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Episode 96: Matchday Preview: West Ham in Boxing day action!
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Southampton – It's match day! We hope you've had a wonderful Christmas, but now it's back to football action! We take on West Ham at St Mary's, we discuss how this is going to play out.
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Podcast Introduction: Boxing Day Focus
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome back to the Daily Southampton, part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. It is Boxing Day and we are here to preview our upcoming fixture against West Ham. My name is Greg Elliott, I'm joined as always by my wonderful co-host, Zach Ingo Finch. How you doing, Zach?
00:00:28
Zak
Yeah, not too bad, mate. I'm hoping that today's game is actually worth watching.
Boxing Day Game Excitement and Traditions
00:00:36
Zak
I don't know, we've had some weird Boxing Day games in the past. Obviously last year was a bit of a highlight because we won by quite a lot. But that was also a time when it would have been the Russell, Martin, Derby and that is something that is no longer part of our Football Club.
00:00:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
as you well know boxing day tradition is for my family a big deal and so my wife gets dragged down to the game as part of our tradition because she foolishly once made the argument to my sister-in boxing time was a time for family and we should be together and Lou went well we're all going to be at the football so I guess you'll come in too and it's lost the tradition continues so uh yes so it's a lovely day out for everyone last year was fantastic we can get even a hint of that today i'll be over the moon but it's on prime video and the last time we were on prime video uh well it was a very wet and miserable night for me and you
00:01:40
Zak
Well, there was a fundamental shift in the way that we, like, you know, the the trajectory of the club at that point, if it was like, plus we got to miss, although I'm sure that, well, I guess we'll find out, Greg, if the ridiculous amount of fireworks that happened the last game were all to do with, you know, Amazon as opposed to
00:02:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
accident.
00:02:05
Zak
the club or if we spend a ridiculous amount of money trying to promote ourselves on Amazon.
00:02:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
I hope that the weather's not bad enough that it's going to be dark enough at three o'clock for us to find out that we're letting fireworks off, if I'm
Pre-recording Insights and Managerial Control Speculation
00:02:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
honest. but it would't be impact and that So to break the fourth wall a little bit, we are recording this quite a bit ahead of time because festive periods and kids lead to busy times. But that means we haven't really had a press conference. We're not entirely sure if it's going to be clear But it's reasonable, I think, to say that he's going to have a lot more control over what happens, whether he's technically able to work or not.
00:02:48
Zak
Well, we don't know how much control, realistically, out of Fulham because he seemed to be having a few conversations here and there about what was going on. So, you know, maybe maybe he had more of a say than we thought, but shout out to Simon Ross for going completely undefeated in the Premier League.
00:03:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:04
Zak
What an incredible achievement, the only Saints saints manager to do so.
00:03:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
no balls though just
00:03:13
Zak
No, but who needs
West Ham Game Unpredictability and Historical Context
00:03:14
Zak
who needs goals? I mean, it's more points than all of the other times we'd attempted to win and failed miserably, so swings around about a minute.
00:03:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah so it's gonna be an interesting game uh you're right we're likely to see it's very rarely a boring game against west ham uh
00:03:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
The average goals per game is right up near the three, if we look at historic form, which I know you hate, but it's what...
00:03:41
Zak
Well, last time I got caught out, by didn't I? Because I was there like, I feel like Fulham's going to be this sort of game where maybe we win. And then what did I learn? Absolutely nothing. like It turns out that you know we got absolutely, um it was an absolute board draw, which was the same as every other Fulham game we've ever played. And now I'm the one who's looking a bit egg-faced, isn't it? So yeah, if history says there's going to be lots of goals, let's hope for it.
00:04:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
it says that both teams to score happens approximately half the time so yeah some some interest in reading uh i don't know it's it's such a variable game even if we were writing the thick of it because west hound has such an up and down team and so wait it really depends which team of ah ah both of us shows up doesn't it
00:04:11
Zak
That's mad.
