Latest / TDUK / The Audible - Episode 27

Transcript

The Audible - Episode 27 · TDUK

• 0:35
  Hello and welcome to another episode of
• 0:38
  the Audible. I am going to be your host
• 0:39
  today. I am Lee Sessions and I am joined
• 0:43
  by our guest today.
• 0:46
  How are we doing buddy?
• 0:47
  >> I'm good, thank you. I'm good. I'm doing
• 0:49
  all right today.
• 0:50
  >> Yeah.
• 0:50
  >> Fantastic. Guys, as you can see from my
• 0:52
  background, I'm in sunny Brunai. Um, I'm
• 0:55
  eight hours ahead of you guys, so I'm
• 0:58
  just uh this is this is actually a
• 0:59
  picture I took took last week myself
• 1:02
  when I was uh visiting Tropical
• 1:04
  Paradise. Um, it's it's actually quite
• 1:07
  late here right now, so that's why I've
• 1:09
  got the the background on. Uh, butwame,
• 1:11
  tell us about you. Tell us about who who
• 1:14
  you are, who you play for, and who your
• 1:16
  NFL team is.
• 1:19
  So, I'm a player, a commentator, an
• 1:22
  athlete, whatever you want to whatever
• 1:23
  you want to call it. I play defensive
• 1:25
  back for the Solen Thrashers. Previously
• 1:27
  played for the Brunell Burners. Still a
• 1:29
  big fan to this day. Uh do a bit of
• 1:32
  commentary as and when I can and when
• 1:33
  I'm required and when I'm wanted. Um and
• 1:36
  of course NFL team. I'm a Pittsburgh
• 1:40
  Steelers fan.
• 1:42
  So, I can tell by the look on your face
• 1:44
  you too proud of that one.
• 1:47
  How how did how do you feel the Steelers
• 1:49
  Steelers did as a whole this year?
• 1:52
  >> I think for the past 10 years or so, the
• 1:56
  Steelers have been in purgatory. It's
• 1:57
  like mediocrity purgatory. So, we're too
• 2:00
  too good to get a good draft pick and
• 2:02
  too bad to do good in the playoffs. So,
• 2:03
  we're kind of just stuck in the middle.
• 2:05
  Um, I don't think a lot of the fans
• 2:08
  really want to see us be bad enough to
• 2:11
  get a good pick and reset, but at the
• 2:13
  same time, like it's kind of a necessary
• 2:15
  step that you might have to take to get
• 2:17
  to
• 2:18
  the next level. So, it's one of those
• 2:20
  tricky situations that we're in right
• 2:22
  now.
• 2:23
  >> It is. It is. You're absolutely right. I
• 2:25
  mean, you know, with with Mike Tomlinson
• 2:27
  kind of, you know, always having that
• 2:29
  winning record um that he seems to get
• 2:32
  every single year, it kind of put you
• 2:35
  that sort of middle of the table where,
• 2:37
  you know, all the draft really good
• 2:38
  draft picks already gone and you've got
• 2:41
  no leverage on, you know, trying to jump
• 2:43
  up and to to nab anyone. So, it was it
• 2:47
  was really really difficult. Um, but
• 2:50
  obviously now Tom L Tomlin Linson's
• 2:52
  gone. You've got your new head coach,
• 2:54
  uh, Mike McCarthy coming into the to the
• 2:56
  realm. How how do you see that
• 2:59
  transition from Tomlinson to McCarthy
• 3:01
  being for the for the Steelers? Do you
• 3:03
  think
• 3:04
  >> it's going to be interesting because
• 3:06
  this is the first time
• 3:09
  I think ever that the Steelers have ever
• 3:11
  gone for a head coach that was older
• 3:12
  than I think 40 or something at the time
• 3:14
  that he's come in. Obviously, McCarthy's
• 3:16
  in his 60s, so oldest guy to ever take
• 3:18
  the job. Every other Steelers head
• 3:22
  coach, at least since the merger, has
• 3:23
  been there for over 10 years.
• 3:26
  Can't imagine them having a 70 odd year
• 3:28
  old guy at the helm. So, I don't know
• 3:30
  how long he's going to be there. It' be
• 3:32
  interesting to see, but it's definitely
• 3:34
  going to be a change in mentality and a
• 3:36
  change of There will be changes. I think
• 3:39
  a lot of the mood will change around
• 3:40
  Pittsburgh.
• 3:42
  >> Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. I know, you
• 3:44
  know, the NFL is never changing uh
• 3:47
  material, isn't it really? You know, you
• 3:49
  who would have thought, you know, the
• 3:50
  New England Patriots would have been in
• 3:52
  the Super Bowl this year with the
• 3:54
  Seattle Seahawks. It was it was
• 3:55
  definitely something,
• 3:57
  you know, the NFL is constantly
• 3:59
  changing. And, you know, I'd like to see
• 4:01
  Pittsburgh do more than just make the
• 4:05
  playoffs and fall at the first hurdle.
• 4:08
  um you know cuz they they've had they've
• 4:10
  had really talented people on their
• 4:12
  roster in the last uh last few years and
• 4:14
  I think it's
• 4:16
  >> they're overdue
• 4:18
  a bit of a run in the playoffs.
• 4:19
  >> Yeah, a playoff win. That would be that
• 4:21
  would be a good start.
• 4:24
  >> Wow, the fans are so irritated from just
• 4:27
  not being able to win in the playoffs.
• 4:28
  So it's you know every year
• 4:30
  >> the same thing happens. You know I think
• 4:31
  this year was different because we
• 4:33
  didn't go three four scores down before
• 4:35
  we did anything. kept it tight until at
• 4:37
  least halfime and then of course you
• 4:39
  know wheels fell off in the third
• 4:41
  quarter and that was it. But
• 4:43
  >> yeah, absolutely.
• 4:45
  >> Tell us how you how how how do you think
• 4:47
  the the the Solen thrashers are going to
• 4:49
  fair up this year? How how are you
• 4:51
  looking? How's the training going? How's
• 4:52
  the recruitment been? Uh how how they
• 4:55
  looking as a whole?
• 4:57
  >> Recruitment is looking strong. I see you
• 4:58
  know quite a few good players have
• 5:00
  signed. Quite a lot of players have come
• 5:01
  through. you know, everybody knows, you
• 5:03
  know, the coaching staff and the big the
• 5:06
  effort that they put in, the work that
• 5:07
  they do behind the scenes, you know, but
• 5:09
  also the pull that they have, you know,
• 5:10
  the head coach, very very popular guy
• 5:13
  and, you know, people want he's he's
• 5:16
  someone that people want to play for,
• 5:18
  you know, which not a lot of coaches in
• 5:20
  the UK, I guess, have that sort of um
• 5:22
  that reputation. So that's a positive
• 5:25
  you know of course given how we did last
• 5:27
  year winning most of our games and only
• 5:30
  falling short to Wembley who have
• 5:32
  themselves gone up you know I think so a
• 5:33
  lot of people will be looking at us as
• 5:36
  one of the guys who were expected to at
• 5:38
  least make a make a big push in the
• 5:40
  playoffs you know other guys as well is
• 5:42
  not just us you know I'm looking at like
• 5:44
  East Kent for example they've signed
• 5:45
  really well they're always strong in the
• 5:48
  division so you know obviously they're
• 5:50
  not in the same conference as us but you
• 5:52
  know they'll be they'll expectations for
• 5:54
  them to do well. Of course, the
• 5:56
  Olympians are always there about, so
• 5:57
  it's not going to be an easy ride, you
• 5:59
  know, but it'll be it'll be fun. It'll
• 6:02
  be a fun season. It'll be interesting to
• 6:03
  see what the other guys have have got in
• 6:06
  store for us as well. So, personally, I
• 6:08
  can't wait. But again, you know, being
• 6:11
  on the team and obviously being a bit
• 6:12
  biased, I'm going to say that I
• 6:14
  personally think that we can and at
• 6:17
  least should can and should definitely,
• 6:19
  you know, make a push in the playoffs.
