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Blackburn vs Wolves - Match Reaction. We're on our way to Wembley!
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Will & Chris chat over the game and 2 wins in 2 as some positive vibes are embraced in the Wolves camp.
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Wolves' Success and Upcoming Challenges
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Welcome in, Wolves fans. Happy Monday, everyone. It's me, Chris, hosting Daily Wolves today, and with me is one of my regular cohorts, Will. How you doing, Will?
00:00:18
Will
Yep, all good, all good, still still positive positive vibes around the camp, which is you know nice to see.
00:00:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, another nice weekend to to bask in the brief glory of as we have two wins on the trot and we're going to look at a match against Blackburn in this chat and just any other random thoughts from the week we've just had.
00:00:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
But overall, two wins in two. um Obviously, the villa win was fantastic and yeah we were hoping or I was hoping I was fairly confident going into this weekend. We were going to do well against Blackburn.
00:00:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
I felt Pereira was going to go strong to try and keep the winning
00:00:52
Will
Hm.
00:00:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
morale given that there was like a weak either side of this fixture and and we did it but how were you feeling Will going into this game were you feeling as confident?
00:01:02
Will
Yeah, I think so. I think so. I was never particularly worried about a cup upset. The one thing that did surprise me is, as you said, I expected Pereira to go relatively strong, but I didn't expect him to go pretty much full strength, which isn't far off
Impact of Lineup Decisions
00:01:21
Will
what he did. and Obviously, there's the odd sort of um change. We had Johnston in goal as well, of course.
00:01:27
Will
um But, you know, I actually missed kickoff even though I was at home. um ah so I didn't see the lineups or anything. ah ah I was in a race to get back home for them half 12. And then, you know, just sort of my initial instincts when I one ah flicks on the telly and I saw a couple of the, um you know, names just straight off the bat when I was trying to figure out formation and what have you. um Yeah, just it just surprised me. It surprised me how many starters there were.
00:01:58
Will
um from you know our strongest 11 but I like it you know I like I like the fact that the cup was taken you know with with the respect I think it deserves yeah
00:02:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I liked it. Obviously he went strong in the last round um and that had fixtures closer to either side. So it showed an element of intent. And I think the desire just as well to keep consistency perhaps and build the teamwork and the winning mentality.
00:02:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was interesting that most of the people that swapped out appeared to be people that maybe just needed a rest. Like Aitnori, who's often getting fatigued, he never goes a distance in a game. He was swapped out for Gomez, who we've been saying these games anyway.
00:02:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Then on the other side, Doc rested for Bueno, 33 years old, played a lot of games for us probably more than was expected so far this
Player Performances and Controversies
00:02:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
season. So I imagine
00:02:45
Will
Yeah. Yeah.
00:02:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's an element for me of that that was even if, because I'm pretty sure burn that Doc's probably going to swap back in for the next game um unless we randomly see Giga come into so play, you never know.
00:02:58
Will
Yeah.
00:02:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But then, and likewise, Belegard arguably couldn't be dropped off a man of the match performance. I mean, it would be harsh to drop him straight to the bench. And then Gomez coming back from suspension made sense, therefore, to maybe rest ah Andre and give Bel guard and another shot, see if he can do it twice.
00:03:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like if he can do that role more than once, then it's not just a fluke.
00:03:19
Will
Yeah.
00:03:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then up front, obviously, Sarabia again, although he hasn't played as many games, he seems to be the favored one in that formation up front at the moment, and arguably a bit older, maybe just rested his older legs in the cup to save some of his first team players for the next league game.
00:03:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
But that was just my reading of it.
00:03:36
Will
yeah Yeah, no, um but like you said, you know, as aside from those odd tweaks and changes, one of which you mentioned, ah Santiago Beno came off at halftime after picking up a yellow, I thought, I think he stunk up the place a little bit. And I just want to speak to you about that, because you know, you know, my thoughts on him. um I was sort of begging for him to get a sniff of first team football for a long time. And you know he came in and did well but i think of late it's not something we've spoken about as such but i think he's been quite quite disappointing i don't know if that's just me thinking that um but yeah
00:04:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah sorry yeah i was gonna say i think i mean firstly the right choice i think was made to bring him off at the half if nothing else was because of the yellow because black bone were getting very stuck in it was very scrappy that first half for large periods and i feel like they were always going to keep testing him to the point that he was going to be on the brink of getting a second however what's ironic is that the yellow card was not a yellow card
Game Analysis: Blackburn vs. Wolves
00:04:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
because he got the ball in that moment it was
00:04:43
Will
Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:04:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
it was the most random, there was plenty of moments that the people could have got yellow cards ah in this game and that was not one of them, that was the most bizarre thing, ah justifiably upset when it was at that moment, but he's arguably weaker on the side of the three, he seems more solid in the center but that is ah obviously where Aga is really leading that line at the moment.
