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Serie A Team of the Season 2024-25 - Ep. 268 · The Calcio Guys

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  Speaker 1: A season to remember for some teams, one not to
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  Speaker 1: remember for Inter. We'll talk more about Inter later tonight
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  Speaker 1: with this episode. Team of the Season, The Couch guys
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  Speaker 1: Jannydiano Nicholas. You can follow us on all your favorite
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  Speaker 2: Guys, how's it going going good?
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  Speaker 3: Going good?
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  Speaker 4: Happy to be back and unfortunately said, yeah, season is
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  Speaker 4: now over, but couching never ends.
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  Speaker 5: Sure never does, does.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, we're we'll talk Champions League final Inter losing five
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  Speaker 1: nothing in historic game. But guys, as as you know,
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  Speaker 1: we like to do our predictions at the beginning of
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  Speaker 1: the season. We did it back in August, so almost
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  Speaker 1: what are we June almost ten months ago. We gave
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  Speaker 1: our predictions and of course no segim no no. Johnny's
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  Speaker 1: with always the correct predictions. Uh, this has to be
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  Speaker 1: my favorite though, Like it's easy, you know, sometimes it's
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  Speaker 1: easy to predict, to predict this scood that the winner
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  Speaker 1: you just picked, you know, one of the top clubs.
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  Speaker 2: But Johnny, this has to be my favorite prediction.
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  Speaker 6: Interesting, just for how much Bubble added, I would be surprised.
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  Speaker 6: I wouldn't be surprised to finish top that finish in
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  Speaker 6: the top half of the table overs the bottom half.
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  Speaker 1: Bold Jenny, Yeah, I put I put the top You're
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  Speaker 1: pretty good at.
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  Speaker 2: Predictions, so you know we're gonna pin this.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, hey, top ten, left side of the table.
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  Speaker 3: Guys.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, we we did pin it. We did pin it.
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  Speaker 1: And Johnny, how did you how did you know?
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  Speaker 6: I mean you look at the roster at the start
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  Speaker 6: of the season and it just looked too good to
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  Speaker 6: not be in the top half of the table. It's uh,
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  Speaker 6: you know, it started off with uh, you know, like.
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  Speaker 5: Like I for prison of all'll have a soft spot
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  Speaker 5: with the throne. I think. I think that's the best
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  Speaker 5: thing I can say.
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  Speaker 6: I always felt like this this guy probably had the
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  Speaker 6: crappiest luck.
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  Speaker 5: Also, you know it's not horrible either, you know it's
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  Speaker 5: but then, well, I didn't predict Nico Pass.
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  Speaker 7: Nobody.
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  Speaker 6: I don't think anybody predicted Nico Pass to half the season
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  Speaker 6: that he did. But I think he was the biggest factor.
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  Speaker 6: But then you got like guys like Delai Ali that
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  Speaker 6: was like one point was one of the one of
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  Speaker 6: the was the talks to being one of the best
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  Speaker 6: attacking mids, you know, like a Pepe arena in the back.
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  Speaker 6: It's it's it's like guys that like, like I said,
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  Speaker 6: they just you just feel like it, like it's it's
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  Speaker 6: too good to not do that bad and then to
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  Speaker 6: top it off, but a lot of at the start
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  Speaker 6: was there on the team at the start of the
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  Speaker 6: season before he got loaned out. He was another player
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  Speaker 6: that like, you know, you know, one point.
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  Speaker 5: Was you know, fighting for you know, like it's.
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  Speaker 6: I feel like it's these talent, these type of talents,
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  Speaker 6: they don't just go away, Like there's always something that's
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  Speaker 6: dormant within these players, you know. And like I said,
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  Speaker 6: I think Nico Pass was pretty much the X factor
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  Speaker 6: that not many people saw coming.
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  Speaker 5: Uh and also check Fabricas just.
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  Speaker 6: You know, he was like he was a great player,
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  Speaker 6: you know, and I think his managerial tactics really was
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  Speaker 6: the difference maker to help them get into the top
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  Speaker 6: ten spot.
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  Speaker 5: Now there's rumors that.
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  Speaker 6: Inter might be going after him to be the replacement
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  Speaker 6: for for Oh my god, Zaggy. My brain was gonna
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  Speaker 6: say Manchine, Like it wasn't manchin it was in Zaggy.
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  Speaker 7: Johnny.
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  Speaker 5: Sorry, I'm exhausted, it's been. It's been. It's exact week
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  Speaker 5: for the students, So I'm just you know, anyways, Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's.
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  Speaker 6: I was like, on paper, this team is definitely a
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  Speaker 6: ten and up, it's a it's a tenth place and
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  Speaker 6: up and they ended up being ten so.
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  Speaker 4: And and you know, it's it's crazy because right like
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  Speaker 4: study a big team coming out to Sariah and like just.
