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Serie A Upsets and Final Summer Transfers - Ep. 237 · The Calcio Guys

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  Speaker 1: H every day that Juventus is in first place in
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  Speaker 1: the city is a good day.
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  Speaker 2: Here we go, here we go, here we go. Time to.
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  Speaker 3: Police beats two bottom half teams.
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  Speaker 4: Call call Maybi call.
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  Speaker 5: Oh man, it feels like it's been a long time.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know the exact numbers last time you've hesed
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  Speaker 1: in first place, but I'm sure it's been a long time.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, just so many things have gone wrong.
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  Speaker 1: In the past few seasons, so it feels good to
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  Speaker 1: just see them back in first I know, it's probably
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  Speaker 1: it probably won't last that long, at least having uh
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  Speaker 1: you know, I guess you could say stranglehold, like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: tied with no other teams. You know, this weekend coming up,
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna be a big game. You've Roma, but we'll see,
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of couch show to be played. Thirty
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  Speaker 1: six weeks left. It's only match A two, but hey,
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  Speaker 1: i'll take it two three, nothing wins, Well, we'll talk,
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  Speaker 1: we'll talk some of Juve, but you know, in all, honestly,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like our our teams are kind of on
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  Speaker 1: the opposite of the spectrum right now, especially you know, Milan,
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  Speaker 1: even you could see even Roma, you know, neither of
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  Speaker 1: them have have picked up a win yet. Uh lost
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  Speaker 1: this weekend, adri for I don't know if you want
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  Speaker 1: to start, Johnn you want to start, but I didn't
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  Speaker 1: ask you guys.
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  Speaker 5: How you guys doing.
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  Speaker 4: First of all, besides that intron.
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  Speaker 3: Over the uvent, this guys here, for a second, I
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  Speaker 3: was figured, Okay, I guess for the juvent this guys,
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  Speaker 3: that'll that'll never.
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  Speaker 4: That will never happen, not on mine and Johnny's watch.
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  Speaker 4: I don't never. But you know, besides that, I think
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  Speaker 4: I think we're good. Obviously, the results over the weekend
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  Speaker 4: for our teams, besides Johnny's not boy is so sol.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, man, happy to be back another episode of
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  Speaker 2: Culture Guys.
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  Speaker 3: I'm doing well. I'm doing well. Summer break is about
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  Speaker 3: to finish, so I'm going to get back to the
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  Speaker 3: whole teaching slash university gig, so that's going to be
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  Speaker 3: happening soon for me.
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  Speaker 5: I'm gonna teach the kids city on history.
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  Speaker 3: I wish that'd be fun. Actually, the placement teacher that
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  Speaker 3: I have to finish up my stash, he's Italian too,
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  Speaker 3: so it's gonna fun. I'm gona find out which team
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  Speaker 3: he supports and see where he can go from there.
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  Speaker 2: A little banter, A little banter.
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  Speaker 3: If you like, if you like soccer, I mean yeah,
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  Speaker 3: you asked me if I can coach football, like now,
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  Speaker 3: I'm out of football. As much as I love the sport,
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  Speaker 3: I never coached football before, let alone play it.
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  Speaker 5: I'm sure you can do it. I'm sure you can
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  Speaker 5: pull it off.
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  Speaker 3: That'd be funny, imagine Johnny.
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  Speaker 2: But check on the sideline.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, one kid dream okay, gotta get a hoodie and.
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  Speaker 4: Torn up and a head said no and just yeah,
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  Speaker 4: I mean mug.
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  Speaker 3: I mean mugget.
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  Speaker 1: Uh yeah, yeah, I bet you could probably coach better
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  Speaker 1: than fuon Secord de ROSSI.
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  Speaker 5: Right now, but more better, more better, bro.
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  Speaker 1: But uh, you know, let's let's might as well just
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  Speaker 1: start with Roma zero zero in week one against Caldy.
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  Speaker 1: Uh this past week to to one against Emply at
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  Speaker 1: home on top of it, and this is a game
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  Speaker 1: that you know, uh Empley scored first with you ass
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  Speaker 1: in the forty fifth minute. Colombo added add another with
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  Speaker 1: appealty and six first, so Roma you know they were
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  Speaker 1: They never had a lead in the game. They didn't
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  Speaker 1: come back once Empley scored obviously Schomo Rudolphs scored at
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  Speaker 1: the eightieth minute, but you know it was you know,
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't say it was game over by the points
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  Speaker 1: two goal leads, not much, but uh, just dominating effort.
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  Speaker 1: I guess you could say by by emply even though
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  Speaker 1: the possessions has don't say that. Seventy three seventy three
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  Speaker 1: to twenty seven for roma kind of reminds me of
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  Speaker 1: not believe Verona game.
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  Speaker 5: But Jenny, what what did you make of it?
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  Speaker 3: Well? As I said last week, it was just it
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  Speaker 3: seems that they have like the words luck in terms
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  Speaker 3: of finishing, and that trend is seeming to continue, or
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  Speaker 3: they just have this difficulty of just not being able
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  Speaker 3: to get the job done when they're in their final third. Defensively,
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  Speaker 3: they were, they were a mess. It was. It was
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  Speaker 3: horrible to It was horrendous to watch. Definitely not one
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  Speaker 3: of their strong suits as it was last season actually
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  Speaker 3: a season before was much better. Uh, they definitely have
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  Speaker 3: regressed in that domain, but it just terms offensively, it
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  Speaker 3: was it was just poor luck. It's just they're getting
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  Speaker 3: their chances, they just can convert on them, you know,
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  Speaker 3: So that's that's another concern I do want to say that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, with the fact that you know the Balla
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  Speaker 3: staying and stuff, it's nice to see it wasn't U
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  Speaker 3: wasn't too upset with him and stuff. With with like
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  Speaker 3: any performance issues, a lot of people are being kind
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  Speaker 3: of feeling like as if he has been phoned it
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  Speaker 3: in or he doesn't want to be there. I don't
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  Speaker 3: really get that sense from him. I think, uh, I
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  Speaker 3: think he still puts in a decent effort. Uh, Peligrini
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  Speaker 3: is getting back in there. But you know, it's it's
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  Speaker 3: fuscinating because past two games that haven't been the best results,
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  Speaker 3: and it's not against you know, strong teams that you
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  Speaker 3: that you expect these type of results from. You know,
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  Speaker 3: these are the teams that you should be getting w's
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  Speaker 3: from this, not no drug losses. So and that's that's
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  Speaker 3: what's concerning. So uh, it's more like, Okay, when is
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  Speaker 3: this wake up call gonna happen? You know, window is
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  Speaker 3: going to close in three days, so it's it's a
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  Speaker 3: bit too late to get anything. So it's more like,
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  Speaker 3: even if you do that, let's say that as we
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  Speaker 3: started off the show with the alleged solid makers and
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  Speaker 3: Abraham swap I don't think that's gonna change thing that
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  Speaker 3: That isn't really gonna do much. You're just getting rid
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  Speaker 3: of your your surplus in front to reinforce the mid. Right, So,
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  Speaker 3: uh yeah, isn't mad right, right? He's a right maid, right, Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: he's the right mad. If I'm a mistake, correct me
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  Speaker 3: if I'm wrong. I think he's a right mad. But
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  Speaker 3: either way, either way, it's just more disorganization in the back,
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  Speaker 3: which really is you know, a concern for me.
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  Speaker 4: So, speaking of concern, there's what is there back Firefighter Cops.
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  Speaker 1: Classic singing Shell. Johnny part doesn't even hear it because
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  Speaker 1: he's so used to it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I have my headphones on or whatever. But uh.
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  Speaker 5: Well, our listeners down in Australia probably hear it too.
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  Speaker 5: A friend leader is going to hear it.
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  Speaker 2: Somebody's on the loose.
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  Speaker 3: My god, I'm not hearing it right now because does open.
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  Speaker 3: That's why I'm just I'm just there trying to give
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  Speaker 3: a freaking.
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  Speaker 2: When you when you live in the hood.
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  Speaker 6: You you don't even hear it anymore.
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  Speaker 3: You just just you just become so used to it
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  Speaker 3: at this point, right, like a bird.
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  Speaker 4: It's like the bird shirt being another cop car going.
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  Speaker 3: For for content for the listeners. I live in the
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  Speaker 3: ghetto part of Montreals more like another day, I kiddy.
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  Speaker 3: There was one night where I was just lying down
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  Speaker 3: in my bed I heard a gunshot like it seemed
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  Speaker 3: like as it was down the road, and I'm just like, Okay,
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  Speaker 3: close the blinds. Let's just continue playing video games for today.
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  Speaker 4: Enough real life for today.
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  Speaker 5: Really really realistic.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, seriously, but yeah, all in all, frustrating
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  Speaker 3: game for Roma's you know, for Roma this weekend especially,
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  Speaker 3: that's the game that you really do expect a w
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  Speaker 3: and you don't get it. So we'll see come this
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  Speaker 3: weekend playing against event this which is going to be
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  Speaker 3: a tough one, terrible one, but well, you know, hopefully
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  Speaker 3: they put on a good fight. You know, it's been
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  Speaker 3: in my surprise, bo, but I have doubts.
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  Speaker 1: H You know, one thing I'd say before we we
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  Speaker 1: go on to meal, it feels like, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know what the expectations were for Roma heading into
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  Speaker 1: the season, but it just feels like classic Roma bumping
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  Speaker 1: the road.
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  Speaker 5: I'm sure they'll recover from it.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, expectations were top four and it just
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  Speaker 3: doesn't seem that way right now.
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  Speaker 5: It's tough. It's tough, we you know, for four teams
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  Speaker 5: of the twenty to have.
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  Speaker 4: To get into but some acquisitions too that they've added,
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  Speaker 4: and yeah, they have to integrate. But how actually a giant,
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  Speaker 4: Since we're on that topic, how how do you feel
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  Speaker 4: about the new additions on the squad? Obviously not going
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  Speaker 4: to throw in the style makers yet because if that's
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  Speaker 4: obviously not official, but the pick people that you did
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  Speaker 4: pick up dolbic le Fay, these other these other players
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  Speaker 4: that Aroma have acquired, or what do you make of
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  Speaker 4: them so far? And what can what can did As
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  Speaker 4: do to turn turn the page?
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  Speaker 3: I so far out of the new acquisitions, It's it's
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  Speaker 3: only two games in, so it's kind of hard to
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  Speaker 3: say how I truly feel about them. To be really
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  Speaker 3: unfair to give the past judgment on them. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: Soule seems okay, like uh like last game, just he
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  Speaker 3: just had terrible luck out of It's just surprising that
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  Speaker 3: the first goal of the season so far comes from
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  Speaker 3: Eddie schmerda As Aldi schmerda As a mass and I
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  Speaker 3: like to like to call him, uh, you know, it's
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  Speaker 3: just it's I mean, there was those Pelicannandi came close
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  Speaker 3: a few times. It just it's that it's more like,
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  Speaker 3: right now, it's hard to focus on the individuals when
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  Speaker 3: the unit is not producing. In my eyes, you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's everyone is just overall not you know, performing at
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  Speaker 3: their best. But it's it's it's more like, Okay, let's
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  Speaker 3: let's give it. Like I feel like the best way
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  Speaker 3: is to always give it like a ten game sample size,
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  Speaker 3: so like maybe like about one third of the season
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  Speaker 3: to eventually like pass judgment. Okay, what have they done
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  Speaker 3: in this first third? You knows they have the emerited
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  Speaker 3: criticism or you know, uh praise, like just you from there.
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  Speaker 3: Uh So, I don't really have much to say about
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  Speaker 3: the newest acquisitions, but you can see that there's did
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  Speaker 3: Aussie right now has got a bit of like it's
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  Speaker 3: his first big challenge as a as a manager for
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  Speaker 3: uh for lack of a better term, and upper tier
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  Speaker 3: club you know, like whether it's in the La Liga
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  Speaker 3: premy you know, initially it's like when you're like Aroma
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  Speaker 3: is up there in the upper clubs, and it's like
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  Speaker 3: it's they're tough teams to manage.
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  Speaker 4: H and so especially especially for him like yeah.
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  Speaker 3: With the pies exactly. So it's he's he's got his
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  Speaker 3: hands full at the moment, and I'm curious to see
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  Speaker 3: what he goes from here. He's the one that I
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  Speaker 3: really have my eye on the most. That's the players
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  Speaker 3: themselves are are the players like they only do as
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  Speaker 3: well as the coach manages them. So let's let's see
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  Speaker 3: what that Osie goes from here. He's the guy, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: will be watch.
