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Episode 80: BONUS Episode! Matchday Preview of Villa
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Southampton – We have almost recovered from the pain of Wednesday and cast our eyes forward to todays trip to Villa Park. Can we get 3 points?
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Transcript
Introduction & Match Optimism
00:00:09
Zak
Hello and welcome to the Daily Southampton on a Saturday. A nice little bonus episode this week because obviously we've had a jam-packed schedule full of football.
00:00:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
we
00:00:19
Zak
So, you know, we we thought we'd give you an extra extra you know half an hour of us chatting about our wonderful situation and how how we're going to win today because obviously we're going to win.
00:00:34
Zak
So that's what we've got to keep believing. It's either that or we cry in the south fulfilling prophecy of misery that we
Health & Humor Amidst Football
00:00:41
Zak
have been so far this season.
00:00:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:00:42
Zak
and More so me than Greg, to be fair. And by the way, Gregory Elliott is here today. How are you doing, mate? I feel like, you know, a bit worse for wear after Wednesday night, kind of drowned you and made you ill, right?
00:00:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah I'm pretty low energy. A plague has befallen my household.
00:00:56
Zak
oh
00:00:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're all feeling a bit rough, but but we're hanging on in there and hoping the football will cheer us up this weekend.
00:01:00
Zak
And happy. Well, so something we might have missed out for for the listeners was that Wednesday night was also your birthday and I still feel like I need to take you for a peer or something mate because that was not was not a birthday.
00:01:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
The time we got where we we saw about having the ball what more can you ask for for a birthday i it was it was fine and
00:01:27
Zak
Very funny, my wife found it absolutely hilarious that we were singing You're Nothing special we lose every week after Chelsea were trying to think about how they got their Chelsea back. And I kept making the point of if you spend a hundred billion pounds or whatever they've spent, it's quite easy to get a club back eventually. Uh, whereas the last we seem to be in a different predicament, it's been, it's been a bit of time. we've had some time to digest the result of Wednesday night, a little bit more, not as much time as we would like to be perfectly honest. How are you feeling Greg after that?
00:02:01
Zak
after some of the, I'll tell you some of the reaction. I know you're less on the social media than I am. And we'll go through some of that before we sort of get into the meat and the nitty gritty of the weekend.
00:02:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
okay yeah it's i'm to be honest i'm feeling I'm not quite feeling back to the levels of optimism I strive for yet. And it's, I might not offer the rest of the season if we keep playing
Southampton's Performance Woes
00:02:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
like that. The problem is we were talking about it, right? Like we, we have good spells, but it's just not enough, is it? We need to put something together. Otherwise we, it'd be really devastating to go down with such a whimper.
00:02:42
Zak
if you have a good spell driving a car and then you have a minute where you crash it
00:02:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
i mean
00:02:47
Zak
you've crashed the car like i think that's the most upsetting thing is the constant talk of like we had a good spell here
00:02:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:02:54
Zak
we good twenty minutes head folk twenty thirty minutes zone it's like how long is a football match
00:03:01
Zak
be good for 19. I will admit, yeah, Lester was a weird game. Like the referee disappeared for either the toilet to sort out of Mike situation. Well, we don't actually know at this point yet. Still what he went down the tunnel for for a little bit.
00:03:13
Zak
We had a pitch invader who is probably the reason that two goals were scored and seeing some bits and pieces on social media by the sounds of it.
00:03:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah I have no idea.
00:03:23
Zak
The b Blake was just bad. It was very funny how long it took. You know, if anything, if anything, I think it gives the owners a lot to talk about because If they were talking about improving the fan atmosphere at
Security & Discipline Issues
00:03:33
Zak
St.
00:03:34
Zak
Mary's and improving St. Mary's in general, having a guy be able to run onto the pitch in the middle of Wednesday night on Amazon's coverage is probably not probably not ideal. But like let's hope that they maybe reinvest some of that fireworks money back into a stewarding team that can do something.
00:03:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was going to say, that's an hour after they spent our farewell Russell Martin fund on fireworks, right?
00:03:53
Zak
Yeah, this is this is true.
00:03:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it kind of is what it is.
00:03:55
Zak
so it was yeah it was just It was a bizarre night.