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  Speaker 3: Woo.
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  Speaker 4: I think everybody's expectations out of the water. I know,
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  Speaker 4: Johnny on this show has you know, miracle predictions and
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  Speaker 4: we we've documed the documented them like every every pretty
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  Speaker 4: much every season that he that he strikes gold with
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  Speaker 4: with a prediction. But I think it was I think
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  Speaker 4: it was the collective unit just adding on to what
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  Speaker 4: Johnny said, like check Fiaber guys and company, and like
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  Speaker 4: just having a project and an idea and a way
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  Speaker 4: to a way to approach this this season, and I
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  Speaker 4: think it all it all ends up clicking.
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  Speaker 3: They have a serious project, not.
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  Speaker 4: Only from you know, the the footballing aspect, but even
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  Speaker 4: upstairs like the ownership group.
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  Speaker 3: They're serious.
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  Speaker 4: Uh they want to you know, they obviously have a
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  Speaker 4: lot of money. They they're willing to invest not only
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  Speaker 4: in a beautiful city, but uh, you know, a beautiful
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  Speaker 4: club as well, and uh, you know when you see
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  Speaker 4: the big stars at the at the match too, like
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  Speaker 4: you know, I know, uh, Terry has a bit of
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  Speaker 4: mistakes in the club as well, and you know you
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  Speaker 4: see you know, the Terry Cruisers of the world and
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  Speaker 4: just all these superstar uh.
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  Speaker 3: You know, the actors or you know, away celebrities at
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  Speaker 3: the matches.
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  Speaker 4: It just it brings another dynamic and I think, like
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  Speaker 4: like we said, we were able to to uh they
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  Speaker 4: were able to sorry, you know, put it all together.
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  Speaker 4: And Nico Paz huge, huge impact player, and you know,
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  Speaker 4: the other youngster Sonny Diao too kind of came out
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  Speaker 4: of shout, out of the cannon for.
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  Speaker 3: For a good part of the season. I think he
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  Speaker 3: had about eight nine goals on the season if I'm mistaken.
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  Speaker 4: So yeah, just incredible. I think it was a mixture
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  Speaker 4: of youth and an experience.
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  Speaker 3: And it ended up working and top ten.
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  Speaker 1: Another prediction I had, I said it being the season
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  Speaker 1: that Ve eight needs to improve on their seventy one
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  Speaker 1: points from last year and then that hopefully seventy would
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  Speaker 1: get them into the top four and that's exactly what happened.
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  Speaker 2: Adri we talked.
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  Speaker 1: About it last week you were the only one who
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  Speaker 1: predicted Napoli as the scud as a champion, So you.
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  Speaker 2: Know what, kudos to three of us this year.
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  Speaker 1: We each got one good prediction, right, even though both
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  Speaker 1: me and Johnny predicted Interest as the winner. But hey, guys,
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  Speaker 1: we know our stuff or something. We've been doing this
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  Speaker 1: for how many seasons now?
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  Speaker 2: Seven?
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  Speaker 1: I think this is our seventh season. We know our
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  Speaker 1: stuff since say, yeah, so since the eighteen nineteen season,
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  Speaker 1: So this is our seventh season. Another thing we like doing, guys,
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  Speaker 1: Team of the season. We just came up with our
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  Speaker 1: list for our top eleven. No rules really, you know,
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  Speaker 1: pick eleven players, whatever formation you want, pick a coach
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  Speaker 1: if you want to pick a coach, if you want
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  Speaker 1: to add and throw some throw if you want to
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  Speaker 1: throw in some notable mentions, throw in some notable mentions.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how you guys want to do a
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  Speaker 1: position by position or just go go all at once.
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  Speaker 4: I think shoot out your team. I think we'll go
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  Speaker 4: around table. Nick, do you want to kick it off?
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  Speaker 4: You can or Johnny, it's up to you.
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  Speaker 7: Guys.
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  Speaker 1: All all, I haven't written down here, so you know
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  Speaker 1: what I'll kick it off. I'll start with the coach.
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  Speaker 1: That's this is an easy one, Antonio Conte, I mean
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  Speaker 1: winning coached the season. I know he won the City
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  Speaker 1: to the season as well, so that's an easy one.
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  Speaker 1: I'll go from the back. From the back, I went
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  Speaker 1: with Alex Morrette. I know Slivar is obviously, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: he won the goalkeeper of the season for the City.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, for me, stats are very similar. I
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  Speaker 1: think they both had sixteen clean sheets and at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the day, Napoly won. And if I'm not mistaken,
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  Speaker 1: Marett might have played one or two less games if
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  Speaker 1: I remember correctly seeing the stats, then Sular. So for me,
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  Speaker 1: Alex Marrett's goalkeeper.
