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GSPN Daily Wolves - FA Cup Reaction. Cunha sees red.
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Will & Chris discuss the FA Cup loss and that man, Cunha, seeing red once again.
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Welcome Back and FA Cup Analysis
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hey Wolves fans, welcome in to GSPN Daily Wolves and I once again am your host Chris, you can't get rid of me that easily, but back with me in the dugout today is Will, Will welcome in, long time no see.
00:00:22
Will
Yeah, I mean, usually, you know, if we go one or two episodes without me featuring, I say that it's good to be back. um But after our recent performance, Chris, I'm not so sure it is good to be back.
00:00:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, there is a lot to break down from this weekend.
00:00:41
Will
Mm-hmm.
00:00:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Obviously, as we record this, we are going to be going digging into the aftermath of the Bournemouth FA Cup loss, and there's so much to dissect from
Fulham Game Experience and Rant
00:00:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
that.
00:00:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
But before we... Before we dig into that depressive state, because there's so much to go over, I just want to, having not caught up with you midweek, Will, I gave my thoughts on Friday, some summarized brief thoughts on the Fulham loss.
00:01:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know you were there. Did you want to just go over any thoughts from that maybe that I've missed or just your vibe on the day?
00:01:13
Will
Yeah. um I mean, essentially, Chris, as you know, um I've been going to Monty, you've been to the Ticker Holder, going to those home games for 10 years or so now.
00:01:26
Will
And never have I felt an atmosphere as flat. And not just sort of the lack of atmosphere, but the sort of negativity that that was around and just how we were defeated before we'd even kicked the ball. you know And I appreciate that. It was never going to be a sellout crowd, um especially with it being midweek and on TV.
00:01:50
Will
you know I appreciate that. But we've had that many, many, many times before in the past. And yet we've still had a decent atmosphere. But I just think... And I'm going to go on to Chris.
00:02:04
Will
I'm going to go on to my anti-fossil rant. Nice and early on into the episode. You know, we've made it two minutes in. But it's just like... That game, that Fulham at home game...
00:02:16
Will
um It just epitomises where we are now as a club, I thought. Being there and sort of, we never looked really like we were going to win.
00:02:28
Will
But it's not just the fact that we didn't look like that. It's fact that we didn't feel like it at all at any point. You know, I remember um um remember listening to interviews going back a fair few years from Connor Cody.
00:02:41
Will
I don't know why said Conor then, as if you you know, on first name terms. But you would say, you'd say quite often, it it was like the South Bank would, it was, his phrase was, they'd suck the ball into the back of the net.
00:02:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:02:55
Will
You know, just the atmosphere that sort forced a goal to happen at times. And I don't know, i don't know how to sort of articulate it, apart from the fact that,
00:03:06
Will
it It just seemed so far off from what we have once had. I know that's been a recurring theme this season, but it seems especially poor all round against Fulham, from the atmosphere to the performance. It just...
00:03:24
Will
Yeah, it really sort of...
00:03:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:03:27
Will
I don't know, it killed my mood a bit because last time we spoke, Chris, I was ah feeling relatively optimistic about us and the general direction we were heading. you know We were sort of a good fair few points clear of Ipswich and we were...
00:03:42
Will
you know, not far off getting to Wembley in the FA Cup. it's It's safe to say that since then, you know, I mean, things change quickly in football, don't they? But it's ah yeah safe to say they, yeah, they have changed in that sense.
Fan Experience and Management Critique
00:03:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, ah a lot has changed in a week for sure.
00:03:58
Will
Yeah.
00:04:01
Will
Yeah.
00:04:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But i mean, that's the ups and downs of football as well.
00:04:02
Will
Yeah.
00:04:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are, as football fans, if nothing fickle and have the ability to see the worst in every situation. and But I will say, though, does it obviously yeah i get the impression you're saying because you weren't impressed with the vibe even before kickoff.
00:04:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Also, again, i don't know if it's devil's advocate or just stating facts, it doesn't help when we concede within the first minute because that just kills any optimism as well.
00:04:31
Will
Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, of course it doesn't help, but I remember them be you know being sort well, I'll say sat there. I stood there just about five minutes before kickoff.
00:04:45
Will
And Chris, the empty seats. yeah and Since we've been promoted, I've never seen so many empty seats. You know? Like, I've just not... yeah It was just so far from the walls that...
00:05:00
Will
I know. don't get me wrong, when I say that, i'm re I'm not having a go at people. I'm not blaming anyone for not going. I'm really, really not.
00:05:12
Will
um The one person I'm be blaming is Jeff. Jeff Sheehan Fossin as a whole. Because if ah you know if you if you lived in Wolverhampton, you'd been at work all day, and you could go home and sort of sit back, spend time with your family and watch it on the telly and pay £0, 0p for that,
00:05:30
Will
why Why wouldn't you? but But if it was, say, 20 quid and there's a social aspect to it and an enjoyable atmosphere and the potential of a ah a win, then you'd go to the game, wouldn't it?
00:05:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sure.
00:05:44
Will
Or you at least you'd be more likely to. And you just it just seemed like that had been... It was just zapped, you know, it just killed from Fossu. And like you said, when when when that's in the build-up, and I was thinking, I was stood there thinking before kick-off, I was like, oh, surely it's going to fill up a bit. Like, you know, people just getting in, you know, people are coming from work and this, and it just didn't. And then to concede so early on, yeah, like you said, it we just it was one of those days. i think that's safe to say.
00:06:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, because we've got so much to focus on with the games, I don't want to too far. I mean, we could have a whole separate episode on, you know, tickets and attendance and everything.
00:06:26
Will
Yeah. Yeah.
00:06:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
But this season is an odd one. you Obviously, there's so much to discuss about the prices, the increases in the summer and the the fact that, you know, it's expensive in itself.
