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Daily Ipswich: Episode 115 - Crossover with Daily Manchester United!
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On today's crossover episode, Rob joined up with Niall and Tom from Daily Manchester United to preview tonight's trip to Old Trafford. The lads discuss the recent form of both teams, pick out the similarities between the two sides this season and share their predictions for the game.
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Introduction and Crossover Episode
00:00:02
Speaker
Every club. Every day. The Global Sports Podcast Network. Hello everyone and welcome back to the daily Manchester United podcast. I'm your host for this evening Niall Hannigan and I'm delighted to be joined by Tom Cairns from the United podcast. Tom, how are you?
Manchester United vs. Everton Recap
00:00:19
Speaker
Hello Niall, hello Rob and hello to everyone. Yes, and of course me and Niall are somewhat and im Not overjoyed, but taking something positive from the game against Everton on Saturday, more than than we had hoped.
00:00:33
Speaker
yeah But hopefully we can carry that through into Wednesday, Old Trafford against Rob's Ipswich side, who have not exactly been in the best of form at the moment, it's safe to say.
Ipswich's Form and Amarim's Debut
00:00:43
Speaker
Exactly. And yes, as as Tom mentioned, this is a crossover episode coming to you a bit a bit earlier in the week this time. But yeah, Rob, delighted to to see you again. How's things? how are you getting on?
00:00:55
Speaker
Yeah, so I'm probably in a bit of worse position than I was last time I sat down and spoke to you, to be honest. You were bit too happy the last time, yeah. Yeah, I think that came at quite a good time for us the last game, really. then We got all the pressure lifted off us because it was Amarim's first game as well. and and no Everyone forgot we were playing in it, really. the Everyone was just talking about him all week. that So things that, particularly the last sort of month, a month to six weeks sort spell, has not gone very well at all.
00:01:23
Speaker
yeah it was a bit like the prodigal son had arrived when when amram came through the door that week and then it obviously didn't turn out too well for him with uh ed sheeran kind of interrupting his interview and everything at the end so there was there was plenty of stuff to unpack there but i'll start with yourself rob you know coming off that that game before christmas around uh end november time how did you think that went because ipswich were all over united yeah it's like It was disappointing to not win the game, really, I thought, from the way it played out. that
00:01:54
Speaker
That was a game that there was the opportunity there to go and get three points. and Although we played very well, and like say, we're on top for long periods, after switching off at the start the game, going 1-0 down, from that point on, we sort of controlled it from there on. that It was disappointing to not kick on and go and get the winner, because that was a big chance there to get three points on the board, which are few and far between when you're down
Analyzing United vs. Ipswich: Missed Opportunities
00:02:17
Speaker
the bottom. And it felt like an opportunity missed at the time. And then as it's gone on since then, we've won think two more games since then, might even have been one. can't remember when how it fit in compared to the other ones. But so you look back on it now, was even how big of a missed opportunity it was.
00:02:36
Speaker
Yeah, because obviously, Tom, we had a brilliant start with a goal probably after twenty thirty seconds. We were like, yes, Ruben's tactics are working. and We've turned a corner and then obviously Ipswich get on top for the rest of the game and and score a brilliant goal as well. But yeah, how did you kind of find that game come up against the Ipswich for the first time in a long time?
00:02:56
Speaker
I didn't see too much of the game, but listen to it on the radio. It sounded like United were in their stride for the first 10 minutes before Ipswich got their act together. And yes, like you say, the goal that I think it was Hutchison that scored for Ipswich in that game. It wonderful strike. Absolutely top quality, yeah.
00:03:10
Speaker
But yeah, like what Rob says, I'm surprised that Ipswich didn't go and win it really, considering that wins have been, you know, it's been hard to come by for them all season.
00:03:21
Speaker
And i think in any game like that, even if against Maniais or against Chelsea, that they've won against this season, Tottenham away, which they've also won. You've got to go and take these chances. And unfortunately, Ipswich have found themselves in a rather desperate situation.
00:03:33
Speaker
to just be chasing games now between in the next three months. Absolutely, yeah. And I suppose you mentioned after that, Rob, that probably just another couple of wins after. And I was actually at the Spurs game, Spurs-Ipswich. I got tickets because i'm I'm based in London at the moment. So I was singing Rory de Lapp or Liam de Lapp, ole, ole, the whole way home after him getting the get the winner against Spurs. But what's it been like recently? I suppose it's been it's been
Ipswich's Defensive Struggles
00:03:59
Speaker
tough going. And I'd say we've probably had a lot of shared sentiments of our teams over the last few months.
