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Serie A 2025-26 Season Preview - Ep. 272 · The Calcio Guys

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  Speaker 1: We are back maybe the hottest cultural podcast. Janny Adriano Nicholas.
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  Speaker 1: We don't have any album announcements from Taylor Swift to
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  Speaker 1: make on this podcast that we will leave that to
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  Speaker 1: the Kelsey brothers. But we're back season eight. Guys. Can
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  Speaker 1: you believe that? First of all, how are you guys
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  Speaker 1: doing flew By?
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  Speaker 2: Holy hell?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? I went to thought. Yeah, I still can't believe
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  Speaker 3: its season eight. It's like just a roar coaster of
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  Speaker 3: of episodes, of emotions, of things that just have gone
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  Speaker 3: on in in cultural and in life. It's it's been crazy.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, happy to be back like always, and I
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  Speaker 3: can't wait for the new city that season to start.
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  Speaker 2: It's crazy, man. In the eighth seasons, I've seen win
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  Speaker 2: a conference league and I've seen not believe went to school.
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  Speaker 3: That had something that you hadn't seen before the podcast started.
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  Speaker 3: So are you telling me that the podcast bring good
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  Speaker 3: luck to my teams? Let's go, let's get it.
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  Speaker 1: So basically, so Napoli's won two Scudetti juve in the
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  Speaker 1: time that we've been doing this one too, So me
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  Speaker 1: and you were tied for number of Skudetti one.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, and in the span of eight years in the
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  Speaker 4: spite of eight years.
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  Speaker 1: And Milan has the one yes, and then Inter has
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  Speaker 1: the two right, so seven well, seven seasons part of
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  Speaker 1: this one right, yes. The math, the math is math.
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  Speaker 4: The math, math is mathing for once.
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  Speaker 1: Big season ahead because it is a World Cup season.
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  Speaker 1: It feels like we just said that, which is true.
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  Speaker 1: The twenty twenty two, twenty twenty three season, I mean
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  Speaker 1: three years ago was also a World Cup season. But
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  Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of storylines with that. It'll
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  Speaker 1: least lost qualify as we know they play games in
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  Speaker 1: a month from now. You know, there's gonna be transfers
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  Speaker 1: right now. They're happening for players to prove themselves ahead
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  Speaker 1: of the World Cup. One of those Jonathan David that
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  Speaker 1: will talk about with UVE. So it's it's exciting stuff
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  Speaker 1: the city. Id you know, it's gonna like always gonna
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  Speaker 1: be an exciting season, nothing like uh, you know, groundbreaking
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  Speaker 1: in terms of transfer We're you know, we're not seeing
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  Speaker 1: any Ronaldo transfers, but we've seen a couple of you know,
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  Speaker 1: tweaks here and there with our teams. Especially uh de
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  Speaker 1: Bruyn is probably the big name right of the summer
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  Speaker 1: coming to the city, but also Luca Mudrich, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think in terms of in terms of career history,
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  Speaker 1: and Mudrich is the bigger player in terms of current talent.
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  Speaker 1: You got to give that to de Bruyne. So two
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  Speaker 1: outstanding midfielders, you know, joining the league. Uh so, I
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  Speaker 1: mean we're doing a city at preview season preview. I
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  Speaker 1: know it's ten days away from the from kickoff, but
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  Speaker 1: johnnyere going Italy because it feels like between the three
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  Speaker 1: of us were always going to Italy. These days, Ganel
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  Speaker 1: is leading the pack.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I have the most cops going to
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  Speaker 3: Italy this in the calendar year so far.
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  Speaker 1: Did you go this summer? No? No, you went in
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  Speaker 1: the spring, right.
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  Speaker 3: I would have. I would like to. I would have
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  Speaker 3: liked to, but I mean, be maybe I wanted to know.
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  Speaker 3: I went last summer, Last June, I went, I went
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  Speaker 3: to last October, and then I was there last last
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  Speaker 3: April for my cousin's wedding. But yeah, no, no, Ealy
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  Speaker 3: books tripped, trips booked just yet but hopefully in the future.
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  Speaker 3: But Johnny's up, He's up in a couple of days,
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  Speaker 3: a couple of weeks, No, a couple of days what
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  Speaker 3: is it.
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  Speaker 4: I'm leaving in Well, we're supposed to be leaving Sunday.
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  Speaker 4: We're recording tonight. It's Wednesday. I know when people listen
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  Speaker 4: to this, But I'm supposed to be leaving Sunday. Oh
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  Speaker 4: my god, the ninth, the eighteenth.
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  Speaker 3: Where is it?
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  Speaker 4: Sunday's the eighteenth?
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  Speaker 5: I mean he's can It's actually for sometime seventeen seventeenth,
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  Speaker 5: seventeenth thirty eight, but apparently with all this Air Canada
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  Speaker 5: strike going on, it might be moved to Monday.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know. Have to see.
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  Speaker 4: Did you just speak to my Mysia?
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  Speaker 2: She's a she's a travel agent, so I have to
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  Speaker 2: figure things out with her and stuff and go from there.
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  Speaker 4: But pretty excited. It's gonna be like my second time
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  Speaker 4: in two years. I went in twenty twenty three. A
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  Speaker 4: couple of years ago.
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  Speaker 2: It's been my fourth time in my life that I've
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  Speaker 2: been us.
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  Speaker 4: It's amazing.
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  Speaker 2: I always love to go see family and stuff, and
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  Speaker 2: we try my absolute best to try to go spend
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  Speaker 2: a couple of days in my dad's hometown. I have
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  Speaker 2: some relatives that are there now just visiting and stuff,
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  Speaker 2: so we try to see if maybe I can use
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  Speaker 2: them as like a little in to go visit like
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  Speaker 2: some extended just to reintroduce myself to some extended family
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  Speaker 2: members that I haven't seen since I was like four
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  Speaker 2: years old.
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  Speaker 4: So yeah, that's it.
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  Speaker 3: Really one of these days, I think they're gonna have
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  Speaker 3: to have like a cultural guys Italy trip. I think,
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  Speaker 3: oh yeah, definitely if the budget permits it.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know, Hey, every every summer. Man, I'm off
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  Speaker 4: for two three months every summer. I guess because years.
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  Speaker 3: Got to keep that in mind.
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  Speaker 1: Some of us have jobs.
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  Speaker 3: Hey yeah, wait, my job will see those times.
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  Speaker 4: So I'm pretty sure you guys can figure it out.
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  Speaker 1: No, I'm just bugging, But no, no city, I game
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  Speaker 1: for the for you this time around. Even though you're there.
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  Speaker 1: You're gonna be there opening weekend, but you're gonna be busy.
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  Speaker 4: I'm gonna try to see my I mean like, I'm
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  Speaker 4: gonna try to see if I can fit it.
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  Speaker 2: Problem is I leave the Saturday the thirtieth, so I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if I'm gonna be able to go see
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  Speaker 2: a game.
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  Speaker 3: During the game Star Win to twenty three twenty tho.
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  Speaker 2: I could probably see if I can probably squeeze the
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  Speaker 2: game into the twenty third, but I highly it I'll
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  Speaker 2: be sick.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, i'man being the city on Wednesday and Thursday and Apple.
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  Speaker 4: But that's that's about it.
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  Speaker 2: I'll probably go see if maybe I can go to
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  Speaker 2: the city on the Saturday, just to go watch the
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  Speaker 2: game at a cafe nearby or something near the Stadio see,
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  Speaker 2: because they have a bunch of cafes there.
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  Speaker 1: So I got the city I schedule right here.
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  Speaker 4: If you look at this, the Italian fest.
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  Speaker 2: On the weekend, shout out you went to thirtyp for
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  Speaker 2: the Italian fest. No, literally, well this weekend's but the
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  Speaker 2: Pompeii Feast, by the way, you want, the vintage Italian festivals.
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  Speaker 1: In Montreal, pomp Feast this weekend church, Well, I know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: the talfest continues. I know, it's insane, Leo on Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: I might go to that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of a lot of Italian feasts Montreal. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: but that's different, right, Jenny, than the Pompeii Feast.
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  Speaker 2: The Pompeii fieast is basically, uh, Santa Santa Gabriel. It's
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  Speaker 2: uh St Gabriel, Uh to celebrate Saint Gabriel our feast.
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  Speaker 2: So uh it's always like it used to be three
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  Speaker 2: a year, one for June, one for July, one for
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  Speaker 2: August during the summers in UH in Montreal. But I
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  Speaker 2: think because of like over the years, SA Michelle has
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  Speaker 2: become less and less Italian that you know, because they're
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  Speaker 2: pretty much all the Italians are moving to the Laval
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  Speaker 2: alreadyp or whatever that they only do one they only
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  Speaker 2: do one year, which is in August. So it used
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  Speaker 2: to be the biggest thing when I was a kid.
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  Speaker 2: I used to go there finding friends left right in center.
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  Speaker 2: When I was a kid, all the little carnival games
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  Speaker 2: they had concerts for see all the mean like sitting
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  Speaker 2: up there areas in front of the the the uh
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  Speaker 2: the freaking stage that they have, like it's this big
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  Speaker 2: concrete stage that they have built like a like an
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  Speaker 2: amphitheater type of thing, uh performing they should be also
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  Speaker 2: the soccer tournament going on that went on during the
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  Speaker 2: daytime there, because like you would, you would play the
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  Speaker 2: soccer tournament on the Saturday and on and then on
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  Speaker 2: the Sunday was like your last game, plus any elimination
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  Speaker 2: games if you made it to like the next rounds
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  Speaker 2: and stuff, and then basically the finals were played like
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  Speaker 2: maybe like an hour or two before the festival started
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  Speaker 2: that night, so you would stay like you would play soccer.
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  Speaker 2: And if you made it to the finals essentially like
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  Speaker 2: I remember being a kid, like winning them, you get
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  Speaker 2: your little medals ceremony thing and then you're basically stilling
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  Speaker 2: your soccer uniform, but you're staying at the park because
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  Speaker 2: you know, like everybody's there, and then there'd be fireworks
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  Speaker 2: in the evening after like the concert and the carnival
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  Speaker 2: games and stuff.
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  Speaker 4: Fond memories of this type of stuff.
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  Speaker 2: If there's any like Montreal Italians listening to this kind
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  Speaker 2: of podcast before that night, uh, try your best to
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  Speaker 2: make your way there.
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  Speaker 4: We need to keep these traditions going on. We need
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  Speaker 4: to keep them strong.
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  Speaker 2: Uh. It's something that if they ever go away, we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna regret it and miss it so much.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's something that we need to be present for
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  Speaker 2: it just to make sure that it doesn't go away.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely, Definitely, I enjoy going to the Italian Fest every year.
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  Speaker 1: It's always it's always nice to celebrate to the history.
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  Speaker 1: Uh back to Calco. Yeah, we're talking, Uh transfers, we
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  Speaker 1: might you know, we might as well just go through
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  Speaker 1: each of our teams. I know, Jenny, we brought up
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  Speaker 1: de Bruyn's we might as well might as well start
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  Speaker 1: with the City at Champions Pretty they pretty much got better,
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  Speaker 1: you know bringing de Bruyne. Uh noah lying, Uh, what'd
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  Speaker 1: you make of their summer at least so far?
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  Speaker 3: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: Honestly speaking, this summer has been a rather interesting one,
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  Speaker 2: like an up and down one, but it's been a
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  Speaker 2: net positive for the team. And uh, I think overall
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  Speaker 2: team has come out stronger at the end of the
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  Speaker 2: summer than they have gone weaker. First of all, let's
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  Speaker 2: talk about the outs. Uh, the old Seamen saga is
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  Speaker 2: finally over. That was the whole back and forth contract deals.
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  Speaker 4: And you know, uh what he.
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  Speaker 2: Wants is in terms of salary, what what direntis is
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  Speaker 2: looking in terms of uh purchasing and whatnot. And I
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  Speaker 2: I'm very thankful for what Elsimon has done for Napoli.
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  Speaker 2: I hate the fact that he's kind of like spoiled
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  Speaker 2: his legacy in a way on the way out, so
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  Speaker 2: to speak with his with his with his attitude, it's
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  Speaker 2: it's different from like, let's say, like he GWayne. He
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  Speaker 2: Wayne left because he was just frustrated because like, fuck it,
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  Speaker 2: I want to win a league title.
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  Speaker 4: I'm just gonna you know, like I'll transfer to UVE
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  Speaker 4: and just get a title.
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  Speaker 3: There.
