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Newcastle United Vs Manchester City: Can Newcastle Shock Guardiola's Giants?
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Can Newcastle United stun Pep Guardiola's Manchester City? Iain Mackay and Joanne Ayres dissect the matchup, explore where Newcastle fell short before the break, and discuss the on-pitch changes needed to make an upset more than just wishful thinking.
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Podcast Introduction and Hosts
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Global Sports Podcast Network
even more of them i just want
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and that's the drama o three twenty twenty four Hello and welcome to the Daily Newcastle.
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Jo
Hello. hello
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My name's Ian McKay. I'm the host today ah to preview the Newcastle versus Manchester City League match on Saturday tea time. I'm joined by somebody who is very regularly missing in action these days.
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In fact, I barely recognize her. It's Joanne. How are you, Joanne?
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Jo
I'm good. It has been a while since I've done one with you and I don't think I've ever done one with Kev yet this season. So he's definitely more MIA.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
He is.
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Jo
But yeah, think I think when I've been doing them, if I'm honest, it seems to me and Nick. or Obviously, I did that special with Joe from Newcastle Fans TV recently. But I appreciate having done as many as you.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes. Very... yeah Very good, the warm-up
Newcastle Women's Team and Upcoming Match-up
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about the girls. And, of course, you were rewarded with a 3-1 victory, which was excellent.
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Jo
Enjoyed it.
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Jo
We were indeed. It was a great game. Well, especially the second half anyway.
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m Yeah, it was a great last half hour, I think, is what you mean.
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Jo
Pretty much, yeah
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Anyway, we're not here to talk about the heady heights of fourth place in Division 2 for the ladies, which is good.
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Jo
yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um That's a promotion challenge, that is.
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Jo
Nope. It is? it is
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Global Sports Podcast Network
We're not talking about that. We're talking about faltering faltering Champions League qualification challenge coming from Newcastle who can't buy a shot even playing away from home. But they're playing at home against Manchester City on a night-time match on Saturday tea time, which is a slot I really do enjoy them playing in.
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Have a good record at St James' at that.
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Jo
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
But we we do we have any idea between us? which Newcastle will turn up and how they're going to play.
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Jo
these
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It's amazing, really, isn't it? How are you feeling about this game after the international break?
Player Performance Expectations
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Jo
Do you know how many people have probably asked me this? it's And I'm probably just going to give the same answer is and we're playing at home. So that's how I'm feeling about it. So we've got the benefit of that and not our awful away form.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Jo
But um look, I do expect them to turn up. It's one of the bigger teams. It's at home. So, yes, I do see it being a great game. um If we can get a result from it, excellent, because City are kind of getting back to...
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Jo
City's best aren't they really now so um not overly sad to see because I've got no real hatred towards City of any of the teams I suppose but um look we'll have to take it as it comes I suppose but yeah I do expect us to absolutely turn up I expect a great game one way or another just let's hope that we don't end up on the receiving end of something bad the same time
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, we
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and died today joey well we have we' go on temp fa yeah and i we do have quite a good record when it comes to keeping the ugliest woman in on the planet, Erling Haaland, quiet.
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Jo
but
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Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Sorry. Sorry to all the women out there. Erling Haaland is not a woman, but he is ugly.
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Jo
No. Mm-hmm.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um We do have a good record when it comes to keeping him quiet, and I'm thinking of Bottman and Chow.
Injury Updates and Player Availability
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That's an even stronger back pair to keep him quiet, is it not?
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um Because he... I mean, City aren't a one-man team. Of course they're not. But... Haaland has scored sort of two-thirds of their goals this year wil more. I think that's a key battle.
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Jo
Yep.
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Jo
Yep.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um But look, we will talk about tactics later in the pod um and who the danger men are. Haaland is one of them.
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um Eddie Howe was able to update local journalists on Tuesday night about some of the injury situation.
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which I think will help us pick our team when we go through this.
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Jo
Yep.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Gordon is touch and go, apparently, after he'd hurt his hip, didn't he, when he came off and very early in that in the last game. and Sandra Tonali's fine.
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Nick Pope has passed all of his concussion protocols. However, he hasn't trained very much because of the concussion protocols. Interesting one. Wisser is starting to up his training, so he's miles off by the sound of it.
