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Episode 75 - Ipswich vs Newcastle Match Preview
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Join Rob & Richard to look ahead to the visit of Newcastle United to Portman Road on Saturday afternoon. The lads share why they're both optimistic (Yes even Rob!) going into the game, try to figure out how to change Town's home form and discuss what attacking lineup Kieran McKenna may select given Liam Delap's suspension.
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Introduction and Match Preview
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome back to the Daily Ipswich, brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. It is Friday, so it is time to preview this weekend's action, which this weekend sees Newcastle as the visitors to Portman Road on Saturday afternoon. Joining me, Rob Binns, to go through today and go through Saturday's game and see what we think is going to happen is Richard Popple. How you doing, mate?
00:00:32
Richard
I'm very well. Thank you, Rob. How are you, man?
00:00:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Doing good and looking forward to the weekend, actually. Probably the confidence of having won last weekend, we haven't had that feeling. We haven't had it at all yet, have we?
00:00:43
Richard
No.
00:00:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because the last time we won, the weekend after was international, so we didn't get to think the flashback to last Saturday when we were winning.
Ipswich's Confidence Boost
00:00:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's the first time, actually, where I'd been able to keep going.
00:00:51
Richard
Yeah, and that that felt like relief, didn't it, really, if anything, the Spurs win, whereas this one was kind of like, yeah, there's a bit of a building block to maybe use.
00:00:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, well, we'll see how that can push on into this Saturday, can't we, then? So on today's show, we're going to dive into the sort of attacking aspect of the game later on the show, what we think the lineup's going to look like there, because obviously we are without Liam Dalat on Saturday through suspension.
00:01:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Also, gonna we're going to have to have a chat, an awkward chat about the home form, aren't we? Because we're we're winning games away from home, but we're still yet to find that first home victory, and it's got to come sooner or later, because this is the last time this year, I believe, isn't it?
Lineup and Home Victory Struggles
00:01:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're at home, so.
00:01:32
Richard
No, we've got one more.
00:01:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, maybe not actually.
00:01:33
Richard
We've got the Chelsea game on the 30th.
00:01:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Where's Chelsea?
00:01:36
Richard
Yeah.
00:01:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
as this other new year is it oh i stand correctly then penultimate one of the year so we're cutting it a bit fine for a first time win but before we get into all of that i want to hear what are your general thoughts on the game rich are you optimistic going into it
00:01:51
Richard
Yeah, I am actually. I mean, I think, you know, I'm always fairly optimistic really. And I keep predicting keep predicting home wins and we haven't had one yet. But yeah, I think so. I think, i I think I was quite surprised really by the, by the wolves result last week, given that we'd had three really disappointing defeats against sides that we would have expected to get, you know, at least the odd point from, and obviously the way we lost that Bournemouth game as well. So for us to bounce back and win that game at wolves, I think was a bit of a surprise, I have to say, and obviously ah a very welcome one. And it kind of feels like, you know, we haven't had, we haven't played in the week. Newcastle did play in the week.
00:02:27
Richard
They pretty much played a full strength side in the cup as well against Brentford. They're much better at home than they are away. I mean, we're not very good at home obviously, but hopefully that hopefully there is a bit of an opportunity there given that we've you know had a week off and they've only
Newcastle's Fixture Congestion
00:02:42
Richard
had three. and So yeah, maybe they take their eye off it a little bit we managed to grab finally a home win.
00:02:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it'd be nice to see you, wouldn't it? And actually, this this may surprise you is that for once I'm strung away from my normal pessimistic role.
00:02:52
Richard
Hmm.
00:02:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
I am actually really optimistic about this game as well because of two of the factors you just said there that one was
00:03:01
Richard
Oh yeah.
00:03:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Newcastle are very much a home team. Therefore, the difference between their home form and away form. It's not quite Brentford level, but it's I think they not fun they're not too far away.
00:03:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
they do They pick up a lot of them, their points at home.
00:03:18
Richard
No.
00:03:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
They do ah ah struggle in a lot of away games, particularly these sort of ones where they would be expected to go and get a win. And you look at that 11 they played on Wednesday night, I mean, fair enough, it got them resolved. Obviously they'll see they have a realistic chance of winning that trophy, weren't they? they're dead They're desperate to end their drought, but it was literally full strength that as far as i and from you the sort the odd players who you rotate occasionally, like could have been Barnes over Gordon. There's arguments for all like the midfield three for who you'd start if you were classing it as full strength. But the only person I'd see missing there when I look at that and left line up from Wednesday night is Nick Pope. And that's because he's injured.