00:06:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
You add in the cost of the expense that it ah it now is. with the fact that this season has been so lackluster in terms of we're now a team that's been fighting against relegation and you've lost so many games.
00:06:48
Will
Yeah.
00:06:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a hard ask to want, because games keep going on general admission, for people to want us to think about s stumping up 50 plus pounds to go and watch a team that they is going to lose.
00:06:55
Will
Yeah.
00:06:59
Will
Yeah, of course. Yeah.
00:07:02
Will
Yeah, and that's it. I do ah do not blame anyone at all. It's just the very fact that it costs that much in the first place.
00:07:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:07:10
Will
But, Chris, it's not all doom and gloom. And I'll tell you for why.
00:07:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:07:17
Will
Because about 70 minutes in, you know, when Sodal was happening in the game, I thought, you know, it's time to make a quick trip to the bogs. And this is going somewhere.
00:07:30
Will
This is going somewhere.
00:07:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm really worried about where this is going. We heard your last toilet story. um You didn't end up shaking hands with people again in the toilet, did you?
00:07:36
Will
though no. And I wasn't taking photos of Mateus Nunez either.
00:07:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:07:42
Will
ah But I came back. I'd, you know, done what I needed to do without without sharing the details. I came back. I'm walking through the, um back up to my seats.
00:07:56
Will
And this must have been the time in which they closed the, you know, um sort of food and drink stands in the and the concourse. And there's a big, big box of pucker pies that I don't know where they're headed.
00:08:13
Will
I don't know what's happening with them, but I'm eyeing them up. And I'm walking, and one of the workers, um they see me, Chris, and they see me looking at the pies, and I'm about to go past them.
00:08:28
Will
They're like, do you want a pie?
00:08:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh
00:08:31
Will
And then I wasn't going to ask for it. And you know what liked about They almost seemed annoyed that I wanted one, but nevertheless, they just threw me a little bolty pie.
00:08:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nice Nice Yeah You have just broken the ah hearts of everyone Who's paid overp price overpriced amounts for that
00:08:44
Will
And so, you know, every cloud, there is indeed a silver lining.
00:08:52
Will
I know, i know, know. But that just means each time now, people, about 70 minutes in it was, just, you know, don't lie Jeff She's pockets. Just just go to the Pogs around that time and just raid the Pukapai boxes in Yum
Defensive Issues and Bournemouth Match Preview
00:09:08
Will
Luffin.
00:09:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
You watch next home game, they'll be like, why is there such a queue of people at 70 minutes? What's going on? Thank you, GSP and Daily Wolves. um All right. So because I, as I say, we did, I did cover a lot of the game on Friday.
00:09:20
Will
Yeah, yeah.
00:09:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
So you've given your thoughts on the experience before we move on to the stuff from the weekend, because i I don't want to, I want to focus on like the current affairs, what's really urgent.
00:09:27
Will
Of course, yeah.
00:09:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
I do have one question to see if you agree with one of my main points from the Fulham game. is do you, like me, agree that at least one, if not two, but at least one of those goals that Fulham scored would not happen if Aga was in the side?
00:09:46
Will
I don't think either would happen.
00:09:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah you go There you There you
00:09:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what I thinking.
00:09:48
Will
ah maybe Maybe the first one, actually, because that was I do think that was purely Semedo's fault.
00:09:55
Will
I know he's apologised, but he hesitated in closing down. I'm not sure who the front-end player was, but he left Sessegnon completely free in that hesitation. But the second goal, especially that Rolls-Royce of a man, that absolute brick wall of a defender...
00:10:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think
00:10:11
Will
I mean, Santi let Munez get the wrong side of him. Don't know what Sal was doing. Don't know. We won't know. We're not going to discuss that. We just don't know. um But yeah, Aga would have, I think, just, you know, shimmied across, sort of, you know, um shielded it out.
00:10:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah i think
00:10:30
Will
And yeah, yeah, no, I agree with you.
00:10:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think Aga with his speed and his strength just doesn't let it happen. He just, he's just, well, yeah, but you know, in tactically in that situation, i think that man, mountain of a man just doesn't let that happen to him.
00:10:36
Will
And his good looks.
00:10:44
Will
No.
00:10:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So yeah, I think it would be a different story.
00:10:46
Will
Chris, sorry, sorry. is
00:10:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:47
Will
is it Is it just me who fancies I could do, or is it you as well?
00:10:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I mean, I think think everyone does.
00:10:51
Will
I just wanted to clarify. Okay, that's fine.
00:10:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's Agbadoo.
00:10:55
Will
that's Yeah, yeah.
00:10:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:56
Will
yeah
00:10:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
But before we before we yeah move on to then this weekend's game, let's just take ah quick message, shall we, Will?
00:11:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
You heard it, Will. Do what you need to do. Now, this weekend, Will, there is so much from this game. Obviously, we played Bournemouth again for the second time in a week in the FA Cup.
00:11:56
Will
Yeah.
00:11:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we were so hopeful going into this, a bit like the hope of the Fulham game, thinking, you know, we could we could push on from here. We could, you know, maybe get to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup. And who knows?
00:12:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're not that far from a semifinal. It's from Wembley, you know, the from the trophy.
00:12:10
Will
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:12:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's face it, from glory.
00:12:13
Will
Yes. Yes.
00:12:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
And um even, i mean, even though we knew there'd be a couple of changes in the lineup, given there's three games in in less than a week, what did you, i mean, like, i do I know that a lot of our conversation is going to end up on Kunja.
00:12:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
So before that kind of destroys anywhere else we we go with the conversation, lineups as always first, what did you make at the start of the day of the lineup and and the prospect?
00:12:30
Will
Yeah.
00:12:38
Will
Um... I still fancied our chances with the line-up, you know? I thought it was... It was about what I expected for, like you said, considering there was... Um... That congestion of games.
