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Here come the Jaguars! · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Week.
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  Speaker 2: The heart of the NFL season is upon us this Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: The Steeters have got a huge game coming up against
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  Speaker 2: the Jags Orchestra Stadium. This is the Irish Steters Podcast.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome in to the hub of the Steels in Ireland.
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  Speaker 2: Michael Lookut, Jimmy English, Dave McKee, Jimmy big game this weekend. Man,
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  Speaker 2: are you doing any good?
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  Speaker 1: I'm fantastic, Michael. Yeah, it's always a pleasure talking to
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  Speaker 1: you boys once a week, never mind twice a week.
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  Speaker 1: So we have a nice little bonus episode here, so
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  Speaker 1: great to great to see you and hear you do.
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  Speaker 2: Have a matchup which we'll talk about in the bit
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  Speaker 2: between the two NFL Global Markets teams. It's a big,
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  Speaker 2: big one this week in the month.
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  Speaker 3: Master if it's the Dublin Derby, if you like, can't wait,
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  Speaker 3: you know it's it's it's a game as well, close
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  Speaker 3: to my close to my heart because the Jags sort
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  Speaker 3: of used to be my second team if you like
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  Speaker 3: it was a Travor Lawrence. I'm a massive farm but
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  Speaker 3: Steelers all the way and then hopefully we can get
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  Speaker 3: the win and.
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  Speaker 2: We'll probably that game in a week in a way
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  Speaker 2: minutes We've obviously got a huge game coming up, and
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  Speaker 2: we've got three home games over the next few weeks
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  Speaker 2: and then the next away game is this massive meet
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  Speaker 2: up in Dublin. First off, we're gonna welcome a guy
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  Speaker 2: that you will know folks if you're an NFL final
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  Speaker 2: in Ireland, and if you don't, you're going to get
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  Speaker 2: to know them on this podcast tag Leader from Leader
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  Speaker 2: Kicking Academy. I feelink I talked to you at least
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  Speaker 2: once a week at this point. How are you doing?
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  Speaker 2: First time on the Irish Seeders podcast. Thank you for
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  Speaker 2: coming on.
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  Speaker 1: Sound nuts.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, no, all is about here, looking forward to chatting
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  Speaker 4: about all things Steelers and Leader Kicking and what's happening
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  Speaker 4: on the ground in Ireland. But no, look it's things
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  Speaker 4: are flying at a minute, so life is good.
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  Speaker 2: Tell us the crack tag for people that aren't aware
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  Speaker 2: of what you know, sort of what you do? Can
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  Speaker 2: you may be condensed downland? Tell us exactly what you
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  Speaker 2: do and just sort of how the last few months
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  Speaker 2: have been fit.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, short short version is maybe just over a
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  Speaker 4: year ago now we started Leader Kicking, where the concept
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  Speaker 4: is is to take Irish act to lead particularly ga
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  Speaker 4: rugby and soccer players who are naturally talented kickers of
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  Speaker 4: the ball and take that skill set and transfer to
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  Speaker 4: American football with the idea to get them scholarships full
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  Speaker 4: scholarships a kickers and punters in America. So that was
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  Speaker 4: the concept started last year. Things have been really successful.
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  Speaker 4: First proper lads that are now playing Division one college football.
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  Speaker 4: They're halfway through their season. One lad got placed in
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  Speaker 4: the NFL Academy in the UK and in the last
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  Speaker 4: couple of weeks now i'm AULTI doing work directly with
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  Speaker 4: the NFL International Player Pathway Program trying to identify the
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  Speaker 4: best kickers across the globe for next year's go hoorse
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  Speaker 4: to go over for the twenty twenty four cycles. So yeah,
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  Speaker 4: we've been busy. And that's a very brief version.
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  Speaker 2: Of all of that.
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  Speaker 1: Ty you mentioned there one of your one of your
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  Speaker 1: protegs who got place in the NFL Academy, and that's
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  Speaker 1: mister young Young Andy Quinn and he actually won the
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  Speaker 1: Ireland's Kicking Kicking King title during the summer, which won
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  Speaker 1: him the prize of a trip to Pittsburgh to taking
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  Speaker 1: it a home game. Tell us about that experience.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, they so interestingly with Andy, he's success gotten away
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  Speaker 4: that trip a little bit because the Steelers were they
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  Speaker 4: kind of asked us what game we'd like to go to,
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  Speaker 4: you know, for the prize, and we chose the Ravens
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  Speaker 4: game for obvious reasons, because, yeah, going against that, it
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  Speaker 4: was a class class week to be there, huge, huge
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  Speaker 4: game for the city and the organization.
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  Speaker 1: So we went over there.