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  Speaker 4: Anymore even for me even Deba to throw in there,
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  Speaker 4: like just to bounce off because he now decides to say,
• 11:00
  Speaker 4: and I'll be honest with you, guys, I was a bit shocked.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't.
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  Speaker 4: I did think he would take take the bag, you know.
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  Speaker 2: That's these sums of money that some of.
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  Speaker 4: These foreign clubs are are are putting out there is ridiculous, and.
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  Speaker 2: I honestly thought he would take it.
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  Speaker 4: He didn't.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if there's a method to the manus
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  Speaker 2: behind the scenes that we're not really sure about, but
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  Speaker 2: I think the bit of the over exaggeration with the
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  Speaker 2: ballas saving football here, Like, guys, let's take it easy
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  Speaker 2: on that.
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  Speaker 4: But football is already already screwed up. So there's no
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  Speaker 4: saving here and you know, so uh good to still
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  Speaker 4: see him in the league. Sure, but I think the
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  Speaker 4: over exaggeration of people making it more than what it
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  Speaker 4: is is is a bit of a stretch. But I
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  Speaker 4: was a bit surprised to see that he that he's
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  Speaker 4: sticking around. But again, like I said to open, Uh,
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  Speaker 4: you know, our previews show I want to see and
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  Speaker 4: I agree with Johnny. I want to see how there
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  Speaker 4: else he was going.
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  Speaker 2: To do with his first full year in charge and
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  Speaker 2: kind of off of the you know, went in for Modinho,
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  Speaker 2: that that juice that was in and that that hype
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  Speaker 2: that was that was there for for the DASTI coming
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  Speaker 2: in and kind.
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  Speaker 4: Of quote unquote saving the day if you will, now
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  Speaker 4: is the real test. So I agree with Johnny on
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  Speaker 4: that one. And I think a lot of the weight
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  Speaker 4: also goes.
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  Speaker 6: On a guy like Ibaba being you know, one of it,
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  Speaker 6: if not.
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  Speaker 4: Their best player and an important piece of the puzzle Aroma.
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  Speaker 1: Uh versus Milon Adrie. It feels like the expectations were high,
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  Speaker 1: you know, they're coming off. I forget purely was he
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  Speaker 1: fired or was it contract just.
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  Speaker 4: Ended mutually mutually part of the way far fired Ball.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, it did feel like it was coming to an
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  Speaker 5: end regardless.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, if you move on from one coach,
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  Speaker 1: it feels like you have to you have to improve,
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  Speaker 1: you have to get an upgrade. And even just the
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  Speaker 1: coach that hired himself, it doesn't feel like an upgrade.
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  Speaker 1: Feel it felt like a you know, sideways move. And
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  Speaker 1: through two games. I know you don't want to press
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  Speaker 1: the panic button already, it's two games, but the fact
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  Speaker 1: that they tied last week.
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  Speaker 5: And this week they uh lost two month to parm
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  Speaker 5: a newly promoted team.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know, if if i'm if I'm a melon time,
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  Speaker 1: I'm a bit worried already. This screams John. You know
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  Speaker 1: John Polo from twenty nineteen. Where when was he fired?
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  Speaker 5: Fired?
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  Speaker 4: I think, uh, after six seven games, I.
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  Speaker 1: Think, yeah, that's when Poli came in exactly. Already feels
• 13:18
  Speaker 1: like it's already on that path. Maybe Pioli would come back.
• 13:21
  Speaker 4: Let's let's let's pump the brakes, let's hope not. I
• 13:24
  Speaker 4: don't want to start recycling coaches. But listen, everybody that
• 13:29
  Speaker 4: followed this podcast and has listened to my takes on
• 13:32
  Speaker 4: on Poli, you know, I think he gave what he
• 13:35
  Speaker 4: could and and you know, uh, like you said at
• 13:38
  Speaker 4: the end, I think it was kind of written in
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  Speaker 4: the stars that they were they would kind of go
• 13:42
  Speaker 4: their separate ways and you know, no bad blood because
• 13:45
  Speaker 4: again I'll say it again on this on this show,
• 13:46
  Speaker 4: but on this episode of the podcast, But you know,
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  Speaker 4: POI brought us to places that we hadn't seen in
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  Speaker 4: a long time, things that you know, trophies that we
• 13:55
  Speaker 4: haven't touched in a long time, and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 4: progression in Champions League that we hadn't seen in quite
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  Speaker 4: some time as well.
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  Speaker 2: So for that, you know, you're forever grateful.
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  Speaker 4: Unfortunately, he wasn't that X factor coach to take us
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  Speaker 4: to that next level and kind of really build off that.
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  Speaker 4: And you know, you bring in a guy with phone
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  Speaker 4: SECA that again I had a bit of doubts with.
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  Speaker 4: That wasn't my preferred coach to bring in, to be
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  Speaker 4: honest with you, And I don't think a lot of
• 14:19
  Speaker 4: Meal and fans were really hyped of the move. But
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  Speaker 4: again you take it with a grain of.
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  Speaker 6: Salt, well, and you kind of try to rate right
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  Speaker 6: out that early.
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  Speaker 4: Wave and so far, this early wave has been really
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  Speaker 4: rocky and really bumpy. So it's obviously not the ideal start.
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  Speaker 4: Like you said, Nick, the expectations were definitely high, especially
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  Speaker 4: coming off a season that you know, it was such
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  Speaker 4: a landslide from first to second. Yeah, we finished in
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  Speaker 4: the top.
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  Speaker 6: Four, and you know we can, I guess be happy
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  Speaker 6: about that.
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  Speaker 4: But you always want more. You always want more, especially
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  Speaker 4: coming off you know, not going on the third season,
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  Speaker 4: removed of a school that to winning team. People are
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  Speaker 4: gonna say, it's by flu we over exceeded, overachieved all
• 15:02
  Speaker 4: all those things. That's fine at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 4: you know the school that there was ours, But so
• 15:07
  Speaker 4: far with Funseeca, it's it's it's a bit worrying. But again,
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  Speaker 4: I still want to I still want to give it time.
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  Speaker 4: I don't want to go back into what you said,
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  Speaker 4: like that jump Pauwell phase of you know, bringing a
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  Speaker 4: coach and kind of getting rid of them, you know,
• 15:24
  Speaker 4: so soon was this PoID the fun second move four
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  Speaker 4: quarters for a dollar. So far I kind of slowly
• 15:33
  Speaker 4: looking like that that lateral move, like you said. But
• 15:36
  Speaker 4: again it's it's it's an adjustment period. I think these
• 15:39
  Speaker 4: early stretches of this season is is always going to
• 15:42
  Speaker 4: be tough. You know, It's it's not always that you're
• 15:45
  Speaker 4: going to get a situation like Jovid that is, it's
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  Speaker 4: it's rolling so far with a new coach and and
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  Speaker 4: some new players and uh, you know, a new system.
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  Speaker 2: You know that that happens.
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  Speaker 4: And then you see the flip side where you know,
• 15:57
  Speaker 4: you get a coach like fund Seca that draws and
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  Speaker 4: when he picks up one point in two games, you
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  Speaker 4: got a guy like Conte that comes in that loses
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  Speaker 4: the first match with a with a trashing of of
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  Speaker 4: a three zero result. So it's, uh, it's these early
• 16:10
  Speaker 4: it's these early season jitters and and and and bumps.
• 16:13
  Speaker 4: But again it's I don't want to give excuses because
• 16:16
  Speaker 4: that the team needs to play better, but you know,
• 16:19
  Speaker 4: in in in whole, you know, what is the identity
• 16:22
  Speaker 4: of this club, What is the identity of this project?
• 16:25
  Speaker 4: And where does this team wanna wanna go? Uh, so far,
• 16:28
  Speaker 4: it seems like none of those questions are answered. And
• 16:31
  Speaker 4: maybe that's also.
• 16:31
  Speaker 6: Another worrying thing.
• 16:32
  Speaker 4: But I'm willing to give from sec at the time
• 16:36
  Speaker 4: because there are stretches in the matches that we.
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: Do look good.
• 16:40
  Speaker 6: Uh does that last for you know?
• 16:43
  Speaker 4: Ninety minutes or you know, a good stretch of you know,
• 16:46
  Speaker 4: sixty odd minutes.
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: Maybe not.
• 16:47
  Speaker 4: But I think to Johnny's point about Roma, I think
• 16:51
  Speaker 4: you one is having a bit of that that unlucky
• 16:56
  Speaker 4: factor in the final third where I've said it again
• 16:58
  Speaker 4: on the show many times that you want has had
• 17:00
  Speaker 4: problems finishing in the final third. Create all the chances
• 17:03
  Speaker 4: that we want, but at the end of the day,
• 17:05
  Speaker 4: you need to put the ball on the back of
• 17:06
  Speaker 4: the net, and unfortunately that's not happening at a level
• 17:08
  Speaker 4: that we want it.
• 17:11
  Speaker 5: I guess it.
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: Doesn't help that we lose our striker in Jiu and
• 17:16
  Speaker 4: pick up Morata and he's already out, probably even will
• 17:20
  Speaker 4: be out this weekend against Lotso so. And and it's
• 17:24
  Speaker 4: clear that Jovic is not Yovic and and I like,
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: don't get me wrong, super sub of dreams. It seems
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: like every time he comes on, uh you know, into
• 17:35
  Speaker 4: the matches, he does something.
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: But to start a minute one, I don't.
• 17:40
  Speaker 6: Think it's it's it's his, it's his.
• 17:42
  Speaker 4: Forte and and Jovic if he doesn't get that service,
• 17:46
  Speaker 4: and he's he's usually the right place at the right time.
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: But if he's not getting that service.
• 17:49
  Speaker 4: He kind of just seems to be trotting around not
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: really doing much that kind of helped the attack go forward.
• 17:55
  Speaker 4: So I think there's a lot of moving parts in
• 17:58
  Speaker 4: in in Milan start being this way, hoping to kind
• 18:03
  Speaker 4: of put the abilities to bed and kind of turn
• 18:06
  Speaker 4: the page. I know there's a lot of criticism on
• 18:09
  Speaker 4: our top players, especially Layout.
• 18:11
  Speaker 6: I know that's that I think had him ranked uh.
• 18:14
  Speaker 4: Rated sorry uh with the least uh the lowest rating
• 18:18
  Speaker 4: in terms of the players for for for the match
• 18:21
  Speaker 4: against parm I think they gave him a four rating,
• 18:25
  Speaker 4: which again is probably maybe a bit unjust. But since
• 18:28
  Speaker 4: it's layout, there's gonna be those those harsh criticism, criticisms
• 18:32
  Speaker 4: which I understand. But again, defensively, we look, you know
• 18:39
  Speaker 4: really really it's a little scary defensively, I say, besides Pavlovich,
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: I kind of looked to be uh you know, uh
• 18:48
  Speaker 4: in charge defensively. It's been a new signing, which was
• 18:51
  Speaker 4: which was surprising. He looked to be all over the
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: place and can really cover all, you know, all corners
• 18:56
  Speaker 4: of the in defense. But calab off tail you know,
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: just keeping were letting guys go like behind them it's
• 19:07
  Speaker 4: just kind of not I thought we kind of put
• 19:10
  Speaker 4: that away with those defensive game. I thought he.
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: Improved from that.
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: Maybe again, it's early season, so you know, we'll give
• 19:16
  Speaker 4: him the pass and the benefit of the doubt.
• 19:18
  Speaker 6: But this cannot.
• 19:19
  Speaker 4: Continue because if we're this shaky defensively, uh, we're we're
• 19:23
  Speaker 4: already letting four goals against again, no no offense to
• 19:27
  Speaker 4: totin on Patma, but lower competition, what's gonna happen when
• 19:32
  Speaker 4: you know, we face the interns of the world, you know,
• 19:35
  Speaker 4: the uvers of the world that are so far clicking,
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: even the Napolises of the world to that extent Atlanta's
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: you know, so we gotta we gotta show up the
• 19:44
  Speaker 4: defense for sure. Emerson Real came in for his debut,
• 19:48
  Speaker 4: looked atrocious. This guy came onto the pitch and he
• 19:52
  Speaker 4: already looked meds of mark which was already concerning. So again,
• 19:57
  Speaker 4: I don't know what it needs to be, if it
• 19:58
  Speaker 4: needs to start in training or but this team needs
• 20:01
  Speaker 4: to get on the same page. I think upper management
• 20:03
  Speaker 4: needs to kind of get together and also you know,
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: kind of identify what's what's what the what the problems
• 20:10
  Speaker 4: are and kind of as a unit go forward, because,
• 20:13
  Speaker 4: like I said, we cannot continue on this path, and
• 20:16
  Speaker 4: especially if we want to get back into the top
• 20:18
  Speaker 4: four challenge for Scudetto uh so far in Europe, things.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: Need to change, and they need to change fast.
