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Episode 233: Another Pre-Season win!
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Southampton – Another win in our pre-season, and new kits today! Lots to talk about!
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Preseason Highlights and Mitsuki's Performance
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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 joined by my good friend, wonderful co-host, Zach Ingo Finch.
00:00:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
How mate, you alright?
00:00:23
Zak
Yeah, doing pretty well. seeing Seeing we've got another win in pre-season under our belt and it wasn't an absolutely terrible win.
00:00:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:00:31
Zak
When you're listening to it should be the day after Mitsuki episode dropped that I'd accidentally kind of done before he ended up having an absolute baller game in the second pre-season
Mitsuki's Journey and Episode Evolution
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Zak
game.
00:00:43
Zak
So pretty proud of about how that turned out.
00:00:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:00:46
Zak
So yeah, do well, mate.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Nice bit of foresight. It's great, yeah.
00:00:48
Zak
Yeah, it turns out that he just had a lot deeper history than I expected him to have, which is why he got a full episode. Yeah,
00:00:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, you originally pitched that episode to me as a research episode into like a load of new signings.
00:01:02
Zak
well, new signings, loanies, people expect a breakthrough. Now I've realised that there's actually probably enough for each one. So that's a nice little thing.
00:01:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Great. But yeah, you're right, look, a tidy little win over Ginningham in the two 60-minute games, pre-season nonsense behind closed doors.
00:01:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, there's been a lot of video from it for something that was behind closed doors, right?.....................
00:01:25
Zak
Yeah, right. like We were like, oh, it's going to be some hide and so behind closed doors. We're not going to really hear much on it. And then it ended up being don you know but not too bad. so We ended up seeing loads of it.
00:01:37
Zak
And then they had a highlights package. And then Alfie House did a load of reporting on it.
00:01:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:43
Zak
They did a conversation about it. like
00:01:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:45
Zak
and So, yeah, I'm happy to have the... so I'm happy to able to see how they're doing and see who's playing well and see who's maybe not doing
Victory Over Gillingham and Video Analysis
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Zak
so well. But look, the last time we played Gillingham, admittedly, this was a friendly.
00:01:59
Zak
We lost 3-1, mate. So like that was what Russell Martin's, one of but of his first games in charge where he decided to test out the likes of Lianco.
00:02:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Don't remind me.
00:02:08
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Musa, Junepo, and Lianko, yeah. Yeah.
00:02:10
Zak
Like Charlie Alcaraz scored the only goal. Like that was what...
00:02:17
Zak
So, you know, we've come, we would do a better, again, only preseason still, but I'll take, I'll take any level of positive we can get, right? Like that's where we're at for this season so far.
00:02:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. And there are definitely positives to take from it.
James Bree's New Look and Right-Back Role
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's start with the main talking point. What's James Breed onto his hair?
00:02:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:39
Zak
Now, me and you were back and forth in about this. And, You know, I get it. Sometimes you just shave your hair. People do. I've done stuff like that.
00:02:50
Zak
Every time I get rid of my beard, when I actually properly, fully get rid of my beard, it usually scares my family because they just expect me to have one constantly. But what was funny was you being like, I thought it was weird that Smallbone was playing number two.
00:03:03
Zak
and that says everything you need to know about your eyesight, mate, realistically.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
it
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Zak
Because I was like, no, mate.
00:03:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
It wasn't particularly wasn sort a particularly high quality highlights package.
00:03:09
Zak
was that's breezy.
00:03:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
and you know just
00:03:13
Zak
No, but either way, you know, that's what often happens in preseason.
00:03:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:03:18
Zak
People change their style, you know, before they go into a new season. Obviously, he's decided he's had enough of his air, lopped it off and then became ice cold, stone cold Steve Austin style with couple of step overs that are now doing the rounds on socials.
00:03:31
Zak
So as well as Southampton's socials, it's now been picked up by like the Second Tier podcast, a couple other places, which is pretty cool.
00:03:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:03:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, look, I think it's pretty clear that he's going to be our first choice rightback right back, right?