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Jo
not happening yet.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
And he says that Tino and Lewis Hall are being nursed back to fitness. But he did comment that Lewis Hall had had two good turnouts for the yeah England under-21s, which is key, really, in terms of us wondering who's going to play for Newcastle, because one person who won't be playing for Newcastle is... um Big bad Dan Byrne, who was sent off, of course, in the last game.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
How harsh was that? He got away with the one he should have got sent off for and got sent off something that wasn't even a foul.
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Jo
True. It was coming.
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But there you go. I suppose it's just as was deemed to be done in the end.
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Jo
yes Currently. Yep.
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And that that big bad Dan's got to sit out this game on a on Saturday. um What are your thoughts on what
Goalkeeping and Defensive Strategies
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Eddie came up with? Who do you think is really available? do you think Gordon's going to be fit?
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Jo
I know sometimes you wonder, don't you, when they're just kind of blowing smoke a bit and not really telling the truth, which I don't mind, by the way.
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Thank you.
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Jo
I've always said this, that we don't need know everything. So if we know it, the opposition knows it as well. So I'm more than happy to be kept in the dark with a lot of things. I'll be honest. I know some fans want to know the far ends of the earth, um but personally, I don't actually mind.
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Jo
I think too much stuff gets out. um I'd love to see Hall start. I think Hall needs to start because I'll be honest, if Hall doesn't start and Burn isn't there, not that he's been overly immense at left back in particular, but um then who are we playing there anyway?
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Jo
I don't expect to see Tino, I've got to be honest, from what I've heard or what I've read, aside from what you've just obviously said there, I just didn't see Tino being like starting for sure.
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No.
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Jo
um The Gordon situation again, it's it's just it's a tough one, isn't it? But Gordon himself hasn't been amazing, you know what i mean? So it's not like
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no
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Jo
it's It's strange to say, it considering he is technically one of our best players, but the form he's in, he's not exactly in the best of forms. So in terms of having someone else starting there, Barnes realistically, I'm not overly sad about that.
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Jo
And I've got a touch on the Pope situation. I personally would start Ramsdale anyway, but that's just my opinion on that side of things. And I'm not slating Pope or anything, by the not saying he's overly done anything wrong.
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Yeah, well,
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Jo
um But neither is Ramsdale either.
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but we can we can get it we can into pick we can get into picking the team now and do something else in part two, I'm sure.
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Jo
you True. Yeah, yeah, because I'm starting rumble through Mm-hmm.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
So i would ah I would agree with you. I would say Ramsdale is due a start. I mean, he is my...
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Jo
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um I think Ramsdale is the second best English goalkeeper in the country. um And I think he'll be more likely to go to the World Cup than Nick Pope will.
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Jo
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Because around about now, I think he'll win the number one slot for Newcastle and he'll keep it for the rest of the season. Now, I don't know why i haven't been to have my palm read or look into a crystal ball or anything.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I just think he's looked so assured. in the And I have been present at both games that he played in the Carabao.
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Jo
who
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so And he just looks excellent. He looks very, very good.
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Jo
isn
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um And if Pope is feeling a little bit nervous having been crocked in the last one and he hasn't done any training,
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Jo
here
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I think he's Eddie Howe's got a great excuse to to play Ramsdale. And, it you know, I see Ramsdale doing a match-winning performance to keep a clean sheet when Newcastle have managed to scrape a goal at the other end.
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Jo
Absolutely.
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That's what would keep him in for a long run. And then the games come thick and fast.
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Jo
Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
It's very hard to change anybody out. So I would go Ramsdale as well. At the back, I think Hall's got to start when there's no burn. He's had two good run-outs when everybody else has been off.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
for the international break. So he must be fit enough to do that. um I don't think Livermenta will start. I think he'll be on the bench and we might see him later on. But it'll be Trippier right back.
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Centre half, I'm going Bottmann-Ciao.
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Jo
Yeah, I guess.
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I don't think they did anything much wrong.
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Jo
I would also take Cher and Chow personally, but I like how they play well together.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Would you?
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Jo
I know they're both right-footed. um just i like I loved seeing them a last game. They play so well together. They're very similar, but it works well because sometimes similar players don't work well together, but um just the kind of calmness on the ball, the the passes they can pick out.
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I
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Jo
I like seeing the two of them, so i wouldn't be sad to see them too. However, I do think it will be Botman and Chow personally.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
think because we're at home, it will definitely be 4-3-3 though. I don't think we'll go 5.
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Jo
Isn't it usually that? So yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
No. um So what about the midfielder?