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  Speaker 7: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Defense all Italian defense, mix of inter Annapoli, DeMarco, Bostoni
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  Speaker 1: Di Lorenzo.
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  Speaker 5: Is is an actual player, so.
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  Speaker 1: Wonder But you'll notice my team is heavy on Napoly
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  Speaker 1: an intern you know, just because they are the two top.
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  Speaker 2: Teams in the league. But you know, defensive bit hard.
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  Speaker 1: I know there's some good center backs in the league obviously,
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  Speaker 1: you know, bon Jordan and Bostonia.
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  Speaker 2: Are are up there.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, the wing back is a bit harder. I know,
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  Speaker 1: historically TiO Nanez was a guy that was always on
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  Speaker 1: this list. This season he did not have his normal season.
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  Speaker 1: De Marco definitely had to go there. And you know
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  Speaker 1: Adil Lorenzo as captain of Napoli, captain of the school
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  Speaker 1: at the winning team.
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  Speaker 2: I think he had a fantastic season.
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  Speaker 1: He's he's he's almost one of those players that ages
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  Speaker 1: with fine wine, like like fine wine.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry.
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  Speaker 1: And you know it feels like four or five years
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  Speaker 1: ago people were calling him watched and then he goes
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  Speaker 1: out and wins, wins, Zeros goes out wins.
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  Speaker 2: To scood At the captain of Monopoly.
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  Speaker 1: Uh so you know he's got to be there, not
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  Speaker 1: only just for the season, almost for what he's done
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  Speaker 1: these past few years. Uh in Naples Midfield, Sorry I
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  Speaker 1: lost I lost my notes one second. Uh Reindeers, who's
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  Speaker 1: unfortunately on his way out of meanline.
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  Speaker 2: Mccam and I did go with the homer pick on
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  Speaker 2: this last one. This one has a bit tougher. But
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  Speaker 2: keviron Turam, I think he had a fantastic season as well.
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  Speaker 1: Tom. I think he had something like four goals. I
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  Speaker 1: have assist the first two between Reindeers and mccomedy. That
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  Speaker 1: was definitely more of an easy choice to mccomedy. Twelve goals.
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  Speaker 2: He has more goals than some teams, leading goal scorer
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  Speaker 2: on some teams. Twelve goals is crazy.
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  Speaker 1: From the midfield, I know he plays more of the
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  Speaker 1: attacking role, but for sure there's a reason why he
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  Speaker 1: won MVP of the league.
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  Speaker 2: And lastly, strikers. I went with three strikers.
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  Speaker 1: I know there was you know, some players I considered
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  Speaker 1: were obviously Lukeman, pulisic ORCELINI as more wingers.
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  Speaker 7: But I'm you know, when you.
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  Speaker 1: Talk about Ford's most important position of forward as a
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  Speaker 1: striker anyways, so I went with Turam Marcus Turam.
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  Speaker 2: So I put the brothers there. I wanted to put
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  Speaker 2: the brothers there.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a big sign of both brothers alongside Lukaku and
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  Speaker 1: obviously Mattil Rettigi.
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  Speaker 2: That was that was an easy choice.
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  Speaker 7: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Lukaku another player who kind of you know what, I.
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  Speaker 1: Wouldn't say underrated, but obviously better than what people expected
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  Speaker 1: from him. You know, fourteen goals, ten assist Uh just
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  Speaker 1: that almost a perfect season for a striker. I know
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  Speaker 1: red to Ge had more total goal contributions twenty five goals,
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  Speaker 1: he'd assist, but for Lucako to be leading the line
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  Speaker 1: for this winning champions and you saw it right right
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  Speaker 1: until the end with his goal against Kliti, the way.
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  Speaker 2: He just picked up the ball from midfield, it was,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it was a classic Lukaku move. And so
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  Speaker 2: for me, for me, he's he's got to be on
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  Speaker 2: the Team of the season as well.
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  Speaker 1: Then, like I said, obviously right to get easy choice
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  Speaker 1: and for you know him him, I was unsure, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it was it was between him and Lukeman. I just
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  Speaker 1: went with Tram just because I just I do like
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  Speaker 1: his game more and I know he kind of struggled
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  Speaker 1: in the second half, but.
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  Speaker 2: No, that's it.
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  Speaker 1: It's personal opinion to hum overlook mad but maybe you
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  Speaker 1: guys think differently. So so that's it for me for
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  Speaker 1: the Team of the season, Johnny, uh so my.
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  Speaker 5: Team in the season.
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  Speaker 2: Uh so, Coach.
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  Speaker 5: I actually Putti as I was arguing.
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  Speaker 3: Last week, we knew, we knew that was coming.
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  Speaker 5: Like what he's done with the club to.
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  Speaker 6: Bring them to where they were definitely deserves the shout.
