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The Audible - 2025/26 Season - Ep 14 · TDUK

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  Heat.
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  There we go. Um, folks, welcome week 14
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  of the Audible. Um, as you can tell, I'm
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  on my own today. Uh, Steve should be
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  with us any moment, and we're hoping he
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  is going to be with us. But yeah,
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  welcome to the Audible. Um, we're anyone
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  this week who's watching, we'd love you
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  on. So, if you drop um a comment uh
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  whether it be on Facebook or or or
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  Facebook, ideally, there's an open slot.
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  Anyone is welcome on this week's show.
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  So,
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  Let's get to it and see if Steve's
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  joined us. No, not yet. Okay, so um week
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  13 there was some absolutely
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  brilliant and I mean brilliant games um
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  which we we'll devolve due to in a bit.
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  Um there was some shockers as well and
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  there was some things that we were
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  expecting but we'll go over that. Again
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  folks uh anyone is welcome to join this
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  week's show. Uh, so I'm not a total
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  loner.
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  Um, but we will go with the show as it
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  is. So, um,
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  yeah, it's getting to the nitty-gritty
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  part of the season. There are a few
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  teams. You're not on your own, lad. Oh,
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  are you coming on, mate? Same link as
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  last time. Click that link, Russ. If you
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  click that link, I'll get you on
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  straight away, mate. And that last link
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  I sent you. It'll bring you straight to
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  All right, we got Coach Russ on. There
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  we go.
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  Oh, they I I'll take that. Um but as we
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  were um yeah, there was there was some
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  shocking results, some predictable
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  results which which we're going to go
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  over. Um but it there there's some teams
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  that for me
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  people assume that they're going to be
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  in the um
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  in the playoffs. You know, everyone's
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  expecting the Chiefs to to still somehow
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  do it. I've been saying for weeks
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  they're not going to do it, but time
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  will tell. Um, Coach Russ, if you are
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  joining on, mate, it's just the same
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  link I sent you last time. Click on
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  that, mate, and I'll get you added
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  straight away if you are joining on. Um,
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  and we also, you know, we do want people
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  to jump on this week in week out. So, if
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  your team is, you know, if you want to
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  jump on, whether you're involved in Brit
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  Ball or not, um whether that's adult,
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  uniball, ladies, um any aspect of it,
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  we'd love you on. It's a PG- friendly
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  show. Um I had enough criticism from the
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  other show for the swearing. So, it is a
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  PG friendly show. Just to confirm that
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  before any of you swearing lot, jump on.
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  Right, Coach Rush, if you do want to
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  jump on, mate, click on that link. I
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  will get you on straight away. Um, but
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  folks, let's go in to week 13. Can't
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  mate. My son is downloading. I can't say
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  that bit on a computer and my Wi-Fi
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  can't go. Not a problem, mate. You can
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  comment and then I'll, uh, I'll say how
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  it is.
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  So, uh, week 13, we started off with the
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  lines and the Packers. It was
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  Thanksgiving last week. Um,
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  I thought the I thought the Lions were
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  going to do this, but as Steve calls
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  them, the 8 and0 Packers. Um,
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  they did the job. Uh, 31 to 24, still
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  one score. So, it was a it was a really
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  good game to watch. Uh, one score in the
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  whole game. Um, you know, anyone who's
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  watching this, I'd like to know your
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  thoughts, you know, on any of these
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  games, on things that you thought that
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  were clinical, you know, and part of it.
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  But the Packers convincing win against
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  a, you know, a very good Lions team. Um,
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  I think in a lot of people's power
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  rankings, the Packers are there. Um, you
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  know, again, folks, any questions, any
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  comments, throw them in. We'll display
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  them. But for me, you know, they're just
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  getting the business done and they keep
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  doing it every single week. Uh, well,
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  not every single week. They've obviously
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  been beaten a few times the Packers, but
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  you know, if you look at what Steve
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  says, Steve's very confident that the
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  Packers are going to do really well,
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  whereas I'm pretty much the opposite
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  with it. Okay. Uh let's go on to the
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  next game. So, the next game we have,
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  oh, FYI, 76% of the public back the
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  Packers. Um, and it's saying that I
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  backed the Packers as well, even though
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  I'm pretty sure I didn't, but hey. So,
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  yeah, Packers won on that one. Uh, next
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  one. Um them boys, the Cowboys verse the
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  Chiefs. Um so 80% of the public backed
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  the Chiefs. I don't know if anyone
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  watched this game. I kind of feel like
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  it was a game everyone had to watch. Um
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  and Cowboys did magical things on
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  Thanksgiving. Um but 31 to 28. And it
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  wasn't that the Chiefs looked bad for
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  me. It looked like the Cowboys just just
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  turned up more than anything. Um, you
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  know,
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  I think what's letting the Chiefs down
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  is the amount of injuries they had at
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  the beginning of that, you know, of that
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  season. How many wide receivers they had
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  injured, um, over bits like that. It
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  It's getting that lack of consistent,
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  you know, there's no consistency in the
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  room this season. And I'm sure more than
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  anyone that will be frustrating
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  themselves.
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  Um, I'd like to know obviously if
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  anyone's got any force in it. You know,
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  what what what what's the difference
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  between the Chiefs this season and last
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  season? For me, I think it's injuries.
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  Um,
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  they've, you know, and it kills me to
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  say as a Bronco, they've still got a
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  great bunch of talent there. Um, and
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  it's not even like a little they've, you
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  know, wide receiver wise, they're
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  fantastic. Even on the defense, you
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  know, they're not particularly that bad.
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  Um but it's another week where they
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  don't get a win. It's more pressure
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  that's that's on them. But there's a few
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  there's a few teams in that that
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  pressure point. Um and on that point,
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  we're going to talk about the next
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  result. So the next result um was the so
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  next game is the Ravens against the
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  Bengals.
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  Uh 100% of the public vote backed the
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  Ravens to spank the Bengals and all
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  three of us did. Um
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  um and well we were all wrong. The
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  Bengals didn't win. They dominated 32-4.
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  Um now is every team entitled to a loss?
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  Absolutely. Was that a game the Ravens
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  could afford to lose? No. Absolutely
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  not. Um and it's kind of worrying
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  because you want them to stay in a run.
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  I I still back them. United the better.
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  Um, I mean, Man United,
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  Man United's Man United. I'll just going
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  to load that comment up right there.
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  Sorry. How rude of me. Um, I mean, that
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  guy hasn't had his haircut for about a
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  year and a half. I don't know if
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  anyone's not seen that one. Um, the guy
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  won't get his haircut till uh till till
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  Man United win. Um, Nathan, there is an
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  open invite for you to come along, mate.
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  If you want to come along, drop join on.
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  Just drop me a message and I'll post you
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  the link and you can jump on me. for
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  anyone as well. There is an open link
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  for anyone to uh to jump on. Um yeah,
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  back to back to the Ravens. So, I I
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  still fancy the Ravens to to make the
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  playoffs. They're a team I would not
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  want to play in the playoffs. And I'm
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  I'm very fy or not. They are absolutely
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  a team I do not want to play um in the
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  playoffs, but
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  uh what team do
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  team? Oh, what team do I support? Uh I'm
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  a de Bronco fan, mate. Um,
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  there you go. I'm an ever Bronco fan for
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  the round sheet ball. I'm a Liverpool
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  fan, mate. Not particularly great at the
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  moment. Um, but let's let's move on to
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  the next result.
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  And I'm sure Nathan's going to love
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  talking about this one. So, the next
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  result, and I told you this was going to
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  happen. I told you. I was adamant this
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  was going to happen. Um, the Eagles
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  against the Bears.
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  When the Eagles get beat, they don't
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  react very well. and they did not react
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  very well at all. The Bears won 24-5.
