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Episode 400! Matchday Preview: Saturday lunchtime in Coventry!
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Southampton – And before we even get a chance to catch our breath we get another game! This time agasinst a very in form top of the league Coventry. A tricky one for sure.
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00:00:14
DailySaintsPod
Hello and welcome back to the Daily Saints pod. My name is Greg and once again today joined by my good friend and wonderful co-host Zach. How doing mate, you alright?
00:00:25
Zak
Yeah, I'm too bad, mate. How are you after, the you know, kids away yesterday, first one, hoping to absolutely smash West Brom? They put a significantly better fight, but you didn't get to see a goal in the end.
00:00:39
Zak
just didn't feel like came from nowhere.
00:00:40
DailySaintsPod
Uh...
00:00:43
Zak
You know?
00:00:43
DailySaintsPod
hi
00:00:43
Zak
Yes.
00:00:44
DailySaintsPod
it It was good. Lovely lovely evening out, like you alluded to on the show.
00:00:46
Zak
yes
00:00:49
DailySaintsPod
All of the people were lovely. the stewards were very friendly. It was was good. Good time had. As you got busted on TV, eating my dinner pre-match.
00:01:02
DailySaintsPod
So so that was great.
00:01:04
Zak
Yeah.
00:01:05
DailySaintsPod
The phone immediately lit up with people sending me that. That was fun. Yeah, no, it was good. You said in your your solo episode that like some wins feel like some draws feel like wins and some feel like losses. and I don't know if this one really felt like either because it was like a win that on the for performance we we didn't really deserve and a point that we didn't deserve.
00:01:34
DailySaintsPod
But, but you know, 11 unbeaten and keep that run going against the you know, rejuvenated West Brom team, I can say.
00:01:45
DailySaintsPod
They definitely caught us by surprise. It was...
00:01:45
Zak
Yeah, the parallels I drew to the Charlton game it still sort of...
00:01:55
Zak
are quite prominent in my mind, right? Where like with the Charm game, we went one up and we just, our level dropped. And then they obviously were able to later equalize. It was almost like the opposite where we started with that flat level, they scored and we didn't really seem to have react to it coming out after half time. Like that was like a two or three minute spell at the beginning of both halves. Obviously the first half, we just had possession for the sake of it. And the second half, you know, they they really started to believe and then somehow we pipped it towards the end. And again, that's going to be the players then suddenly going,
00:02:24
Zak
Okay, let's try and get something. you know Credit Adozi, Archer and Lahren coming on and you know doing a bit more than I kind of expected most of them to do, bar Lahren, who I think been excellent.
00:02:36
Zak
But Adozi coming on and proving that he's going to have that he will be a capable substitute for...
00:02:37
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, from brilliant.
00:02:42
DailySaintsPod
Well, he might it might have to be more than a substitute, right?
00:02:45
Zak
That's why i say that i met I was going to say, mate, capable substitute for Leo Sienzo, who most likely we've not heard anything as of time of recording, but it was too quick.
00:02:45
DailySaintsPod
Is that...
00:02:54
Zak
Subthoff straight away You can see that he's kind of making a gesture.
00:02:55
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. Straight down the tunnel. Yeah.
00:02:58
Zak
That's never never good. Waiting results of a scan. Hopefully, you know, you're looking... Either way, you could definitely rule him out for Saturday, I feel. So, Yeah.
00:03:07
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, for sure.
00:03:09
Zak
yeah
00:03:09
DailySaintsPod
But will it I think overall, you take a point, you'd be disappointed with it, with how it should be coming into the game. But in the same regard, from the West Brom perspective, they like taking a step back and looking at it will feel like it's a good point.
00:03:25
DailySaintsPod
But based on performance, we'll feel like it's... points dropped. So it is what it is. I mean, it was to be expected. That's the sort of sacrifice you you knew we were making when we played a basically a full team against Fulham, right? We were either going to have to rotate and struggle or continue to play our first team and there would be fatigue.
00:03:48
DailySaintsPod
And
00:03:49
Zak
Yeah, but like, as I said yesterday, we don't know if that's the extra, the extra game is the thing that brought, like broke the Camels back with injuring Leo. Do we think that it would have been worth it?
00:04:01
Zak
You know, if he misses out later on down the season and we don't have him for the FA Cup against Arsenal and don't know, I guess it's it's questions for other people to decide.
