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Episode 89 – Crossover Wednesday with Daily Brighton!
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We're back after two days of technical issues and we return with a crossover! Tom & Rob welcome Joe Richardson from Daily Brighton to the pod as they look ahead to tomorrow's night game at Portman Road. The lads discuss both teams' season so far, the two managers and predicted lineups.
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcasting Challenges
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello, everybody, and welcome back to another edition of the Daily Up switch, but it's also crossover Wednesday, as it is our crossover episode with the Daily Brighton. So I'm happy to say I'm joined first by Mr. Joe Richardson from the Daily Brighton team. How are you doing, Joe?
00:00:22
Joe
Yeah, I'm all good. Thank you. I'm all good. Thank you. Just happy to sort of be back in amongst the podcasts. We've been slacking a little bit recently, so hopefully we can get back onto some more consistency.
00:00:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Lovely stuff. Yes. And also from the Ipswich perspective, is it that Mr. Rob Binn's kind of a similar issue for us this week as well, but due to tech issues, I think, wasn't it, Rob?
00:00:44
Rob Binns
Yeah, um I'm just hoping this gets out, to be honest. It'll be the first one of the week that we we're going backwards so far, aren't we we? We had a recording that we couldn't publish and then we couldn't even get a recording out for Tuesday. So we can't we can't go any further back. So I'm hoping this is just problem solved and we can go back to normal now.
00:01:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hopefully the rest of you guys can hear this apart from us, free.
Premier League Football: Brighton vs Ipswich
00:01:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, as Joe said, and I think all of you are very much looking forward to, Premier League football is back. The FA Cup was here this past weekend, some shock results, but I think a few nonchalant games, we're very much looking forward to Premier League football returning. That's happening with a midweek game Thursday under the lights at Portman Road, with Ipswich against Brighton. With Joe, you being the way team, we'll start with you and just look over how the seagulls have fared this season, 10th in the table.
00:01:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
How would you say a season's fair, like happy days or more to be desired?
00:01:35
Joe
it's ah ah It's been like, a it's been very topsy-turvy as you can imagine with being literally smack bang in In August we were unreal and we sort of showed sort of like maybe that this new young manager wave is sort of the way forward and then be honest I wouldn't even blame injuries I just think it was that it was more it wasn't even the players being like missing but it was more sort of having to chop and change and sort of find the right combinations because we have so many
00:02:08
Joe
because we have so many players basically basically um sort of finding the right combination of those players sort of we struggled with that a little bit and um we changed our defence around quite a lot because of injuries but as we spoke about in our podcast is that the drop off from the two centre backs is actually quite massive and I think that we did we we went through and do you know what I think it might have actually started potentially when we played you at the Amex, because we had a ah bag of chances.
00:02:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:02:37
Joe
couldn't take the chances.
00:02:39
Joe
And then from there, really, we sort of had that sort of had that issue a little bit going forward.
Brighton's Team Dynamics and Injuries
00:02:45
Joe
And then it seems to be that when we play, offense to Ipswich, of course, but when we sort of play the bigger teams, we saw the level goes up a little bit.
00:02:54
Joe
But then when we play against teams that you would on paper say, oh, we should probably beat them at home. level sort of goes down and it's just I feel like that's a bit of like lack of maturity from because obviously our team is quite young But other than that, I mean the result against Arsenal was was okay I think we probably could have ended up taking all three points there But you know, it's January now the I'm We're actually going into this with quite a few injuries go this is go quite a few injuries.
00:03:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:03:25
Joe
I don't think we're gonna have Pedro I don't think we're going to have Ritter or Minthe. So Ferdy's had surgery, he's out. So yeah, I think it could be it could be a tough one, but I'm still hoping that we can maybe lock in and get a result.
00:03:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Lovely stuff. Is there anyone you're expecting to come through the door this window? I mean, you can extrapolate more on this, but I've seen in terms of your income is it's Diego Gomez from Miami. You've managed to prime away from Messi, so it must have been some sort of sales pitch to do so.
00:03:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
But is is that a name? I mean, apologies for my expertise on him as a player, but is that a play you expect to come into the side? Is it more of a one of the many for the future that Brighton seem to produce?
00:04:02
Joe
is is ah ah so So it's sort one of those things where it's like he joins at such an awkward time where I think their season's oh like long over since then and so he's basically had like quite a long break and when it comes to
00:04:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:20
Joe
where he's joined in January you're basically getting into the meat of the season like in terms of everyone is sort of up to speed now like you're not really going to see much in terms of like the level of football in the Premier League it's sort of basically going to peak around here and then as you sort of get over that hill into the new year going into February that's sort of when the tired legs start coming and when the Champions League comes back and etc Obviously, we're not in the Champions League, but still.
00:04:47
Joe
Obviously, all of the level, then you plateau a little
Ipswich's Defensive Strategy and Relegation Battle
00:04:51
Joe
bit. I think it's a bit of an awkward time just because you have to get back up to that speed.
00:04:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:56
Joe
Also, you were playing in the MLS. No offence to any of the American fans who like the MLS, but it's not the same level as the Premier League. Yeah, I'm not sure i'm not sure whether, he he looks a very tidy player. It was ah it was quite a random sign in because we do, I mean, it's one of those, I still think we're short at centre back, which probably brings me on to, I can't even remember how you say his name. It's like, Basogioli's from PSV, a young centre back who we were linked with quite a lot.
00:05:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right.
00:05:30
Joe
But we've there's been a couple of names thrown around, but it's not really been like in the centre back position, which is where we need because Igor's injured. Dunk is like four steps away from a care home, so we can't really be having that anymore.
