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Toon v Palace Preview
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Jo, Nic & Iain discuss the weekends match v Palace - touching on what we expect to change, who we fear in the Palace team, how we feel about the last match and of course, score predictions
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Preview of Crystal Palace Game
00:00:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to Newcastle United podcast with GSPN. Today we are going to be previewing the Crystal Palace game on Saturday, our way. I would like to say that was normally a bad thing, but for how bad we've been at home recently, you never know.
00:00:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's go away and smash palace. um See, I'm a lot more positive right than I was on the last one. So this is me being back to kind of me. Do not look at me like that, Nick.
00:00:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So that kind of spoils what I was
Introduction of Guests with Lighthearted Banter
00:00:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
about to say anyway. So I'm joined by a couple of my lovelies, lovelies, and the first one being Nick, how you doing, hun?
00:00:41
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Sorry.
00:00:47
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Hello, I'm good. Thank you, darling.
00:00:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
And the other one is the dawn, Mr. McKay. How you doing dude?
00:00:55
Iain Mackay the Noo
i'm ah I'm fine, thank you, yes. ah I hope you're keeping well as well.
00:01:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm good. I thought you were going to do a na-noo-na-noo there with the arm.
00:01:06
Iain Mackay the Noo
hello no no I was wondering whether I should start talking about hangovers and how quickier so you recover from them, but I decided against that mentioning that, so you're all right.
00:01:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's nice.
00:01:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Tuesday at work wasn't pretty is all I'm gonna say. But yeah, there it's fine. I turned up, I did my job, just about finished.
00:01:25
Nicola Pringle-Adams
You're a trooper. I can do that.
00:01:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know how impressed my manager i probably was.
00:01:30
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Still got a job?
00:01:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm still employed, it's a good start. um let' So yeah, we'll see how the rest of it goes. um So yeah, let's kind of...
Disappointment with Newcastle's Performance Against West Ham
00:01:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, touch a bit I suppose on the West Ham game because all I was gonna ask you guys is how are we feeling now the dust has settled and now that I have not went on ultra negative mood again. um I know I've teared up a little bit. I'll leave it it a little bit because you know, let's not go over the top here. um But Ian, we'll go to you first. How are you feeling now? Generally, just to say it's not the day after anymore. We're not too angry. How are you feeling?
00:02:10
Iain Mackay the Noo
I'm still very disappointed that we threw away a chance to really make a mark, if you like, and put ourselves into the race for Europe instead of looking like we're just lagging behind. um And having sat through freezing the last half hour where it didn't look like, I mean, it looked like the subs that he brought on had never even met the rest of the players that they were playing with. We just completely ran out of ideas. But looking back at the yeah At the highlights of it, you realize just how many great chances we made in the first half that, again, if Gordon or Isaac or Willick or Hall had their shooting boots on, um yeah, West Ham would have scored a soft goal from ah an unmarked person at a corner, but we could have been three or four one-upped half-time
Strategic Errors in the West Ham Game
00:02:58
Iain Mackay the Noo
and we wouldn't be having this good conversation.
00:02:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:03:01
Iain Mackay the Noo
So in reality, going forward, we look good for an hour. And then just completely, well, I think ah Eddie knew he had to change it and he changed too much and he put players out of position.
00:03:15
Iain Mackay the Noo
And we just looked lost by the end of it, which was, as I say, really disappointing. But I think you just have to say that was one, like the Brighton game that got away in the first half.
00:03:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:26
Iain Mackay the Noo
And we and we start again with a clean sheet against, against Palace.
00:03:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:30
Iain Mackay the Noo
So, you know, I'm particularly hearing how Palace are struggling for some of their main players to actually get on the pitch. Quite hopeful.
00:03:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I've got to be honest, I'm with you. I mean, the disappointment is probably more of an apt reaction, isn't it? Other than just sheer anger, which happened the initial after the game, I think.
Unpredictability in Sports: 'Any Given Sunday' Analogy
00:03:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it's a strange one. There's like an analogy or quite a famous saying that said in American football, and I don't know this because I watch it with my dad, but what they say is any given Sunday. And that applies to all sports in a way, because on any given match,
00:04:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Can the underdogs win? Can something happen that's not expected? um And it's usually the phrase that's used when the andogs underdogs win on and any any given Sunday. NFL's usually played on a Sunday by the way. And that's where that comes from and and it does absolutely apply to what's happened to us recently. um Sometimes we're absolutely amazed and we're smashing it yet look what happened at the weekend because it can.
