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Episode 83 - CROSSOVER WEDNESDAY - Joe discusses the Seagulls upcoming trip to Ipswich
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Daily Brighton – Joe join the Daily Ipswich podcast to discuss the Seagulls upcoming trip to Portman Road.
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Introduction and Podcast Collaboration
00:00:09
Speaker
hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of the daily 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 richton from the daily brighton team how are you doing joe Yeah, I'm all good. Thank you.
Tech Issues in Podcasting
00:00:24
Speaker
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. 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? Yeah, I'm just hoping this gets out, to be honest. It can be the first one of the week that
00:00:48
Speaker
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 and 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
Speaker
Hopefully the rest of you guys can hear this ah apart from us,
Return of Premier League Football
00:01:04
Speaker
free. 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, firstly, 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
Speaker
How do you say a season's fair? Happy days or more to be desired? It's ah it's been like a it's been very topsy-turvy, as you can imagine, with being literally smack bang in the middle of the table. um 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 but To 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, because we have so many players basically, um sort of finding the right combination of those players sort of, we struggled with that a little bit and we changed our defense 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.
00:02:26
Speaker
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 bag of chances, we couldn't take the chances. And then from there really, we sort of had that so of had that issue a little bit going forward and then It seems to be that when we play, no offence to Ipswich of course, but when we sort of play the bigger teams, the level goes up a little bit. But then when we play against teams that you would on paper say, oh, we should probably beat them at home, the level sort of goes down. And I feel like that's a bit of like lack of maturity front because obviously our team is quite young. But other than that, I mean, the result against Arsenal was OK. I think we probably could have ended up taking all three points there.
00:03:16
Speaker
But you know, it's January now.
Brighton's Transfer Strategy
00:03:19
Speaker
the this i We're actually going into this with quite a few injuries. goness is going with quite a few injuries um I don't think we're going to 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
Speaker
Lovely stuff. Is there anyone you're expecting to come through the door this window? I mean, um 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. But is is that a name? I mean, apologies for my expertise on him as a p player, but is adam that a play you expect to come into the side? Is it is more of a one of the many for the future? this as it bright is into so know 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
00:04:20
Speaker
where he's joined in January you're basically getting into the meat of the season like in terms of every 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 in when the Champions League comes back and etc.
00:04:44
Speaker
um Obviously, we're not in the Champions League, but still. Obviously, all of the of the the level, sort of like then you plateau a little bit. and I think it's a bit of an awkward time just because you have to get back up to that speed. Also, you were playing in the MLS. No offence to any of the American fans who like the MLS, but you know it's not the same level as the Premier League.
00:05:06
Speaker
Yeah, I'm not, I'm not sure whether he he looks a very tidy player. It was, 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,
00:05:24
Speaker
Basogioli's from um PSV, a young centre back who we were linked with quite a lot. 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. And you heard a couple of names like sent juice, but just David. David now he says no. Loads of the fans want screen yarn 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 McConville, who's debuted in the cup,
00:06:09
Speaker
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 screen yard's going to be ready, but you're going to have him for probably at his best for me. Well, he's probably past his best now, but like maybe a year. um And that's it really. But yeah, there's a couple of names for him around. Do go, I don't think he'll play to be honest with you.
00:06:29
Speaker
but and we signed Matt Swiffer and he's literally just disappeared off face of the earth. I don't know where he is. He can't get a game. I don't think the manager likes him very much. The game might actually be be up in the back of the order for by doing absolutely nothing so far. 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 re recalled from loans because all of the players on loan are basically attacking players. I think that'd be stupid, but you know mean You can only see, I think i feel like...
00:07:01
Speaker
It needs to be, 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 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
Speaker
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. You see City trying to bring maybe some few potential young starters or trying to fill the squad. 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 a trope with Brighton these days, isn't it? But there's only one in particular this season, or if you go back a season or two, who's like kind of ah a, put when you see their name on a team sheet, you're kind of like all flip their starting kind of thing. And there's a lot of great talent and down the annex, isn't there?
00:08:01
Speaker
Yeah, they've got a lot of threats. Yeah, there's a lot of threats there. Oh, yeah, go on. Jel Pedro is the one for me that always stands out. So I had no idea he was potentially injured. So that's a massive result for us because he's ah he 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. 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. So no so I'm quite glad he's missing. Yeah. That'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. 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 of.
00:08:56
Speaker
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 we sometimes can be prior to conceding the world. 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 So I know this is going to happen one 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. So it's just the challenge for us really, because we just had a very similar game with Fulham, who are like almost exactly the same as Brighton.
