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Daily Ipswich Episode 131: Crossover Wednesday with Daily Bournemouth
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Ahead of Town's trip to Bournemouth tonight, Tom links up with Vik from the Daily Bournemouth Podcast. The lads look back at the two sides' encounter earlier in the season as well as giving their predictions for this evening's game.
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Introduction and Premier League Excitement
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Every club, every day. The Global Sports Podcast Network. Hello everyone and welcome to our new daily AFC Bournemouth slash daily IFSwitch episode.
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And today it's your famous, your favorite host Vic, joined by Tom. Tom the legend, the man, Tom himself. How you Tom? I'm very good, mate. Yeah, good to have Premier League football back. It's been a tough ordeal in 2025 for town fans, but regardless, I'm looking forward to tonight's game and yeah, good Premier League football back after international break, isn't it?
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Well, enjoy what you can. You're going to be playing Premier League for another eight rounds, I think, yeah? Am I right? Yeah, eight rounds left. It's already started. For some of them, you mean the Saints, it started way, way too early.
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Memorable Matches and Predictions
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Well, yeah, right. So today crossover episode, we're going to be reminiscing some of the moments from our past head to head game where we managed to get all three points away, scoring in the last 10, as usual.
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Ipswich's Challenges and Performance Issues
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work Tom you are my guest so last Ipswich game was against Forest right and the score was what was the score it was 4-2 unfortunately i feel like you just this is a therapy session here I'm just getting like reminiscing on difficult results which you know there's plenty to choose from unfortunately We did lose the last one as well. I'm not going lie. So I have to mention the last one we played against City only a few days back. And yeah, we had that 1-0 lead. We lost it.
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And Bournemouth, I don't know. I think since we've beaten Forest 5-0, our run started going badly. And and and it's just everything's going down.
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And feels like those European dreams are slipping away. I'm not saying... They're gone. It's only like three, four points away between the fourth and the tenth placed on the table, which is amazing because that means that there will be fight until the end of the season. And that's what everybody likes to see.
00:03:08
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But recent form of Bournemouth has been bad. And the do you think that this is the moment where we switch maybe can do something?
00:03:20
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You've got little on your face there, my friend. I think need to remind yourself, you know, we are a club European trophies and two of our managers have won the World Cup for England. So we're a big old club down in Suffolk. But, you know, you're right. has been a tough season for us. I think, you know, when we play you guys, we'll get back into our previous head-to-head in a bit. But, you know, that was one of the few games this season where, you know, games we've gone into this season think we could potentially get something.
00:03:46
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it's kind of been the opposite. Whereas games we've gone against sides, you know, have likes of Chelsea and Spurs, we've managed to get wins. And so it's been a really topsy-turvy
Bournemouth's Aspirations and Player Transfers
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season. I think, as you said, if this is probably, you know, Bournemouth have been one of my favourite sides to watch this season, that especially your young centre-back pairing and Kirk is on the left. There's so many things to like about Bournemouth and the manager. that We talked a lot. I feel like our episode yesterday was very much a bomb of podcasts. You guys could have added added it to your library, the amount of praise we had for your club.
00:04:13
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But yeah, I think looking at your previous home form, obviously City, you know, there's no shame in losing to Man City, obviously, despite taking the lead. But four of your last five home games in all competitions, you've lost. So, you know, our away form has been slightly better than our home form this season. So reason to be optimistic heading into tonight.
00:04:30
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It's a tough ask. But, you know, if If there's a slight chance of staying up, it's an important week for us. We've got you, not that great home, then we've got Wolves on Saturday. If those two results can go positive, then you never know. But as I said at the top of the show, I'm i'm still enjoying the ride, however long it may last. Yeah, let's hope something good can come out of this return Premier football tonight. i mean, you know, as as you've said, it's been a great season, not that far off European football. I mean, you must be heading tonight, you know, hope, I think, expecting a win, nothing less, right, I assume.
