Final Thoughts and Fan Message

This episode is brought to you by Flexemoise, a multi-award-winning digital business lender dedicated to providing UK SMEs with flexible finance done properly. Welcome back to Portland Road . It's Kyle Robertson from Range! Oh that's spectacular! Natasha Thomas is through here. Oh it's a brilliant finish from town's number seven. It's there. That's the hat trick, the letter Danny Williams. Forward scores. It's a vital goal for Ipswich Town. Welcome everybody to the official Ipswich Town podcast on Town TV, powered by our friends at Flex and Wires ahead of a huge weekend at Portland Road as it's switchtown women return. Take on Chatham Town. Tickets still available via tickets.itfc.co.uk. Head over and go and grabb themed. I'll tell you more about that in a moment but first up let me tell you what's coming up on this edition of the programme we have got four of our stars in the building as first up natasha thomas and sophie pesk tell us all about their prematch routines. I think everyone has their little things. I have weird things like I have to wear the same perfume on a game day. And then we're joined by two of our lone stars, Ruby Doe and Lena Gunning Williams, take on an explosive game of two Ruby's thought free. Why? Um that would because she thinks Balenciaga's make the whole outfit . First up though ahead of this weekend's massive Thomas and Sophie Peskit about what's going on on their pre-match playlists . Sophie, Natasha, great sit-down with you ahead of what's gonna be a huge weekend at Portman Road. I'll start with you first, Sophie, because you you've never played there. Um and and it's gonna be it's gonna be quite an occasion, isn't it? Yeah, it's gonna be s really surreal, I think. Um we were just chatting a minute ago saying like we've never really had this long of a build-up to a game where we're starting to like feel a bit nervous and it's all becoming quite real. Um so we're all really excited for it. Um it's yeah, as I said, it's gonna be really surreal, um great occasion and yeah we're all really looking forward to it. Natasha you've played there. What sort of pearls of wisdom are you been dropping in here and there? I don't think I have um to be honest, but it's one of those where I think it's just gonna be a total different occasion anyway . Um yes I've played at Portland Road before but it's actually a different pitch now. Um and obviously a total different team. Um and then it was in the FA Cup, so FA Cup League no County Cup wasn't sorry. Sorry, County cup, and it was just totally different, but I think it's gonna be different for everyone, and it's gonna be nice to be able to walk out there and 7,000 plus fans. Tell me about you guys are thinking. I mean, what's training been like this week? We've spoken to a couple of the the the proper young buds in the squad, the two girls on loan, Ruby and Lena. They're looking forward to it naturally. Bit of nerves, bit of excitement. What about you guys? I think what's exciting is that because a lot of us are so young, we're all very kind of raw in a sense where we're all just excited and there's not too much kind of external factors that get involved where we're just excited to play and I think that we're really excited to showcase the stuff we've been working on for the last few years really. Obviously there's players like Leonard and Ruby that have come in quite recently and they've adopted to our kind of ethos and our um style of play. So yeah I think we're kind of prepared in the same way that we would for any game. Um but I think there probably has been more kind of um I guess more around it where everyone's really excited and there's a proper good buzz around the team. So it's all kind of really exciting. Tasha, tell me about the moment you're standing in the tunnel, it's all lit up in blue as it is, and you're about to walk out and you hear that bell and it's go time. What's that gonna be like? Seeing four sides of the ground full. I mean, this is a this isn't just a stadium this is a proper ground isn't it like a proper stately home of English football I think it's gonna be amazing it's like Sophie said earlier it's gonna be surreal um but I think until we actually walk out onto that pitch it's it's gonna be amaz ing and I think everyone's just got to soak it up everyone's just got to soak up the atmosphere and and then we can just show what what we're about and how we play as a women's team because it it flows through from the men's first team through to us through to the development teams and so on. So I think when we're walking out, we've just got to breathe it all in, take it all in, but at the same time, we've still got a game to play. So any special celebrations planned? Because no doubt you're gonna score? I haven't planned anything yet. I'm just gonna let the em otions take it. Yeah. Um tell me uh uh about sort of the prep for for