00:03:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's literally, there are 11 best players they put out on a three day turnaround where obviously we've had six days since playing on Sunday. They've now, they've played Wednesday. um They were at home at least, so they didn't have any travel, but they played a Wednesday night kickoff and they've got two days of training and and then they've got to travel incredibly
00:03:58
Richard
Yeah.
Opportunities Against Newcastle
00:04:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
far. I know obviously at this level, they'll fly. you They won't, they won't do five, six hours on a coach, like the supporters will, but they've got a very long trek from Newcastle down to here on which loses them a day's training as well, because they have to do that.
00:04:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
I feel like the odds on that side, all of the the sort logistical side of things, is stacked up in our favour going into this game, which is sort of clouded over my usual pessim my usual pessimism that I'm actually...
00:04:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Either that, or it could be won last week, and I'm now suddenly really confident and think we're going to go unbeaten the rest of the season, one one or the other.
00:04:46
Richard
what yeah Well, I don't know about that. But it is an opportunity. I mean, you look at what's coming up with, you know, the the two fixtures after this, we've got Arsenal and Chelsea, you know, third and second in the league. So You don't really expect too much out of those games, to be brutally honest. Maybe we nick a point against Chelsea at home, maybe. and The Emirates is going to be very difficult. So I think this is the one of the three that you would think, OK, yes, Newcastle are a very good team, some of the players you've just mentioned, and we'll go through it in a bit more detail. They've got great attacking players, particularly. But with the you know circumstances that you've kind of just mentioned, I think it is a bit of an opportunity, and I think it is a game that we're going to have to attack.
Newcastle's Depth and Limitations
00:05:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we obviously see look at the Newcastle obviously. They've got a strong squad, don't they? But as we said, full strength team Wednesday night. So which way do you think they'll sort of go with that? And do you think they'll play the same players again on three days notice? Or do you think they'll rotate and not as good as their depth is, which hopefully would up our confidence levels a bit if we're playing, if we see three or four changes to that Newcastle team.
00:05:50
Richard
Yeah. I mean, like it's interesting you say about the depth thing. Cause I think, I think that has been their Achilles heel a little bit is that they've got a very, very strong first 11 and they've got good players in their squad. Don't get me wrong. I mean, you know, obviously it's a, it's a far superior squad to, to ours and other, other clubs near the bottom of the league. But I think because they've not really managed to sign many plays over the last couple of transfer windows, because of, you know, all the PCR P S R stuff and everything else, they've kind of flatlined a little bit.
00:06:18
Richard
And that, and as I say, they've got a very,
Impact of Suspensions
00:06:20
Richard
very good first 11. even though I think Joel Linton is going to be missing cause he's suspended. I think he's a really effective player for them again, particularly at home when they've got to gnarly him and Gimmerish in midfield, that's probably the most powerful midfield in the league.
00:06:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:06:36
Richard
Maybe. I mean, it's pretty, it's, it's very much up there. So I think that's their kind of, that's the, you know, the highlight of their team along with Esak, obviously. But yeah, I think, I think it does drop off a bit actually from the first 11 Harvey Barnes, a good player to come on. Callum Wilson, if he's ever fit is obviously a very good second striker, but you know, he's never fit. So, you can't really trust him anymore. Al Marin, you know, had a great season a couple of years ago and hasn't really managed to keep that going. So I think that's why the Wednesday thing might play a part because, you know, those players have played, you know, that, that, that big game there and obviously.
00:07:15
Richard
we We don't tend to finish games particularly well at the moment, it seems. So so we we need to try and take advantage of that this time.
Home Win Challenges
00:07:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, definitely. I was just back checking why, you know, Jolinton is suspended, you are correct there. So that is one, that's one man down out of their, out of their strongest 11.
00:07:28
Richard
Oh, for you.
00:07:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
But then, so he's just straight back out and moves, because we're missing the lap as well.
00:07:32
Richard
Yep, yep.
00:07:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I think, they so they're talking about their midfield as well, that obviously the presence Jolinton has, what Eddie Howe's done to him, converting him from a striker who couldn't score to a very, very good box to box midfielder.
00:07:48
Richard
Yeah, it's brilliant.
00:07:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Talking about their midfield three compared to others is that, They are most definitely the most physical, uh, midfield three, you see in the league. Probably bought him going a far the upper line.
