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Daily Southampton: Episode 124: Matchday Preview - Ipswich!
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Southampton – Next up: Ipswich away! A must win? A chance for new signings to shine? We hope so! We share some score predictions and how we think it'll play out!
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Introduction to Hosts and Show
00:00:09
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 today joined by a third of my compatriots at the Daily Southampton. Zach, how you doing mate?
00:00:24
Zak
Yeah, mate, I'm real good. My voice is still, as you can probably hear, completely shocked from the weekend. And it turns out that that's what happens when you scream at Alexander Isaac at the top of your voice.
00:00:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
In words we cannot repeat here on the show. We aim to be family friendly.
Upcoming Game Against Ipswich: Hopes and Concerns
00:00:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we we are away this weekend at Portland Road against Ipswich.
00:00:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
How are you feeling about the game? Are you feeling quietly confident?
00:00:53
Zak
it's I want to say quietly confident from the discussions I've had since this week with you and sort of Oscar and everyone around it, everyone's going, oh, this is a winnable game. And arguably, if you treat any game in the Premier League as a winnable game, i just I worry about overconfidence a little bit. that That's my only problem is that we're like, well, we should be beating Ipswich. And it was like, well, we said that the first game, and we've said that many games after as many opponents. um I guess what I am looking forward to the most is,
00:01:22
Zak
seeing a bit of a change line up, having some of the sort of players that have done really well this season come back into the lineup after going out injured. I guess I'm just looking forward to what will hopefully be a fun, entertaining game of future championship football.
00:01:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I don't know if you could say that It's Which Are A Team we should be beating, but you've got to feel like at this point, if we don't beat them, what does it say for the rest of our season?
Season Struggles and Defensive Issues
00:01:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not a lot of anything good.
00:01:50
Zak
but we've got We got one win against Everton during a time that Everton were doing invincible and they're still not doing great now. i like you know Other than that, we've had wins in the cup. so you know we that We have had a singular win, so I feel like it's a real real struggle for my my brain to kind of jump to the conclusion we could get a win.
00:02:11
Zak
I just feel like we should just grind out draws to this point to get past 12 points, right? like That's really negative, get to actually.
00:02:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's it.
00:02:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is horrible with just two wins.
Press Conference Insights and Lineup Changes
00:02:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're never going to grind out a draw if you've seen how bad our defense is.
00:02:27
Zak
yeah yeah you know wrong
00:02:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
we've We've had the presser today and is it fair to say we're expecting to see a ah few changes coming in the game?
00:02:32
Zak
We have I guess it depends right like you the last time thought that When he says things that, you know, you you worried that the Russell Martin effect was going to kick in, in which he says someone's available and that they're not available and vice versa.
00:02:54
Zak
I think juror is blunt to a point. Hence why his press conferences last around 10 minutes. I think.
00:03:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Less than that, it was seven minutes today mate. I think we're aiming for record lows in press conference time.
00:03:08
Zak
Man, it's like it's like you're all those basketball players would get really mad about having to attend press conferences if It feels like honestly, it doesn't really want to have to bother talking to any brother be out on the training ground Which if that's if that's what it is, like I prefer that But yeah, it kind of seems like he's talking about people being back whether or not they're fitting off the start who knows but it looks like we're probably gonna see a bit of a change lineup and that's probably a good thing if there are players that are Hungry to play and hungry to impress at this point Chock him in. That's all right, mate.
Armelle Bellacott-Chapp's Situation and Transfer Rumors
00:03:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
And before we get round to predicted lineups in segment two, I want to mention a name that I don't think will be mentioned in that lineup, but I think it speaks volumes that we're talking about all of this hungry players and the change and the new signs that are going to come into the team and It really feels like the doors closing on Armelle Bellacott-Chapp's time to make that impression, right? Because surely it would have been last week.
00:04:07
Zak
you'd think that on top of that, it's, you know, where's all the rumours around him? There's been rumours, you know, when when there's rumours swirling around players like Charlie Taylor, ah ah you know, and as of this afternoon, Cameron Archer, but I feel like that could that that could go on to transfer Tuesday next week, but to be honest, I could probably go on a massive essay about that anyway.