00:09:53
Speaker
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 turn up against the bigger teams. 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 it's going to be a tough game regardless of who plays. Yeah, very much. So you touched the veil of the It's kind of yellow for the room at the moment, Joe. I'm sorry to say that no Premier League wins since November, but many draws and good performances against decent sides, albeit a victory against an original weekend. So thank you very much for that. Very much appreciated it in the blue part of these thank you.
00:10:27
Speaker
but With that, I think, you know is is it like ah is there a frustration building amongst fan base? Because like you said, there's some good performances within those draws. I don't think it's like everyone's 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 to know when it's in there. But is 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.
Challenges for Brighton's Manager
00:10:52
Speaker
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,
00:11:11
Speaker
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 Fulham, West Ham and and another team, maybe Brentford or something like that.
00:11:26
Speaker
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. And and we've really struggled to sort of, but we've struggled to convert, which has been probably the biggest issue that you asked about the fan base. Fan base is in tatters. I don't know what's going on. Half of them won his head.
00:11:55
Speaker
ah half of them just think well you need to just 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 um 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 I mean so um but there was definitely a chance to um I think if before as we were coming into the run to Christmas, we were sort of looking at those European places and thinking, well, 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, I think, pretty sure. And OK, that doesn't sound that bad, but like,
00:12:45
Speaker
are you going to, are we going to go and catch them up? Do you know what I mean? And like, obviously let's talk about us getting five Champions League spaces, but I don't know how that affects the other positions. So like, does that sort of like trickle down? So it's like one extra an each or whatever.
00:13:02
Speaker
but to I mean the chance is definitely there but I think we missed a trick definitely not like go and going into going on such a poor run of form that like the game against palace just shocking and it's like a rock it's obviously a rivalry in it so you don't that I think sucked a bit of confidence out but now we've gone to um I know that it's obviously a cut but that win scoring free scoring against Norwich 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 coming 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
Speaker
I think you kind of hit my 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 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, higher and higher on the table. I agree with that.
00:14:08
Speaker
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 split regarding Hurstler, but just your perspective on him as a coach. Rob is his first season in the prem, very, very young guy, younger than our boss as well, which is, you know, hard to believe considering McKenna's age as well. But, you know, difficult league to come in regardless of the club, isn't it? But he seems to have handled it fairly well for his first few months in the league, doesn't he?
00:14:33
Speaker
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. 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 say everyone, it's sort of Brighton has 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. And then suddenly, like whenever it drops off, it's now, well, Brian, right I've been up there the last couple of years. Why aren't why aren't they fighting there again? was i To be fair, they've sold a couple of their best players again. So they've got to rebuild. And it's obviously a new map the new manager, like I say, he's 31, 32 or something like that, isn't he?
00:15:27
Speaker
He's old enough to still be playing. He's managing there. He's in a 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'm on Joe's side from the outside looking in that You've got to give them the season at least. And maybe 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 all sort of about finding somebody who you think is going to be better as a replacement, isn't it, as well, which um on the current market, who's out there, especially with Brighton's data driven system, that it's probably going to pluck someone else that most people haven't heard of anyway. So and that's going to play out either way.
00:16:17
Speaker
Yeah, I think it'd be quite a ah ah rogue shout on Brighton's behalf if they were to get rid of Curtis. 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. see We're to take our first break now and we come back. We'll look at the Ipswich Town side of things heading into Thursday's game. This podcast is brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network.
00:16:41
Speaker
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00:17:09
Speaker
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
Ipswich Town's Recent Performance
00:17:27
Speaker
of a run. You're not going to get a massive amount of consecutive positive results, but you know, win against Chelsea, draw against Fulham and a win against Wolves a few weeks prior to that.
00:17:37
Speaker
Three 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? 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 league table, didn't we, of how many teams in the league have got seven points or more from their last five games. As I said, we're at us 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, but we'd be solid sort of top half of the table. I'm pretty sure I was based on a lot of form on the last five games, which 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, I think it is every, it is, ultimately it is week by week. This is the way, especially at all ends of the table, especially down the bottom,
00:18:33
Speaker
I'm saying it's really, we've pulled ourselves back into a couple of weeks ago. We looked, we looked in trouble, but then the thing is the week before that we were looking fairly confident. And then after we, so after we beat walls, we're all on a high and thought, there we go. Wolves are down six point gap. They won't turn that around. They sack the manager and then suddenly two weeks later, they're above us. And we're sitting there looking, oh, we might be down. They'd 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.
