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Episode 267: THE TRANSFER WINDOW SLAMS SHUT!
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Southampton – It was a chaotically late night! But we saw the transfer window through, with a few outs,and the in we were all waiting for!
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Transfer Window Excitement and Stress
00:00:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome back to the Daily Southampton, part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. My name is Greg Elliott and I was always today joined by my good friend, wonderful co-host, Zach Ingo Finch, in the middle of the night, at the end of deadline day.
00:00:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
you doing, mate? You hanging on in there?
00:00:30
Zak
what our listeners can't see, I'm waving to the camera because, yeah, I'm struggle-busting, man. I don't know why. Usually 20 past 10, I'm not like an early to bed kind of guy, but I just ah had a cracking headache today. maybe Maybe it's just the stress of consistently watching pages refresh because I've been like,
00:00:50
Zak
fully, fully invested, obviously in our transfer window, but just as I've been texting you nonstop, just that this has been a really crazy window at a really crazy last day to the window for the first time in like a long time.
00:01:04
Zak
There's been a couple of windows in recent years where I'm just, eh, but this, this window has just been mad.
00:01:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's
00:01:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's been a proper old school one, right? Like... I wasn't watching Sky Sports all day because I couldn't deal with the constant EZAC news. But I wouldn't be surprised if on social media tomorrow if someone's popped up with a dildo behind their head because that's ah ah like it really gets that throwback vibes.
00:01:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
like It's just been wild. Coming in from left field, it's been great.
00:01:34
Zak
Oh, mate. That is the energy of a late night recording, if I've ever heard one, where all of your filter just goes completely out of the window in first five minutes. so
00:01:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
whatsoever. It never existed in the first
Premier League Transfer Highlights
00:01:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
place, but it has.................................
00:01:49
Zak
but But yeah, no, it's been crazy. And Arnu's thankfully finally been, being you know... been confirmed that after some crazy sort of across the Premier League and and like Liverpool spending what feels like a trillion dollars and Mark Gahey not being released and Palace fans celebrating, but also he's got a year left in his contract, so he's going to go for nothing, but they keep him for a season.
00:02:16
Zak
And then the guy who was supposed to replace him at Palace has gone to West Ham. just absolute insanity. And like, Manchester United brought a keeper at the last minute for like 18.5 million from Belgium after selling Anthony for 25.
00:02:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:33
Zak
God, that it's just, it's just been so weird. Like the last couple of days. And then, and then there was a random update the middle of the day, Greg, it was just like, just to let you know, Raheem Sterling isn't moving. And it's like, man, I haven't thought about Raheem Sterling in the last five years. Like,
00:02:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was getting all the random updates and like, Zinchenko's off to Forest and then like...
00:02:53
Zak
G7 is weird, but for me, I guess it's better than like sitting on the bench Arsenal when they've got European football.
00:02:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:58
Zak
so
00:02:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sancho's off to Villa for a season. look what crazy...
00:03:03
Zak
Harvey Elliott to Villa 2.
00:03:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:05
Zak
Yeah, it's been just been so weird.
00:03:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's crazy too.
00:03:08
Zak
But obviously, Greg, we're not a generic Premier League and Championship podcast. We are a Southampton podcast, you know?
00:03:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:03:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's been a busy old day for us too, mate. Like, we were back and forth in with Saints news just about all of the day.
00:03:24
Zak
it's It's been difficult to keep up with considering not really a huge amount has actually happened. And I say that, what i mean is a lot's happened, but a lot of things that we kind of already knew about.
00:03:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:03:35
Zak
obviously, as is tradition, Greg, we start with outgoings, right?
00:03:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah absolutely.
00:03:39
Zak
Do we want to start the beginning of the day outgoings?
00:03:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, chronologically makes sense. Yeah.
00:03:45
Zak
Okay, so so chronologically, yesterday, was it yesterday? oh my Lord, it was yesterday. we it was confirmed that a professional football player, ah Brereton, I joke, like, to be clear, he he gets paid to play football professionally.