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: I might as well talk about you first before Johnny
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: can talk about Napoly.
• 20:32
  Speaker 5: But I looked it up.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: Last time you've was in first place was actually last season.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: They were in first place for one match day after
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: match day twenty one, uh, and that's when it went
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: downhill because the week after I think they tied or
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: they lost to Emply and then they lost to Enter
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: and that that's when it went on. It went all downhill.
• 20:51
  Speaker 5: Uh. And the last that was the only time.
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: In the past five seasons that youve was even in
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: first that one week last year. So we since winning
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: this in twenty twenty up until now this this is
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: actually the second time, which which is pretty crazy. I
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: thought at least maybe there was one other week thrown in,
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: you know, at the beginning of the season sometime that
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: they're in first and no. But like I said before,
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: obviously you know it's it's a good feeling, but you know,
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: at the same time, you know, no disrespect to l
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: s Or or Como. These are teams that you should beat,
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: whether it's one nothing each game or three nothing in
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: each game. Obviously, it is nice to see a more
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: attacking side, but again Tellis and Como, these aren't teams
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: with the you know, known for their defense. I know,
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: Rona just Monopoly a week before, but you know, it
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: seems like they got almost i'd say lucky in that game.
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: Uh.
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: It's interesting to see the integration of youngsters, you know,
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: in you know, in the first week we saw Mangola score.
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: This week Nicolas Savono Savona score.
• 21:58
  Speaker 5: H right back player who.
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: You know, came through the the the next Gen team
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: who you know.
• 22:05
  Speaker 5: These are guys whore.
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: It feels like they're almost they're almost placeholders for the
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: guys who are coming in that they've you know, got
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: through all these transfers, but they've made an impact and
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: it's nice to see.
• 22:14
  Speaker 5: Again.
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: I kind of talked about it with Mangoula last week.
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: You know, I don't think they're they're players that are
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: going to sustain this. You know, they're obviously not gonna
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: score every game, but you know, if Manta has these
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: guys available throughout the season. When let's say they play
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: one game on Saturday and then champions and game on Tuesday,
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: it's gonna help, right, It's just good to have that,
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: to have that depth.
• 22:38
  Speaker 5: So we'll see.
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: I'm I'm you know, there's other players that I've liked
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: so far, namely namely Cambiaso. For me, he's been one
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: of you his best players. In two games he scored.
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: He scored in the first game against Como. Uh last
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: game he played more of a center midfield role, and
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: he's he's just all over the place. He's a player
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: I've talked a lot about him. Last year obviously made
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: the Italy team in the Eros, didn't you know, didn't
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: really have a big impact.
• 23:03
  Speaker 5: But he's just a player that's very versatile.
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting to see how Mata uses him
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: throughout the season, whether he wants to play more right
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: back or maybe that center midfield old. Obviously, two goals
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: against Rona, that's what we need. He's We've talked about
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: him so many times.
• 23:19
  Speaker 5: He's a player where when his head is on right,
• 23:21
  Speaker 5: he's a good player.
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: Uh So I think maybe the coaching change, uh fresh
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: star for him is good. Obviously he scored against Como
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: ruled out, so you know, uh, at least for him
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: to get these two goals.
• 23:34
  Speaker 5: He almost had a third goal. Uh, Savona's goal, it just.
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: Missed Valvic's head if it if it hit his head,
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: it would be it would have been Valvich's goal. So
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: we just need that that that Dousan for me, just
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: it's just gonna be interesting to see, you know, how
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: the new transfer is integrate. We'll talk about the transfers later,
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: but yeah, it's exciting. Obviously, it's a good star for Mata.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: There's a lot of talk on social media. It's a
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: good start. But I want to see this consistently weekend
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: week out, and I want to see this on Sunday
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: against Roma. For me, this Roma game is huge because
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: if they don't pick up points or they drop points,
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: it's it's almost gonna feel like those first two games
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: don't even count. Then then there's gonna be talk. Oh yeah, there, there,
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: you saw. Okay, it's just Como and just Rona. When
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: they play big teams, they're gonna struggle. But again, we'll see,
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: we'll see what happens on Sunday. Obviously it helps out
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: there at home. I know it's gonna be a tough game.
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: Roman is not an easy opponent, and it feels like
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: they always have you as number of these past few seasons.
• 24:33
  Speaker 5: So I'm excited for that one.
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: And then obviously you know, we have the we have
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: the break after then then after again Ive plays emply
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: and then Napoly, So another big game. Another Evannapoli is
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: always huge, just you know more, it's more than three points,
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: especially these past few past few seasons, it's definitely turned
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: into a big rivalry. So for me, it's it's those
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: games plus starting the Champions League. I think it starts
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: around the same week that you could plays Napoly if
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: they're week of September.
• 25:02
  Speaker 5: Draws tomorrow, I believe.
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: So, you know, for me, it's it's those games where
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: if you've been want to win the scudetto if they
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: want to be a top team, they have to they
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: have to beat those top teams as well.
• 25:13
  Speaker 4: Absolutely, and you know what, it just it's crazy to see,
• 25:16
  Speaker 4: like you know, there's so many changes of coaches. Right,
• 25:20
  Speaker 4: We've said it and what are are you surprised? Again?
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: We're going to take it with a green salt.
• 25:25
  Speaker 4: It is Colmo, it is Verona. But are you surprising
• 25:28
  Speaker 4: it at all in.
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: Terms of month to start or or or this is kind.
• 25:33
  Speaker 4: Of what maybe you expected seeing after seeing the schedule
• 25:36
  Speaker 4: and who you would be facing to start off the season.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: Honestly, I all meant that I'm surprised just because what
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: I saw in preseason was not so good. And I know,
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: you know, you could say, oh, it's preseason, but there
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: was games that they basically played with the same roster
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: that they play now and they look completely different. But
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: I guess you know people who will saying, oh, it's
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: just Peacy. You know, they're they're right, you know, they
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: use these games for integration, for for practice, you know.
• 26:06
  Speaker 5: But it did it did wear me. It did wear
• 26:11
  Speaker 5: me seeing them play like that, especially when they did
• 26:12
  Speaker 5: play with their basically full eleven in the preseason.
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: But clearly, you know, something happened they you know, they
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: just got more accustomed to each other. But like I said,
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: with all these new transfers, for me also it's it
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: takes time for for new players to play with each other.
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: So for me, it's also gonna work. Let's see how
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: long it's gonna take before these guys integrate into the squad.
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: Squad properly, you know, maybe maybe you know, you don't
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: you don't change what's broken, so maybe Manta goes with
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: a similar lineup versus Roma.
• 26:41
  Speaker 5: Like I don't expect any of these these new.
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: Players to start versus Roma, you know obviously, you know,
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: Coop Miners, Sao Gonzalez. I really don't see them starting.
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: They really just join, so you know, start Mongola starts apone,
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: if you if if if I want to trust them,
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: let's let's see how they're doing against a big team
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: and if they're playing well with each other, continue with
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: that chemistry.
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: I kind of agree with you. I feel like as
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: if it's kind of a tough spot to kind of
• 27:13
  Speaker 3: expect that much, but also in a way where I'm
• 27:16
  Speaker 3: going to disagree with you, you know, like, well might
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: my camera blurry? There we go?
• 27:20
  Speaker 4: Uh?
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: You know, like those games that those games that the
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: I guess that you should call them wins, shouldn't worry
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: you too much, especially how the way they've started so
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: far this season, because you know, it's it is normal
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: to be wary because of what has happened in prior
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: seasons before, but this is a different Juventus in terms
• 27:40
  Speaker 3: of identity, with Matta, especially with the whole kids like
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: going to Liverpool thing. Now, you know, it just seems
• 27:46
  Speaker 3: like as if they're moving forward and they're looking they're not.
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: They're they're they're trying to like let go of what
• 27:53
  Speaker 3: made them struggle in the past and see where they
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: can go from here. Now, Yes, you know, it's not
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: like we were saying at the start of the show, it's
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: not it's not big team tams, but like, but but
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: look at the Foil and in Roma for examples I
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: complained before. It's like those were the same same concept.
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: You're playing against two teams that you should get a win,
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: and you don't get those wins.
• 28:09
  Speaker 4: You know, So.
• 28:11
  Speaker 3: That's that's it could have happened to you Ape, but
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: it didn't.
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: You.
• 28:14
  Speaker 3: Event this got the job done. They played against those
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: type of teams and they got the results that they needed.
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: Now is this now so like now is this going
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: to continue? Maybe we'll see. It definitely helps in the
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: confidence department, especially with certain players that last season did
• 28:29
  Speaker 3: not have the best of seasons, you know, Vlahovich. But true, Yeah,
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: that's that's just the way I see it. I think
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: going into going further on into the season, I think
• 28:41
  Speaker 3: vent this is probably going to get back that little
• 28:44
  Speaker 3: edge or confidence that they had, and it's not gonna
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: be the same thing as last year or last year
• 28:47
  Speaker 3: they just seemed a bit sorts. I did kind of
• 28:49
  Speaker 3: predict them to to finish. I think it was a
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: fifth I think, because we'll see. I still I'm still
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: going to stick to that prediction. But so far they're
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: proving me up, that's for sure, I think.
• 29:02
  Speaker 4: I think. Also, sorry, I just wanted to say, I
• 29:04
  Speaker 4: think they're they're like said, they're looking forward, and I
• 29:07
  Speaker 4: don't really think they're looking back. It's you know, they've
• 29:11
  Speaker 4: this is a team like any winning franchise of any sport,
• 29:14
  Speaker 4: that they really hold on obviously to you know.
• 29:17
  Speaker 6: Their their past rather than looking forward.
• 29:19
  Speaker 4: And thinking first time in a long time. I think you,
• 29:23
  Speaker 4: as much as it pains has to say, is is
• 29:25
  Speaker 4: kind of looking forward instead of kind of just looking backwards.
• 29:28
  Speaker 4: And they have seemed to have now pieces too to
• 29:35
  Speaker 4: really you know, lean on. In terms of the starting eleven.
• 29:39
  Speaker 4: Their depth I think is is their depth department so
• 29:42
  Speaker 4: far now is with all these answers coming in, seems to.
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: Be improving, uh and not.
• 29:49
  Speaker 4: I mean, besides maybe the contents one, because I think
• 29:52
  Speaker 4: that's just just a straight loan and no optional obligation
• 29:55
  Speaker 4: to to buy. Not too many like band aid solutions.
• 29:59
  Speaker 4: Like the band aid solutions in the past that you
• 30:02
  Speaker 4: have done in the transfer market has been endless, you know,
• 30:06
  Speaker 4: the band aid solution in the midfield. Here defender attack
• 30:10
  Speaker 4: like they've been all over with these band aids.
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: And if I think finally it seems to be that
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: you know that they're kind of turning that page and
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: and forgetting getting.
• 30:20
  Speaker 6: Somebody for at for free and ro only paying.
• 30:23
  Speaker 4: His wages like they're actually spending a bit of money,
• 30:26
  Speaker 4: and then it maybe maybe it's for the better. Again,
• 30:29
  Speaker 4: I think this is very.
• 30:30
  Speaker 2: Early to say I have them in the top four.
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: I know I put them I think in fourth.
• 30:34
  Speaker 4: But again this is the early early stage of the season,
• 30:38
  Speaker 4: and I think that early hype, that early juice for
• 30:40
  Speaker 4: Mota is is still there. We'll see if that when,
• 30:45
  Speaker 4: if and when that ever goes away, and you know
• 30:49
  Speaker 4: how they can battle the punches, you know, going forward,
• 30:52
  Speaker 4: the big games coming up, and not to mention you
• 30:55
  Speaker 4: know they they they'll obviously still have to play, you know,
• 30:58
  Speaker 4: the inters of the world, you of the Mewanto, the
• 31:00
  Speaker 4: world and so forth. So it's, uh, it's an interesting
• 31:04
  Speaker 4: time with you of it, but it seems to be
• 31:05
  Speaker 4: that they they're headed in the right direction in terms
• 31:09
  Speaker 4: of in terms of you know, on the pitch and
• 31:12
  Speaker 4: uh a off it as well.
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: Uh.