00:05:02
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It's, you know what, with the with the form that we we have been in recently, something needs to happen to wake us up. And if this four losses at home that we had,
00:05:13
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I'm not going wake us up. I don't know what else needs to happen. Toulouse, what, 7-0? Something to change because even against City in the FA Cup the other day, first half, we were looking really good. We scored.
00:05:26
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We were better. Kepa saved the penalty. was unlucky. Okay, penalty, handball and all that. But second half, it felt like a different team went out onto the pitch. Two subs that Pep Guardiola made.
00:05:41
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ah ah ma they impacted the whole game. Nico Lewis, two assists. Mamosh, goal after two minutes, spending on the pitch. It just says what kind of quality team a City has. And I like to say fake club, yes, but because they have money.
00:05:57
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They have money and that's it. And then and you you cannot argue. Bournemouth is one of the smallest clubs in the Premier League, definitely the smallest ground. But it's fascinating to think that, you know, nearly 20 years ago, we were...
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very close to get relegated from league two and play national league. It's crazy. And where we are now, it's, We've got to be grateful for what we have. We've got to be grateful that we're going to play another season in the Premier League, in the best competition in the world.
00:06:28
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If the Europe comes, that's fine, we'll take it. If it doesn't come, we still have to stay positive. I think, well, this is looking good. If we carry on playing like this in the next few seasons, we'll get to Europe for sure because we can only get better.
00:06:43
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But if we start mourning for every single thing and every single bad round because players have bad forms and teams surely have bad forms, you know. Remember, just I mean, just look at the table where Man United and Tottenham are.
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Clubs that have played finals of Champions League over the last few years, you know. And that says all. Leicester, who's won the Premier League back in 2016, now theyre they're going to get relegated.
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you know Times change, so do we. And I think the way that the last season ended and this season started is the beginning of something great. And I think we can carry on with this tempo for the for for at least for for the next five, six years.
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The thing is, who do we manage to keep in the team? Starting from the manager position through the players and the staff. There's lots of speculations that at the end of the season, Iriola might be going to Tottenham.
00:07:40
Speaker
Why would you to go to a club that's below you on the table? Yeah, I don't get it either. But anyway, there there are more things to it. Obviously, it's not just the money. But then, yeah, probably one of the best left backs in Premier League at the moment, Milos Kerkers, most likely will go to Liverpool.
00:07:57
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There are links to Semenya as well with Newcastle. So, house in Real Madrid. Amazing. He's had an amazing season. And to be honest with you, until Senesi got injured, howson we we we didn't know we didn't know how he plays.
00:08:15
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We couldn't see him until he he started to playing. The first game, he had two or three mistakes. So we thought, oh, he's just a kid. It's okay. Then the second game was only one mistake. Then the third game, he scored a header against Tottenham and that was a winning goal.
00:08:28
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And then everything was like a butter and bread. And, you know, he's he's had an amazing season. We've seen now Senesi back on the pitch with Zabani.
00:08:41
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and the It feels like, you know, that since he got injured, right, and Hausson's back, it feels like Hausson fits much better with Zabani in the back rather than Senesi.
00:08:54
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Past Matches and Ipswich's Performance Analysis
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Okay, so our last head-to-head game back back last year, played in Suffolk. We won 2-1.
00:10:22
Speaker
You had the lead 21st minute. It was a great pass from Burgess Chaplin, who netted the ball for 1-0. You thought you had the game in hand, obviously, all the way up until 87th minute, right? when Yeah. Yeah.
00:10:38
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Uniau pounced the loose ball inside the penalty area, managed to beat your goalkeeper, made it gave us hope so we can do more. Usually when we score one, if we're behind, we score one, we want to score another one straight away.
00:10:52
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And we've done so many times this season the same thing. Unfortunately against City, we couldn't do the same because we had no shot in the second half. But this is not the episode to talk about the City's game.
00:11:03
Speaker
Move on, move on. We need the sadness for the other episode. And yeah, and then we we've we've seen our hero, our super sub, Dango Tara, scoring in the 95th minute, taking all three points away.