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  Speaker 4: Hello, it's just me apparently on the screen right now.
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  Speaker 4: There you go. That freaked me out for a second
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  Speaker 4: because I thought you guys connect.
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  Speaker 1: I was trying to do something different, Jenny and just
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  Speaker 1: you know, put you front and center since you're talking.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, fair enough, Johnny. I had to call it out and.
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  Speaker 4: I got scared.
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  Speaker 2: I got scared because I thought I disconnected from everyone
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  Speaker 2: I got.
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  Speaker 3: This is season eight and not season one, guys.
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  Speaker 2: No, I know it happened, because it happened once when
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  Speaker 2: I was doing When I was a guest appearance on
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  Speaker 2: the Raff and Raff podcast which shut Out, which they
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  Speaker 2: released an episode recently.
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  Speaker 4: I was.
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  Speaker 3: I was.
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  Speaker 2: I was honored to be a guest on the podcast
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  Speaker 2: and Rapp had uh Raphael had connection issues and he disconnected.
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  Speaker 4: So it was just me in the.
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  Speaker 2: Room kind of like battering with the chat back and forth.
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  Speaker 2: So so it was so I thought, and we're using
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  Speaker 2: basically the same way out that we're using, right, So
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  Speaker 2: I was just I panic because I'm like, is this
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  Speaker 2: another one of those situations where it's like I'm gonna
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  Speaker 2: have to marry. Yeah, like everybody just disconnect and I
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  Speaker 2: gotta continue. Anyways, So now people now the listeners understand
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  Speaker 2: why I did that. But yeah, so al sie man
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  Speaker 2: saga different from Eguaey because Egwins was like screw this,
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  Speaker 2: I'm tired of losing and just let me just go
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  Speaker 2: get an easy championship versus Osimen grinded for that championship.
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  Speaker 2: But obviously, like we all knew that Napoli wasn't a
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  Speaker 2: final destination for him. I like, you had to be
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  Speaker 2: like Kavadat Skelli. You had to be an idiot to
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  Speaker 2: believe that he was gonna stay here forever. But it's
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  Speaker 2: just towards the end of it, instead of being humble
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  Speaker 2: about it, you kind of use it to boost up
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  Speaker 2: your own ego, and you don't do that like the
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  Speaker 2: city of Napoli. Yes, they haven't won a chap they
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  Speaker 2: didn't win a championship since the nineties, but it wasn't
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  Speaker 2: because of the teams, like like.
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  Speaker 4: They knew they were gonna get there eventually. For how
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  Speaker 4: passionate the city is for soccer, it's not because of
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  Speaker 4: one player. It's not because of all.
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  Speaker 2: Cemen that they finally wanted too that though there's been
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  Speaker 2: many years prior to that where they came close. It's
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  Speaker 2: like it was just they finally got a good year
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  Speaker 2: and they've capitalized on it. Same thing as this past season.
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  Speaker 2: This past season with Conte, they got another good year
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  Speaker 2: and it capitalized on it. You know, like anyways stars
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  Speaker 2: were aligned, but that's done. What hurts the most actually
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  Speaker 2: that I really don't like seeing them go was ras
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  Speaker 2: Padori and Simeone. Simone I loved so much. I think
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  Speaker 2: these guys were great, either starting or right off the bench,
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  Speaker 2: to be a super sub type of thing, like, these
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  Speaker 2: guys are phenomenal.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, they did a lot of great things for the team.
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  Speaker 2: They weren't the they weren't the best guys on the
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  Speaker 2: score sheets, but they were just guys that you can
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  Speaker 2: always like. I never massed them, yes the moments, and
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  Speaker 2: like for example, Simoni's Champions League run a couple of
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  Speaker 2: seasons ago was just was just like above and beyond
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  Speaker 2: what you ever expected from him. And you know, like
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  Speaker 2: especially at Simoni carries Napoli in his heart, you know,
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  Speaker 2: especially being in an Argentinian Italian, you know, like it's
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  Speaker 2: it's it's it's it's it's a it's a place that
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  Speaker 2: he can call his secondary home. But anyways, it's it's
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  Speaker 2: kind of tough, but you but they're I just hope
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  Speaker 2: that they're like like for example, Vespadoia Atletico and Simeone
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  Speaker 2: at Torino. I really hope that they get like top
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  Speaker 2: opportunities and like you know, like Simoni for sure is
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  Speaker 2: gonna get starting minutes and in Torino and Haspadonian Atletico.
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  Speaker 4: I believe he will be.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not too much, I'm not too well informed about
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  Speaker 2: Aliga to to make a statement on that, but I
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  Speaker 2: believe he will be interesting. Yeah, very interesting. But you
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  Speaker 2: know what, good for him, Like, uh, it's not it's
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  Speaker 2: not often you'll see like an Italian make a jump
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  Speaker 2: to l Aliga. Uh so you know what, and especially
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  Speaker 2: like two a team like Atletico, So good for him.
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  Speaker 1: I hope.
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  Speaker 4: I wish them the best. U c Men I wish
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  Speaker 4: him the best too.
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  Speaker 2: No ill will, Honestly, there was never any ill will.
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  Speaker 2: It's just kind of sour my mouth with how it ended.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, but you know, anyways, uh, but the additions
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  Speaker 2: to brainer what what is like, it's it's crazy.
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  Speaker 4: How Like I'm like, oh, Napoli got Kevin de Bruner.
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  Speaker 4: It's like, huh know.
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  Speaker 2: My exact reaction was, it's like when I heard that
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  Speaker 2: Ancelotti was going to be our manager a few years ago,
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  Speaker 2: like like seven eight years ago, but I found that
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  Speaker 2: Anti was gonna be imagine.
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  Speaker 4: Like hem, you know, like it's just it's just like
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  Speaker 4: the was it the hoping provement. I was just there
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  Speaker 4: like I never expected this.
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  Speaker 3: I would.
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  Speaker 2: It's like it's like you're playing FIFA. We're talking about
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  Speaker 2: it just before. It's like playing FIFA via GM mode
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  Speaker 2: and you see like those random transfers on like the
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  Speaker 2: CPU that they do and just like Kevin the Brayner
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  Speaker 2: to Anapoli and you're like, no, wait, this is real.
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  Speaker 3: What the fuck?
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, you know last season he got six goals eight
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  Speaker 2: assists in forty appearances. It's not it's not it's not
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  Speaker 2: stellar frickin' numbers, but you know what, like I'm curious
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  Speaker 2: to see how he does in Sadiyah. Sadiya is like
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  Speaker 2: obviously it's a slower pace of a league, but it's
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  Speaker 2: very tactical. The league, very very methodic, very calculated. So
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  Speaker 2: I think, like, and I'm pretty sure age you're gonna
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  Speaker 2: touch upon it for Madrich. Even though these guys are
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  Speaker 2: at a certain age, it's not a retire it's like
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  Speaker 2: the slower pace, Yes, kind of suits them because they
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  Speaker 2: don't have to worry about it, but their brains are
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  Speaker 2: still there, and I think this is gonna suit them
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  Speaker 2: more because in terms of tactics, these guys are going
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  Speaker 2: to learn and adapt so quickly that their ages are
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  Speaker 2: not going to show. It's just it's I'm pretty sure
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  Speaker 2: you're gonna get to that when you get to Madrid's
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  Speaker 2: Best Life, Like KTB is like what thirty four, thirty.
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  Speaker 3: Five, thirty four thought, Yeah, years older than you, Jenny.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, so he's say so you know, like the guy's
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  Speaker 4: more fit than I am. So I'm pretty sure he's
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  Speaker 4: gonna get to go some of those videos.
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  Speaker 3: Man, he's tripping over the ball. I don't know, man, it's.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, well look like well look look what basically what
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: freaking oh my god, my brain just shut down, like.
• 15:24
  Speaker 4: The windows, like the windows xp fucking thing.
• 15:27
  Speaker 3: Uh, oh my god.
• 15:29
  Speaker 2: Lukaku like basically like what Lukaku did, like he conte
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: put him back into peak physical condition sort of speak.
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: And I'm pretty sure katb is going to follow suit,
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: and having Mukaku there is going to be helpful for him.
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: But yeah, it's gonna make move for so moving on
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: Bukima Mamata in the center back physician is gonna be
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: a nice addition. I think Milikovi Chavic the keeper is
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: going to be great, uh like more like it's like
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: I feel like like we've gotten better in that between
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: the between the polls has been better, uh center back
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: like center backs, So Bukima has been getting better.
• 16:03
  Speaker 4: Obviously we have.
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: It's gonna be uh more improved, Lorenzo Luca. That's basically
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: why you can kind of, you know, make the sacrifice
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: with with the Raspadori and Simoni have the opportunity to
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: get a young center forward on your team and with
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: the alone with the option to buy, which you know,
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: if he has a good season, I think I think
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: they might execute on that, and then you finally get your.
• 16:29
  Speaker 4: Left wing to replace Kabaatscalia and no Along.
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: I think I think that's probably one of the most
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: like exciting signings too for the team. I know everybody
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: was focused on KDB, but in terms of like impact
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: up front, that's gonna be very nice to see is
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: no long lying long lank lying thank you so you
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: sed toll like Latin pronunciations, Uh no lyaning that I think,
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: honestly he might be my prediction for now police most
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: impactful signing this season. I'm talking about like best signing,
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: but most like like impactful, like like the position or
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: the player that's can be like, you know what, this
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: was probably our best signing this year. This is our
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: not to might not be the best player of the season,
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: but the best signing out of all the players and stuff.
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: So that's what I'm gonna go with in terms of
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: like my prediction. So overall, fantastic market for Napoly, especially
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: following the school that to winning season, you want to
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: improve not regress, and despite the the players that left,
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: I think they overall Napoly improved. Now remains to be
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: seen how this roster is going to do now with
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: an extra competition in a rotation. Not only is there
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: is there and Kobe Dalia.
• 17:44
  Speaker 4: But now you're back in Champions League. So that remains
• 17:48
  Speaker 4: to be seen.
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: And that's where the very big question mark is going
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: to be is Conte able to, you know, divide this
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: roster in three different parts, or even too if if
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: you want to sacrifice one of the competitions in two
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: different parts, you know, like is he able to? I
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: mean we saw Inter try this season, and Inter wasn't
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: able to get over the finish line for any of
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: the three competitions that they were in. So do you
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: want to have like I think I think you're looking
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: at what Inter did last year as an example of like,
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: if we put our eggs in too many different baskets.
• 18:19
  Speaker 4: We don't get results in any of them.
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: Is that? And I?
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: On paper, as much as they Improvednopoly, I still have
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: a hard time saying that they're better than Inter in
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: terms of like just the solidity and the unity that
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: Inter has compared to.
• 18:34
  Speaker 4: You know, like what this Monopoly team has.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: So just a finish line and playing on my point Aboutnopoly,
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: I don't think they have the capabilities of winning all three.
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: So if they're I'd hope they focus on one. I'm
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: just interesting to I'm just interested to see which one
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: Conte wants to focus on.
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Now, I think just to even bounce off to
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: your some of your points there, I think like you said,
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: it was a good point of bringing up, like the
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: intert situation last year. There's how their season went and
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: and and how it ended. You know, they were in
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: in in the fight until the very end and obviously
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: it didn't go their way come you know, at the
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: end of the season. But you know, if Conte is smart,
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: you know he kind of looks at that and and
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: maybe you know, divis it in maybe two instead of three, right,
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: Like I think I think he's He's definitely focusing on
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: the league. It's a league that in many people's eyes
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: that I've been seeing around, you know, the cultural setia world,
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: it's it's not always you know, every every time you're
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: the champion, it's kind of like yours to lose right
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: for the following season and and can you repeat and
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: and can the magic still uh you know happen again.
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: It remains to be seen, but I think Conte would
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: definitely focus on the league, and I think he'll do
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: as as best and as and go as far as
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: they can in Champions League. And it's that's coming out
• 19:55
  Speaker 3: of the group if that's you know, making it too,
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: you know, quarterfinal, semi final, Like I don't know what
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: we're too early to really tell and to say and
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: to say, But I think it for getting back into
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: the Champions League with Cone, I think it's gonna be
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: a again if he stays for you know, the long haul.
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: I think it would be a kind of like a
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: baby steps approach. And I don't think they're going to
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: hit a hit a home run in the Champions League
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: right off the bat. I think getting out of the
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: group would be the first stay, first step, and you know,
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: see what happens after that. But yeah, Nick, I guess
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: I'll let you go for for maybe the Juve transfers
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: before I go.