00:04:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
yet we could go down to palace and I'm not saying this is gonna happen but we could go and win 5-0 in fact actually what's really apt is look what Spurs are doing at the minute they're whipping man city they're losing the ape switch they're like they are actually the definition of any given Sunday aren't they so um yeah we move on don't we west hams over palace is the next game nick have you got anything to add how are you feeling in general sorry go again i'll throw back the inner side and go
00:04:46
Iain Mackay the Noo
That's true. but i think was so right I was just going to follow up. All I was going to say was what what i what I was so disappointed with was that, you know, I mean, I predicted a 4-0 win on the crossover podcast with the West Ham guys, and they were agreeing.
Defying Pre-Match Predictions
00:05:10
Iain Mackay the Noo
I watched West Ham fans TV.
00:05:12
Iain Mackay the Noo
And their three guys predicted 4-0, 5-0, and 2-0 to Newcastle. They didn't have a prayer.
00:05:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
The mat is not...
00:05:18
Iain Mackay the Noo
And when it started, they looked like the team that didn't have a prayer.
00:05:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:05:22
Iain Mackay the Noo
and We were all over them. And then we give a stupid goal away, and their confidence grows. can't believe I still can't believe we lost to West Ham.
00:05:30
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:05:30
Iain Mackay the Noo
Honestly. What the hell's going on?
00:05:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:32
Iain Mackay the Noo
I'm sorry. ah I am still very frustrated and annoyed. And they better put it right against Crystal Palace.
00:05:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
It is.
00:05:38
Iain Mackay the Noo
Sorry, Nick.
00:05:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:39
Iain Mackay the Noo
What do you think? I interrupted you again.
00:05:40
Nicola Pringle-Adams
ah so That's okay.
00:05:41
Iain Mackay the Noo
Sorry.
00:05:43
Nicola Pringle-Adams
ah Yeah, I am on the um ah very annoyed card and disappointed with them. Obviously we touched on this when we I think it was me, you and Kev, Joe, um on Wild Card Wednesday, we sort of went over the West Ham game. And, you know, the first half, um obviously I know we went 1-0 down in 10 minutes or wherever it was, but we still looked like we could have won that game because we were still creating chances. We just obviously won didn't have our finishing boots on. And then look, we could go and win. um And like Ian's just touched on, West Ham just looked abysmal in places.
00:06:19
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Then the second half comes and yeah, it was just, it was a half a football that I wish I could have raised from my memory because it looked like we but haven't played together before.
00:06:31
Nicola Pringle-Adams
People were, you know, just hoping for a miracle. I thought the atmosphere on the TV obviously sounded quite flat. I'm not sure what it was like when you guys were there, but it looked quite flat.
00:06:40
Iain Mackay the Noo
Go for it.
00:06:42
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Obviously the stadium emptied quite
00:06:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was shocking,
Callum Wilson's Return and Impact
00:06:44
Nicola Pringle-Adams
early.
00:06:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah.
00:06:44
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We're not emptied, but you know, people started leaving early.
00:06:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:06:47
Nicola Pringle-Adams
ah And yeah, going into the Crystal Palace game, we can't expect to win it, but we've got to do something. Something's got to change.
00:06:57
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And I did say, I don't know if we went into that West Ham game with the expectation of we were going to sort of walk all over them.
00:07:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:04
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And then once West Ham scored, they just grew in confidence and rightly so, to be honest, because they went for the win and they got the win.
00:07:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:07:11
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Whereas we just absolutely folded and it was a little bit embarrassing, you know,
00:07:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think.
00:07:16
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And like Ian said, the Sky Sports pundits were all laughing at West Ham. I mean, that's not right, but they were all laughing at West Ham. No, ain't no chance they're getting a result at St. James Park. There's no chance this is happening. There's no chance that's happening after the game.
00:07:29
Nicola Pringle-Adams
They're all eating their words.
00:07:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:30
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And it's us that look like fools. um So, yeah, so it's a little bit disappointing.