00:11:14
Speaker
There was a VAR again, again, another VAR. We've had loads of VAR decisions overturned this season. I'm not going to lie. More overturned against our favour rather than then in our favour.
00:11:31
Speaker
Hopefully there will be no VARs for the weekend. Maybe if you score and then VAR. Yeah, that's fine. But we'll talk a bit a bit later about the score and everything. I'm i'm not going to reveal any of my thoughts yet.
00:11:44
Speaker
But what do you think based on the form? Obviously, you said we've lost our last last four home games. You were in a bit better form lately. Yeah. Do you really think you can do something tonight?
00:11:58
Speaker
I mean, if we just harken back to that that encounter we had last year, because that was that would have almost been our our first home win. It was that late in the season. It didn't come until Chelsea in December. But that the thing that game taught me, I think more than any other game at that point of the season...
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It showed that you you need, and it's it's an obvious thing to say, but you need that strength and depth coming off the bench. both Both your goal scorers in that game, Unal and Utari, who got the assist. And as you saw as mentioned and as you called as well, Utari, who amongst former fans, you call them super sub.
00:12:27
Speaker
You know, they they both did exactly their job there. And one of the things we've been lacking, I think, this season, especially in that first half, is that quality off the bench. We've had to rely, obviously, you know, there's an argument to be made that, you know, we didn't expect to be in the Premier so soon after our takeover in 2022 or 2021, sorry.
00:12:42
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And I'm very much in that camp, but we're here now and it's shown we've brought more quality in January, like in CISO and Philogene and some, I think, decent players like that. But it may have been a bit too late in terms of gelling everyone together. So I think that's something that game taught me against you guys was that you need that quality or equal quality off the bench. And we didn't have that.
00:13:02
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I mean, heading heading into tonight, you know, 2025 has been difficult, you know, apart from two FA Cup games against Bristol and Coventry City, albeit a Coventry City team in very good form, but, you know, a league below, we haven't won a game.
00:13:15
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And, you know, there's there's been there's been games, you know, against Fulham at the start of a year where we almost got a win at the Cottage and it would have been two wins in a row after beating Chelsea and we had a good run in December, I thought, and, you know, it could have gone on from there, but it's it's just been very difficult and know it was I think looking at this season, it's a small flag to wave and it's a small trophy to lift.
00:13:37
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But I think we have been, i think the consensus would be we have been the best team of the three that have gone up. And we have put our best foot forward, I think, in most of these games. It's just been the lack of quality. the constant changing of goalkeeper. I think we had Muric against you guys and we did not like that transfer at to start the start of season.
00:13:53
Speaker
We then brought in our substitute keeper in Walton and then Alex Palmer in January. There's been a lot of changes everywhere and I think that's been a big reason, not knowing our first 11, a lot of injuries coming through as well.
00:14:04
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So I think heading and heading into tonight, you know, as I said, this is an important week. If it can go as well as it can for us, obviously we're recording this on a Tuesday evening. west Wolves are playing this evening. If they win, it's a 12-point cap, which is even Even harder, I believe. Actually, it could be 15-point cap. I say that out loud.
00:14:22
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No, it'd be 12 points. I apologise. But, you know, if that goes poorly tonight, who knows? But, you know, if results do go away this week against you guys and then against Wolves, who knows? But I think it's a tough ask considering how great you guys have been this season. But...
00:14:36
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away from home, you never know. And we have got some decent players going forward. International break, I know there's not much to go from on there, but in our attack, if you look at like the likes of Dillap and CISO, Hutchinson and Philogene, who I fully expect to be our front four, all four of them scored for under-21s or Paraguay during the break.
00:14:54
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Liam Dillap was training with the England senior squad and got a lovely photo with Harry Kane, which i do believe, whether he's going to be Ipswich or not, I do believe he will be Kane's successor come and a tournament in 2028 or 2030. He's interesting player to watch, definitely. Liam Dellep. Yeah, absolutely. He's been our shining star for sure this season.
