601: Kings of Anglia: Rolling over Rovers as Morsy prepares for Town return

26:46Mark Heath:My take on that is he goes through the man to win the ball, if indeed he does win the ball. But as I've already said, I find slagging off refs after games boring. So let's talk about the positive, because Sammy Smoddix gets the killer third goal. It's a thing of beauty. Kieran McKenna actually made a point after the game to talk about this goal in particular, because he said it's something they've been working on, that kind of selflessness. And it's our friend Wes Burns, who is that selfless player who could have taken a shot easily, lays it off. Sammy Smoddix gets his first goal of the season, first goal at Portman Road.

27:17Mark Heath:And that feels big. It feels significant. But is it his first goal at Portman Road, Mark? Well, in the Ipswich town colours. I know he scored at Portman Road before, but playing as a town player, it is, yeah. Yeah, exactly. That was one thing as well, funnily enough, that Jack Taylor, formerly of Peterborough United, I think he probably played in that team with Sam Smoddix in that very game, made a point to say, well, it's actually his first goal here for Ipswich, which is a fair point to make, I suppose. um yeah i love this this whole move i also love the ipswich town on social media i don't know if you've seen these videos oh someone in the south stand with a camera and they slow it down they'll put some music over the top of it and you get to watch all of that great aren't they it's next on my list don't you worry i've got i've got sorry in slow-mo yeah fair enough um yeah sorry go on Well, we might as well talk about the goal and then we can talk about the slow-mo.

28:13Mark Heath:But so I saw you highlighting Azon again, his effort in this. Obviously, wins the ball, lays it off to Jens, who charges forward as only he can. So it's important to go back and acknowledge those contributions as well. Yeah, and you don't see them from a lot of the clips, actually. You can't really appreciate them. It's a fair play also for Ipswich for doing those clips. You really get to see the other side of it. Azon, great strength and determination. He's got a man behind him. He's got someone else closing him down. He uses his strength to turn and play it over to Jens Kijusta. And Kijusta probably second to O'Shea.

28:48And Nunez is great at those defence-splitting passes in the way that he just slots that through ball up to Wes. Also, shout out to Cedric Kipre. He's very good at those passes as well. But yeah, slots it through to Wes, gets into that angle where... It was quite similar, I think, to the goal he scored against Huddersfield that Tam went up with. It's that similar kind of angle. Thought he would have shot there. Would have been his homecoming goal if he'd got that first goal back at Portman Road and selflessly squares it to Sam Smoddix, who fires in. That was one that Sam Smoddix couldn't miss. It feels like he's missed quite a few golden opportunities to score, not just this season, but full stop at Portman Road in an Ipswich Town shirt.

29:32I like the celebration as well. Lots of respect to his former club, Blackburn, that he very clearly loves, that still had to make sure. He did a little salute in front of the Sir Bobby Robson lower, which was nice. Wraps up the game. Felt like Town had done enough to score about 10 goals at this point. But that was quite a poetic way to finish things off.

29:53Mark Heath:And speaking of poetry, as I've already alluded to, whoever came up with the idea to be putting out these slow-mo clips with the music over should immediately get a raise. Marcus, Hutchie, if you're listening, give that person a raise. Probably one of you two. But they are great. I mean, we had the Filagene. The best one I've seen is obviously the Filagene one against Norwich, the goal, with a little pirouette, and then he absolutely unleashes it. That's beautiful. But I would argue there's not many players who look better in slow motion than Jens Kijusta. The way he kind of drives forward, he's got, as I always say, kind of languidly athletic, and he looks even better in slow motion, kind of deceptively quick, the way he moves with the ball.