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  Speaker 6: Like I said, uh just in case for any of
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  Speaker 6: the listeners that missed out on last week's episode, it
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  Speaker 6: was obviously it's all a chaer picking. But since he
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  Speaker 6: took over at Roma, if you look at the points
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  Speaker 6: of Sidia, there's a three way tie for first place
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  Speaker 6: between Roma into a Monopolis, So you know, Ranieri had
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  Speaker 6: a big factor for that.
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  Speaker 5: Uh. For goalie, I put Svila.
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  Speaker 6: I think Svila is just basically was the key piece
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  Speaker 6: to Roma just succeeding this year because.
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  Speaker 5: Defensively they weren't the strongest besides one of.
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  Speaker 6: The defenders that I named, but he really helped maintain
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  Speaker 6: this stability in the back, which is desperately neat because
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  Speaker 6: of because of all the mistakes that they would do.
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  Speaker 5: I went for three four three, So my three in
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  Speaker 5: the back were Bastoni.
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  Speaker 6: I think Bastoni, despite you know, being a little bit overworked,
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  Speaker 6: being a little bit uh let's say, I don't want
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  Speaker 6: to say overused, but you know, you know, like obviously
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  Speaker 6: showing the wear entire still was probably the best defender
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  Speaker 6: of Citi.
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  Speaker 5: I feel like we got the award for it. But
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  Speaker 5: still despite that Champions.
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  Speaker 6: League final, it's like it doesn't speak to like what
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  Speaker 6: he actually can do for the team and Indica where
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  Speaker 6: Roma was my third defending.
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  Speaker 5: To round it off midfield, I put yieldis.
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  Speaker 6: I think Yields at a phenomenal season for the for Uve,
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  Speaker 6: was one of the more insistent players compared to like
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  Speaker 6: other players that failed to deliver.
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  Speaker 5: Mind you, they're rough start with.
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  Speaker 6: Their management wasn't the greatest so but I think Yalda
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  Speaker 6: is one of the few bright spots for the for
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  Speaker 6: Juventus this year. Mcflatoma I had to put mcflatama. I
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  Speaker 6: don't think anybody's midfield should should not include mcflatama.
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  Speaker 5: You have to put mcdomedy in there.
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  Speaker 6: If you're not putting mcdomeday in your team of this season,
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  Speaker 6: you're just trying to click bait for reactions or trying
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  Speaker 6: to be edgy because.
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  Speaker 5: Miles above, I.
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  Speaker 6: Put Orsolini in the mid I felt like it's like
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  Speaker 6: there was a lot of good offensive options to take
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  Speaker 6: for all these teams, and I'm like, you know what
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  Speaker 6: Orsolini's like.
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  Speaker 5: You know, he's not really a true forward or striker
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  Speaker 5: so to speak. So I put him in one of them.
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  Speaker 6: When I put him in one of my mid slots,
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  Speaker 6: still like like despite like you know, of all of
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  Speaker 6: us saying that, I mean, maybe Bologna is not going
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  Speaker 6: to be the same Bologna. Uh, come this season when
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  Speaker 6: Matta left for Juve and their team was basically getting
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  Speaker 6: picked apart for you know, from other teams and stuff.
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  Speaker 6: Yet somehow they still managed to produce a really good season.
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  Speaker 5: So uh Osolini was a big factor in that. So
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  Speaker 5: that's why I chose him.
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  Speaker 6: Was just great for Milon lights out whenever he played,
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  Speaker 6: one of the more dependable players beside the Raindeers. Of course,
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  Speaker 6: I feel like he was somebody that does deserve a
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  Speaker 6: shout for his performances here despite being a Trump supporter.
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  Speaker 5: And then for the forwards I put big Rom.
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  Speaker 6: Big Rom was probably like like he led if I
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  Speaker 6: think he was the only striker or forward I think
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  Speaker 6: who had double digits in terms of goals and assists.
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  Speaker 5: So he wasn't He wasn't just always scoring goals when
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  Speaker 5: Napoli need him too, He's also setting them up.
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  Speaker 6: A reason why players like mcconmmon a had twelve goals
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  Speaker 6: because when when Lukaku receives the ball and he bought
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  Speaker 6: he's off player, somebody does it better. If he's using
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  Speaker 6: his arm strength against you and he's got space, it's
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  Speaker 6: he's one of.
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  Speaker 5: The best to do it.
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  Speaker 6: And that's that's why you pay him the bucks for
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  Speaker 6: that in a system that utilizes him, well, it pays off.
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  Speaker 5: And you can see that for Napolete.
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  Speaker 6: This he's like it goes without saying like he had
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  Speaker 6: a fantastic season offensively good for City, good for the
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  Speaker 6: Italian national team.
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  Speaker 5: Uh you know you want him to thrive into City.
