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Episode 81 - Match Review Monday: Disappointment against Villa
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Southampton – Another week, another disappointing result. When is it going to end? And how? We discuss...
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Introduction and Podcast Overview
00:00:09
Zak
Hello and welcome to the Daily Southampton. I am your host, Zach and Goh Finch. I am joined by my wonderful co-host as ever, Greg
00:00:19
Zak
After, wow, what a predictable weekend.
Leadership Critique and Decision-Making
00:00:24
Zak
What a predictable weekend. Nobody's shocked by the result.
00:00:29
Zak
think that there's a couple of things I wanted to say to get out of the way first.
00:00:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
maybe disappointed is more.
00:00:33
Zak
Yeah, i guess I guess that's it. big Big number one, so so I've made my ah opinions and thoughts on on Jack Stevens quite clear. i I feel really bad for the fact that he's suffering grief and and like going through grief after losing somebody and it's not ideal. But that that brings me to a whole point about leadership in general, which is sometimes when you are in a leadership role. It's about knowing when to stay take a step back and that's why for my opinion that him is not entirely on him. will be the second time this season that Russell Martin has put somebody into a position when they probably shouldn't have been that's felt really weird. The first time was the the game where Ryan Fraser played like 20-30 minutes
00:01:22
Zak
before going off ill because he was really ill and should not have played but wanted to play and what you should do at that point is as the manager is say, you shouldn't play.
00:01:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah it was a really stupid thing to do
00:01:31
Zak
And the same thing with the fact that Jax deleted his Instagram, sort of like suffered a load of abuse. Some of it, you know, not some of it is obviously visceral and hatred, but a lot of it's just fair criticism of the boat pulling another man's hair and that yeah it was a really stupid thing to do and that's probably as a result of emotions running high and grief and cause a lot of those things but what I do not like is the fact that the managers like well actually what you didn't know was happening behind the scenes I'm like cool so why did you not shield your player from that then like that then it wouldn't have been a question a couple things are baffling second of all they call in
00:02:10
Zak
the game that's on tonight, El Sacchio.
Fan Reactions and Zach's Personal Anecdotes
00:02:13
Zak
All I know is that the bookies have got to the point now where they think the Russell Martins next to go.
00:02:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brilliant.
00:02:18
Zak
We've kind of tread the line of trying to be in between at this point. However, to turn around and say it's the fans fault that Joe Lumley, a grown man, decided to kick the ball out because he got shouted at by a bunch of other grown men and not his manager, and then say it's the fans fault.
00:02:36
Zak
Fans who have traveled for, so I tried to get to Bournemouth,
00:02:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Scrathy, right? there right
00:02:39
Zak
I tried to get to Bournemouth on Saturday. That's where I was going to spend my afternoon. Unfortunately, I ended up watching this terrible, terrible game. Caught my language there, but was supposed to be going to Bournemouth. I managed to make it as far as Southampton Central before a tree fell on the line and I had to get my wife to come and rescue me.
00:02:56
Zak
That, you know, the fact that there were fans I saw at that point still trying to get up to Birmingham to watch that game. Fans that were still not home at 11 p.m.
00:03:05
Zak
midnight and you you're mugging them off because you're annoyed.
00:03:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's mental. it And it feels a lot like the sort of thing a manager who knows he's on his way out soon resorts to.
00:03:09
Zak
It's... Ugh.
00:03:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
well it It actually resonates with me strongly, something that you said on Wednesday, where you said this feels like a turning point, but actually to me, this sort of has, in my brain, it's set in motion a chain of events that's now irreversible.
00:03:23
Zak
Hmm.
00:03:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, and I think that, you know, at this point, we've both been of the opinion that
00:03:32
Zak
Yeah.