00:07:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:35
Nicola Pringle-Adams
God, I feel like I'm really negative. I don't mean to be, but it's a little bit disappointing. And we know we're worth.
00:07:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's just hard to be positive after that, isn't it?
00:07:42
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We know we can do so much better, and that's the most frustrating thing.
00:07:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no. it's It's the truth, isn't it? I think the one sensible or reasonable thing I said i was as I was coming out the ground and was that we absolutely deserved nothing from that game. It was as simple as that. We got exactly what we deserved. They got everything they deserved. Fair plate them.
00:08:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
that might seem a bit harsh when we talk about how many chances that were missed in the first half and people could say well we deserved a bit more yes maybe we did at the start but when you don't put them away and then you end up folding in the second half that's more what I meant about we didn't deserve anything if we'd kept playing solidly throughout the game and we were just unlucky I wouldn't have said that because I would have said oh again we've had ah no luck etc but to me because we're folded completely in the second half we've got our just desserts as you would say but
00:08:22
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Well.
00:08:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway that's over, I think we'll stop talking about West Ham because like you say there's pretty much nothing positive to say about it apart from that.
00:08:31
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:08:31
Iain Mackay the Noo
Yeah.
00:08:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
um We'll touch quickly on Wilson I suppose before we cut to the first ad but were you guys happy to see him back? Do you expect to see him a bit more of him against Palace? I mean I don't expect him to start by the way but I would expect him to get a decent amount of minutes if he is back and if he is feeling all right which he said he is.
00:08:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
So do you guys have any feelings on that Ian? How are you? feeling about Wilson being back. um I bet Kev's happy, but he's not on here.
00:09:02
Iain Mackay the Noo
Well, yeah, i'm oh i'm I'm happy, you know, when he's fit and firing, Callum Wilson is Newcastle's second highest Premier League goal scorer behind Alan Shearer.
00:09:13
Iain Mackay the Noo
So yes, we need him in the team playing.
00:09:14
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah.
00:09:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
do
00:09:17
Iain Mackay the Noo
We've there we've had a number of false storms in him coming back. um But we don't know whether he's fit properly or not until he plays. So get him on, you know, it might be that A fit Callum Wilson at Centreford gets to move EZAC over to the left.
00:09:34
Iain Mackay the Noo
Or maybe EZAC could play down the right.
00:09:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:36
Iain Mackay the Noo
There's a whole load of extra options that come available.
00:09:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:09:40
Iain Mackay the Noo
Extra attacking options that become available.
00:09:40
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah.
00:09:42
Iain Mackay the Noo
And maybe Wilson being fit kicks EZAC up the backside to practice his finishing.
00:09:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:09:48
Iain Mackay the Noo
I know he scored 4-4 for the games before West Ham. But he he made some wrong choices.
00:09:58
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:09:59
Iain Mackay the Noo
against West Ham. He missed a couple of easy shots. He was greedy with some stuff he didn't lay off, which would have put other people in.
00:10:03
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:10:07
Iain Mackay the Noo
So yeah, he needs to sharpen his concentration up and make the best decision for the team every time, I think.
00:10:13
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:10:13
Iain Mackay the Noo
And maybe having Wilson snapping at his heels for the starting position would but do that.
00:10:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm
00:10:18
Iain Mackay the Noo
So play him. Let's
Wilson's Lifestyle Changes to Prevent Injuries
00:10:21
Iain Mackay the Noo
see. If he breaks down again, he breaks down again.
00:10:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
-hmm.
00:10:23
Iain Mackay the Noo
But if he's fit and he can score 12 or 15 goals a season, then
00:10:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:29
Iain Mackay the Noo
He'll be a big part in pushing us up the table.
00:10:33
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Mm hmm.
00:10:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah I read something interesting interesting on Facebook today actually about him. like It was obviously seen from an interview that he's done um and he was obviously just talking about the frustrations of not getting many minutes and how he's desperately but be back on but that he's also been seeing a lot of specialists about the fact that he does get injured so much and how he's doing a lot of lifestyle changes which I found was interesting so I would have thought a professional footballer you are kind of right up there with your right lifestyle if you know what i mean because he doesn't seem like a um a George Best like to call it where he's just out on the booze all the time and smoking and all this do you know what i mean he seems like a fairly normal footballer of the modern variety is what i mean by that um but no he was talking about how like different sleeping and different recovery methods and different this and different that and i found that really interesting so if it even really is changing a lot outside of it's like actual pitch time game time
00:11:10
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:11:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Let's see how it impacts him. You never know. Have they found a little bit of a formula with him towards the end of his career, which would be a shame for him, I think. um Nick, have you got anything else to add before we break on this one?
