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The Audible - Episode 26 · TDUK

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Hey,
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hey,
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hey.
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Right, let's get this done. So,
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episode 26 of The Audible and I've got
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my friend Joe. Joe, I've already ruined
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the the spoiler of your name. Do you
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want to introduce yourself, mate?
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>> Spoiled the surprise there, mate. And
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you? Yeah. I I'm Joe. I um play for
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Lance Buccaneers and I coach over at
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Banger.
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>> Brill. Brill. And um who's your team?
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Because obviously we're an NFL show. Who
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is your team?
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>> Well, Carolina Panthers, unfortunately.
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Uh
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team picked at random when I was like 13
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on holiday in Florida. It was like go
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and pick a jersey.
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>> Is that how you picked it? You literally
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did like that.
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>> Literally was. Yeah. I went into a shop
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and it was like choose a jersey that you
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want. Went with them. Got back into the
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NFL when I was like 17, 18 and I was
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like well what's the worst thing that
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can happen? I'll just stick with these.
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And then it's been a long ruling role
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for like 17 years since that.
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>> That's brilliant. That's brilliant.
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>> So have you have you ever like been been
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any of the games or is is it on the
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bucket to-do list? I know you're a busy
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guy.
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>> Yeah, it's on the to-do, man. But um
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like getting out to the States is hard
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work, but I think I've just kept missing
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him for the I've kept missing them for
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the London games as well. I've seen
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there supposedly they're meant to be
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playing in Madrid this year. I don't
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know if it's been confirmed or anything.
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>> Well, talking on that, they've just
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confirmed that the Jacksonville Jaguars
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will play two home own games in London
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during the next season. Uh while the
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Washington Commanders will host the
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other London game.
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>> Um the Detroit Lions are going to be
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playing in Munich. I think that'll get a
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really good um turnout.
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Um but it'll be interesting to see what
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what teams do play. Um what what teams
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are going to play obviously um going
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back to that um the Jags have a really
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really good following over here. There's
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obviously a fewmmies and stuff. Um but I
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I I've said next season the Jags are my
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favorite to win it all. Um we're not we
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did like a thing where we couldn't pick
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our own team. Um I I if you had to pick
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a team that wasn't your team cuz of
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course the Panthers are going to win it
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next season. Is there a team that you'd
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pick?
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>> I don't think the Patriots are too far
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off. You know, they were good this year.
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They had a few games where they weren't
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quite up to standard and then I think
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because they fell off a cliff in the
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Super Bowl, but they are looking good.
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Drake May is a hell of a quarterback.
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>> Yeah, I think that I mean they've got
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they've got a lot of rookies on the O
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line as well. Um, and I think they're
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only going to get better playing in that
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type of game game environment. You know,
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we've been there. Me, for anyone who
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doesn't know, me and Joe play for the
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same team. We we we got beat in the
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final. I think me and you were a lot
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more gutted than other people, but we'll
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talk about that another time. Um, but we
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learn from that and it drives you. It
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pushes you. Uh, I I want to ask you
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about um, Banger. So, how does that
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you're a Welsh lad? Where you from?
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>> From down the road from Banga. uh like
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20 minutes down the road. So
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>> what's what's it called?
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>> I won't get into it. So I'm from a place
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called Abigelli.
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>> Okay.
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>> But I live in a place called Samin,
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which is even harder to say.
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>> That is a million miles from anywhere
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where they play American football. I'll
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tell you that much.
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>> How's Banger got on this year?
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>> It's all right, mate. We're out of bucks
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at the minute. Um so the story being
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that there was a few of us at Chester a
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few years back and they Banger were on
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their ass looking for coaches. So we
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took over the year that they were
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eventually ended up dropping out of
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Bucks. I think we played Staff
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Stallions. Well, I say I think I
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definitely know. I'm not going to forget
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that game in a hurry. And we had like 18
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20 players just about went in there, got
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absolutely smashed, dropped out of books
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and it's just been a matter of like
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rebuilding since then.
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>> Yeah.
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>> But um just fell into it. It was like
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look I was going to take a year out with
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injury cuz I had a bit of an Achilles
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issue and it was like why don't you get
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into some coaching and it was only down
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the road for me. But then what should
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have been a bit of assistant running
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back coaching ended up being part of
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like a trio that have tried to rebuild
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the club.
