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Episode 300: Matchday Preview: Home to to swans!
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Southampton – Real football is back! And we are here to talk about it. Lots of unknowns heading into this game, but can we do what it takes to eek out a win?
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00:00:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome back to the Daily Southampton, part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. My name is Greg Elliott and as always today, joined by my good friend and wonderful co-host, Zach Ingo Finch.
00:00:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Zach, I know how you're doing because this is take three. We've got we're one faux pas a piece, but I'm going to ask anyway, mate. How you doing?
00:00:35
Zak
Mate, real football is back. The international break is over. We can now finally watch football that I spend more than five minutes carrying about.
00:00:45
Zak
I'm looking forward to it.
00:00:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
but I'm absolutely buzzing. I'm so excited. Look, I'd be remiss to start a negative, but a 12.30 kickoff for a game that's not on TV. Like, come on.
00:00:57
Zak
yeahp Yeah, all right. Well, I'm annoyed because supposedly, the looks of it, we've been moved due to that really famous derby between QPR and Millwall. So famous I had to Google it.
00:01:08
Zak
And, you know...
00:01:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
And yeah. and And as previously discussed in a lost recording to time, you're right. My annoyance mostly comes from the the fun logistical puzzle of trying to work out a 9.30 kickoff in Locks Heath and getting to St Mary's in time for a 12.30 kickoff there.
00:01:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
So the joys of it, mate.
00:01:29
Zak
Look, it's just it's part and parcel. It's not like you've not had absolutely forever to know that this is a 12.30 kickoff. It's not like they changed it last week, mate.
00:01:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:37
Zak
Like, you can't you can't get mad that they changed it.
00:01:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:01:40
Zak
Like, they're like, it's just, remind did they're changing it two weeks before.
00:01:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, you're right.
00:01:43
Zak
So then they keep changing it like six months before.
00:01:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're right. It's been in my calendar as a 12.30 kickoff since I put all of the fixtures in the calendar.
00:01:46
Zak
And you're...
00:01:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
That doesn't mean that I didn't learn that it was a 12.30 kickoff live mid-recording earlier this week. So...
00:01:57
Zak
Well, what could the club do?
00:02:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
But look, it's real football. It's back. We are hosting Swansea at St. Mary's in in a real game of league football. How are you feeling heading into this one? Feeling good? Feeling positive?
00:02:14
Zak
It's a bit weird one, right? Because I think that we're still struggling to figure out what the team is going to look like due to to injuries from before the international break, injuries during the international break.
00:02:26
Zak
And obviously... Just the sort of lethargy that's been around the club. And it's it's not unnoticed to be that one of the one of the social media clips last week that did really well was but us talking about Greg, how realistically what we actually just want to see is the club win.
00:02:42
Zak
We just want to see the team win. And this is why sometimes i get this delusion of grandeur that Will still listens to us because he pretty much said the same thing today where,
00:02:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:50
Zak
doesn't matter what I do or how I play football. Yeah, it might be the most attractive way. But until we start actually winning games, like people are always going to have that opinion. And he's right. yeah So what I'd really like see is us to win.
00:03:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:03:02
Zak
That'd be really nice.
00:03:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
He also pointed out that football's not always rocket science and you have to both keep the ball out of your own net and put it in the other team's net to win games, which is you know which is a recurring theme on this show.
00:03:13
Zak
Well, it's one of the recurring themes from you, mate, where football's actually really simple and also you really hate Pep Guardiola.
00:03:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:20
Zak
And that seems to be the two, like, you know, if you were to ask me the two personality traits for Craig on this show, they they would be up there, mate.
00:03:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:03:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
well, that's fair.
00:03:27
Zak
like
00:03:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
That and hopelessly optimistic, I guess.
00:03:32
Zak
Oh, no, yeah, they's sorry, sorry.
00:03:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
But...
00:03:34
Zak
Seven nil wins every week, right? like
00:03:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that's it, mate. But look, we got... We got three games in a game week, and like this little six-game block before the the next international break, don't say it too loudly, but he says this is like a key chunk of the season, right?
00:03:46
Zak
oh yeah Sure, carry on.