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Honestly, with you A, I think it's just the
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: same song and dances the past few seasons, players in,
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: players out. It feels like it's it's just lateral movements.
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: Especially you look at a player like Alberta Costa, who
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: came who came Juve. I'm pretty sure the winter transfer
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: window barely played and he's already on his way out. Uh,
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: you know, Timothy way up, fine player again on his
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: way out.
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: I know there was a lot of.
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: Drama behind the scenes with that, you know, his Asian
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: calling out Uva, calling out Tudor obviously, the big one
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: is the Jonathan David you know free signing. I love
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: as much as I love Jonathan David, and I absolutely
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: love this move as a you know, an Italian Canadian,
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: as a as a u A fan. It's so cool
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: to see a you know, a starting player on the
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: Canadian national team. He's most likely most likely going to
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: be starting almost every week for you A. He's not
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: the player that's gonna push the needle for this UV
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: team either. And you know, as it stands right now
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: August thirteenth, we don't know what's happening with Walvich. He's
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: been part of the team, he's been part of the
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: preseason matches. I can't see the moving forward with David
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: and with Walvich. You know, David took number thirty, which
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: looks a bit ridiculous if you asked me, so, you know,
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: I want to get a David Uve jersey. But I'm
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: just gonna wait until September to see what happens with Walvich.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: Maybe David switch is his number. If they do both stay,
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: I see Bovis taking the back seat pretty much, coming
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: off the bench, and that's where he performs wor worse,
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: because as we know him. It's all mental. One player
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: i'd like them to see bring back is Colon Jany.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: It feels like every day, uh, there's like a new
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: post about you know, them getting closer, but it never happens.
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: It's like what's always coming but never arrives. You know
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: the answer is Colon Jani.
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: Now it's not.
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: Tomorrow, it's Colon Jani.
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: And but for me, one piece of business that I
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: do like was making the move permanent. He's a player
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: I really liked last season. He's a player that perfectly
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: replaced Kiza, and you know, all of last season, all
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: of last season, it was pretty much alone. So it
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: was kind of like, oh man, we got this great player,
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: but we don't know if he's staying. But now they
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: made it permanent. He's a U player again. Another players
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: not pushing the needle, but he's a player they need. Besides,
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: you know that what I'd like to see you if
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: a do it seems like at this point, you know,
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: they just need At the striker situation started out, I
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: think besides that, you know, this is not a season
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: where they're going to challenge for the scudetto. I think
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: they know that, you know, I think they just need
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: a roster with enough depth to play. And then all
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: the competitions that we're playing, including Champions League. I think,
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: you know, in terms of goals for the season, I'd
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: like to see a cope tally win. Keep it simple,
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: keep it simple. We know we're not winning the Champions League.
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: Were no, what we know we're not winning the Sculetto.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: Go out and win a trophy. They're not in the
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: Super Copa. Go out and win a trophy. So it's
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: I know, in the past, every time we've done these predictions,
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: guys have always you know, had that bias kind of
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: put you an near the top. But we'll see later, I'll, i'll, i'll.
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: I don't want to spell anything, but I really don't
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: think this is gonna be a a.
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: Good year for you a.
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: But I'd like to be surprised.
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: H No. I think I've been seeing or even online
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: just like again like following getting closer to the season
• 23:59
  Speaker 3: following know, uh, you know the news a bit more
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: and you know, people posting stuff and whatnot. It seems
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: like you fans are or even just frustrated with like
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: the lack of business too right, with the lack of movement.
• 24:09
  Speaker 3: It's like you brought in David. Okay, you know you
• 24:11
  Speaker 3: brought in was it deja madrio player? Uh, I believe
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: right back if I'm not mistaken, correct me if I'm wrong,
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: but you know it's I would have to agree. And
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: then keeping Tudor as your coach, Uh, it's almost like
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: a last year two point zero type of situation. And
• 24:31
  Speaker 3: you added and you added Jonathan David, which again we'll
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: see what happens with him, but yeah, I don't know,
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: very very interesting and I guess so like when we
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: get to our predictions, we'll we'll have more to discuss.
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: But yeah, for me, in terms of Milan's transfer window,
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: it's been uh, just a hell of a hell of
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: a ride so far, up and down. Uh link to
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: this link to that guy, linked to you know this player,
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: that player. It's and surprisingly they've you know, when you're
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: bringing in a a real sporting director and again like
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: him or not, I mean you can have opinions on him,
• 25:04
  Speaker 3: and again so far, I'm keeping my opinions about today,
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: you know, pretty pretty you know to myself, so like
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: for now and because I want to see how these
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: players pan out before really making any judgments, but he's
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: he's he's doing business. He's he's he's out there, he's
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: he's signing players, he's you know, scouting whatever whatever it is.
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: They're bringing some faces in. So that's been it's been
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: nice to see. And obviously the biggest name is not
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: I mean in terms of like the aura, in terms
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: of like just what he's accomplished, you know, the winning
• 25:39
  Speaker 3: uh you know for club ballon d'Or former ballon d'Or winner.
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: You know. Luka Moodvich coming to Milan, I think is
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: something that I don't think we would have ever really
• 25:50
  Speaker 3: believed in years past. Again, I know we get him
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: at you know, the the ripe age of thirty nine
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: going on forty, but we've seen these types of players.
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: Is coming to Sidia and and and still still has
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: something to give, which which is exciting. And to again
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: bounce off to what Johnny said earlier about you know,
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: Kevin de Bruyne, you know, Luka Modovich. You know, you
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: know he's probably not uh at his you know, twenty
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: four year old self there, but I think just his
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: his mind, his his reading of the game, you know,
• 26:25
  Speaker 3: the the tactics that is behind Sadiya you know, play
• 26:29
  Speaker 3: that we see we can weak out. I think suits
• 26:31
  Speaker 3: these types of players immensely. So I think lucam all
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: these other people saying it's, you know, the retirement league
• 26:37
  Speaker 3: and he's what's going there just to collect the paycheck,
• 26:41
  Speaker 3: I have to disagree. I'm pretty excited. I'm pretty pretty
• 26:43
  Speaker 3: intrigued to see, you like, what he can actually bring.
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: I know, like all the aura and all that, but
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: like I want to see it on the pitch, and
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: you know, he's eager to to to deliver and he's
• 26:54
  Speaker 3: he's taking it seriously, which you know, listening to the
• 26:56
  Speaker 3: prefit press conferences has been really encouraging. And obviously there's
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: the famous picture of him, you know, with the Milan
• 27:04
  Speaker 3: gears as a youngster back in Croatia, and you know,
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: just it's cool to see these types of things. But
• 27:11
  Speaker 3: Luka Modric in the midfield after you know, losing uh,
• 27:17
  Speaker 3: you know, the best midfield in Saijani renders to City.
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: He's one of the additions to that midfield that is
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: trying to rejuvenate that midfield again. I like also that
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: they brought into other midfielders Samuel Ricci, a young Italian.
• 27:35
  Speaker 3: I really like making making this me wan a bit
• 27:40
  Speaker 3: more Italian. I think is is uh is is a
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: goal I think for for this management, for this uh
• 27:47
  Speaker 3: you know, for the sporting director today, for for the
• 27:49
  Speaker 3: new coach and in Maxillegri or new slash old coach,
• 27:53
  Speaker 3: however you want to look at it in Allegre. But
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: bringing it each, I think it's is huge. You know,
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: this is a player that has cracked in to the
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: to the Azuri squad as of late. We'll see if
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: that continues under under Gatuzzo. But health, you know, help
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: a player in my opinion, uh, you know, box to box,
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: he does it all in my opinion, you know, uh,
• 28:18
  Speaker 3: lots of Citia experience. He's Captain Torino, uh you know,
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: throughout the later stages of his time there, and he
• 28:26
  Speaker 3: comes to Milan in a in a in a new
• 28:28
  Speaker 3: midfield and I think it's it's a it's a bright
• 28:31
  Speaker 3: bright uh hopefully a bright future for him in this
• 28:34
  Speaker 3: Milan squad. A player that we finally had gotten over
• 28:37
  Speaker 3: the line, which I didn't think whatever happened, And again
• 28:39
  Speaker 3: I don't really know all too much about him, but
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: there's a lot of positive talks surrounding him. Is is
• 28:45
  Speaker 3: yah Shadi from from Brush again. Young player seems to
• 28:52
  Speaker 3: be uh, you know, seems to be a player that
• 28:54
  Speaker 3: can contribute offensively as well, put in that final pass,
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: maybe score a goal here and there. So that's that's
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: exciting because we had a last season, we had so
• 29:04
  Speaker 3: many of our goals coming through the midfield in rinders
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: and we really dependent on him a lot. So if
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: we can still get some goals from our midfielders, you know,
• 29:13
  Speaker 3: he has one here and there, mud Dig the same
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: and if yeah, Shaddy can can produce a bit more,
• 29:19
  Speaker 3: I think it will definitely help. So those three like
• 29:25
  Speaker 3: additions in the midfield, I think are are huge. Who
• 29:30
  Speaker 3: else losing Taylornandez for me? Was I know many fans
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: were really over and sick and tired of him after
• 29:39
  Speaker 3: the last season. But again, one bad season I think
• 29:42
  Speaker 3: doesn't really paint the whole picture of his time at Milan.
• 29:45
  Speaker 3: Uh in my opinion, at least I know many Milanists
• 29:48
  Speaker 3: he probably will either agree or disagree on that. But
• 29:51
  Speaker 3: for me, you know, he was an important player. Was
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: he was he worth the money that he was asking
• 29:57
  Speaker 3: after a bad season? No? Can they have worked it out?
• 30:00
  Speaker 3: I think potentially it wasn't to be. They sold them
• 30:03
  Speaker 3: off to to to Saudi and and uh you know
• 30:06
  Speaker 3: that that's that's fine. But bringing in uh estup uh
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: from I think he was from Brighton from mistaken left
• 30:14
  Speaker 3: back Ecuadorian again, a profile that I don't really know
• 30:19
  Speaker 3: too much about, but a lot of Premier League minutes.
• 30:23
  Speaker 3: Competitive obviously we as much as school we like to
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: to trash it and and to hate on it. But
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: obviously a top five league obviously, you know, top five competition,
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: and uh he's He's had a lot of minutes out there,
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: so I'm pretty sure a national team player as well.
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: So uh yeah, just an interesting profile. I think he
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: he can get forward to. I don't know if it's
• 30:45
  Speaker 3: going to be at Taylornande's level in his absolute prime
• 30:49
  Speaker 3: with me on on, but is uh is is a
• 30:54
  Speaker 3: profile that I'm curious to see and I'm excited to
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: see that we got some sort of pace and and
• 31:00
  Speaker 3: and hopefully a bit more defensive stability back there, you know,
• 31:05
  Speaker 3: going going forward in this season. So interesting profile. Cony
• 31:10
  Speaker 3: the winter uh as of late was was was a
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: new one. Former Juve, former employee, former Genoa former Saidiyah,
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: just you know merry go round of a player, but
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: very young, I'm pretty sure in his early twenties. A
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: profile that again I haven't I know he's been in
• 31:31
  Speaker 3: Sadiya and like I haven't really like you know, really
• 31:34
  Speaker 3: kept close eye on him. But tall, pretty physical u wooks. Again,
• 31:42
  Speaker 3: like I think he's been pretty solid in in the
• 31:45
  Speaker 3: like the later stages of his time in the employ
• 31:48
  Speaker 3: or if it be Genoa, because I think you've I
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: don't really remember him getting many many minutes if I'm
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: if I'm mistaken, right, So he was kind of just
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: a guy that went out on loan and and kind
• 31:57
  Speaker 3: of you know, made a made a transition to these
• 31:59
  Speaker 3: other saidia clubs. But you know, after losing Malik Chao
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: uh to to to Newcastle for forty million, pulling the
• 32:06
  Speaker 3: plug on on or pulling the triggers rather for the
• 32:11
  Speaker 3: winter from General for about twenty uh you know, it's
• 32:15
  Speaker 3: it's in some good business. So I'm excited to see.
• 32:18
  Speaker 3: I think we need the definitely defenders. It's not the
• 32:21
  Speaker 3: name that I think many people would have wanted. And
• 32:23
  Speaker 3: again we are our defenses. Is something that really hurt
• 32:26
  Speaker 3: us last year and is are these transfers in estup
• 32:31
  Speaker 3: and you know Corny, the Winter, the the X factors
• 32:36
  Speaker 3: in the defense. I don't think so. But again, we
• 32:39
  Speaker 3: need players to to to solidify this this defense, and
• 32:43
  Speaker 3: I'm hoping Electric can can get that done because you know,
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: under one second, under conscient Sally, it wasn't it wasn't working.