00:04:27
Zak
Regardless, yeah, it so it says a lot, doesn't it, really, that you know he was supposed to be a good player, yet he thought he was going to get some time. He keeps making the bench, but he's not been brought on.
00:04:38
Zak
It's a very odd one. like what What is he expecting if he's not played football for like a year and a half and he won't pull out? By the looks of it, was Willing to play the under-21s? I don't know if they were with he was withdrawn or what.
00:04:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Strange one, wasn't it? Because he was dragged, he was named in the starting lineup, but then dragged away to join the first team away.
00:04:50
Zak
Strange one.
00:04:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:57
Zak
It was literally as we were recording the episode where we said that he was going to be in the end of the 21s and then he was going to go join the team up in Nottingham, right?
00:05:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:05:03
Zak
Was that a forest game?
00:05:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it was forest. Yeah, and that's put then didn't feature in that game at all was on the bench last week didn't make an appearance.
00:05:13
Zak
ah ah it's it's it's a few It's a
Management Strategies Under the New Manager
00:05:14
Zak
few of them now, right? like people, people are mad and upset. Juric still find trying to figure out what his team, his best team is.
00:05:24
Zak
But it says a lot that sort of team consecutive managers have kind of had, I guess, similar opinions, because on top of that, it's not like he's not been willing to give people a go who, you know, haven't, haven't had a go yet.
00:05:38
Zak
Like, you know, you might see the resurgence of Stevens.
00:05:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:42
Zak
I don't know how I feel about it. I think everyone gets a clean slate under a new manager. I think that you were you were quite prevalent about as well. But yeah, it's just a similar one.
00:05:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
It still feels wrong though, right? Like named captain and then 42% of the season at that point out suspended was. I don't think I mind seeing him come back in.
00:06:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
I hope we don't see him come back in as captain.
00:06:03
Zak
I don't think he's the captain, right? Is he still technically club captain?
00:06:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
No idea.
00:06:07
Zak
It would be really weird to see him put on the captain's band and walk out. yeah He's got to do a lot, I think, in other people's eyes. But we were I know we were talking about it separately. yeah I think you said that you made the point that, like, if he helps us clean a clean sheet, does it matter?
00:06:22
Zak
and you know That's kind of the opinions on lots of things.
00:06:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:25
Zak
There's a lot of opinions. you know We were talking about Kyle Walker-Peters potentially going. He seems to be on his way out. I expect that maybe the offer that came in that he wanted hasn't come in in January.
00:06:36
Zak
the offers that have come in he's not interested in would prefer a much bigger payday to leave at the end of the season.
Player Motivations and Team Morale
00:06:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:42
Zak
Don't really blame him.
00:06:43
Zak
So maybe you will have him.
00:06:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
It looks like he wants to stay in the prem and realistically anything we would get as a transfer fee. he can probably get assigned an on-bonus himself.
00:06:52
Zak
Yeah.
00:06:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
so
00:06:53
Zak
I don't really, I don't really, you know, the idea that you would do it for the sake of loyalty to the club when he stayed through the drop and the championship and probably the entirety of this season.
00:07:05
Zak
don't really blame the guy. And I know that people, we've had a lot of backlash people talking about how they don't think he's put in 100% effort. And I'm like, we're only as good as the players are around you at the end of the day. And it's not like he's had a lot of, you know, he will put lots of crosses in.
00:07:19
Zak
No one gets on the end of him. There's not really a lot you can do. And I feel like there's just a, there's a general apathy and I can understand that as well. It's, it's been, it's been hard to be a Saints fan.
00:07:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
and rough going.
00:07:32
Zak
Right. Probably one of the potentially are worst if not the worst window that we've never had transfer wise. The fact that nearly all the players that have come in are potentially out of the door within six months is just baffling.
00:07:46
Zak
I don't think I've ever seen it.
00:07:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Crazy. Arguably three success, minus success stories. And the likelihood is that even one of them is going to go at the end of the season because I don't think Aaron Ramsdale is going to want to play in the championship.