00:04:51
Will
Yeah.
00:05:03
Will
yeah Yeah, no, I agree. and and you know I could do, ah you can't you can't drop, you can't um complain with that really. and The one thing I did want to mention just off that was, you spoke about the yellow card not being a yellow.
00:05:17
Will
I said at the time, um i thought I thought that was a great tackle, but it just reminds me, i' going off on a little bit of a tangent here, but obviously we're recording this on the day of the game, we're recording this Sunday evening.
00:05:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mhm.
00:05:29
Will
um And I've just come up from watching my second football match of the day, which was Villa vs Tottenham.
00:05:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:05:39
Will
And in that, I can't remember who, I can't remember what. But there's a very similar one, and it's just one of my pet peeves, Chris, of modern football, where because the challenge is somewhat from the back, even though they've gone round the side and hooked the ball,
00:05:54
Will
round if you're the player usually the attacking player in that situation you just go down regardless of any contact or contacts on the ball or yourself you get a free kick instantly just 10 times out of 10 and it just drives me insane it really really i don't know it just glides my gears it just really winds me up and i thought that about the breno one like you said um but you know it's just the way the game's going i suppose
00:06:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:06:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it was really frustrating. I felt sorry for him, but yeah, he was yeah ah yeah he he wasn't great. And arguably we looked more stable second half when Dot came back into that back line.
00:06:32
Will
Yeah.
00:06:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
The three of them, him, Totti and Aga together, because second half, I know we were two goals up, but really after that, Blackburn seemed very like they didn't really impact as much at the back at all.
00:06:45
Will
No, I do want to say in all fairness to Blackburn, I can't remember their names now, but they're two wide players attacking players. I really like the look of. I thought that, you know, they did cause us issues, and you know, and I think that's something that, you know, we spoke about at the start.
00:07:04
Will
Potentially, I mean, neither of us being concerned about a Cup upset, but but I think Pareva realizes that that these players, just because I'm in the championship, ah they're still they still got quality, you know you still have to show them respect and and work hard and you know put out a strong lineup in order to get a nice professional result which which we did end up doing. um And another thing that's been a big thing this week in the Cup is the lack of VAR because I think we've got to mention the fact that
00:07:37
Will
You know, Blackburn had a... I think what looked to be a perfectly good goal disallowed. I think they were on side from that. um Yeah.
00:07:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
That was going to be my next question to you was like, if we go through the goals, kind of that they obviously before we get onto any of that as Blackburn had it in the net first, because they're theyre for arguably that first 15 to 20 minutes, they went for it.
00:07:57
Will
Yeah.
00:07:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
um They got stuck in and we both mentioned, I think it was a bit scrappy. And I think to the championship teams kind of fight to make it that way, they get stuck in, they don't want you to play the passing fluid football.
00:08:07
Will
Yeah.
00:08:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
and they did And it worked because that what there wasn't really much from wolves in that period.
00:08:14
Will
No.
00:08:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
And maybe not like saying not saying we were overrun, but it was just not fluid, it was all over the place. And there was no set possession or passing of any kind.
Wolves' Dominance and Key Players
00:08:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
And lo and behold, Blackburn, get it in the net from a set piece. And I do think it was on the lot. I could see it going either way. It was close.
00:08:33
Will
Yeah.
00:08:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was by no means a clear one at all.
00:08:37
Will
Yeah, I think it was just, I think it was Huang on the near post at the opposite end of that defensive um line. I think he was playing him on, like I said, a bit close, but just off off instinct. What I will say yeah is, again, off that the line has been flagged straight away. You know, there was no sort of faffing around. And that's something which, you know, I know it's easy to say because it it went in our favour. But again, it happened um against Leicester in the Cup as well. United Maguire scoring against this former club and if I was a Leicester fan, I'd be fuming. And you know I suppose if I had to pick out of that draw, I would have preferred Leicester to go through. But the one thing that was refreshing was to just have that decision and
00:09:25
Will
um and that's it, you know, not a five, ten minute wait of just awkwardness and silence and confusion whilst we wait for VAR to draw the lines and stuff.