00:03:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
we'll probably still have Russell Martin at the end of the season because that's the decision but I don't think I don't think he can turn the fans opinion back onto his side anymore I think that he's lost that battle now and that's that's not easy to come back from like it's short of now going on a an unbeaten streak for the rest of the season and qualifying for the Champions League nothing is gonna redeem him in in the eyes of the fans and and I've seen that become much more vocal from people who have been much more supportive of him in the past it's it's turned a corner and i don't think i think now the the writing's on the wall and it's just a matter of time and i don't think it'll be this week but it's coming
00:04:19
Zak
it
00:04:22
Zak
it's The problem is is it feels like, what what are we supporting? So some of the some of the criticisms I've seen already this week have have been,
Expectations vs. Reality: Supporting a Struggling Team
00:04:31
Zak
sort of are we if you if you can't support us, I've seen some people saying they're turning off the football. If you are not supporting us now, that means you're just not a fan of Southampton, you're a fan of winning. Now, now as as a person who who is you know has been fair weather over the years, It's because I don't have the mental time and energy and as far as I'm concerned Southampton Football Club, I do not owe them my support. If they're expecting everyone to turn up week in week out to watch utter dross, not talk about it, mug them off.
00:05:02
Zak
charge more and higher prices for things every year week in week out increase the season of prices season tickets increase the size of away tickets so that kind of stuff and then like to turn around and then just be like well you you owe them your support that's fine i can support them but i also don't want to watch the same playbook week in week out We have a good 20-30 minutes.
00:05:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's upset.
00:05:23
Zak
We then get, we then concede, usually due to a stupid mistake. We don't call the player out for the mistake because that's upsetting and you don't like to call out individual errors because then you'll lose the dressing room. And then what happens is we do about another 60 minutes of nothing and then there's a whole, there's a bit of adding on time.
00:05:38
Zak
Maybe we're going to do last season and like get a goal at the end and guess what? Nothing happens. it was it was we watched I watched 30 minutes of some football being played and then I sat there for 60 minutes and watched some stuff happen.
00:05:48
Zak
they It was exciting, they tried to change up the way we played, but it turns out that like I don't think that you could give them, a if you gave them 100 grand each for every goal they scored, I don't think they'd start scoring even now.
00:06:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:00
Zak
I don't know what and and do not know what it is. i think Is it a combination of they're so scared to lose the ball that they don't want to shoot because then they lose the ball, but then they lose the ball all the
Southampton's Strategic Stagnation
00:06:10
Zak
time anyway?
00:06:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't, we don't have the answer to what it is, Zach, but what I do know is it has now definitely reached a point where we have not changed and we have stuck to the same, same routine and, you know, something needs to change.
00:06:10
Zak
and
00:06:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
And do you know what? Previously, the argument's been, oh, who are we going to get and what's going to be better, but actually at this point i think the main thing is that a lot of fans have turned the corner and decided that actually even an unknown is something different and maybe that's better because we've we we know Russell Martin's playbook inside and out what's the video of the Russell Martin master class where they pass it from the goalkeeper to the middle of the pitch out wide one side forward to the middle of the pitch back out wide the other side then back to the goalkeeper then give the ball away to another player so
00:06:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's, it's, you know, it's the same thing we've seen all season and it's, it's starting to grate and there's no versatility or changing it up. And yeah, we're already fine.
00:07:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
We were short of players on Wednesday. and ah ah you know, there's no, and you know, Villa a tough team, but again, it was a stupid goal to give away from a mistake.
00:07:19
Zak
Yeah.
00:07:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
We now. by the way, have the record, I don't know if you've seen this, of the joint top. In fact, we are now clear because we have 10 goals that we have gifted to opponents this season, which is the record of all time anyone who's ever done it in the Premier League across the whole season.
00:07:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we're only not even halfway through. So you have to learn anything.
00:07:46
Zak
which which says that we can't play the style.
00:07:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:49
Zak
we can't play that you can't You can't say we've hopefully learned something from this. We can't say we're going to go on and build from anything because every week it is the same thing. It's the same mistakes, the same personnel, of the same cell.
00:07:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
the third's the thing I think you can say that at the start, but at this point that time's run out.
00:08:02
Zak
You can't say that now man.