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what What's your thoughts on him from an outsider's perspective? i Well, I think, you know, he reminds me of Ian Ferguson when, I think it was a couple of seasons ago when he was shining for Brighton.
00:15:23
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Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. Good shout. ah they they are similar type of players I'd say Delop is is a let's say a bit different from from Ferguson because he's a bit smaller got more pace where he would be just trying to make runs behind the defense and Ferguson Fox in the box apart from that they are quite similar so Obviously, Ferguson's form went down. There was some connection to Bournemouth as well as a signing when we needed a striker back in the winter. Obviously, after having Evan Nilsson and Nuno being injured, both injured, then Dango jumped in. We didn't sign anyone.
00:16:08
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Dango jumped in as a striker. His second game, he scored a hat-trick. So we we were all speechless, right? We didn't expect that. And yeah, that he he he he was brilliant. I mean, a player who can play any position from left back, the left midfielder, left wing, right wing and a striker.
00:16:27
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And we've got few players in Bournemouth now since he all took over that can do the same, that can cover a few positions, which is amazing, you know?
00:16:37
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Definitely, yeah, I think Dellup, a player to watch from your side, from our side, There's been a trouble. I read the post about Klaiver that he's a question mark for the game.
00:16:49
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Did he play against City? He did, didn't he? He played against City. He played the full game. But apparently he left the pitch with some issues. So it wasn't specified what happened. Hopefully we'll we'll see him on the pitch because he is our star, our star player or best scorer.
00:17:06
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But I can see Evan Nilsson solving this game. Let's not forget to mention that Semenyo had a great game against City. we We are waiting to see Semenyo from the start of the season.
00:17:18
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we had him in in six consecutive games being involved with goals and assists. So we we need Semenya back from the beginning of the season. And I think as we are going towards the end of the season, maybe we'll see the same in the last six games as we did in the first six
Key Players and Young Talent at Bournemouth
00:17:35
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games. So i think, yeah, but let's say, well, two players, then Evan Ilsen and Semenya will probably decide the game against you, Traktor Bois.
00:17:48
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. I think Evan Nelson's another player of yours. i'm I'm very impressed with as well. what what like You said the start the show there, do you do you expect, it's kind of going off a tangent here, not really previewing the game, but I'm i'm interested what your opinion is, because I don't really speak to that many Bournemouth fans. But do you expect, I think, as you say, Kirk has to be, do you expect Halston to be gone this this window? Because I'd be very surprised if both went.
00:18:13
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to be honest, maybe European football could sway him to stay, but I know Real Madrid's obviously impossible to turn down, but kind like selling two of your starting back four would be a big, big statement. I fully expect in terms of scouting to get the next player in completely correct, because that's how you guys have done in the recent years. but I expect one to go, but maybe two. It's a bit of tough ask for... So we've got... So so from what I see, my point of view, so we already signed the left-back, Soler, the Argentinian one, who was actually pretty good against City. He had a good game.
00:18:45
Speaker
You can see that he's tiny. He's very young. And he's, you know, when you see those teenagers starting to play football for a big team, I remember back in the days, I used to play in professional as well. And when you have these new kids, you know, coming up to the senior team, they're like,
00:18:59
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They're hungry, you know? And they're like little bees. They just sting, sting, sting. And he was like that against City, you know? It was great. And obviously, he still got a lot to learn, a lot to work.
00:19:10
Speaker
But let's not forget that Kerkers was the same when he signed for Bournemouth. Hmm. Kerkers was pretty much the same. His offensive skills were great, but his defensive his defensive was was you know he was bad defensively.
00:19:23
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In the first few episodes of our podcast when we started back last year, we did talk about Kerkers a lot because he's one of my favorite players from the team.
00:19:35
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And I kept saying that he needs to work defensively. He needs to work on his defense. He needs to improve and all that. And he did look at him now. Like his his jockey skills are just boom, boom.