00:09:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:37
Will
I just, you know, I think is it the fifth round that VAR comes back in to the FA Cup or something like that?
00:09:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a good question. I'm not, maybe, if not the one, definitely the one after.
00:09:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's No.
00:09:49
Will
Yeah, yeah, and I really, you know,
00:09:53
Will
just can't be bothered with it. I just thought it's much nicer to watch a game of football in that sense and not have that slowing things down.
00:10:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think everyone enjoy realizes when the games come and we get to play against teams also that are used to it because Blackburn just got on with it because they they used to not having VAR so it was just they didn't even argue really they just like a moment of his aspiration and then on with the game let's let's let's go because there's nothing else we can do about it.
00:10:12
Will
Yeah. Yeah. Mm hmm. Yeah.
00:10:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, but then after that kind of period, opening period where it wasn't great, you wouldn't say by any means it was against the run of play, but it had been fairly just split, split standard and braggy.
00:10:33
Will
yeah
00:10:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then, and then all of a sudden we get two goals in the space of like two a minute. Almost. It was i' almost didn't expect it.
00:10:39
Will
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:10:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was just so quick.
00:10:43
Will
Yeah, yeah. um I mean, Charles Gomez won the first one. um Again, just putting myself in the shoes of a Blackbone fan, you'd you'd be really frustrated wouldn't you if you'd had that goal ruled out.
00:10:59
Will
um and then like you said in the space of like like that you're too nailed down because the Gomes one I think you've got to be asking questions of the keeper I think you know Zhao sort of did what he could in that position as well because it was either that or here with his left foot which he wasn't confident with so he just sort of toe poked it um straight at the
00:11:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was a weird, yeah, if I can, are we obviously, I still think the goalie should have saved it, but I also think there's an element of almost him being caught off guard by the way that Gomez's body, because Gomez's body, you could see he was trying to work it in a way that he could get his balance and get it onto the foot he wanted, and it wasn't really happening, so he just kind of like,
00:11:21
Will
yeah
00:11:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
It does this weird movement in movie weird midair where his limbs just kind of all flew all over the place as he manages to like toe poke it in a really weird manner and like so almost like skip a hop somehow to get his foot into the position he wanted.
00:11:45
Will
but Yeah.
00:11:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I don't know if that's slightly just through the keeper's like conception of what what was happening with the ball. I still think he should have saved it, but I'm just giving him a ah glimmer of of hope in that.
00:12:04
Will
yeah i think i think all round it was just an awkward goal it was just it was awkward in the way jao hits it and it was awkward i don't know why i keep saying jao as if i'm on first i'm yeah yeah yeah no of course um but yes it was an awkward shot and it was an awkward attempt at the save as well wasn't it um
00:12:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
the build The build that was good, the finish was scrappy, but the build that was all right.
00:12:25
Will
But I think, you know, yeah it's it's one of those, you get that rub of the green when you're the Premier League team in these draws. I think, you know, um Well, I say that. It would have been typical for us not to. um You were just telling me before that you were sort of odds-on for Danny Bartz to score against us and things like that. But I think just from the offset, it seemed like we were going to get those 50-50 decisions and moments in the game. I just felt like they were going to go our way. I was never really worried. And then, um yeah, that it's safe to say, it's safe say to say the junior goal, the second goal was was was better.
00:13:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
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00:13:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, yeah, the second goal, I mean, the finish was yeah once he got into that position, you just felt it was going to be in the back of the net.
00:13:40
Will
Yeah.
00:13:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
But again, there was some decent build up play to it with several people involved.
00:13:43
Will
yeah
00:13:45
Will
Mm
00:13:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Wang was involved, like it was a Konya and then a little layoff to Somato and just beautifully.
00:13:49
Will
hmm.
00:13:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Somato just beautifully.
00:13:55
Will
Yeah.
00:13:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
One touches it round the defender as Konya is running through the back line and it just opens him into like so much space. behind the defence and that was it, you just knew, you just knew before he struck it that it was going to be a goal.