00:08:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
like it's very No, no, not anymore at all. And that's what I'm saying. Something's got to change because, and it it's not going to be Russell Martin. He's made that abundantly clear. He's not going to change his approach.
00:08:14
Zak
I just just don't understand why.
00:08:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
And maybe we need to get someone in who can actually play to the play of strengths because clearly it's not this system.
00:08:19
Zak
I don't understand why.
00:08:21
Zak
What what does he think? what does it i i genuine It would be fascinating to just have like an um uncat like unrecorded, just off the record conversation with him as to genuinely what, genuinely he thinks that one game all of a sudden it's going to click and it's just because I'm like, how many games do you think we've got before it clicks?
00:08:39
Zak
Like imagine we get 30 games in, then suddenly we win three games.
00:08:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:08:42
Zak
That's great.
00:08:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Perfect.
00:08:44
Zak
Perfect.
00:08:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brilliant.
00:08:44
Zak
Absolutely.
00:08:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Go out with a whimper. But like, I'm not saying that we need to resort to hoofball, like don't get me wrong, look but because for a start our forward, our decent forward players are either four foot nothing and better at running in behind or seven foot two and unable to head a ball.
00:08:46
Zak
I've got so.
00:08:49
Zak
No, but in between mate, we're just not.
00:09:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's, but something needs to change and it's this, the system needs to change because it's not working at this level with the players that we've got.
00:09:07
Zak
Yeah.
00:09:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's all very well and good saying, oh yeah, but the theory solid, it will work eventually, but it's not. is It's not. And I think that it's pretty clear that we're down now.
00:09:23
Zak
Yeah, And so i didn it's baffling because he changed the system a few times for games like the playoff finals.
00:09:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't see, you know, there's still the sliver of hope that there's some other other teams around us struggling, but I just think we need to cut losses and is and change it to a system that is going to be ready for the Premier League and be hopeful.
00:09:43
Zak
He's capable of it. So is it is it Sports Republic saying they want to play this way, which seems ridiculous because none of them know anything about football, really. they they've they're they're but you know they They brought in a director of football to do that, who now is no longer here, who they didn't replace. So it's kind of all on Russell Martin. We've had recruitment where, i some of it I think is probably down to the recruitment. you know When you buy a bunch of players from teams that were relegated last season, what did you think was going to happen?
Transfer Troubles: Recruitment and Strategy
00:10:11
Zak
like No offense to people like Charlie Taylor and Ben Barris and Diaz, but you were in teams that went down last season and you've come in and you know spit maybe a bit harsh on Taylor. but like
00:10:21
Zak
Ben Brereton Diaz just needs to leave in January for his own sanity because he he's terrible and he doesn't offer anything going forward. Every substitution that's made, you just don't think anyone's like, oh, that's an exciting substitution. That's why I think going back to it a couple of weeks ago, we talked about Dibbling being on the bench, at least when he's on the bench for someone to look forward to.
00:10:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, don't you know there was some, you know there was one substitution this weekend that I did enjoy and that was seeing Sam Amo on the pitch, but again, he's a kid.
00:10:50
Zak
That is true. Right, so so let's let's take a little break.
00:10:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
i
00:10:54
Zak
We've we've all had our rants. We'll listen to some lovely words from our partners at Zencaster, and then maybe we'll talk about the game.
00:11:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:03
Zak
So it was actually a game Saturday.
00:11:06
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00:11:27
Zak
Right, let's try and examine this game. So so I watched all of the game. And they I of feel sad about it, to be honest. The first for first half was the same old story.
00:11:38
Zak
It's 25 minutes in. we We're knocking it about. We almost get it in.
00:11:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just like we had some half-eaten chances.
00:11:42
Zak
Manning has a good shot. Yeah, we we had some good shots. Lumley made some decent saves.
00:11:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
But before we talk about chances, I guess there's one stat that's worth pointing out, and that's for the second time this season, an entire game with zero shots on target.
