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Lazio-Inter Recap & UCL Draw Reactions - Ep. 210 Ft. Shawn McIntosh · The Calcio Guys

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  Paraphrazing Gennaro Gatuzzo here. But sometimes good, sometimes maybe not so good.
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  That's the life of a Latsio fan. Latsio this season up and down,
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  good in Champions League, not so good in the city. And we'll talk
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  plenty about it, you know, on the couch, you guys, Johnny,
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  Igiano and Nicholas and joining us this week our good friend Sean McIntosh from
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  Latso World. Sean, how's it going. It's going. It's going well,
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  it's going, you know, about as well as it can for a
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  lots of out of these days. But it's always a pleasure to join you
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  guys and chat Coyle Show. It's been a while, so great, great
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  to be joining you. Thanks for having me, No, we're really happy
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  to have you. We always enjoy you being on with us and having some
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  fantastic conversations. Thank you for coming on anytime. I'll never forget Sean.
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  I think it was the first time we had you on and you come on
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  and you said your wife was pregnant with your your son at the time,
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  and he said, if we could get signed a charity shirt bringing the name
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  our suddenly one and that's exactly what happened. I know my favorite story of
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  like the all two hundred plus episodes that we've been doing, this one of
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  my favorite stories. No, thank you guys. Hard to believe it actually
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  happens. And yeah, pretty cool. You know, let's see what other
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  shirts we can get. Which player do you want? We'll have to one.
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  I threw it out there in the in the atmosphere, but it didn't
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  work out. Still ended up naming my daughter. But my daughter's name is
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  Alessia, So I was going with the center back route, you know,
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  for La Sally and see you. But you know, I'm still open to
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  to taking a kid if it's out there. Well that show if you're romagno,
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  if you're listening, please our friend friend of kids. That's awesome.
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  Uh. Before we get into the actual couchrow talk, Sean, you did
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  have a nice little trip to Italy, got to experience some Champions League couch
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  show with Napoli. I mean, tell us all about that and and tell
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  us what it's like to see a Champions League game, because none of us
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  have ever seen one live in person. At least it was. It was
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  awesome. You know, had the fortune of going for work with Charlotte Football
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  Club you know, blessed to have the opportunity to travel here and there and
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  take in some of the best atmospheres around the world. You know, we're
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  a pretty ambitious club in Charlotte, and we want to make sure that,
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  uh, we we're producing a match day experience that your rivals, anybody's across
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  the world, not just in Major League soccer, and so Napoly, you
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  know, it's got I don't even say it's arguable. Anybody that wants to
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  argue it's wrong, but I think they've got the best announcer in world football
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  in decibel and something that that we wanted to see in person, taking a
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  Champions League match and see, you know what what it what it looks like
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  and how they put that on for one of the biggest matches in the biggest
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  tournament in the world. And so myself and a couple guys on our entertainment
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  team went out. It was a quick trip. But I'll say this,
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  uh, and this is coming from a lotzale. The people of Naples,
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  the people at that club at Napoli absolutely world class human beings. Uh.
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  The the hospitality that they showed us was tremendous, and you know, we
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  were fortunate to full full look at their facilities and checking out their locker room,
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  pitch access, you name it. You know, moments before a Champions
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  League fixture and you know, getting to meet and hear from different members of
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  the staff on how they operate as a club and you know some of their
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  their UH strategies and you know some of their global efforts, and you know
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  some of the thoughts behind some of the shirts that they they they put on.
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  And it was really great and and super gracious, amazing hosts, and
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  you know, a Champions League fixture, it's you know, we talked a
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  little bit about it before we went live, but getting to hear the Champions
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  League anthem was incredible, spine tingling. You're so entranced with what's going on
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  in the moment that you know, I even forgot about the crescendo of it
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  all when every and he joined in singing Champions at the very end, and
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  it just hit me like a ton of bricks. It's like, oh my
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  god, that was amazing, you know, and then it was a monopoly.
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  It was it was it was a good, good match. You know,
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  we we wanted to hear the goal announcement and uh and you know,
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  fortunate that we got to hear Decibel do his work. The first goal was
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  an own goal and so we didn't get to hear it because of course he's
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  announcing the goal scorer, and so I was like, oh, man,
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  that's that's a bummer. And then uh and then Ossu men, you know,
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  the the King of Africa, African Player of the Year scores a goal
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  and we get to hear you know, Decibel with with his announcement. So
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  it was awesome to hear in person. And it was just a really strong
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  atmosphere. You think about that match against Braga, no disrespect to Braga,
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  but it's it's not real Madrid, you know, it's it's not a massive
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  mobile name, you know. And and this is a midweek match for Fornopoly
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  that was all but through. You know, they had a little bit of
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  work to do, but there there wasn't a ton to be concerned. I
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  mean, they they would have had to have lost that one by a couple
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  of goals, you know, so every reason for the people of of of
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  Naples to maybe not attend this midweek match with you know, obviously the play
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  this year in the league hasn't been up to what they expected or what it
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  was last year. So I'll say they showed up. They were incredibly loud,
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  it was a pretty packed building, It looked great, The atmosphere was
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  tremendous. There was definitely a buzz and excitement for it. So obviously they
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  did what they had to do to to advance out of Champions League, and
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  so you know that that was an important step for them in uh you just
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  talking to some of the folks at the club and that was their sentiment that
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  this was an important match for them, not necessarily because it meant getting out
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  of the group, which they kind of expected, but to just get them
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  back on track to winning ways so that hopefully that would roll over into said
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  yeah, and we saw it this weekend. Obviously Napoli took care of business
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  in league play, so yeah, it was it was tremendous. Yeah,
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  I have to agree because with the whole friendliness. You know, even when
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  I went this well last season, funny enough, I did not hear any
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  Bellini announcements because they lost a lot seal one zero to the one game that
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  I went to, so you saw a different side that I didn't even get
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  a chance to see. But overall, like even the fans, like they
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  were very welcoming with me. It's funny because you have fans like sneaking snacks
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  and stuff and they're just distributing in the middle like gameplayer halftime and like just
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  passing it around like cookies or the you know, the you know, the
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  cornetti to have like the like the cream inside, like you know, like
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  all this stuff like that. Like it's it's just it's it's it's such a
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  fun it's a fun atmosphere and stuff, a lot of energy, uh and
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  you feel it, you know, like the like the there, like the
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  stadium was was vibrating when I went. But you have the entire city,
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  right, it's all about Napoli there, you know, and they immortalize their
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  their stars like no other city, you know. I mean we can joke
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  about it. Obviously. The Manadonna is still everywhere, you know, thirty
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  years later after that Scudetto. It's just such a part of their city.
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  And you know, now you see the paintings, the murals of Cascaria osimen
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  and and you know Di Lorenzo all around the city. And you know,
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  on a side note to that, what was pretty cool for somebody that works
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  in Major League Soccer right now is of course you got your Madadonna kits everywhere,
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  and you know you've got your your fake kits from from Napoli on every
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  side street possible. And you now see Lionel Messi into Miami shirts everywhere.
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  And I was both thrilled to see major League Soccer, you know, now
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  has a presence in in in alleys of Napoli, but also super annoyed that
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  of course it's you know, it's you can't get away from Messy and that
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  bright pink no matter where you are around the world. But it's certainly great
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  for the league. But you saw something that extremely like jealous of you happened
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  to see the dressing room for the Napoly players. Tell us about that,
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  Like, how is it like just being in a really renovated from a mistaken
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  Yeah, Like it's the room that basically they celebrated the scudetto last year,
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  you know, and like you know many players that came in and out of
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  that more or less I mean history. Yeah, you know, like for
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  me, for for somebody is passionate, just like you guys about Colco.
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  It's it's no different than going to Pompeii or seeing the coliseum in Rome like
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  that. That's my history. That's the history that I love seeing, right,
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  not only the locker room, but getting to walk the steps where Maradona
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  famously walked up prior to being introduced to the one hundred thousand Knopoly fans,
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  you know, during his introduction to the team. Getting to see those steps,
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  walk up them and take a photo on those was for me something really
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  really special because that's just that's football and history. So yeah, there's obviously
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  it's a it's a club, it's a building that's been around since the forties,
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  so you know, it's an old building. I think what's interesting too,
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  you see everything in the United States, not just the US, but
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  you guys in North America in general and in the sports landscape, everything is
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  about the best new technology and every bell and whistle and it's got to be
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  entertainment, right, like flashing in front of your face at all times.
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  And this is an old building. And we know about the buildings in Italy
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  and they're old and they certainly need to be renovated. And we'd love to
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  see new buildings. We'd love to see better, nicer, cleaner, but
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  I don't know. There was just something special about walking into that building and
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  still knowing that you know, I'm walking down the same steps, and that
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  might have done it was walking down and that there's there's a lot of history
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  in here. You know that World Cups were played in this building, and
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  I thought that was pretty cool. And you know, you didn't need all
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  the bells and whistles. You went to your seat, you sat down,
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  and you were there to watch. Again, it's a Champions League picture.
