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Mac & Bone Show - Ashley Westwood Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: And Ashley Westwood, the captain of your Charlotte FC squad,
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: is with us. Westy, congratulations on the comeback win, man.
• 0:06
  Speaker 2: How you doing?
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  Speaker 3: Good morning, lads. Sorry, I overslept.
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  Speaker 2: That's all right. No problem.
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  Speaker 4: Everything went well while you were gone. We had no
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  Speaker 4: show fights or anything.
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  Speaker 2: We're fine.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we did get into a bit of a Donnybrook
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  Speaker 1: on the show. But I feel like that's your doing,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's on the field or whether it's here on
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  Speaker 1: this show by just delaying your appearance.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like you're good at starting fights.
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  Speaker 3: I can't finish them, though.
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  Speaker 2: I can't finish them. Oh, man.
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  Speaker 1: All right, so let's talk about the comeback. Before we
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: get into tonight's game against Columbus, let's talk about the
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: comeback against Dallas. I was absolutely ecstatic watching it, and
• 0:49
  Speaker 1: you could just kind of feel the goals coming. Once
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  Speaker 1: y'all went down 2-0, Aloko really seemed to change the
• 0:54
  Speaker 1: game on the right wing, but y'all just were all
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  Speaker 1: over him. I felt each time, like, I think another
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  Speaker 1: goal's coming, and you finally got the third and pulled
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  Speaker 1: it off.
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  Speaker 2: What was that like to be a part of?
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  Speaker 3: There's no better way. I mean, obviously, it's not nice
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  Speaker 3: being 2-0 down, but when you come back and you
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  Speaker 3: score a last-minute winner, there's no better feeling in football.
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  Speaker 3: But I thought the first half, we actually played well.
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  Speaker 3: We actually played well. We were unlucky to be behind. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: they scored one, then they scored another. But then that
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  Speaker 3: shows the character of what we've got. We've created a brotherhood. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: when you get that, it's a hard thing to stop.
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  Speaker 4: How well, this team, as we head to the postseason, Westy,
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  Speaker 4: how well prepared and ready for the postseason do you
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  Speaker 4: think your squad is this year?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you never know. You never know. But we've put ourselves, obviously,
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  Speaker 3: we weren't happy with the start of the season. I've
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  Speaker 3: said that many times, and the manager wasn't happy. So
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  Speaker 3: we've come back after the World Cup break. We've been exceptional.
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  Speaker 3: I think there's only one team that's beat us, and
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  Speaker 3: that's Chicago. They've beat us twice. But no, like you
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  Speaker 3: said as well, you've got Rodolfo coming off the bench.
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  Speaker 3: You've got Will coming off the bench. People are now
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  Speaker 3: coming off the bench and affecting the game. So when
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  Speaker 3: you have that, it's a nice thing to have.
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  Speaker 1: No doubt about it. Ashley Westwood is with us. So
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  Speaker 1: I'm assuming you are in like a hotel in Columbus?
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  Speaker 3: We are. We are. I think we're three miles from the...
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  Speaker 3: Ohio State College. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 4: Nice.
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  Speaker 2: I hate Ohio. Don't talk to those people, Westy. They're
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  Speaker 2: not good humans.
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  Speaker 1: Go by there and yell something, Westy. I can't stand them. Man,
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  Speaker 1: I can't stand Ohio State.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to go for my morning coffee and start
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  Speaker 3: some trouble.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, there you go.
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  Speaker 4: Westy, what is the MLS cities that you've been to?
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  Speaker 4: What's your favorite away city that you visited?
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  Speaker 3: That's a tough one. Obviously, Nashville, you go for a
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  Speaker 3: walk on the Friday night and you have to stay in.
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  Speaker 3: So that's a fun to not get dragged into. But
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  Speaker 3: I think Columbus is nice. There's no better city than Charlotte,
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  Speaker 3: we say.
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  Speaker 2: Now you're talking.
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  Speaker 3: It's always nice to get home.
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  Speaker 1: Now you're talking. Speaking of home, did you feel at
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  Speaker 1: home in the torrential downpour rain on Saturday night? Do
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  Speaker 1: you love that, being from England?
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  Speaker 3: I used to, but now I hate it. I must say,
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  Speaker 3: it does create, when the rain's pouring, the fans are singing,
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  Speaker 3: and obviously the score last minute winner, there's no better feeling.
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  Speaker 3: And like I said, I've said it before, the fans
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  Speaker 3: turn out, it was Wednesday night, and yeah, it was special,
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  Speaker 3: it was special.
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  Speaker 4: Toklamati's been red hot lately. What do you think has
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  Speaker 4: led to the surge that he's on, and how much
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  Speaker 4: is Maxi leading to that duo really having a lot
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  Speaker 4: of success?
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  Speaker 3: I think being away on international as well. He said
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  Speaker 3: he played against Ireland, and Ireland have got a lot
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  Speaker 3: of championship players. They're big, physical, and tough. When he
• 4:00
  Speaker 3: comes back, he goes, I realize you have to be–
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  Speaker 3: you have to be physical and strong. And listen, Idan
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  Speaker 3: was exceptional the other night, even when he chased back
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  Speaker 3: and he was winning the ball back on the edge
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  Speaker 3: of our box. And I think he deserved his two goals.