00:04:09
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I mean, the thing with Leo is, the thing with Leo in particular is that you're going to want to play him because he is the sort of driving force of the team.
00:04:10
Zak
Everyone's going to have an opinion on it.
00:04:18
DailySaintsPod
Like say, without him on the pitch in the second half, obviously we we miss out on the person driving the ball forward in the transition. So, and that that was part of the struggle.
00:04:26
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:04:28
DailySaintsPod
But but yeah, I feel like, when you look in the bigger picture at teams and teams that win things or teams that achieve things, any team on their day can play beautiful football and win games. the like The difference maker is when you perform poorly, are you able to pull a result out of the bag? And i think at any other point in the season so far, even with the good run we've been on,
00:04:57
DailySaintsPod
we don't go ahead and up enough to get that equaliser, let alone push on after the equaliser for the win like we did. So i'm taking confidence in that that, even with the poor performance, the the kind of momentum and mentality is...
00:05:15
DailySaintsPod
is on the up and, you know, something. And the same in reverse for West Brom, right? They will come away feeling, well, that's classic for our season that we, you know, we played so well all game and, you know, switch off for 30 seconds stoppage time and get a goal.
00:05:34
DailySaintsPod
But, yeah.
00:05:35
Zak
Yeah, well, you know, perhaps put in some some good stops and then there were also some massive missed opportunities from them.
00:05:36
DailySaintsPod
the I don't know, mate. But the...
00:05:40
Zak
Just like, like because that's the thing, I think one of the bigger differences in that game yesterday is that like it feels like there were more clear-cut opportunities for them than us. which but The only one year one i really think of where we just could have done more with was Stuart got the ball, didn't do anything with it.
00:05:54
Zak
Charles picked up the ball, didn't do anything with it. It kind of just came to nothing in the end. and
00:05:59
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. Yeah.
00:05:59
Zak
Leading Eversy into Saturday, I think that we'll actually probably do better against a team that isn't just putting in a low block in front of us. and That is a problem that they need to resolve down the line. or if not, we're going to come up against it teams like Oxford and stuff like that in the future. and we will The same thing will continue to happen that's happened all season. It's the only things they have doubts about.
00:06:23
Zak
But
00:06:23
DailySaintsPod
Well, that's that's the thing, right right? The joy of this league is now we have we've got to put that behind us this week and head into what promises to be a a juicy fixture, an early kickoff on a Saturday, which is... I mean, that's a lot of football in reasonably quick succession, Sunday into Wednesday into 12.30 on a Saturday, even for three games in seven days. That is like the...
00:06:48
Zak
Yeah.
00:06:49
DailySaintsPod
maximum maximum like output and it's sir no last thing yeah they're just gonna keep coming and keep coming but this game of course likely to have a a bit of spice around it after what happened in the in the fixture at St Mary's with a bit of a needle with Lampard and a bit of a
00:06:52
Zak
Yeah, there's there's not much of a break in between the next game after that either, if I'm totally honest. You know, 7.45 on a Wednesday.
00:07:16
DailySaintsPod
habas shall we say, after after the game. So i don't know it'll be, you're right, they're going to want to play, especially at home. They're going to want to be expansive and that hopefully plays into our hands a bit. But I don't know, how are you feeling from it you feel like recovering a draw from from this game is enough positive momentum to to see something good happen here?
00:07:40
Zak
maybe Maybe. Again, like it feels like we might end up playing better because of the fact that the type of football we'll want to play might be you know different. it was like, Fulham, we had to switch things up and somehow managed to grab a win. But the last two games haven't been what I can say like concrete, solid on.
00:07:58
Zak
And the fatigue would have definitely kicked in by Saturday. Put it this way, I'm not feeling as confident as as I did before the West Brom game against Coventry. And I've kind of chalked this one down to if our unbeaten streak loses, I'm not...
00:08:11
Zak
it's not the end of the world because we are literally playing the team that is the top of the table whose form for the last five games have been win, win, win, win. win so I don't know how you feel about that.
00:08:24
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:08:26
Zak
It you know gives you some confidence because, again, it's the injuries we picked up.
00:08:26
DailySaintsPod
i
00:08:29
Zak
right We don't know how Brie is at this point. Hopefully, as I said yesterday, it's superficial.
