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Daily Southampton: Episode 138: Crossover with Daily Brighton!
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Southampton – tToday we are joined by Joe of the Daily Brighton podcast and we talk about Brighton, Saints, and our respective seasons and how the game might go down on Saturday!
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Introduction to Daily Southampton and Daily Brighton Podcast
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Daily Southampton and today the Daily Brighton from the Global Sports Podcast Network. My name is Greg. I'm here with ah my Southampton co-host and friend, Zach.
00:00:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
How you doing, Zach?
Weekend Matches Recap
00:00:21
Zak
Yeah, not too bad, mate. i'm Looking forward to getting battered at the weekend.
00:00:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. And...
00:00:26
Zak
Trying to discuss how we could have done different, except play better.
00:00:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
And joining us from the Daily Brighton, How you doing, mate?
00:00:34
Joe
yeah i'm not too bad thank you is that how every intro goes like this is good
00:00:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:00:38
Zak
The last couple of months, yeah.
00:00:38
Joe
but but
00:00:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, there's... is Yeah, pretty much. Yeah, there's been a lot of what can we do? Look, look the optimism ah comes in peaks and flows.
00:00:48
Zak
There it is.
00:00:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah This might be the hardest game I've found to get optimistic about, though. Yeah.
Brighton's Performance Evaluation
00:00:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
but But let's ah start with Brighton. Joe, how are you finding season so far?
00:01:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is 10th about where you'd expect to be?
00:01:03
Joe
ah I think I predicted 11th at the start of the season, but then we started the season really well. And then it has it's basically just been like up and then it's just been downhill. We went on like a really easy run, which I think might have even started with um Southampton at home.
00:01:23
Joe
It was one of the teams that have come up. And then ah ah we drew and you lot should have won, in my opinion. And like, It's just been that we've lost to like Everton at home, played really poorly against you guys, played really poorly against Ipswich the first time round.
00:01:42
Joe
And it's just been like, and then obviously there's not enough Forest battering, people wanting Herzl's head. And then the cup came at a really good time because obviously it was straight after that 7-0 loss.
00:01:54
Joe
Beat Chelsea in the cup, beat them again. And then, like, we changed we changed the we changed like the style and the formation around. And to be fair, like, it has it has actually... It looks a lot better. Chelsea didn't have a shot on target on Friday, Yeah...
00:02:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
You absolutely battered Chelsea.
00:02:12
Joe
a yeah
00:02:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
I watched the game and it was it was pretty horrifying thinking ah about coming up your next, to be honest. and watching and going i mean, even aside from the sort of dominance you you had from the game, the goals were just insane as well.
00:02:32
Joe
ah Yeah, yeah it's it's nice to see a couple of, we've spoke about it not that long ago, a couple of fringe players coming into the team now and um essentially actually performing when players like Dunk, who have been like sort of ever-present long servants who have been really poor this season.
00:02:52
Joe
ah Even Gio Pedro has been not been great, sat on the bench and Jorginho Ruta stepped up like stepped up um And yeah, it's even Adam Webster who like, he deleted his social media early on in the season because of how much abuse he was getting online um and then had his injury issues. He's been a immense in the last couple of games. So like, it's exactly that sort of thing that you, that you see. I'm very much of the thing of like, I'm ready to get onto a player about being bad, but I never want that player just to be bad all the time, because I say it.
00:03:24
Joe
Like I'd much rather that that player turns it around and I will,
00:03:24
Zak
and
00:03:27
Joe
swallow my words happily and be like, okay, well, that's exactly what we like to see. And the same has happened with Webster. Minte, we gassed him up so much at the start of the season. And then it's basically been non-existent. And then we're, well, it's the 19th now.
00:03:42
Joe
And he's only sort of just got back into the two goals, done wonders for him. And you can tell how much it means to him as well. He's pointing to the badge and pointing at the thing saying he's
Brighton and Southampton's League Prospects
00:03:49
Joe
staying. And you've been there for like six months, mate. Like you probably are going to stay. i don't think it's even legal for you to move to another club.
00:03:55
Joe
sir So, um yeah, just at the moment, is it's going all right, but we need to, we could still get Europa League, like pretty, everyone's pretty inconsistent around us.