00:03:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I mean, if we're being completely honest, if you really want to get an atmosphere going at St. Mary's, which they have you know put some effort into this year, you need to play some football in some games and not get your captain set off for putting someone's hair, which sounds more like something I'd get from one of my kids' school as an accident report than like a professional footballer as an adult man, like the captain of our team.
00:04:21
Zak
it's It's one of those things, right, where where I've got a lot of friends that aren't football people. Like I sit in that football culture sphere of like, I'm a really nerdy guy that just got into football and I don't treat it like
Explaining Football Culture
00:04:33
Zak
one of my nerdy hobbies. And I think judge judging by conversations with a lot of half about half and half of what I would say, the global sports to podcast network, there's a lot of sort of my archetype of football fan out there.
00:04:44
Zak
but because of that, I have a lot of friends that also just don't like football and I have to use comparisons, video games, stuff like that. But like try to explain that, like the guy who's in charge, like the guy that's heading up the ship, the captain of the ship, uh, decided to pull another man's hair. And they're like, what is it high school? And you're like, yeah, it's really hard to kind of explain. And then, and then sending them the video of the VAR decision and showing him pull the hair. It was just like, yes, it's just.
00:05:08
Zak
It was such a strange night and the vibes were weird beforehand. We were slightly late to the stadium after sprinting because it was impossible to park because it was a Wednesday night.
Team Critique & Player Dynamics
00:05:17
Zak
We didn't really know how to feel, but like, and the second half was, it was actually funny.
00:05:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we didn't even talk about this, right? we but so We got pre-caught up with so many other things to moan about, but Jade and Sancho, who I forgot even played football, scored.
00:05:23
Zak
yeah
00:05:30
Zak
Mate, there's a few things we forgot to talk about last night, but you're right, Jayden, Jayden Sancho did score, but like again, i think I think some of the fringe players that did themselves justice.
00:05:44
Zak
Brie, who, to be quite honest, he should have just been given the ball by anybody at any point.
00:05:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:48
Zak
know The amount of Northerns screaming Brie to Lumley was ridiculous, because the amount of times he was unmarked.
00:05:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:05:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah just playing it short back and all out to Manning who seven times out of ten ran into trouble not always through fault of his own but because there were more players on that side of the pitch whereas Brie was in acres of space it was nonsensical
00:05:55
Zak
Wood did okay.
00:06:07
Zak
Yeah. and
00:06:10
Zak
so So there was, there was something, but I think, I think a lot of the ah ah messaging of trying to stay on brand of, you know, I know that Russell Martin's never going to go out and blast his players, but the the the whole like saying he's really proud of all of the efforts when we're we were losing five, one, it's like, it's just, it's becoming too much of a soundbit.
00:06:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
To not come out and blast Jack Stevens, frankly, is a letdown for me.
00:06:30
Zak
Yeah. That's. I get, I get the, I get that he wants to like protect the players and he wants to do it in private maybe. But the problem is, is if I see him near the team sheet any time, 43% of the season, Alfie House blessing posted.
00:06:42
Zak
That's how long Jack would have missed so far for his suspension. 43% are captain.
00:06:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
a shame that we can't and honestly it's genuinely a shame it's not just going to be the rest of the season because that that's going to be the next thing.
00:06:52
Zak
but Yeah. i Just, just go, go to another club.
00:06:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right Russell Martin sticks the course of that suspension and Jack Stevens is going to be straight back in the team and that's there's no coming back from that.
00:06:58
Zak
Just go to another club.
00:07:02
Zak
go to another club. know i've seen I've seen somebody talk about how they changed their WhatsApp group from Jack Stevens Red and White Army to Yanny B's Redemption Arc because they can't deal with, you know, due to popular demand.
00:07:13
Zak
So so I guess going in into Villa, that will be one of the positives is he cannot be in the side. We will hopefully have Jan back, considering we're supposed to be back today. But as we've now discovered, whenever Russell Martin says someone's going to be back, as you've constantly pointed out, Greg, turns out they're just nowhere near the squad.
00:07:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
never happens just another Russell Martin line mate that's all it is it's it shows that all that Russell Martin really is is smoke and mirrors it's really the vibes that it's starting to give off right like it's just it's upsetting is what it is
00:07:32
Zak
so
00:07:39
Zak
Let's stop setting.
