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Episode 004 - Monday Review West Ham Vs Aston Villa
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Tom and Josh discuss the tough defeat against Villa! From the from the formation all the way up to the final whistle, the lads share their thoughts on match and plans ahead of gameweek 2 against Crystal Palace.
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Transcript
Introduction
00:00:09
Josh Keech
Hello and welcome to the Daily West Ham podcast. The only place to catch everything West Ham five days a week. I'm Josh joined today by my colleague Tom Elkins. How you doing mate?
00:00:19
officialgspn
I'm okay mate, I think I've been better, but I'm doing okay.
00:00:22
Josh Keech
that's That's exactly the same as me today. It's one of those, it's like a morning phase for the match yesterday.
Match Discussion Approach
00:00:27
Josh Keech
today I'm going to try to talk from both a really positive cap, but also put my negative cap on at times because there are some thoughts that I think probably didn't need to get heard. But, um, but yet to start with, you know, I know you've, you've, you've caught most of the game. What, what are your thoughts so far and and how you're feeling off off the back of the loss yesterday?
00:00:47
officialgspn
The first thing I think that all West Ham fans need to remember right now is it's still so early.
Player Integration and Lineup Choices
00:00:56
officialgspn
is but I think this is the first game that he's had every single player available and even some of them still have only been training for like you know a week or so with the squad.
00:00:56
Josh Keech
Yeah.
00:01:08
officialgspn
You think of about Tadebo and Wonbasaka like They've only just been introduced to the squad and you think they're both starters. So It wasn't the best game if we're being honest like we we weren't good enough we weren't terrible, but I feel like we had the the residue left over from David Moore is kind of influencing everything that we did and when So the the the lineup surprised me as well.
00:01:40
officialgspn
i The thing that I spoke about with the Villa podcast host was how I thought that we'd have a lot of new stars playing because
00:01:40
Josh Keech
Yeah, 100%.
00:01:50
officialgspn
i I'd assume that Lopotei is bringing his players in to play his style, so you'd think that he would want to play more of his players opposed to the players that are left over. I can i can see why you'd want to play more of the David Moyes players, because you know they've they've got more experience, they're more settled. It's the first game, you don't want to just throw a whole new lineup out there and it'd go completely to pop.
00:02:12
officialgspn
And I think it is also showing a little bit of respect to the players already in the squad. He's not saying, I'm just going to come in like completely clean house and bring all my new guys in. I'm going to give them a chance, which I kind of appreciate. But then on the flip side, if they're not the players that have been taught how to play your way, they what seems to happen is we kind of revert it back to what we know from the players that have been in the Premier League for so long under David Morris.
00:02:40
officialgspn
You'd hope that now that we've got that first game out of the way, we can get another week's training in and the next game, you'd hope that we start a lineup that's probably more players that have been brought in by Lopategi and that came in with the preface of playing his style of football.
Player Performance Analysis
00:02:59
officialgspn
But, but yeah, it is, I don't know, it is frustrating, but not the end of the world.
00:02:59
Josh Keech
Yeah.
00:03:03
Josh Keech
it It's tricky, isn't it? I just feel you're right. I 100% agree with you that I think that we, you know, we we have that respect for the players that have already played. I mean, you know, looking at the players at the start, I thought yesterday, Emerson was relatively okay. It's hard to know look at the back line just because obviously there's been two goals responsible. So you got to, I guess, judge individual performance. I thought Kilmer looked really good. um in In certain moments, he looked like he was just putting an absolute shift in, which is obviously what what we needed.
00:03:32
Josh Keech
um mavropanos as well I think at the back still a little bit inconsistent but I thought on the whole he still gives the energy and gives it all it's what we've been saying about that that passion for it being at the back and just there was one in the very first half he he made this sort of diving head of clearance it it was just absolutely amazing to see some little you know absolutely just willing to give it give it all for the ball I'm going to be blunt and I'm probably a bit bold. I think coup fashion has started. I thought we should have just put one berserker in, to be honest, because I respect what he's done there. But I just thought it was absolutely awful at halftime and didn't seem to progress.