Midfield Dynamics and Pressing Strategy
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, I think there's got to be... weve could ah We've got to change it up. Eddie's got to change it up ah in order to...
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Jo
he has to.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um I'd love to see us rediscover... some of the intensity that has always been our identity. um I don't want to sitting off and playing this holding game that we did against Wolves or against Fulham.
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I want to go at them.
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Jo
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
but That means we need a centre forward. um Is that, is that Valtemada?
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Jo
Look, he never has been centre forward as such that we've needed. But, don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the guy. He's exactly what we need in the team.
00:09:42
Jo
However, he's not our natural number nine, is he? He's not someone who's going to cut him behind. He's more of a playmaker type of thing, isn't he? look, ah to me, we don't have our striker back.
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Jo
We need Vista. It's as simple as that.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um need to do a few more troubles
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Jo
um We don't have him. It's tough, right? We need to get over that. So, Valtteri has to be...
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he to find another driver for his expanding courier business
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Jo
Has to be up front, really. I mean, there's come on, we can't put anyone else there, surely.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
so one will really help to like I don't know I still would love to see him play as a number 10 one of the three in midfield with Bruno Osula Osula's fit Osula's looked pretty good
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Jo
I would love him to, but who are you playing as the Ninewell versus Kill Out, though?
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Sula will certainly lead the press that we need.
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Jo
Hmm. Hmm.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
If we've got Gordon or Barnes on the left, Murphy or Olanga, probably Murphy, on the right. de This is...
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Jo
If we're going to play the press, we need to play Murphy. It's as simple as that. Langet is not working with the press right now, so it has to be Murphy.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
So, yeah, but I mean, and that's that's how I would change it. I would try and get back to the intensity, but I don't think that's what Harry wants to do. I think he's trying to get him more of a controlled game. I think what he'll do is hope that...
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Global Sports Podcast Network
having Hall on the left, pushing Barnes further up the field or Gordon further up the field will mean that you can get runners beyond Volta Marder.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, and, and that'll be where we'll get uh, the width and the attack. and Asula will miss out, but I i think, I don't think we're using Asula the way we ought to use Asula.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
So that would be my team, Joanne. I'd have, um, I probably would have Tonali and Bruno playing. Would I put Valtemada in?
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Jo
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll leave Valtemada at centre-half, but I'm not sure. This is the wrong game to leave Joe Linton out, because I think we need his fiery spirit.
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Jo
You think?
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Jo
I don't know. I'm so torn on him. look we We discussed it before the pod started. We love Joel. We'll always love Joel. But this season has been no more than a brute and a liability, in my honest opinion.
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you.
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Jo
And I've just got to be honest about it. I think a lot of people are going to agree. Some people won't because not everyone agrees with everyone. um
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The report was scathing about toxic and It to
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Jo
But come on, I think this season in particular, there hasn't been much output from him, really, other than causing absolute chaos, which he loves to do. He's great at it, don't get us wrong. But can this be a game where we can afford to have someone potentially causing issues?
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<unk> to children io criticisms within the eu up end the report was scathing about the toxic and chaos from within the u k
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Jo
Not getting sent off in particular, but getting booked. 100% getting booked. It's like a nailed on bet, that one. um
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i
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Jo
I don't know. I just think we need a bit more in midfield than his brutish presence.
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um states and i was how you said do manyic com
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Jo
But that's just my opinion. So, yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
It's hard as well because, again, he didn't go away on the international break. So he's been training all the last week with the rest of the boys, which I think is a good sign for to get into the team. Ramsey.
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Jo
Fitness wise, you should be right there. Yeah. Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Ramsey is is trained as well. um and I do like him. We've seen a lot from him.
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Jo
I do.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
What I have seen has looked quite sharp.
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Jo
Mm hmm.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
but don't know if he's got the bite in midfield that we need against Manchester City. um
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Jo
Miley not be a good shirt.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Can't rely on... can't We can't... rely on Tonali. ah But Miley, yeah, it might be Miley alongside.
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Jo
No.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I wouldn't mind Miley playing at at the six and letting Tonali and Bruno come into Interfield.
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Jo
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
they That should give them a ah boost in running beyond Valtimada.
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Jo
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
It's ah exciting stuff.
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Jo
They both like getting forward, so yeah.
00:13:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
We might have a bit of an update on tomorrow's pod because, of course, Eddie Howe will give his press conference in the morning. So we should get a little bit more guidance on who is and isn't available.