• 31:15
  Speaker 5: Moving on Napoli.
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: Uh, it felt like, you know, kind of panic versus
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: Verona week one, Uh, Conte's first game and then complete
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: opposite beating a good Bologna team three nothing Uh goals
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: from a deal de Lorenzo Kvicha and I forget who
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: scored the third goal.
• 31:40
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean good, good stuff for Napoli, Johnny.
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: Uh, better for Conte doesn't have to go into match
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: A three with more negativity.
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. I this was this was nice to see,
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: uh kind of where you said, especially with the whole
• 31:56
  Speaker 3: awes Man news and Kaku coming in, Like okay, now,
• 32:00
  Speaker 3: how is this team gonna you know, bounce or adapt
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: to that, especially when in the lineup, because you know,
• 32:05
  Speaker 3: just in case the deal comes comes along. So I
• 32:08
  Speaker 3: was kind of worried, but in terms of were finishing,
• 32:10
  Speaker 3: but basically was the MVP of that game really was
• 32:16
  Speaker 3: involved with a lot of the offensive plays, uh showed
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: showed a good amount of maturity in that game with
• 32:23
  Speaker 3: his decision making, and I feel like as if he
• 32:27
  Speaker 3: there was a bit of growth. It's just just watching
• 32:29
  Speaker 3: the game, I'm like, this is not the same Covet
• 32:31
  Speaker 3: Askellia from two seasons ago. You know, it's uh uh,
• 32:34
  Speaker 3: it's got. This guy has seen some international play, he's uh,
• 32:38
  Speaker 3: you know, he's he's been through ups and downs with
• 32:41
  Speaker 3: the club. So I feel like as if if if
• 32:43
  Speaker 3: Napoli is going to find any form of success offensively,
• 32:46
  Speaker 3: it's going to go through him. Was was was happy
• 32:50
  Speaker 3: with the results obviously, three zero win. It's nice to see,
• 32:53
  Speaker 3: especially seeing content enthusiastic on the bench. That's that's what's
• 32:57
  Speaker 3: more reassuring because you don't want him to be disappointed.
• 33:01
  Speaker 3: You want him to be happy because the success of
• 33:04
  Speaker 3: the club lies on him, you know. So we'll see
• 33:09
  Speaker 3: where that goes now with Lukaku coming in, how he
• 33:12
  Speaker 3: fits in that lineup remains to be seen. But yeah,
• 33:17
  Speaker 3: happy to see some of the newer players get involved,
• 33:20
  Speaker 3: and happy to see did Lorenzo get his groove back,
• 33:23
  Speaker 3: especially after the whole fiasco of the summer. So right now,
• 33:27
  Speaker 3: Monopoly isn't really worrying me too too much. I just
• 33:31
  Speaker 3: hope that this is a sign of consistent things to come.
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: I'm just more interested in the whole ordeal, whether he
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: stays or goes. I personally hope that he stays. But
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: I mean, if if they give him an offer like
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: like a like a if a team comes along to
• 33:49
  Speaker 3: give him a crazy give him a crazy amount of
• 33:51
  Speaker 3: money and to give them rent just what he wants.
• 33:53
  Speaker 3: I mean, it's just something that was established last season,
• 33:55
  Speaker 3: you know, like the that he man. If the right
• 33:58
  Speaker 3: deal comes, he's out the door. So it's rather it
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: beat over with. In my personal opinion, I was, I'm
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: tired of waiting for it to get settled.
• 34:06
  Speaker 4: I saw, I saw tax Speak and Barosim, and I
• 34:08
  Speaker 4: saw that it was it seems to be down to Chelsea.
• 34:11
  Speaker 6: And I think al Ali in the.
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: Saudi Arabia there for for fors Man.
• 34:16
  Speaker 4: It would for me would be a shame to see
• 34:18
  Speaker 4: him go already to the Saudi League again. Chelsea, I guess,
• 34:24
  Speaker 4: would be better in terms of that if those are
• 34:25
  Speaker 4: the really the only two concrete, uh you know, paths
• 34:29
  Speaker 4: for him currently that that I always I saw in
• 34:31
  Speaker 4: the rumors because I saw PHG. I think pulled out
• 34:35
  Speaker 4: of so far or as it stands for him, But
• 34:40
  Speaker 4: it's just a weird one for me.
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: I think for Man, this is the guy that was what.
• 34:46
  Speaker 4: Winning near to a guy Now that we haven't seen him,
• 34:52
  Speaker 4: I'm guessing he's training, but like we haven't seen him,
• 34:54
  Speaker 4: we don't know.
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: Really if he's coming or going.
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: Uh.
• 34:57
  Speaker 4: He signed the extension, but now it's kind of where
• 35:01
  Speaker 4: in limbo with him. It's for me as a as
• 35:04
  Speaker 4: an outsider.
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: Fan, I could just imagine being an Opoly fan.
• 35:07
  Speaker 4: It's a bit of a strange situation. Obviously, his wages
• 35:12
  Speaker 4: are high and he doesn't seem to want to budge
• 35:14
  Speaker 4: for that, so I'm not I really don't know, like
• 35:19
  Speaker 4: what you stay and play on this team. I guess,
• 35:23
  Speaker 4: like Danny said, you would hope so. But it seems
• 35:26
  Speaker 4: like as the days progress, and John you can correct
• 35:29
  Speaker 4: me if I'm wrong. As the days progress, it seems
• 35:31
  Speaker 4: like the attachment from Monopoly to with OUSI Man seems.
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: To be separated as the days go by. So I
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: don't know if that's just something that I'm feeling, but no,
• 35:42
  Speaker 2: it's I think it's weird.
• 35:43
  Speaker 3: I think no, I think it's a very fair point
• 35:45
  Speaker 3: to make I feel like as if it does seem
• 35:49
  Speaker 3: that way, where you know, he doesn't seem to be
• 35:53
  Speaker 3: so into it anymore, you know. But like it's not
• 35:57
  Speaker 3: like I should actually stop myself from saying, because like,
• 36:00
  Speaker 3: like the games that he's like that he has played in,
• 36:03
  Speaker 3: especially after last year, he still showed up. He's still performed.
• 36:06
  Speaker 3: It's like he's professional about it. So I mean, I'm
• 36:09
  Speaker 3: not super worried about it if he if he does
• 36:13
  Speaker 3: or doesn't go, I'd rather him stay, Like I said,
• 36:17
  Speaker 3: it's just nice to have him. But but like it's
• 36:23
  Speaker 3: and I know that if he does stay and he
• 36:24
  Speaker 3: doesn't get the deal that he wants, he's not going
• 36:26
  Speaker 3: to be a sour puss about it because last year
• 36:28
  Speaker 3: really demonstrated that he is all professional about it. So
• 36:32
  Speaker 3: I'm it is it does suck to see because especially
• 36:36
  Speaker 3: that this guy basically helped the team, you know, relive
• 36:43
  Speaker 3: relive Glory. The amount of money that Delenant is spent
• 36:48
  Speaker 3: on him already paid its dividends. And if you can
• 36:50
  Speaker 3: get a profit off of it, I mean that's always
• 36:52
  Speaker 3: been delened This is his game. Uh, you know, whatever
• 36:55
  Speaker 3: you can do, you buy you flip it for a
• 36:56
  Speaker 3: profit and then you reinvest into the team to continue
• 36:58
  Speaker 3: finding success and and you know, that's how Napoli got
• 37:02
  Speaker 3: to where it is today, and that's where it's going
• 37:04
  Speaker 3: to continue going. And I've seen a lot of fantastic
• 37:07
  Speaker 3: players that have gone to grown attached to the past
• 37:09
  Speaker 3: throughout the throughout the team throughout the years, like Lovett's seing,
• 37:12
  Speaker 3: Cavanie ham Sick, you know earlier on Qualderella when he
• 37:15
  Speaker 3: went to Juve. You know, it's mertens. You know, you
• 37:22
  Speaker 3: see a lot of guys that mean a lot to
• 37:24
  Speaker 3: the club, and you know they leave their mark on
• 37:26
  Speaker 3: the team. But eventually, you know, every dog has its day,
• 37:30
  Speaker 3: you know, and the time of the Bendetta has gone,
• 37:32
  Speaker 3: which is like we said many times before on the show,
• 37:35
  Speaker 3: So it doesn't come as a surprise. In not Men's case.
• 37:37
  Speaker 3: I never saw him as a bandetta. I knew that,
• 37:40
  Speaker 3: you know, Napoli would be a stepping stone club for him,
• 37:43
  Speaker 3: which I never took it as a bad way. And
• 37:45
  Speaker 3: once he leaves, he leaves like if like I said,
• 37:48
  Speaker 3: if the team gets a profit out of it and
• 37:50
  Speaker 3: he gets the money that he wants, it's a win
• 37:52
  Speaker 3: win I think it's I'm not a big fan of
• 37:57
  Speaker 3: any potential because like it feels like, like you like
• 38:00
  Speaker 3: to say, Adrian four quarters quarters for a dollar, the know, Simione,
• 38:08
  Speaker 3: it just feels like four quarters for a dollar in
• 38:10
  Speaker 3: terms of well three, I guess three quarters for seventy
• 38:15
  Speaker 3: or in the striker role right now if he leave.
• 38:18
  Speaker 3: So that's that's that's the only thing that just irks
• 38:20
  Speaker 3: me about this, you know, because man was just felt
• 38:23
  Speaker 3: like that, you just felt like the total package for
• 38:24
  Speaker 3: me is a striker. That's that's what hurts the most.
• 38:27
  Speaker 3: You lose a total package striker, which is in today's
• 38:30
  Speaker 3: day and age of of of calco very, very impossible
• 38:34
  Speaker 3: to replace, very very impossible.
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: Other scores from around the city this past weekend match
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: two upset Lazio to Reno upset Atlanta Torino. I know,
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: two games, but interesting they one of the few teams
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: that have a winning and draw may beat Atalanta, who
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: looked really good.
• 38:57
  Speaker 5: In match day one. Kaledy Como tied one one, so
• 39:03
  Speaker 5: Como's first point this season. Genoa another of those teams
• 39:07
  Speaker 5: with one win and one draw. They beat Manzo one nothing.
• 39:10
  Speaker 5: Inter got back on track to nothing over lech Uh
• 39:13
  Speaker 5: Fiorentina zero zero over Venetza. So I don't think Fiorentina. Uh,
• 39:19
  Speaker 5: they don't have a win this season.
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: I think they and they if I'm not mistaken, they
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: lost in in the conference league in the in the qualification.
• 39:27
  Speaker 4: I think they drew. I think they drew. Is that possible?
• 39:30
  Speaker 4: So it was just the.
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: First game then, so yeah, they drew, all right, they drew.
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: So they played I guess tomorrow again for the second leg.
• 39:37
  Speaker 4: I believe.
• 39:38
  Speaker 5: So okay, okay, so they sell have a chance. Okay,
• 39:41
  Speaker 5: but yeah, so they don't have a win.
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: I Uh, they don't have a win yet this season,
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: which is uh, which is interesting for Fiorentina. Uh any
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: any m v p s you guys said, you guys
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: have this week?
• 39:53
  Speaker 4: It's an interesting week. It's interesting for me, I think,
• 39:57
  Speaker 4: uh you know, we spoke about it last week, uh
• 40:00
  Speaker 4: with with Atalanta office. See they finished, excuse me on
• 40:03
  Speaker 4: the on the losing end this week, but uh that
• 40:06
  Speaker 4: Taggi again on the score sheheet. I think it was
• 40:08
  Speaker 4: was huge.
• 40:09
  Speaker 6: Uh.
• 40:11
  Speaker 4: New club, new system, new coach. Uh, same results it
• 40:15
  Speaker 4: seems to be for for him is scoring again. That's
• 40:19
  Speaker 4: what three goals in two games for him, and as
• 40:22
  Speaker 4: long as Kamaka is out and as long as he's
• 40:24
  Speaker 4: bleeding the line, I think he will continue to do well.
• 40:28
  Speaker 4: But m v p UH and I think not on
• 40:34
  Speaker 4: the pitch in terms of player, but coach and Nick
• 40:37
  Speaker 4: kind of just hinted about it before with with Torino,
• 40:39
  Speaker 4: but Manoli the coach for Torino, already he's looking under.
• 40:46
  Speaker 2: The radar and kind of really looking.