• 32:50
  Speaker 3: So curious to see also the the right back that
• 32:55
  Speaker 3: they're bringing in from Young Boys. Apparently again we got
• 32:59
  Speaker 3: to hear we go from Romano. He hasn't officially signed,
• 33:02
  Speaker 3: but it seems to be. I don't even know how
• 33:05
  Speaker 3: to pronounce his name. They're the Zachary guy at it.
• 33:09
  Speaker 3: I don't even know how to pronounce his name yet.
• 33:11
  Speaker 3: But whatever is in the young right back from from
• 33:13
  Speaker 3: Young Boys is another profile that I'm again we need
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: to we need a right back. Is he the answer?
• 33:22
  Speaker 3: I don't think so. He's very young. Again, I don't
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: know too much about him, but he's another name that
• 33:28
  Speaker 3: is seems to be coming in. We just need the
• 33:31
  Speaker 3: official pen to paper. Who else am I missing? Uh?
• 33:37
  Speaker 3: I don't know if I'm missing anybody else. I probably am,
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: but off the top of my head, I can't think.
• 33:43
  Speaker 3: But just other names that we've been linked to is
• 33:46
  Speaker 3: we you know, is the is the forward position obviously
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: Santiago he Meanez is our is our focal point. But
• 33:54
  Speaker 3: they're they're looking to bring other other you know, forwards,
• 33:57
  Speaker 3: other other number nines and uh, you know with the
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: with Volvich being up and down with you of it,
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: I know there's been many lists to Milan. I'll be
• 34:05
  Speaker 3: honest with you, I hope he doesn't come. I don't
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: really want him at Melon, but again, if there's a
• 34:10
  Speaker 3: guy that can maybe get something out of him if
• 34:13
  Speaker 3: he does end up coming to Milan, and again if
• 34:16
  Speaker 3: he does come, I would want him to do well,
• 34:17
  Speaker 3: even though I'm not a big fan of his. But
• 34:20
  Speaker 3: as of late, it's going to be Allegory that's going
• 34:23
  Speaker 3: to maybe hopefully get something out of him. So we'll
• 34:27
  Speaker 3: see if if that is to be. And another name
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: is is former city up where Erasmus Whylin from from
• 34:32
  Speaker 3: United They're looking for a maybe alone with the option
• 34:35
  Speaker 3: to buy. We'll see if that goes over any sort
• 34:39
  Speaker 3: of finish line, because I think we do need some
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: some some attacking help as well besides just you know
• 34:46
  Speaker 3: the Fords that we do have. But yeah, I think
• 34:50
  Speaker 3: bringing back obviously uh solad Makers is was another. Is
• 34:56
  Speaker 3: another piece that's that's exciting, I guess you can say.
• 35:02
  Speaker 3: But yeah, the outs also that I think the biggest one,
• 35:07
  Speaker 3: like in terms of money was obviously my child, the
• 35:09
  Speaker 3: forty million. You got rid of Emerson Royale. That was
• 35:12
  Speaker 3: like half a fucking pylon. So that was good. Oh yeah,
• 35:15
  Speaker 3: that channel, the goal way the backup keeper was another.
• 35:17
  Speaker 3: It was another name that they kind of swapped with
• 35:19
  Speaker 3: Atlanta Sportello going the other way to that channel coming
• 35:23
  Speaker 3: our way. A lot of interesting outs, the double long
• 35:29
  Speaker 3: to Cremonese for Felipe channel, the the the wing back
• 35:33
  Speaker 3: and Warren Bondo. Uh interesting uh to say the least.
• 35:40
  Speaker 3: Who else? I think the biggest one also is Camarda
• 35:43
  Speaker 3: touch that that deal because I think this is out
• 35:50
  Speaker 3: of life to have seen Camarda get me one minutes.
• 35:54
  Speaker 3: Like I know he needs minutes regardless, but I want
• 35:57
  Speaker 3: to see it in a melon shirt. It's unfortunate that
• 36:00
  Speaker 3: has to go out to let cha. I hope he
• 36:03
  Speaker 3: does well there. I'm hoping that he gets a lot
• 36:04
  Speaker 3: of minutes. I hope he scores a lot of goals.
• 36:08
  Speaker 3: But that's a you know, that's a that's a that's
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: a deal that they they can bring him back for
• 36:15
  Speaker 3: I think four million. I think the obligation is that
• 36:17
  Speaker 3: three they can have. They have a buyback for four.
• 36:20
  Speaker 3: So we'll see what ends up happening with with all that.
• 36:24
  Speaker 3: I mean, this is a player that that for the
• 36:28
  Speaker 3: Italian national team, for just you know, Italian cultures. He
• 36:31
  Speaker 3: is kind of that that name that has been really
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: circling around, you know, sixteen seventeen years old. It's it's ridiculous, uh,
• 36:37
  Speaker 3: you know, the type of player that he's you know,
• 36:41
  Speaker 3: set out to be. And we'll see if it ends
• 36:42
  Speaker 3: up panning out. But but yeah, just overall, very a
• 36:47
  Speaker 3: lot of movement that I wasn't entirely expecting a lot
• 36:52
  Speaker 3: of these deals to go through. I mean we're going
• 36:54
  Speaker 3: to basically everybody, and sometimes we don't always bring that
• 36:57
  Speaker 3: type of those types of players in. But yeah, just
• 37:01
  Speaker 3: uh world wind of emotion. Again, it's not over. There's
• 37:04
  Speaker 3: there's there's still some time in the in the in
• 37:06
  Speaker 3: the Medcato too, to pull some more triggers on on
• 37:09
  Speaker 3: some more players and some more pieces, and we'll see
• 37:12
  Speaker 3: if that happens. But I think me one still needs
• 37:15
  Speaker 3: to solidify their defense. And and and probably another another
• 37:19
  Speaker 3: forward or two and uh and that would probably be
• 37:22
  Speaker 3: maybe the ideal end of the summer Mercato, but again
• 37:27
  Speaker 3: remains to be seen what happens. And excited for the
• 37:30
  Speaker 3: new season for sure, with with the pieces that I
• 37:33
  Speaker 3: named and that Mewan has added.
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: Uh Before we give our particulars on some other transfers,
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: I think one team with transfers has to be Bologna. Absolutely,
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: Mom and Bernadetki. It's interesting moves for them as players
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: as well, especially Bernandeski coming back from MLS. You have
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: to think this is a World Cup season, do they
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: have something to prove? And you know they're not joining
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: a Bologna team that five years ago is a mid
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: table team. This is Bologna team that finished what sixth
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: or seventh last season? I they playing in Europa League
• 38:08
  Speaker 1: this year won cop Italia. Uh So this we'll see,
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: we'll see, you know if it's uh something that makes it,
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: if their transfers make Bologna better. But they're definitely an
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: interesting team now. They're definitely they're becoming you know, Atlanta
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: level of interesting. This is a team that we're you
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: want to follow, you want you know, secretly cheer for
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: maybe we have you know, maybe we're saying that just
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: because we have the Montreal Ties.
• 38:32
  Speaker 3: Yeah to Bologna. But for me, what a front three
• 38:37
  Speaker 3: Bernardeski mobile and or Soolini? Like what like what is
• 38:40
  Speaker 3: a talk about FIFA like this?
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: And they love their Italians?
• 38:44
  Speaker 3: Yeah? The coach to.
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: Uh yeah they it wasn't ninth last year. Oh, I
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: got confused. They finished ninth. They were they're in Europa
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: League because they won the Yeah, but they finished ninth
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: sixty two points, three points behind Flarentina and they had.
• 39:05
  Speaker 3: A shull start.
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: So again we'll talk. I'll have more to say abable
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: Onney after. But I don't know if there's other interesting
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: interesting moves from around the league.
• 39:14
  Speaker 3: You guys, uh, off the top of my head, Uh,
• 39:20
  Speaker 3: what's his name? Morata Tocomo? I saw, uh you know
• 39:24
  Speaker 3: check fabig guys bringing in uh you know a friend
• 39:27
  Speaker 3: of his. I guess, uh to to to to lead
• 39:30
  Speaker 3: the line along with you know the other the other
• 39:33
  Speaker 3: forwards there talking about Canadians. Ye, we have two like
• 39:38
  Speaker 3: now obviously with you can't even like leaving in there
• 39:42
  Speaker 3: going to I think it was a little reale. We
• 39:44
  Speaker 3: brought another one in and this is a very very
• 39:46
  Speaker 3: local to us, you know, Ismailcone uh to swallow I'll
• 39:49
  Speaker 3: move that again. Weren't the thoughts would have happened. I
• 39:54
  Speaker 3: wasn't something that was on our radar, I don't think.
• 39:58
  Speaker 3: But again, after just the uh the mess uh at
• 40:03
  Speaker 3: at Marseille and you know a lot of the videos
• 40:06
  Speaker 3: and a lot of the you know, the fighting with
• 40:09
  Speaker 3: the Z and just all that, all that negative surrounding him,
• 40:13
  Speaker 3: I hope that this this loan move to uh to
• 40:17
  Speaker 3: Sasolo is is a breath of fresh air for him. Again.
• 40:20
  Speaker 3: We're definitely I know, I am, I can speak maybe
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: for the three of us. You know, we're definitely cheering
• 40:24
  Speaker 3: for for for Cone again local ties to to here,
• 40:28
  Speaker 3: uh if it be NDG Soccer Laurent. We had you know,
• 40:33
  Speaker 3: Roco Pacentino a little while back, you know, speaking speaking
• 40:37
  Speaker 3: about him and giving him his his high praises. So
• 40:40
  Speaker 3: you know, uh, a Canadian national team player, excuse me,
• 40:45
  Speaker 3: a player and uh you know again integral part of
• 40:49
  Speaker 3: of of the of the setup for for for Canada soccer.
• 40:51
  Speaker 3: So I'm hoping to see him do well and I hope,
• 40:55
  Speaker 3: you know, girlso gives him his minutes. Uh in STEADI
• 40:59
  Speaker 3: up because again he's he's such a talent and honestly,
• 41:02
  Speaker 3: I think he can do well. In said yeah, I
• 41:04
  Speaker 3: think not only is it tactical, but you know, the physicality,
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: the you know, just his his swagger. I think, you know,
• 41:12
  Speaker 3: hopefully is good for for for you know, Sadiya and yeah,
• 41:19
  Speaker 3: just excited for for for Corny to hopefully get a
• 41:22
  Speaker 3: fresh start after all the negativity that's kind of seems
• 41:25
  Speaker 3: to have kind of been following him as of late.
• 41:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's weird, you know, it seems like he had
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: a spat with this airb But Marseille also released the
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: video which is just terrible, like the actual club release.
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: It wasn't a leak or anything, just sing But yeah,
• 41:40
  Speaker 1: hopefully for him, and I mean hopefully hopefully for him
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: he does well, you know, because he'll help Canada come June.
• 41:48
  Speaker 3: Yeah, at the end of the year, like I think
• 41:50
  Speaker 3: at the end of the day. Sorry, guys, it's like
• 41:52
  Speaker 3: it's a World Cup year. Like a lot of these
• 41:54
  Speaker 3: players that were we want to see do well. We
• 41:56
  Speaker 3: just hope they do well. And again it's the end
• 41:58
  Speaker 3: goal of you know, Okay, Canada is in the World Cup.
• 42:01
  Speaker 3: Because you know, the co hosting, but you know, Italy
• 42:03
  Speaker 3: has to qualify to get there, and we want our
• 42:06
  Speaker 3: you know, we want our our players. Our stars are
• 42:09
  Speaker 3: our potential, you know, starters come come the summer, do
• 42:13
  Speaker 3: well throughout this season, and uh yeah, we're rooting. We're
• 42:16
  Speaker 3: definitely rooting for them. And again Cony is on that
• 42:20
  Speaker 3: list for sure.
• 42:22
  Speaker 4: One thing I want to finish up before we move on.
• 42:24
  Speaker 3: Uh yeah, right, forgot about so good.
• 42:29
  Speaker 4: I was like, I guess they're not coming back to me.
• 42:31
  Speaker 2: So not many in terms of like crazy additions and
• 42:36
  Speaker 2: stuff like Lee comes and goes like it's just crazy. Uh,
• 42:41
  Speaker 2: you got Wesley coming in now for a right back situation.