00:04:08
Joe
So, I mean, obviously being in mid-table is sort of what it is, but even the team sort of like in fifth, like fourth, maybe all the way down to, 10th 11th 12th they're all pretty even top of my united in like 13th 14th very inconsistent so we could definitely on a little run here and maybe try and push i mean even conference league would be amazing so
00:04:21
Zak
you
00:04:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
And kept looking a bit more towards Saturday in the game, Do you feel in any way that we might be some sort of banana skin that you might look past or are we just in ah real trouble here?
00:04:43
Joe
um it's to See, this is the thing is that I've had to, um I've actually had to like change my, the way I approach these conversations because I have cussed out so many teams. I cussed out Nottingham Forest before, before we played Nottingham Forest, I cussed out because I think rubbish football team. Like I've generally, it's such a hot take, I think they're generally like a rubbish football inside and they,
00:05:04
Joe
say They slapped us 7-0. So, have to sort of be a bit more respectful. I think I might have even cussed out you lot prior to the first game and you lot played better than us.
00:05:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:05:14
Zak
Uh...
00:05:14
Joe
So, you know I mean? Like, it's just, it's one of those things. It's, yes, you could be a banana skin. Should you be a banana skin? No, is the answer. um You rank, like, in the bottom five for every metric that there is in the league and you've got nine points. So,
00:05:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:30
Joe
Like, just sort of being, like, very brutelike cold. Like, it shouldn't be... Like, you you're on... Regardless of what happens for the rest of the season, you will probably be in the top five worst teams to ever be in the Premier League, like this like this season.
00:05:46
Joe
So, 11 points, you'll probably get more than that with a couple of draws. But 19 points, I mean, you need that just to survive. So, like, I ah think...
00:05:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:57
Joe
I think... Well, even then, 19 points, you wouldn't survive anyway if you ended with 19 points because Wolves are on 19. Do you know what I mean?
00:06:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:06
Joe
But you you have good players and you played really well against us at home. But you were under Russell Martin then, I believe, and then he left like two games after, maybe you cut a game after, whatever. um And if you're more like solid at the back and you you in the Premier League, you're the sick-fired team for possession.
00:06:24
Joe
So obviously, there's still that DNA of Russell Martin in there. against Chelsea, we had 30% possession and we beat them free now. So, more than happy to let you guys come on to us and then hit you on a break because you have the worst defence in the league.
00:06:37
Joe
So,
Southampton's Struggles with Injuries and Performance
00:06:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, it was mind-blowing. No, it was mind-blowing watching the game.
00:06:38
Joe
sorry, I'm saying so were so many bad things here, but like, I'm backing it up with stats.
00:06:43
Zak
Are you noticing that neither of us are disagreeing with you?
00:06:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was, like I say, ah watched the game on Friday and it was mind-blowing watching a long ball go up from the goalkeeper.
00:06:47
Zak
That's the sad reality of it this season, honestly.
00:06:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
And not only did Matoma get the ball, ah he got the ball into an attacking position and scored from it. And that's just not something I've seen ah from Saints all this season.
00:07:06
Joe
ever.
00:07:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was hunting around for some stats to try and boost my confidence.
00:07:08
Joe
Yeah.
00:07:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Unfortunately, all I actually managed to find is that Brighton are unbeaten in all six of their Premier League games at St Mary's.
00:07:23
Zak
oh
00:07:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:25
Zak
Oh, Greg.
00:07:26
Joe
pavo You were looking in the wrong place, right?
00:07:30
Zak
Oh, this is bad as...
00:07:31
Joe
I actually... Sorry, man. actually generally tried to do the same thing when we filmed the review for this game yesterday. and It didn't even upload, by the way, so we're going have to sort that out at some point. But we've done that, and um it was like... the stats Stats-wise, I think your top goal scorer is Joe Rebo, and he's got three.
00:07:50
Zak
Yeah!
00:07:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:50
Joe
um but I don't even know if he starts.
00:07:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Closely followed by own goal from other team at two.
00:07:54
Joe
Yeah...