00:08:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, hence why Joel, it has been suspended for the amount of bookings he's got. I'm considering he's had an injury for about a month for this season as well. And he still racked up five bookings. Even Sam Moors.
00:08:08
Richard
Yeah.
00:08:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's not done that yet. And we know what he's like. So it shows the way they play. I think they've got a couple of suspensions in the cup now as well after last night as well. So we're going to have to, we're going to have to make sure we're really on it in the physical battles, particularly your moorsies, your coyotes, those names in the midfield have got to be very on it, because Newcastle will throw, they'll throw legs in, they'll go throwing into the challenges, they'll use go going in all these sort of 50-50 shoulder barges, even elbows in some cases, especially Bruno Gimmarais, that I like to throw him in there. So if we turn out, we're not like non a non-physical side, but we are a bit more of a footballing team than we are a sort of mucking,
00:08:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
graphed out results like that. So we're going to have to make sure
Upcoming Fixtures and Strategies
00:08:55
Richard
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, definitely. I mean, I think that that is the way to if Newcastle bring that kind of intensity, they're very, very difficult to play against, particularly at St. James's Park. and But yeah, they do go missing a little bit away from home, you know, quite often. So think that season where they came forth, they obviously managed to improve that and they were very competitive everywhere they played that year, but they didn't quite manage it last year. And you've seen a drop off again this year a little bit.
00:08:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
we match them in those areas, aren't we?
00:09:23
Richard
But on their day, they obviously, we know they beat anyone in the league and they take teams apart sometimes as well with their direct style of play and the pace and the quality they've got up front. So it's going to be a really tough game. And we, you know, we need them to have a little bit of an off day. And obviously the players missing that we've talked about, even, you know, Nick Pope and stuff, that's, that's going to help us. You know, Trippie is still injured, I think as well. So, you know, that there are little holes in their team.
00:09:49
Richard
But you know we've obviously got a very big hole up front as well, which we need to kind of like come up with a solution for as well. So it'll be interesting. But I definitely see this game as an opportunity. I think it's something we've got to really go for.
00:10:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, definitely. I think it'll be interesting to see how it plays out, but we've mentioned, obviously, Newcastle's away from there.
Goal Scoring Struggles
00:10:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're going to have a quick break to hear from one of our sponsors, and then we're going to talk about the flip side of that, which is our homeform, and how that compares to the level of their awayform after this.
00:10:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back for the second part of today's episode of the daily switch. So we had we had a good chat about new castles away from there and how that opportunity presents itself.
00:11:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think it's three wins away from home in all competitions. And I think two of them have come at the city ground for forest in the cup and in the league. So they're not the best on their travels, but I imagine the day new castle that's probably sit and doing their preview now looking at our home form saying that we haven't won yet and thinking there's an opportunity there as well.
00:11:20
Richard
Mm hmm.
00:11:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think you'd agree with that.
00:11:24
Richard
Yeah, I mean, definitely. I mean, I think any side that's going to come to Portman Road is going to look at the fact that we haven't won a game and not be that, you know, intimidated, obviously, by that. I think we all know that we've played probably better than the results suggested at home. A couple of those games would definitely deserve to lose, but Yeah, you know, generally speaking, I think it's been missed opportunities from us at home and the and the problem has been scoring goals. Obviously we've not, I don't think we've scored, I think there's one game where we scored more than one goal and that was the Villa 2-2 draw, wasn't it? Every other game it's been either one or zero. So we're just simply not scoring enough goals at home particularly.
Delap's Absence Effects
00:12:04
Richard
And I think it's only Southampton and Everton that have scored less in us less than us the whole season.
00:12:11
Richard
So that's the thing to improve. I don't think we're necessarily going to be able to improve that until January, but this weekend we're going to have to find some kind of solution because I think it's going to take more than one to win the game. I don't see it's keeping a clean sheet. That's for sure. How do you see it? How do you, how do you see this kind of like, you know, this is the first game to lap to miss this season, I think. So how are we going to cope with without him?
00:12:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's going to be tough, because obviously, her starting as Brentford looked very good, which, so you sort of at that point, you'd be like, oh, that's good to see that we have that option there. But obviously, now we've lost Hurst.
00:12:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
So that option isn't there anymore.
00:12:44
Richard
Yeah.
00:12:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
And even in that, that came off of them.
00:12:46
Richard
How long has he gone for? Do we know?