• 42:44
  Speaker 2: He got Ferguson's gonna be interesting for a center forward.
• 42:46
  Speaker 2: I can't wait to see what he does. But I think, honestly,
• 42:50
  Speaker 2: what the biggest move for Roma doing this season was Gasparini.
• 42:53
  Speaker 2: I think that's that's the big the biggest move for Roma.
• 42:56
  Speaker 2: It's gonna be interesting to see what he does with
• 42:59
  Speaker 2: the current roster. I mean, the Sammy Abraham Saga is
• 43:03
  Speaker 2: Era is over fortunate that he had all his injuries
• 43:06
  Speaker 2: and stuff and landed it with him being loaned off
• 43:09
  Speaker 2: for solid Makers, which and obviously the loan ended up
• 43:12
  Speaker 2: finishing right now, so we don't even have solid makers anymore.
• 43:15
  Speaker 2: Humbles retiring, which is crazy. It's like Matt Hummels played
• 43:19
  Speaker 2: for as Roma. You know, it's something I never is,
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: like Katie b A Napoli, you know, it something that
• 43:23
  Speaker 2: you never think in your lifetime, but hey, it happens.
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: So so overall, I'm I'm I'm curious to see how
• 43:33
  Speaker 2: the season is going to turn out for them.
• 43:35
  Speaker 4: I fully expect.
• 43:40
  Speaker 2: Like Roma to probably still be out of a Champions
• 43:42
  Speaker 2: League spot. I don't think that they're gonna make it
• 43:46
  Speaker 2: into a Champions League spot because it's give me a
• 43:48
  Speaker 2: brand new season with coach, with Gaspardini and stuff, and
• 43:53
  Speaker 2: for now, I think, personally speaking, I think that this
• 44:00
  Speaker 2: year is just gonna be like a experimental year, I guess,
• 44:03
  Speaker 2: just to see what he can do with the roster,
• 44:06
  Speaker 2: who fits his plans, who doesn't, and where he wants
• 44:10
  Speaker 2: to go with them. So but it's gonna be exciting
• 44:13
  Speaker 2: to see because we it finally feels like there's a
• 44:16
  Speaker 2: plan in motion for Roma. I've been saying that many
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: many years, where it's like it just feels like they're
• 44:22
  Speaker 2: just doing quick fixes, you know, duct tape fixes on
• 44:27
  Speaker 2: this roster, by signings, by getting this, by getting that guy.
• 44:31
  Speaker 2: You know, like the most exciting things throughout the years,
• 44:34
  Speaker 2: like guys like Mourinho and Diballa came and went de
• 44:36
  Speaker 2: ballast on the team. But you know what I mean,
• 44:38
  Speaker 2: Like it's it's it's it's felt like as if Roma's
• 44:41
  Speaker 2: been going through the motions, you know, especially with different
• 44:45
  Speaker 2: ownership groups and different mentalities.
• 44:47
  Speaker 4: And goals and whatnot.
• 44:49
  Speaker 2: But yeah, a lot of band aids, so it just
• 44:53
  Speaker 2: I finally feel like as if there's some kind of
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: plan in motion. So it like it's no longer just okay,
• 45:00
  Speaker 2: well that Austin didn't work out and I going through
• 45:01
  Speaker 2: different three different managers before he took over, and now
• 45:04
  Speaker 2: it's like, okay, well you know we're going for something here.
• 45:07
  Speaker 2: So let's like Gasparini's probably in set up for the
• 45:10
  Speaker 2: next uh you know, like three four at least three
• 45:13
  Speaker 2: seasons plus a guy like gat Sperdini is like he
• 45:15
  Speaker 2: was in Champions League with Atalanta for him, like he's
• 45:19
  Speaker 2: not accepting anything less for Roma, He's like he's definitely
• 45:22
  Speaker 2: like if if he doesn't get the team at that
• 45:23
  Speaker 2: Champions League level within a year or two. Uh, He's
• 45:27
  Speaker 2: he's definitely gonna let his frustrations be known. And you know,
• 45:29
  Speaker 2: I don't think you want that as an ownership.
• 45:31
  Speaker 4: Group, to go through that mess again.
• 45:32
  Speaker 2: So I think that's probably the most important thing that
• 45:35
  Speaker 2: Ama did this offseason. Let's see what how he does
• 45:39
  Speaker 2: with some faces being changed around the league in terms
• 45:41
  Speaker 2: of management, in terms of who he has to compete against.
• 45:44
  Speaker 4: But it's gonna be cool.
• 45:48
  Speaker 3: Also, I also wanted to add in in terms of
• 45:50
  Speaker 3: in terms of transfers or not really just transfer but
• 45:54
  Speaker 3: just like the well he actually a bit of transfers,
• 45:57
  Speaker 3: a bit of rumors. But like the Lukman situation with Atalanta,
• 46:00
  Speaker 3: I feel is weird with Inter, Like you know, it's
• 46:04
  Speaker 3: he wants to go, they don't want to they don't
• 46:06
  Speaker 3: want to get rid of him for for the price
• 46:08
  Speaker 3: that Inter is offering. They want more.
• 46:10
  Speaker 4: Uh.
• 46:11
  Speaker 3: I find that is a bit of a mess. And honestly,
• 46:14
  Speaker 3: you know, the Atalanta like, I don't know, Like for me,
• 46:19
  Speaker 3: it's a it's a it's a bit. It's like talking
• 46:21
  Speaker 3: about interesting year. It's gonna be I think it's gonna
• 46:23
  Speaker 3: be interesting for for Atlanta, because it's no longer like
• 46:26
  Speaker 3: you said, for for Roma, Johnny, just to echo off
• 46:28
  Speaker 3: the what you're saying, got Sperdini, Touroma is huge, Whereas
• 46:34
  Speaker 3: I I also find like him leaving Atlanta and the
• 46:38
  Speaker 3: replacement that they brought in is that is just as
• 46:42
  Speaker 3: like big, but in the opposite direction, Like it's such
• 46:45
  Speaker 3: a positive for Roma, whereas I think it's so much
• 46:48
  Speaker 3: of a negative for in my opinion, for for Atalanta,
• 46:51
  Speaker 3: losing Gosperini bringing in your reach you're one of if
• 46:56
  Speaker 3: not you're your your top player, kind of wanting out,
• 47:01
  Speaker 3: you know, to a direct rival to an extent right
• 47:04
  Speaker 3: in in in there. We'll see if that ends up
• 47:07
  Speaker 3: going you know, you know, going uh, you know, across
• 47:10
  Speaker 3: the finish line, come the end of the mercato. But
• 47:14
  Speaker 3: just an interesting situation that you know, they sell off
• 47:16
  Speaker 3: for the Taggi to to to Saudi or wherever he is, Katari,
• 47:21
  Speaker 3: whatever whatever league. It is again interesting move uh Rugetti
• 47:27
  Speaker 3: from from Atalanta going again also to join his other
• 47:31
  Speaker 3: Italian Paisan and Uspadoria, the two Italians I went out there,
• 47:36
  Speaker 3: so again a player that I kind of I personally
• 47:40
  Speaker 3: like on on the on the flyanks but they you know,
• 47:44
  Speaker 3: they lose him to so just uh just I don't know,
• 47:48
  Speaker 3: kind of a bit decimating for Fratalanta, and again maybe
• 47:51
  Speaker 3: that will echo into where we kind of maybe position
• 47:54
  Speaker 3: them in terms of our predictions. But just uh so
• 48:00
  Speaker 3: are not enough for for for a team that has
• 48:02
  Speaker 3: has done so well uh as of late. But again
• 48:06
  Speaker 3: they're gonna they're gonna find a way to to prove
• 48:09
  Speaker 3: this this statement wrong and look within and somehow have
• 48:13
  Speaker 3: a crazy season but we'll see. But not not a
• 48:16
  Speaker 3: big fan of their business so far and just how
• 48:19
  Speaker 3: things have kind of unfolded at a personally.
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: Uh perfect It feels like this is a perfect transition
• 48:26
  Speaker 1: uh into our predictions because I feel like Atalanta is
• 48:29
  Speaker 1: probably that team where we don't know where they're gonna
• 48:31
  Speaker 1: end up. They've always kind of been like top four
• 48:32
  Speaker 1: team under gas breeding. Now that with change, uh you know,
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: what's what's what's gonna happen under under Yurich, who's kind
• 48:40
  Speaker 1: of a controversial coach himself. You know he's not it
• 48:45
  Speaker 1: seems like he's he's could be a bit stubborn, uh
• 48:48
  Speaker 1: to put it likely, I know he kind of had
• 48:50
  Speaker 1: some issues even at to Reno. But maybe that's what
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: they needed Atalanta too, because you know, based on all
• 48:57
  Speaker 1: the stories here about Guessing is not exactly the one
• 49:00
  Speaker 1: who's gonna bow down to external pressure either. But guys,
• 49:05
  Speaker 1: we'll do top seven. Last year we said our first
• 49:09
  Speaker 1: coach fired, which the three coaches we got gave him didn't.
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: He didn't even get fired during the season.
• 49:15
  Speaker 3: Crazy and it was just nuts.
• 49:17
  Speaker 1: And then for fine, let's you know, even even if
• 49:19
  Speaker 1: you want to throw in bottom three relegation teams, I
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: have mine written down. Adrian, You're gonna be surprised with this.
• 49:28
  Speaker 1: But Melan's gonna win this with.
• 49:29
  Speaker 3: That to this year, you know what, guys, guy's pulling.
• 49:31
  Speaker 3: This guy's pulling on me from last season. He's gonna
• 49:34
  Speaker 3: pull me from this year too. Maybe, I don't know,
• 49:36
  Speaker 3: we'll see. Stay tuned, guys, Coucho, guys, let's go.
• 49:39
  Speaker 1: Mister max leg This guy's this has the makings of
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: Napoli from last season. You know, a team that finished
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: tenth the season before uh, Melan was were they were
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: they tenth or eighth last year? It was eighth, UH
• 49:55
  Speaker 1: eighth last year. Bringing a new coach who's a serial
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: winner in the in the city. Maybe no so much
• 50:00
  Speaker 1: in Champions League. Yes, I know, different situation than Napoli,
• 50:05
  Speaker 1: because Napoli was, you know, scudetto champion well now almost
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: three years ago, and they had a much better roster.
• 50:13
  Speaker 1: But I think with the way that interior kind of
• 50:15
  Speaker 1: trended down towards the end of last season, and the
• 50:18
  Speaker 1: way that Napoli is gonna have to play in all
• 50:20
  Speaker 1: three competitions, and we know Conte doesn't manage that well
• 50:23
  Speaker 1: as you talked about before, Johnny, I think bold. I
• 50:27
  Speaker 1: know this is a bold prediction, but I'm gonna make
• 50:29
  Speaker 1: a bold prediction and I'm gonna say Melan. So I'm
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: gonna but I'm gonna go Melan. Napoli enter as a
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: top three, but it's gonna be a very tight race.
• 50:36
  Speaker 1: We're not gonna have a runaway race this year. I
• 50:38
  Speaker 1: think it's been very tight, kind of like last season
• 50:40
  Speaker 1: or even what three four years ago when win Melan
• 50:44
  Speaker 1: won the scudetto number four. I am gonna go with
• 50:48
  Speaker 1: Roma because of Gasprini. So my my top four predictions
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: are almost pretty much because of the coaches, at least
• 50:53
  Speaker 1: coaching changes. This is a team that they were kind
• 50:58
  Speaker 1: of trending upwards towards the end of the last season
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: obviously with Ranieri, and I think they they made the
• 51:06
  Speaker 1: right moves at least the thing kind of things that
• 51:08
  Speaker 1: is Quo Again, Dibala is their their star player. It
• 51:12
  Speaker 1: seems like he kind of revived his career with with Roma.
• 51:16
  Speaker 1: So I think they sneak back into the top four
• 51:18
  Speaker 1: and my Juventus is five. You know, this is don't
• 51:22
  Speaker 1: forget You've and Roma finished one point apart last season,
• 51:26
  Speaker 1: so as bad of a start that Roma had, it
• 51:30
  Speaker 1: was also a terrible ending for Youve to finish one
• 51:33
  Speaker 1: point apart, A lot could happen this season, so I think,
• 51:36
  Speaker 1: you know, with Youve with with Tudor again, I don't
• 51:39
  Speaker 1: think they have ambitions for Scudetto. Obviously their ambitions are
• 51:42
  Speaker 1: top four. I think they just miss out and finished fifth,
• 51:45
  Speaker 1: and right behind them is Atalanta and Bologna. Atalanta again
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: we just talked about. I think they have enough to
• 51:53
  Speaker 1: really still challenge, but without Gaspinini and without that same
• 51:58
  Speaker 1: that same structure, they're not going to finish top four.
