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hello and welcome to another episode of su United talk time on podcast is the Sutton podcast in
association with Lucky Star Jin I'm your host Mike and today on the panel we have Jenny and Neil in this episode we're
going to be covering the trip to Woodstone and we're going to look forward to the visit of York and the artwork that you guys can't see but it
will be on the thing um is from Leo who is Amber Army on Twitter so it's Amber
Army Su on X not Twitter so thanks Leo for the artwork
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podcast and all those likes and shares do let the algorithms get it in other people's um faces as well we're going to
jump in and we're going to say hello to Jenny and was your summer off
Jenny very good watching the Euros bit like watching something got to say um
yeah time off bit traveling around as normal but looking forward to the football starting it's a long time since
MK Don absolutely yeah um and we have a
debut we have new Neil no I'm just gonna say Neil hello Neil mik
hi there Mike and Jen yeah lovely to be on lovely thank you for joining us um we're gonna ask you to tell us a little
bit about yourself and how you discovered your love for S United and in fact the sound machine's going to come
back into play I want to know who are
you see that little bit of panic when it didn't come in straight away I was like oh God it's not working um so yeah NE
tell us a little bit about yourself and how you started supporting S I know it's a fairly recent um
Journey yeah absolutely so um I I mean Cricket has always been my first love as
a sport and then in the last couple of years um I think it was the Australia World Cup there was a women's football
World Cup in Australia and New Zealand a few years back U or maybe it was in last year but anyway I was waking up very
early with my daughter my older daughter I got two daughters and we' be watching games and she she said to me Daddy I
want to go to a match a local match and then I I looked at tickets I thought let me look at Palace tickets and you know
it was a couple of days before uh it was it was like a Thursday evening and it was the prices are outrageous for the
Saturday I was like oh she might not even like it I might not even enjoy it so why spend all that so I thought let's
go down to certain and it was just a blast it was just a really really good experience that we met Jenny the giraffe
and like the kids still yeah exactly and um yeah I they remember Jenny many of
the game but no and then it was just it was a very positive experience coming to the game on the Saturday and I came
again on the following Tuesday's game I think it was I think I can't remember which game it was now anyway Tuesday
evening game was great atmosphere um couple of years ago now and um yeah and
then what happened is I grew up in the area we moved away and then sort came back I was bumping into people from
school bumping into you know you chat someone next to you in the crowd and you find out you know you live couple of
roads down from each other and then it was just a very congenial atmosphere and I just really really enjoyed it and I I
think it was a Saturday game against we played crew um this was a Matt graay was still manager and crew were one nil up
and then um freezing cold Saturday after we scored an equalizer and um there's two guys either
side didn't know them been chatting to them but when we scored we just all had arms around each other jumping up and
down and um yeah it was just unbelievable and it's just that connection with the S the other fans and
stuff really that that that that kept me coming back and uh yeah I still hooked
now to be honest yeah that's do you know what you you left that message on YouTube um where
we're talking to Paul Brunson and he' said his little story and you kind of
that Echoes a lot of what I said and it's almost word for word without turning to a stranger a hug on me I was okay I didn't
realize it was quite that um so I suspect at one stage this season your
girls may get a bit of extra attention from Jenny the giraffe because you may or may not know and don't tell them but
Jenny has been Jenny and at least two occasions now three now three now okay
only need two so Jenny has been Jenny so she can't see much but if she sees you
and you say hello Jenny you handing out Easter
eggs not that one the first time she did it was was it last season yeah yeah when
we played Wimbledon yeah so first time she did it and um and then there was
near Christmas I was guiding her around yeah and um I said something to her
because I I'd done a dress up in an outfit years ago friend dress and I said oh let me just double check are you actually smiling when the photos are
taken and she's like yeah and I was like you know no one can see what you're doing this outfit she's like I still do
you can't help it you can't help it but yeah no is it is it is a nice little
club and it does hook you in like as as everyone has said is once you start coming you start coming um you said it's
been a couple years for me it's um 35 wow go on Jenny
61 I my dad took me when I was five and I'm well you work it out then
yeah it's more you're 27 yeah 27 years young yeah it it does hook you in and
you can't get away from it yeah yeah hooks you in right so there is another
bit well not another bit a bit of homework I set you um I do have to say when I did these questions these random
questions it was at the end of last season and it wasn't when they were chucking around all the words professionalism and all the rest of the
changes they want to make but um this one's quite relevant I think so it's the Knowing Me Knowing You section and ABA
still haven't put a copyright on me for this
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so the question I asked and we're gonna start with you Jenny because was have a slightly different perspective with
young on as well um but what changes or improvements would you like to see at the club over the next few
years I made notes I made notes oh my God I know no um um I'd love to see um
on a big scale the Collinwood road side you know there's always been the
plans about building something there you know changing rooms and and the thing
yeah I'd love to start seeing that come to fruition or being made a start of because it's such a big space there
could be a really good you know uh you know such a lot of wasted space for us
um you know it could be a great space I'd like to see that uh materialize or
starting to materialize and if I on a very small
note that hopefully this season the change I'd like to see I'm not sure how
they'll do it on Saturday um when I was coming back after
half time to go to this so from the grandstand side obviously when I was
going back to the standing where you were Mike um you know down the
Collinwood Road end the steward wouldn't allow me to walk through the seated part okay I had
to go round the back the back now I I wasn't impressed I won't say what I said
I think I just called him a jobsworth because I said I don't sit I mean he's not going to know me but I don't see it
the thing is I went around the back quite fast and I only just got in when
the second goal went in and I would have been Furious if ID missed that and I
thought is there not a way where you know if people walk by and
they suddenly sit down the stward could go up yeah I'm not GNA do that I you know so I'd like to see that sort of