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Jo
True.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um where we are this far off and how chaotic. When it hasn't worked the last two times, you want to change it.
00:13:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah There's too many alternatives for us to be close to picking the right team, I think. Lewis Hall will play left back. Aaron Ramsdale will play in goal. And both of those steps will improve us no end.
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Jo
Yep.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Good. Let's have an advert. Take it away, Ken.
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Jo
That's cool.
00:13:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
wondering if you're going to start your cast for this. Across the walk of your wheelchair. Are you just hit radio?
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Yeah, I should have been ready for that because it gets Michael every time, doesn't it?
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Jo
He's talking, doesn't he?
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m ah Excuse me.
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Newcastle's tactics. They were always gung-ho. Gung-ho? No. Intense. High press. Run faster, run harder than everybody else in the league.
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Jo
Yep.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, I've seen that we have made, I'm sure I saw this stat sometime during the international break, that we have pressed more times
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Jo
Yep.
00:15:03
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in the opponent's final third than any other team in the Premier League. And we have won the ball back in the opponent's final third less than any other team in the Premier League, which to me indicates that our press is not as effective as we would like it to be.
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um so is sort a sign that...
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Jo
Nope. Yeah.
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ah
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that we've forgotten how to do that or that we're not doing it as intensely as we used to because how wants to protect the guys physically um to not end up with a load of injuries and if that's the case is that working can we afford to do that I would have said i would have said it's not clearly not working certainly not away from home and certainly on some of the games at home we haven't hadn't haven't looked like blowing anybody away like we did
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Jo
yeah
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Jo
Yeah.
00:16:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
several times last year. remember being four up against um in the Forest, four up against Crystal Palace in at halftime just last year.
00:16:11
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um We've never looked like doing that against Goulds or Fulham. um I don't suppose we'd be doing that against City anyway, but I think we need that intensity all the way through the game to give them a decent game.
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Jo
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um How do we do that then? I mean, i mean how what are the changes that we can do to bring that back,
Team Challenges and Fullback Changes
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given the squad that we have at the moment?
00:16:33
Jo
Well,
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ah it'd be It'd be much more straightforward when Wiss is fit and we've got somebody that's pushing pushing up um and leading the press.
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Jo
it will.
00:16:43
Jo
Well, that's the expectation. yeah um There's almost a lot riding on Visser, isn't there, really, when he's coming back? Because everyone's counting on everything changing when literally one player comes back.
00:16:55
Jo
um When to me, I think there seems to be a problem throughout the team. We don't seem to have a grip on games, in my opinion, um whether we're pressing or not. There's a lot of sloppy passing.
00:17:06
Jo
The team sometimes just look completely disjointed. um That's mainly away from home, I get it. But even if we want to break down some of home games, as much as we've had the results, I think to me it's almost papering over the cracks this season. I don't know what the answer is.
00:17:20
Jo
I don't get paid know what the answer is either. You know what i mean? so we can sit here and have our opinions, which is exactly what we're going to do. and But when me and Nick did a pod Michael and Michael asked us questions, I think you and him also kind of discussed as well about, do we think it's got something to do with injuries? I said, no, I don't think we can blame the injuries. Not this season. They haven't been anywhere near as bad as previous seasons. um Was it the attitude? Me and Nick kind of picked that one out as being the predominant thing. and I'm not saying the players have got a bad attitude, by the way. I'm just thinking, is there confidence issues? Why is there confidence issues? What's kind of rippling through? How are they going to fix it?
00:17:59
Jo
I don't know. But as a team, they need to come back together. They always talk about being united. They talk about being like a band of brothers. um We need to kind of see that attitude on the pitch now because it's almost like when...
00:18:06
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Yeah.
00:18:10
Jo
you see it in training, you see the happy smiling, they look like they're happy, they look like they're getting on. And I'm not saying they're not, by the way. It's just when they get on the pitch, it's almost like you see a whole different bunch of people, not just players.
00:18:21
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it strike time it's greatest did it treat
00:18:22
Jo
like they just They don't look like they can communicate with each other sometimes. and I just think it looks really concerned, I'll be honest, because of what we know about our team and how we view our team, there's there's something wrong.
00:18:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
six hundred and fifty thousand po percent yeah I don't know if it's if it's a loss of form by one or two players because Bruno hasn't been good in the last month, really.