this one. Are you gonna change anything? Uh look the last time you played Chatham it was a it was a proper demolition job, wasn't it? And look every one wants to see the same thing is there gonna be any change at all because it's Portland Road because it's the historic day? I think like for me it potentially will change a little bit in a sense where we're playing on a Saturday not a Sunday where kind of that changes the week schedule a little bit because obviously with loading and stuff like that. So potential change a little bit but other than that I don't think I'll really change anything. I don't have too many superstitious things but I'll just stick to the kind of normal things that I do on a day-to-day basis. Who does in the squad? I don't know. Does it have a thing? I think everyone has their little things. Like I have weird things like I have to wear the same perfume on a game day, like weird. What is it uh alien mug mugler is that what's going on yeah that's it um so I've got to wear that on a game day just little things like that I wear on my bracelet um I know yeah a lot of the girls have little things that they do on a day like kind of every game. Um so things like that won't change. Um and I think we've all got quite a good mindset about previous games we played and yeah this is a really big occasion but as you say kind of preparing in the same way um is probably gonna be beneficial I think. Yeah I've got a few. Um I won't be changing that either so I've got a recording that my family send me and I listen to that before every game um and there's a few of us, myself, Kyra, Boz Bonnie will have a red ball before the game so um if we've not got one in the bag we'll make sure we run down to the shops to get one. Nice. Right we have a feature on the official club podcast and on town TV. We are I mean nearly the at the end of season we still don't have actually a concrete name for it. We were thinking of Elkot Bangers. Elkot Baggots Bangers. Yeah, that is it, I think. Um but it's basically like a music feature and it's asking you guys, what tracks, you know, invoke different memories for you guys. So uh I've got five tracks I'm looking for uh from you guys and the first is a song that makes you happy, who wants to jump in 'cause we're running out of time. Yeah, I'm the uh team DJ. Really happy to say that. I heard about this WhatsApp group by the way. WhatsApp group? Oh yeah, so good work. Everyone's poor though. I've had about three people message me. I've messaged you. Yeah, Tash did. Yeah. After a few days. What was your track? I can't remember. It was I I can't remember what it was called. Was it El Alum Rudimental, something by Rudimental? Illumin I sent you two, didn't it was two. I can't remember. Um basically before the game we always played together by Ella Air which just makes me excited for a game, makes me happy, I think. Love that. So I'd probably say that one. What song is your guilty pleasure? Uh I've got loads. Gives you number one. Number one. If if if Tasham's about to jump in your car and the guilty Pasleure's on, you've got a quickly, quickly change it 'cause you're embarrassed that she's gonna know what's the guilty pleasure. I I'm only gonna say this one because that happened the other day. I got Boz got in my car. She went, What is this? and I was playing North London forever. Um Arsenal fan. And she was like, what is this? And I was like, sorry. And I turned it off. We need to get you lights on it, which sounds hit CD. A song that reminds you of family, Tash. Oh, can I say mine? Go on. Sweet Caroline, because my mum's called Caroline . Nice. I generally don't know. Honestly, I'm someone that will switch the radio and in the car. I'm so poor. Tash knows all the songs, but she's not in the names. Yeah. Fair enough. Wheels and the Boz taught me that as well. The Wheels on the What? Very good. What is your karaoke tune? Karaoke . Karaoke got one. You've got you surely got one. Me, Boz, and um Biggs a couple years ago sang Angels by Robbie Williams for our initiation, so I'll probably go with that one. Nothing for you type. What track will pump you up before a game, but what track will pump you up for Portland Road this weekend ? One song that I just love before a game is by Jay-Z and it's numb encore. I think that one. I just love that song. Like before a game, I've got to play that one. Love it. Last one. And anything with a bass, just get it. Last one for you, Tash. Do me a favour, give us all nine years at at this club and tell us what it's gonna mean playing at Portman Road in front of a crowd this Saturday. It's gonna mean everything to us and to have you all there behind us supporting us at Portman Road on Saturday it's gonna mean the world and hopefully we can show you what we're about on a big pitch and at Portman Road itself. See you there . Hi I'm Natasha Thomas and you're listening to the official Ipswich Town