• 6:21
  I think I think if you if you second
• 6:23
  guessess your own team then you know
• 6:24
  you're setting yourself up for disaster.
• 6:26
  So um you know Solen obviously you know
• 6:29
  a few years ago you know we're in the
• 6:31
  Premiership um you know they they had a
• 6:33
  bit of a wobble and and came down back
• 6:35
  down to div one. Um you know they were
• 6:38
  one of the teams I was expecting to
• 6:39
  bounce back. Um
• 6:42
  uh so yeah, I'm I'm I'm really excited
• 6:44
  to see, you know, how you guys have
• 6:47
  have, you know, reshaped this year and
• 6:49
  and to contend for a playoff position
• 6:52
  and hopefully get get the promotion.
• 6:54
  Obviously, we're going to talk a little
• 6:55
  bit more about Brit Ball at the end and
• 6:57
  the uh the opportunities for promotion
• 7:00
  from div one into the Prem uh that might
• 7:03
  have happened at the end of this season.
• 7:06
  Uh but what we're going to do now is
• 7:07
  we're going to jump into some uh into
• 7:09
  some news uh some breaking news that
• 7:11
  have just happened in the last uh few
• 7:13
  hours of prior to us jumping on this
• 7:16
  podcast. Uh so we're going to go
• 7:18
  straight into uh the Max Crosby trade.
• 7:22
  Uh he's now been traded to the Baltimore
• 7:26
  Ravens
• 7:27
  uh for a couple of draft picks. Um,
• 7:31
  obviously this is a super talented uh
• 7:35
  pass rusher. Uh, he
• 7:39
  he's one of these guys where, you know,
• 7:42
  if he doesn't win a Super Bowl, he's
• 7:45
  he's he's going to be robbed.
• 7:49
  >> Yeah, exactly. and he's he's he's
• 7:51
  obviously got traded by the by the
• 7:53
  Raiders um a few years back and he's
• 7:57
  been by far the their best player on
• 7:59
  that team for for a number of years and
• 8:01
  now to see him go to a a Super Bowl
• 8:04
  contending team. Um I think this is
• 8:06
  really exciting news. What what do you
• 8:08
  obviously being a being a pisto
• 8:11
  be seeing this guy uh
• 8:14
  >> I've got a couple mates who are Ravens
• 8:16
  fans that won't stop giving it the the
• 8:18
  talk but you know it's it's um wait
• 8:20
  until the play wait until we've played
• 8:23
  each other twice you know but you know
• 8:24
  I've got one of my closest friends is a
• 8:26
  Raiders is a yeah sorry Raiders fan and
• 8:29
  he's fuming he's absolutely fuming says
• 8:32
  that you know they'll have the number
• 8:33
  one pick they'll have two extra first
• 8:35
  rounders from from Baltimore and still,
• 8:38
  you know, it's it's a case of rebuild,
• 8:40
  rebuild, rebuild. But, you know, you've
• 8:41
  got all the pieces, but
• 8:43
  what are you going to do with the
• 8:44
  pieces? There's no guarantee that the
• 8:46
  players you draft will be great players,
• 8:47
  you know, whereas when you trade for a
• 8:48
  player and give up your first, you now
• 8:49
  know, okay, this guy is established.
• 8:51
  He's done this in the league. He's done
• 8:53
  that. He's got this ability. We might
• 8:55
  not have a first round pick this year,
• 8:56
  but we've got this player who's
• 8:58
  definitely worth it. We had the same
• 9:00
  thing when we traded for Maker
• 9:02
  Fitzpatrick. We didn't have a first
• 9:03
  round pick that year, but we did have
• 9:04
  him and we knew what he could do from
• 9:06
  his time in Miami. So, I mean, the
• 9:08
  Ravens definitely will feel like they've
• 9:10
  got a player, definitely a player worth
• 9:13
  winning. They've got so many ballers.
• 9:14
  Their roster is so stacked. It's
• 9:15
  unbelievable how they didn't win a
• 9:17
  division last year, and it's
• 9:18
  unbelievable how they're not competing
• 9:20
  for Super Bowls right now. But,
• 9:23
  as a student, it'll be interesting. Um,
• 9:26
  I just say wait and see. But, you know,
• 9:29
  I'm I'm really really surprised that,
• 9:33
  you know, that I'm really surprised that
• 9:35
  ra that the Ravens, sorry, the Raiders
• 9:37
  I'm getting confused with the two of
• 9:38
  them, that the Raiders decided to just
• 9:40
  give up, let him go. You know, they're
• 9:42
  really really going in on this rebuild
• 9:45
  on this rebuild. And it really should
• 9:47
  work. I I hope it works for them because
• 9:50
  having seen how bad the Raiders have
• 9:52
  been for the past goodness knows how
• 9:54
  many years, I really hope it works for
• 9:56
  them. But something had to be done
• 9:58
  there. And maybe for them, I don't know
• 10:00
  if this is the right decision, but they
• 10:01
  have to
• 10:02
  >> now they're in a position where they
• 10:03
  have to just rebuild.
• 10:05
  >> Yeah, I think it's it's it's pretty
• 10:06
  obvious that, you know, uh you know,
• 10:09
  they're going to be drafting their first
• 10:11
  first round pick, our first overall
• 10:14
  pick, uh is going to be obviously the
• 10:15
  the quarterback that they're hoping is
• 10:18
  going to be the quarterback of their
• 10:19
  future, um Mendoza. Um, and it's it's
• 10:22
  going to be interesting to see what pick
• 10:24
  they use that they've just acquired from
• 10:26
  the Ravens. You know, what hole are they
• 10:28
  going to fill next? Um, who is Mendoza
• 10:31
  going to be throwing the ball to? Has he
• 10:34
  got enough protection up front?
• 10:36
  And that's even, you know, not even
• 10:38
  going into the question of, well, who's
• 10:40
  replacing Max Crosby? You know, there's
• 10:43
  there's there's multiple holes in this
• 10:45
  sinking ship. Um, and you know, how how
• 10:48
  are they going to fill their fill their
• 10:51
  roster up with with the talent that's,
• 10:53
  you know, that's being left behind is is
• 10:55
  going to be a tricky one. But, um, you
• 10:58
  know, on a positive, Max Crosby in a in
• 11:01
  a in a Ravens uniform, that's definitely
• 11:04
  exciting news for him um, and for the
• 11:07
  Ravens organization. So, I wish him the
• 11:10
  best of luck there.
• 11:12
  Um, moving on to the the next bit of
• 11:14
  news. Obviously, we had the the news
• 11:16
  that um Montgomery has uh been traded to
• 11:19
  the Texans and in light of that, we've
• 11:22
  now lost uh Joe Mixon, who was a former
• 11:26
  Cincinnati
• 11:28
  Bengal. Um played in
• 11:31
  the Texans with the Texans last year and
• 11:33
  had a fantastic season. Uh but after the
• 11:36
  the this blockbuster trade that's come
• 11:38
  through, uh they've decided to release
• 11:41
  uh to Mixon. Now, I don't think he's
• 11:43
  going to be on the the free market for
• 11:45
  very long. Um,
• 11:48
  I'd love to think what would love to
• 11:49
  hear what you think on this on this uh
• 11:51
  decision by the Texans.