00:07:44
Zak
You can't trust it.
Zencaster Endorsement
00:07:48
Zak
So obviously we are this you'll be hearing this Saturday morning, but we haven't had the press conference on Friday yet. So we don't know what's going to be said. We don't know what team news is going to matter. So we'll talk about our predicted lineups, potentially predicted scores.
00:08:01
Zak
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00:08:30
Zak
So we're back. So predicted lineups. As
Lineup Anticipation & Goalkeeper Dilemma
00:08:34
Zak
much as it it was a changed lineup, it kind of wasn't. There was a lot of players in yesterday that we'd expect to be in.
00:08:41
Zak
I just don't think that it followed any level of formation that we thought.
00:08:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
it was the it was the spine of the team that was missing right like it was the key players and that makes a huge difference and that is the that's what we've got to hold on to as the optimistic strand coming into this game is that we're going to have and an almost full strength starting 11 out and so we've got our best chance of putting in a solid performance and hopefully actually getting something from it i mean really at this point it needs to be a win more than anything else but
00:08:46
Zak
Yeah.
00:09:08
Zak
Yeah.
00:09:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
but let's face it, we'll take what we get, so.
00:09:10
Zak
Unless, unless it's a, unless it's a draw caused once again by far, like that was quite nice that we didn't really have to discuss much from the referee. There were a few decisions I think we were annoyed with, but at the same time, other than, him this other than his disappearing act, there wasn't really a huge amount.
00:09:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:26
Zak
And you could tell by the vibes in the stadium, as soon as the actual VAR replay of Steven's hair pool was shown, kind of went dead.
00:09:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. just acceptance. Yeah, there was no, there was zero arguments and there are people who sit around us who will argue to the bitter death with every decision and they accepted that completely.
00:09:33
Zak
Yeah. And some people be like, Oh, no.
00:09:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
I guess the biggest question mark for me is who plays in goal?
00:09:46
Zak
Yeah, because I think...
00:09:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think really the rest of the lineup writes itself past that.
00:09:48
Zak
I think...
00:09:51
Zak
I think... If Mac is fit enough to be back, I think he'll be back in the lineup, because I think that... that... a couple of the errors were... I think you could see...
00:10:01
Zak
I think we discussed, like, because we were so close, you could see Lumley and Stephens arguing quite a lot. And you could see them being... I say arguing, probably more frustration than Ethan, but he's trying to play out from the back, he can't do it.
00:10:13
Zak
tries to pass it forward, he can't do it. uh, Brighton, you know, he did all right. but He made, to be fair, he also made quite a few saves. But the problem is, is that it doesn't matter if you make four saves, if you make five errors, that leads to five goals.
00:10:25
Zak
And I think that's kind of what happened.
00:10:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:26
Zak
And that was the straw that broke the camel's back yesterday. I, or sorry, Wednesday, but it will be one of those things where I could see Mac coming back in and doing bad, but like, it's kind of wild. We're having to play our fourth choice cookie for anyway.
00:10:38
Zak
Like that's any.
00:10:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:10:40
Zak
Maybe we should have bought two and maybe let Alex McCarthy go at the end of last season after he did his heroics for us. But sentiment is unfortunately a thing that we latched onto at this
00:10:51
Zak
That's why we've had every player back who even shows the slightest bit of interest in returning after they leave.
00:10:58
Zak
um So yeah, I think you're right. Goal will be different, I think, Mecca. I'm hoping you'll have Yanny B back with Taylor Hartwood-Bellis as well. If not, I would be okay with Wood being in.
00:11:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah quite happy with Nathan Wood yeah I'm fine with that I think the solid lineup Nathan Wood and Taylor Harbour Belless obviously not not our first choice but I don't genuinely I don't think would
00:11:10
Zak
Yep.
00:11:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like I say, he didn't set the world ablaze in glory with his performance, but yeah I don't think he really did a lot wrong either and was put in a very unfortunate situation to be the only center back on the pitch.
00:11:28
Zak
yeah
00:11:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's
Player Motivation & Transfers
00:11:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
a youngster, so.