00:12:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
i think it's still another couple of months i think it was three months at the time we're about a month in if my memory serves me correctly but it's a fairly lengthy one i believe but which is very unfortunate but yeah we have relied on the lap though haven't we because they're the only get i think that's the only game i can think of he started on the bench and he still came on the squad it looked like he was going to get us a point at some point until the end but he is a big he he's massive in terms of us but just not even just the goals he scores but
00:12:51
Richard
Is it right?
00:13:08
Richard
Yeah.
00:13:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
talking about the physicality when he said about Newcastle's midfield, but look how we got the first goal against Wolves. He just completely ragdolled tomato, didn't he? He made the chance. It should have deserved an assist for it because Hutchinson should have put it in himself, but we managed to keep it alive and force the own goal, but he was just such an outlook for us in terms of even in just like you said, the pace Newcastle can play at.
00:13:33
Richard
Yeah.
00:13:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
When teams do play with a bit of pace and have us on the back foot, you can just smash it up to the lap and you know he's going to hold off both centre backs, keep the ball up, wait for someone else to come and get involved and then we can go break and break. Whatever we do, I don't know, so we'll get into that in the third part, what we think the replacement is, but that's what we're losing.
Tactical Adjustments
00:13:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
might We might get away with the goal scoring and finishing from some of the other options that are there, but we lose that physical element against a very physical team. It's quite a bad game on paper for him to miss. Definitely that that's me where my worry is really that if Newcastle turn it on,
00:14:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
and have us sort of pen back. Like it has happened a few times in the home games. We haven't particularly been the pace setters even at home.
00:14:21
Richard
No.
00:14:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
So that's my worry there is that that's our sort of our hold up play is lost. but I don't see that's where we salvage that from really.
00:14:31
Richard
Yeah, well, in a weird way, though, and maybe it's panning out like that with the results at the moment, because of the way we are playing with the with the kind of this, you know, target man almost, or this kind of nuisance physical striker that Dilap is and he's but he's obviously been brilliant but it does mean that we've not really been playing possession football quite so much. He's been a bit more pragmatic pragmatic with it and I think there have there has been games at home particularly where we really could have done with like retaining the ball for a little bit longer particularly when we've scored goals and stuff and like trying to control the game a little bit for those 10 minutes afterwards because there's been too many games basically where we've let the opposition back in too quickly and and the momentum momentum just hasn't been built
00:15:14
Richard
and I don't know whether that might be a personnel thing or whatever, but maybe this is an opportunity with him out of the team to kind of like tweak how we play
Home Game Strategy Changes
00:15:21
Richard
a little bit. Again, we'll we'll talk about who the replacements and stuff might be, but I think it we don't sit around and pass the ball at the back you know and and kind of like keep possession the way that lots of other teams do.
00:15:35
Richard
and i i you know under a good press, which you would expect Newcastle to have, we don't really seem to have the composure or the skill set to maybe kind of like take the, take the kind of like, I don't know, the sort of anxiety out of those kind of situations. I think some of that goes back to the goalkeeper because he's not, you know, he's not filling particularly the team with confidence and stuff. So when we go back like that, you know, it tends to be panic stations a little bit or he lumps the ball forward and we lose it and and all that kind of stuff, which obviously we weren't seeing with Haladki last year. But we don't really play that kind of like measured football where we can just control the pace of the game a little bit. ah And maybe that's something we do eventually need to need to bring into our side a bit more because we run a lot. And, you know, we've seen towards the end of the games where we run out of energy, essentially, and and we can get picked off a little bit towards the end of games because we've had to work so hard.
00:16:29
Richard
to try and stay competitive for for for most of the previous stuff. So yeah, it'll be interesting to see what we do, but we there definitely needs to be a tweak with how I think we approach the home games maybe.
00:16:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, something needs to change, isn't it? Because it yeah it hasn't been working at home. i I mean, we haven't been used to losing generally over the last couple of years anyway. But particularly at home, because the home form has been very, very good for the last two seasons.
00:16:52
Richard
no
00:16:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
And so whether that's just the quality of the teams, and we've had to change had to adapt for that in the Premier League. But but hasn't that's something I've thought would carry out, not obviously to the same extent of winning loads of games.
00:17:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
but If you'd have told me that our first two wins were both going to come at home or away, I'd have been nailed on. They were both two home wins and we were struggling on the road. So that's been one of the things that surprised me in terms of coming up to the league. And I think you're right. I think it is. We just, but whether through our own fault or just because of who we're playing sometimes that we haven't really gotten, like you've been able to dictate the temper of the game, just sort of slowed it down, played at our own pace. It has been, whether like a lot of
00:17:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
smash it out the pitch to that counter attack, that sort
Expectations for Newcastle Game
00:17:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
of stuff. that So maybe this is an opportunity, like you say, that would be interesting to see how it plays out because something's got to give because nobody said there's this ninth home game now, penultimate one of the year.