00:11:30
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:11:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
My problem with Callum Wilson is how long is he going to be fit for? um And I know that's probably not the right way to think.
00:11:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
okay
00:11:42
Nicola Pringle-Adams
But just his history, obviously, he's just really injury prone, isn't he? And it's a shame because he's on his day, he is unbelievable. um But I've not read what you've read um on Facebook about him.
00:11:55
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So if that is ah case if that is the case, then let's see if it does impact him. But I do agree with Ian. yeah he I don't think he'll start but I think we'll probably see more of him than what we did too um on the obviously West Ham game.
00:12:10
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So he needs minutes.
00:12:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
They gave me one to forget about.
00:12:13
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Either Kim wouldn't forget about. He needs minutes. I completely agree with Ian in the fact that um obviously I thought ISAC hit a bit of solid confidence over the last couple of games before the West Ham game and then West Ham game his decision-making was a little bit poor.
00:12:28
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So this may now give ISAC a little bit more motivation to
00:12:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:33
Nicola Pringle-Adams
you know, pull out the bag a little bit. And yeah, I think we'll probably will see Callum Wilson and I think it's needed.
00:12:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:12:39
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um And obviously we all love him, don't we? It's just a shame of how injury prone he is. So yeah, we shall see.
00:12:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
right.
00:12:46
Nicola Pringle-Adams
It's a hard one. I do really like him, but he's just very injury prone.
00:12:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:50
Iain Mackay the Noo
The thing is that he's it's really taken ages for him to come back. you know He hasn't played this season before West Ham.
00:12:53
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:12:57
Iain Mackay the Noo
And it may well be that they've taken that decision. Look, Callum, you think you're ready to come back at the start of September, but we're going to make you sit on your arse for another eight weeks to make absolutely sure everything is healed, you're properly matched fit.
00:13:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:11
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:13:11
Iain Mackay the Noo
And that's why that's why he's there's been this frustrating, oh yeah, Callum might be back here, he might be back here, and he's never come back until now. If all of that extra rest and recovery has fixed things and we get Callum Wilson where he's playing every game now to the end of the season, then that was a great decision.
00:13:29
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:13:31
Iain Mackay the Noo
But if, if he comes on and plays a game and a half, and then he's pulled his hamstring again, I think it's, you know, I read that he's looking to get an extension to his contract for us, but I think you could almost
00:13:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:13:46
Iain Mackay the Noo
Book the taxi to take him away at the end of the season if he gets crocked again.
00:13:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, there'll be no chance in hell with this.
00:13:51
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah
00:13:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's any more injuries this season, I think. But anyway, let's hope that doesn't happen, because if he could stay fit for the rest of the season, it'd be absolutely fantastic. And then, if I'm honest, even though he has been chronically injured for us over the years, I'd be happy to see him get an extension.
00:14:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
But that is very dependent on him now having zero injuries between now and the end of the season, by the way. um Right, on that note, um Ian,
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Potential Lineup Changes for Newcastle
00:15:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Cool. i'm Moving on. What I think we should talk about next is something that we've probably talked about a few times. um And it was something that Ian labeled as our golden formula. So it was leading into or away from our initial blip and into then that good run of games that we had.
00:15:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
um and we thought we'd found the golden formula, so to speak, until the weekend happened. So does this mean that we haven't found the golden formula? Was it just another one game blip?
00:15:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know what I mean? There's no point going into panic stations about stuff. I appreciate that.
00:15:37
Iain Mackay the Noo
And.
00:15:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
But do I feel like it is time for a reshuffle? Is it time for Tenali to finally start a game? um If so, who for sort of thing? um I've probably got a few things I want to say on this, but i'll I'll not go on straight away.
00:15:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll just kind of cut in as you guys are speaking. and But in general, how do we feel?