00:04:04
Zak
I can barely kick a ball. Like, I make these jokes, though, being fully aware that Ben Brereton is a much better football player than me. I don't know why I felt the need to currently stipulate it.
00:04:15
Zak
I feel like it's when I talk about Alex McCarthy being like ancient and he's like my age.
00:04:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
o oes just I just don't know how true that is, mate. I've seen Ben Brown and Giles play football. I don't know.
00:04:24
Zak
Right. By the way, Ben Perrotton-Diaz is on season-long loan, as I alluded to earlier, at Derby County. Our head of our network is a Derby County fan, one of the heads of our network, and he messaged us in our little chat being like, hey, how's Ben Perrotton-Diaz as a footballer nowadays?
00:04:43
Zak
And I tried to give some redemption that maybe you just needed the right club. Greg was just like, terrible. And that was where we ended of conversation.
00:04:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, see ah think I said that he did score that one brilliant goal that one time two years ago when we went and watched Open train him.
00:04:59
Zak
Yeah, you're right. And how many times are we going to live off of that one part, one of him scoring a goal at Open Training, mate?
00:05:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:05:08
Zak
that
00:05:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, if it was honest review.
00:05:09
Zak
so So, yeah, Ben Brereton-Diaz out on a season-long loan.
Southampton's Busy Transfer Day
00:05:16
Zak
And then we had an announcement this morning.
00:05:21
Zak
Too much the upset of some of the Saints faithful. Striker Don Ballard has completed a permanent move to Leighton Orient. So I feel like it just never worked out the big leagues for him.
00:05:34
Zak
And don't really know why, because I don't think he really got a proper chance. But clearly, multiple managers have decided that his level is not the level we're at.
00:05:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, look, he banged goals in for fun in the youth setup, and then he had loan spell that wasn't particularly successful, and then he came back, and he went out on loan again, and then he got injured, which which was...
00:05:57
Zak
Yeah, just just one of these things that's not worked out.
00:05:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
it was And it was it was quite like a long, to like it almost like see a season-long injury yeah at completely the wrong time, ah think, when if if he was likely to sort of bulk up physically and kick on, that might have been that time. And yeah, just kind of is what is. I think that there's you know' still obviously a good goal-scoring player in there, but
00:06:21
Zak
Yeah.
00:06:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, he'll either find his feet in the lower leagues and work his way back through or, ah you know, he'll find his level and rest at it. and But, you know, I saw lots of people saying, oh, he just never got a chance here and never got caught in the first team.
00:06:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
But also on his loan spells away in League One, he didn't score goals there either. So, you know, how much of a chance can you push through?
00:06:42
Zak
Yeah, it's it's it's just one of those things, right? Like, I wouldn't be surprised if potentially in the future we do see him, like like these other players we've we've talked about before, that i've I often bring up where... yeah You know, we we notice these kind of players that are ex-Saints players in amongst the championship teams. And some of them have moved up. And, you know, there are ones that we kind of hoped would work out better and haven't. And people that look like they're fantastic prospects. And so, yeah, it's a, you know, as they put out, like being at the club since eight years old, big deal. I have some friends that are Orient the or fans. i I think they're quite happy with the signing.
00:07:20
Zak
Hopefully goes on to, you know, get some goals and revitalise his career, you know?
00:07:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
like
00:07:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely, and I think he will do well there, and I wish him all the best, genuinely. It is a shame that it didn't work out, but it's... It's just one of those things, right? like Not everyone can be that success story.
00:07:36
Zak
Nah, and that's just how it is. So moving on to other outgoings. I think we'll do that though, Greg, after we've had a word from our partners at Bionique. Is that a good idea?
00:07:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sounds good to me, mate.
00:07:50
Zak
Cool.
00:08:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Alright, we are back. and Let's let crack on who did you have next?
00:08:34
Zak
We are. so So next on the list was defender Charlie Taylor has joined West Brom Chalbion on loan for the remainder of the season. Good luck, Chaz. Yeah, he's been like reported a few places, right? Burrow was one of the places I've seen him linked.