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  You're there to watch some of the best football in the world. So yeah,
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  I thought it was awesome. Uh. I don't know if you guys,
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  Adriana, if you have any other questions. We do actually have one
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  question leading to Napoli and that so it might be a bit of a premature
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  question, but it might be a perfect transition, Sean, unless Adriana had
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  another question about this, No specifically, not really. I mean it was
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  just I mean, you nailed like some big points there, Sean. I
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  mean, that's Babilini, I think is iconic. Obviously, everybody knows anybone
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  who falls culture said, Yeah, even just general football fan knows his voice.
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  I think it was he really broke out on the scene on that on
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  the heguayin goal announcement many years ago, and he's just for one, just
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  from an outside he works just like a stand up great dude. Like just
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  outside of all the announcing and all the you know, the his work,
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  he just looks like a stand up guy. So pretty cool to see that
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  you met him. I got like, like you said, pretty cool that
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  you were at an atmosphere like that, Like I mean even as even as
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  a neutral, and that in that match, I mean you, like you
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  said, Sean, it was just ah as if it was a lot too
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  match, but it wasn't a lot too much, you know. So it's
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  for me, that's that's awesome. Going to going to games in Italy as
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  a neutral is pretty cool. I me and Nick got to experience that four
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  years ago now, and it's it's it's a unique feeling like just being in
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  a in a iconic stadium for whatever matchup. Bet maybe if it's Sad,
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  if it's Coportality, if it's Champions Europa Conference, it doesn't really matter.
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  I think just being in these atmospheres are are huge. So no Nick segue
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  away, Uh, we had a we had a good segue. So we'll
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  take it from there, we did get a question in Instagram. So I
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  do want to talk a lot of about Lato, but UH just jump straight
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  into this question because it relates not playing Latso, H do you want and
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  think Lorenzo and Senior will join Latzio? So? I don't know. I
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  I don't know what the rumors are or anything not following, but I know
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  he has a bit of issues, you know, in Toronto, or he
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  kind of wants out, uh, possibly come back to Italy. I guess
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  Latso is a rumor to be I don't know what do you think about that?
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  Without going into like contract talk for for a player in our league and
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  Major league soccer, you know, I'll say just purely from a fan standpoint
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  with Latzo. Uh, yeah, there was some some rumors, uh,
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  largely because right now Latzo has some injury concerns, particularly at the winger position.
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  Is Oxen, who was a Danish sign uh in the summer transfer window,
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  Uh finally got a couple opportunities and looked incredibly promising. Uh honestly as
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  a player that I was very excited about and gave lots of his attack a
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  ton of life, but then got injured and you know he's been out now
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  for a couple of weeks, doubtful that we'll see him until the new year.
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  And Zach Kanye had some injury problems that took him out of playing for
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  and you know he's recently returned. You know, Pedro's up there in age
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  started off the season injured as well, and so you know, this all
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  kind of mounts up to a need for a winger and rumors about in Senia
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  not being super happy in Toronto and not hard to imagine why they they they
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  struggled and they had a really tough season in Major League Soccer, went through
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  a couple of managerial changes, and you know, but uh, I just
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  to be honest, I don't want him at Latso. I think his best
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  stays are are are far far gone. We saw it in his last season
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  Anopoly. He just lost a little bit of an edge. And it's really
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  tough to do when you're playing at that winger position. How important your your
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  paces and shiftiness. And he's a he's a small player, and so you
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  lose that pace at that size, it's it's really tough unless you are I
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  mean, you look at a player like Pedro, I mean, Pedro still
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  has a lot of the the quickness, and I just think when you think
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  about those two players like Pedro, just in terms of like if I'm if
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  I'm listing ranking those types of players, I think Pedro is just was always
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  a couple of steps above maybe in Signa, but I just think he's he's
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  lost too much so you know, he wasn't able to influence the game as
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  much in Major League Soccer. I don't think he would do that for Latsio.
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  I think he comes with a hefty wage. It would require him taking
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  a significant pay cut. I don't know if if maybe he wants to get
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  back to Italy bad enough, you know, he'd have to accept a much
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  smaller role. Be tough to imagine him wanting to do that again. Maybe
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  he's homesick enough, but I just don't think that's that's the signing that I
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  want to see Latzo make. Right now, I know, I know,
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  I know what he wanted to or at least the rumors are saying that try
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  to maybe reunite with with Saudi those obviously they had some good years together,
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  magical Napoli teams, then unfortunately wasn't able to capitalize and win the sculetto but
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  still some some top top years. And that's kind of just another quite like
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  another like talking point where this whole rumor and whatever is that, Like,
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  is Sadi even gonna stick around? Like that's been when we talk about a
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  lot too on this show show and it's we're not sure about Sadi's future.
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  We're not sure how this team is going to look next season. I don't
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  want to go jump into that conversation like deep, deep, deep, but
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  your quick analysis on that as as a as a hardcore final as you are
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  already you don't want to see me to come because of everything that you need.
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  But is Sadi sticking around next season? Like where do you see that
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  even as a standout? I mean, who knows? Right the world of
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  cultural football, we know managers are always on a hot seat. Everybody likes
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  said put the term like this manager is now in the hot seat, but
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  the reality is that the moment they signed their content track, it's a hot
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  seat to perform. And you know, Sadi. For anybody that listens to
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  our Lot Sale World podcast, like my co host and I Caleb, and
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  we we take a lot of pride in and you know we both work in
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  the industry, so we see some of the the inner workings and and how
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  wrong fans can be sometimes without maybe seeing the full picture. And you know,
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  it's sometimes unfair a criticism a manager gets. So we try to be
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  pretty level headed, you know. With with Sadi, I mean, i'd
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  say the callings for Sadi out came way too early this season for my liking,
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  you know. And and I thought a lot of the early calls uh
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  for for his exodus just came way too quick. And it's a manager that
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  you know, has seen progress in his first two seasons, I mean last
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  year taking lots of the second in the league. We have to remember that,
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  you know, lots of his wage bill is generally like in the sixth
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  or seventh range, you know, And and you know he's been outperforming,
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  you know that, and and being able to see progress in his first two
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  seasons. So you know, it's it's hard for me to completely throw everything
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  he's done out the window, you know, ten matches in. But now
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  we're getting to a place where it is becoming increasingly frustrating for myself, for
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  many LATSI because we're not seeing a ton of progress. I'm always one there's
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  there's blame to go around. The players have all taken a step backwards to
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  it's a manager's job to get the most out of his players. But a
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  manager can't go out there and and finish an opportunity, you know. And
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  a manager can't go out there and you know, we saw how lots of
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  conceded their first goal right this this weekend, like Modestich makes a bone headed
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  mistake and there's just nothing Sadi or any manager can do to stop that.
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  So you know, there's there's there's blame to go around. A manager has
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  to do what he can to fix it. I still think there's something there.
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  I am very, very frustrated, you know, with the system right
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  now. It's not working, and I think it's fair to ask a ton
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  of questions from him. It's been nice to see lot Tito backing him,
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  just because I want some stability. But you know, I'd say, if
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  you would have asked me after the Saldana match, if you would have asked
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  me after a couple of these losses, particularly just against the team's fighting for
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  relegation, uh, gun to my head, I would have said, Sadi
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  out. But you know, when when you talk about firing a manager,
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  the biggest question is then who comes into a place him? Who out there
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  is is the manager to fill in? You know, And and I think
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  you have to question is has he really lost? Has he lost the locker
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  room? Is there no chance of regaining any of the magic that we had
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  last year? I still think there's an opportunity. I think I thought that
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  we had some depth this year, certainly more so than last year. But
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  you know, I think people laughed at Saudi last year saying that lots of
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  just didn't have the squad to compete on two fronts go and made a decision
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  not to necessarily play and go all out in Europa, and that served lots
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  of well because they were able to focus on the league and and it got
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  them to second. And you know, I think maybe the question is do
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  we have We're probably not good enough to really put all of our eggs in
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  two baskets when it comes to Champions League and the League. And I think
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  you're seeing us go for it a little bit more in Champions League, and
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  we're just not able to to rotate in a way that allows us to really
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  compete. All that being said, we still should be beating some of these
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  relegation sides. So that's where the frustration comes into. Losing the ink debt
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  is one thing, but you know, dropping games to relegation sides that we're
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  playing, you know, down a man is is where the frustration comes in.
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  I think, I think just want to stop, just want to see
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  the bleeding stuff. I think that's that's kind of been the biggest thing.
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  I mean, is it fairness? And I don't want, I don't mean
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  to cutch on you off, but is it fair to is it fair to
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  say that last season compared to this season as a WATCHO squad, obviously nobody.