00:11:54
Zak
Yeah.
00:11:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
And as you pointed out before, your philosophy and your tactics can be what they like, but if you're not going to kick the ball out of the goal, well, we're not going to win games.
00:12:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
like
00:12:05
Zak
You're right, if you do not kick the ball into the net, or even at the net, you are never going to win.
00:12:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
if you break football down through its simplest terms that is the only thing really you need to do and we didn't do
00:12:16
Zak
sort of the the The conditions were horrific, I'll give them that, no one wanted to play that game, but then it's the conditions are just as bad for Villa.
00:12:25
Zak
Wood in, Nathan Wood, he sat in a solid game, he it's kind of like, oh well that that means that we actually have some right centre backs going forward.
00:12:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Putting some decent blocks in the second half towards the end of the game when he was
00:12:34
Zak
as
00:12:38
Zak
he be
00:12:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
left stranded in No Man's Land.
00:12:42
Zak
about is at least we're going to have a lot of centre backs when we go back down, right? that would be nice. But yeah, say same old bet. I think it was summed up saying, because that would have been the better side, but villa are more dangerous. And it's like, even even my wife sort of makes jokes about it whenever she does get to watch Saints, whenever it's on TV.
00:13:00
Zak
and like will watch sort of the ball get almost to like the final third. But it never feels like we're scoring, ever.
00:13:10
Zak
I think Karl Walker Peters does his best. Everyone else just kind of stands are around the goal, maybe holding hands.
00:13:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean I think our closest effort which obviously didn't register as a shot on target came from of all people Ryan Manning in the first half and that you know took a deflection and pinged off and it didn't even go out of play but ah this again all of our goals not coming from our strikers Cameron Archer had half a chance that got blocked twice that I can remember but I mean I didn't watch the the full game because I was unfortunately otherwise occupied or maybe fortunately but
00:13:19
Zak
But yeah.
00:13:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was following along and I watched the last 20 minutes and I've caught up with the extended highlights, the long, long version.
00:13:46
Zak
Unfortunately.
00:13:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, but actually nothing really sums it up more for me than this quote from the Sky Sports News live commentary feed of the game.
00:14:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
in the 88th minute that just says Southampton have the ball, but going absolutely nowhere with it. It's their kind of thing.
00:14:14
Zak
it It was just, it was a ah messy, messy game. We'll get into the tactics of it tomorrow, but like, you know, we managed to go a pretty solid sort of almost 70 minutes without booking. And then we got three or four, you know, bravery. That's good. You know, I think MMA had a really good game. Him getting on, he had like an instant impact, which was wild that like we've been bringing on people like Solomona for him all season.
00:14:41
Zak
And then people, and the print the thing is, I can't even, I don't even know at this point if it's if it's the players either. Like, I don't know, I don't know what to think anymore, because it's just, it's just, week in, week out, it's dire.
00:14:53
Zak
I think that that Chelsea game really put the nail in the coffin, as though we can play like this, because we just can't. And now everyone knows we can't, and then every other opposition knows that we can't. We all know that we can't.
00:15:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:05
Zak
And like, you bring on and off players, and you're never really excited as to who we bring on. You're never really excited as to who we bring off. They tried to, you know, try to switch the the formation around, kind of was okay. But again, like, I think that zero shots on target, like you just can't, I, you can't defend it, surely. I just don't, I don't get it. Like him saying it's madness if they finish on five points because, oh, well, there's some decisions that have gone against us here, here and there. And I'm like, yeah, but do you genuinely think that if we'd like one at Brighton,
00:15:36
Zak
that would have changed the way, changed everything else. like This is what I don't understand is that it's like, okay, we might have four more points. Is it the mentality then? Because the fact of the matter is is, even he's getting frustrated with the players now, because he's like, I don't know what else to do other than to tell them to play.
