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Episode 110: TRANSFER Tuesday - The Rumour mill runs wild...
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Southampton – It's oh so quiet... But we find things to talk about anyway? Will Ramsdale stay? Sulemana? Walker-Peters? We discuss this and more..
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Introduction and Hosts' Greeting
00:00:09
Zak
Hello and welcome to the Daily Southampton, part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. I am your host, Zach and Govec, joined today as ever by the usual host of this podcast, Gregory Elliott.
Match Analysis and Upcoming Game
00:00:21
Zak
How you doing, mate?
00:00:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm loving life mate, it's alright. We're off a win, we're doing all alright. Old Trafford on Thursday might might have found our level.
00:00:32
Zak
What a what world we live in. It's been a, look regardless of of cup or no cup, it was a win. We should be positive from that. I feel like it's fallen a little bit flat for us. And I guess that's just because of how rough the season's been so far is it's like, yeah, but or maybe it's because it's, you know, it's opposition. We beat with our championship team 5-0. It was very funny to watch, I guess, what could have been our fate if we just kind of played the same way without Martin. But a year later, I'd still be stuck in the championship. Yeah, a strange old game. Some weird goals.
Transfer Talk: Opening of the Window
00:01:11
Zak
I still don't think we're 100% on board that Silverman is going to be the best player of all time. But here here's hoping.
00:01:18
Zak
yeah, we go into today. today is Today is Tuesday, traditionally Tactics Tuesday. There hasn't been a huge amount, tactically, that's different apart from that last game. But today, of course, because the transfer window is open, it is Transfer Tuesday. And this is probably the first time where, ironically, if we'd done Tactics Tuesday, we'd have more to talk about.
00:01:36
Zak
just
00:01:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know what you're talking about mate, I've got six whole things to bring to the table and only three of them are repeats.
00:01:40
Zak
Just... Six... whole things to bring to the table, incredible. um have basically one, because there's not, I was hoping in the space of a week since we last did this segment, there would be more to talk about since fans, but unfortunately it seems like the only way is out.
00:02:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't want to ruin my contribution But I guess spoiler alert, all six of my things are outbound related.
00:02:10
Zak
Oh, Greg, the one thing that I have that you're unaware of is also Outbound.
00:02:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
So do we think that meeting with the board in Djuric took place? like
00:02:20
Zak
i think I think it did, and I'll tell i'll tell you why. So here's here's my theories. Like, one of my theories as to why Balakotchat wasn't involved yesterday, potentially that. Same with Toolpool, potentially that. I think that the The one that I know you're going to talk about potentially that we both have on our mind all the time is obviously Kyle Walker Peters, and potentially him being offered new a new contract.
00:02:41
Zak
And I think that's because Juric sat down and said, you want to maybe try and keep your best players. And they've gone, ugh, fine. We'll pay a bit more money. So I think that's potentially where it's come from.
00:02:52
Zak
I'll start with mine, my one and only, and then we can move on to your six. So the one thing that I was i heard about is ah ah potentially Ryan Manning to Burnley. Strange one, that.
00:03:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
interesting
00:03:02
Zak
Yeah, I think it's like, I think originally it came out with they wanted to buy him and now potentially they want to loan him for the rest of the season. And a lot of people are like, well, I didn't think I'd be saying this at the beginning of the season, but we should absolutely not let Ryan Manning go to Burnley because he's actually really important for us now somehow.
00:03:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
interesting you know that really encapsulates uh my exact feeling on that yeah you're right i did not think i would be saying that at the start of the season but
00:03:29
Zak
No, don't I don't really blame anyone either. He didn't like the entire game alive when he joined for the championship. In fact, he was, to be honest, probably one of our biggest scapegoats when we did bad or didn't win. he's he's really sort of put hasn't put as many foots feet wrong as a lot of for the other players that we have. So yeah, so potentially, yeah, they either want to buy him or or have an option to loan, which you know is kind of expected with the championship sort of being where it is.