00:04:06
Speaker
Yeah, that The Newcastle game where we lost 4-0 at home has been a real sort of like turning point for the season, really. that we we have had We have had some good results since then. So we beat Chelsea since that game. Good point away at Fulham.
00:04:20
Speaker
Villa won the other week, was another good result. But we'd always sort of had our main point was we don't concede as many goals as the other teams down there. That has always been our point. we We had much, like our goal difference wasn't very good in comparison because we never scored, but you always thought we were strong at the back. we We maybe gave some soft goals away, but we had, we conceded like 10 less goals than Wolves at that point in the season already.
00:04:46
Speaker
And then the Newcastle game, one nil down in 30 seconds, went on to lose 4-0, could have easily been more. That felt like that's been a real big sort of pivot point. And so now it's literally to the point where we have conceded the exact same amount of goals as Wolves.
00:05:01
Speaker
when we were laughing at them at the start the year saying they can't stay up. Nobody concedes that many goals and stays up. And we're now back level with them. So we've we've had some heavy defeats in there. So four in Newcastle, four at Spurs last weekend, four against Liverpool, six against Man
Challenges and Internal Issues at Ipswich and United
00:05:16
Speaker
City. These games have started to creep in as we got towards sort of towards Christmas and now the other side of the new year that they weren't there before. And we're so low on confidence at the moment that you thought the Villa result and We had a good win against Coventry in the cup before those two back-to-back was going to be the positive turning point that we'd go and kick on a run. We didn't play badly against Spurs, but again, it was another game where the opportunity was there to go and get three points, and we conceded four pretty poor goals from a defensive point of view.
00:05:49
Speaker
mean, 10 minutes into the game, we could have been 2-0 up easily with the chances we'd had first 10 minutes, and then 20 minutes in, we're down.
00:06:00
Speaker
And that's just, yeah that's exactly sort of what we're doing wrong really. And so the last six weeks or so from Christmas, almost two months or so from Christmas until now has been really bad period where a lot of big games have come and gone and some haven't been taken. And the sort of games you'd almost see three hits, you don't expect anything from us, have stopped being positive performances to take forward and just been pretty embarrassing defeats.
00:06:25
Speaker
Something needs to change, definitely.
00:06:28
Speaker
Yeah, and interesting to say that. We'll get onto that a bit later, I suppose. But similar for yourself, Tom, I mean, obviously we we discuss it quite a lot here on the United podcast about our our troubles at the moment, I suppose. But you were on yesterday with Ciarán after the Everton game.
00:06:44
Speaker
What's it been like over the last 48 hours or so? Not a lot has changed involving United, I would say. But Touching on about what Rob said about Ipswich's performance against Tottenham, it was a weird game because they had so many shots in the match, believe it not, did Ipswich.
00:07:01
Speaker
They're just not clinical enough on goal. And I remember when I went to see them play against Brighton, they just looked second best overall, even though in the first half it was kind of level pegging in terms of possession-wise, but not a lot of chances. In the second half, it was just completely all Brighton.
00:07:17
Speaker
And so now... we're beginning to see that it's which have just got far too many weaknesses at the moment. And I think that's something that United will need to exploit going into the match on Wednesday.
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00:07:27
Speaker
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00:07:38
Speaker
Absolutely. And we'll get onto that a bit later on, but yeah, we'll take a quick break here and we're back with a bit more coverage of the upcoming match at the weekend. Every club.
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And is that particularly around Keir McKenna? Or where do you that is that the sentiment at the moment around the switch fans and that particularly around ki mckenna or where do you kind of stand in that in that conversation No, I think it's just something on the pitch has to change, definitely.
Midfield Challenges for Ipswich
00:08:58
Speaker
There's not even the slightest discussion about McKenna, as far as I'm aware of anyway, and that I'd argue against it. He's got more than enough credit in the bank for whatever challenges come across. like It would have to be the sort situation at Luton at the moment where you fate you're on the face of back-to-back relegations before it even become a possibility to and consider. So always felt that I never think he'll be sacked. I think the only way he leaves the club is if he moves on somewhere else by his own choice, I think. But something say this something needs to change on the pitch, whether that's him, whether that's something he does with setting the team up, whether that's something the players do by just sort of tweaking their game slightly and making the most of it. But I don't know.