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  Speaker 4: But for Andy, the NFL Academy was playing the game
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  Speaker 4: on the Friday, and then Steelers game was Sunday, and
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  Speaker 4: then they're playing again on the Tuesday at Tottenham host
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  Speaker 4: For Stadium. So the plan was to fly him out
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  Speaker 4: Friday morning, excuse me, Saturday morning, get in Saturday night,
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  Speaker 4: watch the Steelers game Sunday, and then fly back to
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  Speaker 4: play Tuesday in again in London. But at the near
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  Speaker 4: at the twelfth hour, we decided that wasn't best for
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  Speaker 4: his performance, so Andy didn't make the t with us,
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  Speaker 4: so six or seven of us went across. But the
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  Speaker 4: trip was amazing and thankfully for Andy he'll get another
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  Speaker 4: shot at that and most importantly, he performed really well
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  Speaker 4: with the NFL Academy, winning both both games on the
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  Speaker 4: Friday and Tuesday, so Yeah, that's that's how that one
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  Speaker 4: played out.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously, speaking about that game in Pittsburgh, Tag, can you
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  Speaker 3: just sort of tell us what the city was like.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously with with Ravens, Wick had amaginary buzzing, but what
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  Speaker 3: was it like actually being there?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, it was class.
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  Speaker 4: We probably a bit naive to what it what it
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  Speaker 4: was going to be, just the scale of it, given
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  Speaker 4: the rivalry side of things. So we got in on
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  Speaker 4: the Thursday and Friday, pretty early on Friday that it
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  Speaker 4: is not massive, so it was pretty condensed. They buzzed
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  Speaker 4: around Steelers jerseys, hats, flags, scarfs, just everywhere it was.
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  Speaker 1: It was class.
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  Speaker 4: Was like an all ard and weekend kind of thing
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  Speaker 4: where everyone's out in their county colors.
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  Speaker 1: And that was obvious.
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  Speaker 4: You know, from from Friday morning through to life throughout
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  Speaker 4: Monday or flight back to New York was packed to
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  Speaker 4: steedious people today after the game. But the buzz around
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  Speaker 4: the place was it was just obvious. You could tell
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  Speaker 4: the town loves it and like real proud of the team.
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  Speaker 4: And then obviously we got to do you know, a
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  Speaker 4: private tour and on the Saturday, and then it got
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  Speaker 4: to be pitched side on Sunday and the city and
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  Speaker 4: like the organization like actually seemed to kind of mirror
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  Speaker 4: each other in terms of, like, you know, they talk
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  Speaker 4: about like this kind of hard working identity and like
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  Speaker 4: kind of the humbleness of the organ the city and
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  Speaker 4: the people. And honestly, it was really cool that it
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  Speaker 4: wasn't just words you know that you see on TV
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  Speaker 4: or you hear people talk about. You could genuinely feel
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  Speaker 4: it throughout the organization and the city after those kind
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  Speaker 4: of forty eight hours. So now it was a very
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  Speaker 4: memorable experience for everybody.
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  Speaker 2: You mentioned meeting Don Don Rooney and I seen you
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  Speaker 2: took over the theeters Isreland, the surrounding much is pretty cool.
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  Speaker 2: I think it felt it brought a lot of us
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  Speaker 2: closer to what we seem like. I've never had the
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  Speaker 2: chance to get to go to Pittsburgh and hopefully please
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  Speaker 2: all get to go soon, but definitely felt about closer.
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  Speaker 2: Tag and what was that tour like in the in
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  Speaker 2: the museum, because like you got your own private touris
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  Speaker 2: seem I'm looked on real.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we didn't know what to expect, to be honest
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  Speaker 4: with you, in terms of how exactly we're going to
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  Speaker 4: be treated like what we just see the likes of
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  Speaker 4: Dan for ten minutes, say hey quick, how's it going,
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  Speaker 4: how is the flight, and then you know kind of
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  Speaker 4: see him again the next day or something like that.
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  Speaker 4: But no, he greeted us at like nine am Saturday morning,
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  Speaker 4: and we said goodbye to them at probably four pm
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  Speaker 4: Saturday evening, and they spent the entire weekend for them,
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  Speaker 4: busy time before use game, and they gave us their
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  Speaker 4: entire Saturday. Dan actually narrated the tour for us, so
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  Speaker 4: that there they kind of museum which is you know,
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  Speaker 4: building builts in the last few years. It was unbelievable,
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  Speaker 4: just like it was the amount of work they put
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  Speaker 4: in and how they managed to kind of capture the
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  Speaker 4: history of the organization and the history sort of things
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  Speaker 4: was everywhere. Obviously the Rooney family all over it in
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  Speaker 4: the Irish Lynx. It was cool they kind of further
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  Speaker 4: understand those and then just anyone as they moved into
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  Speaker 4: the pro era, like the stability around the coaches they've had,
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  Speaker 4: the stability around the players, the excellence, all the Lombardi's
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  Speaker 4: got to see those, So no, it was class. So
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  Speaker 4: we actually we did a tour of the museum and
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  Speaker 4: the stadium, and then we hopped in cars and headed
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  Speaker 4: up to their facility, which is a different location of
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  Speaker 4: their training facility and their gyms and offices.