30:37Mark Heath:they're beautiful to watch AJ I mean it reminds me what in essence a beautiful sport football is when you see it in slow motion the skill, the athleticism the drama of it all it's lovely my favourite of them all was the Jack Clark one that they the Jack Clark the Norwich the Norwich goal so the one where Azon hits the post and Clark gets the rebound they've done a slow motion one to that which was the one they had for Jack Clark's chant question mark they've used that one brilliant love that one that was really really good not only because of everything in slow motion on the pitch but the fans reactions when you see Alisson go through on goal and he dinks the ball over and he hits the post and you see all the fans like in total dismay and then watching Clark come in and score the rebound that is the best one for me talk about like the actual drama of it all that is what highlights it um but also then getting to see as you say what happens on the pitch i agree that probably the player that suits slow motion the most is jens kiusta because of how he moves yeah i don't want to use the words again because i feel like i use them every time i'm talking about it but it's silky and smooth and the way that he kind of dances past players and um there was another one he'd done before it might have been i think the sheffield wednesday game where i think there's a slow motion bit of him sending barry bannon and absolutely flying.

32:03It's that one, yeah. Yeah, and he's totally effortless in doing it. He just spins past people for fun, and it's so fun watching other... I hate the term so fun, I'm sorry. It's so enjoyable to watch opposition players come clattering through, trying to stop him, and they go absolutely flying, trying to get there as Jens spins away and sets up a goal. Yeah, you really get to appreciate how good some of these goals are when you have the alternate angle to watch them from.

32:33Mark Heath:I like the fact as well, when you said Jack Clark then, the one that immediately sprung to mind is they don't always put just goals out. So just moments in games, which watching in a game is like a split second thing. And I can't remember who it was against, but it was when he basically juggled the ball over someone, like flicked over them and went around the player to pick it up. I can't remember. I can't remember. But anyway, in the game, it's like a second. and you go, oh, that was nice. But in slow motion, it looks so much better. It's beautiful to watch. So I'm really enjoying them anyway.

33:08I want to talk to you about the Sindra and Wes chat. Because obviously, we've had Sindra start all season and now Wes is back. He's got a goal. He's got an assist. And I know, as it always is, the old discourse on social media, even after wins. It seemed to be Sindra this weekend that was the one that was being highlighted as not doing enough and this, that and the other. 19-year-old, by the way, just to remind you. Norwegian teenager. What do you make of that? Because now that Wes is back and we don't know how close he is to be able to start games, obviously, I know he started in the FA Cup, but starting a championship is a different thing.

33:45But the Wes Byrne role, as we've so often said, is kind of a key pillar in what McKenna wants in his side. He plays that very specifically, you know direct physical hammering balls into the box that's what wes burns gives you do you think there's going to be a point relatively soon where we might be talking about wes being back to to first choice there

34:10no i don't think i think it's cindra's place to lose i am interested to see whether there could be a bit of a reshuffle that'll be the only way i could see it is would cindra valo he's spoken about i see myself as a number 10 in the long term and i've spoken to the manager and he sees me as a number 10 will there come a point where that's where his minutes will be and you go back to that direct runner down the right i could certainly see that um i don't think it's going to be imminently i don't think we're suddenly going to see um changes there they're very different players of course it's just wears his pure pace pure athleticism running get to the byline cross um whereas cindra is more of a dribbler he's more someone that he won't want to do as much running because he wants to cut inside and shoot or cut inside and play someone in space um almost is does almost act as kind of a right side of number 10 and possibly within the team there are question marks i don't think over cindra personally but over whether his profile suits the right side of 10 role it's kind of what it is in this um ipswich team especially when you then don't have a right back behind you that's running on stretching the pitch because it's darnell furlong who doesn't really do that um and cindra has good moments kind of hugging the touchline his best is when he's kind of coming a little bit more inside and opens up space to shoot or to cross and even though he hasn't got loads of goals of assists he is still contributing in really good moments um and testing the goalkeeper things like that so um look it's cindra for me i think that he will only improve with minutes i'm sure that he will kick on as well i thought he was quite good in this game i thought that i've been a little bit disappointed with him in previous weeks but i thought that this was probably a step up i wasn't wouldn't say it's one of his best but for sure i liked what a lot of what he was doing um and i think he will get the majority of minutes coming up but i'll tell you what i really want to see from syndra put your foot through it that's what i want there's too many times now where he cuts in off the right and you're thinking i've seen these clips on youtube and then he rolls a p roller into the goalkeeper no come on i really want to see a proper thunder bastard from uh from syndra yeah fingers crossed before we kind of wrap up and start talking about about bristol city and