00:07:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:07:56
Joe
Yeah, that's mad. like this ah But like I have to be respectful in a way because you do have some players that i do actually like. But I also don't think that the injuries are going to be doing you masses of good because isn't Harwood Bellis doubtful?
00:08:08
Joe
I don't know if Jack Stephens starts, but he's injured.
00:08:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's also injured, but yeah.
00:08:13
Zak
Yeah, he he came he came back after being out for, well, he's had a bunch of time out for red cards, two long periods of time out for red cards, which was really, really handy for our club captain.
00:08:20
Joe
Oh, nice. Decent.
00:08:25
Joe
Yeah,
00:08:25
Zak
Came back, we were quite happy, like, as as as you said, like, I'm happy to welcome a player back into the fold and I want them to do well. But whatever is whatever went on, 10 minutes later, he went off with a hamstring injury again that's been out since. So he had a 10-minute cameo that, if anything, used up a substitution in a game where we probably could have had somebody else come on and do something.
00:08:46
Zak
But, son of a...
00:08:46
Joe
it's true. And then ah Flynn Downs injured as well, who I know can step in there and play. But that might have been a Russell Martin thing.
00:08:52
Zak
That's, yeah... it's that So the Flynn Down situation is one that um people familiar with our podcast to be aware of, and that is a disciplinary thing, essentially. um So he's fallen out big time with the new manager, probably because he misses Russell Martin.
00:09:03
Joe
Yeah.
00:09:08
Zak
There's obviously more stuff going on behind the scenes, but for us, it's just sort of like, we're like bang at the bottom of the like league.
00:09:10
Joe
Yeah,
00:09:15
Zak
We're probably not going to stay up. Like, can you guys just do the job you're paid to do, please?
00:09:20
Joe
that's fair.
00:09:20
Zak
Desperately.
00:09:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:09:21
Zak
But it is what it is.
00:09:24
Joe
But on like a positive note, you guys do have like three players who I really like. So like Tyler Diblin, think he's a baller. Is it? um is it Mateus Fernandes, or was it Manuel?
00:09:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:34
Zak
It's nice for them to see.
00:09:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Matthias, yeah.
00:09:34
Joe
Yeah, so Mateus Fernandes, really like him, and Suleimane as well, I really like him as well. so Suleimane was cooking Lennie Uro the other day. um ah think he still lost that game, but you played well from what I heard.
00:09:45
Zak
check
00:09:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:49
Joe
Yeah. Yeah.
00:09:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Suleyman definitely seems to be a man reborn under our new manager and his friendship with Tallpool is ah seemingly going a long way towards revitalising that as well so yeah yeah
00:09:55
Joe
yeah
00:10:02
Joe
that the big striker?
00:10:03
Zak
Yeah, yeah, Paul Nahuatu. A man that's like seven foot that, you know, you watch him run and you're worried he's going to fall down. And then a lot of the time he does. um ah good But
00:10:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah no yeah
00:10:15
Joe
Yeah. Do you not think he's good?
00:10:17
Zak
no. you
00:10:19
Joe
I was going to say...
00:10:19
Zak
yeah we We really like him. He's a really nice guy and we really think that he's cool, but we don't think he's very good.
00:10:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:10:26
Zak
Yeah.
00:10:26
Joe
Yeah, na he's a bit of a donkey, to be fair. I don't really like...
00:10:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
he did creep in with a goal so he's at two goals now this season so yeah when it when he scores at St Mary's that roof's going to blow off that might be the yeah
00:10:33
Zak
ah eventually Yeah, but... And neither at St Mary's, right? So that's the problem. He needs to score at home because that that will... mean, the only thing that's exciting in St Mary's until the end of the season.
00:10:44
Joe
If he scores.
00:10:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:10:47
Zak
like the The goal is beat the record for not being the worst team in the Premier League ever, ah followed closely by Tallpool's score at home.
00:10:53
Joe
Yeah.
00:10:56
Zak
And that's basically what we hope between now and the end of the season.
00:10:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:00
Joe
It's quite achievable, isn't it?
00:11:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:00
Zak
How... yeah
00:11:02
Joe
you need but yeah You need one win. You need one win to beat it because you're on nine points, aren't you?