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  Speaker 1: So we got to we got to.
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  Speaker 4: See the whole thing, and yeah, the lads would just
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  Speaker 4: sound and just really surely welcoming. Again, we knew they'd
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  Speaker 4: be nice, but they're actually much much nicer, and they
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  Speaker 4: gave us way more time than we probably expected of
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  Speaker 4: people of that kind of statue on a busy.
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  Speaker 1: Weekend, Tyke havn't gotten to experience a not just any
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  Speaker 1: Steelers game, but a Ravens rivalry game at home, up
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  Speaker 1: close and personal. I'd be keen to get your thoughts
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  Speaker 1: on the Steelers so far. There's this season and how
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  Speaker 1: they're performing.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, the the like that game in particular, you know,
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  Speaker 4: just like the Buznes Stadium was class. But then the
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  Speaker 4: game itself, obviously the first i mean the first three
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  Speaker 4: orders really you know, wasn't a whole lot of happening.
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  Speaker 4: For us, being kickers and punters, we saw a lot
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  Speaker 4: of We saw decent amount of punting, and the stadium
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  Speaker 4: was tough to punt in and kicking, I'll say that
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  Speaker 4: they have that open end, but they so we saw
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  Speaker 4: a lot of action selfishly from from that side of things.
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  Speaker 4: But man, fourth quarter kind of back end of that,
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  Speaker 4: when like things started clicking, they actually had a block
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  Speaker 4: punt for that safety and like you know, the big
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  Speaker 4: defensive stand picked up an intercept and then went downfield
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  Speaker 4: and scored and ah the like the like just the
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  Speaker 4: the the atmosphere within the stadium, the terrible towels were
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  Speaker 4: were going over overdrive and everyone was buzzing. So no,
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  Speaker 4: like that that experience was classed. And then just to
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  Speaker 4: see them kind of you know, they talk a lot
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  Speaker 4: about the kind of organization and like what is built
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  Speaker 4: on and like the just the sea le kind of
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  Speaker 4: the great side of things, and you know it wasn't
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  Speaker 4: the most flash game, but to stay to stay in it,
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  Speaker 4: to stay defensively strong.
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  Speaker 1: Seeing TJ.
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  Speaker 4: Watt like was touching distance from me and the warm
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  Speaker 4: up was quite cool on the sideline and seeing how
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  Speaker 4: they went about their business. And then I'll the seed
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  Speaker 4: to execute when when everything was on the line, So
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  Speaker 4: everyone left. Tens of thousands of fans rolling out of
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  Speaker 4: the stadium after the game was class just because everyone
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  Speaker 4: was on such a high. You know, we didn't get
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  Speaker 4: four quarters of high level entertainment football, but at that
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  Speaker 4: level it's about executing and winning and that's what they
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  Speaker 4: did really well. So now very very much a memory
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  Speaker 4: experience for everyone. And then Ross Bulger he was there.
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  Speaker 4: He actually grew up a lifelong Steelers fan. When he
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  Speaker 4: he used to watch games on a Sunday. His room
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  Speaker 4: was full of Steelers memorabilia. His mum a couple of
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  Speaker 4: years ago hand painting him a photo of TJ.
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  Speaker 1: Watts.
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  Speaker 4: So it was really cool to share the experience with
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  Speaker 4: him as well, because you know he's he's loved it
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  Speaker 4: from the beginning. We saw the bus as he was
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  Speaker 4: walking through the tunnels. After the game, Ross was like
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  Speaker 4: went over and tried to get it, you know, say hi.
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  Speaker 4: He was also not kind of encroaching too much on
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  Speaker 4: the personal space, but it was it was very cool.
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  Speaker 4: It was a memorable day for everyone involved.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, you're manchining about that Revens game that
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  Speaker 3: there wasn't a lot of entertainment in the first three quarters.
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  Speaker 3: That probably described our season so far. You know, we're
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  Speaker 3: a lot of people are maybe looking at having been
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  Speaker 3: playing so well, but at the end of the day.
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  Speaker 3: We're sitting at four too. What's your thought of the
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  Speaker 3: Steelers season so far?
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  Speaker 4: Tag, Yeah, that's actually a perfect analogy to make the
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  Speaker 4: four and two. That's like it was obviously the Sick
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  Speaker 4: when we saw the training of the say like the
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  Speaker 4: six Monbardies and like what only thing only the Patriots
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  Speaker 4: to think I've matched that. You know, it's as the
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  Speaker 4: head coach, you know, the standard is the standards. We
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  Speaker 4: saw that a lot of times. And their ability just
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  Speaker 4: to even when things aren't going perfectly, to still find
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  Speaker 4: a way. That's an any level elite level sports about
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  Speaker 4: finding a way. You can even see like you know
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  Speaker 4: the World Cup in rugby right now with where teams
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  Speaker 4: are finding a way to win and that that game
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  Speaker 4: and so far in the season, they keep finding away
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  Speaker 4: and you hope then as you get into the back
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  Speaker 4: end of thinks the chemistry the time means, you know,
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  Speaker 4: guys on their offensive defensively, things continue to be polished.
