3 Most Recent Unplayed Podcasts is selected - But iTunes still syncs all

I've selected "3 most recent podcasts" to be synced with my iPod, but iTunes still syncs all the podcasts, without deleting or omitting older, played podcasts.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Ben

I have had a variation on this problem for years.
If I tell iTunes not to sync Podcasts, it does it anyway and just makes them invisable to the iPod. You can see them in iTunes when navigating the iPod.
I reported to Apple, but nothing ever fixed. Mind you, they still can't get Apple Mail to check the system preferences to learn which is the first day of the week so I don't hold my breath for an easy fix to either apps.
The only way I found to resolve it is to select the option to only sync ticked items and then unselect all the podcasts, choosing only those you wish to sync.
It's messy, it shouldn't be required, but with 10GB of podcasts on my machine, I haven't any other choice.
Unless someone from Apple knows of a proper fix?

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