00:15:54
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:15:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, I know Burn's going to come back in the back line, which we all knew wasn't going to be great anyway, by the way. It's not like Kelly coming in was going to be like a marvel. It was just a false change. um It was just really unfortunate that and he was pretty much at fault for both goals for him.
00:16:06
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:16:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I feel partially sorry for him personally, but in mind. um But anyway, Nick, I'll come to you first. What's your kind of thoughts? What would you maybe change apart from burn naturally coming back in at the back?
00:16:21
Nicola Pringle-Adams
ah Just on the Bern and Kelly um switch, obviously, I think Bern obviously will come straight back in. I thought Kelly did have a really poor game on Monday night.
00:16:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:33
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And I did feel sorry for him, but then also, you know, as a professional footballer, making mistakes that he shouldn't really be making, um you know, he's in his position, you know, it's one of them. So yeah he had a poor game. And obviously, I think naturally Danburn will come back in. That's where we really struggled. um And I'm going to be honest, I, e and I don't know if it's going to be an unpopular or popular opinion, I'd have no idea.
00:16:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
But I'm going to say it, I thought Longstaff had a really, really poor game on Monday. And that is a switch I would be making. So yeah, that's I don't think he played well at all.
00:17:11
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I thought he also made mistakes. Him and Willock, to be honest, I thought they both started quite, well, not started poorly, but as the game grew on, I thought they both just weren't given a lot.
00:17:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:21
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um And I know it's going to be an unpopular opinion, but it's just from what I was watching that and that is that is it. um On the Tenali saga, if he's going to make that change, it potentially might be this game. But who knows? and ah you and I don't know, because obviously he's not really found a balance of playing Bruno and Tenali together, has he? But if there's going to be one game where he starts, it could be this one.
00:17:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he hasn't found it, but he has to find it. If this whole Bruno and Tinalis, yeah, because I can't see Bruno leaving anytime soon.
00:17:50
Nicola Pringle-Adams
He's got to find it, yep.
00:17:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think on the pod with Kev, I said, like, I thought if anyone was going to leave, it would be Isaac. I mean, that's a whole other subject, but I still stick by that, I'll be honest. I just think I can see Bruno sticking around a bit longer.
00:18:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But I mean, Tenali coming in is going to be naturally for Wilco Longstaff, isn't it? That's just the position that he would play in anyway. So it's what Eddie wants to do.
00:18:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Does Eddie make a bit of a snap decision and pull Longstaff out? Which I agree, by the way, Longstaff had a shocker. um Not that a lot of them put themselves in glory, but Longstaff was particularly poor, unfortunately. But he has been brilliant, so it's like it would, to me, it might be one of those snap decisions that always had one bad game.
00:18:28
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:18:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Does he get dropped? Eddie's not that type of manager from what we've seen.
00:18:36
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:18:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
He generally doesn't just go, right, hang on, you're out, done.
00:18:38
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No.
00:18:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know what I mean? I'm hooking you sort of thing. Or you might need to be that kind of manager for a little bit. You might need to just switch it up a little. I don't know, it's a tough one because it's it's not just a natural solution.
00:18:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's not like we're going to bring Tenali in and be unreal on Saturday, is it? So it's a tough one, isn't it?
00:18:55
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I don't think we need to, sorry, I'm doing an Ian now, I'm cutting you off Ian, sorry.
00:19:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, no, go.
00:19:03
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I don't think he's going to hit panic mode. Obviously, look, the reality is we're going to lose football games.
00:19:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:08
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We are going to lose football games. I would rather lose a football game though and to watch a team that's actually tried than what I watched on Monday night where, okay, yes, they were trying, not very well.
00:19:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:20
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So, I don't think he's going to hit panic mode and I don't think we all need to know hit the fan and you know start tweeting Eddie out club and all this sort of stuff.
00:19:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:28
Nicola Pringle-Adams
That's just absolutely ridiculous. But there's going to have to be some sort of change where when we do go behind, we sort of see that fight in Newcastle come back. um But yeah, there's absolutely no need to hit panic mode and, you know, switch all up.
00:19:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, no.
00:19:42
Nicola Pringle-Adams
But um yeah, that's my take on it. I'm going to stop talking now. Sorry, Ian.
00:19:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
What'd you write, Nian?