00:03:44
Zak
Well, don't know. I feel like Sigoura is going to put in some competition. You know, he got interviewed the other day and said that he wants to stay now, right? And he wants to put in some effort to make the effort to stay. so But I think that a competition for that place can only be a good thing for us and the team, right? Because
Team Competition and Positive Direction
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Zak
for so long, it was just like, well, if Karl Walker-Peters is fit, he'll play there.
00:04:05
Zak
And that was the extent of the conversation. Whereas now it feels like, you know...
00:04:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:09
Zak
We have some position some competition in that position and potentially, you know, we don't know what incomings we've got coming left. And think it was somebody on Blue Skars back and forth. with And we're talking talking about how we're almost at a stage where we can make an entire team out centre-backs.
00:04:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just
00:04:23
Zak
And they're not wrong, right? we We've hired a lot. of we've had We've got a lot of centre-backs some of which can play multiple positions. I think that competition for that sport will be a good thing and will see us through the season that's going to be busy, right?
00:04:38
Zak
Championships always a bit...
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Global Sports Podcast Network
brutal.
00:04:39
Zak
I'd say a bit busier, but it's just more that there's a lot of games clustered close together. I think we talked about the spell in our fixtures episode over Christmas and the winter. um So, yeah, I think...
00:04:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
just three
00:04:49
Zak
Either way, like... considering probably one of our cheapest transfers in the squad. He's done a good number for us. Bought some of the only positive moments of last season, right, in the cup with a couple of goals.
00:05:01
Zak
And the fact that he's still here, still putting the work in, we'll see how it turns out. But
Ross Stewart's Form and Team Prep
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. What did you make of the... Did you see the starting lineups for both 60 minutes? Or do you need me to run through them?
00:05:06
Zak
yeah, he's played right.
00:05:12
Zak
Yeah, but mix mixed and mixing things up a little bit, but I'm kind of all right with them and seeing how they went. But again, notably...
00:05:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
I kind of feel like the first 60 minutes with... Rambo, Bree, Stephens, Corsi, Wellington, Flynn, Smallbone, Armour, Fraser, Diblin, Archer.
00:05:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Might be pretty close to where our first choice starting XI might be at the moment.
00:05:42
Zak
I'm not really sure because i I look at, again, I look at that second lineup and you know the amount of goals they scored, the amount of opportunities they had, the the level of intensity.
00:05:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:05:52
Zak
you know unless you're Unless you're expecting all of those players to be sort of you know substitute players, I think that... That, to me, looks more like where Still wants the team to be at.
00:06:05
Zak
That first team is very much, in my mind, like the the names you've just like sprung off are all very Russell Martin players, and they're still playing with the like sort of Russell Martin intensity, right? Like they've managed to score a goal in that whole that whole sort of first bit time before, you know, we've managed to...
00:06:21
Zak
and know score better in the second half. I will say Ryan Fraser put a good shift in. He like he he struck the ball quite a lot. you
00:06:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, he's playing...
00:06:31
Zak
Not another win, but apart from that one that hit the crossbar, they're almost in, but it's good to see him being positive.
00:06:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
According to the report, he was playing more as a number 10 than a winger.
00:06:40
Zak
Well, it doesn't really matter if they end up playing well, right?
00:06:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, yeah, yeah.
00:06:43
Zak
this This is kind of where I'm at.
00:06:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
but Look, whatever works, if that's where he fits in in this squad and that's where they want to play him, then sure, that works.
00:06:52
Zak
He's going to be here, right? It's where I'm at. like i don't I don't really see... you know unless Unless Russell Martin's going to drive down and pick him up himself, I don't really see him getting a move this summer anywhere. So we may as well fit him in somewhere that works. you know I think it was just... it was Obviously, we didn't
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Zak
see everything. We only saw the highlights. So, is there specifically curated bits of video that show us being good, right?
00:07:15
Zak
And that's the problem with highlights.
00:07:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:17
Zak
You don't get to see all of the rubbish in between and some of the little silly silly bits and pieces, but... Again, they're moving in positive direction. Will still seems happy.
00:07:27
Zak
i think we've been like put on as like a favourite to get promoted. So i'm kind of I'm feeling positive vibes. Again, happy to see Masuki do well.
00:07:39
Zak
Happy to see Adozie do well. Happy to see Archer do well. like just It's just nice to see some of the ones that we kind of expected to maybe do a bit more last season. doing a bit better this season, so far, specifically in pre-season, right?