00:17:44
Richard
Yeah. Yeah.
00:17:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
You don't want to be going into the new year having not won at home.
00:18:00
Richard
No. And I think, look, you know, to be brutally honest, I think we're both feeling relatively positive about it. But if Newcastle do turn up, you know, it's going to be a really, really difficult game. They've got so much power in their team.
00:18:12
Richard
and pace, particularly at the top end of the pitch. Yeah. It's going to be really, really difficult for us to cope with it. And I, and they do have ball playing center halves that can kind of like keep the ball and take the pressure out of it. And obviously Gimmerish is always very good on the ball and stuff as well. so yeah, it's going to be a massive challenge. It will be interesting to see what McKenna does to, to, uh, sort of change things around and stuff and what the personnel sort of looks like. and yeah, you know, the crowd, obviously player part two, because I think there's, there's that sense of,
00:18:41
Richard
we did all expect us to be better at home. We did well we certainly expected us to pick up a couple of wins. I think you know there there has been a couple of games recently, I think, at home where the where the crowd has very quickly lost that you know rejuvenating or or whatever quality to push the team forward quite early in the game. And I think that needs to change a little bit as well. And realistically, the only way it is is if they see a win and and they see a they see as kind of like dominating a game or at least, you know, really going toe to toe with somebody like we were, you know, in the villa in the United games.
Crowd Support Importance
00:19:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I was going to ask you about the crowd because it's something we've raised a couple of times, isn't it? That the point you've just made there and it does work both ways, doesn't it? Obviously naturally it's going to be better like last year when we were playing well and within most games at home. But obviously you you react to what's happening on the pitch, but also needs to go the other way that he said, if there's spells where you're struggling, you need to sort of get over the line. It happens at a lot of clubs. And that's why you look at some of the teams.
00:19:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
down the years that have been ah ah such some of the teams this season, the difference between home and away form. That's because they get that a bit behind them whenever they're struggling. I mean, no, it's a, it goes either way. You think Liverpool fans, Anfield, or some people say that some people say they're terrible. And then you have some games like the full-on one. That's just what this weekend gone where some, I remember it was Marco silver and one of the full-on players who come out and when even it took like a two one up when the crowd turns like that, even two and up with 10 men.
00:20:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah ah crowd turned and it becomes anville becomes a horrible place to play at that point and that's what we've been lacking I think really.
00:20:17
Richard
Yeah.
00:20:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
We haven't had, and I think the Bournemouth game where the equalizer goes in that was just sort of a like, oh it's happened again.
00:20:26
Richard
Yeah, it gets edgy.
00:20:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
It wasn't, yeah, it was, we ah ah we almost took both on the on and off the pitch.
00:20:28
Richard
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:20:32
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It felt like we were sort of waiting to concede again. We we'd rather than like, rather than be like, right, heads up, com this isn't over, we can go up the other end and score again. That was sort of down both the atmosphere in the ground and the sort of mindset on the pitch into drop down and that's what i think weo I think we need to work on because it is the players as well as the fans we don't want to just dig the fans out but that's what it feels like at the moment where're we're going well until it's a boring nil-nil or we go one nil down and then we don't really pick it back up from there and and teams are taking advantage of that because number one thing you have to do as an away team is kill off the home crowd as soon as possible if you want to result and
00:21:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
We tend to kill our own off in the first in the first half of games a lot of the time this season, which doing their job for them, which is something we
Attacking Formations
00:21:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
need to cut out. um Hopefully it starts Saturday. But yeah, we will see.
00:21:24
Richard
Hopefully it does.
00:21:26
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We're having a quick break now from one of us one of our sponsors again. And when we come back, we'll be delving into the attacking aspects of the game.
00:21:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back for the final part of today's Friday preview. So, we've hinted at it a lot already, Rich, haven't we? We know Liam delaps suspended, George Hurst injured.
00:22:06
Richard
o
00:22:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
That leaves a big question mark and a striker position. So, I'm gonna ask you two questions that might well have the same answer as, what would your solution be? And what do you think the the actual solution we're gonna go with is?
00:22:19
Richard
Well, I listened to the crossover episode yesterday with our brilliant colleague from the Daily Newcastle and James, our brilliant colleague from the Daily Ipswich.