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>> I I love that. Just just just there
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quickly mate because I haven't mentioned
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this. We don't swear. We've not swore
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yet but we don't swear in case there's
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any emotion there where you want to give
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us a swear word. Um what so obviously
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with uniball with adult ball you can
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recruit from anywhere. Um I've been
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known to be a bit of a recruiter as
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yourself. Um what's the struggles in
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terms of recruitment at Uniball?
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or
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>> it is hard. It is. Um I suppose it's
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difficult in a lot of places, but if
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you're going to be playing, if you're
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going to be running a uniball team
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anywhere that's near a Manchester,
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Midlands, down south, up in Scotland,
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generally you've got teams around you
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where people might have a bit of
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experience in the first place.
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>> Yeah.
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>> With us, there's nobody like we're an
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hour and 10 minutes away from Chester
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who are the nearest and we've always had
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good links with the Romans. So it's
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always been a good sort of bit of a
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feeder, but it doesn't always go both
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ways that you get a lot of youth lads
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coming from Chester that can then come
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and play from Banga. So you're trying to
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draw people into the sport that have got
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often no background in it and you're
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trying to introduce them to sport that
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maybe they've not even considered in the
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first place.
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>> Um it's great fun. I love it. I know the
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few of us that run it love what we do.
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We love that challenge of look, half the
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squad probably couldn't tell you what a
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touchdown was when they first came to
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their first training. We had one lad
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turn up in a pair of Timberland and
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boots and cargo trousers. It's just
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getting people like that that are sort
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of game available and able to play the
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game is amazing, but it's not to say
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that it comes without it challenges.
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>> Um, okay. So, that that's that aspect of
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it. Now, you're at Lan Buccaneers now.
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Um, Wolver, have you played for any
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other um, adult ball teams?
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>> Yeah, it prior to Buccaneers, it was
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always Romans. Um,
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>> yeah,
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>> being that they're the nearest club.
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They're still an hour from home. Um, but
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it was like, like I said, coming back
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into footy when I was 17, 18, started to
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get an interest in it. It was like,
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right, so this is this weird sport that
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I've decided to throw myself head first
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into. Where can you play? And Romans
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really being like the only option, but
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they've been everything to me really.
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that club. Um if they weren't around
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then there'd have been no American
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football for me. I'm 34 now. I got into
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it about 10 years ago. Um but yeah, had
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some great memories with them.
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>> Yeah, I um I was contemplating just
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leaving the sport completely and they
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they they Richard um he doesn't mind me
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call Richard, does he? Um he Yeah, he um
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he he got me he got me in and I enjoyed
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I enjoyed that first playoff season. Um,
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I think we went to Inverlyide or we had
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to go play Inveness. Sorry, not Inverly.
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Inveness. So, I had to get up at 1:00 in
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the morning to get there on time. And I
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remember looking at the the footage we
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got and we had them figured out before
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we'd even got there. And
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>> um and then obviously we got beat to the
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Vikings and and then the season after,
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unfortunately, we didn't make the
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playoffs. It was it was a bit of a
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transition because you had a lot of
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players leave and go to like the Titans
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and stuff like that, which I get it. I I
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I completely get it. if you if you know
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you're going to play. Um, but I want to
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go back to some NFL stuff. So, there's
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some news this week. Combine events.
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What do you think of combine events,
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mate?
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>> Uh, I think it tells you a lot about it
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that a lot of the top prospects decline
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the offer to go to the combine these
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days. I think if you're a middle in
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talent, I think if you're okay and
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you're looking to persuade someone one
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way or another and you can have a good
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combine performance, I think it helps.
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Um, on the whole, I don't think you can
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gauge how good a player is going to be
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by how quickly they run a three cone
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drill. I mean, maybe it tells you
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something about them that you couldn't
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see on film, but if you're looking at
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these guys who've probably got hundreds
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of hours worth of film compiled on them
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from game time, running around slapping
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bags isn't going to make an awful lot of
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difference.
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>> What What Let's say you're in the
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combine, okay? What is the one event
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that you would do really good at?
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That's an hard one in it.
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>> Mine I think I'd be I deceptively quick
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for a big guy. So I think I'd do well on
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that one.
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>> Remember I used to run a sort of 4840
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way back when. But uh if I managed to
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breach like a 53 now I think I'd be
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doing well.
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Bench press I'd probably get two or
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three out on a good day.
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>> Only have one shoulder. Okay. Uh, where
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do you think Tyreek Hill's going to end
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up?