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  I don't really think many people expected them to to have reached where they
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  reached last season and for their put and for your players to have played at
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  the level they played at last season. Is it fair to say that maybe
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  they're kind of coming back down to earth and kind of this is where they
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  are. I don't want, I don't mean that as a dig, but
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  just as your your point of view watching them week in week out, really
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  being devoted into the team. Is that fair to say? Or is there
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  is there something wrong because they were wrong? Because again you look at the
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  matches that we're dropping we're losing to We're losing to cal We're drawing to Vedona.
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  That that is just that's not that is We're for sure a better team
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  than that. Right the way we were playing last year, it was it
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  was good football and we were tough to beat. Defensively, we were really
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  solid. His mind last season, Yeah, you know, taking back this
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  year, Romano is still good. But Romanu has been injured now and so
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  we Kovich Savach is gone. Arguably the best midfielder in the league, and
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  so you lose a big piece like that, and you have a ton of
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  new signings, which is nice, but we know in Sadiyah it takes players
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  that come from outside the league a little bit of time to adjust, and
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  so we have a lot of players that are trying to figure it out and
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  hard to replace Malinkovich Saviach so quickly. So I think it's a combination of
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  a lot of that and again a lot of focus being put on Champions League
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  where they played pretty well, and then coming out. I mean, this
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  lot suicide has always had some mentality issues. That's not a Saudi thing.
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  That goes back to even when Simone was our manager. So I think I
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  mean, even last year we dropped points. Last year we were world beaters
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  and we would beat you top sides in Saidiya all the time. Our record
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  against the top six was immaculate. And then we would drop points to on
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  the same old story Apuli, and you know it was a side that would
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  fall asleep, wake up for the big matches. And so it's a little
• 26:08
  bit of that. We're just not quite in rhythm. You know, she'd
• 26:12
  always another year older. I just don't think our system is working well right
• 26:18
  now. And that's that's where Sadi needs to make some adjustments. Uh,
• 26:26
  because I want to ask this before we shift. Because we had Nick deaneon
• 26:30
  earlier this season. I think it was probably maybe three four games in for
• 26:33
  Latsu and two you was talking about you saw like little signs of frustration because
• 26:37
  you would lose the first three games beaten Opoly and then you know, get
• 26:41
  poor results against teams. And I know we've had discussions about Sadi. He
• 26:45
  had his infamous quote. I think it was either this summer or just slightly
• 26:48
  towards the end of last year where it's like he or was it earlier this
• 26:52
  season where he considered it a miracle to finish second last season and it's like
• 26:56
  that's the best we can do. And it's kind of sucks when you're fat,
• 26:59
  because you're like, well, we want the title. What do you
• 27:00
  mean second place is the best we're gonna do? You know? Do you
• 27:04
  feel like, I know, you just went on a bit of a shift,
• 27:07
  so make it a we can make this one a quick one because you
• 27:11
  you went on a bit of a rant about it before. Do you think
• 27:14
  maybe Sadie's time is probably going to be up by summertime? You know?
• 27:18
  Sometimes, you know, teams do tend to have a shift or wake up
• 27:22
  or change mentality whenever there's a manager change. And more often than not,
• 27:26
  a manager change is easier to do than changing h players on a roster.
• 27:33
  Kind of easier in the soccer world, but then there's times where it's like
• 27:36
  it's hard to break contracts. Anyways, I don't get into that rabbit hole,
• 27:38
  but do you feel that, like just just your your pure speculation or
• 27:44
  opinion, if what keeps happening keeps happening, hard to think that Sadi will
• 27:49
  be around, right, But if if we see a turnaround and we start
• 27:56
  seeing progress and we climb back into European positions, I don't even think we
• 28:02
  need to qualify for Champions for Sadi to be back. I just think we
• 28:07
  need to see that progress and get back to feeling really good about this project,
• 28:12
  which we all felt great about six months ago. We felt really strong
• 28:18
  about the project, solid signings. So if we can get back to seeing
• 28:21
  progress, then then I think he should stick around. But if if we
• 28:26
  continue down this path right now, I think it would be tough to see
• 28:33
  that. So yeah, I mean, Sadi's uh, not that type of
• 28:38
  coach to stay for a while. He you know, three years Napoly,
• 28:42
  three years at those were his only three years at Napoli. Yeah, it
• 28:49
  felt like ten years now exactly. So Sadi though that that. Unfortunately,
• 28:55
  that is today's game where there are not a lot of that stay looking around
• 29:00
  anywhere. Right. You look at contest track record, you look at Marino,
• 29:03
  I mean everybody, even your greats now it's you know, coming in
• 29:10
  down every single year. Yeah, but that that seems it seems like three
• 29:14
  is the magic number for Sati. So it'll be interesting to follow follow this
• 29:18
  story. But uh, we did want to ask you about the lots of
• 29:22
  inter game that just happened this weekend to nothing for Inter. I mean,
• 29:26
  Inter's top of the league. They're the top team. We've discussed in multiple
• 29:30
  times on this podcast. They are the top team in Italy right now.
• 29:33
  So it's not a loss to I guess to get frustrated at. But regardless,
• 29:37
  you're at home. You want three points, you know, at worst,
• 29:41
  I guess it draw, but two nothing Inter goals from their their striker
• 29:45
  duo duo to ram and Martinez. On top of that, Ladzadi did get
• 29:49
  a red in the eighty six minute. Uh, give us your thoughts on
• 29:52
  the game, and I mean, I guess what went wrong for Latsuo.
• 29:57
  Yeah. So there's there's two coins to this game. One that I can
• 30:03
  be really frustrated about and then one that you know, I can feel a
• 30:07
  little bit more hopeful about. I'll start with the frustrating part. This was
• 30:14
  this was probably lots of second best match of the season. I think our
• 30:18
  performance against Napoli was our best performance. This this one. If you look
• 30:23
  at the statistics, it would indicate that a draw would have been a fair
• 30:32
  result. If you just looked at the stats, you would say, wow,
• 30:34
  this game must must have ended in a draw. You know, pretty
• 30:37
  even on shots, pretty even on possession expected goals was fairly even, you
• 30:44
  know, and first half I thought Latso was the better team. I love
• 30:48
  the way that we played, love the way that we came out. I
• 30:52
  thought we were the team a little bit more on the front foot. And
• 30:56
  then fortieth minute Matisich loses his absolute mind and plays the role of bab Natale
• 31:04
  and gifts in there a chance, and you know, Latauro does fantastic.
• 31:11
  You know, he still has a little bit of work to do and getting
• 31:12
  around Providel and you know, chipping it over Hila and but clinical and you
• 31:18
  can't make those types of mistakes. And so you know, coming away from
• 31:23
  that match, I was both hopeful and that you know, we're playing the
• 31:27
  best side in Italy right now and you know we look good and just as
• 31:33
  frustrated because we played one of our better matches and we still lost to No
• 31:37
  at home. So you know, for me, it came down to really
• 31:42
  just individual class, you know, not being able to take advantage of our
• 31:47
  opportunities, versus in there finishing both of their chances. They had two shots
• 31:52
  on frame and they were both two goals, So you know, we had
• 31:56
  some moments. Uh Rovela, who has been absolutely spectacular this season. This
• 32:04
  was a match for me that again he stood out that he was Latsio's best
• 32:07
  player. He had a moment in the second half just minutes into the second
• 32:12
  half where he strips Cho Lenaglu and goes on a darting individual run. Chiato
• 32:17
  and Mobila just fantastic work to pull defenders away from him by making his run
• 32:24
  as strong as he does, and Robella just takes the space and you know
• 32:29
  it's it's then pretty much one on one with the keeper, and you know
• 32:32
  it's it's it's a say he could have done a little bit better and placing
• 32:36
  that one. That's the that's moments like that were the difference in this.
• 32:42
  So frustrated to lose. Latso has been really good at Stadi olympicoll. But
• 32:47
  you again, you you can feel good about it. There's there's more hopeful
• 32:52
  things to take away from this. If Latsio plays the way that they did
• 32:57
  this weekend, I think we'll start climbing the tape and and we'll be able
• 33:00
  to take care of business against weaker sides. But you know, and I
• 33:06
  did think that they showed really strong mentality coming out of the locker room.
• 33:09
  It's easy, especially with lots of I was concerned that after Mattersich's blunder that
• 33:15
  they would put their heads down and come out with a poor mentality. But
• 33:21
  you know, I thought all in now, they they showed something. They
• 33:24
  just couldn't put it all together. I think it was more Yeah, I
• 33:30
  agree, Sean, I think it was. It was not that they have.
• 33:34
  The result was to know, but it's how it became to know,
• 33:37
  right, Like you said it, like you said, like that Moto stitch
• 33:38
  mistake, like it kind of reminds me of like you know, the the
• 33:44
  the got the own goal, uh for you of it right that that was
• 33:46
  terrible. Nobody expects that stuff to happen. Matusch, I don't know.