00:05:43
Joe
And you heard a couple of names like sent juice. just David David now you say his name. Um loads of the fans want Screeny are in just for that experience but I think we all agree on our podcast that we probably need like a couple of bodies in there because We are looking at Adam Webster right now and even uh mcconville who's debuted in the cup But like, I don't know, like, it's just hard to sort of, you need to get someone in who's going to be ready. I understand screaming, I was going to be ready, but you're going to have him for probably at his best for me. Well, it's probably past his best now, but like maybe a year. And that's it really. But yeah, there's a couple of names for a round. Do go. I don't think he'll play to mess with you.
00:06:29
Joe
But and we signed Matt Swiffer and he's literally just disappeared off Lacey Earth. I don't know where he is. He can't get a game. I don't think the manager likes him very much. So doing games might actually be be up in the back of the order for by doing absolutely nothing so far.
00:06:42
Joe
But yeah, I hope that but we need to. It's just a defense that we need to sort of solidify and get some players in. And I don't really want to be seeing players getting recalled from loans because all of the players on loan are basically attacking players.
00:06:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. Hmm.
00:06:54
Joe
I think that'd be stupid. But You can only see, I think i feel like if it's going to be a young player, it needs to be a player who's going to be able to like play when he needs to currently, at his level currently, but obviously have a really high ceiling. If not that, then it has to be that who's maybe not quite ready yet, but he has a really high ceiling and then it will be another player who's proven, experienced,
00:07:21
Joe
at a high level who is sort of like maybe looking to come to the Premier League at the end of their career or something like that and maybe slot in. So yeah, that's I think where we're at at the moment.
00:07:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, January is kind of an awkward time, isn't it? I think you're trying to bring in, you're trying to do a complete overhaul.
00:07:33
Joe
Yeah, it's terrible.
00:07:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
You see Citi trying to bring maybe some few potential young starters or trying to fill the squad.
00:07:39
Joe
Yeah.
00:07:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's an awkward time. Rob, like obviously Joe touched on some players that who are out of injury, obviously a few who aren't, but there's a plethora of talent. It's kind of ah ah a trope with Brighton these days, isn't it? But as anyone in particular this season, or if you go back a season or two, who's like kind of ah a put put when you see that name on the team sheet, you're kind of like all flip, they're starting kind of thing. And there's a lot of great talent and down the annex, isn't there?
00:08:01
Rob Binns
Yeah, they've got a lot of threats.
00:08:02
Joe
was up me i say and
00:08:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Rob, sorry.
00:08:03
Rob Binns
Yeah. Yeah, there's a lot of threats there, but say, Jel Pedro is the one for me that always stands out.
00:08:06
Joe
so was it yeah go
00:08:10
Rob Binns
So I had no idea he was potentially injured. So that's a massive result for us because he's, he's someone I always liked him at Watford. And then you always just got the sense that when he moved to Brighton, that was going to be the next step for him.
00:08:23
Rob Binns
And it's just exactly what it's proven to be. And he's, he's a really top player apart from when he nearly assaulted somebody a couple of weeks ago that other than that, he's had, he's had all positives this season to talk about really.
00:08:34
Rob Binns
So no so I'm quite glad he's missing.
00:08:35
Joe
fuck funny i and Yeah, Yeah, nah, I think.
00:08:37
Rob Binns
Yeah. But it's a belabor as well as somebody who, he's the latest in the Brighton region of Wigan. Here's a midfielder you've never heard of. He's going to be worth a hundred million quid by the end of the season.
00:08:49
Rob Binns
He's the latest one on that line after lots of Presumer and Kysada. I've been really, I'm really impressed with him sort every time I watch him, really, that he just seems to be getting better as the season goes on as well. So he'll be the threat to sort of be controlling the game that we need to try and stick somebody on him. Don't let him dictate that play. And he has got a strike on him as well, which we have we sometimes can be prior to conceding the world. he So we can make sure we close him down if he picks the ball up near the goal. But there's a lot of talent in the squad that, like I said, the fact they've got so many injuries and still just sort of
00:09:24
Rob Binns
So I know they haven't won for a while, apart from the FA Cup of the weekend, but you also haven't lost many in that time. that They're there hard to beat, Brighton. There's a lot of draws and there's results that even when you find them sort of out of form, you still struggle, whoever they play against struggles to beat them, which is the problem.
00:09:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:09:44
Rob Binns
So it's just the challenge for us really, because we just had a very similar game with Fulham, who were like almost exactly the same as Brighton, Like Joe said about these sort of games against teams lower down the table, the ones you can probably go and get points off them and they've turned up against the bigger teams.
00:10:00
Rob Binns
But also like they haven't won too many games, but they're up where they are on the table because they're hard to beat. I think there's only four losses each. So going to be a tough game regardless of who plays.
00:10:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:10:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah very much. So you touched it there with the, I think it's kind of the elephant room at the moment, Joe, I'm sorry to say, but the, no Premier League win since November, but many draws and good performances against decent sides, albeit a victory against the original weekend. So thank you very much for that. Very much appreciated in the blue part of East Anglia.
00:10:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
but With that, I think, you know, is is it like a, is there frustration building amongst fan base? Cause like you said, there's some good performances within those, those draws. I don't think it's, I was looking at Brighton, it's like a team down on their luck, so to speak. But are you happy with how it's gone the past two or so months? Would you like, obviously everyone would like a few more wins in there, but it's the sort of, are you expecting to be higher or where you are, where you guys are? Is it, is it good for how they've been this season? That sort of thing.