00:03:59
Zak
But yeah, that's pretty much it, Greg. Other than that, the other I think the other any other thing that I know we're going to talk about is, yeah, the Karl Walker Peters
Contract Speculations and Player Futures
00:04:07
Zak
thing. I keep seeing blasted kind of everywhere. And that's because it's that famous France fur agent or whatever his name is for Britzio Romano.
00:04:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah trying to offer him a contact extension right yeah
00:04:15
Zak
he was He tweeted out about the Karl Walker Peters situation and the
00:04:22
Zak
Yeah, so and like i'm kind of I'm of two minds. If he takes it, that's really, really good. If he doesn't take it, I don't begrudge him even slightly, which means that he's at least put himself into a good position that way.
00:04:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've got a slightly different opinions act where I think that if he signs it, he should be sectioned immediately under the mental health act because what is he thinking?
00:04:36
Zak
like
00:04:47
Zak
I don't know, maybe he's, maybe he's comfortable with his lifestyle and comfortable with his job and doesn't want to leave.
00:04:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:52
Zak
And like, I think that's the bit where, where some people forget, like, you know, he, he is a key player. He gets into pretty much any squad. Sometimes players go for more money and then don't get to play football again.
00:05:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
But also, right, like he gets to play pretty much every minute of every game here. And if you go somewhere else, that simply isn't going to be the case.
00:05:12
Zak
No, we've seen that with our other players.
00:05:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Seen him lined up with West Ham and Leicester. And, you know, you probably get more game time at Leicester than West Ham, but it's not.
00:05:23
Zak
It's all guaranteed.
00:05:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're not like huge upward steps either. Like they're just.
00:05:26
Zak
We'll look at some of our other players that have gone on to make those steps, right? Like, if they heart that happened, I'm sure, I'm sure that they're fine with the, like, the extra money. Thing can be wrong. But like, from a career trajectory point of view, like, one of the reasons James Ward-Prowse wanted to leave was because he wanted to get him back in contention of England. Did okay that sort of first half of the season in Fireman Brighty with like West Ham.
00:05:51
Zak
after he joined them and then obviously all of the like sort of England squad announcements happened and he wasn't anywhere near any of the teams and I feel like it's kind of just deflated him a little bit and now he's warming the bench at Nottingham Forest who are flying absolutely high and you know Danny Ings who I think that if I remember rightly there was a lot of reasons why he left and his falling out with us was very sort of you know from West Ham to Villa all that kind of you know never reached the heights he got scoring for us again. we' there's There's more than a few like it happens but also at the same time you have a short amount of time to make the most money possible out of your career it's a job at the end of the day but
00:06:33
Zak
I can't begrudge him and I think I saw Saints Network also talking about it. Martin Saunders, like everyone was basically kind of in agreement that like he's put in such a large amount of effort for the club and has not really caused issue when he could have.
00:06:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
100%.
00:06:50
Zak
He's not kicked up a fuss.
00:06:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:06:52
Zak
Why would I promote him moving onto a new job? like
00:06:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I wouldn't in the slightest, I wouldn't blame him at all. I'd like to see him stay to the end of the season from a purely footballing perspective because he's still one of our best players. And if he decides that he is comfortable to sign a new contract and stay for another year tearing up in the championship, hallelujah, let's do it. I'm there for it. But yeah, I don't, I don't see that being the case. And I actually suspect the more I think about it, the seeing him go in January for something rather than nothing.
00:07:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
is probably the more likely outcome, unfortunately.
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00:07:28
Zak
Well, at least it's nothing like, I don't know if you've saw seen that TikTok that was doing the round from when Sparky was in charge about them. I think we've spoken about it once or twice before.
00:07:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:07:37
Zak
I can't remember if it was on the podcast or not, with the whole like, oh yeah, we kind of hide this bloke called Vestergarden.
00:07:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Vestigard.
00:07:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Came back off holiday and then he was there.