00:09:46
Speaker
It's just, at the moment, it's just, like I could say, that it's, the the praise was the defensive side of things. We weren't, we weren't leaking loads of goals. so Yes, some of them, some guys we were throwing away silly goals and that's where the points were coming from. But we weren't looking wide open the back. But now it just looks like, it's almost like they're not talking to each other when they're defending a lot of the time now that, like the first Spurs goal, you've got O'Shea and Godfrey standing within half a yard of each other doing the exact same thing. It's there's not,
00:10:15
Speaker
just so They're both sort of just standing next to each other, pointing different directions while no one's actually making an effort to go and close Son down and he picks he picks his ball across out of it. It's just things like that. just looks so open at the back. i was like And it that so that is, as much as I hate to criticise McKenna, that is partly his doing because he does like he likes he likes to rotate the changes at the back, which limits partnerships. I mean, Grieves and O'Shea fairly nailed themselves down now to play together all the time, but The right-hand side changes all the time. Davis has been in and out with little various knocks recently here and there. that
00:10:52
Speaker
like it It's very rare that we go two games in a row with the same defensive personnel on the pitch, which just makes it so difficult to maintain the relationships and sort of grow the ones that are there that when we had that little run November time, we put a few good results together. It's because we basically played the championship back four who all knew each other, knew the strengths and weaknesses, they knew where to be.
00:11:15
Speaker
to cover each other when, if they'd stepped out of position that we just don't have that at the moment because we're making two or three defensive changes week on week, which is a big part of the problem was we, we repeat that point a lot on our pod.
00:11:28
Speaker
Yeah, there's a lot to say for that and in terms of continuity and and players being used to each other. I suppose, Tom, that that kind of happened quite a lot at United as well. And it's funny kind of listening to Rob that a lot of the same things are echoing in my ears around what we've been saying at the United pod as well about something needs to change on the pitch, whether it's an attitude, whether it's a system thing, whether it's a personnel thing. But yeah, can you kind of put your finger on what do you think it is over the last few months or is it still a bit of an unknown?
00:11:56
Speaker
Well, I stand by the fact that it's and what's going on internally within the football club that is contributing to how the players have been performing on the pitch. It's interesting that Rob has mentioned about the lack of continuity in the back line for Ipswich because over United, bar the injuries, we tend to have a good continuity with the back three, if you like, because they know how to play in the system of which Ameren is setting them out to do.
00:12:25
Speaker
if It's just there's problems that both sides have got, but in like different areas. What I wanted to ask Rob about actually is where exactly are the weaknesses within that Ipswich team? What positions do you think need improving within that squad? If you're going to, say, get a good 10 or 20 goals between, you know, certain players within the team, where is it for you?
00:12:48
Speaker
I think in terms of improvement, it's the midfield more than that. that the The players we have in attack are capable of scoring goals. They're just not for whatever reason, whether it's confidence or whatever.
00:12:59
Speaker
De Lapp's obviously doing very well, but we've got very good options for the for the where we're at in the table compared to teams around us. Our options to play in that three behind him are very good.
00:13:11
Speaker
There's just a lot of them are not hitting... the strides, or if they are hit or they are playing well, they're not scoring goals. And that's where the problem is, is that it's all coming through the lap. But the big issue we have, that again, something we've said on our pod all season, we couldn't believe it wasn't a priority in January. like We barely even looked. There was like tentative links to Nemanja Matic.
00:13:32
Speaker
And that was pretty much it for the entire window. But Morsi and Phillips are effectively the same player in how they play. So you can't play them together. We've got Cajuste, who came into the team about November, and that coincided with our good run. He is a ball-carrying midfielder. he will he's calm on He's calm under pressure.
00:13:49
Speaker
He helps us get out from the famous building attack so we're not
Transfer Window Reflections
00:13:52
Speaker
punting it long to the lap every time. But he is the only one we've got at the club with that build. And he has to come off, because he works so hard, he has to come off 75, 80 minutes every game.