• 33:50
  I don't even know where he thought he was passing it to with that type
• 33:53
  of strength of a past, like you just don't know, like you're not
• 33:57
  in the player's head. I can't even can't even because yeah, he was,
• 34:02
  he was making a run as if those two planned this, you know,
• 34:07
  right, he was already back there. I was betting on it,
• 34:10
  or or somebody maybe somebody was betting on it. So figures instinct, I
• 34:16
  guess to just get in the passing Liane. What he's on. He's on
• 34:20
  such a tear this season. Guys like I think, like he's, you
• 34:22
  know, on top of the league. A couple we say it every week
• 34:25
  now it's was he had fifteen goals or something. So he's just running away
• 34:30
  with it. He's in good form. He's hot. So like I don't
• 34:31
  and when you get like a you know something dish, I pass it down
• 34:36
  a silver platter from an opponent, it's he's going to score it. So
• 34:43
  you said there are were some were some positives out of the match. I
• 34:45
  mean, it's so funny, man, Like this team is such a jaggo
• 34:51
  and high team this season, like said, he has one thing Champions Leagues
• 34:54
  and another like what do you make and not to veer away from maybe is
• 35:00
  this game? But what do you what do you put that on? Like
• 35:01
  is it the team focusing on one rather than the other or is it just
• 35:07
  pure luck of how how things are pointing out this season that they're in Setia.
• 35:10
  It's one thing, Champions League is another, and they're facing some good
• 35:13
  competition in Champions League. Their group was they had some had some some good
• 35:16
  clubs in there. So where do you point the finger on why that is
• 35:22
  and is there a way to kind of maybe balance balance this this Jeco and
• 35:27
  hydact throughout for the rest of this season. Yeah, I think it is.
• 35:30
  You know, one, it's focused because we've seen this from this side
• 35:35
  before. Uh So, it's just it's a little bit of when it comes
• 35:39
  to the big matches, they they come prepared and this was another example of
• 35:44
  it. The result didn't go their way and you know, individual mistake really
• 35:49
  cost them, but by and large, the level of play was really strong
• 35:53
  and and lots of came to play for this match. So I think it
• 35:58
  is a mentality issue where when it's a big match, they're they're focused and
• 36:01
  they're ready. I do think that for them, the squad depth isn't of
• 36:09
  of some of the other sides, right, it's not in dead It certainly
• 36:13
  isn't you know, the level of a city that can go out there,
• 36:15
  real Madrid and you know it just it is what it is. That's the
• 36:20
  reality for Latso and so you know when they go out and you have Cheeto
• 36:23
  playing seventy five minutes and Champions League, that's that's a lot on a thirty
• 36:30
  three thirty four year Old with a lot of miles on them, and and
• 36:34
  so it's it's tough again some injury concerns for us, so we don't have
• 36:38
  a ton of depth at the winger position, so we're playing Forelippe Anderson every
• 36:43
  single minute of every single match, and Zach Kanye, who's coming off of
• 36:47
  injury. So I do think that some of that comes into play. And
• 36:52
  and you know, so a little bit of that with a lot of just
• 36:57
  mentality and not being focused for some of these small matches because again Napoli we
• 37:01
  looked really really good this year in the room Derby, like we that we
• 37:07
  were the better side and and we were the ones that were taking it to
• 37:12
  Roma. Rama did well too obviously buckle down and not concede. But you
• 37:16
  know, for some of these bigger matches we've looked pretty decent. But I
• 37:22
  just think that they need to shift some of that focus, you know,
• 37:25
  for some of these games that they should be winning and that they're not regarding.
• 37:37
  You know, we talked about the city, Yeah we thought so.
• 37:39
  I think they're intent now. Uh it's almost like a Jacko and Hyde situation
• 37:44
  because Champions League they managed to get through obviously not the best draw today playing
• 37:51
  Byron, But yeah, what are your thoughts on what they've accomplished in the
• 37:55
  Champions League this season? Obviously you're happy with it, and it was her
• 38:00
  thoughts about this this draw Againspire. Yeah, I mean, let's lots of
• 38:04
  took care of business in the group stage and you know, it's it's a
• 38:08
  very different lots so when when we're in Champions versus Europa and Europa they don't
• 38:15
  And I hate the mentality that they've taken in Europa because I think when you're
• 38:20
  in European competitions that you know, it's an opportunity to make a name and
• 38:24
  you should you should be trying to take home hardware regardless of the competition.
• 38:29
  But you know, they did their job well. It was a it was
• 38:36
  not the hardest group in the world, but it's a it is a tough
• 38:37
  group and lots of did well and they took care of business. So I
• 38:44
  was very proud of of their efforts in Champions League thus far. But you
• 38:49
  know, now we're we're talking about a team in Bayern Munich was was not
• 38:57
  you know, I didn't love that draw. Uh, last time lots Of
• 39:01
  was in Champions what three years ago now similar draw. It was not it
• 39:07
  was not a great ending for us. I want to say the aggregate was
• 39:10
  six's one. I'm playing an off memory, a memory I'd like to forget,
• 39:16
  so I could be wrong on that it's six to one or seven to
• 39:21
  something terrible. But you know, I'll be honest, I'm not very hopeful.
• 39:28
  While I while lots of likes to get up for big matches, there's
• 39:30
  only so much that you can do. And uh, and and Byron's got
• 39:35
  to be one of the favorites to win this thing this year. I know
• 39:38
  they're they're run a formant in in Bundesliga. Hasn't been fantastic this year,
• 39:45
  but they've got a hell of a squad. They're getting it done in Champions
• 39:47
  League. They're one of the big boys in this competition. So yeah,
• 39:52
  there there was other teams that I would have much rather have faced that we're
• 39:55
  in our in our pot of selection, but uh, disappointed that it was
• 40:00
  Buyern. You know, I'd say, uh, it would take a it
• 40:05
  would take a full blown miracle to get out of this group. My my
• 40:07
  attention is now focused entirely on sid Yeah, and making sure we we can
• 40:13
  at least go out with a little bit of dignity, play a strong match,
• 40:17
  you know, go out there and and make a positive name for our
• 40:22
  club to the rest of the world that's tuned in. But I don't expect
• 40:28
  a lot. That's tough. I think that's tough. Like I mean,
• 40:35
  I think personally, I think all the the Italian teams have tough matchups.
• 40:39
  Like I don't think it's any cake walk in any of the matchups. I
• 40:43
  know some people say, oh, it's not the same Byron or it's not
• 40:45
  the same Barcelona or whatever, but you know, it's still these are still
• 40:52
  top teams. I guess it's what happens when you finished in second in your
• 40:54
  group. This is what you kind of just kind of the bed that you
• 40:58
  that you weigh into. So it's unfortunate, but hey, it is what
• 41:02
  it is. It's a draw. This is what happens. You get who
• 41:06
  you get, and you want to play. I mean, I really don't
• 41:08
  think like you said, John, just add to your point, I don't
• 41:12
  think he's this lats of team has much to lose in terms of you know
• 41:15
  what I mean, Like, obviously it's a tough matchup. Obviously they're not
• 41:19
  the favorite. I don't see why they can't go for it. You know,
• 41:22
  I would like to see that, uh you know, as just a
• 41:24
  neutral fan of this matchup. You know, just I don't see Yeah,
• 41:30
  like I said, I don't see back against the wall anyways, Like they
• 41:32
  have nothing really to lose, I might as well go all all for it.
• 41:37
  But I think by saying that, and let's say they do get tossed
• 41:42
  from Champions League after this matchup, the importance of getting back into the top
• 41:45
  four for in Citi, I think, and again, correct me if I'm
• 41:49
  wrong, but I think that's even more of an emphasis. Like this team,
• 41:54
  along with all of the teams in Citia, if not all of them,
• 41:57
  kneed Champions League football, need that chu seeing money, you know can
• 42:02
  benefit greatly from these from these things. Is that is that? I mean,
• 42:07
  I know we're ways away and I'm not here to to I'm not a
• 42:10
  big guy on on on making predictions like that, but like, is that
• 42:16
  like still possible for you? Like? Is is that where the emphasis are?
• 42:20
  Is like it's top four or it's a failure or is it Europa?
• 42:23
  Okay, Like where do you you know what? I mean? Where's your
• 42:25
  mind at yeah, So I don't like to say whether it's hard to say
• 42:31
  a failure for me because again, like I just want to see progress.
• 42:37
  I want to believe in a project, and so our goal is absolutely top
• 42:40
  four. That that was my goal. That I think the club's goal and
• 42:45
  ambition is, Yes, that is our goal is to finish in top four.