podcast. Funding your business doesn't have to be complicated. It doesn't have to take weeks. It doesn't need to involve your bank. At Fleximize, we believe there's a different way to do things. We take the hassle out of finance so you can get on with what you do best, running your business. Think of us as your trusty sidekick with the power to boost your business, with fast, flexible loans built for you. Visit us at fleximize.com or call our EPSwitch office on 01473 208108. Fleximize. Business Finance done properly. Thank you to Sophie and Natasha. Up next though, and we are uniting two halves of North London as red and white go toe-to-toe, Ruby Doe and Leonard Gunning Williams with an enlightening game of teammates. This one, you cannot miss it. What's the mood like in camp? Everyone's just really excited, really in it. We all just keep talking about it at any point. Just like and as the selling of the tickets keeps going up we're all just getting more and more buzzing. Yeah, everyone's well up for it I think so it should be really good. Tell me about what everyone's talking about. Just like everyone's talking about who they're bringing like all their family members. I think Pesca's brought all their family and all their friends. You brought your family and all their friends as well. So I think that's the main thing, like just saying that we've got like our family and friends in the stands and obviously this stands are filling out so it's getting better. Yeah, we're just talking about as well like being able to hear the fans obviously at Philips so we're saying can we hear them chanting but nice in front of what 7000 are we gonna hear it more? Like was it gonna be that sort of thing? Portman Road is a special place, like a very special place. That's all the girls keep saying . I mean as a stadium, it's what I call a stately home of English football. It's somewhere you go and you are in complete awe of when you walk down the tunnel all lit up in blue and then you head out onto the pitch is something mad. Wha what are your first thoughts gonna be when you head out? I don't even know. I don't know. I feel like I'm just gonna be on such a hype, like excited for it. I'll see Walk and see all them fans and obviously it's gonna be a completely different environment to what we' sveort of used to. Yeah. So I feel like until I'm in that moment I honestly can't really I don't know what I'll be thinking of. I think I would just be like laughing. Like that's what I'll like tat roots or say I was walking out and I'll just start laughing because I just laugh when I'm nervous. What are the leaders of the group saying? You've got someone in Natasha Thomas who's played at the football club for nearly ten years, she's coming up to a testimonial at some point, continues to break records, continues to score goals. She is a bona fide leader in in this team. You guys are excited, you're you're you're young, you're hungry, you're energetic. What's she saying about it? I think she's just as excited as us really. To be fair. I think she's obviously played at a stadium before but obviously nowhere near to how many supports have coming out. So I feel like she also knows what to expect but she's just excited and seems like well buzzing as well. Yeah I think she knows to back herself as well no matter where she's playing, whether it's 7,000 fans, 50,000 fans, I think Tasha's got in her to just perform. Tell me about backing yourself and what you guys have come here, you you what you've achieved coming in on loan. Um what's it been like this year? I've really enjoyed it. I mean I've enjoyed it alongside Reeves as well. I think it's been a really a big part of my development coming on loan, especially as a young player myself and being surrounded by the likes of Natasha Thomas. I think it's been really it's been really good for me in terms of learning different positions because I play on the left here and it's something that I've not done before and just kind of uh game after game, training after training, just learning and like performing. Yeah, I think like as well as being on the pitch, off the pitch, I've learnt a lot being here, like obviously some older players through the coaches, it's just helped me develop like as a person as well. So I feel like coming here was definitely a really good experience and it's really helped both of us to develop I think. Would it be fair to say that the league this year is tough? Yeah, for sure. Jinx. Yeah, no, it's just I think I wasn't I think neither of us were expecting like the level of physicality and just the demands to perform every single week. I think it's very easy to be like, oh like tier three, like it's below the championship. But it's just it's his it's his own league. I think it's more entertaining and it's very you never know what team's gonna turn up on the day really. I think it's a step up from the cadmo as well. Last