00:14:10
Will
Yeah, it's it's funny you should say that because ah as soon as Samedo's little flick one time, first time pass went through and you saw Keanu in that position before he even got close to striking the ball. I said goal because you would you just knew he he doesn't miss those. But it was it was a really nice little goal. I especially think, yes, Samedo's pass itself um deserves a bit of recognition because it It was one of those as it came to Sumedu and you could see Kunia moving.
00:14:41
Will
you you You know, you think ahead in your mind when you're watching the game and you can see it and from our perspective.
00:14:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mmhmm.
00:14:48
Will
You thought, come on, just pass it just through. He's through. And um I just thought it was really nice, perfectly weighted. And yeah, like I said, he he doesn't miss those. I was never in doubt.
00:14:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it was great because if if he'd taken a touch, the moment would have been gone. But he doesn't, he just immediately one touches it and then like you say, perfectly wasted and that that that made all the difference. And Konya turns to him immediately, gives him some recognition because he knew he knew it was all about that little layoff as well.
00:15:15
Will
Yeah, yeah Yeah
00:15:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Which was lovely and then so yeah that kind of just um Like I say that just kind of killed the game in a way because that was not long before I mean it was it's still a few minutes to heart to half time but then second half was kind of a ah weird one in that we We felt the right I felt should I say that we were never if really felt under the threat We could have had a couple more.
00:15:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
It felt like we were kind of in second gear. like we didn't to be I mean, trying to be respectful, but it felt like because we were fairly solid defensively at that point and two goals ahead, even though we create we did still create some chances.
00:15:41
Will
yeah
00:15:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
But on it I think if we'd been really pushing, they could have ah could have ah this couldve scored extra, but it but wasn't necessarily at full 100% speed, if you know what I mean.
00:15:54
Will
yeah no a hundred percent i i think it was um quite simply just the definition of a a professional performance you know conserve energy nothing silly just see the game out and um
00:15:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:16:14
Will
I think everyone in the stadium, everyone watching him was sort of resigned to the fact that it was going to end 2-0 from about, like you said, about five, 10 minutes into the second half just the way it all panned out.
00:16:24
Will
um You know, we're nice and comfortable um on the ball and like you said defensively. I do want to mention since we've spoke ah about being sort of that set and secure defensively, Agba do again and Totti again clash.
00:16:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
yep yep that's four that's four clean sheets for Totti under Pereira and every one of those clean sheets has been a win so Totti does make a difference to that trilogy at the back and Aga again in the center of defense it's not just
00:16:48
Will
Yeah.
00:16:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think he's great. so He's show already shown that he's a great signing and not only is he making great interceptions, but anticipation as well. Often he's like cutting, like just gets his foot in defender attacker before the ball comes to them or he's strong.
00:17:07
Will
ah
00:17:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
He doesn't necessarily have to go um tumbling into them because he's just physically strong. and They can't knock him over.
00:17:18
Will
yeah
00:17:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
and But also you can see him even only a few games in, he's telling the people around him where to be, he's dictating things. And there was a moment like when you spoke about controlling the play and kind of seeing it out as one point when we're kind of passing it around a lot.
00:17:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
and he just kind of stood with the ball um near the halfway line and he just kind of told everyone to wait and he just kind of stood because he knows that but like we're just killing the clock
Spotlight on Individual Contributions
00:17:45
Will
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
00:17:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
and he and he just kind of like stood there and just killed the clock for a while because he didn't he knew that he could just keep it as long as he wanted it there was no pressure it wasn't wasn't passing it around for no reason but it was also not kind of giving it away just like I'm just gonna I'm just gonna keep this ball
00:17:59
Will
yeah i mean you spoke there about um his sort of awareness and anticipation of things happening um i think it's made so much easier for him by sort of just how strong he is you know at any time since forward goes to run off him or you know if it's played up to a big center forward he's got that all day but if it's played in behind to the sides in between you know him and doc or totty or whatever like he said he doesn't have to smash into people he just he just gets across and with that big and strong and fast ah you know it just it must be an absolute nightmare to play against that i don't know how he does it but um yeah um like i said we also mentioned totty um
00:18:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just on that, sorry, if I can, just on that note, did you see on the one of the videos of the new the players coming in, I think it was, ah is it Manetsi that's on the same, they've played on the same team together before, haven't they?