00:10:52
Joe
it's, it's actually been really frustrating in terms of, sort of, I think for us, it was that really, really good period where we played pretty much every good team in the league. And then we had that we had a run, which basically started in November where it was like, okay. If you go here, we could probably go there, go there, even the away games are like, there's some tricky ones, but it was, I think it was.
00:11:18
Joe
Fulham, West Ham and another team, maybe Brentford or something like that. And you look at you look at those and it's like, okay, well, we're not going to the Etihad, we're not going to Anfield, blah, blah, blah. We're not doing all this stuff. But then all of those bad results are sort of come against teams where this was supposed to be the easy run after this sort of like a really hard run at the start of the season.
00:11:42
Joe
And we've really struggled to sort of, but we've struggled to convert, which has been probably the biggest issue that you um asked about the fan base.
00:11:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:11:51
Joe
Fan base is in tatters. I don't know what's going on. Half of them want his head. ah ah Half of them just think, well, you need to to give him time, which is obviously the side that I'm on because he's like, he's so young, the manager, and he obviously has proved that he can do well in this league.
00:12:06
Joe
But you can't just sack him as soon as it doesn't go your way. We're not going to win every game, are we? Do you know what I mean? But there was definitely a chance to, I think before, as we were coming into the run to Christmas, we were sort of looking at those European places and thinking, well,
00:12:22
Joe
If we go through this, if we like basically win all the way up to Christmas and then nick a couple in January, then we're going to be in and amongst it sort of like come that sort of end of the season. But now if you look at the table at 10th, it was six points behind City here in 6th.
00:12:39
Joe
I think we're pretty sure and okay that doesn't sound that bad but like are you gonna are we gonna go and catch them up do you know what I mean and like um obviously let's talk about us getting five Champions League spaces but I don't know how that affects the other position so like does that sort of like trickle down so it's like one extra an each or whatever
00:12:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:02
Joe
But to I mean, the chance is definitely there. But I think we missed a trick. Definitely not like going into going on such a poor run of form that the like the game against Palace is shocking. And it's like a rock. It's obviously a rivalry. And so you don't that I think sucked a bit of confidence out. But now we've gone to I know that it's obviously a cut, but that win scoring free scoring against Norwich.
00:13:27
Joe
a couple of players who haven't really been playing very well, sort of getting a goal or an assist and what have you. And I think that that's a good boost sort of going into this next bit, but come into this next sort of like five, six games, we're going to be leading to, if we if we are going to have European aspirations, then I mean, we're going to have to really sort of turn up in those games, regardless of who the opposition is.
00:13:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think you kind of hit the nail on the head in terms of what fans aspirations probably are. I think being 10th in the league for anything, I mean, obviously we'd bite your hand off to be where you guys are on the table. But I think given how it's gone in recent years, it definitely seems like there's there could be more to be done, I think, and higher and higher on the table. I agree with that.
00:14:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Before we take the first break, I'll just come to you, Rob, as well. Obviously you kind of said there, Joe, how some fans are splits regarding her. So, but just your, your perspective on him as a coach, Rob is his first season in the prem, very, very young guy, matt younger than our boss as well, which is, you know, hard to believe considering McKenna's age as well.
00:14:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
But, you know, difficult league to come in regardless of the club, isn't it? But he seems to have handed it like fairly well for his first few months in the league, doesn't he?
00:14:33
Rob Binns
Yeah, I think ultimately you've got to take the season as the perspective of, it is a new, it's a, it's the first season of a manager in a new league at the same time.
00:14:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Guys.
00:14:42
Rob Binns
You've got to sort of have that context in there. Obviously the expectation is higher at Brighton than it is at a lot of other clubs because of how the last few seasons have gone. But ultimately, so everyone, it's sort of Brighton stuck both ways really, is that everyone gives them loads of praise for telling us how often they they so almost spawn in these world-class players, sell them on, but then nobody sort of gives them credit that they keep going every year despite selling all these players.
00:15:09
Rob Binns
And then suddenly, like whenever it drops off, it's now, well, Brian, I've been up there the last couple of years.
00:15:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bye.
00:15:14
Rob Binns
Why aren't why aren't they fighting there again? was a To be fair, they've sold a couple of their best players again. So they've got to rebuild. And it's and obviously a new map the new manager. Like I say, he's 31, 32 or something like that, isn't he?
00:15:27
Rob Binns
He's old enough to still be playing. He's managing there. He's in ah in a brand new league for the first time. It's naturally, the first season is always in this sort of thing, always needs to be some sort of adapting period. But say obviously because of the past with Brighton, it's is going in with a little bit more expectation to how it's going to play out. But certainly i I'm on Joe's side from the outside looking in that you've got to give him the season at least. And maybe if you've if it ends up in the bottom half finish and you think it's not working out, then you can look again in the summer. But it's also all about finding somebody who you think is going to be better as a replacement, isn't it, as well, which on on the current market, who go out there, especially with Brighton's data-driven system, it's probably going to pluck someone else that most people haven't heard of anyway. so And you don't know how that's going to play out either way.
00:16:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think it'd be quite a ah ah rogue shout on Brighton's behalf if they were to get rid of Hurts. I think, yeah, as you said, outside his perspective would be, you know, I think we've seen a few sackings this season that are very, very deserving and that is definitely not one of them, but we shall see.
00:16:28
Joe
no
00:16:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're going to take our first break now. When we come back, we'll look at the Ipswich Town side of things heading into Thursday's game.