00:04:06
Josh Keech
um and then Emerson as well I thought did an alright job didn't do too much to sort of shine out but when he was on the ball looked okay I just think it's still a testing phase as you say I know it's a bit like the end of the preseason isn't it a little bit where you know we had the losses there and says okay wait to the Premier League and the first game is not half the way we wanted it to but actually we've learned a lot from that first game you know we we've played with a lot more possession than what we've normally seen in the Moyes era And I think my my probably blunt and sad sad side of it is probably just because of the I guess that we're all West and fan wants the boys out because we've lost a game or It's that kind of irrational bit but actually looking respectively I think there was a lot of good individual performances in that game if you can't tell from my gleaming face, by the way I'm i'm i'm calling from paketa island because I had a I'd obviously put money on for the golden and yellow card I think he's just
00:04:54
Josh Keech
he's decided now he's carrying on with all of these getting getting yellows and goals in the first half is brilliant um but um but now i thought actually on the whole spaghetti had a really a good game as well and so did obviously kudos and unsuspecting of course he did because he's been that brilliant player that we've you know we relished the fact having him at the club but um but yeah i i'm going to be that person i do think maybe that I would have started one bersaka and probably would have started full greg i understand one bersaka was a bit late but i don't i just couldn't have backed antonio didn't look too great on the ball yesterday it was one of those it was just a good good game where up top you can see him do a little bit and he holds the ball up enough that everyone can get involved but i feel like generally up top lack of service was probably the big issue that cost us a little bit because we actually had a higher xg then
00:05:39
Josh Keech
than Villa in the end, but we
Tactical Concerns and Opportunities
00:05:41
Josh Keech
had quite a few shots on target or at least very close chances, but nothing just seemed to get over the line. I do think that from the chances we have, we should be putting them away, but also with the players we've got, we should be creating more anyway. It was a bit tricky, but there's my negative bit out of the way. But I actually do think there's a few individual performances. Sucek played quite well. I thought as well, you know, I wasn't expecting him to be in the lamp and obviously Alvarez is a bit of a fitness question at the moment and hoping to get him back but him and and and Rodriguez obviously both in the middle and then that that freedom of people going up top further I thought was actually quite a good little bit of system but I think you you just get overrun a bit by the the Villa midfield I think it was ah a battle of the midfields and we lost that one in the first half ultimately.
00:06:22
officialgspn
yeah It's just going to take time. it's It's going to take time for the whole squad to be able to sing off the same hymn sheet. When you have such a ah drastic change in what we want the system to be, which I think is what Lopateg is going for. He wants to play with the ball. He wants to dictate how the game ebbs and flows.
00:06:45
officialgspn
And under David Moyes, we were very reactionary. We kind of allowed teams to attack us and then look to go on the break. So I think when players that have been coached so heavily like that for so long, it's going to take time to kind of train out of them and to keep us calm and to look.
00:07:04
officialgspn
kind of more comfortable when we have the ball. And it it's just the first game of the season. It's not anything to be too worried about. And I think your point about the fact that we learned so much as well is is very accurate. I think we did learn a lot. And you have to try and take lessons from these games. You can't just write it off as a bad game and forget about it. We need to be like,
00:07:27
officialgspn
to understand what happened, understand where we were good, understand where we were bad and look to see how we can improve into the next game and I hope that we can make a few changes to the starting 11 and keep trying hopefully to play the way that Lopategi wants to play and I think it will definitely improve and yeah again like you said I think Antonio starting up front is always a question mark for me because I love Antonio, I think he's been such an amazing servant, but when you've got Fulcrum on the bench, he's not a bench player. He's not someone that you keep on the bench. He's got too much quality and too much experience to be sat on the bench when Antonio who, you know, I can say that I love him all I want, but I just don't think he's as like technically well-rounded as Fulcrum is. So I think he has to start every game for me now. Fulcrum has to start every game.
00:08:18
Josh Keech
Yeah, I agree.
00:08:18
officialgspn
um And yeah, like you mentioned with Kufau, I think it doesn't, it seems like there's a slight decline happening potentially. And I would like to see one Bassaka start the next game because I think that.
00:08:35
officialgspn
that trust we can put on him when it comes to defending oneon one-on-one will allow Emerson to commit more and will hopefully allow Bowen to stay a bit higher and not have to kind of put those yards tracking back, which I think can sometimes hamper his
Critical Match Moments
00:08:49
officialgspn
ability to contribute attacking-wise to West Ham's general play. so
00:08:56
Josh Keech
yeah
00:08:57
officialgspn
So yeah, it's okay, it's not the end of the world and I think the the lessons, hopefully if we can take them into this next game against Crystal Palace, ah I really think we need to win at Crystal Palace.