00:18:54
Will
Yeah.
00:19:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
they o They're both from, ah is it Ren? And Ren, yeah. And ah What was interesting is that they said in training, everyone's like, don't put me on don't put me on the different team to him.
00:19:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Put me on the same team as a as Agba, please. Make sure I'm on the same team as Agba in training because because no one wants to go up against him because they they know how how strong he is and they don't want to get knocked over all the time.
00:19:29
Will
Yeah.
00:19:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
So they're like, please please don't please don't put me on the on a different team.
00:19:37
Will
yeah yeah yeah and there was the one clip that i saw the fa cup twitter or x account we posted of it was um when he had it in the box i don't know if there'd just been a set piece i can't remember but you know when he's under pressure in our own box and he sort of just does that lovely turn so calm under pressure and i also think this week was the first week for the first time I've seen him where he's not completely over hit one of those passes, you know, he seems to control his strength as opposed to usual.
00:20:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, the Hulk was in control and there was one, he he actually splayed out like a 60 yard ball or something right wing.
00:20:15
Will
Yes, Yeah. yeah yeah
00:20:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know, I think it might've been Gomez or someone out there after he'd switched sides. And I remember thinking that's going to go, that's going to go into the stands, but no, it just dropped just inside the touchline. And I was like, Oh, that's a beautiful ball.
00:20:28
Will
and i know exactly yeah I know exactly which one you're on about because I thought the exact same thing at the first time.
00:20:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
And because it was so long, I don't think anyone expected it to be there.
00:20:38
Will
I thought you know he's tried that countless times at a short time here. That's one of the few that has come off. um but You mentioned about Totti, you know, four clean sheets, four wins under Pereira. We've just spoken about Ipadou's, you know, sort of technical skills on playing the ball out. I think, Chris, we're going to have to talk about Twinkle Toes, Totti's, sort of, you know, gallivanting runs that he did. to today ah there's quite a few of them where he just steamrolled through the middle of the park once or twice you know beating players for fun and you know jog a bonito of course of course you know he's got to get that flare that mediterranean flare from somewhere but no i jokes that he he was class he was class and he has been under pareva and i always think you know
00:21:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
You mean Portuguese International Totti. That's the Totti we're referring to.
00:21:35
Will
I know we've joked on the podcast before, but um in that left centre-back position of a three, you can't really force him so long as you play to his strengths, which I don't think O'Neill's football was doing.
00:21:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:21:52
Will
you know i He's just good, he's just good, and there's no two ways about it.
00:21:57
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He is, and it makes a difference having a left footed and defender on that side as well.
00:22:02
Will
Yeah.
00:22:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, ah I don't know if you caught a piece, I think on socials that David was posted recently talking about the difference it makes to have a left footer on that that side, the way the the way that obviously when he's playing the ball at the line to the left wing back, because it's kind of curving slightly a away from the touch line as opposed to towards it, it allows the runner
00:22:19
Will
Yeah.
00:22:23
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to run onto it more easily and it just just has the ever so subtle differences in the way that the ball is received by the players around you as well from from the formation.
00:22:30
Will
yeah
00:22:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
but so there was one ah one of the player i one play Two other the players I want to mention briefly before we do the next like ad read that's just because it's one we'll spend a lot more time on so I'm going to briefly mention there was a moment for I thought Rodrigo Gomez was solid again he's like a little whippet he just gets everywhere he runs back and forth even when he's attacking he's if he's out of position when someone when Blackburn get the ball he's pelting it a hundred miles an hour to get back into his spot because he want he just loves running that boy but there was a moment where Blackburn defended a set piece they try to counter and Samado is kind of with him but it's not it's Rodrigo Gomez is like tracking back one-on-one with the ah Blackburn winger I think it was that you mentioned before
00:23:00
Will
Yeah.
00:23:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he's just, he's he's a small lad and he doesn't look very strong, but he managed to just outpace him and like shove his way in front and win that ball before he could take Johnston on one on one.
00:23:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you know the moment I'm talking about?
00:23:27
Will
yeah yeah
00:23:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I just remember thinking, you go, you little rabbit. Like he's just, he he's just doesn't stop. And he just showed that he may be small, but he's not going to be outdone.