Lineup Predictions
00:22:34
Richard
and And I thought they summed it up pretty well, actually, they were talking about the kind of like options that we've got. I mean, it would be interesting if Clarke came in as a former Sunderland man, and it would be interesting if Broadhead came in as a former Sunderland man as well. I think Jack Clarke will come into the team. And I think Schmodick's starts upfront for me, I would play him and I would play a slightly different Yeah. You're going to have to play slightly differently because, Schmolliks doesn't have the running power of, of Liam Delappe. And also, you know, they might potentially have Botman back. They've got Fabian Schur, who's pretty worried. I mean, he doesn't really have a lot of pace, but he's obviously a very good defender and Dan Byrne as well, both physically imposing players and Schmolliks isn't the biggest anyway. So you're going to have to change and adapt if that is the way you go. and try and get runners in behind.
00:23:30
Richard
you know, wide players like Jack Clark and and Hutchinson, maybe, and Schmodick's dropping a bit deeper to play two tens, I suppose, with Chaplin. I'd play Chaplin as well. So that'd be the way I'd go about it. I think you'd want the runners.
00:23:43
Richard
you want to put push Lewis Hall back so Hutchinson's the man for that I think he starts on the right hand side and yeah I'd play Clarke on the left and let's hope he has you know a better game than maybe he showed so far this season but the fact that he's ex-underland might give him a little bit of a boost.
Newcastle's Attacking Options
00:24:00
Richard
What would you do?
00:24:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think I'd go with the same. I think definitely Smodik's up front, because I just don't think Al Hamad is.
00:24:09
Richard
You can't have Al Hamadi, he's just not going to have, no
00:24:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, he's not a starter, is he? I think he's fantastic at...
00:24:13
Richard
No.
00:24:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
You can't fault his work rate, but he just lacks the quality which which you can sort of get away with when you bring him on for 10-15 minutes at times, because you can just sort of run around against tired defenders.
00:24:25
Richard
Yeah.
00:24:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
let the wingers do the actual work on the ball and stuff but you can't get away with that from the start I don't think so I would go Smodix and sort of like we were doing last year really with Hurst, he did drop in a lot and then Chaplin played like the balls we we were seeing him play against walls where he just always ah does does it without looking because he's got runners like on going in behind I think we need to do it that way and sort of the wingers need to be the threat and almost have Smodix, he drops in then he arrives late for a cut back or for a
00:24:54
Richard
yeah
00:24:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
low ball across the box or something like that. I think that's the way to play, but I'd say I agree with Smodix. I agree with Chaplin, definitely. I agree with Amari. My only question mark is whether it's Amari right, Clark left, or is it Amari left and Burns right?
00:25:15
Richard
Yeah.
00:25:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's my question mark about what we see because we know he tends to play better at home and it offers the same sort of threat.
00:25:16
Richard
Hmm.
00:25:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
And admittedly, it's not the best two options to choose from, but he has had a slightly better season than Jack Clark, I think.
Eddie Howe's Influence
00:25:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
So that'd be the only interesting interesting one for me is who that other other winger is.
00:25:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
I would expect it to be Smolix just in front of Chaplin and Amari on one side. It's just who then is on the other one because they're fairly similar players. But I do wonder if that Chaplin-Burns connection might see Burns earn his place in the start on Saturday.
00:25:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then also that Amo what chance was it?
00:25:51
Richard
Yeah.
00:25:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
The lap chance where Chaplin just played that ball near enough about looking and Burns was in behind and got his cross away.
00:26:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think that that connection, I wonder if we'll go with those two and then again for the same reason, try and pin Lewis Hall back, Livermento on the other side and Amari can maybe drift in a bit, because the left one on the left, mainly because it's been Smodix, has tended to come in a bit more central where our right winger stays wide.
00:26:00
Richard
Yeah.
00:26:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
I wonder if that'll be the way we do it, but um'm I'm not sure.
00:26:21
Richard
Maybe. Yeah, maybe. And I think also that gives you the option because they they were talking yesterday on the crossover that Jack Clark had played up front a few times for Sunderland last year or, you know, false nine or whatever.
00:26:32
Richard
That could be an option as well because we know Schmodix isn't playing 90 minutes. He hasn't done really all year. So if you, if you want to change the system and keep that option, then you've maybe got Clark and then you use, you know, broadhead maybe to come on as well at some point in the game, which I'm sure he will be.