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  No one was expecting it. Um, don't care
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  what anyone says, not a single person
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  was was expecting that result. Um,
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  everything the the the Eagles threw out
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  the Bears. The Bears had an answer for
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  it. And do you know what? the Bears have
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  been creeping up in the back the
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  background a bit, you know, in terms of
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  no one's really been like putting
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  respect on the name because they didn't
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  have the greatest of starts if if I
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  remember rightly, but look at them, you
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  know, absolutely
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  brilliant. Um,
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  Eagles, how are they going to react? I
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  know um I know they were top of Lee's
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  power rankings.
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  Lee can pick his power rankings however
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  he wants. Um but for me
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  they're in the they're in the top 10.
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  Yes, absolutely. But they're not in the
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  top five. Um so you know when's that
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  panic going to sit in? It's an
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  interesting one. It's an interesting
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  one. But for the Bears, um you know,
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  they've got pretty much one foot in the
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  playoffs. They're looking like a team
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  that you do not want to to play against.
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  um you know the con you know the bit of
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  consistency that they've had now because
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  most Liverpool fans all about past not
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  present. Okay. Um let's just display
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  that comment. Um
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  yes mate. Great.
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  Um but yeah uh 82% of the public back
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  the Eagles to win. Um I picked the Bears
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  and you
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  Lee and Steve back the Eagles and how
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  silly they look. Maybe that's why
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  they're not on cuz they both had a
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  shocker. Maybe, maybe, maybe. Uh, right
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  on to the next result, which is the
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  50/50 one of the week, which was the
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  Dolphins against the Saints. Um, let's
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  be honest, both teams have looked
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  absolutely horrendous. Um, the Dolphins,
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  they've had a few convincent wins lately
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  and yeah, they got another one, 21 to
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  17. Uh, all three pundits backed the
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  Dolphins and um, we were right on that
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  one. It wasn't I'll be honest, it wasn't
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  a game I was particularly interested in.
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  Um, you know,
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  there's not, you know, there's nothing
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  major that major major that you're
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  expecting from from either either of the
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  teams. Um, but they got the win. That
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  that's that's all that matters. Um, up
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  next for me, potential for game of the
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  week. This it was absolutely brilliant.
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  Um, the Colts played the Texans and um,
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  67% of the public backed the Colts. Now,
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  I went for the Texans on this one
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  because defense wins games. Defense
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  always, always, always wins games. And
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  yeah, um, it was a close game. 20 points
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  to 16. Lee and Ste sticking together
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  here. Um, they backed um, they backed
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  the Colts and they were wrong.
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  Do I think Colts could make playoffs?
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  Yes. Do you think Texans have got a good
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  chance? Absolutely. With their defense.
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  Um, you know, not that far off. Um, but
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  for Colts, it was it wasn't the best of
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  days in the office. I'm surprised by the
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  results. Absolutely not. Have we got any
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  Colts fans? Have we got any Texan fans?
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  We've got a Man United fan. I know that.
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  Um, but if anyone's got anything to say,
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  by all means, folks. Um, pop something
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  on. Um, okay. After that, we had the
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  Jets against the Falcons.
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  Again,
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  I think the problem with this week's
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  fixtures is there's a few games I wasn't
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  particularly interested in.
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  Sorry, it's kickoff gone outside the
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  house. Um, but the Jets won 27 to 24.
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  64% of the public, myself and Ste backed
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  the Falcons to beat the Jets. And, um,
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  unfortunately, it it didn't happen. um
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  you know the the Jets they've got you
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  know there's a few good wins you know
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  wins the they're obviously going to have
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  another good draft selection um next
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  season but it'll be interesting to see
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  how they finish the season try and get
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  some momentum into the off season um
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  again I'm not particularly interested in
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  but good win for the for the Jets. Uh
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  after that we had the Browns against the
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  49ers. Um and it was pacing. Um 90% of
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  the public backed the 49ers. The over
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  10% were on hard drugs cuz you'd have to
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  do that to pick the Browns even if you
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  support them. Yeah. Um 26-8.
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  Poor
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  very very poor. Um 49ers again another
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  team guilty for me of a lack of
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  consistency in form
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  but no wasn't good enough at all. Um
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  it's going to be interesting to see how
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  the Browns finish the season obviously.
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  um 49ers. Can they get into the
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  playoffs? We'll see. Um after that, we
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  had the Panthers against the Rams. Um
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  now 90, sorry, 87% of the public backed
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  the Rams.
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  Lee backed the Rams. Steve backed the
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  Rams. and Steve and give me grief for
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  picking the Panthers because I back the
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  Panthers because Panthers do crazy
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  things against really good teams. And
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  did they do something crazy? They got a
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  win. Yes, they did something crazy. 31
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  to28.
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  Again, this was one of the two games
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  that was potentially game of the week.
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  It was absolutely brilliant. Um I don't
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  know if anyone managed to to watch it.
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  Um but it was brilliant from the get-
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  go. They were at each other then it was
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  the other way around. It was absolutely
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  um brilliant. Um one second. So after
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  that we had the Titans against the Jags.
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  Um this was a horrendous game. Um let me
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  just check we got the right score there.
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  Yeah. Two sex.
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  Yeah. So we had the Jags against the
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  Rams. I've got a feeling someone's typed
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  a mistype with that score. Let me just
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  check.
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  Titans.
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  Um, let's have a look.
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  No, I was correct. Yeah, so the the
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  Tennessee Titans one one and 11. That's
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  so bad. Um, they got beat by the Jags 25
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  to3, but when you look at both teams
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  score records, um, Jags have got eight
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  wins, four losses, it it kind of it kind
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  of speaks um, sense. Um
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  yeah, Jags will be looking to have a
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  very good run this season. You'd imagine
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  at the point that they they are this
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  season. Steve wanted to talk about who
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  who he thought were going to make the
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  playoffs. I am going to discuss what
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  he's he's posted in there. Um but Jags
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  would certainly be a team that I think
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  are going to be there. Also is the next
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  team that won. Um oh sorry, all three
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  pundits did back the Jags to win. So,
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  next up we've got the uh Buccaneers
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  against um the Cardinals. Um the
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  Buccaneers won 20 points to 17. 78% of
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  the public backed the Buccaneers. I
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  backed the Buccaneers. Lee backed the
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  Buccaneers and Steve for some reason
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  backed the Cardinals. Um I think the
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  book's going to be good.
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  I really really do. Um you know, they've
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  been pretty much spot on all season. The
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  odd blip here and there. Um, but if
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  you're a Bucks fan, you got to be happy
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  where your team is this season. You got
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  to be really, really happy. Um, yeah, I
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  think um I think I I think I think
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  they'll do very well. Do I think they're
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  going to go all the way? No, I I I
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  don't. I think there's much better
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  teams, but I've been proven to be wrong
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  every now and again. Um, next up was the
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  um Seattle Seahawks. Um, wow. Past of
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  the week, this one. And everyone knew
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  it. 100% of the public, all three
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  pundits backed the Seahawks to win. And
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  they didn't just win. They the they they
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  slaughtered them 26 points to nil.
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  Crazy. Um I think the Seahawks will be
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  really really good. I I don't I couldn't
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  tell you where I think they're going to
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  finish this season. I I I don't know. I
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  don't know where they're going to finish
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  this season. Um but they're definitely
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  going to make the bloody playoffs unlike
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  the Vikings. Um after that we had the
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  Steelers against the Bills. What has
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  happened to the Steelers? Um 75% of the
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  public, myself and Lee backed the Bills
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  and the Bills absolutely passed them 26
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  points to seven. I think the Steelers
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  again are another one of them teams that
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  are guilty of, you know, that,
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  you know, lack of consistency. Um, and
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  that's what you want. You know, as a
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  fan, more than anything, you want them
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  to be consistent. Um, you know, if
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  you're bad, you're bad. If you're good,
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  you're good. If you're a bit of both,
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  it's terribly frustrating. It is. Um,
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  Bills make playoffs more than likely.