00:04:26
Zak
Mm. Well, like, by now, up our previews out, but preview crossover is out in the world. This is the preview. But we could kind of discuss that.
00:04:37
Zak
but you know I think Tom from the West Ham podcast was talking about how it's like oh well on your day you could turn up and just beat us and it's like well yeah but like that just doesn't really seem to happen much with Southampton that's not a very Southampton thing to do in my opinion but stranger things have happened and I feel
00:04:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
what i neglected to point out in that episode is that tom was like yeah i mean it feels like you could just show up and beat us and i'm like yeah but we've been thinking that every game for the last i don't know seven games like but maybe we'll just show up and i'll just i don't know if i've got i mean by the time box and day rolls around i'm gonna be full up of food and i'm gonna be buzzing to get down some airies and we know that the process exists where I recover from the board draw and get back to full optimism the closer we get.
00:05:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
So maybe I'm doing a disservice by recording this so early.
00:05:30
Zak
This is also true.
00:05:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
like
00:05:33
Zak
but it's wow it's it's gonna be For me, it's going to be difficult. so but My family, so as long time listeners, will know my family starts to support people. there's not There's not a huge amount of sports people in my family, no one really.
00:05:43
Zak
and When I say like sports, I mean like I had to explain what a few of the events were at the Olympics to my mum this year. it's like We're talking that level. so
00:05:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know she's jumping around like a kangaroo, but it is break dancing.
00:05:57
Zak
Yeah, something like that. i But because of that, it's so it's sort of it's going to be quite difficult, because we usually have quite a full-on family boxing day, and I'm going to have to try and like sneakily put Arnaz and Prime in the background, like I did last year, and try and get the try and get the game on. So I'm sure it'll be easier this year, because I can have the excuse of doing research for the podcast, and they'll probably all just be happy about it. That's fine.
00:06:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:19
Zak
But it will be good for me.
00:06:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
they
00:06:21
Zak
But like yeah, it is a weird one. It is difficult to know what to expect because we we don't really know how we're going to line up. These last two sort of games, apparently the players have had a bit of an input into how they've lined up.
00:06:34
Zak
Likewise with who's been picked. And I imagine you know three games in, or three days in, sorry, into into his tenure, it might be the same Wednesday night, or it might be something completely different.
00:06:46
Zak
It's it's difficult. but
00:06:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:06:49
Zak
I'm excited to see how it goes. I feel like if getting a win against West Ham, you know as they pointed out, it's nothing it a lot of the teams we're coming up against at the moment, sort of if they lose or draw against us, it's not so the end of our season.
00:06:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:07:03
Zak
Whereas for us, those three points, we don't know how vital they're going to end up being towards the end of the season.
00:07:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
i
00:07:08
Zak
Alternatively, you know just ah just a beat Derby's record at this point.
00:07:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah that's the first target look i've got some opinions on i've done some research into the sort of lineups that i think he tends to play and i've got some controversial opinions about what i think he'll do but also i guess it's important to touch on the fact that either way he's going to have had maximum two days with the team so we can't judge this early on based on the reaction we get
00:07:31
Zak
Hmm.
00:07:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
we've we've got to give a bit of time to get bedded in and this is such a busy fixture schedule coming up that I'm not sure we've really until maybe the end of January even are going to start seeing the real the real new manager vibes coming through but we will get to predicted lineups and the difficult part of it after a break and our first message from our partners over at
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Lineup Strategy and Player Roles
00:08:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Or are you feeling like it's it's really difficult to say?
00:08:34
Zak
It is difficult to say, but it depends if, you know, ultimately it depends whether or not we go sort of through the back again, or we go back to a a four and looking, considering he wants a three, I wouldn't, why would you change Bed & Rec would and Taylor Hartwood-Bellis if they managed to keep a clean sheet last time around?
00:08:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll sing.
00:08:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I hardly agree.