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  Speaker 6: Like I remember seeing this a couple of years ago
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  Speaker 6: when they when they first brought him over, you know,
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  Speaker 6: like I.
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  Speaker 5: Was like, this is this is a player that we
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  Speaker 5: need to keep in this league and look lo and behold.
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  Speaker 6: Two seasons late later he wins Capocagniti, So like you know,
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  Speaker 6: it's it's it's paying dividends and this is only gonna
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  Speaker 6: pay dividends for the national team.
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  Speaker 3: So he deserves shot.
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  Speaker 6: And then speaking of the national team, moist king Man
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  Speaker 6: really found out his found his legs again in Fidentina.
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  Speaker 6: I mean he was finding a bit more also last
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  Speaker 6: year too, but I mean like still like consistently being good,
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  Speaker 6: like he still being a very important player for his team.
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  Speaker 5: I I think that he deserves a shout.
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  Speaker 6: And also I mean, like obviously you could have like
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  Speaker 6: there's no right or wrong options for forwards because I
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  Speaker 6: think like a lot of forwards had great seasons this
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  Speaker 6: year that you could have slotted in there. Obviously, the
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  Speaker 6: Turram was a great it was a great shout. Uh,
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  Speaker 6: you can you can put Martinez if you want, because
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  Speaker 6: it was it wasn't terrible.
• 16:14
  Speaker 7: You know what I mean.
• 16:15
  Speaker 3: Like, it's just.
• 16:17
  Speaker 6: I think these were the three in my eyes that
• 16:19
  Speaker 6: deserve more because of in terms of like what they
• 16:24
  Speaker 6: did or who they were for their team. So lookman
• 16:27
  Speaker 6: was another obviously another shout that I was thinking of
• 16:30
  Speaker 6: in the back. I wanted to put the Lorenzo, but
• 16:32
  Speaker 6: I'm like, you know what I'll put instead, because like
• 16:36
  Speaker 6: was more impactful for the team than the Lorenzo, even
• 16:38
  Speaker 6: though the Lenzohann is great form. Yeah, and then in
• 16:42
  Speaker 6: the back end like Sila. It was between Sila and
• 16:44
  Speaker 6: so like both were just great. Both were just great
• 16:47
  Speaker 6: in my eyes and stuff. Heck, you could even put
• 16:50
  Speaker 6: oh my god, uh the too. You can put the
• 16:54
  Speaker 6: too if you wanted to put the hair. Like a
• 16:56
  Speaker 6: lot of great options this year.
• 16:57
  Speaker 7: So uh, it's.
• 17:00
  Speaker 5: I'm miking it because you can see diversity. But yeah,
• 17:02
  Speaker 5: that's my team.
• 17:03
  Speaker 7: Of the season.
• 17:05
  Speaker 4: Yeah, a great all great shots to be honest, you
• 17:08
  Speaker 4: guys on both ends a lot of I'm gonna probably
• 17:10
  Speaker 4: have a lot of similar players, and it's it's like
• 17:13
  Speaker 4: Jenny said, and like Nick said, you know, there's not
• 17:15
  Speaker 4: really a right or wrong answer. It's kind of maybe
• 17:18
  Speaker 4: sometimes personal preference, but then at the end of the day,
• 17:21
  Speaker 4: sometimes taking off your your fan cap and kind of
• 17:23
  Speaker 4: just calling it how it is. So for me, I'm
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: gonna kick off obviously with the coach. What these guys
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: did for me, Antonio Quante, we said that last week.
• 17:33
  Speaker 4: I don't think there's much more to say there. I
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: like the shot of Raniery two that we mentioned. I
• 17:40
  Speaker 4: know Simoni and Zagie is not in the most positive
• 17:44
  Speaker 4: lights right now leaving in there, but again, just if
• 17:49
  Speaker 4: you take away the recency bias, obviously.
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: Had had a good campaign with the in there. But
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: for me, it was easy.
• 17:55
  Speaker 4: Antonio Quante the manager of this team between the sticks,
• 18:02
  Speaker 4: I'm gonna piggyback on what Johnny said, Uh, spe are
• 18:06
  Speaker 4: just for me, incredible growth improvement. He's really gotten more confident.
• 18:12
  Speaker 4: He's young still. I think he probably saved some points
• 18:17
  Speaker 4: for for Roma throughout throughout the season, you know, especially
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: when when Ronnieri came in, he was just he was
• 18:26
  Speaker 4: just a staple when he he really took the role,
• 18:29
  Speaker 4: the starting.
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: Role by the Horns and took off.