• 11:53
  >> Yeah, he's a talented running back.
• 11:54
  Definitely talented. I've seen him from
• 11:55
  obviously um his time in Cincinnati. I
• 11:57
  paid close attention to him. Obviously,
• 11:59
  playing twice a year against Pittsburgh.
• 12:01
  I know uh what he's capable of doing and
• 12:03
  everything, but obviously when you bring
• 12:04
  in another running back, it almost is
• 12:06
  writing on the wall. When you bring in a
• 12:07
  guy in your position who is expected to
• 12:10
  be a starter or is good enough to be a
• 12:11
  starter, it's always a case of writing
• 12:13
  on the wall. Okay, where am I going to
• 12:14
  go next? You know, I think that he's got
• 12:16
  the talent to be able to stay in the
• 12:17
  league. Again, running backs don't
• 12:19
  typically last that long in the league
• 12:21
  compared to other positions, but you
• 12:23
  know, he definitely has the ability and
• 12:25
  the talent to go somewhere else. Um, one
• 12:27
  thing actually which also connects to
• 12:29
  the previous point and the previous
• 12:30
  player is when you then obviously
• 12:32
  release a player or when you get a
• 12:33
  player who goes onto his next contract,
• 12:35
  obviously you end up paying them more
• 12:36
  money when you release that player for a
• 12:38
  cap to save cap money. Of course, you
• 12:40
  can you then draft another player who
• 12:42
  who will inevitably cost less. So, it
• 12:45
  could just be a money-saving issue for
• 12:47
  them that they think that they can find
• 12:48
  someone who um of course they traded for
• 12:52
  Montgomery, but of course where the team
• 12:54
  traded him maybe feel like they can get
• 12:56
  someone in the draft a lot cheaper. But
• 12:58
  I do think, you know, he's got the
• 13:00
  talent to be able to stay in the league
• 13:01
  and wherever he goes, they will
• 13:04
  definitely cherish him.
• 13:06
  >> Yeah. Yeah. I think I think he's he's
• 13:08
  he's going to get a landing spot very
• 13:09
  soon. I think um you know either
• 13:12
  pre-draft or post-draft he's we we're
• 13:14
  going to find out very shortly where he
• 13:16
  ends up. I think it's very interesting
• 13:18
  how you know they they've obviously they
• 13:21
  they brought in you know the Texans have
• 13:22
  brought in Montgomery. Uh they've got
• 13:24
  Nick Chub still there at the moment um
• 13:27
  and and some other running backs. Now,
• 13:30
  Nick Chub to me is very much um you
• 13:33
  know, between the tackles sort of
• 13:34
  running back um in in in a sense of, you
• 13:38
  know, he's he's more of a a run up the
• 13:40
  middle kind of guy. Um and I I think
• 13:43
  Montgomery is is he has that same trait
• 13:46
  as well where he's he's very much up the
• 13:47
  middle. So, they've got two up the
• 13:49
  middle running backs. Um, one of the
• 13:51
  things that Joe Mixon brought to the
• 13:52
  team last year is he's he's a guy who
• 13:54
  could bounce it out on the outside, get
• 13:57
  to the edge, um, and and run up the
• 13:59
  sideline. And I think we may see the
• 14:02
  Texans struggle a little bit, uh, with
• 14:04
  with these two, uh, sort of runheavy, up
• 14:08
  the middle kind of guys. Um, it' be
• 14:10
  interesting to see if it works. Um, but
• 14:13
  yeah, I don't What do you think on that
• 14:15
  one?
• 14:16
  >> I think perhaps they could be going for
• 14:17
  a different uh, different style
• 14:18
  completely. you know, we still have the
• 14:20
  draft to come, so they could very very
• 14:22
  well draft a guy with the style of going
• 14:26
  outside and and and the speedback kind
• 14:28
  of player. I also think that this uh
• 14:31
  double this, sorry about that. This
• 14:33
  double one, two of uh guys who can run
• 14:36
  up the middle might change the
• 14:38
  perception of the offense a little bit.
• 14:39
  You know, it might keep the linebackers
• 14:41
  inside the pocket. Not in the pocket,
• 14:42
  sorry, inside the box a little bit more,
• 14:44
  bit longer. It might help their passing
• 14:45
  game, you know. Um, it's quite similar
• 14:49
  to, for example, the Ravens. You know,
• 14:50
  when you have Derek Henry and Lamar
• 14:52
  Jackson, two of the best running
• 14:56
  people. I'm not going to say running
• 14:57
  backs, obviously the Jackson's
• 14:58
  quarterback, but two of the best
• 15:00
  >> running,
• 15:02
  >> two of the best rushers of any sort in
• 15:05
  the league, right? It makes it difficult
• 15:07
  for the linebackers to play on them, but
• 15:11
  also to be honest because you have to
• 15:12
  consider the wide receivers as well.
• 15:14
  Now, of course, Baltimore's wide
• 15:16
  receivers aren't as good as some other
• 15:18
  teams, so it makes it a little bit less
• 15:20
  of a challenge, but who knows what the
• 15:21
  Texans are going to do this offseason.
• 15:23
  They could trade for
• 15:25
  >> some really good receivers. They could
• 15:26
  draft some absolute gems, same as
• 15:28
  Baltimore as well. So, um,
• 15:30
  >> it'd be interesting.
• 15:31
  >> It' be interesting to see how they do
• 15:32
  it, but I definitely think there's a
• 15:34
  potential to change the style of offense
• 15:37
  here with the Texans.
• 15:39
  >> Yeah, I think you're absolutely right.
• 15:40
  Um, and like I say, you know, Joe Mixon,
• 15:43
  he's he's definitely going to have a new
• 15:45
  landing spot soon. Uh, be interesting to
• 15:47
  see who which team picks him up. Um, so
• 15:51
  moving on to the next one, we've
• 15:52
  obviously spoken about the the Raiders
• 15:54
  um kind of throwing out all their sort
• 15:56
  of key players. Uh, the next one that
• 15:58
  they've they've they've released uh Gino
• 16:01
  Smith uh after one year of of being
• 16:04
  there. Um,
• 16:06
  everyone's got their own mixed opinions
• 16:08
  on on Gino. Uh for me
• 16:11
  he he was he was on a downhill
• 16:17
  trajectory when he was leaving Seattle.
• 16:19
  Um and when the Raiders picked him up, I
• 16:22
  thought I can't see how this is going to
• 16:24
  end any better. Um and you know they're
• 16:28
  picking first round in the draft this
• 16:30
  year. So I kind of kind of alludes how
• 16:32
  how he how he performed. um what did you
• 16:36
  think of of of Gino's um sort of
• 16:40
  performance this year and and how do you
• 16:41
  feel about him being released by the
• 16:43
  Raiders?