00:07:53
Zak
have to have to make sure that that is the caveat, because when the season kicks off, yeah.
00:07:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right. oh Yeah, we saw that last year. Yeah, for sure. All right, I've got more to talk about from the preseason friendly, but first a message from our partners at Bionique.
00:08:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, and we are back.
Cameron Archer's Preseason Impact
00:08:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, you spoke about Cameron Archer. so in two and pre-season from him. That's good, right?
00:08:56
Zak
It's good numbers.
00:08:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's
00:08:58
Zak
Yeah,
00:08:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
I will say from the highlights, what I was ah more impressed than the goal, because it was kind of just goal from the middle of the box that bounced out to him. His work rate seemed very impressive.
00:09:10
Zak
yeah I've seen that mentioned.
00:09:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
He putting himself about
00:09:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
And.
00:09:13
Zak
more than a few times that not just on the ball, it's the off the ball that he's done in the last sort of in the preseason games that's been really impressive and that now he's got that kind of opportunity to to thrive and he's not being put in in sort of horrible situations.
00:09:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:09:26
Zak
It'll be' be really interesting to see how he's set up. I think what what I'm enjoying the most is like the ball is being pumped into the box a lot and people are taking shots off quite a lot, right? and And it's it's so the the opposite of waiting for like the right opportunity and right moment it kind of is like, you know, the game seems to be much more physical. And I, obviously that's probably why they're putting them through the races on, you know, a fitness perspective, but You're starting to see maybe players that didn't really do well in the sort of quote-unquote systems before, you know, being able to kind of put their front foot forward to stake a claim in the place for this year.
00:10:11
Zak
And that's nothing but a good thing.
00:10:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely. Ross Stewart back on the score sheet as well?
00:10:17
Zak
Yeah, but's that's that's really, really positive, right? like The fact that he's not managed to get himself injured so far in pre-season is good. like I'm hoping that it will go and stop being a joke, right? And it will become just now that whole the whole Loch Ness-Drogba thing truly becomes you know into its own and we see some goals from him. Because if we you know if we have we end up in sort of with prolific goal scorers in both you know him and potentially if armour stays, you're looking at Damien Downs. like if If we can get goals from all of these these areas, that would be a huge thing because we're struggling so bad last season.
00:10:53
Zak
It was like our centre midfielder slash centre-back Joe Arribo that for a long period of the whole of the season topped it with three. right And you know the fact that we're sort of so far in pre-season getting goals in left, right and centre from every kind of area is is something that I'm really enjoying.
00:11:12
Zak
We've just got to see how it actually pans out, right?
00:11:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:16
Zak
Either way, striker scoring goals shouldn't be headline, but for us, really is.
00:11:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, look, it's it can only be a good thing. good Looking through the player ratings, shout out to Alfie House. Matsuki coming in at Man of the Match with an eight.
00:11:33
Zak
Yeah,
Player Reviews and Upcoming Friendlies
00:11:34
Zak
solid.
00:11:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Great.
00:11:35
Zak
Solid. Saw try to get in through quite a lot. he's just puts puts His work rate's really, really high. And again, like for the research in yesterday's episode that but I'd done, like I was always slightly excited when we when we signed him off the back of the fact that i knew he was the AFC's Young Player of the Year.
00:11:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:11:52
Zak
i kind of felt it was a bit of a coup. and then we sent him out immediately on loan. And then he's done really, really well on loan and done enough to get himself sort of now, you know, now he's showing off what he can do in preseason.
00:12:03
Zak
And, you know, getting a goal, even if it wasn't the most spectacular thing in the world, means that he's in the right positions. He's making the runs that he needs to. do Just really glad to see... sort of players that we wouldn't have expected to do really, really well, come out of the woodwork and do well, right?
00:12:17
Zak
Like, obviously, we had Tyler Dippling last season where that happened.
00:12:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:12:20
Zak
We're starting to see it with Jay Robinson this season. We've got Masuki that's come back off loan. You know, we've still got Shea Charles' is is I think the best is yet to come. Ronnie Edwards isn't even back in the squad yet. Like we've, we're actually in a much better position. I think that we, we thought we'd be.