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  Speaker 4: But I think it's a credit to them that like,
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  Speaker 4: maybe everything isn't going perfectly, but more often than night
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  Speaker 4: you find a way. So hopefully that that will just
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  Speaker 4: become smoother and more polished over the back end of
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  Speaker 4: the season.
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  Speaker 2: I guess just finally, I'm sure we'll get you on
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  Speaker 2: at some point in the game and going to even
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  Speaker 2: deeper things. Just a sort of double element for me.
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  Speaker 2: And you mentioned obviously Rosster or Ross Bolger obviously also
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  Speaker 2: had Rulin Patterson over Connor Mangan as well, these players
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  Speaker 2: and guys that are really trying to you know, perfect
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  Speaker 2: their craft and become the next generation of players in
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  Speaker 2: Ireland in the States, it's one thing obviously getting the
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  Speaker 2: VIP tour and seeing the game, but how much do
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  Speaker 2: you think that moment sort of collectively meant to them
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  Speaker 2: to be able and obviously yourself as well, but just
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  Speaker 2: to be able to see the direction in which they
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  Speaker 2: can go in because we've seen with with Don Wheeling,
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  Speaker 2: with different guys like you can really make a mark
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  Speaker 2: in the league and it's just a matter of putting
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  Speaker 2: that hard work on that effort in Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: It's I think for for some for the lads as well,
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  Speaker 4: it's you know, the NFL is a giant and sometimes
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  Speaker 4: it can seem so far out of touch just given
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  Speaker 4: the scale up. But what it is but to just
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  Speaker 4: to see, you know, to see the kickers and punters
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  Speaker 4: warming up to see if Boswell Tucker, like two legends
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  Speaker 4: of the game, to see how they went about their business.
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  Speaker 4: Like the lads learned so much about how to conduct
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  Speaker 4: themself in the warm up, how to conduct themselves on
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  Speaker 4: the sideline, how the same gage during the game went
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  Speaker 4: to get emotionally invested, went to sit down and just relax. Again,
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  Speaker 4: there is a kicking and punting perspective, but like that
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  Speaker 4: was an invaluable experience to be up close and personal
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  Speaker 4: to that, and then obviously extremely inspiring to to like
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  Speaker 4: kind of light the candle and think, you know what
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  Speaker 4: if I keep taking care of business and keep just
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  Speaker 4: being patient but progressing, that this could be a viable
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  Speaker 4: thing for me. And obviously how how amazing would it
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  Speaker 4: be to see an Irish lad running out and fourth
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  Speaker 4: down for the Steelers in a couple of years And
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  Speaker 4: I truly think these things are going to become possible.
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  Speaker 4: So yeah, it was.
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  Speaker 1: It was just an inspiring experience.
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  Speaker 4: And then for me trying to build something in Ireland,
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  Speaker 4: just to see that the kind of how and Dan
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  Speaker 4: and Reagan too, like top individuals but like you know,
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  Speaker 4: extremely senior about how they conducted themselves as leaders and
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  Speaker 4: how they went about their business. I thought it was
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  Speaker 4: across the board. Everyone took away a lot of learnings
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  Speaker 4: and I will say genuine humbleness and like a very
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  Speaker 4: authentic experience. So yeah, just can't thank them enough, to
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  Speaker 4: be honest, and we're just so lucky to have got
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  Speaker 4: to experience that.
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  Speaker 2: Pig.
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  Speaker 1: We have one final question for here. We'd love to
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  Speaker 1: know what's in the pipeline for yourself with leader kicking
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  Speaker 1: in the coming months.
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  Speaker 4: A lot, thankfully, the kind of there's two barrels to
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  Speaker 4: a first things first is continuing to build them what
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  Speaker 4: we did last year, getting more lads over our scholarships
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  Speaker 4: to keep growing it that way, and thankfully that's going
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  Speaker 4: well and in conjunction with the AFI, they've been extremely
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  Speaker 4: supportive for actually just in Sport Ireland last weekend doing
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  Speaker 4: some stuff with them and getting the players experience.
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  Speaker 1: So there's that.
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  Speaker 4: But now you might have seen a little bit around
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  Speaker 4: the NFL International Player Passway program that they're now looking
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  Speaker 4: at Irish athletes, typically elite level GA players, rugby players
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  Speaker 4: to go into this program, and it's looking like there's
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  Speaker 4: going to be a few Irish guys five kickers and
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  Speaker 4: punters are going to be selected in mid November to
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  Speaker 4: train full time in Florida to then kick in front
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  Speaker 4: of all thirty two scouts in February, and there's going
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  Speaker 4: to be at least I would say, three Irish lads
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  Speaker 4: getting that opportunity. So I'm hoping we might see an
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  Speaker 4: Irish lad get signed to a roster next season, probably
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  Speaker 4: practice squad, and then get more lads to college. And
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  Speaker 4: if that was the case, like wow, like dreamland territory.