00:12:52
Will
Um... You've got that balance with the fact that, like you said, we're not far off Wembley, which, let's be honest... ah Um... it If we had got to Wembley this season, that would have been a joke for us because it's been such a poor campaign from us overall.
00:13:13
Will
But yeah, I mean, from the line-ups to going into the game, starting off with, I was relatively confident, a bit sort of... um you know i It was always going to be an evenly matched game, I thought, especially with, as we had spoken about before, I know you did the crossover with Bournemouth, but we're both, in a way, prioritising the league for different reasons.
00:13:41
Will
And so it was always going to be a hard one to call, I think, this this cup game.
00:13:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, the in the in my preview to this game, pretty much everything I said, not to blow my own trumpet there, people, but, you know, phrasing. um In terms of the lineup, it's kind of what i expected. Larson came back in because obviously he's working his way back to full fitness. And we suspected that having had the Minetsi trial up front for a few games that Larson being more fit, he'd come back in and he did.
00:14:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sarabia coming in on the right-hand side to rest some legs expected. and and I mentioned again in that preview that I thought Belagarp would come in for one of either Gomez or Andre.
00:14:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
i guess being that Gomez had a suspension recentlyably recently, had a week off, so it was Andre's turn to rest in that too.
00:14:24
Will
Yeah.
00:14:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
That was all kind of I expected. And I even mentioned that I thought Giga would get a first start in the cup to rest, potentially Doc, again, given Doc's age and amount games he's played.
00:14:33
Will
Yeah.
00:14:38
Will
Yeah.
00:14:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
this season already. um So I think it was kind of as best as we could put out, given the injuries that we've got, because Rodrigo Gomez was still at that point, Geddes still out and so on.
00:14:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
and And so i suppose before we go any further, actually, I want to say, and I don't know if you agree with me on this, despite what we're going to get to in terms of the final result and penalties in the Cunha incident,
00:15:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's some, um ah again, be a Mr. Optimism. You've got to hold out some hope for us in the fact that if you think how much we were leaking goals in the early part of the season, not only did we beat this team last week and considering that Agbedou is out, who's arguably become one of our, in like the space of a very in a very short space time, become our best defender, arguably one of them.
00:15:11
Will
Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:17
Will
Mm-hmm.
00:15:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
We, with a new guy starting in the back three of Giga, only gave them one goal. I know there was a VAR one disallowed. But, you know, and when we held them out for more than 90 minutes, if you add the whole game in total, against a very strong but a team that has been strong all season.
00:15:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bournemouth, they're having a good season.
00:15:39
Will
Yeah.
00:15:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I was look thinking about that afterwards, about all after all the kind of depression... moved on a little bit actually still we still were in this game even though we didn't actually play that well or do some of our most attacking football defensively it was pretty solid
00:15:55
Will
Yeah, no, I agree with you. And not just defensively. I think the overall notion, I mean, don't get me wrong, yes, defensively, because the the clean sheets were just a miss at the start of the season and what have you in terms of that.
00:16:12
Will
But the the overall factor, I think Bournemouth are seven I think oh they're around then. and I think they've got about 44, 43 points at the time of recording, which is, I think, around double.
00:16:27
Will
well what we have in the league so far. um That on its own, the fact that we beat them last week and you know it was even Stevens with them over the course of 90 minutes this time.
00:16:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:16:40
Will
like I do get what you mean. I did think that earlier. I thought, that's not bad. like It's not that bad. i mean Again, Chris, when when we when we started this GSPN venture,
00:16:53
Will
in the summer. Sorry, I'm going on a bit of a tangent here, but I really didn't think I'd be benchmarking our performances based off how our results against Fulham and Bournemouth were going.
00:17:06
Will
But you know here we are. um But no, I do know what you mean. There is a sort of... I mean, you really have to have your sort of optimistic hat on, but there is some sort of hope in the results and performances.
00:17:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and I don't mean be realist. I'm just thinking we've had a bunch of clean sheets recently. withre We're seeing, i think, a general improvement as a unit. I know we lost the game. I'm just trying to give people some hope or some optimism that going into this next run of fixtures still, that that there were still positives, especially when you think second half, there was a flurry of substitutions, some due to injur injuries, which we'll get on to.
00:17:39
Will
Yeah.
00:17:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
So by the end, you had... Traore on the pitch as in Bubakar coming back from injury you had i mean you had Alfie Pond on the pitch at right wing back for a period ah you know and various changes going on because it went for so long and then injuries as well and Larson playing longer than he had to and all these kind of things so so it was a very makeshift team by the end and still like defending as a unit and keep and holding them out to take it to extra time
00:17:49
Will
yeah
00:18:10
Will
Yeah, I mean, the very fact that you just mentioned then it was a makeshift team. Now, the phrase makeshift and Wolves starting at has been, i think, a common factor over the past two seasons, I would say. I mean, remember when Lamina was playing up front and left wing for Sunder O'Neill last season?
00:18:33
Will
And, I mean, don't get wrong, there's cup game, so there's always going to be that rotation. But again, I'm just using this as another opportunity to spout my anti-Fossoon propaganda.
00:18:45
Will
um
00:18:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah.
00:18:45
Will
But...
00:18:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, because we we have got several people still injured. And on top of that, it did go for a long time.
00:18:49
Will
Yeah.
00:18:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And i think the difference is that now, though, people are, we mentioned in recent episodes about the fact that it's because it's a bit more like under Nuno, where there's a set structure of how the team will play.
00:19:03
Will
Yeah,
00:19:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Whoever comes on in whichever position, they know what that position is and what they should be doing. So whoever swaps in, it doesn't change if that makes sense.
Match Dynamics and Player Fitness
00:19:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like they know what their role is because it's not changing week in week out.
00:19:14
Will
yeah, yeah.