00:09:03
Josh Keech
Yeah.
00:09:08
officialgspn
I think if we don't win, you then go you're then playing City and that's a tough game, a really tough game.
00:09:13
Josh Keech
Yeah.
00:09:14
officialgspn
And I feel like that's so ah a confidence destroyer if we go after Man City and we've you know got one point or no point, so that's not good.
00:09:14
Josh Keech
The last thing we want is, yeah, we don't want three losses.
00:09:25
Josh Keech
Yeah, I agree. we we can't we If we end up with three three games and ah and they're all losses, then that motivation and momentum is gone. At least if we can get something in between, we might be able to get even a point from City, hopefully. And the idea would have, if everyone gets all set up by then, and that's a big if, because it is a process a process at the end of the day. Now, I want to walk through the goals of the institutions and individual performances, but before we do that, it's time for a for a brief word from our sponsor.
00:10:15
Josh Keech
Brilliant. up Now, I want to walk through the goals with you because the the the first one isn't pretty. i fell I fell into the victim that I was watching it online and I really had to refresh the page with Wi-Fi connections and missed the first goal out of shock, but couldn't couldn't believe it really. it ah Looking back at it, it's going to be, I think the blame falls to Ariola and I don't normally say that one, which is probably going to be a bit of a surprise and I'm going to be bold once again. but I was very shocked to see him just stand on his line for the corner and then Anana who we've we've already said is going to be a big threat and I know you said it with the guys from Villa that you know he is a worry and not only in the box but also just generally with the physicality on the pitch and within less than five minutes he's already showed us straight away what he can do from from set pieces which
00:10:59
Josh Keech
a little bit scary i won't lie but you know ah yeah it was weird he just sort of stood and stood on froze on the spot with it and didn't really go too far i thought he'd either come out at least and try and get at least a fist to it or something but then equally you know looking maverick panels i think was the man marking and didn't seem to have that sort of support there for areolas it's a bit of a tricky one but i think it probably we had set pieces on both sides and you saw Martinez at least at the other end of the pitch coming out a bit more for it ah but it's tricky but i do think it was really a bit of a shock goal i think at least i feel bad for the people and the fans who've come in waiting for a big big change in less than five minutes had a bit of a big shock but but it's a yeah a very interesting one i wasn't really expecting that straight away it caught me by surprise
00:11:41
officialgspn
It's really disappointing because under David Moyes we were so solid on set pieces. It's something that we worked out a lot and we were able to utilize attacking and defending, having confidence in our ability to Be effective when it comes to set pieces. So the fact that it's come so soon and yeah, it does seem like That's not the sort of goal that you should be conceding it's it's put into a really good area and obviously an honor is a big guy, but You think that is the place that we need to be locking down? You you understand that ahead of from a little bit further out or a volley you go. Yeah, okay There's not much you can do about that. But when it's put so
00:12:25
officialgspn
kind of the delivery is obviously brilliant but that's the exact area where we want to be dominating when it comes to like aerial presence and we just didn't it was way too easy whether that's a bit of cobwebs a bit of kind of not being completely locked in or if that's something that ah potentially needs to be looked at the training ground which obviously it will but yeah it's really frustrating I think more than anything it's
00:12:53
Josh Keech
Yeah.
00:12:53
officialgspn
that's just not the way that you want to concede the first goal because it instantly puts us on the back foot. And I think that then kind of spirals into how the whole game plays out because we then trailing and when, when your players are trailing, they're going to kind of revert back to what they know instead of thinking and processing like how they've been taught over the past month or two, their brain's going to revert back to what they've known for the past couple of years under the David Moyes, which is why I think,
00:13:18
Josh Keech
Yeah.
00:13:23
officialgspn
the the way that we played wasn't particularly indicative of what I think Lopategi wants to play. And so in the in the third, if you look at the game in half an hour period, so in the first half an hour and the last half an hour, we had, I think like 44% possession.
00:13:29
Josh Keech
Nah.
00:13:38
officialgspn
And then in the middle half an hour, we had like, I think it was 63. So, The goals obviously rocked us. We've been kind of on the back foot and then we get the penalty and the penalty gives us a little bit of momentum and it gives us some confidence.