00:07:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
say
00:07:59
Zak
yeah i would I would also probably say the same for Fernando's mate.
00:08:02
Zak
I think if people have been paying enough attention he's probably going to.
00:08:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, unfortunately so, but we can, but hope.
Lineup Decisions and Player Inclusions
00:08:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
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00:08:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, so we are back. ah Predicted lineup time, and does as we mentioned in section one, it could be a quite a drastically changed squad. I think I drew up to you earlier that how I would like us to line up. t you How do you think we'll line up?
00:09:05
Zak
It really depends if we carry on with this sort of five of the back thing, which I think you'll probably want to carry on. think I'd probably like to see more before, but you know judging by what we've experienced so far,
00:09:17
Zak
I think we'll obviously have Ramsdale back in the goal. I don't think McAfee did the worst last game. I think Newcastle were just better. They weren't great, but they were better. I don't think he he didn't make any catastrophic mistakes that he's he's made previously. So I think if Ramsdale was okay, he'll be back in the sticks. I'm hoping that we see look Wellington at left back. It'd be interesting to see something different at this point, right? like you know i would be I think it's upsetting for Manning to lose out. I'm sick of consistently seeing Karl Walker-Peters push to the left and then him playing significantly better when he goes on to the right. Centre, you're not going to change for Yang and Taylor Harbour-Bettis, I don't think. think that Breen might get a swap out for Stevens, totally missed ah ah if Stevens is fit enough. i Maybe just to see what's available.
00:10:08
Zak
if he's got the fight in him because he knows that we need a win and this is probably one of our best chances to get a win. That's what I could see. Obviously, Kyle will compete as on the right.
00:10:19
Zak
In the middle of the ground you've probably got Les and Rebo because that partnership's been working pretty well. games it's dropped off a little bit and then we'll see if you've
00:10:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I feel like a Rebo, such a hot and cold player though, that I feel like maybe if anyone's going to miss out to maybe see Gromback come in, that it might be him that misses out. We sort of see Big Lez, Gromback and Matthew Fernandez all played together.
00:10:44
Zak
Yes, that would be nice, because obviously see originally it was like he sees him playing in the Matty Fernandez kind of role, and he's now talking about how he thinks he can play them together, which means clearly he's got an opinion.
00:10:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
I enjoyed that answer in the press conference of you said you saw him playing in this role. Can they play together? Yes. I'm not so sure, but I think
00:11:03
Zak
Must be...
Striker Performance Debate
00:11:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
that's how I would like it.
00:11:05
Zak
Yeah, so then obviously you've then got probably Dipling's going to play, Fernandez is going to play,
00:11:14
Zak
Silamana, potentially.
00:11:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Toolpool stays in the team.
00:11:19
Zak
Maybe, I don't know if I wouldn't be surprised if he put Silamana up front again, just sort of have someone that can run around him, quite someone that's hungry, you know, bring to a pool on later.
00:11:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:30
Zak
just, I don't know what it is, like, I know we've kind of talked about the archer thing. One of the reasons that um not surprised by this, and I don't think that it's the worst thing in the world, is that He's not really had a lot of game time since Zurich was coming, and I don't think that's going to increase.
00:11:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:48
Zak
Like, if he's picking Armstrong over him now, why is he suddenly not going to do that for the rest of the season? So if you're somebody...
00:11:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
It seems crazy to me because from what we've seen in the games, I would be picking Cameron Archer to start over Adam Armstrong every week.
00:12:02
Zak
Yeah?
00:12:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I would want him, he seems to have a goal scorer's instinct, but only when he's playing with confidence. And we've seen that with the goal, a couple of goals that he's scored have been that type of goal.
00:12:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I don't understand why it's not just priority one to just keep him in the team and provide him with the type of service that he needs. because it's not an instinct I've seen in Toolpool.
00:12:29
Zak
I just, I think that the problem is, is that we we see this and, you know, again, it comes down to philosophies and the way that managers want to play, et cetera. Like where I'm at is that I don't think like in, you know, in some ways, Russell Martin consistently playing Fraser when we were like, we've got so many better options. If George isn't a fan, he, there's rumblings and stuff. I'm not saying that I don't think that it's the right decision. I think I agree. Art just should be playing.