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  Speaker 4: So we're working hard, but thankfully people are executing. Everyone's
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  Speaker 4: doing their job, which is really important, and things are
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  Speaker 4: moving in the right direction. And then hopefully the Steelers stuff.
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  Speaker 4: You know, they've some stuff coming in November which would
• 14:43
  Speaker 4: be classed to be able to help out and assist
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  Speaker 4: with that as well.
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  Speaker 1: I saw mixed eyes light up, Tyke when you our
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  Speaker 1: listeners can't don't have the video, they only get the audio.
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  Speaker 1: Would he was leefully reacting to that to that new
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  Speaker 1: Is that that's great to hear?
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  Speaker 4: We're happy it's moving. Yeah, it's moving the right direction,
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  Speaker 4: like yourselves, good people, passionate, like just everyone's kind of
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  Speaker 4: what was working hard. So I truly believe this sport
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  Speaker 4: is going to go through just like unprecedented growth in
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  Speaker 4: the next like right now we're in it and the
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  Speaker 4: next couple of years, and obviously everyone here is going
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  Speaker 4: to play a big part and just kind of keep
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  Speaker 4: getting it out there, getting exposure and yeah, what a
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  Speaker 4: good time to be involved. I truly feel like it's
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  Speaker 4: like almost like a startup American football in Ireland and
• 15:30
  Speaker 4: we're all at the ground floor and it's about to
• 15:32
  Speaker 4: take off. So that's that's that's my dream.
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: Anyway, as we say on Ireland, keep her lit, keep
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: her lit. Tiger flying high and we obviously appreciate your
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: support and just look look at you Tagle on the
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: last minute as well chatting to us. And the next
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: time you're in Pittsburgh, we're gonna sneak into your bag
• 15:50
  Speaker 2: or just get over there as well. But certainly continue success.
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: Ever in their sounds fantastic and here we will chat
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: to you soon. If we don't chat to you before
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: the Steelers get to the super Bowl, will shot to
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: you in the offseason property I get a proper interview,
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: but you want your times. I appreciate it. Ty Leader
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: there on the Irish Theaters podcast. Great to hear from
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: Tiger before we go into the game previous. This week,
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: let's hear from coach Tumlan ahead of the Steelers matchup
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: against the Jacksonville jogh Uverars this weekend.
• 16:19
  Speaker 5: Exciting week for US. Great to be back home at
• 16:22
  Speaker 5: Akershire Stadium this weekend versus a really good football team. Also,
• 16:26
  Speaker 5: it's really great because we have some Hall of Honor
• 16:29
  Speaker 5: inductees this weekend, Moon Mullins and Ray Mansfield Stealer legends,
• 16:35
  Speaker 5: and a couple of guys that played for me, Aaron
• 16:38
  Speaker 5: Smith and James Harrison. Man. Really excited about bringing those
• 16:42
  Speaker 5: guys into their rightful place this weekend and honoring them.
• 16:46
  Speaker 5: I'll start first with a quick review of our last performance.
• 16:50
  Speaker 5: Like I always do, I was just really appreciative of
• 16:54
  Speaker 5: the fight of the guys. We had some challenges obviously
• 16:58
  Speaker 5: that we outline postgame. At the early stages of the game,
• 17:03
  Speaker 5: I thought the Rams did a really nice job of
• 17:06
  Speaker 5: throwing some things that is differently on the defensive side
• 17:09
  Speaker 5: of the ball that they hadn't displayed that created some
• 17:12
  Speaker 5: issues for US. I thought they did a really nice
• 17:16
  Speaker 5: job of of of manufacturing a run game with the
• 17:19
  Speaker 5: Committee of Backs and and doing some things there that
• 17:23
  Speaker 5: that that were challenging and we had to adjust to
• 17:25
  Speaker 5: I thought our coaches and players did a really nice
• 17:28
  Speaker 5: job of managing some of those required adjustments at halftime. Uh,
• 17:33
  Speaker 5: there's always an element of concern coming off of a
• 17:35
  Speaker 5: buy about running out of the locker room. I thought
• 17:39
  Speaker 5: we warmed up to it a little bit. That's why
• 17:42
  Speaker 5: we intentionally took the ball. We didn't want to give
• 17:45
  Speaker 5: the ball to Matt Stafford, a guy like Matt Stafford
• 17:49
  Speaker 5: to start a game if we were warming up to it.
• 17:52
  Speaker 5: That ended up kind of being a non issue really.