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  Um, Steelers, I don't think so. I think
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  I think it's it's just getting worse.
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  doesn't I'm not seeing anything for me
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  to be like, you know, oh no, they look
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  good. Um, so no. Um, not the best. Um,
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  then moving on to the next game was the
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  Chargers against the Raiders. Now I I
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  Oh, hang on. Wait there. Add to the
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  stream. Hello, mate.
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  >> Hello, mate. You dragged me on here. I
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  don't know how it's
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  going to hold out, though. I might
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  buffer a little bit every now and then.
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  I buffer all the time, mate. Don't
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  worry. Let me just turn this to the
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  side. Two sex. There we go. There we go.
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  Get rid of that.
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  One minute, mate. There we go. Right.
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  So, um, right. We We're on the point of
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  talking about the Chargers and Raiders.
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  Okay. Now, I picked the Raiders because
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  I wanted the Chargers to get beat. That
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  was my process for it. Did you watch the
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  Raiders and the Chargers?
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  >> I didn't catch this one. No. No, I
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  didn't, unfortunately. You you you know
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  what? You didn't miss much. It was
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  absolutely horrendous.
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  >> It was horrendous. Um
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  >> I mean, are you surprised with that with
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  the Raiders at the moment?
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  >> No.
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  Well, Charges have a lot of injuries.
• 19:30
  >> Yeah.
• 19:30
  >> So, so my thought process was um
• 19:33
  >> I had a chance.
• 19:35
  >> Yeah. Yeah.
• 19:38
  And
• 19:39
  it it just looked like they can't be
• 19:40
  bothered. It looks like they they've
• 19:42
  completely considering how big their
• 19:43
  their fan base is because you know like
• 19:46
  when I went when I went to when I lived
• 19:48
  in Colorado and I went to watch the
• 19:49
  Broncos, the Broncos had no chance of
• 19:50
  making the playoffs. The stadium was if
• 19:53
  lucky three fifths full. Okay.
• 19:56
  But their stadiums still look pretty
• 19:58
  spot on. They're still getting great
• 19:59
  attendances, stuff like that. So you'd
• 20:00
  think there'd be a bit of fight for the
• 20:02
  fans. Honestly, that aspect of it just
• 20:05
  baffles me because no, it's just still
• 20:09
  just as bad. But 90% of the public back
• 20:12
  the charges. Um I backed the Raiders,
• 20:14
  the other two backed the charges and 31
• 20:18
  to 14. Horrendous. Um next up is my
• 20:22
  team. And what an absolute mental situ I
• 20:26
  I said last week I wouldn't be surprised
• 20:28
  if we got beat because for some reason
• 20:30
  against poor teams we're even more poor.
• 20:33
  Look at the Raiders game. The Norfest. I
• 20:36
  still blame the wind. Um 90% of the
• 20:39
  public backed the Broncos. All three of
• 20:40
  us backed the Broncos. I'm pretty sure
• 20:42
  you'd pick the Broncos as well. And we
• 20:45
  won in overtime 27 26. Did you watch
• 20:47
  this? Did you see the highlights or
• 20:49
  mates?
• 20:49
  >> I saw I saw I saw some of the highlights
• 20:51
  mate. Yeah. Um Yeah, these games are
• 20:55
  >> You'd have took the draw.
• 20:59
  >> Sorry.
• 20:59
  >> Would you have gone as a coach, right?
• 21:01
  Your coach,
• 21:02
  >> are you going for the two points or you
• 21:04
  going for the draw?
• 21:07
  >> Oh, you you would go for the two points
• 21:11
  >> against at the time against a nine and
• 21:14
  two team though.
• 21:18
  >> Yeah, but sometimes you got to just
• 21:19
  throw the dice in things in my opinion.
• 21:22
  I mean,
• 21:22
  >> I like that. I like it.
• 21:24
  >> I I did it I did I actually did it in
• 21:26
  one of our games this year and it didn't
• 21:29
  come off for me very well or the team.
• 21:32
  >> Oh, I remember that.
• 21:33
  >> Yeah.
• 21:35
  >> But but but you you I mean there's
• 21:37
  certain things that happen as a coach
• 21:40
  where you think, "No, we've got to throw
• 21:41
  the dice on this because of certain, you
• 21:43
  know, you haven't got the right
• 21:44
  personnel or, you know, confidence or
• 21:48
  whatever." And uh I I still would have
• 21:51
  gone for it, you know, not that
• 21:52
  particular play,
• 21:53
  >> but I would have I I would have
• 21:56
  >> I would have done something a little bit
• 21:58
  special, you know, like scrape the
• 22:00
  bottom of the playbook and
• 22:02
  >> do something absolutely wild to get
• 22:04
  those two points.
• 22:05
  >> Well, I So I mean, most people quite a
• 22:09
  lot of people know about it anyway. Um
• 22:11
  because it I'm trying to look at
• 22:13
  everything now from a kicking
• 22:14
  perspective because I'm I'm I'm
• 22:16
  practicing kicking. I'm practicing field
• 22:18
  vehicles, kicking. I was 22 stone. I'm,
• 22:22
  you know, 17 stone. So, just sub 17
• 22:25
  stone now. I'm aiming by April to be
• 22:27
  like 15 16 stone.
• 22:30
  So,
• 22:31
  on that on that thing, I'm like, no, I
• 22:34
  don't want to kick it. I'd be like, just
• 22:35
  kick it. Go for the draw. But I get it.
• 22:37
  I get your roll of the dice thing. And
• 22:40
  I'm made up you've said that because you
• 22:41
  know if that happens again next season,
• 22:42
  and I hope it goes the right way. The
• 22:44
  first thing I will say if it does, I'll
• 22:45
  be like, "ROLLING THE DICE. ROLLING the
• 22:47
  dice." Might get that on a sh.
• 22:50
  >> Love it, mate. Love it.
• 22:52
  >> Right. Unfortunately, we've got to talk
• 22:54
  about this next one.
• 22:58
  >> 95% of the public backed the Patriots to
• 23:00
  beat the Giants. Myself and Steve back
• 23:02
  the Giants cuz we both know the Patriots
• 23:05
  little runner form is a bit of a missell
• 23:07
  when you look at who they've played. But
• 23:09
  the Patriots won 33 to 15.
• 23:13
  I still think since that injury and that
• 23:17
  loss, you guys have just not been the
• 23:19
  same. But what's crazy is the amount of
• 23:22
  games you've lost in the fourth quarter.
• 23:25
  >> Yeah. Yeah. It's been absolutely
• 23:26
  ridiculous. You know, I mean, some games
• 23:29
  were giving up like 20 23 points in the
• 23:32
  fourth in in the, you know, in the
• 23:34
  fourth quarter and things like that. But
• 23:37
  you're going on about kickers. Did you
• 23:38
  see
• 23:40
  Did you see the Ah, oh mate, don't.
• 23:44
  Because like I went into work and then
• 23:46
  my my one of my managers was like, is
• 23:49
  this what you've got to do? And I'm
• 23:50
  like, don't I don't want to see that guy
• 23:52
  because
• 23:53
  >> how has he done that?
• 23:55
  >> I don't know. But do you know he bl he
• 23:58
  blamed it on the ball was still moving
• 24:00
  and put him off. But if you if you
• 24:03
  actually look at it and look at the slow
• 24:05
  motions, it's all there's so many memes
• 24:07
  about it. That ball was in the right
• 24:09
  position and everything.
• 24:10
  >> Was was that the Was that the same guy
• 24:12
  who kicked who missed all the kicks
• 24:14
  against us?
• 24:16
  >> Yes,
• 24:16
  >> he's gone, mate. He is gone at the end
• 24:19
  of the season.