00:08:54
Zak
some other places too west brom emerged in the last couple of days as like a proper contender i'm kind of surprised with wellington uh realistically our win back situation is ryan manning rora slev and now this other guy uh
00:09:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:09:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Jellycopter.
00:09:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's how effective the market was. wait That's the bit I remember.
00:09:21
Zak
Uh, Elias Jalert. The problem is, is I could, I could, so I'll tell you, I'll tell you what went around my head because we're going to leave this in because it's that kind of like that kind of recording.
00:09:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right.
00:09:33
Zak
But in my head was an alarm. Now it's because i associate it with alert and it's Jalert, right?
00:09:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
right
00:09:41
Zak
The problem is, is I was like Jalert and I was like, that isn't his name.
00:09:46
Zak
so So that's where I'm at. But obviously, back to Charlie Taylor, I'm surprised because the cover... We're going to get out injured. July can play on the left arm and the right.
00:09:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:09:57
Zak
And then you've got Roroslev mainly on the right, Manning mainly on the left. That's kind of it for coverage, unless we sort of hack into the lower leagues or the lower, you know, the under-21s and stuff.
00:10:10
Zak
And Ronnie...
00:10:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Or start moving centre-backs out as full-backs.
00:10:13
Zak
Yeah, because like that happened at the end of the last if the Watford game, right? Ronnie Edwards had moved out so to play on the right, which was, I think, bizarre to most people considering.
00:10:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:22
Zak
And I think it was because Rorosov was talk brought off. And we we've had you know Fraser play there as well a couple of times. So I guess they feel like there's sufficient coverage, but I'm slightly surprised that...
00:10:35
Zak
that's the positions we've left out on loan, right? But I guess for Charlie Taylor, you know, he joined us, didn't really get much game time, had that one sort of argument with Russell Martin.
00:10:47
Zak
I say argument, we just assumed because he never played again, he was the one who was out of position at Leicester.
00:10:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:10:52
Zak
And then sort of played a bit in pre-season as captain the side, because obviously he's got the experience there. And I'm guessing it's probably just more of anything
00:11:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:11:01
Zak
like a ah ah game time thing, right? like he's I'm not saying he's old, old, but he's at the latter stages his career, probably wants to get game time, knows he's not going to get in ahead of Manning or Wellington when Wellington was fit.
00:11:15
Zak
So I guess it makes sense, especially where it's a season-long loan as well. But I wish him all the best. I have no ill will towards him. and Maybe though do he'll do all right for West Brom, and as long as West Brom finish below us, I don't really care. LAUGHTER
00:11:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. And look, I mean, there's the story of the day, right? Because you've gone from early this morning going out on loan with, with or going out to Leighton Orient with Don Ballard.
00:11:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then this was in the last hour of deadline. We got a confirmation that Charlie Taylor was out.
00:11:48
Zak
Yeah.
00:11:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
just, you know, if you're following on the live blog and on the socials, all you actually get is just Alfie House slowly descending into madness. Yeah. Beautiful.
00:11:58
Zak
Look, as somebody who once had to live tweet for a game store during a midnight launch, I can completely understand his insanity.
00:12:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:16
Zak
What's the word? I guess ah ah and not not really. It's more of a guideline than a law. So so yeah you get yeah watching e three and watching live events and stuff.
00:12:26
Zak
but But when there's like a lull in the middle and you're like, yep, they're still talking. you You do descend into like a level of, well, I've got to put something out or people click away.
00:12:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
but it's an absolute chaotic energy that I'm 100% there for.
00:12:37
Zak
So i empathize.
00:12:41
Zak
Yeah, but you love any sort of weird, social, awkward interactions.
00:12:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
I respect amit the grind.
00:12:45
Zak
That's your bread and butter, mate. But again, mad as are still talking about Southampton.
00:12:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, you're right.
00:12:51
Zak
So James Bree was the next one, mate, that was confirmed. That was confirmed literally at, you know, it felt like, what,
00:13:00
Zak
8pm. That was the one that for the first one that happened after the closing of the deadline.