00:07:44
Zak
Yeah. And then like Tadditch, who we went and, you know, we turned up and then, and then there was, uh, this guy called Elia Lucy that was apparently going to be better than him. And it's like, yeah, it's, it's, it's kind of where I'm at.
00:07:56
Zak
with us letting people go and people going for free at the end is like, I think my point of relating it to that was that the conversation was like, had it had a gentleman's agreement that if any Champions League clubs came in, he he would go, right?
00:08:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:09
Zak
Like we don't know what's going on behind the scenes for these players. But all I know is that regardless, like he's put in a significantly better shift for us in the last couple of years than a lot of other players that we have we have had.
00:08:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:08:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:22
Zak
So I will i would take that.
00:08:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
100% he's consistently one of the hardest working players on the pitch.
00:08:27
Zak
Correct.
00:08:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
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00:08:28
Zak
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00:08:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
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00:09:01
Zak
and we're back. So Greg, well what rumors do you have to bring to the table? I'm assuming I've accidentally tapped out one of them.
00:09:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
and yeah Yeah, that is one of them. i I need to preface this with that I have not got for reliable sources on any of these, right?
00:09:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
I have been scraping the internet and but I guess the obvious one is Ramsdale has been linked with Newcastle.
00:09:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
See that in a few places.
00:09:30
Zak
have I have also seen that. I just completely blank that from my mind.
00:09:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Surely he won't go in January.
00:09:35
Zak
welcome
00:09:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
What kind of look does that give from our board if they let that happen?
00:09:39
Zak
Well... January potentially not. It depends how much they're willing to pay, right? I think if they pay 30 odd million, I think then yeah, we'll probably let him go. I wouldn't be surprised.
00:09:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's insane.
Loan Strategies and Transfer Dynamics
00:09:50
Zak
But they they I think that I know that Zurich keep what he says and probably what he thinks are two different things. But like I know that the there's this idea we're staying up. The actual point at this point is beating the points record, right?
00:10:03
Zak
It's it's not having the lowest amount of points to the Premier League ever. So everything is now entirely about building for next year.
00:10:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah do you think getting rid of our goalkeeper is gonna help beat that points record yeah that would be really up then to be honest uh yeah i don't want to see that at all
00:10:09
Zak
and
00:10:13
Zak
No, but I also don't think that Ramsdale is going to want to stay longer term and, but you know, and Bazzoudi is getting back to fitness. I would be sp surprised if they just go, wow, we got Bazzoudi back. So you can go Ramsdale. Thanks, mate. Here's a penny farthing for your thoughts.
00:10:33
Zak
No, it'd be a bad look, but I wouldn't be surprised to be honest if it's like more end of the season than anything else.
00:10:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
but yeah you're right oh but I but don't see him sticking around if we go down to the championship so yeah I guess that's I would hope to be pleasantly surprised I'm sure I would love to see it but I don't see it and if a team like Newcastle come knocking I don't see him turn it down
00:10:53
Zak
You're not going to turn that down, are you? Especially in the current economic and climate state of affairs, you know, want to be part of something bigger. I think that it really depends if he becomes their number one, though. It's like that's that's because that's one of the reasons he left Arsenal for us, right? like You wouldn't leave unless you wanted to get game time. So I think that would be a big guarantee for him if he can get game time for sure. He doesn't want to just be a bench warmer again, I imagine. But it will be
00:11:19
Zak
considering how much of a statement signing it was supposed to be at the beginning beginning of the season, you're right. If he did go in January, that would say a lot about how the last six months at the club have kind of turned out.
00:11:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it would be the exact opposite of that statement, is where I'm at. But I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Again, scraping the bottle of the barrel for these rumors.
00:11:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
That one in particular came from the Daily Star, so let's not call it a rumor, of course.
00:11:42
Zak
Oh yeah, it's just some somebody said something in the office and they either heard it.
00:11:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, ah the other one is the rumors that our newest signing, I'm going to give this a try, a YOKIM KAISANDER. Uh, is rumored to be going straight out on loan to Costepe.