• 24:20
  >> Oh, no, no, no, he's not. Um, that that
• 24:23
  kicker's already gone. He was a kicker
• 24:25
  that that came in and then he's he's
• 24:28
  he's done that. I mean, you know, I'm 57
• 24:31
  years of age and I can still kick kick
• 24:34
  at least I can kick the ball. It might
• 24:36
  not go through the post, but at least I
• 24:37
  could actually my foot will actually
• 24:39
  football. I I mean I mean for for me
• 24:41
  >> it's embarrassing. It's embarrassing.
• 24:43
  >> Well, for me, we've got um we've got a
• 24:45
  lot of rugby pitchers near where I am.
• 24:47
  So, I've bought the kicking tea. Um I
• 24:50
  bought like the little tripod thing, you
• 24:51
  know, that holds the ball.
• 24:53
  >> Mhm.
• 24:53
  >> Um I've got a ball. I've got a new set
• 24:55
  of boots. Um and I'm just watching a ton
• 24:59
  of YouTube stuff. Um, you know,
• 25:02
  obviously my part, you know, I'm just
• 25:04
  doing it see to see what happens. But,
• 25:07
  um,
• 25:09
  yeah, it's crazy. Like, at no point in
• 25:12
  like any of them training videos,
• 25:14
  someone went, "If you did this wrong,
• 25:15
  this is going to happen." I've never
• 25:17
  seen that happen before. And don't get
• 25:18
  me wrong, I've not been following the
• 25:19
  NFL my whole life. I only got into it
• 25:22
  what, nine years ago. Um, I've watched
• 25:25
  it for about 15 years, but I proper got
• 25:27
  into it about nine years ago.
• 25:29
  Um, it's just mental that that even
• 25:31
  happened. And if you're watching that, I
• 25:33
  don't even want to imagine how peeved
• 25:36
  off that would make you like
• 25:38
  >> I mean I mean it the the I mean the the
• 25:41
  cameras were going going
• 25:44
  past the uh the Giants players Jackson
• 25:47
  Dart and um and they were just shaking
• 25:50
  their head and turning away. They just
• 25:52
  couldn't believe it, you know. Um
• 25:54
  >> what what did you see? Um what's the
• 25:57
  guy's name? He got injured. Um
• 26:02
  um Scat Scaboo.
• 26:03
  >> Scaboo. Yeah.
• 26:04
  >> Yeah. Did you see? Yeah.
• 26:06
  >> Did you see him in the WWE?
• 26:09
  >> Yeah, I did. Yeah, he had a bit of a
• 26:10
  tear up, didn't he?
• 26:12
  >> I I I don't mind anything like that
• 26:14
  because it's it, you know, it's not bad
• 26:16
  press, it's not good press, but it's fun
• 26:18
  press. You know, anything. But I've seen
• 26:19
  people moaning about he's injured, he
• 26:21
  should be recovering. Let him go and
• 26:22
  enjoy himself. He'll find a bit of
• 26:23
  himself back and he'll want he'll be
• 26:25
  back quicker. Honestly,
• 26:26
  >> well, don't forget he's only he's only a
• 26:27
  young lad and he's, you know, he's still
• 26:29
  exploring the the the the the fames of
• 26:32
  being um a professional well- paid
• 26:36
  player.
• 26:37
  >> Um so, he's and he's young. I mean, he's
• 26:40
  doing loads of stuff on the internet and
• 26:42
  stuff. I just hope that he doesn't fall
• 26:45
  short or foul of of of what he's doing
• 26:49
  online because of the oldies not
• 26:51
  understanding about about the young
• 26:54
  younger players
• 26:56
  >> uh today. But um just going back to the
• 26:59
  Giants, you know, there's, you know,
• 27:01
  there's I mean they're putting up
• 27:04
  points, the Giants, they're putting up
• 27:06
  points week in week out. The offensive
• 27:07
  line have been playing absolutely great.
• 27:09
  Um they're getting yardage. Um Jackson
• 27:12
  Dark came back in um took a few whacks,
• 27:16
  you know, um but like he said, it's just
• 27:19
  football, but um
• 27:22
  our defense are just letting in just so
• 27:24
  many points late on in the game. Um and
• 27:28
  and and the organization is in a
• 27:30
  complete mess. They're going to be
• 27:32
  there's there's cries out and it has
• 27:34
  been for a while to to uh sack sack the
• 27:38
  uh the GM
• 27:40
  Shuan. Um and
• 27:43
  >> if that did happen, you you wouldn't be
• 27:46
  surprised like you wouldn't.
• 27:48
  >> No, no, no, no, no. I mean the since
• 27:52
  he's been in I think I think there's a
• 27:55
  stat or something they've done they've
• 27:56
  lost him as a GM they've lost 35 games
• 28:01
  out of 45.
• 28:02
  >> Yeah that's not good enough.
• 28:04
  >> No over a four year period. So yeah. No
• 28:07
  it's not it's not good mate. It's not
• 28:09
  good. But anyway I think you should move
• 28:11
  on mate. I talk all night about Yeah.
• 28:14
  >> Giants as you know. Right. I'm
• 28:16
  >> I'm going to come come at you with a
• 28:17
  question now. Okay.
• 28:20
  Super Super Bowl final.
• 28:23
  Who's there?
• 28:26
  Oh god.
• 28:34
  >> I think I think the Broncos.
• 28:36
  >> Okay.
• 28:37
  >> I think the Broncos and I also think
• 28:41
  possibly
• 28:44
  the Bears
• 28:46
  >> because they're playing so well. They
• 28:49
  there's something there's something
• 28:50
  happened happen
• 28:51
  >> something special going on there at the
• 28:52
  >> moment. Yeah, sorry. I agree. There's
• 28:55
  something special going on there. FYI,
• 28:57
  folks, anyone listening to this,
• 28:59
  >> um I'd love to know who you think is
• 29:01
  going to be in that Super Bowl. I I
• 29:03
  really would love to think I want to
• 29:05
  know who people think. I mean, I think
• 29:06
  the Broncos will be there.
• 29:07
  >> I do think the the Bears have have got a
• 29:10
  great chance. Um but I think it'll be
• 29:12
  between Eagles and Bears for me for me.
• 29:16
  Um, Eagles always find that run of form,
• 29:19
  you know, and although other teams might
• 29:22
  be playing better, it's a different
• 29:24
  kettle of fish when you get to that win
• 29:26
  or lose scenario in the Super Bowl. Um,
• 29:28
  so roll on the dice
• 29:30
  >> once the playoffs start once the
• 29:32
  playoffs
• 29:34
  start kicking in, you know, you know,
• 29:36
  it's like uh it's like Formula 1, you
• 29:38
  know, they charge up their batteries and
• 29:40
  they go full out. Um, and I think at the
• 29:44
  speed of the game and the hits and the
• 29:46
  everything in the playoffs is it's
• 29:48
  almost a different game. You you watch
• 29:50
  the whole season, then suddenly the
• 29:52
  playoffs come in and then you're seeing
• 29:55
  these true professionals come to light,
• 29:58
  you know, these true players come to
• 30:00
  light. So,
• 30:02
  >> no, I I agree with you. What we're going
• 30:04
  to do, I'm just going to get up. Um,
• 30:07
  Ste's
• 30:08
  So, Ste has done NFL predictions. Okay.
• 30:12
  So, Steve's playoff predictions. Let's
• 30:15
  go through this. Okay.
• 30:17
  >> So, Steve thinks the Rams are going to
• 30:18
  qualify and are going to um win 13 and
• 30:22
  lose four. Eagles are going to qualify,
• 30:25
  win 12 and lose five.