00:19:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's just, I know what I need to do here.
00:19:16
Will
yeah um But i I agree with that. i and There's definitely that general improvement in that sense, as you said, about that and the defensive structure.
00:19:28
Will
But Vito, I don't remember the exact comment or quote in the post-match conference, but was essentially talking about the substitutions Bournemouth were able to make as as opposed to the ones that we made.
00:19:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:19:42
Will
Like you said, Alfred Pond came on at wing-back, and you know and ah I'm not too sure who came on in terms of attacking threat. i don't think we had any attacking threat from the bench, which was VTOL's exact point.
00:19:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, what was interesting is Huang He-chan was on the bench. He's been on the bench for the last couple, but he didn't bring him on.
00:20:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Chose not to do him do it. So that's, in it that I just thought was worth pointing out as well, because he, i know, yeah I know he's out of form, but when you're that short on players, the fact he still chose, it was almost like at that point, let's just hold it for extra time because it was pushing on.
00:20:03
Will
Hmm.
00:20:18
Will
Yeah, I wonder what his fitness levels actually are, though, because, I mean, there's been, you know, sort of, Doc was injured by the end of the game, so it was Cunha before his incident, and I think Larson as well, still carrying injuries.
00:20:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:20:33
Will
i think I think that is just how sort short numbers we are, the fact that
00:20:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank
00:20:39
Will
even the players on the bench and the players starting, it doesn't necessarily mean just because they're on the bench that they're fully fit and able to to to give 100%. You'd like to think it does, um but i'm I'm hoping that for Huang's sake, there's a there's this sort of that reasoning behind it.
00:20:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, for sure. Okay, well, before we get on to kind of this all that second half action, first half, obviously, ah is when they is when we concede, right? First half is 1-0 to Bournemouth, essentially.
00:21:09
Will
for
00:21:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
What did you make of the Bournemouth goal?
00:21:15
Will
Annoying. ah
00:21:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:17
Will
I think just just annoying.
00:21:19
Will
um I don't know how else to describe it other than I just feel... And same with the Fulham goals, actually. Same with the Fulham goals.
00:21:30
Will
They feel like goals that we were conceding under O'Neal.
00:21:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:21:35
Will
Do you know what I mean? It seemed for the best part time that Vito had cut those sort of lackluster goals out. It was just frustrating, I thought.
00:21:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:21:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, the first half, that goal was frustrating. What was more frustrating was when this they almost scored a second and then there was about seven minutes of stoppage for VAR to work out whether it was offside or not.
00:22:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
And apparently the automated system wasn't working. So then it took additional time for human beings to work it out, ah which was kind of random.
00:22:11
Will
Chris, Chris, it's utter woke nonsense, this VAR.
00:22:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know. Yeah.
00:22:18
Will
i've just I can't be bothered. i just can't.
00:22:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
And despite the fact it appeared offside, the when it took the longer it went, I don't know about you or everyone out there, the more I was thinking, they're just looking for a way to give this against Wolves. They're just looking for they're just looking for a means to give the goal.
00:22:32
Will
Well, yes and no. I actually think of it yeah the other way. i mean, don't get me wrong, I get what you mean, but I think... If it's that close and that complicated, you're onside.
00:22:46
Will
Because the whole point of the offside rule is to stop the attacker from gaining that clear and obvious advantage.
00:22:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:22:55
Will
You know, is to stop goal-hanging, essentially, is what it's brought in for, you know, if you go back that that far. And so I think if, you know, if it's that fine...
00:23:07
Will
You're on side. you know i mean? i just, Chris, again, this could be a whole other episode in itself, couldn't it?
00:23:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
It could. It could. So, yeah. So the first half, we had the Bournemouth goal, which, yeah, let's just not think about that too much. But it was a it was another, yeah, poor display. And again, ah you know if it's a different defensive formation, because remember we've got Giga making a start, Werner in the middle. If Aga's there, if it's the solid...
00:23:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, if it's the established back line, again, maybe a different circumstance. But um and then we had the the disallowed goal. Second half, though, i don't know about you. It felt like a bit of a, to say non-event, but it there wasn't much happening.
00:23:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:50
Will
Yeah, yeah. So, sorry, um just for a bit of context, I was tuning into the game as I went.
00:23:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:59
Will
I was at work on a Saturday, which in itself is ludicrous. No, I'm joking. um But yeah, I was tuning in as went. And it from the brief impressions I got, I was able to catch less of the second half than I was the first. But the brief impressions I got were...
00:24:17
Will
it gave me the same sort of vibes as the Fulham one, like you just said then. I think you summed it up perfectly by saying non-event almost, you know, just nothing to the poor overall...
00:24:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it
Bournemouth Match Highlights
00:24:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
really was. And I think arguably, not arguably, it's clear to see for me, no matter, even with rose, you know, wolf tinted glasses, that Bournemouth were the better side on the day.
00:24:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think it tends to go a bit like when we played Brentford in the league and the FA Cup close to each other last season or the season before, that with these games, someone tends to win one and the other team tends to win another one.
00:24:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's almost like a bit of a back and forth because you get to know each other very well in a short space of time.
00:24:55
Will
Yeah.
00:24:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
And and Bournemouth had the best chances. Wolves, we just kind of didn't do much. There was no real threat. And then out of nowhere, as the game feels like it's just drifting away, Cunha pulls out a worldie. I mean, regardless of anything else, that goal was exquisite.
00:25:16
Will
Yeah, and what I think made it even more impressive is I don't think the way he set up for it and where the ball was, to me it looked a little bit like it was a bit under his feet, if you know what I mean. It was a bit... There wasn't much of a sort of... um
00:25:34
Will
You know, it's not like he had absolute acres and had loads of momentum going with it. It was almost like he was stood still, took a touch and was able to produce that power and that finish, which...