00:12:57
Zak
I think that if he's not going to be playing because Djuric doesn't want him and he's going to end up getting miserable as sin on the bench, I wouldn't put it past the the club to send them out on loan.
00:13:10
Zak
And if there's an option to buy, there's an option to buy. And that will be that, right? Like it's one of those weird things that this is the unfortunate nature of when you have so philosophies like this and managers have their favorites instead of, you know, a proper squad game.
00:13:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay. Okay. It's just crazy to me.
00:13:26
Zak
But it's it's weird, isn't it? It's a very, very strange position to be
00:13:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, when he was playing regularly for us and starting regularly, he was getting in positions to have chances. And yeah, he didn't convert all of those chances, but it felt like it was coming.
00:13:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
He he created so much more opportunity than I've seen Adam Armstrong create all season. It's baffling. It's so bizarre.
00:13:53
Zak
Yeah, it's really weird.
00:13:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
It must be something in training that they're seeing that I'm not because taking it from an on-the-pitch perspective, that's that's how I've seen it all season.
00:14:01
Zak
Yeah, it's like that.
00:14:05
Zak
it's It's got to be personality. It could be anything. This is the problem. Not everything is always solely based off of the footballing ability. It should be. But then obviously, if it was solely like that, players like Mario Galiatelli and stuff like that would end up having significantly better and brighter careers. Because regardless of off the pitch on the pitch antics and all that jazz,
00:14:28
Zak
you would just ignore that because of the football. Now it's absolutely disrespectful from my end to say that there's anything like that going in the background. I'm unaware. All I know is that the facts are which doesn't like to pick him,
Transfer Window Talk and Player Implications
00:14:40
Zak
I don't think that's really going to change.
00:14:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:42
Zak
We're not going to be bringing in anyone else this transfer window because that's another thing that came out of that presser.
00:14:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:48
Zak
And if you're Cameron Archer, do you want to spend the rest of the year bench warming in Southampton who are probably going to go down and not get really the opportunities you need to get a move in the summer?
00:14:59
Zak
Or if you've got a a team that are coming in that are interested in you, and from a commercial perspective, if we're leaving him on the bench but but can potentially get more money back, then I wouldn't be surprised if they let him go.
00:15:12
Zak
I also don't think it is the absolute worst thing in the world that a lot of the fanbase do, but I completely understand the frustration. I think I am now so apathetic at this point that I'm like, yeah, sure, why not?
00:15:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll be very classy. and so in it We're struggling for goals. We need a striker. So let's sell one. Okay.
00:15:31
Zak
Yeah, but it's just me.
00:15:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
One of the few strikers that has scored goals for us this season as well.
00:15:36
Zak
But arguably he scored in the league how many goals two.
00:15:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:39
Zak
And Toolpool has now scored one. So Toolpool's almost halfway to where Cameron Archer was.
00:15:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:44
Zak
And if he's going to play the system it he's going to play, it's going to be where it's going to be.
00:15:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:15:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
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00:16:01
Zak
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00:16:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
OK, score prediction time. You heard from me yesterday in the crossover, so I'm going to throw it to you first, Zach. How do you see it playing out?
00:16:27
Zak
I could see Let's go with a win. Why not? lets let's be Let's be bold. Let's be brave. Let's go with a scrappy one-wheel-win. right Let's have Solomanus score the goal and then I'll lose a bet. We get three points along any shirt.
Game Predictions and Optimism
00:16:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Perfect. I'm 100% down for that. I love it. Well, if you listened to the crossover episode yesterday, you'll know that I picked a much more optimistic on brand as ever.
00:16:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
I went with a three nil win, a clean sheet and three goals.
00:17:00
Zak
not
00:17:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
that Can you imagine a world where that happens?
00:17:07
Zak
I don't know.
00:17:09
Zak
The thing that gives me optimism, and it's finding that optimism amongst my ingrained as-a-person pessimism, is that potentially going to have two or three newbies in the team, two or three newbies that have not been, I guess,
00:17:28
Zak
everything that's happened this season, right? They're going to want to go out, they're going to want to play. You've got people coming back from injury, whether it's to get a move in the summer, whether it's to get a move before next week, whatever it is that we want to perform, right?