• 30:28
  Buccaneers are going to qualify. He
• 30:30
  thinks it's 11 and six. Um Bears 11 and
• 30:34
  six. Seahawks 12 and five. 49ers 11 and
• 30:39
  six. and the Lions 11-6. Okay.
• 30:43
  Um I can see every team he's mentioned
• 30:46
  qualifying. 49ers might be a hit or miss
• 30:49
  just because they've been a bit
• 30:50
  inconsistent this season,
• 30:52
  >> but most of it I'm not going to, you
• 30:54
  know, especially for me the list is more
• 30:57
  do I think they're going to qualify.
• 30:58
  Yeah, I'd agree with most of that. Then
• 31:00
  we get on to the next part. This is
• 31:01
  where it gets funny. He's not here to
• 31:03
  defend himself, so screw him.
• 31:06
  Steve thinks that the Patriots are only
• 31:09
  going to lose one more game. Um, they're
• 31:11
  going to finish on 14 and three. He
• 31:12
  thinks the Broncos are going to finish
• 31:13
  on 13 and four, which I might agree with
• 31:15
  him on because that last game of the
• 31:17
  season, if we won, we might just put out
• 31:19
  a second string squad to protect
• 31:21
  everyone, give everyone a rest week.
• 31:22
  Yeah,
• 31:22
  >> it I wouldn't be surprised. Um,
• 31:26
  Texans 11 and six. I like that shout
• 31:28
  because te defense wins games. Texans
• 31:30
  have been brilliant.
• 31:32
  >> Ravens with a nine and eight. That'll be
• 31:35
  interesting. The Bills 12 and five and
• 31:38
  get ready. I hope you're not going to
• 31:39
  fall over in laughter.
• 31:42
  He thinks the Chiefs are going to win 10
• 31:45
  and seven.
• 31:49
  >> Not a chance.
• 31:49
  >> The Chiefs The Chiefs The Chiefs
• 31:53
  The Chiefs aren't finishing games
• 31:55
  lately. They're not They're not They're
• 31:57
  >> You know, they're playing They play
• 31:59
  well.
• 32:00
  >> Yes. But
• 32:01
  >> yes,
• 32:01
  >> they they're playing okay pretty well,
• 32:04
  but they're they're not finishing the
• 32:06
  games off, you know. I don't know if I
• 32:08
  think I don't know if um you know, the
• 32:11
  referees aren't they're not paying the
• 32:12
  referees enough or you know, whatever.
• 32:15
  But
• 32:16
  >> I had to say it. I had to say it. But
• 32:19
  no, but but but things aren't going
• 32:20
  their way for the Chiefs at the moment,
• 32:24
  >> you know. And
• 32:25
  >> I agree.
• 32:28
  >> Um I I agree. Um, two sex. I've just had
• 32:30
  an Exdevere Broncos player message me.
• 32:32
  Not even lying. Uh, we are live now,
• 32:34
  mate. Um, 7:30
• 32:37
  till 8:30. Yes, there's a de Bron Xever
• 32:40
  Broncos player coming on. I'm working on
• 32:41
  it. I'm working on it as we're alive.
• 32:45
  And then he's got the Colts 10 and
• 32:47
  seven. I think it would be a dying shame
• 32:48
  for the Colts not to qualify. Um, I
• 32:50
  think they've been brilliant all season.
• 32:51
  They've been lucky in a few games. Do I
• 32:53
  see them losing so many more games? No,
• 32:55
  I don't. Um,
• 32:57
  it's an interesting one because there's
• 32:59
  so many what if buts and may at this
• 33:01
  point of the season. There's there's so
• 33:03
  many, you know, like I mean, you you
• 33:04
  made that comment about the refs. Some
• 33:06
  people would say the same about the
• 33:07
  Eagles.
• 33:09
  >> Yes. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah.
• 33:11
  >> You know, with the, you know, how
• 33:13
  fortunate they've been with with with
• 33:15
  some bits and bobs. Um, it's an
• 33:17
  interesting one, but you know what I
• 33:18
  think we do? I think we go on to week
• 33:20
  14.
• 33:22
  >> So, let's do that.
• 33:24
  >> You know this works, mate.
• 33:27
  I'll say the teams. I'll say who I
• 33:30
  think's win or you says. We'll we'll
• 33:32
  we'll take it in turns. Okay. So,
• 33:35
  Lions versus the Cowboys. That's on
• 33:37
  tonight.
• 33:40
  Now,
• 33:40
  >> I'm going to say the Cowboys.
• 33:44
  >> The the Lions are on a bit of decline at
• 33:47
  the moment and they're not finding a way
• 33:49
  to sort it out.
• 33:50
  >> Correct.
• 33:52
  Do you think that the Cowboys can make
• 33:54
  the playoffs?
• 33:59
  >> I I hate to say this. I really do cuz
• 34:02
  I'm not the biggest.
• 34:05
  >> I Yeah, thanks. Um
• 34:09
  they've got a they've got a chance, a
• 34:11
  good chance. They they've got a good ch
• 34:13
  if they're playing cuz they they seem to
• 34:16
  come into form. I mean, a lot of these
• 34:18
  teams that come into form towards the
• 34:20
  tail end of the season is they're more
• 34:23
  likely to to to push through to the
• 34:25
  playoffs. So, I definitely
• 34:28
  Yeah, I Yes. Okay. Yeah, I think Cowboys
• 34:32
  will. Yes,
• 34:34
  >> I agree.
• 34:36
  Okay. Uh, next up is a game that no one
• 34:38
  cares about. I don't care what anyone
• 34:40
  says, you know. Fight me, disagree me.
• 34:43
  Um, the Browns against the Titans. Um,
• 34:46
  I'm picking the Browns, but is it's a
• 34:48
  game no one cares about, unfortunately.
• 34:54
  >> The Browns are dual win, aren't they?
• 34:56
  >> Yeah,
• 34:57
  >> but I say the I'm going to say the
• 34:59
  Titans, mate. But the Browns are due a
• 35:01
  win.
• 35:02
  >> No, the reason I disagree with you is
• 35:03
  the Titans, say the Browns defense, you
• 35:06
  know, on the Dline, they look pretty
• 35:08
  good. Obviously the linebacker in favor
• 35:11
  on there's a few issues but I think that
• 35:13
  Dline they'll be they'll turn up they'll
• 35:14
  have their game because they know it's a
• 35:16
  win that they can get.
• 35:18
  Um next up we've got the Falcons and the
• 35:21
  Seahawks. Um I'll be backing the
• 35:24
  Seahawks. They've just been that good
• 35:25
  this season. Um
• 35:28
  and the Falcons have been very hit and
• 35:29
  miss and a bit inconsistent. Who are you
• 35:31
  picking here mate?
• 35:32
  >> Yeah Seahawks for me as well mate. Um
• 35:36
  after that we've got the Jags against
• 35:37
  the Colts. Um Jags obviously I think
• 35:41
  they had a great win on the weekend.
• 35:43
  I've just talked about a few minutes
• 35:44
  ago. Um but I'm going to be going for
• 35:46
  the Colts here. I fancy the Colts come
• 35:48
  back um with a lovely win. Um so yeah,
• 35:51
  I'm going for the Colts. What about
• 35:52
  yourself, mate?
• 35:54
  >> Uh I'm going for the Jags.
• 35:57
  >> Reason reason is I think the Colts want
• 36:00
  to decline. I think they've been sused
• 36:02
  out. I think their offense has been
• 36:03
  sused out and um I think
• 36:05
  >> you might be right mate, but do all the
• 36:08
  play do all the plays happen straight
• 36:10
  away? Do some people wait to the
• 36:11
  playoffs? Yes, they do. Might they bring
• 36:12
  them out a bit early? Only time will
• 36:14
  tell. But that is a great shout, mate.