00:19:48
Speaker
Sliding tackles as well. Had some really great clearances, stopped some amazing goals, as well as those lethal crosses. He had five assists this season as well in the Premier League. So, you know, some some great starts and...
00:20:03
Speaker
First of all, if if you ask me to choose offensive players, I'd like to keep Kerkers. But, you know, if if he's playing on that level, obviously he's hungry for more. He wants more.
00:20:14
Speaker
Yes, I would be the happiest man if Bournemouth gets the confidence. We don't need the Champions League. We don't the Europa League. But let's get confidence because this is the competition that we can do something. Definitely.
00:20:25
Speaker
We're going to get teams probably same strength, maybe weaker, maybe bit stronger. maybe we'll see Chelsea again in the conference league. Yeah, but I'd like to see us play in conference league. And then we would obviously have to sign a centre-back, which I can see happening. And i yeah, we will also have an issue with the goalkeeper because we were Kepa on loan.
00:20:51
Speaker
Kepa is a Chelsea player. They don't want let him they wantre to let him go under 80 million. No one's going to pay 80 million for a goalkeeper, right? No. Now, my vision, and I hope anyone from the club listens to this, they also have another player who is out on loan, a goalkeeper, and it's Petrovic that went to Strasbourg. It's Serbian goalkeeper that so far across all top leagues has got the best stats this season.
00:21:20
Speaker
So I wouldn't mind having him loan. And I'm sure that Chelsea would let him go for 20-30 million because they are struggling with the keeper. They don't want to keep Kepa.
00:21:31
Speaker
Maybe they they you know they put Petrovic back. But they are struggling with keepers. And I'd like to see him playing playing for Bournemouth. Another thing, centre-back-wise...
00:21:44
Speaker
I'm so sorry that Milenkovic did not sign for Bournemouth. What a signing that is. Yeah, amazing. Him and Hausson, shoulder to shoulder, I think, signings of the season. i Yeah, I agree.
00:21:56
Speaker
I wouldn't know who to vote for, to be honest. Both of them, they they impressed. Milenkovic obviously plays for the Serbian national team as well. I'm from Serbia and I enjoy watching him playing for for our national team, you know, but he's so good playing for Forrest and I think he just fitted into formation, into manager's tactics and they're doing great with Nuno.
00:22:20
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by unique don't settle for off-the-shelf solutions made for just anybody get what's right for you right now every club every day the global sports podcast network okay time to do some predictions so tom be my guest please you're starting 11 Yeah, I think, as I said to you earlier, it's been a bit all over the place. I think injuries haven't really helped us a lot this season.
00:23:37
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i think looking at, you know, coming off international break, I think our usual formation, we did try to have a five around the winter, but it didn't really work after a few games after City and Liverpool gave us a good threshing and we kind of reverted back to a four in the hope that we can attack. So I expect 4-2-3-1 against you tonight.
00:23:56
Speaker
against you tonight In goal will be Alex Palmer. We signed him in January from West Brom. He we had a really good season in the Championship, as did many of our signings last season. So I expect him to be between the sticks.
00:24:07
Speaker
Confident player and can put in a good shift when needed. Back four is difficult. We've had a lot of injuries there as well. One player who is a doubt, but Kieran McKenna does hold his cards very close to his chest, so he may feature.
00:24:20
Speaker
But Axel Twanzebi is a player who I would like to see, but i'm not sure he will. So I think our back four, we'd probably see a pairing of, I'm going to say Jacob Greaves, and I'll go Luke Wolfenden and Dara Shea on the right, who usually is a centre-back, and then Leif Davis on the left.
00:24:38
Speaker
We didn't mention Leif Davis before, but he... he Yeah, there's he's a name. i think for me this season, i expect a lot more than what we've got. he's he's He's definitely made the best out of all the players from who's been there. he's He was in the League One team. you know there's There's very few players who are in a starting XI who are part of that team. I think him and Sam Morsey, when fit, you know he's he's kind of yeah been found out in the Premier League a little unfortunately. But those are really the only two players who've managed to make a decent jump to the Premier League and stuck about. Leif Davis is for sure the best out of all of that.