00:25:46
Will
Yeah, I mean, you know, he's not a bad footballer, is he, at the end of the day? um
00:25:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, and if that's, yeah, I mean, the thing is for me, if that's by, and i'm I'm sure some mediums are saying it's amazing, but, you know, if that's for someone playing for Real Madrid or someone, that's that's all over worldwide news is like being, you know, and an an astronomical piece of work, just like some of the other goals he scored this season, if it's for a different team.
00:25:52
Will
But as I'm sure you're about to get on to, yeah.
00:26:06
Will
Yeah, yeah.
00:26:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know he's already one of the most sought after guys in the league, but it would be on a different level in terms of press. And what the weirdest thing about it was because we've been 1-0 down for so long and it was kind of a very boring half of football, to be honest, for up until that point.
00:26:28
Will
Yeah.
00:26:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
There was virtually no celebration. Everyone, it kind of went dead because obviously it killed the Bournemouth crowd for a moment. There seemed to be a kind of disbelief that it had gone in. a lot of the Wolves players didn't celebrate.
00:26:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
It just kind of, it was a really weird thing. it just I don't know if you noticed that.
00:26:45
Will
Yeah.
00:26:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
It just kind of went flat.
00:26:46
Will
Yeah.
00:26:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Everyone just didn't, it was almost like a goal didn't happen.
00:26:49
Will
Chris, exact same because ah as the Fulham game. exact same Just like the complete lack of... ah don't know. it's just weird. It's just a weird sort of vibe and situation.
00:27:02
Will
um ah ah don't know. i don't know why that is. Yeah.
00:27:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, this one is different, obviously, because it's away at the Vitality Stadium.
00:27:10
Will
Yeah. yeah
00:27:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think it did literally just shush the Bournemouth crowd completely. Not that there's much of a crowd there to shush, but um because they did.
00:27:20
Will
but Oh, I'll have you know it's a hostile atmosphere at the Vitality.
00:27:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know
00:27:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
But did you know that the Bescott Stadium, the Walsall Stadium, only has 300 less seats than the Vitality Stadium?
00:27:27
Will
Yeah.
00:27:30
Will
To be honest, I thought it probably had more, to be honest with you.
00:27:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's close. I checked today because I was curious. It's it's it's actually only got 300 less at the best Scott at the Saddlers. um
00:27:40
Will
But does the Vitality have a market?
00:27:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's good question.
00:27:43
Will
That's the big question.
00:27:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good question. um But yeah, so I just found that a really odd circumstance, but it was a beautiful goal. And with that in mind, it was therefore, you know, we go We go the one one the equaliser. Cunha does what he's done all season where he just pulls us out of the fire a little bit and makes it 1-1.
00:28:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then defensively as a team, they dig in. Bournemouth have the better chances in the closing stage stages, but we take it to extra time. During that period, we get the flurry. like Between the end of the game and extra time, we get the flurry of substitutions we've spoken about and some things to worry about potentially going forward, given that we've already got some injuries.
00:28:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
because Strand Larsen played extra more than he should have apparently because he was still obviously recovering from his injury um we saw eventually because uh Semedo went off with a with a knock and then Doc came on and when he came on initially Semedo uh for a while actually went because first I think did 8 Nori go off at some point 8 Nori went off And I think Bellaguard ended up at right wing back because they were switching wing backs at one point.
00:28:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it ended up Bellaguard went to right wing back when all the wing backs had gone off. And you had, it was a really weird scenario. And then we ended up with Alfie Pond at right wing back because Bellaguard got injured.
00:28:49
Will
Yeah, yeah.
00:28:59
Will
Yeah.
00:29:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
So Doc was apparently carrying an injury and he went off. Bellaguard got injured and Alfie Pond came on. um So we had like a batch of injuries and I'm not quite sure why Jiga came off, whether that was just because It was his first start and he wasn't going to play the full thing or what, because he seemed to be one of the only healthy defenders left at that point. So I'm a little bit confused there.
00:29:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
But we take it to extra time and we are you know so close to penalties, so close to penalties. And then that man, Kunia again, we've seen him get emotional a couple of times this season, previously with the after match kickoff where he got his last suspension.
00:29:44
Will
Mm-hmm.
00:29:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he just loses it. Now, before you dig into this, Will, I'm going to say ah what one of the thoughts I've been thinking on this, and you can tell me your thoughts in in response, is, and I'm not excusing it, I'm just saying what I think happened in the build-up to this during the game.
00:29:56
Will
Yeah,
00:30:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
You could see that one of Bournemouth's main tactics throughout the game, as they will do with any big fish, is they battered him.
00:30:11
Will
Yeah.
00:30:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
throughout that game, like battered him, ah constantly shoving, pulling, pushing, dragging, like as you do, like constant.
00:30:12
Will
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:30:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
And there was one moment in the second half where we did have a good counter. Kunja looked like he was going to get through. And Scott, I think it is, from the Bournemouth midfield, literally, tracked halfway across the pitch from out of nowhere and didn't even go for the ball, just charged in like an American footballer and shoulder barged him to the ground. And when Kunja went down, Scott celebrated it with a fist pump like he'd just like won you know the league or something.
00:30:42
Will
Yeah.
00:30:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he didn't I don't think he even got booked for it, but he just like drew the foul and and saved the counter. And it was that stuff happening that clearly all game was winding Cunha up as it does because he's getting picked on.
00:30:53
Will
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:30:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
My thought, though, was this.
00:30:54
Will
Mm-hmm.
00:30:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
If you are this guy that's asked for this, got this contract where you've asked for your 62.5 million release clause and you expect to go to these huge clubs and you want to be this guy, the guy.
Cunha's Controversial Behavior
00:31:08
Will
and
00:31:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
if you're the big fish you have to be prepared to take the knocks right because you are the talisman you are the target man and if you can't hack it then you're not gonna like there's a problem because you're gonna get it week in week out if that's who you are you get what i mean
00:31:13
Will
Exactly. Exactly.