00:12:00
Zak
ah that that doesn't surprise me that wouldn't surprise me even the slightest that he's from the multi club network right we've purchased him from one of the clubs that our ownership own so for me sending him out on loan to a plate to a club that are flying high who are doing better than us that are having lovely sort of messages put out and probably a
00:12:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. The other club that we own. Stinks of dodgy.
00:12:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
money techniques of horrible hate.
00:12:26
Zak
Yeah, that's that's where I'm kind of at. is is is it It's barely a signing. It's like a feeder club feeding to a senior club, isn't it really? It's not quite the difference were for when we were a feeder club for Liverpool.
00:12:38
Zak
its It feels far more like we have signed somebody from Eastley and now we're sending them off to Reading. like That's the vibes that I'm getting off of it. But yeah, you're you're right. it's I wouldn't be surprised by that at all.
00:12:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's gross. Makes me feel a bit icky. Yeah, I also wouldn't be surprised.
00:12:51
Zak
Well, we've done it already. We we you know we got a solid another solid Japanese international who are a bit in the under 21s, but like really, really good player in the J League and then send him straight on though. I think that we are going to see a little bit more of that as this kind of multi-club threading begins to emerge, right?
00:13:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah and I guess there's just hope that get something back from that in the long run and it is just alone and not just one that we've shipped in just to immediately ship back out to assess a Cesta club to make the books balanced properly for them.
00:13:23
Zak
it it reminds me of like when lampard went to ah city because city were part and then also played for new york at one point because obviously they were part of that same network so then he got to go and like play the mls a little bit when it turns out he wasn't good enough to play for city so do you remember of that that was a weird time like yeah it's it's very you've got to wonder what the rules are around it and whether or not it's going to be allowed because also like
00:13:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that was.
00:13:51
Zak
I don't know how much we paid for him. And like you could just be like, well, I'm only willing to pay you one euro. It's like, well, I accept that offer of one euro, Sarah. And then all of a sudden we bought a player? like Weird stuff, weird stuff.
00:14:03
Zak
But anything else, Greg? What what what else we got?
00:14:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Okay. So I've got two names left on my list. and That's it. Uh, One of which we definitely talked about last week. So,
Transfer Rumors and Potential Moves
00:14:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
uh, Bemborough and Diaz supposedly still off out on loan to Sheffield.
00:14:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Has come out since our episode last week and said that he won't go on loan anywhere else other than Sheffield.
00:14:27
Zak
That's, what that must be, that says a lot, doesn't it? if he's If he's coming out and saying things like that, that says everything you need to know about where his potential future lies.
00:14:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Really the only surprise for me on that is,
00:14:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
is why isn't it done then? this fitz We've known about this for a week and a half.
00:14:44
Zak
It's given me the vibes, mate, of when the Ryan Fraser transfer was supposed to happen at the beginning of the window in July last year, July, July last year. and then it was kicked down the road right up until the start of the season and then he was signed like deadline day right and I know there's lots of weird negotiations in between but that's one of those things where like I wouldn't be surprised if we accidentally forget that he's even still here until the end of the window and then all of a sudden on the 31st of January it's like bye it's like oh sorry I didn't realize you were
00:15:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:15:16
Zak
even here, but like, again, i kind of I kind of feel for him. I think that it was a stack transfer that looked like it could have been exciting and just never worked out. And if he goes to goes to Sheffield and starts scoring, they they will have a good time and then potentially we will eventually not make too much of a loss on him.
00:15:33
Zak
But yeah, what strange, strange one. Poor, poor Broughton Diaz. I think he probably wants to get back into the chili squad as well, because, you know, he got dropped from that too.
00:15:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:41
Zak
And that's got, that's got to hurt.
00:15:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, very much so. I've got one more name on my list, but it might trigger a decent discussion, so I guess we'll leave it until after a message from our other partners.