00:19:00
Speaker
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 bottle we're in the bottom three by because obviously we've got one worse goal difference with walls to score 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 walls go to St. James's and leak a few goals, which is certainly not out of the realms of possibility the way new cars for the play. And then even a poor result could take us out of the bottom three because of how tight it is. So.
00:19:27
Speaker
We've got ourselves right back into the scrap with a recent run. with it 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 like we had to we're 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 we are in a tough run of fixtures. There's no hiding that we've said it before.
00:19:55
Speaker
they two games into a run of like eight, or like, I ah think seven out of eight games are really tough. And with so far, we've taken four points in those first two, which is probably more than we thought we were going to get in the whole run of eight games. So we got to keep going. And I say it's an opportunity bright and hard to beat. But I say they 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 you need to be looking at really and thinking,
00:20:23
Speaker
That is a game we can get points in, especially with the monkey off our backs of the first home win as well, that you want to be building the home form now.
00:20:32
Speaker
Yeah, brilliantly put I think it's one of those games where we've come into it thinking we possibly get something at home this season that hasn't gotten necessarily in a way. But with I think the recent run of form, hopefully that can be a different this year. Joe, I'm not going to expect it to be an Ipswich Town aficionado, but what have you obviously we came to your place at the other start of the season. We very much kind of grinded out on Neil Neil draw. I send my reaction poll, I think after that episode, obviously very early days in the season. But if you look at where we are now, I did say you could come look at the end of the season and think,
00:20:59
Speaker
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 you did lay on us firmly back game. But in terms of players and the thoughts of the manager into the club in general, what have you taken from the track to boys in their first season back in the Premier League for 22 years? So I said in the, because I've done a crossover last time and I said that I really respect Ipswich Town. ah think I think I said that, I didn't know a rule.
00:21:23
Speaker
Just to get a B.A.R. check on that. Yeah, I remember. Pretty much every crossover I've been on, someones side no one's come up to the spot. Even the teams who would direct me fighting against a relegation, everyone said on a crossover that they want us to stay up. like say A couple people have to undercut me off, unless it's instead of us. and like I hope we both stay up. yeah ah will Obviously, I've picked us over you, but no one said, yeah, get ready, go back down.
00:21:51
Speaker
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, first choice target as manager. 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. And I think didn't you get a Murray Hutchison like permanently this season as well or like at the start of this season? Yeah. So yeah those two bits of business there are obviously key to sort of 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 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
00:22:44
Speaker
who, if I'm not wrong, Liam Dilap was on loan somewhere last, a couple of seasons. Yeah, he was at home and apparently he was not light in the worklight setting world alight. And then to obviously come in and he did 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. 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. I think that sort of maybe attacking wise only better full backs in the league probably
00:23:33
Speaker
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 you said you only lost four times, right? Or am I made that up?
00:23:58
Speaker
No, I wish that was the case. Oh, we've only lost four times, yeah. We've drawn seven games, though. There's been a lot of games like, obviously, the one kind of draw against you guys, but, you know, we had two draws against Fulham, especially last game. We thought we maybe could have got something as a draw against bitter at home and capitulations against certain teams. 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.
00:24:19
Speaker
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 f throw over to you guys is the sort of blatantly obvious one is, do you think you guys can stay up? Rob? Yeah, well, definitely. I think it's yeah it's hard to say for sure, obviously, we've because a lot of it relies on, when you're obviously when we're in the bottom three already, it relies on other teams as well. like In fact, like we could go and win near enough every game, but we lose, we lose the ones around us. And in theory, it wouldn't make a difference that it does. It's effectively out of our hands, even though it is so tight, like I said before. But we 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 the underperforming players, the likes of 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
00:25:19
Speaker
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. 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 deal. You look at walls that I said earlier, the little initial run when the manager got the man near the Pereira came in, ah 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 six points behind us in 19th to outside the bottom three. Those little runs, if you can put them together, make 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 all have absolutely zero intention of second McKenna at any point. so
00:26:13
Speaker
we put We've got to put it together and effectively, we've got to put a new manager bounce-esque run together ourselves. And this is sort of the best point, the best chance we've had to do it really. We've shocked Chelsea, we've played 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, there'd be confidence of getting a result then.