00:19:47
Iain Mackay the Noo
i think I think you have dismissed the Bern Kelly thing as not really changing the golden formula because ah too quickly because if Bern had been playing, I don't think they score their first goal and we therefore continue to have a dominant first half where we end up, presumably, we can end up being two or three goals ahead because we were playing well.
00:20:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, they wouldn't.
00:20:17
Iain Mackay the Noo
something I thought Longstaff was was anonymous.
00:20:19
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:20:22
Iain Mackay the Noo
I thought Willock was the one who looked like he was Stevie Wonder. Willock, honestly, there was one fancy flick that Willock did, a back heel struck straight out of play.
00:20:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brilliant.
00:20:35
Iain Mackay the Noo
It would have looked great if he'd hit the ball with the other part of his foot and played it inside, which is what he was trying to do. But he knocked it out of play by trying to get his foot into place. And I had said to the man I was sitting next to, watching this match,
00:20:46
Iain Mackay the Noo
Willock's going to be player of the season this year. I think he's excellent.
00:20:50
Nicola Pringle-Adams
that
00:20:51
Iain Mackay the Noo
He agreed and then took the mick out of me throughout the first half because it really looked like Willock had been introduced to a new ball game. He played football like a tennis player.
00:20:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
You jinxed him.
00:21:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
You did didn't you?
00:21:02
Iain Mackay the Noo
Yeah, I did.
00:21:03
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Jinxed him.
00:21:03
Iain Mackay the Noo
I did. So given all of that, I think that is the golden formula. Let's get Bern back. In terms of whether you want to switch around the personnel who started, you can forgive Willock.
00:21:15
Iain Mackay the Noo
and long staff, if their form looks good in training, as to just having had a bad day at the office, I would be reluctant to say either of them out and bring Tonali in,
Criticism of Tonali's Impact as a Substitute
00:21:27
Iain Mackay the Noo
because let's be fair, Tonali was terrible on when he came on as a substitute.
00:21:31
Iain Mackay the Noo
He did absolutely nothing. I know and like he was playing in a team with players who he'd never met before, or so it looked.
00:21:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
True.
00:21:39
Iain Mackay the Noo
But i wouldn't I wouldn't try and draw any conclusions from that game, it was so poor in the second half. I think Eddie will start start with but the same 11, burn in for Kelly, and then maybe make the same substitutions.
00:21:55
Iain Mackay the Noo
We'll see Barnes come on, we'll see Tenali come on. And hopefully, because if there's a team more out of form than Newcastle, it's Crystal Palace, that we can get ahead and then we'll be in control and people can win their form.
00:22:05
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:22:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's what we said about West Haman.
00:22:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know, but that's what we said about West Ham and look what happened.
00:22:13
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Oh no.
00:22:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm not going there. I've decided ive I'm going to make predictions and I'm going to stay positive, but I'm not going to say
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00:22:20
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anything.
00:22:20
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I'm not even predicting anymore.
00:22:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've decided because we said too much about West Ham and look what happened. Yeah. Should we just not predict anything? Cause I'll never predict us to lose by the way.
00:22:26
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No. Call it off.
00:22:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
So like, yeah, it's, it's always going to have to be, it's always got to have a positive slant. Um, but anyway, what we'll what well will do is we'll, we'll cut it off at that point.
00:22:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:22:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, Nick, if you can do the next sponsor and then we will actually move on to the prediction set.
00:22:44
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Key Threats from Crystal Palace Players
00:23:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
fabulous fabulous cool um i'll tell you what actually we'll leave the predictions right at the end as we'll always do shall we talk about palace a bit just a little bit not too much because ian's gonna do a pod with the palace lads where he's gonna talk way more about palace that that's all the palace we need um but basically just quickly Are there particularly any players that you guys are worried about going into this game?
00:23:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know we touched on a little bit beforehand as to which players are out for them. um And Ezio would have been my big one that I would have said.
00:23:44
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:23:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
However, he's like 50-50. There's a chance of him playing, which realistically he might just be on the bench then. unless we're being lied to. So it that one's a funny one, I think. um So I think of who we know we'll be playing. I'm going to say Saar. I'm not going to say his first name because I always butcher it, but we all know who Saar is. um I believe he scored in the last game as well, but he's my main concern of who I know is definitely playing. Gay, he's a funny one because he's blowing hot and cold.