00:03:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
When you're breaking it down into chunks, those dividers... If we come away with 18 points in the next six games, like our conversations are completely different right than if we come away with even six.
00:04:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
So...
00:04:08
Zak
Yeah, you're right. 18 points would be fantastic. I don't know how much I believe it's going to happen yet. you know And that brings me back to the other point from this press conference, which is slightly slightly on the downturn of of of we're still making the the point that last season said was terrible.
00:04:26
Zak
And I'm pretty sure he would have liked to use a lot more extreme words, right?
00:04:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:04:30
Zak
Like we often do. And it was really, really, really bad. And anyone that just kind of thought we were going to like HMS piss the league or whatever,
00:04:40
Zak
It's not, not quite how it was ever going to be. Uh, we're part of that problem considering we put us as winning the league, right? i don't know if that's maybe we're joking. I think there's some low key underneath belief there, Greg, that you think that we might actually get first at some point.
00:04:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
but I always believe that that is maybe my biggest character flaw, Zach.
00:04:56
Zak
Uh,
00:05:01
Zak
you're You're right. The hope that kills you, right? Except, you know, I'm now just abandoned in all hope so I can just live here as a lifeless husk. But it is one of those things with this game coming up specifically...
00:05:13
Zak
we we would love to see something start to happen now, right? And he's aware that it's it's getting to that kind of point. And it isn't easy. And yes, it's about turning draws into wins. But not only that, it's just about winning.
00:05:25
Zak
Like, whole city can be considered a one-off if it's not consistent. And Swansea is a team that we should be beating.
00:05:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I didn't.
00:05:34
Zak
Now, I might be in trouble slightly with you, or Greg, because you were like, oh, we can't say that. but we did go through Swansea swa squad list. And i I did not recognize a single name on that squad list and made the joke that some of them sound like regens from either Football Manager or or FM.
00:05:49
Zak
Obviously, they're going through their big rebuild. Now they're owned by Snoop Doggy Dog and Luka Modric in some weird...
00:05:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:05:56
Zak
So obviously, we're also going to be coming up against a team that's in a bit of transition similar to us. So we need really need to stamp the authority that we are capable of beating them. And that's where I get worried because it's like, as you say, Greg, like, oh, you know, some games should be easy and they don't end up being easy, mate.
00:06:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:13
Zak
That's my fear.
00:06:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, well, look, I know that you don't like to put a lot of credit into this, but you look back at the last four times we've played them, you know, across the leagues, it's 3-0 in January, you know, three one in January the year before, five know at home on Boxing Day, three two at Swansea 2022, like, they're...
00:06:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
and twenty twenty two like there
00:06:40
Zak
You're right. That was the Suleman ago, wasn't it?
00:06:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:42
Zak
Where he did the backflip or whatever.
00:06:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:44
Zak
And was like then then then that's where we got the Instagram montage of how good he could be and proceeded to struggle the rest of the league.
00:06:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:51
Zak
But there we are. So you're right. OK, so on paper, we should be doing really well. right paper Paper's great.
00:06:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:57
Zak
And we've we've always done consistently well against Swansea. Yeah, I just i don't want it to be another banana skin because this is kind of how we looked at with Hull.
00:07:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's it, mate.
00:07:07
Zak
We looked very much like it. But how how are your thoughts going into it, mate? Before we start talking team lineups, what do you feel?
00:07:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, like... no feel I feel like it's all right. I mean, it is a difficult one because there are so many unknowns. I mean, just to complete the tick box on cliche bingo, you say it's a game we should win on paper, but football's game played on grass.
00:07:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
like But...
00:07:29
Zak
but We've said well oh now.
00:07:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
But...
00:07:32
Zak
We can just stitch the rest of it together. AI will do the rest of it, right? yeah
00:07:35
Zak
Okay.
00:07:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
but some But no, it's it's not really as easy to guess this time, because as we're going to find out when we get into this team predictions, we don't know... what our shape is going to look like.
00:07:48
Zak
and
00:07:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
We don't know what the personnel is going to look like. We don't know if we're going to stick to a similar system as we had that was having success with Ross Stewart on the pitch, but knowing that Ross Stewart's out, we don't know we're going to stick to a similar system and try and bring someone in to do that, or if we're going to change up a system to play to another player's strengths.