00:13:52
officialgspn
And then we start playing and we start holding the ball and using it and playing how I think Lopatei wants us to play. It's just why has it taken us to score a penalty for that mentality shift to happen?
00:14:06
officialgspn
Why is that not happened from the beginning? And why is it then falling off at the end?
00:14:08
Josh Keech
Yeah.
00:14:10
officialgspn
it's it's It's all questions that hopefully the the guys can look at and we can assess and we can work out ways to keep that kind of mentality, keeping the ball, playing with it. Yeah. I just hope that it doesn't become a theme that we get sloppy early because that's going to completely kill any chances of getting any sort of European football.
00:14:34
Josh Keech
Yeah, exactly. I think I think a lot of people at the moment, I know we' we've talked about predictions anyway, and I know I equally see ourselves easily top half, but you'd love us to be I think we have to, to keep the momentum going on what we've been building for so many years, it's got to be at least towards, you know, at least on the precipice of Europe, some something in there would be fantastic. And I think that'd be the right direction to show where we're going.
00:14:55
Josh Keech
it's yeah I agree it's just such a less than five minutes in to concede something like that is just absolutely shocking and as you say you know the reverting back to what we should already know from Mois and that that should be defensively solid on set pieces that that shouldn't really change too much apart from man marking until opportunity you know and a bit of positioning but I think It was just such a surprise to see such a... The worst thing you want for your team in the opening game of the matches, at least match day one as well, is to to concede so early
Controversial Plays and Decisions
00:15:23
Josh Keech
in. But yeah, it's a tricky one. But then ultimately as well, in Lightenews, we had the penalty so so far. in The first question I've had of everyone that I've spoken to so far is, do you think it's a penalty? I'm going to be bold and say yes to this because, you know, I think anyone will say,
00:15:40
Josh Keech
if it was their club in the other I think it's one of those ones where if you're in the same foot for your club you'd say it is but then if you're on the other side you'd say it isn't so it probably should it should stand if that's the case ah it's it's a tricky one and they've changed the VAR guidelines now there's a bit more what the ref says is what it is and the VAR can't overturn as freely I think is my understanding of the one of the recent rule changes but It's a tricky one, really. I thought Sucek did enough to get the yellow card, although he was Mars out. yeah yeah He would have needed a few more touches to get the shot on goal. So it's a bit of an unnecessary challenge, I think, from um from Villa in that that regard. But all in all, I think, you know, seeing Piqueta step up for the penalty and did an absolute job of it, it was brilliant.
00:16:20
Josh Keech
And it was fantastic. I love his little walk up to it. It's a little, a little, little hop, skipping a jump, but, um, but yeah, brilliant, brilliant pen from him and good to see him on that role. Now, obviously I know about a few people there in contention over the last couple of seasons.
00:16:33
Josh Keech
And, um, but yeah, on the whole, I do think that that penalty would have, you know, I think I would give it, I'd be mad if it was me on the other side of the coin as well.
00:16:41
officialgspn
Yeah, I think you're exactly right there it's You you I understand why it's given But in the same vein if he doesn't give it you also go well
00:16:43
Josh Keech
Yeah.
00:16:48
Josh Keech
yeah
00:16:53
officialgspn
you can see why it wouldn't be given and you can see why it would. So I think when it comes to those decisions, you just have to kind of let the ref ref the game and he's deemed it to be a penalty and it's not clear and it's not clear and obviously an incorrect decision.
00:16:56
Josh Keech
yeah
00:17:08
officialgspn
So you you have to just kind of let it slide and and that's that's how it is. I think anyone that's getting particularly annoyed at that decision, you need to we need to understand that these things are subjective and just because you disagree doesn't mean that you're right.
00:17:23
Josh Keech
Yeah. Yeah.
00:17:23
officialgspn
When there if there is a possibility that it could be then sometimes you just have to accept that Referees are going to make decisions. Sometimes you're gonna agree. Sometimes you're not and that's just how it is and we need to move forward with it It should never be if it's if it ever comes down to oh This is the reason we lost the game because we didn't win this questionable penalty you need to be reassessing the whole game plan of you know, the the how the game is panned out because at no point should you be leaving it up to the referee to make a decision that goes in your favour opposed to goes against you like I think it was we're really fortunate that we did get it because it did give us a little bit of an energy boost but ultimately it wasn't good enough and we weren't good enough so you can look at it and go oh it wasn't a pen but
00:18:14
officialgspn
It was a pen because the ref gave it, but it still wasn't good enough to resurrect this game for West Ham. So from ah from a West Ham point of view, we need to be kind of feel relatively lucky that we got the penalty because that is what spurred us into taking possession of the ball a little bit more.