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Would you have my Panthers?
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>> No, probably not. The amount it cost to
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take him on. Um, we've got so many
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positions in need. It'd just be a luxury
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having someone like him at receiver. I
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don't think it improves our offense
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massively. I mean, he's a big piece, but
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is it the difference that turns us from
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like
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>> five team to a playoff contender, like
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playoff winning contender? I really
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don't think so.
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>> Um, He's also got that injury as well
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because he had a really Yeah.
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>> Yeah. He's still going to demand a high
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fee though, isn't he? He's going to be a
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lot of money somewhere and it's a lot of
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risk you're taking on. I wonder if he
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goes back to someone like the Chiefs if
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they've got the cap space. Um beyond
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that, it's whether someone I don't know
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who's got a massive amount of cap space
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coming up. It won't be the Saints
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because they always overspend.
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>> Well, the the Chiefs, they've lowered
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Mahomes contract and they're still above
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where they should be. you've got to cut
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some money elsewhere. It is interesting
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the um the salary cap. It is it is it is
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an interesting one.
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>> Now, um going back to to Brit, I've got
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to play the in between guy. Obviously, I
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can't promote my team, but you're
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currently at Lancaster Buccaneers.
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>> I am lost the goolag game. Um, I'd say,
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and I think you might agree with me,
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they they beat themselves with um rather
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than got beat after the game got pushed
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back to favor Sheffield. Um, what are
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the book What's the Books aiming to do
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this season? What's the realist
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expectations? What's training been like,
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all that, jazz?
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>> I've I've missed quite a bit this
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season. Um, had a funny little injury to
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start off with, but I think the general
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mood in camp is just that we need to be
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a step up from where we were at last
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year. And it's just about those things
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to improve it. I know the coaching staff
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have really stepped things up on their
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side. The there's a big push on like the
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level of accountability, the amount
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people study playbook, but get into
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training. I think sometimes last year,
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and I'll throw myself in the camp,
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there's a lot of people that were quite
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lass fair with the way that they
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approach things. It was almost like a
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given that we've got this good cohort of
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players that that's going to translate
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to onfield success. I think in the main
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it did. uh we come up against a really
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really strong Leicester team who um
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yeah bulldozed us a little bit and then
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I think it was like had a quite a good
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game against Humber away and I don't
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know if the overconfidence ran away with
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it if
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>> I don't I think Sheffield need to be
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given plenty of credit they turned out
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they were much better than they looked
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on tape they were a solid football team
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they look like the Sheffield we played
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>> as Chester
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>> I think years prior they look nothing
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like they did on film they turned up
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turned out when they needed to perform
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really well. And I think we just need to
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find that gear where we can do that
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consistently. Um not where we have like
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a slow first half and then just wake up
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in the second where we can come out out
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the gate, score points on teams, get
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ourselves off there. Um and get in a
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bath and get a beer.
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>> Yeah, FYI, we don't share a bath,
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especially with Hodor. Um yeah, he's a
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he's a funny guy, Hodor, isn't he? Like
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>> what a man. Just just for context, Hodor
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is named after Hodor from Game of
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Thrones. Um freaky strong guy, funny
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guy, and he just has a filter where it
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and he'll just snap someone. Um my
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favorite thing he did last season was he
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I think someone stood in his hand. And
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to make his hand better, he punched the
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ground dead hard, shouted as he did it,
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and then snapped the perfect ball. Um
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cracking cracking funny. I'm sure you've
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got some funny stories with Holdor and
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others. Oh man, he's he's fantastic. He
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really is. Um, see, it's people like him
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that are a baptism by fire when it comes
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into rip ball. Like I say, I come in I
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think I come off the back of like your
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like football like European football,
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soccer, whatever you want to call it.
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That bit all I played through school and
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that and then gone into a bit cycling.
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So it's about 10 and off. So I'm going
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to play running but that was tiny
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compared to a lot of players. And we
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stood on that line behind people like
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Hodor and Chewy John Jones that used to
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play as well who were like six foot
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something.
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>> One more year John Jones. One more year.
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One more year.
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>> One more year.
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>> He's going to kill me.
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>> I mean I Yes. Some of the old linemen
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I've seen even some of the D linemen
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like like it's just Yeah. Um and it I I
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remember Hodor um accidentally breaking
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someone's arm. Um I think it was a hot
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Spartans. He just destroyed I think he
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broke his army but he done something
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like that and I just remember the whole
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of the ID line being like we're not
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going anywhere near him.