• 17:55
  Speaker 5: As both teams exchanged punts, I guess they're at the
• 17:57
  Speaker 5: early stages of it. But as the game we're on,
• 18:01
  Speaker 5: I thought we just really settled into the type of
• 18:04
  Speaker 5: play that we desire. I thought that we won possession
• 18:08
  Speaker 5: downs on both sides of the ballot. I thought our
• 18:13
  Speaker 5: bax tied up those possession downs, and our bigs upfront
• 18:16
  Speaker 5: on offense, we're able to get a run game established there,
• 18:20
  Speaker 5: and obviously that is assisted by the winning of the
• 18:22
  Speaker 5: possession downs. You don't get a chance to put together
• 18:25
  Speaker 5: ten play eighty yard drives and unless you're doing a
• 18:28
  Speaker 5: little bit of both and they feed one another on
• 18:32
  Speaker 5: defense man. I thought we settled down and adjusted to
• 18:36
  Speaker 5: some of the run things that they were doing with
• 18:38
  Speaker 5: their committee. We put ourselves in advantageous third down circumstances
• 18:43
  Speaker 5: and we won them, although we were in some advantageous
• 18:46
  Speaker 5: circumstances on possession downs in the first half. I think
• 18:48
  Speaker 5: they converted two third and elevens, for example, on us
• 18:52
  Speaker 5: in the first half, and you're never going to have
• 18:54
  Speaker 5: the type of half that you desire to have on
• 18:57
  Speaker 5: either side of the ball when the opposing team is
• 18:59
  Speaker 5: can verting third and eleven's. Those are just the type
• 19:02
  Speaker 5: of downs that you're supposed to win. The plays that
• 19:05
  Speaker 5: happened after those are not supposed to happen, the time
• 19:08
  Speaker 5: of possession that happens after those, the field positioning component, etc.
• 19:13
  Speaker 5: And so that's what I mean when I'm talking postgame
• 19:16
  Speaker 5: about how possession down play really kind of shapes a half,
• 19:21
  Speaker 5: if you will, and the fact that we weren't winning
• 19:23
  Speaker 5: them on either side had a, you know, a reverberating effect,
• 19:28
  Speaker 5: if you will, on other areas of play. But we
• 19:32
  Speaker 5: got those things settled down. I thought guys did a
• 19:34
  Speaker 5: really nice job of maintaining singular focus and some play making,
• 19:38
  Speaker 5: particularly down the stretch. Can't say enough about a players
• 19:43
  Speaker 5: making a plays man. Guys like TJ. You know, we
• 19:48
  Speaker 5: were used to it, We expect it, but it still
• 19:51
  Speaker 5: doesn't mean that we don't appreciate it. We appreciate it.
• 19:55
  Speaker 5: Plays that we'll come accustomed to seeing him make week
• 19:58
  Speaker 5: in and week out. We appreciative. It was a game changer,
• 20:02
  Speaker 5: no doubt. It provided the short field that that allowed
• 20:07
  Speaker 5: us to go in the score and and and provided
• 20:10
  Speaker 5: the type of momentum that I thought was a catalyst
• 20:13
  Speaker 5: for the second half of play. Talking about Trevor, Lawrence
• 20:16
  Speaker 5: Man and and an t end Man, they're they're challenging
• 20:20
  Speaker 5: group at t end obviously with his explosive run ability,
• 20:24
  Speaker 5: his ability to hit the gas, particularly on the perimeter
• 20:27
  Speaker 5: and get yards in chunks, and Trevor's not only his arms,
• 20:32
  Speaker 5: but his legs and the in the ways that they
• 20:34
  Speaker 5: utilize UH. The talents of both UH in the running game,
• 20:39
  Speaker 5: in the passing game, play action, misdirection, et cetera. Trevor
• 20:44
  Speaker 5: is also good in the drop back game. They're capable
• 20:46
  Speaker 5: of spread you out, emptying the backfield and challenging you
• 20:49
  Speaker 5: that way. He makes good and timely decisions and does
• 20:53
  Speaker 5: a nice job of taking care of the ball. As
• 20:55
  Speaker 5: I mentioned when I was talking about the defense, the
• 20:57
  Speaker 5: turnover ratio is a component of of you know, the
• 21:01
  Speaker 5: engineering of victory for them, and so it takes both sides. Man,
• 21:05
  Speaker 5: Trevor's got some some dangerous eligibles to throw to. Calvin
• 21:10
  Speaker 5: Ridley is a new acquisition man, that's that's proven to
• 21:13
  Speaker 5: be a solid acquisition for them. Christian kirk uh is
• 21:17
  Speaker 5: a big time player at tight end. Evan is a problem.
• 21:23
  Speaker 5: They just got a nice, well rounded group. Agnew as
• 21:26
  Speaker 5: a as a kick returner, slash, wide receiver, gadget man.
• 21:31
  Speaker 5: They do a really do They do a really nice
• 21:32
  Speaker 5: job of dividing up the labor, making you defend a
• 21:35
  Speaker 5: lot of eligibles. Trevor is at the controls of all
• 21:40
  Speaker 5: of it. He does a really nice job at t
• 21:42
  Speaker 5: end is problematic as well, as I mentioned, And so
• 21:47
  Speaker 5: there's a lot that has our attention.