36:39Mark Heath:hashtag narrative all over the gaff tomorrow night um is there anyone else any other bits you want to kind of highlight i know you had uh nunez as your as your mom yeah from this game he has been fairly spectacular hasn't he since he's he's made that 10 spot his own yeah he has he's brilliant um yeah another marcelino masterclass as i wrote and i very much enjoyed writing the line there were two former norwich city midfielders on the pitch at portman road and nunez was by far and away the superior here he just runs the show the the best way I can put it. It feels like everything goes through him.

37:13It feels like he's centre to everything. He gets to do that in the number 10 role as well. That's a big thing, where when he's playing deeper, it feels like he's influencing the earlier stages of moves, which doesn't suit him as much as being the assist or the pre-assist, or sometimes even the final touch to turn it into the net, where that's what he wants to be, and it allows him to influence games a lot more in that number 10 role. Just so good. So, so good. So, yeah, delighted for him again. I want to touch on the strikers before we finish as well. There's something I tweeted about. George Hurst has come under a lot of fire this weekend.

37:50And I think even Azan's even caught a few strays in that, despite only playing for a few minutes. And, again, I'm not going to throw this into the category of George Hurst's best performances, but more than fine for me in this game. and I don't know if there's an expectation that he's a striker so he has to score goals or everything has to be perfect all the time. You know that there are certain deficiencies that Hurst will have. He's not a clinical striker. He sometimes can let his first touch get away from him, but you cannot underestimate what he actually does for the team. The fact that he plays quite an important part in dropping deep and linking up the first two goals in this game the fact that he was able to keep the back line busy for Blackburn those three centre-backs was battling hard with them all the time and he brings others into play and I understand that you want to sign someone and Ipswich will want to sign someone I'm sure that is more clinical in front of goal because between Hurst and Azon they've left far too many goals out there for sure in terms of chances missed but I would rather have that than sign someone for example a Joel Peru hangs around the goal doesn't press, doesn't bring others into play, and the team suffers as a result, I think that Ipswich are so much better off having Hurst, having Adon, who both work their socks off and do things to bring Philogene into play, bring Nunez into play, bring Sindra into play, bring Casey McAteer, Wes Burns, whoever, into the game to impact it than have Hurst score another five goals this season.

39:23I'd much rather have that. The fact that the two strikers have played important goals in all three, sorry, important roles in all three of the goals for me is a perfect example of that one so yeah enough moments especially in the second half where Hurst had poor touches or whatever he has also not played for a month it should be said but um all things considered I was pretty pleased with how he dealt and I don't want this to trend towards uh Hurst becoming a bit of a scapegoat because I think that'll be unfair

39:51Mark Heath:it's that simplistic thing isn't it striker striker must score goals if striker's not scoring loads of goals, bad striker. And the stuff that he does that, as you say, is of benefit to the team, is exactly what McKenna wants, that's kind of not as sexy, is it? Nowhere near as sexy as scoring goals, the kind of donkey work, if you like, the leg work, the effort, all that kind of stuff. It flies under the radar. It's very easy to overlook. It's harder to notice. And as well, I'm not saying he's perfect either because there's times where he did try and drop deep and link up play, and sometimes his first touch would get away from him.

40:24There was one moment in the second half which got quite a few years where he almost just tripped himself up trying to get to the ball. He's not perfect, and there are strikers that could be signed that would do some elements better, including sticking the ball in the net. But Ipswich, in their current position as well, are not going to sign a striker who will score 15 goals to now at the end of the season, who will drop deep and link up play and bring others into play, and will also do all of the hard work, all of the dirty work, press defenders, handle back threes, they're not going to sign Liam Zalaf in the championship.