season, like coming into this environment, I don't think I expect it to be as big of a jump sort of thing, but I feel like we can both agree that. Yeah, yeah. You talk about tier three that everyone's fighting to get out of it. Everyone wants to be playing championship in the WSL. That's why it's such a scrap, no? Yeah and I feel like with the the girls say this as well, I feel like every team just turns up against us. Like I don't think we've ever played a team and thought oh they've had a rubbish game. I feel like everyone puts their strongest eleven and their strongest tactics against us and just like they want to beat Ipswich. I feel like that's what is that I think they forget about a league kind of like placing and they just want to beat us. Is that because w we are a big po?ol This is a a huge football club. You look at the size, the stature of it. Yeah. Yeah, I think we take it as a compliment as well that literally everyone seems to want it so much more when it's against us and we just gotta take it as a good thing I think obviously they know that they're good. Yeah. So they wanna turn up. Real different blend in the group this year. What's it been for you guys coming in online from from some some big football clubs and and what have you what have you enjoyed about it? I've enjoyed most of it to be honest. I think I just it's very sometimes hard going into another team, especially with like teams that have been to like so established players in it and like getting along with the girls roofs as well like it was just so easy I felt like from the first training session with the girls like the banner was just flowing and banner is a massive thing in football like if you're not funny then it's it's quite it's quite hard to like jail with someone. Yeah dude. Come on, she's laughing. Yeah, it's quite funny. I think it's a funny. She could be just being just being polite. She could be polite, but Rubes ain't polite, so I don't think it's um Rubes, come on, stand up for yourself. Do you say what you've enjoyed? Um about the politeness. Um no I've enjoyed all of it. I think obviously coming in I didn't know anyone from this team and obviously I knew Len a tiny bit but that played against each other a couple times and seen all London derbies but um apart from that yeah didn't really know anyone I feel like it was really welcome straight away. Felt really at ease and ever since I've been here just feel really good about it. It's handy because we score a lot of goals, don't we? We do. We love scoring goals. It must be a good feeling to play in such a creative unit. Yeah, I mean we got Sophie Peskett on the team and she's just she's one of the best ringers I've seen. Like she's just one v1 and like crossing like she gets cross-off so quick. I think she got the most assists like across the team this season. You and you just see it in how she performs and then as a forward player myself like I can just guarantee that she's gonna get ball across to me or she's gonna cut it back to me or she's gonna score herself and it's just so like it's lovely to have that confidence in your teammates. Yeah you can really see the confidence in there as well. I think even in Tash like you can see them types of players, the confidence they play with and it obviously shows in their performance because scoring goals week in week out and so yeah it's really good to be playing long game that much. Yeah. What what does success look like for you guys this year? I think just development myself, like coming here obvious ly as a young player for me to get success I just want to be able to develop and then see what happens like next season and see what I can do as a player as well. What about as a team? I think Port Monroe is gonna be a very like I mean it's a historic day but I think it's gonna be a very successful day because if we come away or when we come away with a win it's gonna be one of those things that's just like it's just gonna show everyone around us and the girls within the club as well that just like what we want and yeah me and Reeves might be like lone players but I'm gonna be watching Ipswich Women till for my whole career now just because I s got a special place in my heart now. The last time we played Chatham was quite the demolition job wasn't it? Yeah, I think I scored a goal that game. Six one. Um what a chance I mean she got a red card. What happened? Um I come on what actually happened then then? She came on and like she got tackled and then the girl when Ruby was down like left her one of it and Ruby just jumped up and gave her a little shock . I've learned from it. Sorry. Don't worry about it from it. She has not I have a learned. She's not got a red card since and you can just develop them. She's rehabilitated. For secret sandwich, someone got her anger management book and I think she's been spent on with reading that and I haven't seen a flare up