00:12:36
Zak
And that's excluding, i think you even talked about this, you know, in our episode where we talked about like the team and who we'd be happy to transfer out and who'd happy to transfer in. We low key talked about it, but I didn't know how well involved,
00:12:49
Zak
these players would sort of be this season. And on the Adozi front, I know that it's probably a thing that I'll mention again next week in Transfer Tuesday is that Club Bruges have just signed a winger, which probably cools their interest a little bit in him.
00:13:01
Zak
So that means that he might actually get a proper run in again this season and seems to be a bit sharper. But yeah, just I just think it's it's really, really... I think it's going really, really well so far.
00:13:13
Zak
And the first game was a bit of a, okay, but now we're just... Again, it's all about building fitness and getting ready because you know we're going to need to hit the ground running or otherwise we're going to really struggle when we have to play a rivalry match.
00:13:26
Zak
Because that's that' the gas going to come up closer than we think.
00:13:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:28
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We've got another preseason friendly coming up tomorrow, right? on On Friday.
00:13:33
Zak
another one behind closed doors, right?
00:13:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
uh, Yeah, against our sister club, right?
00:13:37
Zak
Yes, French. ah always want to... The problem is, it's because of just the way my brain reads it. It's like Valencius, but I don't know if that's how you pronounce it, because I'm pretty sure it's V-A-C.
00:13:48
Zak
yeah But yes, our French...
00:13:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not even going to attempt it. Our French sister club is starting.
00:13:53
Zak
Our French sister club. Yes, we we have behind closed doors friendly against them.
00:13:58
Zak
And again, it's probably more about building fitness. And I don't know if it's necessarily about building the connections between the clubs in this model or like the players between the model. Who knows?
00:14:08
Zak
Because we might end up seeing some people go out on loan at some at some point. You know, I feel like business isn't done yet. Right. Despite the fact that it's been slim pickings for Transfer Tuesday this week. And I think maybe we're going to move into next week. My prediction of July being really busy so far has been pretty dead in the water.
00:14:27
Zak
But that should be exciting. And obviously, again, just get just get more minutes in the tank and see see really who's ready to like come back and and put there but put their all into absolutely you know destroying this season, which is what i want to see anyway.
00:14:41
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That's it. It is. It's good. It's nice. There's football
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about. There's news about. There's Match reviews and player ratings and highlights are so close. ah ah I see the Northampton tickets went on sale today as well.
00:14:56
Zak
Yes, that's like early August, right? I think I'll say 13th of August.
00:14:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, the Carabao Cup. I mean, it's not trip I'm going to make on Wednesday night, let's be honest. But.
00:15:05
Zak
No, think that's probably, I'd say it's probably why it's so cheap, but also imagine that if they could get away with charging about 50 quid for them, they would. But, you know, again, like it's that would be a good a good build-up game, right, is kind of where I'm at, because that's what's really, really important, is is making sure we're ready.
00:15:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
let's hope because historically these early rounds of the Carabao Cup have sort of looked like that from the outset but not gone that way in reality so
00:15:33
Zak
Well, yeah, but then in recent times, it's because we've either played our second team. Remember what we said, Russell Martin's like, I'm going to play my strongest team, but then doesn't. And that's a thing that he he frequently did, right?
00:15:43
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yeah
00:15:45
Zak
And seemed to kind of chuck players into... And that that should have been one inciting on its own, that basically the only people that could play the system was the starting 11. So, for example, when Downs went out injured for a while or was suspended, can't remember which it was...
00:15:59
Zak
the Russell Martin kind of all fell apart without the key members of personnel I'm hoping it won't necessarily be as much of the case this time and you know we we got to a final for it like not too long I say not too long it's almost a decade at this point right but every time I think it's last year it's not
00:16:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. yeah I'll just say, mate, the only thing that kept us in... I was going to say, the only thing that kept us in the competition last year was James Bree, so...
00:16:21
Zak
yeah it's true true and and and Everton at the time being bad right if I remember rightly
00:16:25
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Okay, and we are back. Also happening today, get your lava lamps out, Awake It Day. Are we excited that?
00:17:07
Zak
Oh yeah, I forget. Obviously we have to record in advance so you actually get like content because if we recorded on the day in a media uploaded, pretty sure our bosses would have something say about that outside of the podcast.