00:14:03
Speaker
And then same with the lap. They work so hard, they come off for 10, 15 minutes to go every week. And we offer nothing when when they're when they're off the pitch. We just... but say that the lack of The goal threat goes with De Lapp coming off the pitch. And then we struggle to even put attacks together because we've got fires of say four or five defenders and then two defensive midfielders playing.
00:14:27
Speaker
It seems like such an obvious problem to us, but somehow it like it's nice it's not even been looked at. that So we had Koze limping off on Saturday as well. So if he's out for...
00:14:37
Speaker
we don't know how long, so the club never talk about this sort stuff with injuries. It's quite frustrating when he and you do a podcast and they're trying to keep people up to date on news. But yeah, we don't know how long that is. But the idea of it being Phillips and Morsi for an extended period of time, I think we're just going to get overrun every single week. And I can't believe it wasn't addressed in January.
00:15:00
Speaker
But I don't know if that we're almost struggling. It's building the attacks a lot of time that's the problem. It's why I have Spurs weirdly promising just despite the result because We made 17 shots and we had a lot of the ball, built some attacks. so That was sort of, almost felt the first step to improvement, even though we lost 4-1. It was a strange game like that. The midfield's been, so we've been overrun in 90% of games this year.
00:15:23
Speaker
and some And we're doing our best to address it what we got. But I can't believe we didn't go and try and solve it in January.
00:15:30
Speaker
Yeah, and I think it's a similar story for us, to be honest. i think since we've gone to that, to midfield with the new system, We don't have enough personnel and we probably don't have the right personnel to to be able to deal with that.
00:15:41
Speaker
With the majority of the teams playing three in midfield, we seem to be getting overrun in midfield quite a lot. And it's funny that you mentioned about actually, you know, being able to provide enough chances for the likes of De Lapp and your attacking players.
00:15:54
Speaker
Probably similar for us as well, where, you know, a lot of people give a lot of criticism to Xerxie and Hyland, but in terms of the the service they're getting is is very limited and i can be quite forced at times in terms of,
00:16:06
Speaker
long kind of balls going up to them and very rarely kind of having sustained pressure, I suppose, in the attack. So that's that's something probably that that both teams are struggling with. So I'm i'm kind of interested to see how how that's going to go.
00:16:18
Speaker
But yeah, we'll take another quick break here and I'll be back with, from both sides of the fence, how we think we're going to get on at the weekend.
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00:16:54
Speaker
Every club. Every day. The Global Sports Podcast Network. Tom, I'll come to you first here. What's your thoughts going into the weekend? I mean, it hasn't been the best of times for us where both teams kind of struggling for confidence. We seem to kind of up the ante for the last 20 minutes against Everton. Can we carry that into the weekend?
00:17:17
Speaker
think you mean game week because we are playing on a Wednesday night, aren't we? so yeah's But anyway, answering your question, the problem with Manchester United right now is we have been struggling for goals in the first half of matches.
00:17:29
Speaker
I mean, I'd love lots to find out now how many goals we've scored in the last 16 matches or so when we've scored in the first half, because I can tell you it is few and far between. So that could be Ipswich's chance to just give United a bit of a gain for it, because if they can go into it with this attitude where they can actually put together a string of chances and put them away, it's going to give United a real, real job of it in the second half, perhaps similar to what it was against Everton.
00:18:00
Speaker
And what about yourself, Rob? Obviously, are you going to take that confidence from the home match at the start of the season? Because everyone's kind of looking at United at the moment going, yeah, there's there's a big chance for three points there, never mind kind of scraping a point. So what's your thoughts, I suppose, going into going into Old Trafford?
00:18:18
Speaker
but i say you're You're one of the few teams in the league who share our problems. over your You seem to be better away from home than you are on your own patch. and so Which you think would lend itself in our favour that you don't... We're just bad all the time, Rob. It doesn't matter where it is. Particularly at the moment, your home form is not very good and we are we tend to play better as the away side almost when the pressure's off, you could say. that We can just play however we want to. There's no pressure on us to go and set the standard.
00:18:49
Speaker
and Because that's what I think part of the problem was against Spurs. is It's been a fairly unpopular opinion among our podcasts, but I think part reason the flaw was against Spurs is that we played the five back set up at Villa and we got a fantastic result.