since. You don't seem the angry sort of like type of person. No, she's not angry, she's competitive. That's where it all stemmed from. Yeah, DeFi. Just that she was just i in the game, in the moment, and yeah, just retaliate. So going back to it, uh the last time we played Chatham, bit of a demolition job. Yeah. We're hoping for more of the same now, aren't we? Yeah, of course. It's front of the crowd as well at the stadium. Like I think we have no reason to not go into the game with good confidence. Yeah, I'll probably be scoring a lot of goals. Yeah. Get the crowd going behind us. What's what's what's training been like ahead of it? You're right more than I am gone. Um that's been really good. I think leading up to this game, you know, we're all just really excited for it and I think obviously it's important to prepare for it right and um obviously now going into this final week for like everyone's heads really screwed on and just really trying to focus on getting every little bit of detail right but everyone inside the obviously training's really up for it and doing good so far. Yeah, I think everyone just knows as well, like everyone wants to be in the starting eleven on the day for Portman Road for the tunnel, the the day in itself and just to be able to say that you've started at Portman Road. So I think as much as we're a team and everyone's like looking for the same goal of winning that game, I think everyone's got their own little personal agendas inside and they honestly want to train well to hopefully. You talk about the day itself . Will there be any change in in your build like your preparation to game? Will you do anything different? Will you prepare in a different way? Because it is Port Moreau, because it is as we know at this the point of recording 7,000 and it will go up. w A are we what we thinking? I thought I'd be a bit more nerves but nothing that'll sort of change in preparation for it but I don't want to I don't want to overthink it too much and start like changing my boots or changing the songs I listen to or things like that 'cause I just feel like if I put too much pressure on it the first time I get the ball I'll tope on it off the pitch. So I'd rather just like try and keep a cool head. In terms of that pitch it's it's big. The stadium is huge. I mean it's it's such a special place to play football. I can't convey I've been to watch so many games at Portman Road and there's something very, very special about the place. Um I know you said you're looking forward to the crowds but I mean just is will it be a different feeling for you looking at those stands the way like the roof's sloping and stuff like that you you kind of feel a bit like entrapped of it it's it's quite mad. Yeah I think I'll be thinking that like I think if the ball goes out for a throw on a corner I think I'll just you'll catch me just in a a glimpse of a second just kind of like trying to take it all in because like you said like it's a proper it's like a proper bad boy stadium like there's gonna there's gonna be fans in it and it's it's built up like there's gonna be nerves and it's just gonna be one of those things that you've just got to lap up the experience and like soak it all in. I've never heard anyone call Port Morde a proper bad stadium before. Ever. Ever. Sorry that's an offended mean bad button. I'm I'm I'm look, I'm I was born in Tottenham, yeah, it's a but I've I've never no one's ever There we go. First time very bad. Um Are you nervous about anything? Like th it it'd be it'd be like remiss if I didn't ask you and and if you weren't didn't have the opportunity to go, Yeah, well, you know, I'm thinking about this or thinking about that, I'm nervous with you know, the crowds or whatever, walking out. anything come up do you think about it and think y uh it's making you just a little bit nervous. I think I just want to make sure I perform well, like my performance I've been thinking about a bit, I'm trying not to stress about it but obviously it's a big game in front of a lot of people and I want to make sure that I turn up and I show obviously all the fans that come what I can actually do. So I feel like that's a tiny bit not on my mind but I'd say it's something I'm a bit nervous about but I'm just backing myself and thinking don't put pressure on it, do what I do and it'll be What do you do? Are you nervous? Yeah I'm nervous. It's more of a case of I've got like a couple of my friends coming to my family then I just wanna like make them proud and if I have a bad performance because I've overthought the day and the experience, I'll just be I'll be quite hard on myself afterwards. So I just want to relax, do well for the girls, do well for my family and friends, and just have a good day, really. The mascot situation is huge. Everyone's talking about who's walking out with who, who you guys walking out with, who's who's doing what? Um I've got