00:08:50
Zak
That's kind of where I'm at. Ramsdale being in the sticks, hopefully, again, when hopefully he'll be distributing slightly better than he has been over the last little while.
00:09:01
Zak
And then obviously, It could end up being Kyle on the left again. It could be Sugawara or Brew on the right. That's pretty much what I'm seeing.
00:09:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I fully agree with all of that so far.
00:09:11
Zak
I act like i act like it's it's really difficult to pick a lineup, but also when you start writing it out, yeah yeah it starts becoming its own thing.
00:09:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's the easy bit, we take clean sheet. It is where my controversial opinions come into play, Zach, because here's what I think the rest of the team looks like.
00:09:21
Zak
All right, let's go.
00:09:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think so, we've got five, so we need four more. And I think we've got Matty Fernandez.
00:09:32
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:09:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think we've got Big Lez.
00:09:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think we've got Toolpool. And I think we've got Cameron Archer.
00:09:42
Zak
Oh, yeah so but do you think this isn't the way that the the new manager likes to play with, like, a lone striker? So what, are you playing pool? What, is, like, an attack in midfielder?
00:09:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
like a um and and yeah yeah I mean just think of the pure manpower in that midfield. Big Lez and Toolpool.
00:09:53
Zak
Yeah? Maybe? OK. Well, I mean, like, we've been asking for it for ages. Maybe we get to see it, but I don't know.
00:10:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
who's getting past that we're never going to lose a header off of a goal kick ever again with those two in midfield.
00:10:11
Zak
I don't know, I saw Toolpool try and try to take a couple of shots on and try and do a couple of things with his head over the last two games and it's not not a strong point for a man that's that tall.
00:10:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
leave
00:10:24
Zak
I saw the so the great so the grace of a bubbly giraffe, bless him, but like...
00:10:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
no
00:10:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
last
00:10:29
Zak
Yeah.
00:10:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think we're just as likely to see a Rebo in instead of Toolpool, if I'm honest.
00:10:31
Zak
but yeah
00:10:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I think it's quite likely we don't see dibbling start.
00:10:40
Zak
Yeah, you reckon? To be fair, he's had a lot of minutes. and you know Although, to be fair, like some stats that i've I've seen knocking around about how many sort of young starters we had.
00:10:51
Zak
like The season we had Liv Remento, he was like the first teenager to start 18 games in a row since Mika Richards, I think. It might be a stat that you have heard yesterday
00:11:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's crazy.
00:11:03
Zak
If you haven't, then yeah don't worry about it. but yeah so that's that's like we mean like we've We've done things like this before, but like obviously we're trying to protect them as best we can. But I wonder if it will just be, you know for all we know, could be somebody could have a really good day in training and impress and get on the pitch because he doesn't know much about them.
00:11:22
Zak
I don't know. Do we know what he's been like with youth in places he's gone? Because by the sounds of it, as you pointed out, he's very, very project oriented, doing a lot with a shoestring budget. If you're doing a lot of a shoestring budget, one of the things that I didn't point out on the West Ham crossover yesterday, I think was important to point out. So when we are back and forth and about maybe what we're going to do in January.
00:11:41
Zak
And Tom made the like very like eloquent point about, like wow, you could easily go and get a couple of players from a championship that are ready to step step up. And I know you've done it before, but like maybe this is actually a good opportunity for you to take a little bit longer and pick somebody rather than do what we did last time around, which is scramble a load of players from wherever we could, the January transfer window that Nathan Jones was in charge. But one of the things that was key about the statement was about how we've got such a like a youth, full squad, as an academy squad, essentially, that is is ready to make the next step up.
00:12:12
Zak
So I feel like they surely wouldn't have got a manager in without paying attention to the fact that there are talents they want to develop forward slash sell because let's not pretend the Sports Republic aren't very much about the money.
00:12:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hm.