00:11:32
Zak
That's how I feel about Ronnie Edwards getting some sympathy minutes.
00:11:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:38
Zak
What a horrible game to play your Premier League debut in, or at least I think it was his debut.
00:11:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Hmm. And then, yeah, I mean, Walker Peters has got to be up there with one of the first names on every team sheet because demand gives 150% to every game.
00:11:49
Zak
I'm goodnna going to miss him so much when he goes, hopefully at the end of the season and not in January, but if they want to get any money for him, it's going to be in the next month, I guess.
00:11:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. And then, i mean any of the right backs i guess are fine or left back if we choose so i'm going to be manning playing in that position right or with breezy or or maybe yuki and i don't think any of those are fine
00:12:11
Zak
Yeah.
00:12:14
Zak
I think they'll, I think he's only going to bring Yuki on sub at the moment. I think he's kind of lost his starting lineup place.
00:12:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
m
00:12:20
Zak
He made a few mistakes. He got brought on yesterday is what I can describe as a right winger striker. and he tried though were a couple of times. He was caught offside, but he did try to move the ball forward. But yeah, I don't think he's, uh,
00:12:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, but I mean he is a left back so expecting him to time his runs to not be offside as a striker. He's a baffling decision anyway. I have no complaints about Sugawara not being able to time a forward run and stay onside because he's a full back.
00:12:36
Zak
you're right. It's very upsetting.
00:12:46
Zak
yeah would be so Yeah, that's that, so so then we're obviously to the midfield, bounds will be back, so bounds will be back in the team so long as he doesn't break his leg or eat a dodgy curry or whatever he does when he gets out for a couple of days because he's eaten too much.
00:12:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:58
Zak
but Either way, just just give it make sure he's got a chef that cooks his food properly, at least for this game coming up.
00:12:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was chicken livers last time, right? He didn't cook chicken livers enough and gave himself food poisoning.
00:13:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's such an important part of the team, it would be a...
00:13:11
Zak
True, very much so.
00:13:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, so yeah, no Flynn, Arribo and Matty Fernandez, for me, writes itself.
00:13:17
Zak
Yes, got to be it, right.
00:13:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't see another midfielder in the team but that gets in even even close to those three, so...
00:13:25
Zak
Do you see, do you see Fraser in armour coming back in again?
00:13:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
maybe no I don't know I think that Fraser's probably the one that misses out because Diblin will come back in I
00:13:31
Zak
Yeah, Fraser did all right this day. I think he actually drove the ball forward when and but possible.
00:13:41
Zak
course, that's silly of me. I forgot. How could I forget? That that shows you how how much like Wednesday's just messed me up.
00:13:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
wouldn't mind I mean if he's fit I wouldn't mind Diblin, Tallpool and Archer I'd like that I I can see I can see us rolling with that
00:13:47
Zak
Like I just... I just don't see him doing that. I think, you know, at this point, why would we try it that? That's well too much of a forward threat, mate. It's really difficult. I don't want to come out here and just be miserable every week, but it's getting very, very difficult. Wednesday is really, I feel like, I remember turning to you just halfway through the game and saying, this feels like some sort of turning point.
00:14:17
Zak
And I don't know whether that means for the fans completely turning. To be fair, it's it's surprising that Russell Martin has been able to keep the sort of piece as long as he has.
00:14:28
Zak
Because again, five points from 42.
00:14:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:30
Zak
Any other player, any other team, any other league.
00:14:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
They had a lot of credit in the bank from the way he brought us up.
00:14:34
Zak
Well, yeah, but that was that was also because we completely like tanked at the end of the season and ended up not getting any of the automatics. So it's not like we did it perfectly. We lost 5-0 to Sunderland at the beginning of the season.
00:14:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:47
Zak
You know, it's not, yeah, it's been a, it's been a, it's a weird way to watch us play football and it's nice. It's magical when it comes off well, but like, it's not come off well for a long time now. and we're almost at Christmas and I don't know what you do now because I don't think you'll go and I don't think it will matter. But so where I'm at is who, who we is he going to put on the pitch? And that's the most exciting thing. I don't think Sulemana will be anywhere near the team. Ben Barrett and Diaz will come out on load in January, if not leave.