00:17:19
Zak
But yeah, i what do you reckon, Greg? Do you reckon it's going to be the leaked kit which was successful for the other one? Do you reckon it's going to be the blue and yellow or do you think, you know...
00:17:28
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Based off of the yellow you're based off of the yellow and blue bubbles in the lava lamp, I think it's think it's pretty safe to assume that that is the correct leak, right?
00:17:39
Zak
So it's not going to be green navy like that one year. Bright green but a little with a little navy dash, though.
00:17:45
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No, I think the the traditional old 70s-style strikes in the yellow and blue, and, you know, if the leak's anything to go by, that's quite exciting.
00:17:52
Zak
but
00:17:55
Zak
I think i've got I've come to the conclusion, by the way, that that like it's not generic nostalgia. When it comes to the kits, it's 70s. And when it comes to player signings, for some reason, it's 80s.
00:18:03
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yeah
00:18:05
Zak
I haven't really quite fued like figured out why yet, but that's that's where I've realised I'm drawing the line. Again, you're probably right in the sense that it's just an intern who's been told he can go wild with whatever he wants to do.
00:18:17
Zak
But it's probably...
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Were you alive to see a PS2 in real life? Oh. Like...
00:18:23
Zak
yeah I am, I'm looking forward to both of them. I think I'm probably going get both this year and I'm worried about that because I look like I want a third as well. And it's been a long time since I've seen sort of Away, Home and Third Kit and wanted every single one of them.
00:18:31
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Hmm.
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Keeper kits are nice as well, aren't they?
00:18:38
Zak
But,
00:18:39
Zak
Keeper kits are nice as well. I think I'll probably probably skip the keeper ones this year, but surely because of the fact that want all the other three, which is probably going to get expensive. But alas, that's that's how being a commercial football fan in 2025 is, mate, isn't it?
00:18:54
Zak
Everything
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costs money, so...
00:18:55
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Just spread it out across the course of the season and you know aim to get the least popular one by the end of the season when it's all reduced, right? That's what we can hope.
00:19:04
Zak
I just don't think it's going to be like the highlighter kits where we can get them for like £2 or like £5 if you spend over £20 whatever the ridiculous offer they had on. But yeah, either way, we should see them.
00:19:13
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Yeah.
00:19:15
Zak
And I think you were right in the sense of before that sort of bright and friendly, it means that the away kit will be released and everybody will be able to buy their away kit for them. And yeah, I think it would be nice.
00:19:25
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Yeah.
00:19:25
Zak
then obviously we've got that actual... So yeah, pretty pretty like physically intense few few weeks for the guys, right? By the up by the sounds of it, sort of getting 60 minutes in a couple of days after, sort of full 60 minutes here, 60 minutes there.
00:19:37
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Yeah. Another full 60. I mean, yeah.
00:19:39
Zak
Rambo back as well. We didn't even discuss that.
00:19:42
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yeah Yes, you're right.
00:19:43
Zak
how do we feel about How do we feel about Rambo being back in, mate?
00:19:43
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Back the end
00:19:47
Zak
Does it mean anything?
00:19:47
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the day. Like it's the hope that might let us down later.
00:19:50
Zak
The hope that might kill us, you mean? good.
00:19:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:53
Zak
I'm glad sir i'm glad to bring that back.
00:19:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:19:56
Zak
Well, you know, Bournemouth have signed a keeper now. So that that that takes away another one of the potential...
00:20:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. What about Galatasaray? They were the other ones after him, right?
00:20:07
Zak
Galatasaray, you've got potentially Sunderland.
00:20:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:11
Zak
But again, it's it's a lot. It's all gone quiet, which doesn't necessarily mean a good thing because it might mean a last-minute scramble. But either way, it was good to see him back and in action and even perform a pretty good save at one point, right?
00:20:26
Zak
think he tipped one right over.
00:20:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:27
Zak
So, you know, happy days.
00:20:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. It's... Look. It's tricky, right? It's like the season we lost Waterprowls, where it's like, will we... Won't he... We probably will, but it's so far down the chain that the hope might...
00:20:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's just... It is my position of concern.