40:57Simple as. They're not going to sign someone of that ilk. I'm not saying that when Ipswich eventually, whenever that is going to be, make it back up to the Premier League. I want George Hurst to be leading the line week in, week out. But I don't think that in an Ipswich team, in a McKenna team, you're going to get a great deal better in the championship. And that's not to say I don't want another striker in. I want someone who can put the ball in the net, please, on a consistent basis, which Hurst can't do and Aswan can't do. And I don't think Chubarak-Pom can do. But I don't think that that is going to be make or break this window, for starters.

41:32And I prioritise other things. In an Ipswich Town striker and a Kieran McKenna striker, I would so much rather have him bring others into play, drop deep, link things up. And without George Hurst, I don't think that Sindra Balor-Agelli or Martellino Nunez or Jane Filagene or Jack Clark have had the seasons that they've had. And Ipswich probably wouldn't be in the position that they are without someone like that.

41:59Mark Heath:Also, I can't see him going out and signing a starting striker in this window. I can't see that happening. George Hurst, for me, is going to carry on being the starting striker. Yes, he should score more, but his value to the team is more than that. And I'm sure Kieran McKenna would tell you that exact same thing. So we'll see. time will tell clearly not a lot happening on the old transfer front at the moment but i feel still very sanguine very sanguine about that if i'm honest as i've previously said i think if they do nothing i'll still be feeling pretty confident i know that the you know fans want signings clearly but i still i still feel like they're in a really good spot things are starting to come together six games on beat and now um yeah i'm i'm feeling pretty good about things the priority for me has to be getting some covering for Azzel, to be perfectly honest.

42:46If you said Ipswich can strengthen in one position this window, I wouldn't add a striker because the team that's getting put in week in, week out is delivering. They've won six on the bounce at home. They've won four on the bounce in all competitions, three on the bounce in the league. They're in really good form. I would like another striker to come in, but if you offered me anything, I'd make it so that when Azzel Matasiwa gets booked, that someone can step in and cover that position really well. Yeah, that would be the number one priority for me.

43:19Mark Heath:Perfect segue then when you talk about Azor Matasiya getting booked because it feels like there's a good opportunity for that tomorrow night, my friend, as a certain Mr Sam Morsey comes back to town. This feels like a great game in terms of clearly the narrative. So we might as well get that out of the way first. Sam Morsey spoke about it last week, said he didn't ever think he'd come back to Portman Road. He never got the send-off, clearly, because of the way he left. It kind of came out of the blue. He never got to say goodbye properly, and he'll get that opportunity tomorrow. And I'm hoping slash expecting that he's going to get an incredible reception when he walks out at Portman Road with Bristol City tomorrow.

44:00Mark Heath:And you'd imagine he's going to start. He started the last two. He's, from what reports, he's been doing well since he's gone there. Yeah, I keep writing when I do all these pieces, former Ipswich Town captain Sam Morsian. To be honest, I don't think it does it credit, does it? Because you're talking about someone that's made 165 appearances in all competitions for Ipswich that led the team to back-to-back promotions that kind of, along with obviously Kieran McKenna and helped by the whole squad, kind of dragged the club by the scruff of its neck from a very dark place. let's be honest, from where they were in League One nothingness into the Premier League, a man that commanded respect from all of his teammates that was seen as kind of your traditional captain in so many regards.

44:53And the fact that people didn't really get to say goodbye to him because he left before that first pre-season game even was pretty difficult to take and pretty emotional. um so it'll be really good to to see him back i've seen some comments as well saying oh you know we let him go for free as a kind of a mark of respect to go to kuwait and now six months later he's back in the championship and i feel a little bit wrong by that i can understand that but ultimately i think that wherever he was going to go he deserved the respect to be allowed to do so as well given what the picture looks like at portman road and i'm very confident he'll get a hell of a reception tomorrow.