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Jo
You know what I mean?
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Jo
No.
00:18:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's set the bar very high, but I think he's been off it in terms of having the ball taken off him and or or falling over and not getting the fouls that he always used to.
00:18:45
Jo
Yeah.
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Jo
Yeah.
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Jo
Yeah.
00:18:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
i don't know. i mean, if the if the referees have rumbled him, then he's got to change, hasn't he? you can't just keep doing it.
00:18:59
Jo
Yeah,
00:19:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I do think that... I do think that the change in the fullbacks has had an effect. i think when I think when Dan Byrne, bless him, is at left back, whoever's on the left wing has always got half an eye to see whether they need to chase back and cover him.
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Jo
of course.
00:19:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Whereas when when Lewis Hall is there, everyone's forward thinking, and that makes a big difference in terms of moving up the pitch quickly. So maybe with Hall and the team, we'll see a little bit more of it.
00:19:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, when he came on, what was that last game I was at when he came on for the last 15 minutes? And it suddenly looked like he was in a different league to everybody else when he came on at left back. um Was that the Tottenham game?
00:19:51
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Did he come on for the last 15 minutes at Tottenham?
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Jo
Yeah, was, wasn't it?
00:19:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
can't remember.
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Jo
I don't know.
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can't remember. When he kept first came back on, he was wonderful.
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Jo
I don't
00:20:00
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Going on wild dribbles.
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Jo
i know.
00:20:03
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knocking it out wide for Barnes.
00:20:05
Jo
We desperately need him back properly, yeah.
00:20:08
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Yeah, I think that will make a difference. So, yes, more intensity, please, boys.
00:20:11
Jo
Oh, God, yeah. Beautiful.
00:20:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
And
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and I'm not really sure that and not sure that City are quite as formidable in midfield as they were in previous years when
Analysis of Manchester City's Key Players
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Rodri was on it.
00:20:26
Jo
no
00:20:27
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mean, they're a great team. But Rodri is almost like the Pied Piper, isn't he, in the way that he could conduct the game. However many...
00:20:35
Jo
I think they know that as well to a degree, don't they? They've acknowledged it as well, to be fair, like when he's been missing.
00:20:37
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Well, there were so many games that they hadn't lost in when Rodri had played. So that when he's not playing, that must give a little bit of a...
00:20:43
Jo
Yep.
00:20:48
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It must put a doubt in their mind and a little bit of a leg up to the team that they're playing. and
00:20:52
Jo
Yep.
00:20:53
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Right. Here's the bin dipper, Jesse, to tell you how wonderful Zancastra is.
00:20:59
Jo
Bye.
00:21:34
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It's so harsh, isn't it, to call lovely Jesse a bin dipper just because he's in Liverpool. He might be a magistrate or a judge or something like that. I mean, they've got to live in Liverpool to be able to attend all of the courts there, haven't they?
00:21:47
Jo
And to be fair, he's not actually from Liverpool anyway, so as you can tell from his accent.
00:21:50
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No. Yes, yes.
00:21:53
Jo
surface
00:21:54
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He's right about Zencast, though.
00:21:56
Jo
And cast her. I'm sorry.
00:21:57
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What a fabulous application that is. and
00:22:00
Jo
nothing
00:22:01
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Right. You're on the way out. That's not a health diagnosis or anything, Joanne. I know you're rushing away.
00:22:07
Jo
No, I'm very healthy right now. Yeah.
00:22:09
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So am i um So let's skip straight through to...
00:22:09
Jo
thank you
00:22:13
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um We know if we can keep Harlan quiet and and kick Foden up in the air a few times...
00:22:19
Jo
Yeah.
00:22:23
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then that should defuse a lot of the threat that City have.
00:22:23
Jo
Hmm.
00:22:26
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It's a shame that the the last time we beat City, which was in the Caramelo Cup, that it was Calvin Phillips who was in midfield for them.
00:22:27
Jo
Yep.
00:22:34
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We're not going to face that,
Match Predictions and Final Thoughts
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unfortunately. um But how do you think the game's going to go? What sort of score of it are we going to predict?
00:22:44
Jo
You know, this is my heart overhead always because I just can't ever predict us to lose. So going to go for a 2-2 draw.
00:22:54
Jo
Yeah.
00:22:56
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All right. Nice. Well, i did I did sit through with that wonderful 3-3 draw that they had when we went 3-1 ahead.