• 52:00
  Speaker 1: But I think top you know, sixth place seems a
• 52:03
  Speaker 1: bit more realistic. And Bologna improved on their ninth place
• 52:06
  Speaker 1: finism last year. But even if you look at the
• 52:07
  Speaker 1: last year's standings, I had it sorry once Aegond had
• 52:12
  Speaker 1: it before only a couple of points separated nine, eighth,
• 52:16
  Speaker 1: seven and six. Three points separated Fiorentina, Latio, Milan Bologno.
• 52:20
  Speaker 1: So even teams like Fiorentino and Laso, they're gonna be
• 52:23
  Speaker 1: in the hunt. I know Latso is a team we
• 52:25
  Speaker 1: probably don't give enough respect to it, you know, year
• 52:27
  Speaker 1: to year, but they had a respectable season last year,
• 52:33
  Speaker 1: finished tigh for with Fiorentina. Farentina ultimately got into the
• 52:37
  Speaker 1: Conference League. Latio missed out, So for sure, there's you know,
• 52:41
  Speaker 1: those are two teams that are going to challenge for
• 52:44
  Speaker 1: the top seven as well. But I feel like after that,
• 52:46
  Speaker 1: I know, Como finished tenth last year, but after that
• 52:49
  Speaker 1: it was a thirteen point thirteen point difference between Bologna
• 52:53
  Speaker 1: ninth and CMO and tenth. I kind of think that
• 52:56
  Speaker 1: that top nine in the city eyes just miles ahead
• 52:59
  Speaker 1: of the rest of the leag league. It's you know,
• 53:01
  Speaker 1: it's good to have nine teams challenge for those spots
• 53:05
  Speaker 1: kind of make it unpredictable. But I don't see any
• 53:08
  Speaker 1: other team below. Yeah, sure you could say Calmo even
• 53:11
  Speaker 1: maybe even to Reno, but they're not on the same
• 53:13
  Speaker 1: level as those nine teams. Bottom three. I'm gonna say
• 53:18
  Speaker 1: Krimines who just came up, Leja and Kalady who you know,
• 53:23
  Speaker 1: just to scal relegation last year. So so solo and
• 53:26
  Speaker 1: piece of state in the city at least for next year.
• 53:30
  Speaker 1: That's my prediction. And first fired coach, I'm gonna go
• 53:35
  Speaker 1: with Zanetti from Verona. Is Verona. You never know what
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: this team. This is a coach that it's the second
• 53:43
  Speaker 1: season with the club. It almost feels like sometimes these
• 53:45
  Speaker 1: coaches get fired second season. Maybe some of the coaches
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: who are just starting out their clubs are gonna get
• 53:50
  Speaker 1: a bit bigger leash in their first season. So shot
• 53:54
  Speaker 1: in dark, Paulisinetti, Verona, first coach fired.
• 54:00
  Speaker 3: Johnny Yo, Where do you want me to go? Johnny's muted.
• 54:09
  Speaker 4: I guess I was muted because I forgot the dog
• 54:11
  Speaker 4: was barking in the backgrounds.
• 54:12
  Speaker 3: I don't know you want to go, you want me
• 54:13
  Speaker 3: to go?
• 54:14
  Speaker 4: I guess I'll go.
• 54:18
  Speaker 2: In terms of winners, I guess I'll be a little
• 54:21
  Speaker 2: bit cocky. I think, Napoli repeats, I'll get a little
• 54:27
  Speaker 2: bit cocky. It's the first time i'll choose one of
• 54:28
  Speaker 2: my teams to win, so I'll get cocky and I'll say,
• 54:31
  Speaker 2: Napoli repeats, with inter finishing second, you've a finishing third
• 54:38
  Speaker 2: and Melan getting fourth. Not because like I said, think, uh,
• 54:44
  Speaker 2: they don't like like a legacy is a big boost
• 54:47
  Speaker 2: for the team, but they still need a bit more.
• 54:50
  Speaker 2: But I think a Legedy is going to do something
• 54:51
  Speaker 2: very interesting with Leo. I think what we need to
• 54:54
  Speaker 2: do is keep an eye out on under under Max
• 54:58
  Speaker 2: alegrity is going to be I'm I'm curious to see
• 55:00
  Speaker 2: what he does there, you know, And like I said,
• 55:04
  Speaker 2: magics going there is great for the team, especially that
• 55:08
  Speaker 2: you know, like the defensive minded player minded manager like Age.
• 55:14
  Speaker 4: Might might be uh, might be some interesting magic happening there.
• 55:17
  Speaker 3: So who knows.
• 55:18
  Speaker 2: So I'm like, when I say first of fourth, I
• 55:20
  Speaker 2: don't think it's also going to be like I think
• 55:21
  Speaker 2: I agree with Nick when he says that it's not
• 55:23
  Speaker 2: gonna be like a big gap. I think it's probably
• 55:26
  Speaker 2: gonna be like like a difference in terms of points
• 55:28
  Speaker 2: from first to fourth would probably be like maybe at
• 55:33
  Speaker 2: most seven eight points, like something like really close. I
• 55:37
  Speaker 2: don't like, maybe like a game and a half two
• 55:39
  Speaker 2: games difference, you know what I mean? Or two and
• 55:41
  Speaker 2: a half difference, Like I don't think it's gonna be
• 55:43
  Speaker 2: anything too crazy of a difference. So I'll be my
• 55:48
  Speaker 2: top four. Fifth would be at Roma. We're going to
• 55:52
  Speaker 2: six to seventh, right fifth.
• 55:54
  Speaker 3: Roma, M.
• 56:00
  Speaker 4: I think honestly, I I think I go sixth Bologne
• 56:09
  Speaker 4: and seventh Lotsio.
• 56:12
  Speaker 2: I think lots, just like I don't think Atalanta retains
• 56:16
  Speaker 2: any of their top four spots because they're losing too much.
• 56:20
  Speaker 2: They've lost, they've lost too much, and they could still
• 56:23
  Speaker 2: they still continue to lose more.
• 56:26
  Speaker 4: I think Como retains in the top ten.
• 56:29
  Speaker 2: I'm doing.
• 56:29
  Speaker 6: I think Como retains in the top ten, especially with
• 56:35
  Speaker 6: Oh my god, I'm Marata coming.
• 56:40
  Speaker 4: Back to uh to a city with that's gonna be
• 56:43
  Speaker 4: that's gonna be cool to see. Did they finish eight?
• 56:45
  Speaker 4: You know what I said tenth?
• 56:48
  Speaker 3: I said this year.
• 56:49
  Speaker 2: This year, it's gonna be eighth. This year, I'm predicting
• 56:52
  Speaker 2: Como eight is gonna be ninth, And like, what the
• 56:57
  Speaker 2: fuck is Johnny on.
• 57:00
  Speaker 1: Uh?
• 57:02
  Speaker 4: Like that's so hard man as you go on and on.
• 57:04
  Speaker 4: It's so weird because like a lot of it's a
• 57:06
  Speaker 4: toss up, right, but like in all seriousness, como top ten.
• 57:09
  Speaker 2: Again this year, I could totally see that happening now.
• 57:13
  Speaker 2: First manager fired, Jesus, that's gonna be tough.
• 57:19
  Speaker 3: Uh.
• 57:23
  Speaker 4: I really really really don't know.
• 57:25
  Speaker 2: It's I'm looking at teams that have high expectations with
• 57:30
  Speaker 2: their managers. You could say Tudor has got high expectations,
• 57:34
  Speaker 2: but I don't think youve is gonna do anything too drastic.
• 57:38
  Speaker 2: I must looking at how long have managers been with
• 57:41
  Speaker 2: their teams and stuff too.
• 57:45
  Speaker 3: You're really giving you some touchy I know, I like it.
• 57:48
  Speaker 3: I like it.
• 57:49
  Speaker 2: It's hard, you know what. I'm just throwing a dart
• 57:52
  Speaker 2: against the wall. Nothing against the guy, but were with Grossol, Yeah,
• 57:58
  Speaker 2: from Sasol, Just throwing a dart at the board.
• 58:02
  Speaker 4: If I hit it, great. If I don't hit it, Bob,
• 58:04
  Speaker 4: we'll be too pissed.
• 58:05
  Speaker 1: IM and relegation teams.
• 58:09
  Speaker 4: I think sas is gonna be one of them again.
• 58:11
  Speaker 2: That's why I could also is probably gonna be on
• 58:12
  Speaker 2: his way out, because that's why a terrible start for them.
• 58:22
  Speaker 4: Maybe Caremonez maybe maybe maybe I'm saying maybe, uh yeah,
• 58:35
  Speaker 4: so Cam.
• 58:40
  Speaker 3: And Pizza, so.
• 58:53
  Speaker 4: Yeah, like I don't like.
• 58:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah, but let's be honest, are you really gonna be
• 58:59
  Speaker 2: expect did any of the Shock Factor teams to go down?
• 59:02
  Speaker 4: Like it's not like Como alt the finances to come
• 59:04
  Speaker 4: back up and stay up.
• 59:05
  Speaker 2: You know, yeah, let cha for example might be once
• 59:08
  Speaker 2: again on on standby to probably one of those teams
• 59:11
  Speaker 2: as well. Like I think le you just finishes outside
• 59:13
  Speaker 2: of that space, you know, like it's it's they're a
• 59:17
  Speaker 2: team too that you can easily put in those three
• 59:19
  Speaker 2: spots because last year was a close call, and I
• 59:21
  Speaker 2: expect this year to be another close call, if not
• 59:23
  Speaker 2: the time that they get knocked down. So I know
• 59:25
  Speaker 2: it sounds like a cop out, but like realistically speaking,
• 59:28
  Speaker 2: like you're good at each team and each teams realistically
• 59:31
  Speaker 2: has a chance. Like despite for example, you know, like
• 59:33
  Speaker 2: Atalanta having like a lot of losses, they're not going
• 59:36
  Speaker 2: out of.
• 59:36
  Speaker 4: The top ten, you know, like Torino is.
• 59:39
  Speaker 2: You know, like they're gonna probably be a team that's
• 59:41
  Speaker 2: gonna maybe be like in the middle of the ten
• 59:43
  Speaker 2: to fourteenth range.
• 59:44
  Speaker 3: You know, it's it's Genua two, same same thing.
• 59:48
  Speaker 2: Pottuma might actually be one of those teams that might
• 59:50
  Speaker 2: be in danger of being relegated. Again, what was it,
• 59:54
  Speaker 2: h we're talking about it today? Uh the center back
• 59:58
  Speaker 2: that got transferred to Liverpool.
• 59:59
  Speaker 3: Uh leone, the eighteen year.
• 1:00:02
  Speaker 2: Old eighteen might bad even worse eighteen years old, thirty
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 2: five million euros.
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 3: Like plus five with add ons. I think it's like
• 1:00:09
  Speaker 3: around forty million dollar.
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 4: Pockast and Parma retains hut A sell on a percentage too,
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 4: is that right?
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 3: Okay?
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 2: Yeah, according to mont others, there's also like sell on
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 2: percentages that are going to be due to Platama if
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 2: they if Liverpool retained, like a generates a profit off
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 2: of him, which smart business honestly by Patuma to do that.
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 4: You know, like you milk you milk the prem off
• 1:00:33
  Speaker 4: some really.
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 2: Good money, especially with a very high end like potential
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 2: center back probably like since Bastoni, that's been hyped, right
• 1:00:42
  Speaker 2: and uh, you have the potential to make even more
• 1:00:45
  Speaker 2: money afterwards.
• 1:00:46
  Speaker 4: So so that's what I'm saying.
• 1:00:49
  Speaker 2: Like it's Bottoma and let Chair probably their two teams
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 2: I would probably put in the mix of like potentially
• 1:00:53
  Speaker 2: being relegated. But fuck it, I'll say the three that
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 2: came up. I know it's the easiest answer. I know
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 2: people are like rolling their eyes, but it's really hard
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 2: to see any other team being in that bottom three
• 1:01:05
  Speaker 2: right there.
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 3: Understandable, No, I mean it's I agree like it. I always.