00:17:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:17:44
Zak
Dibbling being one of them, the less we talk about that, the less upset I'll be. Solomana potentially being another.
00:17:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:17:51
Zak
There are players that have got that sort of desire and willing them to hopefully produce something.
00:18:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
but Their defence has shipped 47 goals this season.
00:18:00
Zak
because
00:18:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's the third most in the Premier League. Obviously, where we topped that list. of of most goals conceded. But that shows to me that like us, their defence probably isn't very good. And so just I'm just fancying it. I don't think they're going to have an answer for Toolpool. I think he's going to get a goal because let's face it, he has the capability of being an absolute handful. And especially if we take him to the championship, he's going to tear that league apart.
00:18:38
Zak
I really hope so, but we'll have to see. like it's It's really difficult to kind of... we We were talking about ticket prices earlier. Not not to do with this, but just off off the cuff.
00:18:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:51
Zak
and And Greg was talking about we should go... you know And I said, why don't you go to pick an Italian team and support them and go fly out and it'll probably be a bit cheaper. And Greg was like, well, I can't do that. I was like, well well, I can't pick an Italian team.
00:19:03
Zak
I was like, you occasionally go to West Brom Games and your wife's a Liverpool fan. well Well, that's different, it's family. I was like, so so why? Well, what if in one future scenario, we play Anderlecht in like the Champions League or Conference League?
00:19:16
Zak
And I'm sat there thinking, I can't think at the moment, one game ahead, and you're like, well, in the decade, we could be in the top six.
00:19:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's time, yeah.
00:19:24
Zak
And I admire that level of optimism at the moment. I can barely see towards the end of the season. And Southampton Football Club are the
Staying Optimistic in a Tough Season
00:19:31
Zak
reasons for that. It is down to them, but completely ruined by vision.
00:19:36
Zak
And I find it even more baffling, Greg, because your prediction of us finishing 12th this season, and we're not going to end up with 12 points. i' like it's it's incredible It makes a good balance, and you know a bless Oscar as well, because you must be mad for him looking at one side where I'm like, well, everything's ruined. We're all going to lose. And then he's like, well, that's crazy, isn't it, Greg? And it's like, well, no, we're going to win the league.
00:19:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
is the anchor that keeps us so swirling around the central solid point.
00:20:03
Zak
Very much so.
00:20:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah look i mean It can only go up from this season is where I'm at. It can't possibly be as bad as this again.
00:20:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
so
00:20:17
Zak
I worry that we're going to have to rebuild the entire squad from the ground up. There'll be a couple of people that stay that have long-term contracts, but other than that, it's going to be a weird end of the season.
00:20:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's fine. i mean That is what it needs because we'll need to rebuild for to come back and fight in the Premier League, which is, at this point, not something I think we can safely say that we've done so this season. And and if if we can win tomorrow and start our track back, then we're only one win away right from from not being the mathematical worst Premier League team in history.
00:20:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we might accidentally win a game, right?
00:20:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like someone would fall into their own net and somehow miss our net 43 times. It could happen.
00:20:58
Zak
or three bad draws.
00:21:05
Zak
this is This is the thing and this is what's what's most interesting about about football and I think that like i like we are underestimating Ipswich in my opinion like we did last season and like we do with quite a lot of teams.
00:21:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think it's going to be a tough game.
00:21:22
Zak
There is also the option that they
00:21:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just think if we don't win, we're in real trouble. like don't Not to take away from them, there it's as important for them because they should be beating us to give them a chance to stay up. I just think we this is where we need to make a statement.
00:21:38
Zak
How much more trouble can we get in with potentially on track to be the worst Premier League team ever? A genuine genuine question.
00:21:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:21:45
Zak
like what I can't see us having any more lost winning games because I just can't see us ever winning apart from, yeah as I said, my only hope is that we are so underestimated that we take them by surprise and and that we show some of the quality we've shown in snippets throughout the season.