00:11:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:07
Joe
So yeah, you need...
00:11:07
Zak
And we've had two in 25 games.
00:11:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
All
00:11:09
Zak
so
00:11:10
Joe
Oh, that's not good.
00:11:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
right. Also, I think the stat was that our home form is something like we've won six of our last 72 home Premier League games.
00:11:20
Joe
Oh dear me.
00:11:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah, it's really not, not great.
00:11:23
Joe
Dear me.
00:11:24
Zak
a
00:11:25
Joe
i mean I mean, it's not like the the stadiums are bad, but like the atmosphere is... I've only been once, but the atmosphere is terrible and it was at the end of the season, so I'll give it pass. But... Hmm. Hmm. but
00:11:35
Zak
Championship was good. It's turned a
00:11:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
Impact of Performance on Fan Experience
00:11:37
Zak
lot this season.
00:11:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's been all, it's been all right this year. ah They've, they've moved the away fans. So we've got a whole sort of home end now, which has done quite well, but with how poor we've been, it really only takes ah the slightest bit of ineptitude to really turn sour quite quick.
00:11:56
Zak
Yeah, we we we concede and everyone gets really, really mad. And then the problem is is that then the players get upset because they're aware they're going to get shouted at because they've conceded and then we just don't recover. So and that's just that's just how our games go.
00:12:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:07
Joe
that So the ah the away end was to the right of the dugout, wasn't it?
00:12:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:13
Joe
like quite a but like quite a it's It wasn't even like really tucked in the corner.
00:12:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:17
Joe
It was like half of the...
00:12:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was basically half of the stand. So now they've moved that right over into the far corner, uh, away from that.
00:12:20
Joe
yeah
00:12:23
Joe
no That's it should be.
00:12:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
So
00:12:25
Joe
It should always be in a far corner because you don't want the away fans or the away players to have any sort of advantage.
00:12:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah.
00:12:32
Joe
It's like the changing rooms for the away teams are all like a PE changing room.
00:12:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:37
Joe
And then it's like heated floors and a home change. Do you know what
00:12:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:40
Zak
You're right.
00:12:41
Joe
So...
00:12:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right. ah Right, well, ah we'll carry on our match chat, but first a quick word from our sponsors Bionique.
Brighton's Strikers Analysis
00:13:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, and we're back. ah so So I guess thinking a bit more about the game and breaking these patterns, um have you got any strikers that are about a bit out form and haven't scored in a while, ah Joe? like We seem to be a team that are fantastic at breaking streaks like that, so is there sort of any outsider that we should look to put a couple of quid on to score first?
00:13:47
Joe
um To be fair, like i would say that apart from Ritter, the strike striking-wise, Evan Ferguson's not even there anymore. um He's at West Ham now.
00:13:59
Joe
Welbeck broke his spine and then came back resurrected at like 35 I don't know how he's done it our podcast is basically just a tribute to Danny Welbeck because like because we we just love him we're all like we're all all of us apart from one are the same age so like Danny Welbeck is we've seen the whole thing so the whole career and stuff and you can appreciate how much of a professional he is but he hasn't scored to be fair in a while I don't think so anyway
00:14:08
Zak
Hmm.
00:14:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:14:27
Joe
A couple of assists against Chelsea, but they weren't anything special. you know what mean? And Gio Pedro is on the bench. So, to be fair, all of them out form in a way.
00:14:39
Joe
um But Jorginho Ritter has been insane recently. And, like, he's, you know, you said, like, he's not, I know actually he's not good, but, like, Ritter is good.
00:14:50
Joe
But he also understands the club. And he's also a hilarious guy. Like, i don't know what's going through his head ah when he's doing the things that he's doing, but he's just a baller. He plays with intensity all the time.
00:15:01
Joe
um Matoma's picked up form at a really good time, which is terrible news for you because when he's on it...
00:15:07
Zak
Good for my feral.
00:15:09
Joe
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:15:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:15:10
Zak
yes yeah to
00:15:11
Joe
Exactly. but like, when when he's on it, he's he's probably one of the best in that position in the league. um And then on the right...
00:15:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
His goal on Friday, by the way, was maybe, for me, that's goal of the season so far.