00:19:03
Speaker
So even when we got 10 men, we kept it at of five. We didn't switch to four. We beat Spurs last time by playing a five and frustrating them.
Expectations for Upcoming Match at Old Trafford
00:19:10
Speaker
And then we went to a four and tried to be on the front foot and got done on the break twice in 20 minutes to go 2-0 down.
00:19:15
Speaker
For me, that was part of the problem. So it's been an unpopular opinion. So the lads are quite keen to see people have more of a go and defensive defense, particularly at home, is isn't a great watch. But,
00:19:26
Speaker
for me it was a mistake to do that against Spurs and I'll be interested to see now real way again, do we go back to that or do we sort of see blood a little bit with the way United play recently and think if we do go at you and risk the potential of the counter-attack that is that the way to go? Because it sounds absolutely mental to say out loud, but somehow going to Old Trafford is one of the easiest games we have left this season on paper, which is like,
00:19:55
Speaker
unbelievable thing to say but look at United's home form and some of the games we've got that it's a massive opportunity I said about the game at home being a missed opportunity this is like you're somehow going into a game at Old Trafford thinking if we lose this game I'm gutted like it should be a point minimum which is again it's a mental thing to say out loud but that is the point we're at now the the weekend was terrible not just because of our own result but these are every every team in the bottom half apart from us three who were in the relegation zone, got at least a point.
00:20:30
Speaker
Most of them got wins. We've lost so much ground in one weekend, which so they own it was a shock with weekend of results. and We've got to go get something out. We need to bounce back and say, look at our fixtures. you know We've got a lot of tough away games in there still. We're not very good at home. that It's probably top three most winnable fixtures, which, like I say, is such a strange thing to say.
00:20:55
Speaker
about going to Old Trafford but it's a massive, massive opportunity for us and i'm really I'm intrigued to see whether we try and play with confidence like I say, stick with a four try and come your core put you under pressure or if we do go to the five and just sort of let United have the ball you've got the pressure as the home side to set the standards and then see if we can spring the trap like we have done a few times away it'll be an interesting watch for sure
00:21:19
Speaker
Yeah, definitely. I think both teams might be allergic to the ball as well. So I think that United will want you to come at them and go on the counter-attack as well. So it'll be the battle of the back fives, I think, if Ipswich do go that way. But yeah, really interesting to to hear about that and to hear the split decision going on and a bit of a contention at the Ipswich podcast there in terms of tactics of how how you go about games. But yeah, let's see let's see how it goes in the game anyway. But Tom, in terms of you know what we've seen from United over the last couple of games, a couple of players coming back from injury as well. Do you think we're going to see a similar lineup to to the Everton game or or a bit of kind of reshuffling, I suppose, as it's a midweek game?
00:22:00
Speaker
Well, I think considering it's some midweek game, I'd love to see Chido Obi get a chance to start because Hoyland has been dreadful, as we all know. So I think it's it's time to change tech, really, and give Obi a bit of a run of it.
00:22:14
Speaker
It's just, do you put Xerxi behind him as well as Fernandes? I would probably say go with it with the exact same line-ups what you had against Everton, except Hoyland coming off and putting Obi in his place.
00:22:29
Speaker
Because I want to see how Obi gets on as a starter this time.
00:22:33
Speaker
Yeah, it'll be interesting to see. I was kind of, not surprised in a way, but i was I suppose he kind of had to go for it at the weekend. But you know we got he got a good few minutes, yes, at the weekend against Everton.
00:22:45
Speaker
Yeah, it's it's very hard to tell, I suppose, what what we can expect from him with such a short cameo. But yeah, be interesting to see if we can kind of love a few of the youngsters, I suppose, but into the next few games because, Rob, it's interesting hearing you saying that this is a probably one of the the top three easiest games for Ipswich going into the season.
Lineup Changes and Midfield Concerns
00:23:04
Speaker
I think from a United perspective as well, it's probably looking at the Ipswich game, the only game that we could see is getting something out of over the next.
00:23:11
Speaker
for the last few games of the season it's it's been that bad recently but uh yeah what about i suppose you touched on the the actual formation for the ipswich team but is there is there much rotation at the minute or is it mainly the same team that's going out every week but there'll be changes at the back almost nailed on twins abe will come back in for god three that is we discussed 100 nailed on so his suspension served up and godfrey did not take his chance He's getting a lot of the brain a blame, which it's not all on him. Like I say, the the way we set up left him exposed 1v1 a lot of the time. And he's not having a good year, but Son is still a top player.