my cousins come in, my little cousins, so they'll most probably be one of the mascots. Yeah, and I'm gonna have one of our little cousins as a mascot as well. Borrow cousin date at Bournemouth. Exactly, that's what we've done. I've been told they'd both prefer to go with Leonard anyway, so Oh really? Happens sometimes. I'm sorry, girl. Bad boy. Bad boy. Um so we we like to run little features on on the Pardon on Town TV. One of them we've done a little bit this season is teammates. It's a it's it's a very very old concept but I will ask you some random questions and you basically discuss it and give me one of your teammates' names. So the first question I'm gonna ask is who in and amongst the Ipswich Town Ladies Squad has the worst fashion sense? Serious. Do we can't have an answer together? Yeah, I listen you can confer, you can talk. Ideally, um I mean I don't know you guys did your GCSEs a lot uh you know a lot sort of shorter time than me or like you know a lot more recently than me. You can show you're working in this. So when I mean show you're working, we want to hear you work. We want to hear you. Alright so Ruby's top three. West. Yeah. Go. Ruby's top three. My fashion is Ruby's top three. Um why would Because she thinks Balenciaga's make the whole outfit No, I'm definitely not top three. Don't put me top three. No, you're not top three. She you are secretly top three. I'm I'd say I'm top three best. That's not the question . Um I reckon Bonnie's gotta be up there. It's just a different different timing. Bit of a different vibe. I'll put Bonnie up there . Um I think if I what's Laura saw dresses? Can't really I don't know what Laura wears. Should we just put Laura in there because we don't know what she wears? Yeah, I think I'm gonna go with Bonnie. I think it's But Bonnie's got cool hair man. Yeah, no. But cool hair isn't style. Clotheswise. Cool cool hair isn't fashion. No. It's not fashion. So we said final answer? Yeah. Bonnie. Lock it in. Bonnie. I've locked it in. On the flip side, who's got the best dress then? I am gonna vote myself. I'm gonna vote. You can't vote yourself. I can. Can you vote me then? That's not the game. Who else? If we're gonna oh a Nina dress as well Nina dresses Nina 100% Should we look in Nina? Yeah that's locking locked in Nina I love this little handshake thing you know every time I locked in like right okay um who's a dressing room joker and I need an example. Pes got boss. Them two together, I think. Can we do that? Maria, really. Oh yeah, Maria's funny. Maria and Pes together. And Kyra. That little trio. All of them. I need an example though. Why? Um just think we had some weird stuff. Yeah. But I don't even know how to explain it. Like especially pest, she's like chronically online, like she quotes TikTok audios and memes and stuff and it's just funny because like where's Burns and Connor Chaplin do that as well? See that's what I mean like she's so chronically online and that's why it's funny because I'm also chronically online so I can appreciate that it's funny. What's your favourite meme right now? What's my favourite meme? What's your favourite TikTok? Oh you know that elite employees one? You don't know I can't query it if she doesn't know it. Go on, say it. No one No cause if you don't know it I can't query it. What shorts? But I might know it, go on. No, we'll show it. My favourite TikTok right now. T twin one. Twin. Twin. Twin. Twin. Yeah, I can agree with that one. I have no idea what that is. It's because we're twins, so we just like we get it. I'm 32. I downloaded TikTok last week. I was on it for about three minutes and I deleted it. Too much. Too much. No. It is a lot. But like it's just addictive. My my missus is on it. Yeah. And she basically says if you want to watch them, she's like watching mine, so I'm not cool. I can't be downloading that. It's it's too much. It does get too invasive. Yeah. It knows exactly what you're thinking. That's why I say I could think I want a hot dog. Bosh hot dog on my p for youage. Where's the best hot dog out there? If you don't say Costco Chingford then. Costco Chingford . It's a North London thing. It's a North Ching. Also where there is a Costco. There are many locations for a Cosmo. I do love Costco though. What's your favourite order from Costco? Oh I've never ordered food from it. No, I mean I mean like what do you get there? Oh like the food in that. Anything. Um all the sandwiches and the wraps. No no no no no. Are you talking about the cold section? Oh I've never been to the hot section. What? I didn't know there was a lot section. I know a guy, this was about ten years ago, who used to go on dates to Costco. Yeah, that's how we do it. That's how I'm IKEA.. Yeah, for the dog Nah, Ikea hot dogs are Ikea hot dogs are the worst hot dogs on earth though. But the meatballs are the meatballs. The meatballs are good. Yeah. Yeah. The hot dogs are