00:15:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
actually oh I almost had this exact same discussion with someone yesterday and it was like, they literally said to me, I hope you can't blame wolves on him because it was a terrible VAR decision. It should never have been disallowed. And I was like, I agree. It was a terrible VAR decision and the goal should have been allowed. But also at that point, we were already one nil behind and equalizing. And outside of that, we didn't have a shot on target. That's now twice that that's happened this season.
00:16:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
And so that is, I mean, that has got to be problem number one to solve. Stop passing the ball to the opponent and kick the ball at the goal. But we just really need to go back to basics.
00:16:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's the, then we've, our signing is
00:16:28
Zak
And that's the thing, is it, is it...
00:16:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Clearly a lot of them not worked out. We've had some brilliant ones, right? From Matthew Fernandez, unbelievable. But these are professional footballers. like who who know how to pass a ball and kick a ball at a goal well they wouldn't be in the position they're in playing in the Premier League for us and so it has to be the way they're being instructed to play because I can pass a ball and kick a ball at a goal not to that same standard but it's not it's not rocket science it's kicking a bag of air around a field
00:17:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
love
00:17:06
Zak
You're not wrong mate. This is just the thing that's mad
Ownership and Management Communication Issues
00:17:09
Zak
about it. and like Again, like it's not even there's not even really much to say. I'll sum it up with with a chant, which is, how blank must you be is only 1-0.
00:17:20
Zak
And as soon as that started being pulled out, I laughed because we're now at that point of the season, right?
00:17:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:17:25
Zak
well like or I'd love to talk in depth about the game, but like just what there's nothing in depth for us to talk about.
00:17:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
makes me sad yeah
00:17:33
Zak
it And this is the problem. There's people like, oh, you're not you know a supporter. I was like, no, I love Southampton. I wouldn't do this podcast daily talking about this if I didn't. But that doesn't mean that I can't be like, you know, like if your kid annoys you, right? Doesn't mean you can't be upset by it. And that's kind of how I am at the moment. And I don't. It's a combination of things. You're seeing it all across the board, is it? Is it just the manager? Probably not. Is it the board? Probably yes. Sports Republic transfer business has been pretty horrific. You're hoping that they've matured as they've gone on.
00:18:02
Zak
but then they maybe haven't because we bought a bunch of bargain signings but then at the same time you would have probably at the beginning of the season taken Ben Barrett and Diaz because he scored a load last time so you're like oh maybe you've scored a load this time but there are there are some risks we've taken Ross Stewart was like Ings, Ings was injury prone he just ended up being great for us and then since he's gone has gone on to do nothing so there are just sometimes unfortunately signings don't work out and and that's one of the things that I think hasn't been ideal but also
00:18:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah i said positive sign you know that right he was like
00:18:31
Zak
like it it it feels like the structure of the footballing side of things at this point is now just Russell Martin and I worry that because obviously Jason Wilcox went one of the things they've got is if they do get rid of Russell Martin how does the entirety of the footballing side of their footballing business work and this is what's wild right is it feels like they've kind of forgotten that their core like their core product is football and they need to like pay attention to how that works
00:18:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:01
Zak
And it's like, again, I preferred, I always talk about, I know this thing was insane, but I always preferred being under gout, because at least then, like, the footballing people really fought hard to deal with, like, the survival situation they had in front of them, right? Like, they they basically had a multi-tool to try and deal with what we could, we ended up, you know, her going from sort of like Sparky to Hassan Hootle, we had crazy stuff in between, but like, there was a lot of, you know,
00:19:25
Zak
dealing with what we've had. like Having the Sports Republic like pretend to play football owners is wild because it's like, you just never hear anything from them. They keep talking about this plan, but no one really knows the plan.
00:19:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's the problem, right?
00:19:37
Zak
Russell's now losing the plot.
00:19:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a lack of communication.
00:19:38
Zak
like
00:19:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because if they categorically came out tomorrow and released a club statement and said, we're sticking with Russell Martin until the end of his contract and that's the end of it, it's not up for discussion, the noise would simmer down.
00:19:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Look, it would still be there because he is rightly so upset the fans, but at least we'd know where we stood.