00:08:32
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:08:33
Zak
But if it's not superficial, then potentially we're playing right-back that's not played in a while on top of playing a Dozie who I think is ready to step up.
00:08:38
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:08:40
Zak
Don't get me wrong, but I don't think he'll be ready to play the full 90. I don't know really why we played fellows on the left for a while. That was just a bizarre decision. i don't know why we just didn't start a Dozie at that point.
00:08:51
Zak
or bring a doze on because he seemed to have a funny five minutes. It's, did you have confidence in the players that already looked very tired the other day fight through that?
00:08:59
DailySaintsPod
I mean, we've we've seen fellows play on... We've seen fellows switched on to the left for us before.
00:09:06
Zak
Yeah. And when I don't remember him doing a lot on the left either time.
00:09:07
DailySaintsPod
So...
00:09:11
Zak
so
00:09:12
DailySaintsPod
No, no. it's it's It's a strange one, but it's the... Look, it's what I tried to talk about coming into the game, right? It's like of the three games in the week, you would have looked at them and th thought, if you're going to play a full squad for Fulham, you rotate against West Brom, and we didn't.
00:09:28
DailySaintsPod
And, you know, the probably a good job that we didn't, if you see, you know, how the performance is played out. But the the physical aspect of that game and how frequently the games are coming is is taking its toll.
00:09:41
DailySaintsPod
So you're right, we're coming in...
00:09:43
Zak
Yeah.
00:09:43
DailySaintsPod
not knowing what the picture looks like against, like you say, a Coventry team who are absolutely flying at the moment with, you know, just on such a hot streak, eight points clear at the top of the table, entirely green on the form.
00:09:59
DailySaintsPod
You're right, it's it's not easy to feel confident about it, but I feel like we'll give them a good game and we'll we'll make it difficult for them. i don't think we're going to lie down and and take a pasting. So oh it's the sort of age-old thing that seems to be just a part of the Southampton DNA, that for these bigger games, that' that's when we pull out all the stops. It's these ones that you know risk complacency,
00:10:26
DailySaintsPod
where where it seems to go wrong. And I mean, it's if in the bigger picture, right, Wrexham lost on Tuesday and we missed the opportunity to make up points on them.
00:10:40
DailySaintsPod
We did get a point at least, so we're now you know exactly three points behind them and we still have to play them. So... Taking that into account, we have to see this as the the opportunity to put the pressure on them to catch them.
00:10:58
Zak
Yeah.
00:10:58
DailySaintsPod
it's it's probably you know it's It's the most difficult game we've got left this season, right is is the crux of it. and if If we have looked at that and decided because of that we're going to rotate and it kind of is what it is,
00:11:16
DailySaintsPod
then I don't know, maybe maybe that is what we see. But it's, yeah, it's it's a strange one to me.
00:11:21
Zak
yeah
00:11:24
DailySaintsPod
But yeah, I don't know. It's is's tricky. It's going to be a tough game. It's not... It's probably the first game this season, I won't say. it's a game we should go in and win because it's not going to be as easy as that. And I mean, the form pretty clearly shows it, right? That's the the biggest thing to to get over.
00:11:46
Zak
Yeah, mo I agree with you all. Hardly, mate. It's just going to be it's goingnna be a really tough game. It is the one that I'm probably, you're right, worried about. Not the most up to the end of the season. I think that the game against Wrexham is the one that I think is going to be the most crucial and the one where, you know, but beginning of the season...
00:12:06
Zak
kind of annoyed that it took a last gasp minute sort of winner from Jack Stevens we felt like we should have walked over them as the season has gone on I don't believe that's the case anymore and as I said I think they're starting to gel very well Coventry is almost to me a free hit because I don't expect us to win so if we take anything out of it that's no yeah basically
00:12:25
DailySaintsPod
It's a bonus. Yeah, and I think it's i think that that it's reasonable to sit and see that because, you like I say, flying high at the top, win after win after win after win, like just pure green in the form sheet, it it's going to be difficult to expect to come into it and take something as much as you hope that we can. But... But yeah, I mean, look, let's let's get into to the nitty-gritty of it, mate. Let's go for some predicted line-ups.
00:12:56
DailySaintsPod
what's a What do you think? Well, Parets in goal is is obvious. It's no longer a discussion point.
00:13:02
Zak
Yep, perfect.