00:12:26
Zak
So I'm wondering like what his credentials will be when it comes to playing with the youth and I guess he'll probably take some advice from
00:12:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
believe he has the history as a youth team coach i think
00:12:35
Zak
So yeah, thats that's what I mean is that hopefully he can have a chat with Rusk and maybe they can see what sort of players they are they are thinking about.
00:12:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
choice me
00:12:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
we could see the full fringe young players like sam um i may all get a shot
00:12:46
Zak
We've even got players that are fringe, that are young, that we loaned out, like a Dozies at Anderlecht, you know, a Champions League Belgian side.
00:12:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:12:54
Zak
Che Charles, I've seen, I don't know if you saw the Sheffield Wednesday GoFundMe to try and pay £15 million for Che Charles, which is both hilarious, endearing, and tragic, somehow all at the same time.
00:13:06
Zak
but Let's face it, we would probably do something like that. Once again, we never fall in love with a lone player.
00:13:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:11
Zak
However, we have had players that we've set out on lone. It's giving very, very Nathan Teller vibes, right, when Burnley tried to say that we needed to free him. So we did to a club that went on to go unbeaten in the Bundesliga.
00:13:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah we could call back yeah it's going to be an interest in january that's for sure and i don't know
00:13:26
Zak
Maybe I'm mugging people off a little too much there. But yeah, like there are players that he's even got that we have that just recool.
00:13:36
Zak
a
00:13:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know what the answer is. I'm going to be excited to see how it unfolds. I'm feeling positive about the acquisition. I think that he he's proven he can do well on a shoestring project, which is clearly what we need.
Manager Expectations and Team Performance Hopes
00:13:51
Zak
We all wanted something different, and he's something different.
00:13:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:13:53
Zak
And if it if it if it works out great, if it doesn't, we got what we wanted.
00:13:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:58
Zak
He wasn't a championship manager, he was someone different.
00:14:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
I presume that break clause works both ways in the six months of the 18 month contract, so I don't know. I just want a bit of fight in the team. I don't think anyone's under the expectation that we are likely to stay up. I would love to see it.
00:14:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
And but I would be happy just to be back in the mix with a chance.
00:14:19
Zak
Yeah.
00:14:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's all we can really, I think, aim for. Just get a bit of excitement back. Enjoy days out at St Mary's more rather than coming home in anguish.
00:14:36
Zak
I mean, I feel like that's always part of being a Saints fan mate.
00:14:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:40
Zak
I remember once losing to to Swansea and leaving and like Harry Potter's with, decided to walk out early, so I kind of had to leave with him. And I was like, oh, then you had like another go in, similar to backwi back in Gerrard's playing days.
00:14:53
Zak
I remember my friend Casey left slightly, we left slightly early to hear like another Liverpool goal going. And that was that was very depressing. So I usually try my best not to, but honestly, I don't i don't drive.
00:15:06
Zak
I'm hoping to pass next year, but but I don't really have much of a choice if my my ride leaves, unless I want to catch a train home with a couple of thousand people.
00:15:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
I swear, whilst I've never left a Saints game early, I was about to do the stock of a punishment, maybe as much as anything else.
00:15:14
Zak
But I'm very aware. of as we Look, this this is where I was trying to tell you about how Saints don't really have football manager moments apart from in the championship.
00:15:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:15:28
Zak
But even then, it's like, Great, we managed to like win against the bottom side in the 93rd minute with a cross from Ryan Fraser. like Good on us, but that's just not happening in the Premier League for for us so far. But who knows, it might be happening against the West Ham, mate.
00:15:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
so all right let's Let's take our final break and then come back and have an in-detail look at the score predictions we've made and how
Game Predictions and Strategies
00:15:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
we think we're going to get there.
00:15:56
Zak
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00:16:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay mate, memory like a goldfish, so remind me what your prediction was much earlier in the week.
00:16:19
Zak
so yeah so I had 3-2 down and I can explain a few reasons for that. and its We always have sort of high scoring affairs with West Ham. Recently, we were able to keep a clean sheet against Fulham at the expense of firepower. If we have this new manager who wants us to be aggressive, sort of on the front foot, my price you might have a few players that want to kind of put that level of shift in. As you said, you want to see some fights.