00:26:40
Speaker
ah say as much as you can look at it either way. I would say Brighton's form is so weird because it's like ah so many stats just shouldn't go together but they do because of all the draws. Somehow they've been win-less since November but also unbeaten in five in all competitions. I don't know how these things go together but okay it's another game where I think that should be 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 the season? That is a result we take and that's the sort of another thing we need to be starting to
00:27:18
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build up really because 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. 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 we If we shore ourselves up defensively, which we seem to be making an effort to do for 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 we'll be the team that other people are chasing. 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
00:28:11
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Like I said earlier, don't matter who's injured, there's enough quality there that if you fall asleep for half a second, that could be the difference and you lose a game to that. Yeah, definitely.
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00:28:22
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Very much so. Yeah, we've seen, I think, you know, look at Bryce 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 I'll see you guys in a sec.
00:28:38
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00:29:03
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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 league-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 with both sides getting a win. I know, obviously, we're not looking at those games back years before as a a sounding ball for what might happen, of course. Obviously, we saw the known 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 you've rooted was a hero at Carrow Road but he seems to be a current before wrong doesn't necessarily seem like he's going to be lacing his boots up at Portman Road on Thursday night um yeah so just predicted lineups and difference makers for your team.
00:29:57
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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. Danny Welbeck, he's got some minutes under his belt there. Big fan of him. Our podcast is just Danny Welbeck podcast, basically, but we it actually would be quite harsh. I sort of just froze him in straight away, especially with like, obviously,
00:30:22
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it being in the midweek after he starts to 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, unless they wake up tomorrow or and the next day and maybe feel a little bit better. sorry yeah Minthe is 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 ro has been out there Minthe's been out there
00:30:55
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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. The midfield's like fine. I don't think there'd be much change around there. I think it'd be Ireland, Beleba or,
00:31:13
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a blabbering AR-y maybe. So nothing changed there. Defensively, I wouldn't be surprised if that McConville plays 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
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To be fair, Stupihan's out there, he'll be fine out there and then right backwise, probably Tariq. Well, it'll be Veltman, but I mean, Tariq, Lamptey's an option out there as well, and then Vabraganin go. I don't think it'll be much, like nothing crazy, but 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 Wilbeck 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 because well because the focal point is so much better in terms of linking play together. Mitoema 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
00:32:26
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But yeah, I think Balabar, Metoma, I'm not even going to say well, but just because of the sort of fitness issues at the moment, but Balabar and Metoma, I think are probably the ones to look out for the most for us in terms of wanting to create something. 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. So maybe even that.
00:32:49
Speaker
But yeah, it's going to be a tough game. I'm i'm not surprised, but we did. We did pepper you at the Amex, but it was just like yeah the only thing is though is that you went up the other end with the lap and you hit the post i almost and it's just ah that that sort of thing. We had it against Brentford 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 That sort of seems to be like the path, the path of the games recently and it's not, ah 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. I want to see a bit more, ah bit be a bit more lethal in terms of, it's all good having the ball at the edge of the box, but like passing around the edge of the box, trying to literally walk it into the goal, doing seven backhills before in attacking those plays insane. So I would much prefer it just go in the net, ideally.
00:33:41
Speaker
Well, I was going, I was going to ask you, Joe, obviously, like you said, yeah, you very much were threatening us. The, was the entire 90 with the exception of the laps surging run when he hit the post at the point in the game. But we've seen it, which recently has sort of reverted, uh, this changed their formation recently, which Rob will give us some more information in a second. Uh, gone to board for five at the back now. And we thought it, and we've kind of been absorbing a lot more pressure and been sacrificing a lot of creativity and coming relying on a counter a lot more.
00:34:07
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So most likely going into Thursday's games, you will have the bulk of possession. It may be of ugly passing around the edge of the box. Also, you mentioned as well how playing against quote unquote the the lesser teams, the smaller teams, how you do struggle in those games, but you are going to most likely have all possession and have all more charges. I think I have to sort of unlock something, I guess, to change if it's if they're not if they're not comfortable with paying that way.
00:34:30
Speaker
But like I could play after you used to play in that way, aren't they? one hundred percent 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. So like 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 but in CSO I don't think played at all against you the first game but he's that player who he's not scared very very South American in nature where it's like he's not really scared about what happens just do it and do you know what I mean like just see what happens I think there was a stat where he had more shots than any other player in like in
00:35:23
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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 well if he had 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 that extra pass you just want to try and lace it into the corner. Like that is exactly what you need in these sort of games where it's like, because 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've done. We've done it against Newcastle. We were getting absolutely destroyed at Newcastle. One long ball, scored one nil, held out for a win. Like ah 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 favour that way.