00:19:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you're right, what lacking is the constant lack of communication is.
00:20:04
Zak
and and It's it's the it's the fact that this is the lack of communication, but also it's like okay.
00:20:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's great
00:20:08
Zak
Well if you've if you've got a plan for the club You feel like if there wasn't the communication you'd still think from the outside looking in there would be like an obvious You'd be able to see the structure taking place around like this whole multi club threading Other than like them getting rid of all of our scouts way back when which seems to have been a terrible decision it's It's like you can't even piece together anything that's going on outside of that.
00:20:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's crazy.
00:20:34
Zak
Back in the olden days, we'd be like, we've put up a new, there's a new LinkedIn advert for like a head of recruitment. there's not thing there's no You don't hear anything like that anymore. It's almost like they never expected Jason Wilcox to go, have panicked, and now don't know what to do, and have just gone, well, hopefully it'll be all right.
00:20:51
Zak
But i again, like I think my friend James Peach summed it up to me perfectly. by by saying, like, it's kind of weird. You probably should have done another season or two in the championship.
00:21:00
Zak
And maybe we should have, like, maybe coming up so early has stunned everybody. They've they've scrambled. And now we're in the position that we're in.
00:21:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
less I think like because we've talked about it before that maybe going down this season was part of the plan and obviously or or maybe not maybe not part of the plan but an an accepted risk right it's like it's pretty likely we're going down this season obviously we're going to give it a go but we our plan consists of the ability to deal with that but we we're not in the board meetings nobody comes out and tell us tells us anything and it's ridiculous to
00:21:21
Zak
Hmm.
00:21:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know, to expect someone, you know, the cost of going to the games and the season tickets. like
00:21:43
Zak
it's It's the human side of it that is, I think, completely lost on these people sometimes. And I think that that's where, you know, as much as I don't want to march out into the streets over it, I think there are far more important things in the world. But like, I get it.
Financial Concerns and Long-Term Planning
00:21:58
Zak
I get why people are that level of angry. I just don't think that that like our fan base, you know, you're riding a high off of promotion.
00:22:07
Zak
not six months ago, and now all of a sudden it's like we're in whatever position, ah ah seven I think at this point, but, and now we're in whatever this is. And it's just, it's, I think the rapid decline and like the way it's happened, it's just baffling to everybody. You know, you've got like our top goal scorer for last season has managed to score a kind of a goal from open playing a penalty. And everyone else has been, you know, we've got a few players like Fernandez that would disappear, Kyle that might be sold in January,
00:22:37
Zak
And the other problem I've got is, you know as you pointed out before, he who's going to want to come if we decide to open up the transfer market? who What point of players are we going to get? Players that are going to accept that they're going to be playing championship football next year.
00:22:49
Zak
So that's not going to be exactly somebody that like pulls us out of the fire.
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00:23:01
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00:23:19
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I think I've figured it out. I think I know why it's so triggering and it's the problem is that it's the same on the field and the same off the field.
00:23:20
Zak
Okay.
00:23:28
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We've talked about it on the show before. When we're 1-0, 2-1 down and in the 80th minute there's no outward look that there's any panic or stress or urgency to get that matter resolved.
00:23:44
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just stick with the system, knock it around the back. There's no response to that at all. And it's the same off the pitch, right?
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00:23:53
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This is dire. We are on track to be the worst Premier League team in history.
00:23:58
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And there's no response, no urgency.
00:24:00
Zak
No, percussion panic buttons, so that's what you want.
00:24:03
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No. And like, I'm not suggesting that we, you know, pull the fire alarms and run the screaming blue murder and panic, but like, settle the nerves right just put something out and say communicate that we don't need to panic this is all part of the plan and it's an awful plan and if it is the part of the plan I still think people would be upset but I just just need some
00:24:29
Zak
It's better than leaving leaving us in limbo and also leaving a young manager to take the absolute brunt of it and rightly or wrongly like' just it's just awful because if if he goes anytime soon it's gonna it's already turning sour and now we lose out instead of him going earlier on where, you know, like a Nijakkin's Pochettino situation where everyone was shocked by it, but everyone thanks Nijakkin's for what he did.