00:16:51
Zak
And I think with that, we might manage to get you know a goal or two and be really, really aggressive. But with that, we will also be defensively left at the back. And there's been a couple of times we've been able to get back really, really, really quick, but only one or two times over the space of the last couple of games. And that's because it's only been one or two times we've really had to, whereas you know with the sort of wingers that West Ham have,
00:17:16
Zak
I think that they will be able to you know overcome us um on that. So that's that's kind of my explanation is that I think, yeah, we'll finally get some goals, but then we'll open ourselves up at the back a little bit more. and And that's kind of where I landed. And that's my thought process behind it. I'm happy, completely happy to be wrong about this one. ah you know I've been been right once recently, which was a 2-1 loss. And other than that,
00:17:41
Zak
you know I don't really want to be right much more about anything that I predict that's a loss, but I'm always a bit more logical when it comes to picking how we're going to be and how we're going to play, as opposed to you, who I'm relatively sure said what, 2-0, 2-1.
00:17:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I said 3-1.
00:17:57
Zak
Okay, that makes more sense, 3-1.
00:17:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
three one saints because uh clean sheets too much to hope for really if we're being lobbed if we're scoring goals as well we can't but i think we'll go up early i think that we'll go out wanting to be aggressive wanting to his jurich made it clear in his welcome interview he wants the fans on side quickly and what way can you do that rather than jumping out getting maybe two goals quickly
00:18:05
Zak
Again, scoring goals, it can't go the other way. like that's
00:18:12
Zak
Hm?
00:18:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
and then i think we'll try and sit off of that um um and not do very well i think we'll concede and then at some point we'll get a third just to sit i'm not going to say sit comfortably because i don't think it's ever comfortable as a Saints fan i don't think i've ever watched a game comfortably but
00:18:42
Zak
No, it's again, we've been through this before. Even 5-0 up Boxing Day last year, no one was comfortable because you just feel like, oh, we've also had five goals go against us before, so.
00:18:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, so, but, yeah, that's obviously going. I'd like, uh, I think after we'll get a goal.
00:19:00
Zak
Yeah, makes sense.
00:19:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Uh, I've got to say that a Rebo get a goal because, uh, my wife will be buzzing that, that will make her day. She doesn't care if we lose six, one, as long as the goal we score is scored by Rebo.
00:19:12
Zak
Is that for the song, or?
00:19:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's for the song. Yeah. The atmosphere and the song.
00:19:15
Zak
Right, yeah, good, good, okay.
00:19:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Uh, and why not? Let's give Tool Paul a goal. Let's get the atmosphere going. Let's, uh, make the place pop.
00:19:20
Zak
not If he does go in January, I at the very least hope he manages to score for us.
00:19:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
At St Mary's, the roof will come off.
00:19:29
Zak
At some very specifically, because that is that that that is so deserved for the amount of what I can only describe as insane support That he gets from our fan base, and I know that we we've not been his biggest cheerleaders There is still a lot of question box for me and Greg on like what? What everyone else is seeing?
00:19:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Look, look. with wallights play it With all Saints players we have to be critical and analytical because we do this and we have to criticise.
00:20:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
That doesn't mean that I don't want all of the Saints players to be the best players in the world and so I don't see it with Cool Paul.
00:20:07
Zak
Yeah, but like, but no, but, but yeah.
00:20:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
But if he scores I will be jumping up and celebrating with everybody else. I will be
00:20:13
Zak
It's like, it's like almost like Ghouli Di Prado, except there is a lot of the Saints fan base that have gaslit themselves into thinking he is actually potentially one of the best strikers. and I think you've said after like a couple of crossover episodes, well you've had texts from some of our other illustrious colleagues at GSPN who've been like, yeah, you know, I was watching that game and, and, ah, yeah, like that tall fellow, tall pool, you were calling him, he's, he's, he's some and else, isn't he?