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>> Stay away from him. Stay away from him.
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Um but absolute brilliant guy. Brilliant
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guy. Okay,
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>> going back to NFL. Um where do you think
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the Panthers are going to finish next
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season? What what do you think you guys
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can achieve?
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and to do that what you think you're
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going to achieve where I mean obviously
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you've not got a a great draft pick but
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you've not got a horrendous draft pick
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as well
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>> uh
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I I don't think we're going to have a
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good season to be honest with you I know
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we've got quite yeah we've got quite a
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tough fixture list I mean we improved
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but I feel like we ended the season on a
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bit of a bit of a false record really I
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think we got quite lucky in a few games
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um there's a few we lost sort of quite
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narrowly but I don't feel like we're
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ever particularly in it. A lot of
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garbage time points um come in quite
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often. I think, as much as I hate to say
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it, I think the Saints will be stronger.
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I think the Falcons have had a new
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coaching staff. I think they'll be much
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better. I think the Buccaneers won't
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have as many excuses. If we finish
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bottom the division, it wouldn't
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surprise me.
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>> They absolutely crumbled last year. The
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Buccaneers, they were they were people's
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top team.
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>> Like, you know, your your power
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rankings.
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>> Yeah. I I I can't explain how they
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because they were they weren't just bad.
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They they were poor.
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>> Yeah. Yeah. They were terrible. They
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they just dropped off a cliff. Um
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I know it's ironic I'm sat here in a
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Buccaneers hoodie, but because it
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doesn't say Tampa Bay, I'm claiming it's
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Lancer, not Tampa. But yeah, I think
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because they lost both their running
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backs for a while and then Mike Evans
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got that injury mid-season. I think
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Baker can pull out so much, but he was
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the entire offense for long periods of
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the season.
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>> What What do you think of Bryce Young?
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>> Depends what hour of the day you ask me.
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Um, changes every other. I I think he's
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I think he's a great fell. He's the kind
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of person in football you want to see
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succeed. You want to see him do well.
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He's a good personality, good for the
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community, good for the club, just an
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all round nice lad. When he plays his
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best, he looks like that franchise
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quarterback that we've been looking for.
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Do I think he's sort of going to be a
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Hall of Fame candidate at the end of his
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career? Probably not. But can he be a
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middle indecent quarterback for us for a
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few years? Probably. He just he has so
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many errors in his locker where it's
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just bad fumbles or or misplaced passes
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or just can't seem to string two or
16:15
three things together at once. I can't I
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I genuinely can't make my mind up for
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him. Like I'd love him to succeed.
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>> You have um Andy Andy Dalton as well.
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>> Oh, he's dreadful
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>> because that that um
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the Bills game it was
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it was poor. Um, but you know, my team,
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we only have one QB. We do have other
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QBs, but you're seeing against the
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Patriots,
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you know, it wasn't great. Would you
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take a veteran QB
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like one who you knew was going to
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perform?
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>> Depends who's out there, don't it? I
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don't think there's an awful lot of
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them. I think you've seen people like
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Pittsburgh have tried to do Aaron Rogers
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and he he's not been all that.
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>> Would you think, Rogers?
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>> No. No, no.
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>> Oh, you were quick in that one. What?
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Let me let me ask you this question.
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Would would you take him as a backup QB
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to help with like Young's development?
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>> No, because I don't think he's that kind
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of fell. I don't think he was that at
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Green Bay with Jordan Love when he was
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there. Um I think Rogers needs to be the
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biggest voice in the room. I don't think
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he's the kind of fell that would take a
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backup contract anywhere.
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>> Okay. It see it's it's interesting
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because I mean look let's look at let's
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look at Panthers um
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season. Let's have a look. Let's just
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get this up.
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Not the Panthers.
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So So
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I mean you lost the last three games on
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us postseason. Give us one minute. Two
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seconds.
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Sorry mate. One minute.
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Yeah. So, you you lost your last game
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against Tampa Bay, um Seahawks,
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>> then you beat T you beat Tampa Bay
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before that. You lost against the Saints
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who who were very inconsistent as well.
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>> You didn't at no point of the season
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from from what I'm looking you didn't
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have you didn't look like you were
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making the playoffs, but you were pretty
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much in it until the very end,
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>> you know, which is, you know, fair do.
