Southampton Dellivery

This week I’m joined by Allen “I swear I’m not related to Angus” Gunn (@a_gunzy) from St. Mary’s Musings (@stmarysmusings). We have the pleasure of discussing Saints’ most recent home PL win, something that hasn’t happened in months, or at all this season. However, it’s not all roses. There are a number of issues that still stand out and need addressing, and there’s a big mid-week match against Norwich to think about as well. We chat, we analyze, we make mistakes and we proselytize. I just hope you enjoy it.

Be sure to visit stmarysmusings.sbnation.com to keep up to date with Saints through Allen and the rest of the team. 

Also, I had the pleasure of joining the Total Saints Podcast this week. You can find them on Twitter or SoundCloud if you wish (and you should wish). 

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OUR PARTNER-Follow the Southampton Page- on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

LOGO Design- Matt Beling of the wearesouthampton on Instagram.

Music Credits: 

All music in this episode comes courtesy of the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org. 

Intro Song- “Epic Song” by BoxCat Games- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games/

End of Show/Credits- “Aim is True” by Podington Bear- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/

Until next time, cheers.

Matt

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Saints went to the Emirates to face a struggling Arsenal team on Saturday. Saints really only failed in two areas. They failed to finish. They failed to finish their chances, which would have put the game out of sight and they failed to finish the game.

The point taken from Arsenal feels like two dropped instead. A point away against a perennial top-6 contender should be seen as a good thing, but the win was there for Saints to take. To claim as their own, and instead, they blew it in the end.

Joining me to discuss the match this week is Rob Maddox. Rob is no stranger to the show and it was a pleasure to speak with him about Saints near win, even if we did it so soon after the match we can’t help but feel it was points lost.

You can follow Rob on Twitter (@jameslordprowse) and Instagram (@robmaddox_), and get in touch with the Ugly Inside’s Movember Campaign by clicking on the links.

Thanks for all of your support over the last 150 episodes (150 weeks) of the show. It’s been a wild ride- ok, mostly just steep drops, but hey- and I’m looking forward to more. Hopefully, you are too!

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OUR PARTNER-Follow the Southampton Page- on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

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Music Credits: 

All music in this episode comes courtesy of the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org. 

Intro Song- “Epic Song” by BoxCat Games- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games/

End of Show/Credits- “Aim is True” by Podington Bear

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This has been a wonderful break, although it’s been of the International variety. England qualified for the Euros, Davo missed a penalty, Tadic suffered a last-minute heartache equalizer against Ukraine, though he scored his penalty, and the US redeemed itself against Canada. A lot has happened, but only glancing at scores and watching highlights has been a welcomed reprieve from what Saints have put me (and us) through the past few weeks. Now, I think I’m ready to get back to it. Dare I say I’m looking forward to Arsenal this coming weekend in the under-achieving, should be better than we are but can’t figure out a coherent system manager derby.

Over the break, I had the chance to speak once again with the Atheltic’s Carl Anka. With no specific match to talk about we had plenty of time to discuss some listener questions, in addition to the few I had lined up for Carl. One of the things I wanted to make sure and address was what, if any, changes had Carl noticed since arriving to cover the club. Since he’s new to the scene (sort of, I guess) and focused on the club for his work, how have moods and things shifted since the start? Who, if anyone, has been vocal or has had a somewhat noticeable change in demeanor?

After that, Carl and I run through your questions, have a laugh so we don’t cry and the hour+ we spent on Skype flew by. I hope you enjoy the show this week, and if you aren’t familiar with Carl’s work there are a few links below to get you caught up with what he’s been doing around for the Athletic recently. If Carl’s voice sounds familiar, he’s a regular panelist on the Totally Football Show and is one of the hosts of the Parts Unknown Wrestling Podcast. Links are below for those as well.   

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Timeline: 

Intro- 2:10

William joins the show- Welcome and Film Talk- 7:27

Saints Talk- 38:20

Outro- 1:14:45

Saints failed, for the 4th time running, to avoid a loss at St.Mary’s. It wasn’t 0-9 this time, but in all honesty, it wasn’t that much better. After going down early Saints simply meandered, seemingly directionless and without much passion, towards halftime. Saints started with a back 3. The same back 3 that stood so firmly for so long against Manchester City just a week ago, but by allowing the early goal, and with Stuart Armstrong stuck in as a Right Wing-Back, it was all going wrong for Saints.

Halftime brought changes and the Boufal created Saints first shot just moments after coming on. He then provided the assist for Danny Ings. After that, Saints settled back into the all-to-familiar and slowly let the game slip away from them. Richarlison eventually gave the visitors the lead, and Everton secured their first away win of the season. The result has left Saints in the relegation zone and Saints fans particularly flummoxed.

That’s the context for this week’s show. Another poor performance, another relegation fight, another match where the players seem to be coasting, another season where the manager doesn’t seem to know his best side. It’s crushing to all of us, and it definitely makes doing things like this show harder.

This week, though, I’m joined by a familiar voice. Not to this show, but around the Saints FC community. He’s appeared on the Saints FC Podcast, The Ugly Inside, on this week’s Total Saints Podcast and here. He writes and talks he gardens and he’s all around just pretty great. We spend a lot of this week talking about his new film, The Name, written by William and shot in a single day in three locations in England. It’s a lot of fun and well worth 20 minutes of your time. William and his team have more coming and we discuss that as well. We discuss pretty much everything because I did not want to talk about the match, but we eventually did.