00:31:18
Will
Yeah.
00:31:26
Will
Yeah, well, i'm glad sorry I'm glad you added that caveat at the end because I was going to say I was thinking of players. Don't get wrong, Chris, was a Bournemouth player, first thing I'd be doing was just be leaving a little sneaky one on Cooney. You've got to let them know you're there and you've got to expect that, as you just said.
00:31:45
Will
But I was thinking of players who we've seen play in the Premier League and seen play for Wolves who just constantly get fouled. the The one that jumped to my mind, actually, not a Wolves player, was Eden Hazard.
00:31:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. Hmm.
00:31:57
Will
always get fouled. Always, always, always, always. Because he was that guy for them. Not once did you see him lose the rag like Cunha. Traore, Adama, when he was at us, when he was at Wolves, always get fouled. I think he was the most fouled player in the league.
00:32:14
Will
um Would never lose his rag like that. And I know you weren't excusing Cunha's actions just then.
00:32:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, just for anyone who hadn't seen the whole game, ah just ah just wanted to paint a picture of what what's happening.
00:32:22
Will
But... ah Yeah. bit of context. Yeah. Yeah. But I just think it's completely, completely inexcusable.
00:32:36
Will
I think he's embarrassing. ah think it's embarrassing for him, embarrassing for Wolves. I just don't know what... You can't justify in any way, shape or form. And Chris, the one thing, the most annoying thing, actually, I think about it, or the most upsetting and disappointing, is the fact that, as you mentioned, Semedo had to go off by this point.
00:32:58
Will
Cunha was our captain.
00:32:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:33:00
Will
He was our captain and there's no eye in team. And I just think people have said about his work rate and said about his attitude. I think that's summed it up. There is no in team. And I think he is performing, like you said, as a man who knows that he's off in the summer to to to European football players.
00:33:19
Will
you know? um But our captains of the past, the two examples that have been coming up, you already know one of them that I'm going to mention. um But your Connor Cody's and your Ruben Neves's.
00:33:30
Will
And I'm going to put your Samedo's in that and that bracket. Just top, top, top professionals. Just absolute top pros.
00:33:42
Will
Don't want complete different types of players to Kuna, but that the level of discipline
00:33:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:33:48
Will
that the you expect from your captain of Wolverhampton Wanderers compared to the level of discipline that we've had this season with Lamina and now Cunha. Because like you said, it's not the first time for Cunha this season.
00:34:02
Will
um It's just an absolute disgrace. And it's just one of the sort of many, many issues that that were being dealt with this this this season and ultimately it's cost us it's it's not just cost us in the FA Cup but as I'm sure you were going to get onto Chris it could well cost us very very very dearly in the league as well
00:34:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, but before we get on to the impact of like the season as a whole, just to echo some of that and and my thoughts on the behaviour, because I explained that, painted the picture for the build-up for anyone that didn't watch the game, as I said.
00:34:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah I agree with you. I think it... I mean, the... the the reaction no matter the treatment he's had during the game is just so uncalled for and it's just it's ironic because in the same week we've seen you know the social media video come out of him going to do the you know the walls foundation charity work going to meet a kid with uh cancer and and doing the ambassador stuff and all that kind of stuff and you are idolized by children ah
00:35:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know ah locally nationally that support this team and support football like football fans in general and in the same week that you are idolized for your you know good work you then go and do something like this it's almost ironic that it's all happened in such a short space of time because that's what you've got to remember as well he is as the talisman is is ah these i know that i know I know we've heard all this stuff before, but you know they get paid a lot of money and he now gets paid even more to be the professionals that they're meant to be.
00:35:39
Will
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:35:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
And like you said, it's bad for the him. It's bad for the football club. it's It's bad for being an ambassador of the club and what it means to all the children that idolize him. you know the The kids that visit the club and want to wear the Kunya shirt.
00:35:53
Will
Mm-hmm.
00:35:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
And when you ask a lot of kids around town... family, friends, whatever, who their favorite Wolves player is, nine times out 10, they're going to say Kunia because of the goals, because of he has got a chirpy character and all that kind of stuff.
00:36:08
Will
Yeah, yeah, because, yeah.
00:36:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
and and it just And as a parent as well, and I don't want to see that behavior on the pitch. It upsets me as a supporter of my club.
00:36:15
Will
No. yeah Actually, sorry, Chris, just on that point. What annoys me even more about it? What annoys me even more? And I know this isn't something I should be advocating for at all, and I don't want to come across like that.
00:36:31
Will
But... He sort of kicks out through a little sort of half-punch fist thing, then knelt his head in. the yeah You may as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb.
00:36:44
Will
He didn't actually do anything to the Bournemouth player. He just got himself sent off. Do you know what i mean? the There was no sort It was all like...
00:36:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was a lot of flailing.
00:36:54
Will
To me, it all... Yeah, yeah. It was just completely pointless in every sense of the word.
00:37:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
But he has lost it. He's had a tantrum. And then the thing is, he gets the red.
00:37:03
Will
Yeah.
00:37:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
He refuses to go. Essentially, he tries to get back on. People are dragging him off. It just gets worse. it The whole thing was bad.
00:37:10
Will
Yeah.
00:37:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
and and and And I don't want it to seem like ah people to think that I'm just saying some of this back off the back of this reaction, because I've been saying in the last few weeks that ever since the whole January contract,
00:37:23
Will
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:37:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm a little bit frustrated with Kunia because it does feel like he's playing with a, you know, I think other people have said a bit of a chip on his shoulder.
00:37:25
Will
Yeah. Yeah, same.
00:37:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
He doesn't, he doesn't seem like he has done either last season or the first part of this since that January transfer windows.