• 16:44
  >> I think whilst Gino wasn't particularly
• 16:46
  great,
• 16:48
  I think that the reason why they're
• 16:50
  picking first overall is not just
• 16:51
  because of Gino, but because of their
• 16:53
  whole roster as just the roster as a
• 16:55
  whole. It's bad. It's horrendous. Um ask
• 16:59
  any Raiders fan, they'll probably agree
• 17:00
  with you. Uh there's not really much you
• 17:02
  can say about the roster in terms of
• 17:04
  quality,
• 17:06
  but I think uh Gina Smith, whilst he
• 17:09
  wasn't the guy, he uh had some great
• 17:11
  moments, maybe not in Las Vegas, but you
• 17:14
  know, uh great comeback story um leading
• 17:18
  the way then for uh Donald to come
• 17:20
  through and take the helm from him in
• 17:23
  Seattle. But yeah, had some great
• 17:25
  moments. Maybe not the guy, but
• 17:26
  definitely a feel-good story in terms of
• 17:28
  his comeback from obscurity, you know,
• 17:31
  uh almost like a one last dance thing
• 17:33
  before he stunk up the gaff again with
• 17:36
  the Raiders. But
• 17:38
  >> yeah,
• 17:38
  >> I think maybe he's done. Uh I don't
• 17:42
  imagine him getting another role unless
• 17:44
  it was maybe just a backup role or like
• 17:46
  a QB3
• 17:48
  sort of you're here to mentor the new
• 17:51
  guy coming in or the young guy. I can't
• 17:53
  imagine him playing much more in the
• 17:54
  league. I can't imagine him dropping
• 17:56
  down to the UFFL. I can't imagine him
• 18:00
  going to Europe. I can't imagine much
• 18:02
  really unless he goes into coaching or
• 18:04
  just retires fully and just does
• 18:07
  whatever.
• 18:08
  >> Yeah.
• 18:08
  >> Don't know what he's like as a pundit.
• 18:10
  Never really heard him publicly speaking
• 18:11
  or anything, but yeah, I think coaching
• 18:13
  is probably the best route for him given
• 18:15
  his experience and within the game.
• 18:18
  >> I think you're absolutely right. I
• 18:19
  think, you know, him him taking that
• 18:22
  role as a as a backup QB as, you know, a
• 18:25
  veteran player, um, giving some advice
• 18:28
  to a to a young, uh, quarterback or an
• 18:31
  inexperienced quarterback is is probably
• 18:33
  the way ahead for him, uh, you know, get
• 18:36
  a bit of experience doing that before he
• 18:39
  then makes that transition into, you
• 18:41
  know, perhaps a coaching role or or
• 18:43
  something along those lines. But um yeah
• 18:46
  is you know it's always it's always a
• 18:48
  shame when we see quarterbacks leaving
• 18:50
  the league you know rather than retiring
• 18:53
  um being forced out is is never a good
• 18:55
  sign. Um and obviously we got another
• 18:57
  quarterback um who's been released uh by
• 19:00
  the Arizona Cardinals. We've got Kyler
• 19:02
  Murray. Um
• 19:04
  >> big story.
• 19:05
  >> This is this is a bit of a big story
• 19:07
  because what does he do next?
• 19:11
  That is a question.
• 19:12
  >> Does he play football? Does he go to the
• 19:14
  MLB? He's still got um the Athletics
• 19:18
  still have his rights for the MLB. They
• 19:20
  drafted him ninth overall, I think, a
• 19:22
  few years before he was drafted by the
• 19:23
  Cardinals.
• 19:24
  >> Yeah.
• 19:25
  >> Does he
• 19:27
  become a He is still under contract. He
• 19:29
  is still under contract that, you know,
• 19:30
  he can play for the Oakland A's, I think
• 19:32
  it is, I think is who he got drafted by.
• 19:34
  So, you know,
• 19:35
  >> well, they'll be they'll be in Las Vegas
• 19:37
  next year. They're just the A right now.
• 19:39
  Everybody wants to leave Oakland. So,
• 19:41
  >> Oh, absolutely. But I mean it'll be
• 19:43
  interesting to see, you know, what
• 19:45
  happens next. You know,
• 19:47
  you know, there's there's obviously, you
• 19:49
  know, stories that came out of the press
• 19:52
  a few years ago with um when uh
• 19:57
  uh the the former head coach of the the
• 19:59
  Cardinals kind of gave him a a gaming
• 20:02
  station ban um because he wasn't paying
• 20:06
  enough attention in in the playbook.
• 20:08
  There's you know what what kind of a
• 20:10
  person does that tell you? who this that
• 20:12
  Kyler is when you know he's been written
• 20:16
  in his contract that he can only have a
• 20:18
  limited gaming time. Uh but yeah, I mean
• 20:22
  the MLB thing is is is absolutely
• 20:24
  fascinating. Um you know, are we going
• 20:26
  to see a complete are we going to see a
• 20:29
  complete career change for him
• 20:34
  >> because he has so many options.
• 20:36
  >> Yeah, I think this is this is absolutely
• 20:37
  brilliant. Um but yeah, I mean I I can't
• 20:41
  think of any team that would want to
• 20:42
  pick him up. Um you know, especially
• 20:44
  after his reputation.
• 20:47
  None no teams comes to my mind uh that
• 20:51
  would give him a starting role. Um
• 20:53
  >> I think if he does go somewhere, it will
• 20:55
  be a situational role like um
• 20:59
  do you remember Taesm Hill at the
• 21:00
  Saints?
• 21:02
  >> Yeah. Yeah.
• 21:02
  >> When Dree was there. I can imagine Kyler
• 21:04
  Murray getting a role like that
• 21:06
  >> sort of a
• 21:08
  >> I don't know in terms of I don't have
• 21:10
  the confidence to say I think that this
• 21:12
  team will pick him up or I actually
• 21:14
  think someone will pick him up but I do
• 21:16
  think you know I think if I'm a head
• 21:19
  coach a general manager or whatever they
• 21:21
  whatever in the NFL I'm having a look at
• 21:23
  that and I'm saying there might be a
• 21:26
  potential where we could get him in.
• 21:28
  >> Yeah. What?
• 21:29
  >> Yeah, I mean a bit bit of a hybrid
• 21:31
  >> hybrid running backstroke quarterback.
• 21:34
  Yeah, I mean I could see that. I mean I
• 21:36
  don't think you'd be able to play tight
• 21:37
  end like Taesm did, but um
• 21:39
  >> No,
• 21:40
  >> definitely a running back sort of style
• 21:42
  QB. Um but yeah, I mean that's that kind
• 21:46
  of wraps up the the NFL news. Uh
• 21:48
  obviously the other bit of NFL news that
• 21:50
  we've had is is the the NFL combine. Um
• 21:54
  had some fantastic players coming
• 21:56
  through there. Obviously Jeremy Love um
• 21:58
  as as the the the running back, the star
• 22:01
  running back that's coming through
• 22:02
  there. Um as well as Mendoza, there's
• 22:06
  there's other QBs out there, Garrett
• 22:09
  Newsmir. Um who's who's showing quite
• 22:12
  well and a wide receiver, Zack Branch,
• 22:16
  he's looking pretty pretty good. But the
• 22:20
  main thing for me, I mean, you know, I'm
• 22:22
  an offensive lineman through and
• 22:24
  through. Um, and for me, if you're
• 22:27
  turning up to a combine with a hairstyle
• 22:30
  like this, I think you are screaming out
• 22:35
  potential in the NFL. Honest. I mean,
• 22:37
  this this this this mullet is is
• 22:40
  absolute divine.
• 22:43
  >> This looks like a guy who doesn't feel
• 22:46
  pain.
• 22:47
  >> Oh, absolutely.
• 22:49
  >> Absolutely.
• 22:50
  >> I wouldn't want to grant I mean, the
• 22:51
  guy's pro the guy's like double my size.