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 3: I don't think like they don't have like the teams
• 1:01:14
  Speaker 3: that are coming up, like maybe besides us WOA, because
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 3: of the the predict the pedigree that they have kind
• 1:01:19
  Speaker 3: of etched out throughout this past what has it been
• 1:01:23
  Speaker 3: like ten odd years plus whatever it's been besides last
• 1:01:26
  Speaker 3: year going down and stuff like, Yeah, like they don't
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 3: have the backings of like the Comos of the world,
• 1:01:33
  Speaker 3: even the monsters of the world, like when you know
• 1:01:35
  Speaker 3: they had their their little bit of our run in Sidi. Yeah,
• 1:01:38
  Speaker 3: obviously it came to end last season going down now,
• 1:01:41
  Speaker 3: But yeah, like it's it's a pop up answer and
• 1:01:45
  Speaker 3: we bug you for it, but I think it's like
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 3: probably very realistic as well, but we'll see. So yeah,
• 1:01:51
  Speaker 3: for me, predictions again, I usually get them wrong. Last
• 1:01:54
  Speaker 3: season I hit some hit some some darts last season somehow,
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 3: So next tole my answer for for for for the
• 1:02:05
  Speaker 3: Schudal champion, I'm gonna again. I'm gonna be the bold
• 1:02:09
  Speaker 3: one too with Nick We're gonna hold hands on this one.
• 1:02:13
  Speaker 3: I'm gonna put I'm gonna put them with We're gonna
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 3: hold hands. Uh, I'm gonna pick. I'm gonna pick me
• 1:02:19
  Speaker 3: one for for for Champions of Italy. Get in the
• 1:02:22
  Speaker 3: twentieth star. It's a twenty star, twenty schoodeto second star
• 1:02:30
  Speaker 3: twenty stars will be crazy. Uh but uh, it just
• 1:02:35
  Speaker 3: I don't know, like I don't know if it will happen.
• 1:02:38
  Speaker 3: I'm I'm on the fence. Like for me, it's it's
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 3: not ways to lose, because I think they are still
• 1:02:44
  Speaker 3: up there again. I don't think even with the losses
• 1:02:47
  Speaker 3: that they did lose again. I think the additions that
• 1:02:51
  Speaker 3: they brought in are substantial enough they managed to win again.
• 1:02:55
  Speaker 3: I know they didn't have the Champions League competition in
• 1:02:57
  Speaker 3: just Europe to to deal with, but you know, losing
• 1:03:01
  Speaker 3: their their pretty much their m v P in Kavarrascalia
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 3: mid season and not really replacing them and still winning
• 1:03:08
  Speaker 3: the Scudetto and then minus not having you know, one
• 1:03:12
  Speaker 3: of their winning goal scorers and alsimen and still winning
• 1:03:14
  Speaker 3: the league like their team got better and again, I
• 1:03:18
  Speaker 3: think there is. It's very much there's to lose, So
• 1:03:21
  Speaker 3: I think it's it's really a toss up for me,
• 1:03:23
  Speaker 3: but I want I'm going to be bold and I'm
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 3: going to go stick to my my guns of what
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 3: I did last year. The one competition merchant is going
• 1:03:31
  Speaker 3: to win the school Ghetto the following year and in
• 1:03:34
  Speaker 3: this case it's Milan, no no Europe unfortunately for my Melan,
• 1:03:38
  Speaker 3: but hopefully and with my prediction and next prediction, they
• 1:03:43
  Speaker 3: win the scudetto second place is going to be an
• 1:03:46
  Speaker 3: opway for me. Again, Like I said, what they've brought
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 3: in is has been incredible and it's theirs to lose.
• 1:03:52
  Speaker 3: So I think they do finish second. Inter for me
• 1:03:57
  Speaker 3: is going to finish third.
• 1:03:58
  Speaker 2: Uh.
• 1:03:59
  Speaker 3: Again for me, it's the biggest loss for them. I
• 1:04:02
  Speaker 3: think as the coach in Zagi out the door again,
• 1:04:04
  Speaker 3: we haven't really touched upon it throughout this this episode,
• 1:04:07
  Speaker 3: but I'm gonna bring it up now him going to
• 1:04:09
  Speaker 3: Saudi and maybe the maybe that that cycle was over.
• 1:04:12
  Speaker 3: But I don't know if Kivu coming in is gonna
• 1:04:19
  Speaker 3: be the answer that's gonna really put this team, you know,
• 1:04:23
  Speaker 3: over the hump, or do better than what they've done
• 1:04:27
  Speaker 3: U in seasons past. So for me, that's the biggest
• 1:04:30
  Speaker 3: question mark for interseason is going to be their coach
• 1:04:32
  Speaker 3: and like the additions that they've added, I think are
• 1:04:35
  Speaker 3: are good. Uh and and I don't I can't really
• 1:04:39
  Speaker 3: think of too many of the crazy losses that they've had. Uh,
• 1:04:43
  Speaker 3: you guys can probably you know, correct me there. But yeah,
• 1:04:49
  Speaker 3: I'm curious to see what key how Kivu does and
• 1:04:51
  Speaker 3: how the team you know, rallies to to to to him.
• 1:04:55
  Speaker 3: And we've had always into with the same mold for
• 1:04:59
  Speaker 3: for these past years and it's it's worked. Obviously last
• 1:05:03
  Speaker 3: year they kind of were stretched a bit too thin
• 1:05:05
  Speaker 3: near the end of the season, but and didn't come
• 1:05:07
  Speaker 3: out with any trophy. But we we knew what we
• 1:05:11
  Speaker 3: were getting with Intel. We were getting the Zagie ball
• 1:05:14
  Speaker 3: with you know, the player, their their starters that were
• 1:05:17
  Speaker 3: just on form for for many years and doing really well.
• 1:05:21
  Speaker 3: So we'll see that translate under Kivu. But again, I
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 3: think the top three is going to be the tightest
• 1:05:27
  Speaker 3: of races. And how I'm seeing it, I'm gonna go,
• 1:05:30
  Speaker 3: like I said, Milan, not we inter and third and
• 1:05:35
  Speaker 3: then fourth. I'm gonna put you for me again. It's
• 1:05:38
  Speaker 3: gonna be that seesaw from four to five with them
• 1:05:41
  Speaker 3: and roma for me personally, I think again, I think
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 3: very sneaks in again. It's it's it's year two with Tudor.
• 1:05:52
  Speaker 3: It's again. I don't really like the moves like that
• 1:05:55
  Speaker 3: they've or lack of business that they've had. Is that
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 3: going to come and bite them in the ass. I
• 1:06:00
  Speaker 3: I don't know, but you know, having competition at the
• 1:06:07
  Speaker 3: at the number nine position, bringing in Jonathan David and
• 1:06:12
  Speaker 3: if they can get again, I don't know what's the
• 1:06:15
  Speaker 3: what's the missing factor for Kolo Muani is is it
• 1:06:19
  Speaker 3: like do they just wanted to make him a permanent
• 1:06:21
  Speaker 3: deal or didn't want another loan? Like I don't know,
• 1:06:23
  Speaker 3: you don't Nick, you don't know, no no clue. So anyways,
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 3: we'll see if if that happens, if they can get
• 1:06:31
  Speaker 3: him to come back, because I think he was he
• 1:06:34
  Speaker 3: did again. Maybe I don't know. I'm not a Juventino,
• 1:06:37
  Speaker 3: so I don't really watch you week in week out,
• 1:06:39
  Speaker 3: but I think he did pretty good for for for you.
• 1:06:41
  Speaker 3: I think he was, you know, and then an up
• 1:06:44
  Speaker 3: and down season. I think he was he was an
• 1:06:46
  Speaker 3: important factor, scored quite a bit of goals considering uh,
• 1:06:50
  Speaker 3: you know, the season that they had. But I think
• 1:06:53
  Speaker 3: that CESAW four or five is gonna is gonna continue,
• 1:06:55
  Speaker 3: and it's gonna be between Juve and Roma. I'm gonna
• 1:06:58
  Speaker 3: again etch just the just the you know, the if
• 1:07:03
  Speaker 3: you will quality, if you will experience, if you will
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 3: you know history uh to towards Juve uh In finishing fourth.
• 1:07:16
  Speaker 3: So yeah, that's gonna be my top four uh me
• 1:07:18
  Speaker 3: one unapt and Juve uh Rome is gonna finish fifth.
• 1:07:23
  Speaker 3: And again, I don't think they're going to be too
• 1:07:26
  Speaker 3: far off uh do anything That's I think is for
• 1:07:30
  Speaker 3: me is that again the moves that they did make,
• 1:07:33
  Speaker 3: and you know, maybe the losses and just their Medcato
• 1:07:37
  Speaker 3: as a whole, for me is a bit of a
• 1:07:39
  Speaker 3: question mark, Like I don't know too much about this.
• 1:07:42
  Speaker 3: This Ferguson, you know, profile at in the attack. Can
• 1:07:47
  Speaker 3: he do well in Italy? I don't know. They need
• 1:07:49
  Speaker 3: to score a lot of goals and hopefully he can
• 1:07:51
  Speaker 3: contribute to that alongside Dov bick and and we'll see
• 1:07:55
  Speaker 3: how that kind of plans out. You know, I think
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 3: Wesley as our back is an interesting uh name that
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 3: they brought in and and one that I'm excited to
• 1:08:04
  Speaker 3: see him do well in Sadiya because I think it's
• 1:08:07
  Speaker 3: a it's a profile that can that suits our league.
• 1:08:11
  Speaker 3: But again, like I think a lot of things kind
• 1:08:13
  Speaker 3: of have to go right in year one under Gasperini
• 1:08:17
  Speaker 3: for Roma for them to get into top four. I
• 1:08:21
  Speaker 3: think they'll be close. I just don't think they they
• 1:08:24
  Speaker 3: really just get over that that final hump. But again
• 1:08:27
  Speaker 3: it's my year is one point. They might be again
• 1:08:29
  Speaker 3: that same one point, maybe two maybe three. Like, I
• 1:08:32
  Speaker 3: don't see it being that much done, that much off.
• 1:08:34
  Speaker 3: I just think under Gasperini, it's it's uh, it's a
• 1:08:38
  Speaker 3: project to to echo what Johnny said earlier, and it's
• 1:08:41
  Speaker 3: finally a project that they have and I think it's
• 1:08:44
  Speaker 3: gonna Roma fans are gonna have to be willing to
• 1:08:47
  Speaker 3: to maybe wait a bit. Uh Again, I know it's
• 1:08:50
  Speaker 3: been a long wait that they've had to already endre
• 1:08:52
  Speaker 3: but if you give Gasperini the time like we gave
• 1:08:56
  Speaker 3: him at Atlanta, I think you know you can uh
• 1:09:02
  Speaker 3: they will benefit from it. Uh in the long run.
• 1:09:05
  Speaker 3: Are we gonna see immediate results? Maybe not, but I
• 1:09:11
  Speaker 3: think that they will be competitive, and I think on
• 1:09:14
  Speaker 3: the ultimately finishing fifth for me, sixth, Uh is a
• 1:09:20
  Speaker 3: tough one for me. It's it's it's probably between Bologna, Uh,
• 1:09:29
  Speaker 3: Bologna Lazzio or Bologna Lazzio or Fiordentina. For me, I'm
• 1:09:40
  Speaker 3: gonna I'm gonna say, I'm gonna say Bologna and sixth. Uh,
• 1:09:45
  Speaker 3: that front three is just it's just interesting. It's just
• 1:09:48
  Speaker 3: it's just cool to me. I don't know, like, it's
• 1:09:50
  Speaker 3: just it's a front three that again I didn't think
• 1:09:52
  Speaker 3: we would see, especially with how the career paths of
• 1:09:57
  Speaker 3: Emobile after he left Lazio went, and obviously Bernardeski coming too,
• 1:10:02
  Speaker 3: coming to MLS, coming to t f C. Uh, going
• 1:10:06
  Speaker 3: back to Europe. I didn't think was so soon. I
• 1:10:10
  Speaker 3: didn't think it was Uh was was was on the
• 1:10:12
  Speaker 3: cards for these players. But again, uh, you know, leave
• 1:10:16
  Speaker 3: it to leave it to Bologna to to do it,
• 1:10:19
  Speaker 3: you know, de Vaio and and and company to to
• 1:10:22
  Speaker 3: to get it start, Tory getting getting it done right.