00:17:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back here on the Global Sports Podcast Network. It is the cross of episode of Ipswich and Brighton looking ahead to tomorrow's game at Portman Road. Rob, we're going to look at the Ipswich side of things. Joe, I'll come to you with some questions about town as well in this part of the show, but Rob, depending how tomorrow's game goes, we've said this season how we've wanted to go on a wee bit of a run. You're not going to get a massive amount of consecutive positive results, but, you know, winning against Chelsea draw against Fulham and a winning towards a few weeks prior to that.
00:17:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
free positive results out of our last five league games, formation change, things are starting to look a bit better, I think compared to a few other runs we've gone, haven't they?
00:17:46
Rob Binns
Yeah, well, so we highlighted the form last week, didn't we, that we thought of how tight it is down the bottom, that it's what a difference it makes to put a little run like this together. So we we saw, we went up and down the lead table, didn't we? have Like how many teams in the league have got seven points or more from their last five games? I would say we've, we're asked on seven. I think it's literally all the teams up the top of the table. I've obviously got more than that because they're fighting for bigger and better things than a relegation scrap that would be solid sort of.
00:18:15
Rob Binns
top half of the table, I'm pretty sure I was, based on the last four and the last five games, which, if if even if you just hold that level for a month or two, that can be enough for you. I mean, we've pulled ourselves from...
00:18:26
Rob Binns
The thing is, it is every... Ultimately, it is week by week, this that the white especially at all ends of the table, especially down the bottom. I'm saying this really, we've pulled ourselves back into, like, a couple of weeks ago, we looked we looked in trouble.
00:18:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:18:37
Rob Binns
But then the thing is, the week before that, we were looking fairly confident. And then after we... So after we beat Wolves, we were all on a high and thought, there we go. Wolves are down, six point gap, they won't turn that around, they sack my manager and then suddenly two weeks later they're above us and we're sitting there looking, oh we might be down. Let's say we pulled it back and we're in the position now that we seem to be taking a lot more defensive focus on games, which is the right way to go about it because you look at how tight it is, it is literally two goals, we're in the but we're in the bottom three by.
00:19:07
Rob Binns
because obviously we've got one worse goal difference, but Wolves have scored more goals. So like we could come out the bottom three this weekend with a loss. It's that tight. Like if we, we lost one nil and Wolves go to St. James's and leak a few goals, which is certainly not out of the realms of possibility the way Newcastle are playing. Then even a poor result could take us out of the bottom three because of how tight it is. So we've got ourselves right back into the scrap with the recent run. It's just about the longer, obviously the longer you keep that sort of run going where you make yourself harder to beat and grind out the results that we had to with later on against Fulham once we conceded the equalizer and how we held on well against Chelsea. You've got to stop pulling things like that out and the longer we can drag this little run out for them, the more positive position we're going to be in because
00:19:52
Rob Binns
we are in a tough run of fixtures. There's no hiding that we've said it before. We're two games into a run of like eight. I think seven out of eight games are really tough. and So far we've taken four points in those first two, which was probably more than we thought we were going to get in the whole run of eight games. So we've got to keep going. and And so it's an opportunity, bright and a hard to beat, but And so they're also, they're struggling for wins as well. So it's the sort of game on paper. I know it's not played on paper, but it is the sort of game we need to be looking at really and thinking that is a game we can get points in, especially so with the monkey off our backs of the first home win as well, that you want to be building the home form now.
00:20:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. Yeah. Brilliant. I think it's one of those games where we've come into it thinking we possibly get something at home this season. It hasn't gotten necessarily in a way, but with, I think the recent run of form, hopefully that can be different this year.
00:20:41
Joe
Hmm.
00:20:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Joe, I'm not going to expect to be an Ipswich town aficionado, but what have you, obviously we came to your place at the start of the season. We very much kind of grinded out on Neil Neil draw.
00:20:48
Joe
Yeah.
00:20:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I said in our reaction poll, I think after that episode, obviously very early days in the season.
00:20:51
Joe
Mm.
00:20:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
But if you look at where we are now, I did say you could come look at the end of the season and think, considering how well you guys have played in recent years, that is a very well-earned point considering the quality of the opposition that obviously did lay on us firmly back game. But in terms of players and then thoughts the manager into the club in general, what have you taken from the Trax boys in their first season back in the Premier League for 22 years?
00:21:15
Joe
so I said in the, cause I've done a crossover last time and I said that I really respect Ipswich town. I think, I think I said, I said that didn't I? Just to, just to get a VAR check on that.
00:21:23
Rob Binns
Yeah, so definitely.
00:21:26
Joe
Yeah.
00:21:26
Rob Binns
Yeah, I remember.
00:21:26
Joe
no so Yeah. no did it
00:21:27
Rob Binns
It's pretty much every crossover I've been on, someone's so ah don't no one's come up to us apart.
00:21:30
Joe
Yeah. Yeah.
00:21:31
Rob Binns
know Even the teams who would direct me fighting against a relegation, everyone said on a crossover I've been on that they want us to stay up. like so A couple people have to add the caveat of, unless unless it's instead of us.
00:21:39
Joe
yeah
00:21:42
Rob Binns
And like I hope we both stay up.
00:21:44
Joe
he
00:21:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:44
Rob Binns
But obviously, I've picked us over you.
00:21:46
Joe
yeah
00:21:47
Rob Binns
But no one said, yeah, get rid of you. Go back down.