00:23:49
Speaker
And he is good at Like, when he's on his day, he's very hard to get the ball off of. And you don't want to be left 1v1 against him. But say, he got his chance of a suspension. He is the sort of the next option behind Twanzevi. And two goals came down his side. He got booked and hooked at half-time. So...
00:24:07
Speaker
I can't see him staying in the team after that. It's a tough day at the office, that. Yeah. yeah that I'm pretty sure... Transavi going back into his his old team as well. So, should be interesting. Maybe a point to prove, but so know I don't know. think he's fairly happy with his time at United, I suppose.
00:24:24
Speaker
They had very good game, didn't he, against PSG the Champions League that we like to reference as soon as we've signed him. We're pocketing with pocket someone who pocketed the bat that he would sign for us in the Championship. that Yeah, as I have one, so...
00:24:37
Speaker
A club give us nothing, like I say. really It's a frustrating thing, but I'm pretty sure Cajuste is going to be injured, so we'll be forced into a change in midfield. It's just whether they go. Did they show Rwango in, who's had next to no time this year, but just to avoid playing Phillips and Morsi, which is two of the same player together and has not worked a lot of the times. You're really not a fan of these two in midfield?
00:24:58
Speaker
Not together. To be fair to Calum Phillips, I've given him all sorts of stick this year. I've said from as soon as it was even linked, I said it's a stupid idea. don't see the point of it. There's better options to do.
00:25:12
Speaker
And the last few weeks, he has he his performances per on a personal note have picked up, which is hope I'm hoping and he can finish the season strong. But I don't like them two playing together. But we haven't really got a choice at the moment because...
00:25:28
Speaker
I think Luongo's played about three games since coming up. There's obviously feelings that he's not up to the level because he's always the one who doesn't even make the matchday squad or doesn't come on if he's on the bench. There's obviously a shared feeling there that he's not quite up to standard. So to throw him in for a start on a game like this would be a bit strange. But yeah, they're the two main spots there'll be change.
00:25:50
Speaker
like see Broadhead come back into the attack as well because it's a mystery to me why he doesn't get more minutes because he looks sharp every time he plays. but he always seems to be the one who drops to the bench when there's a change, even if he's played the best the previous week. But and the main sort of it the majority of it will be the same, I would say. Fair. Okay, so it's that time of the of the evening. Tom will come to you first. Score predictions for this game against Ipswich.
00:26:17
Speaker
What are we thinking?
Score Predictions and Conclusion
00:26:18
Speaker
I think Ipswich will go a goal up at half-time and then you United to turn it around in the second half. And I think it'll be a 2-1 win for United. 2-1. Rob, what do you think?
00:26:29
Speaker
I really do think we can beat you. don't
00:26:36
Speaker
I really do think there's a result there because it's just whether we go... I've said that so many about so many games this year that there is a result there. Go and go and get it. and Wolves away is the only time we've actually produced a performance to match.
00:26:53
Speaker
There have been so many... Even, say, like Southampton at home. we build it all week as the biggest game of the season and lost it 2-1. Whenever there feels like this, this game's a weird blend really because on paper going away to a big six team is a sort of no pressure game we play well in. But like I said, it's actually a very important game and a realistic chance of points. So it's almost now just us our territory of the games we like to bottle come into play. But I really would say the heart says we can win, but
00:27:23
Speaker
the the head says to bottle it and take a point, but I'll go with it. I'm on my own representing the podcast. I'll say we'll beat you 2-1.
00:27:32
Speaker
Okay, okay. I'll go somewhere in the middle. I think it'll be a draw. I'll go 1-1. But yeah, I don't have much confidence in them. But let's let's see how we get on anyway. Okay, so we have 2-1 for Ipswich, 2-1 for United, and and a draw meeting in the middle. So we'll leave it there, guys. and We'll look forward to the game. Rob, thank you very much for coming on the the podcast. Really appreciate it. Always nice to have someone over for the crossover.
00:27:56
Speaker
It's been good fun. Thanks for having me. No problem. Tom, thank you very much for joining me. And yeah, we'll see you guys in the next one.
00:28:06
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