sorted out maybe it happens um I think they got to be sensible I I don't want to see it don't you know I need to give
you a pass because you were been Jenny so they should have said you a little bit paper to say they didn't know that
that was me EXA EXA but I only just got that goal and I was thinking as I walk around if I miss a goal I'm going to be
furious you know there was there was a lot of things like that yesterday with not yesterday Saturday with theing um
because apparently Paul got stopped coming up the tunnel um asked for his media pass and it was
uh no no no um Paul the photographer um it was media passes haven't been given
out to anyone yet well we can't let you pass without media pass and you had people coming out go no no one's got a media part it's fine they to argue to go
no let them out because there are no media parties um so yeah there's going to be a few things like that obviously
it's new I'm being I know it'll probably get sorted out and and I don't expect special treatment and it what was nice
is that some of the stewards recognize you know we recognize them they recognize us and I didn't get any greef
about going in the the 1898 thing um the last down our end she was the one that
used to be at the other end she knew so oh lean yeah yeah she's yeah the new
people and you know I'm not I'm not g and it we'll get sorted out but I thought there must be a way where we can
walk through that area um yeah I hopefully because I'm not I'm not
confident there will be because it's such a small um walkway um not that it's
to stop people necessarily sitting down it's more to stop people walking across people's view as well so you have people
going paid for a seat and I got people walking in front of me I yeah yeah Fair it's something supporters and I go me
I'll run yeah exactly that's a that that that was what I'd like to see maybe
they could sort it out absolutely there's loads to sort out um yeah stand I think a lot of people like the idea of
I'm GNA get this wrong was it Maidstone who had a new stand and they were saying
we could have one like that it wasn't did M stand have 3G which one of them's got 3G yeah maon have they had a new
stand a few years ago and a lot of people were saying something like that across the um the park end would be
lovely um but whe we're gonna get it or not um I'd I'd love that to happen you
know it's been a long years now they about it when we played Arsenal that they thr before that
yeah Neil um with your your own thoughts and your dad thoughts what changes would
you like to see at the club in the next few years so I think um and I haven't been
to um Ganda Green Lane this season so far I missed the first home game but
last season I did think the fan Zone area was really quite tired like if I I'm honest now that may have been
upgraded and I think it has like from what I've seen but yeah so I mean that's
sorted already probably so I can't make it this weekend but when I come to next home game in a few weeks I I'm looking
forward to that because I just thought it was just looking really disheveled and probably for good reason they holding back until end of the season to
to fix it but the nice thing is that they I like I like when they the club
have done um you know sometimes they had the the women's players out there sort of greeting fans some the the men's
players before the game and I think you can't underestimate how much you know how much that that that's appreciated by
like the fans especially those with kids and stuff and um and times when there
sort of a little football Court set up so the kids can run around and play Just near the fans and I think that works
really well and everyone's like you know everyone you know it's just good fun that engagement you know you play a bit
and then you go inside and you watch and it all builds up builds up to the game doesn't then you see Jenny and then you
know then it's just life is life is peat to that point but if you're if
especially if you're below eight years old but um yeah so that that was probably my main thing really the fans
are but it sounds like that's that's um improved and probably the other thing again this is pretty quite small but um
and it's probably not directly to do with the club either but the sort of range of food and drink um in the in the
in the stools um inside the ground yeah Beyond just you know chips and the burger like which are which are great
but like maybe a few more ranges of burger or I don't know some kids drinks
or something just like those fruit shoots or something it just makes it it's it's a very very small Point um but
it makes it makes a difference like when you when you're taking little ones along no absolutely um it it is on the radar I
have no more information than it's on the radar um and yeah there's lots of little things that aren't there there's
um no sort of vegetarian or vegan options other than chips um so there's
lots of little things that could easily happen other for me sort of sit there and I think there's no reason why we
can't have a massive pole a bowl of chili or a massive like vegetarian Curry
or just there you can dollop it into like one of those poistar and go there you go off you go to make so far the two
away games we've been shown up with our catering yeah they've been very very good and you know they're smaller clubs
in theory than ours and it we would be embarrassed if they came to ours at the
moment they would it's very very good at Wilson and at Tamworth yeah I mean the
only thing I know is it's been mentioned many times I think you were very generous with your oh the burgers are
good um but it's been mentioned a lot um yeah the fan zones changed a little bit
um I have to admit when the first fan Zone went up I did I was kind of really excited for it um and it was coincided
when we went to Wembley I was asked to have a little look at the fan Zone Wembley take photos and I was like yeah this is going to be great and I got there and I was like it's literally a
bar a a food out and some barriers that's that's all it was so then when people start moaning
about hour one hang on a minute this is way better than was a wimbley so let's just let's sort it out so yeah there's
lots of nice little things that's G behind at that end and um it can be sort of developed because it's kind of nicely
hidden away um so you can't see the pitch which is obviously you're not allowed to um so I think you'll enjoy
and there's a look semi permanent um small area for the kids to play that um with the footballs and there was someone
there certainly feeding the ball in as as they went flying off so they got to carry on playing as well so that was
good um yeah I mean for me this it's the little things um the the that side would
love to see it developed my my dream was a big stand with the change rooms and stuff underneath the stand um food and
drink Outlets so because I know at some stage especially if we go up we're going to be stuck in our little bits so if you
choose that end you're not going to be a just to wander around and stuff so everyone's got to have their own little things as well so um just get all those
little things take people's money is what I want but don't make them feel like they're taking their money like
they got have a great day out and so on um right quickly on to Club news uh the
coach to eastley is uh being taken bookings for now so make sure you jump on it it's shaping up to be a very
interesting match at the moment um and um yeah thanks Steve and everyone you've