00:37:39
Will
Yeah.
00:37:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Something seems to have changed. He's walking around a lot.
00:37:41
Will
and Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:37:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
A lot the times he's in games for like a moment and then he's rest the time he's waving his arms around frustrated
00:37:48
Will
Yeah.
00:37:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, you know, we've been saying this for a while, it's something is, whether it's his team pushing for the move, or whether it's him or whatever it is, he's not quite, it just seems like he almost seems above it, and, or he's acting differently.
00:38:01
Will
Yeah. and
00:38:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
And and this is just the epitome of that.
00:38:05
Will
Yeah. And you know what's ironic about that? is He would be nothing ah in terms of what he is now and the name that he has now and the big moves that he has on the table.
00:38:17
Will
none of that None of that would be possible if it wasn't for us, Chris. And I genuinely mean you and me personally and I mean every single Wolves fan and everyone associated with Wolves.
00:38:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:38:28
Will
he He would not have the yeah reputation and and the platform that he does now if it wasn't for this club. And it's the same as Nesso when he was prancing about after Chelsea scored. It's the exact same, just sort of exactly what you'd expect from a stereotypical footballer who gets that bad rep for having that attitude.
00:38:51
Will
And it's just a complete and utter of embarrassment, I think. Yeah, I just sort of... You know, at this point now, I mean, we don't know what his suspension's going to be.
Future Challenges Without Cunha
00:39:04
Will
um But whenever he is back in the league, for whatever games we have left, Chris, I just use him. Just absolutely use him.
00:39:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:39:11
Will
Because we can't deny that he's got quality. And like I said, he's in the game for moments. I wouldn't give him the the sort of... liberty of being able to walk around the pitch.
00:39:22
Will
I wouldn't give him that, but I would just use him. And as soon as that summer window opens, gone.
00:39:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's frustrating um that, it again, ah not to the level of Lamina not playing, but it just feels that the second part of this season is tarnishing some of his ah good reputation that he's built up in his couple of years with us so far.
00:39:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And i'm not I know it's more than this one game And I know he has, don't get me wrong, we wouldn't be even out of the bottom three where we are without his goals this season. He's been a massive factor, but it's just frustrating that it's kind of ending the way it is.
00:40:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's really frustrating.
00:40:01
Will
Yeah.
00:40:02
Will
Yeah.
00:40:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
And in terms of just this one game, he would have been a penalty taker. He was moments from it.
00:40:06
Will
Yeah. yeah
00:40:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
He would have been in that five. Now, I don't know which wouldn't have been in. i My brain tells me that maybe Traore wouldn't have taken one um because I think Doc would have... And i' ah you know I feel sorry for Doc. I would have put my money on Doc's score, and I think he's one of our best finishers.
00:40:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I've seen him score penalties before. So it's frustrating for me that he had the winning chance and he didn't wasn't able do it.
00:40:30
Will
yeah
00:40:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
and But unlike some people, I'm not going to... umm not gonna I've got no, ah what's the word I'm looking for? I've got no fury, and no problem with Doc, even though he's missed one, because you're looking at a character there you even with if you you know wither it with the break even with the break in there, has put, what, like 14 years worth of his career into wolves on and off.
00:40:41
Will
No, not at all. Not at all. Not at all.
00:40:50
Will
Yeah, yeah.
00:40:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he's been with us through multiple relegations and stuck with us and then got promoted again and like scored so many amazing goals. You think about winning goals against Man City and things like that and been one of our greatest purchases budget wise.
00:41:03
Will
i think a solid I think about a free kick against Stoke in the FA Cup, in the Championship, when I think of Doc.
00:41:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:41:11
Will
Absolute servant.
00:41:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, yeah, great. So, you know, i can forgive Doc a penalty save, miss, wait whichever way you want to term it, because because he's done so much for this club during his time.
00:41:16
Will
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:41:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he is ah another professional. I think, you you know, he he's shown it on the pitch off and on and he'll get over it. But ah arguably, Kuna would have had one of those shots, either the first or the last, you would think.
00:41:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that could be us through to the next round of the f FA Cup.
00:41:37
Will
Yeah, yeah. and it's it's what I spoke about in terms of the... Again, know like i mentioned this before, but Chris, he was captain at the time, captain of our football club when he acted like this.
00:41:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:41:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
yep
00:41:54
Will
And I don't mean to bring up my man crush again, but I'm going to anyway. I remember... Neves scoring a penalty against Palace.
00:42:05
Will
so That essentially secured our safety in that season under Lopetegui. I remember the celebration. I remember the celebration because he took his shirt off. I remember the celebration.
00:42:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you wilted.
00:42:20
Will
i remember the celebration. I remember the passion. and I just think Kuna looks so far from someone who's arsed like that. because he just knows that he's off. And the complete, complete opposite to Doc, as you just mentioned, in terms of what they've done for the club.
00:42:37
Will
Doherty will be remembered more than Cooney will at this football club. Cooney's a way better footballer. But if you don't have the correct attitude and the correct professionalism, you can sort of, you know, wipe your ass with your football inability because it's not going to get you anywhere.
00:42:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah. So ah so i just for anyone out there that's blaming Doc, I know that he missed the winner, but I still, yeah, I've got no hard feelings against Doc because he's done so much for us.
00:43:00
Will
Uh...
00:43:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
So um we can all I think we all know where the main issue was for that game. the and And the the and most annoying thing is, obviously, like we mentioned now, is the impact that has going into the next few games.
00:43:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're talking minimum three-match ban. Given the amount of lashing out, how effective it was doesn't matter. It could be more, plus it's his second... offense this season so you're looking probably minimum minimum three match ban and and then those are some pivotal games i think it's the likes of everton southampton uh and so on so i mean what do you what do you think of life without connu for those coming fixtures
00:43:47
Will
um It's going to be difficult. It is going to be difficult because as much as he's an arse, he's a good footballer. And as I mentioned earlier in this episode, we don't have that much of attacking option.