00:24:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's had some great games. He's had some absolute chokers. So to me, he's not so consistent that I'd be scared of him at the back as well. um So I think it'll be interesting to see how he performs. Or is he going to put on a massive performance and trying to pull for us to buy him in January is what I'm wondering. You know, I think I'm sure of potential new owners. I'm wondering whether he's going to pull a one of those. Let's not hope too much because we don't want him to have a great performance after all.
00:24:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
um can you guys think of anyone else in particular from who we know will be playing obviously as i say i know we've discussed who's out but do you guys have any worries or concerns Ian i'll come to you first
00:24:55
Iain Mackay the Noo
going down there now, as I was when we went down at the end of last season and got absolutely spanked by them. um I know that they've lost their, what do you call them, Elise, say and they don't have him, but he wasn't the only man who embarrassed us. Mateta was too hot to handle all night that night. um He could easily burst back into life. I know he's been fairly quiet this season, but he's the sort of battering around type center forward like Antonio was against West Ham.
00:25:32
Iain Mackay the Noo
And it was Antonio who gave Kelly such a hard time.
00:25:32
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:25:35
Nicola Pringle-Adams
It was.
00:25:35
Iain Mackay the Noo
And I thought, although we've all slagged Kelly because he didn't get to those headers, I thought he handled that really horrible, horrible, horrible opponent quite well. He ended up underneath him most of the time.
00:25:47
Iain Mackay the Noo
But yeah, so Mateta, if Eze is playing and Eze has not been very spectacular this season, I think he scored once.
00:25:58
Iain Mackay the Noo
But, you know, he he broke into England at the same games that Anthony Gordon went in, went to the World Cup. That's because he's a class player. So, you know, he could he could always do us.
00:26:10
Iain Mackay the Noo
And I did you have news on Adam Wharton? Because I've been really impressed with him and he he was very good, very good last year.
00:26:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's out, apparently.
00:26:19
Iain Mackay the Noo
and If he's out, then.
00:26:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um... No, he's out.
00:26:23
Iain Mackay the Noo
Then, you know, I
00:26:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
They've got a potential... Yeah, potential return of, like, the 7th-ish of December. And that's just potential, apparently.
00:26:31
Iain Mackay the Noo
Right.
00:26:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a groin-hip injury.
Crystal Palace's Current Form and Newcastle's Edge
00:26:33
Iain Mackay the Noo
Right, good. Well, that increases our chances because he's a very good player.
00:26:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Definitely.
00:26:38
Iain Mackay the Noo
um And I guess, say, um that ran the show, the whole of the Palace team ran the show when we lost three.
00:26:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
definitely
00:26:44
Iain Mackay the Noo
Was it 3-0? We didn't score, did we?
00:26:46
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I don't think we did, no.
00:26:48
Iain Mackay the Noo
We might have got a last-minute consolation or something, but who That doesn't count.
00:26:50
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Forgotten about it, to be honest.
00:26:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then Ketty is out, remember as well.
00:26:54
Iain Mackay the Noo
Yeah.
00:26:56
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, he's out.
00:26:56
Iain Mackay the Noo
and kay ya I don't actually rate very much, but yeah, if he's plain center forward, he could always always do something, he's fast as well.
00:27:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was gonna say, yeah.
00:27:03
Iain Mackay the Noo
so you know But if they this is what I mean, they've got a lot of their team out and injured, so let's stay positive for the Newcastle chances.
00:27:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's a danger man.
00:27:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
I have.
00:27:10
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:27:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nick, do you have any other thoughts on that?
00:27:18
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No, I kind of think you guys have covered.
00:27:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyone else you can think of, really?
00:27:21
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I think you guys have um covered them all, to be fair. um I think you guys, someone of you two mentioned Mark Gahey. I'm not worried about him. I'm not worried about him at all.
00:27:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, he blows too hot and cold, I don't think yeah.
00:27:30
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I think he's definitely having a bit of a Yeah he's having a really up and down season and obviously he's now playing the team that he's been heavily linked with um in that very public transfer thing that didn't happen.
00:27:35
Iain Mackay the Noo
And.