• 1:10:25
  Speaker 3: And you know Italiana now has some some you know,
• 1:10:29
  Speaker 3: well not now, but he's had but has some has
• 1:10:33
  Speaker 3: some retooling to do and some work to do to
• 1:10:36
  Speaker 3: to have another impactful season, and I think finishing sixth
• 1:10:39
  Speaker 3: is an another stepping stone for this Boonia team. Again,
• 1:10:44
  Speaker 3: I think it'll be close, but I'll put them in
• 1:10:48
  Speaker 3: sixth seventh. I will put for me again, it's going
• 1:10:55
  Speaker 3: to either be between Lotso or or Fjordentina. It's it's
• 1:11:00
  Speaker 3: it's Saudi two point zero and with with uh with
• 1:11:03
  Speaker 3: Latso again, I haven't I haven't really seen big splashes
• 1:11:07
  Speaker 3: in their medicato uh Fidentina either, really, I guess you
• 1:11:13
  Speaker 3: can say for that matter, but I will say I
• 1:11:20
  Speaker 3: will say Lotso seventh, Fiorentina eighth, Como ninth, and not
• 1:11:33
  Speaker 3: t Wanta tenth. I think I think Atalanta is gonna
• 1:11:36
  Speaker 3: have the biggest drop, or or maybe even Atlanta nine,
• 1:11:39
  Speaker 3: Como tent. I don't know any like for me, it's
• 1:11:41
  Speaker 3: it's it's it's a toss up there, yeah, Talanta Again.
• 1:11:47
  Speaker 3: Maybe it's very premature for us to kind of like
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 3: really just throw them to the wolves. But I don't know, man,
• 1:11:54
  Speaker 3: I'm just I'm not uh, I'm not over excited as
• 1:11:59
  Speaker 3: of right now. August the thirteen, today, Wednesday, Wednesday nineteen
• 1:12:03
  Speaker 3: in Montreal. I just I'm not I'm not excited for
• 1:12:06
  Speaker 3: the Sutawantah campaign, especially if they lose Lukman. If they
• 1:12:12
  Speaker 3: lose Louchman and the TAGI the cap of last season
• 1:12:16
  Speaker 3: and uh, you know the player that basically won them
• 1:12:21
  Speaker 3: the conference or was the conference with Europol whatever it
• 1:12:25
  Speaker 3: was a few seasons ago, Europelate, right, yeah, Europa League
• 1:12:30
  Speaker 3: in in the span of in the span of one
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 3: summer Merkato. It's it's a big loss. So I think
• 1:12:35
  Speaker 3: they may they take the biggest downfall or the biggest
• 1:12:38
  Speaker 3: fall sorry uh come this season and uh they'll probably
• 1:12:43
  Speaker 3: for between eight and tenth in my opinion, but that's
• 1:12:46
  Speaker 3: how I see it. So Milan, Napoli, Inted, Juve, Roma, Bologna,
• 1:12:56
  Speaker 3: Lazio and then it's going to be either fjord In,
• 1:13:00
  Speaker 3: Tina Como, uh Atlanta, that mixture from eight to ten
• 1:13:06
  Speaker 3: uh to be relegated. Glemones is finishing last. I think
• 1:13:13
  Speaker 3: I think Pisa also goes down. I don't think they've
• 1:13:16
  Speaker 3: done enough. It's unfortunately because I like I think they
• 1:13:19
  Speaker 3: hired Gilardino. If I'm not mistaken, it's Gilardino at the
• 1:13:22
  Speaker 3: help there right after after his exit or sorry after
• 1:13:29
  Speaker 3: people and Zagie leaving to go to Palermo. Gilardino comes in.
• 1:13:34
  Speaker 1: Uh.
• 1:13:34
  Speaker 3: They brought in Quadrado, which I find is is just hilarious. Right,
• 1:13:39
  Speaker 3: he's been to how many Neda Zuri teams after you
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 3: it's it's it's incredible. I don't know. I think he's
• 1:13:45
  Speaker 3: done like the trio of of of you know, relevant
• 1:13:49
  Speaker 3: ned A Zuri teams as of wait, so I don't
• 1:13:54
  Speaker 3: know if they've done enough in their in their you
• 1:13:56
  Speaker 3: know Mercato, Uh, you know either Clemoneese either. I know
• 1:14:02
  Speaker 3: they brought in Basquerotto, John Basciotto Muscles Madonado there right,
• 1:14:07
  Speaker 3: he's he's miss he's mister Muscles.
• 1:14:10
  Speaker 2: Uh, but.
• 1:14:13
  Speaker 3: Again I think they finished last. He's a nineteenth and
• 1:14:17
  Speaker 3: then eighteenth. I would say, uh see there, I find
• 1:14:27
  Speaker 3: it tough. I I'll probably say uh hmhmm. I don't
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 3: know now, Uh, I'll probably say letch. I'll probably say lecha.
• 1:14:45
  Speaker 3: And again I hate to say it. I don't want
• 1:14:48
  Speaker 3: to say because I want Camarada having sei minutes. But uh,
• 1:14:54
  Speaker 3: they'll go down me and will get him back and
• 1:14:57
  Speaker 3: uh hopefully uh he'll he'll get some one minutes after that.
• 1:15:01
  Speaker 3: So I'll go with that because I think between le
• 1:15:07
  Speaker 3: uh who else I was thinking? And part I think
• 1:15:11
  Speaker 3: will be in that last bubble. For me, I'm gonna
• 1:15:14
  Speaker 3: pick you know, cold heartedly, but that's who I see
• 1:15:19
  Speaker 3: there and then coach fired again. For me, it's between
• 1:15:21
  Speaker 3: two I don't even remember who. Who's Cremoneus's coach? Who
• 1:15:27
  Speaker 3: we pull that up? A producer? Do you have a producer? Nick?
• 1:15:31
  Speaker 3: Can you pull that up next to the producer? You're
• 1:15:39
  Speaker 3: gonna laugh? Who is right? One of the one of
• 1:15:44
  Speaker 3: the mainstays of coaches in the coaching carousel of It's
• 1:15:50
  Speaker 3: it's Nicole. That usually is a he's uh, come in,
• 1:15:56
  Speaker 3: save you salvation and then whatever happens happens afterwards. But
• 1:16:00
  Speaker 3: he's starting the year at at He's not coming in
• 1:16:04
  Speaker 3: to save the day. I think he gets relegated. So
• 1:16:07
  Speaker 3: it's either gonna for me, it's it's a toss up
• 1:16:09
  Speaker 3: between him is that's the easy copp out answer, but
• 1:16:13
  Speaker 3: my bold one and I think the one I'm gonna
• 1:16:15
  Speaker 3: stick with is gonna be Yurich from Atalanta. I'm gonna
• 1:16:18
  Speaker 3: be the bold one. I'm gonna say Yurich from Atalanta.
• 1:16:20
  Speaker 3: I think I don't know man like he's middle of
• 1:16:25
  Speaker 3: the He's a middle of middle table team type of coach.
• 1:16:32
  Speaker 3: I don't think has ever in my recent recollection has
• 1:16:35
  Speaker 3: really you know, manage you know, a top top side,
• 1:16:40
  Speaker 3: and Atalanta's proven to be a top side in city
• 1:16:43
  Speaker 3: after the last handful of years. Right, So, and a
• 1:16:47
  Speaker 3: team that it pains me to say to to kind
• 1:16:49
  Speaker 3: of have a regression, but with all the moves and
• 1:16:52
  Speaker 3: you know, the lack of you know, maybe quality additions.
• 1:16:58
  Speaker 3: You know, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna maybe I'm
• 1:17:02
  Speaker 3: gonna say Ivan Yuritsch is the first manager fired, and
• 1:17:06
  Speaker 3: they're gonna have to to act fast to bring in
• 1:17:09
  Speaker 3: a replacement. Again, I don't know who that replacement will
• 1:17:11
  Speaker 3: ultimately be, but you know, I think it's it's gonna
• 1:17:18
  Speaker 3: be him that that gets fired first, if it's not
• 1:17:23
  Speaker 3: in the cola from criminal But uh yeah, that's kind
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 3: of how I see it. Those are my predictions. Hopefully
• 1:17:29
  Speaker 3: we can come back to this like we do every year,
• 1:17:32
  Speaker 3: either have a laugh because we're so wrong, or told
• 1:17:36
  Speaker 3: say it to everybody we told you so that we're right.
• 1:17:39
  Speaker 3: So we'll see how it ends up. But those are
• 1:17:42
  Speaker 3: culture guys predictions. Twenty twenty five, twenty twenty sixth season
• 1:17:46
  Speaker 3: of the said, yeah.
• 1:17:47
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I wrote everything down, so I'm gonna send it
• 1:17:50
  Speaker 1: in our group chat. After all, it's always and it's
• 1:17:53
  Speaker 1: just funny. Because we recorded the preview episode for last
• 1:17:57
  Speaker 1: season a year ago yesterday, it was August twelfth. I saw, okay, nice,
• 1:18:01
  Speaker 1: so we I guess we're right on schedule. Yeah, We're
• 1:18:04
  Speaker 1: used to doing it this time of year.
• 1:18:06
  Speaker 3: This is fun.
• 1:18:07
  Speaker 1: It's good to get back quote unquote in the studio.
• 1:18:10
  Speaker 1: I want to call it that, but I'm excited. I'm excited.
• 1:18:13
  Speaker 1: Man City as right around the corner going on, right, Yeah, already,
• 1:18:19
  Speaker 1: h Piscatta won. I forget who they was A REMANI
• 1:18:22
  Speaker 1: they played, I forget, but the Piscatta advance. I forget
• 1:18:26
  Speaker 1: who they play in the next round. But yeah, it
• 1:18:28
  Speaker 1: starts early to stuff.
• 1:18:29
  Speaker 3: Well, Milan plays Milan plays Body on the seventeenth. So
• 1:18:33
  Speaker 3: in four was it four days? Five days? Whatever? It is?
• 1:18:36
  Speaker 3: Four days? Sorry, I think it's the seventeenth of a
• 1:18:40
  Speaker 3: mistaken that's the Sunday like Johnny alluded to earlier for
• 1:18:42
  Speaker 3: my mistaken right.
• 1:18:43
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, so they play yeah body on the seventeenth.
• 1:18:47
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so which is crazy to say. It's the first
• 1:18:49
  Speaker 3: time in a long time that they have I think
• 1:18:51
  Speaker 3: I saw that, saw the start now it escapes me.
• 1:18:54
  Speaker 3: But it's the first time that they have to do
• 1:18:55
  Speaker 3: the they have to qualify to get in there. Just
• 1:18:59
  Speaker 3: around the sixteen, Yeah, for around the sixteenth, for for
• 1:19:01
  Speaker 3: so long, so many years. So we'll see me one season,
• 1:19:05
  Speaker 3: I guess really kicks off Sunday in terms of this,
• 1:19:09
  Speaker 3: uh cop Italia, but yeah, right around the corner, ten
• 1:19:12
  Speaker 3: days away. I don't know, man, I couldn't be more pumped.
• 1:19:16
  Speaker 1: That's that's crazy. And like I said, Piscatta they beat Remini,
• 1:19:20
  Speaker 1: they play Parma on on the weekend, so for to
• 1:19:23
  Speaker 1: Piscata as well in the coal But I think that'll
• 1:19:25
  Speaker 1: do it for us and Johnny enjoy Italy eat well
• 1:19:30
  Speaker 1: you find yourself a girlfriend.
• 1:19:33
  Speaker 3: Watching.
• 1:19:35
  Speaker 4: I'm trying and I will.
• 1:19:39
  Speaker 1: But yeah, I enjoy the city as season guys. I
• 1:19:41
  Speaker 1: mean we'll talk every week. But no, it was a good,
• 1:19:43
  Speaker 1: good start for a season. Ay of the Coulture guys.
• 1:19:46
  Speaker 3: I couldn't agree more. Uh season eight, like we said
• 1:19:49
  Speaker 3: at the top of the show, just can't believe it.
• 1:19:53
  Speaker 3: We hope to have another great year of covering, of covering,
• 1:19:57
  Speaker 3: cultural covering, setia covering, you know, the Italian team whatever,
• 1:20:00
  Speaker 3: it's going to be Canadian national team throughout this uh
• 1:20:03
  Speaker 3: this World Clup qualifying year and uh yeah, uh, I
• 1:20:09
  Speaker 3: don't know if we're gonna be recording next week. We'll see,
• 1:20:11
  Speaker 3: uh how things work out, but probably once Jinny gets back,
• 1:20:14
  Speaker 3: we'll we'll we'll be back on our usual grind, guys,
• 1:20:17
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• 1:20:19
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• 1:20:19
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• 1:20:21
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• 1:20:25
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