• 22:53
  I'm a defensive back. I'm a corner to be
• 22:55
  to be more specific. So, I'm not a large
• 22:57
  defensive back. This guy is very likely
• 23:00
  double my size. I would not want to get
• 23:01
  into a fight with him.
• 23:03
  >> Absolutely.
• 23:04
  >> If he squares up to me, I'm bringing a
• 23:06
  weapon.
• 23:07
  >> Oh,
• 23:08
  >> the only way. It's the only thing I can
• 23:10
  do. Like when you like you, as an
• 23:13
  offensive lineman, you probably felt
• 23:14
  this the opposite way I have cuz I'm a
• 23:16
  corner. But when you have a pulling
• 23:19
  guard
• 23:21
  who pulls all the way out towards the
• 23:22
  sideline and you're lined up wide as
• 23:25
  hell, you're the you're the widest
• 23:28
  further closest player to the sideline,
• 23:30
  right? Sometimes there's nobody else on
• 23:32
  that side because they've lined up.
• 23:33
  Everybody's on that side and you're on
• 23:35
  your own and you you've got a pulling
• 23:37
  guard the size of a truck running
• 23:40
  towards you. What do you do?
• 23:44
  I'll look at the offensive lineman and
• 23:46
  you can just see through their mouth
• 23:47
  guard the biggest eartoear smile
• 23:51
  >> and I'm looking at him like
• 23:53
  >> I know what's happening. I know where to
• 23:55
  I know where to go to avoid it and
• 23:56
  that's run to the side and off the
• 23:58
  pitch. But then I'm not making the
• 23:59
  tackle. I'm I'm getting dropped. So
• 24:01
  >> it's it's just a nope.
• 24:04
  >> You basically got to take it.
• 24:05
  >> Not today.
• 24:07
  >> Yeah. Anyway, that wraps up the the sort
• 24:10
  of the NFL uh news in the and what's
• 24:13
  happening around the league. Um,
• 24:15
  obviously there's been some breaking
• 24:17
  news within our own league, the British
• 24:19
  American Football League. Um, and let's
• 24:24
  d let's dive straight into it. The
• 24:26
  London Warriors
• 24:28
  are moving to Europe.Wame,
• 24:34
  what do you think?
• 24:36
  I'm excited. Um, I've felt like this is
• 24:41
  something that has had the potential to
• 24:44
  happen for over sorry for over 10 years.
• 24:48
  Um, of course I
• 24:52
  I'm not involved with the finances of
• 24:54
  the Warriors obviously, right? So I
• 24:56
  don't know the ins and outs and how much
• 24:57
  money they make and the sponsorships
• 25:00
  they have and all of that. So, I
• 25:01
  couldn't tell you, oh, this is the
• 25:02
  reason why they didn't go Europe or this
• 25:04
  is the reason why whatever didn't
• 25:06
  happen, right? I know there was talk
• 25:08
  about the ELF wanting them to join when
• 25:10
  they first started,
• 25:12
  but I've always been saying that the
• 25:14
  Warriors are one of those teams that
• 25:18
  they elevate Britull so much, not just
• 25:20
  from their ability, but from their
• 25:22
  mindset that they have, the way they
• 25:24
  take training and games so seriously.
• 25:27
  I've spoken to some of their players,
• 25:30
  some of their former players, some of
• 25:31
  their coaches, um, from time to time,
• 25:35
  past and present, and you can just tell
• 25:36
  that the atmosphere and the mindset is
• 25:38
  completely different to most, if not
• 25:40
  every other team in the country. You
• 25:42
  know, there's very few
• 25:44
  teams who have ever been able to compete
• 25:46
  with them and they are they lead by
• 25:49
  example. They're the standard that
• 25:51
  everyone should strive to be, you know.
• 25:53
  Um there's a few teams in the country
• 25:56
  whether it's Brit or Uniball that lead
• 25:59
  by example in various different ways and
• 26:03
  other teams can really learn from them
• 26:04
  and the Warriors are one of those teams.
• 26:05
  I really admire them. I like the fact
• 26:08
  that they go here uh to Europe, sorry.
• 26:10
  And a lot of people were saying that it
• 26:13
  will diminish Brit um like the domestic
• 26:16
  side of the game, but I personally
• 26:17
  disagree because I feel like the talent
• 26:20
  itself will replace the talent lost. So
• 26:24
  if you take, for example, let's say the
• 26:27
  Warriors go to Europe, they take 90% of
• 26:29
  their squad with them and the rest of
• 26:32
  the 10% is imports that they bring in
• 26:34
  from wherever. Let's just assume that
• 26:35
  those are the numbers, right?
• 26:37
  >> Yep. Um,
• 26:39
  all of those guys, the other 90% of the
• 26:41
  players that they took, they'll be
• 26:44
  replaced. They'll be replaced by youth
• 26:46
  players coming in, guys who have played
• 26:48
  the sport previously, maybe at uni, and
• 26:50
  then quit because there wasn't a place
• 26:52
  for them in their local team or
• 26:55
  wherever, they'll stick around. Guys
• 26:57
  will join. guys who quit to go and go
• 27:01
  back to football, go back to rugby, go
• 27:03
  back to track and field, some guys will
• 27:05
  stick around because this the sport the
• 27:08
  talent the best talent has gone up a
• 27:10
  level right which means that there's a
• 27:12
  void and those players that void then
• 27:15
  gets filled by the next best players
• 27:16
  right but now what you also have is a
• 27:18
  pathway to Europe so now you get a lot
• 27:21
  of players who for example guys who have
• 27:23
  gone to the GFL etc etc right you now
• 27:26
  have an opportunity to go into Europe
• 27:28
  Europe through staying in the UK, which
• 27:30
  means that a lot of people are more
• 27:32
  likely to, maybe not everybody, but at
• 27:34
  least some people are likely to stick
• 27:35
  around and say, "Right, I'm going to
• 27:36
  play here because I've now got an
• 27:38
  opportunity to go to the next level in
• 27:41
  the UK rather than having to leave the
• 27:43
  UK, right?" Which means that UK retains
• 27:45
  more of its talent, which means that
• 27:48
  maybe coaches might stick around, maybe
• 27:51
  more funding comes in, more interest
• 27:52
  comes into the sport. You know, I think
• 27:54
  it will improve the sport as a whole.
• 27:56
  Maybe immediately that first season,
• 27:59
  this season coming, everyone's going to
• 28:01
  you're going to feel it. There's no
• 28:02
  Warriors. You're going to feel it. But
• 28:05
  after a year, two years, three years, I
• 28:07
  think the the void that's been left by
• 28:09
  the Warriors will will close because
• 28:11
  other teams will close that gap. Players
• 28:14
  will stick around, etc., etc.
• 28:17
  >> Yeah. Yeah. I mean I mean
• 28:20
  >> sorry one other thing is that players
• 28:22
  this is another thing that is a
• 28:24
  completely separate note but there's a
• 28:26
  thing about the Prem right that if
• 28:28
  you're not the Warriors the Aztecs or
• 28:30
  the blitz the other three teams are
• 28:32
  basically
• 28:34
  which one of them is going to stay up
• 28:36
  which two is going to stay up and which
• 28:38
  one is going to go down essentially so a
• 28:40
  lot of players do is they end up moving
• 28:42
  from those teams down to a top division
• 28:44
  one team because it's easier you can win
• 28:47
  a ring It's more positive. At the end of
• 28:49
  the day, you're paying to play. And if
• 28:50
  you're going to pay to play a sport that
• 28:51
  you enjoy,
• 28:53
  >> you want to win, right?