• 40:49
  Speaker 4: Like his ideas are in motion to work with this
• 40:53
  Speaker 4: Torrino side. It's it's no longer Yoditch's Torrino, and it
• 40:58
  Speaker 4: seems to be a fresh, modern, attacking, pressing UH style
• 41:05
  Speaker 4: of football and Torino UH for for them, and I
• 41:08
  Speaker 4: think that's all credit to UH. He's he's enthusiastic as
• 41:15
  Speaker 4: hell on the sidelines as well. He really seems to
• 41:18
  Speaker 4: get his players on board. It helps when you have
• 41:21
  Speaker 4: a guy between the sticks in Milinkovich Savich Thevana too
• 41:26
  Speaker 4: to UH to save a last last minute penalty UH
• 41:30
  Speaker 4: to to win the game. But again it's it's all
• 41:34
  Speaker 4: the pieces and I think this is going to be
• 41:35
  Speaker 4: a slow but steady progress with this team. And you know,
• 41:41
  Speaker 4: like I said earlier, Milan shouldn't have drawn against against.
• 41:45
  Speaker 6: Torino and you know, they were lucky to come back
• 41:46
  Speaker 6: into the.
• 41:47
  Speaker 4: Game to to to save a point. But I see,
• 41:50
  Speaker 4: I feel like as the as the weeks go by,
• 41:52
  Speaker 4: you know this this ved own, the team is not
• 41:53
  Speaker 4: going to be too much of a pushover as long
• 41:55
  Speaker 4: as Venola's in charge over there. So I just want
• 41:58
  Speaker 4: to shout him out because again small sample size, we know,
• 42:01
  Speaker 4: you guys, we're going to say this a lot, and
• 42:03
  Speaker 4: he's opening weeks, but he's he's so far I've opened
• 42:07
  Speaker 4: my eyes to this team and because I didn't think
• 42:11
  Speaker 4: this Torreno's team is nothing really to ride home about.
• 42:14
  Speaker 4: But you know, with him there, it's he's kind of
• 42:17
  Speaker 4: you know, reinventing that wheel and kind of going in
• 42:20
  Speaker 4: a in a in a different direction and not stuck
• 42:23
  Speaker 4: to the same old Rich's old ways at at Torino.
• 42:27
  Speaker 2: So I just want to shout out to Vanola there
• 42:29
  Speaker 2: for for his performances so far on the touch.
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: Line, I'm gonna I'm just gonna say, Valvac, you know,
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: two goals, you know one name I kind of want
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: to shadow is right to get two goals in two
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: games or sorry, three goals in two games? YEA, so
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: good start at Talanta who you know, they're on a
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: shopping scree to We'll talk about transfers soon, but uh,
• 42:53
  Speaker 1: one of their one of their purchases this summer he's
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: paying off so far.
• 42:56
  Speaker 4: Mhm.
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: I had another one by Johnny, you go.
• 43:00
  Speaker 3: Sorry, I really I would have to say, this is
• 43:02
  Speaker 3: gonna be a funny one, uh June Tully for for Juve,
• 43:07
  Speaker 3: for seeing these last minute deals towards the end. You know,
• 43:10
  Speaker 3: I was kind of joking. I used to joke around
• 43:12
  Speaker 3: saying this guy was a sleeper agent for Monopoly to Juve,
• 43:15
  Speaker 3: you know, like messing up some of these things and
• 43:17
  Speaker 3: letting some of these players go. But uh, you know
• 43:20
  Speaker 3: they he has sealed the deal on some on some
• 43:23
  Speaker 3: some good names towards the end, you know, so kind
• 43:26
  Speaker 3: of bringing it home. So especially you know, players that
• 43:29
  Speaker 3: Juventus definitely can use and that if Thiago Mota can
• 43:33
  Speaker 3: definitely get a great output from. So I definitely want
• 43:37
  Speaker 3: to give him a shout out for for m VP
• 43:39
  Speaker 3: and just having fun with it, you know, so.
• 43:43
  Speaker 4: Well one player Johnny said said before, but I also.
• 43:46
  Speaker 2: Want to say it for I wanted to continue on the.
• 43:48
  Speaker 4: Scia line there, you know, really his performance has to
• 43:53
  Speaker 4: be up there as well. A goal and assist.
• 43:57
  Speaker 2: Really, I think being a leader with all having the
• 44:00
  Speaker 2: captain's armband, I think is another thing for him.
• 44:03
  Speaker 4: I'm still young, but has been with his squad now
• 44:05
  Speaker 4: for a couple of seasons, and and he's he's showing.
• 44:09
  Speaker 6: That he's able to h to take his game to
• 44:12
  Speaker 6: the next level.
• 44:12
  Speaker 2: And to take not only his game on the pitch,
• 44:14
  Speaker 2: but kind of off the pitch, motivating his team and
• 44:18
  Speaker 2: meaning that that silent leader on the pitch as.
• 44:20
  Speaker 6: Well is another aspect of his game that I didn't.
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: Know what comes so fast and.
• 44:27
  Speaker 4: Just help health a goal, hell of an assist to
• 44:29
  Speaker 4: the Lorenzo as well, which meant obviously so much to him.
• 44:32
  Speaker 4: Like you said, Johnny Varsalia, definitely another one, and uh
• 44:38
  Speaker 4: Pinamonte too. I think for Genoa.
• 44:40
  Speaker 2: Nick mentioned the win this week against Manza, but I
• 44:43
  Speaker 2: believe that's two and two.
• 44:45
  Speaker 4: I mean, sorry, like two goals in two games. If
• 44:47
  Speaker 4: I'm not mistaken, you guys can.
• 44:50
  Speaker 2: Correct me if I'm wrong there.
• 44:51
  Speaker 4: I don't know if he's I'm pretty I thought he
• 44:52
  Speaker 4: had scored match Day one, but he definitely scored against Monza.
• 44:56
  Speaker 4: Got to win for Genoa, which is it's a good
• 45:00
  Speaker 4: start for them. Uh you know what was four points
• 45:03
  Speaker 4: in two games, and that's for I mean obviously you want,
• 45:07
  Speaker 4: you know all, you know, all six points, but they'll
• 45:11
  Speaker 4: take the four and that's it's an excellent start for
• 45:14
  Speaker 4: a team like Genua. And you know, replace lose and again,
• 45:18
  Speaker 4: I'm gonna stick to this into as long as long
• 45:21
  Speaker 4: as they continue to do well losing their two main
• 45:24
  Speaker 4: striking pieces in the Daggy and Goodminson and already starting
• 45:30
  Speaker 4: off this season on a positive note, scoring goals, getting
• 45:33
  Speaker 4: results that are positive. So yeah, for me there it's
• 45:38
  Speaker 4: a it's another it's another shoutout there for for Petermonty.
• 45:45
  Speaker 5: Let's move on to the transfers. I mean, listen, perfect transition.
• 45:49
  Speaker 5: Johnny talked about Gintolia.
• 45:50
  Speaker 1: I might as well as a start with you, just
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: because it feels like they've been in the uh you know.
• 45:55
  Speaker 5: Transfer news lately. They've had a busy few days.
• 45:59
  Speaker 1: Started off with Nico Gonzalez on the weekend, and then
• 46:03
  Speaker 1: Francisco Nau and then today the big one, the one
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: we've all been waiting for, top miners from Atalanta.
• 46:10
  Speaker 5: This was a deal.
• 46:11
  Speaker 1: I said it last week if this happens, I'm gonna
• 46:13
  Speaker 1: be happy. It almost felt like it wasn't gonna happen.
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: I think, you know, this is a fantastic move for you,
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: and you know it's just the whole just just a
• 46:23
  Speaker 1: whole new movement in the midfield. Now they got rid
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: of Rebio, they bring in Douglas Uluise, they bring in
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: uh Cafron Turam and now Coop Miners plus keeping McKenny.
• 46:33
  Speaker 1: I don't know if McKenny would play the midfield role
• 46:36
  Speaker 1: or or you'll play morever a wing back role, but regardless,
• 46:41
  Speaker 1: it's it's exciting to see this is one position group
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: that the past few seasons we all knew you've struggled.
• 46:46
  Speaker 1: It's been a long time since they've had a.
• 46:49
  Speaker 5: Good, really really good solid midfield.
• 46:51
  Speaker 1: Sure, you could go back to even maybe the seventeen
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: eighteen seasons, even with like Matweety and Kadira, who weren't
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: flashy players. They got the job they got, they got
• 46:59
  Speaker 1: the I'm done in in the midfield in those days.
• 47:02
  Speaker 1: But you really got to think back to like ten
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: years ago with Pierre Low, Marquisio Vidal, Pogba to really
• 47:07
  Speaker 1: a dominant midfield.
• 47:08
  Speaker 5: I'm not saying this midfield.
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: Now is going to be as good as that one
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: ten years ago. But uh, you know, if you want
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: to be a top team, you have to aim for,
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: aim for what you had then, and so it's all
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: about building towards that that that that team. Because if
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: you've want to win a Champions League and the next
• 47:26
  Speaker 1: let's say five years or so, you need you to
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: start at the midfield. It's it's the engine of the team.
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: You know, you're not gonna win if you don't have
• 47:34
  Speaker 1: a good, good middle of the park there.
• 47:37
  Speaker 5: So I'm excited about him.
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: Nicole Gonzalez is an interesting one because it feels like
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: he's just replacing Keza in really all aspects. You got
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: one guy who came from Fiorentina leaving, and then you
• 47:47
  Speaker 1: got another guy who comes from Fiorentina. Uh, both you know,
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: left wingers around the same age two. You know, I
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: don't know too much about Nico Gonzales in terms of
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: injury history, but it feels like you he could be
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: a bit more reliable than Kiza. We obviously knew Kisa's
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: injury problems. Then even just financially, you know they're not
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: going to be paying as much it was apparently you
• 48:14
  Speaker 1: know it could go up to around thirty million dollars.
• 48:16
  Speaker 1: I think with its a loan option to buy, so
• 48:18
  Speaker 1: it's almost like a deferred payment.
• 48:21
  Speaker 5: On on Nico Gonzales.
• 48:22
  Speaker 1: I know they're not getting too much money from kesa
• 48:24
  Speaker 1: thirty million from Liverpool, but you know that that is
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: an interesting move and one move that I notic is
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: only a loan again, it has an option to buy.
• 48:32
  Speaker 1: Apparently on Clint says how I saw him a bit
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: at the Euros. He doesn't I don't expect him to
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: start this season. He doesn't seem like a player that
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: will start, especially if he's he plays left wing, and
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: then Nico Gonzalez is coming in playing left wing, but
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: he's a depth player. Again, you need that depth when
• 48:49
  Speaker 1: you play so many games. And obviously there's rumors now
• 48:52
  Speaker 1: Jayden Sancho could come. I don't I forget if he
• 48:55
  Speaker 1: plays on the left side or the right side. But
• 48:57
  Speaker 1: it's it feels like they're really addressing the the wingers
• 49:01
  Speaker 1: and the.
• 49:02
  Speaker 5: Center mid so it's exciting.
• 49:06
  Speaker 4: You know.
• 49:06
  Speaker 1: One thing I'd say is, you know, maybe go out
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: and get a backup Vlovich because you know, I guess
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: is Milick.
• 49:17
  Speaker 5: I forget if his Milick still there.
• 49:19
  Speaker 1: I don't think he is still there apparently, but it
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: doesn't feel like he could have that big of an
• 49:23
  Speaker 1: impact that you know, at this point, he's really he
• 49:25
  Speaker 1: really dipped. But we'll see, we'll see, we'll see what
• 49:28
  Speaker 1: he can do as a backup. Like but it feels like,
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: you know, maybe if you go out and get on
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: the last deadline day, you know, some some guy to
• 49:36
  Speaker 1: play backup, even on loan, uh it could help the team.
• 49:40
  Speaker 1: But uh no, honestly, it's it's exciting and I'm interested
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: to see when when all these players were actually played.
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: You know, I talked about it before with the game,
• 49:52
  Speaker 1: you know against Roma. You know, I wouldn't be surprised
• 49:54
  Speaker 1: if a player like Gonzalez comes on as a sub
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: just because he came he joined the team on the weekend,
• 50:00
  Speaker 1: so there's a bit more time. Like goop miners, he's
• 50:03
  Speaker 1: he hasn't been training. He's apparently he's just been at home. Okay,
• 50:07
  Speaker 1: I'm sure he's been hitting the gym and whatnot, but
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: it's gonna take some time, you know, wait till after
• 50:12
  Speaker 1: the international break for him to get fully integrated into
• 50:15
  Speaker 1: the squad.
• 50:17
  Speaker 5: So, yeah, it's interesting.