00:15:54
Zak
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00:16:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
right sir It's a man who, you know, could be on the up. We saw an improved performance, probably in my opinion, a man of the match performance against Swansea, Kabadin Sulimana, who has been linked with moves to either Ajax, Genoa, or Nantes.
00:16:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, obviously, Ajax, he was supposed to go out on loan too.
00:16:38
Zak
What's your last name mate?
00:16:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
in the summer window right but that deal fell apart so take it with a i mean if it is is putting that performance in against 13th in the championship really enough to do that
00:16:45
Zak
is Is the performance him trying to move elsewhere, do you reckon? Or or that's what my worry is, is that he put in a solid performance to
00:17:00
Zak
No, but if it's if somebody has decided to take a look and then they see that and are not aware of the current situation, like we're we're pretty lock we're very locked into Saints. But like you know if we knew if we heard about some random player from another team that we didn't actually realise hadn't played that well, I know that obviously a scout's job is more than that. But at the same time, you'd think with some of the scouts that we've had over the over the years, especially in the last couple of years, you know our owner liked the look of a football player, so we bought him.
00:17:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:27
Zak
<unk>s good like that As much as we like to think there's a far more sophisticated program that goes into us buying players, like when we bought Tall Paul, he was like the fifth choice. He was basically a so a striker that was available to purchase if we kept upping the amount of money. So for me, like I wouldn't be surprised if if he just tried to put in a good enough performance that someone took note and went, oh, this guy can go, he can be really good and not realize like there's a lot of history with our club specifically as to him being very, very hot and cold, showing promises of being hot very early on, wasn't there for the entirety of the championship and apparently has worked really hard over the last 20 days to get that performance, where he got a goal and assist.
00:18:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
The interesting point of the interesting point of that interview actually was that when before he was in bad shape so I mean he was injured for a bit I guess so I'm here for it if he wants to go on and score goals for us this season no one else has so more power to him and if that's only in an effort to get a move in the summer or or in January so be it like
00:18:29
Zak
Yeah, like that that's where I'm at. like
00:18:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
if If we get to the end of the transfer window in February and Suleimana has scored nine goals and that's meant that we've got nine points from these upcoming games against United, Forest and Newcastle, which is frankly a terrifying series of victories, then right more power to him, go and love life, live life yeah wherever you want and great, fine.
00:18:39
Zak
What have we got to lose?
00:19:05
Zak
It's absolutely nuts, isn't it?
00:19:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:08
Zak
What a world. So yeah I don't really know what other sort of rumors they are.
00:19:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, what about ins then? there I haven't got any rumors for ins.
00:19:14
Zak
Inns, we've been, I have not seen us linked with a single player, and that says a lot.
Club Strategies and Rumor Mill
00:19:20
Zak
I have seen that Duroc wants to bring some players in. So I think his priority is to bring some players in that he thinks can add some level of quality and also keep hold of our best players.
00:19:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:30
Zak
It's just very difficult to identify who he thinks are his best because we obviously since he's come in he's had to do a lot of switching around people seem to think he's settled on a on an 11 I don't think that's the case I think that you know with injuries and stuff still I don't think he's been able to see the best of everybody so yeah it's kind of wild that it's now been you know five or six days since then have we not started putting the feelers out because I'd expect at least a rumor or two like we've still got until
00:20:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know, it's a bit of a funny one, right? I mean, I guess the the only positive I can take from it is that sometimes in the past we have been good at keeping cards close to our chest and then all of a sudden you'll see us signing out of the blue and be like, where on earth did that come from?
00:20:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because it's...
00:20:18
Zak
Yeah, but we had that talk before.
00:20:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
I guess that is...
00:20:21
Zak
And then that's like, as I said, we've we've ended up sometimes getting some absolute bangers of players. And then other times we've almost tried to sign Quincy Proms where like the guy's now like in prison somewhere. Like it's very, we have been very, very hit and miss.