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  Speaker 3: I know we should have had three goals, but Toph
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  Speaker 3: took one off him. But no, he certainly deserved it.
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  Speaker 3: And hopefully now we've got a striker that's on top
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  Speaker 3: of his game and we're going to miss Archie, but
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  Speaker 3: Idan needs to carry the torch now.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I like what y'all have going on up front
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  Speaker 1: with those guys, no doubt about it. We got a
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  Speaker 1: great question about you, Westy. Not from us. You made
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  Speaker 1: the comment. Yeah, we got to go to the listeners
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  Speaker 1: for this. And feel free to ask Westy your question, 704-570-9610.
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  Speaker 1: Seven oh four number says Westy just said he doesn't
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  Speaker 1: finish the fights. I have noticed he goes out there
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  Speaker 1: and causes a whole brouhaha. Does Westy actually ever get
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  Speaker 1: in fights? He doesn't seem like he would be a
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  Speaker 1: good fighter.
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  Speaker 2: You are from England, though. Y'all fight.
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  Speaker 3: I love the scraps, but listen, my dad's always taught
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  Speaker 3: me to, if your mates are in trouble, you have
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  Speaker 3: to stay there. And if you get beaten, you have
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  Speaker 3: to be with them, but you never run away from
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  Speaker 3: a fight. But no, it's not, it's not. Yeah, I don't,
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  Speaker 3: I don't like it. It's not me, mate. You know me,
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  Speaker 3: you know me. I'm a chill guy.
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  Speaker 2: You're a fun loving dude, but you're intense on the feet.
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  Speaker 3: When I get on the field, when I get on
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  Speaker 3: the field, I just want to win. That's my problem.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's all business. Our show's 0-2 in fights, Westy.
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  Speaker 1: Mack Walsh, what was that, third grade? Third grade was
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  Speaker 1: my only fight. And I got beat up by a
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  Speaker 1: girl in summer camp once.
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  Speaker 3: I hope you remember it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Her name was Sarah.
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  Speaker 4: She did the hockey-style move with the shirt over the
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  Speaker 4: head thing.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my God. It was ugly.
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  Speaker 3: Never forget it.
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  Speaker 2: Never forget that butt whooping from Sarah. It was on
• 6:00
  Speaker 2: the basketball court. She threw me over the chairs. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: my God. This gets worse. Yeah, you don't forget that, Westy.
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  Speaker 2: This gets a lot worse.
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  Speaker 1: Westy, we were talking earlier about the fact that y'all
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  Speaker 1: can clinch a playoff spot tonight, but I know that's
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  Speaker 1: not what is your goal, right? You've got to get
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  Speaker 1: in a playoff, so get that one secured. Then it's
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  Speaker 1: about seeding. Hopefully you can get– I know Chicago– is
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  Speaker 1: up there now, but hopefully, you know, you tie with
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  Speaker 1: New England, hopefully you can get a top four seed
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  Speaker 1: and get a, get home advantage for a series. But
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  Speaker 1: in your, in my mind as a fan, like as
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  Speaker 1: a supporter, Westy, it's like, I feel like y'all have
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  Speaker 1: to take the next step in the playoffs. Like you
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  Speaker 1: have to advance around at least. Is that a fair
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  Speaker 1: way to put it or, or no?
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  Speaker 2: What do you think?
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  Speaker 3: Uh, yeah, we've, listen, we've, we've not spoke about it
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  Speaker 3: as lads for obviously the last two years. We've, we've
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  Speaker 3: come up short, so we're not, we're not, we're not
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  Speaker 3: unaware of what's gone on. So I think, listen, I've
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  Speaker 3: said we wanted to reach, we wanted to be the
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  Speaker 3: top in the East. I think we are, but Nashville
• 7:01
  Speaker 3: had a great start to the season. But it's all
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  Speaker 3: about playoffs. And I think we've, I've said it many times,
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  Speaker 3: we've got a very well-rounded squad. And yeah, I think
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  Speaker 3: for us to achieve something, we have to go to,
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  Speaker 3: we have to go to the next level. We can't
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  Speaker 3: come short of the playoffs again. Last year, we, We
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  Speaker 3: did what we wanted to do. We finished in the
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  Speaker 3: top four. We got a home draw. We come up short.
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  Speaker 3: So this year we want to go one, two, or
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  Speaker 3: three better. And I've said it before, I won't be
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  Speaker 3: happy until I bring a trophy home.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. You're thinking bigger than what I'm even saying. I
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  Speaker 1: appreciate that. All right, Westy.
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  Speaker 2: Good luck tonight.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be watching. Good luck tonight in Columbus. And thanks
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  Speaker 1: for joining us on the game day, man. We appreciate you.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you. Sorry I was late.
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  Speaker 2: All good. All good, baby. All right, there you go.
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  Speaker 2: Ashley Westwood.