00:13:02
DailySaintsPod
But to name a full 11, we've got to say it, right? Stephens and Harald Bellis, no concerns for me in defence.
00:13:08
Zak
Yeah. Yeah, I think it was interesting to note that Quasi wasn't in the... even in the substitutes yesterday. So I feel like, yeah, be Stephens and Harbert-Bellis, you know, didn't have the best at games yesterday. can't remember who it was that... You say it was Harbert-Bellis that was caught little bit in a bit of a weird position for their goal.
00:13:31
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, I don't know it it it was a bit weird, but it didn't look like it was... It didn't look like he was out of place compared to where he was supposed to be.
00:13:43
DailySaintsPod
i just think the system we have for marking the corners is supposed to be more zonal than man. And what that subsequently meant is that the only way he could actually stop his player getting the head to the ball was to shove them out of the way, which actually, in effect, shoved them closer to the faff in front of the goal and just added to the body count and made it even more difficult.
00:14:04
Zak
Yeah, to be fair, that whole goal was just scrappy, sloppy.
00:14:05
DailySaintsPod
So...
00:14:08
Zak
And considering that we'd gotten rid of some other balls throughout the game in a similar manner, doesn't really surprise me. But yeah, considering how good they've been for the season, I don't know really why you'd change things up unless there's an injury concern or fatigue.
00:14:21
Zak
Obviously, when Stephens went down, he was holding his shoulder. We've not had a press conference yet. We'll probably, if we do get one, get one last minute today when you're listening. So...
00:14:31
Zak
Or it will be 30 minutes after we recorded, which happened last time. So, yeah, I don't i don't really know why you'd change it if it works.
00:14:36
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:14:40
Zak
So, yeah, I guess Stephen's and Hobbell is the back.
00:14:45
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, and then fullbacks, Bree, if he's okay, right, is the question mark.
00:14:50
Zak
Bree, if he's okay, if we see Jilla, I guess that will be the answer to that question. I don't really see, we don't really have much of an option to swap out for Manning at the moment. And if Manning isn't as injured as Bree, I feel like he'll play.
00:15:00
DailySaintsPod
No.
00:15:04
Zak
Just, you know.
00:15:05
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. I think Manning was okay last night. He didn't make huge mistakes.
00:15:10
Zak
Fine.
00:15:11
DailySaintsPod
He was, yeah, fine. cool Caught slightly out of position for one of the attacks, I think, that I recall down that left-hand side in the first half. But...
00:15:21
Zak
there are There are plenty of other players to criticise from yesterday, if I'm totally honest. But again, it was just more of Just the way the game was, right?
00:15:25
DailySaintsPod
that Exactly. Yeah.
00:15:29
Zak
seemed to just...
00:15:30
DailySaintsPod
Hmm.
00:15:31
Zak
It wasn't a very good game. We just didn't play very well.
00:15:32
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. No, that's it. and Yeah, that's on the back line. Moving up to the middle, you expect to stick with this Flynn-Downstreet-Charles combination?
00:15:43
DailySaintsPod
it seems to be the major choice.
00:15:44
Zak
I saw a lot of criticism for Charles, which I find quite surprising. So I thought towards the end he was better.
00:15:49
DailySaintsPod
Really? I thought he was one of our players on the pitch.
00:15:51
Zak
Yeah, it's it's interesting.
00:15:52
DailySaintsPod
In fact, was the one who swept up from that mistake that I was talking about from Manning.
00:15:52
Zak
na lot
00:15:56
DailySaintsPod
So, yeah.
00:15:58
Zak
Yeah, but I think that, again, like you pay a lot more attention to what goes on off the ball than I think that you do when you're proper in the thick of the action. and But I don't really see much of a reason to change it.
00:16:09
Zak
as weve As we've noted, Yander seems to be off it a bit at the moment. if he if he but If he comes in and puts in a performance, I wouldn't be bothered. Obviously, Shea's just played a full nightie, so wouldn't be surprised that you know, we might end up with Yander and Downs potentially. Obviously, Cam Bragg came on as a sub.
00:16:26
Zak
So, yeah, that's why I'd say you've got fresh legs in Yander at that point. And then you've got Downs. So that's, I wouldn't be surprised to see them. But if they keep them as is, I am also not upset by that.