signed a new player I managed to get someone to a scouting report for me tomorrow but you chose to play him literally the day after so everyone's
going to seen the player before they hear um my in-depth report about the player and there's nothing really
special to say on the podcast so yay um prematch Neil we'll start with you did
you even try and predict the lineup because um if I had I would have gone
with a very unchanged side um because you win 5- nil you keep it the same no
no not Steve five Chang I think it was but how did you feel line four or five yeah yeah
yeah five changes wasn't it yeah I I didn't I didn't try and predict it I I was I just did the same sort of guess
work as you Steve my come in sorry and um that it'll be largely unchanged maybe
a couple of the players had niggles I I don't know but um it was it was good that um was it CH did Charlie wall was
it his debut yeah yeah and he I I I thought that was good he I thought then
we're going to come on to this but I did think sort Wiston were were you know quite good going down that side and you
know he had a lot of work to do but the goal was was would have boosted his confidence a lot so in terms of the
pre-match from the previews I'd read I thought largely unchanged team I was completely wrong and I was thought we
would probably eat a narrow win which thank goodness was a was right basically based on based on the results I'd seen
from Wiston last year it would have been quite poignant to see um Craig as well CRA play but I think he
had an injury he did he was about beforehand did you see him Jenny or no I didn't I was look but I didn't see him
but um he was about I know I know quite a few people had a little chat with him and stuff oh right oh that's good
because I thought well to be quite honest like the team he would only know like
Jacko uh Steve Arnold and and Josh Coy and I thought so he he might have stood
with the fans which wouldn't have looked good at Wilston so exactly yeah yeah well think of poor enzio he would have known any of the
players en no he would have known Catherine and yeah I don't know but they
would have known they would have known the fans more they would have known more of the fans than the players yeah yeah to sort of mix more with us than them so
but no I didn't see him which is a shame because a lot of people wanted to thank him because you never get a chance to do that when you you know when these
players go so but what were your thoughts on the lineup and your
expectations ahead of the game me yeah the lineup yeah I saw no cuz I am
still getting used to what who who they are thank God they've got names on the back I do know a certain amount I know
about five now um and it never occurred to me because uh I still have to get efl
out my head because when you're in the efl you don't play bank holiday Monday and then it made sense that he
would change people around because although they're a very young and fit Squad there's a lot of games there's
what they're going to be playing four games in what eight days or something you know Saturday Tuesday Saturday
Monday so when that was sort of pointed out to me I thought yeah but I didn't
appreciate it because I thought it was going to be same St great I'm raring to go I can look at this now though oh no
he's changed it so it isn't to my mind it isn't that they were injured or they were retired he was mixing it up because
when with the greatest respect to Wiston I don't know he's ever going to
say but I think he might may have thought that York City was going to be a
harder match than Wilston and eastly definitely then maybe both of
those so I think he was just you know fresh yeah I think there was nothing
more than that that there's a lot of games because I remember bank holiday Monday's last
three seasons I used to look for oh we're not playing you know you didn't have a game so I used to go down and
watch you know National League sides if I could can't do that anymore well you can it's just our national
league no absolutely love it so the I don't think there's anyone everyone's
given a figure yet but they announced the crowd is just under, 1600 but I don't think they actually announced the
away attendance but um from different reports I'm hearing sort of 350 to 450 do what kind
of read somewhere 310 where I read it that's that's still
it's a lot more than we would normally take away I mean I go to m a lot of the away matches and you know we'd be to the
hardcore of you know 180 200 if we got 200 it would be
fantastic um usually maybe up to 100 on the further you know not count things
but yeah I mean a lot of the Amber Army young Lads they f one of the stand they
were there um and I could see and I thought great now whether that was on the back of Saturday I don't know but a
lot more than I would suggest normally go um and in a sense by the train and
that it wasn't too difficult a trip to make but yeah a good turnout a lot you
know a good turnout excellent um yeah right so the match let's let's get on to
it um yeah Jenny we we'll start with you um what how I mean I know we scored
after 11 minutes but how are you kind of feeling um leading up to the goal um
yeah I mean what I'm we always have a lot of energy
um it it was what what I like on and I see it whether people say it wasn't a
very good match etc etc is whenever the opposition seem to have the
ball we're on them or get to and it's not just one that you know sometimes we
we we you know we like hering imp packs and I noticed so often when one of them had the ball uh someone came to them but
then there'd be another one trying to get on them yeah and the fact that um
you know it it wasn't spectacular but I I'll be honest it's the third match they
changed the team and I'm still as far as I'm concerned still in the jail because
we're doing so well I think people well that wasn't a very good match and I'm not being funny I will forgive them
anything if we come out win but I'll forgive them anything you know after 10 games I expect to see them firing a lot
more but for what they're doing at the moment I have no complaints um really
have no complaints and then that goal you know listen for what we went through
last season I'm happy it's a better style of football I
know it can be bitty I know that they're not always but it's not hoofball they're fit they're hunting
impacts they're pressing they're really getting in there what's not to like it's a simple for me abely um and and the
goal did you realize how good it was when you were watching it or what was
annoying oh we're down the other end and so far when they're shooting into a
like Saturday they're not score well they Saturday and I must admit half time
though we're up the slope I'm thinking right Y come on we're going to get a couple of goals here and it didn't happen but so we we could see it but I
must admit I said to the other Neil who was I went who scored that I could oh yeah yeah it's very difficult to see and
I don't know them well enough you know oh the guy with the blonde hair who's that no bless him sorry Mr Waller but
you know what I mean so that aspect but that's sort of um second half was
different okay come on to the second half in a second yeah yeah but first half bitty but you know no complaints
I'm sorry that's right was nice still learning they're still learning what what were your thoughts kind of leading
up to the goal Neil and uh similar with Jenny were you impressed with the the the energetic pressing is it High Press
I don't know what they call it yeah I I was was impressed at the