00:23:00
Jo
So it's going be ex exciting on both sides. And yeah.
00:23:08
Jo
Yep.
00:23:08
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Was that Kieran Trippius over the wall free kick? What a shot that was. and So you're going for a draw. Interesting stuff.
00:23:17
Jo
No,
00:23:17
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Interesting stuff. I think I'm going to be even more bullish than you. I'm not going for 3-1.
00:23:23
Jo
you're not.
00:23:25
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No, I'm not. I'm going to go for what i hinted at in part one, that we'll score because we're at home and we we took the lead against Arsenal somehow. Nobody scores against Arsenal, but we did and we led for a long time.
00:23:41
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um But because it'll be Ramsdale and goal and not Pope, I think he'll be man of the match and we'll win 1-0.
00:23:47
Jo
I love that.
00:23:47
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How's about that?
00:23:49
Jo
I love that.
00:23:50
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Let's have another header from Volta Mata. Why not?
00:23:53
Jo
However, to cope with a I'm going to drink a lot of rum. I'm just saying right now. Oh,
00:24:00
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better take a blindfold as well, Joanne, I think.
00:24:02
Jo
dear God. It's going to be stressful. Yeah.
00:24:05
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Yeah, so um that would be good.
00:24:06
Jo
We do.
00:24:08
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with but The thing is, we really do need a good result, though, don't we, in the Premier League?
00:24:11
Jo
We do. Yes, Brooke.
00:24:12
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mean, we've got 12 points from 11 games.
00:24:13
Jo
e
00:24:15
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um And, you know, it's doable because... There's still only 11 games being played, so we've still got, what's that, 27 matches left to play. There's there's plenty of games to to win some points, but we need to go on a big run and we can't keep losing points.
00:24:25
Jo
Yeah.
00:24:30
Jo
We do.
00:24:33
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to We're two points above the... I'm going to whisper this. We're two points above the relegation zone. I know we're sixth in the Champions League.
00:24:41
Jo
We're in a relegation battle. we'll Just saying.
00:24:44
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We're sixth in the Champions League table.
00:24:45
Jo
We're flying in the Champions League in a relegation battle in the league. I mean, you cannot write that stuff.
00:24:49
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Oh,
00:24:49
Jo
Actually, no, you can. Stop lying when you castle. You can absolutely write write that.
00:24:53
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Yeah, well, i think I think Tottenham showed just how far you can go in Europe last year and how far you can plummet down the Premier League in the same season.
00:24:54
Jo
It's exactly what happens to us.
00:25:03
Jo
Yep, exactly.
00:25:04
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and But we're not going to have a season like that. We're not. We're not.
00:25:08
Jo
no.
00:25:08
Jo
Yeah.
00:25:08
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No, and we're going to have Hall and Liveramento on the pitch by the end of this game.
00:25:14
Jo
okay
00:25:14
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Chow and Bottman or Shark. combination of those three of them will will be keeping ah will be will'll be protecting Aaron Ramsdale, who will be in a fine form.
00:25:25
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And I think we'll win. I don't really think we'll win, but I hope we win.
00:25:30
Jo
Don't say that you gotta back yourself up. what
00:25:33
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i Well, you know, yeah, let's go for it. 1-0.
00:25:37
Jo
Go for it man.
00:25:37
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Anyway, Joanne, look, let's ah let's draw a veil over our wild dreams of a home win. Um... And, yeah, I think there's a podcast coming tomorrow. we're not sure who else is on it with me. It might be a solo one, but at least I'll update you with what Eddie says um in his in his
00:25:57
Jo
Press conference.
00:25:58
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pre-match press conference. I might change my prediction by then once I've had a chance to look at this back. No, I won't.
00:26:04
Jo
Don't you?
00:26:05
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I won't. It'll be 3-0. No, can't do that. um
00:26:08
Jo
You're going to go back to 3-1, aren't you?
00:26:10
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Yeah, probably. Yeah. Thank you very much, everyone, for listening. I've been Ian McKay. I was joined by lovely Joanne Ayres, who's at the game.
00:26:17
Jo
you.
00:26:19
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um I shall be watching it on the telly, unfortunately. And um if you've enjoyed it, please like and subscribe. Get to see everything then.
00:26:30
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um I'll leave that to your imagination. See you soon.
00:26:35
Jo
Bye.
00:26:48
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I'm going find mental answers somewhere in the bottom.