00:27:46
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So yeah so um oh I don't want to say this because I feel like I probably shouldn't but I'm not worried about going to Palace. I'm not worried about going to Palace although I said this about West Ham.
00:27:57
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I'm not worried about going to Palace because I think the quality we have on the pitch beats their quality that they have on the pitch at the moment because they are not having a very strong season. um And that's all I'm going to say on that matter.
00:28:09
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So I'm not worried. I'm staying positive.
00:28:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
I like that. That's all right. So it doesn't jinx us.
00:28:13
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No.
00:28:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
It doesn't do anything. Nothing can come back on you. I like that stance.
00:28:16
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No.
00:28:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right.
Predictions for the Crystal Palace Game
00:28:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Go on then. So I think this will be a really interesting actually. um Let's go for some score predictions. Ian, I'm really wondering, are you going to stick with your normal or are you going to go something different?
00:28:27
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Oh!
00:28:28
Iain Mackay the Noo
and
00:28:31
Iain Mackay the Noo
This, or what am I going to do?
00:28:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Pardon me.
00:28:33
Iain Mackay the Noo
what before but when and When I was thinking about what I was going to say, I thought two of the lowest three scorers in the league, this has got a horrible, goalless draw written all over it.
00:28:40
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Aww.
00:28:44
Iain Mackay the Noo
Last match or a match.
00:28:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:28:46
Iain Mackay the Noo
And it could be that. However, I'm hoping that um Newcastle against West Ham was a bit of an aberration. We were good for the first hour or so.
00:28:59
Iain Mackay the Noo
Let's continue with that and actually manage to get ahead. And then I think it will be a fairly comfortable 3-1 away win.
00:29:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's sticking with his normal. I like it.
00:29:11
Nicola Pringle-Adams
There he goes, I love it.
00:29:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brilliant. Go on, Nick. I'll let you go next then.
00:29:14
Iain Mackay the Noo
It worked at Forest, worked at Forest.
00:29:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do you reckon? and Well, it did, it did, it did.
00:29:17
Nicola Pringle-Adams
It did. It did. It did. I am going for a 2-1. Newcastle, obviously.
00:29:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Obviously.
00:29:28
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yep, obviously.
00:29:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I'm gonna go 2-0. It might be a bit enthusiastic, but I don't, I think our defense is going to be a lot tighter.
00:29:33
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, nice.
00:29:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
We know Burns back and I know he's not just the defense, but he does make such a difference. Um, and like we've just discussed, if we can stay strong at the back and if we've got the scoring boots on, I'd like to see a nice, I say a comfortable 2-0, it's never comfortable in Newcastle, is it?
00:29:52
Nicola Pringle-Adams
It is.
00:29:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's always squeaky bum time.
00:29:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think even if we're 3-0 up or something, isn't it? Um, but yeah, I'll, I'll, I'll go for 2-0.
00:29:58
Iain Mackay the Noo
when they've when they've watched When they've watched that West Ham game back and Eddie has said to Fabian Shaw, did you think you were playing in a Steve Bruce team again? Because that's hoof ball, then I think there'll be a little bit more effort being put in by some of the very regular performers. And if they are half on their game, we should have way too much for Palace.
00:30:22
Nicola Pringle-Adams
A hundred percent.
00:30:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
agree. I agree. Oh, we're expecting massive, massive difference. You expect Eddie to have, but I say this right, but this is exactly what I said at half time against West Ham, because we went in, like you say, we had had the better half.
00:30:29
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Or the other one.
00:30:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I was like, I said to my mate, I was like, he's going to kick them into gear, right? They're going to step back up. So we had whittled a bit towards the end of the first half. unwork I was like, nah, as said as he'll sort them out. They're going to come out fire in the second half.
00:30:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
how wrong was that statement of or was that statement in fact but i do strongly believe that you know a week between games there's going to be a lot kind of talked about and worked on instead of just a 15 minute break if you know what i mean so um yeah it's i think we're right i think we're very right to expect a lot more and i think the players are going to expect a lot more from themselves you know they are professionals you've got to think they care a bit more than the show than the second half so yeah
00:31:01
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:31:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
i think we'll finish on that anyway because that is probably the most positive we've been all day it's been fun um but i think i'll see you guys in a few days after we've had a lovely weekend off it's been nice as always see you guys later
00:31:12
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah,