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Talking Britball - Episode 8 · TDUK

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  He's back. We're back.
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  Oh my god, I've missed doing this. Um
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  and I've got my name wrong on the thing,
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  so that's a great start. So, I'm Matteo,
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  you clearly should know who I am,
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  but I've got Adam and I've got Harry
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  from the Northern Knights. Gents, while
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  I amend my name on this like the right
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  plonker I am, how are we?
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  Yeah, not too bad.
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  How are you?
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  well, thanks. Yeah.
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  I'm good. I'm I'm getting over COVID. Um
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  I had like the American Imagine me
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  promoting American sports and getting
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  It's called American COVID, apparently.
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  Um so, I'm good. I'm just over that.
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  Luckily, there's about 50 of us in TDUK
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  who stepped up while I've been away to
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  do do some of the work. But no, all
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  good. Excited for next season. Lots of
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  question marks around next season.
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  Hopefully, before we get into that,
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  before we get into who who everything
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  is, let's find out. Let's get the the
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  most important thing out the way.
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  Who is your NFL team?
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  So,
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  Bears.
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  Uh
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  Harry,
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  who is your NFL team and how did you get
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  into this lovely sport? Off you go,
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  mate.
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  the Bears for me, obviously, yeah. Just
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  Great.
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  Yeah, big Chicago fan. I remember when I
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  was much younger, the Bears were in the
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  Super Bowl.
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  I stayed up and it.
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  I watched Devin Hester return the
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  opening kickoff and probably fell asleep
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  as a kid.
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  And I woke up and it was downhill ever
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  since. Um, but since then
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  a lot of pain.
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  But this year, the you know, Caleb
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  Williams the Messiah is in.
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  And uh
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  I bet they're going to win it all, I
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  reckon.
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  Brilliant. Brilliant. And and how how
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  did you get into this sport? We have got
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  a comment. We are going to go into the
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  major. Can we just all have a little bit
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  of patience? Slow down and it hurry back
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  to you. How did you get into this lovely
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  sport?
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  I get into the sport? Um, I went to
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  school in Peterborough.
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  And there are some friends who were the
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  year above me.
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  And obviously been a fan of the NFL and
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  they played for Peterborough Saxons
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  youth.
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  And I went along and started there.
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  And I've been involved ever since. So, a
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  long old time involved in this sport.
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  It is the most addictive thing ever,
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  isn't it? Like it's such a hard sport to
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  walk away from. Because like I'm pretty
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  much done playing. I'm like very much a
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  bit part player. And I'm like how can I
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  help this sport? This is why we do this.
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  Maybe we help, maybe we don't. That's up
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  to the public to say, but
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  it is such a great sport. And I think
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  it's brilliant that you you've been in
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  it for so long. Hey hey, I don't mind
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  the Chicago Bears. So, now I'm going to
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  go to Adam who's looking a little bit
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  nervous about this. Adam, same question
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  to you.
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  Um, so believe it or not I'm a
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  Jacksonville Jaguars fan.
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  Um
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  mainly because I got family in
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  Jacksonville.
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  Um, so my uncle and auntie they live
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  there. Um, they immigrated over there 30
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  plus years ago. So,
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  um, when I started playing I I joined uh
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  Coventry. Um, and at that time
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  there wasn't Bucks. So, I actually
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  played for Warwick Wolves.
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  Um, we had like a joint team between
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  Warwick and Coventry. Um
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  and they said, "Who are you going to
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  support?" And I said, "Well, I've got a
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  connection to Jacksonville, so I'll
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  support Jacksonville. Um, the Jags." And
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  been through a lot of pain, as you can
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  imagine. Jacksonville fan.
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  Um,
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  uh
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  we've had some good runs and
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  done well, but yeah, recently we've
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  we've done really well. Um
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  pretty much been to every Jags game
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  at Wembley or at Tottenham. So,
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  team of the year, which is great.
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  Um did manage to get over to
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  Jacksonville and see them
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  play over in the States as well.
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  Yeah.
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  Um so, yeah, that was that's who I
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  support. Um
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  and it's going quite well at the moment,
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  so I'm quite happy.
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  Yeah.
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  I I I I do think if if if your QB can
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  can be good all season cuz there's some
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  games where he just doesn't seem to be
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  in it at all.
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  You lose them.
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  You're going to be fine.
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  Chicago really shocked me.
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  Like I thought with the QB situation, I
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  thought that that that's, you know,
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  not really really good. Um
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  Yeah.
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  They'll be good as until I buy a Caleb
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  Williams jersey to go with my Justin
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  Fields jersey and my Victor Beskow
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  jersey. So, you know, I I don't know I
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  don't know a Messiah when I see one.
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  I've I've followed a few. Um so, yeah.
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  But I'm I'm holding off buying it cuz I
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  don't want to curse it yet, so.
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  Um
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  We we've got a question here. Plain
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  black helmets or the gold and black? I
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  don't know what that means. If you're
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  asking me, I'm going to say gold and
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  black.
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  Um
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  I don't know what that's for. Is that
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  for any of you guys in particular?
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  Might be for the Jags. So, yeah, gold
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  and black for me. I think they look
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  awesome in the gold and black. So.
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  Um
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  Okay.
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  I have to look I think it's got to be
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  about so, it must be about the Jags and
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  the Jags on their helmets.
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  Different question. Different different
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  level of question. Same subject kind of.
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  Who's going to win the Super Bowl?
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  Or who's in the Super Bowl and who's
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  going to win it?
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  Adam, I'm coming to you this time.
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  Harry, you're I can see your brain's
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  doing that like Wi-Fi loading noise.
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  You're like
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  Um
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  I would love to see the Jags there. I
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  think they have a good chance.
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  Um
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  So, yeah, I I think the Seahawks will be
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  there from the NFC.
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  Um they're looking really strong um
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  and decent.
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  Um
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  Yeah, I would love the Jags to be there.
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  Um
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  but knowing them, they'll screw it up at
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  some point. So,
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  the AFC's a bit
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  open at the moment. I mean, the Vikings
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  are doing well, but they've got a strong
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  schedule coming up.
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  So, the Jags got the easiest schedule,
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  which is a bit which is also positive.
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  Um
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  but
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  yeah, I'll probably go Jags Seahawks
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  with the Seahawks winning.
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  Well, Harry,
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  you've had time to think.
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  I I want I want to say the Bears, but
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  but
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  Say it. I mean, you can you can say it.
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  hurt before, you know. You only Yeah,
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  I'm waiting for the double donk, you
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  know,
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  to happen again. I It's hard to look
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  past the 49ers. I know they're always
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  injured, but
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  Yeah, yeah.
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  They're They're another head coach with
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  a very creative run game. It's
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  It's hard to look past them at the
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  moment.
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  Okay.
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  I would have said the Ravens, but their
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  quarterback issue is
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  probably going to hold them back now.
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  A bit of a marble mouth, weren't they?
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  I think the Jags
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  Lawrence is playing is a good shout.
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  You see You saw Chiefs get trampled by
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  the Seahawks, and then the Bears
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  trampled the Seahawks.
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  I think the NFC's a bloodbath, but I
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  think the AFC's a bit more
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  anyone could take it.
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  Okay, very interesting. Um
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  Right, let listen. Let's get to it.
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  Um
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  So, should we Should we do the news, or
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  should we do the club first, or should
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  we do last season's fixtures and next
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  season's aims?
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  I'm going to let you guys pick.
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  Um
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  I don't mind. Cuz I'll talk about what
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  I think we should I think we should
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  cover Should Should we cover where we
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  were last season?
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  Yeah.
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  How we got to the merger, and then
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  what's going forward, maybe.
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  So,
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  let Well, let's let's cover last season
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  first, okay? So, last season, I called
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  your division the bogey division,
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  because
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  it's so unpredictable, and it's been
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  like that for two seasons now.
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  Uh Uh last season, you were in a
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  division with uh Leicester Panthers,
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  Black Country Steelers, Shropshire
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  Revolution, and Staffordshire's Edge.
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  Um
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  What what was your thoughts going into
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  that season? Like
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  It's a hell of a tough division and you
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  guys have we we we spoke we speak before
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  the show we don't just go on and go live
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  and you guys are in the Northern League
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  of this the team most south.
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  Correct, yeah. So, yeah, the Knights
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  have always had a tough division. Um
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  Somewher I've always done done well.
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  Um it's a bit of a mess. Um and then
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  yeah, Leicester have come up. Um
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  strong outfit. Um big shout out to Dean.
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  I know him really well. So, um
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  Happy birthday by the way, Dean. If I I
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  get you know
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  We spent a we've just been been over in
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  Inter League, so we're the Seahawks. So,
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  that's been good fun.
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  Um bit weird cuz he was my O-line coach
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  for the the Nationals while we're over
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  there. So,
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  no conflict at all. But, yeah, it went
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  well.
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  Um yeah, our division's always tough. Um
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  The teams it it just depends on injuries
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  typically. Um who does well and who
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  doesn't. Um this season we we struggled
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  with injuries.
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  Um but, we gave everyone a good game and
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  gave everyone a good fight. Um
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  knocked up some points on offense, which
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  is always a positive. Um
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  and the season before we done really
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  well and made the playoffs. So,
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  um yeah, it's always good fighting these
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  guys and playing these guys. All the
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  teams in our division.
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  Um one always struggles um and it's
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  never the same one. It's always someone
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  different. Um but, yeah, we we done
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  well. Um
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  We
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  yeah, I'm I'm glad we didn't come last,
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  which is great.
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  Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Uh that's always always a challenge.
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  But, yeah, we
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  definitely gave some the guys some some
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  good games over over the season.
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  We did obviously not have one game um
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  due to um to Andy so Andy Wayne.
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  Um yeah, good guy. Shame shame we've
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  lost him. Um and yeah, just wanted to
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  say thanks to TD UK. I spoke to you guys
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  before you show and kind of said
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  you know, let's just uh keep it.
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  It was an emotional time at the time, so
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  yeah. It was
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  It was a yeah, that was one big shock to
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  to us um as the Knights. Um but yeah,
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  it's
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  yeah, he's well respected across the the
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  league at refereeing and
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  multiple teams and playing years. So, uh
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  yeah, big shoutout to Andy Wayne. So,
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  we've lost him unfortunately. But
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  But yeah, the season in all, um we got
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  the in the end um credit very good
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  offense. Defense struggled.
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  Um but yeah, all in all, we we gave gave
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  teams hell. That's all you can do at the
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  end of the day. We were a very physical
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  team and always have been, so
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  Yeah. I mean, um
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  one thing on the season, which I've got
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  the the results up uh for the season.
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  Um
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  was you away, you you won 50%of your
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  games.
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  It was at home it seems to be the issue,
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  which is usually the way around and
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  considering as you said, geography-wise,
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  you know, most south.
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  What
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  for that season, obviously, you knew you
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  were in a tough division.
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  What What was the aims for the season?
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  Um and obviously, you've got to that
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  them aims have got to adapt all the way
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  through the season like I you know
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  I've I've played in some teams where
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  they've had two injuries and it's
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  crippled team. I've played in some teams
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  where they've had four injuries and they
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  you know, to to be decent players and
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  but they you know, they've
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  they've been okay. They've been covering
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  the positions. What was the aim for last
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  season?
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  Um
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  the aim is as as every season is always
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  to have a winning record. Um it's always
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  our plan to to
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  to get a winning record. Um
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  and then it's just staged really. Uh
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  winning record
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  uh playoffs, win a playoff game,
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  um
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  and then get yourself further as far as
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  you can.
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  Which we did previous season, which did
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  really well. Um but yeah, this season we
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  we we struggled um unfortunately. So,
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  yeah.
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  Plan is always winning record, make
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  playoffs,
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  um, win a playoff game, and then game by
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  game, and try and get to the final. Um,
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  that's always the plan.
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  Um,
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  as a chairman, we've always got to
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  account for it, uh, in the finances cuz
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  as soon as you start getting to
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  playoffs, then it's a long trips,
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  expensive coach journeys, etc., etc. So,
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  it's, uh, yeah, we always we should
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  plan.
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  This is why fund-raisers are important
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  guys. You know when you you get that
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  really enthusiastic chairman who's like,
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  "Come on guys, get to this race night
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  and blah, blah, blah." And you're like,
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  "Oh, I can't be bothered. I'm playing,
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  you know, GTA 6 when it comes out."
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  Whatever. No. Go to the fund-raiser.
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  Cough you could out of your pocket. I
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  already know you do that. But not only
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  that, you're going to get to know all
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  your teammates, have a bit of a laugh,
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  raise money for that coach trip on the
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  way home. And who knows, maybe even a
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  Jagerbomb.
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  Um, right, Adam, I know you're the the
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  chairman. Harry, what's your role within
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  the club? Give us a bit about you.
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  So,
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  I I've
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  as was the Eagles, I was the chairman at
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  the Eagles. Yeah.
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  So, we've been We'll talk about that in
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  a minute.
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  Yeah, brilliant.
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  Um, and been
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  I guess for my role now will be up to
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  lead continue leading the integration so
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  that we all feel as one.
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  Okay, brilliant.
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  But if if we think about the season
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  Eagles just had, yeah, we were second in
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  the division, made the playoffs. Really
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  positive all round for from our
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  perspective. Um,
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  I think we achieved a lot of the goals
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  that we'd set out for the season, which
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  was really great.
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  Yeah.
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  finished better than the year before,
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  all all that sort of stuff. But I think
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  towards the end of the season, once we
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  played, you know, the playoff teams, I
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  mean, Plymouth and Ipswich, very strong
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  teams. Ipswich
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  Yeah.
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  obviously won it won it won everything.
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  It sort of highlighted to us maybe
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  perhaps
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  the gap that we were trying to get
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  across to Division 1 and where we wanted
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  to be, but the
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  the gap that was still there. And I
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  think that probably at the end of the
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  season led us to
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  thinking about how we can have closed
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  that gap. What was the best route for
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  our members?
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  And that probably leads us on to
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  how we came about in the merger a little
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  bit.
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  I mean, it it it was a tough division to
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  be in. Let's be honest, you know, um
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  I I say Berkshire, apparently it's
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  Barkshire. I'm sorry.
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  Um Barkshire Renegades just come down
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  from Div 1. Um obviously Ipswich
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  Cardinals played this in the final.
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  Great bunch of guys as well.
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  Um and not Norwich Devils, I I believe.
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  Um
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  What uh Who Feel free for any of you to
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  want answer this. Um
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  What's the plan next season? What you
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  know, what's the plan? Obviously,
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  there's a major, so I imagine you're
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  going to have a very, very healthy
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  squad. Then players injured coming back
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  from injuries, you know, let's not talk
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  about what we the league might be. We'll
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  get into that later. But what is the
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  plan next season, you know, in terms of
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  where are the Northern Knights going to
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  be in 10 months, 11 months time?
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  Right. I I think from from our
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  membership going into this, it's the the
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  aim to be a competitive, challenging Div
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  1 team. And I think bringing our
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  resources together allows our members to
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  join, you know, to become part of the
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  Knights
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  Yeah, yeah.
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  singular team and achieve that. And I
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  hope that that little the boost that we
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  can give to the existing
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  Knights in the in this joint venture
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  will help everyone achieve that
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  competitiveness towards the top of the
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  Div 1 division and get back to the
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  playoffs that
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  the Knights were in the year before.
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  Love that. Love that. Adam, you're up.
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  You're ready.
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  Um well, yeah, I mean, the first thing
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  is to integrate everyone into the
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  Knights family.
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  Um get them to understand who and what
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  we are, um how we go about things, and
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  yeah, welcome them with open arms. Um
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  already spoken to quite a few of them
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  already. Um from the coaches and the
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  players, um everyone seems really
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  excited by it and and and really
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  positive.
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  Um so, yeah, that's the main thing.
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  Integrate everyone, get everyone moving
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  up to the same level, same speed
• 16:09
  uh on playbooks, offense, defense,
• 16:11
  special teams. Um
• 16:13
  Get everyone to know the coaches, do
• 16:15
  some sort of joint socials together, um
• 16:18
  and then, yeah, kicking to the season.
• 16:20
  Um, and, yeah, like I said before,
• 16:23
  winning record, make the playoffs, um,
• 16:26
  depending on however it's going to be
• 16:28
  structured.
• 16:30
  Um.
• 16:30
  Right. Should we Should we just go in
• 16:33
  Should we just go into this? Like this
• 16:34
  this Right, okay. So, we don't know
• 16:37
  what's going on. No one has a clue
• 16:38
  what's going on. I've had
• 16:42
  I've had buffer rumors, I've had this,
• 16:43
  I've had pages messaging me. We don't
• 16:46
  know. Um, just just for context for any
• 16:48
  for people who are like, "Well, what's
• 16:49
  the app message?"
• 16:50
  I've had about 20 different versions
• 16:51
  from 20 different people, so I don't
• 16:53
  know. And if I did, I'd let you know.
• 16:57
  But,
• 16:59
  we all think there's going to be a
• 17:00
  merger. Some people don't think there
• 17:01
  is, some people think there is.
• 17:03
  Uh where w-Let me ask you in a different
• 17:06
  way. What do you want your season to
• 17:07
  look like next season? Cuz obviously,
• 17:10
  you do a fair amount of traveling with
• 17:11
  the situation you're in. If that was
• 17:13
  shortened, them costs are are going to
• 17:15
  be lower. Still do the fund-raisers,
• 17:17
  still raise all the money. But, what
• 17:19
  what what do you want to see in the in
• 17:21
  in the league next year?
• 17:24
  Um.
• 17:26
  I mean, personally,
• 17:28
  like the division that we've been in the
• 17:29
  last two or three years has always been
• 17:30
  very strong. Um, so, sort of spreading
• 17:34
  everyone out as best they can, um,
• 17:36
  because there is a
• 17:38
  within sort of like, I don't know
• 17:41
  hotspot within sort of like London, just
• 17:43
  outside, and then within the Midlands,
• 17:45
  there's, there's some good American
• 17:47
  being played at, at levels. And yeah,
• 17:49
  when you compare it to others afar, then
• 17:52
  the level might not be
• 17:55
  the same. No offense to anyone,
• 17:57
  basically, before I offend anyone.
• 17:59
  You You offend You offend whoever you
• 18:01
  want. Just just don't swear.
• 18:04
  Um, so yeah, sort of um, everyone spread
• 18:07
  out, um, playing at different levels. I
• 18:09
  mean, I've I've heard different things,
• 18:11
  and um,
• 18:13
  strength of schedules, and you you can
• 18:15
  play
• 18:16
  eight teams, um,
• 18:18
  across the season, and then it can be
• 18:20
  then leveled out the next season
• 18:22
  depending on how well you do etc.
• 18:24
  Um
• 18:25
  third sort of top eight will play in a
• 18:28
  playoff for then the next eight will
• 18:30
  play off will play in a playoff and then
• 18:32
  the next eight will play in a playoff.
• 18:33
  So, everyone will have sort of some kind
• 18:34
  of playoff football.
• 18:35
  Um which I think will be a good
• 18:36
  structure um
• 18:38
  because then it goes into post season
• 18:40
  and everyone gets to play more football
• 18:41
  which is the goal at the end of the day.
• 18:44
  Um so yeah, I mean regarding like the
• 18:46
  travel
• 18:48
  um
• 18:48
  every away game we we get a coach. Um
• 18:51
  I'm a firm believer of getting a coach
• 18:53
  getting the team together. People are
• 18:55
  more than welcome to come on the coach.
• 18:56
  People are more than welcome to drive.
• 18:58
  Um but
• 18:59
  the times that we've had on that coach
• 19:02
  coming home from away games has been
• 19:05
  some of the funniest times that we've
• 19:06
  had and it really bonded team and I I'm
• 19:10
  a firm believer of it to be to be really
• 19:12
  honest. Um
• 19:13
  Yeah, we've we've found out things about
• 19:16
  players that you'd never know. Um
• 19:19
  we've Yeah, it's a it's a real
• 19:22
  bonding session and yeah, um
• 19:25
  we've got Big Sam Andrews um who um is
• 19:28
  our DJ and uh going on the mic and uh
• 19:31
  yeah, we get to hear funny stories about
• 19:33
  people. We get to hear people sing
• 19:35
  songs.
• 19:36
  Um and and yeah, people don't have to do
• 19:38
  it. There's no pressure.
• 19:40
  Um
• 19:41
  but most people do because yeah, it's
• 19:43
  being part of a team and and and and
• 19:45
  doing it. So,
• 19:47
  um
• 19:48
  Yeah, even my wife has got up one time
• 19:50
  to sing as well. So, that was quite
• 19:51
  funny.
• 19:53
  Um but
• 19:54
  I'm going to
• 19:55
  I'm going to come back to to you on on
• 19:57
  back to this, but you've you've said
• 19:58
  something now about these funny trips.
• 20:00
  So, from each of you is I want the
• 20:02
  funniest thing that you've ever had
• 20:03
  happen in Ripple.
• 20:07
  No, there's there's a lot. So, um
• 20:11
  Probably the funniest one it was a while
• 20:13
  ago. Um
• 20:14
  we were playing Scunthorpe away. Um
• 20:17
  one of our players I won't mention him.
• 20:18
  He's he's now in Australia.
• 20:20
  Um
• 20:21
  matched the guy In the comment section,
• 20:23
  folks.
• 20:24
  Matched with someone on Tinder and yeah,
• 20:27
  decided to get off the bus and uh
• 20:29
  we uh we got a
• 20:32
  an occasional update every now and again
• 20:33
  of uh his escapades.
• 20:35
  And uh then we met up with him at
• 20:37
  training uh the the following week and
• 20:39
  then he told us all about it. So,
• 20:42
  yeah, that was a good few seasons ago.
• 20:44
  Wow.
• 20:46
  Okay. Um Harry, you're up.
• 20:49
  Um
• 20:50
  I I remember we had one away trip at I
• 20:53
  think it was at Ipswich and we were
• 20:54
  playing
• 20:56
  MVP Idol on the way home. You know, all
• 20:58
  your MVPs have to get up and sing a
• 21:00
  song.
• 21:01
  And
• 21:02
  one of our big D-linemen
• 21:05
  gave absolutely most
• 21:07
  incredible rendition of a show tune with
• 21:10
  all of the acting and expression on it.
• 21:12
  And it suddenly turns out he was
• 21:15
  something you would never know from a
• 21:16
  big D-lineman. He was half theater
• 21:18
  trained and you know, it was a hobby he
• 21:19
  was on the side of. Suddenly, he's
• 21:22
  giving it giving it all up and down the
• 21:24
  aisle. So,
• 21:26
  crazy. I mean, one of you know, there's
• 21:27
  obviously all the
• 21:29
  non-PG stories that you can't really
• 21:31
  tell.
• 21:31
  Yeah.
• 21:32
  Keeping it clean. That was one of the
• 21:34
  funniest things I've ever seen. A big
• 21:36
  D-line just belting out show tunes.
• 21:38
  I, I'm going to come to Adam for one
• 21:40
  more funny story in a moment, and it
• 21:42
  needs to be a Sealand story, Adam.
• 21:49
  I,
• 21:49
  I am half tempted to do a show one
• 21:52
  Saturday night at like 9:00 p.m., and it
• 21:53
  will be this is not a PG show and we can
• 21:56
  just all talk about some.
• 21:58
  I might just do it as like a phone-in,
• 22:00
  or I'll send the link, the link will be
• 22:02
  public, and say, "Right, you've got to
• 22:03
  have a funny story." Get it out."
• 22:06
  And I don't know, I'll think about that
• 22:08
  one cuz that could I mean, some of the
• 22:09
  stuff I mean, um
• 22:11
  oh, what's his name? God, I'm sure it
• 22:13
  was a few Spartan Rick Lovian. I played
• 22:15
  with Rick Lovian for a few years.
• 22:17
  He's a mad guy, and you know, Kev, you
• 22:20
  know, Kev Barron again, Doug Lawler and
• 22:21
  I've played with him football with some,
• 22:23
  some crazy guys. And some of the
• 22:24
  initiations, like
• 22:26
  forget karaoke, some of the initiations
• 22:28
  we've had to do were...
• 22:30
  I had to either...
• 22:32
  I I can't say that.
• 22:34
  I'm not even getting into it. I'm not
• 22:36
  even getting into it but Adam have you
• 22:37
  got a funny Sealand story you can tell
• 22:39
  us?
• 22:40
  Oh god so
• 22:42
  yeah so if anyone doesn't know about
• 22:44
  Sealand um
• 22:45
  Great great thing by the way.
• 22:47
  Great yeah. Um Mike does a great job um
• 22:50
  runs three teams so the Seahawks the the
• 22:53
  Masters and the Nationals we we go on
• 22:56
  trips abroad to play American football
• 22:58
  against various different teams. I've
• 22:59
  been on
• 23:01
  six tours now I think. Um we just came
• 23:03
  back from Italy.
• 23:05
  Um so yeah we were staying in in
• 23:07
  Bologna. So um yeah all three teams won
• 23:10
  and we won the Halloween Bowl so that
• 23:11
  was good fun but yeah over the years
• 23:14
  I've played what Iceland, Hamburg, um
• 23:18
  Mallorca
• 23:20
  um
• 23:21
  Italy
• 23:22
  uh we went to the Czech Republic and
• 23:25
  played in Brno or Brono whatever you
• 23:27
  want to call it minus five freezing um
• 23:31
  unbelievable. Um so yeah we've had some
• 23:34
  some great nights out in various
• 23:36
  different European cities.
• 23:38
  Um yeah the recent one uh there was the
• 23:41
  the Northants lads and uh the Yorkshire
• 23:43
  Rams guys so we had a
• 23:45
  uh a good fun um one out. It's the only
• 23:47
  one I'll probably remember cuz the other
• 23:48
  ones are a bit of a blur but um
• 23:51
  um Tom who's uh he plays right tackle uh
• 23:53
  for Nationals I play left tackle. Um
• 23:55
  he's been training
• 23:57
  um
• 23:58
  doing uh arm wrestling.
• 24:00
  And uh we're in this random karaoke bar
• 24:03
  in uh in Bologna and uh
• 24:05
  was uh arm wrestling a few people um and
• 24:08
  then these these four Austrian sort of
• 24:10
  guys come up to him and he goes oh I'll
• 24:12
  arm wrestle you arm wrestle arm wrestle
• 24:13
  you.
• 24:14
  Um and uh yeah completely destroyed Tom
• 24:17
  and he was the under 19 arm wrestling
• 24:18
  champion for Austria.
• 24:22
  So yeah mate. That was uh that was good
• 24:25
  fun. So uh and then we went out drinking
• 24:27
  with them, and yeah, it was good fun.
• 24:30
  So, that was that was only on Thursday
• 24:32
  last week. So,
• 24:34
  I'm going to go on here. So,
• 24:37
  So, for anyone out there who who who
• 24:39
  doesn't know who the Sealand Sealand uh
• 24:41
  Sea Hawks are, um
• 24:43
  go and give them a follow on Instagram.
• 24:45
  Yeah, there's hands down the most
• 24:47
  toxic-free group chat I've ever been
• 24:49
  involved in now. Everyone is a
• 24:51
  sweetheart. It is how football chats
• 24:53
  should be.
• 24:54
  Uh all all posts are really funny. Some
• 24:57
  of the things I see as well are
• 24:58
  absolutely hilarious, including my
• 25:01
  really good Photoshop of um some someone
• 25:04
  put in the group chat all that the
• 25:05
  Sealand Sealand weren't mentioned in the
• 25:06
  papers, and then I was like,"No, no,
• 25:08
  give me 2 minutes. I'll just amend this
• 25:09
  picture of Mike Island as Batman. There
• 25:11
  we go. Off you go."Uh but no, absolutely
• 25:13
  brilliant. Um
• 25:15
  Okay, so we've we've kind of gone on to
• 25:18
  we're going to go more and more back
• 25:19
  into the club in a bit. Um be But we
• 25:22
  let's get into this. Let's Let's get
• 25:23
  into the news. The news that everyone we
• 25:26
  you know, was broken. Um Merger
• 25:29
  announced announced This is my terrible
• 25:31
  spelling. I'm the most dyslexic person
• 25:33
  in the world. And it's like I'm it's got
• 25:36
  to the point where like cuz like some
• 25:37
  like outlets will point it out to me.
• 25:39
  They're like,"Ah, you've spelt this
• 25:40
  wrong."And I'm like,"Yeah, I know I'm
• 25:40
  dyslexic."Like,"Can't you take the piss
• 25:42
  out of me for that?"Like,"Cool."
• 25:43
  Don't worry about it. I'm dyslexic as
• 25:45
  well. So,
• 25:46
  Yeah, I do it all the time. And then
• 25:47
  like we have like a a system in our
• 25:49
  Discord that's like four approvals, and
• 25:51
  the post goes up.
• 25:53
  And then fifth
• 25:54
  12 approvals will happen on it. And then
• 25:56
  and then one person will have spelt
• 25:57
  announced wrong, and I'm like,"Why
• 25:58
  didn't you tell me before? You You've
• 26:00
  already approved it."Um but listen, this
• 26:02
  this merger is announced. The U Valley
• 26:04
  Eagles By the way, I do love both logos
• 26:07
  for these teams. They These are dapper.
• 26:09
  A merger announced North Northants See,
• 26:11
  I spelt that wrong. Knights announced
• 26:13
  new merger with U Valley Eagles. Um
• 26:18
  What's the generic like feeling around
• 26:20
  it? Like, are the players excited for
• 26:21
  it, you know? Obviously,
• 26:23
  I'm I'm I'm not trying to like say other
• 26:25
  clubs have no mergers, uh you know, as
• 26:28
  well. Um but is this one where you want
• 26:30
  to lead by example on the merger? You
• 26:31
  want everyone to know everyone's been
• 26:34
  welcome. I mean, look, some players
• 26:35
  aren't going to be up for it. It is what
• 26:36
  it is. Maybe some coaches, but arms are
• 26:39
  open as big as possible. We like
• 26:41
  Are we Are we excited about it? You
• 26:42
  know,
• 26:43
  is there is there potentially a rebrand?
• 26:45
  No offense if there's not, you know, we
• 26:47
  we wouldn't say that you need to
• 26:48
  rebrand. What's the plans for it?
• 26:51
  But there's definitely excitement on our
• 26:53
  side. Sure. Like we're like
• 26:56
  Our members wanted to be playing that
• 26:58
  that that next level higher. And it's
• 27:00
  you know, it seems like the best way to
• 27:03
  pool our resources rather than be
• 27:05
  competing against each other.
• 27:07
  Um,
• 27:07
  there's a lot of friendships already
• 27:09
  there.
• 27:10
  Yeah.
• 27:10
  Through Sealand with you know, we were
• 27:13
  up at Northants in in Wellingborough and
• 27:15
  and a few weeks ago for a Sealand
• 27:17
  training.
• 27:18
  Um, so a lot of the guys from both teams
• 27:20
  are involved in that. We know a lot of
• 27:22
  players. I think throughout the years
• 27:24
  people have played for both teams and
• 27:27
  you know, probably due to proximity.
• 27:28
  Yeah, really. I mean, as the crow flies
• 27:30
  it's about 15 miles across open fields.
• 27:34
  It It really just
• 27:35
  became clearer that we went
• 27:38
  we were in the same sort of
• 27:39
  geo-location, competing for the same
• 27:42
  resources to achieve the same goal. And
• 27:44
  since we're all a bunch of mates anyway,
• 27:47
  it it
• 27:48
  Makes sense.
• 27:48
  You know, it was making more and more
• 27:50
  sense to try and join forces. And I
• 27:52
  think
• 27:53
  with the direction perhaps of the BAFFA
• 27:55
  membership overall, if you look at the
• 27:56
  number of people playing, if you look at
• 27:58
  the number of coaches, etc., we're we're
• 28:01
  not a fast-growing sport at the moment.
• 28:04
  Mhm.
• 28:04
  If we want to achieve these things, it's
• 28:06
  easier to work with your nearest
• 28:07
  neighbor than it is
• 28:09
  compete against them. And ultimately, it
• 28:11
  means
• 28:12
  for most of us hanging out with more of
• 28:14
  our mates every weekend cuz
• 28:16
  we're friends anyway. So,
• 28:18
  I think that's the feeling we I got from
• 28:20
  from our side. Um,
• 28:22
  and do you want to say how it was
• 28:23
  received that from
• 28:25
  the existing Knights?
• 28:26
  Yeah, I mean, um
• 28:28
  Well, there's someone we haven't
• 28:29
  mentioned, Nick Benning. He
• 28:32
  was kind of the go-between between us.
• 28:34
  Um so, yeah, shout out to Nick. Um
• 28:38
  Yeah, I mean, Nick approached me and
• 28:40
  said,
• 28:41
  "Would you be up for a discussion?"
• 28:44
  Um
• 28:45
  and I was like,"Yeah."And then me and
• 28:46
  Harry got got talking. So, um it was all
• 28:49
  kind of driven from the East Valley
• 28:51
  side. So,
• 28:53
  I was like,
• 28:54
  uh"Look, I'm always up for a discussion.
• 28:56
  Um we'll talk about it and and and see
• 28:59
  what the what everyone's feeling is."
• 29:01
  So,
• 29:02
  um I spoke to our committee. Um everyone
• 29:05
  seemed quite positive about it.
• 29:07
  Um
• 29:08
  Kind of explained where where we were as
• 29:10
  the Knights and um
• 29:12
  what the what would happen to us and
• 29:14
  essentially not much would really sort
• 29:15
  of change from a Knights point of view.
• 29:17
  Um so, then we got committees together.
• 29:21
  Um we had a conversation about it all um
• 29:23
  between the committees.
• 29:25
  Um and yeah, everyone was just open and
• 29:28
  honest about everything. Um
• 29:30
  and really, really positive. So, the
• 29:32
  committees basically agreed. Um and then
• 29:35
  we went through the correct process of
• 29:36
  of of doing everything. So,
• 29:39
  um East Valley had their their AGM. Um
• 29:42
  so, had to be voted on by the members,
• 29:45
  which um
• 29:46
  ended up being positive.
• 29:48
  Uh I ended up calling an EGM um cuz our
• 29:51
  AGM is until the end of the year. So,
• 29:53
  called an EGM at our awards day and
• 29:55
  there was only really one subject matter
• 29:57
  um and that was to to vote for the
• 29:59
  merger and it was unanimous. I mean, no
• 30:02
  one actually said no. So,
• 30:04
  um so, yeah, um we've been liaising with
• 30:07
  BAFRA as well and Joe um and he
• 30:09
  supported it through throughout.
• 30:11
  I was very positive about it.
• 30:13
  Um
• 30:14
  and and then yeah, we
• 30:17
  got some paperwork together,
• 30:18
  um agreed on everything and then
• 30:21
  both me and Harry signed it and then
• 30:23
  then we announced it. Um
• 30:26
  It was fairly quick process, being
• 30:27
  pretty honest, cuz we were both very
• 30:29
  open and honest about everything.
• 30:32
  We already knew each other very well, so
• 30:34
  it's not as if we were dealing with new
• 30:36
  people.
• 30:37
  Um
• 30:38
  all in all, very positive across
• 30:39
  everywhere. Um I'll probably say 98%
• 30:42
  very positive. You're always going to
• 30:43
  get the 1 or 2%with with people, and
• 30:46
  we When we announced it, there was
• 30:48
  various different comments on it. Oh,
• 30:49
  you're always going to get the odd
• 30:50
  person that's like,"Oh, that doesn't
• 30:51
  make sense."or along those type of
• 30:53
  lines, but as I say, in anything you do
• 30:55
  or organize, you're never going to make
• 30:56
  everyone happy.
• 30:57
  100%.
• 30:59
  But, the majority, and when we say
• 31:01
  majority, 90 95 98%were were very about
• 31:05
  it. So,
• 31:06
  um So, yeah. Paperwork signed, and then,
• 31:10
  yeah, now we've just got to coordinate a
• 31:12
  few things in the background, and
• 31:14
  and um and then, yeah, it's it's all go.
• 31:17
  Um from a Knights point of view, no
• 31:19
  nothing's changing. Still an offense
• 31:20
  Knights, essentially, maybe the year
• 31:22
  coming into us. So, no logo changes, no
• 31:26
  name changes. Um from from a Knights
• 31:29
  point of view, keep it simple, keep it
• 31:31
  easy.
• 31:32
  Um I just Yeah.
• 31:34
  You've You've You've literally just
• 31:35
  squashed about 15 rumors with that
• 31:36
  statement. So,
• 31:38
  I I I I love that. I love that. Straight
• 31:40
  to it. No, there's not going to be a
• 31:41
  rebrand. This is it. I I think from your
• 31:44
  standpoint, there doesn't need to be a
• 31:45
  rebrand, essentially. I think that's
• 31:47
  what you're saying.
• 31:48
  I agree.
• 31:49
  Yeah, no, 100%.
• 31:50
  It comes down to costs at the end of the
• 31:52
  day. I mean, to rebrand a club
• 31:54
  is is not cheap. I mean,
• 31:56
  we've we've got two sets of kit. We've
• 31:58
  got a really nice Macron kit that we
• 32:00
  have now. It's got Northants Knights all
• 32:02
  over it. And when you start looking at
• 32:03
  the logos and where all the logos are,
• 32:05
  you just
• 32:07
  And we're
• 32:07
  Yeah, I I think when you combine the
• 32:10
  the pragmatism of
• 32:12
  joining two memberships, there's
• 32:14
  a pragmatism over cost, as well. Do we
• 32:16
  want to use all of our combined funds to
• 32:18
  help improve
• 32:20
  and, you know, the club to become
• 32:21
  something and give us what we want, or
• 32:23
  we going to get hung up over colors and
• 32:25
  names?
• 32:26
  Yeah.
• 32:27
  I think, brutally honestly, it
• 32:30
  it it suits us to use the money to
• 32:33
  improve us as a club, right? What What,
• 32:35
  you know, rather than buying all new
• 32:36
  kits again that we're going in the bin.
• 32:37
  I think when I think back to Ouse Valley
• 32:40
  Eagles, I mean I joined after it was a
• 32:42
  merger between Bedford and Milton Keynes
• 32:44
  originally.
• 32:45
  Um before COVID, there was youth teams
• 32:47
  around, but obviously I think COVID
• 32:50
  affected a lot of clubs in a lot of
• 32:51
  ways.
• 32:52
  But a lot of people have left.
• 32:54
  Yeah. But I probably
• 32:57
  A colleague of mine at work his his son
• 32:59
  joined the Northants Knights as a as a
• 33:01
  youth player. There's There's so many
• 33:03
  synergies that are
• 33:04
  useful against
• 33:06
  all of the people within this region,
• 33:09
  you know, small geographic area,
• 33:12
  but I don't think it would be a useful
• 33:15
  way to spend our combined funds on
• 33:18
  rebranding. And ultimately with the
• 33:21
  youth setup that is currently
• 33:23
  flourishing under Knight the Knights, it
• 33:25
  it makes sense to continue that brand.
• 33:27
  And And we we've had different
• 33:29
  challenges with our
• 33:30
  sort of our rugby club that we were
• 33:32
  going into and things like that that
• 33:34
  the the Knights is a great setup with
• 33:36
  all the whites post. A lot of our guys
• 33:38
  have been there for Sealand training
• 33:40
  with a lot of mates there already.
• 33:43
  Makes sense to continue with the brand
• 33:45
  that's already successful, I think.
• 33:47
  We've We've got a few comments. First
• 33:48
  comment, Adam, how can you miss out Las
• 33:50
  Vegas?
• 33:51
  Oh, yeah.
• 33:54
  That was a crazy trip. That was a
• 33:56
  Yeah, that was
• 33:57
  Yeah, that's one way to get your ass
• 33:59
  smoked by Americans at their own game,
• 34:01
  but it was an amazing trip. Um
• 34:03
  Definitely different different level of
• 34:05
  fish over there, isn't it? It's even
• 34:06
  even like
• 34:08
  Well, it's the it's the third time I
• 34:09
  played in the States and I still haven't
• 34:11
  Well, well, I've lost two games and I've
• 34:12
  tied a game, so my record isn't great in
• 34:14
  the States. Um, so, but yeah, Las Vegas,
• 34:18
  um,
• 34:18
  it was a big holiday, so the American
• 34:20
  football was such a small part of it for
• 34:22
  the for for me and the misses, so
• 34:24
  but yeah, Las Vegas was a...it's just
• 34:26
  great to play American football in the
• 34:28
  States, so love to do it again. Love to
• 34:30
  get the opportunity to do it again, so
• 34:32
  Mike Ireland, make it happen. Do it in
• 34:35
  Do it in Colorado. I'll find a few bonds
• 34:37
  for us to talk. Get all of that done,
• 34:38
  Zif. Um
• 34:39
  Harry, we've got a question. What
• 34:40
  percentage of players and coaches went
• 34:42
  with the merger?
• 34:44
  Uh, I'm I mean I feel like the
• 34:47
  membership was it was so well received
• 34:49
  that we're expecting most
• 34:52
  most majority.
• 34:53
  Great to be coming across.
• 34:55
  Um
• 34:56
  It you know, if this was traveling an
• 34:58
  extra
• 35:00
  30 miles, you might expect lower
• 35:02
  drop-off, but I think the point is it's
• 35:04
  it's the next town up from Bedford
• 35:05
  really. It's not
• 35:07
  I will
• 35:07
  I'm expecting a lot of people to be
• 35:09
  coming with it. It's people voted for
• 35:11
  it. There's there's a desire for it. So
• 35:15
  Yeah.
• 35:16
  I will say this when it comes to
• 35:17
  traveling. I know loads of people who
• 35:19
  don't play for the nearest team.
• 35:21
  I think it the club culture is right and
• 35:24
  it seems to be right
• 35:25
  above clubs.
• 35:27
  Um
• 35:27
  you'll get people who will travel
• 35:29
  you know, that extra journey.
• 35:31
  Um
• 35:31
  God, the club I played for last season,
• 35:33
  I think there's six other clubs that are
• 35:34
  more closer, but you know, the culture
• 35:37
  is spot on.
• 35:38
  You know, that's why I I played for
• 35:40
  them. I'd play for them again this year.
• 35:42
  Um, but the in they've won what level of
• 35:45
  that they we get I haven't got a clue.
• 35:49
  None of us have.
• 35:51
  Um
• 35:51
  but I I
• 35:52
  I honestly I'm looking forward to it. I
• 35:54
  I really do want to see you um
• 35:58
  go to that next level that you want to
• 35:59
  go to and you're fully capable of.
• 36:02
  Um
• 36:03
  got some great images here by the way. I
• 36:05
  don't know if you anyone wants to talk
• 36:06
  me through these images. So who is this
• 36:08
  in this image?
• 36:10
  I've got no idea. Number 11 so
• 36:13
  um
• 36:14
  77 that's big Sam Andrews.
• 36:17
  Uh, we've got Louis Benford at number
• 36:18
  22.
• 36:20
  Um, so yeah, these are mainly shot by um
• 36:23
  guy called Adam Gums.
• 36:25
  Um, used to be part or used to play
• 36:28
  before he had some health issues. Um, so
• 36:30
  he's a photographer now.
• 36:32
  That was our latest open training
• 36:33
  sessions. So we had a good
• 36:35
  45 players. So
• 36:38
  there was only four from Us Valley and
• 36:39
  there was only really sort of like 10 or
• 36:41
  11 from the Knights. It was mainly
• 36:42
  academy players and rookies that never
• 36:44
  played before.
• 36:46
  Yeah,
• 36:46
  we had a good bunch come along. We got
• 36:48
  another open session end of November.
• 36:51
  Um and then we're kind of finished the
• 36:54
  year before we start up sort of at end
• 36:55
  of January.
• 36:57
  Um so yeah, a good bunch of guys.
• 37:00
  Um
• 37:01
  all got their pros and cons like anyone
• 37:03
  that plays
• 37:05
  the sport
• 37:06
  that we play.
• 37:07
  Um
• 37:08
  So yeah, um
• 37:11
  got got
• 37:12
  spent a lot of time with them. Um know a
• 37:14
  lot of them very very well. Um
• 37:16
  Yeah, sometimes I feel like a counselor
• 37:18
  sometimes helping them out
• 37:19
  with other things and then bits and
• 37:21
  bobs. But um
• 37:23
  Yeah,
• 37:24
  um
• 37:25
  Yeah. Loving the bits. So
• 37:27
  We've had some comments here. Um I'm
• 37:29
  just going to go through them. Um
• 37:31
  Nathan who's a referee
• 37:33
  I refereed Eagles in playoff game in
• 37:34
  Plymouth and they are a great uh they
• 37:36
  are great guys who played the game with
• 37:38
  heart, respect, and class.
• 37:41
  The move to May the Knights is fantastic
• 37:42
  move for both teams. Nathan and then
• 37:44
  he's put I used to live in Camborne,
• 37:47
  Cornwall and play for London Mets in
• 37:49
  Bushey here, Watford. That is some
• 37:51
  drive.
• 37:52
  That's a drive.
• 37:53
  That is that is um furthest away trip
• 37:55
  you've done, gents? Let's throw some
• 37:57
  random questions on you.
• 37:59
  Uh as a Knights or just in general?
• 38:02
  Uh as Knights. Yeah, cuz I know you've
• 38:03
  been Vegas. Let's not go there cuz you
• 38:04
  went that one straight away.
• 38:06
  Yeah. Um
• 38:07
  so
• 38:10
  probably the the longest trip so far
• 38:12
  would have been
• 38:13
  Skolp away, I think it would have been.
• 38:16
  Um if we had won that one, then we would
• 38:18
  have been Glasgow. But we didn't win
• 38:21
  that one, unfortunately.
• 38:23
  We did.
• 38:24
  Cornwall away a few seasons ago. It was
• 38:27
  It was on a bank holiday weekend and we
• 38:29
  turned it into a bit of a tournament
• 38:31
  tour weekend for the club. Um you know,
• 38:33
  get everyone down on on a Friday or
• 38:35
  Saturday, come back on the Monday.
• 38:38
  Play Cornwall on the Sunday and have a
• 38:40
  big night out and Jeff's when Jeff was
• 38:43
  running the Newquay bars. So yeah, that
• 38:45
  was a
• 38:46
  That was a good trip. But, you know,
• 38:47
  this again it's that Seahawks uh
• 38:50
  network that made that into great fun
• 38:52
  trip for everyone to be put on cuz you
• 38:53
  need people in Cornwall that could put
• 38:56
  us up and give us a night out of things.
• 38:59
  Isn't Mike Ireland a sweetheart?
• 39:01
  That is awesome. He is such a good guy.
• 39:04
  I played with him at at the Halton
• 39:06
  Spartans on um
• 39:08
  What a guy. Like
• 39:10
  just just such a top top bloke. A really
• 39:12
  really good good guy.
• 39:14
  Um we've got a comment from Nathan
• 39:15
  again. Las Vegas or Moscow with GB on
• 39:18
  the 21s. And he's also commented saying
• 39:20
  that he refereed that Cornwall game.
• 39:23
  There you go.
• 39:24
  There you go. Right. We
• 39:27
  We we we do a thing every year. Every
• 39:29
  year, sorry. Every every one of these uh
• 39:31
  Talking the Posts is that's called 30
• 39:32
  seconds and it is never 30 seconds. It's
• 39:34
  always longer. Um I'm basically I'm
• 39:37
  going to say
• 39:38
  a team. An association. Anything. And I
• 39:42
  just want the first thing that comes to
• 39:44
  your mind. Okay?
• 39:48
  So, I will say like for example I would
• 39:51
  say the Denver Broncos, Adam would say
• 39:52
  the best team ever and Harry would say
• 39:54
  the Super Bowl winners. That's an
• 39:55
  example. But, we'll go I will say
• 39:57
  something and Adam will say it and then
• 39:59
  Harry will say it. Have we got it?
• 40:01
  Sounds good.
• 40:02
  Okay. Here
• 40:04
  we
• 40:06
  go.
• 40:07
  So, um
• 40:10
  Ipswich Cardinals.
• 40:13
  Um
• 40:17
  Boston.
• 40:19
  Oh, they're a great bunch and they live
• 40:21
  right next to my family, which is living
• 40:23
  Felixstowe. So, it's a good weekend for
• 40:25
  me.
• 40:26
  But, yeah, love those guys.
• 40:28
  Okay. Um Leicester Panthers.
• 40:32
  Um rivalry.
• 40:34
  Okay.
• 40:37
  Uh
• 40:38
  I I think I only know the Seahawks
• 40:40
  people on that one.
• 40:42
  Um
• 40:43
  they they always come across really
• 40:44
  great to me as well. Um but, I've not
• 40:46
  played them.
• 40:47
  Okay. Uh Black Country Steelers?
• 40:51
  Uh Nemesis.
• 40:54
  Ooh, okay.
• 40:57
  Uh I always think of Mr. Sandbush there,
• 40:59
  but uh
• 41:00
  uh
• 41:01
  Uh we did some pre-season against them,
• 41:03
  and
• 41:04
  they were really class there, yeah.
• 41:06
  Okay.
• 41:07
  Um Men's Team GB?
• 41:12
  Um
• 41:17
  No comment.
• 41:19
  Okay. Harry?
• 41:22
  I want to say Pinnacle, because it
• 41:24
  should be, but
• 41:25
  I hope it can be.
• 41:27
  Work in progress. Work in progress. Um
• 41:29
  Seal and Sea Hawks?
• 41:32
  Um
• 41:34
  Amazing.
• 41:35
  The best.
• 41:36
  Well worth it.
• 41:37
  Yeah, get involved.
• 41:39
  Yeah, do it.
• 41:40
  Okay. Um
• 41:42
  Baff?
• 41:47
  Um
• 41:50
  Moving in the right direction.
• 41:55
  I think that
• 41:57
  I think people don't rec-realize the
• 42:00
  actual size of the Baff guys and how
• 42:02
  hard they work. And there's probably an
• 42:04
  over expectation of what's actually
• 42:06
  achievable.
• 42:08
  Agreed. Um and last one, merger?
• 42:14
  Um positive and excited.
• 42:18
  The the right direction.
• 42:20
  I I I will like with that's done, I will
• 42:22
  say this, Adam, what you said before
• 42:24
  about like the top eight, then the next
• 42:26
  eight, and then the last eight, I
• 42:28
  absolutely love that.
• 42:30
  Because
• 42:31
  and I I I tell you why I love it,
• 42:32
  because
• 42:34
  that would make everyone interested
• 42:35
  throughout the whole season, because I
• 42:36
  can't tell you how many teams who lose
• 42:38
  two games and the players go,"Oh, I'm
• 42:39
  not going to play for the rest of the
• 42:40
  season."I think that's stupid. You
• 42:42
  literally have one youthful life. Go and
• 42:44
  enjoy it while you can. You
• 42:46
  don't know what's going to happen
• 42:47
  tomorrow. So, I like that. I I've not
• 42:49
  heard that. That's the first time I've
• 42:50
  heard that. So, if if that if that
• 42:52
  happens, not that they need my stamp of
• 42:53
  approval, I'm just a semi-fat guy sat on
• 42:56
  me sat on me chair trying to
• 42:58
  talk about football.
• 42:59
  Um they would get my stamp of approval
• 43:01
  on that. I think that would be
• 43:01
  brilliant. That's a great shout. And
• 43:04
  you know, no I don't know. We we'd like
• 43:06
  to know, but you know, we don't. Uh
• 43:09
  we've got this clip. Let's watch this
• 43:10
  clip and then one of you guys can
• 43:12
  volunteer and let us know what happened
• 43:13
  in this clip.
• 43:35
  Oh my god.
• 43:36
  You don't have to explain it. We can see
• 43:37
  it. Wow, for
• 43:41
  The There is no better feeling.
• 43:45
  Even if you're on the line, even if
• 43:46
  you're you're meant to be you know,
• 43:48
  by on the line like on the sideline on
• 43:50
  the old line, it it's great. But, there
• 43:52
  is no better feeling when that happens
• 43:53
  cuz you can see everyone there in
• 43:54
  dolphins going down sideline.
• 43:57
  Adam, I assume you're going to tell me.
• 43:58
  Yeah, so that was our game against the
• 44:00
  the Surge. So, big shout out to Chris at
• 44:03
  the Surge, good guy. Been doing really
• 44:06
  well at the club.
• 44:07
  Um yeah, he's uh he's had his hands full
• 44:10
  this season. So,
• 44:11
  yeah, full respect to him.
• 44:13
  Um yeah, that was in I did send it
• 44:15
  through to you guys, but I don't think
• 44:16
  it got played. But, one of your clip of
• 44:18
  the week during the season.
• 44:20
  Um the play before that, we threw a pass
• 44:23
  and the uh
• 44:25
  the Surge player decided to punch it
• 44:27
  instead of catching it. Do you remember
• 44:28
  it?
• 44:30
  I got so much grief for that. I was
• 44:31
  like,"What are you going to give me
• 44:32
  grief for?"
• 44:34
  That the clip you just shown was our
• 44:36
  very next play and that touchdown went
• 44:38
  on to win it. And uh,
• 44:40
  and then uh yeah, we kicked the the
• 44:42
  extra point and uh
• 44:45
  then it was a kickoff, which was crazy
• 44:48
  cuz the referees were yeah, got them
• 44:50
  mixed up on a few things and we had to
• 44:51
  do a re-kick and
• 44:53
  yeah, in the end we we won it, but um
• 44:56
  yeah, that was the response to
• 44:58
  the clip of the week basically during
• 45:00
  your during the season, so
• 45:03
  I
• 45:04
  I want to start asking clubs, what do
• 45:05
  you think a clip clip it's we've gone to
• 45:07
  clip of the day. We were clip of the
• 45:08
  week. What what do you think about that?
• 45:09
  You you know, would you change anything
• 45:10
  on it?
• 45:12
  I think it's great. Like
• 45:14
  end of day, we're not professionals.
• 45:17
  This is it's an amateur sport. It's it's
• 45:19
  a it's a hobby. We we play this game for
• 45:21
  the love of it and fun of it and to see
• 45:25
  good clips, to see bad clips, it doesn't
• 45:27
  matter. It's just growing the sport,
• 45:29
  making it better.
• 45:30
  With social media now and and
• 45:33
  everything's recorded and and
• 45:35
  you can see all these different types of
• 45:38
  uh clips that are happening. I I think
• 45:40
  it's great.
• 45:41
  Keep on doing it.
• 45:43
  Yeah, photos are great, but just seeing
• 45:45
  a video of of a play, even if it's a
• 45:48
  a great play like that and he scored a
• 45:50
  wonderful touchdown or even if it's a a
• 45:52
  big sack, it's it's it's all part of the
• 45:55
  sport and what we do, so
• 45:57
  keep on doing it.
• 45:58
  I'm really sorry cuz I can't remember
• 46:00
  his name, but I have to give your under
• 46:02
  16s head coach
• 46:04
  due. What a top top guy. I was at the
• 46:08
  the finals
• 46:09
  in in Staffordshire and your guys, even
• 46:12
  when they were getting beat, just kept
• 46:13
  on getting up, no answering back, no
• 46:15
  answering back to the coach, no
• 46:17
  answering back to referees, giving
• 46:18
  referees They were a really really
• 46:20
  good bunch of guys. Your under 16 guys
• 46:22
  absolutely spot on. I'm sure your under
• 46:24
  19s are too, but I I forgot to mention
• 46:26
  that before. Really, I mean,
• 46:28
  as a club from the whole, and I'm sure
• 46:29
  how are you must be excited for this,
• 46:31
  you know, obviously as manager you
• 46:33
  mentioned before you're excited. But it
• 46:34
  is a great club, and I think more clubs
• 46:36
  could do what
• 46:38
  Knights are doing in terms of having
• 46:39
  that youth set up. It's so important the
• 46:41
  next generation of players there are
• 46:43
  coming because it saves you like trying
• 46:45
  to like not
• 46:46
  scrap around for anything, but did you
• 46:47
  get where I'm coming from?
• 46:50
  No, 100%.
• 46:51
  Yeah, the academy are doing doing really
• 46:53
  well. We've got Jacko
• 46:55
  Abin
• 46:57
  who is running the whole sort of show
• 46:58
  with the under 19s and under 16s.
• 47:01
  Um so yeah, they've been
• 47:04
  getting better and better and better and
• 47:05
  they're doing really really well. So um
• 47:08
  yeah, the under under 16s have done had
• 47:10
  a good really good season. Um
• 47:12
  so yeah.
• 47:13
  Shout out to all of them, the under 16s,
• 47:15
  the under 19s, and the academy. So
• 47:18
  we've got a quite
• 47:19
  an interesting setup really. So
• 47:21
  um we've got the academy, um we've got
• 47:23
  the seniors. We also um we've got a good
• 47:25
  relationship with the Northants Ducks as
• 47:27
  well.
• 47:28
  Um yeah, Liam Duckett.
• 47:30
  Liam, top top guy Liam. Um hopefully I
• 47:32
  will get to see you again, mate.
• 47:34
  Um we've got the Northants Ducks, which
• 47:36
  is coach Marcel, who's who's running
• 47:37
  everything there. Um so they're at all
• 47:40
  ages.
• 47:41
  Under 11s, under 13s, under 15s, under
• 47:44
  17s. Um we've got an adult team as well.
• 47:46
  So
• 47:47
  um he's doing wonderful stuff. Um we've
• 47:50
  also got
• 47:51
  um
• 47:53
  the university team, which we started
• 47:55
  last season as well. So the Northants
• 47:56
  Nighthawks. Um
• 47:58
  so uh Northampton University as well. So
• 48:01
  haven't entered Bucks yet, but they are
• 48:04
  slowly getting there. Um so we started
• 48:06
  some flag last year at the university
• 48:08
  and then started some kitted sessions.
• 48:11
  Um so we managed to get quite a few of
• 48:12
  the senior players at the Knights to
• 48:14
  help coach down there. So shout out to
• 48:16
  Bailey, Josh, Kaius, Mark,
• 48:19
  Tyler and Nick. Um so that's been going
• 48:21
  really well. Um
• 48:22
  uh then you've got um a wonderful guy
• 48:25
  called Chris Long,
• 48:26
  who uh who works for the NFL and he does
• 48:29
  all the NFL flags across
• 48:30
  Northamptonshire and sort of this region
• 48:32
  as well. So
• 48:33
  um definitely growing within the region
• 48:35
  and the sport. So
• 48:38
  yeah, everyone's going
• 48:40
  in the right direction, which is the
• 48:41
  main thing. So
• 48:43
  Um
• 48:44
  just just going back to to the club
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  itself. When did the club start? What
• 48:48
  year?
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  Um so originally it was founded in 2016
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  by Jack. Um
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  so yeah, it's sort of just started with
• 49:00
  a lot of guys playing American football
• 49:02
  in the park.
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  Um
• 49:04
  we Well, at the time I wasn't involved
• 49:07
  in the club, but um at the we first
• 49:09
  started um in I think we got founded in
• 49:12
  sort of 2018 into into um BAFA. Um
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  And the under 16s, the under 19s started
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  as well.
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  Um
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  Under 19, we then had the COVID year,
• 49:24
  which was all fun.
• 49:27
  Let's talk all day. Keep Keep rolling.
• 49:30
  Yeah,
• 49:30
  and then yeah, 22, I think I got more
• 49:33
  involved in the club then
• 49:34
  um
• 49:35
  from a sort of committee point of view.
• 49:37
  So, I started playing.
• 49:38
  Um yeah, my my story is a bit strange.
• 49:40
  So, I started playing when I was 19,
• 49:44
  played up until sort of 2012. And then I
• 49:47
  stopped playing due to sort of like work
• 49:48
  and commitments and stuff. Um and then
• 49:51
  believe it or not, 2018, I ended up
• 49:53
  getting cancer and a stage four cancer.
• 49:55
  That's a long story. Um but that's when
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  the Northants Knights kind of started up
• 49:59
  and they were 15 minutes from my house.
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  And I was 34 and I was like
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  I'm not going to play this sport again.
• 50:05
  Now's the time to do it. So, I got
• 50:06
  involved um
• 50:08
  with the Knights and then it's kind of
• 50:10
  just grown from there, really.
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  Um so, yeah, 22, I think the under 19s
• 50:16
  became national champions.
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  23 is when we got the Ducks involved
• 50:21
  with the with the Knights, which has
• 50:22
  been really positive.
• 50:24
  Um and then yeah, each year it's kind of
• 50:27
  got stronger and stronger. So,
• 50:30
  um 24, we made the playoffs
• 50:33
  um
• 50:34
  as the seniors um
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  And then yeah, 25 is when the the
• 50:39
  Nighthawks got involved as well. So, the
• 50:41
  university level. So,
• 50:43
  yeah, it's been a lot.
• 50:45
  Um but yeah, we've had some very good
• 50:47
  people involved throughout and it's been
• 50:49
  yeah, very positive at all levels, to be
• 50:52
  honest. Um
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  it's one of the greatest sports.
• 50:55
  Um
• 50:56
  And that's what we've done uh over um
• 50:59
  so, yeah. Everyone along the line, yeah,
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  they're blessed to you all. You've all
• 51:03
  helped in one way or another Uh on the
• 51:05
  field, off the field. So, it's been
• 51:07
  positive. So,
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  Awesome.
• 51:09
  And then now 26 27 merger with you
• 51:13
  sailing. So,
• 51:15
  a lot of history.
• 51:17
  Yeah. It's It's great for us as well
• 51:20
  because well, I mean before COVID, we
• 51:21
  had youth teams. After COVID,
• 51:24
  we lost those.
• 51:27
  I think we've had so many players play
• 51:29
  for both clubs already. We've had guys
• 51:31
  that have been in Northants youth that
• 51:33
  have come to Eagles, played for
• 51:34
  Northants as well.
• 51:36
  I think our quarterback player was now
• 51:38
  at Northants Uni and he's helping to set
• 51:41
  that up. The The crisscross of
• 51:43
  connections is so vast that,
• 51:46
  well, you know, once the once you know
• 51:48
  and shoutout to Nick again once the the
• 51:50
  idea was sort of formulated, it the
• 51:52
  merger just becomes,
• 51:54
  you know, quite an obvious positive move
• 51:57
  for everyone involved, because,
• 51:59
  quite honestly, we're so close together
• 52:00
  already that a lot of people have played
• 52:02
  for both at some point anyway. So, you
• 52:05
  know,
• 52:06
  pooling resources, there's already this
• 52:08
  crisscross of
• 52:10
  relationships of of people involved. It
• 52:13
  positive all round have a bit of
• 52:15
  pragmatism to achieve what we're trying
• 52:16
  to get to.
• 52:19
  I I
• 52:20
  I I have full confidence in this not
• 52:23
  that you need my confidence in this
• 52:25
  merger because it already seems like the
• 52:27
  relationship's there and
• 52:29
  the the if you were to say this is like
• 52:30
  a pyramid, you know, we have like
• 52:32
  pyramid sales types of things. The thing
• 52:34
  that the main thing is is sealant and
• 52:36
  that's what I love about it. And I'm I'm
• 52:38
  hoping I'm going to see you guys in
• 52:41
  Dublin.
• 52:43
  Yeah, I'm already there.
• 52:44
  I'm going to look at the logistics
• 52:48
  of it.
• 52:49
  I'll I'll see see see what I can do, but
• 52:52
  we will continue to back sealant cuz I
• 52:53
  just I just love what they do. I just
• 52:55
  love how it It's kind of like a bit of a
• 52:57
  rebel group as well cuz it's like we're
• 52:58
  not affiliated with anyone and I think I
• 53:00
  think that's very interesting and
• 53:02
  unique. I do really wish you the best of
• 53:05
  luck throughout the season and if we can
• 53:06
  assist with absolutely anything, please
• 53:09
  do let us know.
• 53:11
  Um you both seem absolutely lovely. If
• 53:13
  you're in the Seahawks, you you've got
• 53:14
  to be. I think that's kind of like part
• 53:16
  of the the rules to join them. Um
• 53:19
  Uh yeah. And I really want to thank you
• 53:22
  for coming on and explaining this. You
• 53:24
  didn't have to. Um one more question
• 53:26
  maybe before you go. Will the Knights be
• 53:29
  embracing the pineapple movement?
• 53:33
  Um so if anyone doesn't know what the
• 53:34
  pineapple movement is, um
• 53:37
  it's uh something that um Seedling do.
• 53:40
  So, yeah, we have as the Knights
• 53:42
  embraced it.
• 53:43
  Um,
• 53:45
  essentially, if you are going through
• 53:47
  issues, or you've got anything to talk
• 53:49
  about, or you've got anything
• 53:51
  that you want to get off your chest, and
• 53:53
  you send a pineapple to someone, um be
• 53:55
  it a teammate, a friend,
• 53:58
  then um, they know that they that you're
• 54:00
  in trouble, and just to talk about
• 54:02
  things. So, it's a So, it's a mental
• 54:04
  health movement
• 54:05
  um that Seedling have introduced, and
• 54:08
  it's gone across all the clubs that are
• 54:09
  sort of associated with Seedling. So,
• 54:12
  yeah, there there's multiple teams, East
• 54:13
  Valley, Knights, Leicester,
• 54:16
  um there there's everyone that's kind of
• 54:19
  involved, Tridents,
• 54:22
  I think Ipswich have done it. Um
• 54:24
  I've probably forgotten quite a quite a
• 54:26
  lot, but yeah.
• 54:27
  Of course we are. It's um I've got one
• 54:29
  on the back of my helmet already. Uh I
• 54:31
  have done since uh we introduced it. So,
• 54:35
  um that's what it's all about. So,
• 54:37
  um everyone struggles with their mental
• 54:38
  health. It's a So, it's a big thing
• 54:39
  nowadays, and
• 54:41
  some people play this sport to to get
• 54:43
  away from it all and everything, and um
• 54:46
  yeah, clash heads, and and and play this
• 54:49
  wonderful sport. Um, but we know that
• 54:51
  sometimes
• 54:52
  you can't play it through injury or for
• 54:54
  for whatever reasons. Um, but yeah, if
• 54:57
  you've got an issue or you've got a
• 54:58
  problem, send the pineapple to someone,
• 54:59
  and uh
• 55:01
  it's their responsibility to get in
• 55:03
  contact with you, and it's uh it's it's
• 55:05
  just about talking. So.
• 55:07
  Um we'll say this, folks, if this is
• 55:09
  something that you're interested in,
• 55:10
  just drop the Pineapple Movement a
• 55:12
  message. I'm sure they will get some
• 55:13
  stickers sent out.
• 55:15
  We are all in this together. Um my inbox
• 55:18
  is always open.
• 55:19
  If you have anything to talk, send me a
• 55:20
  pineapple.
• 55:21
  We can get that conversation going.
• 55:23
  Folks, it's been an absolute pleasure.
• 55:26
  Um just remind people how they can get
• 55:28
  in contact with the Knights and when
• 55:30
  that next training rookie session, I
• 55:32
  think you said, is.
• 55:34
  Um so, thanks for the rookie session is
• 55:35
  the end of this month.
• 55:37
  We haven't released a date yet, but it
• 55:38
  will be on our socials, so Facebook and
• 55:41
  Instagram. Um and then if you're
• 55:44
  interested in playing,
• 55:46
  yeah. We've got all of our emails are
• 55:49
  are on there as well as a a form to fill
• 55:52
  in and we can direct you to the right
• 55:55
  team, be it under 16s, under 19s, flag,
• 55:59
  or or senior contacted football.
• 56:02
  Yeah, it's all there.
• 56:03
  Love it.
• 56:04
  Yeah.
• 56:06
  Um folks, um this week we've got the
• 56:08
  Audible on tomorrow where they're
• 56:09
  announcing the winner of the free TD UK
• 56:13
  hoodie. Thank you so much for the 5,000
• 56:15
  of you guys. We've only started in
• 56:16
  January and we're at 5,000. Would you
• 56:17
  believe it? With 5,000 followers, we're
• 56:19
  going to give away a free custom hoodie.
• 56:22
  It could be you. You've got to be in it
• 56:23
  to win it. Like the post, give it a
• 56:25
  share, and that gets you a free entry
• 56:28
  into it.
• 56:29
  I will be back on TD UK on Sunday. As it
• 56:32
  stands, I am live streaming my very
• 56:34
  first game for MMU Universities. There's
• 56:37
  some Uni Ball this weekend, which I'm
• 56:39
  really looking forward to going down to
• 56:40
  Manchester and seeing the boys there
• 56:41
  after they got a big win on Sunday.
• 56:45
  Gents, any last comments before you
• 56:46
  leave? Thank you very much for coming
• 56:47
  on. Any shout-outs? We have I think we
• 56:49
  finished I think we shouted out
• 56:50
  everyone, haven't we?
• 56:52
  Yeah, I think so. But yeah, thanks for
• 56:54
  having us. Had a
• 56:55
  been a great chat. Looking forward to
• 56:57
  it.
• 56:57
  Mate, appreciate it. Thank you very
• 56:59
  much.
• 56:59
  Yeah.
• 57:00
  As always, folks, I've been Matteo and
• 57:02
  we will see you soon. Thank you very
• 57:04
  much. I've been Matteo. Let's try this
• 57:06
  again.
• 57:08
  Uh, been Adam.
• 57:09
  And I've been Harry.
• 57:11
  We will see you next time. I don't know
• 57:13
  when it's going to be. I'll come up with
• 57:15
  an episode soon for Talking Bripol. Once
• 57:17
  again, folks, thank you very much. We're
• 57:18
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