• 36:17
  Um next up, we got the Vikings and the
• 36:19
  Commanders. Um after what I've seen
• 36:21
  score-wise there from the weekend, I'm
• 36:22
  going to be back in the Commanders here.
• 36:25
  >> Yeah,
• 36:27
  >> Vikings Vikings. had they added a
• 36:31
  reasonable start and then they just they
• 36:33
  just can't find find find a way to um to
• 36:37
  win.
• 36:38
  >> Yeah. Yeah. Um then we've got the Bills
• 36:41
  and the Bengals. Um I'm going to go to
• 36:43
  you for first on this one, mate. Bills
• 36:45
  or the Bengals?
• 36:46
  >> Definitely the Bills.
• 36:48
  >> I'm going the Bengals.
• 36:50
  >> Oh, yeah. Okay.
• 36:53
  >> Because they've just had a brilliant win
• 36:54
  against a really good team. Um yeah,
• 36:57
  they beat the Ravens very convincingly.
• 36:59
  They do if they The thing is is the you
• 37:02
  never know what Bengals is going to turn
• 37:04
  up and that's the most soul destroying
• 37:06
  thing. You know, most weeks it's it's
• 37:10
  will score more than you literally will
• 37:12
  score more than you. But you know,
• 37:14
  they've also been a team where they a
• 37:16
  little bit of lucky in the last few
• 37:17
  plays, you know, that against the Bears,
• 37:21
  >> you know.
• 37:21
  >> Yeah. Yeah. I know. I know. But I think
• 37:24
  >> Yeah. If if the Bengals wear their white
• 37:26
  Bengals kit, their all white kit, which
• 37:30
  I absolutely love, believe it or not, um
• 37:33
  they might win. They might.
• 37:37
  >> Um the next game I think is going to be
• 37:39
  the past of the week. Murder Sophie
• 37:42
  Alexer the the murder on the dance
• 37:44
  floor. We've got the Buccaneers against
• 37:46
  the Saints.
• 37:49
  >> Bucks.
• 37:50
  >> Bucks. It's not It's not even like
• 37:54
  >> it.
• 37:54
  >> Yeah,
• 37:55
  >> I don't I I expect that to be 100% of
• 37:58
  the public vote to back the books on
• 38:00
  that one.
• 38:01
  >> Um, next up is a very tasty game. Um,
• 38:03
  you got the Ravens against the Steelers
• 38:05
  potentially to seal that division. Um,
• 38:08
  I'm going to back the Ravens because the
• 38:10
  Steelers just the worst thing, you know,
• 38:12
  not the worst thing, they're not it's
• 38:14
  very, but the the decline they've been
• 38:16
  on recently has just been absolutely
• 38:18
  horrendous. So, I'm going to be going
• 38:20
  for the Ravens on that one.
• 38:21
  >> I think you're right. But it's going to
• 38:23
  be a very close game. I think
• 38:25
  >> I agree. Yeah. You know, it might it
• 38:27
  might even go into overtime
• 38:30
  >> this game.
• 38:31
  >> We have to say that
• 38:32
  >> it's that Yeah, that that close.
• 38:35
  >> Um, next up we got the Jets and the
• 38:37
  Dolphins.
• 38:37
  >> Let's hope they got a good kicker. Let's
• 38:40
  hope they've got a good kicker
• 38:42
  >> for for Yeah. Um, next up we got the
• 38:46
  Jets and the Dolphins. Um, I'm going to
• 38:49
  back the Jets here just simply because
• 38:50
  they've impressed me more than the
• 38:51
  Dolphins have the last few weeks.
• 38:53
  >> Yeah, I watched them a little bit on
• 38:55
  some of the highlights of the game and
• 38:57
  and they look they look very good. Their
• 39:00
  defense were absolutely fantastic.
• 39:02
  >> Yeah. When they played when they played
• 39:04
  the Broncos in London, that was what
• 39:06
  impressed me the most about them was was
• 39:07
  the defense.
• 39:08
  >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They you know their
• 39:11
  their win at the weekend was due to
• 39:14
  their defense. the pressure they put on
• 39:17
  was unbelievable.
• 39:19
  >> Um, right, it's happening. We're talking
• 39:22
  about it. The next game,
• 39:26
  FYI, I'm watching this game of
• 39:28
  Hickories. Um, and we've got our like
• 39:30
  bad Christmas jumper night. I can't
• 39:32
  wait. Um, that's for my my team who I'm
• 39:34
  not going to mention. Um, but looking
• 39:37
  forward to this game, the Raiders
• 39:39
  against the Broncos. Your first, mate.
• 39:42
  Who are you picking?
• 39:44
  Well, it' be silly not to pick the
• 39:46
  Broncos up really though. It's It's a
• 39:49
  no-brainer, I think.
• 39:51
  >> Yeah, I'm going to go for the Raiders.
• 39:54
  No. Um, look, I I you know, oh, it's
• 39:57
  just come up on me thing there. Broncos
• 39:58
  rather score predictions are in as well.
• 40:00
  So, like even they're talking about it.
• 40:02
  Um,
• 40:04
  right. Do I think the Broncos are going
• 40:06
  to win? Yes. Would it surprise me if we
• 40:08
  screwed up? Absolutely not.
• 40:11
  um hopefully they don't underestimate
• 40:13
  them because I kind of feel like we did
• 40:15
  that with um
• 40:17
  uh uh Washington on on the weekend if
• 40:20
  you get if you get what I mean. Um but
• 40:22
  no, I'm back in the Broncos to win. Um
• 40:25
  and I'll be watching that with a lovely
• 40:27
  lovely pint.
• 40:29
  Um next up we've got the Cardinals
• 40:30
  against the Rams. I'm going to let you
• 40:32
  go first on this one, mate.
• 40:34
  >> Uh definitely the Rams on this. um you
• 40:38
  know this
• 40:41
  they still got one of the best offenses
• 40:43
  in the league in my opinion. Um
• 40:47
  >> but um yeah, the Cardinals I don't think
• 40:50
  they're going to have enough to to beat
• 40:52
  the Rams for sure.
• 40:53
  >> I agree. I I would love for the
• 40:56
  Cardinals to win. I love an underdog,
• 40:58
  but I'm going to be back in the uh the
• 41:00
  Rams here. It's I think I feel it be a
• 41:02
  good game though. I feel it'll be a good
• 41:03
  game. Um, this next game again could be
• 41:07
  game of the week, the Green Bay Packers
• 41:09
  against the Bears. You're up, mate. Wow.
• 41:14
  >> Well,
• 41:15
  it it it's all who wins the fight
• 41:18
  outside the stadium and who wins the
• 41:20
  fight inside the stadium.
• 41:24
  So, um,
• 41:26
  uh, got to be game of the week. Got to
• 41:30
  be a great game. Well, is it a Lambo or
• 41:33
  is a Soldierfield?
• 41:35
  >> It's that Packers. It's Packers.
• 41:37
  >> Is that Lambo? Yeah. Right. Um,
• 41:42
  >> no, definitely the Bears, man.
• 41:45
  >> Yeah, I do you know what? I'm back in
• 41:47
  the Bears. We've just been seeing the
• 41:49
  build. They're clearly building
• 41:50
  something special. Um, but I think it's
• 41:53
  going to be a brilliant game. Um, and I
• 41:54
  again, I'll be enjoying this with my
• 41:56
  pint at the Hickory's uh uh Lancaster
• 41:58
  Buccaneers bad Christmas jumper day. And
• 42:00
  I've just mentioned the team, even
• 42:01
  though I kind of promised myself I
• 42:02
  wouldn't. Oh well. Uh, next up, I think
• 42:05
  this next game would be brilliant. And I
• 42:06
  think this is the game where Chiefs fans
• 42:08
  accept that the team is out of the
• 42:10
  playoffs. Chiefs against Texans. The
• 42:13
  Texans will beat the Chiefs. I'm saying
• 42:15
  it now. I've been saying it all season.