00:23:38
Will
No, 100%, especially for you know a who's young as well to show that. um You know, that moment specifically, you always felt that he was in control, even though it was essentially a one-on-one situation. You always felt like he was going to get across and sweep across and come away with it, and he did. But the work rate that you spoke about, no matter the situation, if we lose it going forwards, he sprints him back. if If there's a situation like that, he's there.
00:24:05
Will
you know, all the little 50-50 challenges that during a game gives 100% effort for them. That's the stuff that I think, you know, that as a fan, that's what you want to see. and And I love it. I love because that shows the commitment and passion. And that's how every fan, if they had the ability, would want to play, you'd give everything um defensively and attacking wise as well. And, you know, I think if he continues with that i think he's going to go a long a long way and hopefully goes a long way with us yeah
00:24:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I agree totally. So yeah, I wanted to just give him some props before we do anything else because I think he was he had a solid all round. I mean, there was loads of people with solid all round games, but a couple of moments for him just shone. Before we go on to the next one, I want to chat about and just take a moment to remind everyone that this podcast is part of the Global Sports Podcast Network.
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00:25:21
Will
yeah
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Now, Will, in some of the time we've got left, I wanted to make sure we mention Manetsi because we saw our first ah glimpses of one of our new boys come onto the pitch.
00:25:29
Will
yeah Yes. Yes.
00:25:34
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And it was interesting because that was in the moment where, you know, they obviously decided to rest a couple more people. Sarabia, Sarabia came on for, oh no, Huang, that's it. Sorry.
00:25:44
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In the same moment, obviously Huang looks like he picked up an injury.
00:25:47
Will
That was at half time. That was just before half time, the one going.
00:25:50
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Just before halftime, sorry.
00:25:51
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But anyway, just worth worth noting that we don't we haven't had confirmation yet on how long he's going to be out.
00:25:51
Will
yeah
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Will
ah ah
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But it looked like it could be another hamstring or something, maybe, which I know he hasn't been informed.
00:25:58
Will
Yeah. Yeah. yeah
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But with Larsen out as well, that's just another one up front to add to that list.
00:26:02
Will
Yeah. Yeah.
00:26:05
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um So whatever you think, he's still a potentially good finisher. So that's not a great situation.
00:26:08
Will
yeah
00:26:10
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However, however, Manitzi came on later in the second half. And what was interesting was, and I can't wait to get your thoughts on him, but a couple of brief touch points.
00:26:20
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He does look incredibly quick.
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He played in the midfield, but also points look like he was playing as a striker. Like he was, he was in, he was almost in between the two. And and he could have had a hat trick in the space of about 10 minutes.
00:26:23
Will
Mm-hmm Yeah Yeah Um positive all round, you know positive all round like you said, there's definitely that that speed and energy um there any sort of
00:26:36
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So thoughts, Will, on your first glimpses of Manetsi?
00:26:50
Will
I feel like he he has a presence about him, um no matter where he is on the pitch, um because he's a big lad as well. um I'll admit it was a weird one, it was an unusual one to see, because he was sort of playing in the old-fashioned traditional number 10 role, you know, which you don't really see these days, and especially you don't see it from a player of the build of Manetti. um You know, as I said to you in our last um sort of transfer episode,
00:27:23
Will
I haven't seen a lot of him, obviously, beforehand. now I wasn't too aware of where he'd play in the midfield. You know, I thought, especially when he came on when Lamina's vacated number five shirt, I thought that just sticking the defensive midfielder on now, you know, shore things up a bit, tying it up, keep it simple.
00:27:43
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Mm hmm.
00:27:44
Will
And then, yeah, like you said, he could have had a hat trick instantly. um I think it was good to see that energy. It's good to see he got himself in those positions. But I think it's safe to say, I think the finishes were the finishes of a more sort of defensive player, if you like.
00:28:05
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Yeah, yeah, the header, I think the header, he didn't get a great glimpse on. He could have, yeah, on another day, he maybe puts that away. That's it. That was the, I think the best of his chances, but he had a couple definitely could have had a hat trick arguably.
00:28:15
Will
Yeah.
00:28:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Cause it, but I think the thing that made all one thing that added to all those moments or helped them happen, whether it was, you know, getting onto the end of a brilliant little cross from Gomez or whoever it was else providing him.
00:28:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
is the speed at which he broke into the box for all those moments, pretty much. They were all a big facet in making that happen. And Pereira mentioned in one of his pre-match interviews when people asked them if any of the new players would be featuring.