00:18:36
officialgspn
In future, we want to be able to get there without needing the penalty because that's not always going to come. And if next week the penalty goes the other way, which it could do, we could, you know, not get that penalty or it could be a penalty to the other team. You go, what are we you doing? That's gonna ensure that we're able to take control of the football and not leave it up to the referee's decision.
00:19:00
Josh Keech
Yeah, I think I think you're on with it is it's when we got to take it that we've got it now, but we need to be ah you appreciative that if it's on the other side of the um if the shoes near the foot, really, we need to just be a bit mindful that we need to prepare for those kind of things. But it's good to see that those kind of rules there when we see this kind of sort of fringe penalties now the situation that kind of isn't it isn't a penalty, I think we just need to let them stand because if that's the case, you know, back in back before VR, that'd be the case anyway, be a penalty and that's it.
00:19:25
Josh Keech
and you can't do too much about it. But we'll move into the second half, but before we do, it's time for a word from our ah from our second sponsor.
00:20:14
Josh Keech
Brilliant. Now, as we move into the second half of this game, I think obviously we've said that, you know, you're spot on with the the way you split the 30 minutes up per, per part of the match that we did look a lot better in the middle section.
Match Progress and Reactions
00:20:24
Josh Keech
I thought we came out of the gates in the second half looking rather sort of amazing, to be honest. It was a much different side to what we saw in the first half. I was expecting at least some subs because, you know, as we came into the end of the the the first half, I was expecting at least maybe a bit of a change up top or as I said already in preaching the Antonio, and you know, Kufau might not have I didn't think they'd be staying on to be honest because I think their individual performances in the first half weren't enough to warrant. I don't think anyway at least being being on the pitch of that and these get some changes on because it was that kind of at least worrying on my side anyway how I thought but but I think.
00:20:59
Josh Keech
We came out the gate strong. I think individual performances look great going into it. But once again, I think it was almost like watching Moise because we didn't make subs till 73rd minute. I couldn't really believe it, to be honest, ah that we made five subs after 73 minutes. It was a bit of a weird one for me, but I thought that it was quite quite good rounded performances across the board. but I think what's going to annoy me most when we talk about this half is ah is John Duran. I absolutely could not believe what I saw yesterday. I i was i can't even describe it other than Flabbergasted because it literally was. you know The goal itself is good. I think you know he positions himself well to get himself in the right place to have that shot on target. and it's ah it's just being there and having that man in the box. It's what we say we need anyway and what what more is it in the West Down script that it not only does the Irons during the Irons arm gestures during the Chancellor's window and then scores against us in the opening match. It's unbelievable.
00:21:55
Josh Keech
but and then also as well the audacity to then hold the badge and kiss the badge of the villager two weeks later is i can't even believe it but i thought his goal was fantastic and that was probably going to be when we're going to get across the season now from that from the villa guys is going to be that well look what you could have won with with duran but I just think we could have maybe some subs a bit earlier and and Villa did and it paid off for them and we were saying about that versatility and getting people out and we've got all these players now we can rotate we don't need to we don't need that you know one impact player to come on we we had five impact players that came on and looked great when they got subbed on for 10 minutes but I just wish I'd seen some but more quality earlier from them at least coming on a bit and and and showing what they're worth and having that right to prove they should be starting next week against Palace
00:22:39
officialgspn
Yeah, with with regards to that goal, it's just a really well-taken goal that there's not really too much you can say about it. go I think it goes for Ariola's legs. Not too much he can go about it, because Geron hits it pretty hard.
00:22:48
Josh Keech
Yeah.
00:22:51
officialgspn
And yeah, it's difficult, isn't it, to the guy that you're linked with for so long to score against you. That say that was always gonna happen, wasn't it, realistically. I think it's classic. It feels like a bit of ah a gut punch, but you hope that with the the quality that we have signed in the window, that as the season progresses, there will be multiple instances where the quality that we've signed manages to kind of just adjust over the line.
00:23:19
Josh Keech
Yeah.
