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And as you said, we're so heavily reliant on Cunha having a great game because he's probably our only player who can be head and shoulders, the best player on a football pitch in the prem at the minute.
00:28:57
Will
yeah yeah no he wasn't that bad he wasn't that bad have to say i have to say um
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I don't think we have many others that can do that. um One thing I would say is I would appreciate it if we don't see Sarabia start again to bring another positive note to it.
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I've got a vendetta against him. ah I just don't think he's premium equality, but that's my I've got a personal vendetta. I don't know why he annoys me Yeah
00:29:21
Will
I don't know why Sarabia started ahead of Rodrigo Gomez, who could have played that position and done, you know, an even better job with a lot, lot more energy, but, you know, um yeah.
00:29:37
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Yeah, I'll hold myself back on the further Serabia comments, but I just wanted to get it in there.
00:29:40
Will
Yeah.
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ah let's um Let's get some predictions then, please. um I'll force one out of you. I'd like a goal scorer and the final score from you.
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Will
um
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Will
goal scorers,
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It could be for Arsenal as well if it makes things easier.
00:29:56
Will
probably, yeah, i was I was going to say probably Saka, get a couple, have her to please play in. um Just actually, actually, I'll say Saliba or someone from ah from a corner.
00:30:12
Will
And I reckon we knew is about three or four nil, to be honest with you.
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Right.
00:30:17
Will
Maybe that's not the positive.
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Right. So it's my job to be positive, then, is it?
00:30:19
Will
Yeah.
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That's not good, is it? her On my end, I look, I always try and put a twist on it. And I've just been throwing numbers um in there recently with my recent predictions.
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And to be fair, they're never usually far off if you go high, ah or at least with our numbers conceding.
00:30:31
Will
yeah oh no, no he hasn't
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I'm really hoping that Stranlarson can get something because in the last few games he's just not been quite as good as he has been previously. So I'm trying to speak into existence here.
00:30:49
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I think Stranlarson is going to get one and I think Arsenal, Arsenal Saliba, I'll agree with you on that front. Arsenal Saliba will get one as well so I'm hoping
00:30:57
Will
little set piece
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It sounds so bad, doesn't it? But I'm hoping for a 1-1 draw at home. And at this moment in time, we just need to try and find some sort of momentum. um I mean, talking of future games, we've got Villa at home afterwards and then um we go to Blackburn away in the cup, so hopefully we can bring some momentum.
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um But yeah, we'll see what happens really. um
00:31:24
Will
we sound we sound so deflated and defeated already
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ah
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I like... Yeah, i've just I've just caught myself there. I've tried to start off positive. And as my thought process is going along, it's just that the reality has just kicked in and it's kind of gone downhill.
00:31:40
Will
Yeah.
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um But having said that, we'll we'll try and end it in in the famous way that we always do and remind all of our listeners out there that out of darkness cometh light.