00:08:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, it's just... There are so many... unknown to me that it's hard to be super confident that it's definitely going to work and we're definitely going to smash it because good if if Ross Stewart wasn't injured that's exactly what I'd be saying. I'm like, yeah, we're going to stick to the system, it's going to work comfortably win, maybe a clean sheet but you know it' it's not even just Ross Stewart, right? you know Quasi might be out injured and we talked about the importance of the consistency at centre-back's
00:08:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
you throw one of those other centre-backs in, it's it's almost a completely different game for them as well. It's a completely different system that we've not had them exposed to yet. So, yeah, it's hard not to feel a bit concerned that some of it isn't going to click because it's it's so on unknown.
00:08:54
Zak
yeah
00:09:03
Zak
get that so
00:09:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
But... Yeah, I know. I guess we'll touch on that and touch about what we think may work and what may go with after a break as we get to team lineups. But first, a message from our partners at Vyneek.
00:09:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, mate. And we are back. Predicted lineups. let Let's get into this hotbed. I mean, realistically speaking, we've got a big squad, right?
00:10:13
Zak
and
00:10:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
And is there anyone from that squad that at this stage you're willing to completely rule out of the running?
00:10:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because I don't know if there is for me.
00:10:26
Zak
what Not particularly. like i feel like he'll probably stick with McCarthy and goal just because of the consistency sake.
00:10:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
ye
00:10:34
Zak
The two centre-backs that have done really well that aren't injured are probably going to stay right?
00:10:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:40
Zak
Yeah. probably either taylor harwood ballis or jack steves probably trusted more as stevens unless all of a sudden
00:10:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
but yeah I would have thought so. Yeah.
00:10:49
Zak
so then okay hi put on the left and right well arguably anybody can plan the right
00:10:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Although, right, although taylor Harwood Bellis is sponsored by Level 1, so maybe they want to get that brand out there a bit more and try and increase that revenue, and that's the deciding factor.
00:11:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:05
Zak
Well, I'm pretty sure when you said you tried to find out about matchday information, that's all that you got kind of flooded on your on your you know on your feed, which made me laugh a little bit.
00:11:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. there are Lots of bold... Level 1's open. You can book that here today. and the fan zones are open. And level 1. And there's probably some full... One level 1!
00:11:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, like get it.
00:11:26
Zak
hopefully it's just that they're going shove it all on opening weekend and eventually we're not going to have to like scroll down four pages of garbage before we can actually like book a ticket or whatever. Right. But you know, hey ho. Yeah.
00:11:40
Zak
I don't know. Maybe like it really really depends. I don't know if he is as trusted as he used to be. Right. And I think Jack Stevens probably is trusted slightly more, you know, especially being captain of the side as well.
00:11:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
but Do we think that maybe like Ronnie Edwards even comes in because he's been in that sort of that left-hand side of a back three before in and out with Kwasi normally admittedly with sort one of those other two in the mix but could that be a completely sort of left field decision that we see come in because because who knows?
00:11:55
Zak
have that sort of
00:12:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:16
Zak
This is the problem. It's difficult until we get sort of an understanding of of what he wants to play now that Ross Stewart's out injured. i think I think the worrying thing is didn't realise how much we now relied on this like one tall guy who is incredibly injury-prone and has managed to prove that straight away. I don't know if we've spoken about yet, but obviously it's now been confirmed he's probably at least out into the new year, which is a pretty severe injury. and And that's also the least...
00:12:42
Zak
I think he said it was like both a hamstring problem and tendon problem. So that's like a lot, right? that's that's not That's not going to be something overnight that heals up, I think.
00:12:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is a lot.
00:12:51
Zak
And I doubt we're going to see him again probably until like, you know, i don't think it's going to be, put it this way, think it's gonna be January.
00:12:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, full fitness, probably at the run-in for the season, right? Because even if he's back in January, there's going to be so much build-up and getting minutes in him and you know testing it out.
00:13:00
Zak
Yeah.