00:23:20
officialgspn
Because that's obviously what's happened there is, you know, quite and relatively even towards the the end of the, or like in the middle of the second half. And then a bit of quality just puts them ahead.
00:23:31
officialgspn
And then after that, we're kind of chasing a little bit and we're trying to equalize. So I don't know how much tactical analysis you can do of like you know after all the subs start to be made because then we're chasing and we're we trying to go for a goal. And I think sometimes it's difficult when all the pressure is on us in that situation because villa you know they've they've got their goal there, they're happy to just kind of leave it at that and they're not pressing as hard for that second or that third goal. So yeah, I hope that this is just an unfortunate game
Reflections and Future Outlook
00:24:08
officialgspn
Were we good enough? No, but there are other factors that make you understand why it happened. And I hope that as the season goes on, there will be less instances of us.
00:24:22
officialgspn
unluckily losing or losing for circumstances which are kind of understandable and as as we go game after game the squad should get more understanding of how the potato wants them to play and the group of the whole will be able to solidify itself as quite a tight-knit group of players who are working towards a similar goal which obviously right now that they're not really it's kind of You know, some of them went on the American tour, but then ah there was kind of, you know, it seemed like every other day there was another person like being dropped in because of the the magic that Tim Stylen had been doing. ah Yeah, it is. Overall, if you look at it as a game, it wasn't good enough, but it's not the end of the world. And you do understand why it might've happened. And as long as we can assess those assess those tactical decisions that were made,
00:25:20
officialgspn
definitely make some changes. We need to make some changes to the lineup. I think the lineup has to be very different. You hope that the performance will be better and we can get a win.
00:25:30
Josh Keech
Yeah, I, I agree. I think i'm I might've had my, my mopey cap on a bit more today. Today is definitely a bit more of a bit. Woe is west term, but I actually think um on the half, we're looking at it that realistically, Villa champions league side with the team that they've got the moment because they need the players obviously to go forward now that they've got it. And, and, you know, we may not have sort of shocked or or wowed anyone with the performance we we we played yesterday, but actually on the whole.
00:25:57
Josh Keech
if that's what they've got to offer as well that we're not far from what what we should be aiming for in the fact that we just need to have that greatness which we have and get everyone settled and we can easily be reaching up where everyone else is at the moment in that top six seven is it's not it's not unreachable from that performance yesterday which i think is the key message which is my bit more positive note i think but uh but that's i think it's something we can look look to strive for now not uh we're miles off it almost if that makes sense
00:26:23
officialgspn
Yeah, the foundations are there. we've We've done loads of things sort of around and off the pitch that make you confident that it will click. You just want it to be sooner rather than later when you know you've got a Man City fixture looming in a couple of weeks.
00:26:41
Josh Keech
Yeah, it's is tricky. i think I think we're just going to have to see how the the sort of players take it. I know Lopategi's done his reactions after the match that not particularly happy and feels, you know, easy to apologize to the fans for the performance. It's not what he wanted out the window, but I equally.
00:26:57
Josh Keech
Think that you know everybody get everyone settled and by next week everyone should be settled from the new signings and and I'm not sure on business upcoming in the in the window but I think we're pretty much all sorted now or squared away with signings though never say never because we've got deadline day coming up and everything always seems to get rustled up then but I think on that side, everyone should be all ready to to really show what they can do for the Palace match. But yeah, well, I think from that end, that's that's pretty much my my thoughts. I think I can't be more negative and I can probably be a bit more positive, but hopefully next week I can ah praise and preach about how good every player is in the in the in the team.
Closing Remarks
00:27:31
officialgspn
Yeah, I think we we understand what happened in that game. We've spoken about it. Let's leave it in the past. Let's look forward to Crystal Palace and hopefully we can get a good result. So thank you very much for listening to today's episode of the Daily GSPN West End Podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, please share it with your friends, engage with it as much as you can. That's the best way to support. Please check out the other podcast under the GSPN ah network. They've got the all of the wrap ups in every language you can imagine. We've got the fantasy podcast, the west um um obviously this is the West End podcast, ah the women's football podcast and the other teams in the Premier League's podcast as well.
00:28:11
officialgspn
Thank you very much for joining me, Josh. Say goodbye.
00:28:13
Josh Keech
Bye guys, thank you so much.
00:28:15
officialgspn
And we will see you soon. Goodbye.