00:20:35
Zak
And like the problem is, is with the amount of pre-planning that went into firing Martin, the amount of pre-planning that went into them basically picking up the phone to a manager they wanted to hire before Martin.
00:20:46
Zak
Endura can be like fancy a job and he's gone. Yeah, sure Like that doesn't speak to me in the sense of they've gone out and found tons of managerial targets And it definitely doesn't scream to me that they've gone out and found loads of footballing targets because who's running that part of the show? We've already talked about how the board don't have a footballing person So you're telling me like, you know, you're telling me the border sat there randomly for in dots like at this rate It's like those NFL like who should I pick for?
00:21:11
Zak
Who should I pick for the draft and then that guy gets his kid involved? I can't remember which team it was It was nuts to watch like who should I draft that of these people's names and they're like kid picked the draft It was wild.
00:21:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:21:22
Zak
it very much feels like it could just be like that and maybe he's put some names forward and maybe they're trying to work on things behind the scene But like I would love to believe you, Greg, I think is where I'm at. The cynic in me and the disaster of our current situation says to me that that isn't the case and it will be two or three last minute silence. We've still got Cornet to go back to West Ham if we want to pick up another lone player because that still isn't over the line yet. He's still here as far as I'm aware.
00:21:51
Zak
We've got lone players who are out that we could recall, but I think we need to do it by like next week or by this week. I think Shay Charles's deadline is Wednesday, so recalling from Sheffield Wednesday, which I don't think they'll do, because why would you ruin it a good thing for everybody? so yeah like i just I just don't see there being enough calculation there, right like even if there were targets.
00:22:12
Zak
because of the whole philosophies thing that you really, really hate. If there were targets that were in line with Russell Button, those targets probably won't fit a system that isn't designed around parts of the ball to the back and to the front again.
00:22:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:22:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
But you would think someone as prepared as Djuric would come in with a list of two or three key names, perhaps, or a list, a longer list, that we could sort of whittle down.
00:22:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I guess there is some hope, but I don't know. I just, I'm really struggling with it. This transfer window, it's been, silence has been deafening.
00:22:44
Zak
it's It's so strange to see nothing. It's so strange to see nothing like you go on like I, you know, if I read like BBC sport in the morning, I was catching up for the NFL scores. I was like, Oh, I'll switch over to see if we've had any gossip for us today. Obviously knowing we've got to record this and thinking, well, there must be some more information within the space of a week. And then going on there, it's just absolutely nothing. Like every other club linked with different people, like, you know, you've even got sort of like Leon is being linked with blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And you're like, okay, well we linked with anyone. It's like, can't walk a beat. Is this someone that people are looking to sign? I'm like, Oh, okay.
00:23:16
Zak
Right, I'm adding to Burnley potentially. Right. And I know that they want to trim the squad, but it's yeah, it's very strange to them. I think you're right. The silence is deafening because to me it shows that they're saying a lot about wanting it to keep us up, but fully know we're down and don't want to get anyone else in until they're going to be up for the fight of the championship. Because the other problem we've got is if we go in and get a load of players in sort of a panic,
00:23:42
Zak
we're going to end up in that situation where we've then got a bunch of players that don't want to play in the championship that are stuck, that we might not be able to move on. And then we end up with a bunch of players on loan for the whole of our championship season, right?
00:23:55
Zak
Alla, you know, Torpool, Amabela Koczap, you know.
00:23:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:58
Zak
And we don't want to have to do this in a cycle every couple of years, but also what option do we have?
00:24:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
No that would be miserable.
00:24:05
Zak
Because they seem to have decided that the cycle is now relegation, championship, relegation. and unfortunately with that comes this issue with player attention and you know as you pointed out he you would you would want carl walker peters to do some sort of mental health assessment to sign a new contract here and and now and now you're trying to and now also you're like it's crazy how we've not been seen any incumbents at all and i'm like well yeah
00:24:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely, yeah, it would be crazy.