00:44:01
Will
You know, um i think we'll do okay. I think in a way it's good and bad because these next games, as much as they're absolutely crucial, they are against weaker opposition than we could come up against. It's going to be difficult for the Everton game.
00:44:17
Will
um which we know he's obviously going to miss that um the Southampton game I think we'll still win with or without him I dare say I could get 10-15 minutes in that match and we'd still win um but it's just it just makes things so much harder for us than they have to be and so much harder than they already are you know it's just far from ideal
00:44:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, on the one I will say on the one hand, obviously, it's hugely detrimental. like He's scored a bunch of goals for us at the moment because Larson's been out of form and recovering from injury. Huang's injured. So he is like the main goal scorer at the moment, undeniably.
00:45:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's a huge loss. However... There is another part of me that having, like we just mentioned, spoken about some of his form recently and the feelings that I've been getting on a personal
Adapting to New Team Dynamics
00:45:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
level. And i'm I'm probably in a minority about the fact that I'm a little bit frustrated with him right now. And I don't, I mean, even before this sending off,
00:45:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
um is that I feel like, especially knowing that he's going to go in the summer, this team, and I know there'll be changes come summertime, but this team needs to learn to play without him. We need to learn to survive without Konya.
00:45:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
And if we're going to survive in the Premier League this season or next, they've got to find ways to win without Konya. And so maybe, you know, maybe this is the time that we need to, against, particularly you mentioned against these oppositions,
00:45:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
We have to make it work because if we can't work without him, then there's no hope for us.
00:45:52
Will
Yeah, no, I agree. and It can't be a one-man show. And I don't think it will be. i think I still think we'll be okay for this season, with or without him.
00:46:05
Will
um But how much of that is due to our quality? I don't know. as As we've discussed before, I think it will be okay because there's lesser quality below us.
00:46:16
Will
and I just... Chris, overall, I can't wait to the back of this season. yeah
00:46:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah.
00:46:23
Will
Whether we stay up or go down, I just... Let's just get it over with.
00:46:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Can I say, though, i'm home I really hope that soon we get an all-clear, a fitness check from Rodrigo Gomez. Because if there's one guy I think could shine in Cunha's absence, if providing he's fit in time, then Rodrigo Gomez is one of those slots up front, isn't he?
00:46:38
Will
Yeah, yes.
00:46:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, he could, providing he's not having to cover an injury at wing-back, he...
00:46:48
Will
Yeah.
00:46:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
He gives such energy and such creativity, I think at the moment, one of the few to do so, that it's ironic. It's sad he's not already fit because I would say like slot him straight in to where Kunja is, you know, in that front left and let him ramp and let him have a go.
00:47:03
Will
Yeah. yeah
00:47:09
Will
Yeah, no, I agree, I agree. And again, it's not just a quality thing, a footballing ability thing. It's the attitude that makes you say that, I think. It's the attitude that makes him stand out.
00:47:20
Will
um Look, if we had a team full of him and Xao Gomez's, that mentality, we'd be pushing for Europe.
00:47:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Gosh.
00:47:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Agas.
00:47:29
Will
You know?
00:47:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Agas.
00:47:30
Will
ah
00:47:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Gomez's.
00:47:31
Will
ah
00:47:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Agas and Gomez's.
00:47:33
Will
We should just start cloning them.
00:47:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that would be it. Job done. Job done. um I realize before we go in, before we sum up an extra long episode, just one more quick message that's really important.
00:48:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh yeah. so well.
00:48:21
Will
but
00:48:21
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So well, like a pro.
00:48:22
Will
The first time was so nice.
00:48:24
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i know, like a pro I did that. Did you know that?
00:48:26
Will
ah yeah
00:48:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm so good. And everyone, just for your sake, i'm going to leave that in there so you can enjoy a little laugh at my expense. um On this Sunday night, then, as we look back at what was a ah disappointing weekend and has kind of crushed us a little bit and and given a lot of people concern about the games to come, I would still...
00:48:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
take you know i'm still we're still five points clear of the of the bottom three we can i think even without konya like said everton will be tough moise has got them playing well but the likes of southampton after that you know we've got west ham after that and then ipswich i know there's some big games coming up but we can take enough points i think to still pull us clear and so you know there's optimism ahead right will there's optimism we're going to be fine
00:49:17
Will
Yeah. Yeah, I think there's optimism for now.
00:49:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:49:21
Will
um I still think, you know, like like you said, there's optimism in so much as the fact that I think we'll stay up. But even after then, Chris, there's so, so many questions left to be answered.
00:49:36
Will
um ah Yeah, but look, again, it's whole other can of worms. Is it Camelton of worms?
00:49:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Can of worms.
00:49:46
Will
I mean, who's keeping worms in a can?
00:49:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Fishermen. I don't know. Just apologies to all the fishermen out there, but that's that's just what came to mind.
00:49:53
Will
But yeah, yeah. um
00:49:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, no matter where we end up, Will, there's one important so thing to remember from that banner that used to rock the Stan Kulistan at one point was that our division knows, and al love knows no division, right?
00:50:02
Will
Yes.
00:50:06
Will
Yes.
00:50:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we will, wolves will be here long after you and I.
00:50:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we will be here long after many of these players like Kunyu have left the building.
00:50:10
Will
ah
00:50:14
Will
Yes.
00:50:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
So that, and just like everyone out there, you know, ah um the wondrous flag is flying high and we'll never die.
00:50:15
Will
yeah
00:50:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because, Will, you know, and I know, and anyone who's listened to more than one episode knows that despite all of the concern that you may have from this weekend, just think that out of darkness cometh light.
00:50:25
Will
Go Go up. go on the