• 42:17
  They're not going to make the playoffs.
• 42:20
  And next week, you'll all think I'm
• 42:21
  right. What do you think, mate?
• 42:23
  >> Yeah. um what especially what you were
• 42:27
  saying earlier on about the Texans
• 42:29
  defense. I don't think Yeah, I don't I
• 42:32
  don't think I don't think that Casey's
• 42:37
  I mean Mahomes isn't playing very well
• 42:39
  at the moment. The timings are all off
• 42:42
  with his with his passing and and stuff.
• 42:44
  And I think the Texans are going to take
• 42:47
  advantage of that on from the D. And I
• 42:49
  think it wouldn't be surprised me if
• 42:51
  they if you see maybe one or two scores
• 42:53
  from the defense in this game.
• 42:56
  >> Yeah.
• 42:56
  >> So, different Texans.
• 42:59
  >> Brilliant. Um, next up, Chargers and the
• 43:04
  Eagles. Um, and I'm going to come out
• 43:07
  straight away and say Chargers.
• 43:11
  I'm just being that plump. Chargers.
• 43:13
  Monday Night Football. Well, Tuesday
• 43:15
  morning football for us. Um, no.
• 43:19
  I'm going to say the Eagles. I I don't
• 43:21
  think the Chargers defense have got
• 43:23
  enough for the Eagles offense. I think
• 43:25
  the the Eagles are going to put some
• 43:27
  points on them.
• 43:28
  >> I'm not wearing your jersey if if the
• 43:30
  Eagles win, by the way.
• 43:33
  >> I haven't seen it. He hasn't given it
• 43:34
  back to me yet.
• 43:35
  >> Has he not?
• 43:36
  >> No. No. I'm I'm to wear my college stuff
• 43:40
  now, you know. And
• 43:42
  >> I've got I've got me C Do you know what?
• 43:43
  I've got a pair of CSU shorts. And when
• 43:46
  I say they fall into bits, I would I'm
• 43:48
  careful where I wear them because I
• 43:49
  genuinely think they're just going to
• 43:50
  fall off me at this point. You they just
• 43:53
  they're battered. I've got a few CSU
• 43:54
  tops as well. Um
• 43:55
  >> Did you buy Did you buy them out in the
• 43:57
  States? Did you buy
• 43:58
  >> Yeah. Yeah. I was there for um um I was
• 44:01
  there for a casino wedding in um in
• 44:03
  March.
• 44:04
  >> I think I think I took about only a few
• 44:07
  hundred, you know, to gamble. You're a
• 44:09
  casino, you're going to do it. I walked
• 44:10
  away 2500.
• 44:13
  >> Nice. So, I bought myself a few I bought
• 44:16
  myself a few bits and bobs, but it was
• 44:17
  when I was fat. So, next time I go over,
• 44:19
  I'll um be buying
• 44:22
  >> less
• 44:22
  >> exchanging for a smaller size.
• 44:24
  >> Instead of super fat, I'd be slightly
• 44:26
  fat. So, yeah. Yeah, you you're always
• 44:28
  slightly fat when you go over there
• 44:29
  because you just eat all the food that
• 44:31
  you shouldn't. Um how's your team
• 44:33
  getting on? Uh have you had any rookie
• 44:34
  days?
• 44:36
  >> Yes, we've had uh two two very
• 44:38
  successful rookie days. um and some
• 44:42
  really good potential players. Yeah. Um
• 44:46
  but the the move to Shelfford Rugby Club
• 44:49
  um we we're starting on the 11th of
• 44:51
  January and we we've got um another
• 44:56
  rookie day on the 11th because we we
• 44:58
  managed to get a little bit of
• 44:59
  sponsorship, only a little bit um but
• 45:02
  apart from the stipulation was to um to
• 45:05
  hold a a rookie day for for for
• 45:08
  everybody. So, but uh the whole team's
• 45:10
  back um pretty much apart from the
• 45:13
  university players. So,
• 45:14
  >> what day are you guys in next season?
• 45:16
  >> We're in the Prem.
• 45:18
  >> You're in the Prem because you nearly
• 45:20
  went down, didn't you?
• 45:22
  >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That was the fate of
• 45:24
  my decision to go to throw the dice and
• 45:27
  lose by a point and then but we we we
• 45:31
  beat the uh half cheese on the on the
• 45:33
  head-to-head on the our home game by 10
• 45:36
  points.
• 45:37
  >> So,
• 45:39
  I know it's a bit early, but
• 45:42
  what's the plan for next season? What's
• 45:43
  the aim? Obviously,
• 45:45
  not be obviously not get ready.
• 45:47
  >> Well, apart from win as many games as we
• 45:49
  can,
• 45:50
  >> but like
• 45:52
  >> like so like I seen Lee Miners did a
• 45:54
  really um I've got a love I think every
• 45:58
  there's like two Brit Bull teams I don't
• 46:00
  like. I pretty much like everyone else.
• 46:02
  Um but Lee Miners put up a post that in
• 46:04
  two year I think it was two years time
• 46:06
  they aim to have
• 46:09
  um a more wins to loss ratio and I
• 46:11
  thought that was really good because if
• 46:14
  you're a smart player who's new to the
• 46:16
  sport you're like right I could go join
• 46:18
  this team this is their aim in two years
• 46:20
  time I know the first year it's not
• 46:22
  particularly going to be great because
• 46:23
  the you know the setting foundations up
• 46:26
  but the second year and you know we we
• 46:29
  should be doing better and I I feel I
• 46:31
  feel like that was U if if if I'm being
• 46:33
  honest. So, do you guys like I mean win
• 46:36
  as many games as possible, I get it. Um
• 46:38
  playoffs, I get it. Win the division, I
• 46:40
  get it.
• 46:42
  But have you have you have you had that
• 46:44
  conversation? Am I maybe putting words
• 46:46
  into your mouth?
• 46:48
  >> Um
• 46:50
  in not so many words. I mean, the
• 46:51
  coaches, we've had a had a bit of a chat
• 46:54
  and uh with our GM. The key thing for us
• 47:00
  is to start winning games again. Um, we
• 47:02
  had a poor season last season. Um, lack
• 47:06
  of numbers, but those numbers are are
• 47:07
  picking up. We've got pretty much
• 47:09
  everybody was there last year returning.
• 47:11
  We've got about 15 rookies that are
• 47:15
  signing up. Um, and we've got some a lot
• 47:19
  of trans transferies coming in from
• 47:21
  universities, a lot of university
• 47:22
  inquiries this year. Um, so, you know,
• 47:27
  building the team, building the team up
• 47:30
  to decent numbers.
• 47:33
  >> Yeah.
• 47:33
  >> You know, we want to have a a winning
• 47:35
  season. Um, but we have to be realistic
• 47:38
  on on who we're playing in in the Prem,
• 47:41
  >> but that's that's not to say that we are
• 47:43
  going to go flat out on the field on
• 47:47
  every play. Um, coaching staff are
• 47:50
  building up. We we're okay. We we're in
• 47:53
  a better position
• 47:54
  >> now than we were last year. I think
• 47:57
  coaching wise I think a lot of clubs are
• 47:59
  still healing from co because the amount
• 48:03
  of people who got cushy with doing
• 48:04
  nothing on a Sunday rather than sitting
• 48:06
  in a cold field and getting battered
• 48:09
  and if you're a coach sitting in a cold
• 48:11
  field and having players ignore you
• 48:13
  because let's be honest with the e the
• 48:15
  standard of you know I've seen so for
• 48:18
  every 10 nice people I'm meeting brick
• 48:20
  ball there's there's one not so nice
• 48:22
  person and you know they can be a
• 48:24
  nightmare to manage they can the you
• 48:26
  know the egos I don't need a co I want a
• 48:28
  coaching I want coaching get a coach no
• 48:29
  I don't want coaching you you know that
• 48:30
  type of AM4 process so I think there's
• 48:34
  people who during co when it all stop
• 48:35
  you know what I can't bother not doing
• 48:37
  it again um so it's yeah coaches are
• 48:42
  hard to get and for anyone who's
• 48:43
  watching this who might be mean to a
• 48:45
  coach don't do it none of them get paid
• 48:47
  to do it they don't get paid to deal
• 48:48
  with your crap and they don't get paid
• 48:49
  to clean up your crap so yeah it
• 48:51
  >> well if anybody's interested
• 48:54
  um like you said coaches are hard. We're
• 48:56
  still advertising for coaches. So, um
• 48:59
  please get in touch with uh Cambridge
• 49:01
  Cats if you fancy coaching in the Prem
• 49:04
  and um that'd be great. It'd be great to
• 49:06
  hear from you. Even just to have a chat
• 49:08
  and um see see where you guys are at.