00:13:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:13:04
Zak
And he has joined old boss Nathan Jones at Charlton Athletic
Surprising Loan Moves
00:13:08
Zak
on loan. And this is the bit I found quite interesting until January. So...
00:13:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, that's interesting.
00:13:14
Zak
Yeah, I don't know if it's just that they couldn't afford to cover him until past that period of time. Or alternatively, we'll see where we're at in January and maybe reassess. Maybe it's that we don't know, you know, Gillette settles, he could probably potentially go back and then we could bring back James Bree.
00:13:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Maybe they've just got a fullback out injured and need the cover, but would prefer their fullback that's injured to him.
00:13:32
Zak
But...
00:13:36
Zak
Maybe... maybe
00:13:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, so that's a really strange one.
00:13:39
Zak
But I feel like it's more of a Nathan Jones wants to bring in one of his guys, right? And I feel like that if it's anything, it's that Charlton can't afford to pay the wages of somebody who joined in in the Premier League, right?
00:13:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:13:51
Zak
like
00:13:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:52
Zak
That's probably where I think it is. and Maybe it'll be renewed if you know it works out, or maybe not. we've talked talked about before, he scored a bit of a well-deer in pre-season, if I remember rightly.
00:14:03
Zak
and then continue to do that for, you know, a lot of our cup games last year. It's been pretty solid, realistically, and I'm surprised with him Sugawara both going, right, in the same window. um Yeah, definitely surprising.
00:14:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, very much so. And ahll just honestly, I think it's a shame because I really think he would have done a job this season. Like, I think I saw it posted on socials that really one of the players to come out of last season without too much egg on their face. And I think that's that's a fair assessment, to be honest. It's, yeah.
00:14:35
Zak
Yeah, I think he's you know he's he's never been he's never set the world on fire, but also never been somebody that i will put we've had a lot of fingers to point at.
00:14:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:46
Zak
and i rejoined so He joined in a really awkward time, right?
00:14:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:48
Zak
He was Nathan Jones signing, brought in, and then his boss went, and then the team that he was from, as we got the moat, went back up.
00:14:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:14:56
Zak
So, you know, fat fair play to him.
00:14:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
a couple of goals in the cup
00:14:59
Zak
Yeah, fair play to him. I hope hope he has a good a good loan spell. I'm pretty sure he's out of contract after next year anyway, wouldn't be surprised if, you know, maybe it's just waiting out the end of the contract. But fair play to him. And although not an official one, i don't know if you... I think we we talked about it earlier. um So, we're about like a... I really like a sort of quite full-on statement that that convinces me that he definitely isn't going to be here next season, whether that loan ends or not, right?
00:15:26
Zak
I don't know you saw that.
00:15:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:28
Zak
It was very much sort of, you know, good goodbye...
00:15:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
I did, yeah. Thank you and goodbye.
00:15:32
Zak
sorry, sorry, it didn't work out. I hoped that we would do great things and we didn't. Good luck and goodbye. Which, considering... I find it surprising just the sheer amount of media they did with him and the amount of interviews and sort of how he wants to make amends and stuff. And then clearly him and supposedly Matty were both victims of the, well, you need to play in the top five leagues in the world. And if that was that was true, there wouldn't be a bunch of people being picked from the Saudi Arabian League with that. So I have my thoughts on that. I have no doubt about the fact that that was probably told to them.
00:16:06
Zak
But I'm also looking at the amount of, like, you know, for some reason, Birmingham seem to just be, like, raiding all of the Japanese players as well in ah ah in a strange sort of let's let's let's become like a the English Celtic, right?
00:16:22
Zak
so So that's that. So yeah, that's lot that's our full-backs. Now moving it further up, Greg, one that we we we had had been floated that he was going to go to Wrexham, then it was going to be Birmingham, and then somehow ended up being Millwall.
00:16:37
Zak
Will Smallbone has joined Millwall on loan for the remainder of the season?
00:16:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think you and I were both baffled by Like, Millwall? it Was he even linked to Millwall?