00:36:09
Speaker
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? 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,
00:36:38
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loves Joe was just saying that it's almost the perfect play against Brighton, because it is the probably the same model that Brentford use, which is I say, well, they were about two, two inches away from Nick and a one nil, and then probably would have just gone to try and seen that out in that game. But that's the sort of the way I say Chelsea and Fulham, we've got four points in those two games, we're having less than 30% possession in both. So we are quite happy now in this new setup to let the other team off the ball and like so 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. 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 that when they are the dominant team and have a lot of the ball, so as we saw in the reverse fixture, sometimes they can do that, but not
00:37:33
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not make the advantage and get themselves in front. Like I said, like the game and we were like, when we weren't there and the only time you're rich has looked like a decent goalkeeper since we signed them and that double saving aid. And then only clean sheet, wasn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Well, yeah. Until, until the FA coming, we'll give him my against Bristol row. And oh yeah yeah. Yeah. So that, 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 would be what we'd be sort of going for. Again, the same more defensive approach. And then like I say, let him bright and have the ball and just sort of backing ourselves to. Block any opportunity to may open up, head away the crosses like we were doing against Fulham and then look to hit one 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. So I imagine that would be the approach, but
00:38:33
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going back to Godfrey, I don't know, I'm still trying to figure out where I think he's fit in this system. Could you i'll imagine this? if um 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 in the in three. I'd assume just based on game time this season and 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 Crystal Rose 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 at what and I have any doubts of splitting up that three that played so well together in Greaves left O'Shea right Wolfie middle so that'd be my wonder there that I wonder if Godfrey can
00:39:32
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because those three have played so well as a three, as particularly, like I say, when the ball's been in the air in the box have gotten 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 certainly, as I say, whoever is those three, I think it will be three-cent and a half and a couple of wing backs, probably Davis and Johnson again. You assume Mausie and Coase stay midfield and then I think, I think Hutchinson and Chaplin are both still, they said a couple of weeks and I think it's only been like 10 days. Yeah. So you'd 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 thanks I'd assume Smodix and Broadhead again, Fiendalap, and then the only, the only other one, so I'm guessing Johnson played really well against Fulham, but then
00:40:26
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Burns played really well against Chelsea. I mean, you know, Burns is a bit of a home player in the way Smodix is in the way player. So I do wonder if he'll come in in that right hand side role. But no I'm interested, so I'm confident on the formation. It's just, I'm interested to see the personnel. Like I can say, Burns or Johnson, I think it's a bit of a 50-50. I wonder 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. but And then, yeah, the other two behind,
00:40:56
Speaker
that Broadhead and 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
Speaker
Are we talking about Ben Godfrey by the way? Yes. yeah Jesus Christ. He's online from Atalanta. rest nice that answer yeah yeah oh but take We'll take all we can get. I'm not even gonna say what I'm gonna say. I'm just gonna leave.
00:41:26
Speaker
I think he's not an inside man from ah from Norwich because he's got history with my trepidation when he's signed. Yeah, I know. I totally agree. 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
Speaker
Uh, two, one, uh, Brighton, Danny Wilbert. Almost slipped the tongue through it switched there. Yeah. Two, one, two, one, Brighton, Danny Wilbert. That's what happened. It's been so long since we've seen it. Rob. I'm told I'm tempted to go to one the other way, but because I think this is all going to go and especially off the back of Chelsea and really like digging, put a runner home, a runner home form together if we can.
00:42:24
Speaker
And so pick up, pick up the positive results. Cause 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. We thought we'd go pick up points there more than we did away. So this is a sort of game, but so I'm also, but say bright and ah they're hot they are very hard to beat even if they're that don't play particularly well on the day. They still seem to always come away with some sort of results. So I think I'll have to be a bit more conservative and say, solid one-all draw and then say fingers crossed with the other games this week who all play today, actually. Yeah. And then we play tomorrow. So with a winner 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 look at a point and think, well, that'll be enough. And a solid one-all.
00:43:19
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very much. So yeah, I'll be interesting. I think 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 Town's first back-to-back home victories in the Premier League. We shall wait and see. Whilst you're here, guys, I just want to hello to GSP and Brighton and GSP teams, which on all the socials give those the likes and a look and see our mugs and all that sort of stuff. It really helps the pods out, give it all like all the usual stuff. But yes, thank you so much for listening and we'll see you all next time.