00:22:06
Zak
and we we managed to get it over the full 90. Because if not, the idea that we're going to go into next season to be in favourites to come back up again isn't isn't going to be all that obvious. But a genuine question is, why why is it that you see it as a must-win? Because in my head, I'm like, what if we lose? It's the same as us losing to any other game. Or is it just because you you're like, the strength of the opposition is the big thing?
00:22:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, this is the strength of the opposition that we're going to be playing next season. That's the realistic answer.
Importance of Ipswich Game for Future Prospects
00:22:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like that I don't think and when we spoke to Ipswich yesterday, I think they're expecting to stay up in the Premier League either. They're obviously hopeful and they've got a much better chance than we have at this point. But this is the level, if we're saying it's we've got a team of championship players,
00:22:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
so have they, let's prove that we're a good team of championship players. If we get beat by them, it's not only a question mark on how much it's worth even showing up for the rest of the season. It's also a question mark on how decent we're going to be next year. And I know that there's a whole transfer window to go between now and then to to sort it one way or another, but it it is the most winnable of the remaining games purely based off of form and league position. And that's not to take anything away from it, which doesn't mean that we're going to go and walk over them by any stretch of the imagination.
00:23:36
Zak
What if we lose and it's really, really scrappy and it's mainly because Michael Oliver's the referee, this just as a hypothetical scenario. Are you crushed at that point?
00:23:49
Zak
I know by the week after you'll think we're winning again, but like serious, serious how would you feel then?
00:23:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah i if we If we put in a performance across 90 minutes, like we've seen in pieces this season, and lose 1-0 to an awful VAR or refereeing decision or something like that, it's going to hurt, but it kind of sums up some of the decisions and the luck we've had this season in games so where we should have been got getting more anyway based off our performance. I don't know.
00:24:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
But you're right. It'll be heartbreak on Monday and then a screaming four nil win on Friday anyway. It's just the process.
00:24:22
Zak
let's just hey go less Let's just hope that they give it their all and that some of the players coming back and some of the players that potentially are going to be playing for the first time do really, really well.
00:24:41
Zak
you know I think there's an interview But it's probably already started, which we've missed that we'll probably catch on I'm going to probably catch up on with Grombeck, if that's how you pronounce his name.
00:24:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:51
Zak
I think that's part of the interview, ironically.
00:24:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Albert Gromback is what he said in the video.
00:24:55
Zak
There you go. So so you know let's let's hope that you know all of our worries and fears of what's to come and what's already gone can, for just one game,
00:24:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll mark it.
00:25:12
Zak
go away in ah ah in a beautiful win because that's all we can take for the rest of the season. do it well If I can finish or Saturday or Sunday afternoon not being miserable at football, I'll take it.
00:25:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, look, we we we want to end on a positive, right? And I know we're not the most, we're not the most analytical or maths based podcast statistics wise.
00:25:27
Zak
yeah yeah
00:25:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
We don't use a huge amount of math. It's all vibes and feeling, but to bring it back mathematically for a second, the only thing that's mathematically impossible this season at this point is winning the league.
00:25:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
So you go.
Podcast Information and Listener Interaction
00:25:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
second place you heard it here for and as always it will be that hope that kills us but we will be back on monday uh either in high spirits or back as part of the healing process uh and we will discuss how it goes down at portland road uh until then uh we are on a new youtube channel a part of the global sports podcast network you can catch us on there every day
00:25:51
Zak
I just but love it. my I love it. Good job.
00:26:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
as well as all of the other teams on the network posting their daily thoughts and opinions. want you Go and give them ah check them out. We're on all the socials. We've got a new Facebook page. We're on Twitter, X, Blue Sky, TikTok, and all of that fun stuff. Let us know your score predictions, how you think we're going to get on. Do you think we can get beyond the 11 points of Derby? How are you feeling at this point in the season? Let us know.
00:26:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
and we look forward to sharing in your joint misery. It's part of the therapeutic process.
00:26:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
We will look forward to seeing you Monday. Have a wonderful weekend everyone.
00:26:54
Zak
Hey.