• 28:54
  >> Yeah.
• 28:55
  >> Hardly anyone's going to pay to play to
• 28:56
  lose 10 games a year or lose nine games
• 28:58
  a year and have one game where they need
• 29:00
  to win and stay up or whatever because
• 29:02
  it's quite frankly it's less fun, right?
• 29:05
  So
• 29:08
  my theory is that without the Warriors
• 29:11
  putting 60 and 70 points on
• 29:14
  this team, some players might stay and
• 29:18
  say, "Do you know what? That's a bit
• 29:19
  more of an incentive to stay in the Prem
• 29:21
  because it's slightly easier now to make
• 29:23
  the playoffs because one of the best
• 29:26
  teams in the country is not there
• 29:27
  anymore. it's easier to make the
• 29:29
  playoffs and that's two less games where
• 29:32
  I risk getting the brakes beaten off me.
• 29:34
  I'm more likely to stay at that team and
• 29:36
  try to build something which means that
• 29:38
  the the gap between
• 29:41
  the best Prem teams and the worst Prem
• 29:43
  teams gets smaller
• 29:45
  and there then becomes less of a gap or
• 29:48
  more of a gap between the worst Prem
• 29:50
  teams and the best division one teams.
• 29:52
  there's less overlap because right now I
• 29:54
  feel like what you get and this is why I
• 29:56
  find the whole um pro rail game was
• 29:58
  interesting you know the uh stallions at
• 30:01
  cheaters game last year I find that
• 30:02
  interesting because
• 30:05
  it means that there's less overlap now
• 30:07
  it means that you have the better
• 30:10
  players and the better teams more likely
• 30:12
  to congregate in the Prem and it means
• 30:14
  that if you do lose all your games in
• 30:16
  the Prem and you are actually you know
• 30:19
  you keep all your players you might be
• 30:20
  better than the best team in div means
• 30:22
  you have a lifeline as opposed to those
• 30:25
  teams constantly chopping and changing
• 30:28
  and their players just being recycled by
• 30:30
  team because what will happen is a team
• 30:31
  will go up to the Prem and you have
• 30:33
  maybe a three-year window of keep all
• 30:36
  your players and trying to make a push
• 30:37
  otherwise everyone's going to leave.
• 30:38
  You're going to go down to div one and
• 30:40
  when you go down to div one then you'll
• 30:41
  recruit all your players back.
• 30:43
  >> Yeah.
• 30:43
  >> So that's something that a lot of people
• 30:45
  haven't really I haven't heard anyone
• 30:47
  mention it before. I haven't really m
• 30:48
  heard many people talking about this
• 30:50
  before, but I think it's something that
• 30:51
  will actually improve the game.
• 30:53
  >> Yeah. I mean, my my personal view when I
• 30:56
  when I heard this, um, you know, I I'm
• 31:00
  looking at this from a an athletes point
• 31:04
  of view, not necessarily from the
• 31:06
  Warriors, but just an athletes point of
• 31:08
  view. We have them all over the UK, um,
• 31:11
  who are European level football players.
• 31:15
  They are
• 31:16
  >> fantastic of a sport and they should be
• 31:19
  playing at a higher level. Um, some are
• 31:21
  still playing for um, you know, local
• 31:24
  clubs, you know, some, you know, at the
• 31:27
  Stallions, some maybe at the Blitz, um,
• 31:31
  the the Olympians, wherever they are,
• 31:34
  you know, they are
• 31:36
  playing this sport because they can't
• 31:40
  risk
• 31:42
  leaving their jobs, leaving their homes,
• 31:45
  making that jump into Europe, you know,
• 31:48
  moving to Germany or moving to to to
• 31:52
  Czech Republic or Spain or wherever the
• 31:54
  EFL team is
• 31:56
  >> and and taking that risk that they are
• 32:00
  good enough to play in that league to
• 32:02
  earn a wage to make ends meet.
• 32:06
  With now a team in London,
• 32:09
  they don't have to leave their their
• 32:12
  full-time job. They haven't got to leave
• 32:13
  their family. they can just make that
• 32:16
  step to the London Warriors and say,
• 32:19
  "I think I'm good enough to play in in
• 32:21
  in in Europe."
• 32:24
  Show shows his showcases his his
• 32:26
  abilities and makes that leap into
• 32:29
  Europe without having to leave his home
• 32:31
  soil.
• 32:34
  >> With that,
• 32:35
  >> with that, obviously, you're going to
• 32:36
  have, like you say, you know, 10% maybe
• 32:39
  20% of the current roster isn't going to
• 32:42
  make that cut. they're going to be, you
• 32:44
  know, the second stringers, the third
• 32:46
  stringers, the fourth stringers,
• 32:48
  they're not going to make the cut and
• 32:50
  they're going to have to find new places
• 32:52
  to play, you know, local teams to
• 32:54
  obviously being a London base, you know,
• 32:56
  so they're going to migrate to the
• 32:58
  Stallions, to the Olympians, to the
• 33:00
  Exiles, and, you know, like you say,
• 33:02
  that void, that void that the Warriors
• 33:04
  are leaving behind is soon going to get
• 33:05
  filled by another powerhouse.
• 33:09
  Um, but I I think I think this is
• 33:12
  fantastic for our sport because it's
• 33:14
  giving a place for the elite players to
• 33:16
  go play rather than, you know, beating
• 33:19
  up, you know, like I say, the the the
• 33:22
  the lower
• 33:25
  teams in the in the Prem, you know,
• 33:26
  obviously I'm I'm from the cats. Um, and
• 33:31
  it's it's it's it's it is daunting. you
• 33:35
  know, we've we've there is players on
• 33:37
  our team who don't want to play the
• 33:39
  Warriors. They know that, you know,
• 33:41
  they're gonna they're going to get it
• 33:43
  handed to them and, you know, they can't
• 33:46
  compete with that level of of football.
• 33:50
  >> Um, you know, we know that we know the
• 33:52
  Aztecs obviously the best the best team
• 33:54
  in in Britall at the moment. Um, and I'm
• 33:58
  looking at teams like them, like the
• 34:00
  Titans, and I'm thinking, how long is it
• 34:04
  going to be until, you know, the ELF or
• 34:06
  the uh or the other European leagues
• 34:09
  that are being formed at the moment
• 34:11
  start sniffing around and saying, okay,
• 34:13
  well, you know, how about you come al
• 34:15
  come come along and join us as well,
• 34:17
  opening that market up even more and
• 34:19
  then leveling the baffer playing field a
• 34:22
  little bit more. Um,
• 34:24
  >> it's funny you say that actually. That
• 34:25
  was uh another point I wanted to make is
• 34:29
  right now when you include the Warriors,
• 34:32
  the Warriors, the Aztecs and the Titans,
• 34:37
  I believe
• 34:39
  they have
• 34:42
  I think barring I think it was 2017 or
• 34:44
  one of those years where Tambber Phoenix
• 34:46
  won it.
• 34:47
  >> Yeah. Yeah.
• 34:48
  >> I think every year since I want to say
• 34:51
  like 2014 or something is those three
• 34:54
  teams. Yeah,
• 34:55
  >> the Aztecs only have last year's one.
• 34:56
  Titans only have I think the two before
• 34:58
  that or something.