00:15:20
Joe
Who's insane?
00:15:24
Joe
Yeah, definitely be up there, i reckon.
00:15:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
but don't know if other people rate touches quite, and ball control quite as highly as me, but that was, i was in absolute awe, to be honest. It was unbelievable.
00:15:35
Joe
Greg, I can imagine you doing that, to be honest. Ball coming over shoulder, just out of this guy.
00:15:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, not on purpose, though. Yeah.
00:15:40
Joe
Yeah. so But yeah, no, the form-wise, I mean, you can only be so in form after 7-0 loss then two wins, one in the cup. But like to be fair, some of the players are getting a bit more into it now, um it seems anyway. Some of the players who have needed to come on a little bit have stepped up now. So we'd like see that.
00:16:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Zach, I know that I tend to be the optimistic side of the podcast, but can you see anything from us piecing together in a way that might hurt Brighton and give us a chance?
00:16:19
Zak
Well, if we don't know our plan, the good chances the opponent can't guess it either. And that's the only thing I think that would be would result in us doing well at the moment.
00:16:30
Zak
um It's been really weird. like Ever since Taylor Almabelis has gone out, he's been kind of like tweaking with the like the defensive line, which hasn't gone well.
00:16:40
Zak
And then... Obviously, Greg did a good episode on ours on like the fact that we've kind of moved to this man-marking system, which means that sometimes you look at our formation and it it doesn't really exist.
00:16:51
Zak
And then we get caught. And it's just we just keep making silly errors. like And also, we don't take our chances, which are the two worst things you can combine in a team.
00:17:01
Joe
Mm-hmm.
00:17:01
Zak
like You sent a stat this morning to me, Greg, like separately, right?
00:17:01
Joe
Okay.
00:17:04
Zak
75%? We're like the highest team for missed chances in the whole league? 75% something?
00:17:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we are top of the league of big chances missed, yeah.
00:17:12
Zak
and and And my my problem is is like which at the moment, we've we've not been ruthless. like The only way,
Southampton's Inconsistency and Future Prospects
00:17:18
Zak
if we win, in my opinion, it will be by accident. And like that's kind of the level of where my head is at, at the state of our team at the moment.
00:17:25
Zak
And just the state of the club, it just feels like, it's that We have moments where there's hope and optimism, and then you lose 1-0 to Burnley in the Cup. And then you come back and you lose three one to Bournemouth, your rival, not rival.
00:17:38
Zak
And it's just kind of like you can see it in the players' faces. There are a couple. the ah the ah that have come come good. Like Joe Ariba has been less hot and cold. He's been a cold a few times, but he's come good.
00:17:50
Zak
um Onoachi, although we'd love to see some more goals from him. Sulemana, who is finally looking like the record signing we actually made, right? And you can see that he's happy with the the freedom.
00:18:03
Zak
But then there are lots of still just silly decisions, silly errors. And it does just feel at the moment like every game is like a slog towards the end of the season, where every single one of us sat in St Mary's are like, well, yeah, the championship, right? Can't wait for the championship. It's going to be so good to go to Preston North End again.
00:18:21
Zak
No offense.
00:18:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
can't wait normally to be fair it's normally rotherham yeah um but look we've seen a pattern of uh games where we start off strong right up until we concede if we start off strong and and actually score a goal do you think that could lift the stadium and drive us on
00:18:22
Zak
always end up mugging off random teams, but Rotherham were my worst target. Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:27
Joe
Thank you.
00:18:44
Zak
but We've had situations where we've scored and then our heads have dropped, they've equalised and then scored another. That's happened so many times this season as well. it's it's it's For me, it's like it's just a a fragile mentality or alternatively sorting out what defensive line is like. I think I mentioned it briefly in one of the episodes previously.
00:19:01
Zak
As much as it was an awful time that we just had an interim manager who was under 21s, which was terrible, and it was due we had a draw out of those games, right? like And that's the thing where ah we need to stop shipping goals to allow... like I would happily take a couple of draws that are boring and nil-nil to get...