45:35Fascinated to see how he does. It'll be the first time watching him play since the West Ham game, the final day of the Premier League season. The reviews have been pretty good, I'd say, so far, that I've seen from Bristol City, especially in that, what was the one there before, the Watford game, where apparently he was really, really good in that one. A few criticisms come in from his performance against Oxford at the weekend, so that'll be interesting as well. But yeah, let's wait and see. I would be very surprised if he doesn't start, would expect him in the line-up to walk out at Portman Road tomorrow night.

46:08Mark Heath:And we know, because of the kind of character he is, he's going to be super fired up to prove himself as well, because we've got, in Azorma Tassi, he's got a guy who's wearing his number, who's playing his role, is kind of a younger version of him. And you know Morsi being the kind of self-motivated, I took that personally, sort of Michael Jordan-esque style mentality. I reckon he's going to come out with a real point to prove in his head tomorrow night Yeah, every chance I think that there's almost that element especially with the way that his journey in Kuwait ended that he's probably been sat watching Ipswich watching Azor Matasiwa, wondering what things would have been like, I'm not saying he has any regrets or anything but wondering what would have happened if I'd stuck around and I'd played and competed with Azor and done all of this.

47:02Ultimately, it wasn't to be, and he's gone down a different path, one that I'm sure that he'll back himself to be successful with. But I'm sure there will be that element of a point to prove to come back and not just kind of bask and enjoy the ovation that he will undoubtedly get, but also, yeah, to prove a bit of a point to everyone there. I'm still the king of Portman Road, and I'm sure that Azor Matasi will be ready as well and readied by those around him to be up for this.

47:33Mark Heath:Good chance both get booked, I reckon. Okay, then. So in terms of Ipswich Town in this game, and I should just say on the Morsi thing, there's a story going out at midday today, Stu's talks McKenna about Sam and why they didn't try and re-sign him and also how he feels in terms of any frustrations about him now being back at a Championship rival. That's all covered in the story that goes out at 12. Essentially, answers to that are he wanted to play every game. That's why they didn't really re-sign him. It wasn't really a kind of conversation that ever got off the ground. And no, no frustrations in terms of how it's ended up.

48:08Mark Heath:McKenna, I think, says that's life. You never know how things are going to work out. And he's still got a great relationship with Sam, but hopes that, obviously, it doesn't go well for him tomorrow night. Ipswich Town, then, coming off the back of another win. Back at home, AJ. Usual conversation around who plays. I know, Jack Taylor, you said that you'd like to see him more often than not in midfield. Was there any element of surprise that he started against Blackburn and on the rotation thing, then you'd expect Jens to come in maybe against Bristol City? Is that what you expect to happen? I do want to see more of this partnership between Jack Taylor and Azul Matisse because I do think it probably is, from the start, the best one that Ipswich can field in the Championship where a lot of the times against a Blackburn team, you need someone that's going to do the battling, the hard yard, the resilience in the early stages.

49:05And then when a team like Blackburn tire, you have Jens come on and all of a sudden the space opens up and then we all film him in slow motion doing his little spins and tricks and passes and carving teams open. Do I think there'll be a rotation here? Yes. I toyed with this a little bit when writing my predicted team out. I do have Jens in it. I'm also thinking that I would like Jack Taylor to start at Sheffield United because I think that is a game that he will be more suited for, where I think Town will come under a bit more pressure away at one of the form teams in the division. Shall I run through what I'd roughly do then, team-wise?

49:46So I'll keep with Christian Walton in goal. The back line, there is a bit of a debate in my head, which is maybe controversial given the way that this team has performed and this defensive line has performed over recent weeks, conceding very few goals. And they've obviously kept a clean sheet against Blackburn. Furlong O'Shea and Davis are nailed on. They're not going to be changed for this one. Kipre or Greaves is the one that sits in my head a little bit. We're not going back to sipping them out, are we? Swapping and changing and stuff. I don't know. I don't know. I was really impressed by Jacob Greaves against Blackpool.