00:15:16
Zak
As our squad depth has been completely wrecked by my assessment from Wednesday is I don't know what we're going to do if we have injuries going forward, but it's terrifying to be honest.
00:15:28
Zak
So yeah, I think like we've we've kind of covered the lineups a little bit. Anything else? any other Any other surprises you think? Anything else you think that might be exciting? Will Samu ever get on the pitch ever again?
00:15:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know they like i saying like i don't understand why it's abundantly clear to me from body language and i'm no body language expert that don't get me wrong but it's it's abundantly clear to me that Suramar can't bother to be here and when he comes on the pitch he and he puts in an effort but normally it's not it's not like carwalker peters level of effort it's uh go for the ball once and then stop and let them run past him
00:16:06
Zak
It's not, I am going to score twice against Liverpool to hopefully put myself in the shop window.
00:16:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I don't understand like and understand why we're not giving players like Sam ammo where the development is much more important to us and our long-term success, a chance.
Lineup Strategies vs Villa
00:16:19
Zak
Yes, you got, this is the thing Dibbling has come through this season and we wouldn't have ever expected that at the beginning of the season.
00:16:25
Zak
We set sent a dozy off on loan to Anderlecht. He's played in the Champions League, which is wild. And we've got we got people that clearly don't want to be here.
00:16:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:36
Zak
January might be interesting because obviously you've got Corne that didn't even, least I don't think he's ever seen and seeing the pitch ever again at St Mary's.
00:16:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:16:43
Zak
We'll have to see what happens in January. But yeah, I think you're right. It's going to be kind of what we expect and hopefully that will be nice. But yeah, I'd love to see Archer and to pull up the top. Just give us, just give them two things to think about rather than just one and and you know, play out from the back and and hit someone that can keep the ball for longer than five minutes.
00:17:02
Zak
much as I loved the, we've got the ball chance for a solid. about 10 minutes when we did have the ball and did nothing with it a second after.
00:17:09
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Zak
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Match Predictions & Past Victories
00:17:35
Zak
Sorry, score predictions. well How do you, how do you feel this is going to go? Do you reckon we'll do a proper saints and then turn around and win like four nil. And then that'll just reignite everyone's hope for a little bit. Or do you reckon it will get just get a draw, maybe a drawer and that'll just be enough or a villa off the back of their window.
00:17:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
just to crush it more i've got a head heart sort of vibe and my head is saying that villa are gonna trounce us 3-1 but my heart says we're gonna against all odds get a 2-1 victory and i don't know where that's coming from
00:17:54
Zak
Yeah.
00:17:57
Zak
yeah
00:18:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's certainly not a place of logical reason but it's it's the vibe.
00:18:18
Zak
So do you know, do you want to know the last time they beat us or the last time we beat them?
00:18:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm feeling it. Yeah.
00:18:21
Zak
Sorry. The last time we beat them was the fifth of November, 2021, uh, where Adam Armstrong scored in the third minute. And since then, uh, Villa have beaten us three times once at four nil, uh, but then the other two times only by one.
00:18:34
Zak
So that's nice.
00:18:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is nice.
00:18:36
Zak
You know, look I'll take, I'll take one goal being scored.
00:18:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Was it against Villa that Sadio Mane scored the fastest hat trick in Premier League history?
00:18:40
Zak
Um,
00:18:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Am I remembering that right?
00:18:44
Zak
I wanted to say that was like Liverpool. Am I going mad?
00:18:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I think it was against Villa.
00:18:49
Zak
Nah, you're right. You're right. It was 16th of May, 2015.
00:18:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right, so there you go.
00:18:53
Zak
13th minute, 14th minute, 16th minute. Shane Long scored twice that game as well.
00:18:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right, I'm gonna i'm going to change my mind.
00:18:57
Zak
Mad.
00:18:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm gonna go for 3-1 and Paul Paul is gonna break that record.
00:19:01
Zak
Right.
00:19:07
Zak
Look, mate, nobody can say that you're not optimistic.
Podcast Reflection & Positivity Challenge
00:19:13
Zak
Nobody can say that even with your spirit as crushed as it was on your birthday,
00:19:18
Zak
trip to St Mary's where you didn't even manage to really enjoy your little picture in the the in the program because it got soaked through. I watched your sister-in-law carry out these programs.