sort of the pace they played at I was I didn't go the only um preseason friendly
I went to was Branford but it was a similar style actually that s high energy pressing up the pitch and um and
yeah I was especially Jade I noted this down actually because an was coming on here Jaden Harrison Jeremy civia was
very impressed with they you know they were very very good caused um WI a lot of problems um especially in the first
half an hour and um and that sort of opened that opened up way the way for
Charlie Waller's goal but we you know they we all still had their moments I think um I think late in the first half
like Steve had to make a really good save and you know that could have changed the game but I didn't feel that
sense of fragility last season if we did go one nil up you saw of could just you
just didn't feel comfortable that it would stay one nil up or we whereas yesterday I didn't feel like oh we're
going to let another goal in or we're going to let one in 95 minute or anything like that even though Steve did
have to make some really good saves so no I was I was very happy with the first T I was impressed all b i I agree with
you J I couldn't see who scored it was quite difficult to make out the but the fact was most of the game was seem to be
being played especially the first half now in in the Ron's third which is a good sign which was a good sign so yeah
I liked wat definitely last season it was that game you're like or when are we going to concede not will we concede
it's like what minute are we going to concede um so neither of you had a good view of the goal but you've obviously
seen it since or I hope you've seen it since on on the on Twitter and whatnot and can I just say w a go yeah oh yeah
yeah oh hang on I'm gonna do that again oh w a go what a come on oh sorry oh no but yes
well an amazing goal and um as he said himself he might need to work on his celebration a little
bit yeah he wasn't expecting it was he it was a good I know Josh probably Josh
probably didn't get the assist but I can remember you know from Midfield when he passed the ball out to I mean that was a
fantastic pass I thought Josh played he was all you know that those goals he's
had his confidence I would like to think is really there he was into everything
even to the point of getting booked which was a bit bizarre but um you know it was a great cross I know it was a
couple of more passes then but he he to me he set it up because I could see that
bit and then it was because there was quite a few players around wasn't there uh well and and then it went in and I'm
like oh right and we couldn't we couldn't see who finished that off yeah he almost kind of stepped back wait the
ball yeah yeah another time you're always attacking the ball because you're desperate to do it and he kind of saw it coming went yeah I know I'm exactly what
I'm going to do and just step back and it's just that little bit extra um obviously we don't see so much because they're coming from theems um but yeah
you you you're right we we doing the high press um there were a little a few
instances um Steve Morrison what didn't seem too fast he said allthough a few times that Steve had to come out and
smother the ball um but there wasn't anything that he was too concerned about he's obviously only been at something
for six months so that's why he's not concerned did did Steve Arnold save that and it was we were right behind it when
he was a brilliant save did that come across on the on the TV so he in the
first half oh in the first half uh yeah he he really had to that was that was the only save he really had to make yeah
aot to do yeah I have to say better te Wilston great but they
didn't have a finisher their finishing was the build up was all but it didn't
bother me because they actually didn't really have a poacher or a finisher yeah
my knowledge of football is legendary but I did say as I was watching it I said to the misses we're lucky that they
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games we were losing yeah but yeah halftime Jenny's
Boy comes on um so first half Finn um the new signing
um lots and lots of uh hype with him and uh he was one that they were definitely
after and in fact um I think it's the athletic um paper magazine thing they
picked him out as one of the players to watch going into the Premier League from theems this year um and then surely
after he signed for us on loan um so did he I didn't see an awful lot wrong but
it was clear it seemed clear he'd only just met the players um but did he show anything for you guys to kind of go oh
that's a good player I'll let Neil go go on so
interesting interesting uh experience last night I spent the whole second half chatting to Finley's dad basically yeah
on the yeah so I was just I didn't know we just started talking to each other and um and you know and I asked him oh
do you come off and he goes well no but my son's playing today so and then you know we went from there and um and
slightly embarrassing I didn't you know I wouldn't S I just remember seeing moments with um Finley um and he looked
neat and tidy he didn't look overly sort of hustled on the ball so like he didn't
seem troubled by the pace of the game but he did pick up a knock and his dad was you know his dad Matt was a little
bit concerned about that but he wasn't hobbling at the end I think he probably I think um Steve would have probably
taken him off at anyway I think that's probably planned yeah yeah yeah so I yeah I think
yeah as far as I said he didn't do much wrong um but it's yeah he probably needs more time to bed in and and just yeah
like gel with the players like Jenny said yeah absolutely I me Jenny you hopefully know I mean but do you
remember when we had Jack Jeb yeah when he got the ball he just
seemed to have time he seemed exactly what he was doing yeah he didn't quite
make it and all the rest of it but he just seemed to get the ball and have a bit of time did it feel a bit like that or again is it just you think isn't
criticizing him I think he's had like one training session yeah I mean yeah
considering he had one training session um you know I I thought he he was he
looked like he'd been in the team longer but I mean he no disrespect to the lad
but he he he wasn't tearing up the pitch and you know um but he looked like he'd
perhaps had preseason with them and that he was playing you know he'd been playing in the team longer definitely he
he looked okay didn't look nervous he he just slotted in um you know obviously
fit like quite quite tall was happy to get in there was happy to try and win
the ball back um yeah he looked okay um but I think that's good because you know
if sorry but if he really is um we wouldn't have him I would suggest if he was
suddenly looking like Messi you know why would be at Sun
United yeah so I mean it's quite noticeable the game kind of not stop
start but it did kind of Swing there was no real chances Steve again had a couple
things to do we'll talk about the one at the end in a it but um we Steve said
this and I agree we just went through that thing of oh we've got the we we kind of what 65 70 minutes we've got
that thing of we've got the one nil let's drop back and defend and start pulling back um were you nervous at this
point Jenny I have to say um I was quite right like last
season it was like when's the other team going to score I didn't feel that but um
sitting next to Neil for the last gosh it was like uh on the you know
75th 80th minute and they were pressing I mean thank God you know they didn't have a