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: Coach Tomlin on the Irish series Talk Costs is the
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: moss game, Jimmy this weekend. I was joking with the
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: at the start, you know it's the it's the bottle
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: of the NFL global market, seems it is. It is
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: And then I think the first time has happened since
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: obviously the announcement has happened in all good fun though,
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: and it would be Gimy'd love to see in Ireland
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: at some point in the future. But right here, right now,
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: this week, week end of the season, and the way
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: I would look at it is an opportunity and an
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: opportunity to sort of present itself. I was jumping on
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: your bandwagon, Jimmy on a different podcast this week given
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: my pick, saying I think this is a week where
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: a certain running back really puts himselves down as r
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: been one for the Steelers, and I think the run
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: game is obviously going to be crucial and someday. Just
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: eager to hear your thoughts ahead of this game this week, Jimmy,
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: feel free to dealership pick as well. One.
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, I think this has to be the week
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: make that the Steelers finally cement themselves in the league.
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: That there's been a couple's been. We've seen some slow
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: growth and we've seen some slow progression, but this is
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: the week they have they finally have to break out
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: if the season is going to go the way that
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: we wanted to. There's a couple of key things. And
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: I was talking to you, but was offline during the
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: week and I completely forgot to mention Nick Herbig doing
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: his best JJ TJ Watt impression off the edge last
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: week with a massive sack against the Rams. So he's
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: another fellow that I feel has massive potential to break
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: out and become an absolute force as a linebacker. So
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: keep an eye on him. But yeah, Jalen Warren, I
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: think is going to continue to to to command and
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: leave some bounds. I think we could really see him,
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: like you say, establish himself as the standalone or as
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: the lead running back for the Steelers. I had a
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: quick look at the at the Jags record there while
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: we were tatting to tie their five and two at
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: the minute, so they're similarly matched to us. Interestingly, they're
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: three and zero on the road, so they are undefeated
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: in road games. That's something to wash out on and
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: hopefully Steelers Nation can can add to the atmosphere and
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: aquasure and get them, get to get them unbalanced when
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: we take them on.
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: And do you just what Jimmy said that, I mean,
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: it's they're all a bit of a run, these joys.
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: Just this Jags team, I know they had a very
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: disappointing result a few weeks ago, think it was against
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: the Taxans, but outside of that they have been impressive
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: and the look any team coming into Arkshire is going
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: to create a challenge, but when you get such young
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: talent with the Jags, it's going to be so important
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: for this defense to stop them as quickly as possible.
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: Give us your pick as well this week.
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, just the backup everything Jimmy said there, you know,
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: they're they're solid team. The other thing is, obviously you
• 24:31
  Speaker 3: know the road record. It probably corresponds as well that
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: the fact have played two games in London as well,
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: you know what I mean. Hopefully there may be feeling
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: a bit of that jat Lag this week. We could
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: get them on a bad week. So just even looking
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: at them as well, on the start, Shaet, they're nothing
• 24:45
  Speaker 3: really jumps off, the jumps up in front of you,
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: you know, the middle of the pack and most of
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: the statistical areas. You know, their defense has giving up
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: the most passing yards in the league this season, which
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: probably indicates, you know, we're matching about the wrong game.
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: It's probably a good week to ma Kenny sling it
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: a bit and obviously as well, they're sacking in the
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: league on defensive interceptions as well behind the fourignin ers,
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: so there's always that risk as well. But even coming
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: back to the run game, Jill and Warren, I think
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: his best camp, if you actually think of it, maybe
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: Austin Ackler. Austnackler runs with that sort of you know,
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: aggressive tenacity as well, and he's now I'm man, you
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: can never bring down on first hits. So hopefully this
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: is the week maybe we finally see some you know,
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: with with the running game. Obviously there was an improvement
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: last week against LA but at the same time someone's
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: yet to stake acclaim for that running back one position.
• 25:36
  Speaker 3: So hopefully this is the week that that Jillen Morgan
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: obviously semat that place, and obviously it can only bring
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: the best in nausea as well, So it's gonna be
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: a good game on a suspect, it's gonna be tight,
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: good right out of the wire. But again, fourth quarter
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: can if he can show up again, then I'm confident
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: we can get the win.
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: Fourth quarter. Canny hold on, are we all going full
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: eyes there?
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: And in the midst I think I think we have
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: to I mean we we've nailed our flag to the
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: mass well earlier this season, so I think we've no choice.
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: But it is the Steelers Ireland Podcast after all, so
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: I think we am. And you know, it's not just
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: not just being biased because we're fans of me. Objectively,
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: we have seen a huge amount of improvement and I think,
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: I think, and I crossed my fingers and I send
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: all good wishes that this is the week we finally
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: see the Steelers reach the full potential that we know
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: that they have and that we've seen in brief flashes
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: throughout the season so far.
