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Mac & Bone Show - Caleb Adams Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

• 0:10
  Speaker 1: It's very positive. To finish in the way that we finished.
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: Cannot be possible. I'm sorry, guys, I cannot be possible
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: that Turkey finishes celebrated in the three point and Australia
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: celebrate in the qualification, but always the qualification and come
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: here and and for you not to say congratulations that
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: we want the group. That is a little bit sad,
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  Speaker 1: but only only that I need to remember you and
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: everyone that we want the group. So you, guys, we want.
• 0:43
  Speaker 2: That is Marichio Pachaccino. He did that two or three
• 0:46
  Speaker 2: times in the presser because a lot of the tone was, hey,
• 0:49
  Speaker 2: are you worried about losing this match? You learned about
• 0:51
  Speaker 2: losing momentum, you sat out, you know a ton of guys,
• 0:54
  Speaker 2: you made nine changes. Are you're worried about momentum? And
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  Speaker 2: he was bothered by it, and multiple times he commented
• 1:01
  Speaker 2: that the media did not congratulate them on winning winning
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  Speaker 2: the group. That's cracking me up anyway. All right, let's
• 1:09
  Speaker 2: get into it. Did they lose momentum momentum with the
• 1:12
  Speaker 2: loss in the final minute last night? What can we
• 1:15
  Speaker 2: glean from a match with so many changes? I know
• 1:18
  Speaker 2: we saw polistic running around.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Pretty damn well, so that was a good sign. Let's
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  Speaker 2: get into it with a guy I loved his work
• 1:25
  Speaker 2: when he was with Charlotte FC. Uh he is. He
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  Speaker 2: is commiserating Bone with a lot of other Charlotte fans
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  Speaker 2: in in uh uh into Queen City too. He was
• 1:35
  Speaker 2: trying to figure out the LaMelo trade yesterday as well,
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  Speaker 2: so you can relate to him. But he is a
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  Speaker 2: great soccer man. He is Caleb Adams and he joins
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  Speaker 2: us on the Mac and Bone show. Caleb, what's going on?
• 1:44
  Speaker 2: How you doing?
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  Speaker 3: I'm doing great, happy to be on here, Thanks for
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  Speaker 3: things for the call. A little bitter about last night,
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  Speaker 3: but honestly, as Poggettino said, we won the group.
• 1:53
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he said, sorry, sorry, but we want the group
• 1:56
  Speaker 2: all right? What did you okay? The as far as
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  Speaker 2: all the changes being made, not playing the yellow car guys,
• 2:03
  Speaker 2: no brain ever feels like right. The other changes, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: get get a lot of guys in in case they're needed.
• 2:09
  Speaker 2: The goal of the goalie change was the only one
• 2:12
  Speaker 2: that I was kind of questioned, don't you want freeze
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  Speaker 2: in a match where you thought more offensive? Turkey's more offensive,
• 2:18
  Speaker 2: they'll face more shot. I kind of wanted freeze to
• 2:21
  Speaker 2: to stay in rhythm. What did you think of the
• 2:23
  Speaker 2: way Patch approached it last night?
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  Speaker 3: I think Potch approached it as a as a smart
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  Speaker 3: coach who understands he's playing the long game at the
• 2:30
  Speaker 3: short game, like this is still a long tournament. We
• 2:33
  Speaker 3: still have huge matches coming up that a much more
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  Speaker 3: pointant in this Turkey game. And so yeah, my only
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  Speaker 3: gripe was the freeze kind of not you would love
• 2:41
  Speaker 3: to see the keeper get some good reps in, you know,
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  Speaker 3: especially against the Turkey side that did put some shots
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  Speaker 3: on target. But ultimately Patch made the right decision rested
• 2:50
  Speaker 3: everyone up because the last World Cup, if I remember
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  Speaker 3: in twenty twenty two, the same eleven were running to
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  Speaker 3: the ground all the way through the knockouts. So when
• 2:58
  Speaker 3: the knockouts came about, you could tell the team was gas.
• 3:01
  Speaker 3: So what a luxury it was to be able to
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  Speaker 3: rotate our entire team. And I think Posh made the
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  Speaker 3: right decision.
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  Speaker 2: Where is where has this team been better than you
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  Speaker 2: thought they would be so far?
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  Speaker 3: I would say the organization and the pressing. I think defensively,
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  Speaker 3: before coming into this World Cup, there were a lot
• 3:20
  Speaker 3: of gaps we were just getting cut through really easily
• 3:24
  Speaker 3: for goals and chances on target. I think the biggest
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  Speaker 3: thing has been just seeing how cohesive the press has
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  Speaker 3: been with our starting eleven. Can't say that about last night,
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  Speaker 3: but at least our starting eleven has looked really really
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  Speaker 3: solid and really really tight on defense.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I thought the first well, first of all,
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  Speaker 2: I thought you saw our center back. It was a
• 3:42
  Speaker 2: reminder our center back depth. I don't know if I
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  Speaker 2: trust it. I thought you saw that. But also in
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  Speaker 2: the first half, the press, it didn't feel It feels
• 3:49
  Speaker 2: like they picked it up in the second half. But yeah,
• 3:51
  Speaker 2: that press with the starting of the top eleven those
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  Speaker 2: first two games has been amazing. So let me ask
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  Speaker 2: you about the momentum theory. Do you believe And maybe
• 4:00
  Speaker 2: you already answered it because you said you you thought
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  Speaker 2: the rotation was right. Do you worry it all? Like
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  Speaker 2: did we lose momentum or did it almost piss the
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  Speaker 2: guys off the way they lost in the last minute
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  Speaker 2: and maybe create a little edge like what does it
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  Speaker 2: help or hurt us that we lost that match going
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  Speaker 2: into you know the knockouts.