00:26:47
Richard
I could see that. I mean, I think Burns, I think he's been, I think he's at the very limit, Wes Burns, to be perfectly honest. And I think, the games do seem to bypass him a little bit and his raw pace that was so effective, you know, in, in the leagues below just isn't that weapon in the premier league, unfortunately. And I think, I think maybe we, maybe we, you know, overplayed that
Match Predictions
00:27:09
Richard
at the start of the season. I, I for one was very confident that he would remain kind of effective and it's, it's unfortunately not quite happened. I think missing two hands AB.
00:27:19
Richard
doesn't help because there's more, you know, solidity behind him and Burns isn't the best with his defensive work, I wouldn't say. and And we're kind of relying on him to be a bit better this year. And so maybe he's having to focus on that a bit as well. But yeah, so I could, I could definitely see that happening. But I think the key for sure is Chaplin because I think he's played very well of late and I think he should definitely be the 10. Has Hutchinson played on the left this year? I can't remember him playing on the left.
00:27:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
he might well have played on the left on Saturday, just gone, actually.
00:27:48
Richard
Oh yes he did didn't he?
00:27:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Was Burt. Yeah, I think so, yeah.
00:27:51
Richard
so maybe maybe yeah mate I mean he's played across the that front three hasn't he just behind the striker so yeah I mean he he is very versatile anyway I'm sure he could do a job it's just what what the preference and where he's most dangerous I suppose.
00:28:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think so, but... We'll talk about the other side of things then, because we've mentioned our attacking options that were hinted at new castles, but He's very, very strong, is it? I know they spoke about the wingers on the crossover in Sunday. The options they've got, you're gonna be you're going to see two of Murphy who's just come straight, come back into form right before he plays us, which is really annoying. And then obviously Gordon and Barnes, we know their quality, but they touched on them yesterday. I want to talk about the man through the middle who also has had a fairly slow start this season and has hit form right before, home as he's coming up to plan against us.
00:28:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
but He's some player, isn't he, alex Alexander Izak?
00:28:46
Richard
He really is, yeah, and he scores great goals, like all sorts of different goals as well. He's brilliant in the air, scores outside the box sometimes, great touch, good finisher. Yeah, he's brilliant. I didn't quite get the fuss about him, to be perfectly honest, when he first came. And then I've seen him play, obviously, a few times. And because I think, you know, his record for, for Socio Dad and even for Sweden was kind of like one in three sort of, you know, strike and not really prolific.
00:29:14
Richard
But I think he has become that much more for for Newcastle and yeah, he's he's clearly a brilliant, brilliant player. And and like I say, he scores all sorts of goals it's effective kind of because of the pace they've got out wide. I mean, Gordon, again, quite another interesting player who I wasn't really that convinced about when they signed in from Everton was a bit like, you know, he hadn't played that much for Everton. Like, you know, how good is this guy? But you actually see him and he's playing with a lot of confidence, always really, really direct.
00:29:43
Richard
I think his finishing maybe can improve a little bit obviously and and the output but yeah he's they're very effective and obviously Harvey Barnes to come off the bench as well is pretty decent too and like you say Murphy I think he's but he's the he's the you know lesser name out of all of those guys but very very effective for them.
00:30:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, definitely. I think that's credit to Eddie Howell, though. Notice you said there that two of the two players they brought in for decent money, which probably wasn't worth a fee at the time, that they're not overly impressed.
00:30:15
Richard
Sorry, my doorbell's going off.
00:30:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, sorry.
00:30:17
Richard
It's alright.
00:30:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
All right. Yeah, so I think that's credit to Eddie Howell, because they're not world beaters when they come through the door. But they get like Gordon had about three goals ever in a 50-60 game.
00:30:27
Richard
No.
00:30:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
They completely made that up. But his goal tally wasn't good at all. but Now you look at him here, you obviously ease out. Like you said, you didn't, there wasn't, it didn't justify the price tag at a time, but now it looks like a bit of a steal because they're going to get more than that.
00:30:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
If they sell him in the summer, which there's a lot of clubs swirling for him that, and the longer they stay in 12th and round that area, the less chance I've got to keep an hold of him.
00:30:47
Richard
Yep.
00:30:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
that So we talk about the same thing with us really, that every McKenna gets to pray to taking the same squad of players up to divisions and looking all right. Let's say Eddie, how? he he signs he He doesn't sign players for the level Newcastle want to be.
00:31:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
He develops them to that level, which I think is a really good quality to have in the manager and something I think goes under the radar with him a lot of the time.
00:31:08
Richard
Yep, absolutely.