• 34:59
  >> And the rest
• 35:00
  >> pretty much all of the rest of the
• 35:01
  Warriors. Before that, the Blitz were
• 35:03
  dominating for a good few years.
• 35:05
  >> Yeah.
• 35:05
  >> And before that, the Olympians were
• 35:06
  dominating for what it 12 years or
• 35:09
  something.
• 35:10
  >> Yeah.
• 35:11
  >> So, like when was the last time that
• 35:14
  Brit Bull has had a group of teams,
• 35:17
  let's say six teams or whatever that are
• 35:20
  all equally good, all good enough to
• 35:22
  compete and win or whatever. You know,
• 35:23
  most sports you won't have that. La Liga
• 35:25
  you have Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bona,
• 35:27
  you have Bayern Munich every year that
• 35:28
  are going to win it, right? Even the
• 35:30
  Premier League right now, you have
• 35:31
  maximum three teams that you could say
• 35:34
  are good enough to win at any moment,
• 35:36
  right?
• 35:37
  >> Yeah.
• 35:39
  It's different because when you have one
• 35:41
  team that dominates or two teams that
• 35:42
  dominate and at the start of the season,
• 35:44
  I think the start of last Brit season, I
• 35:48
  think everybody predicted that the Brit
• 35:50
  Brit bowl was going to be Warriors
• 35:52
  versus Aztecs. Pretty much everybody
• 35:55
  predicted it and it becomes so easy to
• 35:59
  predict that it's like, you know, for
• 36:00
  some people it's what's the point in the
• 36:01
  rest of the season? So for some people,
• 36:04
  like you said, they don't want to play
• 36:05
  against the Warriors. They don't want to
• 36:07
  play against the Aztecs.
• 36:08
  >> I think I've broken something.
• 36:11
  >> No,
• 36:13
  they don't want to play against these
• 36:14
  guys. When you take them away and you
• 36:16
  now have a bunch of teams that are
• 36:19
  seemingly more evenly matched at the
• 36:21
  top, granted, of course, the Warriors
• 36:23
  and the Aztecs are are up there and then
• 36:25
  the rest of the teams are hereish,
• 36:27
  right?
• 36:27
  >> Yeah. Yeah. It then makes it a bit more
• 36:29
  of course the overall standard is going
• 36:30
  to drop a little bit but you have much
• 36:34
  more entertaining games now where you
• 36:36
  don't know who's going to be the winner
• 36:37
  and it's like okay this is actually
• 36:39
  worth watching.
• 36:40
  >> Yeah.
• 36:40
  >> Now that then brings me to my next point
• 36:43
  about the Aztecs which we'll come on to
• 36:45
  in a second but more people watching
• 36:48
  makes the atmosphere better makes um for
• 36:51
  a better product. You know, if you
• 36:52
  wanted to say if Brit Bull if Baffer
• 36:55
  turned around and say we wanted to start
• 36:57
  televising all Brit Bull games, right?
• 36:59
  It might not be on like it's not going
• 37:02
  to be on Sky Sports or whatever, but it
• 37:03
  might be on
• 37:05
  >> a YouTube channel of some sort.
• 37:07
  >> Yeah, a YouTube channel or like um BBCi
• 37:10
  Player or whatever, for example.
• 37:14
  A much better product would be two teams
• 37:16
  that are evenly matched with a thousand
• 37:18
  people lining the perimeter of the with
• 37:22
  somewhere to sit down preferably not
• 37:23
  just on the field with dog droppings on
• 37:26
  it and whatnot and you know I've been to
• 37:28
  Cambridge but
• 37:31
  >> hey we've got a new ground now. We've
• 37:33
  got a new ground. It's looking good.
• 37:34
  >> Thank good Thank goodness cuz oh my days
• 37:36
  that was bad warming up and we had to
• 37:38
  patrol.
• 37:40
  We had to patrol. Oh, I said, "Coach,
• 37:42
  there's a mess here. Can someone and
• 37:43
  somebody came with a trough and just dug
• 37:45
  it out and flung it to the side and
• 37:47
  >> Yeah.
• 37:47
  >> So, yeah. Like, um, that's not a product
• 37:49
  that you, you know what I'm saying? You
• 37:51
  can't go to you can't go to Frighten
• 37:54
  Park, Sers Park, Anfield, and you see
• 37:58
  Fox droppings or whatever. You know,
• 38:01
  it's not happening, right? So, like
• 38:06
  almost made me forget what I was going
• 38:07
  to say, but like
• 38:08
  >> Yeah. So like
• 38:09
  >> talking about spectators, spectators.
• 38:12
  >> So it's much more of a marketable
• 38:14
  product to have a good a good um venue,
• 38:17
  right, where people can sit down, people
• 38:19
  can get their drinks and their food and
• 38:21
  stuff and you can actually broadcast it
• 38:23
  and you have your commentary team and
• 38:24
  whatnot. For example, a game at um what
• 38:27
  was it? Bots Park Arena or uh
• 38:31
  >> like for example things Crusaders Sbury
• 38:33
  Park or um I think it was Halton
• 38:36
  Spartans that played in the stadium for
• 38:37
  a while. Yeah, they did. Yeah. Yeah.
• 38:39
  >> Even Oxford Saints, they have their um
• 38:41
  Tsley Park. It's got a running track
• 38:43
  around it, but they've got seats.
• 38:44
  They've got, you know, a pavilion and
• 38:46
  places to get food, things like that.
• 38:48
  That makes it a little bit more easier
• 38:50
  for people to come watch. Now, I've had
• 38:51
  like my friends and family come watch
• 38:53
  multiple games. Some of them at Tilsley
• 38:56
  Park, some of them at Binsry Park. I've
• 38:59
  had family come watch me or friends and
• 39:01
  family come watch me there. Site five,
• 39:02
  Bruno, you know, and some of these
• 39:04
  places there's nowhere to sit down.
• 39:06
  People will come. People will say
• 39:08
  they'll come, but when it gets to
• 39:09
  kickoff time and it's hammering it down
• 39:11
  with rain, freezing cold, there's
• 39:13
  nowhere to get any food, and you can't
• 39:16
  walk across this muddy grass because
• 39:17
  your shoes will get ruined. It's much
• 39:20
  less likely to get people to come watch
• 39:21
  the game. Whereas, if you said, "Right,
• 39:23
  we're playing at,
• 39:25
  I don't know, Plow Lane, home of
• 39:27
  Wimbledon, 9,000 capacity, but
• 39:31
  you've got covered seats, you've got
• 39:33
  food, you've got a drink, you've got a
• 39:34
  halftime show, you've got XY Z,
• 39:36
  whatever. It's much more of a marketable
• 39:37
  product and I think that's what
• 39:39
  eventually Brit will start to take that
• 39:41
  route when you know the games will get
• 39:43
  more competitive and the product
• 39:45
  actually becomes more worth to push.
• 39:49
  >> Yeah. I mean let's let's talk about you
• 39:50
  know a team that is you know is is
• 39:53
  leading the charge in that and obviously
• 39:54
  we can talk about the Aztecs. I mean you
• 39:56
  know you you you explained to me at the
• 39:58
  the start of the show before the start
• 40:01
  of the show um on what the Aztecs are
• 40:03
  doing. I mean, why don't you explain to
• 40:04
  the rest of the audience what you've uh
• 40:06
  what you explained to me.