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I know Adrian with Milan two, there's rumors
• 50:25
  Speaker 1: to say, I mean this, this, this conversation involves both
• 50:28
  Speaker 1: you guys, because the rumor is a melon roma swap
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: between Salamakers and Abraham I know we talked about it before, but.
• 50:36
  Speaker 5: Can we call it the counter guys swap?
• 50:38
  Speaker 2: What do you guys?
• 50:38
  Speaker 5: What do you guys think of?
• 50:39
  Speaker 2: Where's the where's the camera? Jot put your hand? Do
• 50:41
  Speaker 2: we shake on it?
• 50:42
  Speaker 3: Or what are we doing here?
• 50:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah?
• 50:49
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I don't know.
• 50:50
  Speaker 4: Listen, it's it's a rumor for now. I will see
• 50:52
  Speaker 4: if it ends up panning out with the whole Abraham Maker,
• 50:56
  Speaker 4: but I think it's I think it's the swap. Plus
• 51:00
  Speaker 4: I also saw there might be an initial money that
• 51:04
  Speaker 4: mean is going to send the other way close to
• 51:06
  Speaker 4: ten million. I think I saw so in the deal.
• 51:09
  Speaker 4: But again we'll see.
• 51:10
  Speaker 2: Currently a rumor.
• 51:12
  Speaker 4: I saw that the players agreed on terms with with
• 51:16
  Speaker 4: each of the teams that they.
• 51:17
  Speaker 2: Would be joining. I think it's just a matter of
• 51:19
  Speaker 2: either time or if the clubs can agree on on
• 51:22
  Speaker 2: you know, things that we don't see, uh, in terms
• 51:25
  Speaker 2: of transfers. So I think Johnny Alardy.
• 51:30
  Speaker 4: Said said about the solid makers, which I do agree.
• 51:33
  Speaker 4: I don't think. I think it could help for Sure
• 51:36
  Speaker 4: to have another piece to the puzzle, but I don't
• 51:39
  Speaker 4: think it's a it's a game changing move for for Roma.
• 51:42
  Speaker 4: For me on's sake, I think it could help a
• 51:45
  Speaker 4: bit more just because of the position that Abraham pays
• 51:50
  Speaker 4: uh and and a department that I think we need
• 51:53
  Speaker 4: help with in striker. Is Abraham the name that I
• 51:57
  Speaker 4: would have went out to go pick. Probably not, but
• 52:02
  Speaker 4: I think he has setia experience. Uh, He's he's proven
• 52:07
  Speaker 4: that he's able to score in this.
• 52:08
  Speaker 6: League and uh, you know, to to be an.
• 52:11
  Speaker 4: Important uh piece, uh to lead the line. So it's
• 52:16
  Speaker 4: an interesting one for me if if he if that
• 52:19
  Speaker 4: deal does go through.
• 52:20
  Speaker 6: And he ends up coming our way, what would we
• 52:23
  Speaker 6: hold on to him long term?
• 52:24
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 52:25
  Speaker 6: And how how the deal would end.
• 52:26
  Speaker 4: Up being structured down the line, again, we're not sure,
• 52:29
  Speaker 4: but I think if there, if we have to choose,
• 52:34
  Speaker 4: what side would benefit more just based on player position
• 52:39
  Speaker 4: and you know where they would slot in, I I
• 52:41
  Speaker 4: would think that Abraham to Milan would would be a
• 52:44
  Speaker 4: bit more beneficial.
• 52:45
  Speaker 3: Uh.
• 52:46
  Speaker 4: The only thing that would worry me. Is obviously an
• 52:48
  Speaker 4: injury history. Uh, this is a player that we saw
• 52:52
  Speaker 4: when he's on form and when he's when he's healthy,
• 52:54
  Speaker 4: is is a is a serviceable player. But if he's
• 52:58
  Speaker 4: on the pitch and he's he's out injured, he serves
• 53:01
  Speaker 4: no serves no purpose. Right. So it's an interesting one.
• 53:04
  Speaker 4: But again I would be curious to see if it
• 53:08
  Speaker 4: does end up going.
• 53:08
  Speaker 2: Through and what the.
• 53:12
  Speaker 4: The specifics of the deal would be and how impactful
• 53:17
  Speaker 4: you know, either of these players can be because we
• 53:19
  Speaker 4: saw a player like sall Makers go to Bologna last
• 53:22
  Speaker 4: year and had moments and I think was was able
• 53:24
  Speaker 4: to contribute to to to Mata's Bologna last year and getting.
• 53:30
  Speaker 2: Them at to a height.
• 53:33
  Speaker 4: You know that they hadn't seen in years. And obviously
• 53:36
  Speaker 4: he's not an X factor. I think the only thing
• 53:39
  Speaker 4: that was about him that could help Roma in a
• 53:43
  Speaker 4: in a way that maybe.
• 53:44
  Speaker 2: Fans are not looking.
• 53:45
  Speaker 4: At is his versatility across all avenues of the pitch,
• 53:49
  Speaker 4: so he can kind of play all over and he's
• 53:52
  Speaker 4: and he's willing and able to to do so. Just
• 53:56
  Speaker 4: don't play on my left back. Because we saw match
• 53:59
  Speaker 4: D one, it wasn't his forte. But I'm curious to
• 54:04
  Speaker 4: see how, like I said.
• 54:06
  Speaker 6: Earlier, how how these things would pan.
• 54:09
  Speaker 4: Out for either side.
• 54:11
  Speaker 2: And yeah, I don't know, Johnny is john you would
• 54:16
  Speaker 2: you like to see Abraham go or I mean.
• 54:19
  Speaker 3: I it's unfair because like last season, he you know,
• 54:24
  Speaker 3: he was injured for the almost the entirety of the season.
• 54:27
  Speaker 3: He didn't really have a chance to have a lost hurrah.
• 54:31
  Speaker 3: I guess for Roma, if he's gonna move, always a
• 54:34
  Speaker 3: player that I thoroughly enjoyed watching for the for the club.
• 54:39
  Speaker 3: But I did say at the start, you know, they
• 54:41
  Speaker 3: have a surplus of options right now front, and essentially
• 54:47
  Speaker 3: it's on man out on man out. It's it's the
• 54:51
  Speaker 3: one that can make the most profit out of or
• 54:53
  Speaker 3: you know, easiest want to get off the books. I guess,
• 54:55
  Speaker 3: so I think that's the logic behind that move. I
• 55:01
  Speaker 3: I don't like to see a bram go, but given
• 55:03
  Speaker 3: what what what there is upfront, it kind of makes
• 55:06
  Speaker 3: sense that he's sticking out like a sore thumb in
• 55:08
  Speaker 3: the sense of just the salary that he that he
• 55:10
  Speaker 3: demands and what little output he's getting, so that it
• 55:13
  Speaker 3: is just more of us like Roma moving a surplus
• 55:16
  Speaker 3: to Milan for something that Melan could probably use, you know,
• 55:21
  Speaker 3: up front, especially that you know you lost your rude.
• 55:24
  Speaker 3: You know, it's like, okay, well who you're gonna like
• 55:26
  Speaker 3: it's always good. Yeah, you need somebody who could just
• 55:30
  Speaker 3: be that central, that center forward or that striker you know,
• 55:33
  Speaker 3: and you know Tammy is just perfect for that. So
• 55:37
  Speaker 3: makes it makes sense for for for Melan to go
• 55:41
  Speaker 3: for that. And I mean, like, you know, another another
• 55:44
  Speaker 3: midfielder for for Homa is never a bad thing. Midfield's
• 55:49
  Speaker 3: one of the most important positions. And you can if
• 55:50
  Speaker 3: you can have a I guess you know, a good
• 55:54
  Speaker 3: amount of riches for that position. Sure, I feel like
• 55:58
  Speaker 3: as if there's probably other players that are target you know.
• 56:01
  Speaker 3: But but I mean, if that's if that's what Melon
• 56:05
  Speaker 3: is willing to give up, you know, and and they're
• 56:07
  Speaker 3: willing to take the contract of Abraham off the off
• 56:09
  Speaker 3: your books, you know that, you know, don't look the
• 56:12
  Speaker 3: gift for us in the mouth and say no, I guess.
• 56:15
  Speaker 4: I guess.
• 56:15
  Speaker 3: And also biggest choosers, I think that's the best way.
• 56:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 56:19
  Speaker 4: But and you guys played you guys play three back, right,
• 56:22
  Speaker 4: so yeah, you know, sole makers can play that wing
• 56:26
  Speaker 4: back position. He's he's been able to show that he's versatile.
• 56:30
  Speaker 4: Like I said, so I think not only an extra
• 56:32
  Speaker 4: piece to.
• 56:32
  Speaker 6: The midfield, but even on that wing back.
• 56:34
  Speaker 4: Position that he likes to go forward and uh you
• 56:37
  Speaker 4: know he will track back defensively. Will will he be
• 56:41
  Speaker 4: as efficient as a as an actual defender. Will would
• 56:45
  Speaker 4: probably not, but he's he's willing to do the dirty
• 56:48
  Speaker 4: work I think for the team, and he really puts
• 56:50
  Speaker 4: the team first from what we've seen UH with with.
• 56:53
  Speaker 2: Him a melan. So it's a shame because he had
• 56:56
  Speaker 2: a he had a.
• 56:57
  Speaker 4: Pretty decent showing in in preseason. I thought maybe me
• 57:02
  Speaker 4: one uh would would would find a way to to
• 57:06
  Speaker 4: utilize him, and I no fun Seca said he wanted
• 57:09
  Speaker 4: to see him stick around. But if if like we're
• 57:12
  Speaker 4: kind of hinting at here, is like if it takes
• 57:16
  Speaker 4: losing a guy like sound Makers, if it be the loan,
• 57:19
  Speaker 4: or if it be a like if they're buying him, however,
• 57:22
  Speaker 4: the specifics are going to work out just to bring
• 57:25
  Speaker 4: in somebody that can fill a void that clearly we've seen,
• 57:30
  Speaker 4: Uh you know, we can't score or score and and
• 57:35
  Speaker 4: and score enough to not show our weaknesses and defense.
• 57:39
  Speaker 4: Maybe you didn't kind of have no choice but maybe
• 57:41
  Speaker 4: take that type of deal. So again, still a rumor, guys,
• 57:44
  Speaker 4: So we'll see. But interesting, uh swap deal if it
• 57:49
  Speaker 4: does happen.
• 57:52
  Speaker 1: Uh, the big one I want to talk about with
• 57:54
  Speaker 1: you guys, And this is a player we've always talked
• 57:56
  Speaker 1: about time and time again.
• 57:58
  Speaker 5: Fed Eco I go to Liverpool. This is really interesting.
• 58:01
  Speaker 1: I sent it to the posts to each of you
• 58:03
  Speaker 1: this morning and I said, he's just gonna ride the
• 58:06
  Speaker 1: bench at Liverpool. Doesn't feel like this is the doesn't
• 58:11
  Speaker 1: feel like this is the best transfer for him. I
• 58:13
  Speaker 1: know we talked about last week. Originally there was rumors
• 58:15
  Speaker 1: of him going to.
• 58:15
  Speaker 5: Barsa fell through because of their financial problems. So you're
• 58:21
  Speaker 5: going to Liverpool thirteen million year euro fee, you know.
• 58:25
  Speaker 1: I can't say I know too much about Liverpool and
• 58:28
  Speaker 1: what their depth is. Like I'm guessing.
• 58:30
  Speaker 5: Salas still there, but he's still there.
• 58:35
  Speaker 1: But I don't I don't see him being a starter
• 58:38
  Speaker 1: in the Premier League weekend and week out with the
• 58:40
  Speaker 1: physicality of the league, especially, you know, as much as
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: they play, it feels like it feels like their schedule.
• 58:48
  Speaker 5: Is so demanding.
• 58:51
  Speaker 1: You know, on one end, it's almost a good thing
• 58:55
  Speaker 1: that he's leaving Italy. I know, you know, we talked
• 58:57
  Speaker 1: about that in the past, that this is this is
• 58:59
  Speaker 1: a fresh star for him and if it works out,
• 59:02
  Speaker 1: that's great, it's really gonna help the national team. But
• 59:06
  Speaker 1: if this doesn't, I could just see this being the
• 59:09
  Speaker 1: start of cases the end, the start of the end
• 59:12
  Speaker 1: of Cays' career.
• 59:13
  Speaker 5: And he's gonna be twenty seven in October and and
• 59:17
  Speaker 5: so we'll see. Yeah, well, I don't know what do
• 59:21
  Speaker 5: you guys think, Joe.