00:21:51
Joe
yeah no i just think that I think because obviously we wanted McKenna and I think we he might have been potentially the first target, the first choice target as manager. manager. um You obviously kept him. I think that that was the start of probably the best bit of business that you could have possibly done is obviously get him.
00:22:12
Joe
And I think didn't you get a Murray Hutchison like permanently this season as well? Or like at the start of this season?
00:22:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
ye Yeah.
00:22:17
Joe
Yeah.
00:22:17
Rob Binns
Yep.
00:22:17
Joe
So those two bits of business there are obviously key to sort of
00:22:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:23
Joe
and like what you want to be doing and you want to sort of put tie your best player down and obviously your manager who's got your back-to-back promotions if I'm not mistaken obviously get him in there ready he's young he's gonna people so many teams I feel like we're after him and also if you add in a little bit of spice with like Liam De La who, if I'm not wrong, Liam Dilap was on loan somewhere last, like a couple of seasons, yeah, he was at home and apparently he was not lighting the light, setting the world a light.
00:22:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
How?
00:22:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
no
00:22:55
Joe
And then to obviously come in and he he looks like he's been playing in the Premier League for years. I'm curious to see whether you can keep him because the striking market is pretty poor and a lot of teams are after them.
00:23:07
Joe
so I mean I'd like to see what happens there because he is a top top player and of course Leif Davis as well. but I think to be fair he has he's quite raw in some aspects of his game but I don't think there's many better sort of deliverer of a cross in the league at that position than him. think that sort of maybe attacking wise only better full backs in the league probably what, Anthony Robertson and maybe Milos Kirk has to be honest. But I mean, again, like you have you have building blocks that are there. But obviously where you you're really hard to beat, but where you struggle is is we've obviously converting that being hard to beat into like winning games. I imagine that you probably feel like you've been quite unlucky this season in terms of yeah you said you only lost four times, right? Or am I made that up?
00:23:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I wish that was the case.
00:23:59
Rob Binns
Brighton those you guys have only lost four times we yeah
00:24:00
Joe
Oh, we've only lost four times, yeah.
00:24:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
and but but We've drawn, we've drawn seven games though. There's been a lot of games like we'll see.
00:24:05
Joe
Yeah.
00:24:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm not counting the draw against you guys, but you know, we had two draws against film, especially last game. We thought he may have got something as a juror against bitter at home and capitulations against certain teams.
00:24:12
Joe
Yeah.
00:24:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's been a lot of results where we thought we could have got three points, but we found it hard to see off games defensively.
00:24:18
Joe
Yeah. Yeah. 100%. And that's, that's, that's what it is, isn't it? It's very fine margins, especially down that end. One question I would did want to throw over to you guys is the sort of blatantly obvious one is, do you think you guys can stay up?
00:24:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Rob.
00:24:34
Rob Binns
Yeah, well, definitely. I think it's, yeah it's hard to say for sure, obviously with, because a lot of it relies on when you obviously, when we're in the bottom three already, it relies on other teams as well.
00:24:45
Rob Binns
Like in theory, like we could go and win near enough every game, but we lose, we lose the ones around us.
00:24:46
Joe
Hmm.
00:24:52
Rob Binns
And in theory, it would make a difference that they're like, it's effectively out of our hands, even though it is so tight, like I said before, but.
00:24:55
Joe
Yeah.
00:25:01
Rob Binns
we've sort of hit a runner form at the right but at the right time. And even if the FA Cup broke up a bit, which wasn't ideal, but then that gave an opportunity for some of players.
00:25:12
Rob Binns
So like, so Phillips and Jack Clark have come in and had a good game in the FA Cup. So even though it's only Bristol Rovers at home that, so like they were sort of players, I said going in, in a preview, going into it, I was like, I picked out those sort of players as people I want to play and hope they have a good game for the confidence.
00:25:16
Joe
Mm hmm.
00:25:28
Rob Binns
And they did. So hopefully that, all these things come together. and Because so often down the bottom, just one little run makes such a big difference. You look at Wolves, like I said earlier, the little but initial run when the manager, the man near the Pereira came in, there was only something like a couple of wins in a row, as of seven points in three games or whatever he got, and it jumped them up from ah ah six points behind us in 19th to outside the bottom three.
00:25:59
Rob Binns
those little runs, if you can put them together, makes such a massive difference. And obviously, normally, that comes from a new manager bounce, but we're one of the only teams who are with the same manager, and we will have absolutely zero intention of second McKenna at any point.
00:26:12
Rob Binns
So we've got to put together an effect that we've got to put a new manager bounce esc run together ourselves.
00:26:13
Joe
Yeah.
00:26:19
Rob Binns
And this is sort of the best point, the best chance we've had to do it really with a shock Chelsea, we But really well against Fulham, it's just two sloppy challenges cost us two points on the day. But still, if you'd offered to the point before we went, you'd have been happy with it. And then say this sort of game. Again, if there's confidence, there'd be confidence of getting a result then. And I'd say as much as you can look at it either way. I'd say Brighton's form is so weird because it's like there's so many stats that just shouldn't go together, but they do because of all the draws. Somehow, I'd say winless since November, but also unbeaten in five in all competitions.
00:26:54
Rob Binns
of with the f FA Cup win like I don't know how these things go together but okay it's another game where I think that should we probably like maybe we should go in with ambitions to win the game but I think ultimately if you ask most people would you take a point at home to Brighton and say that obviously two points in the two games against Brighton over the course of season that is a result would take and it's the sort of another thing we need to be starting to build up really because like its it's also like I said it's out of our hands but you look at some of the other games this week I mean obviously the teams we're trying to chase you've got Wolves going to St James's and you've got Everton are playing Aston Villa and so you've got Palace are starting to drag themselves out of there and that's where Leicester are.