finish on them but I'm like I said to Neil this is starting to feel a bit like last season um you know and I was
actually glad when the final whistle went it it I'm not sure because they were such
poor finishers MH thank God if they hadn't have been I suspect we would have
probably drawn it and you know because again like that oh that save at the end that he knocked onto the post I mean oh
my God like just blow the whistle you know please and what I did notice which was which was strange and I think this
might have been because they're young Lads so there's we're in added time we
actually got the ball I'm not sure it was they went down the wing and we like take it into the corner take it and they
weren't that was us know and it and that yeah and I'm like whoa and that was in
some ways was good it's like we're still going to be attacking here and every we were all going take it into the corner
take it into the corner they didn't and then lost the ball and it's like you know but I think that was an experience
if you scor another a goal you don't need to take it but I did get I did have a little bit of last seasons in the last
three or four minutes and when everyone went oh you know I'm like just blow the whistle please and I was happy with the
one nil absolutely what were you thinking towards that that that s of in part of the game where we
were just dropping back and back and back yeah yeah I I got a little bit of the same feeling that that we used to
get last season but not so much it and I agree with Jenny like we when we had the
ball we were really like we were trying to throw a second goal we weren't holding back from that which was which I like to see which I actually you know we
put you know put two away past them then the game's over so I I thought that was good but the game did get very very
messy and got like from what I could tell anyway like there's lots of niggly fouls and from both from both both teams
so it sort of lost its Rhythm didn't it but I I didn't feel as I would have been like if they had
scored I would have been gutted because I thought yeah you know we didn't you know we really should have won that game
in the I mind you before this before this um podcast I looked at the stats
and the stats are fair I think they were fairly even possession wise and shots wise and stuff but he didn't I think
anyway so um but nevertheless like yeah I I I thought I didn't have the same
worries as last season I don't know why I think it's just the aura the team has they just don't look as nervous or as
fragile um yeah it's very hard to put your finger on it like but I didn't get
that feeling to me it feels that we have
confidence they're going to score or they could score if they needed to last last year we were scratching around for
goals I know we won 5-1 the opening day we beat W 40 but it felt like every goal we scored we had to really work for and
every goal we conceded seemed to just be like oh here you go have a goal um so and it just feels like they if they had
to so if they I think if they had to score if we equalized they would have and I would have got a result right
because I said 2-1 but they also know that I I predict one two two one so
they're not going to do that um let's talk about um Steve livening the night up for everyone um Neil how did you
think of Steve's um juggling and punching it onto the post and saving it just just checking everyone's heart rate
was was still still okay oh he's just such a solid presence though isn't he's just well before I don't know I don't
know well you would have known this watching T but Jenny you may have saw that a young lad a certain fan in the
warm-ups during the warm-ups got hit in the head from just a shot and then um um
yeah he had a bandage put on and first aid and whatnot and it was very unfortunate he was very upset but Steve
Ral came over gave him a hug and you know it was it was just a really nice gesture you know he wanted to stay for
the whole game like Dad said we can go home he said no but Steve I thought was
impressive and you know you know as he has been for a long time he's just a very he's very calm presence from what I
could tell s see I sitting right behind the guy he's got very calming present he doesn't shout and scream like maybe you
know keepers other Keepers should but um yeah it's uh yeah I I got no complaints
got no complaints at all who's our who's our captain is it Josh no it's Ty I just it just occurred to me
okay I just wasn't sure yeah yeah J I was just saying Josh playing he's playing like a senior player sorry
digressed something may have said to him I was looking forward to seeing him as a
senior player because pretty much everywhere he's gone he's been one of the younger ones and now suddenly yeah you're the you're the old boy now well
not the old boy but you're one of the old boys and it's just going to be different to see how he takes that mantle but Jenny how are you feeling
that Steve's juggling uh yeah that but well you know in in some ways I think he
he's earned that that he can do that because I actually am watching it now
okay Wiston you know sort of couldn't hit a barn door but they could what was
there was when they did actually get it on target Steve was there and he was saving them and to me our first half
particularly the def I I thought our defense looked okay but if what was
brilliant is if they uh got shown up Steve was the solid I was sure that he
would then survive you know he's there as the presence that um you know if the
if the defense gets split open anything Steve's there and I had every confidence that whatever went wrong if the defense
let someone in he would be be there and that's the big difference from last season well until the last when he did
play you know honestly I especially when the first half we we we sat I sat behind
him we could see you could see that if the defense didn't clear it up or anything he he was solid he brilliant
goalkeeper and okay he say at the very end I mean it all gave heart fat because
we all thought it had gone in you know from where we could see even the commentators thought it in um it's only
when I've watched it back yeah he put it onto the post great save why not you
know either lost out of his hands or lost sight of it and reacted very very quickly um but yeah the um we should say
the podcast and her G to sponsored Steve arold um the yeah um but I mean we we
saw it out um what are your kind of thoughts on it was the slope that um
important because um a couple people have mentioned it obviously we were going down the hill first half and up
the hill second half um did it seem that obvious Jenny I didn't I didn't think it
I didn't think it did no fair enough they're so fit you know they I mean they're still running 100 miles an hour
at the end of the match and when they say slope I'm like really yeah okay they say it's a slope there's a slope and it
probably is if I was on it but yeah yeah no it
Wiston came out I don't know what they were told at half time but and I thought they'd run out of bit of steam but they
came out to give it everything you know they were throwing the kitchen sink they were doing everything and they seemed to
be able to do that for 45 minutes but thankfully they couldn't get many shots
on target no yeah um so there was a different type of win obviously Saturday
we we had the swash Buckle in and this one we had the kind of Defending it out grinding out the result which
if you're going to get promotions yeah you need to play you need to get points when you're not necessarily firing on