00:13:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
like By the time we actually see him back expected to play 90 minutes of football, you've got to expect it to be... so late in the season it's upsetting right so yep
00:13:18
Zak
Yeah, exactly that. So yeah, I'm not i'm not entirely sure. I think it's it's disappointing that you know before he even basically touched the ball internationally, Kwasi went out injured. So that's frustrating.
00:13:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah yeah Ryan Manning as well got to be on that list for me
00:13:32
Zak
I think one of the things that you wouldn't expect to change, Shea Charles though, especially with well he did on the internationals, I think he'll probably stay on the side.
00:13:43
Zak
I'd expect so. now
00:13:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
The right-hand side, however, is...
00:13:46
Zak
if we Yeah, so are we this is the thing, right?
00:13:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:13:49
Zak
If we're still going through at the back, are we keeping it? Are we going to put Tom Furlows in sort of a wing-back position again? Or are we actually going to go back to having traditional right-backs? Because at this point, Roroslev kind of demanded that spot for a bit and then kind of fell off the face of the earth where where he was getting like Fraser picked over him at one point.
00:14:06
Zak
And then obviously you've got Gillette, who we've we've spoken about a little bit. here and there. And then I think you turn around, we didn't speak about yet this week, but you turned around and sent me something that I'd seen on like one of the Twitter accounts, right?
00:14:18
Zak
So I just kind of ignored it until it was from like the Echo where apparently we've decided not to buy him despite him playing one game at Liverpool that was really good.
00:14:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's slightly strange. And it was even mentioned in the press.
00:14:30
Zak
And Will still has also said he's really good.
00:14:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it was also mentioned in the press conference that he was like almost unlucky to be dropped, but the goal we conceded was down that side. it's, yeah, I don't know.
00:14:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
don't know the answer to that. It's really going to be very interesting, that's for sure.
00:14:48
Zak
I wouldn't be surprised if it's potentially something about minute playing time and minutes and stuff. Maybe he expected to sort of pick a bigger role. We don't know what was promised on deadline day, right? Like he was, he was the last minute signing, if I remember rightly, wasn't one we expected. i think it was like, maybe the day before,
00:15:02
Zak
so So, yeah, it's it's very, very hard to predict that spot at this point because we've got like two right-backs and also two people that have played in that sort of like wing-back position anyway. unless they want to put That's the thing with Fraser is at the moment I wouldn't surprised if Fraser cropped up in centre-back, right?
00:15:18
Zak
So the only the only ones that previously probably would have ruled out would have been maybe a Reba and a Dozie.
00:15:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:15:26
Zak
But the thing is with them is that this might be a perfect opportunity to reintegrate them back into the squad.
00:15:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, right?
00:15:31
Zak
But I think this...
00:15:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, a Rebo in that sort of false nine role doing the same sort of stuff that was expected of Ross Stewart is not, you know, it's not outside of his skill set, that's for sure.
00:15:32
Zak
this
00:15:42
Zak
No, it's also beyond the realms of possibility. But I do wonder if we don't see that... but what the future lies for both of them at this point because I think if we don't see them appear this week at all I don't really expect to see them at all ever again which would be I guess disappointing for just having you know people talking about the sort of wages if Eribo is on the most wages still and is still here and not playing football I think that's a bit there's a lot of a lot of questions I have there
00:15:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, very much so.
00:16:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:16:14
Zak
But yeah, the other other big question is obviously which strikers do you play? Obviously Adam Armstrong has actually been scoring goals, so surely you keep adam Armstrong, right?
00:16:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think you have to keep Adam Armstrong on the pitch. I don't know. I think that if you play... I think the problem with Archer is that he's a very similar profile of player of Armstrong.
00:16:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've talked about that quite a lot on the show.
00:16:35
Zak
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
00:16:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
And by having them both on the pitch, what you almost invite the you know the defense to do is to just not give them any space in behind and drop you know even deeper and instead of playing that sort of higher line that you'd have if you were playing with someone that could knock it down.
00:16:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
But i I just think from what I've seen of Downs is that he his natural tendencies are towards that style of running as well and less...