00:28:46
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And he spoke about how they'd only had one or two training sessions. um and But he did mention in that moment that Manetsi had already been the quickest in training, like in his one session, had been running the most and was the quicker quicker than any of them.
00:28:57
Will
yeah Yeah.
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So it will be interesting to see how he's used having with that pace that he's got.
00:29:05
Will
Yeah, um I think, I mean, we've mentioned him already um on today's episode, um but I saw a lovely, lovely sort of way of describing Manetzi on Twitter earlier. um Someone simply just said it was like if Dave Edwards and Alfred and Di had had a baby,
00:29:28
Will
And that was that was the outcome if you put their football and strengths together. But yeah, like I said, it's certainly going to be interesting going forward to see which role he takes up. I can't imagine that being a regular thing, the position he plays today. I imagine it'll, you know, for the most part, it'll be one of those deep-line midfield too. But yeah, all all that, like I said, positive, he he looks good. And it's, you know, it's another body, which is the important thing.
00:29:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he looks solid. they Like I say, I think, don't think that'll be his regular home, but it's interesting that he has that option to, if they ever need to bring,
Professionalism and Future Outlook
00:30:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
like reduce the players up front, put an extra body in midfield that you've still got someone that can break forward, Dave Edwards-esque to add an extra threat up front.
00:30:03
Will
Yeah.
00:30:13
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and by all accounts apparently is gonna make us really big in Zimbabwe like Jimenez did in Mexico and ah you know Chan is doing in Korea apparently you know by all accounts social media is a fire with the Zimbabwean fans all over Manetsi's rise into the Premier League so welcome in any listeners from Zimbabwe who are checking out all that's going on in Manetsi's world
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Will
Yes.
00:30:39
Will
Yes, yes.
00:30:41
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Um, but yeah, so overall though, I'm fairly happy. It felt, I think it almost felt like a little bit, I don't want to say lackluster because the second half was very professional. They did a good job, but in those professional games, you almost sometimes lose some of the pizzazz because like, okay, the hardware was done.
00:30:56
Will
yeah
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And then there's less hype because it was just a ah solid, then not a very exciting game. But it was good. um and i mentioned Also, I was chatting to someone earlier and we were talking about the fact Sarabia had another chance on the volley, like is like he did in one of the previous games just in the last week or two.
00:31:12
Will
Yes. Yeah. yeah
00:31:14
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And ah we were having the discussion that everyone seems to think that after he scored that amazing volley against Tottenham last season, that he should just score every volley that's ever lobbed into him from a cross.
00:31:14
Will
yeah
00:31:23
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Because all these crosses keep seeming to come in from an angle where he's having to like jump and and hit it on the half volley or on the volley in mid-air.
00:31:29
Will
Yeah.
00:31:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
And everyone's going off at him like, why aren't you scoring on the volley? It's not always as easy as it looks.
00:31:35
Will
No, the the one today, especially, I thought was difficult. Just the speed and the way you have to keep it down with it coming across your body. I think, you know, as you just mentioned there, it's it's very easy for us to sit here and say you should have scored it. But, you know, as someone who's played football at the lowest of low levels, I can tell you that that's a lot harder than it looks.
00:31:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, indeed, indeed. um All right, guys. Well, um to it, first, before we go, I'll say, um you know, hey, hey, celebrations to nfl fan NFL fans out there, because it's Super Bowl night as we record this.
00:32:08
Will
Yeah.
00:32:09
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By the time you hear this, it's probably going to have happened, and you all know who is won or lost, but, you know, ah go NFL fans. And also, um up next, obviously, we've got, is it Liverpool next in the league?
00:32:22
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That's going to be... an interesting one for sure that we'll talk about in the coming days.
00:32:27
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And ah most importantly, well, most importantly, we're on our way to Wembley.
00:32:27
Will
Yeah.
00:32:34
Will
Yes, I like it. And you know what, can i can I just on that note, can I just say something, Chris?
00:32:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sure.
00:32:41
Will
Because we've not had a good start this season and it's seeming like it could end with a positive cup run. And you know what that tells me?
00:32:49
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I think I know, but you can say it.
00:32:51
Will
It tells me that out of darkness cometh light.
00:32:55
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So true, farewell everyone.