00:16:39
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, makes sense. And then we've got to presume that Leo's out, I think.
00:16:46
Zak
Oh yeah, 100%. Unless all of a sudden some sort of miracle happens and he's like, Skank came back, he's fine.
00:16:51
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:16:52
Zak
He just like fell to the floor, grabbed his groin, immediately got subbed off for no reason. It's just what I don't want to naft it off, which is not something that that man does not want or know how to do, to be honest.
00:16:57
DailySaintsPod
And... Hmm.
00:17:03
DailySaintsPod
No. And Azaz, I don't think, had his best game, but did grow into it and got better as the second half went on.
00:17:10
Zak
It's one of those, it's very much like what we said the same at Charlton because it's the same type of game as Charlton, right? Low block. It just couldn't really break through.
00:17:18
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. He just struggles with that, I think.
00:17:20
Zak
Yeah. yeah And I think that is, that is a problem. We don't really have a a answer or a substitute for that position that would change it or make it any different, you know?
00:17:28
DailySaintsPod
Hmm.
00:17:32
DailySaintsPod
I think I've talked about it before. I think the thing with Azaz is that it's easy to come down and say, oh, he had a rubbish game. But i think especially in these games, these like Charlton and West Brom games, where the defence is so organised that you're playing against...
00:17:47
DailySaintsPod
It looks worse than it is because what he's trying to do is like push the envelope and like find the gaps. And because he's you know skirting close to that line and they're so organized, it kind of just ends up looking like he hasn't been able to put a pass right for the entire game. But actually, i think it's just because he's just trying to find those margins and those margins are just harder to find when they are as organized as they are.
00:18:17
DailySaintsPod
Because, you know, it's it's that ability to unlock the the passes and find the balls. There were two or three times I can think of yesterday where he played a ball that looked fantastic, like the movement in front of him was good, and then a West Brom player just ended up in the way.
00:18:32
DailySaintsPod
So, yeah, i I think it's easier to judge negatively on that when the margins are so fine because of the type of style that he plays.
00:18:40
Zak
Yeah, but like again, it's... But that's that's the problem. is it's like It was just, a gen in general, a more team thing, right? That's what I think that the problem was overall, is that it was just a of a rubbish team performance. So I'm not really there to point out too many negatives. I will just say that if we think of him as a hot and a cold player, that was just one of those cold days.
00:19:04
DailySaintsPod
But yeah, so i guess Edozie on the left, Azaz in the middle, and then Masculine Fellow is on the right.
00:19:07
Zak
Yeah.
00:19:12
DailySaintsPod
That's an interesting question.
00:19:12
Zak
that ski I know that people people people said that like you know he didn't have the best game this day. don't think he did. was accurate. But I just think Fellows didn't really offer a lot at all. I don't know. His form seems to have switched around. i don't know what's going on.
00:19:25
Zak
it might just be like tiredness catching up with him. It might be mental or mentality of losing out of his place to somebody else. Yeah.
00:19:35
DailySaintsPod
I think specifically with the game yesterday, it was just him getting pushed back too far to really unlock the potential of his game. So he was having to drop quite deep to pick up the ball, and then he was trying to make his kind of cross field or down the line runs.
00:19:43
Zak
Sorry.
00:19:50
DailySaintsPod
And then was just ending up either being forced completely backwards because there just wasn't anywhere to go or having to stop and turn around and find a pass shorter and simpler anyway. And I think the same with Matski because Matski is, you know, before he his position that we bought him for was was a number 10 role, an attacking midfielder.
00:20:11
DailySaintsPod
And because you can see that because... instead of naturally staying out wide like you'd expect a winger to do he's happy to drop deep and more central to try and you know drop into the gaps and pick up the ball.
00:20:24
DailySaintsPod
But with the particular system we play, especially with Bree behind him, it was noticeable that then the ball works his way out to Bree and he's looking forward to the pass out to Matzki. But Matzki's not there because he's dropped deep and so he's either more central or more deep and it's not...
00:20:41
DailySaintsPod
wasn't quite clicking. I think, again, that's just down to how organised West Brom's defence were, because they were forcing them to work harder to create or find the spaces, and it just wasn't quite allowing the sort fluidity that we look for. So I think that he he was alright. think he just was marked out of the game, because because West Brom's defence was very organised and their press was very good. But
00:21:08
Zak
Yeah, we just need to figure out a way to deal with teams that do that in a better way.