woeful. Yeah. Bit meaty. They're very, very bad. Anyway, he married them. Anyway, oh they live in Mexico now. Shout out him Who's a future gaffer in the making? Evie. Yeah, I think . I was thinking that too. Yeah, she's just she's already acting like a gaff er. Yeah. Yeah. Her communication on the pitch as well. And she's one of the youngest as well. And she just she keeps us all in check out there. She's rolling around in the bench coat or something like that. Like she's just she just like she doesn't even need the bench coat on. There's like an invisible one on her all the time and I'm just like respect but I just listen to her she's got me on ropes I just listen. I'll definitely say Easy I'm just me too. Who's most serious? We talk about the jokers who are the most serious who are the ones that you you don't really want to mess around with that you don't banter so much . I feel like summer can be quite serious. What? No way I'm talking though, like on and off. No way. What at all? Caira. I think you can battle with chira, but once it's like game time, it's game time. Which I can respect highly because like she'll keep me in check. Like if I've like messed up with passing training and I haven't taken it as seriously she'll be like right fix it and I'll be like fix it. Yeah yeah that's true we're locking it in the locking it in car Okay who's the dressing room DJ oh it's Pesk, pesk, pesk. Yeah, what what we got going on. Everything. She sent a message into the group chat the other day asking for people's songs. For like Port Moro Road. Oh she so you're allowed to do a port? Well not normally. Not normally. She normally it's like the exact same tracks. But But then one road so everyone feels like they're in their element. Yeah, yeah. What have you guys got? I put Ponder Replay by Rihanna. Good shoot . Good shoe . Ruby aired the message. I don't know if my own to be inappropriate. What song is it? Oh that's a good no British baby name is that Jake. Is it inappropriate? No, it's a good song. And it is not a ne need you to say that one. So Who's got the worst taste in music? Bonnie Rubes. Why are you thinking out rooms? Literally, it's just a hate. I don't really know everyone's like music , do you? No. I don't really know. Who I couldn't really say one, I don't think. Who do I reckon would have the worst music? I reckon Lucy O's got their playlist and I reckon her playlist is dry. Yeah, yeah. Why do you why I don't know, like she I don't think she's ever Do you know what record on the And she's always got air putting. Yeah. She always has air putting. She don't listen to the change . She must have her own unique little Yeah style guy. It's mysterious. She could have like heavy metal going in there for what I know. That's another TikTok thing as well, isn't it? You know that thing like where where they have the headphones and have someone walking they're like people think I'm listening to this but in reality. Yeah, see that's me . I listen to like heavy metal sometimes. Okay. Follow up question away from teammates though, just on on the music thing, because we love music here. Um what's your guilty pleasure track? I'm talking when I define guilty pleasure, I'm saying, imagine you're driving along in your car, yeah? And you're you need to pick up Rubes and and instead of being where you're supposed to pick her up, she she's met you a bit earlier and she's opening the door and you've got a track on that's your guilty pleasure and you're quickly like pressing the button to change it. What is your guilty pleasure and what's your guilty pleasure? One that you know she will absolutely rip you for . I know I'm I was gonna say one but I don't think you rip me for it. Go on. I was gonna say no can stick Caesar enough like that's oh that's true it's been it's been played so many times I don't even know what that is the season of the sticks that was that's a good song but it's been rinse so I'd be like Ruby's like turn it off like it's old now. Yeah that's Is that your guilty pleasure? Yeah, yeah, deafo, hundred percent. Yeah, hundred percent. Mine's probably uh changes by death tones because it's like quite like shouty, email. I actually can't because I'll I'll make myself look so stupid. I'll play it to you after this and you'll see why she wouldn't. No, I wouldn't go on you too. I actually can't. Actually my body physically will not let me. My body won't let me . Um who's the fastest player in training? Oh to say yeah. My thing is mean . I thought I'd be you, Tash. It's either me or Tash. Or Maze is fast. Yeah Maze's Farce. I think it's either me, Tash or Maisie. Yeah, I'd say three and then Pess would be about four. Yeah. Yeah Are we shaking on it? Looked in. Thank you very much. We've got to get the paperwork done. It's gotta be done, we've got to be consistent with it. Um we know well we kinda know who the fastest players, players are, you've asked for