• 42:49
  If we happen to land in five or six, I don't necessarily see
• 42:53
  it as a failure because it just depends on what the story is. Right,
• 42:59
  we've dug ourselves in the in a bit of a hole. For me,
• 43:01
  if we have a solid performance again against Bayern, we can be proud
• 43:06
  of. Maybe we get hard done by and and you know, we get
• 43:09
  knocked out, but it's a really great effort. Or you know, maybe
• 43:15
  we beat Bayern, maybe we you know, go on some tremendous run,
• 43:19
  right and we're in the quarterfinals or semi finals, and yeah, you finishing
• 43:22
  sixth in the league, that's something to be proud of. That's not something
• 43:25
  that would deem as a failure. For this year. Again, we're in
• 43:30
  a bit of a hole. We're in eleventh in the table. So if
• 43:31
  we can go on a nice run and we finished the season feeling positive.
• 43:37
  We just barely miss out. We're in fifth place. I can look at
• 43:40
  that as a big step. Great. I feel confident in what we're building.
• 43:45
  If I see some of the players develop, maybe socks and really turns
• 43:49
  into a star, you know, Pat Castellanos is, you know, I
• 43:53
  feel like maybe he's the one to take the baton from Cheetah. Then I
• 43:58
  look at the season as being despite falling outside of Champions League. But to
• 44:05
  your point, you know, like so many Satiat clubs, Champions League is
• 44:08
  everything, and particularly for a side like Latzo, and we don't have our
• 44:13
  own stadium, we don't get the revenues that we benefit from that. You
• 44:16
  know, we're not a massive name in global football anymore. We rely on
• 44:23
  this and my biggest frustration as a fan is that we can't turn this into
• 44:30
  a cycle. We can't turn this into multi year runs in Champions League,
• 44:35
  because that's what it takes to finally put yourself in a position to really start
• 44:39
  selling and buying players and being more attractive as a destination for some of these
• 44:46
  bigger names, and turning yourself into a bit of a brand so that there's
• 44:51
  some recognition that you're playing in this competition over and over. It's always,
• 44:55
  you know, one year we're in Champions and then it's going to be a
• 44:58
  few years before we get back, and so we desperately need the consistency of
• 45:05
  qualifying for this tournament. So I think for me that that is such a
• 45:08
  big focus. But again it just kind of depends on, you know,
• 45:15
  how we get there or don't get there, where I would deem the season
• 45:19
  a success or failure. While we're on the topic of Champions League, I
• 45:24
  want to ask pretty much everyone their thoughts on the new Champions League format for
• 45:30
  next season. So it is a bit hard to explain. I don't know
• 45:32
  if you know all you guys know the new format, but it's going up
• 45:37
  to thirty six teams. There's no more group stage. It's kind of like
• 45:39
  a league schedule, kind of like what you know NFL, NHL, NBA
• 45:45
  does, where you're you're just gonna play eight other teams and it's eight group
• 45:52
  league games between September and and the last ones in January, and then there's
• 45:58
  a knockout round and then I think after the there's knock around round of sixteen,
• 46:01
  quarter finals, semi finals, and finals. So an extra round of
• 46:04
  knockouts. It just seems like obviously a big complicated to first understand. I'm
• 46:10
  sure it'll be fine once it gets going. But because of this, there's
• 46:15
  a possibility that Italy does get an extra fifth spot based on quote efficiency season
• 46:19
  again all math. You know, we won't know until the end of the
• 46:22
  end of the season, but we'll start with you. Do you think this
• 46:28
  is a good change for the Champions League? Are you? Are you a
• 46:30
  traditionalist? Do you prefer the way it is? Now? What do you
• 46:32
  think of this? So I'll say this, my gut reaction to it is
• 46:38
  I hate it and more just you know, yeah, I'm probably super old
• 46:45
  school and you know, a verse, just not a big fan of change.
• 46:49
  For me, it's if it's not broken, then why try to fix
• 46:52
  it? You know, Champions League is one of the greatest, if not
• 46:58
  the greatest competition that we get every single year. It's it's it's the best.
• 47:02
  Love everything about the group stage. You know a lot of folks,
• 47:07
  a lot of people really don't pay attention or they or they they think the
• 47:10
  group stage socks And it's not until you get to the exhilarating matchups of your
• 47:15
  buyers and Gilds. But I absolutely love the group stage. I think that's
• 47:20
  when you get opportunities like your Copenhagen's your fee and oords right to come in
• 47:24
  and slay a giant, and you know, an opportunity for some of these
• 47:30
  really unique matchups and for your your massive sides to to play in new countries
• 47:37
  and different venues. So I love I love the group stage. You know,
• 47:44
  I think there's just a problem in general in world football with the continued
• 47:50
  addition of more and more games, which is is going to cause a problem,
• 47:53
  like we're going to see lesser quality matchups because physically the players just can't
• 48:00
  handle it. It's it's getting out of hand. So you know, But
• 48:05
  I say all of that to say, when this rolls around and we're all
• 48:09
  tuning in, we're we're probably all gonna love it, and there's going to
• 48:15
  be drama and matchups and we're all going to be looking at that table to
• 48:20
  see whether or not our sides are making it out, and you know,
• 48:23
  I'm sure it'll end up being positive. But but I really love what we
• 48:28
  have right now and didn't really see a need to make a change, at
• 48:32
  least a need that served the fans' purpose. So what do you guys think?
• 48:39
  Do you guys mind if I go first? But what I think.
• 48:45
  I think this is almost a reaction to the proposed super League from a few
• 48:51
  years ago, where there was all that outcry protests from Chelsea fans mainly uh
• 48:58
  and it's just you trying to make extra money. At the end of the
• 49:00
  day, it's make extra money. Add four more teams. The added games
• 49:07
  is tough on players. It just seems like they just keep adding games and
• 49:09
  adding games and then more national team games, and they're just running these players
• 49:15
  to the ground. I'm not a fan of that. I will say the
• 49:20
  change in the in the group stage to like more of a league format is
• 49:22
  interesting. I'm looking forward to that part. The eight games. That's probably
• 49:28
  where it is a bit too much. You could probably still stick with the
• 49:30
  six games, do it in the fall exactly like how it is now.
• 49:34
  But I like the fact that teams are gonna play play eight other teams and
• 49:39
  you're gonna get a lot more diversity. You're not playing the same three teams
• 49:45
  twice. Yes, it is nice when you go to that team stadium and
• 49:49
  then they come to your stadium in the In the current group stage format.
• 49:52
  That's nice. Uh the extra round of knockout of course adds extra drama.
• 49:57
  It's gonna be fun, but just there's just something like, you know,
• 50:02
  round to sixteen, just being in the round of sixteen, being that top
• 50:07
  sixteen exclusive club. Like, of course they're still gonna be around to sixteen,
• 50:12
  but you know, if you're gonna add a knockout phase, which I
• 50:15
  don't even know how many teams, it's apparently teams finishing ninth to twenty fourth,
• 50:22
  so twenty four of the out of the thirty six teams move on to
• 50:24
  knockout, So it's it's less than of an exclusive club to be in the
• 50:30
  Champions League knockout stage. Maybe Melan will make it this time, Adriano,
• 50:35
  but maybe yeah, maybe you will be there too, but yeah, yeah,
• 50:42
  it'll be interesting to see. I I yeah, I'm I'm a fan
• 50:46
  of the extra games, especially yeah, the group stage games. But that
• 50:53
  that's pretty much it. But like you said, Sean, once once it
• 50:57
  gets going, once we understand the format, at the end of the day,
• 51:00
  we're all going to watch in tune in and to your favorite our favorite
• 51:02
  team, and people are gonna make fun of you. Johnny, how you
• 51:08
  go. You're muted it, bro, I thought I am mute at my
• 51:15
  bed. Uh press. I probably remuted it afterwards. Honestly, I'm indifferent
• 51:21
  to be like I. At the end of the day, it does add
• 51:25
  more games, So I do agree on that part where it's exhausted on the
• 51:29
  players and you get lesser quality. One hundred percent I agree with that.
• 51:31
  So that front, it's going to be problematic. Players are gonna be more
• 51:37
  prone to get injured or you know, be out of form, where some
• 51:42
  other crucial games won't be able to be at their top quality. What I
• 51:47
  do like about is that it changes things up and makes it It gives a
• 51:52
  new format and like offers more storylines and kind of gives like other T teams
• 52:00
  a chance at glory when they would usually not be able to get glory.
• 52:05
  I'm curious to know, like how they're gonna do Europa League now in terms
• 52:07
  of like before they would shift down the third place finishers of each group down
• 52:12
  to Europa. Would you make the losers of the knockout round go down to
• 52:15
  Europa? Is that what's gonna happen. It remains to be seen. I
• 52:17
  haven't checked too much on details like the whole knockout round idea, because it
• 52:22
  kind of gives your team a chance at feeling like playing in an elimination game.