50:22Obviously, it's legal in opposition, but I thought he was excellent in that game. And I just, I want to find a way to get him more opportunities and more minutes. And I'm sure he's really disappointed. I'm sure Kieran McKenna is quite frustrated that he's, well, maybe not frustrated, but he's got this selection headache, doesn't he? He's got three excellent centre-backs there who are all performing really well at the moment. And I want to find a way to get Greaves more minutes. I have stuck with Cedric Kiprae, but I would not be surprised at all if Jacob Greaves came back in. Matasira and Kyusta, as I mentioned, for those reasons, I think we'll get a bit more of an open game, full stop at Portman Road.

50:56I think Bristol City will come and play. So I think that Cajusta will hopefully be able to exploit some of those gaps. Then an attack gets a little bit trickier. If possible, I want to stick with Marcelino Nunez. I know that his minutes will need to be managed. I don't want him going the full 90, for example, but if he can do 65, 70 minutes and then tap out for some smodics, that's great. With Philogene suspected to be out, Jack Clark on the left, More than happy with that one. On the right. This is interesting, isn't it? I'm going to say it. Yeah. Wes Burns' first league start on the right. That's what I have written down.

51:32I think Burns' former club as well, Bristol City. Interesting twist. Yeah, I think this could be a good game for him, especially in a wing-back or against a wing-back system rather. I think that Tanner, who's on this side, no, it won't be Tanner, it'll be Neto Borgias on this side, will like to get quite high up. There might be some gaps to exploit. Against a back three, sometimes when you have a player like Sindra who comes inside, it can get a little bit congested in the middle. And I think having someone that will run and stretch the pitch, especially with Jack Clark on the other side, who naturally likes to drift in at times as well, against commentary, almost played as a number 10.

52:10I think having Wes, who can be that direct runner down the other side, could really work quite well tactically. again if we can get 65 minutes out Wes Burns in the championship game really really good and then have Cinder come on and then George Hust with Azan off the bench not really much explaining from that one so the team that I'd have would have three changes from the win against Blackburn so that would be Jens coming in Wes Burns coming in and Jack Clark coming in we should mention of

52:37Mark Heath:course at the weekend McIntyre and Akpom both out of the squad with injuries so probably seems are likely they'll be available tomorrow as well. I think both are expected... Oh, I'm now going to get this wrong. Is it... I think it's... Yeah, both are expected, I think, to miss a couple of games. I think Chico has been mentioned specifically as we'll miss the next couple. I wouldn't be rushing any of them back, to be perfectly honest, just because the squad's in such a good place. Don't need to. Just keep things going. Exactly, yeah. Yeah. Because we've got a bit of time before we get to the golden hour, and you've mentioned the Greaves-Keepra thing, there was something i wanted to talk to you about in the last pod i agree with you there i would i don't want to see them start swapping and changing greaves and keeper every game sit with keeper there's no reason to drop him however i will say that your idea or thesis of switching to a back three back five when they get to the premier league with greaves on the left i've had more feedback about that than than pretty much anything that you said on the podcast okay quite some time people really like this idea um and it seems to get me on the coaching stuff well Oh, yeah, but Greaves the left back, keeper in the middle, and then O'Shea at the right.

53:44And then you've obviously got the wing backs with Leaf. I wanted to dig further into this, though, because just to ask you, with what they've got available at the moment, how would that side look? Because obviously then you're going to make compromises in terms of the forward players. So if Hipswich Town were playing in the Premier League now with that system, how would you work it? Who would start? Ooh, interesting. Okay, so no new signings are saying hypothetical. Just saying what they've got now, just out of interest, yeah. Okay, so obviously I've kind of spoken about the back line. It is what it is.