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Twitter- @pirate_st

Movie Website- somedaysarediamonds.co.uk

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Saints’ schedule this past week is exactly what Halloween Nightmares are made of. Two trips to the defending champions in less than a week just after a 0-9 thrashing at the hands of the Leicester City. Seems like Saints were in for a beatdown of epic proportions. The midweek match came and went, with City moving on in a match that left much to be desired on most accounts. Saturday, however, was a different story. Solid, resilient, and efficient with their shots, Saints held City scoreless for 70 minutes. With Pep absolutely fuming to the point he was running sprints and warming up on the sidelines, City broke through to go level and eventually found a winner from Kyle Walker. Heartbreak for Saints, but there are a lot of different things we can (and do) say about the week. Joining me to do that are Jake Hughes (@JJHughes_) and Allen “I swear I’m not related to Angus” Gunn (@a_gunzy) from St. Mary’s Musings (@stmarysmusings). We talk shop, Saints, have a laugh and answer a couple of questions. If it’s possible, I’m perhaps too comfortable chatting with them, but oh well.

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Getting beat by 9 goals is something I’ve struggled to recover from in Fifa, let alone in real life. There are times when you get knocked down, and you get up again, we all do. But, when you lay down and allow things to happen to you, that’s different. It’s harder to come back from. There is going to be shame and guilt and a ton of other things that are harder to shake off. 

And, unfortunately, that’s about where we find ourselves this week. Perhaps the poorest performance I’ve ever witnessed. Abject, unacceptable, embarrassing, however, you want to say it. All of those emotions are in the show this week. But, the good news is that Chris Rann (@crstig on Twitter and writing @saintsworld.co.uk) and I were forced to wait a day to record due to some issues with the internet. But, we regrouped and came again, exactly what we hope Saints will do this week. 

Chris and I run through the game and the general happenings around the club, answer your questions, laugh, cry and end up having a pretty good time. I hope you enjoy it.

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One thing: I was (still am) pretty sick during this…also, very hungover. Go Astros. 

Sorry.

A point on the road isn’t bad in the Premier League. Take a point against a team who just beat Manchester City, maybe a bit better. Saints were far from perfect, with VAR perhaps getting the MOTM award for us in the first half as the seemingly normal defensive frailties showed themselves again.

With both teams netting in the second half the sides split the points. But, was that a fair result? Freddie, the face of The Ugly Inside YouTube Channel, joins me to discuss the match and everything going on over at TUI Enterprises. 

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All music in this

I’d be willing to say that the majority of Saints fans who are on Twitter, read about Saints online or listen to Saints related podcasts know, at least vaguely, who Carl Anka is. In the past two months, Carl has emerged as the newest, full-time professional writer covering Saints. Carl writes for theathletic.com and is exclusively writing about Southampton FC. The Athletic has compiled an elite group of journalists who cover all of the top flight and select teams in the Championship. They provide top-notch coverage and unique insight on all aspects of the club and sport. The opportunity to speak with Carl was an honor. And I took the opportunity to (hopefully) ask some questions that others have not, hopefully giving some of the same insight to Carl as Carl gives to the team (I likely failed, but anyway).

Our conversation covers everything from life in Southampton to reporting for The Athletic, working with editors, covering uncomfortable topics, video games and more. I had a blast, even though I was definitely showing the early signs of a sore throat and Skype was being Skype. Hopefully, it’s an enjoyable insightful episode…

If you want to get in touch with Carl or see more of him there are some links below. The Free Trial link is just that… the link titled “My Link” is a referral link from the Athletic. I am a paying subscriber and if you use that I get a kickback once you sign up. Both plans are offering 40% off for the year if you sign up annually. I should also say the Athletic covers a wide range of other sports and I’ve found the coverage all around to be great… I’m also really uncomfortable putting my own link in here, but whatever.

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Sunday’s game against an in-form Chelsea was about as far from perfect as Saints have been under Ralph Hasenhuttl. In fact, it’s a reminder of what the team has looked like on the pitch under several previous managers. There’s no denying that we have plenty of things that need addressing, from the defense to a plan B. But, there’s also no way to look at the team and think Saints have not improved under Ralph at all. He’s far from a miracle worker, but there’s something about him that makes us (well, at least me) happy he’s here and somewhat happy with the job he’s doing. Sure, I’d love for us to be further along, but that’s not always realistic given the different constraints and things we are dealing with as a club.

Tom Murray (@T214Murray on Twitter) joins me this week to discuss the loss. He’s seen a fair few of them during his time as a commentator for Alan March Sport, as he's’ covered almost every home match since Saints introduced the Audio Description Commentary service last season. Tom as I discuss his duties, England vs Kosovo, I make a lot of bad jokes, we talk about Chelsea and answer your questions, all on this week’s show. Get in touch and let us know what you think!

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Tom- @T214Murray

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SouthamptonFC Supporter Services- https://www.southamptonfc.com/supporter-services/disabled-supporters/audio-description

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We went from 4 goals against a pretty crap 11 men in an old stadium in front of a hostile crowd to 1 goal against 10 pretty good men in a stadium so fresh it still smells like new and was built for the acoustics but turns out the atmosphere wasn’t all that great… that was what Saints have been up to since the last episode. It’s been quite a ride, to say the least, and several fans have been along for it.

One of those fans is Luke Millard and he joins me this week to discuss the trip to Fratton Park and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the decisions, the chances, the euphoria and the frustration that so many of us experience in one way or another each week. You can find Luke on Instagram @millard505.

Special thanks to Luke for taking so much of his time to share with me (and you), and thank you for taking the time to listen! I hope you enjoy it!

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Music Credits: 

All music in this episode comes courtesy of the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org. 

Intro Song- “Epic Song” by BoxCat Games- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games/

End of Show/Credits- “Aim is True” by Podington Bear- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/

Until next time, 

Matt