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Episode 85 : Match Preview Friday - Spurs on a Sunday
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Southampton – Today we preview the match on Sunday. We talk about the "Situation" again and notes from the presser with some score predictions too!
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Transcript
Welcome and Introduction
00:00:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Daily Southampton part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. My name is Greg Elliott, and today I'm joined by my wonderful co-host, Zak Ingoe-Finch. How are you doing, Zak?
00:00:22
Zak
Yeah mate, not too bad, not too bad.
Pre-Match Anticipation
00:00:24
Zak
Waiting in an eternity for our next game, let's see what it was like.
00:00:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yes. We are we're here today previewing our match against Spurs, which Zach alluded to, fields in the distant future. Realize that it's the thing I've moaned about probably the second most this week after, you know, Russell Martin, but seven PM on a Sunday kickoff really sort of starts to take the biscuit.
00:00:41
Zak
I feel like it's topped it mate.
00:00:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
In my opinion, it's not at seven o'clock on a Sunday evening. I want to be sat on the sofa with the kids in bed, looking through my fantasy football to see how I've got on that weekend with red zone on the TV.
00:00:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't want to be draped into a cold. wet St Mary's to watch us get battered by spurs.
00:01:05
Zak
Well, we're just getting straight into it then.
Fan Frustrations and Atmosphere
00:01:10
Zak
We might, we might not, I'm really not a fan of the whole, we need to make the atmosphere as horrible, as toxic as possible, like plans that some people have, like mate, it's already 7pm on a Sunday and like people, it's just, right, we've but we've had, we've had the presser already, so we already know that
00:01:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Who's got the energy for that at that time on a Sunday honestly?
00:01:33
Zak
that Russell Martin has upset more people by trying to seemingly double down on his comments mugging off the fans the other day. So I get it. I get that they're frustrated. I get that he's frustrated. I get it. I understand both points. I just feel like it's always really weird to me people go out of their money to spend money on just being miserable.
00:01:57
Zak
and hyping other people up to be completely and utterly miserable. Now, there's a lot to be said about false positivity as well. Like sometimes that is as delusional as being unbelievably negative. But it does really, really grind my gears from people who just seem to just hate for the sake of hate, as opposed to like, you know, I just I just want us to win now immediately. And it's like, yeah, I get it. And I get that his philosophy of football is not great. And I get that it's not going the way we want it to go, but I also don't quite understand sort of just the level of vitriol that people have,
Speculations on Match Outcomes
00:02:34
Zak
maybe, I guess.
00:02:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah it's crazy and you're right it's I am of the opinion that uh fantastic if we go on and win the remaining games of the season and stay up and Russell Martin as our manager happy days praise be but yeah uh to go out of your way to go there with that negative vibe I don't know I don't know if I'm feeling that I'll be feeling optimistic right up until kickoff and then we'll see what happens as the game progresses but you know as we established yesterday in our crossover episode. it's It could be two teams trying to shoot the wrong way, right? like
00:03:12
Zak
Yeah, it doesn't seem to be it doesn't seem to me the most thrilling of encounters for most people involved. And like again, Spurs might batter us 4-0 or they might lose 5-0. It's very Spursy. I think you you sent me the other day or somebody sent a list of most Spursy teams, and apparently we're quite high up that on that list alongside West Brom and somebody else, which did make me laugh. We're both teams.
00:03:36
Zak
who both have managers that we're not really a fan of at the moment because it worked for a while and it isn't working anymore. They seemingly don't want to change from the philosophy. There's been a lot of chat in the pre-match review where Ross seems to have got a little bit more animated about, well, if you don't understand how it is and you know ah plan A and play B may look similar because they're based in the same thing.
00:04:00
Zak
And you know if we throw it all out, then we're nothing. I have absolutely no understanding as to what
00:04:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's not a plan B to be clear.
00:04:06
Zak
that that means and like I feel like if you're trying to if you're trying to quell the noise per se and you're trying to show an air of confidence around what you're doing kicking off about other people criticizing other managers for doing similar things to you and getting some animated about it in a pre-match press conference just a bit it's a bit like the pressures get into in behaviour in my opinion and I don't be surprised like it's got a It's got to suck. And he said, it's he's finally come out and said, he finds it embarrassing and upsetting that we're in the position that we're in, that the amount of points we have is not okay. And it's like, cool. Like, can we try and do anything to to rectify that rather than the same thing that we've been doing
Positive Team News
00:04:49
Zak
over and over? Because I feel like as the confidence levels drop, I don't feel like that's going to improve the situation we're in. it's not like everyone's going to suddenly start playing better as more and more get upset.
00:05:02
Zak
That's not the entire full story, is it? There's a lot to take.
00:05:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
But look, have we got the opportunity this weekend to capitalise on Spurs woes and start turning it round and get that winning feeling against a, you know, a perceived much bigger team and take it from there and take the strides.
00:05:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, we've got the positive team news. We've got Yanny B back. We've got Tool Pool back.
00:05:23
Zak
We do.
00:05:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've got the goalkeeper news we've all been waiting for. Alex McCarthy is back.
00:05:30
Zak
yeah yeah another Another key part of that, I think, that is potentially Lalana's back this weekend as well. And I think we've been missing him quite a lot. I think the creativity going forward.
00:05:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
i I don't know how to read into that, but the fact that it was mentioned in a separate part of the press conference makes me feel that that's got real similar vibes to it as Toolpool will be back for Chelsea and then coming out directly after the game to Alfie House and saying, no, it wasn't ever going to be ready.
00:05:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just said it so they'd prep for it. Like, so.
00:05:59
Zak
Right, yeah, no that is the most upsetting thing, but we'll just have to see. Maybe maybe maybe the dream of a tall Paul Archer up front would actually play off this weekend.
00:06:10
Zak
Who who knows?
00:06:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean at it's ripe old age is Adam Lallana even going to be awake at that time on a Sunday night?
00:06:17
Zak
Mate. But you're right. it is That's the sad thing about it. having not having Rambo back is not ideal but also I don't want to rush him back him take another blow to the finger and then all of a sudden you know he's out for another six seven weeks if they have to if they have to keep him they left have to keep him off but yeah you're right there are some positives like yam being back and tool pool being back up are good things and they should hopefully they will add something to to the game and hopefully
00:06:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:06:47
Zak
we we will if the If the criticism and the noise does nothing but galvanise Russell Martin, that's fine.
Impact of Fan Negativity
00:06:54
Zak
I think that there's a lot to be said about him and the players reacting to fan negativity because they've never seemingly had to experience it i think at this level yet, especially the players we have now, like some of the ones that were there for the relegation season for sure. but like being that rattled and and and making comments about it.
00:07:14
Zak
like All he had to do was go, yeah, sorry, I got annoyed. and my My point was just a bit misconstrued, my bad. But like going into a full in-depth explanation, lot I don't think that an argument ever...
00:07:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I didn't criticise, I just said it, but you know, it's just not the time for ironic cheering. I'm like, I'm pretty on track to beat Derbys record. When is the time for ironic cheering?
00:07:32
Zak
Yeah, like when when do you... so
00:07:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Being a Saints fan comes with an ingrained built in sense of dread, self-deprecating sense of humor, because otherwise you don't survive that experience.
00:07:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
like
00:07:45
Zak
Exactly. And I think it's not understating. It's like, oh, hopefully we can give him something to cheer about. It's like, the problem is for us is you've been saying that all year and you've been saying that all month.
00:07:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:53
Zak
And then there was talk about how he's like, I didn't change anything in the final. We just went 1-0 up early. and So everyone thought I did.
00:07:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Wasn't a different system.
00:07:59
Zak
And I'm like, yeah, that that that was a bit insane to me.
00:07:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was a different feeling. Okay.
00:08:05
Zak
I'm like, sure, like there can be said something about Leeds always bottling it in the playoffs that that probably played into that as well. But I just, I feel like The time for talking is done.
00:08:16
Zak
You need to defend yourself from the pitch. At the moment, they're not doing that. So then when does when does push comes to shove? But I don't think that going about it in just screaming down St Mary's and complaining is gonna it going to shift the board's attention.
00:08:31
Zak
They don't care realistically about about fans being mad anymore. They made that mistake with Nathan Jones. And then they didn't know what to do. And they spent a loads of money. And they won't do that again.
00:08:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
I have heard whispers this week that the ownership has begun to take notice of the negative field towards Russell Martin, but they are mostly in a position where they don't want to act until they've got a reason to act or they've got something better to replace him with, which is fair enough.
00:08:40
Zak
If anything, it galvanizes them.
00:08:58
Zak
probably until we can sell a player, mate, so he can sell a player to actually pay off his his fees, right?
00:09:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. But look no I respect that. the sort The thought of getting rid of Russell Martin just to get rid of Russell Martin and genuinely do something ridiculous like stick Adam Lallana in charge. No offense to Adam Lallana. I'm sure that one day he will make a fantastic manager, but it's not today for Saints. like He's unexposed at that level. It was not it was not a reasonable request of him either.
00:09:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, unless they've got a better plan, I don't
Game Strategy Insights
00:09:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
want to see it anyway. Uh, I hope like I say, the mind does turn it around.
00:09:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think what's really important Sunday is probably starting fast because we play some good football, get an early goal.
00:09:43
Zak
Mmhmm.
00:09:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Then, you know, that negativity does start to everway and we, we get s things on in and we, we get cheered on what we need to not do. If we go and do start early and score early.
00:10:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
is not immediately concede an equaliser because that has been the story of our season so far. So they're the they're the key two points to the game, right? Start early on the front foot, don't concede a stupid goal quickly.
00:10:19
Zak
You just keep describing our season all over and over. It's so funny. it's like What do we need to do? Well, have shots on target, not concede, preferably preferably score more than the opposition.
00:10:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
you over right
00:10:35
Zak
Don't get me wrong, I love i love the sentiment.
00:10:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:10:37
Zak
I understand where you're coming from, but yeah again, it's the self-deprecation, right? It's where it comes from.
00:10:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Hopefully with the boost of the players coming back will give us the confidence to kick on and and get
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00:10:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
something out of it. and that's you know That's what we've got to hope for. Otherwise, what are we doing here?
00:10:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
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00:11:24
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00:11:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
It would be weird to say Macca's back and not starting me goal, right?
00:11:55
Zak
Yeah, I think that's that's basically where they're at. Somebody that has a bit more experience with the system regardless of whether or not. I feel bad for lovely in some respects. He's been a good shot stopper.
00:12:06
Zak
I just don't think he knows how to play out from the back. And that's what Russell Martin wants in a goalkeeper.
00:12:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
It just doesn't seem, also it just doesn't seem to have the mentality to stick with the plan, which is
00:12:15
Zak
No.
00:12:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know We hear the buzzwords from Russell Martin time and time again about the bravery and willing to take it under pressure and Lumley lasts about three and a half seconds before he's booting it long.
00:12:25
Zak
Yeah, this is in the Chelsea game, like we we discussed in our post-match review, like you could see him and Stevens arguing because he kept trying to cross out from the back and he's bad at distribution as well.
00:12:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
so
00:12:35
Zak
So he wasn't getting it anywhere other than the opposition. And then obviously when that goal went in, like I can understand what Russell Martin means, but trying to say that the pla fans had a, like, it should be the criticism at that point, you should be on the player for, Hey, remember how I'm the boss and I pay you your wages. Do what I say. Don't listen to the fans because, you know, and then if the system entirely fails and and and we concede because he's listened to the Russell Martin entirely, then also that excuse can't be thrown out. So.
00:13:07
Zak
Yeah, it's it's it's a weird one. But yeah, I imagine that McCarthy will be back in goal considering they've made such a large point about talking about it. Unless it turns out that's just another Houdini trick where we'll we'll fix back McCarthy and then it'll be lovely.
00:13:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, honestly, what additional prep work comes from preparing for Alex McCarthy? like No offence intended, but...
00:13:29
Zak
Mate, remember you told him to win the Golden Glove this year.
00:13:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
And look how that's gone. like
00:13:35
Zak
Oh, he did also laugh at you, to be fair, so that says it all.
00:13:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Alright, and then moving slightly further up the pitch, back four or back five, do you think?
00:13:44
Zak
It's hard to guess nowadays because apparently we like to do a back five even without Stephens. It's like we've got so used to cramming him in there. let's just Let's just have a...
00:13:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, so, I mean, like Yanny B being back is presumably going to come straight back in and Taylor Har Wood- Bellis is unlikely to miss out.
00:13:55
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:14:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
So do we bring, you know, Nathan Wood, who had an impressive performance, couple of performances, in some pretty dire circumstances in as that third defender, or do we go back to a back four?
00:14:13
Zak
Oh, oh wouldn I wouldn't mind that. I prefer it to playing Kyle Walker Peters in whatever position he's played in the last couple of weeks because, yeah, actually playing people in their correct position and and driving forward, that would be that would be quite nice.
00:14:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Well, at least it's three actual centre backs if we're going to play a back five, right?
00:14:28
Zak
And I think, you know, actually putting Kyle back on the right would be would be a a good start.
00:14:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:33
Zak
to be perfectly honest but I guess we'll have to see.
00:14:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then who out on the left? Do you think Yuki makes it back into the team or do you think we see Manning or Fraser or Charlie Taylor?
00:14:42
Zak
It'll be either, I reckon, I reckon it'll be Manning or Fraser. I don't, ah ah Charlie did nothing wrong realistically on the Chelsea game but also didn't do anything.
00:14:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Breezy, he had an alright game.
00:14:52
Zak
either He did have an alright game but also he did come out in the press immediately after and went 5-1 really flat at them and I'm like ooh. I think if they hadn't hit the crossbar, it would have been like 10-1.
00:15:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're right, the woodwork at night could have been Man of a Match, so...
00:15:07
Zak
so and Plus, plus it's you know I think Manning had a solid game that game. I think he's also been one of our more threatening players.
00:15:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:13
Zak
He's never on target, but he at least drives forward a little bit more.
00:15:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, look, when he has been on target, it's been ruled out by dubious VAR decisions.
00:15:16
Zak
So I would like to see him.
00:15:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
So let's, let's not reopen that wound. Uh, yeah, you're right. I think Manning has done enough and has been pretty consistent for us, which is baffling based off of last season, the one of the players who would best step up to the Premier League challenges.
00:15:28
Zak
I never thought I'd say it beginning of this year. Yeah, I never thought.
00:15:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Someone who frankly did it in the championship. did I don't know. It's baffling, but there we go. It's how weird of a season it's been. Uh, midfield trio, I guess, Fernandez, Arebo downs for me.
00:15:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
You sort of holding on to the hope that maybe Lelana over presumably Arebo in that mix.
00:15:57
Zak
Yeah, i'd like that's what I'd like to see. Whether one actually happens, I don't know. Again, the fact that it's set at the end and it was kind of half-arsed means that I wouldn't be surprised if he's actually on the bench. I don't really know who else we would pick, really, at this point.
00:16:12
Zak
That's a kind of pretty solid established three, right?
00:16:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:16:15
Zak
I doubt Big Lez is going to get a shoot at any time soon. I feel like feel like a couple of those loans are potentially coming to an end. So yeah, we'll have to we'll have to see.
00:16:27
Zak
and
Debating Player Line-Up and Strategy
00:16:27
Zak
then obviously I think the rest of it writes itself right?
00:16:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, so then if we go with the back five, that leaves two more.
00:16:30
Zak
Or not?
00:16:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
So who are you sticking in as the front two?
00:16:37
Zak
do we do we Do we finally have our time Greg? do Well the thing is Diplins not going to miss out either.
00:16:46
Zak
Diplins missing out.
00:16:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
no
00:16:53
Zak
We've not scored. What are you chatting about?
00:16:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
no maybe maybe you're right maybe there's some false positivity there uh no you're right we had zero shots on target hang on i'm running i'm running it back i'm running it back
00:17:06
Zak
<unk> go to say yeah i think I think Toolpool probably gets a start again.
00:17:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:11
Zak
I think that we need, again, something different. When I talk about change, I don't mean the entire kitchen sink. i mean Let's change some things and hope that stuff happens. And then if that doesn't happen, then more extreme change is needed. Did really well in the game that he ended up going out injured for where apparently it was just tiredness, but then ended up being a couple of weeks of tiredness. So, you know, with any luck, you can come back in and actually make a difference or come back in, do nothing. And then it turns out we we're right all along.
00:17:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't think a pairing of tool pool and dibbling really would work if I'm being honest because they both have a tendency to Come deep to want to be on the ball.
00:17:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
They both want to find the ball and be on it and So if you're starting to report I'd rather Archer in there because he brings that different element because he'll run You know towards the other team's goal where we need to be kicking it So I wish, don't get me wrong, Dibbling does once he picks the ball up but I just think if you play both Tall Paul and Dibling that there's not going to be any real out option to boot.
00:18:20
Zak
If you bench dibbling, the good thing about it is you have Dibling on the bench.
00:18:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is what we've seen from from Martin before in the season so it wouldn't entirely surprise me.
00:18:30
Zak
but
00:18:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, I think Archer and Tall Paul get a start and for me it's 50-50 whether we play Nathan Wood as a fifth defender or played Dibling as a third forward. I can see either of those things being true.
00:18:45
Zak
Is it El Sacchio 2? Or do you reckon that's a bit extreme?
00:18:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just, I don't think that, don't think that the results are what are preventing the board making that decision.
00:19:01
Zak
You're right, I don't think the results at this point actually matter.
00:19:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right. If, if they want to fire um Russell Martin, I think that that decision either has already been made and steps are being taken or that decision has already been made and no steps are being taken.
00:19:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right. There's not, I don't think that the results at this point are the mitigating factor.
00:19:23
Zak
Interesting.
00:19:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
think that the finances and the who we're going to replace him with all the factors that remain at play.
00:19:38
Zak
Interesting. It seems like...
00:19:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
And as for Spurs, who knows? I've no idea.
00:19:43
Zak
Yeah, it seems like there they're almost as upset, if not more upset, than we are at the moment, which I i find wild, because as as we were pointing out on the podcast yesterday, it's just sort of...
00:19:55
Zak
I don't know, like a level of like... Obviously, we can never experience what it's like to be a Spurs fan, but vice versa. And, you know, just almost like the sort of, oh, well, we should beat you guys. I'm like, yeah, no, you're right.
00:20:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
From the outside look in, I quite like Big Ange, and if they do fire him, maybe he can come here.
00:20:06
Zak
yeah
00:20:09
Zak
I think that, I think it's a much bigger problem with the club that I've ever thought it's a problem with the manager. Cause I don't, I look at the other managers and go, and you know, and I can't help but feel that if you've got players that are being poached by sort of around with driven by Munich and stuff, maybe they can play a system.
00:20:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:20:26
Zak
Maybe there's something far more wrong at the top. What do I know? I'm not a Spurs fan. I'm a Saints fan. And even then, I feel like sometimes I know everything and the next day I know nothing.
00:20:36
Zak
It's all completely thrown away.
00:20:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's some similar parallels, right? Where, Spurs are very much running like a business, not a football team.
00:20:39
Zak
Yeah.
00:20:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we haven't shown a desire to replace our director of football and things like that.