00:19:27
Zak
It started off, you can't see because of, but it started off about letter size and by the end were like a whole book.
00:19:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:19:35
Zak
just Watching Greg try to flick through to see his picture. He's like, oh, the pages are stuck together. And I was like, yeah, mate, like, so but our players seem to be as well. So, so yeah, hopefully
00:19:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
But put what about you mate? What are you feeling? What's your skill prediction?
00:19:50
Zak
just I just feel it's just gonna end up being like one all or something like that really boring it's gonna be like archer scores off the bat real quick we're we're kind of happy with that we're like yeah see we can play football and then they equalize with Watkins or something like that and then yeah and and and then and then it we we tough out another game they were like don't worry guys taught score like point on the board and then we look at the board and go
00:20:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Almost immediately, normally.
00:20:14
Zak
We needed like seven for it to matter. But yeah I mean, even that would is is that's me being optimistic because it's like that is a that is progress. But the problem is, is like you need to build off something because what we can't keep doing, what I can't keep, what I can't stand is the whole like, well, we need to build off of that. You can see it's coming. You can see it's coming. And then we get a draw and it's like, oh, my God, it's coming. We're going to be doing really well. And it's five on loss. But I'm just really worried that we get a draw. And then the next game will be another five. little lost So. but I feel, I feel a draw.
00:20:45
Zak
I feel like, you know, with a full strength squad back, we can probably get something from them. They haven't been in the best of form. Hopefully with their win, they get a little bit overconfident coming in to play against us and yeah, we can.
00:20:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
and they'll have Champions League football next week, right? Or or certainly a European...
00:20:59
Zak
Yeah.
00:21:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, they who have they got on Tuesday? its
00:21:05
Zak
Please hold callers.
00:21:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a Leipzig away, so, you know, there's a chance of some squad rotation.
00:21:13
Zak
there There is a chance.
00:21:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because they're trying to push for those top eight spots in the ridiculous new Champions League format that that somehow actually makes sense to me but is deeply upsetting because if the the top eight go all straight through without the playoffs so they'll be eager to not play more games than they have to yeah hmm
00:21:25
Zak
It is deeply upsetting. So yeah. Yeah, it will be hopefully, yeah again, like, but But you could say that that quite a few of the opposition we've played recently is that they've all had sort of extra games on top of us and we've still managed to well lose half of our squad due to suspensions more than anything. Sorry, sorry they get they got they they got their they got their bravery points in. So yeah, I guess we'll just have to see see how it plays out. But you know it could surprise us all. We could go in incredibly sad and unoptimistic and we could get a win that would surprise everybody. And that could be the start of something.
00:22:06
Zak
I have to believe because we do a daily podcast about this and it's not even Christmas.
00:22:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
my list still look there's still plenty of time in the season like we're
00:22:13
Zak
I cannot be this crushed yet.
00:22:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
with what, 14 games in now? I wanna say. Yeah, 14. So we've got, we've got 24 games left to go.
00:22:27
Zak
Feels like so much more. yeah so
Closing & Listener Appreciation
00:22:33
Zak
Good. That's exciting.
00:22:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
but That could be the unbeaten streak, mate. I'm just saying that's still on.
00:22:38
Zak
Sure, why why not? Stranger things have happened.
00:22:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:43
Zak
straight Stranger things have happened. If I say it in a happy enough tone, that is the optimistic note we can leave off on. Stranger things have happened in football. Thank you once again everyone for joining us for this little bonus Saturday episode. We hope you enjoy the game today, wherever you're watching it, whatever you're doing.
00:23:03
Zak
Follow us on all the social medias, we're on Twitter, we're on Blue Sky, we're on Instagram, we're on TikTok. and Thank you very much for everyone that's listened. is you know We've been a young, growing podcast.
00:23:12
Zak
This is our first year doing this. It's been so much fun. meet Me and Greg have such a laugh. In the future, there may be more of us, but in the for the time being, it's been great, and we appreciate all of you all across the world.
00:23:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:26
Zak
So have a lovely day, whatever you're up to, and I will leave you on that note. Thank you very much. Bye.