• 18:32
  Speaker 4: So I'm gonna stick with you are best goalkeeper, said yeah,
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: and had the most clean sheets, tied with Nick shout
• 18:39
  Speaker 4: of Medet And I like that you mentioned Johnny. I
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: think that was another guy that I would have I
• 18:44
  Speaker 4: would have mentioned the hay of I think eleven clean
• 18:46
  Speaker 4: sheets not playing football coming to Fiorentina, h impact player
• 18:52
  Speaker 4: for that club, and uh yeah, just you know, signs
• 18:55
  Speaker 4: an extension to But for me, the one that was
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: a bit of a step above this season, and not
• 19:00
  Speaker 4: many people would have expected it, I don't think. But
• 19:02
  Speaker 4: Melis Fielar is definitely for me between the sticks.
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: Uh.
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: In defense, Uh, I guess I could. I guess if
• 19:09
  Speaker 4: I would put shape this this formation, I guess it
• 19:11
  Speaker 4: would kind of be like a four to to two
• 19:15
  Speaker 4: if you want, if you will, trying to get trying
• 19:19
  Speaker 4: to include as many guys that I personally like and
• 19:22
  Speaker 4: that I feel like had good seasons. But in the
• 19:24
  Speaker 4: back my two central defenders, uh, for me, Bastoni is one.
• 19:30
  Speaker 6: Uh.
• 19:31
  Speaker 4: He's just been a lock for that for that position.
• 19:35
  Speaker 4: You know, season after season it seems like and I
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: do agree with the point of Johnny saying, you know,
• 19:40
  Speaker 4: a bit uh overworked, over tired, overused, whatever you want
• 19:45
  Speaker 4: to labeled as, but just still a rock in that defense. Uh,
• 19:49
  Speaker 4: not only in this league, before our national team. He's
• 19:52
  Speaker 4: just been incredible and just a step above in terms
• 19:55
  Speaker 4: of defenders. So Bastoni slots in partnering with him. A
• 19:59
  Speaker 4: guy I'm not a big I was never really a
• 20:01
  Speaker 4: big fan of, but again, he was part of that
• 20:05
  Speaker 4: great defense for Napowly this season. I'm going to put
• 20:08
  Speaker 4: in rock Money not a lot of not a lot
• 20:11
  Speaker 4: of minutes that he didn't play. I think he played
• 20:14
  Speaker 4: almost all the games allowed with that group allowed only
• 20:18
  Speaker 4: twenty seven goals against Fernapoly this season. I love bonjourn
• 20:24
  Speaker 4: don't get me wrong, Rockmaney just played more games. I
• 20:27
  Speaker 4: think at the end Bonjourno played twenty two matches, and
• 20:30
  Speaker 4: I think Rock Money played played almost all of them,
• 20:35
  Speaker 4: if I'm not mistaken, and just the injury bug for
• 20:37
  Speaker 4: bonno a bit. You know, for me, that's where rock
• 20:42
  Speaker 4: Money just edged a bit. Again, I'm not a player
• 20:44
  Speaker 4: that I'm super overly hyped about, but again, for me,
• 20:46
  Speaker 4: you got to give credit where credits due, and he
• 20:48
  Speaker 4: was part of that great defense Fornopoly. So I'm starting
• 20:51
  Speaker 4: in Rock Money next to BOSTONI my wing backs or whatever,
• 20:57
  Speaker 4: right back, left back. I'm gonna go DiLorenzo on one end.
• 21:02
  Speaker 4: I'm gonna kind of cheat and put Denzil dum for
• 21:06
  Speaker 4: He's a guy, another guy that I'm not really a
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: big fan of, but again he's he stepped off for Inter, uh,
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: not only this season, just in general with his time there.
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: I'm gonna put him on the on the left slot.
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: You know, I think he had seven or eight goals
• 21:21
  Speaker 4: of them mistaking this season. Just a player that can
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: get forward, can defend, can go, can can be that
• 21:29
  Speaker 4: kind of everything man on the on the right flank
• 21:33
  Speaker 4: for free Inter. I'm gonna sort him onto the left
• 21:35
  Speaker 4: just because I don't know de Marco again, great player.
• 21:38
  Speaker 4: I just think this season in my personal opinion, I
• 21:41
  Speaker 4: could be wrong, but uh, DeMarco not of the Marco
• 21:47
  Speaker 4: of I don't think that the Marco was at his
• 21:49
  Speaker 4: at his standard in my personal opinion, I think these
• 21:53
  Speaker 4: last maybe again recently bias. It kind of exposed that
• 21:55
  Speaker 4: in the Champa League Final and just near the end
• 21:57
  Speaker 4: of the season. But yeah, I don't know, I would.
• 22:00
  Speaker 4: I always saw it in Dumfries this season over over
• 22:03
  Speaker 4: the usual suspects that left back in my two man
• 22:07
  Speaker 4: kind of pivot midfield. It's the two obvious names. It's
• 22:11
  Speaker 4: T Johnny Rinders, who again I'm sad, pissed, angry uh
• 22:16
  Speaker 4: that he leaves Milan after winning uh, you know, Midfielder
• 22:20
  Speaker 4: of the Year and sadiyah Uh just incredible, one of
• 22:23
  Speaker 4: Milan standout players this season. Uh, the only one of
• 22:28
  Speaker 4: the only few bright spots of this terrible year for Melan.