all cylinders um I thought they did all right and as Jenny said earlier this
isn't a team that you're thinking oh God they're lacking it's a case of they jelling they just need a little bit more
time Here There and Everywhere and things will just drop into place not like the disjointed from from last team
last season um Steve made a very funny comment I thought and I got what he
meant straight away but he was happy how we defended it but he wasn't happy with how we defended it it's like hang on
let's right and I get what he means is he's happy we we did defend but he kind
of wants to play on the front fo attacking football so like you guys were saying go to the corner he's like no go
for the goal and then it doesn't matter if they score another one um but how did you see
the the sort of the overall win um Neil will start with you how how did you feel postmatch apart from relief obviously
yeah I thought it was a good s of character building win actually other in a way I I think it would do the team
more good than than the 5-nil win probably um because because it it was tough the second half Wilston came out
and they really you know they troubled us and frankly if it a team with better Strikers they would probably scored
against th and got at least The Equalizer but I think we would have been good enough to to get another one if if
we had to that's that's the difference so I was I was I was really happy with the win I think um I think I think
there's a lot to learn from and and and and the fact that sort of Charlie and Finley and um these guys got you know
really good game time yeah only b as well so I was very very happy yeah Jenny
yeah um the same is interesting because Wiston have now played three games as
well and they've not got a point on the board and they haven't I read their report from Saturday when they played
oldum and if you know they only lost one nil there so they're trying their hardest they're sort of in many ways
they've been unlucky because of that you know they're like it you know to be
their supporter is what we went through last season you know had a lot of the play put you know the Endeavor was
there shootting nearly then but it saved and it hit the post you know I actually
you know I'm glad we won you know I felt for him a little bit bit because they played three probably deserve something
definitely out of Saturday it seems and then old them scored that with we us they hit the but Post in the extra time
um but for ourside these are the games that you don't play particularly well it's not
very good but you win that's saying something over the years that you've
seen whether it's Premiership or here not saying anything yet but they're the
matches that you should have been happy with a draw away
from home but we got the win so buffer um so some little just shouts
from around social medias we've got Kieran on Insta who was not happy that it was terrible in the second half we
had no shots on target um and then on Facebook we had Adam saying brilliant
result and then on uh Tik Tok it's Stuart he's been on a few times not
pretty but we'll take it which pretty sure is what Sally said in the wedding vows but
um so um we're going to finish up with the game and we're just going to do your
good bad and the funny [Music]
that one does get copyrighted um so let's start with what was good so um
Neil what what for you was good this is the match day experience uh last week they were um the both of their bads were
the travel to the game only old men one but um can be anything you like but what
was good for you for first of all well I had an interesting experience I think I shared it on my Instagram but I got off
at fingon station on the way to the ground I was wearning myself shirt and there was a group of maybe 15 20 lads
who weren't in any football kit they saw me pointed and go s s and then they go
what's your name and I said Neil and then they all started CH chining Neil in the middle of fing station in rush hour
and F it's got the it's you know it's quite an echoey station so there I was
feeling like I don't know the other commuters they must have thought I was either I was a celebrity or something I should have like offered been filming
this so that was that was was good it was nice and we had a chat on the way up and it was most of the Young The Young
Lads at the you know Amber army guys and it was it was fun fun so I I enjoyed the
journey up actually yeah um didn't realize how far R slip was you think oh it's London it's London yeah and then it
comes up 50 miles away whoa so so yeah that that was my good
everyone always forgets how big London is really um but yeah I absolutely would have been recording that and that would have been on the tanoy as I'm walking
into work every single morning where I'm working from home or not it's getting even worse now Neil you're good on the
podcast um Jenny what was your good my good um
I've got to name him suu at the end he's becoming his middle name will be urgen
I'm sure um but that's obviously what he's going to do every time if we win
but it it's great because there's the connection then with the fans um and
again it's only the third game but that connection and now people know that he's going to come up because he starts with
his hands shaking um and that's his and that's good it's great it's it's you
know it it does because apart from the fact we've won it leaves everyone with this feel-good feeling you know IE the
match might not have been brilliant but when you got that you know it's it's great that's good it's good with him
that's definitely something that got lost last year that that little walk around just the fans with their get it's
hard I get it's hard when you're losing time after time and you just want Hide Away um but it's that little thing that
keeps everyone on side yeah um Jenny will give you what's bad um the the the bad I I will mention
it is uh and I've dobbed Sid you in on it so I'm sorry mate but it was his shot
he was practicing shooting um and the ball it was a screamer it hit uh like
the top of the stand and a stanion and it flew down and it hit mini cheese
sorry Bruce um which sort of sent him flying and he went into a board that
actually was a bit dangerous um and and so that was bad but I have to say uh the
players that were still they were straight away there because he you know he screamed and that they were straight
away there and uh our you know part of the management team cat Chambers they ran across because
they were calling straight away for someone to come over Ryan was there um
but it was what happened shouldn't really have happened yeah um but so that was the bad
if you like and on a separate note the M4
closing certain Junctions when I'm trying to go to Swindon
the Travel section um so just get it right one second sigy was your good and your bad yeah it wasn't his fault and I
hang on hang on hang on you said he had a shot which hit the top of the stand how can that not be his fault yeah well
he was practicing but I I hold my hand up and if he ever watches this I'm sorry
because when I was speaking to Ryan um afterwards you know I said was that was a hell of a ball that you know s you
think and he went was it him and I went yeah did you not know and he went no I
didn't I'm going to and went oh no sorry he got he got a kit out of it he'll be
all right oh sure no fine I'm not no what what's the Terry butcher yeah had
the Terry butcher last said you know he'll love that I said milk it milk it milk it