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: And as we said on Monday, best week of the year.
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: Games are all in our earlier for us. Bring it'll
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: bring it all. Genuinely, I can't wit. I'm actually wasn't
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: the be able.
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: To It's people like if if anybody's listening from the
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: US to probably thinking one of these guys talking about
• 26:47
  Speaker 3: but it literally is night and day difference for us.
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: That extra art kip in the morning as well, and
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: we've got a prime time game next week at the
• 26:54
  Speaker 3: Titans which will obviously look ut as well. But yeah,
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: you know it's a good time to obviously be a Steeler.
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: Shawan as well, But I'm just gonna rull in my
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: production here. I think the Steelers will win twenty seven
• 27:06
  Speaker 3: twenty four. That's my prediction, and say every week checked
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: out of the bank to use the mink.
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: I'm going to the exact I'm going with the exact
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: sket the exact same score, not the copy of the day.
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: But I think it's going to come down to the wire.
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: I think you know in in Chris Bosby trust, and
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: I think it will come down to that Deald goal difference,
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: possibly as dramatic finish as as the clock winds out.
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: But we'll see. But I am going Steelers twenty seven,
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: Jags twenty four.
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: I have got two questions. I'll go for each of
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: you boys, and then we'll rap. Thanks people getting questions
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: in hashtags Steelers Ireland at Steeers Ireland on x, on
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: Instagram and on TikTok, You're made. Stephen kerns to me,
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: who would you love to see the Steelers target in
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: the potential trade? Be realistic? He says in brackets with
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: a laugh of the mujie before the deadline Halloween? And
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: what would you be willing to give up to make
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: it happen? I bother thinking, I'm just happy the way.
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: There's the.
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, the only area that concerns me slightly
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: at the minute is defensive back cornerback. Now, I know
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: that Minka has been used more in the run as
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: a run stopper at the minute, and he hasn't had
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: opportunities to play that kind of center fielder role where
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: he's where he's ballhogging. And as much as I love
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson, he's a shadow of his former self in
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: terms of coverage and the younger wide receivers. So if
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: a potential trade was to happen, I would definitely like
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: to see us take a young, exciting cornerback. Who that
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: is I don't know, but yeah, that's the only real
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: area of quote unquote weakness that I can identify with
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: the Steelers at the minute.
• 28:47
  Speaker 3: I've got a name for you.
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: Go for it.
• 28:49
  Speaker 3: Well, the Broncos are clearinghouse, go and get Patrick's ertain.
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: I actually saw during the week that that rumor that
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: was going to happen, So that's get to kind of
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: inform my decision. Bush. You know, it's hard to imagine
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: the transpiring.
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: I think, see, I don't know if it's gonna be
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: the Steelers, but I think guys like Jerry, Judy Dave
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: will be in the trade block. I think PS two
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: would be more difficult because of the age and if
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: you rebuild, you're going to rebuild around some young players.
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: But I hear look happy, Daz he I've got one
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: more question I've got I'll start with you this time,
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: the mister Bradley, Michael o' braley. Is it more likely
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: to be a preseason game or a regular season game
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: to come to Dublin? If and when that happens, I'm
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: gonna explicitly stay it Before Dave answers this question Steelers
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: dot com slash Ireland. They aspire the team as Spires
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: to play game as the point in the future, So
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: I guess the answer is we don't know, but feel
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: free hard on that.
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: No, we're sticking with the party line, mister Brady. There
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: as much as we'd all love to have a regular
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: season game, any sort of Steelers game in Ireland or
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: you know, I've never ready have there been to a
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: Staiers game yet, So I would take any Steapers game, Yeah,
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: decided the Atlantic.
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: I'll take a scrimmage.
• 30:07
  Speaker 3: Yes, I'll take any game as well. I know it's
• 30:11
  Speaker 3: it's a bit wishful thinking maybe a regular season game
• 30:13
  Speaker 3: this early, but I think the likeliness is probably a
• 30:16
  Speaker 3: preseason game. But as you said, Jimmy, any games, any
• 30:19
  Speaker 3: Steers game is a win for us, So no matter what,
• 30:21
  Speaker 3: will be there, whether we're eleven or.
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: We're living Oh my god, love it. If thanks if
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: we're getting their questions in the hashtag Seaters Ireland, let
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: us do some questions, folks of these can quickly enough
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: after the game and Sunday, we're gonna come back the
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: podcast for hopefully Monday morning. I think as I look
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: at at least Dave here now, I know, I know
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: Jimmy might be busy, but we'll get back after this game,
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: win or loss. I mean it'll be a win, but
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: we'll be back in the meantime. Thank you aus much
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: for listening. This has been the hour Shaters podcast. Will
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: be enjoy a week yet, let's go beat the Jags.
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: Here we go, lads, Thank you so much. Chattison mod