00:27:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:27:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:27:35
Rob Binns
Leicester are playing them this way. There's some sort of games where you struggle to see where the teams around us get points this weekend so any point on the board makes a difference and like I say when there's two goals in it you never know that
00:27:37
Joe
Yeah.
00:27:46
Rob Binns
we sure ourselves up defensively, which we seem to be making an effort to do the last few games or so, then and so it only takes one week where the results go our favour and it can flip and will be the team that other people are chasing. So it's just we've got to maintain the run, basically. And on paper, this is a game where we can we can go easily go and get a positive result out of it. But you've got to turn up on the day because Brighton have enough quality that Like I said earlier, it doesn't matter who's injured, there's enough quality there that if you fall asleep for half
Key Players and Game Predictions
00:28:16
Rob Binns
a second, you could walk that could be the difference and you lose a game to that.
00:28:20
Joe
yeah Yeah, definitely.
00:28:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Very much so, yeah, we've seen, I think, you know, the bright somewhere somewhere on the table, what kind of logic does it take? You don't know what side you're going to get at Portland Road, so it's going to be interesting to see. We're going to take our final break now. When we come back, guys, I want to get your predicted lineups as well as sort of difference makers in the game and how do you think both sides will perform? So we'll see you guys in a sec.
00:29:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back here on the final part of today's episode. Thank you so much for joining us, everyone, looking ahead to Townes' game against Brighton at Portland Road tomorrow night. Joe, I'll come to you first. Obviously, we're looking at this game head-to-head wide with both clubs. Obviously, you guys have been ahead of us leagues-wise in recent years, but last three games, it's been three draws, and the two games prior to that, it's been spoiled shared of both sides getting a win. and I know, obviously, we're not looking at those games back years before as a ah sounding ball for what might happen, of course. Obviously, we saw the No, no earlier in the season, but you mentioned a lot with there's many injuries Concerning you guys ahead of the game at Portman Road So do you expect a slightly left field 11? Maybe a few of the guys who got a run out in the FA Cup to be in a starting level also rooter was a hero at Carrow But he seems to be occurring from wrong doesn't necessarily seem like he's going to be lacing his boots of Portman Road on Thursday night. Yes, I just predicted lineups and difference makers for your team and
00:29:57
Joe
I think, well, for one, Ruto being gone and Jal Pedro being gone is, I mean, obviously it's not ideal, but the GOAT is back.
00:30:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:30:06
Joe
Danny Welbeck, he's got some minutes under his belt there. ah I think, I mean, our podcast is just Danny Welbeck podcast, basically.
00:30:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Big fan of him.
00:30:15
Joe
But we, it actually would be quite harsh. I sort of just frosted him in straight away. especially with like, obviously, it being in the midweek after he's just this come back from like a bit of a lengthy injury but we actually ah Ferguson's not fit, Pedro's not fit, Ruta's not fit. I don't think any of them are going to be playing to be honest a unless they wake up tomorrow i or in the next day and maybe feel a little bit better or something, I yeah, Minthe's out, but again, he was sort of like in and out anyway. So Matoma, Welbeck, in CSO in behind and then on the right, to be fair, Ruta's been out there, Minthe's been out there.
00:30:55
Joe
a solid march maybe but again you can't really risk it he's played like for he's played probably like 60 odd minutes in like 14 months so he can't really I don't know if he could do that either um midfield's like fine I don't think there'd be much change around now I think it'd be Ireland belabor or a blabbering AR maybe. So nothing changed there. Defensively, I wouldn't be surprised at that McConville place to be honest with you, because Igor's injured. I think JP's fine. And I mean, Lewis Dunk is just a bit of a liability at the moment. I think it's Stu Pinan.
00:31:32
Joe
to be fair, stupid hands out there, it' it'll be fine out there and then right back wise, probably Tariq, or, well, it'll be Veltman, but I mean, Tariq, Lamptey's an option out there as well, and then the Vabraganing goal. I don't think it would be much.
00:31:45
Joe
like nothing crazy, but the Labour's probably the one where he's going to probably have to take a little bit more onus on sort of controlling the game. Danny Welbeck is better suited to play in the nine than Jal Pedro is because Jal Pedro technically isn't really that player. He's not in that mold of like a nine. Like you don't really want, you want him to be in and around the play rather than sort of like be the, like the focal point of it.
00:32:11
Joe
because Welbeck is the focal point is so much better in terms of Lincoln play together. Metoma he needs to pattern up because he's might be playing like well but again in terms of output it's not really quite there at the moment but again he's always dangerous.
00:32:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:32:26
Joe
But yeah I think Belabor, Metoma I'm not even going to say Welbeck just because of the sort of fitness issues at the moment but Belabor and Wel and Metoma I think are probably the ones to look out for the most for us in terms of wanting to create something.
00:32:39
Joe
O'Reilly's really, really good at making that run into the box and sort of being a bit, sort of arriving in those unmarked positions. maybe even that, but yeah, it's going to be a tough game.
00:32:51
Joe
I'm i'm not surprised, but we did, we did pepper you at the Amex, but it was just like, the the only thing is though, is that you went up the other end with the lap and you hit the post, I'm pretty sure.
00:32:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Almost.
00:33:00
Joe
And it's just that, that, that sort of thing, we had it against Brentford.