54:15So Wartland goal. Leif Davis is the left wing back. You have Greaves on the left, Kipro through the middle, O'Shea on the right. And it would have to be Furlong on the right wing back, but I'm not sure how that would transition into the Premier League as a full-time thing. I think you'd want a more attacking option there. Then the two in midfield, controversial. I would be going Anselm Matosiwa and Marcelino Nunez. I don't think you then need to have as much of a defensive pivot because you'd have the three centre-backs behind. So Matasiva can still do the dirty work while Nunez would have that licence to still drift and create.

54:55Then on the left, I mean, toss a coin, really, if you're sticking with how it is at the moment, Jack Clark, but Jadon Filagene, Jack Clark. There is a compromise there in the way that that role on the left would then have to be changed again a little bit where because Davis would be playing as a wingback, he would very much be bombing up the flank style. So you need your left winger to come in a little bit more narrow. Does that suit Jaden Filagene as much? No. Could it suit Jack Clark? I think so. Who would it suit the best? Probably Sam Smoddix, actually. But in this case, I would be picking Jack Clark would be the one I'd have on the left.

55:34Syndra, I think, would suit that role really well on the right. And then... Must he? No. then George Hurst up top. So that's how I would piece it together. There would need to be little tactical tweaks in that. You would need signings still, of course. If they're going to take that into the Premier League, you'd need a more attacking right wing back. You would need extra depth and quality in certain areas. But as a system, I think it suits what Ipswich have at the moment. And yeah, that's what I'd carry into the top flight. And it's something that's worked for a lot of teams who've been promoted.

56:03As I keep saying about Leeds, they were playing a 4-1, 4-1. they were getting played off the park every week daniel farke made the change and they've lost like twice since then so um yeah that's how i'd do it i really like it when you first said it i was like

56:16Mark Heath:oh yeah i can see that i really really like it anyway um that's that's a conversation perhaps for the summer and going forward but i like it um predictions and aj um none of us were right the weekend in terms of score i was i was delighted when it was uh when sammy made it because there were a couple of teamers in there, weren't there? Yeah, there were. I was very pleased because I could see the gap getting wider. But in the end, I think we all just got a single point for predicting the win. None of us got, obviously, the first goal scorer. What do you reckon is going to happen tomorrow night then?

56:50So when I did my block of predictions before the weekend, I had this as a 1-1 draw because I saw a very, very tricky game and a team that Ipswich in general have not had an easy time against, even though they've won a fair few games against them. And I don't see them having an easy time tomorrow, but I am going to change it to a win off the back of Bristol City going to Oxford and looking pretty naff, to be honest. Only one shot on target. That came from about 30 yards out. And off the back of the fact that Ipswich at home are doing really well. As I said, six wins on the bounce in all competitions at Portman Road, playing well, confidence is building.

57:27So I will back them to win it. I think it'll be quite narrow. I'm going to go with the 2-1. I think that they have... Sorry, that was your prediction, wasn't it? Yeah. I feel like with some of the attacking threat that Bristol City have, I could easily see them bang and winning through. Mimetti or Scott Twine, both of them have scored at Portman Road before. Emil Rees is a good striker. The system is well-oiled and something that Ipswich have struggled with in the past. But I do think that the quality will be there to put them to the sword just about. So 2-1 win. First goal scorer, Jack Clark.

58:05Mark Heath:Jack Clark. 2-1 Jack Clark. I was going to say 2-1, but now I won't. I'll say knock them down, grind them out, 1-0 win for town. Who's going to score? I might say Hurst, actually. It would be nice to see a goal for George Hurst. So we're both saying victories, narrow victories. 2-1 AJ. with Jack Clark, I'm saying one nil George Hurst. We'll, we'll get the thoughts of Ross who is working today, but he's, he's got a workman round, which is why he can't join us. I haven't sacked him after his, after his mutiny. He's still part of the team yet. Yeah. And Stu, Stu having a well-earned day off, just building up for tomorrow night.