00:16:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, and that came super late in the window as well. That was like past nine o'clock, right? Like, it was...
00:16:49
Zak
yeah
00:16:54
Zak
that That is one hour ago. So you're looking at half nine, right?
00:16:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:16:59
Zak
So one hour ago. So i think I was very surprised by that just because of the idea. It just seems a odd move. I guess if you're looking at strength-wise and if you're looking at like where they sit at the table and where you're likely to be playing with better players, I guess he didn't fancy the documentary, understandable.
00:17:19
Zak
you know I guess Birmingham maybe have not gone into and it was just rumoured or maybe they were thinking about it and didn't. But it it seems seemed very odd because I didn't just not heard anything about it.
00:17:29
Zak
so maybe it was last minute, maybe it was up to him, maybe he wanted to stay local.
00:17:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:17:32
Zak
There's all that stuff that we we talk about all the time.
00:17:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Maybe it's like close enough to commute without having to you know up routes and move. You just don't know, but
00:17:41
Zak
I think that's part of it, right? We talk about this all the time. like there were you know There were decisions like, we'll get on to incomings, right? And see answer. But there was there were rumours today, I don't know how much truth there was to it, that Paris FC matched our bid and then it cameer came down to the wire of the player.
00:17:57
Zak
And like one of the things that, you know, was potentially motivating him is he's always wanted to live in England, but you can go live in Paris and Paris is really cool place to live. And people like, well, you know, it's where you want to play football.
00:18:07
Zak
I'm like, yeah, but also like, if you tell me you can go do your job here or you can do your job in Paris or you can do your job out, you know, those those things always factor in.
00:18:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:17
Zak
I always think that people don't think of that.
00:18:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
let's face it it wouldn't be wanting to move to Millwall where it's like a choice of location, but it might be close enough that doesn't have to, you know?
00:18:19
Zak
Right.
00:18:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's...
00:18:28
Zak
Look, I think if I say anything about Millwall on this podcast, mate, I'm going get in trouble, especially for how late it is.
00:18:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
we're being brutally honest.
00:18:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:18:36
Zak
I'm surprised, for it that way. I wish him a really good loan spell.
00:18:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
But look,
00:18:40
Zak
That's where I'm at.
00:18:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, look, we've talked about Will and that he just probably isn't quite the profile of player that's going to fit into a Will Steel system. doesn't mean he's not a good player and obviously is a bit of, as we've mentioned, like a bit of a jack of all trades as opposed to a master of any. But he scored that opening goal in the semi-final of the playoffs against West Brom.
00:19:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
a Proper saint through and through.
00:19:01
Zak
I find
00:19:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Set up, got the assist at Wembley. like Yeah, all the best.
00:19:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, but also as adaptable as he is. He likes a press and Smallbone just isn't really the player for that.
00:19:30
Zak
There you go. so yeah, again, i don't wish him any ill will. He's one of the players that, you know, i just we've talked about before.
00:19:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:19:37
Zak
He's a great utility player. Surprised that we're letting a utility player like that go, with especially where we've seen what happens.
Evaluating Transfer Effectiveness
00:19:43
Zak
But then again, and i think we also need to remember that we've just brought in a ridiculously large number of players, realistically, for all these guys that are going.
00:19:54
Zak
So, good luck to him.
00:19:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:55
Zak
I hope i hope he absolutely smashes it and proves us wrong. That's where I'm at.
00:19:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. All right, well, look, before we move on to incomings, let's let's take our second break and have a word from our partners at Zencaster. Here at the Global Sports Podcast Network, we spent a lot of time selecting our delivery platform.
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00:20:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Incomings, how far back are we going?
00:20:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
I cannot hear you friend.
00:20:41
Zak
You can hear me now and you can leave this bit in because, again, it shows you that the level of insanity we're both dealing with here, right? I did immediately start going on, how far are we going back, Greg? Greg, we're going back to yesterday where we signed Elias Gillette.