00:25:08
Speaker
you know, heading, if we do go down, you know, in terms of players we would get rid of, he would who would stick around in Premier League, I fully expect to lap through one of them. And I was, I mean, to start the start season, I was saying Leif Davis would be one of them.
00:25:20
Speaker
But his performances, you know, it sounds strange and it's probably quite a good thing for us, haven't been what I expected. You know, he's he's a he's a reliable hand and maybe in a more confident team who can maybe win a game or two, he may be able to prove himself bit more because he's very good at going forward. He was so key for us in the in the last two promotion campaigns. So,
00:25:37
Speaker
potentially a club could see that in him. But if not, I'd be very happy to keep them the Premier League, championship, and then back the Premier League after one season, hopefully. But yeah, Leif Davis, yeah, he's he's definitely a a name. We were saying the start year, it'd great to see him in an England shirt, but his form didn't very much carry over, unfortunately. and I think looking into the midfield,
00:25:56
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Calvin Phillips, who I'm sure everyone's got an opinion of him. He's been a bit up and down injuries and form this YSB season. we We talked a lot on yesterday's show about him and what we really expected. And it's it's not gone the way we would have wanted.
00:26:09
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But with Sam Morsey's fitness not being that great and Phillips, I i kind of expect Cuyuste and probably Morsey to pair up. Tonight, because Philipp's got rebound, gash in his foot against Forest. Jansky used to stay. He's been one few bright sparks for this season. Unfortunately, he's alone signing from Napoli.
00:26:25
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And I think if he were to stay up, he would be sticking around. But asking to play in the Championship, probably the quality is too great, unfortunately. it was wild Yeah. Yeah. And then I've said at the top the show, I think our front four, we we'll see De Lapp up top, absolutely.
00:26:39
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You know, he's our bright spark for sure. And then midfield three, I think when fully fit, our three behind the striker, we are kind of sport for choice. We've got the likes of Sam Schmodix, Ogbené, Wes Burns, who are all out with injury.
00:26:51
Speaker
Nathan Broadhead, who some fans would like to see there. But I think the three we'll see... depend I'm not really sure where they're going to feature, but it'll be Jadon Filagene, Julio Nciso and Amari Hutchinson.
00:27:03
Speaker
Hutchinson was a part of our Championship promotion team and we signed him on a permanent last year. But, you know, and coming from Chelsea and Arsenal and having lot of history there, again, I kind of expected a bit more of him this season. individual quality it's hard to really prove it and in our Premier League sometimes and he's struggled a bit this year but Philogine and CISO do have some quality so I expect that to be our starting 11 but as I said injuries wise McKenna does play it to the last minute and doesn't really announce anything so we've had so many times of this season when we've given our predicted lineups and then come the day of of of a person you fully expect to be injured is featuring the starting 11 so maybe Twan Xabi will be back maybe Calvin Phillips will be back
00:27:38
Speaker
I don't know, but going from what i know and assume, that'll be my starting 11. What about yourself with the Cherries? Obviously, injury suspensions is a bit of a worth of credit the moment, isn't it? we've We've reduced that from 8 to 3. At the moment, we've only got... Sinistera who came back from the injury a couple of games ago played 15 minutes in the first game then the second game another 10-15 and he had to leave so he came on as a sub and he had leave the game because of his hamstring so hasn't properly recovered he probably would not play not even be on the bench
00:28:13
Speaker
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Injuries, Lineups, and Match Predictions
00:28:14
Speaker
question mark. Tavernier had an ankle injury couple of games ago as well. i don't see him coming back yet. maybe Maybe after the West Ham game.
