STEVE PREDICTS FLURRY OF NEW FACES

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Duncan Barkes 0:00

Steve Bone is in the wings, but we want him centre stage. Steve, good day. And what's highest on your fine mind?

Steve Bone 0:09

Well, we're between reflections on the Southampton game, aren't we, last Sunday? And looking ahead to two, in a way, even bigger games than that. Because if you take away the derby element of last weekend, as the games go by now, with our situation near the bottom three. You're not in the bottom three, luckily. You know, the crunch games get bigger and bigger, don't they?

What reflections do the hosts share about the recent Southampton game?

Steve Bone 0:37

Get more crunchy, if you like. And actually, I was thinking after the Southampton game, I don't know if everybody felt like this, but because of all the narrative to that game, you kind of forgot that that was an important championship game because of our situation, didn't you, for a while? It was almost as though that was separate to the rest of the league campaign. It mattered. and it mattered whether we won, drew or lost, but it didn't seem to matter as much in the context of the relegation situation and the table. Does that make sense?

Duncan Barkes 1:18

It does, and I thought that John Massino looked a little bit more relaxed than normal because it wasn't a normal three-pointer. There was something else about it. You're quite right.

Steve Bone 1:29

Yeah, it was almost like a cup, not quite like a cup tie, but that sort of feel where you can sort of park the... the whole league situation and the campaign and the worries just to concentrate on that game. And I enjoyed it. I mean, the main thing in the end was that we didn't lose because when you go 1-0 down at home to your rivals like that, you don't want it to finish like that. That would have ruined everybody's week, if not their season. So to get back as we did, equalise, enjoyed the goal, enjoyed the celebrations, and I thought we were probably the most likely to win it after that. that if it had gone on another 10 minutes we might have nicked it so yeah an enjoyable occasion really and it makes you hope that we can have another one next season against them actually there will be Pompey fans that not that it looks like we're going to stay up and they're going to go down I don't think that's going to happen I don't think they're going to go down

Steve Bone 2:29

I don't think we are either, by the way, but it doesn't look like they're going anywhere this season, so I think there's every likelihood that it will take place again next season. It's a shame it's not on a Saturday afternoon, or you can have those sort of arguments about it, but it's still a good occasion. Whatever day and time you put it on, it's going to be a good occasion. It's going to be intense, as it was last Sunday.

Duncan Barkes 2:55

Penny's just dropped with me that when he scored that goal, the equaliser, he ran down your way, didn't he? Ran up to you almost. Did you know it was him who'd scored? Did you know it was him who'd scored? No, I didn't.

Steve Bone 3:08

No, in the chaos of the goal going in, you know, I'm a fair way from the middle end, couldn't really see who had done what to get that ball over the line. And it was only when Adams sort of peeled away on his own and came running down to the front end, right in front of us, actually, on the north lower and did his salute to the front end we thought right he wouldn't have done that if he hadn't been the one to get the goal and I think there was an element of him thinking that he maybe needed to do that because their fella who scored ran down that same touchline to go up to their fans to celebrate made the most of it didn't he and you can't blame him If that had been one of our players doing the same for us, if we'd been the away team, we'd have applauded him heartily, I'm sure.

Steve Bone 3:52

So it's all part of the derby fun. But yeah, I thought Adams was excellent. Man of the match, wasn't he, I think, for most people. A good addition at a good time, you know, to be able to bring him in. just before a game like that and to pitch him into a game like that I think he revelled in it and we benefited from it and I hope we'll see more of him and more of that from him over the rest of the season so yeah an enjoyable day but now we kind of need to move on from it don't we and on to the next one another two home games to come