New Signings for Southampton
00:20:57
Zak
This was kind of something as well that kind of came out of the woodwork and made sense considering he can play both on the left and the right. Originally, when I i read like the profile of him, I thought he just could play on the right. And I was like, we're going to end up with 30 right backs and just Manning on the left. But the fact you can play both means that maybe he'll you know replace Will...
00:21:17
Zak
not will still replace car walker peters two very very different profiles of people maybe he'll kind of be able to you know cover of that cover that area uh the left and the right uh which car was able to do quite successfully he's uh been a danish champion for copenhagen
00:21:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Great.
00:21:35
Zak
uh he's been a turkish champion for galatasaray i realized that he played in the same season as elianusi as well remember that you know how you know how i like to connect all these dots for some reason well i decided to look back and went did he and elianusi play together yes greg yes they did before he can move to galatasaray so interesting little tidbit there so he he already thinks that you know
00:21:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
great
00:21:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
look But look, he's he looks like a good utility player playing both sides, going to fit into the squad wherever that is.
00:22:06
Zak
yeah
00:22:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Danish connection. I know that it's not FIFA, and but that doesn't mean chemistry is not a real thing. Like, having a another Danish player in the desk dressing room to connect with can only be a positive thing. Like, that's a perfect link now.
00:22:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
What more can you ask for?
00:22:23
Zak
Yeah, for sure. And I think that, you know, that's always going to be <unk>nna be useful long term, right? And we'll see where we get to at the end of the season, because it's a loan, right, to my knowledge. i don't know if it's got any, i don't remember seeing any obligation to buy or anything like that.
00:22:40
Zak
So I guess it will be what it will be.
00:22:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
not Not sure. i think that Yeah, I think we saw that there was an option, but I don't know. I don't remember the specifics. But yeah, be ah be be good.
00:22:53
Zak
Indeed. Right. So we do have an Academy signing and I can't remember the name and i'm going to have to find it and I don't want to leave out the Academy players.
00:23:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
I can tell you, mate. It's all right. It is Davon Gabajumo.
00:23:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I'm sorry for butchering it, but I gave it go 11 o'clock at night.
00:23:07
Zak
You tried your best. That's fair.
00:23:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
What more can we say?
00:23:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's ah ah another fullback, funnily enough, right? A 17-year-old coming straight into the under-21s.
00:23:17
Zak
Yeah, but he's he this is definitely for the under-18s, right?
00:23:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:20
Zak
And I can't remember.
00:23:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:23:23
Zak
It's funny because he's been signed from Peterborough. And I texted you earlier that they had and a couple of the Saints. They had a Saints fan, a Bournemouth fan, and a Pompey fan on, like, yeah, on, like, I can't remember if it was, like, SportsZone or thought something.
00:23:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sounds like the start of really bad joke.
00:23:39
Zak
I think that the Saints fan was somebody that I've i've seen on X quite lot, which is Yasmin. And, you know, he always has, in my opinion, quite good takes. But the Pompey fan was talking about how they the striker that they signed from St Mirren in like the second league of the Scottish Championship is definitely going to be good because he was linked with Peterborough and Peterborough only ever signed good players that they then asset flip for a significantly large amount of money.
00:24:08
Zak
So based off of that logic, us signing a player from Peterborough must mean he's good, Greg.
00:24:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I'll take it.
00:24:16
Zak
And that's why i very much doubt you'll ever catch me on like a radio interview thing where I'm like, should I know we admit that we waffle a lot, right?
00:24:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
not
00:24:27
Zak
I feel like you're probably slightly technically more minded than me. And sometimes when we play at FPL and we end up like pulling off an absolutely incredible weekend, we're like, oh, do you know what, Greg, maybe you actually know about this sport stuff, but I've never claimed or never will claim to be like an expert.
00:24:42
Zak
I just have a lot of osmosis and spend a lot of time like consuming content and consuming football.
00:24:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank
00:24:49
Zak
so So you feel like yeah you're an expert, but you know never never let it get your head. But ah you know by the lack by that logic, maybe maybe that's the case, right? Maybe it will be that he is good because he is from Peterborough.