00:17:05
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:17:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
of like a hold-up player, which is what Stuart was really good at. So I don't know. i don't know what the answer to that is. you know You need to get it in there in a way that's going to mix it up to create that space. by if you just Both of them are players that are capable of scoring goals, but if you're playing a system that almost gives away the game of what you're going to be able to do, you need to try and exploit the gap.
00:17:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
And so if if you're playing Armstrong and Archer and you're inviting the defence to sit further back, then you almost want a much more attacking-minded midfielder behind them, right?
00:17:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, I wouldn't be entirely upset if we played...
00:17:44
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:17:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
know Yander's been doing very well in midfield, but maybe Azaz and Fraser in as, like, dual 10s that can sort of carry the ball in and shoot or give in Tom Fellows that freedom to cut inside in the middle more and just...
00:18:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know if we're going to be playing it so that they want to create the space that Armstrong and Archer to run behind, you also need to create the space in front to have shots from distance to bring that defensive line forward to allow it.
00:18:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's difficult. It's a really tricky one.
00:18:20
Zak
Yeah, it's it's it's a difficult one until we kind of see what to expect.
00:18:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't...
00:18:24
Zak
But I guess the the good part about it being unpredictable is it's probably about as unpredictable for Swansea as well. So until so that you know that is useful, but...
00:18:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. No, that helps. But the thing... The thing about it is we talk a lot, or we've talked from time to time about like the different levels of engagement from fans, right? And so for us looking at this, who follow it closely and you know do various amounts of research to record a daily podcast, really switched on, really engaged, we can go in and expect the team sheet to look vastly different. And like I don't think there's a single right answer but that does mean to less engaged fans, there's probably several wrong answers.
00:19:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
And like,
00:19:04
Zak
yeah And that's when we get all of those questions to Paul Will Still. It's like, are worried about your job yet?
00:19:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah.
00:19:10
Zak
And it's like, bruh, it's like, we're like three months in.
00:19:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, and, you know, and I don't think that we're still the sort of person that's too bothered about sticking his neck out on the line for a decision that, you know, some of those less engaged fans would shake their head out and grumble out and go, Oh,
00:19:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because it's you know he's going to do what he thinks best. But if you're going to do that, which is fine, it needs to work or those grumbles become... You know you justify them, basically.
00:19:36
Zak
Louder. so That's when you start to get all of the the crossed out signs and the everybody out and the social media campaigns and stuff.
00:19:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Which is the concern.
00:19:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah But it's definitely it's definitely one of those games where I'm very excited to see the team sheet to try and get my head around what's going on.
00:19:51
Zak
Hmm.
00:19:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
like I'd love to record an episode with you with the team sheet in front of us and break down what we think is going to happen and see how that goes after the game because it's going to be...
00:20:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it's it's interesting.
00:20:05
Zak
Mate, considering you're cutting it so fine getting to the game that I'm surprised, wouldn't surprised if you arrived five minutes late. Don't think we'd have time to squeeze in a pre-match recording you're in the car, who fit it down the M27. But I don't know, in the future, maybe we could try.
00:20:20
Zak
maybe maybe Maybe when we next go to a game together, we'll we'll have a, in the hour before, we'll sit there, we'll have two or three beers and that then we'll have a quick run and then we'll upload it.
00:20:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll have pre-match ramble.
00:20:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sounds ideal.
00:20:31
Zak
If you like the idea, let us know. Maybe we'll do that. That'd be fun. But then we'll just be another one of those those people in the fan zone that gets annoyed because we're whipping out a camera and doing another matchday vlog. So it depends. We're also not that kind of were also not that kind of like content for for a reason.
00:20:45
Zak
It's like...
00:20:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, indeed.
00:20:46
Zak
yeah
00:20:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right, mate, look, I don't think we gave any answers about our predicted lineups, but it's safe to say that anything can happen and we're happy with pretty much all of it.
00:20:50
Zak
No!
00:20:53
Zak
Some players who are employed by the club wim will play.
00:20:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:57
Zak
There you go.
00:20:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:58
Zak
heard it here first.
00:20:59
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00:21:31
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Okay, mate. As is tradition, I'm going to start with the the little pre-match ramble that we haven't done yet. That's what I'm going to
00:21:39
Zak
Oh, okay. I thought you were just going to... I was waiting you to throw me straight under the bus. Let's go.