00:24:57
Zak
It's going to be one of those situations now where people are going to think and remember what's been going on recently more than they're going to think of sort of that day in Wembley, do you know what I mean?
00:25:08
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Yeah.
00:25:09
Zak
And you're right, the panic and urgency on the pitch, the whole point, the whole thing they wanted to do after the sort of tumultuous relegation season last time round, was to kind of steady that panic and ah ah not have people sort of panic. And we we had games like that in the championship where we weren't panicking and then we would score in the 93rd, 94th minute, but that just doesn't happen for us anymore. And so exactly, I think that the key the key thing that you pointed out that's needed and the key thing that everyone wants to see ultimately is change.
00:25:39
Zak
and it might not be great. change You could never predict if change is going to be good or bad. You can't predict that, but what you can do is try and set up circumstances to make it successful.
00:25:50
Zak
and If it is that he needs to bite the bullet and change the way he plays, happy days.
00:25:55
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it's just odd just that's just never gonna happen that's the problem because if that was gonna happen it would have happened by now and I think if that had happened and we was even if it had happened and we were still in this position with points I think there would be more patience and acceptance but it's the the almost arrogance to stick to that system and say that it will come good and it'll work when we are it is not going to work with this group of players so we need
00:25:55
Zak
I don't think it's going to happen. so
00:26:21
Zak
No.
00:26:23
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something that is going to be less embarrassing i don't know but i'm sure that we can find some points of tactics to improve upon that we can talk about tomorrow i'm not sure i already have several so
00:26:27
Zak
oh What do we do Greg? How do we how do we live our life going forward? I'm sure we can.
00:26:43
Zak
so
00:26:46
Zak
I think one of the good things is that we've got a little bit of a gap between games now, right?
00:26:53
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Yeah. We're playing at seven o'clock on a Sunday night. That's another joke. Thanks be, thank you.
00:26:56
Zak
So, yeah, so don't get me wrong, that that is absolutely terrible, but it gives I think it gives everybody a little bit of distance because I think that having the game Wednesday and having that reaction on the Saturday, everybody is angry, knackered and and and mad and I was sort of correct.
00:26:57
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Esports.
00:27:12
Zak
my complete misinformation where I thought small bone was back and he just wasn't picking him and it turns out his injuries just still persistent.
00:27:15
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Oh yeah.
00:27:19
Zak
I don't know how that slipped through my radar completely.
00:27:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah thing That's another thing that upset me from the press conference because small bone was to call him an integral part of the team that's been missing based on the performances we've had for in this season is another level of deluded that I'm not ready to approach yet.
00:27:36
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I think you can take the blame.
00:27:36
Zak
Well it was dumb how the pessimist will have to be the optimist because I think I've wrecked you today mate, I'm really sorry. whereas is a swart There is a couple of days that you can chill, relax, spend time with your loved ones. It's the festive season. We're having a whale of a time with this podcast. It keeps me sane whilst being a supporter of Southampton. We hope that we entertain you. We hope that you enjoy our analysis. None of us complain to be experts. I'm just a dude at home that usually plays football manager and absolutely loves watching Saints.
00:28:09
Zak
Greg Signiff has significantly more football knowledge than me and actually plays it. But yeah, we just we have a great...
00:28:13
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like any sort of good level though to be clear I didn't make me an expert
00:28:18
Zak
But we we have a good time. So once again, thank you for joining us on this fine Monday. Check us out on all the socials, Twitter, Blue Sky, YouTube, TikTok, put clips up from all of these little episodes.
00:28:31
Zak
So yeah, thank you very much for joining us today. will be back tomorrow with Tactics Tuesday where we'll try and dissect What happened in that game? A little bit more than today probably. And we'll see you then. So thank you very much everyone. Bye bye.