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But you you look at the loss to like the
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Saints, that's a game on paper you
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should have won. Um the Cardinals, is
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that a game you should have won? There
18:34
was a few games for me where you were
18:36
close
18:39
or let me put it this way. There's a few
18:40
games that on paper you should have won
18:42
and if you had done, you're then a
18:43
playoff contention team. M
18:47
>> um
18:49
what in terms of coaching staff at
18:51
Panthers, do you think anything needs to
18:52
change on that or
18:56
>> I'm not a big fan of the DC. Um I think
19:00
he's been with us about four seasons now
19:02
and every season that he's been running
19:05
the defense, we've been like amongst the
19:07
bottom teams ranking for almost
19:09
everything.
19:10
>> I've got a feeling Evero was at the
19:12
Broncos before he was with us. and your
19:16
pass rush rate was dreadful under him. I
19:18
mean, we've consistently had the worst
19:20
pass rush rate under him, like in the
19:23
NFL for season after season now. And I
19:26
think that's part of the problem that
19:27
we've got an average offense and a below
19:30
average defense. And we can't generate
19:32
pressure or pick up many turnovers. I
19:35
mean, Mike Jackson's had the he's had
19:38
the season of of his life this year. JC
19:41
Horn's not been amazing, but amongst
19:42
them two for the secondary, we've
19:44
managed to get some takeaways. But that
19:46
linebacker in defensive line C has just
19:48
been unbelievably poor. Um, we've
19:52
chopped and changed all the pieces,
19:53
swapped out players, brought in new
19:55
ones, had a bit of a change of look, and
19:57
nothing seems to be affecting it. And
19:58
it's hard to say that it's not the
20:00
defensive system that we're playing
20:01
really.
20:02
>> Okay. Okay. Well, um,
20:06
we're nearly finished, mate, so don't
20:07
worry. You can go back to doing whatever
20:09
you're doing. Um, before you go, um, I I
20:12
don't know if you've answered this
20:12
before. I think I did ask you, but I
20:14
don't think you answered it properly.
20:15
Where what are the books going to do
20:16
next season? Where are they going to
20:18
finish? What what's what do you think?
20:21
>> Cuz I had Lasher Bombers on the other
20:23
day, and they're adamant they're making
20:24
it to the playoffs.
20:26
>> I mean, they're a good team. Um,
20:30
not going to start any beef
20:32
>> with Lasher. They're they're a strong
20:33
team. I think Humber a good team. I
20:35
think with all this of skunthought
20:38
folding or not folding and Humber
20:40
whatever's going on there mean that as
20:42
no disrespect but I think they're going
20:44
to be a strong team for div 2 this
20:45
season.
20:46
>> Um whether we can pick them I'm not
20:49
sure. I'd say probably between us and
20:51
Humber I don't know if Lincolnshire how
20:53
they're going to turn out but like I say
20:54
they were a strong team last year. They
20:56
were decent. We had two solid games
20:57
against them.
20:59
>> I'll I'll say this. I felt we had more a
21:02
harder game against the Bombers than we
21:04
did against Humb
21:07
>> because I think if it finished 285
21:11
against Humber whereas the Bombers got a
21:14
few more scores against us. Um both
21:17
great teams, both cracking people on
21:19
both teams. Um
21:22
where I do worry about Humber and the
21:24
Alpha situation is it's become very much
21:27
a trend to resign this player. this
21:30
player's joined us. Everyone's doing it.
21:32
Um they've not been doing it. That's
21:35
interesting. That's where I'm looking at
21:36
it. Maybe they're keeping the cards
21:37
close to the chest and that would be
21:38
great if they did that. Um but it is
21:41
going to be an interesting season. Um so
21:44
we So you reckon all the way promotion
21:47
or or
21:48
>> I I think I've got I've got a backers,
21:50
haven't I? Um I think we need to step up
21:53
on the pitch. We seem to be uh on
21:55
offense things seem to be really
21:57
improving. Uh the the work that Paul's
22:01
been doing to change the offensive side
22:03
of things seems to be working really
22:04
well. I like the looks.
22:06
>> Um I like the changes he's making, the
22:08
adaptations, the culture change, stuff
22:10
like that. Uh I think it's hard to look
22:12
at other teams and know what they're
22:14
going to do. All I know is I think we're
22:16
going to come out with a better look
22:17
than we did last year. So I've got to
22:19
backers if we finished second last year
22:20
to finish top this year. Um but that's
22:23
going in not knowing what Humber are
22:25
doing, what Lincoln are doing, knowing
22:26
that we've got a lot of driving, knowing
22:28
we've got some tough teams in this
22:29
season, but um I think if we can make
22:31
the playoffs, we got a chance of going
22:32
all the way.