00:21:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
do. Aha! This little snippet suggests that Southampton to win with both teams to score, and over eight and a half corners is the bet.
00:21:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
So that's got to be a good thing, right? Lots of goals, lots of corners, and a win.
00:22:04
Zak
I don't like the fact that Swansea are to score against us, but, you know, that changes my score prediction slightly, I guess.
00:22:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:22:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
the i mean, look, can we expect... i don't know if it's necessarily like Swansea will score against us as much as we will concede a goal.
00:22:18
Zak
We will let in a dumb goal. Yeah, you're right.
00:22:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Southampton's average home form while Swansea are performing average away reads for a very entertaining game it does say very much so but look mate as is tradition I'm going to throw under the bus first let's get into it what do you think how are you feeling
00:22:31
Zak
I thought you were going to average game at that point, but there we are.
00:22:43
Zak
3-1. Let's go with 3-1. I just need us to have a comprehensive win, mate. I used that word in a podcast of the other day well too many times, but it's because it's how I feel.
00:22:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:22:52
Zak
We need to we need to have a win that is statement, that is important, that shows we're going into the rest of this run of games with something, which way which is which is something that isn't just another one-all draw, right?
00:23:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Stamp our authority on it.
00:23:05
Zak
We cannot use that to build momentum.
00:23:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
where Where in the team are three goals coming from?
00:23:10
Zak
There are going to be three goals, Greg, scored by three Southampton players.
00:23:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
No own goals. That's an interesting... thing
00:23:19
Zak
Considering we talked about how we struggle to even pick a team, like the only the only players I think I definitely probably nailed down are either Shea Charles, Alex McCarthy, Ryan Manning, and Adam Armstrong.
00:23:31
Zak
So let's say a goal from all of the outfield players that I've named there, apart from Alex McCarthy.
00:23:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I was going to say yeah. All right.
00:23:37
Zak
So there you go.
00:23:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
All right,
00:23:38
Zak
Ryan Manning, Shea Charles, and Adam Armstrong. that's Because that that at least lines up with what said.
00:23:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll take it. That's reasonable. Yeah, I like it. i like it. All right, what am I feeling? I don't know. too new thought I thought was going to go bigger, to be honest, until that left my list.
00:23:55
Zak
I thought you were going to go bigger and also the fact that you joked around the fact that we we would definitely concede and you gave us a clean sheet is always surprising, mate.
00:24:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. yeah no just think I think it feels like a reasonable answer, right? like In theory, it should play out roughly that way.
00:24:10
Zak
Yeah, I guess so. i guess so
00:24:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Armour to get a goal and Tomfellows, because you've got stick with the tradition of predicting that every week.
00:24:18
Zak
if you keep pretty yeah If you keep predicting him, eventually he's going to score, right? That's how that works.
00:24:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, look, he he got highly rated on the most important ranking list of the week, which was our blind ranking of players based solely on their song. So it's got to be a good sign.
00:24:37
Zak
thought you were about to say XG and really upset me. it
00:24:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
is Absolutely not. Well, look, that's it. We, yeah that's all we've got time for. It's it's time to get back to real football, mate. And, uh,
00:24:53
Zak
Here we go.
00:24:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, it's it's getting close to that time. I better run off now and start getting everything ready to try and do a horrible speed run to Southampton.
00:25:01
Zak
you You enjoy that, mate.
00:25:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's it.
00:25:03
Zak
I will watch it at home.
00:25:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, listen. yeah Not on real TV though, mate. Only on Sky Sports Plus.
00:25:10
Zak
Of course.
00:25:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you, Zach, as always, for joining me. And thank you, everyone, for listening. Let us know in the comments or on the socials what you think the score is going to be. We love to hear from you. We're on all of the socials.
00:25:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
X, Blue Sky, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook. Absolutely everywhere. Hit us up. Let us know. Yeah. yeah Brilliant stuff.
00:25:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll be back on Monday, regardless of the outcome. Whether it's pain or absolute joy, we will be back to talk about it. But until then, hope you will have a wonderful weekend, and we will see you then.
00:26:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
so