Management Approach Comparison
00:20:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
But you feel like the long-term project of Sports Republic, and to be clear, their ambition and what they are likely to achieve could differ, but they want us to do well and be that sort of club that all the other clubs they own feed into and that that's a system that takes time and isn't going to happen overnight and it's interesting because to me obviously there there's there has been mistakes along the way but none of them are like malicious mistakes like i just don't want to pay that much money it's not reasonable like but you hear so much about
00:21:30
Zak
know
00:21:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Daniel Levy and and the toxic environment he creates and the issues he had with several players and Harry Kane and all that. I don't see the same from Sports Republic. But I guess it goes back to the age old verbiage of don't attribute to malice what you can attribute to incompetence. so
00:21:56
Zak
Yeah, it's not some big plan to ruin our ruin our lives, but there is a...
00:21:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, like they're trying. they're just not they're not very good at it.
00:22:02
Zak
It's just that opening up a pub is bad for them.
00:22:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
And and what I'm going to add to that is they're not very good at it yet. It's all part of the learning process, I hope. And there's you know there's still that hope and optimism that it will come good in the end, but this season probably ain't it.
Match Predictions
00:22:18
Zak
Yeah, just...
00:22:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
At this point, our main target is let's not be as awful as Derby were, right?
00:22:25
Zak
yeah With that lovely note of optimism, our score predictions I think we decided on yesterday, so I said two all, I think maybe we'll get some goals in.
00:22:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
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00:22:38
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00:22:51
Zak
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00:22:57
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Okay. Yeah. Let's get back to, uh, to our prediction. So I think if I remember rightly, you predicted, uh, a school draw to.
00:23:04
Zak
Yeah, ah ah I said to, um um I think maybe if, again, because I don't think it makes anybody happy. And I feel like that's the kind of game that is deserved at 7pm on a Sunday. is a is a tool drawer where we score two goals.
00:23:17
Zak
They scored two goals. They're annoyed at a point. We're annoyed at a point. They won't s sack hands off the back of that. We won't do anything with a point, because it won't move us anywhere. But it will allow Rosamond to say, we've got a point on the board, and then everyone will be sad.
00:23:31
Zak
And that's unfortunately what I think is going to happen. What I'd love to happen is we end up like battering them 4-2 or something like that. That'd be crazy. I'm not going to pretend we're not going to concede. But you know outscoring our opponent would be wonderful.
00:23:42
Zak
We would require shots on target for for this wonderful prediction, though.
00:23:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:23:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, look, this fixture, this fixture does bring goals, right?
00:23:48
Zak
It's all out yours Craig.
00:23:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
If we look back, yeah, if but if we look back as far as 2020 and move forward from there, the fixtures being three, two, five, two, two, one, one, all three, two, four, one, three, three.
00:23:52
Zak
3-3 last game we played.
00:24:08
Zak
There's a lot of 4s and 5s there that I don't feel like are ours.
00:24:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, one of the threes, two of the threes for us though, it's fine. ah it It's interesting and it feels like a game with two teams struggling. Yeah, I think maybe there is going to be goals. I predicted 2-1 and I guess I'll stand by it because predicting us to score more than that feels insane off the back of no shots on target, but I am optimistic that And a little bit unsure like I just don't know what it depends what saints show up and it depends what spurs show up right because on their day spurs Have the ability to show up and absolutely batter us.
00:24:52
Zak
It
00:24:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's be clear like I think son Loves scoring against Southampton. I don't remember a game.
00:24:58
Zak
does.
00:24:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's played against us where he hasn't scored. So Yeah, did I don't know. I just hope that it doesn't ruin my weekend that late into the weekend because it's going to be a process to recover in time for a and another trip midweek in the evening for Liverpool so yeah okay but yeah I'm hopeful we get something from it but I have been every week so far and I've not been proved right very often so used to say like but predictions is clearly not my forte but there we go
00:25:16
Zak
Yeah, it's gonna be a bit hectic, innit?
00:25:29
Zak
This is it is, mate.
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00:25:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
right Well, anyway, that is just about all we've got time for. So on that vague end of optimism, loose optimism, I would say, we will call it a day.
00:25:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you very much for listening to us today. Zach, thanks as always for joining me.
00:25:51
Zak
welcome
00:25:52
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00:26:11
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00:26:13
Zak
You're welcome.