00:20:46
Zak
it's one of I don't necessarily know It shouldn't come as a surprise because of the fact that he said he was kind of open, so he wants to go back to the Premier League. The club have said they're open and won't stand in his way for a return to the Premier League, which is why I don't i think it would be a bit weird if he went to Galatasaray, right? it's like
00:21:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:21:04
Zak
It's like when I'm baffled that Karl Walker-Peters has gone to Turkey because I just didn't think he would go to Turkey when he was like...
00:21:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank
00:21:11
Zak
lick Because he was linked, obviously, in the January and they probably just waited because they haven't had to pay a transfer fee and that's fair enough. But like I find it like if If his aim is, I want to play in the Premier League, surely it'll be a Premier League team only that he'll leave for.
00:21:24
Zak
And you're right, it is like the hope around it. But i just think that we are, we have been tougher with transfers this year than in previous days, right? I've seen that there's a £10 million pound price tag attached to Armel Belicot chap.
00:21:37
Zak
Because they're, like, not willing to let him go for basically nothing. Which I can understand, but seems quite steep. But also, we sold Suleymane for, like, 20 million plus. Which, when you thought, wow, I think it was, what, like, 18 something in the end?
00:21:47
Zak
by way But either way, like, that's insane for what we were expecting.
00:21:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:21:51
Zak
We were talking about him going for, sort of, 5 million in January. So, i just think that they're going to be a bit more, like, if he goes, yeah, they're not going to stand in it in the way. But I think that, like, you know, if we get something... Imagine if we get, like, more than we bought him for.
00:22:03
Zak
Or something like that. I'd be mad. But yeah I think the work, i don't know if this is the worst case scenario, but the idea of him going on loan for a season and then supposedly coming back if we get promoted is always a bit, I'm always a bit dubious about anything like that.
00:22:17
Zak
And one of the reasons why being, if you remember when Toby Alderweireld came to us and was going to you know, we had like a right to buy after one season because he was on loan from Atletico and then he went to Tottenham.
00:22:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:28
Zak
And it's it's one of those things where I could just see like him... if you know say Say we get promoted, but say he does go to Sunderland and Sunderland also stay up. What happens at that point? know he you know He's become a fan favourite. He might be the reason they didn't get relegated. And then all of a sudden, there's like a whole bit of taste in everybody's mouth and we've sp sat around waiting for ages. So i guess my point is, if he goes, he goes, but I'd rather it done sooner rather than later.
00:22:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
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00:22:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
I agree with that. I think it's pretty likely he's going to go one way or another.
00:22:58
Zak
Yeah.
00:22:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that really gives me concerns.
00:23:03
Zak
Yeah, especially where the noise out of the club is, well, we've got goalkeepers.
00:23:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:06
Zak
What are you worried about? I'm like, actually, we with him going and Lumley, we've got two less.
00:23:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:10
Zak
like
00:23:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah I don't know.
00:23:12
Zak
so
00:23:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Baffling. Interesting. don't know. We'll see. We will see how that plays out. It is not... it is my biggest concern heading into the season so far.
00:23:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, so, you know, it wouldn't be life as a Saints fan without something to worry about, though, would it? Well,
00:23:31
Zak
Oh, exactly. I like that, you know, it could be worse, mate. I've seen ah quite a few comments knocking around of people thinking we're just going to go straight double relegation, which is, I just don't think we're in that position, but could be much worse.
00:23:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
I hope not.
00:23:46
Zak
Oh, dear.
00:23:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. It really makes the character building for my children line a much harder selling.
00:23:54
Zak
oh dear
00:23:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, that is just about all we've got time for today. So thank you very much for listening. Zach, as ever, thank you for joining me. We'll be back tomorrow to talk more maybe about the kits.
00:24:04
Zak
Thank you very much, mate.
00:24:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know, we'll work something out.
00:24:12
Zak
Put it this way, 24 hours, 24 hours, whenever we do these podcasts, mate, there is enough news to fill at least half an hour.
00:24:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's always, always enough. So we will be back then. us know on socials how excited you are for football to be coming back soon. We are on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, X, Blue Sky, Instagram, all of them.
00:24:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Go and shout us and let us know how excited you are. We look forward to hearing from you. Like say, we'll be back tomorrow. But until then, have a wonderful day, over everyone. Bye.