00:21:11
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, definitely. But i think I think based on that, I'd be happy with either of them. I don't know who would have more luck against Coventry, but Matski seems to be the player favoured by Tonda, and I think it's sort of reasonable. You know, Tonda cites his big match experience in other leagues, and I think that's also kind of fair enough. Yeah, I agree. i'd be happy to be that I'd be happy with either of them, but I can see Matski getting the the nod to start.
00:21:38
DailySaintsPod
And I guess the other interesting debate is Laren to start or Stuart? For me, it's 100% Laren, so it'll be interesting to see how how you go.
00:21:47
Zak
Yeah, no, I agree. like I just think that Stuart's a bit gangly. And it means that if it it it really depends. like when he When he's on fire, hes he does really, really well.
00:22:01
Zak
I think that Laren is also gangly, but has quite physically so is physically stronger and able to shrug off the fenders just a little bit better. And, you know, yeah.
00:22:11
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, his physical presence in the game is unbelievable, whereas Stuart has a bit about about him, but is also kind of happy to offer that running in behind option, whereas Laren is quite happy to just, no, you can push me off the ball.
00:22:24
DailySaintsPod
I'm here. This is my spot, and I'm going to take it down, and I'm going to find a pass.
00:22:25
Zak
Yeah.
00:22:27
DailySaintsPod
So, yeah, it's...
00:22:28
Zak
And that's why like, depending on what, you know, i think that Stuart's probably better at actually shooting and scoring goals, but it depends how we're scoring them.
00:22:39
Zak
And, you know, Lahren still managed to put one away yesterday, regardless. So, yeah, for me, yeah but it also, one you wonder, like, is it better to start Stuart for the first 45 and then bring Lahren on for the last 45 like we did the other day?
00:22:54
Zak
And that also worked, right? It's habit having that sort of physical imposing presence that can come off of the bench fresher halfway through the game. That could also be quite daunting for commentary to face and also good for us. But I'm kind of happy with both of them, realistically. Again, like it was just that that first half of the game yesterday was very much just that we had a lot of possession, you just did not a lot with it.
00:23:19
DailySaintsPod
Hmm.
00:23:20
DailySaintsPod
Hmm.
00:23:20
Zak
and I don't think Stuart got that many chances and even the one that talked about that probably could have done better with, it was difficult because they had half the entirety of the West Brom team on him immediately, so yeah I wouldn't be too bothered, but I think it was just, you know, it was the the difference maker, right, and that alone at this point has now, Lahren has been able to win us at least four points, which as a transfer on its own is probably useful, right?
00:23:46
Zak
LAUGHTER
00:23:46
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, say I'd say so. Yeah, definitely. It's just, it's nice. Oh yeah, oh yeah I really rate Laren. I think we looked better with him on the pitch.
00:23:56
DailySaintsPod
I think he offered more, both both the games this week so far, Fulham and And West Brom, yeah, I think we look more complete with him at the moment.
00:24:06
DailySaintsPod
And that's good. It's good to have both those options, right? Because you know that Stuart's capable of bagging goals for fun at this level.
00:24:10
Zak
Good.
00:24:14
DailySaintsPod
So, yeah, nice nice that that's there. Right, mate, that's the the lineup. So, you know, time to to start over to the the the little summary.
00:24:26
DailySaintsPod
Obviously, historically speaking, we we actually did quite well against Coventry, mate.
00:24:26
Zak
Good.
00:24:31
DailySaintsPod
Nine matches in recent memory. Five wins for us, three draws, including, of course, the one in December, and one win for Coventry. So, yeah.
00:24:41
Zak
Yeah, very different teams to the ones we played previously, though.
00:24:43
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:24:44
Zak
I will point that out.
00:24:46
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, very, very different. The for both teams, yeah pretty good. Our form, obviously, three wins, two draws overall.
00:24:56
DailySaintsPod
And our away form is three wins, two draws. So... the The same, but different. 11 unbeaten in all competitions at the moment, obviously, but Coventry's form is just ridiculous. Win, win, win, win, win. win win So, it's Yeah. not Not what you really want to see to to come up against, but the little summary, mate, you'll be surprised here, recommends Coventry to win with a score of either 2-0 or 2-1.