• 52:25
  And as a fan, you get the excitement of an elimination game in
• 52:29
  Champions League without having to finish top two in the group because a lot of
• 52:31
  teams are incapable finishing top two. And if you're an owner, you get
• 52:40
  more Champions League games at your stadium. You get the potential to have bigger
• 52:45
  market teams come by to like attract more fans to watch the game because they
• 52:51
  want to see certain players. If you're a fan, you get to watch
• 52:54
  more Champions League games at at your stadium, so they're always inable. It's
• 53:00
  it and as Sean started off the show before, it's a fantastic atmosphere.
• 53:04
  Is something different, you know, so like there there are pros and cons
• 53:09
  to it. Uh, it is greedy, it is. It is a
• 53:14
  money grab, a cash grab at the end of the day. And I'm
• 53:16
  not gonna I'm not gonna be an idiot and say, like you know,
• 53:22
  it is it's a cash grab at the end of the day, and you
• 53:23
  know they're milking our players and it just sucks that soccer doesn't have a form
• 53:29
  of players union, you know, like I think, actually, I don't
• 53:32
  think they even have one. I don't think they even have a player's union
• 53:36
  of some sort. You know. So it's you know, like like because
• 53:38
  I'm pretty sure if there was, they would be greatly opposed to playing more
• 53:40
  and more games where their legs are going to be destroyed afterwards. As a
• 53:45
  fan, you get to watch more of your team play and you get to
• 53:47
  have more exciting moments, so that that makes it fun. But as a
• 53:51
  human, you know, like you feel for these guys. These guys are
• 53:52
  gonna get ran into the ground with all these games that they have to play,
• 53:57
  not to mention international breaks that are in between. You have to squeeze
• 54:02
  all these games depending on when you're gonna do the World Cup, if you're
• 54:06
  gonna now that, if you're gonna do it in extremely hot climates. Now
• 54:09
  you're forced to do winner World Cups. So because that's gonna that's becoming an
• 54:15
  idea or a thing, you know, Nation League and stuff. Nations League,
• 54:17
  it's it's it's ridiculous, man Like, it's it's a lot on the
• 54:22
  body, you know, I mean, we're all fans of multiple sports,
• 54:27
  and you know, we were used to in North America, we're used to
• 54:29
  seeing some players play multiple games a week, three four games a week,
• 54:32
  you know, but you also see the toll on their bodies and like what
• 54:37
  happens afterwards, you know, like every off season, this X player is
• 54:40
  getting a cl surgery, why player is getting a hip adjustment Z player,
• 54:45
  you know, like shoulder shoulder placement surgery or whatever the hell it is.
• 54:50
  You know, like it's we're gonna see a lot more of that in the
• 54:52
  off season now if that happens, which seems like it's gonna be happening.
• 54:55
  So that's like, as a fat excited, but as a human, I
• 55:00
  feel bad for the players. By the way, Johnny, it doesn't seem
• 55:06
  that teams knocked out in Champions League will drop down to Europa League, which
• 55:10
  honestly I'm fine with because you know, in the Champions League, you get
• 55:15
  knocked out, you get knocked out. Yeah I know, which, Yes,
• 55:19
  I guess they're just knocked out, and it's just I guess Europa League
• 55:22
  is just gonna go straight to a just a I agree, agree, Nick.
• 55:28
  If you're if you're knocked out, you should be knocked out. Dropping
• 55:31
  them down to another tournament always seemed a little goofy to me. Yeah,
• 55:37
  I don't agree. It's just what we got used to, this whole thing.
• 55:40
  Yeah, I know anyway, this whole thing. I mean for me,
• 55:43
  I'm on the fence too. I mean, at the end of the
• 55:45
  day that you know this, this sport is a business. We know,
• 55:49
  we all know it. We can all we can try to avoid that that
• 55:52
  statement, but guys, it's a it's a business. At the end of
• 55:54
  the day, the money and the dollar value and revenue and and stuff of
• 56:00
  that nature is what comes first. It's king right now. It will continue
• 56:05
  to be that way, adding more games, adding more teams, this whole
• 56:08
  nine yards it's it's it's deep in their pockets. It's it's no surprise,
• 56:13
  like it's no, it's nothing new, you know, do I do?
• 56:17
  I don't. I don't know. Like I'm kind of with sean statement from
• 56:21
  the beginning, like the knockout. Sorry, the group stages are are pretty
• 56:25
  cool, Like, I mean, you have to wake up at like the
• 56:29
  wee hours of the morning to to see the draw, but hey, you
• 56:31
  know, you get to know that your team is drawn with X, Y
• 56:36
  and Z club from these different uh you know, nations and in different and
• 56:39
  different leagues. So I'm kind of a fan of of of the league of
• 56:44
  the group stage play. I don't know, Like no matter what, it's
• 56:49
  always exciting if you have a good group or not. I think it's always
• 56:52
  something to wake up for and and get up for. So, you know,
• 56:57
  the new format like for US, I guess for if Sadiyah does get
• 57:00
  an extra team, that would be cool. But we were speaking of it
• 57:04
  before on off air, like you know, like currently Boone is in fourth,
• 57:07
  like do they get into this, into this, into this Champions League
• 57:12
  next season type of thing, so like you know, it's it's it's teams
• 57:15
  like that that I don't know. I think Johnny kind of alluded to earlier,
• 57:19
  is like that won't get recognized on the year on the you know,
• 57:22
  the international stage that might have a chance to do so uh with with an
• 57:28
  extra spot available in our league. So for that that's exciting. It brings
• 57:32
  it brings revenues because I don't really care about how the leagues, like I
• 57:37
  care about SETIA, so like more revenue that comes into SETIA that way,
• 57:39
  like it's cool, like it's it's it's something positive for our league, where
• 57:45
  we all know we have many many flaws, so to see that happen can
• 57:47
  be cool. But I guess, I guess I'm gonna have to agree with
• 57:52
  what you guys said in terms of once once the lights are on, once
• 57:57
  the Champions League anthem is on, like, we're gonna have almost no choice
• 58:00
  but to fall in love with it. Again, nobody's on a boycott this,
• 58:05
  guys, people are still gonna watch It's it's not gonna be one of
• 58:07
  those things. So well, you know, you'd be fooling yourself if you'd
• 58:10
  say you wouldn't. So again, I'm I'm intrigued, but still on the
• 58:16
  fence about how things how things pan out. But yeah, I think in
• 58:22
  terms of what I said about, you know, our league bringing in revenues,
• 58:25
  maybe having that extra team, I think those are the focus points that
• 58:30
  I think are are are pretty are pretty cool to to look forward to,
• 58:34
  you know, come when sing all you know kicks off and stuff. So
• 58:37
  but yeah, I again, it's it's it's a bit weird because I kind
• 58:43
  of agree with what you said, Nick, you know, in terms of
• 58:45
  the exclusivity of this termament of this competition might not have that same sort of
• 58:51
  aura anymore, you know, but hey, at the end of the day,
• 58:55
  this is what I said. It's a business. It's going to continue
• 58:58
  to evolve. We're going to probably see continue to see things of this nature.
• 59:01
  Already. It was weird to not see the awaigle rule when that changed,
• 59:05
  but thanks God it did. But you know, that was just like
• 59:07
  an adjustment to get used to. Now this is like a whole other thing.
• 59:09
  No groups. It's like whoa like I don't know, like I didn't
• 59:14
  grow up watching watching culture with with with no Champions League groups, you know.
• 59:17
  So but hey, this is where football is going. You know,
• 59:22
  we kind of have to expect it at this point. So it's gonna be
• 59:25
  what it's gonna be. But I know we spoke about Watcho's you know,
• 59:30
  uh, draw maybe just gonna like go around quickly, you know, just
• 59:36
  the other draws that did take place Champions Zigue, Europa. So I think
• 59:40
  it was not way that got Barcelona and inted got who did intake get again?
• 59:46
  I let it go. Your guys thoughts on that any any because I
• 59:51
  I from my my point of view, like I think all the all the
• 59:52
  matchups are pretty tough, you know. If you want to say Lottos has
• 59:58
  the toughest one other three, I don't know. I still I think they're
• 1:00:01
  all tough. Can any of them get passed? I can see it.
• 1:00:06
  I can see I probably getting past. It's gonna be another another tough test
• 1:00:09
  for that. You know. In champ I think there was no pushover you
• 1:00:15
  know, Sean, you you got to see that first hand with with lot
• 1:00:17
  shows groups. So yeah, I don't know, just your guys overall thoughts,
• 1:00:22
  Uh do these teams get passed to? You know, they have a
• 1:00:24
  tough time with I think I think Napoli and in Debt both have a great
• 1:00:30
  chance to go past. I mean yeah, you know, uh in there
• 1:00:36
  the strongest side in Italy right now. And we saw what they were able
• 1:00:39
  to do last year in Champions League and you know, if if we're being
• 1:00:44
  honest, they were the better side in that Champions League final against Manchester City.