00:31:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I've just given him loads of praise, but hopefully we all hope he loses this week. So with that in mind, wrap up today's show.
00:31:21
Richard
Well, absolutely.
00:31:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
What's your score prediction?
00:31:25
Richard
Quick prediction. Well, I am... I don't know why I'm confident because they've got brilliant players, but I'm confident. I'm going to go for a 2-1 win.
00:31:38
Richard
Get that monkey off our back.
00:31:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's exactly what I was going to say.
00:31:43
Richard
2-1.
00:31:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's pretty near enough word to word that I'm confident. I don't know why 2-1. I know we're not keeping a clean sheet. I know that much though.
00:31:51
Richard
No, we're not keeping a clean sheet, no way.
00:31:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I'm trying to say, I don't know, if but I was so nearly right last weekend but when I was being negative, I said that I wanted a big, a big stand up performance and a win.
00:31:55
Richard
we we
00:32:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then I went, but I reckon there'll be a terrible 1-1 draw. And then I was right until the last kick of the game.
00:32:05
Richard
What we need is like, yeah, what we what what we need here is Sam Morsley.
00:32:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
And thankfully I was wrong.
00:32:12
Richard
He's on the cusp of the suspension himself, isn't he?
00:32:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, he's one one away.
00:32:16
Richard
Perhaps he'll fancy that, yeah, he's one away. He'll get it this weekend. I'll pretty much guarantee that playing against Gimmarish and Well, Tenali is not that dirty, but Gimmarish definitely is.
00:32:27
Richard
What we need is Bruno to swing an elbow or something and for actually to be caught for once, because I've seen him in games where it's just like, how are you still on the pitch?
00:32:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:32:35
Richard
You should have been sent off. and So, yeah.
00:32:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, even last weekend, say last weekend, he did a horrendous dive, he somehow got away with, and then
00:32:40
Richard
it
00:32:43
Richard
Yeah, I know.
00:32:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
caught someone in the back of the head 30 seconds later for a book. And that could have easily been combined for a red card. And he ends up scoring later in the game. So you never know.
00:32:50
Richard
Yeah, I know. he's he's I think if he's on your team, you love him. And if he's not, you kind of detest him a little bit. and But yeah, we'll see. But yeah, 2-1, all right. So who are you thinking where the goal is coming from, Rob?
00:33:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm still banking on ah ah some of the smodics, really. look We've sort of got this whole way through. We don't even know if he's 100% available, do we? Because he wasn't it wasn't last weekend, and I haven't heard much about it either way, really.
00:33:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Obviously, we haven't got the luxury of press conferences at the time of recording, which I would assume a journalist would ask that question, and we'd get a yes or no answer. but we We haven't got to that point in time yet, unfortunately.
00:33:27
Richard
yeah
00:33:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I think Schmodix would get one. and thought I think Chaplin again, he's in a really good is he in a good moment. It wasn't his goal on Saturday, but he caused the error because he he hit good enough it if had five players to work that shot through, and he caused enough of a problem that it ended up in the back of the net.
00:33:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, small dicks and Chaplin won each other. yeah
00:33:47
Richard
Yeah.
00:33:51
Richard
Yeah, nice. I can see that. Could I even be rogue and throw Jack Clark in there? Yeah, maybe Clark will get his first goal.
00:34:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's going to be up for it, isn't he? Like we said, you hope he is anyway.
00:34:03
Richard
I think he is. I think he is, yeah.
00:34:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
He wasn't just in passing at Sunderland either, he was there for it. He technically had three different spells there when he was on loan about two or three times and then went permanently.
00:34:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
So he's had a long time at Sunderland.
00:34:17
Richard
Yeah.
00:34:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
They played each other in the Cup last year as well, didn't they? Was it last year or the year before Newcastle and Sunderland? So he's had a taste of the Derby, I'll show you when he was fit. I haven't actually fact-checked that.
00:34:27
Richard
Yeah.
00:34:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
So he'll be up for it and hopefully we we see a performance or in whether that's from the start or off the bench but potentially against our better judgment we're confident and fingers crossed we'll be sat next time we see you which is Monday's episode we will be reflecting on the first home victory of the season we'll keep our fingers crossed that's it for today's episode though thank you for joining me Richard like I say we'll be back Monday and until then fingers crossed we see a home victory
00:34:33
Richard
Yeah, absolutely.
00:34:39
Richard
We are.
00:34:46
Richard
Fingers crossed mate. Yeah. Cheers mate.
00:35:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Goodbye for now.