• 59:25
  Speaker 4: I let you go first, though.
• 59:27
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm just in case because my brother came home
• 59:29
  Speaker 3: when he was talking loudly, you know, were picked up
• 59:32
  Speaker 3: on the microphone. I'm really sad to see him go
• 59:38
  Speaker 3: to the to the to the to the prem I was.
• 59:42
  Speaker 3: I was kind of hoping he would stay headed towards Spain.
• 59:46
  Speaker 3: But obviously, you know, Barcelona isn't competent with their books,
• 59:50
  Speaker 3: have they that they have done time and time again
• 59:52
  Speaker 3: as we lost Nicholas. But he'll be back soon.
• 59:55
  Speaker 4: Uh.
• 59:57
  Speaker 3: I don't think you'll find the greatest amount of success
• 1:00:02
  Speaker 3: in Liverpool, but it can also be a pleasant surprise,
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 3: you know. It's just Historically, Italians haven't done well in
• 1:00:11
  Speaker 3: the prem They've they've, they've they're easily forgettable cases. The styles,
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 3: the styles don't really mesh well together. Their mentalities don't
• 1:00:19
  Speaker 3: mesh well. Whether we have a PREMP player come here
• 1:00:21
  Speaker 3: or vice versa, it just it just doesn't. It just
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 3: it just seems to clash. So that's why I like,
• 1:00:28
  Speaker 3: especially when AAPLI picking up mcpomina, I'm just there like, Okay,
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 3: this could be either great or you know, this could
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 3: be a very very missed, like a misspent. I guess,
• 1:00:39
  Speaker 3: I don't know if it's it's the right word for it.
• 1:00:42
  Speaker 3: This just just you maluse of funding, I guess. But
• 1:00:46
  Speaker 3: in Kaza's case, he was looking for a team. Nobody
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 3: was willing to give him the salary that he wanted
• 1:00:53
  Speaker 3: and willing to negotiate with the amount that Juventus was
• 1:00:56
  Speaker 3: looking for. So eventually you find on something that just
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 3: works and you just like you had to deal originally
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 3: with Barsa and it just fell through. So at this
• 1:01:04
  Speaker 3: point it's like, okay, well this is the next one
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 3: up Liverpool, they have the options, Okay, let's go with
• 1:01:08
  Speaker 3: that and let's see from there.
• 1:01:09
  Speaker 8: So sucks to see you go.
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 3: Sorry, really tired ladies and gentlemen. Sucks to see him go.
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 3: I would really love for him state and city. I
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 3: really want him to come to Napolio, Roma especially, but
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 3: I just hope you just find success in the prem
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 3: But it's going to be very low because usually it
• 1:01:23
  Speaker 3: just never happens for Italians there.
• 1:01:26
  Speaker 4: Yeah no, for me, yeah, very few wist of Italians
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 4: doing well in the Premier League. And unfortunately I don't
• 1:01:34
  Speaker 4: think kiss a fan Conola right so or or at City,
• 1:01:43
  Speaker 4: not Liverpool at City. So listen, it's very few names
• 1:01:49
  Speaker 4: that that I've done well in recent history.
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 2: But again I think he was just that's prefer something
• 1:01:56
  Speaker 2: to to happen in MS.
• 1:01:58
  Speaker 3: You want to get out. He had no choice, like listen,
• 1:02:02
  Speaker 3: because he wants to play.
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 2: He wants to play.
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 4: This is a player that needs to play. Forget that
• 1:02:06
  Speaker 4: he wants to he needs to play. Uh you know,
• 1:02:09
  Speaker 4: and obviously you know when you voure.
• 1:02:13
  Speaker 3: Yourself not playing on the national team to also speaking.
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 2: Yeah right no, and for me that's the biggest thing.
• 1:02:19
  Speaker 1: Uh.
• 1:02:20
  Speaker 2: Now that he's.
• 1:02:22
  Speaker 4: Pretty much gone what he has gone from from from Italy,
• 1:02:25
  Speaker 4: he's leaving the Citia, going to Liverpool. Uh. For me, now,
• 1:02:29
  Speaker 4: my thing for with Keza is that you know, I
• 1:02:33
  Speaker 4: still want to see.
• 1:02:33
  Speaker 2: Him do good enough to be able to get on
• 1:02:36
  Speaker 2: to his national team and and and and help us offensively.
• 1:02:39
  Speaker 3: Uh.
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 4: We saw this years was a disaster, uh in terms
• 1:02:43
  Speaker 4: of scoring goals, and I still think he has something
• 1:02:46
  Speaker 4: to give. And for me, I told Nick this morning
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 4: or this afternoon whenever I saw the message, Uh, it's
• 1:02:53
  Speaker 4: a it's a it's a big it's a big shame,
• 1:02:55
  Speaker 4: and it would be a huge shame to just see
• 1:02:57
  Speaker 4: him right away because I still think. I know he's
• 1:03:00
  Speaker 4: turning twenty seven in a couple of months. Nick mentioned it,
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 4: but again that's that's not young, but it's also not old.
• 1:03:06
  Speaker 4: Like he's in that realm of stuff has years till
• 1:03:10
  Speaker 4: they give, maybe not a lot, but still has years
• 1:03:13
  Speaker 4: to give. That are these years coming? So I think
• 1:03:19
  Speaker 4: we're going to have to just turn the page of
• 1:03:21
  Speaker 4: this is no longer year twenty twenty, Kisa. Now we're
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 4: seeing it really full fledged. And you know in our face,
• 1:03:30
  Speaker 4: you know, you took a stand, and you know whatta
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 4: took a stand of not wanting him to be part
• 1:03:37
  Speaker 4: of the plans or I didn't think you'd be part
• 1:03:39
  Speaker 4: of the plans and kind of getting him off the
• 1:03:40
  Speaker 4: books and getting some money if you're not going to
• 1:03:43
  Speaker 4: be a huge amount, because it seems like his value
• 1:03:45
  Speaker 4: just continued to go down every passing day. But they
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 4: took what they can get. They got him off the books,
• 1:03:51
  Speaker 4: and you know, I listened to what he had to say,
• 1:03:56
  Speaker 4: and something squeaking in the background. Yeah, Johnny's house is
• 1:04:02
  Speaker 4: full of surprises. But just you know, I saw what
• 1:04:08
  Speaker 4: I listened to what he had to say as he
• 1:04:10
  Speaker 4: was pretty much leaving to go to the airport. Uh
• 1:04:13
  Speaker 4: Sky posted.
• 1:04:13
  Speaker 2: It, and uh, you.
• 1:04:15
  Speaker 4: Know, he seems eager, right like he whatever I think
• 1:04:18
  Speaker 4: emotion does he is going to have. I think he's
• 1:04:20
  Speaker 4: he's definitely eager. He's happy, and he's he's willing to
• 1:04:23
  Speaker 4: go there and you know, perform. For me, it's the minutes,
• 1:04:28
  Speaker 4: it's the minutes thing. I hope he does get minutes.
• 1:04:30
  Speaker 4: I hope he does get quality minutes. I don't think
• 1:04:33
  Speaker 4: it's going to come at a rate that he recently
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 4: was getting, but.
• 1:04:40
  Speaker 2: I think only time will tell.
• 1:04:42
  Speaker 4: You know, this is now a couple of Italians going
• 1:04:44
  Speaker 4: over to the Premier League in quick succession. You know,
• 1:04:47
  Speaker 4: we saw Toni obviously his early stint hasn't been the
• 1:04:52
  Speaker 4: greatest with his with his his band now officially back,
• 1:04:57
  Speaker 4: so we'll see how that goes for him. We saw
• 1:04:59
  Speaker 4: the throaty recently, go and and now Kieza and these
• 1:05:02
  Speaker 4: are potentially three, well should be three national team players
• 1:05:07
  Speaker 4: for the Azuri. So for me, that's kind of like
• 1:05:11
  Speaker 4: I said my watch with Kias, I couldn't care less like.
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 2: Like when he plays or how many times he plays.
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 4: I just need him to get minutes quality, turn this
• 1:05:22
  Speaker 4: page this negative patch and uh, you know, be ready
• 1:05:27
  Speaker 4: to play for the national team. Because I know many
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 4: people are going to say, you know, fuck him, he
• 1:05:31
  Speaker 4: doesn't he's not part of the national team anymore. But
• 1:05:34
  Speaker 4: I'm kind of going against that a bit. I still
• 1:05:36
  Speaker 4: think he has something to give to this national team,
• 1:05:41
  Speaker 4: this national team. If it be at the level that
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 4: we want it to be or not, that's a different
• 1:05:45
  Speaker 4: story and different argument and different discussion. But there's still
• 1:05:49
  Speaker 4: a place that in my opinion, that deserves to get
• 1:05:53
  Speaker 4: onto this national team. But he's still going to have
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 4: to earn it on the pitch.
• 1:05:58
  Speaker 2: So we'll see Liverpool, I guess like you guys, are
• 1:06:04
  Speaker 2: is probably not.
• 1:06:04
  Speaker 4: The the uh how can I say this the the
• 1:06:09
  Speaker 4: destination that I would have preferred, I do think. And
• 1:06:13
  Speaker 4: as as Johnny was marinating these ideas of him going
• 1:06:17
  Speaker 4: to the La Liga.
• 1:06:19
  Speaker 2: On the show, was.
• 1:06:20
  Speaker 4: Was kind of getting to me and I was kind
• 1:06:21
  Speaker 4: of more thinking about, like, I can see him a lot.
• 1:06:23
  Speaker 2: More in the in La Liga if you were to
• 1:06:25
  Speaker 2: leave Italy.
• 1:06:27
  Speaker 4: It's not to be, which again is a bit of
• 1:06:29
  Speaker 4: a shame. But we'll see how he does. He needs
• 1:06:32
  Speaker 4: to keep those knees intact in a physical Premier League
• 1:06:35
  Speaker 4: competition and league. So again I think the overall topic
• 1:06:41
  Speaker 4: of this is time hotel.
• 1:06:42
  Speaker 2: And we hope and and uh, we'll see if what
• 1:06:46
  Speaker 2: type of Mancy gets and what top performances he can
• 1:06:48
  Speaker 2: do for Liverpool this season.
• 1:06:53
  Speaker 1: We did get a question from Nick four on Twitter
• 1:06:56
  Speaker 1: on Twitter exactly what would just answer? What Key is
• 1:06:59
  Speaker 1: trying us for Deliverpool benefit on that to now that
• 1:07:02
  Speaker 1: I mean only if it works out, simple as that.
• 1:07:05
  Speaker 6: Ye don't.
• 1:07:05
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't think it's it. I like on paper
• 1:07:09
  Speaker 4: currently I don't think it like it doesn't look like
• 1:07:11
  Speaker 4: it will. But if he does well, it should.
• 1:07:22
  Speaker 1: I just want to bring up one last thing before
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 1: we ended, guys, I know we did get a question
• 1:07:26
  Speaker 1: from our friend Eater. We've got a couple of questions
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 1: and I'll show it on the screen, but we don't
• 1:07:30
  Speaker 1: have time to answer. But regardless, thank you Peter uh
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 1: for sending it. But Atalanta interesting interesting season as well
• 1:07:40
  Speaker 1: off season as well.
• 1:07:41
  Speaker 5: They they made a couple of moves. They got quod Nato.
• 1:07:44
  Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys do, but they even
• 1:07:45
  Speaker 1: signed really Patricio one Musso's on his way out, so
• 1:07:49
  Speaker 1: really Patriso comes in. They got they got Quadado, so
• 1:07:53
  Speaker 1: they're getting the city of Vets. But at the same time,
• 1:07:55
  Speaker 1: they're also good at getting these young players from around
• 1:07:57
  Speaker 1: the league. I really like this one, Roul Bela and Nova.
• 1:08:01
  Speaker 1: You know, going from Toronto to Atalanta, that's a nice
• 1:08:04
  Speaker 1: outgrade for him. This is a player that you know,
• 1:08:07
  Speaker 1: he obviously played with at least he made the team
• 1:08:10
  Speaker 1: for the Euros this past summer. But uh, it feels
• 1:08:13
  Speaker 1: like he has the potential to potentially be a starter
• 1:08:16
  Speaker 1: for the national team moving forward at that right wing
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 1: back position.
• 1:08:20
  Speaker 5: So him moving to a bigger club is great. Uh.