• 1:00:49
  So I think when there's on top of their game, I mean,
• 1:00:52
  they're gonna they're gonna be tough for anybody to beat. I don't think anybody
• 1:00:55
  wanted them wanted to match up against in depth, you know, so on
• 1:01:00
  the other side, Athletico is you know, disappointed in their draw. Right,
• 1:01:06
  they win the group and they got the toughest Italian side and lots of
• 1:01:10
  obviously faced up against them, and you know we played them very well at
• 1:01:17
  home and and then lost that final match. But you know, lots of
• 1:01:22
  was in that game and it was a side that I felt Lotso had had
• 1:01:28
  a chance. Again, so int you know, is is a level ahead
• 1:01:31
  of Lotso, So I think in there, I think there's zero shock with
• 1:01:37
  whatever happens in that one. Yeah, I take that back. If indeed
• 1:01:43
  would to get blown out, I'd be shocked, right, I think regardless
• 1:01:45
  of who advances, I think it wouldn't be surprised. And likewise for Barcelona
• 1:01:52
  Andnopoly, I mean that this isn't the Barstol of old, you know,
• 1:01:54
  and and they're they're struggling in their league. I mean they're third in the
• 1:01:59
  table. Ill Nopoly obviously struggling as well in comparison to the last season.
• 1:02:04
  But yeah, we know the type of quality they have and Rudy Garcia was
• 1:02:08
  abysmal for that side, and so they're playing a little bit of catch up
• 1:02:13
  from that. But I think when you're matched up against Ossiman and and Cavada,
• 1:02:21
  like those are two players that are world class players that that can beat
• 1:02:25
  you on any day. So I think Barcelona is similarly, Like they're probably
• 1:02:30
  disappointed that they got a Napoli side that was the champions of Italy. So
• 1:02:36
  for me, I look at it as as as those being two really great
• 1:02:39
  matchups that I want to see. I'm excited. You know a lot of
• 1:02:43
  history, you know, and links between Barsa and Napoli and the in Maradona,
• 1:02:47
  which you know, I'm sure they'll run that story into the ground,
• 1:02:51
  but it's it's an interesting connection and I think, you know, i'd definitely
• 1:02:54
  wake up if I wasn't a Lots fan, you know, I would tune
• 1:02:59
  into the those ones before I tune into like to be a disappointing yo lats
• 1:03:07
  of Byron So Johnny, I mean yeah, Like, like it's well said,
• 1:03:15
  I think honestly, Ento Atltico is gonna be a fun matchup to watch.
• 1:03:20
  It's not gonna be something that is It's gonna be like a I don't
• 1:03:24
  like, like Sean said, like if there's gonna be a blowout, I'd
• 1:03:27
  be surprised too. I think it's really cool really close. Uh, some
• 1:03:31
  some pretty exciting moments in that matchup. Barcenopoli is very interesting. I'm not
• 1:03:36
  saying this is just as Anopoly fan. I just feel like as if it's
• 1:03:38
  team, it's two teams that you know, you know, Anopotly was the
• 1:03:45
  school that the winners last year. They're just they're struggling to find some balance
• 1:03:47
  again and try to fight like they're they're footing. So what's the what's a
• 1:03:52
  better way than beating you know, one of the most historic clubs, you
• 1:03:55
  know in terms of it's in La Liga play and just La Liga, but
• 1:04:00
  also European competition, so uh, be a fantastic matchup. Last time they
• 1:04:04
  met up did not end well for Napoly, so I'm kind of hoping for
• 1:04:08
  for a nice little revenge story. I think I think Napoli has a capacity
• 1:04:15
  to come out as winners in that one, but it's not going to be
• 1:04:18
  something that I that I expect to happen super easily. You have to like
• 1:04:23
  respect the opponent. I at the end of the day, it's still Barcelona.
• 1:04:27
  They still have that magic Latsio. You know what I'm hoping. I'm
• 1:04:30
  honestly hoping for the upset, you know, like I I think it's a
• 1:04:34
  team that you know, like I said, they on a good day,
• 1:04:38
  they can beat any team on a good day. They like like, look,
• 1:04:42
  they put Napoly in their place in the in the first matchup of the
• 1:04:45
  season, you know, and it goes to show that when the competitive level
• 1:04:50
  is a notch above sometimes I feel sometimes they're able to reach to that level
• 1:04:55
  or push that level. So plus, you know, Harry Kane, I
• 1:04:59
  have zero f it than the guy. You know, I'm not gonna be
• 1:05:04
  I'm not I'm not gonna be a but it's it is Harry Kane at the
• 1:05:08
  end of the day. But uh, I just feel like as if there's
• 1:05:12
  you know, it is byed, but it's not. It's not something that's
• 1:05:16
  insurmountable. I do, honestly think Latzio does have a fighting chance. They
• 1:05:25
  do have some surprises like whenever they need to use them, so I wouldn't
• 1:05:30
  count them out for that matchup. But if they're gonna let's if not,
• 1:05:35
  sorry Sean, If there is gonna be a team to lose from the three,
• 1:05:39
  I think Latsio is the most likely one. And I think and I
• 1:05:42
  think Napoli is the second most likely one. I think. I think Interns
• 1:05:45
  they can only guarantee win from Ice from these matchups that I see. The
• 1:05:48
  other two are possibles, but I think Interest is the only one where I'm
• 1:05:53
  like fairly confident handing fire, like, yeah, intern should win that matchup.
• 1:05:58
  It's funny, like I was talking looking to one of my coworkers last
• 1:06:01
  week, was a Barron fan, and he was telling me how Barron was
• 1:06:04
  struggling this season, this and that, and he's not confident in them going
• 1:06:09
  for a Champions League. And sorry Sean, but I don't think last Yo
• 1:06:15
  was the team to knock them off just yet. You know, maybe they
• 1:06:17
  won't last past the quarters. I think if maybe it was if it was
• 1:06:20
  Inter, even Napoli, they could have done it. But lots, you
• 1:06:24
  know, they're just they just don't They're just a weird team. We discussed
• 1:06:29
  the Sean, right, you know, Yeah, you don't have to apologize.
• 1:06:31
  Oh I'm just trying not to lose six to one. Yeah, I
• 1:06:36
  don't. It's definitely gonna be closer than last time. It's gonna be closer
• 1:06:40
  than what people expect. But just at the end of the day, Byron
• 1:06:44
  is the better team I think for them. Obviously, it makes sense why
• 1:06:47
  they're the favorite. The other two matchups for me is a toss up for
• 1:06:50
  sure. In the Inter Athletical matchup, for sure, Inter has the advantage.
• 1:06:56
  I think they're just a stronger team overall. Athletical's fourth in the Lilga
• 1:07:00
  pretty much. I think they're a point behind BARSA and then both both BARSA
• 1:07:05
  and Athletical or six points behind uh Girona and Real Madrid. So it's a
• 1:07:13
  weird Litleiga table this season, but that will be if you're a fan of
• 1:07:18
  coaching, that's gonna be an amazing matchup. Simone versus Simone and lots of
• 1:07:25
  legends to lots of legends. And I was just thinking, man, it
• 1:07:28
  feels like that both on Yeah, there's a lot of a lot of a
• 1:07:33
  lot of storylines of this. Of course, Diego Simone with his connection Statealy
• 1:07:40
  and I was just thinking, man, it feels like he's been around forever,
• 1:07:42
  Like I had to like look up make sure he's still the manager.
• 1:07:45
  He's been manager there since December twenty eleven, that's twelve years ago he was
• 1:07:48
  which is crazy is in this in this world of sports to last that longs
• 1:07:54
  as a coach is crazy, but that's gonna be a tactical warfare. I
• 1:08:00
  still think I think Inter will be the only Italian team to make it through
• 1:08:03
  Napoli Barsa. For me, it really depends, like this matchup is what
• 1:08:08
  two months away? Uh so it really depends how well Napoli adapts to Manzati
• 1:08:15
  system. Big they're big players are gonna have to step up. For me,
• 1:08:18
  it's the big players are gonna have to say. It's dependent on It's
• 1:08:21
  dependent on that for both Napoly and Lot. So if if they have a
• 1:08:25
  fighting chance, it's it's for me, it's on that their big players have
• 1:08:28
  to step up and have to have to prove that they're you know, they're
• 1:08:31
  the big players and they're gonna take this game, these games by the horns
• 1:08:34
  for sure. Yeah. And for Napoli it's if they're if they go on
• 1:08:38
  a roll and they're they're well adapted to Manzai and and they're confident team going
• 1:08:43
  in. Uh, they could do it like this is not Barcia of old,
• 1:08:45
  This is not the MSN Barsa that won a trouble in twenty fifteen.
• 1:08:50
  You know, Uh, they're still really good team sure. Yeah, no,
• 1:08:56
  I think they're still the favorites in this one. I was reading today.