• 40:07
  >> I only found this out probably earlier
• 40:09
  today, so I'm probably quite late to the
• 40:10
  party myself, but um if anyone is at the
• 40:14
  Aztecs and wants to provide more
• 40:15
  information, obviously, please do in the
• 40:17
  comments and whatnot, but from what I've
• 40:19
  seen, obviously, they play at Shbury
• 40:20
  Park, home of the D Crusaders. They
• 40:22
  obviously previously played at other
• 40:23
  places as well. Bristol is quite a hot
• 40:24
  bed for American football, but they've
• 40:27
  realized that Sasbury Park is quite
• 40:29
  small. They've been filling it out.
• 40:31
  They've packed to the rafters. So, what
• 40:33
  they've decided to do is expand. When I
• 40:37
  first saw the post, I said, "There's no
• 40:38
  way they're not moving to Ashton Gate."
• 40:40
  But they are they're expanding. So,
• 40:41
  they're building, I think, three new
• 40:43
  stands. Um, one the opposite side or to
• 40:46
  the opposite side where the media is.
• 40:47
  So, you're looking from the when you're
• 40:49
  watching a commentary um when you're
• 40:52
  watching a live stream of Bristol Azte
• 40:55
  um at the place, you can see the main
• 40:58
  stand from the opposite side. Right. So
• 41:01
  on the side that the camera's on to like
• 41:03
  each side of the main camera, there's
• 41:05
  going to be a stand on each side. And
• 41:07
  then from the camera's view, so to the
• 41:09
  right hand side end zone, which is the
• 41:11
  far side opposite the car park, there'll
• 41:13
  be another stand there, which
• 41:16
  the numbers I'm going to get wrong
• 41:18
  completely, but I know they said it's
• 41:19
  either going to be a thousand something
• 41:21
  something capacity or a thousand
• 41:23
  something something expansion,
• 41:25
  but there's definitely over a thousand
• 41:28
  people that can watch.
• 41:29
  >> Yeah. which is which is incredible for
• 41:30
  the sport, you know, for the you know,
• 41:32
  for the the ticket revenue for the club,
• 41:35
  um, you know, this the spectators, you
• 41:37
  know, getting involved, you know, it is
• 41:40
  only going to make the sport in that
• 41:43
  region grow. How, you know, h how the
• 41:48
  the rest of Britull react to that, I
• 41:50
  think, is is is is going to be
• 41:53
  interesting. Um, obviously, like I said,
• 41:55
  the Cats have just moved to a rugby club
• 41:57
  themselves. Um, you know, we we are
• 42:01
  trying to get bleachers in and around
• 42:03
  the area. Um, but obviously, you know,
• 42:06
  the Aztecs are by far leading the charge
• 42:09
  in this. So, um,
• 42:10
  >> pioneers on the game.
• 42:11
  >> Pioneers. Absolutely. That's it.
• 42:13
  Pioneers.
• 42:14
  >> I think for the whole of Brit Ball
• 42:16
  really, Bristol are essentially saying
• 42:22
  fix up or shut up. Essentially, you
• 42:24
  know, the trainers move in.
• 42:26
  >> You either
• 42:28
  run along and you catch the train whilst
• 42:30
  it's going past the station or you miss
• 42:33
  out because in the day like
• 42:36
  >> it's not in the Aztec's interest to wait
• 42:39
  for other teams to catch up. It's not in
• 42:42
  the Warriors interest to wait for other
• 42:43
  teams to catch up. Whatever team,
• 42:44
  whatever sport, it's not in your
• 42:45
  interest. Your interest is to get as
• 42:47
  good as you possibly can. Right? So,
• 42:49
  when everyone used to complain about the
• 42:51
  Warriors being too good and nobody wants
• 42:52
  to play against them and whatnot, what
• 42:54
  did the Aztecs do? get better, get
• 42:56
  stronger, recruit, get what they need to
• 42:58
  get, and they've now beaten the Warriors
• 43:00
  to a Brit title. So,
• 43:03
  >> you know, it's possible they can be
• 43:05
  done. So, if the war if the Aztecs can
• 43:06
  do it to the Warriors, sorry, if the
• 43:08
  Blitz could do it to the Olympians, the
• 43:10
  Warriors could do it to the Blitz and
• 43:12
  the Aztecs can do it to the Warriors,
• 43:15
  somebody can do it to the Aztecs. It
• 43:17
  just takes more people to compete. It's
• 43:19
  the same thing we talk about in Uniball
• 43:20
  with Yui, somebody else to catch him.
• 43:22
  Now, obviously, Dar beatating them to a
• 43:24
  title. Hopefully next season will be
• 43:25
  more entertaining for the top division,
• 43:28
  you know. So, uh,
• 43:31
  >> we're past the age of one team
• 43:33
  dominating everything, I think.
• 43:35
  >> And I hope that day doesn't come back,
• 43:37
  not for any, not out of any spite
• 43:40
  towards those teams, but just the
• 43:42
  betterment of the sport as a whole. It
• 43:43
  just makes everything much more of a
• 43:45
  spectacle when you have two, three, four
• 43:47
  teams who can compete at the top as
• 43:48
  opposed to one guy there and everyone
• 43:51
  else is, you know,
• 43:53
  >> and I think I think to come full circle
• 43:55
  on this, you know, coming back to the
• 43:56
  NFL, you know, you know, the
• 43:59
  commissioner, Roger Goodell, you know,
• 44:01
  he enjoys it when there's different
• 44:03
  teams in the Super Bowl every year
• 44:05
  because it's it's giving a different uh,
• 44:08
  you know, different dynamic to the
• 44:10
  sport, giving different spectators, you
• 44:12
  know, their their team uh their moment
• 44:15
  to shine. Um so yeah, you know, although
• 44:18
  you know, dynasties do happen with the
• 44:20
  Patriots, you know, the the the Chiefs
• 44:22
  have done well in the past,
• 44:25
  you know, is it is nice to have
• 44:28
  new teams, you know, the Seahawks, the
• 44:31
  Patriots this year, you know, last year
• 44:33
  obviously with the Eagles and uh and and
• 44:36
  the Chiefs. you having a different team
• 44:39
  compete for that that you know that that
• 44:41
  bowl is uh is always good. Um but yeah,
• 44:46
  wrapping upwami, you've been absolutely
• 44:48
  fantastic. Thanks very much for uh for
• 44:50
  jumping on the show. Hopefully you can
• 44:51
  uh come on more. I've had a I've had a
• 44:54
  blast talking to you.
• 44:55
  >> Been a pleasure.
• 44:57
  >> Guys, thanks very much for listening to
• 44:58
  the Audible podcast. Uh we'll be
• 45:00
  hopefully recording a few more episodes
• 45:03
  leading up to the to the draft and then
• 45:05
  having another episode postdraft to talk
• 45:08
  about how everyone did in the in the in
• 45:09
  the draft. Uh make sure you tune in to
• 45:12
  the Monday night huddle uh with myself
• 45:16
  hopefully and uh and Matteo. Um and then
• 45:19
  we've also got our new uh our female
• 45:22
  podcast, female only podcast which is uh
• 45:25
  which is doing fantastic. Uh make sure
• 45:27
  you tune in to that. They talk about
• 45:29
  everything uh NWFL
• 45:31
  and and Brit Bull uh Brit Bull uh
• 45:35
  women's sport uh within within Britull.
• 45:38
  Uh so yeah, tune in to that. But for now
• 45:40
  guys, thanks very much. I've been Lee
• 45:42
  Sessions.
• 45:44
  It's been a pleasure.
• 45:46
  >> Take care guys. Thanks very much.