Bruce so yeah but the M4 yeah the M4 they keep shutting between let me see uh
13 and 14 we're not going to Swindon we're all right we man yeah last we heard was Bruce is all
right but obviously we don't know how Rachel's gonna take it out on um but
Neil what was your bad oh it's difficult to say what my bad was really yeah I was going to say the
young lad I learned his name was Bruce that was I didn't see it but it was quite upsetting that's why I'm crying
you can be the same one if you want it's fine yeah yeah well no I can't say anything about
I I learn I got an insight into a football dad professional footballer's Dad's life chatting to Matt Finley's dad
for the whole of the second half and he had a long old journey home and he was coming back I think three and a half
hours home and huh don't tell me when on the M4 I think he was going back to suffk
wherever he lives in suff then he was coming back the following morning um so yeah the the life of a professional
sports sports person's parent is is probably is is a grueling
one that was something I considered doing a couple years ago um when
obviously knew lot of players a lot better I was going to get um Kobe's mom on and uh E's mom on and a couple other
moms just to talk about how I that would be an angle wouldn't it I sure how the
players would take it with their mom SP on never mind right um and Neil with you
what was funny about the day oh well the funny thing that the earlier farington experience was was
funny but yeah no I I no I enjoyed I just enjo I enjoyed the I I don't get a
chance to get to many away games because the young family so it was just it was just a fun experience being away and the
Amber Army were in really good voice and so yeah that was that was fun me you
will be surprised when you get to home game because now we're all down at the Collingwood and it was was um it was
very good um Jenny what was funny for you I know just to go back to um the
Bruce incident with the with the ball and his cutthe head you know the Su cat James came back and they had um they
were coming over the big bag that they would come out onto a pitch if a players injured you know they had all the kit
there they came over and it is funny the Wiston Steward bless him he'd run off and he came
back with a little and that's an iPhone all right with a little first aid kit
that was the size of a very small purse and I just I said to Neil well there'll
be a plaster in there and maybe AIT lollipop I mean it was funny we knew
that you know cuz cat was there and they said he'd be right but he brought he was carrying this the smallest first aid kit
I'd ever seen because probably he probably was trying to find one as well so don't so that I mean we knew he was
right by then so I just said to Neil that's me funny that's hilarious you know that's not funny fair enough right
so we're moving on to York very very quickly and I spoke to Simon who is a supporter of York and the podcast host
of Same Old City Podcast I think he he he um co-hosts it and he did a little
scouting report for us a little while ago when we signed Matt Davis I think from New York so um here he is and this
is what he had to say okay we're now being joined by Simon
who is a host co-host of um Same Old City Podcast a York City Podcast and
he's obviously a York City fan make no sense otherwise um so thank you for joining us Simon um can you tell us a
little bit about yourself and um your history with York and little plug for the
podcast yeah absolutely so yeah um I've been a fan since the mid90s
which was a bit of a high point for York City if anyone remembers the the 3- nil win at Old Trafford in 95 and we were
sort of a um established in the third tier back then so obviously as a kid I
thought that was what uh supporting York was going to be like and turned out a little bit different um but yeah so I've
been supporting I guess coming up 30 years really um in terms of the podcast
yeah it's Same Old City uh this is our second season that we've been doing this um and we're trying to collaborate a bit
more with opposition fans as well this season um and yeah it's myself and and my co-host Ben and we're we're pretty
solid sort of doing it every week um so yeah that's uh that's been a new fun fun
element um so yeah do do do check that out if you want to uh see any more York City content
absolutely um so coming into the season I know if everyone recognizes Simon's
voice as he did the one of the scouting reports for us um so coming into the season what were your expectations of
the Season what were you hoping for and how has it gone early doors I not it's
only three games but how how's it gone so far compar to your expectations yeah it's it's gone about
as well as anyone could have hoped so far obviously we only just scraped survival both of the last two seasons
and we were expecting to do better this season because we've got an established manager now in Adam hinwood he's been
able to bring quite a few plays he's worked with before um so we were hopeful that it was going to be better this
season um I think everyone would kind of been saying hopefully maybe a playoff
push but if not then kind of top half not worrying about um you know
relegation but yeah we've we've had a Fant fantastic start so started off with a one all draw way at South End where we
were probably the better team and and might have even gone on to win it um then beat Tamworth 2-0 at home which was
really kind of dominant performance could have been more um and then last night we just beat Rochdale one- nil um
and rdale look a decent team to be honest um so that was bit more of a scrap didn't have things all our own way
but you know showed plenty of fight so yeah seven points from nine which I think is the same you guys
um is yeah everyone's starting to kind of think yeah this could be a you know a really good season but as you say early
days um but yeah in terms of expectations we did do some predictions before the season started on on same old
city um I predicted seventh Ben went for ninth I think that's kind of the
ballpark people are thinking um and and that seems to kind of chime with what a
lot of opposition fans have been saying they expect from York as well so so yeah so so far so good but yeah three games
is not too many to do I was going to say after 30 years you know you know not to think of oh this is a great season after
of the three games I can remember we actually won all four of our first
League games the season we finished bottom of League two and went down to the conference so yeah
it's basically what we were saying is um we beat all 5 nil and everyone was like
yeah the first home game last season we beat KN County 5-1 so let's let's let's just chill a little bit um so what do
you see so far um as the strengths and weaknesses at this point and are there
any key players that you think we should be looking out for yeah so strength is definitely like
I mentioned the playing style um hinwood likes to play quite a kind of fluid attacking style of play um get a lot of
players forward and that's really kind of working to to worry the opposition teams um we
have quite a small team I guess would be the weakness uh or at least we expected
defensively his previous team Worthing scored a lot of goals and conceded a lot of goals so we thought defense would be
the weak point but we've actually just come off two clean sheets in a row so so far that hasn't been as problematic as
as we thought it might be um and yeah so I think we we're a team that likes to