00:19:19
Zak
a mindset of playing a little bit more defensive. But the problem is is it goes completely against the ethos of quote-unquote heavy metal football that Juric is trying to put in. And we've also established, Greg, that at the moment, he's basically just playing football manager in the sense of he's testing out what works and what doesn't.
00:19:36
Zak
because this season's a write-off. Like the fact that he's he still says, well, it's not over till it's over. It's obviously because he's paid to say that. But the fact that you've got like Rambo coming out and being like, well, yeah, we pretty much know you're down, don't we? you're like, that's not what you want to hear. But also it's what everybody thinks. I just, I really struggle to have optimism, which is why I'm hoping if I'm just downtrodden to the point that it's a surprise if we come away with something,
00:19:59
Zak
ah But at this rate, I'll just go back to that TikTok comment we had ages ago, Greg, where, like, that guy was like, as a Sheffield United fan last season, like, you just have to enjoy every little moment, right?
00:20:10
Zak
So that's what I'm doing at the moment. I'm enjoying all the little goals and, you know, enjoying the little moments. Because at the moment, 20 minutes in a game is about what we can put together of a performance. So, sorry, Greg.
00:20:21
Joe
this is really so This is really sad, guys.
00:20:22
Zak
Yeah, but I think that's the problem.
00:20:23
Joe
I'm not going to lie.
00:20:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Don't worry.
00:20:26
Zak
is... is
00:20:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll loop back to optimism as get into score for patients.
00:20:28
Zak
Well, Luke, Greg's deluded. It's fine. But, like, is yeah I think it is pretty sad that that is that is a lot of how a lot of us feel. And it's kind of like that's why we're kind of willing the end of the season so we can look to rebuild something in the championship. Because the couple of cup games we've played against sort of championship opposition have been right. And I think that from a squad clear-out perspective,
00:20:50
Zak
I think that we need a group of players that can start to gel together again. Whereas a lot of people still at the club and the whole downs thing i was saying I was saying about earlier is a lot to do with they all kind of came in for Russell Martin. It was all or nothing for Russell Martin. They kept him for a really long time.
00:21:05
Zak
A lot of them were shell-shocked that we had a new manager come in. That's been great for some players like Suleymane, but like the just level of disjointedness in the team across attack, defence, and I guess just even like team spirit is very evident.
00:21:20
Zak
um So it's kind of like hoping we we get to a point where it's not that bad. You also come off the back of a 3-1 loss where I predicted it and was really, really sad about it. And I'm just struggling to find the joy in watching ah watching it at the moment.
00:21:36
Zak
Whereas Greg has to go with his kids every week as he's a season ticket holder. So kind of just forces himself to find the joy, right?
00:21:43
Joe
Bye.
00:21:44
Zak
but
Match Predictions and Closing Remarks
00:21:44
Zak
Even if it is paying seven, eight pounds for a pint.
00:21:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:21:48
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Well, I yeah ah feel like I know where the score predictions are headed as we are head in our second break. But before we get to that, a message from our partners at Zencaster.
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00:22:21
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Okay, Joe, so as as our our guest here today, going to throw it over to you first. ah How many goals do you think you're going to win by on Saturday?
00:22:32
Joe
I actually only think it's going to be two now. um But i I said that i want a comfortable performance where like you you don't create much, to be honest with you.
00:22:42
Joe
Very similar to Chelsea. like I don't want to be seeing header shots on target and us getting pressured, like Kevin did the first time.
00:22:44
Zak
Thank you.
00:22:49
Joe
And I obviously don't expect you to beat us seven now. So, yeah, I'm going to go two now. actually going to go Matomo and Ritter as the goals as I'll give you goal scorers just to spice up a little bit.
00:22:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
nice
00:23:00
Joe
Normally, I predict Danny Welbert in the Eastside, but I don't know if that's gonna be a thing anymore. so
00:23:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
fair enough Zach how do you see it playing out
00:23:12
Zak
um similar so last week, if slightly honest. um So i'll probably say 3-1 again. and Maybe we'll get a goal back. We want to see Torpool score. And I want that to happen because it's just, again, one of those moments of joy we can we can latch on to.
00:23:28
Zak
and for Brighton, you know, if if it's been a while since Danny Welbeck scored, what about you give him a hat-trick? Because that's the kind of thing that happens to us at the moment, right?
00:23:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:23:36
Zak
Like when Rashford came to play against us when he was still at Manchester United, hadn't scored in ages, lots of questions about his form, comes straight into against us, scores. And that's like, that's just the story of a lot of our opponents.
00:23:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank
00:23:48
Zak
But yeah, Yeah, just I just think that we're still um we're still in this experimental phase. I don't know if we're going to resolve the problems from last week. We still too still didn't really know what we wanted to do with the defence, and I think it's probably going to be a similar case.
00:24:03
Zak
And yeah, I just see us getting picked apart little bit. But we'll score a goal. Alternatively, you know, the heart the heart one, Greg, what you want is ah you want Soleimani to score, and that be the only goal of the game.
00:24:16
Zak
And then I have a bet on with another Saints podcast that, If Suleiman scores the winning goal in a game of football for Premier League football, I have to buy a shirt with his name on the back.
00:24:26
Zak
I kind of just feel like i want that shirt at this point.
00:24:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
That
00:24:29
Zak
And also, that will put us past the threshold, right? So there you go.
00:24:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
that is it. Alright, well...
00:24:33
Joe
and There's another Saints podcast.
00:24:33
Zak
A cop-out answer and a real answer. so and so it's not Not from Global Sports Podcast Networks. There's quite a few like other other ones that we chat to on Twitter and stuff like that.
00:24:45
Joe
Oh, why would you do that? That's crazy. Yeah,
00:24:49
Zak
You're right, we're in off depression on a Monday morning, right?
00:24:51
Joe
trouble and that's bad.
00:24:52
Zak
like They listen into 30 minutes of...
00:24:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
try and share the misery.
00:24:56
Joe
That is too much depression.
00:24:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Alright, look. ah It's not been tremendously successful for me this year, it has to be said, but I'm yet to predict a Saints loss in the season and it's not going to surprise anyone that it's not going to change today.
00:24:58
Joe
if
00:25:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah This is maybe the most dubious I've been coming into a game, to be honest. I am a bit scared, but I think that when that happens, ah somehow we pull it out of the bag. So I think we're going to see a sneaky 1-0.
00:25:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah and I think that we'll probably accidentally score from a corner or something, and then somehow keep the ball out of our net.
00:25:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
but We've not managed it many times this season, but that's the hope you've got to go in with to to get there, right? LAUGHTER
00:25:43
Zak
I told you, mate.
00:25:43
Joe
Honestly, mate, I'll stick a tenner on that just in case.
00:25:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
LAUGHTER LAUGHTER
00:25:47
Joe
Honestly, I'll be so real, i'll stick tenner on it, mate. How many clean sheets have you kept this season? you know how to top you?
00:25:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh
00:25:57
Zak
we get, Craig?
00:25:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah think two three if but yeah I
00:26:00
Joe
i Not bad, not bad.
00:26:00
Zak
If not. If not.
00:26:03
Joe
but but
00:26:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's... I don't think... I think only one of them was at home that I can remember. ah
00:26:10
Zak
yeah idea the The idea that you're just really hoping for some Aaron Ramsdale heroics, right? Like, surely that's got to be...
00:26:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:17
Zak
Because...
00:26:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and I think it's...
00:26:19
Zak
You can't just be Jan Bedrick taking on the entire Brighton team and somehow coming out on top.
00:26:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah It's not just down to us for that to happen either. There's going to have to be some like woeful misses. ah It's going to have to be real luck of the draw stuff. But like you say, we're going to have to accidentally win a game at some point. Maybe this is it.
00:26:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah That's...
00:26:38
Zak
See, there's a reason Greg doesn't let me on the crossovers anymore. Yeah, sorry, mate.
00:26:46
Zak
you
00:26:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, well, that is just about all we've got time for today. ah Joey, thank you very much joining us. I hope that the rest of the season is fantastic for you and you get the European spots you're after.
00:26:53
Joe
Enjoy it.
00:26:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
i just hope it comes after Saturday. ah ah As ever, Zach, thanks for joining me. ah
00:27:05
Zak
ah sorry like
00:27:05
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