58:43So we'll, we'll share those ahead of tomorrow. I want to finish though, AJ today's pod with something special I found. Now, are you familiar with a show on Netflix called King of collectibles? No, no, well, probably wouldn't make this american um it's basically about a guy called ken goldin who has the biggest memorabilia business in the world essentially clearly focused around american sports memorabilia now i love and have loved for my whole life american sports um i love everything about them uh and as part of that as a youth i collected cards and the amount of money you can get for cards on this show mate is ridiculous cards changing hands for like six million dollars so having watched this show i was like oh i've got some i think i've got some old trading cards somewhere i'm gonna look if i've got any of any value turns i haven't most expensive one i've got in terms of value value is four dollars so i won't be retiring on that but in my my kind of pack of things i've collected since youth i found something which is going to be a particular interest to your old friend because it is oh yes i've got to get out of its protective folder

59:51this you see that oh yes now we're talking so this is full screen here so i can see this you see this this is uh this is a program from barclays league division three cambridge united against exeter city uh on saturday the 16th of march 1991 this program is older than both you and Ross, significantly older than you. This was the, I think I've said before, because I lived near Cambridge when I was a kid. I lived in a place called Leadingworth. So me and my dad would go and watch Cambridge United quite regularly. This was the great Cambridge United team under John Beck that got to the FA Cup quarterfinal, lost at Highbury against Arsenal.

1:00:29This was, I think, the next game after that. And on the back, you can see, I don't know if you can see. Oh, wow. Signatures all over. So these, this is when I got Dion Dublin, uh i got two else did i get on here john taylor uh danny o'shea and the other one was lee philpot but the the teammate for that team incredible so you had the likes of um as i've already said the on dublin who was obviously the superstar went off to sign for manchester night for a million pounds john taylor i think is from just down the road in felix though steve claridge yeah that's the uh a bit of an icon as well um lee philpot went on to to bigger and better things richard wilkins who obviously got involved in non-league around here michael cheatham phil chapel um alan kimball i mean these are all names that may not mean anything to you but from the period that i followed cambridge you know these were all these were all legends and looking back at the at the program itself look i want to show you this um look at this this is an ad about uh uh being one of the world being involved with philips philips telecommunication and data systems one of the world's leaders in mobiles and look at the mobile phone in this you see that look at the size of it has it got a little antenna you can pull out the top yeah like literally like a brick um wow this is this is 1991 um but i thought i must show this to aj so this is this is uh what is it now 35 years old bloody hell um but it took me right back mate because i can remember getting these signatures just before the game all the players used to come over and used to kind of and i remember saying hello to dion dublin on that day which is nice so um a nice bit of uh a nice bit of memorabilia um yours mate if you want it for five thousand pounds okay can you up my salary and then we will have a discussion about whether whether that's feasible yeah uh no i won't do that just give me five grand please and you can have it um yeah anyway that brings us to the end of today's show have you got anything else you want to mention old friend no no further business no further business okay well just remind the support our sponsors use the code koa at stardustspirits.co.uk for 20 off all their superb alcoholic concoctions um and also use the code kra10 at molecular-uk.com for 10 off all their cleaning products for your

1:02:58Mark Heath:cars and other things uh my wife has been experimenting with the no mist uh glass uh spray which is interior and exterior uh and again has been very impressed with it i really need to get more involved with uh with the kind of stuff that um that they do because i've already said about the the interior banana dime which is excellent um but uh my wife is is she's probably slightly more car proud than i am because she's got a nicer car so she's uh she's pulling out all the stops and i am putting me in the shade in terms of using it so i will use more of those this week and i'll report back to you um with with further details friends uh the week is in the is about to start the first part of the week is in the books um if it's town at home to bristol city tomorrow night hashtag narrative all over the place the boys will be there so follow with them if you can't be there.

1:03:46It's going to be a great game, hopefully. And we'll be back later on this week to break it all down and talk to you all over again. Have a good one.

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