LANG FAN SPITS IT OUT

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

John Messino 0:02

The latest Pompey news updates every day from the Pompey Sound News Desk.

What are the latest updates on Callum Lang's situation?

John Messino 0:08

John Messino on the Callum Lang rumour. I have seen the reports but I know absolutely nothing, deliberately, for anything in terms of ins and outs over the past 24 hours due to focusing on the Watford game. So I will now catch up with Rich Hughes and Andy Cullen and see what the situation is there, I have seen rumours online but I've got no idea, I definitely want him to stay. I've got the ultimate say in everything, in terms of what we do in recruitment. It's not quite as simple as that though so I'm not gonna say he'll stay or say let's go and sign him there's a lot more factors to it. Just to pick one out, I am sure Eddie Howe wanted Alexander Izak to stay in the summer, but there's quite a few factors which go into transfers.

John Messino 0:48

If Preston like him, they like him, there's nothing you can do. There's nothing we can do to stop Preston liking one of our players or anybody liking one of our players. It's a nice compliment to our players and the football club.

Duncan Barkes 0:59

I know it's getting plenty of mentions, but Steve Bone's podcast is always worth a listen, and his most recent one, doubly so. He talks about the fact that a number of fans were vocal in saying that Lang could go, or indeed that Lang should go, that they wanted to see the back of him because he was hardly ever available, he always seemed to be injured. Steve coruscates these so-called fans, reminding them that they must have short memories because this is a man who came in and played such a huge part in our title winning season and staying up last season. And it's not his fault that he picks up injuries. And if you damn him for that, then you're damning half the Pompey squad. who are regularly injured and not able to play.

Duncan Barkes 1:47

John Massino knows what he's talking about.

How do injuries affect player availability in football?

Duncan Barkes 1:49

John Massino says he wants Lang to stay. He almost says he's desperate for Lang to stay. He wants Lang out there on the grass, on the pitch, in a match, in a blue shirt, from the start. That's what he wants. And Steve laments the fact that there are fans who could upset a player if they bother with social media. And we think they do. It's hard to avoid. It's hard to resist the temptation. So it may well have an impact on Lang. Let's hope it doesn't. Because the response to the possibility that he might be going to Preston North End first for one and a half million and then the rumour was that they'd upped it to two million has got a lot of reaction and the wrong reaction from people who,

John Messino 2:33

Shocks felt his quad just towards the back end of the Sheffield Wednesday game, he finished the game, felt a bit of tightness, came in on Sunday, felt okay, he's had a scan, and the scan doesn't look great, but we're waiting for a second opinion because Shocks himself feels okay, we're hoping that it has just been misreported, but we've just got to see what it looks like in the next couple of days, if you are going off the scan report there's half a chance he could be out for the season. If you're going off Shocks symptoms then you would think, I spoke to Shocks and it feels alright it feels like a bit of tightness. We'll have to have a look at it, let someone who knows a lot more than me have a look at the scan, and then go from there.

John Messino 3:08

He didn't train, he felt it on Saturday, he came in on Sunday and he didn't train on Monday and Tuesday. It has nothing to do with the training ground he might be available for Southampton, so hopefully it's not too bad but we have to wait for a specialist. a lot of our injuries this year have been picked up in games i can't remember too many injuries we've actually picked up in training to be honest a lot of them are in games the intensity of which we try to play and try to press with shocks we had a sensible build up he had a lot of training behind him before he played 30 minutes against charlton he played 60 minutes against bristol city he played 60 minutes against arsenal we had a full week between the arsenal game and the sheffield wednesday game so we were really happy he could go and play 90 last saturday