00:33:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:05
Joe
where we were all over them and then they literally went up the other end and Whistler just put it in the top corner it was disallowed but like no that sort of seems to be like the path that the path of the games recently and it's not that's not going to cut it really we need to be putting chances away we try to walk the ball in the net against you in the first game
00:33:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, yeah. Hmm.
00:33:24
Joe
I want to see a bit more, ah bit be a bit more lethal in terms of, it's all good having to board the edge of the box, but like just passing it around the edge of the box, trying to literally walk it into the goal, doing seven backhills before in attack of those plays insane.
00:33:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:38
Joe
So I'd much prefer it just go in the net, ideally.
00:33:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, i was yeah I was going to ask you, Joe, obviously, like you said, yeah, you very much were f threatening us. It must be an entire 90 with the exception of Dilap's surging run when he hit the post at the point in the game. But we've seen it which recently changed their formation recently, which Rob will give us some more information in a second. We've gone to board for five at the back.
00:33:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
now and we foot it and we've kind of been absorbing a lot more pressure and been sacrificing a lot of creativity and kind of been relying on a counter a lot more.
00:33:59
Joe
Mm-hmm.
00:34:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
So most likely going into first-case games you will have the bulk of possession it may be a lot of ugly passing around the edge of the box.
00:34:11
Joe
Yeah.
00:34:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Also you mentioned as well how playing against quite the lesser teams or smaller teams how you do struggle in those games but you are going to mostly like have all possession and have all more chances like I think I have to sort of unlock something, I guess, to change if this if they're not if they're not comfortable playing that way, but they could probably have to get used to playing that way, aren't they, at Portland Road.
00:34:32
Joe
Yeah, 100%. Yeah, it's just a thing, isn't it? It's like, so the like, there's a lot of players sort of in the past in the Premier League who have been that sort of those low block sort of destroying team like players.
00:34:44
Joe
So like, the the ones that sort of, they're not really scared to lose the ball. And that's sort of what you need you that bravery at the edge of the box. Like, it's nothing. Like, in in terms of sort of being in that if you pen, if you pen the opposition team in well enough, you're not actually going to be that much at risk sort of on the break.
00:35:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:35:02
Joe
but But in CSO, I don't think played at all against you the first game, but he's that player who is not scared, very, very South American in nature, where it's like, it's not really scared about what happened, just do it. And do you know what I mean? Like, see what happens. I think there was a stat where he had more shots than any other player in like, in one half of football and I think he only he's only played like maybe two at that point he'd only played like two full halves of football if he got eight shots and a half but like that's exactly what you need like just to be in that position where you're not scared to you don't want to look for the extra pass you just want to
00:35:38
Joe
try and lace it into the corner. Like that is exactly what you need in these sort of games where it's like, cause if we can get one, then you have to sort of come out and start playing properly. Then even we could just sort of sort of turn the tables and just do the same thing that you done.
00:35:52
Joe
We'd done it against Newcastle. We were getting absolutely destroyed at Newcastle. One long ball scored one nil, held out for a win. Like I'm not saying that that that's what's going to happen, but like in terms of playing those low block teams, if you get one early, then I mean, it's normally going to be in your favor that way.
00:36:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah very much so. Moving to the town side of things, Rob, obviously we've talked about how five at the back does seem here to stay, obviously went a bit more attacking against Bristol given the opposition, but do you expect to see that be the lineup? And obviously we've got Ben Godfrey now and alone, obviously started against Bristol. Is that a name you expect to see on the team sheet or more of usual suspects?
00:36:30
Rob Binns
I don't know about Godfrey, to be honest. I don't know whether he, because I'm assuming it will be the Fireback set up again, because the way we've been playing the last couple of games, as Joe was just saying, it's almost the perfect play for against Brighton, because it is probably the same model that Brentford used, as I say, where they were up to about two inches away from Nick in a 1-0, and then Polly would have just gone to try and seen that out ah in that game.
00:36:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:36:55
Rob Binns
But that's the sort of the way, So Chelsea and Fulham, we've got four points in those two games, we're having less than 30% possession in both. So were we are quite happy now in this new set up to let the other team off the ball and let say pass it around the box, try and lock any openings up and head away, any crosses that get forced in and then go on the break.
00:37:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:37:16
Rob Binns
That's the way we're going to... I'll show you the way we approach the game because it's got us some very good results in the last two games. And like I said, there is a weakness there with Brighton when they are the dominant team and have a lot of the ball.
00:37:27
Rob Binns
this As we saw in the reverse fixture, sometimes they can do that, but not not make the advantage and get themselves in front, like say like the game and we were like when we weren't there.
00:37:38
Rob Binns
And the only time Muric has looked like a decent goalkeeper since we signed with that double save he made.
00:37:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:37:44
Rob Binns
And then, yeah, well, yeah, until took the FA Cup, we'll give him mine against Bristol Rovers.
00:37:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's only clean sheet, wasn't it? Yeah.
00:37:51
Rob Binns
And then,
00:37:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
00:37:54
Rob Binns
Yeah, so like that game and obviously the Brentford game, we've referenced a couple of times now as well that you can brighten and can dominate the ball, with struggle to make enough opportunities to get themselves on the score sheet and go and get a result. I think that'll be what we'd be sort of going for again, the same more defensive approach. And then like I say, let him brighten up the ball and just sort of backing ourselves to block any any opportunities that may open up, head away the crosses like we were doing against Fulham and then look to hit him on the break and then Again, like Fulham, if you get that one on the break and you can just tighten up that extra level, because you've now got a lead to hold on to rather than, rather than a point.