00:25:02
Zak
And that is the insane level of energy we need to bring you into the that the signing of Leo Cienzo. There you go. Got there in the end. very I can already see him being a fan favorite.
00:25:18
Zak
I don't know why. There's just something about him. I think that, you know, the last minute sort of Night Saints and then ha ha ha ha. And then getting the final level of the game, which was very enjoyable.
00:25:31
Zak
I've got to say, having Daniel Svaldo as a playable character with a guitar was the bit that for some reason sent me more than anything else.
00:25:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
I enjoyed that.
00:25:38
Zak
Because...
00:25:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
I enjoyed Tricky Lambert's magic. I enjoyed Ryan Bertrand's tap of the watch and the don't miss deadline day.
00:25:47
Zak
a
00:25:50
Zak
Oh, it's just wonderful.
00:25:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, I don't know how much our social media team get paid, but man, they do their job well. Like it on point.
00:25:59
Zak
Not enough, in my opinion, for someone who spent a lot of time consuming all of this.
00:26:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:26:07
Zak
It's it's great. But and it was I think it's very much worth the wait. We've seen what he's done. We've talked about him a little bit. I didn't know if it was going to be one that got over the line. I'm really, really happy that it has I've watched a little bit of the interview as well and him talking about how it was just, you know, really easy decision for him to come here.
00:26:26
Zak
And that, you know, the the history of us essentially doing really well against bigger teams is one of the things that attracted him to us. And I guess wanting to be part of that. And I guess it's true.
00:26:38
Zak
There's been times that we've had some giant killings.
00:26:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. We all play better.
00:26:40
Zak
There's been times where we've had offside against Manchester United that offside. But it's what it is.
00:26:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
We all play better against bigger clubs. I don't even think Manchester United count as a bigger club anymore.
00:26:49
Zak
Not anymore. Maybe at the time,
00:26:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:53
Zak
Wherever I was before I was rudely interrupted by... you know, it's like one of Again, know we keep talking about the vibes of late-night recordings, but I don't know i that if it's because there's a pub at the end of my road or what, but a 10 to 11 fire alarm... Not fire alarm. Car alarm going off directly outside my window is not... It's not ideal circumstances for recording, mate.
00:27:15
Zak
I'm not going lie. Like, I know we also live... Both we can live quite close to an airport, and that sort is wonderful, but...
00:27:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:21
Zak
yeah that Regardless, what I was saying was a £100 million pound player sold for £25 million, right, a couple years later.
Transfer Window Satisfaction and Season Outlook
00:27:29
Zak
And what I want to do is that I put a tweet out, I think nine days ago, saying, Johannes Spores, I the quote of the whole squad building is art. It's not clear until the end.
00:27:41
Zak
And i I said, you've got nine days to sort this out and bring in what you said you'd bring in. And I'm pretty sure he's done that. There are, I think some people have got question marks over a striker.
00:27:52
Zak
I think that's what they brought Damien Downs in for. If Damien Downs hasn't, you know, hasn't kicked off straight away, it's four games.
00:27:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:00
Zak
And yeah.
00:28:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, think it's far too early to make judgment. It's time to come good.
00:28:05
Zak
And the other was the other is goalkeeper. And, you know, i feel like that people are really, really sort of zooming in on Baz, right? A little bit, probably more than they should have.
00:28:20
Zak
And we brought in that backup goalkeeper that's probably never going to play a game for us where everyone had a little bit of a meltdown. But then since then, we signed like another six players. So I think like i think everyone should get over it because a lot of people doubted it, myself included.
00:28:33
Zak
And I think it's been a fantastic window. I would say other other than the striker, other than the striker and the goalkeeper question, I'd say it's at least an A, right?
00:28:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, I'm happy with it.
00:28:40
Zak
Maybe an A minus because of that.
00:28:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Well, look, we'll cover it in depth, I'm sure, as the international break continues.
00:28:46
Zak
Oh, for sure.
00:28:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
But... but I mean, at this point, I'm happy with it. i think that I think I heard Bozunu described on one of the other pods as probably the one who's going to be picked as a scapegoat this season.