00:20:37
Zak
And it's just kind of like, yeah, you can have him for 50, 50, 50, 50 million.
00:20:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:43
Zak
Like, that's no disrespect. It's nothing more than either me and Greg 1 that needs a burst out and score a hat trick.
00:20:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Look, he went and scored goals in Turkey, so a that's a quality league, clearly.
00:20:50
Zak
Well, yeah, that's why these things are capable, but every time
00:20:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's definitely not where I'd be going.
00:20:55
Zak
I mean, Jose Mourinho's there, mate. You know, there's quite a few players that are in the Turkish league that you would have never expected to be there. And it's not like it's got the money in the Saudi league either.
00:21:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:03
Zak
So here nice who knows? Who knows? But yeah, a tool pool goal is something everyone wants to see completely enough to leave.
00:21:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. love you know what that's but That's the perfect 1-2 hit in the first half in it.
00:21:12
Zak
But yes.
00:21:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
A Rebo and Toolpool in the first 15 minutes. Just think of that atmosphere will carry us to full time because it will be a party.
00:21:23
Zak
100 percent.
00:21:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
A festive party.
00:21:28
Zak
Regardless of whether or not the weather is horrific or whatever I think everyone would be happy at that point know plus again Amazon money So maybe they'll even have another spare set of fireworks to set off Except remember not not not any pyrotechnics in the in the crowd, you know Yeah, yeah, of course, of course or the other time that Chelsea beat us 5-1 at home for some reason I'm not gonna bug Chelsea fans
00:21:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
and see Yeah.
00:21:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:21:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Only for the photos that they use on the big screens from those big occasions. They're not allowed in here.
00:21:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I dunno
Reflecting on Past Big Team Encounters and Social Media Promotion
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Zak
off too much.
00:21:55
Zak
They're a significantly better team than us but but
00:21:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
mate.
00:21:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
I dunno mate. Big teams love celebrating against us, like four days before that Mo Salah took his shirt off celebrating against us, which is laughable. like
00:22:06
Zak
Well, look, when you beat the bottom in the league, there's just something special about it. You know, yeah it truly, truly is just an extra three points towards your victory celebrations on your open top bus whilst we.
00:22:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
in the theme of parting words of Pep Guardiola before he decided to go on the biggest losing streak in history.
00:22:21
Zak
Oh, I will.
00:22:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm going to learn a lot from Russell Martin.
00:22:24
Zak
I will call out Saints fans and influencers all over the social media because I'm not going to lie, it's a meme that I see probably on a daily basis at this point. Anytime anything happens to City, it's all like, I will learn a lot from Russell Martin.
00:22:37
Zak
and I actually think it's as soon as Harland cursed himself by telling you know Arteta to stay humble.
00:22:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
umbu yeah
00:22:45
Zak
which seems hilarious in hindsight because as somebody that was always kept the faith and kept Harlan in his FPL, what a complete waste of time that's been. Why had it just swapped around for Mo Salah a couple of weeks ago, I don't know, but hey, hey.
00:22:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
And someone who refused to put Harland in his FPL from the very start, I feel that decision has been vindicated after what looked like it was going to be a very long season. so But there we go.
00:23:08
Zak
Indeed.
00:23:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right. I hope that you have all had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to this festive Boxing Day fixture. I hope that we leave with three points and our match review tomorrow is cheery and festive.
00:23:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
uh and yeah what more can we want a tool pool goal and an arivo goal and we will sing our way through the next episode no doubt so that's the positive vibes we'd love to end on zach as always thank you very much for joining me uh thank you everyone for listening give us a follow on all the socials we're on blue sky and x and a tiktok he says in the truest knowing of ways
00:23:54
Zak
You can tell out the two of us, that's the social media. but
00:23:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
And yeah, thank you very much everyone and we will see you after the match.
00:24:13
Zak
but boxing day