• 1:08:59
  Apparently if Anapoli loses this one, then you've a wile play in the
• 1:09:03
  in the twenty twenty five Club World Cup in North America or in the US.
• 1:09:08
  Uh. So I'm gonna be all on all on Barsia's trains so that
• 1:09:14
  it comes to North America in twenty twenty five and hopefully I'll be able to
• 1:09:16
  go to a game. But because you really will be will be sorry because
• 1:09:21
  you really needed a reason. Yeah, it's just another reason exactly. It'll
• 1:09:25
  be sure, just because maybe they're gonna come in twenty twenty five. Yeah,
• 1:09:29
  okay, all right, keep singing that song. Here's the thing I
• 1:09:31
  read up somewhere that appletly needs to win three games, not not the match
• 1:09:34
  up against Barsa, so oh yeah, yeah, I read somewhere it has
• 1:09:39
  to be three games. So uh, I guess we'll find out in the
• 1:09:43
  future. I'll guess we'll never know before before we wrap it up. Jodd,
• 1:09:49
  just quickly, Europa Fire Nord again? Is this the part three?
• 1:09:55
  Is this the trilogy with the fire? Yeah? Yeah, it's it's like
• 1:09:58
  a sprats increase, like honestly speaking, yeah, bring him on, Bring
• 1:10:05
  him on obviously. Uh, I I have full faith in Mourinho and European
• 1:10:11
  competitions. Uh. In league play he's super inconsistent. And you know,
• 1:10:15
  like, well, mind you what you can't You can only do so much
• 1:10:18
  when you have al Shawati and and and and Belatia is your friend too right
• 1:10:23
  now, you know. So it's it's hard. And then you have freaking
• 1:10:26
  Tammy injured as well. He's not coming till springtime. So uh, it's
• 1:10:30
  it's kind of it's it's it's it's not the same. It's night and day
• 1:10:34
  in European competition. So for me, I bring them on, Like like
• 1:10:41
  I said, one the Conference League went to Europa League Final. For me,
• 1:10:45
  okay, bring on Part three. Let's have uh, let's have Rocky
• 1:10:47
  win again. In part three. You know, they were in lots of
• 1:10:54
  group incredibly incredibly impressive. They they played lots of tough as hell. Uh,
• 1:11:00
  They're probably the team I was most impressed with. And they've got an
• 1:11:04
  incredible coach themselves. They're so they're just so well structured and and they fight.
• 1:11:14
  I you know, I just think that'll be a good matchup. Obviously,
• 1:11:18
  these two sides now know each other. But probably a little bit biased
• 1:11:23
  in me, but I'd give the edge to fan Or and I thought they
• 1:11:26
  looked really really good. Obviously they were, you know, been unfortunate to
• 1:11:29
  not get out of the group. But uh, I just was really impressed
• 1:11:32
  with that team that I saw. I mean, they've they've got and now
• 1:11:38
  I can't remember his name, the Mexican striker on the side. They're just
• 1:11:42
  they're a good, good, good side. So yeah, I wouldn't wouldn't
• 1:11:46
  be surprised to see them take that one. Yeah, they're they're they're a
• 1:11:49
  tough team. They're a tough team for sure. But like Johnny said,
• 1:11:53
  these teams know each other. I think it's gonna be a fun one trilogy,
• 1:11:58
  Rocky three, whatever you want to label what I it's it's it's a
• 1:12:00
  it's a good storyline to have in Europa for me. One just quickly,
• 1:12:04
  but before we get out of here, I mean this team, we have
• 1:12:10
  to beat this team. Uh, you know, obviously with the disappointments of
• 1:12:14
  coming down to Europa, it is where it is. Uh, but this
• 1:12:17
  is a competition that I hope they take seriously. I think they will.
• 1:12:20
  It's a tournament, the competition that this team has never won before, So
• 1:12:29
  I don't see why they don't try to they don't try to go far in
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  it. Obviously top four is the goal keeping pace with with you of a
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  you know, and and whoever is in fourth place if it's Bologna, and
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  if it's not believe Roma, whoever, it is a lot so maybe we'll
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  see. But yeah, this is these this is what I would think.
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  It's a beatable opponent. I don't really know too much about them. I
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  saw that they're a thirteen plains in Ligua. You know, it's it's it's
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  still European Nights, even though it's it's the second in tier, still important,
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  so me and has to wake up. I would hope in these matchups
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  and I'm confident that they that they can that they can strength some some positivity
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  and and and go forward in uh in the competition and and see where where
• 1:13:15
  the competition takes them. But I think that's pretty much it sean, just
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  quickly before we go, because we probably won't talk to you for for a
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  bit, hopefully maybe before the Euros in the summer, I would hope,
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  So just quick thoughts. Uh, it is group. You're twenty twenty four
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  before we get out of here. Yeah, I mean it's the toughest group
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  i'd say in in Euros, but you know there there's potential for thirteen to
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  get out of that group. So look, are Italy is still Italy at
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  the end of the day. Right when it comes to tournament play, you
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  know, every everybody overreacts and in a like, right, we're done as
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  a country. And but it was not even three years ago that we won
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  this thing, so you know we we still have the ability to do it.
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  I have more faith in us once we're in a competition than qualifying for
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  that competition. So now that we're in there, you know, I'm a
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  little bit more hopeful. It just seemed like so much baggage when it came
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  to qualification, just so so much was just mentally getting in the way.
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  And you know, we need players to stay healthy, right, that's Kisa
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  has to be healthy. We need our best side. I'm hoping this Spaletti
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  starts to look at some of these younger players out there. You know,
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  as a La Sallet, I get absolutely frustrated with some of the call ups.
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  You know, Romagnoli who last year I thought was one of the best
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  center backs in the league and and he can't get a call up at all,
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  you know, and you see some of the others that that are getting
• 1:15:04
  a call mentioned. I think it's it's time, given you know, some
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  of the challenges at the regista position, and you know, Georgino is he
• 1:15:18
  is he really the long term player that we're like relying on. Vela is
• 1:15:24
  A is a real player, you know, and he is a two way
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  player. So you know, I'd like to see some of these guys get
• 1:15:31
  some looks ahead of that, and and I want to see us play some
• 1:15:35
  real competition leading up to Euros, which I know Spalletti had come out and
• 1:15:41
  said he wanted to play some really strong sides. So I'm surprisingly like pretty
• 1:15:46
  optimistic just because we're in there and and anything can happen. And I do
• 1:15:53
  know that Italy has a history of banding together when the odds are against them,
• 1:15:59
  and and you know, when they're not supposed to win, that is
• 1:16:02
  when they typically win. You know, when there's all the expectation and hype
• 1:16:06
  and we've got incredible rosters, that's when we've seen the fail. So yeah,
• 1:16:15
  I'm pretty hopeful. Yeah, well said. I mean, I think
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  we we think that they can get out of the group one way or another.
• 1:16:28
  First is going to be a bit of a stretch. But even if
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  they come in second, we'll see about third. I don't know. I
• 1:16:32
  think it's it's it's possible, just can get out of there. Once you
• 1:16:35
  get out, it's anybody's game, right exactly. So listen, like we
• 1:16:42
  said with the Champions the new format, we're still going to watch no matter
• 1:16:46
  what it is for the year roal. Now that we're in we're going to
• 1:16:49
  watch. So yeah, hopeful for that. But Tran, just again,
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  before we let you go here and what you plug away, just a big
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  thanks for your time this evening. We can't thank you enough. You're always
• 1:17:01
  you're always a pleasurable guy to talk to, especially cultural related anything you know,
• 1:17:06
  your stuff. Obviously before we let you plug away, which want to
• 1:17:11
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• 1:17:15
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• 1:17:19
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• 1:17:32
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• 1:17:36
  thanks to us from you Sean And where can we find you on all social
• 1:17:43
  media platforms before we get to get you get you out here? Yeah,
• 1:17:45
  well, thank you guys. Always a lot of fun chatting Cole show,
• 1:17:49
  you know, and it's let's hope that said. Yeah, we mentioned kind
• 1:17:53
  of every all these teams and all these matchups and you know, whatever happens
• 1:17:57
  in Champions League in Europe, we now know we're probably a little bit more
• 1:18:00
  invested in in some of our fellow city teams doing well, just because selfishly
• 1:18:05
  it means an added spot uh for for some of us to maybe qualify for
• 1:18:11
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• 1:19:00
  hopefully we'll get to chat some Euros too. We appreciate you too,
• 1:19:04
  Sean so much. I guess I guess this next week it's a holiday's probably
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  our last episode of twenty twenty three. Thanks to everyone who's tuned in,
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• 1:19:21
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• 1:19:26
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• 1:19:34
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• 1:19:42
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• 1:19:56
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• 1:20:00
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• 1:20:35
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