00:25:28
DailySaintsPod
or two one say not suggesting over two and a half goals today, interestingly, but clear cut.
00:25:35
Zak
still I mean, one of the what are the results is literally 2-1, mate. That is over two and a half goals.
00:25:41
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:25:41
Zak
so you know, sure.
00:25:42
DailySaintsPod
Yeah. Yeah, that's it. But with that out of the way, how are you feeling, mate? What do you think is going to come from this game?
00:25:50
Zak
I wouldn't be surprised if we <unk> we end up just like picking up a draw, if I'm totally honest. another Another draw would be frustrating for both teams, to be perfectly honest. But I could see that happening. I could easily see it being 1-0.
00:26:03
Zak
That would be, that would, again, anything from this game, I think, for me, would be considered a bonus. So I'm not going go out on a limb and be like, yeah, we're going to batter him like free no I genuinely think, like, you know.
00:26:16
Zak
I like the idea of them scoring first and then us ruining the party later down the line. So, yeah, that's that's pretty much I'll see it play out.
00:26:22
DailySaintsPod
You enjoy watching games in discomfort.
00:26:25
Zak
No, I don't enjoy watching games in discomfort. I'm just a Saints fan. LAUGHTER
00:26:30
DailySaintsPod
forced upon us regardless of enjoyment.
00:26:30
Zak
if
00:26:33
Zak
yeah
00:26:34
DailySaintsPod
And where's our goal coming from in that one for you, mate?
00:26:36
Zak
a Why don't we say dozie to get us first? How about that?
00:26:41
DailySaintsPod
Yeah.
00:26:41
Zak
That'd be nice to see.
00:26:43
DailySaintsPod
Nice. Nice. I'll take it. I'll take that. Do you know, it's it's crazy, mate, because before you said that, 1-1 was the score that jumped into my head to say as well, but I can't agree with you to two previews in a row.
00:26:57
DailySaintsPod
So I guess it's going to have to be a 2-0 Saints win.
00:27:02
Zak
Okay. That's a lot of confidence you have there in a team that are struggling right now with with fatigue. hey-ho, guess we'll see what they're made of.
00:27:09
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, no, no, I just, like I say, these are the sort of games we tend to show up for regardless of fatigue and yeah, it will be, I think, let's have a Laren goal and a Dozier goal, yeah. I like that thought.
00:27:29
DailySaintsPod
A dozy assist as well for Laren's goal. Another like nice connection between the two. That would be nice to see. right two in Two in a week is exactly what you want from from a forward line pairing.
00:27:39
DailySaintsPod
So let's let's hope.
00:27:40
Zak
For
00:27:42
DailySaintsPod
but yeah mallon it'll be a an exciting game it's definitely going to be a good watch on the 12.30 kick-offs that's for sure so keep us interested but look that is all that we have got time for today so thank you as always for joining us and Zach as ever thank you very much for joining me and thank you
00:27:50
Zak
sure.
00:28:05
DailySaintsPod
for putting out an incredible solo match yesterday. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it back.
00:28:08
Zak
Thank you, mate.
00:28:10
DailySaintsPod
This has been our 400th episode, would you believe, which is absolutely insane.
00:28:16
Zak
That's nuts, that is.
00:28:19
DailySaintsPod
So thank you, everyone, for for all of your support and pushing us through to to, frankly, a milestone I don't think either of us foresaw getting to, but it's great.
00:28:23
Zak
nothing
00:28:33
Zak
he was With our inability to pay attention and stick to stuff, I expected us to get maybe to like 50.
00:28:42
Zak
yeah at a stretch, but it just turns out we we talk about Saints so often.
00:28:43
DailySaintsPod
And here we are.
00:28:46
Zak
You just have to click record and then go from there, innit?
00:28:46
DailySaintsPod
Yeah, it's just natural. Switch the camera on. Yeah.
00:28:52
DailySaintsPod
But look, so thank you. yeah Thank you everyone your support.
00:28:55
Zak
Thank you.
00:28:55
DailySaintsPod
it's It's been amazing. Let us know in the comments on the socials what you think the score is going to be on Saturday lunchtime. We are Daily Saints pod absolutely everywhere.
00:29:07
DailySaintsPod
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00:29:40
DailySaintsPod
And most importantly, come on, you saints.
00:29:43
Zak
Wait.