• 22:30
  Speaker 4: It was T Johnny Rinders goals assist just coming up clutch,
• 22:35
  Speaker 4: being that big time player, big game player, uh, saved
• 22:38
  Speaker 4: a lot of points for Melan two from the midfield position.
• 22:42
  Speaker 4: So uh, he definitely starts in there for me and
• 22:45
  Speaker 4: right next to him, it's it's it's the m v
• 22:47
  Speaker 4: P of the Year uh in the season of Seria,
• 22:50
  Speaker 4: and it's Scott Mcdomminy mcflada as everybody knows them now.
• 22:55
  Speaker 4: Just we said it last week, you know, we're continuing
• 22:58
  Speaker 4: to say tonight. It's just incredible player, uh and just.
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: A player that.
• 23:03
  Speaker 4: Really took in what it is to play for Napoli,
• 23:07
  Speaker 4: took in the city, took in the fans, took in
• 23:09
  Speaker 4: the club, and really wants to do well in the shows,
• 23:12
  Speaker 4: you know, with his performances this season and winning you know,
• 23:15
  Speaker 4: the league MVP.
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: So those two are my midfielders kind of playing on
• 23:20
  Speaker 3: the uh the left and right.
• 23:25
  Speaker 4: Attacking midfielder slash wingers, if you will. I'm going with
• 23:29
  Speaker 4: the other standout for me on and again probably a
• 23:31
  Speaker 4: bit biased for me, but Christian Postich uh just incredible.
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: Uh, our our team's leading scorer. Uh just he's been
• 23:43
  Speaker 3: since coming in.
• 23:44
  Speaker 4: He's just kind of kind of gone up, even though
• 23:46
  Speaker 4: our season's kind of been up and down.
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: He's been a mainstay and uh, you know, scoring goals.
• 23:52
  Speaker 4: Like I said, assist Him and Ryanders were the two
• 23:55
  Speaker 4: bright spots for me on and the only two players
• 23:58
  Speaker 4: that should be considered this mean team of those two guys,
• 24:01
  Speaker 4: and for me, they both sawt in just because of
• 24:03
  Speaker 4: the impact that they had and really saving or salvaging
• 24:07
  Speaker 4: some sort of uh you know, terrible season for Melan.
• 24:11
  Speaker 4: So Pulasch slots in on that you know, that left
• 24:14
  Speaker 4: attacking midfielder winger position on the right side. It's going
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: to be a guy that has been knocking for a
• 24:21
  Speaker 4: call up right for.
• 24:22
  Speaker 3: The national team.
• 24:24
  Speaker 4: Uh Ricardo Orsolini I think stepped up massively. Johnny mentioned
• 24:30
  Speaker 4: earlier and we've said timeless times on this podcast, but uh,
• 24:34
  Speaker 4: the dismantling of Bologna, what will happen?
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: Who will step up?
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: And one guy for sure that stepped up is Orsellini.
• 24:42
  Speaker 4: Fifteen goals I think is his most as as a
• 24:46
  Speaker 4: pro if I'm a mistaken uh in Seria.
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: So it's just.
• 24:52
  Speaker 4: He's he's, he's Bologna, He's he's seems like he's like
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: that Mimo Berardi. He's that you know Bologna now and
• 24:59
  Speaker 4: that type of player. So uh, I think you have
• 25:02
  Speaker 4: to credit him for the season that he's had again,
• 25:04
  Speaker 4: just went up in progress, and.
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: I just I like what he brings that.
• 25:11
  Speaker 4: I'm we're finally glad that he got that deserve call
• 25:13
  Speaker 4: out to the national team too. So yeah, so Orsuleni
• 25:18
  Speaker 4: and Pustich on those on those left and right flanks,
• 25:21
  Speaker 4: if you will, attacking midfielder positions, and then the two
• 25:24
  Speaker 4: up top are you know, two Italians.
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: It's for me, It's no surprise.
• 25:30
  Speaker 7: It's the.
• 25:31
  Speaker 3: Mateo de Tegi twenty five goals. The guy has already
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: said it. He's just what found the system and was
• 25:39
  Speaker 3: able to really explode this season.
• 25:42
  Speaker 6: Uh.
• 25:43
  Speaker 4: And again I'm a big fan of his, so I
• 25:46
  Speaker 4: like to see him do well and if that translates
• 25:48
  Speaker 4: to the national team.
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: Even better.