keep the ball likes to kind of win The Possession battle first first and foremost um so that's probably a
strength but yeah there's there's a potential that we might get kind of outmuscled sometimes alth it didn't
happen against Tamworth who who were definitely hoping to do that um in terms of
players I'd say there's maybe been kind of a couple of standout players so far this season so uh Dan batti who plays in
Midfield uh we did have him last season but had a little bit of injury troubles and didn't kind of see the best of him
but he's probably been our best player so far so he has been kind of slotting in further
back I mean he's playing in Midfield but he's kind of dropping back and he's got very good kind of long diagonal pass on
him very very accurate with those and that that's been key so far so if until people can work out how to deal with
those that's kind of been a big a big weapon for us um and also one of the new
players Joe Felix um who hin would signed from from Worthing um who again
he he normally plays at right back but often will be as far forward as as the
front players um and I mean he's only 5 foot two but he uh he can he can run all
day and yeah he's good going forward and at the back and he's he's really impressed all the city fans so far so I
think those have been kind of the two standouts um but also yeah a lot a lot of good attacking players and we've
still we've got oie Pier from Worthing as well who scored like 40 odd goals last season he's only got one penalty for us so far but definitely um looks
sharp another one to watch um yeah Joe Felix was one of the ones I was saying
we should we should be trying to NAB um but obviously decided to stay with his uh his his friends the Boston OE
um how do you see the match against suon going um from again all the early dos
and everything but how do you see the match going you think it seemed been quite Cy or do you think we're going to both just try and go for it and go for a
bit of a thrill I don't think hinwood really has it in him to play a Ki style
um he he's very much you know this is the way we play we don't worry about the opposition we go out to win every game
and sometimes that's probably going to come back to bite us so yeah expect us to to kind of come out definitely
playing for the win um and and definitely trying to get players forward and attack obviously it's going to be
quite a tough game because like I said you guys have had a good start as well um so yeah we're maybe expecting
something a bit more along the South End Game first day of the Season which was quite a close game
um and yeah it's difficult to know obviously without knowing too much about you guys and with it been so early in
the season um it it's really kind of Anything Could Happen kind of one but I
think people are expecting a tough game would be the kind of General consensus and just to put it out there
just to make the headline what's your prediction no no one's going to put money on it honestly don't worry um I'm
gonna I'm gonna say one all one all okay yeah and I think that would be a decent result probably for us excellent well
Simon thank you very much for your time um Good Luck obviously with the
parameters of most of the season and don't forget to check out same City Podcast um for their Su preview as well
where you can hear my voice again sorry about that we'll tag the the certain podcast
in as well so right so um this is going to be a
shorty because Jenny didn't hear most of that um you're both on mute because it puts
us all on mute straight away but um thanks to Simon for joining us and Neil
um any surprises there for you that um what he was saying about um what he
expects from the game or anything like that have you not even really considered any League tables at the
moment no no no real surprises I think it just boes for a good a good Clash um
you know both both got what seven from nine so I think that's that's the main thing to look forward to I don't know a
lot about York City but they'll be you know relatively hard confident so and we should be too so I think that gears up
for a good match I think I said on his one where we're talking about the different styles of football and nice Fu
flowing attacking High pressing and I was like nil nil B draw all over it um
so um so firstly um everyone Chuck in some suggestions because I did stand uh
behind the go in the Collingwood but obviously I'm trying to get out of this whole uh rigid I must stand in this
certain place or bad things are going to happen so if anyone's got any suggestions of where I could go um let
me know and tell me why and we're going to do the predictions um so
ah man I forgot that that covers half the screen so that's the top 10 so far I think it's about 40 people so far um but
get your predictions in hopefully this picture's going to be better so you can actually do the yes it's not covering
anymore um so what are your predictions Jenny we'll start with you what do what
do you think is going to happen in this game well although I didn't hear which is a shame really what the other chap
saying so I can't go on that but we're at home um I'm going for a 2-n because
I'm very confident with Steve um Yorker good have looked at the table it's going
to be a cracking match hopefully it's you know top top six uh but I'm going to
go for a two-nil I think we' be awesome on our carpet pitch and with Steve at the back no problem and don't forget
just because you're saying that now still enter the competition you don't have to stick with that if you change your mind it goes in
with whatever you in the competition uh and Neil um not sure if you if you play along with this um but what's your
prediction um for now your early prediction I think I I think I think we'll win I think it'll be a bit tigh I
think we're going to sneak it 2-1 at home yeah we absolutely won't win and
I'm going to start playing it actually I'm yeah I've been hit and miss with that and I had a good good few predictions last last season did
actually you got a couple uh you got two in a row right and then you just was like yeah I'm not doing this anymore no
I need get back on it need to get back on it yeah well it won't be 21 because that's what I'm going for and um today
will this this will be match 59 I get wrong um I suspect players listen and if
it's 2-1 they're going to desperately try and score another goal conceed a goal just to make sure I don't get it right um but we're going to the code is
on the screen um if you're watching you probably work that out and if you're listening um it means nothing to you so
we are going to start to wrap up um and uh as always we um appreciate your ear
attention and feedback there's lots of questions for you to get involved with what changes would you like to see um
over the next few years what was your good bad and the funny and where should I watch from and why in anything else
you want to be discussed on the podcast any sort of wider questions we can kind of put them to the panel and see um but
for now this is the episode of something podcast finished follow like share uh this episode um at Su podcast on all
social medias once again thanks to Jenny and and to Neil and next time we are
back with Paul Derby and Gabrielle I'm 90% sure that's the two uh so get your
questions sent in we're going to talk all things York and thanks to listeners our sponsors Lucky Star Jin hope you've
enjoyed this episode take care and we will catch up soon thank you bye- bye
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