22:33
>> Um how can people um join uh the Lan
22:38
Buccaneers? How can they contact uh the
22:39
Buccaneers?
22:41
>> Uh just drop the drop the Instagram
22:43
account to follow. I know we've got some
22:44
good fellas that are running those
22:46
accounts that are pretty active. they
22:48
can put you in contact with DCs, OC's,
22:50
head coaches, people that you want to
22:51
speak to, find out what's going on. Um,
22:54
find out what you can contribute, what
22:55
we've got to offer. Uh, I think it's a
22:57
brilliant club. I think the culture
22:58
there is brilliant. I think it's full of
23:00
good people. Um, it's just been it's
23:02
it's been a breath of fresh air to be
23:04
around to be quite honest with you. Um,
23:06
I don't know if it's because it's a
23:07
fairly new club. I know it's rebranded,
23:09
but it just seems to be an energy about
23:11
the place that's just really enjoyable
23:13
to be a part of.
23:14
>> Yeah, I try not talk about it. so much
23:17
cuz I always have to play that middleman
23:19
being here. But it it really is a a good
23:22
club. I sold the car today to a
23:24
gentleman who's who's joined another
23:26
team. And um I did say to mate if you're
23:28
if you're up for it, give us a nudge if
23:30
you're not enjoying it. Um so I I would
23:33
also I would always say to anyone if
23:35
you're not happy at the current club
23:36
that you're at, there are other
23:38
alternatives whether it be my club, our
23:40
club or or a different club. But the
23:42
last thing anyone wants anyone to do is
23:44
just stop playing the sport.
23:46
doesn't grow. We've seen too many teams
23:48
fold. Just before you go, mate, I asked
23:50
I put a a poll, not a poll, uh a qu a
23:53
video up the other day. Um player caps,
23:55
do you think we should have player caps
23:57
and buffer?
24:00
>> Uh do you mean like squad size numbers?
24:04
>> Yeah. So, so let's say the maximum
24:05
players you can sign is 65. That's it.
24:09
No 130 players. No 100 players. 65.
24:12
That's it.
24:14
Uh yeah, I do. I do to be honest. Um I
24:18
think if you can cap it, but you can set
24:21
up a formal kind of like resi's team or
24:23
a secondary team and actually plan out
24:25
what you're going to do with them. I
24:26
think that makes sense. I think we had a
24:28
big squad last year. There's people that
24:31
don't always get like anywhere near the
24:34
field. And I don't know how that goes
24:35
for development. Um, if people want to
24:38
be there, I mean, of course, that's
24:39
their choice, but I think if you're
24:41
talking about developing the sport, I
24:43
think you need to get more people
24:44
playing in some format or another. I
24:46
think if if the answer to that is
24:47
capping at 65, 70 75, I think it's
24:50
probably a good way to go.
24:53
>> Perfect. Perfect. Well, Joe, thank you
24:55
very much for coming along, mate. I
24:57
really do appreciate it. Um, do do you
24:59
want to say anything in Welsh before you
25:01
go? You for anyone who doesn't know, Joe
25:03
is is very fluent in Welsh. Um, I'd like
25:05
to respond back in Welsh, but I can
25:07
barely speak English, never mind Welsh.
25:10
>> Yeah, we'll stitch you up with that one.
25:12
But if anyone wants to throw Sewad
25:13
Banger, uh, follow, please do. Or Kanan
25:16
that I coach with runs a Welsh language
25:18
NFL podcast. If anybody is looking to
25:21
follow something like that, finally push
25:24
the followers into follow the push the
25:26
followers into the double digits
25:27
finally. So, it's helmed.pod.
25:31
Drop him a follow as well. He'll be made
25:32
up with that one. We we will share the
25:34
link to that one, mate, on on our
25:36
socials. Uh folks, we this is episode 26
25:39
of the Audible. Uh follow us on our
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socials, Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok,
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X. Um we're on pretty much absolutely
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everything. Um Joe, thank you very much
25:48
for coming along. Um everyone, we will
25:51
see you all next week. I be Matteo
25:55
and I'll be Joe. Thanks for having me
25:56
on, mate.
25:57
>> See you later, guys. Cheers.