00:38:30
Rob Binns
So I imagine that would be the approach, but going back to Golf 3, I ah don't know, I'm still trying to figure out where I think he fits in this system. Could you, I imagine this, if surely he's not going to be a wingback because that won't work at all, I don't think, but it's just where he comes in.
00:38:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:38:50
Rob Binns
in the in three I'd assume just based on game time this season and like when everyone's been fit I'd assume Wolfie would be the one to step out if Godfrey was going to play but then would you put him in that surely you'd with him obviously being put a right back against Bristol rowers and we know he's played there before you'd imagine he'd be on the right of the three so rather than in the middle where Wolfie's been so just do we then have to swap someone else in the middle or I wonder if there'd be any doubts that what McKenna, how many doubts are splitting up that three that played so well together in green, Greaves left, O'Shea, right, Wolfie middle. So that, that'd be my wonder there that I wonder if God freaking, because those three are played so well as a three, as particularly, like I say, when the balls been in the air in the box, I've got on the end of everything and limited opportunities at Chelsea and Fulham that I wonder if there'll be doubts about splitting them three up, but
00:39:46
Rob Binns
Certainly, this i'll say whoever is those three, I think it will be three centre-halves and a couple of wing backs, probably Davis and Johnson again. You assume Mausie and Caius stay midfield.
00:39:58
Rob Binns
and then I think Hutchinson and Chaplin are both, yeah was they said a couple of weeks and I think it's only been like 10 days since.
00:40:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think they're both still out, yeah.
00:40:08
Rob Binns
I'd imagine Smodix, even though he hasn't he doesn't he tends to be more of an away player than at home, but So I'd assume Schmodix and Broadhead again behind the lap. And then the only only other one, so I'm guessing Johnson played really well against Fulham, but then Burns played really well against Chelsea. And we know Burns is a bit of a home player in the way Schmodix is in the way player. So I do wonder if he'll come in in that right-hand side role. But I'm interested, so I'm confident on the formation. It's just, I'm interested to see the personnel. If I can say Burns or Johnson, I think it's a bit of a 50-50. I wonder,
00:40:46
Rob Binns
if Godfrey will come in or not, because you think it's you're not going to loan him in if you don't want him to play, but I'd be a little bit concerned at splitting up that three that played so well together. And then the other two behind that broadhead seems nailed on, but it's whether a Smodix with him or do you even go Clarke? Because he had a good game in the cup and you want to chuck him in while he's full on confidence. I think I think i'd personally stick with Smodix, but you never and know.
00:41:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:41:10
Joe
Are we talking about Ben Godfrey by the way?
00:41:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes.
00:41:12
Rob Binns
Yeah.
00:41:13
Joe
Jesus Christ.
00:41:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's, he's on loan from Atlanta, uh, for the rest of the season.
00:41:17
Joe
So no from Atalanta.
00:41:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:41:21
Joe
Ben Godfrey.
00:41:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll take, we'll take all we can get jail. We'll take all we can get, which I'm just hoping he's not an inside man from, uh, from Norwich.
00:41:23
Joe
Yeah, I'm not even gonna say what I was gonna say. I'm just gonna leave it at that. I was just checking.
00:41:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Cause he's got history, ah my my trepidation when he signed. Yeah, I know. I totally agree. But I think personnel wise, it's the hardest to call. Formation now seems to be nailed on. But there's a few question marks with the exception of you the likes of Dilat, Morzy and Davis, players like that, there's definitely question marks as to who's going to be in those positions. But with it being an information, it's hard to immediately find who should fit those roles. Before we end today's episode, guys, can I get your score predictions, please? I'll just start with you, Joe.
00:41:54
Joe
2-1 Bright and Danny Wilbert knee slide.
00:41:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh.
00:41:59
Rob Binns
think
00:41:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Almost slipped the tongue for Ipswich there.
00:42:00
Joe
Yeah, 2-1 Bright, Danny Wilbert knee slide. That's what happened. It's been so long since we've seen it.
00:42:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Love this stuff. Rob?
00:42:11
Rob Binns
I'm told I'm tempted to go to one the other way but because I think it's the sort of game to go and especially off the back of Chelsea and really like dig in, put a runner home form together if we can. And so pick up the positive results because that's what's let us down in the first half of the season as well is the fact that it took us till literally the halfway point of the season to win a game at home, which was something we none of us saw coming before we go pick up points there more than we did away. So this is the sort of game that
00:42:42
Rob Binns
So I say I'm also, but Brian, they are very hard to beat, even if they but don't play particularly well on the day. They still seem to always come away with some sort of result.
00:42:53
Rob Binns
So I think I have to be a bit more conservative and say solid one will draw and then say fingers crossed with the other games this week who all play today, actually.
00:43:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. Hmm.
00:43:02
Rob Binns
Yeah. And then we play tomorrow. so with a well enough Hopefully we'll know by then that everyone else around us is lost and a point would be a good result. I'm sort of banking on that, that by the time we get to kick off that we'd look at a point and think well that'll be enough and a solid one all.
00:43:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Very much so. Yeah, it'll be interesting. I think, well, the last round of games there, the results around us did kind of go away. So here's hoping again, that is going to do it for today's show. Joe, Rob, thank you so much for joining. We hope you all enjoyed. I hope you also enjoy the game at Portland Road as far as it will it be Brighton's first Premier League win since November or Towns first back-to-back home at victories in the Premier League. We shall wait and see.
00:43:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
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