00:28:25
Speaker
And obviously, Unao, our second striker, who is who, because of his knee injuries, is probably going to be out until the end of the season. and Apart from that, you know we've we've got, obviously, Senesi back into the team.
00:28:38
Speaker
Now... Hausson and Kerkers, they had plenty of time to rest after the international break where they played for the national teams because they haven't played against City in the Cup due to the yellow cards.
00:28:50
Speaker
So I'll start with with our usual 4-2-3-1 formation with Masby Kepa in goal. Hausson and Zabani starting as centre-backs.
00:29:01
Speaker
Left Kerkers. Now on the right-hand side, I believe a starter will be... adam smith he's been back from the injury and we've seen some minutes from smith against city so that that's good it's good to be back and i believe yeah we'll see him starting on the right uh two defensive central defensive midfielders with louis cook probably as holding position and ryan christie more as a build-up
00:29:33
Speaker
And then the three behind the striker, Kluivert, question mark. If Kluivert doesn't play, I see Dango starting instead, where Bruxy will probably go in the middle.
00:29:46
Speaker
Dango on the left, Semeny on the right. And up front, Evan Ilsen. Score prediction, I think 1-0.
00:29:56
Speaker
I think we're going to score in the first half. probably after the 30th minute, between 30th and 35th minute. We'll have our chances. You'll have your chances.
00:30:10
Speaker
But the game will finish 1-0. Evan Nilsson scoring. Yeah, yeah. Semenya might get an assist. Might score as well. I'm not sure if there will be more goals, but my my opinion, Evan Nilsson deciding the game and we're moving up on the table.
00:30:30
Speaker
Yeah, I think, you know, most most predictions for me this season have kind of been head and heart predictions, which is very much the case. I think, you know, we haven't been able to know keep the ball out of the net a lot this season. And, you know, each of our wins has been having to score two goals because, you know, with the exception of against Chelsea, we've had to score more than one because we've conceded one.
00:30:52
Speaker
So I fully expect us to have the ball in our net at one point in the game. best Best result I can go for this one, I think it would be a 1-0, but I kind of and can see a 1-0 or a 2-0 from you guys, unfortunately.
00:31:04
Speaker
But, you know, I've been a big fan of yours this season out of the few teams we've played, so I'm i'm happy to take the loss on that bond. But you never know. we've We've been better away from home this season. International break could have done us some good. You've not been that great at home recently.
00:31:16
Speaker
There's reason to be positive, as I've said, going into this game. So you never know. I'll put my hand on it and say, I'll go my heart and say, it's so embarrassing say, I'll go my heart and put it to draw, but it's where we are at the moment, you know, and hope for a Wolves loss in half an hour or so when they start with, as I said, we're recording Tuesday night and hope that happens. Then we can slowly creep up and smash them at Portland Road on Saturday and have a bit more optimism, but that's an ideal scenario. But yeah, I'll go for 1-0 at the Vitality.
00:31:44
Speaker
And who will be scoring for Ipswich by your opinion? ah'll I'll so i say Jadon Filagin. I think he's he's got a good bit of tricks in there. And, you know, if he's if he's out on the left, he won't be near Kerkers. So I'll take him on that side of field. I think Kerkers has that part of the field in lockdown, especially, as he said, fully fit coming up international break as well.
00:32:05
Speaker
But I'll say Jadon Filagin because all eyes are underlap, so hopefully can sneak through. Right.
Closing Remarks and Listener Appreciation
00:32:10
Speaker
And I think this is the time to finish our episode. Thanks so much for joining me today, tonight, Tom.
00:32:19
Speaker
Thank you very much. Hopefully you'll be in tears after the game.
00:32:24
Speaker
No, you won't. You're not an emotional type of guy as as I am. left couple of times this season, our stadium in tears, and no, it's not part of my acting. Those were real tears, but we're not going talk about that now.
00:32:38
Speaker
Thanks everyone for listening. Thanks so much for being part of our network as well. I hope you enjoy this episode and up until the next one, after cherries.
00:32:51
Speaker
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