00:24:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm not surprised we haven't seen any incomings. I'm surprised we haven't been linked with trying to get some incomings, to be clear. Like, I understand that it's not necessarily anyone's dream that they should be.
00:24:42
Zak
Even the rumour mill knows that it's too much BS to imagine us. can't get any players. It will be, if we get anyone in, it will be youth, it will be young people, it will be people that we want to build for the future that might be able to do a job in the championship next year.
00:24:58
Zak
But like the only time we did that and it kind of semi-worked was when we raided the entirety of Man City. And that was because we had a director of football who'd like, you know, worked with Man City. So I don't know if it's the director of football or the guy, I think it was the guy in charge of the scouting network, right?
00:25:12
Zak
And then he left like immediately in like the January.
00:25:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
He became, ah ah Jason Wilcox became our director of football i'm like a three sure you and went to, I don't know.
00:25:18
Zak
not Yeah, no, I think it wasn't Jason Wilcox, there was somebody else, right? There was somebody else that came in and then left the seat left i think to join Chelsea into our championship season. It was a part, yeah, because it was it was either Brighton or Chelsea. I can't remember exactly. i't I'm not talking about Wilcox. I know i know Wilcox, but it's like, it's it's one of those things. We'll just have to see what happens. But it's so strange to go 13 days into a window and still like the most credible rumor being Ben Barrett and Diaz to leave, which to be honest, I think Ben Barrett and Diaz has wanted since about October.
00:25:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, I think that's fair.
00:25:57
Zak
Like, even the even the think one of the things we did discuss that's even calmed down is the tall pool noise, supposedly back to Turkey, a a number of clubs, but that's kind of quieting down a little bit, so who knows.
00:26:09
Zak
It's, sad hopefully,
00:26:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, they probably watched him play.
00:26:14
Zak
Oh, that's so mean, but also accurate. He has not scored for us yet.
00:26:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:26:19
Zak
Hopefully, we'll we'll see something by next week. Anything at this point, even outgoings, at least that will give us something that's just not a hypothetical, because at the moment, we could theoretically end this end the transfer window with the same players we started with, which I guess is fine, but also, I mean, not for people like Maxwell Corday, he's just not going to play ever.
00:26:41
Zak
so
00:26:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:26:43
Zak
What a world. Well Greg, thank you for joining me as we essentially make stuff up, but least at least it's kind of, in my opinion, based off of more fact than most journalists.
00:26:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I had to lower my standards of sources to allow in one from the daily start, let me tell you.
00:27:02
Zak
with it Like at the end of the day one of the few sources we had last time turned up to be correct and after that a Lot of it is difficult because I don't think that at this rate even the players know what's going on So how you know we are unfortunately just essentially happen to kind of go off of scraps But next week, maybe not and if it is we'll just make it fun Thank you
00:27:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
if
00:27:30
Zak
Oh yeah, we could be even more miserable.
00:27:33
Zak
By that, I mean of course we're going to beat Van Euen and Nottingham Forest, right, who are, for like, I can't even lie.
00:27:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
you or the season were coming into these two fixtures against Miami Lighted and Forest saying one of them were 14th and one of them were second
00:27:40
Zak
Right.
00:27:48
Zak
Yeah, you would think it was the other way around, which is very funny. Either way, it will be what it would be. Thank you for joining me, Greg, and a chaotic and breadcrummy transfer Tuesday. We have been the Daily Southampton. We are part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. We are available on all the social medias. X slash Twitter, the Everything app, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube,
00:28:15
Zak
Blue Sky, those are the ones that I can remember we have, potentially others. Obviously, we're available on all podcasting platforms. That's how you're listening to us. If you enjoy, let their friend know, or give us a read. We really, really appreciate that stuff. Thank you for listening to us, Waffle. We appreciate you very much.
00:28:33
Zak
We will be back tomorrow with some content. I don't remember exactly what, probably, hopefully, either a preview or a crossover because of the game that we have on Thursday. We'll let you know either way. Have a lovely day, everyone. Bye-bye.