one. Who's the most skillful? Perskins . So let's get straight in. Straight in. Straight in. Straight in. Who is the best dancer in the group? Who organises the nights out? It's b Ballozs in it. Boz is like a mummy group. She sorts out everyone. She loves a little dance for it, Rajing. Yeah. I'd probably say I reckon Boz's probably. Yeah. Yeah. Best dancer, but organise her as well. Yeah, she organises the ability to dance. Are they good nights out? We're yet to go. You haven't been to a night out yet? We haven't, because this is the thing, we're so far. And we either have training the next day or it just doesn't align. I think the one after the awards dinner though. Yeah, but we're sad for that. Yes, we can actually roll. Like that, like that. Um who's the toughest player. Tough as in that shape. Toughest, like you don't mess around with him. Tough. Tough . So I'd look at the men's team right now and I'd go Sam Worsey straight away. I think Sam Worsey's just a leader and he's tough. You don't mess with animals. You do not mess with. I can't mess with everyone. Maybe that's my problem. Maybe that is your problem. Um Neen is quite tough. In that training game. Neen is quite tough. We have a training game, that in-house game on Friday. She came out and she was in goal and she was just directing everything. She was calling us out. She's like drop, track, inside, outside. Like she was she was tough that day. Like cabbage . Lock me now. Last question. Who's the teacher's pet? Boz. Boz. No, I don't know if it's Boz. Boz is getting a lot of hate on it. I don't think Boz is great, but I think teacher's pet . I don't think it's Boz. Do you know what? No. I feel like Boz does everything right. Yeah, but But always on time, always does this, always does that, sorts this out, sorts that out. Yeah, but she's a skip I guess, but I don't think she teaches pet. Who would you say teachers pets then? If you're saying I don't know it's not boys. Um If you've got someone in mind, that's why you're grinning. I'm trying to think. Maybe Lucy, maybe Lucy . How? I just think I don't know . I don't really have an answer, but I think I don't think we're not looking in today. Oh no. We disagree for the first time. Do you think it's Boz? Yeah. But then is it because she's captain? That's what I think . But we've spoken about Boz's like like primary school, secondary school. She admits that she was a teacher's pet, so why would she not be now? Different environment. Same sort of thing though. A teacher being Joe. Students being us . How's about that? I'm saying Boz. You can say you see. Oh no, we're not agreeing We ain't locking this in. Yeah, it's not locked in. I don't actually want to see. No, I don't think it's pause. I really got like a set one, but I just don't think it's pause. Okay. Is that that's fine. We can agree to disagree. We'll lock that in. Who's the opposite of teacher's pet ? Ruby . No, um opposite of teacher's pet. We don't really listen . I feel like Maisie because she just doesn't really like it. Maisie. Sometimes Maisie doesn't really listen. But then Maisie is a really good trainer. Yeah, she trains hard, but I just feel like she 's like she's a bit she's already just a bit like. She comes out with a funniest things, it's just like she doesn't really know what she's talking about. You guys have been brilliant with teammates and and you've been brilliant in this chat. Um what's the dream outcome for for Saturday individually collectively? It's a big win. Big win. Not just a win, a big one. Lots of goals. What word am I thinking of? Something win. Big. Yeah, but what's the other B word ? Bad bo y win. That's what I'm looking for. I'm looking for a bad boy win. Love that. Love that. Um I think from us here at the Glub all we want to say is remember who you represent, remember the badge you represent, go out and enjoy it because it's a huge stage. This is a massive stage and it's a massive opportunity and you know the fans are going to be there and they are one hell of a fan base so go out and enjoy it and we can't wait to see what you guys do. Hopefully, it's a proper another demolition job. Um, one last one for you guys. Do you have a message for the supporters ahead of the game? I just say turn up, support us, even if we might be down at some points. I don't mean score just down and we're heads down just support us keep us going be loud be loud on the hit of track be passionate yeah just support us and turn up we'll turn up for you that's it for this episode of the official Ipswich Down podcast. I had so much fun recording it. Thanks for your company. I hope you enjoyed it. But what I can't wait for is to see you all at Portman Road at the weekend. Tickets starting from just a pound head over to tickets.itfc.co.uk and make sure you go and grab yours. We gotta get together for these lot. There's only one thing left to say isn't there? Come on you tractor girls