• 25:50
  Speaker 4: I'm hoping it continues for for seasons to come, even
• 25:54
  Speaker 4: the post, you know, the the Gaspardini era Atlanta. I
• 25:58
  Speaker 4: hopey continues to score. But if you can't dismiss the
• 26:04
  Speaker 4: twenty five goals, the KAPO had a award, you know,
• 26:08
  Speaker 4: the top top forward in the league. So Retegy for
• 26:11
  Speaker 4: me is one of them, and for me the other
• 26:13
  Speaker 4: guys is another no brainer right.
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: Behind him in goals nineteen goals.
• 26:17
  Speaker 4: Moist keen again talk about from nothing to something this
• 26:23
  Speaker 4: this season, you know, zero goals, zero sis, he had
• 26:26
  Speaker 4: a stat line of zero zero zero zero for you
• 26:30
  Speaker 4: of a last season. He comes to Fiorentina and just again,
• 26:34
  Speaker 4: like Rattegi finds a system, finds you know, a home
• 26:38
  Speaker 4: that he's able to do well and explodes nineteen goals
• 26:42
  Speaker 4: on the year. You just again, for me, you can
• 26:46
  Speaker 4: dismiss that. One of the better forward strikers in Sadiyad
• 26:51
  Speaker 4: this season.
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: In my opinion.
• 26:53
  Speaker 4: And again, I'm just hopeful that these two shots of
• 26:56
  Speaker 4: Reteggi and King just translates to the national team. You know,
• 27:00
  Speaker 4: just for us, it's it's important as well, but in
• 27:04
  Speaker 4: Sadiyah the two best attackers. For me, for those two
• 27:08
  Speaker 4: it's it's you can't really say too much more. And yeah,
• 27:13
  Speaker 4: I think that's uh that that's you know pretty much it.
• 27:17
  Speaker 3: I I like the Lucaku shout. Again, it was tough
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: to leave him out for me.
• 27:21
  Speaker 4: You know, the fourteen goals, the ten assist, leading the
• 27:25
  Speaker 4: league in assists as well as as a striker.
• 27:28
  Speaker 3: It doesn't always happen, so it's something to say.
• 27:30
  Speaker 4: And again I knew he was gonna be a big
• 27:32
  Speaker 4: piece for Antonio Conte's Napoli. I just I find those
• 27:37
  Speaker 4: other two guys that I mentioned, just etched them out
• 27:40
  Speaker 4: just by by a hairline, because I think on any
• 27:44
  Speaker 4: other season, you know, Lucaku makes it into the team
• 27:46
  Speaker 4: for me, But for me, it's a I guess he
• 27:48
  Speaker 4: comes off the bench, comes off the bench and maybe
• 27:52
  Speaker 4: maybe scores a goal or provides an assist. But yeah,
• 27:56
  Speaker 4: that's that's that's a rough for me. Game of the
• 28:00
  Speaker 4: season five said, Yeah, season.
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: Uh, so there you have it.
• 28:06
  Speaker 7: Some OK, I'm back. I'm back, don't worry.
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: Uh, I'm just saying some obvious, some obvious names. I
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: think if I'm not miss mistaken. Bestony made all three,
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: mcconmeny made all three.
• 28:32
  Speaker 7: Not not on board, jordanal.
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: Obviously right to gee and I think that's it.
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: I think that's it from the players who made all three.
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: So they're pretty much, uh, the best players of their positions.
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: Because we've got a defender of mid in a in
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: a striker lavic not anywhere near these lists. Let's put
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: it that way.
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: No, not not not this season, not next season, not
• 29:01
  Speaker 3: the season, but after that. I don't know if it's
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: ever gonna happen.
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: You might get to a hundred goals faster than Christiano
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: Ronaldo with.
• 29:06
  Speaker 3: You maybe against maybe so any time and uh and
• 29:11
  Speaker 3: litch it.
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: Maybe Criminals is coming back up, so you know he
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: has a chance next season, he's got shot.
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: So welcome back?
• 29:18
  Speaker 3: Was it?
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: So swallow crimination and pizza and then going down was
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: a Vanezia Ample is staying up.
• 29:25
  Speaker 3: I'm Vansa and Monza.
• 29:29
  Speaker 6: It's unfortunate that is going down because I like them no, no,
• 29:32
  Speaker 6: but it's not that you could also had the vp
• 29:34
  Speaker 6: le be like like like a teams because you had
• 29:36
  Speaker 6: you had you had pizza and you would have had
• 29:39
  Speaker 6: amplee so you have the ppele available. It would have
• 29:43
  Speaker 6: been a cool little uh cool, little cool little regional
• 29:46
  Speaker 6: Uh derby is going on and stuff.
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that is true, that is true.
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: But instead, uh, Fiorentina, if you're Fiorentina Pisa, will be
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: a nice historical battle there when they play each other
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: next season.
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: Uh, but that will do it for this episode.
• 29:59
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• 30:00
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• 30:01
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