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  Speaker 3: You know, ultimately that's gonna be the biggest test of
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  Speaker 3: the mentality of this team. At this point, we've seen
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  Speaker 3: that they've passed the first test, which is the pressure
• 4:26
  Speaker 3: of the World Cup. The games that matter, we won
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  Speaker 3: up to this point. I tweeted out actually saying this loss,
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  Speaker 3: I believe is going to be more helpful to the
• 4:35
  Speaker 3: group than hurtful, because I think, how do we come
• 4:38
  Speaker 3: in walked all over? Turkey also got to win. I
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  Speaker 3: think you're kind of going into maybe the realm of
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  Speaker 3: a little complacency. Hey, like, I look at us, we're
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  Speaker 3: the guys. But ultimately this is a humbling experience for
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  Speaker 3: the whole group, and I hope it does ignited fire
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  Speaker 3: in them that we saw. You know, you know those
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  Speaker 3: first two matches still have that chip on the shoulder.
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  Speaker 3: That's what made us as a nation unique, That's what
• 5:01
  Speaker 3: gives us a lot about strengths, is coming into the
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  Speaker 3: tournament thinking, Hey, everybody counts us out, We're gonna show
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  Speaker 3: them wrong. So I hope they take it in that
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  Speaker 3: approach cale.
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  Speaker 2: But with Bosnia next week, where do you think advantage
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  Speaker 2: us and what worries you about that matchup?
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  Speaker 3: I think for me, the biggest worry is the quality
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  Speaker 3: they have up top with Edwin Jetco. You know we
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  Speaker 3: played against defensive sides. Potaguy is the defensive side. Australia
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  Speaker 3: is a defensive side. Bozia will be the same thing.
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  Speaker 3: We're gonna have the ball. It's gonna be on us
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  Speaker 3: to break them down the differences. They have a world
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  Speaker 3: class finisher in Jeko who has played at Man City
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  Speaker 3: Wolfsburg in ThReD as an incredible resume and if he's
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  Speaker 3: someone that you give just one or two chances, he
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  Speaker 3: will put it away. He will hurt you. That's my
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  Speaker 3: biggest concern is they do have the quality unlike the
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  Speaker 3: Podaguy Australia up top.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that is definitely a fair point. I can't
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  Speaker 2: wait next Wednesday. By the way, it is said, it's official,
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  Speaker 2: it's Bosnia next Wednesday out in Santa Claire and that
• 6:01
  Speaker 2: game is eight o'clock on next Wednesday night. All right,
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  Speaker 2: let's let's talk about expectations now. Are you do you
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  Speaker 2: feel like we should get like frisky here? Do you
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  Speaker 2: think we should start raising our expectations? I said before
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  Speaker 2: the World Cup man since nineteen thirty they only made
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  Speaker 2: it to the quarterfinals one time, and if they make
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  Speaker 2: it to the quarterfinals. I think that's a hell of
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  Speaker 2: a run. Do we change that now because they have
• 6:29
  Speaker 2: done some things better than we thought, or do you
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  Speaker 2: still kind of feel like quarterfinals is a great run.
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  Speaker 2: How do you feel about expectations now?
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  Speaker 3: I think I think I think the expectations should be
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  Speaker 3: we should be in the quarterfinals. I believe the expectation
• 6:42
  Speaker 3: prior to that was, Wow, it would be amazing if
• 6:45
  Speaker 3: we did make the quarterfinals. The shifting that is quarterfinals
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  Speaker 3: are the bare minimum at good point, and that's because
• 6:52
  Speaker 3: of the quality of opponents up to that point. We
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  Speaker 3: don't really play a top top footballing nation until that
• 7:00
  Speaker 3: final game, which you'll likely be against Spain as things
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  Speaker 3: are right now, as it would be Spain, and if
• 7:06
  Speaker 3: you bounce out against Spain, you know that sucks. But
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  Speaker 3: that's still, you know, a very respectable run. But you know,
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  Speaker 3: I would love to upset Spain as well. But yeah,
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  Speaker 3: the quotations for me are definitely make the quarterfinals.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's a good way of putting it,
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  Speaker 2: because they very well. I mean, it's if Egypt wins
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  Speaker 2: that group that we kind of thought Belgium would win,
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  Speaker 2: that might be your opponent in around sixteen your better.
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  Speaker 2: I think you're better than them, So that might be
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  Speaker 2: a good way of phrasing it. All right, man, Well
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  Speaker 2: hey Caleb, Caleb Adams. Love your soccer stuff on Twitter.
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  Speaker 2: Loved it when you were with FC. Tell everybody that
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  Speaker 2: wants to follow somebody that's locked into this US team.
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  Speaker 2: We'll still tweet about Charlotte FC as well. How do
• 7:45
  Speaker 2: they get how do they get you on Twitter? What's
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  Speaker 2: your handle?
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  Speaker 3: It just it's Caleb Adams, real simple, Caleb.
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  Speaker 2: With the c all right, man, it's Caleb Adams on
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  Speaker 2: Twitter slash X. Thank you, brother, appreciate the knowledge, man,
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  Speaker 2: thank you. All right, there you go, There you go.
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  Speaker 2: That's Caleb Adams.