• 1:08:23
  Speaker 1: You know, they also got a player that a lot
• 1:08:25
  Speaker 1: of a lot of other clubs wanted last year. Lazar
• 1:08:27
  Speaker 1: Samardovich from from DNS talked about it last week, Breshannini
• 1:08:32
  Speaker 1: and rit Tegi and uh they got another player today
• 1:08:35
  Speaker 1: from from liver Couse, liver Cuse and I forgot his
• 1:08:38
  Speaker 1: name and defender, but he's he's like he's young, he's
• 1:08:41
  Speaker 1: twenty three years old.
• 1:08:43
  Speaker 5: I'm gonna have to look up his.
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, that's all that.
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 5: Sorry, I forget his name, but yeah.
• 1:08:51
  Speaker 1: I don't know what you guys think of at Atlanta
• 1:08:52
  Speaker 1: because they there seems like every day they're they're signing
• 1:08:55
  Speaker 1: someone someone new.
• 1:08:57
  Speaker 3: Well, I said they're going to finish third, right, So
• 1:08:59
  Speaker 3: I still feel very confident in that. In that prediction,
• 1:09:03
  Speaker 3: I just feel like as if it's a team that's
• 1:09:06
  Speaker 3: just like they're playing the moneyball game and it's working.
• 1:09:09
  Speaker 3: It's been working for them for the past few seasons
• 1:09:11
  Speaker 3: and it's going to keep on working for them. It's
• 1:09:14
  Speaker 3: I mean, you're Europa League champs for a reason. Playing
• 1:09:17
  Speaker 3: with a lot of confidence. It seems like it's a
• 1:09:20
  Speaker 3: team that's developing an identity and the fact that there
• 1:09:24
  Speaker 3: can be consistent about it is very good. Uhh. When
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 3: you're when you're a fan, when you're a club owner,
• 1:09:29
  Speaker 3: when you're a player, when you're a coach, consistency is key.
• 1:09:32
  Speaker 3: And the fact that to keep on having that, it's
• 1:09:34
  Speaker 3: just it's great. So I mean, especially with acquisitions whatnot.
• 1:09:38
  Speaker 3: It's just it just shows signs that your club is
• 1:09:42
  Speaker 3: just moving in the right direction. Overall, it's always it's
• 1:09:44
  Speaker 3: all positive things. So that's what I take from that.
• 1:09:48
  Speaker 5: I think. Also you want to say the name from
• 1:09:54
  Speaker 5: from from Bayron. So they beat Byron last year in
• 1:09:56
  Speaker 5: the Europa League, and then and then they take one
• 1:10:00
  Speaker 5: of their players.
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 2: There you go, but no another sneaky Mercato And I
• 1:10:05
  Speaker 2: said it, I think last week or whenever it was, uh,
• 1:10:09
  Speaker 2: sneaky Mercato.
• 1:10:11
  Speaker 4: Uh.
• 1:10:12
  Speaker 7: It seems like you've in and not.
• 1:10:13
  Speaker 2: Tolanta have been the heavy hitters in terms of the
• 1:10:16
  Speaker 2: transfers this summer. Mercato and I guess we call it
• 1:10:21
  Speaker 2: Mercato manags for a reason. And these two teams are
• 1:10:24
  Speaker 2: are showcasing that just I think overall, good good moves,
• 1:10:29
  Speaker 2: all around, good business decisions.
• 1:10:32
  Speaker 4: I think good moves.
• 1:10:34
  Speaker 2: Atlanta is a club that we've seen take guys, uh
• 1:10:39
  Speaker 2: and you know, develop them and take them to another
• 1:10:42
  Speaker 2: level and become players that you know, bigger teams want, or.
• 1:10:48
  Speaker 7: Even if they stayed with Atlanta.
• 1:10:50
  Speaker 2: They just continue to progress, especially under this this Gasperini
• 1:10:54
  Speaker 2: rain at Atlanta. So the bell Nova one and I
• 1:10:58
  Speaker 2: sent it to you guys, and I as I thought
• 1:11:01
  Speaker 2: that was official, I was like, it's it's it's huge
• 1:11:03
  Speaker 2: gen only for Atalanta, but for him Belanova as as
• 1:11:06
  Speaker 2: a player himself going to be playing in Europe, which
• 1:11:10
  Speaker 2: is huge for for a young prayer like him. I
• 1:11:13
  Speaker 2: think he swats in perfectly on this team to playing
• 1:11:17
  Speaker 2: as that right wing back darting up and down down
• 1:11:20
  Speaker 2: the pitch. We know it's gonna it's gonna work out. Uh,
• 1:11:25
  Speaker 2: you know, got to call for the national team, like
• 1:11:27
  Speaker 2: you said, Nick, Uh maybe people might have thought maybe
• 1:11:31
  Speaker 2: a bit prematurely, but I guess he saw something. He
• 1:11:34
  Speaker 2: had a good season at Turino though last year, Like
• 1:11:36
  Speaker 2: he had moments and he had you know, his his
• 1:11:38
  Speaker 2: stats were good. So uh, you know it's credit to
• 1:11:41
  Speaker 2: him to to put in those performances get picked up
• 1:11:45
  Speaker 2: by a team of Atalanta that I think can develop
• 1:11:47
  Speaker 2: him and take him to another level.
• 1:11:49
  Speaker 7: It's it's basically just on.
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 2: Him to see if he if he does do it,
• 1:11:51
  Speaker 2: but I don't think that there's maybe besides like an
• 1:11:55
  Speaker 2: inter that can kind of also maybe utilize him in
• 1:11:58
  Speaker 2: an aspect of that nature. He him starting in atalantas
• 1:12:03
  Speaker 2: is it seems like a perfect puzzle piece for that puzzle.
• 1:12:06
  Speaker 2: So him on one side, uh Rugertti on the other side,
• 1:12:12
  Speaker 2: two young Italians darting up and down the flanks. I
• 1:12:16
  Speaker 2: think it's huge, especially if if this national team with
• 1:12:18
  Speaker 2: Spoletti continues with a three back.
• 1:12:21
  Speaker 7: I think these are two pieces that.
• 1:12:24
  Speaker 2: You know, obviously we know we have DeMarco, but guys
• 1:12:27
  Speaker 2: that can fill in on those wing back positions and
• 1:12:30
  Speaker 2: and and produce. Uh not only I think they brought
• 1:12:33
  Speaker 2: in what is it eight? I think now with cos
• 1:12:36
  Speaker 2: I think it might be nine editions this season. This
• 1:12:40
  Speaker 2: Mercato I think I had seen somewhere.
• 1:12:43
  Speaker 5: I think even more they bought They even brought in
• 1:12:45
  Speaker 5: bed Ben Godfree. They bought inlo Ibriam Sulimana, Retegi, Brescianini, Zamargic, Corderado,
• 1:12:55
  Speaker 5: Patricio and.
• 1:12:58
  Speaker 3: So ten.
• 1:12:58
  Speaker 2: Okay, so sorry the postad seene it was eight. But
• 1:13:01
  Speaker 2: so now with of course and Patrico, it's it's uh,
• 1:13:05
  Speaker 2: it's ten.
• 1:13:07
  Speaker 7: Ten editions and.
• 1:13:09
  Speaker 2: You know, obviously this weekend's performance or result doesn't do
• 1:13:14
  Speaker 2: all this hyping that we're doing justice. But I think
• 1:13:17
  Speaker 2: these are these are quality uh you know uh uh pickups,
• 1:13:23
  Speaker 2: and they were doing some of these moves like before
• 1:13:25
  Speaker 2: they even got that Coop Miners money. Like now they
• 1:13:27
  Speaker 2: got this Coop Miners money. Unfortunately happened at the end
• 1:13:29
  Speaker 2: of the mercato. But hey, you know what they're they're
• 1:13:32
  Speaker 2: they're doing business and I and I like that because
• 1:13:35
  Speaker 2: you know, Melon Fins, I'm gonna speak for me and
• 1:13:37
  Speaker 2: finds a bit, you know, are are aching and wanting
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 2: players to come in and in certain positions and just
• 1:13:44
  Speaker 2: you know, spend the money. You know, fuck the moneyball
• 1:13:46
  Speaker 2: idea for a second and spend some money.
• 1:13:49
  Speaker 7: And she got a team.
• 1:13:50
  Speaker 2: I got to Manta and I said it, Samanta goes
• 1:13:53
  Speaker 2: Skamaka goes down and right away as attack you in.
• 1:13:56
  Speaker 7: Uh pay the fee, get him in, get him going.
• 1:13:58
  Speaker 4: He has three goals in two game.
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 2: Uh.
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 7: It's just it's good business at Tolanta.
• 1:14:03
  Speaker 2: Has proven since we've been doing this podcast, I thought
• 1:14:06
  Speaker 2: that has proven, uh that there that their system has
• 1:14:09
  Speaker 2: been working. If you like them or not, that's a
• 1:14:10
  Speaker 2: different story. But it's it's it's a it's something that's
• 1:14:14
  Speaker 2: working with them. So it's good to see and know
• 1:14:17
  Speaker 2: only that, Uh, they have a lot of Italians in
• 1:14:20
  Speaker 2: the line up two, which is another thing that I
• 1:14:23
  Speaker 2: want to I want to highlight because it's, uh, it's
• 1:14:27
  Speaker 2: something that we need obviously with this national team. We've
• 1:14:30
  Speaker 2: always said it in the past, and I know Nick
• 1:14:33
  Speaker 2: has has really said it, but you know, in the
• 1:14:36
  Speaker 2: in the duty teams in the past, you know, we
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 2: had kind of foundations in terms of players coming from
• 1:14:40
  Speaker 2: the same team, being used to each other and kind
• 1:14:42
  Speaker 2: of taking that.
• 1:14:43
  Speaker 7: To the national team and performing at high levels. I
• 1:14:46
  Speaker 7: I also don't think that is.
• 1:14:49
  Speaker 2: The only thing that's needed in national teams, but it
• 1:14:52
  Speaker 2: helps for sure Atlanta I think now has again maybe
• 1:14:56
  Speaker 2: I'm wrong now.
• 1:14:57
  Speaker 7: But about eight I think Italians on the on on
• 1:15:00
  Speaker 7: on the on the team.
• 1:15:02
  Speaker 2: Maybe nine. You know, the likes of now Bellanova, Zaniolo, Tegis, Kamaka, Ruggeri, Sculavigni. Right,
• 1:15:12
  Speaker 2: So these names are are coming, you know, at at
• 1:15:16
  Speaker 2: a high pace. So that's a good thing I think
• 1:15:18
  Speaker 2: for not only Atlanta, but for our national team and
• 1:15:22
  Speaker 2: a lot of this, a lot of this business, and
• 1:15:24
  Speaker 2: a lot of these moves, and a lot of these players,
• 1:15:26
  Speaker 2: these Italian players either staying in we are going abroad.
• 1:15:30
  Speaker 2: Uh the end goal is is getting them ready to
• 1:15:34
  Speaker 2: go for the national team and we need them evidence
• 1:15:38
  Speaker 2: Hero twenty twenty four. Right, So.
• 1:15:41
  Speaker 7: I'm curious to see how everything pans out.
• 1:15:43
  Speaker 2: But at Tlanta, like you said, Nick, doing good business,
• 1:15:45
  Speaker 2: sneaky business and uh so far making it work.
• 1:15:50
  Speaker 5: Uh So, one last thing.
• 1:15:53
  Speaker 1: My favorite transfer this summer is Alexei Moranchuk going from
• 1:15:56
  Speaker 1: Atalanta to Atlanta. It had to happen. Yeah, it had
• 1:16:02
  Speaker 1: to happen. Someone had to had to make that move
• 1:16:04
  Speaker 1: or go the other way eventually. You know, I want
• 1:16:07
  Speaker 1: to see in Atalanta versus Atlanta friendly. You know, whoever
• 1:16:11
  Speaker 1: wins that, whoever wins gets the extra A.
• 1:16:16
  Speaker 2: The announcers on that is they're gonna get. They're gonna
• 1:16:19
  Speaker 2: suck up like every other. Oh my god, I could
• 1:16:22
  Speaker 2: just imagine.
• 1:16:23
  Speaker 1: They'll just call They'll just call Atlanta Atlanta. They'll just
• 1:16:26
  Speaker 1: say United or United f C or something.
• 1:16:30
  Speaker 2: Do you imagine the Italian feed on that? But do
• 1:16:33
  Speaker 2: you imagine the Italian feed on that? It's just I'm
• 1:16:38
  Speaker 2: mess waiting to happen.
• 1:16:41
  Speaker 8: King, Yeah, exactly and exactly, so that'll do it for.
• 1:16:56
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