• 49:11
  >> Yeah, I I I would I would absolutely
• 49:14
  endorse that statement. Um I think you
• 49:17
  you're a great guy. I think you know,
• 49:18
  you're you're very much the type of
• 49:20
  people that we need in Brick Ball at the
• 49:21
  moment. Um, but I would encourage if
• 49:24
  you're not anywhere near Cambridgeer,
• 49:25
  uh, I would encourage you to join any
• 49:28
  local team. This is the the main reason
• 49:29
  for me doing this podcast for for
• 49:31
  launching this podcast was I wanted more
• 49:33
  NFL fans to follow this page and then
• 49:36
  realize, oh god, there's a team in my
• 49:37
  next town or something like that. I want
• 49:39
  more people to play what I deem to be
• 49:40
  the greatest sport in the world. And it
• 49:42
  is a sport that is amazing for people.
• 49:45
  It's amazing for people's mental health.
• 49:46
  Again, there's the one out of 10 that
• 49:48
  try and ruin it. We can name and shame
• 49:50
  them all day. We don't need to. They
• 49:51
  don't deserve our time, but you will
• 49:53
  literally go up and down the UK playing
• 49:55
  football with your mates and the
• 49:56
  endorphins you get when you win. There's
• 49:59
  nothing better than it. Absolutely
• 50:01
  nothing.
• 50:02
  >> Winning's fun. That's for sure. You
• 50:03
  know,
• 50:04
  >> getting beat up.
• 50:06
  >> But I need to I need to let you know I
• 50:08
  would say 30 30% maybe 40% of our team
• 50:12
  are in the Cambridge area. The rest all
• 50:15
  travel in.
• 50:16
  >> Yeah. I mean to be fair. So like I mean
• 50:20
  we finished this so we can we can do
• 50:21
  this now. Um my my nearest team would
• 50:25
  more than likely be Chester Romans or
• 50:26
  Lee Miners. Um then you could argue
• 50:29
  Mercy side May talks Manchester Titans
• 50:33
  but I've gone for the Buccaneers now. I
• 50:35
  love what Lee Miners are doing. Um now
• 50:38
  you know they've had a previous guy. I
• 50:40
  got on with him really well. Um it just
• 50:44
  didn't appeal to me. Um, and I seen what
• 50:46
  was going on Lancaster Buccaneers. There
• 50:48
  was a few of Chester Romans where I was
• 50:50
  like, nah, I'm okay. So, I travel a good
• 50:53
  hour trip, you know, and that's each
• 50:55
  way. Um, so like, you know, if I go
• 50:59
  midweek training, which you know,
• 51:01
  pomatin is a lot of mine is cuz I work a
• 51:02
  lot of Sundays. Um, you know, I'm not
• 51:05
  getting home till till 104 past 10 at
• 51:08
  night. But it's absolutely worth it.
• 51:09
  Like road trip, bit of music. I'm a bit
• 51:13
  of an 80s guy, me. Um but it's all worth
• 51:16
  it when we get, you know, we had a great
• 51:17
  season last season. We felt, you know,
• 51:18
  the last, you know, at the last hurdle.
• 51:21
  Um with Baffer letting Sheffield delay
• 51:23
  the game, we had loads of guys who had
• 51:25
  holidays, it was a nightmare. Um we
• 51:29
  ourselves most probably thought we had
• 51:30
  the game one even though we hadn't. And
• 51:32
  Sheffield looked great compared to, you
• 51:34
  know, the footage that we we eventually
• 51:36
  got. Um but for me, I'm looking forward
• 51:40
  to to whatever the Buccaneers do this
• 51:41
  season and I'm looking forward to what
• 51:42
  you guys do this season. I I really am.
• 51:45
  I think, you know, I think that would be
• 51:47
  >> Well, we've made a great start. We we've
• 51:49
  made a great start. Um, you know, and
• 51:51
  and like you're saying,
• 51:54
  it's, you know, play when players turn
• 51:57
  to turn up to a club, they want a great
• 51:59
  players experience.
• 52:01
  >> Yeah.
• 52:01
  >> Um, and same with coaches and the same
• 52:03
  with people coming to watch our games.
• 52:06
  Um, but this is the re the sole reason
• 52:09
  why we we we're moving away from
• 52:12
  Collins's Common. Um, because it's a
• 52:15
  field in the middle of nowhere. We've
• 52:16
  got nothing to offer people at Shelf
• 52:19
  Rubby Club. There's uh there's a bar
• 52:22
  there. There's uh food. There's uh
• 52:25
  there's everything that that people want
• 52:28
  to Yeah.
• 52:28
  >> to have a good experience, you know. So,
• 52:31
  um yeah, definitely more attractive. And
• 52:34
  it's just it's literally um 5 minutes
• 52:38
  off off the M11 junction. Less than 5
• 52:41
  minutes. It's not even going to the to
• 52:43
  the east side of Cambridge. It's on the
• 52:45
  west side of Cambridge. So it's nearer
• 52:47
  to people like Gibbsswitch, North
• 52:49
  London, Northeast London, myself in
• 52:52
  Hartfordshire. It's only it's only
• 52:53
  40-minute drive. It's not it's nothing
• 52:56
  compared to when we were, you know, take
• 52:58
  an extra 20 minutes to get to the other
• 53:00
  side of Cambridge. So no, it's going to
• 53:02
  be good for everybody, mate. And um like
• 53:04
  I said if anybody wants to come down try
• 53:06
  out um just contact us coaches coaches
• 53:11
  is a difficult thing you know I have
• 53:13
  been on been on the phone quite quite
• 53:16
  quite a few weeks now ringing around
• 53:18
  coaches and stuff and a lot a lot of the
• 53:22
  the coaches that have been around this
• 53:24
  game for a long time have started to
• 53:27
  leave the leave the sport. Um, so we're
• 53:30
  getting all these young coaches coming
• 53:31
  in, which isn't a bad thing, which you
• 53:33
  know, um, but a lot of them are coaching
• 53:36
  at universities at the moment. So, um,
• 53:39
  >> transition when it Yeah,
• 53:41
  >> that's correct. Yeah.
• 53:42
  >> Yeah. Yeah. Well, thank you very much,
• 53:45
  Coach Russ, for being an emergency
• 53:46
  guest. Steve, you're dead to me.
• 53:50
  Folks, that's been us at the Audible.
• 53:53
  Um, I believe the link is getting posted
• 53:54
  up shortly. I'll be posting the results
• 53:56
  from that on Sunday. Um, get your picks
• 54:00
  in. Lock in your fantasy football teams.
• 54:02
  It is that time of the week. Um, I be
• 54:05
  Matteo.
• 54:07
  >> I'll be Russ.
• 54:08
  >> There we go. Thank you very much, folks.
• 54:10
  You will have a great