00:29:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
And And ah just I just hope that's not the case. i think I don't think he was at fault for either of the goals at the weekend. ah you Maybe ah you Maybe could done better ah for one of the goals against Stoke.
00:29:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
But, I mean...
00:29:12
Zak
Yeah, but but also, a lot of our players could do a lot better to not put position him in positions where the goalkeeper has to make saves, right?
00:29:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. The goalkeeper's the last line of defence, so that's the problem.
00:29:20
Zak
a lot of our A lot of our players don't need to take on four players in the middle of the park and try and run through them.
00:29:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's so...
00:29:26
Zak
Like... Hmm...
00:29:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's the problem. It's so visible as a goalkeeper that that is the thing. And look, I think it's going to be fine. This sort of unsteady pre-season, pre-transfer window start season bit's done now.
00:29:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we can sort of head forward. And think that the team we've got looks decent. I can't wait to see how it all comes together into into what's going to be a very exciting season.
Closing Thoughts and Listener Engagement
00:29:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, let's bring this very late night recording to a close. That's all we've got time for.
00:29:59
Zak
This has been a very chaotic and cursed recording.
00:29:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Black.
00:30:02
Zak
Like, I know that we joke about that, but sometimes, like, this has been, you know, just just about in the background. If you could hear the beeping, I'm sorry. I've tried to turn it down and sort it out.
00:30:14
Zak
but And then on top of that, just... absolutely I don't think I've had a proper, like, I've tried to coherently think.
00:30:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes.
00:30:21
Zak
But it's just been a long day. And I i think that where I'm at is that I'm not angry or disappointed. And I'm actually relatively upbeat. I'm happy with the way it's gone. And I think from our perspective, we've had we've had a really good window.
00:30:35
Zak
And I know we'll talk about that more in depth. But as deadline days go as well, like, what more do you want? Oh, yeah, the admin joking around about late night. And then they finally get a sign in through the door. we've We've strengthened in all the areas we want to strengthen.
00:30:48
Zak
I'm a happy man, mate.
00:30:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
I enjoyed Alfie House tweeting a tweet from him earlier in the month where he's like, I'm glad that they've bought the deadline for seven o'clock because it won't mean sitting up until late at night.
00:30:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's like me watching myself type this.
00:30:58
Zak
oh Oh, no. it the it means instead you see you sit there you sit there for four hours waiting for anything as opposed to it all happening. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. You just have to sit there and be like, maybe something happen.
00:31:12
Zak
But as as it as it stands, everything that we had happened pretty much after seven pm So...
00:31:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:18
Zak
We'll have to see what will happen, mate.
00:31:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
crazy times but look that's it that's it well yeah the belgium window is still open right so we still might see a dozy go and maybe
00:31:19
Zak
But that's the end of the transfer window for this year. more players at the door. Well, up no. No more players in the door.
00:31:30
Zak
then Eribo maybe does...
00:31:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
<unk>s see
00:31:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
who knows look we will cover that as it comes to us uh as far as we are concerned though the window has slammed shut uh much like zach's trying to block out that car alarm uh
00:31:45
Zak
Pfft. Pfft.
00:31:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Zach, thank you very much for joining me for this, uh, absolutely chaotic and mad recording.
00:31:52
Zak
Thank you, mate, for keeping me sane.
00:31:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Uh, thank you everyone for listening. We will be back tomorrow and we cover an exciting weekend of championship football and take a look back at all of the games and everything that happened and, uh, yeah, do all of the good stuff.
00:32:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Uh, Let us know what you think of the transfer window in the comments and on the social medias. We are on all of them. We are on X. We are on Blue Sky. We are on TikTok. We are on Facebook. We are on YouTube if you want to see our faces processing the chaos.
00:32:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
it We are on all of them. Let us know what do you make of the transfer window. Like I say, we will cover our full opinions of the whole thing, all of the ins and all of the outs before the week is out.
00:32:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
But Until we see tomorrow, have a wonderful day, and we'll see you then.